Mild earthquake hits northeast, Myanmar
Shillong : An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale Sunday jolted northeastern states and parts of Myanmar Sunday, authorities said.
The earthquake occurred at...
Sharmila again arrested in Manipur, taken to hospital
Imphal : Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who is on an indefinite fast in Manipur for nearly 14 years seeking repeal of a law giving...
Woman killed in Tripura for practising witchcraft
Agartala : A 55-year-old tribal woman was killed by her neighbours in Tripura for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said here on Tuesday.
Kanyapati Debbarma, a...
Seminar draws roadmap for minority women’s education in North East
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) hosted a national seminar on ‘Educational status of Minority Women in North East India: Challenges & Future Prospects’ in Techno City in the outskirts of Guwahati. The event was supported by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.
IMA works out plan to address tribal health issue
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking a serious view of increasing infant deaths and malnutrition cases reported in Attappady, one of the largest tribal settlements in Kerala, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has drawn up a detailed action plan to find solution for various health issues with special focus on antenatal care of tribal women.
A year later, Churachandpur’s dead remain in a morgue, awaiting justice
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Churachandpur/Delhi: Can the mood of a district of Manipur be replicated in the capital of the country? Maybe not, especially given...
Looking beyond Women’s Day and Capitalism-inspired Feminism
By Ashley Tellis for Twocircles.net
Now that Women’s Day has gone, women will be forgotten once again for the rest of the year....
Have not accepted home minister’s resignation: Meghalaya CM
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Monday said that he is yet to accept the resignation of his woman Home Minister Roshan Warjri.
"She...
Only slogans and programmes will not help, time for implementation: Nagaland MP Neiphiu Rio
By Nirendra Dev
New Delhi : In terms of policies and programmes and creating slogans, there is no shortcoming in the Narendra Modi government, but...
डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...
Nagaland governor quits, protests transfer
Agartala/Thiruvananthapuram : Nagaland Governor Vakkom B. Purushothaman, who held additional charge as Tripura governor, resigned Friday protesting that he was not consulted on his...
Srinagar, the most high profile seat in Kashmir
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : With 1.2 million voters spread over 15 assembly constituencies, the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is the most prestigious among the...
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...
Modi’s northeast fare: Train line, power unit and two fests
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be spending four busy days on his maiden visit to the northeast where he will...
‘Ask CBI to probe Karnataka IAS officer’s death’
Agartala : The IAS association's Tripura branch on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into the death of Karnataka's young IAS officer D.K. Ravi.
"The IAS...
Northeast people to light candles to honour Modi
Guwahati : Thousands of people from the northeast will light candles in their homes and offices across the country to show their respect for...
Killings in Assam condemnable: Amnesty
New Delhi : The killing of unarmed civilians by Bodo militants in Assam "is highly condemnable and shows contempt for human lives", Amnesty International...
In J&K, Gujjar community threatens state-wide agitation against alleged rape and murder of eight-year-old...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Jammu: On Thursday, January 18, Jammu and Kashmir woke up to a terrible news of the death of an eight-year-old...
Are children safe in insurgency-hit Assam?
Guwahati : How safe are the children in militancy-hit Assam? The recent killing of a school girl by Bodo militants has once again brought...
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%.
Mary Kom to be brand ambassador of north-east
New Delhi/Agartala : The central government will appoint Olympic medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom as the brand ambassador for north-east India to promote the...
West Bengal government afraid of CBI probe: Manik Sarkar
Kolkata/Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Monday said the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government is afraid of a CBI probe into the chit...
Polling officials reach remote booths for April 17 polls
Siliguri : Polling officials Tuesday night reached 16 remote booths in the mountainous terrain of Darjeeling constituency for the first phase of Lok Sabha...
Trial run of Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka bus flagged off
Shillong : The trial run of the Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka passenger bus service was flagged off Wednesday from Assam's main ciy of Guwahati. The trial run...
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...
Government mulling review petition in SC/ST Act case
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The government is mulling to file a review petition in the Supreme Court pertaining to the apex courts order that...
Ebola virus: Tripura, Mizoram take preventive measures
Agartala/Aizawl : The Tripura and Mizoram governments have taken a number of preventive measures to check spread of deadly Ebola disease, officials from both...
Keep your promise, don’t change land act: Tribal leaders to PM
Ranchi : Tribal leaders of Jharkhand have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to keep his promise of not changing the land act in...
India’s youngest bank Bandhan to empower women, rural folk
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Innovative microfinance company Bandhan will operate as a bank from October next year and focus on empowering women and rural...
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...
Jananeta Irabot remembered on 118th birth anniversary
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: A procession carrying the portrait of Hijam Irabot among other events marked the 118th birth anniversary of Lamyanba Hijam Irabot observed across the state.
Considered as the father of modern Manipur, Irabot was a versatile personality who made his mark as a writer, politician, journalist and a true revolutionary. Irabot, born on September 30, 1896, stood up boldly and fought relentlessly against all kinds of exploitation prevalent during the period.
Congress attacks BJP over northeast ‘immigrants’, BJP withdraws word
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday attacked the BJP for referring to northeast people as "immigrants" in its vision document, and asked if the...
Tripura officer suspended for ordering schools to buy CM’s book
Agartala : The Tripura government has suspended a senior officer and cautioned another for issuing an order to purchase books written by the chief...
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...
Protests in Northeast demanding apology from Modi on ‘immigrant’ tag
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: The entire northeast erupted in protest following Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Vision Document for the forthcoming Delhi election that mentioned the people of north-eastern region as ‘immigrants’.
Students, different organizations and political parties across the region took out protest rallies and burnt effigies. They also demanded unconditional apology from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Assam blames centre for law and order problem
Guwahati : Facing criticism over the blast in Dibrugarh and recovery of a powerful bomb in a train, the Assam government Tuesday said the...
Left Front links Modi’s comments to Assam ethnic riots
Kolkata : Linking Narendra Modi's comments to the ethnic riots in Assam, West Bengal's Left Front chairman Biman Bose Sunday alleged the BJP's prime...
Freedom heroes from the northeast remembered
By IANS,
New Delhi : Little known heroes from the country's northeast played valiant roles during the freedom struggle, reversing a myth - like many...
Don’t let money overpower our Naga identity: NPF leader
Zunheboto (Nagaland), (IANS): The ruling Naga People's Front (NPF) on Monday called upon the state's people to choose between preserving the Naga identity and money...
Young tribal woman inspires farming community to better livelihoods in Odisha
By Chinmaya Dehury
Koraput (Odisha): Raimati Ghiuria, a young tribal woman, not only proved to be a leader in conserving local traditional varieties of rice...
नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 2
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
दो सालों बाद होने वाले चुनावों के लिए बांध को रिपोर्ट कार्ड में शामिल करने के लिए समाजवादी पार्टी क्या नीति अपना रही है और दुद्धी, सोनभद्र के अस्पतालों में घायलों का आंखों-देखा हाल...
[इस सीरीज़ की पिछली कहानियां – अकथ कहानी कनहर की और नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1]
International Day of the Disabled observed at Deomornoi
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘International Day of the Persons with Disabilities’ was observed in a befitting manner by the Indian Army COB Deomornoi in Darrang district of Assam attended by over 100 differently-abled persons along with their attendants in addition to prominent citizens and media persons of the area.
Over 12 lakh affected in Assam floods
Guwahati : Over 12 lakh people have been affected in floods in 16 districts of Assam. Many rivers, including the mighty Brahmaputra and its...
‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers
Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary”
Aatika S | TwoCircles.net
In this interview, the author talks...
In Ambedkar University, an afternoon of Dalit assertion and pride with Ginni Mahi
By Pritam Singh Tinna, Twocircles.net
Music events are part and parcel of every University campus, but on February 1, the Ambedkar University campus students witnessed...
Former Assam MP Ismail Hussain passes away
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Former MP and Assam minister Ismail Hussain passed away at the age of 65 after suffering from a prolonged illness in a private hospital in Guwahati on Friday.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in his condolence message, termed him to be man who always thought for the upliftment of the poor during his days as minister.
Repatriate refugees to Mizoram: Tripura
Agartala : The Tripura government and a Lok Sabha member from the state have once again urged the central government to take steps to...
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...
An Assam village making firecrackers for over 100 years
Guwahati : An Assam village has been making firecrackers for over a 100 years and has now got a logo that will help it...
Assam, Nagaland agree to resolve border crisis: Rijiju
Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Thursday said a joint mechanism would be worked out soon to defuse prevailing...
Delhi’s northeast community takes creative route to raise awareness
By Shradha Chettri,
New Delhi : With drawings, pop songs and photographs, people from the northeast are displaying their creative side to sensitise the people...
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...
Branded Witches, Beaten by Mobs, Burned Alive – In the Land of Goddesses, India’s...
Across India’s tribal villages, women continue to be hunted and killed as witches, while families watch in silence, fear or grief.
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Asansol (West...
Mizoram teacher arrested for sexually abusing 32 students
Aizawl : A government school teacher was arrested in Mizoram on charges of raping and sexually abusing 32 students, police said here Friday.
"Saichal village...
“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...
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.
Death toll in Meghalaya blast rises to three
Shillong : The death toll in the IED blast triggered by insurgents in Meghalaya has risen to three with one more policeman succumbing to...
Two militants arrested, two lynched in Meghalaya
Shillong : Two militants were arrested Wednesday and arms and ammunition seized from them while an angry mob lynched two insurgents in Meghalaya, police...
Did anti-Dalit WhatsApp messages shared among Savarnas trigger the violence during Bharat Bandh?
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
The foundations of the Bharat Bandh, which took place on April 2, was laid on March 20, when the Supreme Court...
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.
World Bank aid for power projects in northeast India
Agartala : The World Bank would provide the major share of a Rs.5,111 crore project to develop and expand infrastructure in the power sector...
Is the media painting a true picture about Assam’s displaced Muslims?
By Abdul Kalam Azad,
Guwahati: The role of media in perceptualising risk is very crucial; especially when the risk is augmented by deadliest terrorist organization with double edged potentiality to create disaster in anywhere in the world.
Bappu Haji: An octogenarian who lives only to serve others
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twociricles.net
For Bappu Haji, charity has never been an option; it is more of way of live. Nearly 40 years ago,...
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...
Northeastern states’ boundary squabbles to be resolved
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Aizawl : The Modi government has taken the initiative to resolve the long pending boundary disputes between the northeastern states, officials said.
"Survey...
The Roohani Water of AIUDF chief raises many eyebrows, claiming the act to be...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Scholars and civil society of Assam have slammed the act of giving ‘roohani’ water by All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief, Badruddin Ajmal, to the people of Muslim community during election rallies, terming it as anti-religious. Casting a special chant into water carried to election rallies with the aim of using extremely poor and illiterate supporters as votes for the upcoming Lok Sabha election is against Allah, claimed Islamic scholars from the state. The supporters of AIUDF, however, see this water and the blind faith on Ajmal as a binding thread.
Another Bangladeshi burglar lynched in Tripura
Agartala : A thief from Bangladesh was lynched by an irate mob in Tripura, just over a week after three Bangladeshi cattle thieves were...
Gogoi faces people’s ire along Assam-Nagaland border
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday faced the anger of the people in the violence-hit Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district, forcing him...
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...
People may not respect parliament any more: India’s oldest lawmaker
By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS,
Imphal : Rishang Keishing, 94, arguably India's - perhaps the world's - oldest lawmaker who has served four terms in parliament,...
One land rights activist dies after self-immolation in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: One protestor of peasants’ body Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) died after receiving 90 per cent burn injuries following his act of self-immolation in demand of land rights in front of Assam secretariat on Monday.
‘Northeast-The Women’s campaign’ launched in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Northeast – The Women’s Campaign’, an initiative by Assam Youth For Change (AYFC) and supported by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya was launched in Guwahati in a bid to bridge the gap of gender inequality on Sunday. The year-long campaign was launched by Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Deborah C. Marak in presence of Vice Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Dr. PG Rao.
Government to relax road development norms for northeast states
New Delhi : The government said Wednesday it will relax norms on the development of the road and highways sector in the northeastern states.
Road...
India to improve relationship with eastern neighbours: Minister
Shillong : The Indian government Friday stressed the need to improve its relationship with its neighbouring countries bordering the eight northeastern states.
"We would like...
Notice to Assam government for baton charge on students
Guwahati : The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the commissioner and secretary of the state home department over allegations...
CPI-M to protest against MGNREGA fund cuts
Agartala : The CPI-M will organise demonstrations across the country, including at parliament house in New Delhi Nov 26, to protest against the curtailment...
How quotas help disadvantaged-caste students get higher education
By Charu Bahri
As many as 26 per cent male and 35 per cent female students from India’s most disadvantaged castes and tribes in 245...
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...
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...
India to tighten vigil along Myanmar border
Agartala/Aizawl : India would strengthen vigil along its border with Myanmar to check drugs and arms smuggling besides movement of inimical elements, including militants,...
TCN launches an internship program
By TCN News
Come learn about exciting world of online journalism. TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a US-based non-profit news organization working on unreported stories of the...
A book on history of Muslims in Manipur released at Imphal
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: A book titled, Nongsamei Puya (Pangal Khunthoklon), which records the history of Muslim settlement in Manipur, edited by M.A. Janab Khan and O. Bhogeswar Singh was released on October 23, 2014 at Manipur Press Club, Imphal.
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...
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...
Tension grips Assam-Nagaland border after violence
Guwahati : Tension has gripped the Assam-Nagaland border since late Tuesday night when suspected Naga men fired indiscriminately and burnt villages on the Assam...
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...
MyFacts’ move to Assam governor seeking solution to BTAD trouble
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Named MyFacts (Muslim Youths Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism and Sedition), a group that initially met through Facebook got together in the city and decided their action plan towards a solution of the ongoing violence in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).
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...
BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...
Now, SC/STs in Delhi can apply for employment loan via app
New Delhi, (IANS): The Delhi government will launch a mobile application on Saturday through which Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes, minorities, and handicapped...
‘Rubber cultivation in northeast vital to meet demand’
Agartala : The Rubber Board has decided to expand cultivation of rubber in non-traditional areas of northeastern region to meet the increasing demand, an...
Border crimes increased after use of non-lethal arms
Agartala : After the Indian border guards started using non-lethal weapons, crimes along the India-Bangladesh border have increased, an official said here Thursday.
The border...
Guwahati airport to swap land with SOS village
New Delhi : The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will swap land from the SOS village in Guwahati for upgrading the international airport there.
The...
Tripura withdraws school book that tags BJP a communal party
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to withdraw the government school textbook in which the BJP was tagged as a...
BJD MLA wants tribals rights upheld on Khandadhar mines
Bhubaneswar : A ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator has urged the Odisha government to recognise the forest rights of Pauri Bhuyan tribals, a...
Manipuri student killed by friend in Delhi
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Manipuri student was killed by a friend from his own state who later surrendered at a police station, officials...
Tripura government reduces tax on aviation fuel
Agartala : The Tripura government Friday reduced the value-added tax (VAT) on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) by four percent, a minister here said, following...
“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.
Kidnapped SBI official in Meghalaya still untraced
Shillong : The whereabouts of a State Bank of India (SBI) official kidnapped by militants eight days ago are still not known, while 42...
Debate on inner line permit at ADBU
By Ririsasa Laloo,
Guwahti: The Social Work Department of Assam Don Bosco University, (ADBU) Azara Guwahati held a debate on “Inner Line Permit (ILP) is a step towards Development of the North East Region” on 11th August.
Democratising journalism: Giving remote tribal areas a voice
By Shubhranshu Choudhary,
The story is a bit topsy-turvy these days as far as journalism education goes, especially in the tribal areas in Central India. Instead of rural students coming to teachers in cities, teachers are going to 'adivasi haats' or weekly markets.
Elections to Tripura’s Charilam Assembly seat on March 12
Agartala, (IANS): The polls in Tripura's Charilam Assembly constituency will be held on March 12, a notification issued by the Election Commission on Thursday...
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...
Modi’s first visit to northeast November-end
Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first visit to the northeast in November-end and will inaugurate the annual conference of state...
India’s space odyssey, slice of Nagaland: Durga puja variety
By Sahana Ghosh,
Kolkata : Twinkling rockets zooming off into space towards a reddish Mars, tribals keeping alive the unique iron craft in the backdrop...
BJP wants to divide Jharkhand society with non-tribal CM: Nitish
Patna: Senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Friday accused the BJP of trying to divide society in Jharkhand by naming non-tribal Raghubar Das as the...
24 rebels arrested in Meghalaya
Shillong : Twenty-four rebels of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) were arrested Saturday from their hideout in Garo Hills region of Meghalaya, police...
In World Cup season, documentary ‘Soccer Queens of Rani’ tells story of Assam’s football...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Dulumoni Rabha’s mother and brother work in stone quarries to make ends meet. Nikumoni Kalita’s father digs sand from the river to earn his family’s household expenses. Popy Rabha’s mother pulls a hand cart, sells snack in the weekly local market so that her family can have their next meal.
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...
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...
Amid election heat, Sonia-Modi in war of words
Nuh/Itanagar/Guwahati : The Congress-BJP war of words escalated Monday, with Congress president Sonia Gandhi charging the BJP with indulging in "politics of hate" and...
Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi sacked
New Delhi : Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi was sacked on Saturday, officials said.
President Pranab Mukherjee directed that "Qureshi shall cease to hold the office...
‘Modi stands to negate everything enshrined in constitution’
Srinagar : Formally launching his party's poll campaign in the Valley, National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah said Wednesday Narendra Modi stands to negate...
Centre plans to revoke MGNREGA: Tripura CM
Agartala : The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is contemplating revocation of the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA...
‘Centre preparing vision document for NE hydrocarbon sector’
Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said the government is preparing a vision document for...
Assam honours SC, breaks tradition on animal fights
Guwahati : Assam Thursday broke a more than a century-old tradition to honour the Supreme Court ban on animal fights. The state stayed away...
Come Saturday, Meghalaya will be on rail map
Shillong : Bijay K. Marak, the first train driver among Garo tribesmen, will be a happy man Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags...
Meghalaya CM to share dais with Modi Saturday after political spat
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, who had said Narendra Modi would never become the prime minister, would share the dais with him...
70 Indian border markets to be open to Bangladeshis
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : India intends to set up 70 markets, colloquially called 'haats', on its border where Bangladeshis and Indians will be able...
Amarnath pilgrims to get prepaid SIM cards
Jammu : Pilgrims for this year's annual Amarnath Yatra will get prepaid mobile SIM cards for seven days for enhanced telecom facilities during the...
Manipur’s second Lok Sabha seat votes Thursday
Imphal : Eight candidates are in the fray in Thursday's poll to Manipur's second Lok Sabha constituency with issues like misgovernance, unemployment and drug...
Bodies of Manipur activists killed in 2015 violence to be buried
Imphal, (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Tuesday said the bodies of eight tribal activists killed in mob violence in September 2015...
100 Tripura students fall ill after taking deworming tablets?
Agartala : Around 100 school students in Tripura fell ill Wednesday and were admitted to a hospital. Officials suspect the students fell sick after...
Action plan worked out to get World Heritage tag for Assam’s Charaideo Moidam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam government has prepared an action plan to get the coveted World Heritage site tag for the historic Charaideo Moidam of Ahom era in Assam’s Sivasagar district.
Rahul Gandhi cancels trip to Mizoram
Aizawl/Agartala : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to the northeastern states, has cancelled his visit to Mizoram on Wednesday...
Voting sluggish in Arunachal
Itanagar: Balloting in simultaneous elections to Arunachal Pradesh's two Lok Sabha seats and the state assembly was sluggish in the first three hours, with...
Assam CM refutes union minister’s claim on central funds
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday refuted union minister Sarbananda Sonowal's comment that the state government has failed to utilise the central...
Army conducts flag march in Assam’s troubled district
Guwahati : Army Thursday conducted flag march in Assam's troubled Golaghat district near the border with Nagaland, even as a youth was injured when...
Enrolment ratio in higher education in the northeast low
Agartala : The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education is very low in the northeast region and it can be improved by setting...
Assam toll rises to 71, Rajnath reviews situation
Guwahati : The toll in the violence unleashed by Bodo militants rose to 71 Wednesday, even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by two...
दलितों, आदिवासियों और मुस्लिमों को जेल ही दे पाया है हमारा लोकतंत्र – शिवमूर्ति
By TCN News,
लखनऊ : रिहाई मंच के तत्वावधान में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारी विरोध दिवस’ के तहत यूपी प्रेस क्लब लखनऊ में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारियां और इंसाफ का संघर्ष’ विषयक सेमिनार का आयोजन किया गया.
Assam attacks toll rises to 28, PM says it’s cowardly
Guwahati/New Delhi : The toll in the twin attacks in Assam Saturday rose to 28, as the state government decided to hand over the...
Alumnus CEO of Don Bosco tells students how to own a company
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: An entrepreneur from Nagaland who made it big in the national scene is back in the region with a mission to launch the IT revolution in the remotest and challenging areas of northeast India.
“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...
Two militants killed, four arrested in Meghalaya
By IANS,
Shillong : Two militants were killed and four arrested in Meghalaya Wednesday, police said.
"Two A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) cadres were gunned down...
Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’
TCN News
Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...
Tribal groups aghast with no mention of relief for Adivasis in PM’s Atma-Nirbhar Bharat
TCN News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic package of Rs. 20 lakh crores for a “self-reliant” India on Tuesday with no mention of...
Garo rebels causing serious concern: Meghalaya governor
Shillong : Meghalaya Governor K.K. Paul Friday expressed concern over the growing influence of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit,...
Corporates will run India if Modi becomes PM: Gogoi
Guwahati : Launching a fresh attack against Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said big corporate houses will run the government...
A generation born in displacement with no land rights: Vallabh Sagar Dam and its...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Over the past few years, the Indian state has faced increasing resistance from Adivasis across the nation over land acquisition and...
Indian farmer abducted by Bangladeshi nationals
Agartala : Tension erupted along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura after Bangladeshi nationals kidnapped an Indian farmer in retaliation to the arrest of a...
Mob beats three militants to death in Assam
Guwahati : Three militants of Meghalaya-based outfit United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) were Tuesday beaten to death by villagers in Assam's Goalpara district, police...
HRD ministry makes criteria easier for appointment of Urdu teachers in schools
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The criteria for the appointment of Urdu teachers in schools have been modified to make it more flexible for the expansion of Urdu language.
Intervene in coal mining ban, Meghalaya leaders to president
Shillong : Congress leaders from Meghalaya Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi to seek his immediate intervention over the National Green Tribunal's...
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...
Centre will increase budget for northeast, says minister
New Delhi : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh Friday assured chief ministers of the northeastern states that the central government will increase the budget allocation...
Parts of northeast cut off as Meghalaya blockade continues
Agartala : The northeastern states of Tripura, Mizoram, parts of Manipur and southern Assam remained cut off from the rest of India for the...
EC notice to Ajmal over statement against BJP
Guwahati : The Election Commission has served a show cause notice to AIUDF leader Maulana Badruddin Ajmal over a controversial statement he made against...
Attenborough had plans to make Khasi documentary in Meghalaya
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Shillong : Tribal Khasi philanthropist Honsen Lyngdoh, who was closely associated with Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning film 'Gandhi', said the late British director...
Tripura University to attract Bangladeshi students
Agartala : Tripura University will launch an initiative to admit more Bangladeshi students to reinforce the government's plan to strenthen the people-to-people ties between...