Dalit Sahitya Samman Sammelan held at Imphal
By Dr Syed Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Awards were conferred to as many as 80 persons working in different fields in recognition of their dedication to...
Voting sluggish in Arunachal
Itanagar: Balloting in simultaneous elections to Arunachal Pradesh's two Lok Sabha seats and the state assembly was sluggish in the first three hours, with...
Anti-Terrorism convention: No place for terror in Islam, scholars assert
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Scholars, intellectuals and activists from different parts of the country attending an anti-terrorism convention here came down heavily on attempts by Hindu fundamentalist to malign Muslims in the name of terrorism in India, Assam in particular.
Jharkhand after 20 years: Rich state, poor people and a tale of betrayal
By Dr. Md Afroz & MD Tabrez Alam, TwoCircles.net
Jharkhand is considered one among the richest states in contemporary India because of its rich mineral...
Rahul Gandhi kicks-off campaign for Lok Sabha polls in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi kicked-off the party’s campaign for Lok Sabha polls by addressing a public meeting at the Wangjing Kadampokpi Ground in Thoubal district of Manipur on March 19, 2014.
Northeast: An issue in DU polls
New Delhi : Students organisation are trying hard to garner votes of northeast students in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls, with "ending...
Northeast groups demand anti-racism law
By IANS,
New Delhi : Demanding a strong anti-racism law in India, NGOs and students unions from the northeastern region Monday blamed the central and...
Modi hasn’t fulfilled promises, says Assam CM
Guwahati : Though the Narendra Modi government has completed six months in office, yet none of his pre-poll promises have been fulfilled so far,...
Opposition wants Dogri TV channel
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition legislators Tuesday walked out of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly demanding the setting up of a Dogri television channel in...
सवाल : एकमात्र मुस्लिम आदिवासी समुदाय वन गुर्जरो की परवाह किसे है !
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उत्तराखंड के पौड़ी गढ़वाल ज़िले में रेवासन नदी के किनारे बसे इस गाँव का नाम नत्थू चोड़ है. घने...
Sharmila files papers from Manipur’s Thoubal seat
Imphal, (IANS): 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila on Thursday filed her nomination papers to contest from Thoubal constituency in the Manipur assembly elections.
"I am fighting...
Assam to hand over jihadi activities cases to NIA
Guwahati : Assam will hand over cases related to jihadi activities in the state to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi...
J & K Youth congress organizes programs in support of congress-NC candidate Madan Lal...
By TCN News,
Sundarbani (J&K): J&K Youth Congress organized several events at Nowshera & Sunderbani districts in Jammu and Kashmir in support of Congress-NC candidate for Lok Sabha elections Madan Lal Sharma on 30th March. State president of J&K Youth Congress, Shahnawaz Choudhary,and All India Election Commissioner, NSUI, Iftkhar Ahmed, were present.
Tribal refugees burn 10 houses after tribal’s suicide in Tripura
Agartala : Tension prevailed on Sunday in Kanchanpur in northern Tripura as angry tribal refugees, originally hailing from Mizoram, burnt around 10 houses of...
Some Meghalaya policemen aiding insurgents: Police chief
Shillong : Meghalaya Police chief Peter Hanaman Tuesday admitted that some of the state's policemen were maintaining links with Garo insurgents.
"We have some bad...
डिजिटल इंडिया का सच : उत्तर प्रदेश का एक थाना ऐसा भी जहां नही...
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सोनभद्र : चकाचौंध भरी दुनिया में जहां लोग दूसरे ग्रहों पर जाकर वहां की तस्वीर और अन्य चीजों की...
Tripura tribal party snaps ties with Congress
Agartala : In a significant political development, the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT), a tribal-based state party, has snapped its ties with main...
Meet Seral Murmu, a tribal filmmaker telling untold stories of tribals through his films
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Thirty-four-year-old Seral Murmu hails from Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a place known for copper mining. While growing up...
Child-tracing portal hit by poor infrastructure in northeast
Guwahati : Lack of computers in many police stations and poor internet connectivity have stopped police in many northeastern states from uploading data in...
294 days and counting: Why Churachandpur refuses to bury its dead
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Churachandpur, Manipur: September 1 started like every other day at work for Chingneihoih, 22, from Churachandpur. For the...
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.
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,...
Manipuri student killed by friend in Delhi
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Manipuri student was killed by a friend from his own state who later surrendered at a police station, officials...
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...
Centre rejected Inner Line Permit in Tripura: Minister
Agartala : The central government rejected the introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Tripura arguing that the current act is sufficient...
Criminalisation of politics: Meghalaya lawmakers demand NIA probe
Shillong : Opposition legislators in Meghalaya Tuesday demanded a probe by the NIA into politicians hobnobbing with militants, even as Chief Minister Mukul Sangma...
CM takes stock of latest situation in camps of BTAD, 6 more bodies recovered
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visited Narayanguri and Balapara in Baksa and Kokrajhar’s Gossaigaon subdivision to take stock of the latest law and order situation and to meet the violence affected people on Wednesday.
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,...
Two Manipuri youths attacked in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Two youths from the northeast were beaten up here late Sunday, a few days after the death of Arunachal Pradesh...
Polling officials reach remote booths for April 17 polls
Siliguri : Polling officials Tuesday night reached 16 remote booths in the mountainous terrain of Darjeeling constituency for the first phase of Lok Sabha...
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...
Congress makes false promises, Sonia let marines go: Modi
Itanagar/Guwahati : BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing the party of making "false promises", and...
Local aide of killed LeT guerrilla nabbed in Kashmir
Srinagar : A guerrilla who tried to escape from a gunfight with security forces, in which a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was killed, was Monday apprehended...
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.
Improve infrastructure for growth in northeast: Modi
New Delhi : Terming infrastructural development as "key" to progress in the northeast India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called to speed up...
Mamata condemns Assam attacks
Kolkata : In a veiled attack on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday said comments by "aspirants...
Centre extends Suspension of Operation agreement with NDFB (P)
New Delhi :The central government Friday extended an agreement to suspend operations against the pro-talk National Democratic Front of Boroland (Progressive) for six months,...
Food Security Act launched in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday launched the Food Security Act, which aims to provide subsidised food grains to around 80 percent...
Assam CM seeks Rs 1,000 crore for flood from centre
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 1,000 crore as immediate relief to flood-hit Assam.
Four months of protest: Struggle continues for Kerala adivasis for their own land
By Shafeeq Hudawi, TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: On Wednesday, when Kerala observed the World Human Rights Day with rallies, seminars and talks, a vulnerable section – adivasis, hailing from various tribal settlement – were left out of celebrations.
12-hour strike stalls life in Tripura
Agartala : A 12-hour shut down, called by the ruling CPI-M as well as the opposition Congress over the killing of two men, crippled...
One killed, three hurt in Assam-Nagaland border firing
Guwahati : There was panic in the Uriamghat area in Assam's Golaghat district near the state's border with Nagaland Thursday when gunmen allegedly from...
Killings in Assam condemnable: Amnesty
New Delhi : The killing of unarmed civilians by Bodo militants in Assam "is highly condemnable and shows contempt for human lives", Amnesty International...
Poll official killed, voting in Kashmir’s Anantnag 28 percent
Anantnag : A polling official was killed and five others injured in an attack by separatist gurrillas after polling Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's...
Centuries-old puja transforms Tripura’s ancient capital
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Puran Habeli (Tripura) : Colourful marquees, illuminations, religious rites and the chanting of 'mantras' amid the beating of drums will turn Puran...
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.
नक्सलियों के काले झंडे की जगह गोमपाड़ में तिरंगा फहराएंगी सोनी सोरी
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
सुकमा(छत्तीसगढ़): सुकमा जिले के गोमपाड़ में आज तक तिरंगा नहीं फहराया जा सका है. नक्सलवाद से बुरी तरह प्रभावित यह इलाक़ा...
BJP beats Congress in Assam civic polls
Guwahati : After the recent debacle in the Delhi assembly election, the results of polls to civic bodies in Assam came out positive for...
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.
Three-day conference on “Tribal situation in India” starts at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh): On Monday, January 29, the 47th Annual Conference of the Indian Anthropological Society on the theme ‘Tribal Situation...
‘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...
Curfew in Poonch after clashes
Jammu : Curfew was imposed in Jammu Friday following tension between two communities.
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Poonch town of Jammu region as...
Assam Congress MLA jailed over 2011 assault
Guwahati :In yet another embarrassment for the ruling Congress in Assam, a court on Thursday sent a former minister, who had earlier defied several...
Two Years of Narasingbari Killings: Heart-wrenching story of little Rashida
Abdul Kalam Azad
Today is the second anniversary of Narasingbari Killings. On 1st May, 2014, at around 8:00pm three people were killed and several injured....
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...
Dharmapuri rape: Adivasi girl dies of injuries but police arrests activists for raising the...
By Ira Anbazhagan, TwoCircles.net
A week ago, the rape and the subsequent death of an Adivasi minor girl shocked Tamil Nadu. And even as the...
In Meghalaya, end of mining activity has workers facing an uncertain future
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Ladrymbai (East Jaintia Hills): For Mohammed Abdullah, May 15 is an important, and probably a life-changing, date. The 45-year-old, a...
‘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...
Take up dam issue with China, Gogoi urges Modi
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of China's construction of dams...
“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...
Protest rally in Agartala on Gaza attacks
Agartala : A protest rally was organised here Sunday calling for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza and urging the Indian government...
नवादा के कझिया गांव में सामंतों ने लगाया महादलितों के घरों में आग, वाम...
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पटना : नवादा ज़िले के अकबरपुर प्रखंड अन्तर्गत कझिया गाँव में वर्षों से बसे लगभग एक सौ महादलितों के घर में सामंती...
Newly elected Lok Sabha MPs from North East felicitated in Delhi
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The people from North East India staying in the National Capital felicitated the Members of Parliament (MPs) who were elected to the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
13 killed in Jharkhand train accident
Ranchi : At least 13 people were killed in Jharkhand when a train hit a vehicle at an unmanned crossing, police said on Tuesday.
The...
Entrepreneur Habib Chowdhury spreading aroma in Laos to strengthen India’s ‘look east’ policy
Chowdhury is the founding chairman of HSMM Group that has become the largest Agarwood and Agar based Product’s Company in South East Asia from a humble background in Assam.
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR) is a small yet beautiful country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
Arunachal votes for assembly, Lok Sabha Wednesday
Itanagar : Over 750,000 people in India's mountainous state of Arunachal Pradesh will Wednesday cast their ballot for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha...
Rio quits, Zeliang to be new Nagaland CM
Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has submitted his resignation to Governor Ashwani Kumar after his election to the Lok Sabha. He will...
Ignorance leads to TB spreading in Assam’s tea gardens
By Azera Parveen Rahman,
Tezpur (Assam) : Tuberculosis (TB) has become a major problem in Assam's tea gardens, often leading to the death of workers. Experts say ignorance among workers and poor management response are to blame.
Mahbubul Hoque to speak on education entrepreneurship in Chicago in AMU alumni convention
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Mahbubul Hoque, Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya (USTM) left for Chicago on Wednesday for attending the 13th annual convention of the Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations (FAAA) to be held during June 20-22, 2014 in Chicago, USA. The FAAA has invited Mahbubul Hoque to deliver a special talk on education entrepreneurship.
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.
Modi promotes northeast as tourist destination
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday sought to promote India's northeast as a tourist destination and urged people to visit the region...
Parrikar reviews anti-terror operations in Assam
Guwahati : Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, on a trip to Assam on Saturday, reviewed the security preparedness and status of ongoing anti-terror operations here.
On...
New institution to replace Brahmaputra Board: Uma Bharti
Shillong : Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti Wednesday said a new institution will replace the 34-year-old Brahmaputra Board to take up integrated water...
Threat of eviction looms large over Adivasi, Dalit workers in Bhilai, HC issues interim...
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Bhilai: Misfortune befell the families of 150 workers, including 75 children, staying in Bijli Nagar and Anusuya Nagar of Hathkhoj basti, in...
Meghalaya chief minister faces revolt
Shillong : A revolt is brewing in the ruling Congress in Meghalaya against Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, with senior party leaders from the state...
66 percent vote for Meghalaya’s two LS seats
Shillong: An estimated 66 percent of voters Wednesday cast their ballots for the two Lok Sabha seats in Meghalaya as people defied a shutdown...
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...
झारखंड: भूमि अधिग्रहण का विरोध कर रहे आदिवासियों पर पुलिस फायरिंग
TCN News
हजारीबाग(झारखंड): झारखण्ड के हजारीबाग जिले के बड़कागांव के आदिवासी अपनी 17,000 एकड़ जमीन बचाने के लिए पिछले 15 दिनों से शांतिपूर्ण कफ़न सत्याग्रह...
Annual award in memory of lone AGP Muslim Minister Shahidul Alam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Shahidul Alam Choudhury, who had a very humble background, came to limelight in 1985 when he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the AGP government of Assam. He was the lone minister from the Barak Valley in the cabinet. He shone over the political sky of Barak valley for nearly three decades until his death in November 2012.
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...
Three army personnel killed in Arunachal ambush
Itanagar : At least three army personnel were killed and three others injured on Thursday when suspected militants ambushed their convoy in Arunachal Pradesh's...
Mosques and churches are mere buildings, says BJP leader Subramanian Swamy
FIR lodged against him in Assam for trying to incite communal anger
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, rather known for making outrageous statements has once again triggered a controversy by terming mosques and churches as mere buildings during his visit to Guwahati. This time even his own party men tried to shy away from the controversial leader.
Tripura gets new chief secretary
Agartala : Senior bureaucrat Yashpal Singh on Wednesday took over as the new chief secretary of Tripura. He succeeded G. Kameswara Rao, who retired...
Politicans playing dirty over displaced Bodos in BTAD: Promising Land Patta inside Forest
By Abdul Kalam Azad
Assam: This is election time in Assam and political parties are not leaving any stone unturned to get as much...
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...
People may not respect parliament any more: India’s oldest lawmaker
By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS,
Imphal : Rishang Keishing, 94, arguably India's - perhaps the world's - oldest lawmaker who has served four terms in parliament,...
Development, Environment and the Tribal of Maghuwapara
By Abdul Kalam Azad,
The history of human civilization is same as the history of change and development. The advent of renaissance and industrial revolution in seventeen century opened up the scope of change and development beyond imagination. The science and technology played a vital role in this whole journey. But history also tells us that a certain section of society always remains outside the ambit of such change and development process. This alienation is sometimes deliberate as well as forceful. We observe such alienation of tribals of northeast region of India from development process. During colonial period British Raj distinguished the tribals from the people living in the valleys. The colonial rulers were less bothered about development interventions in tribal dominated areas as most of those areas were not economically viable as far as revenue collection was concerned. Sociologists opine that such alienation is one of the major reasons for the current unrest in this region. But today we are going to discuss another aspect of exclusive development model and its impacts on the marginalized tribal groups.
‘Northeast space centre not getting data from central agencies’
Shillong : The North East Space Application Centre (NE-SAC), set up by the Centre to develop high-tech infrastructure support for the northeastern states, is...
Sign treaties to deport immigrants, Assam appeals to Modi
Guwahati : Political parties and non-political groups in Assam on Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the initiative for signing repatriation...
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...
President condemns militant attacks in Assam
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday condemned the militant attacks in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts of Assam.
"I am extremely saddened to learn about...
Assam blames centre for law and order problem
Guwahati : Facing criticism over the blast in Dibrugarh and recovery of a powerful bomb in a train, the Assam government Tuesday said the...
What does EWS quota mean for SC, ST, OBCs?
The Supreme Court's reservation for economically weaker sections, especially for the forward castes, has sprung up a debate that it will only create...
Ideas sought for northeast people’s security
By IANS,
New Delhi : The union home ministry Monday said individuals and organisations keen to share their suggestions on enhancing security of people from...
A village where no leader came to campaign for elections: The story of Khagrabari,...
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Khagrabari: On April 8, Narendra Modi was in Barpeta for campaigning, but for a village in Baksa district, about 30 kms...
School students in Assam village debate over population explosion in India
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The 2nd Inter School Debate Competition 2015 was organized by Alumni of Al-Ameen Islamic Model School and Bagh Hazarika Centre for Cultural Studies Guwahati on Saturday at Goroimari, Kamrup District, situated about 80 km from Guwahati.
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.
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...
Museum of World War II inaugurated at Imphal
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal (1944) a war museum of the World War II was inaugurated by World War II Imphal Campaign Foundation at Imphal on April 4, 2014.
End attacks on people from northeast: Mizoram assembly
Aizawl : The Mizoram assembly Tuesday passed a resolution urging an end to "discrimination and violence" against people from the northeastern region.
"People of northeastern...
Maoists kill Odisha tribal
Bhubaneswar : Suspected Maoists Wednesday shot dead a tribal man in Odisha's Malkangiri district, accusing him of spying on them for the police, an...
Three killed in Manipur blast
Imphal : Three people were killed and four others injured when a powerful blast rocked Manipur's capital city Imphal Sunday, police said.
"An IED (improvised...
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...
Judicial probe ordered into Dimapur lynching; DC, SP suspended
Dimapur (Nagaland) : The Nagaland government Friday ordered a judicial probe into Thursday's incident of a mob breaking into the high-security central jail here...
Assam’s rebel minister Himanta Biswa Sarma quits
Guwahati : Assam's rebel minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Monday resigned from the state cabinet, saying it was not possible "mentally, physically and politically" to...
Numaligarh refinery plans capacity expansion
Guwahati : The Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is now pursuing a proposal of refinery expansion from 3 to 9 million metric tonnes (MMT) at...
Indian scribe wants media to bridge rural, urban divide
By Arun Kumar,
Washington : An Indian journalist honoured by Foreign Policy magazine as one of 100 Leading Global Thinkers "for giving rural Indians a...
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...
Bhimayana: Where Gond Art Breathes and Ambedkar Speaks – A Visual Rebellion Against Caste...
“Democracy has not eradicated caste. It has entrenched and modified it. That is why it is time to read Ambedkar.”
– Arundhati Roy, The Doctor...
Four killed, 27 injured in Meghalaya storm
Shillong: Four people, including a six-month-old baby, were killed and at least 27 others injured in a cyclonic storm in Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills...
Omar promises introspection over poll rout
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Sunday said he would connect to the people of the state at large to introspect...
Tripathi to be sworn in as Mizoram governor April 4
Aizawl : West Bengal and Bihar governor K.N. Tripathi, given the additional charge of Mizoram, will be sworn in here on April 4, officials...
Militants kill three in Assam
Guwahati : Three people, including a woman, were killed when suspected militants fired indiscriminately Wednesday at a group of people in Assam's Kokrajhar district,...
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...
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...
Northeast MGNREGS employees to launch stir to hike wages
Agartala : Over 13,000 employees employed in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in northeastern states would launch a stir from...
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...
Manipur to accord mega reception to Mary Kom
Imphal : The Manipur government will accord a grand reception to Asian Games gold medallist boxer M.C. Mary Kom on her return to her...
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...
Maoists kill tribal in Odisha
Bhubaneswar : Maoist guerrillas killed a tribal man in Odisha by slitting his throat after accusing him of being a police informer, an official...
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,...
Northeast presence in Delhi Police: Just 39
By Alok Singh,
New Delhi : The northeast has an almost negligible presence in Delhi Police - just 39 personnel, or a mere 0.05 percent,...
Over one lakh people affected by Meghalaya floods
Shillong : More than one lakh people were affected in Meghalaya Monday after the swollen Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers submerged several villages, an official...
TCN questions for Narendra Modi
By TwoCircles.net team,
New Delhi: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has opened up for interviews and he is being interviewed by number of TV...
Naga activists call for changes in male-dominated society
By IANS,
New Delhi : Naga activists and scholars Wednesday robustly called for changes in the male-dominated society of Nagaland state, saying that it barred...
100 Tripura students fall ill after taking deworming tablets?
Agartala : Around 100 school students in Tripura fell ill Wednesday and were admitted to a hospital. Officials suspect the students fell sick after...
Congress calls Tripura strike over police baton charge
Agartala : The Congress in Tripura Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in the Left-ruled state Nov 20 to protest a police baton charge on...
Guwahati, Srinagar at highest earthquake risk
By Chaitanya Mallapur,
Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data.
Guwahati and Srinagar fall in what is called “very severe intensity zone”, or zone V, the highest-risk earthquake zone.
Maoists kill tribal man in Odisha
Bhubaneswar : Maoist guerrillas have killed a tribal man in Odisha by slitting his throat after accusing him of being a police informer, an...
Police hand in Dimapur jailbreak suspected
By TwoCircles.net staff Reporter,
Dimapur (Nagaland): What can be termed as highly crucial, it is reported that Police may be complicit in the jailbreak, before the unruly mob the lynched Syed Sarif Uddin Khan, the rape accused in Dimapur.
Quoting high officials of home department NDTV reported that there is a strong suspicion of ‘complicity of policemen’.
Soldier hurt in militant grenade attack in Assam
Guwahati : A soldier was injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade at an army camp in Assam's Chirang district, police said Friday.
The incident...
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...
Chopper service for Durga Puja revellers in Tripura
Agartala : The Tripura government Wednesday launched helicopter service for Durga Puja revellers and sightseers to enable them get an aerial view of tourist...
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...
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...
No proposal to ban cow slaughter in northeast: Ram Madhav
Shillong : There is no proposal to ban cow slaughter in the eight northeastern states, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said on Wednesday.
However, the...
Poll official in Assam who cannot vote as he is D voter
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Barpeta: Most unexpected things often happen in India and the elections are also no exception from it. Like many others one Sahjahan Kaji of Assam’s Barpeta is also branded as a Doubtful voter or D voter for his ‘doubtful identity’ as an Indian citizen and he has been barred from voting since 1997.
Three of tribal family hacked to death in Ranchi
Ranchi : Three members of a tribal family, including two minors, were hacked to death and two others were injured on the outskirts of...
Seed companies involved in child labour in India, reveals study
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, a study has pointed out the grim realities on the use of...
Palakkad MP to go on indefinite hunger strike for Attappady tribals
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Kozhikode: Urging the Union and State governments to address the woes faced by tribal community at Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala, Palakkad MP M B Rajesh will go on an indefinite hunger strike at Agaly in Attappady from November 10.
Ruckus continues in J&K assembly for second day
By IANS,
Jammu : Opposition legislators Wednesday again disrupted the proceedings of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly session now going on in winter capital Jammu.
Legislators...
BSF rescues boy from traffickers in Assam
Dhubri (Assam) : Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, guarding the India-Bangladesh border, have rescued a minor boy from the clutches of traffickers along the...
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...
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...
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...
Farooq’s comment sparks ruckus in Kashmir assembly
Jammu : There was a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Monday over union minister and former state chief minister Farooq Abdullah's comments...
Manipur, Tripura get separate IAS, IPS cadres
Agartala : With the creation of separate Manipur and Tripura cadres for All India Cadre Services (AICS) officers, the administration in both states would...
India, Bangladesh officials, border guards to work jointly
Aizawl : The district administrations and border guards of India and Bangladesh would deal jointly with various border issues and crimes, officials said here...
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...
Army Eastern Command chief reviews security in northeast
Agartala : Eastern India's Army chief Lt.Gen. M.M.S. Rai Friday reviewed the security situation of Tripura and mobilisation of army and paramilitary forces in...