Assam oppose to visa free entry for Bangladeshi proposal
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.
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.
Rajasthan tribal women learn candle making under project ‘Sakhi’
Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc's project "Sakhi" has been empowering dozens of rural and tribal women in Rajasthan's Zawar region, near here, by teaching...
11 arrested for Kerala tribal youth’s murder
Thrissur (Kerala), (IANS): The Kerala Police on Saturday said it has arrested nine more persons in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old "mentally unfit"...
Mamata likens Assam carnage to Peshawar massacre
Kolkata : Extending support to over 1000 tribals from Assam who have taken refuge in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday condemned the...
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...
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...
The blame game and RS election in Assam
Suspended AIUDF MLA Majharbhuiyan says party chief Ajmal asked him to abstain.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After remaining in the centre of the...
10 gunned down in two Assam attacks
Guwahati : At least 10 people were killed and four injured when suspected militants opened indiscriminate fire in two Assam villages Thursday night, police...
No relief for Soni Sori: Brother-in-law, sister, picked up for interrogation
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
Delhi: Having barely recovered from a brutal attack on her face by assailants, Soni Sori, the human rights activist from Chattisgarh,...
Manipur tribal areas begin strike to protest land and shops bills
Imphal: Even as the bitter row over three bills passed by the Manipur assembly and now awaiting presidential assent continues on, the tribal areas...
Banking services hit in Northeast
Agartala/Guwahati : Banking services were badly affected in the northeastern region of the country Wednesday as most of the major banks remained closed in...
SC postpones hearing on Meghalaya CM’s tribal status
Shillong : The Supreme Court Monday put off a hearing to decide the tribal status of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma as one of...
SSSC condemns Irom Sharmila’s re-arrest
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) has condemned the re-arrest of Irom Sharmila.
On 19th August, Imphal Court in its...
Three army men killed in fratricidal firing
Jammu : Three army men, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were Sunday killed in a fratricidal firing incident in Poonch district of Jammu...
Tripura party merges with BJP
Agartala : The BJP Monday got a shot in its arm in Left-ruled Tripura with a local political party merging with the party while...
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...
Maharashtra governor transferred
New Delhi : K. Sankaranarayanan, the governor of Maharashtra, was Sunday transferred and appointed as the Mizoram governor for the remainder of his term,...
Assam wants asylum for victims of religious persecution
Guwahati : The Assam government Wednesday decided to request the Centre to frame a policy for granting asylum on humanitarian grounds to people who...
Five militants killed in past 24 hours in Meghalaya
Shillong : Five militants have been killed in the past 24 hours in the insurgency-ridden Garo Hills region in Meghalaya, including two ASAK militants...
Reduction in scholarship allocation for Dalit students a major concern, shows that Dalits, Adivasis...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The Union Budget presented today by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley received sharp criticism from the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights...
Poll staff airlifted, others trekking to remote Ladakh areas
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir) : Polling parties and election materials were dispatched Sunday to six far-flung polling stations of Leh district in Jammu and...
HR groups, activists, scholars seek action against Hindutva groups for issuing threats to Mangalore...
Scores of human rights organizations, activists and scholars have written an open letter to Mangalore district administration in Karnataka seeking action against Hindutva groups...
Meghalaya district polls: A lucky draw decides winner
Shillong : The ruling Congress in Meghalaya Thursday won the highest number of seats in the two autonomous district councils elections, with one of...
Curfew lifted in Assam’s troubled district
Guwahati : Indefinite curfew imposed in Assam's troubled Golaghat district, along the border with Nagaland, was lifted Friday for 12 hours as it remained...
Northeast history, culture in NCERT books: Arunachal CM
By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS,
New Delhi : The central government has agreed to include geography, history and tradition and culture of the indigenous people of...
Tripura to increase number of women police personnel
Agartala : The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said...
66-Year-Old Jharkhand Man a Beacon of Hope for Abandoned Girls
Tauseef Ahmad/ TwoCircles.net
Hari Ram Pandey, a 66-year-old man from Deogarh in Jharkhand, has been raising abandoned girls on his own for the past two...
Meghalaya police officer arrested for molesting minor
Shillong : A Meghalaya police officer was arrested for molesting a minor girl, an officer said Monday.
Prosecuting Inspector Alarick J. Sangma was nabbed Sunday...
Manipuri youth’s Delhi attackers sent to police custody
New Delhi : A court here Tuesday sent the three youths arrested for killing a Manipuri BPO employee, to two days' police custody.
The employee,...
Assam bandh over Indo-Bangla land deal draws mixed response
Guwahati : The 10-hour Assam bandh on Thursday against the central government's decision to hand over the state's land to Bangladesh evoked a mixed...
Manipur records over 50 percent polling
Imphal:Over 50 percent voters cast their ballot till 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, as polling was held for one...
Nagaland villagers amazed as union minister inspects toilets
Kohima : Tribal villagers in Nagaland on Sunday said they were amazed when Ram Kripal Yadav, union minister of state for drinking water and...
Manipur’s first Chief Minister Md Alimuddin remembered
By Dr Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Md Alimuddin, the first Chief Minister of Manipur after it attained statehood, was remembered on the 42nd foundation day of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Centre, which later developed into Manipur University (MU).
No more on fast, Manipur now shuns Sharmila
By Iboyaima Laithangbam
Imphal : A day after she broke her 16-year fast against a law that gives sweeping powers to the military, Irom...
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...
Rescued tribal kids sent back homes in Assam, Tripura
Agartala : The 19 tribal children rescued from Guwahati railway station in Assam by security forces and Childline, an NGO, have been handed over...
Meghalaya to count votes under CCTV surveillance
Shillong : Counting of votes for Meghalaya's two Lok Sabha seats will be done under CCTV surveillance, an election official said Wednesday.
Over 69 percent...
Sharmila again arrested in Manipur, taken to hospital
Imphal : Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who is on an indefinite fast in Manipur for nearly 14 years seeking repeal of a law giving...
Assam’s MY-FACTS to act as facilitator for implementation of govt. schemes
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Guwahati based organization MY-FACTS (Muslim Youth’s Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism, and Sedition) has decided on 31st March to act as facilitator for implementation of government schemes in Assam following a special meeting of the core committee at Hatigaon in the city, presided over by Tanishi Inam.
Manipuri woman found dead in Delhi
New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented accommodation here Thursday, police said.
Aben Sofia was found...
K.K. Paul takes oath as acting Mizoram governor
Aizawl : Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul Tuesday took additional charge as the governor of Mizoram.
Paul was sworn-in as the state's 14th governor by...
Congress slams government over Maharashtra governor’s transfer
New Delhi : The Congress Sunday said the government was exercising its power in an "extremely arbitrary manner" over the transfer of Maharashtra governor...
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...
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...
Patna HC axes SC/ST quota in promotions
Patna : The Patna High Court on Monday quashed Bihar's decision to provide reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) government employees.
After...
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...
US to encourage businessmen to invest in northeast: Envoy
Agartala : The US government and its diplomatic missions in India will encourage American businessmen to invest in India's resource-rich northeast region, a top...
Schoolgirl raped, murdered in Tripura
Agartala : A 16-year-old schoolgirl was raped and murdered in Tripura, police said here Friday.
"Tarubala Debbarma, a student of class six, was raped and...
Seminar draws roadmap for minority women’s education in North East
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) hosted a national seminar on ‘Educational status of Minority Women in North East India: Challenges & Future Prospects’ in Techno City in the outskirts of Guwahati. The event was supported by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.
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...
Preparation for higher education of madrassa students
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: What can be clearly termed as a correct step in the right direction, for the first time madrassa students in Assam are undergoing special training to enable themselves for higher studies. For the first time in Assam, Madrassa students are going to peruse higher studies from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
Families dependent on minig in Meghalaya unable to get food
Shillong : An organisation for coal miners and owners has said families dependent on mining have been finding it difficult to get two square...
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...
Kashmiri students case: Clashes during protests, JKLF chief held
Srinagar : Sporadic clashes occurred Friday at some places in the Kashmir Valley over expulsion and police action against Kashmiri students in Uttar Pradesh's...
Blaming state govt, Assam Wakf president Khaleque resigns
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Wakf Board president Abdul Khalque has resigned from his position after BJP’s Minority Morcha’s serious allegations of mismanagement of the properties in the state even as the country is witnessing a wave of resignations. Khaleque, a former MLA of the Congress has also dared to face a CBI inquiry in this regard of fund mismanagement.
Soni Sori’s condition out of danger
New Delhi: Tribal teacher-turned-leader Soni Sori, who was attacked with acid and is undergoing medical treatment at the Apollo hospital here, is out of...
Kerala to bring new law to ensure quota for SC/ST in aided colleges
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Thiruvananthapuram: Taking note of the poor representation of teaching staff belonging to SC/ST sections in aided colleges in the...
Farooq’s comment sparks ruckus in Kashmir assembly
Jammu : There was a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Monday over union minister and former state chief minister Farooq Abdullah's comments...
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...
Assam-Nagaland border in chaos: Police firing kills protestors in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Curfew was clamped following the death of three protestors in police firing in Assam’s Golaghat district on Wednesday. The unruly protestors ransacked the police vehicles and others forcing the police to open fire. The Army is flag marching the area.
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).
Lot needs to be done on roads in northeast: Minister
New Delhi : Admitting that India is much behind China in building roads along the border areas in the northeast, DoNER Minister Gen V.K....
Surge of foreign tourists in northeast
New Delhi : India's northeastern states saw a surge of foreign tourists in 2013 registering a growth of 27.9 percent over 2012, an official...
More Indo-French science collaborations for Northeast
Kolkata : Working with India's leading research centres, the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) is seeking more scientific partnerships for...
Newly elected Lok Sabha MPs from North East felicitated in Delhi
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.
‘Meghalaya has no records of Bangladeshis’
Shillong : Meghalaya has no record of Bangladeshis who entered the state on or before March 24, 1971, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said Thursday.
"While...
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...
SC notice on reservation in legislatures
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on a PIL seeking increase the SC/ST...
CPI-M opposes move to drop special category status to northeast
Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist has demanded that the central government immediately abandon any move to withdraw the special category status to...
Reception given to 3 newly elected MPs of Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) gave the newly elected three Members of the Parliament of the State - Lok Sabha MPs Dr. Th. Meinya, Thangso Baite and Rajya Sabha MP Haji Abdul Salam - a warm reception on June 26, 2014 at a function organized at the Congress Bhavan, Imphal.
Rajnath stresses on security for north-easterners in Delhi
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said the people belonging to the north-eastern region of the country and living in Delhi should...
Tripura tops for sixth year in providing rural jobs
Agartala : The Left-ruled Tripura maintained its top position for the sixth consecutive year by providing 88 person-days' rural jobs per household under the...
Give up violence, Gogoi tells militants
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday urged militants to shed violence as tens of thousands braved rains and a boycott call by militants...
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...
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.
Two injured in bomb explosion in Meghalaya
Shillong : Two people were injured on Monday morning after militants hurled a crude bomb at a petrol pump in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills...
Manipuri student robbed in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 20-year-old Manipuri student was robbed by three unidentified men when he went to buy a recharge coupon for his...
Assam, Nagaland agree to resolve border crisis: Rijiju
Guwahati : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Thursday said a joint mechanism would be worked out soon to defuse prevailing...
Congress, NC tie up for Lok Sabha polls
Jammu : The ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir has forged an electoral alliance for the Lok Sabha polls,...
Over 60 percent polling in Nagaland till 2 p.m.
Kohima: Clear weather encouraged enthusiastic voters in Nagaland's lone Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday, with more than 60 percent of the ballots cast till...
Assam CM concerned over militant activities in northeast
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday expressed concern over the attacks on security forces by militant groups in the northeast region...
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...
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...
Former Assam police chief commits suicide
Guwahati : Former Assam police chief Shankar Baruah shot himself dead here Wednesday, police said.
Police said the former director general of police shot himself...
Manipur development project spells doom for 11 villages, 12,000 people
By Azera Parveen Rahman
Imphal: One person's manna is another person's poison. This adage couldn't ring more true for the people of Manipur whose fate...
Quake hits northeast
By IANS,
Shillong: A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook India's northeastern states Sunday night, officials said.
The quake occurred around 10.35...
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...
Qureshi sworn in as Mizoram governor
Aizawl : Academician Aziz Qureshi, who was transferred from Uttarakhand, was sworn in as the 15th governor of Mizoram here Friday.
Justice Michael Zothankhuma of...
Migrant Pandits throng Khirbhawani shrine in Kashmir
Srinagar : Hundreds of migrant Kashmiri Pandits Friday thronged the Mata Khirbhawani shrine in Kashmir's Ganderbal district for an annual festival.
Kashmiri Hindus -- young...
Police searches at slums in Hyderabad spark fear among slum dwellers
The recent searches carried out by police in several slums in Hyderabad has drawn the ire of the slum-dwellers, who are predominantly Muslim, Dalits...
Appeal for free and fair election in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: As the Assam state election commission is planning to schedule the 3rd election for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) for Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) elections in the last week of March in 2015, organisations including students’ bodies, have appealed the state and the central government to review the formation of council before the election.
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...
Vulnerability of Andaman’s tribals brought alive through fiction
New Delhi: Attempting to reach out to a wider audience and highlight the vulnerabilities of tribal communities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands who...
JKLF protest march in Srinagar against youth’s killing
Srinagar : Pro-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir Front (JKLF) activists took out a protest march in summer capital Srinagar Monday against the killing of a...
Lightning kills two in Tripura
Agartala : A school student and a woman were killed and five other people injured in lightning strikes in Tripura, official said here on...
Adivasi villages in Jharkhand, Odisha face severe neglect, reveals new report
The report titled “Status of Adivasi Livelihoods 2021” highlights the difficulties and scarcities faced by the tribal communities.
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NEW DELHI —...
Nagaland polls contest between Nagas, outside forces: NPF chief
Kohima, Feb 12 (IANS): Nagaland's ruling NPF chief Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Monday said the February 27 assembly election is not just a contest between...
Assam and Nagaland CMs advocate for amicable border solution
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.
In Sunderbans, implementation of Forest Rights Act remains a mere pipe-dream
In the first of the four part-series, we look at the livelihood challenges that trouble the people of Sunderbans, West Bengal. Although famed for...
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...
Bhagwati seeks to contest from Tezpur in Assam
By IANS,
New Delhi : J. Bhagwati, a former Indian high commissioner to Britain, has sought the Congress nomination for the Tezpur Lok Sabha seat,...
Fires destroy hotel, tyre factory in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar : A fire in south Kashmir's Pahalgam tourist resort Monday destroyed a hotel and two dozen shops, while a devastating blaze destroyed a...
Strike disrupts rail services in northeast
Agartala/Guwahati : A 100-hour strike called by the indigenous people in southern Assam disrupted railway services in parts of the northeastern region for the...
Kashmir governor’s address to legislature disrupted
By IANS,
Jammu : There was chaos on the first day of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature's budget session Monday as opposition members disrupted Governor...
‘Garoland demand to continue even after peace accord’
Shillong : A rebel group in Meghalaya that would next week sign a peace accord with the central government Thursday said it would continue...
India, Bangladesh to step up joint border patrolling
Agartala : Border guards of India and Bangladesh would intensify their joint patrolling, officials said here Sunday following a two-day district-level border meet.
"The BSF...
तलवार की धार पर छत्तीसगढ़ के पत्रकार
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दंतेवाड़ा (छत्तीसगढ़) : छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर इलाक़े में चौथे खंभे की हालत बेहद ही दयनीय है. नक्सली इलाक़े में जान-जोखिम...
Yasin Malik arrested, JKLF march halted
Srinagar : Police Monday intercepted a pro-independence march by the JKLF here and arrested its chairman Yasin Malik and around a dozen supporters.
Malik appeared...
Under Modi, record rise in unspent funds for Dalits/tribals
By Nikhil M. Babu
In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and...
20 dead, over 400 ill in Tripura malaria outbreak
Agartala : At least 20 people have died and over 400 fallen ill due to the outbreak of malaria in northern Tripura, a minister...
Gogoi thanks PM for including Assam in land swap deal
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for re-including Assam in the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh.
In...
Remote tribal community in Arunachal opens homestay for tourists
Nampong (Arunachal Pradesh): A small tribal community in the hills of Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh have opened their homes for people to stay...
Modern slavery: Adivasi labourers in Gujarat’s sugarcane fields
Every year more than two lakh Adivasis from the Maharashtra-Gujarat border region immigrate to work in sugar mills as sugarcane harvesters—but without any...
Odisha minister says unaware of tribals’ killing; opposition flays government
Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha's tribal welfare minister on Sunday said he was unaware of the killing of five tribal villagers in Kandhamal district, the...
Mizoram refugee votes to be counted in Tripura
Agartala/Aizawl : In view of the reported threats from NGOs in Aizawl, the Lok Sabha postal ballots of tribal refugees of Mizoram living in...
Three-day conference on “Tribal situation in India” starts at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh): On Monday, January 29, the 47th Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society on the theme ‘Tribal Situation...
Assam CM asks projects proposal of MsDP
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the state Minority Affairs minister Dr. Nazrul Islam to submit projects proposal focusing on education, health and skill development to the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs for allocation of funds under the Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) for implementation during the 12th Five Year Plan.
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...
Gandhi’s people in Maoist land
By Aishik Chanda,
Kukurbhukka, Jashpur district (Chhattisgarh): They travel in a van donated by a Gondi Adivasi organization of Bastar. They spend the night with benevolent villagers and eat whatever is offered. The 12-member CGNet Swara team that travels through central India promoting citizen journalism through mobile radio is a diverse lot.
Three people killed in Tripura road mishap
Agartala : At least three people were killed and 17 others were critically injured when two passenger jeeps collided in Tripura, police said here...
RIST welcomes meritorious engineering aspirants from low income families
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The recently announced results of class 12 examination by the state and central boards have brought cheers among thousands of successful candidates in North East. While the students with sound financial background are planning to pursue their academic career according to their choice and realize their dreams, the students with limited financial background are beset with gloom and despair.
Erosion affected people at government door step seeking help in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Erosion has been the toughest hurdle in their lives so far. After losing to land and properties to river erosion, many have been left with nothing but to spend nights on the embankments in many districts of Assam.
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...
Reservation unrest in Manipur varsity
Imphal : The issue of reservation seems to have polarised the students of Manipur University here after the University Grants Commission (UGC) slashed the...
Sonia woos tribals in Madhya Pradesh
Sidhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday spoke about the various social security schemes launched by the UPA government, in her bid to woo the...
250 Bangladeshi tribals seek refuge in Tripura
Agartala : Over 250 Bangladeshi tribals, mostly Buddhists and Hindus, have entered Tripura seeking refuge after ethnic clashes with non-tribal Muslims in their country,...
Tripura to set up elephant reserve
Agartala : The Tripura government would set up an elephant reserve in the mountainous northeastern state to conserve wild elephants, a minister said here...
Transferred from Maharashtra to Mizoram, Sankaranarayanan quits
Mumbai : Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, who was early Sunday abruptly transferred to Mizoram for the rest of his term, has announced his resignation.
"I...
Assam teen writes novel on ‘Generation Gap’
Tawhid Laskar, 16, is believed to be the youngest writer in Assam and undoubtedly the youngest Muslim debut writer of the region
By Maruf Alom,
Hojai (Assam): Simple, soft spoken, shy in nature but confident in outlook, thin in shape; this is all about a teenager of Hojai – a tiny town of Assam. During my last visit home in March 2015, I met him for the first time.
Narayanan M Sankaran: A Ph.D. holder from Kerala who wants to instill Adivasi pride...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net
Most people would be happy to find work after completing nearly a decade of higher education. But Narayanan M Sankaran, who...
CBI raids Trinamool MP Tapas Paul’s home, 42 Rose Valley locations
Kolkata/Agartala : The CBI on Wednesday raided the Kolkata residence of Trinamool Congress actor-MP Tapas Paul and 42 other locations of the Rose Valley...
Minorities Rights Day observed at Manipur
By Dr Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: With an aim to strengthen the cause of the minorities, the Minorities Rights Day was observed in Manipur too by the Manipur State Minorities Commission (MSMC).
Graced by Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, the function was held on December 18 at the Maharaja Chandrakirti Auditorium, near Palace Compound, here.
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...
Three militants killed in Assam bomb blast
Guwahati : Three militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) faction that is opposed to any talks were killed Friday in a...
Heroin seized, Myanmarese national held in Mizoram
Aizawl : Officials of the Mizoram excise and narcotics department have arrested a Myanmarese national and seized 44 grams of heroin, estimated to be...
Mission to clean up electoral rolls in northeast
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : To ensure clean electoral lists and eliminate error and duplication of names, India's northeastern states will intensify the drive to...
‘I am not here by luck. I am equal to everyone else’ says lone...
This is the second of the three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students /faculty at the Mahatma Gandhi...
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...
Parts of northeast cut off as Meghalaya blockade continues
Agartala : The northeastern states of Tripura, Mizoram, parts of Manipur and southern Assam remained cut off from the rest of India for the...
A year later, Churachandpur’s dead remain in a morgue, awaiting justice
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...
Tripura wants liberal central assistance for small states
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government should be generous to provide economic support to small...
Manipur’s new governor takes charge
Imphal : Former Congress leader and author Syed Ahmed on Saturday took charge as the 16th governor of Manipur.
Manipur High Court Chief Justice Laxmikanta...
Three killed, 21 injured in Manipur blast
Imphal : Three people were killed and 21 others injured in a powerful blast at a market here in the Manipur capital on Wednesday,...
‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ drive launched in Mizoram
Aizawl : DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday launched the central government's nationwide "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" (Save Girl-child, Educate Girl-child) campaign here.
The minister...
Budget 2016: Schedule castes, tribes protest after Jaitley offers a penny, snatches a dollar
By TCN Staff Reporter
Delhi: In his Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was at his eloquent best while allocating Rs 500 crore for scheduled...
Global activists demand a UN Declaration on elmination of Discrimination based on Work and...
By TCN News
The first Global Forum on Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD) was convened on 20-23 September in New York, which took...
10 injured as train derails in Assam
Guwahati : At least 10 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Assam on Saturday morning.
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials said five...
‘Attacks on northeasterners due to lack of knowledge of region’
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Shillong : The language barrier and lack of knowledge of the culture and identity of the people of the eight northeastern states...
India’s space odyssey, slice of Nagaland: Durga puja variety
By Sahana Ghosh,
Kolkata : Twinkling rockets zooming off into space towards a reddish Mars, tribals keeping alive the unique iron craft in the backdrop...