Tribal Issues

Tearing into the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal after the Calcutta High Court cancelled all OBC certificates issued in the state after 2010, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that no one can snatch the reservations for Dalits an

A string of populist promises, including the extension of the free ration scheme announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Mahadev betting app issue and the Hindutva card are among key factors that catapulted BJP to power in Chhattisgarh.

Alleging that there is a selective blockade in the valley, preventing essential items from reaching the hills, a tribal group has threatened to block two national highways which are the lifelines of land-locked Manipur.

Massive rallies were organised by the Naga tribals in four districts of the state today demanding a resolution of the decades-old Naga political issue based on the Framework Agreement signed in 2015.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Congress and accused the grand old party of politicising the issue and risking the lives of members of the Hakki Pikki tribe stuck in Sudan

Higher reaches and tribal areas received another mild spell of snow with Kadhrala and Gondla receiving 3 cm and 1 cm of snow, while mid and low hills were lashed by light to moderate rains, according to the weather department.

The Delhi Police on Sunday issued a traffic advisory for January 23 and 24 in view of the Military Tattoo and Tribal Dance programme at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.

The Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) -- a group comprising Naga civil society organisations, tribal bodies, public leaders and intellectuals of the state -- on Friday called off the statewide bandh (strike).

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, set to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, asked people to decide whether conspirators should rule the state or tribals as he issued a warning that he will see all conspirators one by one.

Concerns about low rainfall, unemployment, losses incurred by farmers, tribal distress, MNREGA payments and government schools were among the matters raised by members in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour on Monday.

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has issued summons to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Manu Kumar Srivastava, asking him to appear before it on June 1 in connection with a matter related to filling up vacancies for tribal people.

Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.

The Tribal Affairs Ministry will sign a pact with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to purchase Khadi fabric worth Rs 14.7 crore for tribal students, according to a statement issued on Monday.

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist who suffers from Parkinson's disease and was arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, couldn't get a straw and sipper for around four weeks because the National Investigation Agency (NIA) didn't have them, the agency has said.

Forest rights activists wrote to Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Arjun Munda on Friday, flagging that an advisory issued to prevent the transmission of coronavirus between humans and animals can be "misused" to restrict the access of tribal and nomadic communities to natural resources.

Tearing into the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal after the Calcutta High Court cancelled all OBC certificates issued in the state after 2010, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that no one can snatch the reservations for Dalits an

A string of populist promises, including the extension of the free ration scheme announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Mahadev betting app issue and the Hindutva card are among key factors that catapulted BJP to power in Chhattisgarh.

Alleging that there is a selective blockade in the valley, preventing essential items from reaching the hills, a tribal group has threatened to block two national highways which are the lifelines of land-locked Manipur.

Massive rallies were organised by the Naga tribals in four districts of the state today demanding a resolution of the decades-old Naga political issue based on the Framework Agreement signed in 2015.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Congress and accused the grand old party of politicising the issue and risking the lives of members of the Hakki Pikki tribe stuck in Sudan

Higher reaches and tribal areas received another mild spell of snow with Kadhrala and Gondla receiving 3 cm and 1 cm of snow, while mid and low hills were lashed by light to moderate rains, according to the weather department.

The Delhi Police on Sunday issued a traffic advisory for January 23 and 24 in view of the Military Tattoo and Tribal Dance programme at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.

The Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) -- a group comprising Naga civil society organisations, tribal bodies, public leaders and intellectuals of the state -- on Friday called off the statewide bandh (strike).

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, set to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, asked people to decide whether conspirators should rule the state or tribals as he issued a warning that he will see all conspirators one by one.

Concerns about low rainfall, unemployment, losses incurred by farmers, tribal distress, MNREGA payments and government schools were among the matters raised by members in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour on Monday.

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has issued summons to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Manu Kumar Srivastava, asking him to appear before it on June 1 in connection with a matter related to filling up vacancies for tribal people.

Two years after he left the Congress over differences with the party on the issues of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tripura royal Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman gave a blow to the ruling BJP by forming an alliance with one of its allies ahead of a crucial local election in the state.

The Tribal Affairs Ministry will sign a pact with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) to purchase Khadi fabric worth Rs 14.7 crore for tribal students, according to a statement issued on Monday.

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist who suffers from Parkinson's disease and was arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, couldn't get a straw and sipper for around four weeks because the National Investigation Agency (NIA) didn't have them, the agency has said.

Forest rights activists wrote to Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Arjun Munda on Friday, flagging that an advisory issued to prevent the transmission of coronavirus between humans and animals can be "misused" to restrict the access of tribal and nomadic communities to natural resources.