Muslims at bottom of higher education ladder, alongside backward tribes
By Charu Bahri
Despite almost trebling in the decade ending 2010 -- from 5.2 per cent to 13.8 percent -- the rate of Muslim enrolment...
Protests in Northeast demanding apology from Modi on ‘immigrant’ tag
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: The entire northeast erupted in protest following Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Vision Document for the forthcoming Delhi election that mentioned the people of north-eastern region as ‘immigrants’.
Students, different organizations and political parties across the region took out protest rallies and burnt effigies. They also demanded unconditional apology from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Top officials urge Reang tribal refugees in Tripura to return home
Agartala/Aizawl : Officials of the Centre and two state governments on Saturday asked Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in North Tripura district for the last...
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...
Youth held for extortion bid against former Assam CM
By IANS,
Guwahati : A youth was arrested for trying to extort money from former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta in the name of...
Meghalaya to consult centre on Garo peace talks
Shillong : Meghalaya will consult the central government to initiate peace talks with the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebel outfit, state Home Minister...
One killed, four injured in Leh blast
Srinagar : One person was killed and four injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh town when a shell went off while labourers were collecting...
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...
Assam MPs raise voice on Dimapur lynching incident in Parliament
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Guwahati: Rising in one voice, members of Parliament (MPs) from Assam – those from Congress and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) – have raised the issue of cruel mob lynching at Dimapur earlier in the month and demanded a stop to racial profiling in the line of language and religion.
Three killed, 11 injured in Mizoram road accident
Aizawl : Three people, including a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, died and 11 others were injured in a road accident in Mizoram on...
Assam tea workers to get Rs.169 minimum daily wage
Guwahati : The government of Assam has fixed Rs.169 as the minimum daily wage for unskilled tea plantation workers in the state.
According to a...
Central BJP team visits Tripura after attacks
Agartala : A central team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday visited Tripura to take stock of the situation following attacks on party...
No permanent governors in five northeastern states
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Aizawl/Agartala : As many as five states in India's northeast -- Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura -- do not have permanent...
Amnesty International urges Chhattisgarh authorities to protect Adivasis protesting against private companies
By TwoCircles.net Staff reporter
Raigarh: Amnesty International India on Sunday, January 14 said that the local authorities in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, should respect and protect the...
Tripura legislator is dead
Agartala : Veteran communist leader of Tripura and sitting CPI-M legislator Sudhir Das died at a hospital in New Delhi Sunday following a heart...
India Inc. cries foul at Congress’s job quota promise
New Delhi : The Congress Wednesday repeated its promise to provide quotas in private sector for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes if...
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...
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...
Tribals call for shutdown in Jharkhand over land acts
Ranchi : Tribal organisations in Jharkhand have called for a shutdown on Friday to protest against the amendments in two land acts by the...
One-day solidarity fast to mark 14 year of Irom Sharmila’s struggle at Jantar Mantar
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Irom Sharmila entered her 15th year of hunger-strike against the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that has led to gross human rights' violations in North-East and Jammu & Kashmir on 5th November. To mark the beginning of the 15th year of her struggle for democracy and justice, Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) along with other like-minded organisations like Azaadi Bachao Aandolan, B P Mehta foundation and other human rights' groups and individuals observed one-day solidarity fast at Jantar Mantar.
Militants kidnap two tribals in Tripura
Agartala : Militants have kidnapped two tribal men in Tripura, police said Friday.
Police suspect that the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants might...
SC notice to Rajasthan on plea by tribal women
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Rajasthan's Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police on a petition by...
Odisha to invest Rs.1,000 crore for tribals’ development
Bhubaneswar : Odisha plans to invest around Rs.1,000 crore in the next two years to improve the living standards vulnerable tribal groups in the...
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.
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...
Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...
Two accused in Tania killing withdraw bail pleas
By IANS,
New Delhi : Two accused in the killing of Arunanchal Pradesh student Nido Tania Friday withdrew their bail pleas as the probe has...
Manipur reshuffle row: Ministers claim majority support
Imphal : Ministers in Congress-ruled Manipur say they have majority support in the party -- and so don't want to be axed at the...
29 girls from poor families get government funds to marry
Jammu : A total of 29 girls from poor families in the hilly Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir were Wednesday given financial assistance...
Bangladesh seeks access from India to battle rebels
Shillong : Bangladesh has urged India to allow Bangladeshi security forces to enter the Chittagong Hills Tract from Tripura to launch a crackdown on...
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...
Gujjar-Bakerwal villages in J&K facing water blockade following protests over rape of 8-year-old girl,...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Kathua: As protests against the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old tribal girl intensify across the Jammu and Kashmir,...
Congress attacks BJP over northeast ‘immigrants’, BJP withdraws word
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday attacked the BJP for referring to northeast people as "immigrants" in its vision document, and asked if the...
Left, Trinamool name candidates in Tripura
Agartala : The ruling Left Front and the Trinamool Congress Thursday announced their candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura.
Forest, Industries and...
दलित साहित्य समारोह, दूसरे साहित्य समारोह के बीच में एक अलग पहचान
मीना कोटवाल, Twocircles.net
दिल्ली। देश में कई तरह के साहित्यिक समारोह होते हैं। लेकिन पिछले दो साल से दिल्ली में दलित साहित्य समारोह का आयोजन किया...
Assam doctor to attend programme at the UN
By TCN News,
Guwahati: Doctor Syed Iftikar Ahmed, chairman of Guwahati-based NGO ‘AIDS Prevention Society’ and a member of Lions Club of Narangi has been invited to attend the Lions Day programme at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York.
29 tourism projects sanctioned for northeast in 2014
New Delhi : The ministry of tourism has sanctioned 29 tourism projects for the northeastern states in 2014, Parliament was informed Wednesday.
Union Minister of...
Quota for faculty members at IIMs on anvil: Javadekar
Ahmedabad : The Union Human Resources Development Ministry is considering introducing reservation for faculty positions at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).
Union HRD Minister Prakash...
Special status of northeast states must continue: Tripura CM
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Cutting across political lines, chief ministers of eight northeastern states, ruled by Congress, Left and regional parties, have urged Prime...
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.
Made to work as bonded labour, ‘fined’ Rs 1.5 lakh: The story of Jasgeer...
By Amit Kumar
This is the last of the four-part series on cases of Dalit atrocities in India which were brought up during a tribunal...
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...
Efforts and appeal for making NRC update smooth in Assam
By A Ghiyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: The updating of National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the major development taking place in Assam at the present time.
National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a document containing the names of Indian citizens prepared in 1951. Unique to the state of Assam, this document was prepared to distinguish Indian citizens from illegal migrants from then East Pakistan. The 1951 NRC certificate, along with the electoral roll in the voters’ list of 1966 and 1971 are the two important documents required to prove the citizenship in Assam, where propaganda about illegal Bangladeshi is rampant and often violent.
SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe into Nido Tania’s death
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will Friday hear a plea by a group of lawyers seeking direction to the central government to...
Assam violence: Tribal bodies call Bengal shutdown, BJP demands NIA probe
Siliguri : Two tribal bodies Thursday called a shutdown in parts of northern West Bengal Saturday in protest against the ghastly militant attacks in...
Srinagar, the most high profile seat in Kashmir
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : With 1.2 million voters spread over 15 assembly constituencies, the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency is the most prestigious among the...
Gogoi blames Centre for Assam violence
Guwahati : The central government was to blame for the recent violence in Assam that left 79 people dead and rendered over two lakh...
Human skulls found in Manipur school complex
Imphal : Eight human skulls were recovered from an abandoned Manipur school complex where paramilitary forces had set up a base camp during the...
Northeast committee meets DU vice chancellor
New Delhi : A committee examining the concerns of people from the northeastern states living in other parts of India, Thursday met Delhi University...
An Assam village making firecrackers for over 100 years
Guwahati : An Assam village has been making firecrackers for over a 100 years and has now got a logo that will help it...
Meghalaya CM’s office least functioning in state: MLA
Shillong : The Meghalaya Chief Minister's Office was one of the least functioning offices in the state due to the regular absence of Chief...
ABMSU seeks new PM’s help in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Allegedly cornered and neglected by the ruling Congress government, minorities in Assam now pins hope on the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi for justice. Even as Modi government takes the new office in New Delhi, minorities sought his intervention in bringing peace and normalcy in trouble torn Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).
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...
Educate Delhiites about grievances of northeast people: HC
By IANS,
New Delhi : Stating that people should "cultivate the ability to live together", the Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the city government to...
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...
Cooch Behar tribal women to float new handicrafts company
Kolkata : A hundred tribal women in the district of Cooch Behar in West Bengal are gearing up to float a new company next...
Tripura troopers for Nagaland Lok Sabha polls
Agartala : Elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR) troopers will provide security during the April 9 Lok Sabha polls in Nagaland, an official said here...
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...
Akhil Gogoi’s move to support BJP in election faces widespeared criticism from Muslims
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: President of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti Akhil Gogoi after getting bail from 29 days police and judicial custody brought out a list of non-Congress candidate from various political parties including BJP, AIUDF, AGP and left parties and described them as potential candidate to defeat Congress. Mr. Gogoi extended his support to those candidates including the six BJP candidates and instructed its cadres to mobilise voters in favour of them.
Over 500 people from northeast enroll as Delhi voters
New Delhi : The Election Commission received 550 new electoral forms after organising a day-long enrollment campaign for the people from the northeast here...
Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’
Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on...
Meghalaya on railways’ map
New Delhi : Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday said Meghalaya has joined the railway network and Arunachal Pradesh has been linked with the...
‘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...
With no institutional mechanisms, discrimination and harassment are everyday ordeals for tribal students
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
In yet another kind of institutionalised murder, Dr. Payal Tadvi, a 26 year old Post Graduate Student at Mumbai’s famed BYL...
Tribal villages not to cooperate with Meghalaya government
Shillong: Tribal village chiefs in eastern part of Meghalaya on Saturday decided to end cooperation with the state government until it legally empowers the...
Separatist shutdown partially affects life in Srinagar
Srinagar : A separatist called shutdown partially affected life in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar on Monday.
Private transport, government offices, banks and post...
Tripura voters’ gender ratio exceeds national average
Agartala : At 963 females to 1,000 males in the electoral rolls, Tripura's gender ratio is higher than the national average of 908 and...
Gun battle erupts between Garo rebels, security men
Shillong : An intense gun battle erupted in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district Thursday, as security forces launched a crackdown on a militant hideout,...
नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
[किस तरह हर नियम की अनदेखी करने के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार आदिवासियों के जीवन के साथ खेल रही है?]
सोनभद्र: जब समाजवादी पार्टी ने जनता परिवार में विलय स्वीकार कर कमान खुद के हाथ में ले ली, तो वे यह भूल गए कि उन्हें अपने उन एजेंडों पर टिके रहना है जिनकी बिना पर वे किसानों, दलितों और आदिवासियों के करीब हैं. विकास की परिभाषा ने उन सभी एजेंडों को मटियामेट कर दिया और विकास की दौड़ में उत्तर प्रदेश की सपा सरकार द्वारा उठाये गए कदम गुजरात या मध्य प्रदेश की सरकारों द्वारा उठाए गए कदमों से किसी हाल में भिन्न नहीं हैं. कनहर नदी से जुड़ी हुई कनहर सिंचाई परियोजना के तहत बाँध निर्माण की सचाई आप सभी जान चुके हैं. [पढ़िए पिछली स्टोरी – अकथ कहानी कनहर की ] अब ज़रूरी यह है कि मौजूदा हालातों के साथ-साथ मामले के असल प्रशासनिक रवैया भी जाना जाए और दर्ज किया जाए.
Irom Sharmila tells court she wants to settle in life
New Delhi : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Wednesday told a court hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar...
Exports from Northeast can help its development
Guwahati : India should focus on the export potential of the northeastern region to neighbouring countries to free it from poverty and backwardness, speakers...
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...
BJP bets on Modi to check Congress in Karnataka
By Fakir Balaji,
Bangalore : A staggering 46 million voters will elect 28 lawmakers when Karnataka votes Thursday in the sixth phase of the general...
Pakistani fighter jets kill 38 militants
By IANS,
Islamabad: Fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force Sunday killed at least 38 militants in a series of air strikes in the country's...
Mizoram not dumping ground for governors: Gen. V.K. Singh
New Delhi : Former army chief and now union minister Gen. V.K. Singh (retd) Monday said Mizoram was not a "dumping ground" for governors...
Politicans playing dirty over displaced Bodos in BTAD: Promising Land Patta inside Forest
By Abdul Kalam Azad
Assam: This is election time in Assam and political parties are not leaving any stone unturned to get as much...
Hope against hope for BTAD riot victims in Assam rendered homeless
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Wahidur Rahman, a petty businessman who used to deal in books has faith in democracy but he is finding it tough to live his life in the relief camps for more than a year. Wahidur who hails from remotest part of Dhubri district’s Gauripur of Assam has been stuck in relief camps along with his family members one after another.
Tripura CM asks PM to restore MGNREGA funds for state
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore the funds cut from MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
‘Over 35 percent rural Indians still illiterate’
New Delhi: Over 35 percent of Indians in rural areas are illiterate, with Rajasthan home to 47.58 percent of the unlettered, Socio Economic and...
Chattisgarsh: Church vandalised during protest in Narayanpur, senior cop injured
This comes two weeks after Christian families were allegedly assaulted and driven away following coordinated attacks in over a dozen villages in the...
Suspended AIUDF MLA slams Ajmal for having soft corner for BJP
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Senior All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) leader and MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed accused party president Badruddin Ajmal of arrogance and using the minority vote bank of the party for own personal benefits after being suspended from the party on Tuesday.
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...
In Goalpara, a tribal theatre troupe connects people with the nature thanks to Sukracharya...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Goalpara: The idea of theatre has different connotations and meaning for different people. In its most basic form, it...
Tripura parties threaten agitations for tribal state
Agartala, (IANS): Two regional parties on Monday warned of agitations in support of their demand for a separate state for tribals in Tripura.
"To highlight our...
Rahul more keen to solve Assam’s problems than Modi: Gogoi
By IANS,
Guwahati : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was more keen to resolve Assam's problems than BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Chief Minister...
Rescued Tripura tribal kids to be sent back home
Agartala : Sixteen of the 19 children rescued from the Guwahati railway station by the Assam Police CID and Childline, an NGO, belong to...
Won’t talk to terrorists, Rajnath says in Assam
Guwahati : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday ruled out talks with Bodo "terrorists", as the death toll in the two days of violence in...
Togadia prevented from making speeches in Assam
Guwahati : Assam Police Thursday prevented Praveen Togadia from delivering speeches in two places in the state, even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said...
Odisha villagers meet Oram, seek tribal status
Bhubaneswar : A Jhodia community delegation from Odisha Friday submitted a memorandum to union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram in New Delhi, seeking tribal...
13 killed in Jharkhand train accident
Ranchi : At least 13 people were killed in Jharkhand when a train hit a vehicle at an unmanned crossing, police said on Tuesday.
The...
75 rescued after avalanche hits north Kashmir
Srinagar : Seventy-five people were rescued in north Kashmir's Kupwara district while efforts are on to rescue another 25 after an avalanche hit a...
Modi hasn’t fulfilled promises, says Assam CM
Guwahati : Though the Narendra Modi government has completed six months in office, yet none of his pre-poll promises have been fulfilled so far,...
Karnataka: Union cabinet gives ST status to ‘Parivara’ and ‘Talwara’ communities
New Delhi, (IANS): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the inclusion of the communities 'Parivara' and 'Talawara' in the...
Three drug peddlers arrested in Tripura, heroin seized
Agartala : Tripura Police arrested three members of an inter-state drug peddlers' gang and seized around 900 grams of heroin from them, police said...
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...
Meghalaya policeman held with explosives from Delhi-bound train
Shillong : An official of the armed police in Meghalaya was Monday arrested from the Delhi-bound North East Express train at the Guwahati station...
Tribal groups aghast with no mention of relief for Adivasis in PM’s Atma-Nirbhar Bharat
TCN News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic package of Rs. 20 lakh crores for a “self-reliant” India on Tuesday with no mention of...
NBT to boost tribal literature in northeast
Agartala : The National Book Trust (NBT) has taken an ambitious plan to boost tribal literature in northeast India, trust chairman Baldeo Bhai Sharma...
Assam CM asks security forces to deal firmly with BTAD situation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi instructed the Police to deal firmly with the situation in the wake of gunning down of innocent persons by suspected NDFB(S) militants at Narsingbari and Balapara Tulsibil under BTAD last night. Altogether 11 persons were killed that include four at Narsingbari under Baksa district and seven at Balapara Tulsibil in Gossaigaon.
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...
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...
Protests over tribal refugees voting in Mizoram LS poll
Aizawl/Agartala: Five NGOs and youth organisations in Aizawl have launched protest rallies against the Election Commission's decision to allow tribal refugees in Tripura's relief...
Blast in Meghalaya, no casualties
By IANS,
Shillong : Suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Tuesday night triggered a blast at a petrol pump in Meghalaya but...
Quakes hit India’s northeast
Agartala/Aizawl : Three earthquakes, one of moderate intensity, hit India's northeastern region Thursday night and Friday, an official said. There are no reports of...
Agartala airport to be made international airport
Agartala : The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has completed preliminary work to upgrade Agartala airport as an international airport to boost the region's...
Greater Kakching Churches Fellowship Celebrates the Advent Christmas
Two pioneering Christians of Kakching felicitated
By TCN News,
Kakching (Manipur): Greater Kakching Churches Fellowship felicitated first two pioneering Christians of Kakching on the occasion of Advent Christmas Celebration at the Kakching Library and Information Centre Auditorium.
The killing silence and the enduring pain at Bosla village in Assam
By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Karimganj (Assam): An eerie silence prevailed in Assam’s Bosla village in Karimganj district. The ill-fated family members of Syed Sarifuddin Khan who was lynched in Dimapur just a week ago, seem to seek help from any visitors ever since the horrific incident that rocked the country to their home.
Commission chief flays Jharkhand over SC welfare schemes
Ranchi : National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson P.L. Punia on Wednesday flayed the Jharkhand government over the non-implementation of welfare schemes for the...
Mizoram governor takes additional charge of Tripura
Agartala : Mizoram Governor Vakkom B. Purushothaman Monday took additional charge as the governor of Tripura.
Purushothaman was sworn-in by Tripura High Court Chief Justice...
Tribals want to get educated, make up for lost time
By Vishal Narayan
Jamshedpur : A feeling of resentment among tribals at being "cheated" by upper-caste Hindus, of being left out in the race...
Students in Guwahati get training in social media
By Risa Laloo, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) held a three days’ workshop on Social Media Immersion from 4th -6th August for the post graduate students of Mass communication and Educational Leadership.
Militants kill trooper in Tripura
Agartala : A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was shot dead by militants in Tripura, police said Friday.
The attack, the first terrorist killing of...
Odisha to empower tribal women through diary cooperatives
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will empower tribal women through diary cooperatives so that they get opportunities to earn more, an official said on Wednesday.
State-run dairy cooperative...
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,...
22 arrested over Nagaland lynching
Guwahati/Dimapur : Twenty-two people have so far been arrested for their alleged involvement in the lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's Dimapur town,...
11 killed in avalanche, house collapses in Kashmir
Srinagar/Jammu : Eleven people were killed Wednesday in avalanches and house collapses in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A senior police officer...
Tribals in Maharashtra agitate for implementation of welfare schemes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: Number of tribals from Nandurbar, Jalgaon and Dhule districts agitated under the banner of 'Lok Sangarsh Morcha' before the tribal development commissionerate in Nashik city demanding better implementation of Forest Rights Act and improved infrastructure in areas inhabited by them.
‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...
A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...
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...
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...
India, Bangladesh officials, border guards to work jointly
Aizawl : The district administrations and border guards of India and Bangladesh would deal jointly with various border issues and crimes, officials said here...
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...
Three Bangladeshis beaten to death by Tripura villagers
Agartala : Indian villagers hacked to death three Bangladeshi nationals Sunday in a village on the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura, police said.
"The three...
TCN launches an internship program
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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...
Do not spread rumours through social media: Nagaland CM
Dimapur : Feeling that social media users played a role in Thursday's jailbreak by a mob in Dimapur and subsequent killing of a rape...
Congress leads in lone Mizoram seat
Aizawl : The ruling Congress candidate and incumbent Lok Sabha member C.L. Ruala was Friday leading by 10,000 votes over Robert Romawia Royte of...
Ajmal CSR starts college in Assam’s BTAD
By TCN news,
Guwahati: It was Manjunara Khatun, a degree 4th semester student of Hatidura College, who had stopped the motorcade of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, MP, last year to ask him to set up a college in her village in Kokrajhar district so that girls could pursue education after school without any difficulty.
Tribal party’s lone voice for a separate state in Tripura
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : A tribal-based political party has stepped up its agitation for a separate state to be carved out of Tripura.
The Indigenous...
When peace hopes gave way to despair in Assam, Nagaland
By Rupesh Dutta
New Delhi : Amid renewed incidents of violence, the year 2016 proved that peace in Nagaland and Assam will remain...
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...
Soldier hurt in militant grenade attack in Assam
Guwahati : A soldier was injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at an army camp in Assam's Chirang district, police said Friday.
The incident...
Justice remains elusive dream for the victims of 2012 BTAD violence even after two...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Two years is a pretty long period for anything to change. But for a section of ill-fated people in Assam, it’s all the same as their pain continues to haunt them, in fact, in a more painful way. The bloody violence which broke out in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) on July 20 in 2012 witnessed around 100 deaths and several lakhs were displaced but the victims did not get the justice.
Notice to Assam government for baton charge on students
Guwahati : The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to the commissioner and secretary of the state home department over allegations...
Rajasthan grants 5% quota to Gujjars, wants Centre to amend Constitution
Jaipur, Feb 13 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Wednesday passed the Reservation Amendment Bill 2019 in the Assembly, which promises 5 per cent reservation...
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...
“Covid is a rich man’s disease,” say Irulas of a remote village in Tamil...
Irulas are a Dravidian ethnic group dwelling in Southern India. They are heavily concentrated in the northern region of Tamil Nadu. The term Irular means dark...
BJP’s rise in Manipur worries Congress
By Iboyaima Laithangbam
Imphal : The local body polls in Manipur on January 11 are viewed here as a keen fight between the ruling Congress...
Fresh quake hits northeast India, neighbouring countries
Agartala/Aizawl : Fresh quake rocked the entire northeastern India and adjoining areas on Sunday, a Met official said.
There are no immediate report of loss...
Omar delighted at Pervez Rasool picked up for IPL 7
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday expressed happiness that Kashmiri all-rounder Pervez Rasool was picked up by Sunrisers Hyderabad...
Two girls gang raped in Jharkhand
Ranchi : Two girls were abducted and allegedly gang raped here, police said on Monday.
According to police, the two were seized by a group...
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.
‘Revert to Be Buried’: In Chhattisgarh, Even Death Offers Tribal Christians No Escape From...
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): “What could I do? There was immense pressure on me to do ghar wapsi (homecoming or return to Hinduism). If...
NHRC notice to Maharastra over death of 740 students
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to Maharastra over the death of 740 students in residential schools...
“Celebration of love and harvest amid Covid-19,” How Bhil tribes of Gujarat celebrate Holi
The Bhil tribal belt of Gujarat celebrates Holi according to their rituals. The celebration of Holi is integral in the Bhil tribe as it...
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...
CPI-M needs new leadership to recover politically
By Samir Kar Purkayastha,
The CPI-M has decided to hold its 2015 party congress in Kolkata instead of Agartala, capital of the only state now ruled by the party. Tripura is far off, more difficult and expensive to reach, reasoned the party leaders while picking Kolkata. While the 1,000-odd delegates would miss out on a chance to see for themselves the workings of the party in a state where it has held on for years, the Kolkata congress may be seen as an opportunity to boost the morale of activists in West Bengal, where not a day passes without reports of desertion from the Marxist ranks.
Compensation only after long battle by acid attack victim in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The state authorities of Assam have ordered compensation for the acid victims following an urgent appeal by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for immediate intervention and financial assistance to a survivor of acid attack as per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court of India in 2013.
Over 80 percent voting in Tripura gram panchayat polls
Agartala : Over 80 percent of the 1.1 million electors Tuesday cast their votes in the elections to the three-tier gram panchayat in Left-ruled...
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...
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.