Lifetime achievement award to Manipuri Muslim Writer Mohd Abdur Rahman
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Renowned Manipuri Muslim writer Mohd. Abdur Rahman (78) was awarded ICRA Lifetime Achivement Award 2014 for the extraordinary contribution he has made to Manipuri Literature over the years at a function organized jointly by Writers Union, Manipur (WUM) and Islamic Cultural & Research Association (ICRA), Manipur at Manipur Press Club, Imphal on June 28, 2014.
Lalu vows to keep fighting for backward classes
Patna: A day after the BJP and its allies slammed RJD chief Lalu Prasad for saying the upcoming assembly polls would be a "backward...
Three killed, 11 injured in Mizoram road accident
Aizawl : Three people, including a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, died and 11 others were injured in a road accident in Mizoram on...
Activist questions Environment Minister on govt plan to redefine forest
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Bangalore: Leo Saldanha, an environmental activist from Bangalore received a brief response from Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (IC) for Environment,...
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...
Mizoram refugees want durable solution to ethnic issue
Agartala : Mizoram's displaced Reang tribals, sheltered in six refugee camps in Tripura for about 17 years, Wednesday urged a central government team to...
Nido killing: One more sent to judicial custody
By IANS,
New Delhi : One more person, arrested for the death of Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania, was presented before a court here Tuesday...
SC/STs have healthiest sex ratio in Goa
Panaji : Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Goa lead the way as far as sex ratio is concerned, according to the...
Modi government committed to OBC reservation, say Rajnath, Ananth Kumar
New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government on Monday asserted that it is committed to reservation for Other Backward Class (OBC) with Union Home...
World Tribal Day: 2-day tribal fair in Jharkhand showcases tribal artworks, culture
The two-day tribal fair held at Morhabadi ground in Ranchi saw boisterous music, mouth-watering cuisines, tribal artworks and discussions on tribal history and affairs.
Sami...
Writing about marginalised communities is like walking a tight rope
On the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), writers reflect on the experiences of writing on the issues of marginalized communities in India.
Tabeenah...
Industrialisation behind mafia’s rise in Tripura: CM
By IANS,
Agartala : With the growing industrialisation and expansion of railways in Tripura, the mafia activities have also increased in the state, Chief Minister...
Bangladesh seeks access from India to battle rebels
Shillong : Bangladesh has urged India to allow Bangladeshi security forces to enter the Chittagong Hills Tract from Tripura to launch a crackdown on...
Human skulls found in Manipur school complex
Imphal : Eight human skulls were recovered from an abandoned Manipur school complex where paramilitary forces had set up a base camp during the...
Tripura CPI-M holds on to rural bastion in panchayat polls
Agartala : The ruling CPI-M in Tripura Friday retained its rural bastion by securing absolute majority in 275 of the 591 gram panchayats and...
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...
Army rescues 38 stranded people in Kashmir
Srinagar : The army has rescued 38 people stranded due to heavy snowfall and avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, a defence spokesman...
भूख से लड़ते भारत के बच्चे
फहमिना हुसैन, TwoCircles.net
भारत में कुपोषण की शुरुआत मां के गर्भ से ही हो जाती है. गर्भवती महिलाओं को जीवन भर पौष्टिक भोजन का अभाव...
Anti-caste poet Lokshahir Shantanu Kamble passes away in Nashik at the age of 39
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
In a terrible jolt to the Ambedkarite movement in Maharashtra, Shahir Shantanu Kamble, a 39-year-old poet on whose life the...
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...
After long peace, Mizoram facing terror again
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Aizawl : Nearly 30 years after Mizoram embraced peace, there are signs that terrorism may be raising its "disturbing" head in the...
Separatist shutdown partially affects life in Srinagar
Srinagar : A separatist called shutdown partially affected life in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar on Monday.
Private transport, government offices, banks and post...
Will Kashmir’s ‘Kingdom of Amity’ ever be reclaimed?
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Srinagar : The Shivratri festival, which used to be a grand integrative occasion for the majority Muslim and the minority Kashmiri Pandit...
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...
Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away at the age of 51
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Marathi writer, poet and translator Kavita Mahajan passed away in Pune at the age of 51. The cause of her death...
EC probing BJP’s ‘communal party’ tag in Tripura school books
Agartala : The Election Commission of India is probing the BJP being tagged a "communal party" in the textbooks of government schools in Left-ruled...
Suspected guerrilla killed in Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : Security forces Wednesday shot dead a suspected separatist guerrilla in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said.
Police sources said the motorcycle-borne...
Northeast gets Rs.2,362 crore, promise to mainstream the region
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday announced a budget allocation of Rs.2,362.74 crore for the Northeast and promised to bring the region...
Jananeta Irabot remembered on 118th birth anniversary
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: A procession carrying the portrait of Hijam Irabot among other events marked the 118th birth anniversary of Lamyanba Hijam Irabot observed across the state.
Considered as the father of modern Manipur, Irabot was a versatile personality who made his mark as a writer, politician, journalist and a true revolutionary. Irabot, born on September 30, 1896, stood up boldly and fought relentlessly against all kinds of exploitation prevalent during the period.
Rain, snow claim 17 lives in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu : At least 17 people have died and 1,922 houses damaged due to heavy snowfall and rain in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister...
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...
Tripura magistrate sacked for misconduct, inefficiency
Agartala : A judicial magistrate in Tripura was sacked for misconduct and inefficiency, a Tripura law department official said here on Tuesday.
"Sub-divisional judicial magistrate...
Meghalaya to put power projects on fast track
Shillong : The Meghalaya government will put all power projects on fast track to meet the power shortfall in the mountainous state, Chief Minister...
Tripura government reduces tax on aviation fuel
Agartala : The Tripura government Friday reduced the value-added tax (VAT) on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) by four percent, a minister here said, following...
PM launches SC/ST hub, women get ‘charkhas’ at Ludhiana event
ArrayLudhiana : Launching the National SC/ST Hub and the ZED (Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect) Scheme for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector here on...
Nagaland Police chief surprised at media reports ruling out rape
Dimapur/Guwahati : The Nagaland Police chief on Wednesday expressed surprise over a section of the media reporting that the union home ministry had ruled...
Social justice ministry spent 54% of budget on SC scholarships
New Delhi, (IANS) : The central government on Thursday said around 54 per cent of the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry's budgetary allocation in...
Historians to develop syllabi, bridge knowledge gap on Northeast
Shillong : Concerned over a knowledge gap about the Northeast over decades that has created stereotypes and increased misunderstandings, historians and scholars met here...
Over 15 lakh vote in Assam’s Bodo council polls
Guwahati : Over 15 lakh people on Wednesday cast their votes in elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in four Bodo-majority districts in...
Your dream is our dream, Modi tells Gorkhas
Siliguri : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday shied away from mentioning "Gorkhaland", a separate state being demanded in northern West Bengal, but...
10 NDFB cadres killed, over 300 nabbed in five months: DGP
Guwahati : During the five-month security operation against the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants, 10 members of the...
Delayed Mizoram budget in state assembly Nov 11
Aizawl : The delayed budget session of the Mizoram assembly will begin Nov 11 with the state finance minister expected to table the annual...
The youth of Manipur has the potential to inspire the whole nation, says PM...
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Addressing a gathering Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the youth of Manipur has the potential to inspire the whole nation with their excellence in sports so they should be rescued from the menace of drugs. Referring to the issue of unemployment in the North-Eastern states, he expressed that the whole North-Eastern region has the prospects to emerge as a hub of call centres.
Not Modi but Gogoi magic will click: Gogoi
Guwahati : "Modi magic will not work here. It is Tarun Gogoi's magic that will work here," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Monday.
He...
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.
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.
19 children rescued from traffickers in Assam
Guwahati : NGO Child Line, in association with Assam Police, Wednesday rescued 19 children from the railway station here from a group of traffickers.
All...
Assam singer faces gender discrimination; barred from performance as she refused putting traditional chadar
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Even as several measures are being taken in minimizing the gender discrimination in the country, a female singer in Assam was barred from performing at a function, allegedly for not wearing a particular kind of dress.
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...
PA Sangma: Sagacity was the mark of first tribal Lok Sabha speaker
By Nirendra Dev
New Delhi : It was to the sagacity of his stint as a member of parliament for many years from Tura constituency...
Third ‘border haat’ along India-Bangladesh frontier opens
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Srinagar (Tripura) : Tripura's first "border haat" - the third such market along India's frontier with Bangladesh - was inaugurated here Tuesday...
Battle for Lok Sabha begins Monday from the northeast
Agartala/Guwahati : One constituency in Tripura and five in Assam go to polls Monday morning, marking the start of the nine-phase staggered elections to...
NDFB killings: Death toll rises to 76; Assam tense, para-military deployed
Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit locations
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The situation in Assam remained tense on Wednesday with the recovery of more bodies of Assam villagers, who were massacred by the Bodo militants opened indiscriminate fire targeting adivasi people.
CPA team appeals for civil society action for peace in BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: A five-member fact finding team from Centre for Policy Analysis (CPA) New Delhi visited the strife torn BTAD on Saturday and met a few representatives of the civil society in Guwahati on Sunday morning prior to their return to Delhi. The team consisted of Harsh Mander, Anand Sahay, Seema Mustafa, Satish Jacob, and Prof Anuradha Chenoy. CPA believes that the 'alternative' is the major part of the truth which is generally not spoken of in the mainstream and there is no one mainstream in India but multiple streams.
Bodos kill 65 in Assam, three die in police firing
Guwahati : Three people were killed in Assam Wednesday when police fired at thousands of angry adivasis who took to the streets, a day...
दलित, आदिवासी और पिछड़ो के हज़ारों पद ख़ाली, संसदीय समिति ने मोदी सरकार...
यूसुफ़ अंसारी, TwoCircles.net
देश में 2014 में मोदी सरकार बनने के बाद से ही उस पर आरक्षण विरोधी होने आरोप लगते रहें हैं। लगातार कहा...
Tripura CM asks PM to restore MGNREGA funds for state
Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore the funds cut from MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural...
Tripura government employees to get more pay
Agartala : To pacify its aggrieved employees seeking central government pay scales, the Tripura government on Tuesday announced higher pay scales and allowances for...
What really happened in Dimapur?
Anger against illegal Bangladeshi immigrants spills over to take rape accused person’s life
By A Ghyasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
A lot has been said by many but the fact remains that there was a serious breach of law and order by Nagaland government and the outcome was killing of an under trial rape accused in a most horrifying way for a modern world.
New Delhi is northeasterners’ favourite job destination
By Natalia Ningthoujam,
New Delhi : Abhijit K. Borah moved here from Guwahati in search of a better future. He says Delhi has a lot...
Amid election heat, Sonia-Modi in war of words
Nuh/Itanagar/Guwahati : The Congress-BJP war of words escalated Monday, with Congress president Sonia Gandhi charging the BJP with indulging in "politics of hate" and...
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.
“Halt the Hate”: Amnesty International’s new website to track and document hate crimes in...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
One of the leading human rights organization Amnesty International India has launched a website on Thursday which will be used to...
Bodo militant gunned down in Assam
Guwahati : Security forces in Assam have shot dead a Bodo militant who was to carry out recruitment drives for his outfit, an official...
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.
Malaria continues havoc in Tripura, toll now 41
Agartala : The deaths in a malaria outbreak in Tripura have risen to 41, including 31 children, a minister said here Sunday.
Over 22,000 people...
Boycott separatist militants on Independence Day: Journalists’ Forum Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has urged the people of northeast India to defy separatist militants’ diktat on celebrating the Independence Day (I-Day) with. The scribe’ body argues that every patriotic Indian should observe the I-Day (and also the Republic Day) to pay their heartiest tributes to the known & unknown martyrs of India’s freedom movement for their supreme sacrifices.
One land rights activist dies after self-immolation in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: One protestor of peasants’ body Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) died after receiving 90 per cent burn injuries following his act of self-immolation in demand of land rights in front of Assam secretariat on Monday.
Assam’s Barak valley voters boycott voting demanding better facility
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as Assam witnessed a polling percentage of 75 % in the three constituencies in Karimganj, Silchar and Autonomous District constituencies, a section of people boycotted the poll as a sign to express their displeasure towards the political parties. Meet the people of Udharbond area of Silchar constituency who have boycotted the voting on Saturday as they are not satisfied with the approach of the government or the representatives towards their plight.
One killed, over 25 injured in Assam blast
Guwahati : One person was killed and over 25 others were injured in an explosion in Assam's Dibrugarh district Sunday evening, police said.
Dibrugarh Superintendent...
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...
Anti-terror convention in Assam by Jamiat
By TwoCircles.net staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as the protests are going on across Assam against the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) for its alleged involvement with Islamic fundamentalist, the party is looking for an investigation from the union home ministry.
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...
‘Shadi Bureau’ of minority welfare launched in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Shadi Bureau (SB)’ of Minority Welfare Society (MWS) was launched by Muktar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, former Additional Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam & President, MWS at the Murshidul Alom Memorial Hall in Dispur on Sunday at the Senior Women’s Meet hosted the Ladies’ Wing of the MSW.
Muslim, tribal and dalit women demand a sub-quota within women’s reservation
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Coimbatore: Putting an end to saffronization of education and history; justice and rehabilitation of riot victims; enactment of laws to punish acid attack culprits; stopping forceful sterilization of women and immediate stopping of false propaganda of ‘Love Jihad’ are among the eight resolutions passed at the ‘Awakening’, the first national conference of the National Women’s Front.
Assam BJP leader quits, blames Modi-Shah, corruption
Guwahati : A senior leader of the BJP's Assam unit and national executive member has quit the party, blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party...
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...
Peace activists honoured at Aaina’s anniversary function
By TCN News
Guwahati: Syed Abdul Malik, one of the greatest litterateurs of Assam, and Mohammad Taher, eminent academician who passed away recently, both posthumous, were among the seven personalities from the state honoured for their unstinted work for promotion of peace, brotherhood and understanding among people.
Anil Sarkar, Tripura’s communist leader dies at 76
Agartala : Septuagenarian Communist leader of Tripura and poet Anil Sarkar died at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi...
Rahul Gandhi to campaign in four northeastern states
Shillong : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Tuesday begin his campaign in four states of the northeast for the Lok Sabha elections.
Elaborate security...
First-ever PG course on northeast welcomed
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net ,
Guwahati: The move to include the Northeast in the post graduate course for the first time at Delhi based...
All vacant posts for SC/ST will soon be filled: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said all vacant posts meant for SC/STs would soon be filled.
"We will ensure that...
Maoists abduct seven tribals in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Seven tribals, including a village head and a former block chairperson, were abducted by Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said on Tuesday.
They...
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...
Two home guards killed, seven injured in Assam blast
Guwahati : Two home guards were killed and seven others injured Tuesday when a bomb went off accidentally at an Assam Police firing range...
International Day of the Disabled observed at Deomornoi
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘International Day of the Persons with Disabilities’ was observed in a befitting manner by the Indian Army COB Deomornoi in Darrang district of Assam attended by over 100 differently-abled persons along with their attendants in addition to prominent citizens and media persons of the area.
Record holder Arunachal mountaineer Anshu to climb Everest for breast cancer awareness
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After creating world record for being the only mother to scale Mount Everest twice within the span of 10 days, Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa is once again gearing up to climb the world’s highest peak. This time around Anshu is in a different mission to spread awareness on Breast cancer among her fellow countrymen.
Tripura to hold local bodies poll in July
Agartala : The much expected and politically significant election to the three-tier gram panchayats in Tripura would be held July 15, an official said...
Odisha to supply solar power to tribal schools
Bhubaneswar : Schools and hostels being run by Odisha's Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes development department will soon be given solar power-based electricity supply.
Realising...
Badruddin Ajmal and Mahmod Madani inaugurated a private hospital in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Lok Sabha MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal and General Secretary of Jamiat-ul-Ulema-i-Hind Maulana Mahmood Madani inaugurated a private hospital and research institute at Lilong, in Manipur, on October 26, 2014.
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...
Beniwal sacked, Duggal new Mizoram Governor
New Delhi : The Narendra Modi government Wednesday sacked Kamla Beniwal as Mizoram's governor, an official statement said.
Former union home secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal,...
The search for Isolation quotient of the collective development
By Rajaraman Sundaresan for TwoCircles.net
Society at large today, is caught up with too many ideas. Confusion and complexity are part of any diverse society...
Modi wishes Arunachal, Mizoram on statehood day
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their statehood day.
Extending his greetings to the...
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...
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.
Thanks to Google, woman reunited with parents after 17 years
Patna : A woman, who went missing from a train when she was six-years old, was reunited here with her parents after 17 years...
Sanitation minister inspects Meghalaya village
Shillong : Ram Kripal Yadav, union minister of state for drinking water and sanitation, Sunday visited a village in Meghalaya, interacted with villagers and...
Sonia to take final call on Meghalaya leadership issue: Faleiro
Shillong : Congress president Sonia Gandhi will take the final decision on the demand of certain party legislators for removal of Mukul Sangma as...
Tripura withdraws school book that tags BJP a communal party
Agartala : The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to withdraw the government school textbook in which the BJP was tagged as a...
Research Scholars’ and Guides’ meet at USTM
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) organized a “Research Scholars’ and Guides’ meet,” on Saturday, for the smooth functioning of the research works on going in the University in the departments of various schools. The intention behind this meet is to give emphasis on the research and development initiatives of USTM and bring all the research scholars, guides and faculties in the same platform to share each other’s knowledge.
Rajnath visits Myanmar border, reviews Manipur situation
Imphal/Agartala : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju Friday visited India-Myanmar border in Manipur and discussed border trade with the...
Naga accord not to ignore other states’ interests: Centre
Guwahati: The Naga peace accord will not bypass the interests of other states sharing boundaries with Nagaland, union Minister of State for Home Kiren...
Arrests of Human rights activists and intellectuals across India strongly condemned
By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Prominent activists’ and public intellectuals’ houses were raided and the activists and intellectuals who were critical of the government were arrested...
Manipur Catholic schools shut down after threats
Imphal (IANS): All the Christian missionary schools in and around Imphal, Manipur, remained shut indefinitely for the second day on Tuesday following threats from...
Assam bandh: Normal life hit; over 70 detained, released
Guwahati : Normal life was affected across Assam Friday in the wake of a Bajrang Dal-sponsored 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh to press for the arrest...
Track conversion to hit food supply to northeast from October
Agartala : The transport of foodgrains and other essentials to Tripura, Mizoram and other northeastern states "would be severely affected" following a 'mega block'...
Three bullet-riddled bodies found in Meghalaya
Shillong : Three bullet-riddled bodies were found Thursday in Meghalaya's Garo Hills region, police said.
A police spokesperson said the trio were gunned down Wednesday...
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...
Rajnath expresses concern over Islamist terrorism
Guwahati : Islamist terrorism has touched the Indian subcontinent and it is a matter of concern for the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said...
5000 people from 40 villages in Maharashtra gather to demand justice for Dr. Payal...
By Imran Inamdar, Twocircles.net
Jalgao (Maharashtra)
With the intention to send a strong message to the government authorities, as many as five thousand Adivasi activists including...
In World Cup season, documentary ‘Soccer Queens of Rani’ tells story of Assam’s football...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Dulumoni Rabha’s mother and brother work in stone quarries to make ends meet. Nikumoni Kalita’s father digs sand from the river to earn his family’s household expenses. Popy Rabha’s mother pulls a hand cart, sells snack in the weekly local market so that her family can have their next meal.
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...
BJP wants to divide Jharkhand society with non-tribal CM: Nitish
Patna: Senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Friday accused the BJP of trying to divide society in Jharkhand by naming non-tribal Raghubar Das as the...
HC restrains P.A. Sangma from using defamatory statement against Meghalaya CM
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday restrained former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma from repeating defamatory statements against Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul...
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.
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...
Mass protest in Assam’s BTAD after killing of a student leader
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Mushalpur area of Baksa district in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) witnessed mass protest on Thursday following the killing of one student leader Manoj Das on Wednesday evening.
Manipur reshuffle row: Ministers claim majority support
Imphal : Ministers in Congress-ruled Manipur say they have majority support in the party -- and so don't want to be axed at the...
Assam transparent in utilising central funds: CM
Guwahati : The Assam government was complying with all norms for maintaining transparency in utilising central funds, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Monday.
Gogoi...
CPI-M condemns Assam killings
New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday urged the government to take "firm action" and dismantle Bodo militants after they massacred over 40 tribals, including...
Rs.124.04 bn tax-free deficit budget in Tripura
By IANS,
Agartala : Tripura Finance Minister Badal Chaudhury Wednesday presented a Rs.124.04 billion tax-free budget with a deficit of Rs.1.58 billion for the 2014-15...
Why Indian tribes need more opportunities to ‘Make (a living) in India’ (Human Interest...
By Bhavana Akella
Jamshedpur : Sumanti Bhagat, a petite 30-year-old Oraon tribal woman, famous among her tribe for her paintings, uses some sophisticated techniques...
Manipur tribals to observe unity day on Aug 31
Imphal : A Manipur activist group will observe "Tribal Unity Day" on August 31 to remember nine people who were killed in early September...
Army to intensify operations in Assam
New Delhi : Army chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Friday said operations will be intensified in violence-hit Assam where Bodo militants massacred dozens of tribals...
Why Jharkhand’s Pathalgadi movement is worrying the state government
Shukoh Albadar, TwoCircles.net
Merely 40 km away from the Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi, Khunti, a newly-carved out district is in the limelight across the national...
13 held in Assam witch-hunting case
Guwahati: At least 13 people were arrested Saturday for their alleged involvement in the murder of three members of a family in Assam...
India Inc. cries foul at Congress’s job quota promise
New Delhi : The Congress Wednesday repeated its promise to provide quotas in private sector for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes if...
Tribal refugees in Tripura cast postal ballot for Mizoram
Agartala: Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Tripura for the past 17 years after fleeing from their villages in neighbouring Mizoram, Tuesday...
Assam youth beaten up in Delhi, hospitalised
New Delhi : A 21-year-old student from Assam was allegedly beaten up by some residents of south Delhi's Amar Colony, police said Monday, denying...
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...
USTM ‘Award of Excellence’ to Dr Saif Sheikh
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Although well settled in the United States of America as the Director of Neo Pharm Inc and Vice President of Jina Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dr Saif Sheikh, a post-doctorate scientist from Purdue University, Johns Hopkins University, Pittsburg Medical Center, is still emotionally attached to his home country India.
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...
आदिवासी बच्चों को उनकी जड़ों से अलग करते बस्तर के ये स्कूल
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दंतेवाड़ा/सुकमा (छत्तीसगढ़) : बस्तर में चल रहे स्कूल ज्ञान के केंद्र होने के बजाय अज्ञान के कीड़े साबित होते जा रहे...
Tripura government asked to form SIT to probe chit fund firms
Agartala : The Tripura High Court on Thursday asked the state government to set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the activities...
Bengal animal house to serve east, northeast India
Kolkata : The Bose Institute's state-of-the-art animal house and research facility is set to supply strains of small laboratory animals for research to the...
India hands fresh list of insurgent camps to Bangladesh
Shillong : Bangladesh's border guards have promised firm action against insurgents from India's northeastern states taking shelter in that country, an Indian official said...
Girl killed in Tripura hostel fire
Agartala : In a tragic incident, a seven-year-old girl was burnt to death and 10 other students were injured when their school hostel caught...
Manipuri man’s killing: Five men sent to custody
New Delhi : A Delhi court Thursday sent five men, arrested for the killing of a 29-year-old Manipuri BPO employee in the city, to...
Separated by a barbed wire, torn apart by politics: Families on the LOC
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Hunderman Brok (Kargil) : A barbed wire can often represent the idea of security, but...
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...
BPO employee from Manipur beaten to death in Delhi
New Delhi : A BPO employee hailing from Manipur was beaten to death here in a brutal attack reminiscent of one on a student...
वाह रे मोदी बजट! दलित-आदिवासियों का हक़ भी मार लिया!
Afroz Alam Sahil, TwoCircles.net
प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी भले ही अरूण जेटली द्वारा पेश किए गए बजट को गांव, गरीब और किसान समर्थक बजट बता रहे...
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...
Militants kidnap two tribals in Tripura
Agartala : Militants have kidnapped two tribal men in Tripura, police said Friday.
Police suspect that the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants might...
Increase in funds for Dalits, Tribals in Union Budget
New Delhi (IANS): The allocation of funds for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has been increased to Rs 56,619 crore and Rs...
Six millionaires, two paupers in fray in Tripura
Agartala : Six of the 25 candidates vying for Tripura's two Lok Sabha seats are 'crorepatis' (multi-millionaires) according to the affidavits filed along with...
PDP seeks governor’s intervention on ‘ignored areas’
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday appealed to Governor N.N. Vohra to intervene for creating new administrative units in areas ignored...
Will continue to speak my mind, says Manjhi
Patna : Ignoring warnings and advice of his party JD-U over his controversial remarks in recent days, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday...
Legislator slaps J&K assembly marshal
By IANS,
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly Wednesday witnessed an ugly scene when an opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator slapped a...