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.
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...
Tripura tops list for giving rural jobs for fifth year
Agartala : Tripura has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for offering 66 person-days so far in the current fiscal in...
New minister inducted in Tripura
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Friday inducted a new minister in his cabinet, an official said.
Naresh Chandra Jamatia, Communist Party of India-Marxist...
Assam students protest land swap deal with Bangladesh
Guwahati : A major students' organisation in Assam Tuesday launched a state-wide protest opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement to go ahead with the...
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...
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...
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...
Over 12 lakh affected in Assam floods
Guwahati : Over 12 lakh people have been affected in floods in 16 districts of Assam. Many rivers, including the mighty Brahmaputra and its...
PM promises sports university for Manipur
Imphal : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said a sports university will be opened in Manipur.
The prime minister, speaking at the concluding function of...
JMB trains Assamese men to carry out attacks: Assam DG
Guwahati : Assamese youths have undergone a training under the Islamic terror network Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to carry out attacks, Director General of...
Uncertainty looms large over the camp inmates of BTAD violence
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Narayanguri (Baksa): It’s been two weeks since the carnage broke out in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) which witnessed more than 45 deaths of villagers and the situation is getting normal but the affected people too much worried to be normal. The people who have been living at Narayanguri camp under Gobardhan police station in Baska district are not sure if they will ever return to their native villages.
NCHRO demands judicial enquiry into arrests of adivasi youths in Jharkhand
By Pervez Bari for TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A Fact Finding Committee of NCHRO (National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation), which visited Jharkhand on March 23...
PM to vote in Assam
Guwahati : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is among the over nine million people who are eligible to vote Thursday for Assam's six Lok Sabha...
Transport strike affects life in Tripura
Agartala : Normal life in Tripura was affected on Thursday as all means of public transport stayed off the roads in support of a...
Voting starts Monday from northeast in India’s staggered election
New Delhi : India's general election, to elect 543 members to the 16th Lok Sabha, or the House of People in the bicameral parliament,...
Probe ordered into booth capturing allegations in Manipur
Guwahati : Manipur's chief electoral officer Thursday ordered a probe into the allegations of booth capturing and rigging in some polling booths during the...
SC notice on racial attacks on people from northeast
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on two PILs seeking setting up of...
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...
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...
Good gestures keep the lost hope alive in relief camps in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Scores of Adivasis from several districts of Assam hit by militant violence were forced to take shelter in different relief camps. With the chilling winter and lack of proper food, clothing and even medicines, the people living in such camps are undergoing horrible time.
Bhimayana: Where Gond Art Breathes and Ambedkar Speaks – A Visual Rebellion Against Caste...
“Democracy has not eradicated caste. It has entrenched and modified it. That is why it is time to read Ambedkar.”
– Arundhati Roy, The Doctor...
Assam mourns as prominent academician Mohd Taher no more
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Mohammad Taher – one of the brightest stars of academics from the region, author of more than 30 books and editor of two volumes of the Asomiya Biswakoch (Assamese encyclopedia) – is no more.
The 84-year-old scholar left for heavenly abode on Tuesday leaving hundreds in a state of sorrow. His janaja was performed on Wednesday in Guwahati in the presence of his family, relatives and well-wishers.
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.
Ebola virus: Tripura, Mizoram take preventive measures
Agartala/Aizawl : The Tripura and Mizoram governments have taken a number of preventive measures to check spread of deadly Ebola disease, officials from both...
CBI charge sheet against 7 over Nido Tania’s death
New Delhi : The CBI Friday filed a charge sheet in a court here against seven people over the death of 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh...
Adivasi girl branded ‘mentally ill’ for speaking against discrimination finally allowed to continue her...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Thiruvananthapuram: After suffering for many months, Athira, a tribal student of College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram (CET), is finally upbeat, and for...
Three Bodo militants arrested for Assam killings
Guwahati : The NIA Thursday said it had arrested three Bodo militants from Nagaland for their alleged involvement in the massacre of adivasis in...
Northeast’s traditional environmental knowledge important: Expert
Kolkata : The traditional environmental knowledge from India's northeast and northern regions, particularly the Himalayas, integrated with modern science is important for battling climate...
Families refuse to bury dead in Assam
Guwahati : Relatives of those killed in India's northeastern Assam state have refused to bury their dead, demanding that the state's chief minister, Tarun...
Assam to hand over jihadi activities cases to NIA
Guwahati : Assam will hand over cases related to jihadi activities in the state to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi...
Union Budget continues to ignore real issues of Dalits and Adivasis: NCDHR
By TCN News
New Delhi: The Union Budget looks like a “very glossed over budget” for Dalits and Adivasis with reduction in allocations for key...
Eight millionaires in Meghalaya electoral battle
Shillong : Eight of the 10 candidates in the fray in Meghalaya's two parliamentary constituencies that go to polls Wednesday are millionaires.
The ruling Congress...
Meghalaya students protest sexual harassment in varsity
Shillong : Students and faculty members of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Wednesday gave a three-day ultimatum demanding the termination of a professor...
Bangladesh allows transit of foodgrain to northeast India
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : In a highly significant move that was evidently cleared at the highest level, Bangladesh is allowing India to ferry foodgrain...
Police kill two near Assam-Nagaland border, judicial probe ordered
Guwahati : Two people were killed Wednesday when police fired at protestors in Assam near the border with Nagaland, leading to curfew in Golaghat...
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...
Assam’s little reporters: Agents of change for neglected communities
By Azera Parveen Rahman,
Dibrugarh (Assam) : They are perceptive, have no biases, are honest and don't mince their words. Articles by children reporters of...
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...
Tribal Affairs Ministry gets Rs 5,329 crore in Budget
New Delhi, (IANS) : The Tribal Affairs Ministry has been allocated Rs 5,329 crore -- almost 10 per cent more than the previous year --...
Lok Sabha polls to be held in five phases in Kashmir
Jammu : Elections to Jammu and Kashmir's six Lok Sabha seats would be held in five phases beginning April 10, the state's chief electoral...
Gogoi urges Paresh Baruah to join politics
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday asked the commander-in-chief of the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Paresh...
Former Assam CM resigns as AGP chief
Guwahati : Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Monday resigned as the president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) after its debacle in...
Modi government committed to OBC reservation, say Rajnath, Ananth Kumar
New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government on Monday asserted that it is committed to reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) with Union Home...
‘SC/ST left out of pro-corporate budget,’ rights group alleges
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Dalit and tribal groups do not seem very happy with the union budget, which they claimed is pro-rich.
“Pursuing unabashedly and openly a pro-rich policy, the Modi Budget outlines a corporate vision of India that unashamedly eats into the budgetary allocations meant for the millions of its poorest and neediest citizens, the Dalits and Adivasis,” said the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) - Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan (DAAA), which works towards the elimination of caste-based discrimination.
Dharmapuri rape: Adivasi girl dies of injuries but police arrests activists for raising the...
By Ira Anbazhagan, TwoCircles.net
A week ago, the rape and the subsequent death of an Adivasi minor girl shocked Tamil Nadu. And even as the...
Arunachal, Kashmir are India’s, China told
New Delhi : India has clearly told China that Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir "are integral and inalienable parts of India", Defence Minister...
These Tribes in India celebrate Liberation Day not Independence Day
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
As many as 150 tribes across India observe 31st August as ‘ Liberation Day’ or ‘Vimukti Divas’ because it was on...
Tripura protest condemns killing of Bangladeshi-American writer
Agartala : Intellectuals, singers, writers and political activists staged a protest here on Sunday to denounce the killing of a Bangladeshi-American blog-writer in Dhaka...
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,...
Meghalaya flood toll now 39
Shillong : The toll due to the massive floods in Meghalaya has risen to 39, an official said Thursday.
Health authorities in the flood-ravaged Garo...
Tension continues over Dimapur lynching; SMS blockage extended
Dimapur : Simmering tension continued on Monday in Nagaland's commercial hub of Dimapur where a mob broke into a jail and lynched a rape accused on March 5. Many 'non-local' people have temporarily left the town, while SMS and MMS services continued to be restricted in a bid to control spread of rumours on the social media.
Two home guards killed, seven injured in Assam blast
Guwahati : Two home guards were killed and seven others injured Tuesday when a bomb went off accidentally at an Assam Police firing range...
In Arunachal, tribal taboos are conservation devices
By Sweta Daga
"My Naba (father) always says you can't challenge nature. If you challenge nature, you are asking for trouble. When you see a...
How illegal stone quarries are destroying Adivasi villages of Tapi district
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ashokbhai Gamit is a farmer in Vaghpani village of Vyara Taluka, Tapi District. As a farmer, he carries a lot of...
Four killed, 10 injured in Jammu hotel blaze
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Jammu : At least four people were killed and 10 others sustained burn injuries in a blaze at a hotel here Saturday...
Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi
New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said.
Aben Sofia was found...
Education a constitutional right, says Adv Prakash Ambedkar; calls for rally to Vidhan Sabha...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
As the students’ strike in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) entered the 18th day, Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, National President, BHARIP...
Granting Habitat Rights a positive step towards recognising Tribal ownership of natural resources
By Raqib Hameed Naik and Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh have had good reason to look at any action from the...
Manipuri youth’s Delhi attackers sent to police custody
New Delhi : A court here Tuesday sent the three youths arrested for killing a Manipuri BPO employee, to two days' police custody.
The employee,...
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छिंदवाड़ा जिले के तामिया ब्लॉक में स्थित पातालकोट मानो धरती के गर्भ में समाया है. तकरीबन 89 वर्ग किलोमीटर क्षेत्र में फैली यह...
National Science Day celebrated at Techno City
By TCN News,
Guwahati: Around eighty Science models based on technology & innovation were displayed by young and budding engineers of Regional Institute of Science & Technology at the Techno City campus of 9th mile in Meghalaya on the occasion of National Science Day on Saturday, February 28.
Nellie 1983: No justice even after 32 years for Nellie massacre victims
"In Nellie, time stands still. No socio-economic development has taken place in the area. Where and how to get justice for the victims?
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: It has been 32 years. Though the world has witnessed a sea change around him, nothing has changed for Sirajuddin Ahmed. The pain and agony still haunts him and he says, it will probably continue till his last breath.
400 policemen will be killed for shooting 40 Maoists, warns ex-journalist
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Security forces in Maharashtra went in a tizzy on Monday following apprehensions expressed on Facebook that "400 cops will be...
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...
Mamata orders action over tribal student’s ragging
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered action over the alleged ragging of a female tribal college student in West Midnapore...
डिजिटल इंडिया का सच : उत्तर प्रदेश का एक थाना ऐसा भी जहां नही...
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India to improve relationship with eastern neighbours: Minister
Shillong : The Indian government Friday stressed the need to improve its relationship with its neighbouring countries bordering the eight northeastern states.
"We would like...
Kashmir’s ex-minister told to appear before police
By IANS,
Srinagar : Granting interim relief to Shabir Ahmad Khan, a former minister accused by a woman doctor of sexual harassment, the Jammu and...
Naga activists call for sweeping changes in male-dominated society
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Naga activists and scholars today robustly called for changes in the male-dominated society of Nagaland state, saying that it barred women from inheritance, land rights as well aspolitical equality.
Tripura wants better bus services from northeast
Agartala : The Tripura government Tuesday reiterated it would launch direct bus services between the northeastern states and Kolkata via Bangladesh for easy ferrying...
One land rights activist dies after self-immolation in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: One protestor of peasants’ body Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) died after receiving 90 per cent burn injuries following his act of self-immolation in demand of land rights in front of Assam secretariat on Monday.
‘Garoland demand to continue even after peace accord’
Shillong : A rebel group in Meghalaya that would next week sign a peace accord with the central government Thursday said it would continue...
In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted
By Nikhil M. Babu
As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu...
Nagabanda massacre and the other side of Assamese intelligentsia
By Abdul Kalam Azad,
Morigaon, Assam: Nagabanda High School is one of the oldest educational institutes of Morigaon district of Assam. The school is situated near the Nagabanda Bazar, about 15 KMs from the district headquarter. The healthy rural market, the nicely planted trees at Nagabanda Junior College, huge playground with pavilion and the green agricultural fields surrounding the area make it scenic and beautiful. But who knows Nagabanda is carrying a huge amount of pain and agony?
Sikkim and Assam MPs most active northeast parliamentarians
New Delhi : P.D.Rai, first-time MP of the Sikkim Democratic Front, has participated in the maximum number of parliamentary debates and Badruddin Ajmal, MP...
Centre plans to revoke MGNREGA: Tripura CM
Agartala : The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is contemplating revocation of the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA...
CPI-M plenum to stress deepening links with people: Yechury
Kolkata : Describing the CPI-M as a "revolutionary party with a mass line", its general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the five-day party...
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...
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.
‘I am not here by luck. I am equal to everyone else’ says lone...
This is the second of the three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students /faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi...
Sharmila again arrested in Manipur, taken to hospital
Imphal : Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who is on an indefinite fast in Manipur for nearly 14 years seeking repeal of a law giving...
AIUDF: The broken dreams and lost hopes of minorities in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: For Ashraful Hussain, the party was a ray of hope for the downtrodden and underprivileged people of the society. Now, he is quite dejected and rather angry at times. He hoped finally somebody was there to take care of the neglected minorities of the state but after several years it turned out to be another broken dream.
Tripura gets new chief secretary
Agartala : Senior bureaucrat Yashpal Singh on Wednesday took over as the new chief secretary of Tripura. He succeeded G. Kameswara Rao, who retired...
Northeast groups demand anti-racism law
By IANS,
New Delhi : Demanding a strong anti-racism law in India, NGOs and students unions from the northeastern region Monday blamed the central and...
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...
Tribal varsity aims to mainstream tribal youth: President
Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh), (IANS): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said the aim of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University is to help tribal youth...
Panel to interact with northeast people in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Home Ministry Friday said a panel, formed to look into the concerns of northeast people, will hold interactions with...
Colonial hangover ails workers of Assam’s tea industry
By Azera Parveen Rahman,
Tezpur (Assam) : Colonial-style bungalows of Assam's expansive tea gardens and the British-era lifestyles of their executives paint a picture postcard of yore. Sadly, this hangover also extends to the poor living conditions of labourers - an issue now in the limelight after the World Bank said that it was probing the violation of workers' rights inthese plantations it jointly finances with Tata Global Beverages.
NDA government will improve the center-state relations : Tripura CM
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister and senior Left leader Manik Sarkar is hopeful the BJP-led NDA government would improve center-state relations to strengthen India's...
Five policemen injured in Meghalaya bomb blast
Shillong : Five policemen were injured Friday in a bomb blast triggered by militants in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, bordering Bangladesh.
"GNLA (Garo National...
Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge: Delhi to witness a protest against arrest of Dalit...
By TCN News:
We are living in strange times where speaking out the truth, demanding your rights, standing up against injustices and atrocities are seen...
Assam oppose to visa free entry for Bangladeshi proposal
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After Assam government opposed to the proposal of the Narendra Modi government to let Bangladeshi nationals without visa, several political and social organizations have reacted strongly against it. The state government earlier said it has opposed a proposal from the centre to give visa-free entry to Bangladeshi nationals below 18 years and above 65 years of age.
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...
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...
Assam bandh: Normal life hit; over 70 detained, released
Guwahati : Normal life was affected across Assam Friday in the wake of a Bajrang Dal-sponsored 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh to press for the arrest...
12-hour strike stalls life in Tripura
Agartala : A 12-hour shut down, called by the ruling CPI-M as well as the opposition Congress over the killing of two men, crippled...
Voting picks up slightly in Kashmir’s Anantnag
Anantnag : With electors coming out in many areas of Anantnag in the afternoon to exercise their franchise, the poll percentage in this Jammu...
Meghalaya adopts new developmental initiatives
Tura/Shillong : Chief Minister Mukul Manda Sangma Monday said that the government has adopted a new paradigm of developmental initiatives to bring in rapid...
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...
Four Indian universities to introduce tribal language courses
Agartala : Four universities in India, including Delhi University, will introduce tribal language courses from Jan 26 next year, Tripura governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya...
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...
Nine arrested for torturing Assam woman as ‘witch’
Guwahati : Nine people were arrested Wednesday in Assam's Sivasagar district for torturing a woman and branding her a 'witch', police said.
The incident took...
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...
Tribals to Form Political Party in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: Tribals in Kerala have remained on the periphery of the state's politics, since they have never been paid...
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...
When fishermen were made Al Qaeda terrorist overnight in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Rustam Ali had a terrible time as he was picked up by police as terrorist having connection with Al Qaeda in Assam’s Majuli. So were Sherafat Ali and Dhiren Doley from Majuli who were detained by police and media immediately jumped to term them as terrorist element after the Al Jawahari’s video where the Al Qaeda leader also pronounced Assam’s name as their next target.
डेल्टा मेघवाल और उसके पिता का दर्द…
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : मेरे लिए आपने आप में एक बेहद मुश्किल काम था. मैं डेल्टा मेघवाल के पिता से रूबरू था....
Mizoram CM pays tribute to policemen killed in attack
Aizawl : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, his cabinet colleagues, legislators and officials on Sunday paid their last respects to the three Mizoram policemen...
‘Modi stands to negate everything enshrined in constitution’
Srinagar : Formally launching his party's poll campaign in the Valley, National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah said Wednesday Narendra Modi stands to negate...
Tripura to act against ‘proxy’ teachers, employers
Agartala : The Tripura government will take stern action against 'proxy' teachers and their employers in government and government-aided schools, an education department official...
Mizoram to move second vote on account
Aizawl : The Mizoram government will move another vote on account instead of presenting the regular budget for fiscal 2014-15 as the Planning Commission...
Congress blames Left for infiltration in Tripura
Agartala : The Congress Monday alleged that lakhs of infiltrators have illegally settled in Tripura during the 31-year rule of the Left Front government.
During...
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...
Centre to fix support prices for 10 forest produce: Oram
Bhubaneswar : The central government would soon announce minimum support prices for 10 minor forest produce to protect tribals from exploitation, union Tribal Affairs...
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...
Sudipto Sen presented in Siliguri court
Siliguri : The Saradha chit fund scam's purported mastermind Sudipto Sen was Wednesday presented in a court and given a copy of the chargesheet...
Northeast to be made commercial hub of Southeast Asia: Centre
Agartala : Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said Saturday India's northeast region would be made a "trading and commercial hub of...
Kashmir revokes stipendiary recruitment policy
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday revoked its controversial stipendiary recruitment policy following feedback gathered by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on his...
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...
Birth anniversary of Irom Sharmila observed with token hunger strike at Jantar Mantar
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A day long fast was organized here at Jantar Mantar on the call of Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, Association of Protection of Civil Rights, Lok Raj Sangathan and Students Islamic Organisation of India to support Irom Sharmila and to demand repeal of AFSPA. Many people participated and observed the hunger strike.
सोनभद्र का रामबाबु : वेटर के तौर पर अपमान झेला ,लोकडाउन में नौकरी...
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‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ drive launched in Mizoram
Aizawl : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday launched the central government's nationwide "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" (Save Girl-child, Educate Girl-child) campaign here.
The minister...
Manik Sarkar calls on Narendra Modi
New Delhi/Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
"It was a courtesy call," an official...
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...
Two injured in bomb explosion in Meghalaya
Shillong : Two people were injured on Monday morning after militants hurled a crude bomb at a petrol pump in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills...
Tripura, Mizoram to implement food security act from April
Agartala/Aizawl : Tripura and Mizoram governments are computerising their Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to implement the National Food Security Act from April, officials...
RIST welcomes meritorious engineering aspirants from low income families
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The recently announced results of class 12 examination by the state and central boards have brought cheers among thousands of successful candidates in North East. While the students with sound financial background are planning to pursue their academic career according to their choice and realize their dreams, the students with limited financial background are beset with gloom and despair.
Freedom heroes from the northeast remembered
By IANS,
New Delhi : Little known heroes from the country's northeast played valiant roles during the freedom struggle, reversing a myth - like many...
Kidnapped SBI official in Meghalaya still untraced
Shillong : The whereabouts of a State Bank of India (SBI) official kidnapped by militants eight days ago are still not known, while 42...
A year later, Churachandpur’s dead remain in a morgue, awaiting justice
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Churachandpur/Delhi: Can the mood of a district of Manipur be replicated in the capital of the country? Maybe not, especially given...
BJP, AIUDF two sides of the same coin: Asom Gana Parishad
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After concluding the first phase of Jatiya Setona Jatra – a journey among rural people across Assam – the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leaders said the emergence of BJP and AIUDF will put Assam in danger because of religious polarization.
Pandemonium in Odisha assembly over PESA Act violation
Bhubaneswar : Pandemonium prevailed in Odisha assembly on Wednesday over the alleged violation of PESA Act for formation of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC), even...
Assam moots special court for witch-hunting trials
Guwahati : Assam might set up a special court for the trial of cases related to witch-hunting, a social evil in some parts of...
J&K legislators protest denial of red beacons
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir legislators across party lines argued they are entitled to have red beacons on their official vehicles and walked...
Easter celebrated in Meghalaya
Shillong : Christians in Meghalaya Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celebrating Easter.
Believers throngeed Cathedrals and other churches in the Christian-majority state...
160 northeast youths to join Delhi Police: Rijiju
New Delhi : Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Tuesday announced 160 youths from northeast states would be inducted into Delhi Police.
Rijiju...
Chhattisgarh: How Padma Shri Awardee Pandi Ram is Shaping the Future of Tribal Art...
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Raipur (Chhattisgarh): At a time when traditions are fading with time, a man from Chhattisgarh is working tirelessly to preserve the rich...
Is Chhattisgarh a ‘Police State’ of Democratic India?
By Pushkar Raj,
A ‘police state’ is said to be one where citizens experience living, freedom of movement and expression of opinion subject to police...
Left Front links Modi’s comments to Assam ethnic riots
Kolkata : Linking Narendra Modi's comments to the ethnic riots in Assam, West Bengal's Left Front chairman Biman Bose Sunday alleged the BJP's prime...
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...
Why Kaziranga farmers believe they get a raw deal in the name of conservation
Text and Video by Amit Kumar and Saptarshi Gogoi
Nandeshwar Pegu is a farmer in his 70s and supports his large family in Belogudi village....
Assam floods: 67 dead, Rajnath to visit flood-hit areas Wednesday
Guwahati : Sixty-seven people have been killed in the floods in Assam's Brahmaputra Valley even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State...
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...
Standing struggle by Kerala adivasis ends; state agrees to most of their demands
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Thiruvananthapuram: After 162 days, the Standing Struggle staged by the adivasis demanding rightful ownership of their lands came to a successful end on Thursday.
Started under the aegis of the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha (AGMS), the struggle ended following an assurance given by the meeting of the ministerial committee to agree to the demands raised by the tribal community.
Militants finally free telecom professional
Aizawl : A telecom professional from Kolkata who was abducted by militants in November 2013 has been finally freed in Mizoram, police said Thursday.
Deep...
Youth shot dead in Kashmir’s Sopore
By IANS,
Srinagar : A youth was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town Friday evening, police said.
Waseem Ahmad Malla, 24,...
India losing green cover faster than ever, warns study
Sydney: The world's forests have shrunk by three percent since 1990 - an area equivalent to the size of South Africa - and...
India initiates work to link Northeast with Bangladesh port
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : India has taken the first steps to construct a Rs.70 crore ($11.5 million) bridge over the Feni river in Tripura...
How Binesh Balan, an Adivasi, fought the Kerala bureaucracy to achieve his dream of...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
As a student from the Mavilan Tribe in Kerala, Binesh Balan knew that studying, and achieving his dreams, was never going...