Tribal Rights

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday greeted Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on his birthday and vowed that the INDIA bloc will fight for the rights of the poor, the deprived and tribals of the country and win.

World Tribal Day 2024: This International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2024 is focusing on 'Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact'.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said rampant infiltration has led to the shrinking of tribal population in Jharkhand. He said that if the BJP comes to power, it will release a 'White Paper' on demography to protect tribal lands and rights.

Nearly two weeks after India trashed a report by the US State Department alleging human rights abuses in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, a group of people from the Kuki tribes settled in the US held a "congressional briefing", and took swipes at India.

For the first time in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of Great Nicobar Islands exercised their voting rights for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the union territory.

Weeks after protests erupted in Ladakh over the demand for statehood and safeguarding the rights of its majority tribal population under the sixth schedule of the Constitution, a hunger strike slated to begin on Tuesday has been called off.

Tipra Motha will continue to fight for its core demand of a "Greater Tipra Land" for the tribals, party chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma said.

SP Singh Baghel said that as per Schedule 6 of the Constitution, nothing will apply to tribal areas in the northeast unless their own state legislatures ratify the centre's decision.

The protest was against the alleged injustice of the state government against the land rights of the tribal people.

Supreme Court directs Centre to consider amending provisions of Hindu Succession Act to make it applicable to Scheduled Tribes

The BJP pulled ahead in the latest lap of its race with the Congress to shore up tribal support in Madhya Pradesh ahead of next year's elections in the state, ratifying a new law on Wednesday that offers greater rights and safeguards to the community

Around 200 people had taken out a candle march in Kolkata to observe the first death anniversary of Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist who was arrested in 2020 on terror charges and died in judicial custody.

The Union Home Ministry and Arunachal Pradesh government have been asked for a report within six weeks by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the alleged racial profiling of members of Chakma and Hajongs tribes.

Over 100 tribals were detained by Thane police on Monday while they were moving towards the sub-divisional officer's premises here as part of a protest demanding forest rights, caste certificates and other amenities, an official said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said his government was charting out a new excise policy enabling tribals to brew liquor from 'mahua' (Madhuca) flowers in the traditional way and sell it.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday greeted Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on his birthday and vowed that the INDIA bloc will fight for the rights of the poor, the deprived and tribals of the country and win.

World Tribal Day 2024: This International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2024 is focusing on 'Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact'.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said rampant infiltration has led to the shrinking of tribal population in Jharkhand. He said that if the BJP comes to power, it will release a 'White Paper' on demography to protect tribal lands and rights.

Nearly two weeks after India trashed a report by the US State Department alleging human rights abuses in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, a group of people from the Kuki tribes settled in the US held a "congressional briefing", and took swipes at India.

For the first time in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of Great Nicobar Islands exercised their voting rights for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the union territory.

Weeks after protests erupted in Ladakh over the demand for statehood and safeguarding the rights of its majority tribal population under the sixth schedule of the Constitution, a hunger strike slated to begin on Tuesday has been called off.

Tipra Motha will continue to fight for its core demand of a "Greater Tipra Land" for the tribals, party chief Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma said.

SP Singh Baghel said that as per Schedule 6 of the Constitution, nothing will apply to tribal areas in the northeast unless their own state legislatures ratify the centre's decision.

The protest was against the alleged injustice of the state government against the land rights of the tribal people.

Supreme Court directs Centre to consider amending provisions of Hindu Succession Act to make it applicable to Scheduled Tribes

The BJP pulled ahead in the latest lap of its race with the Congress to shore up tribal support in Madhya Pradesh ahead of next year's elections in the state, ratifying a new law on Wednesday that offers greater rights and safeguards to the community

Around 200 people had taken out a candle march in Kolkata to observe the first death anniversary of Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist who was arrested in 2020 on terror charges and died in judicial custody.

The Union Home Ministry and Arunachal Pradesh government have been asked for a report within six weeks by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the alleged racial profiling of members of Chakma and Hajongs tribes.

Over 100 tribals were detained by Thane police on Monday while they were moving towards the sub-divisional officer's premises here as part of a protest demanding forest rights, caste certificates and other amenities, an official said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said his government was charting out a new excise policy enabling tribals to brew liquor from 'mahua' (Madhuca) flowers in the traditional way and sell it.