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...
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...
Army conducts flag march in Assam’s troubled district
Guwahati : Army Thursday conducted flag march in Assam's troubled Golaghat district near the border with Nagaland, even as a youth was injured when...
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.
परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी
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जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...
“Demarcation done without our consent,” say tribals as fresh violence erupts at IIT-Goa land...
By Sutapa Baksi & Rishabh Jain, TwoCircles.net
Goa: The conflict associated with the IIT Goa project that encompasses the village of Shel-Melauli in the Sattara...
‘Achche din’ only for PM, not for common people: Assam CM
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying 'achche din' (good days) have come only...
Meghalaya floods: Death toll rises to 55
Shillong : The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 55 with the recovery of three more...
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...
Manipuri Muslim Students organize Annual sports meet at Delhi
AL-Ameen football club posed with the trophy
By TCN News,
Delhi: Delhi Association of Manipuri Muslim Students (DAMMS) organized its 10th Annual Sports Meet here...
‘Over 35 percent rural Indians still illiterate’
New Delhi: Over 35 percent of Indians in rural areas are illiterate, with Rajasthan home to 47.58 percent of the unlettered, Socio Economic and...
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...
Assam CM terms budget ‘most disappointing’
Guwahati : Expressing dissatisfaction over the union budget, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said it was the "most disappointing".
"There is no indication of...
Assam violence toll rises to 31
Guwahati : The toll in the savage attacks by Bodo militants in Assam rose to 31 Sunday with tension prevailing and the curfew imposed...
A generation born in displacement with no land rights: Vallabh Sagar Dam and its...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Over the past few years, the Indian state has faced increasing resistance from Adivasis across the nation over land acquisition and...
Tripura troopers for Nagaland Lok Sabha polls
Agartala : Elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR) troopers will provide security during the April 9 Lok Sabha polls in Nagaland, an official said here...
Irom Sharmila appears in Delhi court
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Irom Sharmila, the Manipuri activist who has been on a hunger-strike for 14 years for repealing AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), appeared for the hearing at Patiala House Court, in the national capital. She was produced here in a case where she sat on fast on Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in the year 2006, but was charged section 309 of IPC for attempting to commit suicide.
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...
Congress stronghold Karimganj likely to be breached by BJP, AIUDF
By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net
South Karimganj: Imagine if your party manages to win, with sizeable margins, all five assembly seats in an area...
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...
Manipur Governor resigns
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The Governor of Manipur Vinod Kumar Duggal tendered his resignation on August 28, 2014. He is the 9th Governor appointed by the United Progressive Front Government to resign since the National Democratic Front assumed office in May 2014.
Militants kidnap two tribals in Tripura
Agartala : Militants have kidnapped two tribal men in Tripura, police said Friday.
Police suspect that the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants might...
Assam CM Gogoi accepts defeat
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday said the Congress accepts the mandate of the people in the Lok Sabha election with "all...
Improve infrastructure for growth in northeast: Modi
New Delhi : Terming infrastructural development as "key" to progress in the northeast India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called to speed up...
The BJP won in UP. Can we please get rid of the facade called...
By Mushtaque Rahamat for Twocircles.net
The elevation of Yogi Adityanath to be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has finally obliterated the oft-repeated differentiation...
Probe UP police firing on tribals, say green activists
New Delhi : Green activists on Friday demanded an independent inquiry into the incident of firing and cane-charging by police against tribals in Uttar...
Will continue to speak my mind, says Manjhi
Patna : Ignoring warnings and advice of his party JD-U over his controversial remarks in recent days, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday...
Judicial Commission’s findings the first step towards justice in Sarkeguda massacre, say lawyers who...
On December 1, an expose by The Indian Express showed that the 2012 Sarkeguda encounter, then termed the largest operation against Maoists, was a...
Northeast India’s 115 years old rail track is now history
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Silchar (Assam) : It was an emotional moment in India's mountainous northeastern region when the train ran on the 115 years old...
Rajnath Singh reviews Manipur situation
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday reviewed the situation in Manipur ahead of an economic blockade called by some Naga organisations.
At...
Minority students in Assam seek early solution to BTAD crisis
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: All Assam Minority Students’ Union (AAMSU), a students’ body of the state said that the victory of independent candidate Naba Kumar Sarania from Kokrajhar seat is the outcome of the sufferings of people in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) over the years. AAMSU also alleged that the state government has not done enough to seize the illegal arms in the BTAD besides demanding white paper from the home department regarding this.
Youths in Kashmir’s Sopore beat up Wednesday’s voters
Srinagar : Groups of youth in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore Thursday beat up several people who had come there from neighbouring Kupwara district after...
Modi convenes CMs meet on new plan panel
Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting of chief ministers in New Delhi Dec 7 to seek their views on the...
Central BJP team visits Tripura after attacks
Agartala : A central team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday visited Tripura to take stock of the situation following attacks on party...
20 dead, over 400 ill in Tripura malaria outbreak
Agartala : At least 20 people have died and over 400 fallen ill due to the outbreak of malaria in northern Tripura, a minister...
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...
UGC releases Rs 11 crore for TISS following students’ strike but not for Scholarship...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
As the ongoing strike at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences enters its 27th day, the UGC announced the release of...
Nido Tania killing: Four accused’s judicial custody extended
New Delhi : A court here Monday extended, for 14 days, the judicial custody of the four people allegedly involved in Arunachal Pradesh student...
Nagaland villagers amazed as union minister inspects toilets
Kohima : Tribal villagers in Nagaland on Sunday said they were amazed when Ram Kripal Yadav, union minister of state for drinking water and...
Guwahati airport to swap land with SOS village
New Delhi : The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will swap land from the SOS village in Guwahati for upgrading the international airport there.
The...
World Bank aid for power projects in Tripura
Agartala : The World Bank would provide Rs.1,376 crore to create infrastructure in the power sector in Tripura, an official said here on Wednesday.
State-owned...
Assam’s Barak valley voters boycott voting demanding better facility
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as Assam witnessed a polling percentage of 75 % in the three constituencies in Karimganj, Silchar and Autonomous District constituencies, a section of people boycotted the poll as a sign to express their displeasure towards the political parties. Meet the people of Udharbond area of Silchar constituency who have boycotted the voting on Saturday as they are not satisfied with the approach of the government or the representatives towards their plight.
Budget pro-rich, pro-corporate: Assam CM
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogol Saturday termed the union budget for 2015-16 "pro-rich and pro-corporate", while regional political party Asom Gana Parishad...
South African held for raping Naga woman in Delhi
New Delhi : A 34-year-old South African has been arrested on charges of raping a woman from Nagaland on the pretext of marriage, police...
Minister reviews progress of panel on northeasterners’ concerns
New Delhi : Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Monday reviewed the progress made by the Bezbaruah Committee formed to look into...
All vacant posts for SC/ST will soon be filled: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said all vacant posts meant for SC/STs would soon be filled.
"We will ensure that...
Legislator injured in Jammu and Kashmir assembly ruckus
By IANS,
Jammu : A lawmaker from opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was injured during a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Tuesday after...
Mild earthquake hits northeast, Myanmar
Shillong : An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale Sunday jolted northeastern states and parts of Myanmar Sunday, authorities said.
The earthquake occurred at...
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,...
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...
PA Sangma: Sagacity was the mark of first tribal Lok Sabha speaker
By Nirendra Dev
New Delhi : It was to the sagacity of his stint as a member of parliament for many years from Tura constituency...
Sonia woos tribals in Madhya Pradesh
Sidhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday spoke about the various social security schemes launched by the UPA government, in her bid to woo the...
Medical negligence can be criminal offence: Tripura HC
Agartala : The Tripura High Court has observed that medical negligence can be termed a criminal offence, a lawyer said here Friday.
"A doctor in...
Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average
Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...
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...
Manipur Inner Line Permit row: Count of students arrested reaches 30
By Imphal Free Press for Twocircles.net
IMPHAL, May 31: At least 30 student protestors have been arrested so far during ILPS related protests and scores...
International heli-skiing challenge begins in Gulmarg
By IANS,
Srinagar : Around 200 skiers from the US, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and India turned up for the first international...
Gauhati HC quashes disqualification of 3 NCP legislators
Shillong : A division bench of the Gauhati High Court Wednesday set aside the order of Nagaland assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo disqualifying three NCP...
Endangered languages in Karnataka to be documented
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) will document tribal, non-tribal and non-scheduled languages of Karnataka spoken by less than...
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...
Assam district tense after militants abduct four
Guwahati : Tension prevailed in Baksa district of Assam Saturday following the abduction of four people by suspected Bodo militants, police said.
Cadres of the...
Congress attacks BJP over MP tribals advertisement
New Delhi : Attacking the central government for forgetting to observe the World Tribal Day, a Congress MP on Tuesday also pointed out a...
Killing of Manipuri youth raised in parliament
New Delhi : The killing of a Manipuri BPO employee was raised in parliament Tuesday with the government assuring that efforts were on to...
After two phases of polling, Assam celebrates Rongali Bihu
Guwahati : After two phases of hectic campaigning and balloting for the Lok Sabha polls in Assam, the state Monday got into a exuberant...
Two militants killed, four arrested in Meghalaya
By IANS,
Shillong : Two militants were killed and four arrested in Meghalaya Wednesday, police said.
"Two A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) cadres were gunned down...
Boston: Organizations protested against arrests of activists, journalists and intellectuals in India
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Several community organizations in the Boston area came together on the evening of June 8 to protest the arbitrary arrests of Surendra Gadling,...
Government mulling review petition in SC/ST Act case
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The government is mulling to file a review petition in the Supreme Court pertaining to the apex courts order that...
Give job to victim’s kin: Court
By IANS,
Agartala: The Tripura High Court has directed the state government to provide a job to a woman whose father was killed by the...
New health scheme for the poor launched in Tripura
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura Wednesday launched a new health scheme to provide financial aid to poor families for treatment of...
Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions
Patna : The Patna High Court on Monday quashed Bihar's decision to provide reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) government employees.
After...
Assam floods: CM urges centre to raise ex-gratia
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday appealed to union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to raise the ex-gratia for families of those killed...
CRPF to take skill development programmes to tribals, J&K youth
New Delhi : In a novel reach-out endeavour of the government, the Central Reserve Police Force has been roped in to extend benefits of...
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...
Pakistani refugees in Jammu to vote for BJP
Jammu : The 100,000-strong Pakistani refugees here have announced their support to the BJP candidate in what is being seen as a crucial step...
Irom Sharmila to tie the knot
Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu), (IANS): Finally, Irom Sharmila, the indefatigable fighter against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur, has decided to tie the...
Modi’s One Year : Environmental protection still awaits balance
Although the number of actual clearances given on paper for infrastructure projects are not much different compared to the UPA rule, the NDA rule...
Peace Mission team hopeful of normalcy at the Assam-Nagaland border
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: A Joint Peace Mission Team comprising Church leaders of Assam and Nagaland, who have been constantly working to bring normalcy at the trouble torn Assam-Nagaland border met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to apprise him about the recent development.
Cry for bringing peace in Assam’s BTAD through review of BTC
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Slamming the Assam government for failing to protect the innocent people All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) demanded that the state government has no right to be in power. AIUDF also demanded that the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) under the leadership of Hagrama Mohilary should be reviewed for better law and order maintenance.
Group of 150 supporters from 15 states undertakes 3 days long Narmada Adhikar Samvaad...
By TCN News,
Badwani: As many as 150 supporters from across 15 different states have under taken 3 day long Narmada Adhikar Samvaad Yatra during...
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...
24 rebels arrested in Meghalaya
Shillong : Twenty-four rebels of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) were arrested Saturday from their hideout in Garo Hills region of Meghalaya, police...
NGOs in Assam under police scanner over jihadi link
Guwahati : The Assam Police and NIA have intensified their search for absconding Burdwan blast suspect Shahnur Alom, and police Wednesday said they were...
Five policemen injured in Meghalaya blast
Shillong : Five policemen were injured in a bomb blast triggered by the militants in Meghalaya late Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.
The incident...
Ideas sought for northeast people’s security
By IANS,
New Delhi : The union home ministry Monday said individuals and organisations keen to share their suggestions on enhancing security of people from...
Congress-BJP syndicate forcibly divided Andhra: Mamata
By IANS,
Agartala : The Congress-BJP syndicate "undemocratically and forcibly divided" Andhra Pradesh and they are trying to sell the country, West Bengal Chief Minister...
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.
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...
Lalu vows to keep fighting for backward classes
Patna: A day after the BJP and its allies slammed RJD chief Lalu Prasad for saying the upcoming assembly polls would be a "backward...
Official in police custody for embezzling Rs.4 c
Agartala : A Tripura education department official, who was arrested from West Bengal Saturday for embezzling over Rs.4 crore from a central scheme, was...
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...
Assam polls get over Thursday
Guwahati : Over 9.4 million people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the third and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls in...
Ajmal CSR announces donation of Rs 10 lakh for quake victims of Nepal
By TCN news,
Guwahati: Two leading social organisations of Assam, Ajmal Foundation and Markazul Ma’arif, extended a donation of Rs 10 lakh to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for assistance to worst affected people in Nepal on account of the recent earthquake that devastated the country.
Strike hits banking services in northeast
Agartala/Guwahati : Banking services were paralysed in the northeastern region Thursday as most of the major banks remained closed due to employees' strike to...
Attacks on northeast people, threat to society: President
Canchipur (Manipur) : Expressing sadness over attacks on youths from the northeastern region in the national capital, President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the "pluralistic...
‘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.
Three tribals killed, two hurt in Tripura BSF firing
Agartala, (IANS): Three tribals, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in BSF firing in southern Tripura, an official here said.
"BSF troopers...
Akhil Gogoi’s move to support BJP in election faces widespeared criticism from Muslims
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: President of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti Akhil Gogoi after getting bail from 29 days police and judicial custody brought out a list of non-Congress candidate from various political parties including BJP, AIUDF, AGP and left parties and described them as potential candidate to defeat Congress. Mr. Gogoi extended his support to those candidates including the six BJP candidates and instructed its cadres to mobilise voters in favour of them.
Why tribals of Manipur won’t accept the controversial Bills pushed by the state government
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Churachandpur, Manipur: It would not be an exaggeration to say that in Manipur, the dominant political discourse you hear...
Rahul Gandhi to campaign in four northeastern states
Shillong : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Tuesday begin his campaign in four states of the northeast for the Lok Sabha elections.
Elaborate security...
PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...
Rs.20,000 crore road projects announced for northeast
Guwahati : The central government will spend Rs.20,000 crore for the development of roads in the northeastern states this year, Union Road Transport, Highways...
Rajnath expresses concern over Islamist terrorism
Guwahati : Islamist terrorism has touched the Indian subcontinent and it is a matter of concern for the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said...
Aadhaar linkage threatens voter exclusion among Dalits, Adivasis
Lakhs of people are victims of deprivation ever since mandatory Aadhaar-linking to various social security benefits was introduced. Countless such Catch-22 like cases...
Tripura to abolish open defecation in two years
Agartala : WIth the help of the central government's flagship rural jobs scheme MGNREGS, the Tripura government has embarked upon fully abolishing open defecation...
Assam tea workers to get Rs.169 minimum daily wage
Guwahati : The government of Assam has fixed Rs.169 as the minimum daily wage for unskilled tea plantation workers in the state.
According to a...
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...
Air, surface links to Kashmir Valley restored
Srinagar : Air services between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of the country were restored Thursday and the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway was also...
Mamata seeks tribal status for north Bengal communities
Kolkata : Asserting her government's commitment towards development of the indigenous communities of north Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she...
Police officer killed in Assam gun battle
Guwahati : A superintendent of police and his personnel security officer were killed in a gun battle with militants in Assam's Karbi Anglong district,...
K.K. Paul takes oath as acting Mizoram governor
Aizawl : Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul Tuesday took additional charge as the governor of Mizoram.
Paul was sworn-in as the state's 14th governor by...
Bodo party may ally with BJP
Guwahati : The Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF), a long time ally of the ruling Congress party in Assam, Friday said it might sever its...
मध्यप्रदेश: पुलिस कस्टडी में आदिवासी की मौत, परिवार लगा रहा हत्या का आरोप!
सतीश भारतीय, TwoCircles.net
खंडवा। बीते दिनों 23 अगस्त को खंडवा के पंधाना थाने से एक आत्महत्या का मामला सामने आया है।
बताया जा रहा है कि...
New FM channels for northeast region
Agartala : New FM radio channels will be set up in five towns of northeastern states along the Bangladesh border to reach out to...
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...
Muslims of BTAD are exiled in their own land post 2012 riots
By Nilim Dutta,
N 26˚ 30’ 10.4”
E 90˚ 01’ 24.9”
If one types in the above location coordinates into the ‘search’ in Google Earth, it immediately takes one to the image of an empty field somewhere in Gossaigaon Revenue Circle of Kokrajhar District, one of the four Districts in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of Assam, in the satellite topographic imagery dated 3 May 2010.
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...
Meghalaya CM asks militants to give up violence
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Friday asked militants to give up violence and promised steps to check illegal immigration from Bangladesh.
Sangma made...
Commission chief flays Jharkhand over SC welfare schemes
Ranchi : National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson P.L. Punia on Wednesday flayed the Jharkhand government over the non-implementation of welfare schemes for the...
Mizoram church body says missionaries unhurt in quake
Aizawl : Missionaries from the northeastern state of Mizoram who were working in Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Sikkim when the massive earthquake...
Anil Sarkar, Tripura’s communist leader dies at 76
Agartala : Septuagenarian Communist leader of Tripura and poet Anil Sarkar died at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi...
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...
What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?
The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...
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,...
In Sunderbans, implementation of Forest Rights Act remains a mere pipe-dream
In the first of the four part-series, we look at the livelihood challenges that trouble the people of Sunderbans, West Bengal. Although famed for...
Additional aid to northeastern states, Uttarakhand
By IANS,
New Delhi : Finance Minister P.Chidambaram Monday announced additional central assistance to the tune of Rs.1,200 crore to the northeastern states and flood-hit...
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...
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...
24 more Myanmar nationals held in Tripura
Agartala : Twentyfour more Mayanmarese, including six women and 12 children, have been arrested for illegally entering Tripura, police said on Sunday.
Two Indians, including...
Tripura orders magisterial probe into police firing on tribal youths
Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) The BJP-led Tripura government on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the police firing on Tuesday injuring six tribal youths,...
Erosion affected people at government door step seeking help in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Erosion has been the toughest hurdle in their lives so far. After losing to land and properties to river erosion, many have been left with nothing but to spend nights on the embankments in many districts of Assam.
Track conversion to hit food supply to northeast from October
Agartala : The transport of foodgrains and other essentials to Tripura, Mizoram and other northeastern states "would be severely affected" following a 'mega block'...
Militancy-hit people in Tripura threaten stir
Agartala : Militancy-hit people on Thursday threatened to organise a massive stir in Tripura if the state government did not rehabilitate them properly.
Over 3,000...
Over 83 percent voters cast vote in Tripura
Agartala : Over 83 percent of the 1.2 million electorate Monday cast their ballot as polling was held in one of the two Lok...
Quran, Assamese, English and Computers, madrassas teach them all
By A Ghiasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Madrassas across the country earned a bad name after the Burdwan bomb blast in October. Allegations, including by sections of the media, flew in thick and fast that anti-national lessons are taught at madrassas and that these institutions are a hub of terror.
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...
Five killed in Tripura accident
Agartala : Five people, including three young women, were killed and over 20 others injured when their van fell into a gorge in Tripura,...
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...
29 tourism projects sanctioned for northeast in 2014
New Delhi : The ministry of tourism has sanctioned 29 tourism projects for the northeastern states in 2014, Parliament was informed Wednesday.
Union Minister of...
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.
President-elect Droupadi Murmu revives new hope in her nondescript village
101 years after the first tribal leader was elected to the legislature in pre-independent India, Odisha-born Droupadi Murmu from the Santhal community has been...
Meghalaya mapping areas to tap wind energy
Shillong : Power-starved Meghalaya is preparing "wind energy density maps" to identify regions in the mountainous state where wind energy could be tapped to...
MP: Three arrested for vandalising, torching church in Narmadapuram
Some religious texts and furniture were destroyed in the fire and the word 'Ram' was written on the wall inside the prayer hall.
Huneza...
Four year old girl struggles at GMCH after Bodo militants’ attack
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The little girl was screaming at her bed at Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The four year old Taslima Khatun of Narasingbari village in Assam’s Baska district has lost her finger and received bullet injuries as armed militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoalnd (NDFB) opened fire killing four people in front of her on Thursday night.
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...
As report suggests Naga girl was not raped civil society hold state government responsible
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Dimapur (Nagaland): After the brutal incident of killing of a rape accused by an unruly mob in full public glare in Dimapur, activists and various organizations have held the Nagaland government and administration responsible for ‘conspiracy’, especially as it is emerging now that the girl was not raped.
‘Tripura tribal council to be made model autonomous body’
Agartala : The Tripura tribal council will be be made a model autonomous body in the northeast India, ensuring alround development of tribals, its...
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.
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....
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.
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...