Anti-national activities go down in Assam: Government
Guwahati : The Assam government Tuesday said intensified security measures have led to a steep fall in anti-national activities of fundamentalist forces in the...
Tripura CM to skip Modi’s swearing-in
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as India's next prime minister because he has...
Poll official killed, voting in Kashmir’s Anantnag 28 percent
Anantnag : A polling official was killed and five others injured in an attack by separatist gurrillas after polling Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's...
Tripura to drop cases against ex-guerrillas
Agartala : The Tripura government has decided to withdraw court cases against surrendered militants, except those of crimes committed against women, an official said...
Sangma wins Tura, Congress victorious in Shillong
Shillong : Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma has made his way back to national politics by winning the Tura Lok Sabha seat, while...
Three held for assaulting Manipuri youth in Bangalore
Bangalore : Three people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a Manipuri youth at an eatery here for refusing to speak with them in...
Two killed in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: In yet another act of violence, two persons were brutally killed by suspected militants loyal to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit faction) in Assam’s Baksa district under Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) on Tuesday.
Brahminical environmentalism the reason behind attack on FRA: Abhay F. Xaxa
Text and video by Atul Anand, TwoCircles.net
On February 28, 2019, Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student’s Association (BAPSA) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi organised a...
Assam CM unveils Angel Fund for first-generation entrepreneurs
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi unveiled the Angel Fund floated to help first generation entrepreneurs and skilled youths aspiring to set up micro and small enterprises in the state on Friday.
Bangladeshi officials enter India, sent back
Agartala : Four Bangladeshi intelligence officials who illegally entered Tripura were beaten up by villagers but were allowed to go back after Indian officials...
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...
Assam teen writes novel on ‘Generation Gap’
Tawhid Laskar, 16, is believed to be the youngest writer in Assam and undoubtedly the youngest Muslim debut writer of the region
By Maruf Alom,
Hojai (Assam): Simple, soft spoken, shy in nature but confident in outlook, thin in shape; this is all about a teenager of Hojai – a tiny town of Assam. During my last visit home in March 2015, I met him for the first time.
SC/STs have healthiest sex ratio in Goa
Panaji : Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Goa lead the way as far as sex ratio is concerned, according to the...
…और मैंने नोखा को ‘डेल्टा’ के लिए लड़ते हुए देखा
दलित छात्रा डेल्टा मेघवाल की उनके कॉलेज परिसर में हुई विवादित मौत पर देश भर में चर्चा और चिंता है. कॉलेज-प्रशासन जहां इसे आत्महत्या...
Human skulls found in Manipur school complex
Imphal : Eight human skulls were recovered from an abandoned Manipur school complex where paramilitary forces had set up a base camp during the...
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...
Hasina thanks Tripura CM for backing land swap deal
Agartala : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has thanked Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for backing the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) that the...
Cooch Behar tribal women to float new handicrafts company
Kolkata : A hundred tribal women in the district of Cooch Behar in West Bengal are gearing up to float a new company next...
Making democracy work when the roads don’t: Voting in Katlicherra, Hailakandi
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Hailakandi: The first thing that strikes you about Hailakandi, Assam, is that given the condition of the roads in its neighbouring...
Tribal boys in Wayanad under POCSO threat
By Shafeeq Hudawi
Kozhikode: Babu, a 21-year-old from the Paniya community, came out of jail in March after spending close to three months in jail....
Meghalaya seeks exemption from central mining laws
Shillong:The Meghalaya assembly has passed a resolution urging the central government to issue a presidential notification, repealing central laws related to mining in the...
25 candidates in fray for Assam bypolls
Guwahati : A total of 25 candidates are in the fray for Saturday's bypolls in Assam's three legislative assembly constituencies - Silchar, Lakhipur and...
Tripura block’s incredible feat in financial inclusion
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer an award on Tripura's Mandwai block on April 21 in New Delhi for best...
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...
Measures to reclaim Waqf properties in Assam initiated
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Assam Waqf board has declared to put pressure on the state government to enforce the amended (Act 27 of 2013) to the state’s Waqf Act, 1995 to reclaim encroached waqf properties across Assam.
Rio quits, Zeliang to be new Nagaland CM
Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has submitted his resignation to Governor Ashwani Kumar after his election to the Lok Sabha. He will...
PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event
ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...
Auto-driver shot dead in Meghalaya
Shillong : An auto-rickshaw driver was shot dead in Meghalaya by two unidentified assailants Sunday, police said.
The incident took place in Chepagre village in...
Students in Kozhikode extend Ramadan relief to Tribal people
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: For Muslims, Ramadan is month of charity and relief. If the figures with Muslim organisations are taken into account, crores...
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...
14 prominent citizens of Assam honoured with ERDF Excellence Awards
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Keeping alive its decade long tradition, the Education Research & Development Foundation (ERDF) honoured 14 eminent senior citizens of Assam for their outstanding contributions in different fields of public life.
Advise PM for ordinance on SC/ST protection, Mevani tells Athavale
Gandhinagar, (IANS): Gujarat legislator and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani on Monday asked Union Minister Ramdas Athavale to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ordinance...
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...
‘An institute like KISS should be banned for what it does to tribal children,...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The Kalinga Intitute of Social Sciences (KISS) has often been presented as an ideal model for ensuring that tribal children are...
Tribal party’s lone voice for a separate state in Tripura
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : A tribal-based political party has stepped up its agitation for a separate state to be carved out of Tripura.
The Indigenous...
‘हम उस समय तक अज़ान देते रहेंगे जब तक बाबरी मस्जिद में अज़ान शुरू...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली: बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस की घटना को 24 वर्ष बीत गए हैं लेकिन दिल्ली में आज भी 6 दिसम्बर का...
Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...
Journalist held in Assam for insurgent links
Guwahati : A news correspondent with a satellite TV channel of Assam has been arrested for his alleged links with Bodo insurgents, police said...
Tripura party merges with BJP
Agartala : The BJP Monday got a shot in its arm in Left-ruled Tripura with a local political party merging with the party while...
Marriage feast leaves 35 ill in Tripura
Agartala : Thirty-five people were taken ill and admitted to various hospitals after eating at a marriage feast in Tripura Sunday night, an official...
10 gunned down in two Assam attacks
Guwahati : At least 10 people were killed and four injured when suspected militants opened indiscriminate fire in two Assam villages Thursday night, police...
In Goalpara, a tribal theatre troupe connects people with the nature thanks to Sukracharya...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Goalpara: The idea of theatre has different connotations and meaning for different people. In its most basic form, it...
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...
Meghalaya to put power projects on fast track
Shillong : The Meghalaya government will put all power projects on fast track to meet the power shortfall in the mountainous state, Chief Minister...
Assam Congress MLA jailed over 2011 assault
Guwahati :In yet another embarrassment for the ruling Congress in Assam, a court on Thursday sent a former minister, who had earlier defied several...
CM Okram Ibobi Singh leading in Manipur
New Delhi, (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh was leading in Thoubal constituency, as counting of votes polled in the assembly elections progressed...
Release jailed chairman for peace talks: Meghalaya outfit
By IANS,
Shillong : The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit in Meghalaya, Monday said it was ready for peace talks provided...
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,...
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...
Energy surplus northeast can power rest of India
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala : Power-surplus northeastern India is unable to supply power to the energy-starved states for want of adequate transmission lines, experts here...
Centre rejected Inner Line Permit in Tripura: Minister
Agartala : The central government rejected the introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Tripura arguing that the current act is sufficient...
Tribal refugees in Tripura repatriated to Bangladesh
Agartala : Bangladesh has taken back the tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since Monday following an ethnic strife...
Over 1000 activists, concerned citizens call for immediate release of Hidme Markam, ending state...
Human rights defender and environmental activist Hidme Markam has been in jail for over 40 days now. She was arrested on March 9 by...
Northeast to have air ambulances soon
Guwahati : Patients from difficult-to-access locations in the landlocked northeastern states can heave a sigh of relief, as a Guwahati-based hospital is planning to...
Northeast journalists urge tribal body to lift ban on book
Guwahati : A forum of journalists in the northeast has expressed concern over the ban on a book written by a Dimapur-based journalist by...
Assam violence: Toll rises to 40
Guwahati : The toll in Tuesday's militant attacks in Assam's Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts has risen to 40, officials said Wednesday.
Union Home Minister Rajnath...
KLO leader held in Siliguri
By IANS,
Siliguri : Militant outfit Kamtapur Liberation Organisation's (KLO) vice president Tom Adhikary was arrested along with an associate near the India-Nepal border here...
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...
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...
Tripura to be 100 percent literate in six months, says CM
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : India's northeastern state of Tripura, which has already achieved the first position in literacy in the country with 95.16 percent,...
How JMM Triumphed in Jharkhand; Why BJP’s Polarisation and Infiltration Claims Fell Flat
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
The results of the Jharkhand Assembly elections have surprised everyone. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA alliance secured comfortable a majority, winning...
Trial run on June 1-3 of Agartala-Kolkata bus via Bangladesh
Agartala : The trial run of a bus service between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh will be held on June 1-3, a minister said...
President attended the 14th Convocation of Manipur University
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: President of India Pranab Mukherjee attended the 14th Convocation of Manipur University (MU) on April 29, 2014...
Over three years, 70 pregnant women found HIV+ in Tripura
Agartala : About 70 pregnant women have tested HIV-positive in Tripura in the past three years, an official of the Tripura State AIDS Control...
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,...
Kashmir Valley polls also about Abdullahs and Muftis
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : As the election campaign in the three Lok Sabha constituencies of the Kashmir Valley gathers momentum, one wonders whether these...
Gujarat police detain tribal activists ahead of Sardar Patel’s statue inauguration
Ahmedabad, Oct 30 (IANS) Apprehending protests, the Gujarat police on Tuesday detained several tribal leaders and activists in the Narmada district ahead of the...
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...
Meghalaya assembly session set to be stormy
Shillong : The winter session of the Meghalaya assembly, starting Friday, is set to be stormy with the combined opposition Meghalaya People's Front (MPF)...
Aaranyak joins hands with USTM for research on wildlife
By TCN News,
Guwahati: University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM), the first state private university on Science and Technology in the entire northeast region, has signed an MoU with Aaranyak, a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation working on the conservation of biodiversity in North East India at the conference hall of USTM.
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...
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...
10 injured in Assam blasts
By IANS,
Guwahati : At least 10 people were injured when militants triggered two blasts in Assam's Kamrup district Monday evening, a day ahead of...
Child kills six-year-old in Tripura
Agartala : A child killed a six-year-old in Tripura while playing, police said on Friday.
"A six-and-a-half-year-old child killed a six-year-old on Thursday with a...
Raghubar Das first non-tribal to become Jharkhand CM
Ranchi : Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Raghubar Das took oath here Sunday as Jharkhand's 10th chief minister, the first non-tribal to do...
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...
Tripura government employees to get more pay
Agartala : To pacify its aggrieved employees seeking central government pay scales, the Tripura government on Tuesday announced higher pay scales and allowances for...
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.
Assam BJP leader quits, blames Modi-Shah, corruption
Guwahati : A senior leader of the BJP's Assam unit and national executive member has quit the party, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party...
Andhra varsity professor held for suspected Maoist links
Hyderabad : An associate professor of Andhra University has been arrested for suspected links with the Maoists, Andhra Pradesh Police said Thursday. His family...
Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar
On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...
Documentary film on Forest Man Jadav Payeng of Assam gets award at Cannes
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: A documentary film on the life of Jadav Payeng, the man who single-handedly created a forest on the Brahmaputra sandbar in Jorhat won award at Cannes.
Sharmila wants to become Manipur CM to remove AFSPA
By Iboyaima Laithangbam
Imphal : Irom Sharmila, who is set to end her 16-year-long fast, said on Tuesday that she wants to become Chief...
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.
Raghubar Das, a man with rich administrative experience
Ranchi : Raghbubar Das, who is set to be the first non-tribal chief minister of Jharkhand, has rich administrative experience, thanks to his two...
Captive IAF man rescued in Meghalaya
Guwahati : An air force personnel, held hostage in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, was Thursday rescued in a joint operation by Assam...
Meghalaya, Tripura seek centre’s nod for selling surplus power
Guwahati : Tripura and Meghalaya, which border Bangladesh, have sought the central government's permission to sell surplus electricity generated in the states to the...
Tripura to arrange for Modi’s Teachers’ Day address
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura would make arrangements so that school students can listen to the live telecast of Prime Minister...
Beef, pork, and elections: A subjective commentary
By Yogesh Maitreya for TwoCircles.net,
The political ground in India has always been caste-ridden. Candidates, who claim to play politics excluding these fundamental factors of sociology of India, only put voters in complete oblivion where voters are being lift up from their ground level identity and persuade to imagine their space in candidate’s utopian story-telling about changes, the changes which are mostly caste based matters to which utopian language wipes with its lucrative tongue.
Centuries-old puja transforms Tripura’s ancient capital
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Puran Habeli (Tripura) : Colourful marquees, illuminations, religious rites and the chanting of 'mantras' amid the beating of drums will turn Puran...
Budget 2016: Schedule castes, tribes protest after Jaitley offers a penny, snatches a dollar
By TCN Staff Reporter
Delhi: In his Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was at his eloquent best while allocating Rs 500 crore for scheduled...
Assam’s AGP to fight for existence in Lok Sabha polls
Guwahati : The Lok Sabha polls in Assam will not be a mere battle of the ballot for the state's most prominent regional party...
Trooper guns down five colleagues, kills self
Srinagar: A trooper fatally shot dead five of his colleagues and then turned the gun on himself following a heated argument in north's Kashmir...
Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur
Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur,...
Two-thirds of Jammu electorate vote by 3 p.m.
Jammu : Two-thirds of the electorate had exercised their franchise by 3 p.m. Thursday for the Jammu Lok Sabha seat even as queues could...
AFSPA: License to kill!
By Syed Mohammad Aamir Ali,
“People crushed by laws, have no hopes but from power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous,” Edmund Burke
In Post-9/11 scenario the countries in the first world such as Britain and America, which contributed significantly in the modern definition of liberal democracy are busy waging wars and promulgating draconian laws in the name of protecting democracy. It is heartening to see that in a relatively backward country such as India, not only the human rights and civil liberties movement but even mainstream political parties are resisting and creating public opinion against such acts.
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...
Mizoram takes steps to achieve 100 percent literacy
Aizawl : The Mizoram government would undertaken all efforts to achieve 100 percent literacy in the north-eastern state, a minister said Wednesday.
"According to the...
Will ensure Kashmiri Pandits go back with dignity: President
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the government will ensure that the Kashmiri Pandits return to the Valley with full “dignity” and...
Mizoram to get its first medical college soon
Aizawl: A 100-seat medical college will come up soon in the northeastern state of Mizoram, an official said here Saturday.
"Mizoram government has signed a...
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...
Crowds cheer Modi in tribal Gujarat, but silent to other BJP leaders
Limkheda (Gujarat) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shed all security and proceeded in an open vehicle from the helipad, waving at the...
You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...
By TCN News
Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...
Anti-AFSPA campaigner Sharmila in Delhi, desires to meet Modi
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Anti-AFSPA campaigner Irom Chanu Sharmila is in Delhi in connection with a case filed by Delhi Police against her for holding hunger-strike at Jantar Mantar in the National Capital in 2006 for which she will be produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate at Patiala on May 28. She left Imphal on May 27 accompanied by two jail staff, one doctor, three nurses of Jawahar Lal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) and two personnel of Manipur Police.
UPA believed in work rather than empty talk: Manmohan Singh
Guwahati : Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said his UPA government had always believed in work rather than empty talk and the...
Kashmir vice chancellor’s murder accused arrested – after 24 years
Srinagar : One of the men involved in the 1990 abduction and murder of then Kashmir University Vice Chancellor Masheer-ul-Haq has been arrested here...
Maid’s decomposed body found in army colonel’s house
Guwahati : The highly decomposed body of a maid was on Thursday recovered from the servants' quarter of an army Colonel in Assam's Jorhat...
‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Shadi Bureau (SB)’ of Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was launched by Muktar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, former Additional Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam & President, MWS at the Murshidul Alom Memorial Hall in Dispur on Sunday at the Senior Women’s Meet hosted the Ladies’ Wing of the MSW.
Police arrest Yasin Malik in Srinagar; prevent march
By IANS,
Srinagar : Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here Sunday as he was taking out a protest march on the first anniversary of December 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging.
Curfew in Meghalaya after clash over custodial death
Shillong : Curfew was imposed in certain areas of Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district Thursday following a violent clash over the death of a...
Omar delighted at Pervez Rasool picked up for IPL 7
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday expressed happiness that Kashmiri all-rounder Pervez Rasool was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad...
‘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...
Bhagwati seeks to contest from Tezpur in Assam
By IANS,
New Delhi : J. Bhagwati, a former Indian high commissioner to Britain, has sought the Congress nomination for the Tezpur Lok Sabha seat,...
Made mistake, but don’t play it up: Modi on ‘immigrants’ goof-up
New Delhi : A day after the BJP drew flak over a "typographical error" of referring to people from the northeast as "immigrants" in...
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,...
Assamese cultural activist invited in Bangladesh event
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: In what can be termed as a landmark endeavour, Guwahati-based cultural activist, documentation consultant and curator of the Guwahati International Music Festival, Aiyushman Dutta, has been invited to join a first-ever documentation project of the centuries-old ‘Dol Purnima Utsab’ of the Bauls to be held from March 14-17 in Kushtia, Bangladesh this year.
NPP wants Meghalaya CM to quit over student’s death
Shillong : Meghalaya's opposition National People's Party (NPP) Wednesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and Home Minister Roshan Warjri over the...
Tribals in Maharashtra angered with state’s assurance to other communities to include in ST...
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Tribals categorized as Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Maharashtra state have threatened to launch a massive protest against any move to include communities like Dhangar, Koli and Koshti into the Scheduled Tribes (ST) fold. Tribals were raising objections against media reports claiming that Devendra Phadnavis and Sharad Pawar assured members of different communities of including them under the ST category.
Petition seeks justice for author whose book was banned by Jharkhand government
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
A petition on Change.org has been launched to demand justice for Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, a doctor and the author of book...
President to visit Assam, Arunachal Pradesh
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Nov 20-21, it was announced Wednesday.
On Thursday, the president will attend the...
Collectibles, tribal art up for auction
New Delhi : An ethnic betel leaf and tobacco box, M.F.Husain's pen and ink drawings on post cards and a wooden gramophone are among...
IAF chief reviews security of northeastern region
Shillong : Indian Air Force chief Arup Raha Thursday reviewed the security scenario with special reference to India's northeast with officers of the Eastern...
CPI-M needs new leadership to recover politically
By Samir Kar Purkayastha,
The CPI-M has decided to hold its 2015 party congress in Kolkata instead of Agartala, capital of the only state now ruled by the party. Tripura is far off, more difficult and expensive to reach, reasoned the party leaders while picking Kolkata. While the 1,000-odd delegates would miss out on a chance to see for themselves the workings of the party in a state where it has held on for years, the Kolkata congress may be seen as an opportunity to boost the morale of activists in West Bengal, where not a day passes without reports of desertion from the Marxist ranks.
Boycott separatist militants on Independence Day: Journalists’ Forum Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has urged the people of northeast India to defy separatist militants’ diktat on celebrating the Independence Day (I-Day) with. The scribe’ body argues that every patriotic Indian should observe the I-Day (and also the Republic Day) to pay their heartiest tributes to the known & unknown martyrs of India’s freedom movement for their supreme sacrifices.
For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist
By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net
The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...
Assam CM lays foundation stone of North East’s first College of Horticulture
By TCN News,
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need of developing the agriculture sector in the state as he laid the foundation stone of College of Horticulture at Lakhopur in Nalbari district which is the first of its kind in the northeast.
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...
Curfew on in Kashmir, Srinagar tense
Srinagar : Curfew continued for a second day in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district Sunday following protests after police firing killed a young man,...
Bodo council polls in Assam on April 8
Guwahati : Elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) that runs the administration in four districts of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) will...
Tribal leader to join Tripura cabinet
Agartala : CPI-M legislator and senior tribal leader Naresh Chandra Jamatia will be inducted in the Left Front ministry next week, an official release...
Rajnath reaches Assam
Guwahati : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday flew into Assam to study the situation after Bodo militants massacred 65 tribals in three districts.
Rajnath Singh...
92 chit funds flee Tripura: Minister
Agartala : At least 92 unauthorised Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and chit funds have fled Tripura after illegally collecting huge amounts of money from...
BJP bets on Modi to check Congress in Karnataka
By Fakir Balaji,
Bangalore : A staggering 46 million voters will elect 28 lawmakers when Karnataka votes Thursday in the sixth phase of the general...
Policemen beaten up by soldiers in Kashmir’s Sonamarg
Srinagar : Some Indian Army personnel Friday allegedly beat up three policemen during a scuffle in Sonamarg hill station in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal...
Manipur to accord mega reception to Mary Kom
Imphal : The Manipur government will accord a grand reception to Asian Games gold medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom on her return to her...
Assam orders probe into labourers’ death in Meghalaya
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday has asked additional chief secretary S. Meora to probe the death of 14 labourers from...
‘Time for introspection,’ advise thinkers to minority community
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Eminent leaders and thinkers from different parts of the country exhorted the members of the minority Muslim community to introspect over their problems and remedies thereto during the one-day seminar cum workshop on ‘Socio-cultural, economic and educational backwardness of minority Muslims of India with special reference to Assam: causes and remedies’. This was organised by the Department of Persian Gauhati University and Justice & Equity Demand Samiti (JEDS) Assam at Phanidhar Dutta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University on Sunday.
Tribal blocks to get Rs.10 crore each for development
New Delhi: The government Tuesday launched a programme under which Rs.10 crore will be provided to each block for the development of various facilities...
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...
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...
Two killed in Assam floods
Guwahati : At least two people have been killed in Assam in flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain for the past two...
CPI-M opposes move to drop special category status to northeast
Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist has demanded that the central government immediately abandon any move to withdraw the special category status to...
Centre to hold meeting of NE chief ministers on terror: Rijiju
Shillong : The central government would soon hold a meeting with all chief ministers of the eight northeastern states to discuss the security threat...
Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi
Award defies logic given Modi’s record before and after taking office as Prime Minister
By TCN News,
Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...
Taiwan keen to help Mizoram in agriculture
Aizawl : Taiwan is keen to help Mizoram in developing its agriculture and in value-addition of bamboo and capacity-building of human resource in the...
No permanent governors in five northeastern states
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Aizawl/Agartala : As many as five states in India's northeast -- Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura -- do not have permanent...
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...
A month after Jharkhand journalist’s murder, killers remain at large
TCN News
Exactly a month ago, Amit Topno, a journalist from Khunti, Jharkhand was shot at point blank range and his body discovered later in...
छत्तीसगढ़ के आदिवासियों का पसंदीदा आहार है बीफ़
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
सुकमा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ में बीफ आपको ढ़ूंढे नहीं मिलेगा, मगर आदिवासियों के बीच ये बेहद ही लोकप्रिय है....
Assam violence: Tribal bodies call Bengal shutdown, BJP demands NIA probe
Siliguri : Two tribal bodies Thursday called a shutdown in parts of northern West Bengal Saturday in protest against the ghastly militant attacks in...