NIA searches Jamaat operative’s house in Assam
Guwahati : A team from the NIA Monday searched the house of Shahnur Alom, an absconding operative of the Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), in...
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...
Eagerly looking forward to northeast visit: PM
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who begins his four-day visit to the northeast Saturday, said he is "eagerly looking forward to the...
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...
Meghalaya Police announces reward for capture of militants
Shillong : Meghalaya Police Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs.10 lakh for the capture of militants belonging of the Garo National Liberation Army...
Annual Status of Education Report 2013 for North East States released
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2013, the largest household survey of children in rural India, has shown that the enrolment of children in the age of 6-14 in the North East States is quite high compared to many of the States in mainland India. In Mizoram just 0.4% of the children in the age 6-14 are out of school. The percentage of out of school children is also quite low in Tripura (1.1%), Nagaland (1.2%), Sikkim (1.3%) and Manipur (1.5%). However, in Assam 3.8% of children are not in school. All-India average is 3.3%.
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio leading
Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio was Friday leading by around 30,000 votes in the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the state against...
EC firm on postal voting for Mizoram refugees in Tripura
Agartala/Aizawl : Despite opposition in Mizoram against allowing tribal refugees in Tripura's relief camps to cast postal ballots, the Election Commission (EC) is firm...
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...
Tears of pain and fear on Christmas: Bodo militants’ horror engulfs Assam’s Bodo majority...
Since 1990, over 2200 people have been killed by Bodo militants
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati/Sonitpur: Helena Kisku is one of the displaced taking shelter at the Xamukjuli Church in Sonitpur district. It is Christmas time. But rather than celebrations, the 35-year-old mother with young children is occupied with graver concerns.
SC/ST Bank sought on lines of Mahila Bank
New Delhi : The All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations -- Parisangh -- urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open a separate bank with...
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...
Tribals in Maharashtra agitate for implementation of welfare schemes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Number of tribals from Nandurbar, Jalgaon and Dhule districts agitated under the banner of 'Lok Sangarsh Morcha' before the tribal development commissionerate in Nashik city demanding better implementation of Forest Rights Act and improved infrastructure in areas inhabited by them.
A story of Manipur when it started to simmer (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy,
Title: On A Clear Day You Can See India; Author: C. Balagopal, Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India; Pages: 203; Prices: Rs.299
Corruption cases witnessed rise in Jharkhand: NCRB
Ranchi, (IANS): Jharkhand has witnessed 36.13 per cent rise in corruption cases while crimes against women have dipped slightly, according to the National Crime Record...
I am from northeast… but I am not Mowgli!
By Prantick Majumder,
"Does the Rajdhani Express go to Assam?" I thought I had heard something wrong. When the question was repeated, I knew I heard it right. My blood came to a boil. But my conscience got the better of me as I realised that the person may genuinely not know much about Assam.
CBI raids Trinamool MP Tapas Paul’s home, 42 Rose Valley locations
Kolkata/Agartala : The CBI on Wednesday raided the Kolkata residence of Trinamool Congress actor-MP Tapas Paul and 42 other locations of the Rose Valley...
‘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...
Protests over tribal refugees voting in Mizoram LS poll
Aizawl/Agartala: Five NGOs and youth organisations in Aizawl have launched protest rallies against the Election Commission's decision to allow tribal refugees in Tripura's relief...
Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers
The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...
Boy, 8, shoots elder brother dead in Mizoram
Aizawl : An eight-year-old boy shot dead his elder brother with their father's hunting gun in Mizoram, police said here Tuesday.
The incident took place...
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,...
Meghalaya: Chief Minister Sangma hits out at Modi government for rejecting Church leader’s...
Shillong (IANS): Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday hit out at NDA Central government for rejecting the visa application of Baptist World Alliance...
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.
नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
[किस तरह हर नियम की अनदेखी करने के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार आदिवासियों के जीवन के साथ खेल रही है?]
सोनभद्र: जब समाजवादी पार्टी ने जनता परिवार में विलय स्वीकार कर कमान खुद के हाथ में ले ली, तो वे यह भूल गए कि उन्हें अपने उन एजेंडों पर टिके रहना है जिनकी बिना पर वे किसानों, दलितों और आदिवासियों के करीब हैं. विकास की परिभाषा ने उन सभी एजेंडों को मटियामेट कर दिया और विकास की दौड़ में उत्तर प्रदेश की सपा सरकार द्वारा उठाये गए कदम गुजरात या मध्य प्रदेश की सरकारों द्वारा उठाए गए कदमों से किसी हाल में भिन्न नहीं हैं. कनहर नदी से जुड़ी हुई कनहर सिंचाई परियोजना के तहत बाँध निर्माण की सचाई आप सभी जान चुके हैं. [पढ़िए पिछली स्टोरी – अकथ कहानी कनहर की ] अब ज़रूरी यह है कि मौजूदा हालातों के साथ-साथ मामले के असल प्रशासनिक रवैया भी जाना जाए और दर्ज किया जाए.
Dalits, tribals call for ‘hunkar’ rally against MP government
Bhopal : Protesting against "harassment and exploitation" by the Madhya Pradesh government, Dalits and tribal groups under an umbrella organisation on Sunday called for...
Civil society fact finding team illegally detained by UP Police
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Sonbhadra: A civil society fact finding team, comprising of journalists and rights activists was briefly detained by Uttar Pradesh Police on...
The uneasiness of children of trouble-torn zone in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Baksa (Assam): With the death toll rose up to 40 of the carnage in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) in Assam, children are to found to be highly affected. So far 14 bodies are of children and as of now 10 are still missing which could be dead as well. Even in the camps at Narayanguri in Baksa district, children are the worst sufferers.
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.
Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’
TCN News
Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...
100 tribal study centres to be set up in Wayanad district of Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: As many as hundred tribal study centres will be established in Wayanad in a bid to bring a qualitative...
Rescued Tripura tribal kids to be sent back home
Agartala : Sixteen of the 19 children rescued from the Guwahati railway station by the Assam Police CID and Childline, an NGO, belong to...
Kejriwal invokes Vemula, laments atrocities against Dalits, tribals
Panaji : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday invoked the suicide of Rohith Vemula while lamenting atrocities against Dalits and tribals, especially in...
Delhi Police’s new FB, Twitter pages for northeast people
By Alok Singh, IANS,
New Delhi : Faced with criticism over its perceived lack of sensitivity and outreach to the northeast community in the capital,...
Gogoi lashes out at Modi
By IANS,
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi was an "irresponsible leader" and worker of RSS whose...
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...
Dimapur lynching: SIO West Bengal team demands high level inquiry
SIO team meets Nagaland Dy Resident Commissioner at Kolkata
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A delegation of the West Bengal unit of Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) met Nagaland deputy Resident Commissioner here on the ongoing burning issue of brutal lynching to death in Dimapur a person suspected by Nagas to have raped a Naga girl.
Meghalaya official unhurt in militant attack
By IANS,
Shillong : A Meghalaya government official had a close shave Monday when Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants fired at his vehicle in...
The Roohani Water of AIUDF chief raises many eyebrows, claiming the act to be...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Scholars and civil society of Assam have slammed the act of giving ‘roohani’ water by All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief, Badruddin Ajmal, to the people of Muslim community during election rallies, terming it as anti-religious. Casting a special chant into water carried to election rallies with the aim of using extremely poor and illiterate supporters as votes for the upcoming Lok Sabha election is against Allah, claimed Islamic scholars from the state. The supporters of AIUDF, however, see this water and the blind faith on Ajmal as a binding thread.
डेल्टा मेघवाल मरी नहीं, मारी गई है…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : डेल्टा मेघवाल कौन थी? उसमें ऐसा क्या था? जो सभी को अपनी ओर खींचता था? वो क्या कर...
Decentralisation needed to tackle corruption: Rahul Gandhi
By IANS,
Guwahati : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday that decentralisation of power is essential to tackle corruption.
Addressing a rally in Assam, Gandhi...
India to tighten vigil along Myanmar border
Agartala/Aizawl : India would strengthen vigil along its border with Myanmar to check drugs and arms smuggling besides movement of inimical elements, including militants,...
After long peace, Mizoram facing terror again
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Aizawl : Nearly 30 years after Mizoram embraced peace, there are signs that terrorism may be raising its "disturbing" head in the...
India needs anti-racist law: CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday asked the government to unveil an anti-racist law to curb attacks similar to those on people from...
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,...
Bangladeshi influx into Assam to be poll issue: Venkaiah Naidu
Guwahati : The anti-Congress wave across India will also affect the Lok Sabha polls in the northeast, and influx from Bangladesh into Assam will...
Surge of foreign tourists in northeast
New Delhi : India's northeastern states saw a surge of foreign tourists in 2013 registering a growth of 27.9 percent over 2012, an official...
Tripura college principal held for molesting student
Agartala : The principal of a government degree college in Tripura has been arrested for molesting a girl student, police said here Sunday.
"Police arrested...
Arrests of Human rights activists and intellectuals across India strongly condemned
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Prominent activists’ and public intellectuals’ houses were raided and the activists and intellectuals who were critical of the government were arrested...
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...
Assam government decides to provide refugee status to Bangladeshi nationals
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: In a major development, Assam government has decided to give refugee status to the Bangladeshi nationals who have crossed the border fearing persecution in that country. This was decided in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Attack on human rights defenders Soni Sori
By TCN News,
Geedam (Chattisgarh): Reports are emerging that Soni Sori, the adivasi leader from Bastar, was attacked by few unidentified men in Geedam, Chattisgarh....
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...
Assam suffers huge losses in this year’s flood
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam has suffered huge losses in terms of lives, property, cropped land, dwelling units and infrastructure in three waves of flood this season. The last deluge wreaked havoc in Kamrup and Goalpara claiming several lives and leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Swine flu alert in northeast India, two women test positive
Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal : The northeastern states have sounded a high alert to prevent the spread of swine flu in the bordering region even as two...
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...
Improve living conditions of Assam clash victims, centre urged
New Delhi: A fact-finding team Saturday urged the central government to take cognizance of the victims of an ethnic clash who are staying in...
Looking beyond Women’s Day and Capitalism-inspired Feminism
By Ashley Tellis for Twocircles.net
Now that Women’s Day has gone, women will be forgotten once again for the rest of the year....
World Bank aid for power projects in northeast
Agartala : The World Bank would provide a major share of Rs.8,150 crore for improving power transmission system in six northeastern states, officials said...
Civil society in Assam urges the govt to seize the arms
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Guwahati: After National Democratic Front of Bodoland’s (NDFB) (Sangbijit faction) denial in the involvement in the violence in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), a section of people set their target towards Bodoland People’s Party (BPF). Assam minister for Border areas development Siddique Ahmed has already demanded that action should be taken against BPF.
Tripura brings onion, potato under Essential Commodities Act
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to bring onion and potato under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), 1955, to check...
Air Marshal S.B. Deo new chief of Eastern Air Command
Shillong : Air Marshal S.B. Deo Thursday took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command at a ceremony here.
Air Warriors...
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...
Young tribal woman inspires farming community to better livelihoods in Odisha
By Chinmaya Dehury
Koraput (Odisha): Raimati Ghiuria, a young tribal woman, not only proved to be a leader in conserving local traditional varieties of rice...
71 percent Mizoram refugees in Tripura cast postal ballot
Agartala/Aizawl: Around 71 percent tribal refugee voters, living in Tripura for the past 17 years after fleeing their villages in Mizoram, have voted by...
Meghalaya on railways’ map
New Delhi : Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday said Meghalaya has joined the railway network and Arunachal Pradesh has been linked with the...
One killed, three injured in Assam blast
Guwahati : One person was killed and three injured after a bomb went off at a village in Assam on Sunday, officials said.
The explosion...
Tripura legislator is dead
Agartala : Veteran communist leader of Tripura and sitting CPI-M legislator Sudhir Das died at a hospital in New Delhi Sunday following a heart...
One more tribal child dies in Kerala; 16th since January
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net,
Kozhikode: Amidst concerns about the ill-health and malnutrition among tribal children, one more infant died at Attappady in Palakkd district....
Meghalaya groups oppose Tibetan refugees enrolment as voters
Shillong : Meghalaya's powerful pressure groups - the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) and the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) - Friday...
Congress not doing any good for people: Nagaland CM
Shillong: The Congress was not doing any good for the people and the populist schemes launched by the outgoing UPA government were meant to...
Gujarat Adivasis object to Govt’s “misuse” of tribal development funds for Ram temple visit...
Neglecting Adivasi deities, rituals and culture, the Gujarat government announced an aid of Rs. 5000 to tribals for a trip to the Ram temple...
Kamla Beniwal likely to leave Mizoram Friday
Aizawl : Sacked Mizoram governor Kamla Beniwal will leave for her home state Rajasthan Friday, an official Thursday said.
"The outgoing governor would leave Aizawl...
Meghalaya speaker disallows censure motion against ministers
Shillong : Meghalaya assembly Speaker Abu Taher Mondal Tuesday disallowed a censure motion moved by the opposition against two ministers - Ampareen Lyngdoh and...
Five militants killed, terror plot foiled in Meghalaya
Shillong : Five UALA rebels were killed and a police officer was injured in a gun battle Tuesday, even as security forces foiled a...
BJP loses assembly by-election in Nagaland
Kohima : The BJP Monday lost the assembly by-election to its coalition partner Naga People's Front (NPF) candidate in Nagaland.
Neiphrezo Keditsu, the NPF candidate...
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...
Action plan worked out to get World Heritage tag for Assam’s Charaideo Moidam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam government has prepared an action plan to get the coveted World Heritage site tag for the historic Charaideo Moidam of Ahom era in Assam’s Sivasagar district.
Ajmal Group to set up more colleges in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Ajmal CSR has announced its plan to set up 10 new colleges in Assam including one in Bodoland Territorial Aare Districts (BTAD) during the year 2015. It was declared during the three-day annual convention of Ajmal CSR officials and heads of institutions run by the Ajmal Group in Assam’s Hojai.
‘Foreign investment needed to harness power potential of Northeast’
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Without foreign investment, the vast power potential of the northeastern region could not be leveraged, says the man heading the...
How an Adivasi Youth outfit plans to give a tough fight to the BJP...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
With Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan set for assembly elections later this year, all political parties are gearing up for elections...
On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley
By TCN News
Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...
Save Sharmila campaign condemns rape of 3 women by Army personnel in Assam
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In another shocking incident, it has been reported that on 6th April, 6 Indian Army jawans raped 3 women in Khorsim Athor village in Anjukpani in Assam. It has been reported that the jawans on patrol reached the village and allegedly took a 13-year-old to the neighboring jungle. The girl's mother and another relative later reached the site to rescue her. According to reports, the jawans then raped the other two women as well.
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...
Cellular firm has no idea about Pashmina, stop ad, says Kashmir
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Monday asked the central government to stop an advertisement by a popular cellular company that shows a Pashmina shawl...
Cabinet nod for draft bills to increase ST beneficiaries
New Delhi : The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval for the introduction of two constitutional amendment bills in parliament...
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...
PM announces compensation for Assam, Meghalaya flood victims
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday condoled the loss of lives due to floods in Assam and Meghalaya and sanctioned ex-gratia relief...
Northeast committee meets DU vice chancellor
New Delhi : A committee examining the concerns of people from the northeastern states living in other parts of India, Thursday met Delhi University...
Meghalaya HC bans media coverage of shutdowns, rallies
Shillong : The Meghalaya High Court has banned the media from publishing statements by organisations that call for shutdowns or rallies in the state,...
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...
Yasin Malik arrested, JKLF march halted
Srinagar : Police Monday intercepted a pro-independence march by the JKLF here and arrested its chairman Yasin Malik and around a dozen supporters.
Malik appeared...
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...
In Hailakandi, a father-son duo might hold edge over their rivals
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Hailakandi: The district of Hailakandi, Assam, has been a hotspot of political activity in the past few weeks, and...
Key issues addressed during North East Teachers Congress at USTM
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assessment of higher education through the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, vacant staff positions across universities and growing influence of the IT in education sector were some of the scores of several key issues discussed at the national seminar on ‘Changing Scenario in Academic Performance & Audit’ organized during the second North East Teachers Congress (NETC).
Delhi’s northeast community takes creative route to raise awareness
By Shradha Chettri,
New Delhi : With drawings, pop songs and photographs, people from the northeast are displaying their creative side to sensitise the people...
Intervene in coal mining ban, Meghalaya leaders to president
Shillong : Congress leaders from Meghalaya Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi to seek his immediate intervention over the National Green Tribunal's...
Militants in fatigues attack army camp in Kashmir, shot dead
Jammu: Three militants, dressed in army uniforms, Friday attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district riding a goods vehicle they hijacked at gunpoint, but were shot dead after a gunfight. A soldier and the vehicle's driver and another occupant were also killed.
Central officials urge tribal refugees in Tripura to return to Mizoram
Agartala : Officials of the Union Home Ministry and two state governments on Tuesday asked Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for the last...
Assam: JIH offers houses for BTAD victims
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: A team of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) is visiting the eastern and north eastern India to take stock of the plight of the minority communities in the region and the various welfare activities undertaken by it for addressing some of the problems affecting the minorities.
Criminal tracking network being set up in Tripura
Agartala : A Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) is being set up in Tripura as part of a nation-wide project to keep...
Delhi has ‘silently extended’ harsh AFSPA act to my state: Arunachal CM
By Rupesh Dutta,
New Delhi : The union government has "silently extended" the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to "entire state of Arunachal Pradesh" without consulting the state government and appears keen to deal with the insurgency in border areas on its own, state Chief minister Nabam Tuki has said.
In J&K, Gujjar community threatens state-wide agitation against alleged rape and murder of eight-year-old...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Jammu: On Thursday, January 18, Jammu and Kashmir woke up to a terrible news of the death of an eight-year-old...
More rice for Tripura via Bangladesh?
Agartala : The Indian government may ferry another 35,000 tonnes of rice for Tripura via Bangladesh as train services in the northeastern states have...
Anti-BJP wave blowing in Northeast
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: India’s northeastern region is witnessing wind of change and it is a bit too early. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at New Delhi has utterly failed to impress the people of the region with their actions so far, rather they are angry.
A prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in India: Report
New Delhi : A human rights group on Tuesday said one prisoner dies every 5.5 hours in Indian jails and that there are three...
Corporates will run India if Modi becomes PM: Gogoi
Guwahati : Launching a fresh attack against Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said big corporate houses will run the government...
Dimapur lynching incident rocks Assam assembly
Guwahati : The fifth day of the budget session of the Assam legislative assembly on Monday witnessed noisy scenes over the lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's Dimapur town.
The problem started after some of the opposition members raised concerns over former Assam minister and Congress legislator Siddeque Ahmed's statement that he had prior information that the mob will break into the jail in Dimapur and kill the rape accused and that he had informed Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi about this on the morning of March 5.
Lot needs to be done on roads in northeast: Minister
New Delhi : Admitting that India is much behind China in building roads along the border areas in the northeast, DoNER Minister Gen V.K....
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.
Dalits, Adivasis in India pushed out of higher education during Covid-19, new report finds...
A new study by National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) has found out that with stark social divides, the pandemic has visibilised and...
Infant sold for Rs.1,000 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A tribal man allegedly sold his two-month-old infant to a woman in Odisha's Malkangiri district for Rs.1,000 to eke out a living and...
Fourth ‘border haat’ may open in Tripura next month
Agartala : The fourth 'border haat' (market) along the India-Bangladesh border is likely to be inaugurated next month to boost trade in local produce...
Rahul Gandhi kicks-off campaign for Lok Sabha polls in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi kicked-off the party’s campaign for Lok Sabha polls by addressing a public meeting at the Wangjing Kadampokpi Ground in Thoubal district of Manipur on March 19, 2014.
दिल्ली में मणिपुरी छात्रों पर पुलिसिया बर्बरता
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: सबसे पहले हम पाठकों को बताना चाहते हैं कि इस खबर के साथ लगी हुई तस्वीरें थोड़ी आपत्तिजनक हो सकती हैं. दिल्ली में बीते 7 जून को मणिपुर ट्राइबल फोरम के सदस्यों ने तीन विवादास्पद बिलों के विरोध में मणिपुर भवन पर प्रदर्शन शुरू किया. इस प्रदर्शन के दौरान दिल्ली पुलिस और मणिपुर राइफ़ल्स के जवानों द्वारा प्रदर्शनकारी नागरिकों पर जमकर लाठीचार्ज किया गया, जिसमें लगभग 15 लोग घायल हुए हैं.
Minority Welfare Society felicitates outstanding students in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter,
Guwahati: Speaking as the chief guest at the students felicitation programme organised by the Minority Welfare Society (MWS) in Guwahati, Abu Saleh Najmuddin, former Health Minister of Assam said, “Any community that does not accord importance to education is bound to remain backward. A community’s empowerment can come only from acquiring information and knowledge.”
Opposition walks out of J&K assembly
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Panthers Party (NPP), Sunday walked out...
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...
AIUDF wants flood to be declared as national calamity
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has urged the central government to declare flood and erosion as national calamity. Slamming the Assam government for misuse of the funds meant for the development of the poor people, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal also appealed to the central government to monitor the utilization of the funds sanctioned by the central government.
वीडियो रिपोर्ट : अब वन गुर्जरों की जंगल से ज़मीन की और जाने की...
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हिमाचल ,उत्तराखंड और उत्तर प्रदेश की शिवालिक रेंज में लाखों वन गुर्जर रहते हैं वो पशुपालन करते हैं और दूध को बाजार...
Odisha to conserve 700 sacred groves to protect tribal culture
By Chinmaya Dehury
Bhubaneswar : An integral part of tribal culture, 700 sacred groves in Odisha -- out of 2,100 identified by the state government...
Bangladeshis among five arrested in Mizoram
Agartala : Five tribals, including two Bangladeshis, have been arrested in Mizoram and a huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered from them, a...
Modi congratulates new CM of Nagaland
New Delhi : Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi Saturday congratulated newly sworn-in Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang.
"Congratulations to T.R. Zeliang on taking oath as...
NPP releases ‘People’s Document’ for Meghalaya polls
Jowai (Meghalaya), (IANS): National People's Party President Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday released the People's Document for Meghalaya at an election rally here.
The "People's...
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.
Magisterial probe begins into Agartala violence
Agartala : A magisterial probe into the ethnic violence in Agartala in which 24 persons were injured and 17 vehicles badly damaged on August...
Forced conversion in Bengal, claims Trinamool; VHP denies
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Wednesday claimed that over 100 Christians were converted by the VHP in Rampurhat in Birbhum district. The Hindu...
Bangladesh to upgrade its mission in Agartala
Agartala : India has conveyed its concurrence to Bangladesh for the latter to upgrade its diplomatic mission in Tripura capital Agartala to an assistant...
Tripura tribal council polls on May 3
Agartala : Elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) will be held on May 3, it was announced here on Tuesday.
"The...
Three militants killed in Assam bomb blast
Guwahati : Three militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) faction that is opposed to any talks were killed Friday in a...
Assam assembly to restrict car passes from May
Guwahati : The Assam assembly is planning to introduce from May 1 stricter guidelines for issuing car passes following detection of Congress legislator Rumi...
Odisha govt to bear education expense of three poor students
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government on Monday announced it would bear all expenses of study and boarding of three meritorious poor students who recently...
Gogoi blames Centre for Assam violence
Guwahati : The central government was to blame for the recent violence in Assam that left 79 people dead and rendered over two lakh...
NSUI gears up campaigning for Congress’s Lok Sabha election candidate, reaching out to the...
By TCN News,
Jammu: The state president of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Neeraj Kundan held a meeting in Govt. Maulana Azad Memorial Post Graduate (MAM) College, Jammu, in support of Congress-NC candidate Madan Lal Sharma, on 2nd April, Wednesday.
Northeast by-polls: I-T teams to check on black money
Agartala : The Income Tax (I-T) department will deploy teams in Assam, Tripura and Sikkim to keep a tab on the use of black...
No new taxes proposed in Kashmir budget
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Thursday presented "tax-free" and "pro-people" budget for 2014-2015, terming it one which reflected...
SC to hear Tripura High Court’s order on teachers
New Delhi/Agartala : The Supreme Court, admitting a special leave petition (SLP) Monday, stayed Tripura High Court's order for framing a new employment policy...
Youth killed in police firing during Kashmir clash
Srinagar : A youth was killed in police firing while three people were injured Monday when a stone-pelting mob clashed with security forces in...
Karbi, Muslim militants nabbed in Assam
Guwahati : Security forces engaged in counter-insurgency operations on Wednesday arrested three Karbi militants, a Muslim militant and two linkmen of a Karbi insurgent...
Three killed in Manipur blast
Imphal : Three people were killed and four others injured when a powerful blast rocked Manipur's capital city Imphal Sunday, police said.
"An IED (improvised...
Jaitley announces packages for SCs, STs
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday announced a mix of welfare plans and financial allocations to uplift people belonging to the scheduled...
Waterfalls, tribals and animals be damned: Why the proposed Athirapally dam is a disaster...
This is the first in a two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...
Curfew relaxed in Meghalaya
Shillong : Curfew was Saturday relaxed for eight hours in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, two days after it was imposed following mob violence...
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...
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...
Voting and Elections ring hollow for Rajasthan’s landless nomadic tribes
By Inder Bisht, TwoCircles.net
Prabhu Kalbelia has been living with his family on the outskirts of Bemali village of Bhilwara district for the last forty...
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...
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...
Manipur extrajudicial killings campaign calls upon Rajnath to safeguard activists
Imphal (IANS): Over a thousand Indians on Sunday called upon Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh to end...
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...