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मुस्लिम जमातों और नेताओं की ओर से यह बात बहुत पहले से कही जाती रही है कि आतंकवाद के नाम पर मुसलमानों की...
Northeast history, culture in NCERT books: Arunachal CM
By Raymond Kharmujai, IANS,
New Delhi : The central government has agreed to include geography, history and tradition and culture of the indigenous people of...
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...
Sikkim and Assam MPs most active northeast parliamentarians
New Delhi : P.D.Rai, first-time MP of the Sikkim Democratic Front, has participated in the maximum number of parliamentary debates and Badruddin Ajmal, MP...
Christian parliamentarians form strategy to counter attacks
New Delhi : Concerned over the growing attacks on the Christian community across India, 19 Christian MPs on Friday met here and chalked out...
Tripura militant outfit keen to surrender, talks held
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : Guerrillas of the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) are keen to surrender if their demands are met, a...
Police raid residence of Tripura official over scam
Agartala : Tripura Police Monday raided the residence of a civil service official here and seized some documents related to a multi-crore scam, police...
Adivasi girl in Kerala college branded mentally ill; ostracised for speaking against discrimination
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
It is no secret that students from the marginalised communities have been at the receiving end of casteist abuse across the...
NE tribal groups ready to intensify statehood movement
Guwahati : Backed by the National Federation of New States (NFNS), a few ethnic groups of Assam and other parts of the northeastern region...
Nagaland polls contest between Nagas, outside forces: NPF chief
Kohima, Feb 12 (IANS): Nagaland's ruling NPF chief Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Monday said the February 27 assembly election is not just a contest between...
ONGC starts supplying gas to Tripura power project
Agartala : The state-owned ONGC has started supplying gas to a 101 MW capacity power plant, commissioned by state-run NEEPCO, an official said here...
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...
Come Saturday, Meghalaya will be on rail map
Shillong : Bijay K. Marak, the first train driver among Garo tribesmen, will be a happy man Saturday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags...
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.
Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...
BJP, AIUDF two sides of the same coin: Asom Gana Parishad
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: After concluding the first phase of Jatiya Setona Jatra – a journey among rural people across Assam – the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leaders said the emergence of BJP and AIUDF will put Assam in danger because of religious polarization.
Bangladeshi influx into Assam to be poll issue: Venkaiah Naidu
Guwahati : The anti-Congress wave across India will also affect the Lok Sabha polls in the northeast, and influx from Bangladesh into Assam will...
‘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...
One body found of kidnapped traders in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: In yet another incident of violence in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD), one petty businessman was found dead on Saturday after he was kidnapped along with four others on Friday by suspected militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit).
Tribals in Bengal to use Facebook for development
Kolkata : Taking their friendship from the virtual to the real world, more than 600 "educated and privileged" Facebook users belonging to West Bengal's...
Legislator injured in Jammu and Kashmir assembly ruckus
By IANS,
Jammu : A lawmaker from opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was injured during a ruckus in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Tuesday after...
Ibobi meets Modi, Rajnath; seeks Naga accord copy
Imphal/New Delhi: Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi,...
Nurse says police asked her to settle issue with molestation accused
Srinagar : A nurse who filed a molestation complaint against four senior officials of the Jammu and Kashmir health department Saturday alleged that police...
Manipuri women assault: Three more accused get bail
By IANS,
New Delhi : A court here Friday granted bail to three people accused of assaulting two Manipuri women.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri...
‘New funding pattern cost Assam over Rs.7,000 crore’
Guwahati : The central government's delinking of several centrally-sponsored schemes and changing the funding pattern in some of them has cost Assam over Rs.7,000...
Gogoi hails centre’s move to prioritise migrants’ issue
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday hailed the central government's move to prioritise the issue of infiltration and illegal migration into the...
Police vehicle kills three in Tripura
Agartala : Three morning walkers were killed Saturday and two critically injured after being run over by a police vehicle in Tripura, police said...
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...
Cabinet nod for strengthening T&D systems in 2 northeast states
New Delhi : In a move to strengthen the weak intra-state transmission and distribution (T&D) systems in the north-eastern states, a Cabinet panel Monday...
Congress attacks BJP over northeast ‘immigrants’, BJP withdraws word
New Delhi : The Congress Tuesday attacked the BJP for referring to northeast people as "immigrants" in its vision document, and asked if the...
Over 60 percent polling in Nagaland till 2 p.m.
Kohima: Clear weather encouraged enthusiastic voters in Nagaland's lone Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday, with more than 60 percent of the ballots cast till...
Assam violence victims refuse to bury dead, demand justice
Guwahati : People in two Assam villages have refused to bury those killed in violence unleashed by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)...
Granting Habitat Rights a positive step towards recognising Tribal ownership of natural resources
By Raqib Hameed Naik and Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh have had good reason to look at any action from the...
Captive IAF man rescued in Meghalaya
Guwahati : An air force personnel, held hostage in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, was Thursday rescued in a joint operation by Assam...
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...
Death toll in Meghalaya blast rises to three
Shillong : The death toll in the IED blast triggered by insurgents in Meghalaya has risen to three with one more policeman succumbing to...
Educate Delhiites about grievances of northeast people: HC
By IANS,
New Delhi : Stating that people should "cultivate the ability to live together", the Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the city government to...
Adivasis of Bastar demand justice for the slaughter of their children by security forces
TCN News
On 7th February 2019 in Tadiballa village of Bhairamgarh Tehsil, Bijapur district of Chattisgarh the police fired indiscriminately and killed 10 persons.
This appeared...
IIT, IIM MP faces challenge on Sikkim seat
Gangtok: Prem Das Rai, the only parliamentarian with IIT and IIM degrees, is facing a challenge from a newly formed outfit in Sikkim's sole...
MPs don’t have enough funds for Modi’s pet schemes
By Sreeparna Chakrabarty,
New Delhi : Insistence on using MPLADS funds for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet schemes of Clean India and adopting a village...
Modi advocates for accommodation of Hindu migrants from Bangladesh
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate who was on the northeast tour said that the Hindu migrants from Bangladesh should be accommodated in the country on the grounds of humanity addressing a rally at Silchar in Assam’s Barak Valley.
Congress list has wrong candidate for Meghalaya’s Tura
Shillong: In a goof-up, the first list of Congress candidates for the Lok Sabha polls has the name of Meghalaya Sports Minister Zenith Sangma...
Reception given to 3 newly elected MPs of Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) gave the newly elected three Members of the Parliament of the State - Lok Sabha MPs Dr. Th. Meinya, Thangso Baite and Rajya Sabha MP Haji Abdul Salam - a warm reception on June 26, 2014 at a function organized at the Congress Bhavan, Imphal.
India to improve relationship with eastern neighbours: Minister
Shillong : The Indian government Friday stressed the need to improve its relationship with its neighbouring countries bordering the eight northeastern states.
"We would like...
Three killed, 21 injured in Manipur blast
Imphal : Three people were killed and 21 others injured in a powerful blast at a market here in the Manipur capital on Wednesday,...
SC notice on racial attacks on people from northeast
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central and the state governments on two PILs seeking setting up of...
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...
UPA believed in work rather than empty talk: Manmohan Singh
Guwahati : Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said his UPA government had always believed in work rather than empty talk and the...
Marginalised students of JNU can now speak for themselves: Bhupali Magare, President, BAPSA
By Atul Anand and Dhrubo Jyoti for Twocircles.net
Bhupali Magare, one of the students suspended from JNU for speaking out against the authoritarian decisions...
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...
Chaos in Tripura assembly on chit fund issue
Agartala : The Tripura assembly witnessed chaos Monday as opposition members disrupted the proceedings demanding the government inform the house about the amount of...
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...
Northeast boy shot at in Delhi
New Delhi : A boy from the northeast was fired at and injured by a motorbike-borne masked assailant, police said Friday.
The attack took place...
Tribals in Maharashtra angered with state’s assurance to other communities to include in ST...
By A. Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Tribals categorized as Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Maharashtra state have threatened to launch a massive protest against any move to include communities like Dhangar, Koli and Koshti into the Scheduled Tribes (ST) fold. Tribals were raising objections against media reports claiming that Devendra Phadnavis and Sharad Pawar assured members of different communities of including them under the ST category.
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...
Assam cops get training to handle cases of witch hunting, trafficking
Guwahati : Police stations in Assam will soon have personnel with better knowledge of handling witch hunting, human trafficking and child labour cases.
The state...
बस्तरिया आदिवासी संस्कृति का हिस्सा नहीं है “दीपावली”
By राकेश दर्रो, TwoCircles.net
यह कहना गलत नहीं होगा कि आदिवासी संस्कृति का हिस्सा नहीं है दीपों का पर्व दीपावली क्योंकि बस्तरिया आदिवासी दीपावली पर्व...
Eight injured in Tripura mob attack
Agartala : At least eight people, including three policemen, were injured when mob attacked government and ruling CPI-M offices in Tripura and clashed with...
Delhi to have special hostels for northeast students
New Delhi : The central government Wednesday proposed to set up special hostels for students from the northeast region studying in Delhi.
Development of North...
Hanging by the leaves: Overwork, meager income, price rise mars livelihood of these Adivasi...
By Nazish Hussain, TwoCircles.net
Every morning the daily market area of Ranchi is occupied by scores of women coming from rural areas in the periphery...
Appeal to stop illegal animal fights in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: An animal rights NGO has asked the Assam chief minister to bring a stop to the illegal practices of buffalo fighting and bulbul fighting during events scheduled for Magh Bihu celebrations between January 14 and 16 in various districts, mainly Sivasagar, Nagaon, Morigaon and Kamrup across Assam.
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...
Tamil Nadu girl clears the path to become first doctor in her tribe
While NEET has abetted several institutional murders of students hailing from the marginalized groups, 20-year-old student Sangavi from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore has...
BJP’s rise in Manipur worries Congress
By Iboyaima Laithangbam
Imphal : The local body polls in Manipur on January 11 are viewed here as a keen fight between the ruling Congress...
Normalcy returning to Dimapur
Guwahati/ Dimapur : The situation in Nagaland's commercial hub Dimapur was slowly returning to normal on Friday even though section 144 continues to be...
Eight Bodo militants nabbed in Assam
Guwahati : Eight hardcore Bodo militants, including a mastermind behind the massacre of adivasis in December, were Tuesday arrested in Assam's Chirang district along...
Air Marshal S.B. Deo new chief of Eastern Air Command
Shillong : Air Marshal S.B. Deo Thursday took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command at a ceremony here.
Air Warriors...
Boston: Organizations protested against arrests of activists, journalists and intellectuals in India
TCN News
Several community organizations in the Boston area came together on the evening of June 8 to protest the arbitrary arrests of Surendra Gadling,...
AIUDF wants flood to be declared as national calamity
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has urged the central government to declare flood and erosion as national calamity. Slamming the Assam government for misuse of the funds meant for the development of the poor people, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal also appealed to the central government to monitor the utilization of the funds sanctioned by the central government.
Nagaland governor takes additional charge of Tripura
Agartala : Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Monday took additional charge as the governor of Tripura.
Acharya was sworn-in as the state's 15th governor by...
President to attend University convocation in Mizoram
Aizawl : President Pranab Mukherjee arrived here on Thursday afternoon on a two-day tour to the northeastern state of Mizoram. He will be chief...
Saradha scam: CBI’s second chargesheet names Trinamool leader, Assam singer
Kolkata : The CBI Monday filed its second chargesheet in the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam, naming company chairman Sudipta Sen, his close aide...
डिजिटल इंडिया का सच : उत्तर प्रदेश का एक थाना ऐसा भी जहां नही...
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HRD ministry makes criteria easier for appointment of Urdu teachers in schools
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: The criteria for the appointment of Urdu teachers in schools have been modified to make it more flexible for the expansion of Urdu language.
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...
Manik Sarkar calls on Narendra Modi
New Delhi/Agartala : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
"It was a courtesy call," an official...
Beef, pork, and elections: A subjective commentary
By Yogesh Maitreya for TwoCircles.net,
The political ground in India has always been caste-ridden. Candidates, who claim to play politics excluding these fundamental factors of sociology of India, only put voters in complete oblivion where voters are being lift up from their ground level identity and persuade to imagine their space in candidate’s utopian story-telling about changes, the changes which are mostly caste based matters to which utopian language wipes with its lucrative tongue.
‘Peaceful poll conduct, preventing infiltration challenges for J&K police’
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir director general of police (DGP) Ashok Prasad Tuesday said the peaceful conduct of Lok Sabha and assembly elections this...
Unspent money for Dalits/tribals, $42.6 bn = 8 times agri budget
By Nikhil M. Babu
It was raining heavily last monsoon when Heerabai's youngest child, Seshkumari, 4, collapsed with a fever. The family could only...
K.K. Paul takes oath as acting Mizoram governor
Aizawl : Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul Tuesday took additional charge as the governor of Mizoram.
Paul was sworn-in as the state's 14th governor by...
Mulayam to contest from Azamgarh also
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will be contesting from two constituencies in the Lok Sabha polls - Mainpuri and Azamgarh.
Announcing Mulayam...
Drop all charges against Irom Sharmila: ICJ
New Delhi : The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom...
NRC updation to be completed by 2016 end in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The process of NRC Updation in Assam has made progress as per schedule and is expected to ensure final publication of the updated NRC within December, 2016, according to a state government release. Powers to take decisions on operational issues, however, have been delegated by the Registrar General of India (RGI) to an empowered NRC Committee of the State Government on 17/06/14.
Meghalaya CM seeks Modi’s intervention on coal mining ban
Shillong : Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invoke a provision of the Sixth Schedule so that central...
Delegation from BTAD appraises about continued violence in BTC; reiterate demand for review of...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: A delegation of Sonmilito Jonogosthiyo Oikyo Mancho, Assam (United Forum of Ethnic Groups), representing 20 non-government organizations and civil society groups organised a discussion on the continued violence in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of Assam. The discussion was held at the ANAHD office in Delhi.
Militants in fatigues attack army camp in Kashmir, shot dead
Jammu: Three militants, dressed in army uniforms, Friday attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district riding a goods vehicle they hijacked at gunpoint, but were shot dead after a gunfight. A soldier and the vehicle's driver and another occupant were also killed.
Tripura ‘haat’ along India-Bangladesh border to open Jan 13
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : The first border market, locally called 'haat', in Tripura and the third along the India-Bangladesh frontier is likely to be...
Can The Adivasi Speak?
By Ashley Tellis for Twocircles.net
It is time that civil society launched a counter-offensive campaign to the nonsense to which the state is subjecting its...
India needs anti-racist law: CPI-M
By IANS,
New Delhi : The CPI-M Wednesday asked the government to unveil an anti-racist law to curb attacks similar to those on people from...
APCR condemns ‘complicit role of state’ in Father Stan Swamy’s death
In a statement the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said the UAPA and other draconian laws must be immediately repealed to end...
Tribal women can inherit property, rules Himachal HC
Shimla : Setting aside almost a century old customary law that allows only men to inherit ancestral property if it is not bequeathed, the...
‘Denial of BC community certificate to converted Muslims deprival of fundamental rights’: Madras HC
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Chennai: In an unprecedented judgement, Madras High Court has held that a Hindu backward class (BC) woman shall be considered...
Nagaland CM slams Manipur for passing ‘anti-tribal’ bills
Imphal : Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang on Sunday flayed the Manipur government for passing three "anti-tribal" bills in the assembly, and termed it...
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,...
Northeast braves boycott call, celebrates Independence Day
Agartala/Guwahati : Braving incessant rain and a boycott call by militants, the northeastern states Friday celebrated Independence Day with great zeal and enthusiasm.
Despite the...
Can Assam push BJP’s northeastward thrust?
By Subir Bhaumik,
From Mamata Banerji in West Bengal to Manik Sarkar in Tripura, not to speak of Assam's hat-trick Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, a host of regional chieftains are under fire in the east and the northeast. This could make the BJP's task of penetrating the region much easier than what many would imagine.
50 per cent of tribal land acquired over the years: Rameshwar Oraon
By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi : More than 50 per cent of the land owned by tribals has been acquired for a variety of...
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...
Sonia woos tribals in Madhya Pradesh
Sidhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday spoke about the various social security schemes launched by the UPA government, in her bid to woo the...
Civil society fact finding team illegally detained by UP Police
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Sonbhadra: A civil society fact finding team, comprising of journalists and rights activists was briefly detained by Uttar Pradesh Police on...
जल-जंगल-जमीन, भेदभाव की सरकारी नीतियां के खिलाफ उतरे सैकड़ों दलित-आदिवासी
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पिछले साल दो अप्रैल को हुए भारत बंद के बाद फिर देश में भारत बंद रहा। 5 मार्च को होने वाले इस...
President condoles the death of ex-Mizoram chief minister Brig. Sailo
New Delhi : President Paranab Mukherjee on Saturday condoled the death of former Mizoram chief minister Brig. T. Sailo, saying that it was an...
Manipuri man’s killing: another attacker sent to police custody
New Delhi : A Delhi court Wednesday sent another youth, arrested in connection with the killing of a 29-year-old Manipuri BPO employee, to one...
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,...
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...
Final Arunachal turnout figures only by Friday evening: CEO
Itanagar : The final turnout in Arunachal Pradesh, where simultaneous elections to the mountainous, border state's two Lok Sabha seats and the state assembly...
Kashmiri students claim ragged, beaten up in Ghaziabad institute
Ghaziabad : Students from Kashmir in a local educational institute here complained that they were beaten up and ragged by seniors while the institute's...
Nagaland insurgency to be resolved in time-bound manner: CM
By Raymond Kharmujai,
Kohima : Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is "serious" and is looking at time-bound steps for an early resolution of the decades-old...
Two schoolgirls hung from same rope in Assam
Silchar : Two schoolgirls were hung from the two ends of the same rope from a tree in Assam's Karimganj district, a killing reminiscent...
Anfar Foundation distributes food packets on Ramadan in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Anfar Foundation, a Hojai based development organization in Assam in partnership with Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) reached out to 18,064 peoples in three districts of Nagaon, Morigaon and Sonitpur districts with Ramadan food packs.
Gogoi blames Centre for Assam violence
Guwahati : The central government was to blame for the recent violence in Assam that left 79 people dead and rendered over two lakh...
Kashmir government increases employees retirement age to 60
Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday enhanced the retirement age of its employees to 60 years from the existing 58.
The decision was...
10 gunned down in two Assam attacks
Guwahati : At least 10 people were killed and four injured when suspected militants opened indiscriminate fire in two Assam villages Thursday night, police...
Mizoram church body says missionaries unhurt in quake
Aizawl : Missionaries from the northeastern state of Mizoram who were working in Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Sikkim when the massive earthquake...
Gogoi faces people’s ire along Assam-Nagaland border
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday faced the anger of the people in the violence-hit Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district, forcing him...
Ajmal Group to set up more colleges in Assam
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Ajmal CSR has announced its plan to set up 10 new colleges in Assam including one in Bodoland Territorial Aare Districts (BTAD) during the year 2015. It was declared during the three-day annual convention of Ajmal CSR officials and heads of institutions run by the Ajmal Group in Assam’s Hojai.
Congress leads in one seat in Manipur
Imphal : Ruling Congress party Friday took lead in one of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Manipur while opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was...
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...
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...
Why Kaziranga farmers believe they get a raw deal in the name of conservation
Text and Video by Amit Kumar and Saptarshi Gogoi
Nandeshwar Pegu is a farmer in his 70s and supports his large family in Belogudi village....
“Covid is a rich man’s disease,” say Irulas of a remote village in Tamil...
Irulas are a Dravidian ethnic group dwelling in Southern India. They are heavily concentrated in the northern region of Tamil Nadu. The term Irular means dark...
ULFA plot to trigger blasts ahead of Modi visit unearthed
Guwahati : Insurgent outfit ULFA had planned to carry out serial blasts and other subversive activities here ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled...
Manipur observes the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal (WW-II), 1944
By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Manipur is observing the 70th anniversary of Battle of Imphal, one of the most historic battles of the Second World War (WW-II) fought in 1944. The inaugural ceremony of the 3-month commemoration of the Battle of Imphal was held on March 23, 2014 at Manipur Film Development Corporation (MFDC) Auditorium at Imphal. The anniversary programmes will continue till June 28. Various programmes will be held at the sites where Allied forces and Japanese soldiers fought fierce battles.
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...
Condemning the massacre of Muslims in BTAD, AMU students organised peace march
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Aligarh: Students of the Aligarh Muslim University condemned the targeted killings of innocent Muslims of Bengali origin in the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) of Assam. On Sunday the students of the University organised a peace-march and lighted candles in the campus.
Adivasis in MP accuse mob of forcibly entering homes, beating women, demand action
The Adivasi women issued a stern warning to the government and administration, declaring that should they fail to take action on those responsible for...
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...
विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस गुज़र गया, लेकिन इन आदिवासी महिला किसानों की किसी से न...
शैलेंद्र सिन्हा
दुमका (झारखंड) : हर साल की तरह हमने कल यानी 7 अप्रैल ‘विश्व स्वास्थ्य दिवस’ मना लिया. सरकारी स्तर कई कार्यक्रम हुए जिनकी...
Commission chief flays Jharkhand over SC welfare schemes
Ranchi : National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson P.L. Punia on Wednesday flayed the Jharkhand government over the non-implementation of welfare schemes for the...
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...
Anti-BJP wave blowing in Northeast
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: India’s northeastern region is witnessing wind of change and it is a bit too early. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at New Delhi has utterly failed to impress the people of the region with their actions so far, rather they are angry.
NGT maintains ban on coal mining in Meghalaya
Shillong : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday maintained its ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, contending that right to life was far more...
Sangma wins Tura, Congress victorious in Shillong
Shillong : Former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma has made his way back to national politics by winning the Tura Lok Sabha seat, while...
Tripura militants kidnap three traders, driver in Mizoram
Agartala : Three Tripura traders and their driver were kidnapped by tribal guerrillas from Mizoram, police said here Sunday.
"Five businessmen from northern Tripura went...
Union Budget continues to ignore real issues of Dalits and Adivasis: NCDHR
By TCN News
New Delhi: The Union Budget looks like a “very glossed over budget” for Dalits and Adivasis with reduction in allocations for key...
Curfew in 25 Assam villages following clash
Guwahati: Indefinite curfew was Thursday clamped in 25 villages in Assam's Darrang district after 13 people were injured in a clash between two groups,...
Congress notice to Assam MLA over auto-theft link
Guwahati : The ruling Congress in Assam on Monday issued a show-cause notice to party legislator Rumi Nath over her alleged link with the...
Mizoram launches cleanliness drive
Aizawl : The Congress-ruled Mizoram government Friday launched a massive state-wide cleanliness programme in order to make it the cleanest state in India.
Mizoram Chief...
Despite mid-day meal, attendance lags in Agartala’s government schools
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala : Despite the lure of a mid-day meal, low attendance in Tripura's government schools is a "cause of concern" while enrollment...
To Heaven and Back
By Shalim M Hussain
As campaigning for the 2016 Assam assembly polls was gaining steam in the warm and wet spring, Sunny and his friends...
J&K withdraws red beacons for top officials
By IANS,
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday forbade the use of red beacons on the official vehicles of the chief secretary, the...
10 injured as train derails in Assam
Guwahati : At least 10 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Assam on Saturday morning.
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials said five...
Three northeastern states celebrate foundation day
Agartala/Imphal : The northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya Wednesday organised numerous programmes and events to celebrate their 43rd foundation day.
Prime Minister Narendra...
PM promises sports university for Manipur
Imphal : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said a sports university will be opened in Manipur.
The prime minister, speaking at the concluding function of...
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...
Five new high court judges appointed, four more soon: Kashmir government
By IANS,
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday said that five high court judges were appointed last year and four more vacancies are...
Assam-Agra transmission line to help north India this summer
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : A 1,800 km transmission line from Assam to Agra is likely to provide some relief to electricity-starved north India this...
FIR against 17 Tripura officials for siphoning NHM fund
Agartala : An FIR has been lodged against 17 Tripura government officials, including five chief medical officers (CMOs), in connection with the siphoning of...
Court orders to release anti-AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: In a landmark judgment announced on August 19, 2014 the Court of Sessions Judge, Imphal East, dismissed the charge that anti-AFSPA crusader Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on fast for the last 14 years demanding repeal of AFSPA, was attempting to commit suicide and ordered the State Government to release her form custody. The verdict came after Sharmila filed a petition against an earlier order passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Imphal East on June 4 last that charged her with attempt to commit suicide under Section 309 of IPC.