Special courts for tribal land rights to continue in Jharkhand
Ranchi : The Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) of Jharkhand decided here on Thursday that Scheduled Area Regulation (SAR) courts will continue to exist, but...
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...
Thousands pay respect to NSG commando Niranjan E.K.
Bengaluru : Thousands of people paid tributes to martyred National Security Guard (NSG) commando Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan E.K. on Monday at his residence in...
Manipur bills: Tribals intensify protest as confrontation looms ahead
By Iboyaima Laithangbam
Imphal : As the fate of the three controversial bills passed by the Manipur assembly continues to hang in balance, the tribal...
BJP’s rise in Manipur worries Congress
By Iboyaima Laithangbam
Imphal : The local body polls in Manipur on January 11 are viewed here as a keen fight between the ruling Congress...
More buses to ply in Maoist-hit Odisha districts
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government has decided to ply 30 more buses in the tribal-dominated and Maoist-affected districts to improve transport connectivity, an official...
CPI-M plenum to stress deepening links with people: Yechury
Kolkata : Describing the CPI-M as a "revolutionary party with a mass line", its general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the five-day party...
Two girls gang raped in Jharkhand
Ranchi : Two girls were abducted and allegedly gang raped here, police said on Monday.
According to police, the two were seized by a group...
2015: Year of war and peace in Nagaland
By Rupesh Dutta
Kohima : The year coming to a close was one of war and peace in Nagaland.
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government...
Congress wins in Jharkhand by-poll
Ranchi : The Congress on Thursday won Jharkhand's Lohardaga assembly by-election.
Congress candidate Sukhdeo Bhagat won the seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU)...
Northeast can set off India’s second Green Revolution: ICAR director Ngachan
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala : The mountainous northeastern region, which comprises eight states, occupies eight percent of India's land area and is home to four...
13 killed in Jharkhand train accident
Ranchi : At least 13 people were killed in Jharkhand when a train hit a vehicle at an unmanned crossing, police said on Tuesday.
The...
Jharkhand CM loses temper, thrice in a day!
Ranchi : After Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij's public show of anger, it's the turn of Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das to lose his...
Tribals to Form Political Party in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: Tribals in Kerala have remained on the periphery of the state's politics, since they have never been paid...
Why Indian tribes need more opportunities to ‘Make (a living) in India’ (Human Interest...
By Bhavana Akella
Jamshedpur : Sumanti Bhagat, a petite 30-year-old Oraon tribal woman, famous among her tribe for her paintings, uses some sophisticated techniques...
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...
Modi must speak against growing intolerance: NCSC chief
Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi must react over "growing intolerance" in India since after the NDA government came to power, National Commission for the...
Separated by a barbed wire, torn apart by politics: Families on the LOC
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hunderman Brok (Kargil) : A barbed wire can often represent the idea of security, but...
Lalu vows to keep fighting for backward classes
Patna: A day after the BJP and its allies slammed RJD chief Lalu Prasad for saying the upcoming assembly polls would be a "backward...
Food Security Act launched in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday launched the Food Security Act, which aims to provide subsidised food grains to around 80 percent...
Meghalaya seeks exemption from central mining laws
Shillong:The Meghalaya assembly has passed a resolution urging the central government to issue a presidential notification, repealing central laws related to mining in the...
Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...
Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...
Essar may open Jharkhand mine next year
New Delhi : Indian conglomerate Essar Group's power arm, Essar Power, on Wednesday said that it may open its Jharkhand coal mine for production...
Manipur hills tension: Tribal leaders meet president
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the violence and subsequent tension in the hills of Manipur following the passing of three contentious bills by...
Manipur hills simmer with tension as tribals resent bills
By Aroonim Bhuyan,
New Delhi: The hills of Manipur continue to simmer with tension ever since the state assembly, in a specially convened session on...
SC dismisses plea challenging Meghalaya CM’s tribal status
Shillong/New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Scheduled Tribe status of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Manda Sangma.
A division bench...
Grant citizenship rights to Chakmas, Hajongs in Arunachal, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the central and Arunachal Pradesh governments to confer the citizenship rights on the "eligible" Chakmas and...
BJP to protest against eviction of tribals in Tripura
Agartala: The BJP on Tuesday said it would soon launch a stir if Tripura's Left Front government evicted tribals to set up a firing...
India losing green cover faster than ever, warns study
Sydney: The world's forests have shrunk by three percent since 1990 - an area equivalent to the size of South Africa - and...
Aadivasi’s cultural identity in Jharkhand’s under assault
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat
As I boarded the Rajdhani express from New Delhi for Parasnath for my intended visit to Jharkhand...
UPSC topper Ira Singhal motivates NE students
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Ira Singhal, the first differently abled woman to top the civil services examination advised the young students to keep...
Centre to promote tourism in tribal circuit of Chhattisgarh
New Delhi : Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on Wednesday said the central government will assist in the development of a tribal circuit...
‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...
“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...
On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley
By TCN News
Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...
Haj Training Programme inaugurated at Imphal
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: A three-day training programme for Haj pilgrims was inaugurated on August 8 at the office complex of Manipur...
Overdue SC/ST Amendment bill passed after avoidable one year delay
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: A full one year after its introduction, the long overdue amendments to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes...
Ibobi meets Modi, Rajnath; seeks Naga accord copy
Imphal/New Delhi: Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi,...
Naga accord not to ignore other states’ interests: Centre
Guwahati: The Naga peace accord will not bypass the interests of other states sharing boundaries with Nagaland, union Minister of State for Home Kiren...
नर्मदा बांध के खिलाफ़ आदिवासियों की विशाल पदयात्रा
By TwoCircles.Net staff reporter,
खलघाट: मध्य प्रदेश के निमाड़ क्षेत्र में विस्थापित किसानों, मजदूरों और मछुवारों ने जीवन अधिकार यात्रा शुरू की है. यह जीवन...
Manipur development project spells doom for 11 villages, 12,000 people
By Azera Parveen Rahman
Imphal: One person's manna is another person's poison. This adage couldn't ring more true for the people of Manipur whose fate...
Benedict Areng: Fighting a life-long battle for betterment of Garos
“I have faced all this adversary and I came out victorious. All these motivates me to keep fighting for some reasons which will enable...
Protest demonstrations by dalits and adivasi intensifies over Kanhar dam construction
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh): In a move intended to protest the alleged illegal land acquisition by the Uttar Pradesh government...
MIM appeals supporters to join Mumbai’s Dalit mass protest on July 22
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: In yet another attempt to portray it to be the party of Muslims and Dalits, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen...
CPI-s women membership in Tripura at record level
Agartala: Women constitute 26.49 percent of the CPI-M's members in Tripura, much more than the some 10 percent nationally, a party leader said on...
Cabinet nod for expert group to classify caste names
New Delhi: The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave its approval to a proposal to form an expert group...
Protests over Inner Line Permit issue halts normal life in Manipur
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Imphal: Unlike for most other citizens of the country, for Raees Ahmed, the ‘home-coming’ was ‘troublesome’ and rather a ‘curse’. The...
After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release
Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday...
RJD to protest withholding caste Census data: Lalu
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday announced that his party would compel the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government to make...
‘Over 35 percent rural Indians still illiterate’
New Delhi: Over 35 percent of Indians in rural areas are illiterate, with Rajasthan home to 47.58 percent of the unlettered, Socio Economic and...
Inspired village headman now focuses on nomadic tribes
By Priyanka
New Delhi : Sunil Jaglan, a Haryana village headman whose online drive for the girl child went viral on Twitter after...
From nomads to migrants, J&K Gujjars continue Ramadan fasting
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Srinagar: Despite facing various health related ailments, Mohammad Iqbal, 60, a Gujjar, who migrates to Kashmir every year...
Tribal women can inherit property, rules Himachal HC
Shimla : Setting aside almost a century old customary law that allows only men to inherit ancestral property if it is not bequeathed, the...
‘Denial of BC community certificate to converted Muslims deprival of fundamental rights’: Madras HC
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: In an unprecedented judgement, Madras High Court has held that a Hindu backward class (BC) woman shall be considered...
Maoists call for shutdown, torch tractors in Bihar
Patna : Maoists called for a two-day shutdown beginning Tuesday in Bihar over the killing of their men and burnt down eight tractors and...
Changing pattern of struggle against land acquisition in India
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
Until the tribes and other weaker sections of the remote, and mineral-rich rough terrains of east-central India were getting displaced from...
Odisha to empower tribal women through diary cooperatives
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will empower tribal women through diary cooperatives so that they get opportunities to earn more, an official said on Wednesday.
State-run dairy cooperative...
Meghalaya tribesmen to approach UN over India-Bangladesh land deal
Shillong: Describing the ratification of the land swap deal between India and Bangladesh as violation of the human rights of the indigenous people, tribal...
People of Nagaland weary of insurgency: Jitendra Singh
Kohima: Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the people of Nagaland were weary of insurgency and their...
First-ever PG course on northeast welcomed
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net ,
Guwahati: The move to include the Northeast in the post graduate course for the first time at Delhi based...
Atrocities against SCs, STs: Odisha to set up three special courts
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government is taking steps to set up three special courts in Cuttack, Bolangir and Balasore districts to try cases of...
Congress will fight injustice to Dalits, tribals, says Rahul
Mhow (Madhya Pradesh): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the NDA government over "centralisation" of power and de-recognition of a student group...
परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी
TCN News
जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...
Modi’s One Year : Environmental protection still awaits balance
Although the number of actual clearances given on paper for infrastructure projects are not much different compared to the UPA rule, the NDA rule...
Tribal villages not to cooperate with Meghalaya government
Shillong: Tribal village chiefs in eastern part of Meghalaya on Saturday decided to end cooperation with the state government until it legally empowers the...
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.
Tripura is a start, AFSPA must go from every state: Save Sharmila campaign
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Welcoming the announcement of repeal of AFSPA from Tripura, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) on Friday said it believes that the repeal of AFSPA from Tripura is a decision in favor of democracy and humanity.
Manipur to get 400 kw power project: DoNER minister
Imphal : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday announced that Manipur would get a 400 KW power project at an estimated cost of Rs.124...
Trial run on June 1-3 of Agartala-Kolkata bus via Bangladesh
Agartala : The trial run of a bus service between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh will be held on June 1-3, a minister said...
BJP hails revocation of AFSPA from Tripura, credits Modi
New Delhi : The BJP on Thursday hailed the Tripura government's decision to revoke the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives security...
A doctor’s ‘jihad’ to popularize birth control among Assam’s Muslims
By Aditya Sarma,
Guwahati : Any talk of birth control had once been taboo for Muslims, particularly the uneducated Muslims living in remote areas of...
Meghalaya HC bans media coverage of shutdowns, rallies
Shillong : The Meghalaya High Court has banned the media from publishing statements by organisations that call for shutdowns or rallies in the state,...
Militant group’s shutdown hits life in Meghalaya
Shillong : Normal life came to a standstill in Meghalaya on Wednesday following a 24-hour shutdown called by the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council...
‘Achche din’ only for PM, not for common people: Assam CM
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying 'achche din' (good days) have come only...
Tripura lifts AFSPA as terrorism ebbs
Agartala : The Left-ruled Tripura on Wednesday decided to withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which gives sweeping powers and judicial immunity...
Six injured in Meghalaya IED blast
Shillong : Six people, three of them women, were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at a market complex in Meghalaya on...
Flawless NRC update sought in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: A facts finding team of All India Secular Forum (AISF) on the National Register of Citizen (NRC) update process submitted its report to the government and urged for an error free process.
The NRC is a document containing the names of Indian citizens in Assam 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.
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.
Rs.53,000 crore allotted for development of northeast: Harsimrat
GangtoK : The central government has allocated Rs.53,000 crore in the 2015-16 budget for development of the northeastern states and has also proposed to...
Still studying uranium project in Meghalaya: Minister
Shillong : Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday that his department was still studying the proposed mining of...
10 NDFB cadres killed, over 300 nabbed in five months: DGP
Guwahati : During the five-month security operation against the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants, 10 members of the...
Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma sworn-in as Mizoram governor
Aizawl : Lt. General Nirbhay Sharma (retd.) was sworn in as the 17th governor of Mizoram at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan here...
Northeast to become food sufficient soon: ICAR chief
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : The northeastern region, which comprises eight hilly states, occupies eight percent of India's land area and is home to four...
Arunachal, Varanasi to get NDRF battalions: Rijiju
Guwahati : Two new battalions of the National Disater Response Force (NDRF) will be set up in Arunachal Pradesh and in Varanasi, the Lok...
Northeast MGNREGS employees to launch stir to hike wages
Agartala : Over 13,000 employees employed in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in northeastern states would launch a stir from...
Special status of northeast states must continue: Tripura CM
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Cutting across political lines, chief ministers of eight northeastern states, ruled by Congress, Left and regional parties, have urged Prime...
Entrepreneur Habib Chowdhury spreading aroma in Laos to strengthen India’s ‘look east’ policy
Chowdhury is the founding chairman of HSMM Group that has become the largest Agarwood and Agar based Product’s Company in South East Asia from a humble background in Assam.
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR) is a small yet beautiful country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
Assam teen writes novel on ‘Generation Gap’
Tawhid Laskar, 16, is believed to be the youngest writer in Assam and undoubtedly the youngest Muslim debut writer of the region
By Maruf Alom,
Hojai (Assam): Simple, soft spoken, shy in nature but confident in outlook, thin in shape; this is all about a teenager of Hojai – a tiny town of Assam. During my last visit home in March 2015, I met him for the first time.
Tripura CM urges agricultural scientists to stop farmers’ suicides
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar urged the scientific community in the agriculture and allied sectors to take suitable measures to stop farmers'...
10 injured as train derails in Assam
Guwahati : At least 10 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Assam on Saturday morning.
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials said five...
Naga insurgents losing steam, says Indian Army
By Subir Bhaumik,
Agartala : The Indian Army is confident of handling any fresh violence unleashed by a Naga separatist faction operating from its bases...
Tripura magistrate sacked for misconduct, inefficiency
Agartala : A judicial magistrate in Tripura was sacked for misconduct and inefficiency, a Tripura law department official said here on Tuesday.
"Sub-divisional judicial magistrate...
Gogoi slams Modi for not taking up dam issue with China
Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done grave injustice to Assam by not raising the issue of construction of dams over the Brahmaputra...
IAF Sukhoi SU-30 combat jetcrashes in Assam, pilots safe
Guwahati : A frontline Sukhoi SU-30MKI combat jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Assam's Nagaon district at 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday,...
Assam transparent in utilising central funds: CM
Guwahati : The Assam government was complying with all norms for maintaining transparency in utilising central funds, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Monday.
Gogoi...
‘Tripura tribal council to be made model autonomous body’
Agartala : The Tripura tribal council will be be made a model autonomous body in the northeast India, ensuring alround development of tribals, its...
First tribal woman takes oath as Jharkhand governor
Ranchi : Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the...
Sign treaties to deport immigrants, Assam appeals to Modi
Guwahati : Political parties and non-political groups in Assam on Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the initiative for signing repatriation...
Dr Syed Ahmed sworn in as Governor of Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Dr Syed Ahmed was sworn in as the 16th Governor of Manipur at the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan here on 16th May 2015. Chief Justice of Manipur High Court Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra administered the oath of office and secrecy to Dr Syed Ahmad. Chief Secretary of the State P.C. Lawmkunga presided the swearing-in-ceremony.
Mizoram to take back its tribal citizens from Tripura after 18 years
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Aizawl : Following pressure from the union home ministry and the Tripura government, Mizoram has finally agreed to take back all the...
Manipur’s new governor takes charge
Imphal : Former Congress leader and author Syed Ahmed on Saturday took charge as the 16th governor of Manipur.
Manipur High Court Chief Justice Laxmikanta...
PM Modi’s one year in office: hopes and broken dreams for Northeast
By A Ghiyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: It has been one year since Narendra Modi ‘stormed’ in New Delhi. There were fanfare and hope. But now they feel the broken promises are too heavy. Many in the north-eastern states were extremely hopeful that the Narendra Modi government would at least settle a few issues which the previous government could not do.
ULFA seeks better management of Indo-Bangla border
New Delhi : The pro-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Friday urged the central government to adopt measures for...
‘New funding pattern cost Assam over Rs.7,000 crore’
Guwahati : The central government's delinking of several centrally-sponsored schemes and changing the funding pattern in some of them has cost Assam over Rs.7,000...
India building infrastructure along Bangladesh border to tighten vigil
Agartala : The Border Security Force (BSF) is strengthening infrastructure to enhance vigil along the border with Bangladesh, a senior BSF official said here...
I surrendered to Indian police before arrest: Bangladesh ex-minister
Shillong : Salahuddin Ahmed, a former Bangladesh minister and the spokesman of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has claimed he had willingly surrendered...
Take up dam issue with China, Gogoi urges Modi
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of China's construction of dams...
CPI-M threatens stir if new Tripura governor crosses limit
Agartala : Tripura's ruling CPI-M on Thursday threatened to launch a mass movement if newly appointed Governor Tathagata Roy crosses his constitutional limit.
"We welcome...
SC pulls up government on Assam border fencing progress
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the central and the Assam governments on the question of fencing the border with...
Pro-Maoist tribal leader, five others get life terms
Kolkata : Pro-Maoist tribal group Peoples' Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) convener Chhatradhar Mahato and five others were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment...
Poet Mohammad Sahid Chowdhury felicitated at Imphal
By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: All Manipur Muslim (Meitei-Pangal) Welfare Association (AMPWA) has felicitated Mohammad Sahid Chowdhury, the renowned Manipuri Muslim poet from Barak valley of Assam.
He was felicitated at a function held at Hafiz Hatta here on May 11, 2015.
Quake hits northeast India, neighbouring countries
Agartala/Aizaw : A strong quake rocked the entire northeastern and eastern India and adjoining countries on Tuesday, a meteorology department official said.
There are no...
Activist questions Environment Minister on govt plan to redefine forest
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Bangalore: Leo Saldanha, an environmental activist from Bangalore received a brief response from Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (IC) for Environment,...
109 mn job seekers need to upgrade skills: Badal
Shillong : Around 109 million new job seekers have to upgrade their skills, while another 460 million people have to be re-skilled and up-skilled...
Lightning kills two in Tripura
Agartala : A school student and a woman were killed and five other people injured in lightning strikes in Tripura, official said here on...
24 more Myanmar nationals held in Tripura
Agartala : Twentyfour more Mayanmarese, including six women and 12 children, have been arrested for illegally entering Tripura, police said on Sunday.
Two Indians, including...
Three militants surrender in Tripura
Agartala : A top militant of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) along with two other rebels have surrendered in Tripura, police said...
Punjab CM to chair skill development meet in Shillong
Shillong : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will chair the first regional consultation meeting of the sub group of chief ministers on skill...
Hasina thanks Tripura CM for backing land swap deal
Agartala : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has thanked Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for backing the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) that the...
Assam students’ body meets Census Registrar General over NRC
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: With the updating process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) going on for the people of Assam, several flaws have been detected by the civil society and various other organizations.
In fact, the All Assam Minorities’ Students’ Union (AAMSU) have met the Registrar General and Census Commissioner in New Delhi. The Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad (CCSP) too has raised its objections and demanded a flawless NRC.
Assam bandh over Indo-Bangla land deal draws mixed response
Guwahati : The 10-hour Assam bandh on Thursday against the central government's decision to hand over the state's land to Bangladesh evoked a mixed...
Left’s vote share shrinks in bastion Tripura
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : The Left may have swept the election to the 30-seat Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) but its vote...
Gogoi thanks PM for including Assam in land swap deal
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for re-including Assam in the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh.
In...
CPI-M hails ‘outstanding’ victory in Tripura
New Delhi : The CPI-M on Wednesday hailed the Left Front's sweeping victory in elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC),...
So much for pregnant women: Five ambulances, just one driver in Hazratbal, Srinagar
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircle.net,
Hazratbal/Srinagar: The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Hazratbal caters to the medical needs of a population of 82,721 in the Hazratbal block consisting predominantly urban and a small proportion of rural and tribal areas.
Tripura tribal council polls: Vote counting on Wednesday
Agartala : The votes for the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) would be counted on Wednesday, an official said here on...
Manipur readies for district council polls
Imphal : Political parties in Manipur have stepped up campaigning for the June 1 elections to the six Autonomous District Councils (ADC) in the...
Stern action will be taken against militants: Nagaland governor
Agartala/Kohima : Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya on Monday, condemning the killing of eight security personnel in the state, said the government would initiate...
Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions
Patna : The Patna High Court on Monday quashed Bihar's decision to provide reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) government employees.
After...
Assam CM concerned over militant activities in northeast
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday expressed concern over the attacks on security forces by militant groups in the northeast region...
‘Tourism in northeast can flourish with Buddhist sites’
Agartala/Kohima/Itanagar : Tourism could flourish in the northeastern states due to the Buddhist sites in the region, Nagaland, Assam and Tripura Governor Padmanabha...
Maoists kill two more tribals in Andhra
Hyderabad : Maoists have gunned down two more tribals in Andhra Pradesh on the suspicion that they were acting as police informers, police said...
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.
Eight Assam Rifles men killed in Nagaland militant attack
Dimapur/Kohima : Eight Assam Rifles personnel were killed, six injured and another four reported missing on Sunday when militants triggered a powerful blast and...
Bengal animal house to serve east, northeast India
Kolkata : The Bose Institute's state-of-the-art animal house and research facility is set to supply strains of small laboratory animals for research to the...
AFSPA: License to kill!
By Syed Mohammad Aamir Ali,
“People crushed by laws, have no hopes but from power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous,” Edmund Burke
In Post-9/11 scenario the countries in the first world such as Britain and America, which contributed significantly in the modern definition of liberal democracy are busy waging wars and promulgating draconian laws in the name of protecting democracy. It is heartening to see that in a relatively backward country such as India, not only the human rights and civil liberties movement but even mainstream political parties are resisting and creating public opinion against such acts.
Tripura holds peaceful polls to tribal council
Agartala : Over 85 percent of the 758,554 electors cast their votes on Sunday in the elections to the 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous...
Waiting with hope for justice after a year of massacre in Assam’s Baksa district
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Life cannot be more cruel than this for Kashem Ali, the man who lost his daughter to the armed militants just when he was about to forget the pain of losing his mother and elder sister.In 1994 when Ali lost his mother and elder sister to militancy. On May 2, 2014 he could do nothing but to be a witness to the death of his five year old daughter’s death when armed militants opened fired indiscriminately in Assam’s Baksa district.
Rs.20,000 crore road projects announced for northeast
Guwahati : The central government will spend Rs.20,000 crore for the development of roads in the northeastern states this year, Union Road Transport, Highways...
Parrikar reviews anti-terror operations in Assam
Guwahati : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, on a trip to Assam on Saturday, reviewed the security preparedness and status of ongoing anti-terror operations here.
On...
Ajmal CSR announces donation of Rs 10 lakh for quake victims of Nepal
By TCN news,
Guwahati: Two leading social organisations of Assam, Ajmal Foundation and Markazul Ma’arif, extended a donation of Rs 10 lakh to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for assistance to worst affected people in Nepal on account of the recent earthquake that devastated the country.
Rise of political parties with religious identity is sad: Yogendra Yadav
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Expelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav on Friday said the rise of political parties with religious identity in the country is unfortunate.
Addressing Swaraj Samvad, a dialogue on present and future of alternative politics in Guwahati, the renowned academic said that this development has proved that all the so-called secular political parties have failed.
Tripura tribal council goes to first EVM polls on May 3
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : With more tribal autonomy being viewed as a key issue, Tripura is set to hold its first EVM election on...
Mizoram church body says missionaries unhurt in quake
Aizawl : Missionaries from the northeastern state of Mizoram who were working in Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Sikkim when the massive earthquake...
Assam Congress MLA jailed over 2011 assault
Guwahati :In yet another embarrassment for the ruling Congress in Assam, a court on Thursday sent a former minister, who had earlier defied several...
Transport strike affects life in Tripura
Agartala : Normal life in Tripura was affected on Thursday as all means of public transport stayed off the roads in support of a...
Nepal quake: Assam forms special team to help victims
Guwahati : Days after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, Assam on Wednesday set up a special disaster management team for extending services to the...
Four militants get life sentence for Agartala blasts
Agartala : Four militants were sentenced to life imprisonment by a West Tripura District Court on Tuesday for their involvement in a series of...
Guwahati, Srinagar at highest earthquake risk
By Chaitanya Mallapur,
Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data.
Guwahati and Srinagar fall in what is called “very severe intensity zone”, or zone V, the highest-risk earthquake zone.
Seminar by Islamic Research & Dawah Centre in Manipur
By Dr Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Islamic Research & Dawah Centre (IRDC) organised a three-day seminar on the topic ‘Be a Role Model on Parenting, Teaching & Goal Setting’ to instill Islamic values among the followers of the faith in Manipur.