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Smaller ethnic languages facing extinction threat
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Linguists have expressed concern over major world languages like English gaining unprecedented popularity and apprehended that the trend was posing a threat to regional languages spoken by smaller ethnic groups.
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Food street: MC to change allotment policy of kiosks
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In view of the night food street experiment failing to produce the desired results, wherein kiosks are allotted through an auction, the municipal corporation has decided to change the criteria of allotment of kiosks.
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Waterlogging haunts Mohali
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Apart from showering the city with much-needed relief, Sunday"s rains brought with them a flurry of problems, the chief being that of waterlogging.
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Panchkula sectors get share of problems
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he long spell of rainfall on Sunday left many motorists stranded on city roads as waterlogging made commuting a perilous task.
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Assam CM stresses on development of minorities
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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today stressed that the government was committed to ensure that each and every religious community marches ahead on the path of development.
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A meeting with a message
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Borders did not matter and language was no barrier. The message of unity and brotherhood was spread at the 76th anniversary of Malabar Muslim Association on Friday.
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2L homes miss census, drive to end on July 15
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The first phase of the census drive is drawing to a close and over two lakh (5.5%) homes have not been covered as they were found to be locked. The drive, that was extended by a month, will end on July 15.
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Delhi Cabinet to sign MoU with UIDAI
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The Delhi Government will soon sign a pact with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for smooth implementation of its ambitious project of issuing identification numbers to the city’s residents
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Tripura census enumerators warned against negligenceTripura census enumerators warned against negligence
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The Tripura census authority has warned population enumerators of stern disciplinary action in case they are found negligent, an official said Sunday.
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Orissa's Jodhia tribals demand special status
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Orissa's Jodhia tribe staged a sit-in-protest on Thursday over their demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
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1,200 tribal refugees return to Mizoram from Tripura
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Around 1,200 Reang refugees have returned to their homes in Mizoram for the first time in 13 years after the union home ministry asked the state government to take back the displaced tribals, sheltered in six Tripura camps.
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RPF appeals to women to intensify struggle against violations
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Since the dawn of human civilization it has become a universally accepted fact that women are often treated differently in the male-dominated society, T Leisemba, Secy Publicity Revolutionary People's Front (RPF) said.
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1,200 tribal refugees return to Mizoram from Tripura
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Around 1,200 Reang refugees have returned to their homes in Mizoram for the first time in 13 years after the union home ministry asked the state government to take back the displaced tribals, sheltered in six Tripura camps.
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270 Bru families return to Mizoram
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Out of 460 Bru families which fled Mizoram to Tripura in November last year, 270 returned home as the repatriation process ended today. According to an estimate of Mizoram Government, 460 Bru families fled the State to Tripura following the gunning down of a youth by Bru militants
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Govt. approves establishment of institute for Himalayan culture studies in Arunachal Pradesh
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the establishment of Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies (CIHCS) at Dahung in West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh as an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Culture.
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101 tribal couples tie nuptial knot in Siliguri at mass wedding ceremony
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Over a hundred couples belonging to different tribal communities tied the nuptial knot at a mass wedding ceremony in Siliguri this weekend.
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BJP smells rat in census process
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The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has expressed doubts over the way the National Population Census 2010 is being carried out in the state and alleged the administration of failing to comply with the requisite guidelines.
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AAPSU to take up Chakma issue with NHRC
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The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) has decided to apprise the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of atrocities of the Chakma refugees as well as their audacity to defy the indigenous rights in the state.
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Census will legitimise illegal B'deshis: BJP vice-president
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BJP national vice-president and Guwahati MP Bijoya Chakraborty today claimed that the ongoing Census was an exercise to legitimise the illegal Bangladeshis staying in Assam.
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Hoho for ‘total separation’ of Nagas, Meiteis
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Expessing deep concern over the sufferings and suppression of the Nagas living in Manipur, the apex body of the Naga tribal organisations has said the present situation has crossed the stage where Nagas and Meiteis can no longer co-exist and they have to live as different identities.
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Refugees from Mizoram begin return to their homes in Tripura
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The Bru (Reang) refugees of Mizoram state, who have been living in neighbouring Tripura after ethnic clashes forced them to flee, have begun returning to their homes.
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Refugees from Mizoram begin return to their homes in Tripura
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The Bru (Reang) refugees of Mizoram state, who have been living in neighbouring Tripura after ethnic clashes forced them to flee, have begun returning to their homes.
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Superstition keeps Mizos off census
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Census enumerators in Mizoram are facing an unusual problem: a battle between digit and doctrine. Some cults and sects believe the head count exercise, especially the introduction of identity (smart) cards and unique identification numbers, would be ominous.
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Stir threat by NC Hills tribals
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The North Cachar Hills Indigenous Students’ Forum and Indigenous Women’s Forum have thanked the people of NC Hills for their cooperation in making the recent bandh a success, a press release issued by the NC Hills Indigenous Students’ Forum, stated.
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Mizoram begins taking back tribal refugees from Tripura
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On the union home ministry's advice, Mizoram Friday started taking back around 1,000 tribal refugees from relief camps in Tripura where they have been living since November last year after fleeing their state following ethnic clashes.
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