Tripura governor asks police to protect women
Agartala : Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a...
Meghalaya minister granted bail
Shillong : A court in Meghalaya Friday granted bail to state Minister Deborah Ch. Marak, who was charge sheeted for "hatching criminal conspiracy" with...
‘Tourism in northeast can flourish with Buddhist sites’
Agartala/Kohima/Itanagar : Tourism could flourish in the northeastern states due to the Buddhist sites in the region, Nagaland, Assam and Tripura Governor Padmanabha...
Tripura orders magisterial probe into police firing on tribal youths
Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) The BJP-led Tripura government on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the police firing on Tuesday injuring six tribal youths,...
Rahul promises to create 100 mn jobs
Kohima : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday promised to create "100 million jobs" for the unemployed youth of the northeastern states if his...
Assam cops get training to handle cases of witch hunting, trafficking
Guwahati : Police stations in Assam will soon have personnel with better knowledge of handling witch hunting, human trafficking and child labour cases.
The state...
Verdict against Naga militant for triple murder March 24
New Delhi : A court here Wednesday fixed March 24 for delivering the verdict in a case against alleged militant Hopeson Ningshen, who is...
Life term for Tripura editor in triple murder case
Agartala : A court in Tripura Thursday awarded life imprisonment till death to a newspaper editor-cum-owner in a year-old triple murder case, a public...
Nagaland CM condemns Manipuri man’s killing in Delhi
Kohima : Condemning the killing of a 29-year-old Manipuri man in Delhi, Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang Tuesday urged the personal intervention of Home...
‘Northeast states should pursue green development’
By IANS,
New Delhi : As Uttarakhand and the northeastern states are geographically similar, the latter need to take lessons from the 2013 disaster that...
Tripura parties threaten agitations for tribal state
Agartala, (IANS): Two regional parties on Monday warned of agitations in support of their demand for a separate state for tribals in Tripura.
"To highlight our...
Tripura block’s incredible feat in financial inclusion
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer an award on Tripura's Mandwai block on April 21 in New Delhi for best...
Rainstorm hits normal life in Tripura, Mizoram
Agartala/Aizawl : Overnight seasonal cyclonic rains and thunder storms disrupted power supply and surface transport movement besides damaging a large number of houses in...
‘Over 35 percent rural Indians still illiterate’
New Delhi: Over 35 percent of Indians in rural areas are illiterate, with Rajasthan home to 47.58 percent of the unlettered, Socio Economic and...
Gogoi urges Paresh Baruah to join politics
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday asked the commander-in-chief of the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Paresh...
70 fall ill after eating ‘prasad’ in Tripura
Agartala : Around 70 people, including women and children, fell sick after eating 'prasad' - offering to deity - in Tripura, an official said...
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...
TWC slams molestation of woman in public
Agartala : The Tripura Women's Commission Friday severely condemned the assault on and molestation of a woman by a section of people in full...
सिंगरौली : क्या यहां जनतंत्र कॉर्पोरेटतंत्र बन चुका है?
TwoCircles.net News Desk
सिंगरौली : ‘पिछले दस सालों से हम कंपनी से अपनी जीविका, आवास और मुआवजे की मांग कर रहे हैं, लेकिन कंपनी लगातार...
Disarm Bodo militants to end mass violence in Assam, urge Indian Americans
IAMC condemns killing of Adivasis, reiterates recommendations made in its recent report on ethnic violence in Assam.
By TCN News,
Washington DC: The Indian American Muslim Council ( IAMC ), a US based advocacy group, has condemned the brutal violence in Assam during the last one week, leading to the brutal killing of 76 people, burning of houses and the displacement of hundreds of others.
‘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...
National Conference vows to take on PDP
Srinagar : The ruling National Conference is bracing to take on a resurgent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in assembly elections due this year in...
Kerala mourns the demise of ‘Doctor of Poor’
Dr P C Shanavas, popularly known as ‘Doctor of Poor’ was under severe stress after he was ‘punished’ by back-to-back transfers for daring to stand against corrupt health department officials and medicine mafia.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: The death of the doctor working among the tribes and poor men shocked the beneficiaries of his philanthropic activities. Native of Vadapuram in Malappuram district, Dr P C Shanavas, popularly known as ‘Doctor of Poor’, died on Saturday due to cardiac attack that occurred on his way back to home from Kozhikode.
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.
Assamese student beaten up by Delhi college mates
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Delhi University undergraduate hailing from Assam was Tuesday beaten up by his fellow students inside the college canteen over...
Nido Tania killing: Accused’s judicial custody extended
New Delhi : A court here Tuesday extended, till April 7, the judicial custody of the four people allegedly involved in Arunachal Pradesh student...
ONGC agerees to supply gas to Tripura power project
Agartala : State-owned ONGC has finally agreed to supply natural gas to 101-MW capacity Monarchak power plant that is being set up by government-run...
The BJP won in UP. Can we please get rid of the facade called...
By Mushtaque Rahamat for Twocircles.net
The elevation of Yogi Adityanath to be the next Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has finally obliterated the oft-repeated differentiation...
Tania died of serious internal injuries, court told
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court was informed Monday by the city police that 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania died because...
Air, surface links to Kashmir Valley restored
Srinagar : Air services between the Kashmir Valley and the rest of the country were restored Thursday and the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway was also...
Another Bangladeshi burglar lynched in Tripura
Agartala : A thief from Bangladesh was lynched by an irate mob in Tripura, just over a week after three Bangladeshi cattle thieves were...
Two months after being attacked by SFI cadre, Dalit student continues to wait for...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
This is the third and final part of a three-part series of stories documenting caste discrimination against Dalit, Bahujan and...
Congress demands CBI probe into chit fund groups in Tripura
Agartala : The Congress on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into the activities of all illegal non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and chit fund organisations...
Over 38,000 eligible to vote in Tripura by-poll
Agartala : Over 38,000 voters are eligible to cast their votes in the Manu assembly by-poll in Tripura Saturday, an official said here Thursday.
Tripura...
Children and the elderly in Jharkhand March for Forest and Land Rights
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...
Congress stronghold Karimganj likely to be breached by BJP, AIUDF
By Amit Kumar for Twocircles.net
South Karimganj: Imagine if your party manages to win, with sizeable margins, all five assembly seats in an area...
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...
Commission chief flays Jharkhand over SC welfare schemes
Ranchi : National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson P.L. Punia on Wednesday flayed the Jharkhand government over the non-implementation of welfare schemes for the...
Elephant scare, firing near Meghalaya booths
Shillong: Voting picked up Wednesday for the two Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya, even as the of firing of blanks was reported near a...
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.
Mizoram to see four governors in less than two months
Aizawl/New Delhi : The Congress-ruled northeastern state of Mizoram is likely to have the dubious distinction of having four governors in less than two...
We have been displaced thrice, will not allow it again: Geetha, leader of Adivasi...
This is the second of the two-part series on the proposed Athirapally dam in the Thrissur district of Kerala, and how it will destroy...
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...
Congress leads in lone Mizoram seat
Aizawl : The ruling Congress candidate and incumbent Lok Sabha member C.L. Ruala was Friday leading by 10,000 votes over Robert Romawia Royte of...
Develop Nagaland to its unique position: Sumitra Mahajan
Kohima : Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Saturday asked the Nagaland government to develop this scenic mountainous state to its special and unique position...
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...
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...
Additional aid to northeastern states, Uttarakhand
By IANS,
New Delhi : Finance Minister P.Chidambaram Monday announced additional central assistance to the tune of Rs.1,200 crore to the northeastern states and flood-hit...
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...
Congress not doing any good for people: Nagaland CM
Shillong: The Congress was not doing any good for the people and the populist schemes launched by the outgoing UPA government were meant to...
Youth Congress will fight for the rights of refugees: J&K Pyc
By TCN News,
Jammu: After the successful completion of agitation for 73rd Amendment and empowerment of Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir, several delegations of refugees and refugee leaders Rajeev Chuni, Labha Ram Gandhi and Capt. Yudhveer Singh met J&K Youth Congress committee and urged the J&K Pradesh Youth Congress to fight for their rights also.
Banking services hit in the northeast
By IANS,
Agartala/Guwahati : Banking services have been severely affected in the northeastern region for the second day Tuesday as most of the major banks...
John urges NorthEast fans to throng stadium for support
Shillong : Bollywood actor John Abraham, co-owner of NorthEast United FC (NEUFC), Wednesday urged his Shillong fans to throng the Indira Gandhi stadium in...
Bangladesh allows transit of foodgrain to northeast India
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : In a highly significant move that was evidently cleared at the highest level, Bangladesh is allowing India to ferry foodgrain...
Love for language of an Urdu teacher in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Ibrahim Ali is the lone warrior in his field. He fights all alone for his love and he will dedicate his life this way. His love is a language, one of the sweetest – Urdu.
He is one of the prime reasons why many students and professionals come to learn Urdu at Guwahati’s Mother Ayesha High School.
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...
Taiwan keen to help Mizoram in agriculture
Aizawl : Taiwan is keen to help Mizoram in developing its agriculture and in value-addition of bamboo and capacity-building of human resource in the...
One killed, 3 injured in Assam blast
Guwahati : One person was killed and three others were injured Wednesday morning in a bomb blast, triggered by militants suspected to be from...
Gogoi’s visits to 18 countries cost exchequer Rs.43 lakh
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...
Assam Congress MLA arrested in auto theft racket
Guwahati : Congress legislator Rumi Nath was arrested on Tuesday for her alleged nexus with the notorious kingpin of auto thefts Anil Chauhan, police...
MP: Three arrested for vandalising, torching church in Narmadapuram
Some religious texts and furniture were destroyed in the fire and the word 'Ram' was written on the wall inside the prayer hall.
Huneza...
Tripura to register battery-operated rickshaws
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Tripura will probably be the first state in India to provide registration and licences to a new but popular mode...
Will act against forceful conversions: Tripura CM
Agartala : Tripura's Left Front government would not tolerate any forceful religious conversions and would take strict action against any such move, Chief Minister...
Eight millionaires in Meghalaya electoral battle
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...
Ajmal Group of Colleges shines in HS Final
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Management of Ajmal Foundation has congratulated all the achiever students of Ajmal Group of Colleges for their outstanding performance in the HS Final Examination-2014. “All of you really made us proud and we wish that all of you will carry a touch of humanity wherever you go for pursuing your higher education and build a successful career for yourself,” said Khasrul Islam, Manager, Ajmal Foundation in a message to the students, adding “We also acknowledge and congratulate the sincere and dedicated efforts of the principals, teaching staff and non-teaching staff of Ajmal Group of Colleges without which this journey towards excellence wouldn’t have been possible.” It may be mentioned here that Ajmal Group has 14 colleges spread across Assam.
Northeastern students protest near parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi : Over 50 students from the northeast, protesting the violence on people from the region in the capital, sought to march...
Tribal leader to join Tripura cabinet
Agartala : CPI-M legislator and senior tribal leader Naresh Chandra Jamatia will be inducted in the Left Front ministry next week, an official release...
Debate on inner line permit at ADBU
By Ririsasa Laloo,
Guwahti: The Social Work Department of Assam Don Bosco University, (ADBU) Azara Guwahati held a debate on “Inner Line Permit (ILP) is a step towards Development of the North East Region” on 11th August.
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...
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...
Mizoram takes steps to achieve 100 percent literacy
Aizawl : The Mizoram government would undertaken all efforts to achieve 100 percent literacy in the north-eastern state, a minister said Wednesday.
"According to the...
SC to hear Tripura High Court’s order on teachers
New Delhi/Agartala : The Supreme Court, admitting a special leave petition (SLP) Monday, stayed Tripura High Court's order for framing a new employment policy...
Dalit anger: BJP’s hard core is its own enemy
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,...
Assam flood death toll 32, more feared to be missing
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: At least 32 people have been killed during the last 48 hours due to flood in Assam’s Goalpara and Kamrup district following continuous rain occurred in Assam and Meghalaya.
Muslim’s literary body organises annual meet at Imphal
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Writers’ Union, Manipur, a literary body of the Muslims in Manipur organized its 15th Annual Meet at Dave Literature Centre in D.M. College Campus, here on February 8.
The function was graced by Maulana Mubarak Ali and Azrun Kabir as Chief Guest and President respectively. It was attended by members of the union, Muslim writers and representatives of different civil society organizations of the State.
Mizoram wants Rajnath’s help to resolve border row with Assam
Aizawl : Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has sought union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's intervention to resolve the Assam-Mizoram boundary dispute, an official said...
जल-जंगल-जमीन, भेदभाव की सरकारी नीतियां के खिलाफ उतरे सैकड़ों दलित-आदिवासी
फ़हमीना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
पिछले साल दो अप्रैल को हुए भारत बंद के बाद फिर देश में भारत बंद रहा। 5 मार्च को होने वाले इस...
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...
Killing of Manipuri youth raised in parliament
New Delhi : The killing of a Manipuri BPO employee was raised in parliament Tuesday with the government assuring that efforts were on to...
After winning Assam, BJP eyes Imphal civic body
Imphal : After convincingly riding to power in the Assam assembly elections, the BJP is hoping for a reprise in the June 2 polls...
Parties welcome poll announcement in Kashmir
Jammu/Srinagar : Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday welcomed the announcement for the Lok Sabha polls while separatists said it has no bearing...
Modi’s northeast fare: Train line, power unit and two fests
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala/Guwahati : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be spending four busy days on his maiden visit to the northeast where he will...
Maulana Abul Hussain Sabiri, first North-East India Jamaat member, no more
A prolific poet, his Urdu poem Tarana-e-Assam is part of the 12th class curriculum of the state education board of Assam.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Maulana Abul Hussain Mazumdar – popularly known as Sabiri Saab – the eminent Islamic scholar, writer as well as the first Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) member from the north-east India, has passed away.
Uttar Pradesh has highest cases of atrocities against SCs
New Delhi : Poll-bound Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SC) in 2015 while the...
BSF brings smiles to children with cleft lips
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Tasked with "Duty unto death", the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF), which guards the frontiers in rain and shine, day...
PDP complains to poll panel against Kashmiri minister
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday lodged a complaint with Election Commission against Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo, of the...
Assam CM asks security forces to deal firmly with BTAD situation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi instructed the Police to deal firmly with the situation in the wake of gunning down of innocent persons by suspected NDFB(S) militants at Narsingbari and Balapara Tulsibil under BTAD last night. Altogether 11 persons were killed that include four at Narsingbari under Baksa district and seven at Balapara Tulsibil in Gossaigaon.
10 injured in Assam blasts
By IANS,
Guwahati : At least 10 people were injured when militants triggered two blasts in Assam's Kamrup district Monday evening, a day ahead of...
Former union minister P.R. Kyndiah dead
Shillong : Veteran Congress leader and former union minister Patty Ripple Kyndiah passed away here on Thursday night following cardiac arrest, a family member...
Manipur votes for its second LS seat Thursday
Imphal : The Congress-ruled Manipur votes Thursday for its second Lok Sabha seat.
"Over 12,000 central para-military forces and state security personnel have been deployed...
LS Poll 2014: Prospects of ten parties’ regional front in Northeast India
By Syed Ali Mujtaba,
Northeast India is one of the most neglected regions in the country. The reason being there are not enough MPs from there to make their voice felt in the Parliament. The attention of the central government is more towards containing the insurgency rather than focus on the development of the region.
North Eastern Council to meet in Delhi
Agartala : The North Eastern Council (NEC) will meet in New Delhi on April 9 and 10 to discuss the funding of various projects...
Meghalaya MLA wants CBI probe into politician-militant nexus
Shillong : Saleng Sangma, a Garo legislator in Meghalaya, Monday asked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to initiate a CBI probe into the politician-militant...
50 per cent of tribal land acquired over the years: Rameshwar Oraon
By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi : More than 50 per cent of the land owned by tribals has been acquired for a variety of...
Meghalaya floods toll rises to 37
Shillong : The toll in floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain in Meghalaya has risen to 37, while more than 20 people are...
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...
Eight Assam Rifles men killed in Nagaland militant attack
Dimapur/Kohima : Eight Assam Rifles personnel were killed, six injured and another four reported missing on Sunday when militants triggered a powerful blast and...
BJP team to visit Tripura
Agartala : A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team will visit Tripura next week to look into the alleged political violence in the Left-ruled state,...
In a first, two seats reserved for ST candidates in upcoming UP elections
By Faisal Fareed, Twocircles.net
For the first time in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two assembly seats—Obra and Dudhi in Sonbhadra district have been reserved for...
नरकंकालों पर खड़ा होता कनहर बांध – 1
By सिद्धान्त मोहन, TwoCircles.net,
[किस तरह हर नियम की अनदेखी करने के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार आदिवासियों के जीवन के साथ खेल रही है?]
सोनभद्र: जब समाजवादी पार्टी ने जनता परिवार में विलय स्वीकार कर कमान खुद के हाथ में ले ली, तो वे यह भूल गए कि उन्हें अपने उन एजेंडों पर टिके रहना है जिनकी बिना पर वे किसानों, दलितों और आदिवासियों के करीब हैं. विकास की परिभाषा ने उन सभी एजेंडों को मटियामेट कर दिया और विकास की दौड़ में उत्तर प्रदेश की सपा सरकार द्वारा उठाये गए कदम गुजरात या मध्य प्रदेश की सरकारों द्वारा उठाए गए कदमों से किसी हाल में भिन्न नहीं हैं. कनहर नदी से जुड़ी हुई कनहर सिंचाई परियोजना के तहत बाँध निर्माण की सचाई आप सभी जान चुके हैं. [पढ़िए पिछली स्टोरी – अकथ कहानी कनहर की ] अब ज़रूरी यह है कि मौजूदा हालातों के साथ-साथ मामले के असल प्रशासनिक रवैया भी जाना जाए और दर्ज किया जाए.
Seminar on Tribal literature and Tribal poet meet to grace Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Annual Festival...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: This year, Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Annual Festival of Letters’ will feature a seminar on Oral and Tribal literature and...
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...
Oil spill in Tripura river, water treatment plants shut
Agartala : An oil spill at a hydel project in Tripura has forced the authorities to shut down many water treatment plants, causing a...
Government to relax road development norms for northeast states
New Delhi : The government said Wednesday it will relax norms on the development of the road and highways sector in the northeastern states.
Road...
Assam a Muslim populous state with under-representation of Muslims
By Wahidul Islam for TwoCircles.net,
Amidst the paranoia and degrading level of politics, Muslims have always been most vulnerable and politically exploited section of the...
Protests in Assam over BJP’s Delhi Vision Document
Guwahati : Angry people Wednesday took to the streets across Assam over the BJP's Delhi poll Vision Document that described people from the northeast...
Northeast India gets its first solar power plant
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Monarchak (Tripura) : North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has commissioned a five-MW solar power plant at Monarchak in Tripura, which will...
CPI-M leads in Tripura
Agartala : The ruling CPI-M Friday took early lead over the Congress in the two Lok Sabha seats in Left-ruled Tripura, officials said here.
Forest...
No mandatory arrest for offences under SC/ST Act, says SC
New Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the arrest of a accused under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of...
Odisha villagers meet Oram, seek tribal status
Bhubaneswar : A Jhodia community delegation from Odisha Friday submitted a memorandum to union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram in New Delhi, seeking tribal...
Four year old girl struggles at GMCH after Bodo militants’ attack
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The little girl was screaming at her bed at Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The four year old Taslima Khatun of Narasingbari village in Assam’s Baska district has lost her finger and received bullet injuries as armed militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoalnd (NDFB) opened fire killing four people in front of her on Thursday night.
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...
Irom Sharmila released from custody, resumes fast
Guwahati : Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanua "who has been fasting since 2000 demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),...
Tribals yet to receive full benefits of development: President
Kolkata : Lamenting the displacement of tribal communities due to the need to exploit mineral and forest resources, President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said the...
President accepts resignation of Manipur governor
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday accepted the resignation of V.K. Duggal as the governor of Manipur and Mizoram.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique...
Country going forward, Left-ruled Tripura backwards: Rahul
Agartala : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said while the rest of India is moving ahead, the Left-ruled Tripura is moving back.
"The Congress-led...
In Goalpara, a tribal theatre troupe connects people with the nature thanks to Sukracharya...
By Amit Kumar, Twocircles.net
Goalpara: The idea of theatre has different connotations and meaning for different people. In its most basic form, it...
Tripura editor found guilty in triple murder case
Agartala : An Agartala court Monday found a Tripura newspaper editor-cum-owner guilty in a year-old triple murder case, a government lawyer said.
Kripankur Chakraborty, additional...
‘Inside the heart of the conflict’, a new book on Bastar & Kashmir challenges...
A new book ‘Flaming Forest, Wounded Valley: Stories From Bastar and Kashmir’ by author and journalist Freny Manecksha investigates how places can be drastically...
A keen contest for Kashmir’s Anantnag Lok Sabha seat
Anantnag : Opposition PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is locked in a bitter electoral battle with ruling NC candidate Mehboob Beg in this south Kashmir...
Three northeastern states celebrate foundation day
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...
Release jailed chairman for peace talks: Meghalaya outfit
By IANS,
Shillong : The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit in Meghalaya, Monday said it was ready for peace talks provided...
18 castes to be included in ST category
Ranchi: Jharkhand's Bhokta and Puran are among the 18 communities across India that are likely to be designated as Scheduled Tribes (STs) by the...
Rajnath Singh announces Rs 674 cr for Assam
Assam CM submits memorandum seeking more central assistance.
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: In view of the large scale devastation due to unprecedented floods in Assam, the Centre on Wednesday announced to release Rs 674 crore for Assam’s State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for 2014-15.
‘SC/ST left out of pro-corporate budget,’ rights group alleges
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Dalit and tribal groups do not seem very happy with the union budget, which they claimed is pro-rich.
“Pursuing unabashedly and openly a pro-rich policy, the Modi Budget outlines a corporate vision of India that unashamedly eats into the budgetary allocations meant for the millions of its poorest and neediest citizens, the Dalits and Adivasis,” said the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) - Dalit Arthik Adhikar Andolan (DAAA), which works towards the elimination of caste-based discrimination.
People in NE feeling let down by Modi government
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: It is not even one month the hopeful people who voted for a change towards ‘achche din’ have started to feel the heat. People, especially in Assam seem unhappy with the course of action since the Narendra Modi government has taken the oath on May 26. If Modi’s green signal to dams in Bhutan has raised many eye brows in the state, his proposal to let Bangladeshi nations in India without visa doubled the anger. It is one of those moments when sweet turned into sour.
Trial run on June 1-3 of Agartala-Kolkata bus via Bangladesh
Agartala : The trial run of a bus service between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh will be held on June 1-3, a minister said...
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...
100 tribal study centres to be set up in Wayanad district of Kerala
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: As many as hundred tribal study centres will be established in Wayanad in a bid to bring a qualitative...
Northeast people to light candles to honour Modi
Guwahati : Thousands of people from the northeast will light candles in their homes and offices across the country to show their respect for...
Delhi’s northeast community takes creative route to raise awareness
By Shradha Chettri,
New Delhi : With drawings, pop songs and photographs, people from the northeast are displaying their creative side to sensitise the people...
विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस गुज़र गया, लेकिन इन आदिवासी महिला किसानों की किसी से न...
शैलेंद्र सिन्हा
दुमका (झारखंड) : हर साल की तरह हमने कल यानी 7 अप्रैल ‘विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस’ मना लिया. सरकारी स्तर कई कार्यक्रम हुए जिनकी...
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...
‘Road linking Tripura with Bangladesh to be developed’
Agartala : A 51-km four-lane road will be developed to enable carriage of people and material for northeast India via Bangladesh, a visiting Bangladeshi...
Terror violence declined in Omar regime’s tenure: Governor
By IANS,
Jammu : A decline in terrorist violence, increasing role of state police in law and order duties, new administrative units and overall development...
Government will make more women, minorities literate: Irani
New Delhi : HRD Minister Smriti Irani Monday conveyed her government's commitment to make more and more women and members from SC, ST and...
Purifying Your Wealth and Targeting Poverty and Inequality
By Althaf Shajahan,
Running regressions and making sense of data is my job. We were working on a sort of data analysis where we had to consider different socio-economic groups and using data on three variables, viz. household income, consumption and assets which would together measure something we may term us material well-being and compute an inequality adjusted index value for each group. As expected, Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims fared the worst. Yeah! What’s new in this? Sachar report and every possible report speak about this. Well here, the index needs to be explained. Our index measures household indicators of well. While it aggregates across all the members of the groups, it discounts for the inequality among the members. (Refer the original computations in the figure below ). While searching the data for Muslim cases, I did see observations on Muslim community members who belong to the top percentiles and quintiles of either income or wealth. It is this inequality that makes me mull over. Intra-community inequality is not the concern of the state. While it is possible for Muslims as citizens of this nation to ask for state support and schemes citing their vulnerability as much as Dalits or Adivasis are, public policy may or may not consider it. But the inbuilt poverty and inequality targeting systems needs to be looked at.
Congress attacks Odisha government over killings of tribals
Bhubaneswar : The Congress party on Sunday attacked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the "killing of innocent tribal people in the name of...
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...
More rice for Tripura via Bangladesh?
Agartala : The Indian government may ferry another 35,000 tonnes of rice for Tripura via Bangladesh as train services in the northeastern states have...
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee hosts iftar congregation in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) organised a grand iftar get-together on Thursday evening at the New MLA Hostel in the State Capital Complex at Dispur Guwahati. About 300 persons from different walks of life, including Minister and MLAs, took part in the iftar congregation.
Curfew on in Kashmir, Srinagar tense
Srinagar : Curfew continued for a second day in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district Sunday following protests after police firing killed a young man,...
Agartala stops power, water supply to Bengal chift fund firm
Agartala : The Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday cut off the electricity and water supply lines to Tripura head office of Kolkata-based Rose...
Tripura tops in voluntary blood donation
Agartala : Tripura has maintained its top position for the sixth consecutive year in voluntary blood donation in the country, Tripura Chief Minister Manik...
HRD ministry makes criteria easier for appointment of Urdu teachers in schools
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The criteria for the appointment of Urdu teachers in schools have been modified to make it more flexible for the expansion of Urdu language.
Know the law: How to get bails
By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net
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Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...
NE tribal groups ready to intensify statehood movement
Guwahati : Backed by the National Federation of New States (NFNS), a few ethnic groups of Assam and other parts of the northeastern region...
Chakma tribals observe ‘black day’
Agartala : Around 7.5 lakh Chakma tribals observed a 'black day' on Wednesday to protest the occupation of their original homeland in the Chittagong...
Explained: The case against adivasi activist Himanshu Kumar
On June 15, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Chattisgarh activist Himanshu Kumar seeking a probe into alleged rights violations by security...
Kamla Beniwal likely to leave Mizoram Friday
Aizawl : Sacked Mizoram governor Kamla Beniwal will leave for her home state Rajasthan Friday, an official Thursday said.
"The outgoing governor would leave Aizawl...