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NHPC helps martyred Assam Police Officer Gulzar Hussain’s family

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Hundreds bid tearful adieu to Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Assam’s Sonitpur District, Gulzar Hussain, at his hometown on January 28, 2014. If the 21 gun salute brought more tears to the family, friends, and relatives of the 37 year old dynamic Police Officer, the State Police promised not to let go his sacrifice waste. But that’s all.

Tribal boys in Wayanad under POCSO threat

By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: Babu, a 21-year-old from the Paniya community, came out of jail in March after spending close to three months in jail....

5000 people from 40 villages in Maharashtra gather to demand justice for Dr. Payal...

By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net Jalgao (Maharashtra)  With the intention to send a strong message to the government authorities, as many as five thousand Adivasi activists including...

Global Rainbow Foundation to work with Ajmal Foundation

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Global Rainbow Foundation (GRF), known for its various developmental works world-wide, has expressed its willingness to work together with Assam’s Ajmal Foundation to spread education among the poor people. Taking part in a seminar GRF founding chairman Armoogum Parsuramen said that they are ready to extent any kind of support for higher education in this part of the country.

Tribals allege harassment by anti-poaching guards near Kaziranga National Park

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Bokakhat: Residents of Agoratoli village, located on the outskirts of the Kaziranga National Park (Eastern Range) have alleged harassment and intimidation...

Modern slavery: Adivasi labourers in Gujarat’s sugarcane fields

Every year more than two lakh Adivasis from the Maharashtra-Gujarat border region immigrate to work in sugar mills as sugarcane harvesters—but without any...

विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस गुज़र गया, लेकिन इन आदिवासी महिला किसानों की किसी से न...

शैलेंद्र सिन्हा दुमका (झारखंड) : हर साल की तरह हमने कल यानी 7 अप्रैल ‘विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस’ मना लिया. सरकारी स्तर कई कार्यक्रम हुए जिनकी...

Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part I

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Purulia: As I walk down the Gurabera village in West Bengal’s western-most district of Purulia, bordering Jharkhand, Anita Mandi, 10, is...

Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar

On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...

Veteran Gandhian Janardan Pathak passes away

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: The man who was among the very few last living persons to have personally met and interacted with Mahatma Gandhi, the 94 year old Janardan Pathak of Assam breathed his last on Monday night in his residence in Karbi Anglong’s Diphu.

Voting and Elections  ring hollow for Rajasthan’s landless nomadic tribes

By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net Prabhu Kalbelia has been living with his family on the outskirts of Bemali village of Bhilwara district for the last forty...

टीसीएन स्पेशल : मुश्किल है शिवालिक की पहाड़ियों में बसे वन गुर्जरो को...

आसमोहम्मद कैफ।Twocircles.net स्थान - उत्तर प्रदेश - उत्तराखण्ड सीमा , मोह्नन्द , देहरादून मार्ग,शिवालिक रेंज शिवालिक क्षेत्र की पहाड़ियों पर बसे हुए इन...

Jharkhand: For last 56 days, Adivasis are on hunger-strike against ‘illegal’ mining; govt unmoved

While the government of India makes claims of Sab Ka Vikaas (Development for everyone)—the concerns and voices of Dalits and Adivasis are often...

Why are tribals from Jammu and Kashmir protesting inclusion of Paharis in ST list?

Members of the Gujjar Bakarwal community in Jammu and Kashmir are on a protest march from Kupwara to Jammu against the government of India's...

School students in Assam village debate over population explosion in India

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The 2nd Inter School Debate Competition 2015 was organized by Alumni of Al-Ameen Islamic Model School and Bagh Hazarika Centre for Cultural Studies Guwahati on Saturday at Goroimari, Kamrup District, situated about 80 km from Guwahati.

In Wayanad Kerala, Adivasi Dalit students are on indefinite strike for better representation in...

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Sulthan Bathery: Since 28 September, members and students of the Adi Sakthi Summer School, an Adivasi Dalit students’ collective that facilitates...

Meghalaya Muslims celebrate Eid, offer prayers for Gaza

Shillong : Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, was Tuesday celebrated across Meghalaya, a predominantly Christian state, with prayers...

TCN Interview: “My purpose as a filmmaker is to bring stories of marginalised into...

In this interview with TwoCircles.net, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Somnath Waghmare talks about the production of films and the social landscape that constitutes film-making...

Minority Welfare Society felicitates outstanding students in Guwahati

By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter, Guwahati: Speaking as the chief guest at the students felicitation programme organised by the Minority Welfare Society (MWS) in Guwahati, Abu Saleh Najmuddin, former Health Minister of Assam said, “Any community that does not accord importance to education is bound to remain backward. A community’s empowerment can come only from acquiring information and knowledge.”

In Sunderbans, fishermen enter unchartered territories in search of livelihood

In the second of the four-part series, we look at how the livelihoods of the fishing community is increasingly under threat to overfishing,...

“Want affected people to have security,” activists raise concern over world’s second-largest coal block...

The Deocha Pachami Harinsingha Dewanganj Coal Mine Project, in Birbhum, West Bengal is the second largest coal mining block in the world. While the...

20,000 Tribal families homeless, 14,000 Tribal families landless in Kerala, reveals state govt data

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Thiruvananthapura: The frequently heard Kerala model of development is nothing more than an hype if figures presented by the State...

Plight of tribal communities during COVID-19

By Faheem Muhammed M.P As the world is facing the most dreadful pandemic of modern times, the indigenous population across the globe are exposed to...

Manipuris paid homage to martyrs of Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Manipuris throughout the globe paid homage to the heroes who laid down their lives for their motherland in the historic Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891 on August 13, 2014. The day is observed every year as Patriots' Day in the State.

Boston: Organizations protested against arrests of activists, journalists and intellectuals in India

TCN News Several community organizations in the Boston area came together on the evening of June 8 to protest the arbitrary arrests of Surendra Gadling,...

NRC updation to be completed by 2016 end in Assam

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The process of NRC Updation in Assam has made progress as per schedule and is expected to ensure final publication of the updated NRC within December, 2016, according to a state government release. Powers to take decisions on operational issues, however, have been delegated by the Registrar General of India (RGI) to an empowered NRC Committee of the State Government on 17/06/14.

छत्तीसगढ़ के आदिवासियों का पसंदीदा आहार है बीफ़

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सुकमा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ में बीफ आपको ढ़ूंढे नहीं मिलेगा, मगर आदिवासियों के बीच ये बेहद ही लोकप्रिय है....

Foot soldiers of conservation, but no one to care for them: How lack of...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net For the past 18 years, Jaikanta Pegu had been working as a forest home guard in the Kaziranga National Park. On...

‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum

Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.  Aquilur Rahman...

Ismail Hussain harmony award presented to Hiren Gohain

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad (CCSP), a literary body of Assam which represents the Muslims living on the riverine areas of the state presented litterateur Ismail Hussain memorial Harmony Award to noted intellectual and scholar Dr Hiren Gohain.

Manipuri Muslim girl students’ union celebrates foundation day

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: The All Manipur Muslim Girl Students’ Union (AMMGSU) observed its seventh foundation day on August 30, 2014 at Kuki Inn, Imphal.

11 arrested for Kerala tribal youth’s murder

Thrissur (Kerala), (IANS): The Kerala Police on Saturday said it has arrested nine more persons in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old "mentally unfit"...

Four months of protest: Struggle continues for Kerala adivasis for their own land

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net, Thiruvananthapuram: On Wednesday, when Kerala observed the World Human Rights Day with rallies, seminars and talks, a vulnerable section – adivasis, hailing from various tribal settlement – were left out of celebrations.

Women forest dwellers recount struggles, stories of resistance in Mumbai event

By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Even though there exist laws to protect forest dwellers in the country, residents, especially women, continue to face severe forms of...

Uttar Pradhesh’s Tharu tribals fear growing privatization will result in lack of govt jobs

Growing privatization of public sector units during the current government is giving sleepless nights to the people belonging to the Tharu tribe in Uttar...

भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे

फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...

Adivasis of Bastar demand justice for the slaughter of their children by security forces

TCN News On 7th February 2019 in Tadiballa village of  Bhairamgarh Tehsil, Bijapur district of Chattisgarh the police fired indiscriminately and killed 10 persons. This appeared...

Legal awareness camp for Muslim women in Manipur

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: All Manipur Muslims (Meitei Pangal) Welfare Association (AMPWA), a prominent civil society organization, organized a One-Day Legal Awareness Programme on the topic “Protection of Women’s Right” in association with Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) on June 1, 2014 at the campus of Muslim Girls Hostel at Hafiz Hatta, Imphal.

आदिवासियों को बेदख़ल करके झारखंड सरकार की सोना लूटने की तैयारी

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net तमाड़ (रांची) : रांची ज़िला तमाड़ क्षेत्र का लूंगटू गांव मैदान… यहां लोग सुबह से बैठकर शहर से आने वाले अपने...

“Demarcation done without our consent,” say tribals as fresh violence erupts at IIT-Goa land...

By Sutapa Baksi & Rishabh Jain, TwoCircles.net Goa: The conflict associated with the IIT Goa project that encompasses the village of Shel-Melauli in the Sattara...

Palakkad MP to go on indefinite hunger strike for Attappady tribals

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Kozhikode: Urging the Union and State governments to address the woes faced by tribal community at Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala, Palakkad MP M B Rajesh will go on an indefinite hunger strike at Agaly in Attappady from November 10.

दिल्ली की मलिन बस्तियों में रहने वाली इन लड़कियों के लिए शिक्षा भेदभाव से...

सुप्रकाश मजूमदार । Twocircles.net सुबह उठ कर जानकी सबसे पहले खाना बनाने में अपनी माँ की मदद करती है। चूल्हा के पास, धुएं से खुद...

Nearly three years after chit fund scam, Adivasis of Tapi remain at a loss...

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Almost a year ago, just as Indians across the nation were returning from work or sitting at home on the evening...

Report exposes ‘roots of atrocities’ against Muslims in Assam

Report by Indo-American group IAMC shows repeated episodes of mass violence since 1993 were planned and politically motivated, urges action to prevent ethnic cleansing. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group based in the United States, has released a report that exposes the roots of the mass violence in Assam in 2012 and 2014, in which hundreds of lives have been lost and over a half million people were displaced.

Seminar on Tribal literature and Tribal poet meet to grace Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Annual Festival...

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: This year, Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Annual Festival of Letters’ will feature a seminar on Oral and Tribal literature and...

State wide protest after militants kill 16 year school girl in Assam

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Priya Basumatary was just another village girl living happily with her parents in the Dwimuguri locality under Runikhata police station in Chirang district in Assam. But one afternoon the 16 year old girl fell prey to the barbaric act of armed militants.

The killing silence and the enduring pain at Bosla village in Assam

By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net, Karimganj (Assam): An eerie silence prevailed in Assam’s Bosla village in Karimganj district. The ill-fated family members of Syed Sarifuddin Khan who was lynched in Dimapur just a week ago, seem to seek help from any visitors ever since the horrific incident that rocked the country to their home.

In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat

The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...

‘I am not here by luck. I am equal to everyone else’ says lone...

This is the second of the three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students /faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi...

“Covid is a rich man’s disease,” say Irulas of a remote village in Tamil...

Irulas are a Dravidian ethnic group dwelling in Southern India. They are heavily concentrated in the northern region of Tamil Nadu. The term Irular means dark...

Adivasis in MP accuse mob of forcibly entering homes, beating women, demand action

The Adivasi women issued a stern warning to the government and administration, declaring that should they fail to take action on those responsible for...

Annual award in memory of lone AGP Muslim Minister Shahidul Alam

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Shahidul Alam Choudhury, who had a very humble background, came to limelight in 1985 when he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the AGP government of Assam. He was the lone minister from the Barak Valley in the cabinet. He shone over the political sky of Barak valley for nearly three decades until his death in November 2012.

“Adivasis lost a great servant,” tribal rights activist Father Stan remembered

Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, was an Indian Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order, and a tribal rights activist...

डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....

Bodruddoja Saikh: The coach behind more than 75 medals won by Paralympians of West...

By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net Sometimes, adversity comes in the form of poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition. On other occasions, it comes in the form of...

We have been displaced thrice, will not allow it again: Geetha, leader of Adivasi...

This is the second of the two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...

Manipur observes the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal (WW-II), 1944

By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Manipur is observing the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal, one of the most historic battles of the Second World War (WW-II) fought in 1944. The inaugural ceremony of the 3-month commemoration of the Battle of Imphal was held on March 23, 2014 at Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC) Auditorium at Imphal. The anniversary programmes will continue till June 28. Various programmes will be held at the sites where Allied forces and Japanese soldiers fought fierce battles.

Three-day conference on “Tribal situation in India” starts at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh): On Monday, January 29,  the 47th Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society on the theme ‘Tribal Situation...

Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope

On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India.  Tabeenah...

पातालकोट : जहां ज़मीन के अन्दर से पनपता है भारत का भविष्य

जावेद अनीस छिंदवाड़ा जिले के तामिया ब्लॉक में स्थित पातालकोट मानो धरती के गर्भ में समाया है. तकरीबन 89 वर्ग किलोमीटर क्षेत्र में फैली यह...

“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter One of the leading human rights organization Amnesty International India has launched a website on Thursday which will be used to...

Congress bags 31 of the 59 reserved seats in Rajasthan; BJP falls from 53...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter With the Congress all set to return to power in Rajasthan after five years, the reign of Vasundhara Raje will come...

Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis

Lakhs of people are victims of deprivation ever since mandatory Aadhaar-linking to various social security benefits was introduced. Countless such Catch-22 like cases...

75% of all children out of school are Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims

By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net New Delhi: A reply to a questioned asked in the Rajya Sabha has brought forth alarming statistics in...

Protest outside Nagaland House in Delhi against Dimapur Lynching demanding judicial probe

Protesters submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Nagaland through the Resident Commissioner By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Civil society groups organized a joint protest outside the Nagaland House in the national capital on Saturday condemning the last week’s lynching of a rape accused by a mob in Dimapur. Protesters later submitted a memorandum to the Governor of Nagaland through the Resident Commissioner.

A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari

In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...

Tech exclusion in India during pandemic relief measures leaves marginalised in lurch

How the marginalised communities struggled to gain access to relief materials during the pandemic due to ABBA systems By Suchitra, TwoCircles.net  New Delhi: Premsila Toppo is...

Jharkand’s Bamboo artisans experience livelihood crunch amid lockdown, worry for future of profession

By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net Jaggarnath Mahli of Hesal village, situated 20 kilometres from Ranchi city, makes bamboo articles for a living. Due to the coronavirus...

Taking cue from Black Lives Matter, ‘Dalit, Minorities, Tribal Lives Matter’ campaign launched in...

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net Taking a cue from the ongoing mass campaign Black Lives Matter, South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association has decided to launch a...

Children and the elderly in Jharkhand March for Forest and Land Rights

Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Close to 10000 people including children, men, women and even senior citizens of tribal communities from 20 districts of Jharkhand came together...

‘Bahujan Victory’: Ordinance restores 200-point roster system for Universities

By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Following countrywide protests, the much-criticised 13-point roster system for Indian universities has been overturned and the original 200-point roster system has been...

Manipuri Muslim women who took part in Nupi Lan of 1939 remembered

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: The 75th anniversary of Nupi Lan, or women’s agitation of 1904 and 1939, was observed in Manipur on Dec. 12, 2014. Many Muslim civil societies in Manipur urged State Government to recognise the Muslim women who took part in the women’s agitation of 1939.

Petition seeks justice for author whose book was banned by Jharkhand government

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter A petition on Change.org has been launched to demand justice for Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, a doctor and the author of book...

Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part II

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net Purulia: I still feel that I invited myself to the village of Murguma. Not because Lakshmi Mura was reluctant out of...

CM Okram Ibobi Singh leading in Manipur

New Delhi, (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh was leading in Thoubal constituency, as counting of votes polled in the assembly elections progressed...

Advise PM for ordinance on SC/ST protection, Mevani tells Athavale

Gandhinagar, (IANS): Gujarat legislator and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani on Monday asked Union Minister Ramdas Athavale to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ordinance...

Arrests of Human rights activists and intellectuals across India strongly condemned

 By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Prominent activists’ and public intellectuals’ houses were raided and the activists and intellectuals who were critical of the government were arrested...

Nagabanda massacre and the other side of Assamese intelligentsia

By Abdul Kalam Azad, Morigaon, Assam: Nagabanda High School is one of the oldest educational institutes of Morigaon district of Assam. The school is situated near the Nagabanda Bazar, about 15 KMs from the district headquarter. The healthy rural market, the nicely planted trees at Nagabanda Junior College, huge playground with pavilion and the green agricultural fields surrounding the area make it scenic and beautiful. But who knows Nagabanda is carrying a huge amount of pain and agony?

Van Versus Vikas: New documentary dismantles mythology of India’s “progress” from worldview of Adivasi...

The film chronicles the resistance of an Adivasi family, along with other city activists and residents, to stop the Mumbai Metro Rail project...

Assam PHE Chief Engineer BU Laskar no more

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Baha Uddin Laskar, Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Assam, passed away at International Hospital in Guwahati after suffering a massive heart attack on Tuesday afternoon. He was 59.

Achyuta Samanta and the role of KISS in empowering Odisha’s tribals

By Rajaraman Sundaresan for TwoCircles.net Between democracy and development as an idea, one feels that democracy in many ways has taken a back seat....

State shielding perpetrators, polarising communities, says Kashmir civil society group on rape and murder...

By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) on Wednesday, January 31 expressed serious apprehensions on the role of police...

‘Chalo Thiruvananthapuram’ will bring forth issues of Dalits and Adivasis, expose Kerala model of...

By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Thiruvananthapuram: On the lines of Chalo Una movement in Gujarat followed by Chalo Udupi in Karnataka, Kerala will see the Chalo...

Assam mourns as prominent academician Mohd Taher no more

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Mohammad Taher – one of the brightest stars of academics from the region, author of more than 30 books and editor of two volumes of the Asomiya Biswakoch (Assamese encyclopedia) – is no more. The 84-year-old scholar left for heavenly abode on Tuesday leaving hundreds in a state of sorrow. His janaja was performed on Wednesday in Guwahati in the presence of his family, relatives and well-wishers.

Adivasis from Chhattisgarh march to save their habitats from ‘hazards of coal mining’

Nearly 350 residents from the villages of central Chhattisgarh are on a 300-km long march that started on October 2 to reach the capital...

BTAD violence 2012: Delay in seeking Centre’s help escalated violence

One man Inquiry Commission records statement in Guwahati By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: The ill-famed violence between the Bodo tribe and Muslims in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in 2012 – which witnessed killing of more than hundred people and displaced at least four lakh villagers – could after all have been controlled faster but there was a huge lapse on the part of the administration, it was revealed on Friday.

Threat of eviction looms large over Adivasi, Dalit workers in Bhilai, HC issues interim...

By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net  Bhilai: Misfortune befell the families of 150 workers, including 75 children, staying in Bijli Nagar and Anusuya Nagar of Hathkhoj basti, in...

Adivasi Women Continue to be Killed on Pretext of being a “Witch”

Sami Ahmad|TwoCircles.net Sonamuni Murmu, 47, of Aswari village under Saraiyahat police station in Dumka district of Jharkhand, was forced to eat human excrement for allegedly...

Chhattisgarh: BJP leader among five arrested for attack on church in Narayanpur

On January 2, a mob vandalised a church after around 2000 people, mostly Adivasis held a public meeting in protest in against alleged...

अकथ कहानी कनहर की

कनहर सोन की सहायक नदी है. उत्तर प्रदेश के सबसे बड़े जिले सोनभद्र का क्षेत्रफल 6788 वर्ग किलोमीटर है, जिसके आधे से भी ज़्यादा हिस्सा घने जंगलों से घिरा हुआ है. यहां की आबादी का एक बड़ा हिस्सा आदिवासियों का है. इन आदिवासियों को रिजर्व फॉरेस्ट एक्ट के अनुच्छेद 4 व 20 ने उनके मूलभूत वनाधिकारों से वंचित रखा है.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, allies end BJP rule in Jharkhand

By NewsDesk, TwoCircles.net Jharkhand became the latest state to reject the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the state voting the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) of Jharkhand...

How Binesh Balan, an Adivasi, fought the Kerala bureaucracy to achieve his dream of...

By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net As a student from the Mavilan Tribe in Kerala, Binesh Balan knew that studying, and achieving his dreams, was never going...

Crime Records also prove rise in atrocities against SC/ST in Kerala

By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net Kozhikode: If statistics from National Crime Records Bureau are taken into consideration, it becomes clear Kerala has been...

The blame game and RS election in Assam

Suspended AIUDF MLA Majharbhuiyan says party chief Ajmal asked him to abstain. By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: After remaining in the centre of the...

Devotees gather at Jalaluddin Auliya Dargah in Guwahati for spiritual discourse

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Over a thousand devotees, both men and women, attended the Deeni Jalsa Waz Mehfil or a spiritual discourse programme held at Dargah Hafizia Madrassa of Shah Jalaluddin Auliya at Dwaranda, Panjabari Road in Guwahati on Sunday.

Chamling pitches for ST status for 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities

Gangtok (IANS): Making a strong pitch for granting of Scheduled Tribe status to 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities, an issue which has been lying unresolved...

NCHRO demands judicial enquiry into arrests of adivasi youths in Jharkhand

By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net New Delhi: A Fact Finding Committee of NCHRO (National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation), which visited Jharkhand on March 23...

नक्सलियों के काले झंडे की जगह गोमपाड़ में तिरंगा फहराएंगी सोनी सोरी

अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net सुकमा(छत्तीसगढ़): सुकमा जिले के गोमपाड़ में आज तक तिरंगा नहीं फहराया जा सका है. नक्सलवाद से बुरी तरह प्रभावित यह इलाक़ा...

“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list

Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...

Guwahati youth’s effort to make students read valuable books

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: He must get a pat on his back for his enormous effort that too done single-handedly to bring a change among the students. He is Imran Hussain of Guwahati who has initiated to install the reading culture among the youths of the region with his dream project called Bibliophilia Café.

Chattisgarsh: Church vandalised during protest in Narayanpur, senior cop injured

This comes two weeks after Christian families were allegedly assaulted and driven away following coordinated attacks in over a dozen villages in the...

‘Long March’ succeeds, Maharashtra concedes farmers’ demands

Mumbai (IANS): The gruelling 200-km, six-day long 'Long March' by over 35,000 farmers ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government conceding most...

USTM ‘Award of Excellence’ to Dr Saif Sheikh

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Although well settled in the United States of America as the Director of Neo Pharm Inc and Vice President of Jina Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dr Saif Sheikh, a post-doctorate scientist from Purdue University, Johns Hopkins University, Pittsburg Medical Center, is still emotionally attached to his home country India.

Activists across the nation slam Assam government for failing to control militants

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: With the innocent lives being killed at the gun point by some brainless activity of armed militants loyal to the Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam, people from across the country have condemned it. If the state government has failed to protect the lives of common people in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), on the other hand the locals alleged of police and administration atrocity on the villagers.

BJP Minority Morcha donates clothes to poor on eve of Eid

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Minority Morcha of Assam BJP on Friday distributed clothes among the poor people after Friday prayers in Guwahati. The BJP leadership also urged for special prayers to be conducted across the state for peace and harmony.

Annals of a meat eater

Editor’s Note: In debate over Uniform Civil Code or on eating habits of Indians, the debate in north-Indian dominated debate often ignores the rich diversity of our country and its people. An Assamese ‘caste Hindu’ who has a penchant for non-vegetarian items, here writes how he not only loves beef, but has tried even dog meat with his Naga friends as well as snake. By Joydeep Hazarika,

Photography exhibition organised in Guwahati college to mark child rights day

By Aurelyne Khongriat, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: Mass Communication Department of Assam Don Bosco University marked Child Rights Day with a photography exhibition on 20th November 2014. First semester students explored the theme of ‘Colours’ in all its shades by putting up 12 panels of 36 photographs.

Granting Habitat Rights a positive step towards recognising Tribal ownership of natural resources

By Raqib Hameed Naik and Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh have had good reason to look at any action from the...

Black flags inscribed with ‘IS NE’ seized in Assam

Guwahati (IANS): Residents of Assam's Goalpara town on Wednesday found black flags inscribe with the words "IS NE" on a tree on the Brahmaputra river resulting...

Rajasthan grants 5% quota to Gujjars, wants Centre to amend Constitution

Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Wednesday passed the Reservation Amendment Bill 2019 in the Assembly, which promises 5 per cent reservation...

Ajmal CSR starts college in Assam’s BTAD

By TCN news, Guwahati: It was Manjunara Khatun, a degree 4th semester student of Hatidura College, who had stopped the motorcade of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, MP, last year to ask him to set up a college in her village in Kokrajhar district so that girls could pursue education after school without any difficulty.

एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...

एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...

Education a constitutional right, says Adv Prakash Ambedkar; calls for rally to Vidhan Sabha...

By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net As the students’ strike in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) entered the 18th day, Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, National President, BHARIP...

Increase in funds for Dalits, Tribals in Union Budget

New Delhi (IANS): The allocation of funds for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has been increased to Rs 56,619 crore and Rs...

Manipur Catholic schools shut down after threats

Imphal (IANS): All the Christian missionary schools in and around Imphal, Manipur, remained shut indefinitely for the second day on Tuesday following threats from...

400 policemen will be killed for shooting 40 Maoists, warns ex-journalist

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Security forces in Maharashtra went in a tizzy on Monday following apprehensions expressed on Facebook that "400 cops will be...

Adivasi girl in Kerala college branded mentally ill; ostracised for speaking against discrimination

By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net It is no secret that students from the marginalised communities have been at the receiving end of casteist abuse across the...

UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...

AAMSU urges AIUDF not to use the name of Allah for politics

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU) has urged All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) not to use religion for...

Gujarat Adivasis object to Govt’s “misuse” of tribal development funds for Ram temple visit...

Neglecting Adivasi deities, rituals and culture, the Gujarat government announced an aid of Rs. 5000 to tribals for a trip to the Ram temple...

World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture

The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs.  Sami...

‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: ‘Shadi Bureau (SB)’ of Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was launched by Muktar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, former Additional Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam & President, MWS at the Murshidul Alom Memorial Hall in Dispur on Sunday at the Senior Women’s Meet hosted the Ladies’ Wing of the MSW.

Efforts and appeal for making NRC update smooth in Assam

By A Ghiyasuddin, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: The updating of National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the major development taking place in Assam at the present time. National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a document containing the names of Indian citizens prepared in 1951. Unique to the state of Assam, this document was prepared to distinguish Indian citizens from illegal migrants from then East Pakistan. The 1951 NRC certificate, along with the electoral roll in the voters’ list of 1966 and 1971 are the two important documents required to prove the citizenship in Assam, where propaganda about illegal Bangladeshi is rampant and often violent.

HR groups, activists, scholars seek action against Hindutva groups for issuing threats to Mangalore...

Scores of human rights organizations, activists and scholars have written an open letter to Mangalore district administration in Karnataka seeking action against Hindutva groups...

Young Muslim body builder felicitated in Manipur

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Muslim Council Manipur (MCM) felicitated 21 year old national body building title holder Md. Awaysh Khan at a function organized at Manipur Press Club, Majorkhul in Imphal on March 8, 2014.

Assam Muslims meet against Islamic terror groups

By TwoCirciles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: At a time when the terrorist outfits claiming to be Islamic fundamentalist including Al-Qaida and others are purportedly trying to spread their wings in various locations of the country, the image of the religion has gone from bad to worst. The situation became more tensed after six persons were arrested by police from Assam’s Barpeta district for having direct or indirect involvement with Burdwan blast in West Bengal.

छत्तीसगढ़: पुलिस ने 17 आदिवासियों को मारकर नक्सली मुठभेड़ की झूठी कहानी रची

By अनुज श्रीवास्तव, TwoCircles.net साल 2012. मुख्यमंत्री रमनसिंह के नेतृत्व में छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजपा की सरकार थी. बीजापुर ज़िले के सारकेगुड़ा गाँव में 28-29 जून...

Flood havoc in Assam, cry for central government’s assistance

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: At least 24 people have been killed during the last 48 hours due to flood in Assam’s Goalpara and Kamrup district following continuous rain occurred in Assam and Meghalaya.

Tribal organisation rallies against amendment in Land Act, conversion law

Ranchi, (IANS): A tribal organisation held a rally in Ranchi on Monday against the Jharkhand government's Anti-Conversion Bill and its proposed amendments in the 2013...

शराबबंदी कानून : सज़ा से पहले सज़ा-ए-मौत

फहमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net  बिहार कैबिनेट ने करीब दो साल पहले पूर्ण शराबबंदी कानून को लागू किया था. इन दो साल में तमाम लोगो पर इस कानून...

Accused doctors granted conditional bail in Payal Tadvi suicide abetment case

TCN News The Bombay High Court has granted conditional to all the 3 accused doctors Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal arrested for abetting...

Union Budget continues to ignore real issues of Dalits and Adivasis: NCDHR

By TCN News New Delhi: The Union Budget looks like a “very glossed over budget” for Dalits and Adivasis with reduction in allocations for key...

Political heat increases in Assam as first phase of poll nears

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: With the first phase of the Lok Sabha election is approaching on April 7 for the five seats in Assam, political parties have geared up their preparation in the midst of speculation, controversies and allegations. For these five seats mostly of the upper Assam, several big guns are featured including two union ministers – DoNER minister Paban Singh Ghatowar and union minister of state for tribal affairs Ranee Narah.

In Sunderbans, implementation of Forest Rights Act remains a mere pipe-dream

In the first of the four part-series, we look at the livelihood challenges that trouble the people of Sunderbans, West Bengal. Although famed for...

Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...

Amnesty International urges Chhattisgarh authorities to protect Adivasis protesting against private companies

By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter Raigarh: Amnesty International India on Sunday, January 14 said that the local authorities in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, should respect and protect the...

NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls

Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here. The "People's...

Dilution of SC/ST Act can erode faith in judiciary: Amnesty

New Delhi, (IANS): The dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act can erode the faith of the historically marginalised communities...

Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average

Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...

Tribals in Maharashtra agitate for implementation of welfare schemes

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Mumbai: Number of tribals from Nandurbar, Jalgaon and Dhule districts agitated under the banner of 'Lok Sangarsh Morcha' before the tribal development commissionerate in Nashik city demanding better implementation of Forest Rights Act and improved infrastructure in areas inhabited by them.

The myth of Hindu ‘minority’: Debunking right-wing propoganda

By Ram Puniyani for Twocircles.net The biases and misconceptions about conversions and population growth have been used by communal forces to divide the society. This...

आदिवासी समाज से आने वाले देश के पहले मेयर है विक्रम आहाके

आकिल हुसैन।Twocircles.net मध्य प्रदेश की छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस ने 18 साल बाद मेयर का चुनाव जीता हैं।‌ छिंदवाड़ा नगर निगम में कांग्रेस...

“We know very less about each other,” says renowned B’desh Baul musician Mac Haque

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: He is very popular and widely respected in Bangladesh. A household name in the world of Baul sangeet, Maqsoodul Haque – whose roots are from Assam – has also been able to leave a mark in this part of India with his mesmerizing performances.

Dam-displaced tribal students of Narmada Jeevanshalas celebrated Balmela with gusto

By TCN News, Gopalpur (district Nandurbar, Maharashtra): Around 600 tribal children and students (studying at primary level) from nine Narmada Jeevanshalas participated in the 16th annual Balmela (Children’s fair) – from February 12 to 15 – here with gusto and renewed enthusiasm.

66-Year-Old Jharkhand Man a Beacon of Hope for Abandoned Girls

Tauseef Ahmad/ TwoCircles.net Hari Ram Pandey, a 66-year-old man from Deogarh in Jharkhand, has been raising abandoned girls on his own for the past two...

Manipur’s madrasa teachers demand pending salary for 18 months before Eid

By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Madrasa teachers from Manipur have threatened to intensify their agitation, including if needed, self immolation, if the state government failed to clear before Eid-ul-Zuha – on October 6 – their salaries pending for 18 months. Several Muslim civil society organization have stepped in for the cause too.

More than 50 thousand students appear in talent search exam on Sunday

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Over 50,000 students, from class III to degree courses, in greater Guwahati appear in the Ajmal National Talent Search Examination (ANTSE) 2014 on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Don Bosco School Panbazar and Sonaighuli, Pragjyotish English School Panbazar, Fairyland School Hatigaon, Maulana Azad Markaz Academy Satgaon, Angel’s Academy Kamakhya Gate and another 11 schools in the city that have been selected as venue for the ANTSE.

Praveen Togadia’s remark urging Hindus to have 4 wives draws ire in Assam

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net, Guwahati: The statement of Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) international working president Praveen Togadia has drawn sharp reactions from all sections in Assam. During his visit to Assam, Togadia asked all the Hindu men to marry four wives.

Compensation only after long battle by acid attack victim in Assam

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The state authorities of Assam have ordered compensation for the acid victims following an urgent appeal by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for immediate intervention and financial assistance to a survivor of acid attack as per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court of India in 2013.

In a first, two seats reserved for ST candidates in upcoming UP elections

By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net For the first time in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two assembly seats—Obra and Dudhi in Sonbhadra district have been reserved for...
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