NDFB killings: Death toll rises to 76; Assam tense, para-military deployed
Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit locations
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The situation in Assam remained tense on Wednesday with the recovery of more bodies of Assam villagers, who were massacred by the Bodo militants opened indiscriminate fire targeting adivasi people.
JKLF protest march in Srinagar against youth’s killing
Srinagar : Pro-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir Front (JKLF) activists took out a protest march in summer capital Srinagar Monday against the killing of a...
Tripura undecided about new chief secretary
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura is yet undecided on naming successor to chief secretary Sanjay Kumar Panda, who will join 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...
Independence Day celebrated in Mizoram
Aizawl : The 68th Independence Day was celebrated in Mizoram Friday with Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla unfurling the national flag at the Assam Rifles...
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...
12-hour shutdown against killings hits life in Assam
Guwahati : A 12-hour dawn-to-dusk shutdown Friday called to denounce the killing of a large number of tribals by Bodo militants affected normal life...
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...
IAF lifts 425 stranded passengers between Leh and Jammu
Jammu : The Indian Air Force Friday lifted 425 stranded passengers between Leh town of Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region and Jammu city on...
Assam PHE Chief Engineer BU Laskar no more
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Baha Uddin Laskar, Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Assam, passed away at International Hospital in Guwahati after suffering a massive heart attack on Tuesday afternoon. He was 59.
Nagaland tops in Lok Sabha voter turnout
Agartala : The highest turnout of voters in the Lok Sabha election was recorded in the northeastern state of Nagaland, with 87.82 percent of...
Food security act not available for vulnerable tribal groups: NCST head
By Rupesh Dutta
New Delhi : The government's "inability" to implement the Food Security Act among the 'Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups' in India has resulted...
Amnesty demands release of Irom Sharmila after government decriminalizes attempt to suicide
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Human rights activists, especially the Amnesty International, have demanded immediate and unconditional release of Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila in wake of the Centre’s attempt to decriminalize suicide by dropping the section 309 of IPC.
Mentally challenged woman burnt after gang rape in Tripura
Agartala : In a case of horrific brutality, a mentally challenged woman was burnt to death after being gang raped in Tripura, police said...
Renewal of land lease for army opposed in Kashmir
Srinagar : Residents living near an army firing range land held a demonstration here, demanding a written assurance from the state government that it...
Five Minors Injured as Security Forces Clash with Maoists in Bastar; Activists, Locals Denounce...
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Five minors were allegedly injured on December 12 by bullets during a suspected encounter between security forces and Maoists in the border...
Manipuris pay homage to the martyrs of June 18 uprising
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The people of Manipur paid homage to those who laid down their lives for the cause of safeguarding the territorial integrity of the state during the June 18, 2001 uprising against the extension of the cease fire agreement signed between Government of India and NSCN-IM on June 18, 2014.
Global Rainbow Foundation to work with Ajmal Foundation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Global Rainbow Foundation (GRF), known for its various developmental works world-wide, has expressed its willingness to work together with Assam’s Ajmal Foundation to spread education among the poor people.
Taking part in a seminar GRF founding chairman Armoogum Parsuramen said that they are ready to extent any kind of support for higher education in this part of the country.
As election approaches in Kerala, parties go all out to woo Adivasi voters in...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kozhikode: With battle lines drawn for the upcoming assembly polls, campaigns of both the United Democratic Front and...
Mizoram to see four governors in less than two months
Aizawl/New Delhi : The Congress-ruled northeastern state of Mizoram is likely to have the dubious distinction of having four governors in less than two...
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,...
Tripura tribal party to launch agitation for separate state
Agartala, (IANS): A tribal-based party in Tripura has stepped up efforts to push its demands -- including for a separate state -- even as...
Assam youth feel development can bring solution to every problem
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: When it comes to the issues for fighting elections for the political parties, it can be vary which are often politically motivated to influence the emotion of the people in various ways but what really people expect from these political parties hardly given the due importance.
SBI branch manager abducted in Meghalaya
Shillong : An official of the State Bank of India (SBI) was Monday abducted by suspected tribal militants in Meghalaya's South West Garo Hills...
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).
Northeast gets Rs.2,362 crore, promise to mainstream the region
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday announced a budget allocation of Rs.2,362.74 crore for the Northeast and promised to bring the region...
Northeast to be made commercial hub of Southeast Asia: Centre
Agartala : Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said Saturday India's northeast region would be made a "trading and commercial hub of...
Malaria continues havoc in Tripura, toll now 41
Agartala : The deaths in a malaria outbreak in Tripura have risen to 41, including 31 children, a minister said here Sunday.
Over 22,000 people...
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...
Portable water contamination sensor developed
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Two Assam Don Bosco University Researchers of the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department at Don Bosco College of Engineering and Technology (DBCET) have developed an on-the-spot water contamination sensor that can assess whether the amount of metal ions present in water is in the range that is safe for human consumption.
I am from northeast… but I am not Mowgli!
By Prantick Majumder,
"Does the Rajdhani Express go to Assam?" I thought I had heard something wrong. When the question was repeated, I knew I heard it right. My blood came to a boil. But my conscience got the better of me as I realised that the person may genuinely not know much about Assam.
DoNER minister to discuss development with northeast CMs
Shillong : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh will Friday meet the governors and the chief ministers of all eight northeastern states here to brainstorm on...
Centre, Meghalaya sign peace accord with Garo rebels
New Delhi/Shillong : The central and Meghalaya governments Wednesday signed a peace agreement with the two factions of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC),...
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...
Pension scheme for 40 lakh families in UP
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will launch a pension scheme for 40 lakh families, including those belonging to the Scheduled Castes...
Modi announces relief for Assam victims
New Delhi : Expressing grief over the killings in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday announced ex-gratia of Rs.2 lakh each to families of...
Man gets life sentence for raping minor in Tripura
Agartala: A tribal was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripura for raping a 13-year-old girl, police said here Friday.
"Dhananjoy Reang raped...
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...
Persecution of activists an expression of fascism say Indian Americans
By TCN News:
The Alliance for Justice And Accountability (AJA), an umbrella coalition of progressive organizations across the United States, today condemned the attacks against...
US to encourage businessmen to invest in northeast: Envoy
Agartala : The US government and its diplomatic missions in India will encourage American businessmen to invest in India's resource-rich northeast region, a top...
Tripura tribals take out mammoth rally against Citizenship Bill
Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) Several tribal parties led by the Congress held a joint rally near here on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship...
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...
Youth held for extortion bid against former Assam CM
By IANS,
Guwahati : A youth was arrested for trying to extort money from former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta in the name of...
In Bastar, state violence is not an aberration, but a norm
By Rajaraman Sunderasan for Twocircles.net,
Between the theaters of war, the tribal population of the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh is under severe repression of the...
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...
Two Manipuri youths attacked in Delhi, three held
New Delhi : Two Manipuri students were attacked with a scissor, stones and iron rods by three people, two of them juveniles, when the...
Bodos kill 65 in Assam, three die in police firing
Guwahati : Three people were killed in Assam Wednesday when police fired at thousands of angry adivasis who took to the streets, a day...
50 per cent of tribal land acquired over the years: Rameshwar Oraon
By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi : More than 50 per cent of the land owned by tribals has been acquired for a variety of...
Assam CM failed to handle jihadi issue: Sonowal
Guwahati : Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Friday expressed concern over the increase in activities of Islamist terror networks in Assam, and said Chief Minister...
नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 3
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
कैसे केवल उत्तर प्रदेश की ही नहीं, झारखंड और छत्तीसगढ़ की भी सरकारें आदिवासियों की समस्याओं को मुआवज़े की कीमत पर तौल रही हैं? क्या होगा कनहर बांध बनने से और राज्यों के बीच किस तरह तनाव पसरा हुआ है...
[इस सीरीज़ की पिछली कहानियां – अकथ कहानी कनहर की, नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1 और नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध -2]
सोनभद्र: कनहर सिंचाई परियोजना पर ज़मीनी हकीकत को लेकर बहुत सारी सचाईयां उजागर हो चुकी हैं. विकास के नाम पर उत्तर प्रदेश की सपा सरकार जिस तरह से किसानों और आदिवासियों की अमूल्य संपदाओं से खेल रही है, ज़रूरी है कि पार्टी के रिपोर्ट कार्ड में वह भी शामिल हो.
Tribal panchayats eye MP-MLA funds for farmers’ widows, orphans
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), (IANS): More than 160 tribal panchayats from different districts in the state passed resolutions demanding that MPs and MLAs look after the welfare...
Pakistan to resume cross-border trade in Kashmir
By IANS,
Islamabad : Pakistan said Thursday it has decided to resume cross-border trade in Kashmir after weeks of suspension over the arrest of a...
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...
Silchar civic board not to reinstall Teresa’s portrait
Silchar (Assam) : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Silchar Municipal Board chairman Niharendra Narayan Thakur, who recently removed Mother Teresa's portrait from the board's...
Scheduled Tribe status for six Assam communities
New Delhi : The committee formed to recommend communities of Assam for granting the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status will submit its report shortly, Minister...
14 cases of ill-treatment of Andaman tribals found
New Delhi : The government on Monday said that Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Administration has reported 14 cases of ill treatment of Jarawas and...
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...
Resurgence and resistance: Convention in TISS, Mumbai celebrates the stories of Adivasi women
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Fourteen Adivasi women came together on stage to celebrate their struggles and victories at the Adivasi/Tribal women's convention held at Tata...
Tripura: CPI-M women members at record number
Agartala : The strength of women members of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura rose to a record 26 percent against 12...
More than 50 thousand students appear in talent search exam on Sunday
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Over 50,000 students, from class III to degree courses, in greater Guwahati appear in the Ajmal National Talent Search Examination (ANTSE) 2014 on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Don Bosco School Panbazar and Sonaighuli, Pragjyotish English School Panbazar, Fairyland School Hatigaon, Maulana Azad Markaz Academy Satgaon, Angel’s Academy Kamakhya Gate and another 11 schools in the city that have been selected as venue for the ANTSE.
Mahasweta was keen to be cremated at Gujarat tribal village: Activist Ganesh Devy
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata : An indefatigable crusader for tribal rights, eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi was keen to be laid to rest at Tejgadh,...
One killed in landslide in Jammu region
Jammu : One woman was killed and three others seriously injured in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district...
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...
‘We were promised rehabilitation,’ 40 families homeless after railway demolishes Ranchi slum
Nearly 40 families, most of whom Dalits and Adivasis, were rendered homeless after railways destroyed their basti on December 28 last month.
Aquilur Rahman...
यूपी में जंगलराज : दलित बस्ती में लगाई आग, दो मासूम जले
TwoCircles.net News Desk
लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में दलित बस्ती के 35 घरों में आग लगाने और 2 मासूम...
To Heaven and Back
By Shalim M Hussain
As campaigning for the 2016 Assam assembly polls was gaining steam in the warm and wet spring, Sunny and his friends...
Rebels abduct engineer, his driver in Mizoram
Aizawl/Agartala : A Tripura-based terrorist outfit abducted a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) engineer and his driver in Mizoram, police said Tuesday.
"Armed militants kidnapped Hokum...
टीसीएन 2021 : साल भर हम उठाते रहे वंचितों और पिछड़ों की आवाज़,पढ़िए...
बीते वर्ष, 2021, में कई तरह की बदलती हुई राजनीतिक और सामाजिक गतिविधियां देखने को मिली। इस बदलती परिस्थिति में, हाशिए पर खड़े...
Rijiju arrives in Assam to review law and order situation
Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju arrived here Saturday to take stock of the law and order situation after Karbi...
CPA team appeals for civil society action for peace in BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: A five-member fact finding team from Centre for Policy Analysis (CPA) New Delhi visited the strife torn BTAD on Saturday and met a few representatives of the civil society in Guwahati on Sunday morning prior to their return to Delhi. The team consisted of Harsh Mander, Anand Sahay, Seema Mustafa, Satish Jacob, and Prof Anuradha Chenoy. CPA believes that the 'alternative' is the major part of the truth which is generally not spoken of in the mainstream and there is no one mainstream in India but multiple streams.
Former union minister P.R. Kyndiah dead
Shillong : Veteran Congress leader and former union minister Patty Ripple Kyndiah passed away here on Thursday night following cardiac arrest, a family member...
Assam man sets himself ablaze demanding land rights
By IANS,
Guwahati : A man set himself ablaze outside the Assam capital complex in Dispur Monday protesting the state's refusal to give land pattas...
BPO employee from Manipur beaten to death in Delhi
New Delhi : A BPO employee hailing from Manipur was beaten to death here in a brutal attack reminiscent of one on a student...
‘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...
Shutdown paralyses life in Manipur
Imphal : A 38-hour shutdown which began early on Friday, paralysed normal life across Manipur.
The shutdown has been called by activists pressing for the...
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...
झारखंड: भूमि अधिग्रहण का विरोध कर रहे आदिवासियों पर पुलिस फायरिंग
TCN News
हजारीबाग(झारखंड): झारखण्ड के हजारीबाग जिले के बड़कागांव के आदिवासी अपनी 17,000 एकड़ जमीन बचाने के लिए पिछले 15 दिनों से शांतिपूर्ण कफ़न सत्याग्रह...
NBT to boost tribal literature in northeast
Agartala : The National Book Trust (NBT) has taken an ambitious plan to boost tribal literature in northeast India, trust chairman Baldeo Bhai Sharma...
Tripura militants kidnap three traders, driver in Mizoram
Agartala : Three Tripura traders and their driver were kidnapped by tribal guerrillas from Mizoram, police said here Sunday.
"Five businessmen from northern Tripura went...
Tripura to set up elephant reserve
Agartala : The Tripura government would set up an elephant reserve in the mountainous northeastern state to conserve wild elephants, a minister said here...
Museum of World War II inaugurated at Imphal
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal (1944) a war museum of the World War II was inaugurated by World War II Imphal Campaign Foundation at Imphal on April 4, 2014.
Foundation stone of a market complex in Muslim concentrated area in Manipur laid
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Lok Sabha MP Dr. Thokchom Meinya laid the foundation stone of Muhamuddin Shah Central Market Complex at Kshetrigao, a Muslim concentrated area in Imphal East District on October 3, 2014.
The function was also graced by Rajya Sabha MP Haji Abdus Salam, Parliamentary Secretary of Department of Minorities & OBCs Md. Amin Shah, President of Manipur Pradesh Youth Congress (MPYC) Amir Hussain, President of Kshetrigao Block Congress Committee Yaima Kabui and President of Athletic Brothers’ Association (ABA), Kshetrigao, Md. Qutubuddin alias Bakar.
No one convicted for rhino poaching in Assam in five years
Guwahati : Although hundreds of rhinos have been poached in various areas of Assam, including the high-security Kaziranga National Park, no one has been...
Manik Sarkar calls on Narendra Modi
New Delhi/Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
"It was a courtesy call," an official...
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,...
Northeast history, culture in NCERT books: Arunachal CM
By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS,
New Delhi : The central government has agreed to include geography, history and tradition and culture of the indigenous people of...
Kashmir acid attack convict gets 10 years jail
By IANS,
Srinagar : A local court here Friday sentenced an acid attack convict to 10 years in jail, holding him guilty of attempted murder...
‘Peaceful poll conduct, preventing infiltration challenges for J&K police’
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir director general of police (DGP) Ashok Prasad Tuesday said the peaceful conduct of Lok Sabha and assembly elections this...
Strong reactions from different sections after Rajya Sabha election in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After the results of Rajya Sabha for three seats were declared for Assam, the entire state has expressed anger and dissatisfaction at the action of certain MLAs for allegedly ‘betraying’ their party.
AIUDF wins Jamunamukh assembly by-poll
Guwahati : AIUDF candidate Abdur Rahim Ajmal Tuesday won the Jamunamukh assembly by-poll in Assam.
"AIUDF candidate Abdur Rahim Ajmal polled a total 62,513 votes...
Will Congress’ faith in dynastic politics save it in Dima Hasao?
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Haflong: Dima Hasao, the least populated district of Assam, goes to polls on April 4 and like most of the state,...
Manipur’s madrasa teachers demand pending salary for 18 months before Eid
By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Madrasa teachers from Manipur have threatened to intensify their agitation, including if needed, self immolation, if the state government failed to clear before Eid-ul-Zuha – on October 6 – their salaries pending for 18 months. Several Muslim civil society organization have stepped in for the cause too.
Reports on Attapadi tribals exaggerated: Minister
Thiruvananthapuram : Reports about the death of infants in the Attapadi tribal settlements in Palakkad district are exaggerated and far from the truth, Rural...
वाह रे मोदी बजट! दलित-आदिवासियों का हक़ भी मार लिया!
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी भले ही अरूण जेटली द्वारा पेश किए गए बजट को गांव, गरीब और किसान समर्थक बजट बता रहे...
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...
NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls
Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here.
The "People's...
Curfew relaxed in Meghalaya
Shillong : Curfew was Saturday relaxed for eight hours in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, two days after it was imposed following mob violence...
USTM ‘Award of Excellence’ to Dr Saif Sheikh
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Although well settled in the United States of America as the Director of Neo Pharm Inc and Vice President of Jina Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dr Saif Sheikh, a post-doctorate scientist from Purdue University, Johns Hopkins University, Pittsburg Medical Center, is still emotionally attached to his home country India.
Assam MPs raise voice on Dimapur lynching incident in Parliament
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Guwahati: Rising in one voice, members of Parliament (MPs) from Assam – those from Congress and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) – have raised the issue of cruel mob lynching at Dimapur earlier in the month and demanded a stop to racial profiling in the line of language and religion.
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...
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...
Nellie 1983: No justice even after 32 years for Nellie massacre victims
"In Nellie, time stands still. No socio-economic development has taken place in the area. Where and how to get justice for the victims?
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: It has been 32 years. Though the world has witnessed a sea change around him, nothing has changed for Sirajuddin Ahmed. The pain and agony still haunts him and he says, it will probably continue till his last breath.
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...
Will act against forceful conversions: Tripura CM
Agartala : Tripura's Left Front government would not tolerate any forceful religious conversions and would take strict action against any such move, Chief Minister...
Tribals in Bengal to use Facebook for development
Kolkata : Taking their friendship from the virtual to the real world, more than 600 "educated and privileged" Facebook users belonging to West Bengal's...
SC to hear Tripura High Court’s order on teachers
New Delhi/Agartala : The Supreme Court, admitting a special leave petition (SLP) Monday, stayed Tripura High Court's order for framing a new employment policy...
The youth of Manipur has the potential to inspire the whole nation, says PM...
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Addressing a gathering Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the youth of Manipur has the potential to inspire the whole nation with their excellence in sports so they should be rescued from the menace of drugs. Referring to the issue of unemployment in the North-Eastern states, he expressed that the whole North-Eastern region has the prospects to emerge as a hub of call centres.
Delhi court takes cognizance of chargesheet in Nido Tania case
New Delhi : A court here Saturday took cognizance of a chargesheet filed by the CBI against seven people over the death of 19-year-old...
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...
Irom Sharmila released from custody, resumes fast
Guwahati : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanua "who has been fasting since 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),...
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...
Over one lakh people affected by Meghalaya floods
Shillong : More than one lakh people were affected in Meghalaya Monday after the swollen Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers submerged several villages, an official...
Delhi Police’s new FB, Twitter pages for northeast people
By Alok Singh, IANS,
New Delhi : Faced with criticism over its perceived lack of sensitivity and outreach to the northeast community in the capital,...
35 years and counting: Adivasis who lost all their land to Machannala Dam in...
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...
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.
बस्तर में सुरक्षा बल और माओवादी मुठभेड़ में पिसती आम आदिवासी जिदंगियां, दूधमुंही बच्ची...
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बस्तर। छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर में माओवादी और सुरक्षा बलों के बीच होने वाली मुठभेड़ अब एक आम घटना बन गई है। माओवाद...
Fourth ‘border haat’ may open in Tripura next month
Agartala : The fourth 'border haat' (market) along the India-Bangladesh border is likely to be inaugurated next month to boost trade in local produce...
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.
Chopper service for Durga Puja revellers in Tripura
Agartala : The Tripura government Wednesday launched helicopter service for Durga Puja revellers and sightseers to enable them get an aerial view of tourist...
Attacks against minorities, Dalits grew sharply in BJP-led regime: US report
Washington, (IANS) : Religious tolerance has deteriorated and religious freedom violations have increased in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime, a report by...
One killed, four injured in Leh blast
Srinagar : One person was killed and four injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh town when a shell went off while labourers were collecting...
Modi opens Katra rail link, vows to walk Vajpayee’s path
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) : Making his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after taking office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday inaugurated the Katra-Udhampur...
Tripura legislator is dead
Agartala : Veteran communist leader of Tripura and sitting CPI-M legislator Sudhir Das died at a hospital in New Delhi Sunday following a heart...
Amarnath Yatra to begin June 28
Jammu : The annual yatra to the Himalayan cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district will start on June 28, it...
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...
Woman separatist leader held in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Chief of Kashmiri separatist women group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith), Asiya Andrabi was arrested Friday during anti-Valentine's Day protest here.
Andrabi was...
Restrictions imposed in Srinagar over ‘Quit Kashmir’ rally
Srinagar : Authorities Monday imposed restrictions on pedestrian and vehicular traffic in and around Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir as a separatist rally 'Quit...
Rajnath to visit Assam
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said he will visit Assam following an attack by militants that left around 40 people dead...
Nagaland to protect world’s longest-distance migratory falcons
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Kohima : India's northeastern state of Nagaland is determined to provide sanctuary to Amar falcons, known to be one of the world's...
Can’t remain deprived, suppressed for long: ADC members of Manipur
New Delhi : Members of Manipur's six autonomous district councils Friday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding that provisions of the Sixth...
Two blasts in Assam on Republic Day, no injuries
Guwahati : Suspected militants from the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom Monday triggered two blasts near Digboi town in Tinsukia...
Rainstorm hits normal life in Tripura, Mizoram
Agartala/Aizawl : Overnight seasonal cyclonic rains and thunder storms disrupted power supply and surface transport movement besides damaging a large number of houses in...
In Meghalaya, end of mining activity has workers facing an uncertain future
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ladrymbai (East Jaintia Hills): For Mohammed Abdullah, May 15 is an important, and probably a life-changing, date. The 45-year-old, a...
Despite mid-day meal, attendance lags in Agartala’s government schools
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala : Despite the lure of a mid-day meal, low attendance in Tripura's government schools is a "cause of concern" while enrollment...
तलवार की धार पर छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकार
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दंतेवाड़ा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर इलाक़े में चौथे खंभे की हालत बेहद ही दयनीय है. नक्सली इलाक़े में जान-जोखिम...
AIUDF wants flood to be declared as national calamity
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has urged the central government to declare flood and erosion as national calamity. Slamming the Assam government for misuse of the funds meant for the development of the poor people, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal also appealed to the central government to monitor the utilization of the funds sanctioned by the central government.
Tribal varsity aims to mainstream tribal youth: President
Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh), (IANS): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said the aim of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University is to help tribal youth...
35 percent polling for Manipur’s second LS seat
Imphal: About 35 percent of electors cast their ballot till Thursday noon as voting took place for the second Lok Sabha seat from Manipur,...
Two policemen killed in Meghalaya militant ambush
Shillong : Two policemen were killed and three injured Tuesday when tribal militants ambushed them in Meghalaya, officials said.
Heavily armed suspected militants of the...
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...
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.
24,517 J&K youth provided government jobs in 2012-2013
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir government provided government jobs to over 24,000 youth during 2012-2013.
Minister for Labour and Employment Ajay Sadhotra Friday told...
NHRC asks Maharashtra to explain deaths of 500 tribal schoolgirls
Mumbai, (IANS) : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Maharashtra government to explain reports of sexual abuse and mystery deaths of...
Tribal farmer commits suicide in Jharkhand over burnt crop
Ranchi, (IANS): A 55-year-old tribal farmer, Buddhu Oraon, on Thursday committed suicide by jumping into a well after 80 quintals of his paddy crop was...
Over 15 lakh vote in Assam’s Bodo council polls
Guwahati : Over 15 lakh people on Wednesday cast their votes in elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in four Bodo-majority districts in...
CM opposes extension of AFSPA to entire Arunachal
New Delhi : Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Friday said he urged the central government to review the decision to extend the...
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...
Two killed in Meghalaya landslides
Shillong : Two people were killed, three others injured and over 100 rendered homeless after torrential rains triggered landslides at various places across Meghalaya...
Gogoi hails centre’s move to prioritise migrants’ issue
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday hailed the central government's move to prioritise the issue of infiltration and illegal migration into the...