Tribal Remarks

Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar apologised for his remarks about tribals while answering a question in the Assembly on Thursday.

The Rajasthan assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar over cases registered against the Congress leaders during the recent Kota protest and the controversial statements of a minister regarding tribal communities made last month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Centre will launch a scheme worth Rs 24,000 crore for the welfare of tribals in the country on Wednesday when the entire nation will celebrate Bhagwan Birsa Munda's birth anniversary

A Congress MLA on Sunday exhorted tribals to work tirelessly till Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls will be held at the end of the year, gets someone from their community as Chief Minister.

Former law minister Kapil Sibal has taken a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), asking how "uniform" is his proposal and does it cover Hindus, tribals and the northeast.

A Twitter war broke out between Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday evening over his remarks on 31 tribals from Karnataka who are stuck in crisis-hit Sudan.

Responding to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent critical remarks against the central government on foreign shores, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda today said that the Wayanad MP is trying to cover the fact that he has been

"Modi will end elections, Modi will divide on the basis of religion, caste, language; the lives of Dalits, tribals, and minorities are in danger. If the constitution is to be saved, then be ready to kill Modi," Raja Pateria said.

A union minister warns that she "knows how to take people to a room and beat them with belts" as she is caught on camera threatening officials at a coronavirus quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh. The minister, Renuka Singh, was filmed making these comments on Sunday.

A team of "specialists" from universities like Oxford and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), a creative social media campaign and a complete change of strategy helped script Hemant Soren's remarkable turnaround in Jharkhand after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Lok Sabha debacle earlier this year. A 10-point agenda was prepared and executed ove...

Responding to a notice over his "new law to shoot tribals" remark, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has told the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) that he made the comments in "free flow of a political speech", according to officials.

Rahul Gandhi's reference in Germany to terror group ISIS while warning about the impact of excluding people from development has provoked a sharp reaction back home from the ruling BJP.

Anandiben Patel, the Madhya Pradesh Governor, has waded right into the debate on job creation, with her explanation of how the opposition had misconstrued Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark on why a person earning Rs 200 a day selling 'pakodas' can be considered employed.

There's tension in hill district of Dima Hasao in Assam after two people were killed in police firing during a violent demonstration to protest the reported inclusion of the district as part of Greater Nagaland. The district has seen protests over the last few days after a media report quoted an RSS functionary as saying that the draft of the Naga ...

Geared up for the last day of election campaign in Kerala, BJP's star candidate S Sreesanth today defended PM Modi's controversial comment of likening infant mortality rates in tribal belts in Kerala to Somalia.

Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar apologised for his remarks about tribals while answering a question in the Assembly on Thursday.

The Rajasthan assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar over cases registered against the Congress leaders during the recent Kota protest and the controversial statements of a minister regarding tribal communities made last month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Centre will launch a scheme worth Rs 24,000 crore for the welfare of tribals in the country on Wednesday when the entire nation will celebrate Bhagwan Birsa Munda's birth anniversary

A Congress MLA on Sunday exhorted tribals to work tirelessly till Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls will be held at the end of the year, gets someone from their community as Chief Minister.

Former law minister Kapil Sibal has taken a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), asking how "uniform" is his proposal and does it cover Hindus, tribals and the northeast.

A Twitter war broke out between Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday evening over his remarks on 31 tribals from Karnataka who are stuck in crisis-hit Sudan.

Responding to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent critical remarks against the central government on foreign shores, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda today said that the Wayanad MP is trying to cover the fact that he has been

"Modi will end elections, Modi will divide on the basis of religion, caste, language; the lives of Dalits, tribals, and minorities are in danger. If the constitution is to be saved, then be ready to kill Modi," Raja Pateria said.

A union minister warns that she "knows how to take people to a room and beat them with belts" as she is caught on camera threatening officials at a coronavirus quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh. The minister, Renuka Singh, was filmed making these comments on Sunday.

A team of "specialists" from universities like Oxford and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), a creative social media campaign and a complete change of strategy helped script Hemant Soren's remarkable turnaround in Jharkhand after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Lok Sabha debacle earlier this year. A 10-point agenda was prepared and executed ove...

Responding to a notice over his "new law to shoot tribals" remark, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has told the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) that he made the comments in "free flow of a political speech", according to officials.

Rahul Gandhi's reference in Germany to terror group ISIS while warning about the impact of excluding people from development has provoked a sharp reaction back home from the ruling BJP.

Anandiben Patel, the Madhya Pradesh Governor, has waded right into the debate on job creation, with her explanation of how the opposition had misconstrued Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark on why a person earning Rs 200 a day selling 'pakodas' can be considered employed.

There's tension in hill district of Dima Hasao in Assam after two people were killed in police firing during a violent demonstration to protest the reported inclusion of the district as part of Greater Nagaland. The district has seen protests over the last few days after a media report quoted an RSS functionary as saying that the draft of the Naga ...

Geared up for the last day of election campaign in Kerala, BJP's star candidate S Sreesanth today defended PM Modi's controversial comment of likening infant mortality rates in tribal belts in Kerala to Somalia.