Assam man sets himself ablaze demanding land rights
By IANS,
Guwahati : A man set himself ablaze outside the Assam capital complex in Dispur Monday protesting the state's refusal to give land pattas...
‘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...
Adivasis in MP accuse mob of forcibly entering homes, beating women, demand action
The Adivasi women issued a stern warning to the government and administration, declaring that should they fail to take action on those responsible for...
Indian diaspora in London mark Republic Day with protests against Hindutva, attacks on Dalits...
By M Ghazali Khan for TwoCircles.net
Instead of hosting and participating in festivities, the UK-based Indian Diaspora marked the Republic Day by organising a protest...
Sluggish voting in Srinagar
Srinagar : Only 17 percent votes were polled in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency Wednesday, officials said.
The turnout at 46.5 percent was the highest...
Congress attacks BJP over MP tribals advertisement
New Delhi : Attacking the central government for forgetting to observe the World Tribal Day, a Congress MP on Tuesday also pointed out a...
35 percent polling for Manipur’s second LS seat
Imphal: About 35 percent of electors cast their ballot till Thursday noon as voting took place for the second Lok Sabha seat from Manipur,...
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...
Travails of a blast victim: Nine years and still counting for a better tomorrow
A teenager bomb blast victim awaits help for treatment, studies
By A Ghiyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Tears haven’t stopped rolling over her cheeks for last nine years. The 15-year-old victim of terrorism has been awaiting help for her treatment and also for further pursuing studies. But the cries of help of the poor girl and her family seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
Maoists call for shutdown, torch tractors in Bihar
Patna : Maoists called for a two-day shutdown beginning Tuesday in Bihar over the killing of their men and burnt down eight tractors and...
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...
A village where no leader came to campaign for elections: The story of Khagrabari,...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Khagrabari: On April 8, Narendra Modi was in Barpeta for campaigning, but for a village in Baksa district, about 30 kms...
Rs.20,000 crore road projects announced for northeast
Guwahati : The central government will spend Rs.20,000 crore for the development of roads in the northeastern states this year, Union Road Transport, Highways...
Seven from Assam dead in Nepal quake
Guwahati : Seven people from Assam were killed in the devastating earthquake in Nepal and their bodies were being brought from the Himalayan nation...
Tripura MP wants easy visa for Bangladeshis
Agartala : A Lok Sabha member from Tripura Wednesday said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assured him that her ministry would take steps...
India, Myanmar to start border trade through Mizoram
Aizawl : India and Myanmar would soon start formal border trade through the northeastern state of Mizoram, a senior state government official said here...
Palakkad MP to go on indefinite hunger strike for Attappady tribals
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: Urging the Union and State governments to address the woes faced by tribal community at Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala, Palakkad MP M B Rajesh will go on an indefinite hunger strike at Agaly in Attappady from November 10.
Bangladeshis among five arrested in Mizoram
Agartala : Five tribals, including two Bangladeshis, have been arrested in Mizoram and a huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered from them, a...
Central officials urge tribal refugees in Tripura to return to Mizoram
Agartala : Officials of the Union Home Ministry and two state governments on Tuesday asked Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in Tripura for the last...
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...
Over 500 people from northeast enroll as Delhi voters
New Delhi : The Election Commission received 550 new electoral forms after organising a day-long enrollment campaign for the people from the northeast here...
Notification for Nagaland poll issued, shutdown called for Thursday
Kohima (IANS): The Election Commission of India on Wednesday issued the notification for the February 27 elections to the 60-member Nagaland Assembly despite civil...
Assam floods: CM urges centre to raise ex-gratia
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday appealed to union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to raise the ex-gratia for families of those killed...
Annual Status of Education Report 2013 for North East States released
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2013, the largest household survey of children in rural India, has shown that the enrolment of children in the age of 6-14 in the North East States is quite high compared to many of the States in mainland India. In Mizoram just 0.4% of the children in the age 6-14 are out of school. The percentage of out of school children is also quite low in Tripura (1.1%), Nagaland (1.2%), Sikkim (1.3%) and Manipur (1.5%). However, in Assam 3.8% of children are not in school. All-India average is 3.3%.
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...
Odisha to empower tribal women through diary cooperatives
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will empower tribal women through diary cooperatives so that they get opportunities to earn more, an official said on Wednesday.
State-run dairy cooperative...
Do not spread rumours through social media: Nagaland CM
Dimapur : Feeling that social media users played a role in Thursday's jailbreak by a mob in Dimapur and subsequent killing of a rape...
First dengue case in Tripura
Agartala : The first confirmed case of dengue has been reported in Tripura, an official said here Wednesday.
"A man was found with dengue virus...
Kerala Police to induct 200 tribals
Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala Police has created 200 posts of constables for tribals, a state minister said Friday.
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said this is...
Group of 150 supporters from 15 states undertakes 3 days long Narmada Adhikar Samvaad...
By TCN News,
Badwani: As many as 150 supporters from across 15 different states have under taken 3 day long Narmada Adhikar Samvaad Yatra during...
Country-wide voter awareness campaign starts
Agartala : The information and broadcasting ministry will organise exhibitions in 480 locations across the country as part of its voter awareness campaign, an...
Assam blames centre for law and order problem
Guwahati : Facing criticism over the blast in Dibrugarh and recovery of a powerful bomb in a train, the Assam government Tuesday said the...
Assam, Tripura kick off balloting with high turnout
Guwahati/Agartala/New Delhi : India went to the polls Monday, with nearly six million people casting their vote in five constituencies in Assam and one...
Two-thirds of Jammu electorate vote by 3 p.m.
Jammu : Two-thirds of the electorate had exercised their franchise by 3 p.m. Thursday for the Jammu Lok Sabha seat even as queues could...
Northeast to be made commercial hub of Southeast Asia: Centre
Agartala : Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said Saturday India's northeast region would be made a "trading and commercial hub of...
Modi promotes northeast as tourist destination
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday sought to promote India's northeast as a tourist destination and urged people to visit the region...
Manipur observes the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal (WW-II), 1944
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Manipur is observing the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal, one of the most historic battles of the Second World War (WW-II) fought in 1944. The inaugural ceremony of the 3-month commemoration of the Battle of Imphal was held on March 23, 2014 at Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC) Auditorium at Imphal. The anniversary programmes will continue till June 28. Various programmes will be held at the sites where Allied forces and Japanese soldiers fought fierce battles.
TCN questions for Narendra Modi
By TwoCircles.net team,
New Delhi: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has opened up for interviews and he is being interviewed by number of TV...
Tripura calls for restoration of funds under central schemes
Agartala : Tripura has urged the Centre to restore the funds allocated under central schemes after the latter curtailed funds required for the construction...
Northeast journalists urge tribal body to lift ban on book
Guwahati : A forum of journalists in the northeast has expressed concern over the ban on a book written by a Dimapur-based journalist by...
NDFB militants trigger massacre in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Guwahati: As the year approached the end, yet another massacre triggered by the militants loyal to Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) rocked the region.
Special unit for northeast people got 416 complaints, Delhi HC told
New Delhi: A special unit set up to register complaints from northeast people residing in Delhi submitted a status report in the Delhi High...
Scheduled Tribe status for six Assam communities
New Delhi : The committee formed to recommend communities of Assam for granting the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status will submit its report shortly, Minister...
May Day: ‘No way out of tea estates,’ housing woes, low wages compel workers...
Assam’s tea estates contribute to more than fifty percent of the total tea production in India. However, the workers working at these estates have...
For Assamese media, every Muslim is a potential terrorist
By Aban Abrar Biplob for TwoCircles.net
The recent terrorist attack in Dhaka, allegedly by the Islamic State (ISIS), has seen the Assam Government...
Manipur groups warn of retaliation against Naga blockade
By IANS
Imphal: Assam-based organisations of Manipuri people on Wednesday warned of retaliation if the Naga-imposed indefinite economic blockade of Manipur is not withdrawn soon.
"All...
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...
Irom Sharmila, youth from war zones to join global peace fest
Chandigarh : Manipur's Irom Chanu Sharmila and other civil rights activists, as well as youth from war-ravaged countries like Syria, Afghanistan and Libya, will...
Andhra rice to reach Tripura via Bangladesh next week
Agartala : Five thousand tonnes of rice ferried in three small ships from Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh will arrive in Tripura via the...
Judicial probe ordered into Dimapur lynching; DC, SP suspended
Dimapur (Nagaland) : The Nagaland government Friday ordered a judicial probe into Thursday's incident of a mob breaking into the high-security central jail here...
Tribal votes a key factor in Assam polls
By Amitava Mukherjee
Both the BJP-led alliance and the Congress have left no stone unturned in securing tribal votes which may turn out to be...
NDFB killings: Assam erupts in protest, anger
Diff organisations condemn the killers of humanity
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati/New Delhi: With the death toll rising up to 76 in the brutal massacre by the Bodo Militants in Assam, several organizations have come together and sought Centre’s control/intervention to contain the situation.
Meghalaya flood toll rises to 59
Shillong : The toll in the flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 59 with the recovery of one more body. Three...
Chhattisgarh: What made tribal Christians flee from their villages amid anti-Christian violence?
The tribal Christians from various villages in Chhattisgarh allege large-scale violence against them because of their allegiance to the Christian faith forcing them to...
Former militant in fray in Bodo polls
Guwahati : Former Bodo militant Bijoy Choudhury is among those contesting Wednesday's elections to pick a new body to govern Bodo-majority areas in Assam.
A...
Tourists in large numbers a dividend of peace: Omar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday stressed the vast potential of the state for sports, adventure and pilgrim tourism,...
Assam celebrates R-Day, CM outlines new schemes
Guwahati : The 66th Republic Day was celebrated across Assam Monday with enthusiasm, with people ignoring threats from militants.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi unfurled the...
China will have to give up its expansionist mindset: Modi
By IANS,
Itanagar: Taking on China over a sensitive foreign policy issue, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday said Beijing will have to give...
Andhra rice starts reaching Tripura via Bangladesh
Agartala : The second consignment of 5,000 tonnes of rice ferried in three small ships from Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh started arriving in...
Granting Habitat Rights a positive step towards recognising Tribal ownership of natural resources
By Raqib Hameed Naik and Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh have had good reason to look at any action from the...
Adivasi girl in Kerala college branded mentally ill; ostracised for speaking against discrimination
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
It is no secret that students from the marginalised communities have been at the receiving end of casteist abuse across the...
Join hands for a better tomorrow: President to Manipuri youth
Canchipur (Manipur) : Asserting that societies flourish only in an "atmosphere free from violence", President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday asked the youth from Manipur to...
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...
Interaction on leadership skills at Maryam Ajmal Women College in Hojai
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Coinciding with the time when India is getting ready to welcome new leaders to run the country, Maryam Ajmal Women’s College of Science and Technology (MAWCST) at Hojai, about 200 km from state capital Guwahati, organised an interactive session on ‘Leadership Skills’ recently for the benefit of students of the college and their counterparts in other colleges administered by the Ajmal Foundation, one of the leading education NGOs of the North East.
Mizoram to get its first medical college soon
Aizawl: A 100-seat medical college will come up soon in the northeastern state of Mizoram, an official said here Saturday.
"Mizoram government has signed a...
Opposition wants Dogri TV channel
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition legislators Tuesday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly demanding the setting up of a Dogri television channel in...
AIUDF wants flood to be declared as national calamity
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has urged the central government to declare flood and erosion as national calamity. Slamming the Assam government for misuse of the funds meant for the development of the poor people, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal also appealed to the central government to monitor the utilization of the funds sanctioned by the central government.
Jharkand’s Bamboo artisans experience livelihood crunch amid lockdown, worry for future of profession
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Jaggarnath Mahli of Hesal village, situated 20 kilometres from Ranchi city, makes bamboo articles for a living. Due to the coronavirus...
Tension grips Assam-Nagaland border after violence
Guwahati : Tension has gripped the Assam-Nagaland border since late Tuesday night when suspected Naga men fired indiscriminately and burnt villages on the Assam...
Two village headmen shot dead in Kashmir
Srinagar : Two sarpanches (village headmen) of adjoining villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district were shot dead by separatist guerrillas in separate attacks...
Bengal woman found living with father’s corpse
Kolkata : A tribal woman in West Bengal's Burdwan district was found living with the decomposed body of her father, police said on Sunday.
This...
Go easy on protesters: Assam CM to police
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday instructed police to go easy on public protests and said baton-charge and firing should be...
Pro-ILP agitationists in Manipur protest police high-handedness
Imphal : A woman, who was badly injured while taking part in a demonstration favouring Inner Line Permit (ILP) system for Manipur, has started...
Mizoram CM pays tribute to policemen killed in attack
Aizawl : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, his cabinet colleagues, legislators and officials on Sunday paid their last respects to the three Mizoram policemen...
When fishermen were made Al Qaeda terrorist overnight in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Rustam Ali had a terrible time as he was picked up by police as terrorist having connection with Al Qaeda in Assam’s Majuli. So were Sherafat Ali and Dhiren Doley from Majuli who were detained by police and media immediately jumped to term them as terrorist element after the Al Jawahari’s video where the Al Qaeda leader also pronounced Assam’s name as their next target.
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...
BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and...
How Binesh Balan, an Adivasi, fought the Kerala bureaucracy to achieve his dream of...
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
As a student from the Mavilan Tribe in Kerala, Binesh Balan knew that studying, and achieving his dreams, was never going...
Fourth ‘border haat’ may open in Tripura next month
Agartala : The fourth 'border haat' (market) along the India-Bangladesh border is likely to be inaugurated next month to boost trade in local produce...
Rebels abduct engineer, his driver in Mizoram
Aizawl/Agartala : A Tripura-based terrorist outfit abducted a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) engineer and his driver in Mizoram, police said Tuesday.
"Armed militants kidnapped Hokum...
Kejriwal invokes Vemula, laments atrocities against Dalits, tribals
Panaji : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday invoked the suicide of Rohith Vemula while lamenting atrocities against Dalits and tribals, especially in...
Meghalaya opposition demand central rule, government defends record
Shillong : The opposition Meghalaya People's Front (MPF) Friday attacked the Congress government on the deteriorating law and order situation and demanded President's rule...
Pandemonium in Odisha assembly over PESA Act violation
Bhubaneswar : Pandemonium prevailed in Odisha assembly on Wednesday over the alleged violation of PESA Act for formation of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC), even...
Tripura to act against ‘proxy’ teachers, employers
Agartala : The Tripura government will take stern action against 'proxy' teachers and their employers in government and government-aided schools, an education department official...
Easter celebrated in Meghalaya
Shillong : Christians in Meghalaya Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celebrating Easter.
Believers throngeed Cathedrals and other churches in the Christian-majority state...
Assam suffers huge losses in this year’s flood
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam has suffered huge losses in terms of lives, property, cropped land, dwelling units and infrastructure in three waves of flood this season. The last deluge wreaked havoc in Kamrup and Goalpara claiming several lives and leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Chhattisgarh: Five more arrested for clash in Narayanpur over ‘religious conversion’
Police have filed three separate cases at Edka police station following complaints received from tribals, tribal Christians and police about alleged attacks on...
Sudipto Sen presented in Siliguri court
Siliguri : The Saradha chit fund scam's purported mastermind Sudipto Sen was Wednesday presented in a court and given a copy of the chargesheet...
Manipuri students oppose ST status for Meiteis
Imphal : The All Manipur Students Union (AMSU) has strongly objected to the demand for granting the Scheduled Tribes (ST) status to the Meiteis,...
Resurgence and resistance: Convention in TISS, Mumbai celebrates the stories of Adivasi women
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
Fourteen Adivasi women came together on stage to celebrate their struggles and victories at the Adivasi/Tribal women's convention held at Tata...
Tripura to set up new varsity
Agartala : The Left Front government will set up a state university in Tripura and this will be taken up in the budget session...
नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 3
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
कैसे केवल उत्तर प्रदेश की ही नहीं, झारखंड और छत्तीसगढ़ की भी सरकारें आदिवासियों की समस्याओं को मुआवज़े की कीमत पर तौल रही हैं? क्या होगा कनहर बांध बनने से और राज्यों के बीच किस तरह तनाव पसरा हुआ है...
[इस सीरीज़ की पिछली कहानियां – अकथ कहानी कनहर की, नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1 और नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध -2]
सोनभद्र: कनहर सिंचाई परियोजना पर ज़मीनी हकीकत को लेकर बहुत सारी सचाईयां उजागर हो चुकी हैं. विकास के नाम पर उत्तर प्रदेश की सपा सरकार जिस तरह से किसानों और आदिवासियों की अमूल्य संपदाओं से खेल रही है, ज़रूरी है कि पार्टी के रिपोर्ट कार्ड में वह भी शामिल हो.
‘Once passed, proper implementation of the amended SC/ST bill more important’, says former secretary...
“NGOs and political parties claiming to work in the interest of SCs and STs must conduct programmes imparting awareness about the amendments made in...
The killing silence and the enduring pain at Bosla village in Assam
By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Karimganj (Assam): An eerie silence prevailed in Assam’s Bosla village in Karimganj district. The ill-fated family members of Syed Sarifuddin Khan who was lynched in Dimapur just a week ago, seem to seek help from any visitors ever since the horrific incident that rocked the country to their home.
Rio quits, Zeliang to be new Nagaland CM
Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has submitted his resignation to Governor Ashwani Kumar after his election to the Lok Sabha. He will...
400 policemen will be killed for shooting 40 Maoists, warns ex-journalist
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Security forces in Maharashtra went in a tizzy on Monday following apprehensions expressed on Facebook that "400 cops will be...
Lok Sabha polls to be held in five phases in Kashmir
Jammu : Elections to Jammu and Kashmir's six Lok Sabha seats would be held in five phases beginning April 10, the state's chief electoral...
Assam’s rebel minister Himanta Biswa Sarma quits
Guwahati : Assam's rebel minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Monday resigned from the state cabinet, saying it was not possible "mentally, physically and politically" to...
Meghalaya presents deficit budget
Shillong : Announcing levy of export fee on forest products in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday presented a Rs.527 crore deficit budget for...
If Sardar Sarovar is for people of Gujarat, what about us? Ask Adivasis of...
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...
Activists across the nation slam Assam government for failing to control militants
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: With the innocent lives being killed at the gun point by some brainless activity of armed militants loyal to the Songbijit faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in Assam, people from across the country have condemned it. If the state government has failed to protect the lives of common people in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), on the other hand the locals alleged of police and administration atrocity on the villagers.
तीर कमान से लैस ग्रामीणों के विरोध के बावजूद दंतेवाड़ा जिले के पोटाली में...
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...
Opposition parties condemn dissolution of Arunachal assembly
Guwahati : Opposition parties in Arunachal Pradesh Friday condemned the dissolution of the assembly by the governor and termed it a most undemocratic move.
Governor...
For Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand, tribal surname holds key to availing land rights
Adivasi Muslims in Jharkhand live a life of struggle as the tiny community fights to retain their tribal status which is key to their...
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...
Pension scheme for 40 lakh families in UP
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will launch a pension scheme for 40 lakh families, including those belonging to the Scheduled Castes...
Attacks on northeast people, threat to society: President
Canchipur (Manipur) : Expressing sadness over attacks on youths from the northeastern region in the national capital, President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said the "pluralistic...
Tripura, Mizoram to implement food security act from April
Agartala/Aizawl : Tripura and Mizoram governments are computerising their Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to implement the National Food Security Act from April, officials...
Manipur to accord mega reception to Mary Kom
Imphal : The Manipur government will accord a grand reception to Asian Games gold medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom on her return to her...
Delhi to have special hostels for northeast students
New Delhi : The central government Wednesday proposed to set up special hostels for students from the northeast region studying in Delhi.
Development of North...
Bodruddoja Saikh: The coach behind more than 75 medals won by Paralympians of West...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
Sometimes, adversity comes in the form of poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition. On other occasions, it comes in the form of...
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...
Wanted: a 73rd-like amendment to Constitution
By Parveen Qamar,
India is included among developing nations. Of course, there are areas where we have achieved much better results than expectations but there are areas which, even after 68 years of Independence, remain neglected.
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...
Rajnath visits Bangladesh border in Tripura
Agartala : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh accompanied by his deputy, Kiren Rijiju, Saturday visited the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura and discussed issues with...
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...
Dimapur lynching incident rocks Assam assembly
Guwahati : The fifth day of the budget session of the Assam legislative assembly on Monday witnessed noisy scenes over the lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's Dimapur town.
The problem started after some of the opposition members raised concerns over former Assam minister and Congress legislator Siddeque Ahmed's statement that he had prior information that the mob will break into the jail in Dimapur and kill the rape accused and that he had informed Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi about this on the morning of March 5.
Panic-stricken Tripura woman dies after quake
Agartala : A 35-year-old woman died of heart attack after she panicked during the earthquake in Tripura, an official said here on Sunday.
"Krishna Sinha...
Manipur hills tension: Tribal leaders meet president
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the violence and subsequent tension in the hills of Manipur following the passing of three contentious bills by...
Poll official killed, five injured in Kashmir guerrilla attack
Srinagar : One polling officer was killed and five others were injured Thursday in an attack by separatist guerrillas on a polling staff party...
NDFB cadre killed in Assam
Guwahati : A joint team of the army and Assam Police on Monday killed a militant of the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic...
Meghalaya floods: Death toll rises to 55
Shillong : The death toll in the recent flash floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 55 with the recovery of three more...
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...
12-hour strike stalls life in Tripura
Agartala : A 12-hour shut down, called by the ruling CPI-M as well as the opposition Congress over the killing of two men, crippled...
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....
Congress will do well in the northeast: Goa ex-CM
Shillong : Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro Friday exuded confidence that the northeastern states would contribute more seats to the Congress kitty, and...
Tripura militant outfit to hold talks with governments
Agartala : Militant outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) will hold tripartite talks with the central and Tripura governments in Shillong on April...
Nagaland to protect world’s longest-distance migratory falcons
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Kohima : India's northeastern state of Nagaland is determined to provide sanctuary to Amar falcons, known to be one of the world's...
Assam to use associated gas to generate power
Guwahati : The Assam government is planning to use associated gas, which were hitherto being burnt, for generating power, Industries and Power minister Pradyut...
Flawless NRC update sought in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: A facts finding team of All India Secular Forum (AISF) on the National Register of Citizen (NRC) update process submitted its report to the government and urged for an error free process.
The NRC is a document containing the names of Indian citizens in Assam prepared in 1951. Unique to the state of Assam, this document was prepared to distinguish Indian citizens from illegal migrants from then East Pakistan. The 1951 NRC certificate, along with the electoral roll in the voters’ list of 1966 and 1971 are the two important documents required to prove the citizenship in Assam, where propaganda about illegal Bangladeshi is rampant and often violent.
Left’s vote share shrinks in bastion Tripura
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : The Left may have swept the election to the 30-seat Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) but its vote...
Militancy-hit people in Tripura threaten stir
Agartala : Militancy-hit people on Thursday threatened to organise a massive stir in Tripura if the state government did not rehabilitate them properly.
Over 3,000...
RJD to protest withholding caste Census data: Lalu
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday announced that his party would compel the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government to make...
Six killed, 10 injured in Tripura road accidents
Agartala : At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Tripura, police said here Saturday.
"Three people died...
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes issues notice to BHU over faulty recruitment process
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Taking note of the several wrongful recruitments done at the Banaras Hindu University on posts reserved for schedule castes, schedule tribes,...
Taking cue from Black Lives Matter, ‘Dalit, Minorities, Tribal Lives Matter’ campaign launched in...
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.net
Taking a cue from the ongoing mass campaign Black Lives Matter, South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association has decided to launch a...
NGT maintains ban on coal mining in Meghalaya
Shillong : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday maintained its ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, contending that right to life was far more...
Adivasi girl Rajeshwari: First sarpanch of AIMIM in Maharashtra
By Imran Inamdar, TwoCircles.net
Nandurbar (Maharshtra)
In a recent political development in Maharashtra state, an Adivasi girl Rajeshwari Valvi from Nandurbar registered a win in panchayat...
Meghalaya home minister quits
Shillong : Meghalaya Home Minister Roshan Warjri has resigned from the ruling Congress-led government, a party official said Friday.
Warjri, the first woman home minister,...
Protesting tribal students lock Manipur varsity gate
Imphal : The tribal students' union of Manipur University on Tuesday locked the main gate of the campus as part of its agitation against...
Elections for Mizoram, Arunachal Rajya Sabha seats June 19
Aizawl/Itanagar : Elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Congress-ruled Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh will be held June 19, officials said Tuesday.
The tenure...
Civil society hold Candle March for permanent peace in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: People from different walks of life from different parts of the state staged a demonstration in Guwahati seeking permanent peace in Assam’s volatile Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) which has witnessed around 45 deaths in the recent violence. Under the banner of Concerned Citizens of Assam, they also submitted memorandum to the Prime Minister and Assam governor seeking their intervention in this regard.
Mahasweta was keen to be cremated at Gujarat tribal village: Activist Ganesh Devy
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata : An indefatigable crusader for tribal rights, eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi was keen to be laid to rest at Tejgadh,...
Students learn to be job providers
By TCN News,
Guwahati: A group of Engineering students concluded a three day “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp” at Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) Azara campus, 20-22 March. Some 100 students of second, fourth, sixth and eight semesters participated in the camp organized in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, and sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.
Nido Tania case: HC issues notice over dropped charges
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the CBI on a plea of the father of deceased Arunachal Pradesh student...
Farooq Abdullah faces tough challenge in Srinagar
Srinagar : Retaining Srinagar is a tough call for the 78-year old National Conference patron and thrice Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah....
Tripura lifts AFSPA as terrorism ebbs
Agartala : The Left-ruled Tripura on Wednesday decided to withdraw the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) which gives sweeping powers and judicial immunity...
Stand-up India to benefit 2.5 lakh SC/ST, women entrepreneurs
New Delhi : The government here on Friday said the Stand-up India Scheme will benefit 2.5 lakh Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe members and women entrepreneurs.
“The...
CM takes stock of latest situation in camps of BTAD, 6 more bodies recovered
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visited Narayanguri and Balapara in Baksa and Kokrajhar’s Gossaigaon subdivision to take stock of the latest law and order situation and to meet the violence affected people on Wednesday.
Centre extends Suspension of Operation agreement with NDFB (P)
New Delhi :The central government Friday extended an agreement to suspend operations against the pro-talk National Democratic Front of Boroland (Progressive) for six months,...