Mizoram teacher arrested for sexually abusing 32 students
Aizawl : A government school teacher was arrested in Mizoram on charges of raping and sexually abusing 32 students, police said here Friday.
"Saichal village...
Assam singer faces gender discrimination; barred from performance as she refused putting traditional chadar
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Even as several measures are being taken in minimizing the gender discrimination in the country, a female singer in Assam was barred from performing at a function, allegedly for not wearing a particular kind of dress.
Veteran politician of Manipur Md. Helaluddin Khan passed away
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Former Minister and veteran politician of Manipur Md. Helaluddin Khan passed away on April 25, 2014 at his residence at Lilong Haoreibi Makha Leikai, in Thoubal District, due to an illness. He was elected to the Manipur Legislative Assembly from the Lilong Assembly Constituency four times. He also held various portfolios including the Department of Revenue and Irrigation & Flood Control as Cabinet Minister. He was 70. The last rite was performed on April 25.
India needs anti-racist law: CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday asked the government to unveil an anti-racist law to curb attacks similar to those on people from...
Separatists protest in Srinagar over ‘judicial double standards’
By IANS,
Srinagar : Separatist activists of the Hurriyat group headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday staged a protest here alleging the "double standards of...
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...
Northeast youth determined to make a difference this election
By Shradha Chettri,
New Delhi : With the focus being on northeastern India for more than a year now, it is but natural that the...
Land Acquisition Bill takes away rights of farmers and pits them against ‘Make in...
By Dr Rahul Pandey and Dr Sandeep Pandey, Citizen News Service,
Since the past several months we have seen the NDA government aggressively pushing through changes in land acquisition policy, first in the form of Ordinance in December 2014 and then, as it was passed as a Bill with nine changes in Lok Sabha but faced roadblock in Rajya Sabha, re-promulgating it before its expiry in April 2015. With the government calling the Bill pro-farmer and pro-development and most of opposition parties and social activists opposing it as anti-farmer, it is useful to sieve through the noise and look at the changes proposed and what existed earlier.
Efforts on to repatriate Bangladeshi tribals
Agartala : Indian officials were trying to repatriate Bangladeshi tribals who have entered Tripura seeking refuge after ethnic violence erupted in their country, officials...
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.
Curfew in Meghalaya after clash over custodial death
Shillong : Curfew was imposed in certain areas of Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district Thursday following a violent clash over the death of a...
Young tribal woman inspires farming community to better livelihoods in Odisha
By Chinmaya Dehury
Koraput (Odisha): Raimati Ghiuria, a young tribal woman, not only proved to be a leader in conserving local traditional varieties of rice...
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...
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...
Faggan Singh Kulaste: Tribal face of MP and BJP’s man for all seasons
New Delhi : Faggan Singh Kulaste, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Mandla (Scheduled Tribes) reserved constituency in Madhya Pradesh, belongs to the class...
“Want affected people to have security,” activists raise concern over world’s second-largest coal block...
The Deocha Pachami Harinsingha Dewanganj Coal Mine Project, in Birbhum, West Bengal is the second largest coal mining block in the world. While the...
Families refuse to bury dead in Assam
Guwahati : Relatives of those killed in India's northeastern Assam state have refused to bury their dead, demanding that the state's chief minister, Tarun...
5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent
By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari
Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a...
Photography exhibition organised in Guwahati college to mark child rights day
By Aurelyne Khongriat, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Mass Communication Department of Assam Don Bosco University marked Child Rights Day with a photography exhibition on 20th November 2014.
First semester students explored the theme of ‘Colours’ in all its shades by putting up 12 panels of 36 photographs.
CK Janu’s decision to ally with NDA in Kerala draws ire from other tribal...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Kozhikode: Kerala Adivasi leader CK Janu’s decision to side with the NDA and contest from the Wayanad seat has drawn criticism...
Coverage of Covid-19 vaccination of tribals in Gujarat half of the state average
Gujarat has managed to fully vaccinate only thirty-five percent of its nine million tribal population which is half the rate of vaccination coverage of...
Meghalaya toll 46, Rijiju to visit flood-hit areas Saturday
Shillong : The toll following floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 46 while 10 people are still missing, officials said Friday.
Union Minister...
Achyuta Samanta and the role of KISS in empowering Odisha’s tribals
By Rajaraman Sundaresan for TwoCircles.net
Between democracy and development as an idea, one feels that democracy in many ways has taken a back seat....
Birsa Munda and Eklavya remembered and celebrated at Jalgaon
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Jalgaon (Maharashtra)
On the occasion of "World indigenous Day "(Jagatik Adivasi Diwas) on 9th August as many as seven thousand Adivasi activists...
Rijiju allays concerns over China’s dam on Brahmaputra
New Delhi : As China announced the completion of a hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra river, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju...
Modi flags off Meghalaya’s first train, compares northeast to Lakshmi
Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday flagged off the first passenger train from Mendipathar in Meghalaya to Dudhnoi in Assam, thereby putting Meghalaya...
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.
President accepts resignation of Manipur governor
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday accepted the resignation of V.K. Duggal as the governor of Manipur and Mizoram.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique...
Assam’s Bodoland elections and after: The fall of BPF and the rise of AIUDF
The ever increasing gap between the Bodo tribe and non-Bodo people living in the BTAD has also had an impact in the polls unlike the previous one.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Guwahati: After emerging as the single largest party with 20 seats out of 40 in this year’s election, the Bodoland People’s Party (BPF) is all set to administer the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam for the third consecutive term.
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...
Militant killed in Kashmir gunfight
By IANS,
Srinagar : One separatist guerrilla was killed Sunday in a gunfight between security forces and militants in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, an official...
Centre to sign peace accord with two Meghalaya rebel outfits
Shillong : The Centre will sign a peace accord with two rebel outfits operating in the five districts of Garo Hills in Meghalaya next...
Gujarat Adivasis object to Govt’s “misuse” of tribal development funds for Ram temple visit...
Neglecting Adivasi deities, rituals and culture, the Gujarat government announced an aid of Rs. 5000 to tribals for a trip to the Ram temple...
CPA team appeals for civil society action for peace in BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: A five-member fact finding team from Centre for Policy Analysis (CPA) New Delhi visited the strife torn BTAD on Saturday and met a few representatives of the civil society in Guwahati on Sunday morning prior to their return to Delhi. The team consisted of Harsh Mander, Anand Sahay, Seema Mustafa, Satish Jacob, and Prof Anuradha Chenoy. CPA believes that the 'alternative' is the major part of the truth which is generally not spoken of in the mainstream and there is no one mainstream in India but multiple streams.
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...
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...
Congress leads in one seat in Manipur
Imphal : Ruling Congress party Friday took lead in one of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Manipur while opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was...
Nagaland lynching: Grief turns into anger at Khan’s Bosla village in Assam
Brothers reluctant to resume business in Dimapur
By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Bosla village, Karimganj (Assam): Many things have been said, many pieces have been written about them. As the time gradually passes, their grief seems to have turned into seething anger here at Bosla village in the Karimganj district – home of the Dimapur rape accused Syed Sarif Uddin Khan.
Poll panel’s special drive to clean up voters’ list
Agartala : To ensure error-free voter-lists and eliminate duplication of names, the Election Commission has launched a nation-wide drive NERPAP which will continue till...
Education a constitutional right, says Adv Prakash Ambedkar; calls for rally to Vidhan Sabha...
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
As the students’ strike in Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) entered the 18th day, Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, National President, BHARIP...
Manipur records 74 percent polling
Imphal : Around 74 percent of the 874,000 voters cast their ballot Thursday for the second Lok Sabha seat in Manipur, officials said.
An Election...
SC dismisses plea challenging Meghalaya CM’s tribal status
Shillong/New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Scheduled Tribe status of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Manda Sangma.
A division bench...
One more tribal child dies in Kerala; 16th since January
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net,
Kozhikode: Amidst concerns about the ill-health and malnutrition among tribal children, one more infant died at Attappady in Palakkd district....
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...
PDP seeks governor’s intervention on ‘ignored areas’
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday appealed to Governor N.N. Vohra to intervene for creating new administrative units in areas ignored...
Release Assam journalist from custody: Amnesty
Guwahati : Amnesty International India Tuesday asked the Assam government to release a journalist from custody and guarantee him a fair trial after he...
Lack of fund mars Tripura’s rights panel plan
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura, despite its will, was not able to form human rights commission due to lack of fund...
Country going forward, Left-ruled Tripura backwards: Rahul
Agartala : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said while the rest of India is moving ahead, the Left-ruled Tripura is moving back.
"The Congress-led...
Malkangiri: Who is responsible for deaths of more than 120 Adivasi children?
By Akash Poyam for Adivasi Resurgence
Up until now, Japanese Encephelitis (JE) has caused more than 120 deaths (Official numbers, real deaths could be...
ICMR to study large number of malaria deaths in northeast
Agartala : A team of experts from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) would study the virulent form of malaria that has claimed...
Branded Witches, Beaten by Mobs, Burned Alive – In the Land of Goddesses, India’s...
Across India’s tribal villages, women continue to be hunted and killed as witches, while families watch in silence, fear or grief.
Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net
Asansol (West...
Two Kashmir policemen held for robbery
By IANS,
Srinagar : Two Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel were Monday arrested for involvement in a robbery here two days back and the looted...
Pomp, pageantry mark R-Day across India
Jammu/Kolkata/Guwahati/Chennai/Panaji/Imphal : Republic Day was Monday celebrated across India with gaiety and patriotic fervour, as leaders stressed the need of rooting out corruption and working for development and asked insurgents to shun violence. The day was largely peaceful, barring two blasts in Assam and four in Manipur.
11 abducted Assamese still untraced
Agartala/Aizawl : The 11 Assam people, who were kidnapped by militants Oct 10 from Mizoram along the inter-state border with Tripura, are still untraced,...
आदिवासियों को बेदख़ल करके झारखंड सरकार की सोना लूटने की तैयारी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
तमाड़ (रांची) : रांची ज़िला तमाड़ क्षेत्र का लूंगटू गांव मैदान… यहां लोग सुबह से बैठकर शहर से आने वाले अपने...
Tribal blocks to get Rs.10 crore each for development
New Delhi: The government Tuesday launched a programme under which Rs.10 crore will be provided to each block for the development of various facilities...
Policemen beaten up by soldiers in Kashmir’s Sonamarg
Srinagar : Some Indian Army personnel Friday allegedly beat up three policemen during a scuffle in Sonamarg hill station in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal...
Pakistani refugees in Jammu to vote for BJP
Jammu : The 100,000-strong Pakistani refugees here have announced their support to the BJP candidate in what is being seen as a crucial step...
Civil society in Assam urges the govt to seize the arms
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Guwahati: After National Democratic Front of Bodoland’s (NDFB) (Sangbijit faction) denial in the involvement in the violence in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), a section of people set their target towards Bodoland People’s Party (BPF). Assam minister for Border areas development Siddique Ahmed has already demanded that action should be taken against BPF.
Sangma bats for smaller states
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Tura (Meghalaya) : Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Agitok Sangma, a nine-time MP who is returning to national politics through the Lok...
First tribal woman takes oath as Jharkhand governor
Ranchi : Draupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the ninth governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal woman to occupy the position in the...
Assam violence: Toll rises to 40
Guwahati : The toll in Tuesday's militant attacks in Assam's Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts has risen to 40, officials said Wednesday.
Union Home Minister Rajnath...
Over 38,000 eligible to vote in Tripura by-poll
Agartala : Over 38,000 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the Manu assembly by-poll in Tripura Saturday, an official said here Thursday.
Tripura...
वाह रे मोदी बजट! दलित-आदिवासियों का हक़ भी मार लिया!
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी भले ही अरूण जेटली द्वारा पेश किए गए बजट को गांव, गरीब और किसान समर्थक बजट बता रहे...
Manipuri women assault case: Fifth accused granted bail
By IANS,
New Delhi : A court here Thursday granted bail to a man accused of assaulting two Manipuri women, saying four accused facing the...
India initiates work to link Northeast with Bangladesh port
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : India has taken the first steps to construct a Rs.70 crore ($11.5 million) bridge over the Feni river in Tripura...
Assam government spent Rs.9 cr on militants during ceasefire
Guwahati : The Assam government Monday revealed that it has spent over Rs.9 crore this year on settlement camp for cadres of the militant...
Bodo faction threatens to quit peace process
Guwahati : The pro-talk NDFB faction Friday threatened to pull out of the peace process if the government does not release its president Ranjan...
North-eastern people not ‘second class citizens’: Sangma
Shillong : North-eastern people are not "second class citizens" of India, former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno.A.Sangma said here Saturday.
"We are no less than others....
Assam CM seeks Rs 1,000 crore for flood from centre
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 1,000 crore as immediate relief to flood-hit Assam.
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...
Craft of northeast resembles that of Latin America: Study
New Delhi : Pottery, textiles and spiritual exercises prevalent in India's northeast closely resemble that of the equally forested interior belts of Latin America,...
Omar visits injured legislator in hospital
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday visited a government hospital here to enquire about the health of injured opposition...
Give job to victim’s kin: Court
By IANS,
Agartala: The Tripura High Court has directed the state government to provide a job to a woman whose father was killed by the...
Kis Kis Ko Qaid Karoge: Delhi to witness a protest against arrest of Dalit...
By TCN News:
We are living in strange times where speaking out the truth, demanding your rights, standing up against injustices and atrocities are seen...
Saddened by Assam attacks, says Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday condemned the "heinous" militant attacks in Assam and said her government will continue to support...
Corporates will run India if Modi becomes PM: Gogoi
Guwahati : Launching a fresh attack against Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said big corporate houses will run the government...
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.
Can’t remain deprived, suppressed for long: ADC members of Manipur
New Delhi : Members of Manipur's six autonomous district councils Friday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding that provisions of the Sixth...
Irom Sharmila to break fast
Imphal : Manipuri political activist Irom Sharmila will break her 16-year long hunger strike against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act on Tuesday.
Sharmila has...
Modi greets Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur on statehood day
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday greeted the people of Meghalaya, Tripura and Manipur on their statehood day.
Greeting the people of Meghalaya,...
Dalits oppose invitation to ‘only’ upper caste speakers for yearly memorial lecture at Ambedkar...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The members of Dalit Bahujan Adivasi Collective have written an open letter to the Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD)...
Strong reactions from different sections after Rajya Sabha election in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After the results of Rajya Sabha for three seats were declared for Assam, the entire state has expressed anger and dissatisfaction at the action of certain MLAs for allegedly ‘betraying’ their party.
Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part II
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Purulia: I still feel that I invited myself to the village of Murguma. Not because Lakshmi Mura was reluctant out of...
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...
Assam CM wishes Hajj pilgrims in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: On the eve of the departure of the first batch of Hajj pilgrims from Guwahati, prayer for peace, harmony and brotherhood was on the lips on Tuesday. Starting from Assam chief minister to the pilgrims, everybody seek blessing from the Almighty for a peaceful state which has so far witnessed plenty of blood sheds. The first flight for the Hajj pilgrims is today.
AIM writes to President on BTAD violence
By TCN News,
Washington DC: In a letter addressed to his Excellency President Pranab Mukerjee, through Ambassador of India to US, Mr Jaishankar, Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM) has expressed “anguish and alarm” at the massacre of Muslims of Bengali origin at the BTAD area of Assam.
Former Assam CM resigns as AGP chief
Guwahati : Former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Monday resigned as the president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) after its debacle in...
CPI-M condemns Assam killings
New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday urged the government to take "firm action" and dismantle Bodo militants after they massacred over 40 tribals, including...
Security to be tightened along Tripura border
Agartala : To ensure trouble-free elections to the Tripura tribal autonomous council and in view of the current political turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh, security...
Why Jharkhand’s Pathalgadi movement is worrying the state government
Shukoh Albadar, TwoCircles.net
Merely 40 km away from the Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi, Khunti, a newly-carved out district is in the limelight across the national...
Dalits, Adivasi children locked out of education during Covid-19 lockdown: new report
The report reveals that only 4% of Dalit and Adivasi children have been attending online classes regularly, as opposed to 15% of children overall.
Suchitra...
Man who spearheaded Garoland demand dead
Shillong : Garo National Council (GNC) legislator Clifford R. Marak, who spearheaded the political movement for creation of a separate Garoland state in Meghalaya,...
Seven die in Madhya Pradesh heat wave
Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) : At least seven people have died and about 110 have taken ill due to the intense heat wave in Seoni...
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...
No discrimination on basis of caste, religion: Rajnath Singh
Gurgaon : In the wake of increasing attacks on people from the northeast in other parts of India, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday...
Abide by model code of conduct, J&K political parties told
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir chief electoral officer (CEO) Umang Narula Friday asked political parties to abide by the model code of conduct during...
Bodo council polls in Assam on April 8
Guwahati : Elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) that runs the administration in four districts of Assam's Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) will...
Tribal refugees in Tripura repatriated to Bangladesh
Agartala : Bangladesh has taken back the tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since Monday following an ethnic strife...
Meghalaya floods toll rises to 37
Shillong : The toll in floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain in Meghalaya has risen to 37, while more than 20 people are...
The uneasiness of children of trouble-torn zone in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Baksa (Assam): With the death toll rose up to 40 of the carnage in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) in Assam, children are to found to be highly affected. So far 14 bodies are of children and as of now 10 are still missing which could be dead as well. Even in the camps at Narayanguri in Baksa district, children are the worst sufferers.
Sharmila files papers from Manipur’s Thoubal seat
Imphal, (IANS): 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila on Thursday filed her nomination papers to contest from Thoubal constituency in the Manipur assembly elections.
"I am fighting...
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...
Better coordination between army, police in Kashmir: Government
By IANS,
New Delhi : The army and Jammu and Kashmir Police have now better means to transmit information about terrorist alerts, parliament was told...
Tripura wants better bus services from northeast
Agartala : The Tripura government Tuesday reiterated it would launch direct bus services between the northeastern states and Kolkata via Bangladesh for easy ferrying...
294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...
Mob beats three militants to death in Assam
Guwahati : Three militants of Meghalaya-based outfit United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) were Tuesday beaten to death by villagers in Assam's Goalpara district, police...
Global Rainbow Foundation to work with Ajmal Foundation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Global Rainbow Foundation (GRF), known for its various developmental works world-wide, has expressed its willingness to work together with Assam’s Ajmal Foundation to spread education among the poor people.
Taking part in a seminar GRF founding chairman Armoogum Parsuramen said that they are ready to extent any kind of support for higher education in this part of the country.
“Lives of many Muslims ruined due to false terror charges”
By TCN News,
Gulbarga (Karnataka): The lives of many Indians have been ruined and their youth snatched away in the name of terrorism even as Muslims, Tribals and Dalits are mostly implicated in false cases due to prejudiced police, politics, media, prosecution and the society in general, Ajit Sahi, well known political analyst and a journalist, said.
Birth anniversary of Irom Sharmila observed with token hunger strike at Jantar Mantar
By TCN News,
New Delhi: A day long fast was organized here at Jantar Mantar on the call of Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, Association of Protection of Civil Rights, Lok Raj Sangathan and Students Islamic Organisation of India to support Irom Sharmila and to demand repeal of AFSPA. Many people participated and observed the hunger strike.
Manipuris paid homage to martyrs of Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Manipuris throughout the globe paid homage to the heroes who laid down their lives for their motherland in the historic Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891 on August 13, 2014. The day is observed every year as Patriots' Day in the State.
Nagabanda massacre and the other side of Assamese intelligentsia
By Abdul Kalam Azad,
Morigaon, Assam: Nagabanda High School is one of the oldest educational institutes of Morigaon district of Assam. The school is situated near the Nagabanda Bazar, about 15 KMs from the district headquarter. The healthy rural market, the nicely planted trees at Nagabanda Junior College, huge playground with pavilion and the green agricultural fields surrounding the area make it scenic and beautiful. But who knows Nagabanda is carrying a huge amount of pain and agony?
Maoists kill Odisha tribal
Bhubaneswar : Suspected Maoists Wednesday shot dead a tribal man in Odisha's Malkangiri district, accusing him of spying on them for the police, an...
Annals of a meat eater
Editor’s Note: In debate over Uniform Civil Code or on eating habits of Indians, the debate in north-Indian dominated debate often ignores the rich diversity of our country and its people. An Assamese ‘caste Hindu’ who has a penchant for non-vegetarian items, here writes how he not only loves beef, but has tried even dog meat with his Naga friends as well as snake.
By Joydeep Hazarika,
Deficient rain hits tea production in northeast India
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Two northeastern states - Assam and Tripura - among India's five largest tea producing states are facing a huge production...
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...
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...
In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted
By Nikhil M. Babu
As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu...
Guwahati, Srinagar at highest earthquake risk
By Chaitanya Mallapur,
Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data.
Guwahati and Srinagar fall in what is called “very severe intensity zone”, or zone V, the highest-risk earthquake zone.
Incentivise banks for opening branches in Chhattisgarh’s tribal areas: CM
New Delhi, (IANS): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday said the Centre should incentivise private commercial banks for opening branches in remote tribal...
NDFB militants massacre 11 in Assam’s BTAD; scared villagers flee to safer places
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Hundreds of villagers of Assam’s Bodoland Territorial District (BTAD) have started fleeing for safer places after armed militants of anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) fired indiscriminately killing at least 11 villagers including two children.
Tripura CPI-M holds on to rural bastion in panchayat polls
Agartala : The ruling CPI-M in Tripura Friday retained its rural bastion by securing absolute majority in 275 of the 591 gram panchayats and...
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...
Opposition corners Tripura government for not honouring Dipa Karmakar
Agartala : The opposition Congress legislators Monday castigated the Left Front government for not giving due importance to Dipa Karmakar, who excelled with a...
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...
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’s second LS seat votes Saturday
Agartala : The second Lok Sabha seat in India's lone Left-ruled state Tripura goes to the polls Saturday. The other seat voted April 7.
The...
Northeast India to be made gateway of Southeast Asia: Modi
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Palatana (Tripura) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the northeastern region of India would be made a gateway of Southeast Asia.
The...
After two phases of polling, Assam celebrates Rongali Bihu
Guwahati : After two phases of hectic campaigning and balloting for the Lok Sabha polls in Assam, the state Monday got into a exuberant...
Tribals in Maharashtra angered with state’s assurance to other communities to include in ST...
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Tribals categorized as Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Maharashtra state have threatened to launch a massive protest against any move to include communities like Dhangar, Koli and Koshti into the Scheduled Tribes (ST) fold. Tribals were raising objections against media reports claiming that Devendra Phadnavis and Sharad Pawar assured members of different communities of including them under the ST category.
Bangladesh to take back tribal refugees
Agartala : Bangladesh has agreed to take back over 350 of its tribals who have been sheltering in the Indian state of Tripura since...
AGP reminds PM of unfulfilled promises
By A Ghiasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the northeast, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his promises he had made during his election rallies.
AGP leadership slams the BJP led government for failing to keep its words on several important issues which includes solving the illegal foreigner’s issue during the last six months after forming the government.
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...
Just 10 percent voting in Kashmir’s Udhampur
Udhampur: Balloting was sluggish in this Lok Sabha constgituency in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, with just 10 percent votes cast in the six districts...
Assam district tense after militants abduct four
Guwahati : Tension prevailed in Baksa district of Assam Saturday following the abduction of four people by suspected Bodo militants, police said.
Cadres of the...
‘Government working on Bezbarauh panel suggestions on northeast’
New Delhi : Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Friday said the government was on the job to get the recommendations of...
PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event
ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...
Gauhati HC quashes disqualification of 3 NCP legislators
Shillong : A division bench of the Gauhati High Court Wednesday set aside the order of Nagaland assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo disqualifying three NCP...
PM promises sports university for Manipur
Imphal : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said a sports university will be opened in Manipur.
The prime minister, speaking at the concluding function of...
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...
Congress wins in Jharkhand by-poll
Ranchi : The Congress on Thursday won Jharkhand's Lohardaga assembly by-election.
Congress candidate Sukhdeo Bhagat won the seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU)...
Three north-eastern states to celebrate statehood day
Agartala/Imphal : Three north-eastern states - Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya - will celebrate their statehood day Wednesday, officials said Tuesday.
"On this day, the Manipur...
Tripura tribal council goes to first EVM polls on May 3
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : With more tribal autonomy being viewed as a key issue, Tripura is set to hold its first EVM election on...
Over 1000 activists, concerned citizens call for immediate release of Hidme Markam, ending state...
Human rights defender and environmental activist Hidme Markam has been in jail for over 40 days now. She was arrested on March 9 by...
बस्तर में सुरक्षा बल और माओवादी मुठभेड़ में पिसती आम आदिवासी जिदंगियां, दूधमुंही बच्ची...
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बस्तर। छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर में माओवादी और सुरक्षा बलों के बीच होने वाली मुठभेड़ अब एक आम घटना बन गई है। माओवाद...
Brahminical environmentalism the reason behind attack on FRA: Abhay F. Xaxa
Text and video by Atul Anand, TwoCircles.net
On February 28, 2019, Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student’s Association (BAPSA) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi organised a...
Nido killing: One more sent to judicial custody
By IANS,
New Delhi : One more person, arrested for the death of Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania, was presented before a court here Tuesday...
Jammu and Kashmir poll observer dies in Tripura
Agartala : Pratapaditya Datta, an IAS officer of the 2010 Tripura-Manipur cadre and an election observer for Jammu and Kashmir, died here Wednesday following...
Northeast India’s 115 years old rail track is now history
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Silchar (Assam) : It was an emotional moment in India's mountainous northeastern region when the train ran on the 115 years old...
Gogoi to blame for Assam violence, says opposition
Guwahati : The AGP, the BJP and the CPI-M Wednesday blamed the Tarun Gogoi government for the killing of 65 tribals in attacks by...