I will continue to fight against AFSPA, but through politics: Irom Sharmila
By Aaquib Khan for Twocircles.net
For the past decade and a half, Irom Chanu Sharmila’s name has been synonymous with peaceful resistance against State policies....
Mission Bhartiyam condemns the expulsion of Kashmiri students over cheering for Pak cricket team
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Mission Bhartiyam, has condemned the expulsion of 60 Kashmiri students from a University in Meerut over what has been termed as “anti-national” support to the Pakistani cricket team.
Assam’s AGP not happy with poll dates
Guwahati : Assam's regional party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Wednesday expressed unhappiness at the Lok Sabha poll dates announced by the Election Commission, while...
Assam flood toll rises to 31; waters receding
Guwahati : The toll in the floods and landslides in Assam Wednesday rose to 31, with the recovery of more bodies in the severely-hit...
NDFB killings: Assam erupts in protest, anger
Diff organisations condemn the killers of humanity
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati/New Delhi: With the death toll rising up to 76 in the brutal massacre by the Bodo Militants in Assam, several organizations have come together and sought Centre’s control/intervention to contain the situation.
Two months after being attacked by SFI cadre, Dalit student continues to wait for...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
This is the third and final part of a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and...
What really happened in Dimapur?
Anger against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants spills over to take rape accused person’s life
By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
A lot has been said by many but the fact remains that there was a serious breach of law and order by Nagaland government and the outcome was killing of an under trial rape accused in a most horrifying way for a modern world.
Wanted: a 73rd-like amendment to Constitution
By Parveen Qamar,
India is included among developing nations. Of course, there are areas where we have achieved much better results than expectations but there are areas which, even after 68 years of Independence, remain neglected.
Manipuris pay homage to the martyrs of June 18 uprising
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The people of Manipur paid homage to those who laid down their lives for the cause of safeguarding the territorial integrity of the state during the June 18, 2001 uprising against the extension of the cease fire agreement signed between Government of India and NSCN-IM on June 18, 2014.
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...
Congress accuses RSS of trafficking tribal girls in Assam
New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday alleged that three affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in trafficking of 31...
Elections for Mizoram, Arunachal Rajya Sabha seats June 19
Aizawl/Itanagar : Elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Congress-ruled Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh will be held June 19, officials said Tuesday.
The tenure...
For Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand, tribal surname holds key to availing land rights
Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand live a life of struggle as the tiny community fights to retain their tribal status which is key to their...
We had information about attacks by Bodo militants: Police
Guwahati : Authorities in Assam had information that Bodo militants would go on rampage but could not mobilise forces due to lack of time,...
No relief for Soni Sori: Brother-in-law, sister, picked up for interrogation
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Delhi: Having barely recovered from a brutal attack on her face by assailants, Soni Sori, the human rights activist from Chattisgarh,...
Andhra varsity professor held for suspected Maoist links
Hyderabad : An associate professor of Andhra University has been arrested for suspected links with the Maoists, Andhra Pradesh Police said Thursday. His family...
Documentary film on Forest Man Jadav Payeng of Assam gets award at Cannes
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: A documentary film on the life of Jadav Payeng, the man who single-handedly created a forest on the Brahmaputra sandbar in Jorhat won award at Cannes.
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...
ULFA plot to trigger blasts ahead of Modi visit unearthed
Guwahati : Insurgent outfit ULFA had planned to carry out serial blasts and other subversive activities here ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled...
A generation born in displacement with no land rights: Vallabh Sagar Dam and its...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Over the past few years, the Indian state has faced increasing resistance from Adivasis across the nation over land acquisition and...
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)...
Over 60 percent polling in Nagaland till 2 p.m.
Kohima: Clear weather encouraged enthusiastic voters in Nagaland's lone Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday, with more than 60 percent of the ballots cast till...
IAF chief reviews security of northeastern region
Shillong : Indian Air Force chief Arup Raha Thursday reviewed the security scenario with special reference to India's northeast with officers of the Eastern...
Tripura tribal party snaps ties with Congress
Agartala : In a significant political development, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), a tribal-based state party, has snapped its ties with main...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Jharkhand: For last 56 days, Adivasis are on hunger-strike against ‘illegal’ mining; govt unmoved
While the government of India makes claims of Sab Ka Vikaas (Development for everyone)—the concerns and voices of Dalits and Adivasis are often...
Congress attacks BJP over MP tribals advertisement
New Delhi : Attacking the central government for forgetting to observe the World Tribal Day, a Congress MP on Tuesday also pointed out a...
Tobacco, fuel to be dearer in Meghalaya
Shillong : Tobacco, petroleum and limestone are set to become more expensive in Meghalaya as the Congress government levied fresh taxes on them in...
Some Meghalaya policemen aiding insurgents: Police chief
Shillong : Meghalaya Police chief Peter Hanaman Tuesday admitted that some of the state's policemen were maintaining links with Garo insurgents.
"We have some bad...
BSF to sensitise troopers along India-Bangladesh border
Agartala : BSF Director General D.K. Pathak has asked the commanders and top officials of the force to sensitise troopers and maintain close relations...
Third ‘border haat’ along India-Bangladesh frontier opens
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Srinagar (Tripura) : Tripura's first "border haat" - the third such market along India's frontier with Bangladesh - was inaugurated here Tuesday...
35 in Tripura ill after eating prasad
Agartala : At least 35 people, including several women, fell sick after eating prasad in Tripura, an official said Friday. At least 20 of...
Minority students’ in Assam appeal for peace
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as they lodged a unique protest by shaving off their heads after the latest killings in three districts, minority students under the aegis of the All Bodoland Territorial Council Minority Students’ Union (ABMSU) have sought lasting peace in Assam on the eve of the New Year.
Tamil Nadu girl clears the path to become first doctor in her tribe
While NEET has abetted several institutional murders of students hailing from the marginalized groups, 20-year-old student Sangavi from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore has...
North East Racial Attack, Can It Be STOPPED?
By Madhu Chandra,
Utterly socked and indeed panic at the unprecedented hate crimes against the people from North East India in Delhi and now in other mega cities of India. A man from Manipur brutally attacked for not able to speak Kannada in Bangalore on 16 October, two other men from Nagaland attacked in Gurgaon on 17 October – threatening the entire North East people to leave Gurgaon and a young from Mizoram murdered in South Delhi on 17 October. These attacks are the unprecedented hate crimes against North East people for last almost a decade in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR).
Maoists abduct seven tribals in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Seven tribals, including a village head and a former block chairperson, were abducted by Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said on Tuesday.
They...
Super-luxury resort in Kashmir’s Meadow of Flowers
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Gulmarg : As this world-famous resort prepares to host a record number of tourists this year, Gulmarg's only 5-star luxury property, the...
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.
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...
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...
दलितों, आदिवासियों और मुस्लिमों को जेल ही दे पाया है हमारा लोकतंत्र – शिवमूर्ति
By TCN News,
लखनऊ : रिहाई मंच के तत्वावधान में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारी विरोध दिवस’ के तहत यूपी प्रेस क्लब लखनऊ में ‘अवैध गिरफ्तारियां और इंसाफ का संघर्ष’ विषयक सेमिनार का आयोजन किया गया.
Dalit, Adivasi protestors released, say they will not be intimidated
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Claiming that the government is trying to suppress agitating dalit and adivasi voices, the 30-odd dalit and adivasi activists released from police custody said they will not be intimidated and will not compromise on their fundamental rights.
‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...
“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...
AGP protests centre’s move on land swap with Bangladesh
Guwahati : Assam's regional party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Tuesday held protest demonstrations across the state protesting the central government's decision to hand over...
Report exposes ‘roots of atrocities’ against Muslims in Assam
Report by Indo-American group IAMC shows repeated episodes of mass violence since 1993 were planned and politically motivated, urges action to prevent ethnic cleansing.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group based in the United States, has released a report that exposes the roots of the mass violence in Assam in 2012 and 2014, in which hundreds of lives have been lost and over a half million people were displaced.
Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent separatist rally
Srinagar : Normal life was affected here Friday due to restrictions in some parts of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital and a spontaneous...
Decision on new administrative units has shaken PDP: Omar
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Tuesday that the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been shaken by his...
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...
Manipur Chief Minister inaugurates orientation programme for Haj pilgrims
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Chief Minister of Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh inaugurated the three-day orientation programme for haj pilgrims at a function held on August 26, 2014 at the campus of Minority Girls' Hostel at Hafiz Hatta, Imphal .
12 injured in clash over organising Durga Puja in Tripura
Agartala : At least 12 people, including six women, were injured during a clash between two communities over organising Durga Puja in Tripura, police...
People fleeing homes in Assam-Nagaland border areas: Gogoi
Guwahati : People living near the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district are fleeing their homes after the death of a person and injuries to...
Normalcy returns to Assam-Nagaland border
Guwahati : The troubled Assam-Nagaland border is limping back to normal following an attack by Naga militants that led to the death of nine...
Centre extends Suspension of Operation agreement with NDFB (P)
New Delhi :The central government Friday extended an agreement to suspend operations against the pro-talk National Democratic Front of Boroland (Progressive) for six months,...
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...
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...
Manipur hills tension: Tribal leaders meet president
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the violence and subsequent tension in the hills of Manipur following the passing of three contentious bills by...
After driving across India, Khasi woman eyes Mongol Rally
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Shillong : Driving a seven hp two-stroke engine for 4,110 km in 20 days is not an easy task, but Miatmon Sooting, a single mother to a seven-year-old, should be proud enough that she completed the race in an auto-rickshaw in 15 days. It's given her the confidence to eye the gruelling Mongol Rally.
Meghalaya urges Centre to ratify protocol with Bangladesh
Shillong : The Meghalaya government on Monday urged the central government to ratify the land agreement protocol that was signed between India and Bangladesh...
Trooper injured in Poonch landmine blast
Jammu : An Indian trooper was injured Friday in a landmine explosion in Krishna Ghati sector near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch...
Still studying uranium project in Meghalaya: Minister
Shillong : Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday that his department was still studying the proposed mining of...
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....
Official in police custody for embezzling Rs.4 c
Agartala : A Tripura education department official, who was arrested from West Bengal Saturday for embezzling over Rs.4 crore from a central scheme, was...
More buses to ply in Maoist-hit Odisha districts
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government has decided to ply 30 more buses in the tribal-dominated and Maoist-affected districts to improve transport connectivity, an official...
Assamese student beaten up by Delhi college mates
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Delhi University undergraduate hailing from Assam was Tuesday beaten up by his fellow students inside the college canteen over...
Maoists kill two more tribals in Andhra
Hyderabad : Maoists have gunned down two more tribals in Andhra Pradesh on the suspicion that they were acting as police informers, police said...
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...
CM opposes extension of AFSPA to entire Arunachal
New Delhi : Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Friday said he urged the central government to review the decision to extend the...
Victims in Assam’s BTAD seek justice under harsh atmosphere
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam minister for border area development Siddique Ahmed slammed the state chief minister Tarun Gogoi for stopping his visit to the violence hit Baksa district in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) on Monday.
Nagaland insurgency to be resolved in time-bound manner: CM
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Kohima : Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is "serious" and is looking at time-bound steps for an early resolution of the decades-old...
In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat
The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...
BJP Minority Morcha donates clothes to poor on eve of Eid
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Minority Morcha of Assam BJP on Friday distributed clothes among the poor people after Friday prayers in Guwahati. The BJP leadership also urged for special prayers to be conducted across the state for peace and harmony.
Tripura tops in voluntary blood donation
Agartala : Tripura has maintained its top position for the sixth consecutive year in voluntary blood donation in the country, Tripura Chief Minister Manik...
As Chirang goes to polls, Santhals, Bodos hope peace is prioritised, not politicised
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Chirang: William Tudu, a 60-year-old Santhal, is not sure who to vote for. He has been voting in the past elections...
Three killed, 21 injured in Manipur blast
Imphal : Three people were killed and 21 others injured in a powerful blast at a market here in the Manipur capital on Wednesday,...
Chandan Boro: Son of a sweeper from Assam selected for Football training in Germany
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net
Udalguri, Assam: Harisinga is a sleepy town in Assam’s Udalguri district along the India-Bhutan international border. Handicapped by insurgency till...
‘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.
Tripura CM flays BJP remark on ‘immigrants’
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Wednesday attacked the BJP for describing people from the northeast living in Delhi as "immigrants" -- a...
Tribal votes a key factor in Assam polls
By Amitava Mukherjee
Both the BJP-led alliance and the Congress have left no stone unturned in securing tribal votes which may turn out to be...
Assam BJP leader quits, blames Modi-Shah, corruption
Guwahati : A senior leader of the BJP's Assam unit and national executive member has quit the party, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party...
Tripura to register battery-operated rickshaws
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Tripura will probably be the first state in India to provide registration and licences to a new but popular mode...
Improve infrastructure for growth in northeast: Modi
New Delhi : Terming infrastructural development as "key" to progress in the northeast India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called to speed up...
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...
Three big signing for NorthEast United
Shillong : NorthEast United Football Club Wednesday announced the signing of Portuguese defender Miguel Garcia, Zambian midfielder Kondwani Mtonga and Greek goalkeeper Alexandros Tzvoras...
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...
USTM to strengthen e-learning and e-teaching in North East
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The entire education system in the strife-affected BTAD has come to almost a standstill. Even though the death toll keeps mounting by the day and gets a space in the media, there is no one to tell the story of the sufferings of the students as schools remain closed and teachers away from their homes in search of safety and security. This aspect of the BTAD crisis came to limelight during the Junior College Principals Meet 2014 (JCPM-2014) hosted by the University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) in association with the Regional Institute of Science & Technology (RIST) on the outskirts of the city on Saturday.
Political heat increases in Assam as first phase of poll nears
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: With the first phase of the Lok Sabha election is approaching on April 7 for the five seats in Assam, political parties have geared up their preparation in the midst of speculation, controversies and allegations. For these five seats mostly of the upper Assam, several big guns are featured including two union ministers – DoNER minister Paban Singh Ghatowar and union minister of state for tribal affairs Ranee Narah.
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,...
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.
Tripura ‘haat’ along India-Bangladesh border to open Jan 13
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : The first border market, locally called 'haat', in Tripura and the third along the India-Bangladesh frontier is likely to be...
Congress-BJP syndicate forcibly divided Andhra: Mamata
By IANS,
Agartala : The Congress-BJP syndicate "undemocratically and forcibly divided" Andhra Pradesh and they are trying to sell the country, West Bengal Chief Minister...
Crowds cheer Modi in tribal Gujarat, but silent to other BJP leaders
Limkheda (Gujarat) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shed all security and proceeded in an open vehicle from the helipad, waving at the...
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...
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.
70 Indian border markets to be open to Bangladeshis
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : India intends to set up 70 markets, colloquially called 'haats', on its border where Bangladeshis and Indians will be able...
BJP beats Congress in Assam civic polls
Guwahati : After the recent debacle in the Delhi assembly election, the results of polls to civic bodies in Assam came out positive for...
Dalit anger: BJP’s hard core is its own enemy
By Amulya Ganguli
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) owes much of its woes to the reluctance of its core constituency of urban, upper caste, conservative,...
New Assam cabinet to be sworn-in Friday
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will Friday reconstitute his council of ministers, a Congress leader said Thursday.
Gogoi Thursday sent a list of...
Five policemen injured in Meghalaya blast
Shillong : Five policemen were injured in a bomb blast triggered by the militants in Meghalaya late Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.
The incident...
Tripura militants kidnap three traders, driver in Mizoram
Agartala : Three Tripura traders and their driver were kidnapped by tribal guerrillas from Mizoram, police said here Sunday.
"Five businessmen from northern Tripura went...
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...
Seven Maoists, including 5 women killed in Maharashtra police encounter
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), (IANS): At least seven suspected Maoists, including five women, were killed in a gun-battle near Zinganur forests here on Wednesday, official sources said.
The...
Two killed in police firing in Manipur
Imphal : Two people were killed in Manipur when police opened fire at demonstrators who were protesting two-month old ban under Section 144 CrPc...
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...
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...
Rajnath reaches Assam
Guwahati : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday flew into Assam to study the situation after Bodo militants massacred 65 tribals in three districts.
Rajnath Singh...
Urgent need to tackle floods, erosion, Gogoi tells Uma Bharti
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has urged Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti to expedite the constitution of the Brahmaputra River Valley...
FCI plans to import rice from Myanmar for northeast
Guwahati : The Food Corporation of India (FCI) may soon import rice from Myanmar to India's northeastern states, an official said here Monday.
Pinuel Basumatary,...
No one convicted for rhino poaching in Assam in five years
Guwahati : Although hundreds of rhinos have been poached in various areas of Assam, including the high-security Kaziranga National Park, no one has been...
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...
Maid’s decomposed body found in army colonel’s house
Guwahati : The highly decomposed body of a maid was on Thursday recovered from the servants' quarter of an army Colonel in Assam's Jorhat...
Maulana Abul Hussain Sabiri, first North-East India Jamaat member, no more
A prolific poet, his Urdu poem Tarana-e-Assam is part of the 12th class curriculum of the state education board of Assam.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Maulana Abul Hussain Mazumdar – popularly known as Sabiri Saab – the eminent Islamic scholar, writer as well as the first Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) member from the north-east India, has passed away.
BJP wants removal of ‘Muslim’ tag from tribes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: In a tricky development, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh Minority Morcha has insisted that the followers of Islam in the state should not be called Muslims. The minority morcha said they should be recognised by their identity as tribes so as to avail facilities given by the constitution of India and to give proper identity.
14 cases of ill-treatment of Andaman tribals found
New Delhi : The government on Monday said that Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Administration has reported 14 cases of ill treatment of Jarawas and...
Assam-Nagaland border in chaos: Police firing kills protestors in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Curfew was clamped following the death of three protestors in police firing in Assam’s Golaghat district on Wednesday. The unruly protestors ransacked the police vehicles and others forcing the police to open fire. The Army is flag marching the area.
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...
New institution to replace Brahmaputra Board: Uma Bharti
Shillong : Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti Wednesday said a new institution will replace the 34-year-old Brahmaputra Board to take up integrated water...
Congress calls Tripura strike over police baton charge
Agartala : The Congress in Tripura Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in the Left-ruled state Nov 20 to protest a police baton charge on...
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...
Don’t harass tourists, tour operators tell northeast rebels
Shillong : A confederation of tour operators in India's northeastern states Monday appealed to various rebel groups in the region not to harass tourists...
CPI-M condemns police firing on Dalits
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday denounced the police firing on Dalit activists protesting against the Supreme Court's decision to dilute the...
“Snooping won’t deter us,” say Indian journalists, activists listed on Pegasus snoop list
Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh, his wife Ipsa Satakshi, Ludhiana based journalist Jaspal Singh Heran and Chhattisgarh based activist Degree Prasad Chouhan...
Rainstorm hits normal life in Tripura, Mizoram
Agartala/Aizawl : Overnight seasonal cyclonic rains and thunder storms disrupted power supply and surface transport movement besides damaging a large number of houses in...
Meghalaya, Tripura seek centre’s nod for selling surplus power
Guwahati : Tripura and Meghalaya, which border Bangladesh, have sought the central government's permission to sell surplus electricity generated in the states to the...
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.
People may not respect parliament any more: India’s oldest lawmaker
By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS,
Imphal : Rishang Keishing, 94, arguably India's - perhaps the world's - oldest lawmaker who has served four terms in parliament,...
Erosion eradicates hopes and aspirations of people in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Barpeta (Assam): Elections occur on regular intervals since independence with so many faces at the helm but what does not change is the fate of deprived people. Take the example of thousand odd people of Barpeta district’s remotest area called Gomfulbari and its neighboring locations. Even now when the country is electing the Members of Parliament these fateful people are confused and rather worried whom to vote and what to expect.
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.
More than 1300 riot affected families from BTAD are yet to be rehabilitated
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as Assam government has admitted that over 1,300 families, who were affected during the ethnic clashes in the Bodoland...
Thanks to Google, woman reunited with parents after 17 years
Patna : A woman, who went missing from a train when she was six-years old, was reunited here with her parents after 17 years...
Two more interlocutors shortlisted for Naga peace talks
By IANS,
Kohima : The central government has shortlisted two more people for appointment as the interlocutor for the peace talks with the separatist National...
Learning from Meghalaya village to keep India clean
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Mawlynnong (Meghalaya) : If Indians want to make their country a clean and healthy place, then they should learn from the Khasi...
Nagaland Police chief surprised at media reports ruling out rape
Dimapur/Guwahati : The Nagaland Police chief on Wednesday expressed surprise over a section of the media reporting that the union home ministry had ruled...
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...
Badruddin Ajmal and Mahmod Madani inaugurated a private hospital in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Lok Sabha MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal and General Secretary of Jamiat-ul-Ulema-i-Hind Maulana Mahmood Madani inaugurated a private hospital and research institute at Lilong, in Manipur, on October 26, 2014.
Militants kill four policemen in Meghalaya
Shillong : Four policemen were killed and two others injured in Meghalaya on Tuesday when tribal militants ambushed a police team in South Garo...
Left parties join hands ahead of polls in northeast
Imphal : Joining hands ahead of elections in some northeastern states, the left parties have called for unity among themselves to stamp out corruption...
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...
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...
Nurse says police asked her to settle issue with molestation accused
Srinagar : A nurse who filed a molestation complaint against four senior officials of the Jammu and Kashmir health department Saturday alleged that police...
NDFB killings: Death toll rises to 76; Assam tense, para-military deployed
Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit locations
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The situation in Assam remained tense on Wednesday with the recovery of more bodies of Assam villagers, who were massacred by the Bodo militants opened indiscriminate fire targeting adivasi people.
One day ‘solidarity fast’ by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign at Delhi on Nov 6
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Coinciding with the 15th year of the heroic struggle by Irom Sharmila Chanu against the AFSPA, the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has organized a one-day solidarity fast and gathering in support of Irom Sharmila at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, November 6.
Assam shootout: NHRC seeks Rs.25 lakh compensation
By IANS,
Guwahati : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday recommended to the union home ministry to pay Rs.5 lakh each to the families...
Bedlam in Tripura assembly over crimes against women
By IANS,
Agartala : The opposition Congress created a huge ruckus in the Tripura assembly Tuesday, alleging that the Left Front government has failed to...
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...
Repatriation of Tribal refugees from Tripura to start next week
Aizawl/Agartala : The much-awaited repatriation of tribal refugees from Tripura to Mizoram is likely to start next week, an official in Aizawl said Monday.
Over...
Plight of tribal communities during COVID-19
By Faheem Muhammed M.P
As the world is facing the most dreadful pandemic of modern times, the indigenous population across the globe are exposed to...
Two Years of Narasingbari Killings: Heart-wrenching story of little Rashida
Abdul Kalam Azad
Today is the second anniversary of Narasingbari Killings. On 1st May, 2014, at around 8:00pm three people were killed and several injured....