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...
Assam mourns as prominent academician Mohd Taher no more
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Mohammad Taher – one of the brightest stars of academics from the region, author of more than 30 books and editor of two volumes of the Asomiya Biswakoch (Assamese encyclopedia) – is no more.
The 84-year-old scholar left for heavenly abode on Tuesday leaving hundreds in a state of sorrow. His janaja was performed on Wednesday in Guwahati in the presence of his family, relatives and well-wishers.
Seven die in Madhya Pradesh heat wave
Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) : At least seven people have died and about 110 have taken ill due to the intense heat wave in Seoni...
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.
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...
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...
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...
Congress accuses RSS of trafficking tribal girls in Assam
New Delhi : The Congress on Saturday alleged that three affiliates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in trafficking of 31...
All seven slain guerrillas Pakistanis, LeT members: Security forces
Srinagar : All the seven separatist guerrillas killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district were Pakistani nationals...
UPA lacks political will to solve Naga issue: Rio
Shillong: Terming the Congress as a "communal party" for shielding certain communities, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Saturday also accused the UPA government of...
Maid’s decomposed body found in army colonel’s house
Guwahati : The highly decomposed body of a maid was on Thursday recovered from the servants' quarter of an army Colonel in Assam's Jorhat...
With no institutional mechanisms, discrimination and harassment are everyday ordeals for tribal students
By Daisy K, TwoCircles.net
In yet another kind of institutionalised murder, Dr. Payal Tadvi, a 26 year old Post Graduate Student at Mumbai’s famed BYL...
परमाणु ऊर्जा के खिलाफ चुटका में संघर्ष जारी
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जबलपुर: कल तारीख 31 मई 2015 को चुटका परमाणु बिजली परियोजना के खिलाफ चुटका में हुई स्थानीय लोगों की विरोध सभा में...
सवालों के प्रहार तले डेल्टा मेघवाल की मौत
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नोखा (राजस्थान) : राजस्थान के बीकानेर जिले के नोखा में स्थित ‘श्री जैन आदर्श कन्या शिक्षक-प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय’ के परिसर में हुई...
In Wayanad Kerala, Adivasi Dalit students are on indefinite strike for better representation in...
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Sulthan Bathery: Since 28 September, members and students of the Adi Sakthi Summer School, an Adivasi Dalit students’ collective that facilitates...
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio leading
Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio was Friday leading by around 30,000 votes in the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the state against...
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...
Bangladesh seeks to supply rice to northeast India: Tripura minister
By Sujit Chakraborty ,
Agartala: In one more sign of warming cross-border ties, Bangladesh says it is keen to supply rice to food-deficient northeastern states...
No discrimination on basis of caste, religion: Rajnath Singh
Gurgaon : In the wake of increasing attacks on people from the northeast in other parts of India, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday...
You have strengthened our resolve to continue fighting: Press Release from Students of University...
By TCN News
Hyderabad: The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice condemns in the strongest terms the brutal physical and sexual assaults unleashed...
Assam’s little reporters: Agents of change for neglected communities
By Azera Parveen Rahman,
Dibrugarh (Assam) : They are perceptive, have no biases, are honest and don't mince their words. Articles by children reporters of...
Kerala tribal leader C.K. Janu floats new party
Alappuzha (Kerala) : Tribal leader C.K. Janu on Wednesday announced the formation of a new political party which would be part of the BJP-led...
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.
Digital Deceit: How AI and Voice Apps Were Weaponised to Sexually Assault Tribal Girls...
Iqra Farrukh, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: In a chilling revelation from Madhya Pradesh, technology has been weaponised for deceit and cruelty. Approximately 80 kilometers from Sidhi district headquarters, impoverished...
SC postpones hearing on Meghalaya CM’s tribal status
Shillong : The Supreme Court Monday put off a hearing to decide the tribal status of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma as one of...
Modi announces relief for Assam victims
New Delhi : Expressing grief over the killings in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday announced ex-gratia of Rs.2 lakh each to families of...
BSF to sensitise troopers along India-Bangladesh border
Agartala : BSF Director General D.K. Pathak has asked the commanders and top officials of the force to sensitise troopers and maintain close relations...
CBI raids Rose Valley offices in Tripura, seizes documents
Agartala : Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) teams on Wednesday raided seven Tripura offices of Kolkata-based Rose Valley Group, a chit fund company,...
More Indo-French science collaborations for Northeast
Kolkata : Working with India's leading research centres, the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) is seeking more scientific partnerships for...
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...
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,...
Tracing shadow footprints: Development and lives of Purulia’s Santhal people – Part I
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Purulia: As I walk down the Gurabera village in West Bengal’s western-most district of Purulia, bordering Jharkhand, Anita Mandi, 10, is...
Bird flu in Manipur, culling of fowl starts
Imphal : Bird flu or avian influenza has resurfaced in northeastern state of Manipur and the culling of poultry fowl began on Monday, official...
World Bank’s social enterprises in three NE states
By IANS,
Shillong : The World Bank Wednesday launched its $1 million 2014 India Development Marketplace for implementing innovative service delivery in Meghalaya, Mizoram and...
Kanhaiya Kumar, other leaders call for ‘non-cooperation movement’ against CAB and NRC in Kolkata...
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
The streets of Kolkata witnessed a massive protest march against the Centre’s move on the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) 2019,...
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...
Gogoi to blame for Assam violence, says opposition
Guwahati : The AGP, the BJP and the CPI-M Wednesday blamed the Tarun Gogoi government for the killing of 65 tribals in attacks by...
On Quit India Day, Modi-Shivraj asked to quit Narmada Valley
By TCN News
Bhopal: Narmada valley reverberated with the slogan “Modi-Shivraj Go Back” – “Hamare Gaon me Hamaara Raj, Vaapis Jao Modi Shivraj”. The slogan...
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...
Tribal health issues to be targeted separately
New Delhi : Separating tribal health issues from the mainstream, malaria, sickle cell anaemia, nutrition and maternal and child health would now be targeted...
Bravery award in name of Assam girl
Guwahati : The Assam government Sunday announced setting up of a bravery award in the name of a school girl who was killed by...
India’s Northeast: A region grows in electoral importance
By Saroj Mohanty,
The dominant narrative about India's Northeast looks in for a change. A rare coalescing of domestic politics and foreign policy interests is...
Manipuris paid homage to martyrs of Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Manipuris throughout the globe paid homage to the heroes who laid down their lives for their motherland in the historic Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891 on August 13, 2014. The day is observed every year as Patriots' Day in the State.
Corporates will run India if Modi becomes PM: Gogoi
Guwahati : Launching a fresh attack against Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said big corporate houses will run the government...
Rajnath reaches Assam
Guwahati : Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday flew into Assam to study the situation after Bodo militants massacred 65 tribals in three districts.
Rajnath Singh...
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...
75% of all children out of school are Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims
By Afroz Alam Sahil, Twocircles.net
New Delhi: A reply to a questioned asked in the Rajya Sabha has brought forth alarming statistics in...
24 rebels arrested in Meghalaya
Shillong : Twenty-four rebels of the A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC-B) were arrested Saturday from their hideout in Garo Hills region of Meghalaya, police...
TCN Interview: “My purpose as a filmmaker is to bring stories of marginalised into...
In this interview with TwoCircles.net, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Somnath Waghmare talks about the production of films and the social landscape that constitutes film-making...
Photography exhibition organised in Guwahati college to mark child rights day
By Aurelyne Khongriat, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Mass Communication Department of Assam Don Bosco University marked Child Rights Day with a photography exhibition on 20th November 2014.
First semester students explored the theme of ‘Colours’ in all its shades by putting up 12 panels of 36 photographs.
The Roohani Water of AIUDF chief raises many eyebrows, claiming the act to be...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Scholars and civil society of Assam have slammed the act of giving ‘roohani’ water by All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief, Badruddin Ajmal, to the people of Muslim community during election rallies, terming it as anti-religious. Casting a special chant into water carried to election rallies with the aim of using extremely poor and illiterate supporters as votes for the upcoming Lok Sabha election is against Allah, claimed Islamic scholars from the state. The supporters of AIUDF, however, see this water and the blind faith on Ajmal as a binding thread.
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...
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...
Meghalaya tribals oppose Jaypee getting power project
Shillong: Tribals in Meghalaya Monday opposed the handing over the proposed construction 240 MW Umngot hydro electric project to Jaypee Group, saying that it...
Congress makes false promises: Modi
Itanagar : BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday accused the Congress of making false promises to the people.
Addressing an election rally here, Modi...
Army conducts flag march in Assam’s troubled district
Guwahati : Army Thursday conducted flag march in Assam's troubled Golaghat district near the border with Nagaland, even as a youth was injured when...
Tripura tops list for giving rural jobs for fifth year
Agartala : Tripura has kept its top position for the fifth consecutive year for offering 66 person-days so far in the current fiscal in...
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...
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s house gutted by fire
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Once it was a meeting place of several big shots of the country including Indian first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru even before the time of independence. Now only silence prevails in the area amidst the echo of cry of the neighbours after the glorious history was gutted by fire at Guwahati’s Lakhtokia.
Congress-BJP syndicate forcibly divided Andhra: Mamata
By IANS,
Agartala : The Congress-BJP syndicate "undemocratically and forcibly divided" Andhra Pradesh and they are trying to sell the country, West Bengal Chief Minister...
Assam honours SC, breaks tradition on animal fights
Guwahati : Assam Thursday broke a more than a century-old tradition to honour the Supreme Court ban on animal fights. The state stayed away...
Journalist held in Assam for insurgent links
Guwahati : A news correspondent with a satellite TV channel of Assam has been arrested for his alleged links with Bodo insurgents, police said...
Police officer suspended in Kashmir
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday suspended a station house officer (SHO) in Anantnag district for giving false information to the media about...
Assam: Ethnic Communal Divides to the Fore
By Ram Puniyani,
The recent (May 01, 2014) violence in Kokrajhar, Baska killing 32 Bengali speaking Muslims is one more reminder of the seeping Bodo-Muslim tension in the region. This violence is being attributed to Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), whose legislator Pramila Rani Brahma allegedly stated that her party candidate and Assam minister may not win in the present elections as according to her knowledge Muslims had not voted for him and have voted for a non-Bodo candidate. This is what seems to have provoked the violence, but surely this is tip of the iceberg as the problems between two communities are much deeper and are in a way continuation of the same reasons which led to the violence in the region in July 2012. This is also related to the subtle threat for the forthcoming Assembly elections of 2015.
Charge-sheet to be filed in Srinagar food adulteration case
By IANS,
Srinagar : The Srinagar Municipal Corporation will Monday file a charge- sheet against three food processing companies for adulteration in a court here,...
Tripura officer suspended for ordering schools to buy CM’s book
Agartala : The Tripura government has suspended a senior officer and cautioned another for issuing an order to purchase books written by the chief...
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.
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.
Assam ministers resign, CM to reconstitute cabinet
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday convened a meeting of the council of ministers, following which all the ministers resigned to pave...
Assam waives entertainment tax on ‘Mary Kom’
Guwahati : The Assam government Wednesday announced exemption of entertainment tax on "Mary Kom", a new Bollywood movie on the World champion woman boxer...
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...
Meghalaya urges Centre to ratify protocol with Bangladesh
Shillong : The Meghalaya government on Monday urged the central government to ratify the land agreement protocol that was signed between India and Bangladesh...
Omar visits injured legislator in hospital
By IANS,
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday visited a government hospital here to enquire about the health of injured opposition...
Assam CM urges PM to solve issues bothering his state
By TwoCircles.net Staffer,
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi and sought his assistance in solving several problems of the state – including the issue of fundamental activities – at the present hour.
Centre to blame for arms flow: Meghalaya CM
Shillong : A day after the Centre warned Meghalaya over the deteriorating law and order situation in Garo Hills, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday...
Saddened by Assam attacks, says Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday condemned the "heinous" militant attacks in Assam and said her government will continue to support...
Pakistani refugees in Jammu to vote for BJP
Jammu : The 100,000-strong Pakistani refugees here have announced their support to the BJP candidate in what is being seen as a crucial step...
Assam based scribe body demands for clemency to Al-Jazeera journalists
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Joining the international chorus for the FreeAJStaff campaign, an Indian scribes’ body has demanded an immediate release of all journalists, who have been jailed in Egypt for allegedly ‘producing false reports on Egypt in collaboration with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group endangering Egypt's national security’.
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...
Efforts on to repatriate Bangladeshi tribals
Agartala : Indian officials were trying to repatriate Bangladeshi tribals who have entered Tripura seeking refuge after ethnic violence erupted in their country, officials...
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...
Northeast can set off India’s second Green Revolution: ICAR director Ngachan
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala : The mountainous northeastern region, which comprises eight states, occupies eight percent of India's land area and is home to four...
More than 1300 riot affected families from BTAD are yet to be rehabilitated
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as Assam government has admitted that over 1,300 families, who were affected during the ethnic clashes in the Bodoland...
Rajnath Singh reviews Manipur situation
New Delhi : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday reviewed the situation in Manipur ahead of an economic blockade called by some Naga organisations.
At...
There is hope among apprehension from BJP government
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Even as the BJP sweeps the 16th Lok Sabha polls in the country, a section of the people are still apprehensive that it might have a negative impact. They raise the question on the secularism of Narendra Modi and the saffron party with that now sees more involvement of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) more than ever. But they are still hopeful of better days with BJP winning as many as seven seats in Assam.
Rise of political parties with religious identity is sad: Yogendra Yadav
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Expelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav on Friday said the rise of political parties with religious identity in the country is unfortunate.
Addressing Swaraj Samvad, a dialogue on present and future of alternative politics in Guwahati, the renowned academic said that this development has proved that all the so-called secular political parties have failed.
Portable water contamination sensor developed
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Two Assam Don Bosco University Researchers of the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department at Don Bosco College of Engineering and Technology (DBCET) have developed an on-the-spot water contamination sensor that can assess whether the amount of metal ions present in water is in the range that is safe for human consumption.
Billionaires, actors, farmers to vote in Maharashtra
Mumbai : Billionaires, slum-dwellers, film stars, tribals, fisherfolk, farmers and migrants will decide the fate of 338 candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections in...
Changing pattern of struggle against land acquisition in India
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
Until the tribes and other weaker sections of the remote, and mineral-rich rough terrains of east-central India were getting displaced from...
Improve Assam’s power scenario: Gogoi to discom
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday reviewed the power situation in the state and asked the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL)...
Devotees gather at Jalaluddin Auliya Dargah in Guwahati for spiritual discourse
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Over a thousand devotees, both men and women, attended the Deeni Jalsa Waz Mehfil or a spiritual discourse programme held at Dargah Hafizia Madrassa of Shah Jalaluddin Auliya at Dwaranda, Panjabari Road in Guwahati on Sunday.
Bodies of abducted people found in Assam
Guwahati : The bullet-riddled bodies of four people, who were abducted by suspected Bodo militants in Assam's Baksa district, have been found, while the...
Go Green Masjid campaign launched in Manipur on World Environment Day
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Like in other parts of the globe, World Environment Day was celebrated in different parts of Manipur on June 5, 2014. The day was observed by Government institutions and civil bodies by organizing awareness programmes and planting tree saplings.
Blaming state govt, Assam Wakf president Khaleque resigns
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Wakf Board president Abdul Khalque has resigned from his position after BJP’s Minority Morcha’s serious allegations of mismanagement of the properties in the state even as the country is witnessing a wave of resignations. Khaleque, a former MLA of the Congress has also dared to face a CBI inquiry in this regard of fund mismanagement.
EC to hold ‘wake up’ campaign in Jammu
By IANS,
Jammu: The Election Commission Saturday announced the "Wake up Jammu" campaign in an effort to increase voter participation in the Lok Sabha elections.
In...
Official restrictions, shutdown affect life in Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : Official restrictions and shutdown called by separatists continued for the third day Tuesday, affecting life here and in other major towns...
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...
Meghalaya on railways’ map
New Delhi : Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday said Meghalaya has joined the railway network and Arunachal Pradesh has been linked with the...
Tripura to get rice from Andhra Pradesh via Bangladesh Thursday
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Rice from southern India to Tripura via Bangladesh is likely to reach here Thursday, bringing to fruition a three-year-long diplomatic...
Tribal organisation rallies against amendment in Land Act, conversion law
Ranchi, (IANS): A tribal organisation held a rally in Ranchi on Monday against the Jharkhand government's Anti-Conversion Bill and its proposed amendments in the 2013...
CPI-M demands quota for SC, ST in private sector
Visakhapatnam : The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday demanded reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the private sector and...
Wrong perception of northeast as conflict zone: Meghalaya CM
Kolkata : India's northeast was perceived as a 'conflict zone' due to the negative media coverage, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said Monday, and...
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...
Essar may open Jharkhand mine next year
New Delhi : Indian conglomerate Essar Group's power arm, Essar Power, on Wednesday said that it may open its Jharkhand coal mine for production...
Centre pursuing issues of northeast on mission mode: Sitharaman
Aizawl : Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the central government would pursue all matters related to India's northeast region on...
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.
GSI to look for coal reserves in Tripura
Agartala : The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has undertaken a diverse study after a coal-like substance was found in Tripura, an official said...
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...
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...
Clash in Kashmir town over man’s killing
By IANS,
Srinagar : Residents of Pulwama town in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday clashed with security forces following the killing of a man alleged to...
Government says committed to development of northeast
New Delhi : The government Thursday said it was "totally committed" to the overall development of the northeastern region.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advised...
Restrictions imposed in Srinagar over ‘Quit Kashmir’ rally
Srinagar : Authorities Monday imposed restrictions on pedestrian and vehicular traffic in and around Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir as a separatist rally 'Quit...
Manipuri man attacked in Gurgaon, one detained
Gurgaon : A man was detained for attacking a Manipuri man here Sunday night, police said Monday.
Soizamuam, 39, and a cab driver, was attacked...
CRPF to take skill development programmes to tribals, J&K youth
New Delhi : In a novel reach-out endeavour of the government, the Central Reserve Police Force has been roped in to extend benefits of...
70 Indian border markets to be open to Bangladeshis
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : India intends to set up 70 markets, colloquially called 'haats', on its border where Bangladeshis and Indians will be able...
The Great Illusion: How Misframed Adivasi Forest Rights Threaten Culture and Conservation ?
When Adivasi land rights are framed as tickets to government handouts, both cultural traditions and nature conservation hang in the balance, explains Dipika Adhikari,...
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...
AFSPA extended in Tripura for six months
Agartala : The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers and judicial immunity to security forces in conflict-hit areas, was extended...
Gogoi slams Gujarat for showing Arunachal, Kashmir as disputed
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday lashed out at the Gujarat government for signing agreements with China that had maps showing Arunachal...
Tribal farmer commits suicide in Jharkhand over burnt crop
Ranchi, (IANS): A 55-year-old tribal farmer, Buddhu Oraon, on Thursday committed suicide by jumping into a well after 80 quintals of his paddy crop was...
Probe ordered into booth capturing allegations in Manipur
Guwahati : Manipur's chief electoral officer Thursday ordered a probe into the allegations of booth capturing and rigging in some polling booths during the...
Top tourism award warms the cockles of J&K hearts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday bagged "The best state in the country for comprehensive development of tourism" award.
Union minister for human...
Bangladesh border guards to tighten vigil along frontier
Agartala : The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) would further tighten vigil along the India-Bangladesh border to check activities of the Indian militants, a Border...
Former Assam MP Ismail Hussain passes away
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Former MP and Assam minister Ismail Hussain passed away at the age of 65 after suffering from a prolonged illness in a private hospital in Guwahati on Friday.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in his condolence message, termed him to be man who always thought for the upliftment of the poor during his days as minister.
Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur
Imphal: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur,...
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...
Three big signing for NorthEast United
Shillong : NorthEast United Football Club Wednesday announced the signing of Portuguese defender Miguel Garcia, Zambian midfielder Kondwani Mtonga and Greek goalkeeper Alexandros Tzvoras...
Meghalaya: Chief Minister Sangma hits out at Modi government for rejecting Church leader’s...
Shillong (IANS): Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday hit out at NDA Central government for rejecting the visa application of Baptist World Alliance...
Toll in Assam-Nagaland border firing now 11
Guwahati : The toll in a firing incident near the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district of Assam rose to 11 Friday with the recovery...
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.
Cabinet approves telecom plan for northeast
New Delhi : The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday gave its approval for implementing a Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for...
Repatriate refugees to Mizoram: Tripura
Agartala : The Tripura government and a Lok Sabha member from the state have once again urged the central government to take steps to...
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...
Have not accepted home minister’s resignation: Meghalaya CM
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Monday said that he is yet to accept the resignation of his woman Home Minister Roshan Warjri.
"She...
Mizoram governor takes charge of Tripura Sunday
Agartala : Mizoram Governor Vakkom Purushothaman will take additional charge of Tripura Sunday, officials said Friday.
President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Purushothaman to discharge the...
Schoolgirl raped, murdered in Tripura
Agartala : A 16-year-old schoolgirl was raped and murdered in Tripura, police said here Friday.
"Tarubala Debbarma, a student of class six, was raped and...
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...
Terror plot averted in Meghalaya
Shillong : Seven insurgents were arrested in Meghalaya Thursday, as police averted a plot to carry out an explosion in the assembly constituency of...
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...
Quran, Assamese, English and Computers, madrassas teach them all
By A Ghiasuddin, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Madrassas across the country earned a bad name after the Burdwan bomb blast in October. Allegations, including by sections of the media, flew in thick and fast that anti-national lessons are taught at madrassas and that these institutions are a hub of terror.
Panel to interact with northeast people in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Home Ministry Friday said a panel, formed to look into the concerns of northeast people, will hold interactions with...
Kashmir governor’s address to legislature disrupted
By IANS,
Jammu : There was chaos on the first day of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature's budget session Monday as opposition members disrupted Governor...
Assam toll rises to 71, Rajnath reviews situation
Guwahati : The toll in the violence unleashed by Bodo militants rose to 71 Wednesday, even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by two...
नक्सल इलाक़ों में नोटबंदी का ‘आतंक’
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
झारखंड/छत्तीसगढ़: नोटबंदी ने आम लोगों को बेहाल कर रखा है. और जिनके पास काला धन है, वे रोज़ काले को सफ़ेद...
‘Assam youth arrested for terror link had training in Jihad’
Guwahati : A day after the arrest of six persons for terror links in Assam's Barpeta district, police said that one of the arrested...
India, Bangladesh to step up joint border patrolling
Agartala : Border guards of India and Bangladesh would intensify their joint patrolling, officials said here Sunday following a two-day district-level border meet.
"The BSF...
Assam PHE Chief Engineer BU Laskar no more
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Baha Uddin Laskar, Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Assam, passed away at International Hospital in Guwahati after suffering a massive heart attack on Tuesday afternoon. He was 59.
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,...
Security forces, ethnic army clash near Myanmar-Bangladesh border
Yangon: Heavy fighting between security forces and the Arakan ethnic army occurred near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.
The fighting came a day ahead of the resumption...
Meghalaya toll 46, Rijiju to visit flood-hit areas Saturday
Shillong : The toll following floods and landslides in Meghalaya has risen to 46 while 10 people are still missing, officials said Friday.
Union Minister...