Adivasis

CBI charge sheet against 7 over Nido Tania’s death

Adivasis

New Delhi : The CBI Friday filed a charge sheet in a court here against seven people over the death of 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh...

AAMSU urges AIUDF not to use the name of Allah for politics

Adivasis

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU) has urged All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) not to use religion for...

Cow Slaughter, Beef Ban: The Lackluster Obsessions of Assam CM

Adivasis

Sandipan Talukdar, TwoCircles.net Mohen Morang’s family owns over 80 buffaloes and 50 cows in their cattle shed near Bamun Chapori, located in the Golaghat district...

CPI-M to protest against MGNREGA fund cuts

Adivasis

Agartala : The CPI-M will organise demonstrations across the country, including at parliament house in New Delhi Nov 26, to protest against the curtailment...

Opposition corners Tripura government for not honouring Dipa Karmakar

Adivasis

Agartala : The opposition Congress legislators Monday castigated the Left Front government for not giving due importance to Dipa Karmakar, who excelled with a...

SC notice to Rajasthan on plea by tribal women

Adivasis

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Rajasthan's Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police on a petition by...

‘Long March’ succeeds, Maharashtra concedes farmers’ demands

Adivasis

Mumbai (IANS): The gruelling 200-km, six-day long 'Long March' by over 35,000 farmers ended on a positive note, with the Maharashtra government conceding most...

MP: Three arrested for vandalising, torching church in Narmadapuram

Lead Story

Some religious texts and furniture were destroyed in the fire and the word 'Ram' was written on the wall inside the prayer hall. Huneza...

Global Rainbow Foundation to work with Ajmal Foundation

Adivasis

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.

IIT, IIM MP faces challenge on Sikkim seat

Adivasis

Gangtok: Prem Das Rai, the only parliamentarian with IIT and IIM degrees, is facing a challenge from a newly formed outfit in Sikkim's sole...

Why Jharkhand’s Pathalgadi movement is worrying the state government

Adivasis

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...

Kashmiri students claim ragged, beaten up in Ghaziabad institute

Adivasis

Ghaziabad : Students from Kashmir in a local educational institute here complained that they were beaten up and ragged by seniors while the institute's...

Manipuri man’s killing: another attacker sent to police custody

Adivasis

New Delhi : A Delhi court Wednesday sent another youth, arrested in connection with the killing of a 29-year-old Manipuri BPO employee, to one...

HC sore about inadequate publicity of northeast helpline

Adivasis

New Delhi : Expressing displeasure over adequate publicity not being given to the helpline set up for northeast people to prevent offences against them,...

Tripura: CPI-M women members at record number

Adivasis

Agartala : The strength of women members of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Tripura rose to a record 26 percent against 12...

School students in Assam village debate over population explosion in India

Adivasis

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The 2nd Inter School Debate Competition 2015 was organized by Alumni of Al-Ameen Islamic Model School and Bagh Hazarika Centre for Cultural Studies Guwahati on Saturday at Goroimari, Kamrup District, situated about 80 km from Guwahati.

Report exposes ‘roots of atrocities’ against Muslims in Assam

Adivasis

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.

Give up violence, Gogoi tells militants

Adivasis

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday urged militants to shed violence as tens of thousands braved rains and a boycott call by militants...

If Sardar Sarovar is for people of Gujarat, what about us? Ask Adivasis of...

Adivasis

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...

Two Manipuri youths attacked in Delhi, three held

Adivasis

New Delhi : Two Manipuri students were attacked with a scissor, stones and iron rods by three people, two of them juveniles, when the...

Northeast helpline in Gurgaon gets only test calls

Adivasis

Gurgaon : A special police helpline launched here last week for people from the northeast has only received calls from people wanting to check...

Anti-leprosy activist since 1948 honoured by Assam

Adivasis

Guwahati : A 94-year-old social activist, who dedicated his life to fighting leprosy in Assam's Karbi Anglong district since 1948, was Wednesday honoured by...

Haj Training Programme inaugurated at Imphal

Adivasis

By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: A three-day training programme for Haj pilgrims was inaugurated on August 8 at the office complex of Manipur...

I surrendered to Indian police before arrest: Bangladesh ex-minister

Adivasis

Shillong : Salahuddin Ahmed, a former Bangladesh minister and the spokesman of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has claimed he had willingly surrendered...

Did anti-Dalit WhatsApp messages shared among Savarnas trigger the violence during Bharat Bandh?

Adivasis

By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net The foundations of the Bharat Bandh, which took place on April 2, was laid on March 20, when the Supreme Court...

Gauhati HC quashes disqualification of 3 NCP legislators

Adivasis

Shillong : A division bench of the Gauhati High Court Wednesday set aside the order of Nagaland assembly Speaker Chotisuh Sazo disqualifying three NCP...

Will protest sexual assault of doctor, says Mirwaiz

Adivasis

By IANS, Srinagar : Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, Thursday said demonstrations will be held to protest the sexual assault of...

A conversation with GN Saibaba’s wife AS Vasantha Kumari

Adivasis

In a conversation with TwoCircles.net, the wife of jailed scholar-activist GN Saibaba AS Vasantha Kumari talks about his new book, the situation of prisoners...

Tripura government asked to form SIT to probe chit fund firms

Adivasis

Agartala : The Tripura High Court on Thursday asked the state government to set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the activities...

Modi hasn’t fulfilled promises, says Assam CM

Adivasis

Guwahati : Though the Narendra Modi government has completed six months in office, yet none of his pre-poll promises have been fulfilled so far,...

Nido Tania killing: Judicial custody of accused extended

Adivasis

By IANS, New Delhi : A court here Tuesday extended the judicial custody of the four people allegedly involved in the Nido Tania killing case...

IMA works out plan to address tribal health issue

Adivasis

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Thiruvananthapuram: Taking a serious view of increasing infant deaths and malnutrition cases reported in Attappady, one of the largest tribal settlements in Kerala, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has drawn up a detailed action plan to find solution for various health issues with special focus on antenatal care of tribal women.

Women forest dwellers recount struggles, stories of resistance in Mumbai event

Adivasis

By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net Even though there exist laws to protect forest dwellers in the country, residents, especially women, continue to face severe forms of...

‘Centre preparing vision document for NE hydrocarbon sector’

Adivasis

Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said the government is preparing a vision document for...

Rahul Gandhi cancels trip to Mizoram

Adivasis

Aizawl/Agartala : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to the northeastern states, has cancelled his visit to Mizoram on Wednesday...

Assam CM failed to handle jihadi issue: Sonowal

Adivasis

Guwahati : Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Friday expressed concern over the increase in activities of Islamist terror networks in Assam, and said Chief Minister...

Farooq Abdullah faces tough challenge in Srinagar

Adivasis

Srinagar : Retaining Srinagar is a tough call for the 78-year old National Conference patron and thrice Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah....

Making democracy work when the roads don’t: Voting in Katlicherra, Hailakandi

Adivasis

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Hailakandi: The first thing that strikes you about Hailakandi, Assam, is that given the condition of the roads in its neighbouring...

Bravery award in name of Assam girl

Adivasis

Guwahati : The Assam government Sunday announced setting up of a bravery award in the name of a school girl who was killed by...

Crime rate declines in Tripura by 18 percent

Adivasis

Agartala : Tripura witnessed a substantial 18 percent reduction in overall crime, including crime against women, during the past one year, it was announced...

Assam to oppose Centre’s ban on recruitment: Gogoi

Adivasis

Guwahati : Assam will oppose the central government's ban on recruitment and will go ahead with filling up the vacant posts in the state,...

‘Campaign against AFSPA to continue to Manipur’

Adivasis

Imphal : Days after the Supreme Court held that the army or police cannot use excessive force under the provisions of AFSPA or the...

A year later, Churachandpur’s dead remain in a morgue, awaiting justice

Adivasis

By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net Churachandpur/Delhi: Can the mood of a district of Manipur be replicated in the capital of the country? Maybe not, especially given...

Kashmiri students case: Clashes during protests, JKLF chief held

Adivasis

Srinagar : Sporadic clashes occurred Friday at some places in the Kashmir Valley over expulsion and police action against Kashmiri students in Uttar Pradesh's...

PDP seeks governor’s intervention on ‘ignored areas’

Adivasis

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...

Assam: Ethnic Communal Divides to the Fore

Adivasis

By Ram Puniyani, The recent (May 01, 2014) violence in Kokrajhar, Baska killing 32 Bengali speaking Muslims is one more reminder of the seeping Bodo-Muslim tension in the region. This violence is being attributed to Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), whose legislator Pramila Rani Brahma allegedly stated that her party candidate and Assam minister may not win in the present elections as according to her knowledge Muslims had not voted for him and have voted for a non-Bodo candidate. This is what seems to have provoked the violence, but surely this is tip of the iceberg as the problems between two communities are much deeper and are in a way continuation of the same reasons which led to the violence in the region in July 2012. This is also related to the subtle threat for the forthcoming Assembly elections of 2015.

Can The Adivasi Speak?

Adivasis

By Ashley Tellis for Twocircles.net It is time that civil society launched a counter-offensive campaign to the nonsense to which the state is subjecting its...

Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi sacked

Adivasis

New Delhi : Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi was sacked on Saturday, officials said. President Pranab Mukherjee directed that "Qureshi shall cease to hold the office...

Assam CM lays foundation stone of North East’s first College of Horticulture

Adivasis

By TCN News, Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need of developing the agriculture sector in the state as he laid the foundation stone of College of Horticulture at Lakhopur in Nalbari district which is the first of its kind in the northeast.

Northeast cultural centres will sensitise people: Experts

Adivasis

New Delhi : As crimes against people from the northeast continue to rise in the national capital and other cities, experts Friday stressed that...

Togadia prevented from making speeches in Assam

Adivasis

Guwahati : Assam Police Thursday prevented Praveen Togadia from delivering speeches in two places in the state, even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said...

‘Left, farmers’ movement ignore distinction between peasants, labourers

Lead Story

Interview with Gita Ramaswamy, author of “Land, Guns, Caste, Woman—The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary” Aatika S | TwoCircles.net In this interview, the author talks...

A keen contest for Kashmir’s Anantnag Lok Sabha seat

Adivasis

Anantnag : Opposition PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is locked in a bitter electoral battle with ruling NC candidate Mehboob Beg in this south Kashmir...

Boy, 8, shoots elder brother dead in Mizoram

Adivasis

Aizawl : An eight-year-old boy shot dead his elder brother with their father's hunting gun in Mizoram, police said here Tuesday. The incident took place...

Budget pro-rich, pro-corporate: Assam CM

Adivasis

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...

Parties welcome poll announcement in Kashmir

Adivasis

Jammu/Srinagar : Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday welcomed the announcement for the Lok Sabha polls while separatists said it has no bearing...

Two burnt to death in Tripura house blaze

Adivasis

Agartala : A 75-year-old woman and a youth were burnt to death when a fire broke out in their home in Tripura, police said...

In Pictures: The last Bhil Adivasi folk artists of Gujarat

Lead Story

The Bhil Adivasi folk musicians of the Narmada district in western Indian state of Gujarat are facing extinction as these musicians and artists are...

Meghalaya tribals oppose Jaypee getting power project

Adivasis

Shillong: Tribals in Meghalaya Monday opposed the handing over the proposed construction 240 MW Umngot hydro electric project to Jaypee Group, saying that it...

Brahminical environmentalism the reason behind attack on FRA: Abhay F. Xaxa

Adivasis

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...

PDP complains to poll panel against Kashmiri minister

Adivasis

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday lodged a complaint with Election Commission against Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo, of the...

Join hands for a better tomorrow: President to Manipuri youth

Adivasis

Canchipur (Manipur) : Asserting that societies flourish only in an "atmosphere free from violence", President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday asked the youth from Manipur to...

Nitish, legislators reach Delhi; Manjhi announces quotas

Adivasis

Patna/New Delhi : Aiming to put pressure on Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi for inviting him to form the next government in the state,...

Reports on Attapadi tribals exaggerated: Minister

Adivasis

Thiruvananthapuram : Reports about the death of infants in the Attapadi tribal settlements in Palakkad district are exaggerated and far from the truth, Rural...

Muslims at bottom of higher education ladder, alongside backward tribes

Adivasis

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...

Gogoi’s visits to 18 countries cost exchequer Rs.43 lakh

Adivasis

Guwahati : Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's official overseas trips to 18 countries since assuming office in 2001 cost the state exchequer Rs.43,44,353 but yielded...

Three kids of a family burnt alive in Mizoram

Adivasis

Aizawl : Three minor children of a tribal family, including a girl, were burnt alive and one was seriously injured in Mizoram as their...

Omar promises introspection over poll rout

Adivasis

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Sunday said he would connect to the people of the state at large to introspect...

Northeast gets Rs.2,362 crore, promise to mainstream the region

Adivasis

New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday announced a budget allocation of Rs.2,362.74 crore for the Northeast and promised to bring the region...

Manipuri Muslim women who took part in Nupi Lan of 1939 remembered

Adivasis

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: The 75th anniversary of Nupi Lan, or women’s agitation of 1904 and 1939, was observed in Manipur on Dec. 12, 2014. Many Muslim civil societies in Manipur urged State Government to recognise the Muslim women who took part in the women’s agitation of 1939.

Rescued Tripura tribal kids to be sent back home

Adivasis

Agartala : Sixteen of the 19 children rescued from the Guwahati railway station by the Assam Police CID and Childline, an NGO, belong to...

Assam and Nagaland CMs advocate for amicable border solution

Adivasis

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: The Governments of Assam and Nagaland mutually agreed to resolve the border row amicably and to form a joint mechanism to work out a solution to the problem.

Tripura CM flays BJP remark on ‘immigrants’

Adivasis

Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Wednesday attacked the BJP for describing people from the northeast living in Delhi as "immigrants" -- a...

Arunachal, Varanasi to get NDRF battalions: Rijiju

Adivasis

Guwahati : Two new battalions of the National Disater Response Force (NDRF) will be set up in Arunachal Pradesh and in Varanasi, the Lok...

Colonial hangover ails workers of Assam’s tea industry

Adivasis

By Azera Parveen Rahman, Tezpur (Assam) : Colonial-style bungalows of Assam's expansive tea gardens and the British-era lifestyles of their executives paint a picture postcard of yore. Sadly, this hangover also extends to the poor living conditions of labourers - an issue now in the limelight after the World Bank said that it was probing the violation of workers' rights inthese plantations it jointly finances with Tata Global Beverages.

Changing pattern of struggle against land acquisition in India

Adivasis

By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net, Until the tribes and other weaker sections of the remote, and mineral-rich rough terrains of east-central India were getting displaced from...

SC pulls up Assam for laxity over illegal Bangladeshi migrants

Adivasis

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Assam government for filing a vague and unsatisfactory affidavit and questioned its seriousness...

Tripura legislator is dead

Adivasis

Agartala : Veteran communist leader of Tripura and sitting CPI-M legislator Sudhir Das died at a hospital in New Delhi Sunday following a heart...

BSF trooper, civilian driver killed in Tripura attack

Adivasis

Agartala : A BSF trooper and a civilian driver were killed, while another man was injured Monday when militants fired at them in Tripura,...

South African held for raping Naga woman in Delhi

Adivasis

New Delhi : A 34-year-old South African has been arrested on charges of raping a woman from Nagaland on the pretext of marriage, police...

What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?

Adivasis

The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...

Government to relax road development norms for northeast states

Adivasis

New Delhi : The government said Wednesday it will relax norms on the development of the road and highways sector in the northeastern states. Road...

SC stays order to end 10,323 Tripura teachers jobs

Adivasis

Agartala : The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Tripura High Court order to terminate the jobs of 10,323 government teachers and allowed them to...

12 injured in clash over organising Durga Puja in Tripura

Adivasis

Agartala : At least 12 people, including six women, were injured during a clash between two communities over organising Durga Puja in Tripura, police...

Three northeastern states celebrate foundation day

Adivasis

Agartala/Imphal : The northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya Wednesday organised numerous programmes and events to celebrate their 43rd foundation day. Prime Minister Narendra...

India’s space odyssey, slice of Nagaland: Durga puja variety

Adivasis

By Sahana Ghosh, Kolkata : Twinkling rockets zooming off into space towards a reddish Mars, tribals keeping alive the unique iron craft in the backdrop...

Attack on teacher in Assam: BJP Yuvamorcha president arrested

Adivasis

By Mustafa A. Barbhuiya, TwoCircles.net, On a successful lead by Officer in-charge Prafulla Borgohain, a breakthrough was made in the case of attack on the ambulance carrying lynched college teacher in Karimganj district of Assam. An FIR was filed by Sub-Inspector Swapan Kumar Nath of Karimganj Police who was escorting the ambulance in Silchar City Police where the incidence had happened.

Don’t harass tourists, tour operators tell northeast rebels

Adivasis

Shillong : A confederation of tour operators in India's northeastern states Monday appealed to various rebel groups in the region not to harass tourists...

No more on fast, Manipur now shuns Sharmila

Adivasis

By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal : A day after she broke her 16-year fast against a law that gives sweeping powers to the military, Irom...

John urges NorthEast fans to throng stadium for support

Adivasis

Shillong : Bollywood actor John Abraham, co-owner of NorthEast United FC (NEUFC), Wednesday urged his Shillong fans to throng the Indira Gandhi stadium in...

Congress does not care for poor, tribals, says Modi

Adivasis

Bhubaneswar : Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said Friday the Congress party does not care for the poor and tribals...

Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar: A Voice of Bijapur, Silenced Too Soon

Adivasis

Poonam Masih, TwoCircles.net Mukesh Chandrakar was not just a name; it was the very identity of Bijapur (Chhattisgarh). For journalists, whether from India or abroad,...

Kashmir sexual assault victim lodges complaint against MP

Adivasis

By IANS, Srinagar : The doctor who alleged sexual assault by an ex-minister in Jammu and Kashmir Monday said she has lodged a police complaint...

Odisha’s SC/ST MLAs plead with CM on reservation

Adivasis

Bhubaneswar : The Odisha assembly on Friday witnessed an unusual scene when opposition MLAs belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes fell at Chief...

People of Nagaland weary of insurgency: Jitendra Singh

Adivasis

Kohima: Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the people of Nagaland were weary of insurgency and their...

Strike cripples normal life in Manipur on subsidised rice issue

Adivasis

Imphal, (IANS) A 48-hour general strike called by a tribal students organisation in Manipur's Tengnoupal district crippled normal life on Thursday in the border areas and...

Security forces, ethnic army clash near Myanmar-Bangladesh border

Adivasis

Yangon: Heavy fighting between security forces and the Arakan ethnic army occurred near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. The fighting came a day ahead of the resumption...

Assam to host DGPs conference amid terror threat

Adivasis

Guwahati : Amidsta threat by militant outfits and violence by ULFA, Assam will host the 49th All India DGPs and IGPs conference here from...

Chakma tribals observe ‘black day’

Adivasis

Agartala : Around 7.5 lakh Chakma tribals observed a 'black day' on Wednesday to protest the occupation of their original homeland in the Chittagong...

In Sunderbans, fishermen enter unchartered territories in search of livelihood

Adivasis

In the second of the four-part series, we look at how the livelihoods of the fishing community is increasingly under threat to overfishing,...

Three drug peddlers arrested in Tripura, heroin seized

Adivasis

Agartala : Tripura Police arrested three members of an inter-state drug peddlers' gang and seized around 900 grams of heroin from them, police said...

Centre not consulting states on crucial issues: Sarkar

Adivasis

Agartala : The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government is not consulting state governments on crucial policy decisions, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Wednesday. "The...

Indian Americans condemn Saudi award for Prime Minister Modi

Adivasis

Award defies logic given Modi’s record before and after taking office as Prime Minister By TCN News, Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy...

Release jailed chairman for peace talks: Meghalaya outfit

Adivasis

By IANS, Shillong : The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit in Meghalaya, Monday said it was ready for peace talks provided...

Cry for bringing peace in Assam’s BTAD through review of BTC

Adivasis

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: Slamming the Assam government for failing to protect the innocent people All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) demanded that the state government has no right to be in power. AIUDF also demanded that the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) under the leadership of Hagrama Mohilary should be reviewed for better law and order maintenance.

Tripura college principal held for molesting student

Adivasis

Agartala : The principal of a government degree college in Tripura has been arrested for molesting a girl student, police said here Sunday. "Police arrested...

Dimapur lynching incident rocks Assam assembly

Adivasis

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.

Assam bandh: Normal life hit; over 70 detained, released

Adivasis

Guwahati : Normal life was affected across Assam Friday in the wake of a Bajrang Dal-sponsored 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh to press for the arrest...

Newly elected Lok Sabha MPs from North East felicitated in Delhi

Adivasis

By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net, New Delhi: The people from North East India staying in the National Capital felicitated the Members of Parliament (MPs) who were elected to the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

Act against ‘atrocities’ on Telangana’s Dalits, Congress tells panels

Adivasis

New Delhi/Hyderabad, (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday urged the NHRC and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes to direct the Telangana government to take action...

Nine arrested for branding Assam athlete a witch

Adivasis

Guwahati : Nine people, including seven women, have been arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy for branding an Assam athlete as a witch, police...

Assam oppose to visa free entry for Bangladeshi proposal

Adivasis

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, Guwahati: After Assam government opposed to the proposal of the Narendra Modi government to let Bangladeshi nationals without visa, several political and social organizations have reacted strongly against it. The state government earlier said it has opposed a proposal from the centre to give visa-free entry to Bangladeshi nationals below 18 years and above 65 years of age.

One-way, one-stop office for northeasterners suggested

Adivasis

By Rupesh Dutta, New Delhi : An IPS officer belonging to the northeast in every city with a sizable population from the region, a one-stop...

Paper trail to be used in Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya

Adivasis

Shillong : The voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) system will be used for the first time in the Lok Sabha elections in Nagaland,...

Sumeet Samos releases another awesome song ‘Desia Pila Area Khali’

Adivasis

TCN News Sumeet Samos, the young rapper from the Dalit community in Orissa has released yet another song titled “Desia Pila Area Khali” wherein he...

23 books selected for Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2014

Adivasis

New Delhi : Translations of popular books like "The Immortals of Meluha" "The God of Small Things" and "Mujhe Chand Chahiye", among others, have...

Manipuri, Sri Lankan among medal winners at Bhatkhande convocation

Adivasis

Lucknow : Musicians from across the country as well as from abroad would attend the fourth convocation of the Bhatkhande Musical University in the...

Congress flays Tripura over chit fund scam, seeks CBI probe

Adivasis

Kolkata: Accusing the Manik Sarkar government in Tripura of "shielding" and "benefitting" from Rose Valley, a ponzi firm under scanner for money laundering, the...

International doctors to check malaria outbreak in Tripura

Adivasis

Agartala : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an independent international medical humanitarian organisation, has extended its help to control the outbreak of malaria in Tripura,...

Children and the elderly in Jharkhand March for Forest and Land Rights

Adivasis

Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net Close to 10000 people including children, men, women and even senior citizens of tribal communities from 20 districts of Jharkhand came together...

Northeast activists demand action against khap panchayat

Adivasis

By IANS, New Delhi : Students and activists from the northeast Monday met Delhi Police officials demanding action against a khap panchayat that threatened to...

तीर कमान से लैस ग्रामीणों के विरोध के बावजूद दंतेवाड़ा जिले के पोटाली में...

Adivasis

By मंगल कुंजम, TwoCircles.net छत्तीसगढ़ दंतेवाड़ा :- जिले से दूर नक्सल प्रभावित अरनपुर थाना क्षेत्र में नए कैम्प खोलने को लेकर इलाके के ग्रामीण लगातार...

Meghalaya IAS officer attacked

Adivasis

Shillong : A senior IAS official in Meghalaya had a narrow escape when unidentified militants attacked him, a police official said Friday. Chinmay P. Gotmare,...

Ajmal Foundation’s talent search for 2015 held

Adivasis

By TCN News, Guwahati: 70,856 students across seven North Eastern states of India and West Bengal took the prestigious Ajmal National Talent Search Examination (ANTSE) 2015 held across 1,089 exam centres in the region on Sunday, and a good performance in it could change their life in more ways than one. The ANTSE had assumed significance as a popular talent search examination in the North East India to start with and now its reach is spreading beyond the region while the aim is to cover all of India in the near future, a press statement by Ajmal Foundation said.

Christian leaders meet Rajnath Singh, ask for protection and safeguarding places of worship

Adivasis

By TCN News New Delhi: The All India Christian Council held a national Christian leaders meeting in New Delhi with the Home Minister...

No question of dividing Tripura: Chief minister

Adivasis

Agartala : Tripura's Left Front government would not allow any attempt to divide the northeastern state, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Monday, asserting...

Ajmal CSR starts college in Assam’s BTAD

Adivasis

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.

Students in Kozhikode extend Ramadan relief to Tribal people

Adivasis

By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net Kozhikode: For Muslims, Ramadan is month of charity and relief. If the figures with Muslim organisations are taken into account, crores...

Mafia running Odisha, looting state’s wealth: Rahul

Adivasis

Semiliguda/Nabrangpur (Odisha) : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday said a mafia was running the state government and looting the mineral wealth of Odisha. "The...

यूपी में जंगलराज : दलित बस्ती में लगाई आग, दो मासूम जले

Adivasis

TwoCircles.net News Desk लखनऊ : सीतापुर के लहरपुर थाने के पट्टी देहलिया गांव में दलित बस्ती के 35 घरों में आग लगाने और 2 मासूम...

Eight millionaires in Meghalaya electoral battle

Adivasis

Shillong : Eight of the 10 candidates in the fray in Meghalaya's two parliamentary constituencies that go to polls Wednesday are millionaires. The ruling Congress...

Killings in Assam condemnable: Amnesty

Adivasis

New Delhi : The killing of unarmed civilians by Bodo militants in Assam "is highly condemnable and shows contempt for human lives", Amnesty International...

In J&K, Gujjar community threatens state-wide agitation against alleged rape and murder of eight-year-old...

Adivasis

By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net Jammu: On Thursday, January 18, Jammu and Kashmir woke up to a terrible news of the death of an eight-year-old...

Modi congratulates new CM of Nagaland

Adivasis

New Delhi : Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi Saturday congratulated newly sworn-in Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang. "Congratulations to T.R. Zeliang on taking oath as...

Bangladeshi influx into Assam to be poll issue: Venkaiah Naidu

Adivasis

Guwahati : The anti-Congress wave across India will also affect the Lok Sabha polls in the northeast, and influx from Bangladesh into Assam will...

एनआरसी से सरकार की खुली पोल: आदिवासी मुख्यधारा से ग़ायब, मुसलमान कर रहे हैं...

Adivasis

एनआरसी की अंतिम लिस्ट से बाहर कर दिए गए 19 लाख 6 हज़ार 657 लोग खुद को भारतीय साबित करने की क़वायद में जहां...

Bodies of Manipur activists killed in 2015 violence to be buried

Adivasis

Imphal, (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Tuesday said the bodies of eight tribal activists killed in mob violence in September 2015...

Dalit anger: BJP’s hard core is its own enemy

Adivasis

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,...

CRPF to take skill development programmes to tribals, J&K youth

Adivasis

New Delhi : In a novel reach-out endeavour of the government, the Central Reserve Police Force has been roped in to extend benefits of...

PM to launch start-up scheme for SCs/STs

Adivasis

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now on a visit to Saudi Arabia, will on Tuesday launch a scheme to promote entrepreneurship among...

JUH Maharashtra bears all expenses of marriage of girl whose father was lynched by...

Adivasis

By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net On July 1, 2018, the family of Bharat Bhonsle were left stunned, broken and distraught after they were informed that Bharat...

Child-tracing portal hit by poor infrastructure in northeast

Adivasis

Guwahati : Lack of computers in many police stations and poor internet connectivity have stopped police in many northeastern states from uploading data in...

Militants in fatigues attack army camp in Kashmir, shot dead

Adivasis

Jammu: Three militants, dressed in army uniforms, Friday attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district riding a goods vehicle they hijacked at gunpoint, but were shot dead after a gunfight. A soldier and the vehicle's driver and another occupant were also killed.

‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...

Adivasis

A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...

Assam CM wishes Hajj pilgrims in Guwahati

Adivasis

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.

BJP names candidate for Mainpuri LS seat

Adivasis

Agra : The BJP Wednesday named Prem Singh Shakya as its candidate for the Lok Sabha bye-election for the Mainpuri seat which was vacated...

Eid-ul-Adha celebrated in Manipur

Adivasis

By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net, Imphal: Prayers and greetings marked the Eid-ul-Adha celebrations by the Muslims in Manipur today. In the Imphal city, Muslims performed the Eid Namaz in the mosques. Muslim males, clad in kurta-pyjama, were seen in large number in the early morning performing namaz at some of the prominent mosques, like Sadr Bazar Jame Majid, at Imphal main market, Jame Masjid at Hafiz Hatta, Jame Masjid at Golapati, etc.