Journalists’ Forum urges Nabam Tuki for ending Arunachal media deadlock
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Expressing concern over the ceasing of publications of all seven daily newspapers in Arunachal Pradesh for successive second day on Sunday, the Journalists' Forum Assam (JFA) has urged the authority to resolve the matter for the sake of thousands of esteemed readers.
Nido Tania’s parents meet Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Parents of Nido Tania, who died after being beaten up by shopkeepers here, met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday...
Students from Assam volunteer for flood victims in Kashmir
By Sabin Sebastian, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: A group of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) social work students did their one month internship (November 2014) in Jammu and Kashmir to help the flood affected people under the leadership of Catholic Social Service Society (CSSS) of the Diocese of Jammu and Kashmir.
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...
Congress calls Tripura strike over police baton charge
Agartala : The Congress in Tripura Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in the Left-ruled state Nov 20 to protest a police baton charge on...
Telangana to up quota for Muslims, STs in proportion to population
Hyderabad : Telangana government will go for a special legislation on the lines of Tamil Nadu to increase the quantum of reservation for Muslims...
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...
Manipur groups warn of retaliation against Naga blockade
By IANS
Imphal: Assam-based organisations of Manipuri people on Wednesday warned of retaliation if the Naga-imposed indefinite economic blockade of Manipur is not withdrawn soon.
"All...
No firearms to be given to violence-hit people: Gogoi
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said the government would not provide firearms to the people affected by violence in the Bodoland...
One killed, three hurt in Assam-Nagaland border firing
Guwahati : There was panic in the Uriamghat area in Assam's Golaghat district near the state's border with Nagaland Thursday when gunmen allegedly from...
Congress moves EC, seeks probe into Irom Sharmila’s allegations
New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday moved the Election Commission demanding a probe into allegations by civil rights activist Irom Sharmila that she...
After Lalu, Nitish, Manjhi also want caste census data release
Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar and his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday...
Rs.53,000 crore allotted for development of northeast: Harsimrat
GangtoK : The central government has allocated Rs.53,000 crore in the 2015-16 budget for development of the northeastern states and has also proposed to...
Lack of fund mars Tripura’s rights panel plan
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura, despite its will, was not able to form human rights commission due to lack of fund...
One killed, over 25 injured in Assam blast
Guwahati : One person was killed and over 25 others were injured in an explosion in Assam's Dibrugarh district Sunday evening, police said.
Dibrugarh Superintendent...
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.
Tripura troopers deployed for Bengal polls
Agartala : Two battalions of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) have been deployed in West Bengal to facilitate peaceful elections, beginning Thursday, an official said...
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...
Tripura wants liberal central assistance for small states
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government should be generous to provide economic support to small...
The Great Illusion: How Misframed Adivasi Forest Rights Threaten Culture and Conservation ?
When Adivasi land rights are framed as tickets to government handouts, both cultural traditions and nature conservation hang in the balance, explains Dipika Adhikari,...
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...
Rajnath reviews Nagaland situation
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh, at a meeting here Thursday with Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang, reviewed the situation arising out of...
In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted
By Nikhil M. Babu
As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu...
UP govt undemocratically suppressing people’s voices resisting Kanhar dam: Fact Finding team
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: District and state administration in Uttar Pradesh are undemocratically suppressing the people’s voices against the “dangerous developmental projects”, alleged a fact finding team of the Delhi Solidarity Group that recently visited the Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.
Bodo faction threatens to quit peace process
Guwahati : The pro-talk NDFB faction Friday threatened to pull out of the peace process if the government does not release its president Ranjan...
‘Assam youth arrested for terror link had training in Jihad’
Guwahati : A day after the arrest of six persons for terror links in Assam's Barpeta district, police said that one of the arrested...
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...
Assam records 12 percent polling in first two hours
Guwahati : People queued up at polling booths in Assam's five constituencies as balloting began in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election...
Assamese student beaten up by Delhi college mates
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Delhi University undergraduate hailing from Assam was Tuesday beaten up by his fellow students inside the college canteen over...
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...
FCI plans to import rice from Myanmar for northeast
Guwahati : The Food Corporation of India (FCI) may soon import rice from Myanmar to India's northeastern states, an official said here Monday.
Pinuel Basumatary,...
Meghalaya policeman held with explosives from Delhi-bound train
Shillong : An official of the armed police in Meghalaya was Monday arrested from the Delhi-bound North East Express train at the Guwahati station...
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...
डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....
Congress slams government over Maharashtra governor’s transfer
New Delhi : The Congress Sunday said the government was exercising its power in an "extremely arbitrary manner" over the transfer of Maharashtra governor...
Vulnerability of Andaman’s tribals brought alive through fiction
New Delhi: Attempting to reach out to a wider audience and highlight the vulnerabilities of tribal communities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands who...
Bangladeshis troubling northeast due to wrong governance: Modi
By IANS,
Agartala: Due to wrong governance, illeggal Bangladeshis are causing trouble for the people of the northeastern states, but due to governance in Gujarat,...
Northeast presence in Delhi Police: Just 39
By Alok Singh,
New Delhi : The northeast has an almost negligible presence in Delhi Police - just 39 personnel, or a mere 0.05 percent,...
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...
BTAD camp inmates wary ahead of Ramadan
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The 300 odd people who have been stuck at the relief camps having a tough time after they have been devastated by the armed miscreants in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD). More than 45 villagers were gunned down by the miscreants a few weeks back in these areas.
Tripura power projects capacity to be augmented
Agartala : The generation capacity of three power plants in Tripura will be augmented by 62 MW without increasing fuel consumption, an official said...
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.
Poll code partly relaxed in some states
Agartala : The model code of conduct has been slightly relaxed in those states where polling has been completed, an official said here Wednesday.
"Ministers...
John urges NorthEast fans to throng stadium for support
Shillong : Bollywood actor John Abraham, co-owner of NorthEast United FC (NEUFC), Wednesday urged his Shillong fans to throng the Indira Gandhi stadium in...
ONGC agerees to supply gas to Tripura power project
Agartala : State-owned ONGC has finally agreed to supply natural gas to 101-MW capacity Monarchak power plant that is being set up by government-run...
Congress accuses RSS of trafficking tribal girls in Assam
New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday alleged that three affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in trafficking of 31...
Jamia Millia Islamia rises in solidarity with the North East Community
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In the aftermath of the recent crimes against members of the North East Community, students, teachers, staff of the...
Modi confers award on Tripura block for financial inclusion
Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conferred an award on Tripura's Mandwai block where every tribal family has a bank account.
Mandwai block's...
Sensitise Delhi Police about NE people’s problems: HC
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the city police to sensitise its 83,000 police personnel about the problems faced by people...
Assam CM concerned over militant activities in northeast
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday expressed concern over the attacks on security forces by militant groups in the northeast region...
Arunachal votes for assembly, Lok Sabha Wednesday
Itanagar : Over 750,000 people in India's mountainous state of Arunachal Pradesh will Wednesday cast their ballot for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha...
Submit proposal to stop rhino poaching: Harsh Vardhan to Assam
Guwahati : Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan Monday asked the Assam forest department to submit a scientific proposal to stop poaching of...
Three policemen killed in Manipur militant attack
Aizawl : Three armed Mizoram policemen were gunned down and two others shot at when the Manipur-based militant outfit Hmar People's Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) ambushed...
BJP, AIUDF two sides of the same coin: Asom Gana Parishad
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After concluding the first phase of Jatiya Setona Jatra – a journey among rural people across Assam – the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leaders said the emergence of BJP and AIUDF will put Assam in danger because of religious polarization.
IMRC initiative for Assam’s needy families, beneficiaries happy to receive aid
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Morigaon (Assam): Akidun Nesha is more than happy to receive a helping hand as she has to strive hard to make her ends meet. Nesha, a widow who lives with her son in Assam’s Morigaon district, is grateful that Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) reached out to her and many others like her across the state.
Protest rally in Agartala on Gaza attacks
Agartala : A protest rally was organised here Sunday calling for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza and urging the Indian government...
In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat
The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...
Railway focus on extending connectivity to NE states
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a bid to bring the country's northeastern states within the railway network, the Indian Railways are now on course...
Eid-ul-Adha celebrated in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Prayers and greetings marked the Eid-ul-Adha celebrations by the Muslims in Manipur today.
In the Imphal city, Muslims performed the Eid Namaz in the mosques. Muslim males, clad in kurta-pyjama, were seen in large number in the early morning performing namaz at some of the prominent mosques, like Sadr Bazar Jame Majid, at Imphal main market, Jame Masjid at Hafiz Hatta, Jame Masjid at Golapati, etc.
No proposal to ban cow slaughter in northeast: Ram Madhav
Shillong : There is no proposal to ban cow slaughter in the eight northeastern states, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said on Wednesday.
However, the...
Changing pattern of struggle against land acquisition in India
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
Until the tribes and other weaker sections of the remote, and mineral-rich rough terrains of east-central India were getting displaced from...
Former tribal insurgent leader shot dead in Manipur
Imphal : Hmar National Army leader Lalthanshang Hmar was shot dead on Tuesday in Churachandpur district of Manipur, police said.
Some unidentified persons barged into...
Rajnath flays Congress for lack of development in NE
Guwahati : BJP president Rajnath Singh Sunday charged the Congress with not doing anything to develop the northeast region.
"It is the Congress party which...
Assam to hand over jihadi activities cases to NIA
Guwahati : Assam will hand over cases related to jihadi activities in the state to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi...
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...
AAMSU to go on hunger strike for the BTAD violence victims
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU) has urged the state government to pay attention to the families of the riot victims in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) or the students’ body will go on hunger strike after August 15.
Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.
Hanging by the leaves: Overwork, meager income, price rise mars livelihood of these Adivasi...
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Every morning the daily market area of Ranchi is occupied by scores of women coming from rural areas in the periphery...
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...
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),...
Entrepreneur Habib Chowdhury spreading aroma in Laos to strengthen India’s ‘look east’ policy
Chowdhury is the founding chairman of HSMM Group that has become the largest Agarwood and Agar based Product’s Company in South East Asia from a humble background in Assam.
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR) is a small yet beautiful country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
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...
Newly elected Lok Sabha MPs from North East felicitated in Delhi
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The people from North East India staying in the National Capital felicitated the Members of Parliament (MPs) who were elected to the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
Tribal refugees averse to repatriation unless demands are met
Agartala (IANS): Over 32,850 Mizoram tribals staying in refugee camps in Tripura for the past 21 years are averse to return to their homes...
Three people killed in Tripura road mishap
Agartala : At least three people were killed and 17 others were critically injured when two passenger jeeps collided in Tripura, police said here...
Pro-ILP agitationists in Manipur protest police high-handedness
Imphal : A woman, who was badly injured while taking part in a demonstration favouring Inner Line Permit (ILP) system for Manipur, has started...
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...
Cross-LoC trade stand-off resolved, trucks to roll on again
By IANS,
Srinagar : The stand-off between India and Pakistan over the cross-LoC trade has ended and the detained vehicles of the two sides are...
Blast in Meghalaya, no casualties
By IANS,
Shillong : Suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Tuesday night triggered a blast at a petrol pump in Meghalaya but...
Plight of tribal communities during COVID-19
By Faheem Muhammed M.P
As the world is facing the most dreadful pandemic of modern times, the indigenous population across the globe are exposed to...
New TV channel for northeast: Jaitley
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday announced a new 24X7 television channel for the northeast region.
"A new channel named 'Arun Prabha', which...
Assam may get tough laws to deal with witch-hunting
Guwahati : Assam may soon have tougher laws to deal with the menace of witch-hunting over which 140 people have been killed since 2002.
A...
Will my valley remain green? Many Kashmiris wonder
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : As the Kashmir countryside turns lush green with the paddy growing season, one wonders whether the farmers' greed for wealth...
Assam to strengthen border outposts; violence toll now 11
Guwahati: Assam Thursday decided to improve infrastructure at the inter-state border outposts and provide more equipment to the security forces deployed there, even as...
Bodies of abducted people found in Assam
Guwahati : The bullet-riddled bodies of four people, who were abducted by suspected Bodo militants in Assam's Baksa district, have been found, while the...
Dalit, Adivasi protestors released, say they will not be intimidated
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Claiming that the government is trying to suppress agitating dalit and adivasi voices, the 30-odd dalit and adivasi activists released from police custody said they will not be intimidated and will not compromise on their fundamental rights.
ULFA seeks better management of Indo-Bangla border
New Delhi : The pro-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Friday urged the central government to adopt measures for...
Manipur to get 400 kw power project: DoNER minister
Imphal : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday announced that Manipur would get a 400 KW power project at an estimated cost of Rs.124...
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...
छत्तीसगढ़: पुलिस ने 17 आदिवासियों को मारकर नक्सली मुठभेड़ की झूठी कहानी रची
By अनुज श्रीवास्तव, TwoCircles.net
साल 2012. मुख्यमंत्री रमनसिंह के नेतृत्व में छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजपा की सरकार थी. बीजापुर ज़िले के सारकेगुड़ा गाँव में 28-29 जून...
12-hour strike stalls life in Tripura
Agartala : A 12-hour shut down, called by the ruling CPI-M as well as the opposition Congress over the killing of two men, crippled...
Special courts for tribal land rights to continue in Jharkhand
Ranchi : The Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) of Jharkhand decided here on Thursday that Scheduled Area Regulation (SAR) courts will continue to exist, but...
Paper trail to be used in Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya
Shillong : The voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) system will be used for the first time in the Lok Sabha elections in Nagaland,...
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.
One person dead, three injured in Murshidabad during voting after TMC, CPI (M) supporters...
By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net
Kolkata/Berhampur: The battle for West Bengal claimed its first victim during the third phase of elections in Domkal, Murshidabad. Tauhidul...
SC notice to centre, states on extending SC/ST legislative quota
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the central and state governments on a petition challenging the constitution's 95th amendment extending the...
Panic-stricken Tripura woman dies after quake
Agartala : A 35-year-old woman died of heart attack after she panicked during the earthquake in Tripura, an official said here on Sunday.
"Krishna Sinha...
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...
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s house gutted by fire
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Once it was a meeting place of several big shots of the country including Indian first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru even before the time of independence. Now only silence prevails in the area amidst the echo of cry of the neighbours after the glorious history was gutted by fire at Guwahati’s Lakhtokia.
No regrets for Modi remark: Mukul Sangma
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday said he does not regret his remark that Narendra Modi will never become the prime minister...
Three drug peddlers arrested in Tripura, heroin seized
Agartala : Tripura Police arrested three members of an inter-state drug peddlers' gang and seized around 900 grams of heroin from them, police said...
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...
‘Discover North East Yatra’ ends
Agartala : The first ever nine-month-long cultural extravaganza, the "Discover North East Yatra" ended here on Wednesday, having created a cultural bonding among the...
Congress, NC tie up for Lok Sabha polls
Jammu : The ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir has forged an electoral alliance for the Lok Sabha polls,...
Adivasi girl Rajeshwari: First sarpanch of AIMIM in Maharashtra
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Nandurbar (Maharshtra)
In a recent political development in Maharashtra state, an Adivasi girl Rajeshwari Valvi from Nandurbar registered a win in panchayat...
Two Kashmir policemen held for robbery
By IANS,
Srinagar : Two Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel were Monday arrested for involvement in a robbery here two days back and the looted...
NDFB militants massacre 11 in Assam’s BTAD; scared villagers flee to safer places
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Hundreds of villagers of Assam’s Bodoland Territorial District (BTAD) have started fleeing for safer places after armed militants of anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) fired indiscriminately killing at least 11 villagers including two children.
Rebel ANVC factions to surrender arms: Meghalaya CM
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Friday said rebels of the two factions of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) will lay down...
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...
Residents of ‘cleanest village in Asia’ praise Modi’s mission
Shillong : Khasi tribesmen of Meghalaya's Mawlynnong, often described as one of "the cleanest villages in Asia", Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for...
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.
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...
Meghalaya adopts new developmental initiatives
Tura/Shillong : Chief Minister Mukul Manda Sangma Monday said that the government has adopted a new paradigm of developmental initiatives to bring in rapid...
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...
Gandhi’s people in Maoist land
By Aishik Chanda,
Kukurbhukka, Jashpur district (Chhattisgarh): They travel in a van donated by a Gondi Adivasi organization of Bastar. They spend the night with benevolent villagers and eat whatever is offered. The 12-member CGNet Swara team that travels through central India promoting citizen journalism through mobile radio is a diverse lot.
Northeast cultural centres will sensitise people: Experts
New Delhi : As crimes against people from the northeast continue to rise in the national capital and other cities, experts Friday stressed that...
Adivasi girl in Kerala college branded mentally ill; ostracised for speaking against discrimination
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
It is no secret that students from the marginalised communities have been at the receiving end of casteist abuse across the...
Three kids of a family burnt alive in Mizoram
Aizawl : Three minor children of a tribal family, including a girl, were burnt alive and one was seriously injured in Mizoram as their...
Parties welcome poll announcement in Kashmir
Jammu/Srinagar : Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday welcomed the announcement for the Lok Sabha polls while separatists said it has no bearing...
Charge-sheet to be filed in Srinagar food adulteration case
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Srinagar Municipal Corporation will Monday file a charge- sheet against three food processing companies for adulteration in a court here,...
Maoists kill tribal in Odisha
Bhubaneswar : Maoist guerrillas killed a tribal man in Odisha by slitting his throat after accusing him of being a police informer, an official...
Reduction in scholarship allocation for Dalit students a major concern, shows that Dalits, Adivasis...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Union Budget presented today by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley received sharp criticism from the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights...
Delhi HC concerned over violence against northeasterners
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday expressed strong displeasure at the government for failing to prevent violence against people from the northeast...
Research Scholars’ and Guides’ meet at USTM
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) organized a “Research Scholars’ and Guides’ meet,” on Saturday, for the smooth functioning of the research works on going in the University in the departments of various schools. The intention behind this meet is to give emphasis on the research and development initiatives of USTM and bring all the research scholars, guides and faculties in the same platform to share each other’s knowledge.
दिल्ली की मलिन बस्तियों में रहने वाली इन लड़कियों के लिए शिक्षा भेदभाव से...
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सुबह उठ कर जानकी सबसे पहले खाना बनाने में अपनी माँ की मदद करती है। चूल्हा के पास, धुएं से खुद...
Ruckus continues in J&K assembly for second day
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition legislators Wednesday again disrupted the proceedings of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly session now going on in winter capital Jammu.
Legislators...
Mahbubul Hoque to speak on education entrepreneurship in Chicago in AMU alumni convention
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) left for Chicago on Wednesday for attending the 13th annual convention of the Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations (FAAA) to be held during June 20-22, 2014 in Chicago, USA. The FAAA has invited Mahbubul Hoque to deliver a special talk on education entrepreneurship.
Tripura lifts AFSPA as terrorism ebbs
Agartala : The Left-ruled Tripura on Wednesday decided to withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which gives sweeping powers and judicial immunity...
Justice remains elusive dream for the victims of 2012 BTAD violence even after two...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Two years is a pretty long period for anything to change. But for a section of ill-fated people in Assam, it’s all the same as their pain continues to haunt them, in fact, in a more painful way. The bloody violence which broke out in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) on July 20 in 2012 witnessed around 100 deaths and several lakhs were displaced but the victims did not get the justice.
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...
Not far from Ghazipur protest site, Gadia Lohar community struggle for housing rights
The Gadia Lohar population has been widely ignored by central and state policies and has been unable to take advantage of government programs. Owing...
Assamese woman gang-raped in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Assamese woman was raped here by two men who have been arrested, police said Sunday.
One of the men...
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...
Child-tracing portal hit by poor infrastructure in northeast
Guwahati : Lack of computers in many police stations and poor internet connectivity have stopped police in many northeastern states from uploading data in...
Assam athlete falls victim to witch hunting, survives
Guwahati : An athlete, who brought laurels to Assam in the past, fell victim early this week to witch hunting in Karbi Anglong district...
India Inc. cries foul at Congress’s job quota promise
New Delhi : The Congress Wednesday repeated its promise to provide quotas in private sector for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes if...
BSF to sensitise troopers along India-Bangladesh border
Agartala : BSF Director General D.K. Pathak has asked the commanders and top officials of the force to sensitise troopers and maintain close relations...
Police vehicle kills three in Tripura
Agartala : Three morning walkers were killed Saturday and two critically injured after being run over by a police vehicle in Tripura, police said...
Tripura to act against ‘proxy’ teachers, employers
Agartala : The Tripura government will take stern action against 'proxy' teachers and their employers in government and government-aided schools, an education department official...
Meghalaya students protest sexual harassment in varsity
Shillong : Students and faculty members of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Wednesday gave a three-day ultimatum demanding the termination of a professor...
Tripura tribal party snaps ties with Congress
Agartala : In a significant political development, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), a tribal-based state party, has snapped its ties with main...
Mizoram takes steps to repatriate tribal refugees
Aizawl/Agartala : Mizoram has undertaken a fresh initiative to take back the tribal refugees sheltering in neighbouring Tripura for the past 17 years after...
Maoists kill two more tribals in Andhra
Hyderabad : Maoists have gunned down two more tribals in Andhra Pradesh on the suspicion that they were acting as police informers, police said...
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...
48 students fall ill after eating mid-day meal in Tripura
Agartala : At least 48 students, including girls, fell ill and were admitted to hospital after eating mid-day meal in a school in Tripura,...
‘ST status to new Assam communities will destroy existing tribes’
New Delhi : The central government's proposal to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six advanced and populous communities in Assam will destroy...
Kerala to bring new law to ensure quota for SC/ST in aided colleges
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking note of the poor representation of teaching staff belonging to SC/ST sections in aided colleges in the...
Manipur observes the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal (WW-II), 1944
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Manipur is observing the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal, one of the most historic battles of the Second World War (WW-II) fought in 1944. The inaugural ceremony of the 3-month commemoration of the Battle of Imphal was held on March 23, 2014 at Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC) Auditorium at Imphal. The anniversary programmes will continue till June 28. Various programmes will be held at the sites where Allied forces and Japanese soldiers fought fierce battles.
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...