बस्तर में सुरक्षा बल और माओवादी मुठभेड़ में पिसती आम आदिवासी जिदंगियां, दूधमुंही बच्ची...
Poonam Masih/ TwoCircles.net
बस्तर। छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर में माओवादी और सुरक्षा बलों के बीच होने वाली मुठभेड़ अब एक आम घटना बन गई है। माओवाद...
Ground Report: Struggle of Isolated Kelhadiya Village in East UP Where Tribals Drink Water...
Pawan Kumar Maurya, TwoCircles.net
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh): Tribal villagers in the isolated hills of Kelhadiya, located about 130 km from Varanasi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary...
Tripura to get another varsity
Agartala : The Left Front government will set up a university in Tripura and a legislation in this regard will be taken up in...
Minor Adivasi girl raped, murdered in West Bengal, locals hit the streets in protest
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
The gangrape and murder of a minor Adivasi girl in North Dinajpur in West Bengal has resulted in massive protests...
Curfew on in Meghalaya, home minister appeals for calm
Shillong : Curfew continued Friday in parts of Meghalaya where mob violence erupted following death of a suspected militant in police custody. Meanwhile, Meghalaya...
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...
Adivasi, Muslim and Dalit organizations jointly hoist national flag and condemn growing atrocities
By TCN News,
Jaipur: As many as fifteen Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi organizations jointly celebrated Independence Day here and hold a program in favour of...
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...
Meghalaya tribals oppose Jaypee getting power project
Shillong: Tribals in Meghalaya Monday opposed the handing over the proposed construction 240 MW Umngot hydro electric project to Jaypee Group, saying that it...
John urges NorthEast fans to throng stadium for support
Shillong : Bollywood actor John Abraham, co-owner of NorthEast United FC (NEUFC), Wednesday urged his Shillong fans to throng the Indira Gandhi stadium in...
Assam, Tripura kick off balloting with high turnout
Guwahati/Agartala/New Delhi : India went to the polls Monday, with nearly six million people casting their vote in five constituencies in Assam and one...
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.
Rajnath visits Bangladesh border in Tripura
Agartala : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh accompanied by his deputy, Kiren Rijiju, Saturday visited the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura and discussed issues with...
On ‘Mission Impossible’, this Assam doc uses religious text to propagate health
Dr Ilias Ali has been fighting a war in Assam to accomplish a mission which seemed almost impossible a decade back. But braving all odds, including death threats, Ali has been marching ahead towards that goal with smile.
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Due to the social dogma and superstition, introducing family planning measures has been pretty difficult, especially among the rural Muslims for a long time. But Dr Ilias Ali, Professor of Surgery at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital, has been able to penetrate the unholy cover with his fearless, continuous efforts.
Assam based scribe body demands for clemency to Al-Jazeera journalists
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Joining the international chorus for the FreeAJStaff campaign, an Indian scribes’ body has demanded an immediate release of all journalists, who have been jailed in Egypt for allegedly ‘producing false reports on Egypt in collaboration with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group endangering Egypt's national security’.
Veteran Gandhian Janardan Pathak passes away
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: The man who was among the very few last living persons to have personally met and interacted with Mahatma Gandhi, the 94 year old Janardan Pathak of Assam breathed his last on Monday night in his residence in Karbi Anglong’s Diphu.
Assam ministers resign, CM to reconstitute cabinet
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday convened a meeting of the council of ministers, following which all the ministers resigned to pave...
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...
State wide protest after militants kill 16 year school girl in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Priya Basumatary was just another village girl living happily with her parents in the Dwimuguri locality under Runikhata police station in Chirang district in Assam. But one afternoon the 16 year old girl fell prey to the barbaric act of armed militants.
Manipuri PhD student murdered in Delhi
New Delhi : A Manipuri pursuing his PhD was found dead, lying in a pool of blood with his throat slit at his residence...
Final Arunachal turnout figures only by Friday evening: CEO
Itanagar : The final turnout in Arunachal Pradesh, where simultaneous elections to the mountainous, border state's two Lok Sabha seats and the state assembly...
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...
Militant group’s shutdown hits life in Meghalaya
Shillong : Normal life came to a standstill in Meghalaya on Wednesday following a 24-hour shutdown called by the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council...
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...
10 gunned down in two Assam attacks
Guwahati : At least 10 people were killed and four injured when suspected militants opened indiscriminate fire in two Assam villages Thursday night, police...
Motorsports: Ali, Musthafa start favourites
Dimapur (Nagaland) : National championship leaders S.K. Ajgar Ali and navigator MK Mohammed Musthafa headline the JK Tyre Hornbill Rally, which will be run...
All seven slain guerrillas Pakistanis, LeT members: Security forces
Srinagar : All the seven separatist guerrillas killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district were Pakistani nationals...
Museum of World War II inaugurated at Imphal
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal (1944) a war museum of the World War II was inaugurated by World War II Imphal Campaign Foundation at Imphal on April 4, 2014.
Tripura seeks access to Bangladesh ports
Agartala : The Tripura government will ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to persuade Bangladesh to provide access to its water and land routes to...
Development not insurgency key issue in northeast
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Guwahati : With regional parties failing to prove themselves in the northeast, both the Congress and the BJP have launched their best...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Send back tribal refugees to Mizoram: Tripura urges centre
Agartala : The Tripura government on Tuesday again urged the central government to take steps to send over 31,000 tribal refugees back to Mizoram...
Nearly three years after chit fund scam, Adivasis of Tapi remain at a loss...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Almost a year ago, just as Indians across the nation were returning from work or sitting at home on the evening...
Dimapur lynching raised in Rajya Sabha
ArrayNew Delhi : The lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's Dimapur town was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with MPs questioning...
CPI-M candidate wins Tripura seat with record margin
Agartala : Ruling CPI-M candidate Pravat Chowdhury Tuesday won the Manu assembly seat in southern Tripura, defeating his nearest Congress rival Mailafru Mog by...
Praveen Togadia’s remark urging Hindus to have 4 wives draws ire in Assam
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: The statement of Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) international working president Praveen Togadia has drawn sharp reactions from all sections in Assam. During his visit to Assam, Togadia asked all the Hindu men to marry four wives.
Tripura block’s incredible feat in financial inclusion
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer an award on Tripura's Mandwai block on April 21 in New Delhi for best...
Three northeastern states celebrate foundation day
Agartala/Imphal : The northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya Wednesday organised numerous programmes and events to celebrate their 43rd foundation day.
Prime Minister Narendra...
Assam youth feel development can bring solution to every problem
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: When it comes to the issues for fighting elections for the political parties, it can be vary which are often politically motivated to influence the emotion of the people in various ways but what really people expect from these political parties hardly given the due importance.
छत्तीसगढ़: पुलिस ने 17 आदिवासियों को मारकर नक्सली मुठभेड़ की झूठी कहानी रची
By अनुज श्रीवास्तव, TwoCircles.net
साल 2012. मुख्यमंत्री रमनसिंह के नेतृत्व में छत्तीसगढ़ में भाजपा की सरकार थी. बीजापुर ज़िले के सारकेगुड़ा गाँव में 28-29 जून...
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...
Manipur hills simmer with tension as tribals resent bills
By Aroonim Bhuyan,
New Delhi: The hills of Manipur continue to simmer with tension ever since the state assembly, in a specially convened session on...
Court defers hearing in case against Irom Sharmila
New Delhi : A Delhi court on Monday posted for June 5 the hearing in a case against Manipur activist Irom Sharmila for attempting...
Interaction on leadership skills at Maryam Ajmal Women College in Hojai
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Coinciding with the time when India is getting ready to welcome new leaders to run the country, Maryam Ajmal Women’s College of Science and Technology (MAWCST) at Hojai, about 200 km from state capital Guwahati, organised an interactive session on ‘Leadership Skills’ recently for the benefit of students of the college and their counterparts in other colleges administered by the Ajmal Foundation, one of the leading education NGOs of the North East.
BSF brings smiles to children with cleft lips
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Tasked with "Duty unto death", the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF), which guards the frontiers in rain and shine, day...
Child-tracing portal hit by poor infrastructure in northeast
Guwahati : Lack of computers in many police stations and poor internet connectivity have stopped police in many northeastern states from uploading data in...
Indian scribe wants media to bridge rural, urban divide
By Arun Kumar,
Washington : An Indian journalist honoured by Foreign Policy magazine as one of 100 Leading Global Thinkers "for giving rural Indians a...
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...
सोनी सोरी पर पुलिस द्वारा हमले की कोशिश
TCN News
बस्तर: आज छत्तीसगढ़ के आदिवासी मानवाधिकारों के लिए संघर्ष कर रही सोनी सोरी पर पुलिस ने हमले की कोशिश की है. जब यह...
नक्सल इलाक़ों में नोटबंदी का ‘आतंक’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
झारखंड/छत्तीसगढ़: नोटबंदी ने आम लोगों को बेहाल कर रखा है. और जिनके पास काला धन है, वे रोज़ काले को सफ़ेद...
Assam youth beaten up in Delhi, hospitalised
New Delhi : A 21-year-old student from Assam was allegedly beaten up by some residents of south Delhi's Amar Colony, police said Monday, denying...
Curfew continues in some areas of Srinagar
Srinagar : A curfew imposed in some areas of Srinagar city following protests called by the separatists will continue Friday, while the movement of...
35 percent polling for Manipur’s second LS seat
Imphal: About 35 percent of electors cast their ballot till Thursday noon as voting took place for the second Lok Sabha seat from Manipur,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Centre pursuing issues of northeast on mission mode: Sitharaman
Aizawl : Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the central government would pursue all matters related to India's northeast region on...
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...
AFSPA: License to kill!
By Syed Mohammad Aamir Ali,
“People crushed by laws, have no hopes but from power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous,” Edmund Burke
In Post-9/11 scenario the countries in the first world such as Britain and America, which contributed significantly in the modern definition of liberal democracy are busy waging wars and promulgating draconian laws in the name of protecting democracy. It is heartening to see that in a relatively backward country such as India, not only the human rights and civil liberties movement but even mainstream political parties are resisting and creating public opinion against such acts.
India’s religious minorities and Dalits weep alone
By John Dayal,
India’s several religious minorities weep alone when they are in pain. So to do the Dalits and the Indigenous people, called...
Assam records 12 percent polling in first two hours
Guwahati : People queued up at polling booths in Assam's five constituencies as balloting began in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election...
Schoolgirl raped, murdered in Tripura
Agartala : A 16-year-old schoolgirl was raped and murdered in Tripura, police said here Friday.
"Tarubala Debbarma, a student of class six, was raped and...
Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar: A Voice of Bijapur, Silenced Too Soon
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Mukesh Chandrakar was not just a name; it was the very identity of Bijapur (Chhattisgarh). For journalists, whether from India or abroad,...
Tribal law violates constitution: outgoing Tripura chief justice
Agartala : The customary law of tribal communities practised in some northeastern states violate provisions of the Indian Constitution, Tripura High Court's outgoing Chief...
Captive IAF man rescued in Meghalaya
Guwahati : An air force personnel, held hostage in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, was Thursday rescued in a joint operation by Assam...
DoNER minister to discuss development with northeast CMs
Shillong : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh will Friday meet the governors and the chief ministers of all eight northeastern states here to brainstorm on...
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...
Allocation for SC, ST, minorities gets boost in budget
New Delhi, (IANS) : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the...
Stars of North-East donate blankets to homeless in Guwahati
By TCN News
GUWAHATI : The 'Stars of North East' (SoNE) undertook a blanket distribution project targeting the poor of Guwahati on Friday night....
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...
Sharp reactions after rape accused lynched to death in Dimapur, alleged rape victim was...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Dimapur: A day after killing a rape accused Syed Sarif Uddin Khan in a most inhuman way by a mob lynching and hanging in Dimapur in India’s north-eastern state of Nagaland, people across the region have demanded justice for this barbaric act.
Railways to connect all northeastern states by 2020
Silchar (Assam) : The railways hope to connect all the eight states in India's northeast by 2020.
"We would connect all the states of the...
US team tours India’s northeast
Agartala : A US delegation now touring India’s northeast will reach Tripura Monday.
The delegation, headed by Consul General Helen LaFave, had earlier visited Meghalaya...
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...
Three policemen killed in Manipur militant attack
Aizawl : Three armed Mizoram policemen were gunned down and two others shot at when the Manipur-based militant outfit Hmar People's Convention-Democracy (HPC-D) ambushed...
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...
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...
Meghalaya floods toll rises to 52, NDRF suspends operations
Shillong : The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 52, officials said Sunday.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster...
Why Are Tribals Opposing the Ken-Betwa Link Project? What Are Their Demands?
Satish Bhartiya, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Ken-Betwa Link Project has been touted as a solution to water scarcity in the Bundelkhand region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the...
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...
Terror violence declined in Omar regime’s tenure: Governor
By IANS,
Jammu : A decline in terrorist violence, increasing role of state police in law and order duties, new administrative units and overall development...
Nepal quake: Assam forms special team to help victims
Guwahati : Days after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, Assam on Wednesday set up a special disaster management team for extending services to the...
Tripura withdraws school book that tags BJP a communal party
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to withdraw the government school textbook in which the BJP was tagged as a...
Northeast: An issue in DU polls
New Delhi : Students organisation are trying hard to garner votes of northeast students in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls, with "ending...
‘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...
Security tightened in Tripura, Assam for Durga Puja
Agartala/Silchar : Armed with sophisticated weapons and electronic gadgets, a large number of security personnel have been deployed in Tripura and Assam for the...
Bringing tribals to mainstream top priority: Jual Oram
New Delhi : Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram Tuesday said that bringing over 10 crore tribals to social mainstream and strengthening institutions for their...
Meghalaya flood toll rises to 59
Shillong : The toll in the flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 59 with the recovery of one more body. Three...
New Congress chief in Tripura
Agartala ; Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed MLA Birjit Sinha as president of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee to strengthen the party organisation in...
Social Networking Forum solves water problems in Nashik; frees 11 Adivasi villages from drought
TCN News
Many villages in Maharashtra are facing water problems and have been as drought prone areas. The situations of Adivasi villages are taught to...
Can The Adivasi Speak?
By Ashley Tellis for Twocircles.net
It is time that civil society launched a counter-offensive campaign to the nonsense to which the state is subjecting its...
Garo rebels causing serious concern: Meghalaya governor
Shillong : Meghalaya Governor K.K. Paul Friday expressed concern over the growing influence of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit,...
No Modi wave, says Manik Sarkar
Agartala : There is no "Modi wave" in the country, Tripura Chief Minsiter and Marxist leader Manik Sarkar said Monday, referring to BJP's prime...
Central minister assures Himachal’s Hattee community tribal status
New Delhi : Union Tribal Development Minister Jual Oram has assured the Hattee community of Himachal Pradesh of the Scheduled Tribe status for its...
Assam violence victims refuse to bury dead, demand justice
Guwahati : People in two Assam villages have refused to bury those killed in violence unleashed by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)...
Bengal court sends arrested KLO leaders to police custody
By IANS,
Siliguri : A West Bengal court Monday sent three KLO militants including its vice president Tom Adhikary and finance secretary Nilambar Rajbanshi to...
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.
Camps to verify names in voters list March 9
Agartala : The Election Commission has decided to hold special camps Sunday in polling stations across the country to facilitate people to verify their...
NDA’s biggest challenge dealing with Kashmir issue: Mufti
Jammu : Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Monday said dealing with the sensitive issue related to...
AIUDF seeks investigation on alleged involvement with terror outfit
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as news reports created sensation about the alleged involvement of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) with Islamic fundamentalist across the region, the AIUDF on Friday asked the Union Home Minister for a proper investigation.
DU’s educational train journey to northeast
New Delhi : Nine hundred students and 100 teachers from Delhi University will travel to all the eight northeastern states to enrich the students'...
Beniwal sacked, Duggal new Mizoram Governor
New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government Wednesday sacked Kamla Beniwal as Mizoram's governor, an official statement said.
Former union home secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal,...
Tribal women can inherit property, rules Himachal HC
Shimla : Setting aside almost a century old customary law that allows only men to inherit ancestral property if it is not bequeathed, the...
‘हम उस समय तक अज़ान देते रहेंगे जब तक बाबरी मस्जिद में अज़ान शुरू...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली: बाबरी मस्जिद विध्वंस की घटना को 24 वर्ष बीत गए हैं लेकिन दिल्ली में आज भी 6 दिसम्बर का...
Rahul promises to create 100 mn jobs
Kohima : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday promised to create "100 million jobs" for the unemployed youth of the northeastern states if his...
Replica gun stolen from Agartala war memorial
Agartala : A replica gun placed in a war memorial in Agartala, Tripura, has been stolen, police said on Thursday.
The war memorial is situated...
Fires destroy hotel, tyre factory in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar : A fire in south Kashmir's Pahalgam tourist resort Monday destroyed a hotel and two dozen shops, while a devastating blaze destroyed a...
Court acquits Irom Sharmila of suicide charge
New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal...
Poll official in Assam who cannot vote as he is D voter
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Barpeta: Most unexpected things often happen in India and the elections are also no exception from it. Like many others one Sahjahan Kaji of Assam’s Barpeta is also branded as a Doubtful voter or D voter for his ‘doubtful identity’ as an Indian citizen and he has been barred from voting since 1997.
Shutdown, official restrictions affect life in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Authorities continued restrictions in Srinagar city and some other major towns of Kashmir Monday for the second consecutive day to prevent separatist protests.
As election approaches in Kerala, parties go all out to woo Adivasi voters in...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kozhikode: With battle lines drawn for the upcoming assembly polls, campaigns of both the United Democratic Front and...
Six killed, 10 injured in Tripura road accidents
Agartala : At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Tripura, police said here Saturday.
"Three people died...
BJD MLA wants tribals rights upheld on Khandadhar mines
Bhubaneswar : A ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator has urged the Odisha government to recognise the forest rights of Pauri Bhuyan tribals, a...
Grant citizenship rights to Chakmas, Hajongs in Arunachal, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the central and Arunachal Pradesh governments to confer the citizenship rights on the "eligible" Chakmas and...
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...
Manipur tribal areas begin strike to protest land and shops bills
Imphal: Even as the bitter row over three bills passed by the Manipur assembly and now awaiting presidential assent continues on, the tribal areas...
Enthusiastic independent candidates in northeast poll fray
By Ninglun Hanghal,
Imphal : A large number of independent candidates are in the poll fray in the northeast, with half of the aspirants in...
So much for pregnant women: Five ambulances, just one driver in Hazratbal, Srinagar
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircle.net,
Hazratbal/Srinagar: The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Hazratbal caters to the medical needs of a population of 82,721 in the Hazratbal block consisting predominantly urban and a small proportion of rural and tribal areas.
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...
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...
Ismail Hussain harmony award presented to Hiren Gohain
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad (CCSP), a literary body of Assam which represents the Muslims living on the riverine areas of the state presented litterateur Ismail Hussain memorial Harmony Award to noted intellectual and scholar Dr Hiren Gohain.
If Sardar Sarovar is for people of Gujarat, what about us? Ask Adivasis of...
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...
Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar
On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...
Assam, Nagaland agree to resolve border crisis: Rijiju
Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Thursday said a joint mechanism would be worked out soon to defuse prevailing...
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...
Top tourism award warms the cockles of J&K hearts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday bagged "The best state in the country for comprehensive development of tourism" award.
Union minister for human...
Solidarity action held for Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar
By TCN News,
New Delhi: In order to express deep respect for Irom Sharmila and to support the ongoing struggle for justice by civil society...
Tribals protest in Ahmedabad demanding implementation of FRA, MNREGA
Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Hundreds of tribals from six districts of Gujarat gathered here at the Sabarmati riverfront and took out a rally demanding...
Foot soldiers of conservation, but no one to care for them: How lack of...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
For the past 18 years, Jaikanta Pegu had been working as a forest home guard in the Kaziranga National Park. On...
In Meghalaya, end of mining activity has workers facing an uncertain future
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ladrymbai (East Jaintia Hills): For Mohammed Abdullah, May 15 is an important, and probably a life-changing, date. The 45-year-old, a...
BTAD camp inmates wary ahead of Ramadan
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The 300 odd people who have been stuck at the relief camps having a tough time after they have been devastated by the armed miscreants in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD). More than 45 villagers were gunned down by the miscreants a few weeks back in these areas.
Quake hits northeast India
Shillong : A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook India's northeastern states and parts of Myanmar Saturday, authorities said.
The quake...
Rajnath to visit Assam
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said he will visit Assam following an attack by militants that left around 40 people dead...
Made mistake, but don’t play it up: Modi on ‘immigrants’ goof-up
New Delhi : A day after the BJP drew flak over a "typographical error" of referring to people from the northeast as "immigrants" in...
TCN launches an internship program
By TCN News
Come learn about exciting world of online journalism. TwoCircles.net (TCN) is a US-based non-profit news organization working on unreported stories of the...
Pakistan prisoner found hanging in Jammu jail
By IANS,
Jammu: A Pakistani prisoner was Saturday morning found hanging inside a jail here, an official said.
K. Rajendra Kumar, director general prisons, told reporters...
Assam honours SC, breaks tradition on animal fights
Guwahati : Assam Thursday broke a more than a century-old tradition to honour the Supreme Court ban on animal fights. The state stayed away...
Death toll in Meghalaya blast rises to three
Shillong : The death toll in the IED blast triggered by insurgents in Meghalaya has risen to three with one more policeman succumbing to...
Have not accepted home minister’s resignation: Meghalaya CM
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Monday said that he is yet to accept the resignation of his woman Home Minister Roshan Warjri.
"She...
‘New funding pattern cost Assam over Rs.7,000 crore’
Guwahati : The central government's delinking of several centrally-sponsored schemes and changing the funding pattern in some of them has cost Assam over Rs.7,000...
Measures to reclaim Waqf properties in Assam initiated
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Assam Waqf board has declared to put pressure on the state government to enforce the amended (Act 27 of 2013) to the state’s Waqf Act, 1995 to reclaim encroached waqf properties across Assam.
AIUDF slams defamation case against News X
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Guwahati: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has slammed a criminal defamation case against a private news channel which had recently broadcast news about party’s alleged involvement with Jehadi elements.
Meet Seral Murmu, a tribal filmmaker telling untold stories of tribals through his films
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Thirty-four-year-old Seral Murmu hails from Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a place known for copper mining. While growing up...
Not Modi but Gogoi magic will click: Gogoi
Guwahati : "Modi magic will not work here. It is Tarun Gogoi's magic that will work here," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Monday.
He...
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...
Anfar Foundation distributes food packets on Ramadan in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Anfar Foundation, a Hojai based development organization in Assam in partnership with Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) reached out to 18,064 peoples in three districts of Nagaon, Morigaon and Sonitpur districts with Ramadan food packs.