Ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Jamshedpur at the centenary celebrations of Ol Chiki, Santali writers and experts lament the delay by Jharkhand and Odisha — ironically, both helmed by Santali Chief Ministers — in introducing comprehensively the tribal language at the primary school level. Animesh Bisoee [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s editorial in a national daily “to understand how Hornbill mirrors the Northeast’s changing story”. The Indian Tribal reports

The President attended a public function at Senapati in trouble-torn Manipur, and laid foundation stones and inaugurated various developmental projects on the occasion. The Indian Tribal reports

A lower court in Dumka had earlier awarded the death sentence to two Maoists—Sukhlal alias Praveer Murmu and Sanatan Baskey alias Tala Da—for murdering the former SP. The Indian Tribal reports

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment expressed its dissatisfaction with the Ministry on the work related to two of the Modi Government’s flagship schemes for tribals. The Indian Tribal reports

The apex court’s recent ruling on Saranda reshapes the balance between conservation, mining, and tribal livelihoods in one of India’s richest forest landscapes. Animesh Bisoee unpacks what the order means for ecology, industry, and local communities

Hailing from Bundelkhand, which hogs headlines more for its drought and migration, her travails increased manifold when her father was terminated from service in 2012 for dereliction of duty. But that never deterred her from giving it her best and making it to the highest levels. The [...]

As the nation celebrated Birsa Munda’s 150th Birth Anniversary and marked Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the historic role of tribal communities in India’s freedom struggle, asserting that their sacrifices were long ignored so that credit could be given to members of a family. Nandini [...]

Decimated in Bihar, the Congress had a silver lining as one of its old guards registered his fourth consecutive win from a seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes, and contributing to the party’s dismal tally. The Indian Tribal reports

As India celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of tribal icon Birsa Munda on November 15 —observed as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas every year since 2021 — The Indian tribal recalls the under-explored spiritual side of his revolution that rejected missionary conversion and revived tribal faith