Corruption cases witnessed rise in Jharkhand: NCRB
Ranchi, (IANS): Jharkhand has witnessed 36.13 per cent rise in corruption cases while crimes against women have dipped slightly, according to the National Crime Record...
Assam violence: Toll rises to 40
Guwahati : The toll in Tuesday's militant attacks in Assam's Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts has risen to 40, officials said Wednesday.
Union Home Minister Rajnath...
Opposition walks out of J&K assembly
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Panthers Party (NPP), Sunday walked out...
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...
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...
Despair, sorrow sweep flood-hit Meghalaya
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Tura (Meghalaya) : "I don't know what to do and how to resume my life," says a sobbing Jafar Ali, whose wife...
Meghalaya assembly rejects resolution for Garoland
Shillong : The Meghalaya assembly Tuesday rejected a resolution for creation of a separate state in the Garo Hills in the western part of...
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.
Mizoram students to protest frequent changes of governors
Aizawl : The students' organisations in Mizoram would hold protests here next week against frequent changes of governors in the state, a statement said...
Security forces, ethnic army clash near Myanmar-Bangladesh border
Yangon: Heavy fighting between security forces and the Arakan ethnic army occurred near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.
The fighting came a day ahead of the resumption...
Meghalaya for power exchange to meet shortfall
By IANS,
Shillong : Power-starved Meghalaya has decided to go in for a power exchange arrangement with the 726 MW gas-based plant at Palatana to...
Rijiju allays concerns over China’s dam on Brahmaputra
New Delhi : As China announced the completion of a hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra river, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju...
Police arrest Yasin Malik in Srinagar; prevent march
By IANS,
Srinagar : Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here Sunday as he was taking out a protest march on the first anniversary of December 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging.
Tripura chief minister denies involvement in chit funds
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday denied his government's involvement in the activities of chit fund groups and illegal non-banking financial...
Tripura to get rice from Andhra Pradesh via Bangladesh Thursday
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Rice from southern India to Tripura via Bangladesh is likely to reach here Thursday, bringing to fruition a three-year-long diplomatic...
Rahul Gandhi kicks-off campaign for Lok Sabha polls in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi kicked-off the party’s campaign for Lok Sabha polls by addressing a public meeting at the Wangjing Kadampokpi Ground in Thoubal district of Manipur on March 19, 2014.
FIR against IAS officer, 15 others in Bihar SC/ST scholarship scam
Patna : An IAS officer, along with 15 other officials, was booked on Wednesday for alleged irregularities in disbursement of post-matric scholarship among...
…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा
दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...
Protests erupt in Kashmir town
By IANS,
Srinagar : Clashes erupted Tuesday in north Kashmir's Kupwara town between police and civilian protestors after seven guerrillas were killed in the district...
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...
Delhi to have special hostels for northeast students
New Delhi : The central government Wednesday proposed to set up special hostels for students from the northeast region studying in Delhi.
Development of North...
Kashmir sexual assault victim lodges complaint against MP
By IANS,
Srinagar : The doctor who alleged sexual assault by an ex-minister in Jammu and Kashmir Monday said she has lodged a police complaint...
Meghalaya CM seeks Modi’s intervention on coal mining ban
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invoke a provision of the Sixth Schedule so that central...
दिल्ली में मणिपुरी छात्रों पर पुलिसिया बर्बरता
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: सबसे पहले हम पाठकों को बताना चाहते हैं कि इस खबर के साथ लगी हुई तस्वीरें थोड़ी आपत्तिजनक हो सकती हैं. दिल्ली में बीते 7 जून को मणिपुर ट्राइबल फोरम के सदस्यों ने तीन विवादास्पद बिलों के विरोध में मणिपुर भवन पर प्रदर्शन शुरू किया. इस प्रदर्शन के दौरान दिल्ली पुलिस और मणिपुर राइफ़ल्स के जवानों द्वारा प्रदर्शनकारी नागरिकों पर जमकर लाठीचार्ज किया गया, जिसमें लगभग 15 लोग घायल हुए हैं.
Three big signing for NorthEast United
Shillong : NorthEast United Football Club Wednesday announced the signing of Portuguese defender Miguel Garcia, Zambian midfielder Kondwani Mtonga and Greek goalkeeper Alexandros Tzvoras...
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...
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...
Saddened by Assam attacks, says Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday condemned the "heinous" militant attacks in Assam and said her government will continue to support...
Establishment of Block Institute of Teachers Education lagging in Minority Concentrated Blocks
By Amjad Suri and Mohammed Imteyaz Ahmed for Twocircles.net
The Sarvasiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was introduced in 2000 to bridge the gap between the social...
Nido Tania case: HC issues notice over dropped charges
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the CBI on a plea of the father of deceased Arunachal Pradesh student...
One killed, five injured in Manipur blast
Imphal : A 28-year-old youth was killed and five others were injured when unidentified militants triggered a bomb blast here Monday, police said.
"Naresh Sahani,...
‘Foreign investment needed to harness power potential of Northeast’
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Without foreign investment, the vast power potential of the northeastern region could not be leveraged, says the man heading the...
Five held for attempting to rape woman in Meghalaya
Shillong : Five employees of a hotel here in the Meghalaya capital were arrested Tuesday on charges of attempting to rape a woman from...
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...
Mizoram governor takes additional charge of Tripura
Agartala : Mizoram Governor Vakkom B. Purushothaman Monday took additional charge as the governor of Tripura.
Purushothaman was sworn-in by Tripura High Court Chief Justice...
Ghulam Nabi Azad files papers for Udhampur seat
Jammu : Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chief Minister...
Militants in fatigues attack army camp in Kashmir, shot dead
Jammu: Three militants, dressed in army uniforms, Friday attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district riding a goods vehicle they hijacked at gunpoint, but were shot dead after a gunfight. A soldier and the vehicle's driver and another occupant were also killed.
Mamata likens Assam carnage to Peshawar massacre
Kolkata : Extending support to over 1000 tribals from Assam who have taken refuge in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday condemned the...
Clash in Kashmir town over man’s killing
By IANS,
Srinagar : Residents of Pulwama town in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday clashed with security forces following the killing of a man alleged to...
Arbitrary land acquisition in the name of Sports University at Manipur
By Noorshafi A K for TwoCircles.net,
The Narendra Modi government’s recent decision to set up national-level Sports Academies has been highly appreciated and is being welcomed with applause and happiness in the sport loving state of Manipur.
Tripura government employees to get more pay
Agartala : To pacify its aggrieved employees seeking central government pay scales, the Tripura government on Tuesday announced higher pay scales and allowances for...
Yasin Malik arrested, JKLF march halted
Srinagar : Police Monday intercepted a pro-independence march by the JKLF here and arrested its chairman Yasin Malik and around a dozen supporters.
Malik appeared...
Two Andhra tribal girls gang raped, villagers seek to cover up
Visakhapatnam, (IANS): Two tribal girls were gang raped by eight men in a village in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district and village elders tried to...
Meghalaya’s UDP names Paul Lyngdoh for Lok Sabha poll
Shillong : Meghalaya's opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has nominated its working president and legislator Paul Lyngdoh for the Lok Sabha election here but...
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.
Rajnath appeals for peace in Assam
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday appealed to all sections of society to maintain peace in Assam's Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts, where...
25 candidates in fray for Assam bypolls
Guwahati : A total of 25 candidates are in the fray for Saturday's bypolls in Assam's three legislative assembly constituencies - Silchar, Lakhipur and...
Minorities Rights Day observed at Manipur
By Dr Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: With an aim to strengthen the cause of the minorities, the Minorities Rights Day was observed in Manipur too by the Manipur State Minorities Commission (MSMC).
Graced by Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, the function was held on December 18 at the Maharaja Chandrakirti Auditorium, near Palace Compound, here.
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.
Assam BJP leader quits, blames Modi-Shah, corruption
Guwahati : A senior leader of the BJP's Assam unit and national executive member has quit the party, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party...
Assam’s Barak valley voters boycott voting demanding better facility
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as Assam witnessed a polling percentage of 75 % in the three constituencies in Karimganj, Silchar and Autonomous District constituencies, a section of people boycotted the poll as a sign to express their displeasure towards the political parties. Meet the people of Udharbond area of Silchar constituency who have boycotted the voting on Saturday as they are not satisfied with the approach of the government or the representatives towards their plight.
Irom Sharmila appears in Delhi court
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Irom Sharmila, the Manipuri activist who has been on a hunger-strike for 14 years for repealing AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), appeared for the hearing at Patiala House Court, in the national capital. She was produced here in a case where she sat on fast on Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in the year 2006, but was charged section 309 of IPC for attempting to commit suicide.
Irom Sharmila set free, says will continue struggle against AFSPA
Imphal : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, on indefinite fast in Manipur for nearly 14 years, walked free Wednesday with tears in her...
Bengal governor takes charge of Meghalaya, says won’t talk politics
Shillong : West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, who Tuesday took additional charge of Meghalaya, said he does not talk politics in Bengal and...
‘Northeast space centre not getting data from central agencies’
Shillong : The North East Space Application Centre (NE-SAC), set up by the Centre to develop high-tech infrastructure support for the northeastern states, is...
Voting starts Monday from northeast in India’s staggered election
New Delhi : India's general election, to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha, or the House of People in the bicameral parliament,...
22nd anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition observed in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Like in other parts of India, the 22nd anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid was observed in Manipur too. The anniversary was observed by All India Imam Council (AIIC), Manipur chapter on December 6, 2014 at the Conference Hall of Lilong Haoreibi College at Lilong.
Kashmiri students case: Clashes during protests, JKLF chief held
Srinagar : Sporadic clashes occurred Friday at some places in the Kashmir Valley over expulsion and police action against Kashmiri students in Uttar Pradesh's...
Nationalised banks need to increase credit-deposit rate in Assam: Gogoi
Guwahati : Nationalised banks operating in Assam needs to play a pro-active role for the development of the state and increase the credit-deposit ratio,...
Manipur reshuffle row: Ministers claim majority support
Imphal : Ministers in Congress-ruled Manipur say they have majority support in the party -- and so don't want to be axed at the...
Manipur extrajudicial killings campaign calls upon Rajnath to safeguard activists
Imphal (IANS): Over a thousand Indians on Sunday called upon Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh to end...
Eight millionaires in Meghalaya electoral battle
Shillong : Eight of the 10 candidates in the fray in Meghalaya's two parliamentary constituencies that go to polls Wednesday are millionaires.
The ruling Congress...
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...
Manipuri PhD student murdered in Delhi
New Delhi : A Manipuri pursuing his PhD was found dead, lying in a pool of blood with his throat slit at his residence...
CM takes stock of latest situation in camps of BTAD, 6 more bodies recovered
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visited Narayanguri and Balapara in Baksa and Kokrajhar’s Gossaigaon subdivision to take stock of the latest law and order situation and to meet the violence affected people on Wednesday.
बस्तर में सुरक्षा बल और माओवादी मुठभेड़ में पिसती आम आदिवासी जिदंगियां, दूधमुंही बच्ची...
Poonam Masih/ TwoCircles.net
बस्तर। छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर में माओवादी और सुरक्षा बलों के बीच होने वाली मुठभेड़ अब एक आम घटना बन गई है। माओवाद...
Chakma tribals observe ‘black day’
Agartala : Around 7.5 lakh Chakma tribals observed a 'black day' on Wednesday to protest the occupation of their original homeland in the Chittagong...
Powerful bomb found in Assam train
Guwahati : A powerful bomb was found in the compartment of a local train at a railway station near Guwahati Monday, a day after...
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.
International heli-skiing challenge begins in Gulmarg
By IANS,
Srinagar : Around 200 skiers from the US, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and India turned up for the first international...
155 from Assam in quake-hit Nepal, 65 untraceable
Guwahati : At least 155 people from Assam were stranded in Nepal where a massive earthquake on Saturday wreaked devastation. While 90 people have...
Three bullet-riddled bodies found in Meghalaya
Shillong : Three bullet-riddled bodies were found Thursday in Meghalaya's Garo Hills region, police said.
A police spokesperson said the trio were gunned down Wednesday...
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...
Major dies in accident during operation in Kashmir
Srinagar : A major of the Indian army died in a accident Monday while on a operation against separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's...
Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers
The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...
Kargil freezes at -17, rain, snow forecast in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : Ladakh's Kargil town was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 16.8 degrees Thursday and Kashmir Valley is expected...
Become envoys of peace and development, president tells tribal youth
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Friday said tribal youths should become "ambassadors of peace and development" and become "active participants" in the development agenda...
Just 10 percent voting in Kashmir’s Udhampur
Udhampur: Balloting was sluggish in this Lok Sabha constgituency in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, with just 10 percent votes cast in the six districts...
Mizoram takes steps to achieve 100 percent literacy
Aizawl : The Mizoram government would undertaken all efforts to achieve 100 percent literacy in the north-eastern state, a minister said Wednesday.
"According to the...
Waterfalls, tribals and animals be damned: Why the proposed Athirapally dam is a disaster...
This is the first in a two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...
AIM writes to President on BTAD violence
By TCN News,
Washington DC: In a letter addressed to his Excellency President Pranab Mukerjee, through Ambassador of India to US, Mr Jaishankar, Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM) has expressed “anguish and alarm” at the massacre of Muslims of Bengali origin at the BTAD area of Assam.
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...
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...
Assam’s AGP to fight for existence in Lok Sabha polls
Guwahati : The Lok Sabha polls in Assam will not be a mere battle of the ballot for the state's most prominent regional party...
New Assam cabinet to be sworn-in Friday
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will Friday reconstitute his council of ministers, a Congress leader said Thursday.
Gogoi Thursday sent a list of...
Meghalaya floods toll rises to 52, NDRF suspends operations
Shillong : The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 52, officials said Sunday.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster...
Fact-finding team to Bastar reports cases of fake ecounters, arrests and rapes in the...
By TCN News
A group comprising of Sanjay Parate, Secretary State CPI-M, Vineet Tiwari, Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies and CPI, New Delhi, Archana Prasad,...
Central officials urge tribal refugees in Tripura to return to Mizoram
Agartala : Officials of the Union Home Ministry and two state governments on Tuesday asked Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for the last...
Maoists kill Odisha tribal
Bhubaneswar : Suspected Maoists Wednesday shot dead a tribal man in Odisha's Malkangiri district, accusing him of spying on them for the police, an...
Rainstorms hit Indian northeast, normal life
Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal : Seasonal cyclonic rains and thunderstorms have hit northeastern states damaging houses and disrupting power supply and transport, officials said on Friday.
The storms,...
‘Attacks on northeasterners due to lack of knowledge of region’
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Shillong : The language barrier and lack of knowledge of the culture and identity of the people of the eight northeastern states...
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...
Poll panel’s special drive to clean up voters’ list
Agartala : To ensure error-free voter-lists and eliminate duplication of names, the Election Commission has launched a nation-wide drive NERPAP which will continue till...
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...
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...
Easter celebrated in Meghalaya
Shillong : Christians in Meghalaya Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celebrating Easter.
Believers throngeed Cathedrals and other churches in the Christian-majority state...
Measures to reclaim Waqf properties in Assam initiated
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Assam Waqf board has declared to put pressure on the state government to enforce the amended (Act 27 of 2013) to the state’s Waqf Act, 1995 to reclaim encroached waqf properties across Assam.
Army wasn’t late in reacting to Bodo attack: Parrikar
New Delhi : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has denied that the army was late in reacting to the attack by Bodo militants in Assam,...
MY FACTS research journal from North-East launched
By TwoCircle.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘MY FACTS’, A Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Annual Journal’ is a reality now for a bunch of youngsters under the banner MY-FACTS – Muslim Youth Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism and Sedition.
Cow Slaughter, Beef Ban: The Lackluster Obsessions of Assam CM
Sandipan Talukdar, TwoCircles.net
Mohen Morang’s family owns over 80 buffaloes and 50 cows in their cattle shed near Bamun Chapori, located in the Golaghat district...
Tripura to drop cases against ex-guerrillas
Agartala : The Tripura government has decided to withdraw court cases against surrendered militants, except those of crimes committed against women, an official said...
Magisterial probe begins into Agartala violence
Agartala : A magisterial probe into the ethnic violence in Agartala in which 24 persons were injured and 17 vehicles badly damaged on August...
Reservations and Muslims in Telugu States
By Shaik Amer Arafath for TwoCircles.net,
When our Constitution was framed, the framers made a special provision with intention to provide equal opportunity in the...
Uttar Pradesh has highest cases of atrocities against SCs
New Delhi : Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SC) in 2015 while the...
Curfew in 25 Assam villages following clash
Guwahati: Indefinite curfew was Thursday clamped in 25 villages in Assam's Darrang district after 13 people were injured in a clash between two groups,...
CPI-M condemns Assam killings
New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday urged the government to take "firm action" and dismantle Bodo militants after they massacred over 40 tribals, including...
8 killed in Assam landslides, electrocution
Guwahati : At least eight people, including three members of a family, were killed here due to landslides and flash floods triggered by incessant...
Love for language of an Urdu teacher in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Ibrahim Ali is the lone warrior in his field. He fights all alone for his love and he will dedicate his life this way. His love is a language, one of the sweetest – Urdu.
He is one of the prime reasons why many students and professionals come to learn Urdu at Guwahati’s Mother Ayesha High School.
New institution to replace Brahmaputra Board: Uma Bharti
Shillong : Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti Wednesday said a new institution will replace the 34-year-old Brahmaputra Board to take up integrated water...
CBI arrests chit fund executive in Tripura
Agartala : An executive of a chit fund has been arrested in Tripura by the CBI for allegedly collecting deposits of more than Rs.10...
Annual Status of Education Report 2013 for North East States released
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2013, the largest household survey of children in rural India, has shown that the enrolment of children in the age of 6-14 in the North East States is quite high compared to many of the States in mainland India. In Mizoram just 0.4% of the children in the age 6-14 are out of school. The percentage of out of school children is also quite low in Tripura (1.1%), Nagaland (1.2%), Sikkim (1.3%) and Manipur (1.5%). However, in Assam 3.8% of children are not in school. All-India average is 3.3%.
Appeal for free and fair election in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: As the Assam state election commission is planning to schedule the 3rd election for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) for Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) elections in the last week of March in 2015, organisations including students’ bodies, have appealed the state and the central government to review the formation of council before the election.
Andhra varsity professor held for suspected Maoist links
Hyderabad : An associate professor of Andhra University has been arrested for suspected links with the Maoists, Andhra Pradesh Police said Thursday. His family...
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...
Kashmir youth killed in security force firing, probe ordered
Srinagar : A youth was killed in firing by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district Friday after a clash with protesters, police...
Tripura tops list for giving rural jobs for fifth year
Agartala : Tripura has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for offering 66 person-days so far in the current fiscal in...
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...
Tripura government asked to form SIT to probe chit fund firms
Agartala : The Tripura High Court on Thursday asked the state government to set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the activities...
Meghalaya CM’s office least functioning in state: MLA
Shillong : The Meghalaya Chief Minister's Office was one of the least functioning offices in the state due to the regular absence of Chief...
Bangladeshi influx into Assam to be poll issue: Venkaiah Naidu
Guwahati : The anti-Congress wave across India will also affect the Lok Sabha polls in the northeast, and influx from Bangladesh into Assam will...
NDFB killings: Assam erupts in protest, anger
Diff organisations condemn the killers of humanity
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati/New Delhi: With the death toll rising up to 76 in the brutal massacre by the Bodo Militants in Assam, several organizations have come together and sought Centre’s control/intervention to contain the situation.
Security to be tightened along Tripura border
Agartala : To ensure trouble-free elections to the Tripura tribal autonomous council and in view of the current political turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh, security...
Sharmila to quit politics but continue fight against AFSPA
Imphal, (IANS): Handed a humiliating defeat on her maiden foray into electoral politics, Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila on Saturday announced she would...
PS Krishnan: An exemplary fighter for Social Justice is no more
By Arun Khote for TwoCircles.net
‘Standing against the discrimination of oppressed classes, a robust advocate of inter-caste marriages, who practices his knowledge of Sanskrit against...
Owe my Padma Shri to god: Shillong Chamber Choir founder
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Shillong : Neil Nongkynrih, founder of the world-renowned Shillong Chamber Choir that once performed for US President Barack Obama, says he owes...
Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...
87 file papers for April 24 LS poll in Assam
Guwahati : A total of 87 candidates have filed nomination papers for the six Lok Sabha seats in Assam that will go to the...
Adivasi couple branded witches killed in Assam
Guwahati : In yet another case of witch hunting in Assam, an elderly couple was killed by some villagers in Kokrajhar district Sunday night,...
Meghalaya CM asks militants to give up violence
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Friday asked militants to give up violence and promised steps to check illegal immigration from Bangladesh.
Sangma made...
Anti-Terrorism convention: No place for terror in Islam, scholars assert
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Scholars, intellectuals and activists from different parts of the country attending an anti-terrorism convention here came down heavily on attempts by Hindu fundamentalist to malign Muslims in the name of terrorism in India, Assam in particular.
PA Sangma: Sagacity was the mark of first tribal Lok Sabha speaker
By Nirendra Dev
New Delhi : It was to the sagacity of his stint as a member of parliament for many years from Tura constituency...
Assam based scribe body demands for clemency to Al-Jazeera journalists
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Joining the international chorus for the FreeAJStaff campaign, an Indian scribes’ body has demanded an immediate release of all journalists, who have been jailed in Egypt for allegedly ‘producing false reports on Egypt in collaboration with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group endangering Egypt's national security’.
Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent separatist rally
Srinagar : Normal life was affected here Friday due to restrictions in some parts of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital and a spontaneous...
Normalcy returns to Assam-Nagaland border
Guwahati : The troubled Assam-Nagaland border is limping back to normal following an attack by Naga militants that led to the death of nine...
Assam CM seeks Rs 1,000 crore for flood from centre
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 1,000 crore as immediate relief to flood-hit Assam.
20 dead, over 400 ill in Tripura malaria outbreak
Agartala : At least 20 people have died and over 400 fallen ill due to the outbreak of malaria in northern Tripura, a minister...
I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila
By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net
For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....
‘Time for introspection,’ advise thinkers to minority community
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Eminent leaders and thinkers from different parts of the country exhorted the members of the minority Muslim community to introspect over their problems and remedies thereto during the one-day seminar cum workshop on ‘Socio-cultural, economic and educational backwardness of minority Muslims of India with special reference to Assam: causes and remedies’. This was organised by the Department of Persian Gauhati University and Justice & Equity Demand Samiti (JEDS) Assam at Phanidhar Dutta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University on Sunday.
Congress to get more seats in northeast: Mukul Sangma
Shillong : Exuding confidence that northeastern states would contribute more seats to the Congress' kitty, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday reiterated that his...
Tribal refugees in Tripura repatriated to Bangladesh
Agartala : Bangladesh has taken back the tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since Monday following an ethnic strife...
Continuous rains in April leave residents of West Jaintia Hills flummoxed and counting losses
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Shnonpdeng: When a resident of Shnonpdeng, West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, looks at rain and says, “This is unprecedented,” you have to...
Militancy-hit people in Tripura threaten stir
Agartala : Militancy-hit people on Thursday threatened to organise a massive stir in Tripura if the state government did not rehabilitate them properly.
Over 3,000...
Attacks on northeast people, threat to society: President
Canchipur (Manipur) : Expressing sadness over attacks on youths from the northeastern region in the national capital, President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the "pluralistic...
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...
Prisoner’s body handed over to Pakistan
By IANS,
Jammu : The body of a Pakistani prisoner who was found hanging in a jail here Feb 22 will be handed over Monday...
It is the duty of all secular and democratic groups to foil designs of...
By TCN News,
Bhopal (MP): All India Muslim Majlis-E-Mushawarat (AIMMM), an apex forum of Muslim organizations and institutions of national eminence held a meeting of...
Will protest sexual assault of doctor, says Mirwaiz
By IANS,
Srinagar : Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, Thursday said demonstrations will be held to protest the sexual assault of...
30 Tripura policemen injured in attack by tribal party activists
Agartala, (IANS): Over 30 policemen were injured in Tripura on Tuesday when activists of a tribal party attacked them, alleging a woman has been abducted,...
Tribals protest in Ahmedabad demanding implementation of FRA, MNREGA
Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Hundreds of tribals from six districts of Gujarat gathered here at the Sabarmati riverfront and took out a rally demanding...
CBI charge sheet against 7 over Nido Tania’s death
New Delhi : The CBI Friday filed a charge sheet in a court here against seven people over the death of 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh...