With the rural polls announced, political parties in the State are having to do a fine balancing act between Kurmis, firm on their demand for a ST status, and the Adivasis, who reiterated their strong opposition to any such move with a 12-hour State bandh, Munu Chatterjee reports

Amidst an uneasy calm prevailing with “no incident of violence in the State in the last 48 hours”, the MHA on Thursday approved the relief package on the directive of Home Minister Amit Shah, The Indian Tribal reports

A group of present and former employees of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited morphs into a band of tribals to portray on stage the simple indigenous lifestyle fraught with taboos and traditions. Niroj Ranjan Misra gets to know them

Violence continues in the northeastern State with the latest casualties being caused by militants. And the State is without internet services for more than a month now, The Indian Tribal reports

When evening draws in, they flock to this site to sink in the discourses and discussions on holy Bhagawata, the literary magnum opus penned by Atibadi Jagannath Das, one among Panchasakha, five saint-litterateurs of medieval Odisha, finds out Niroj Ranjan Misra

Imphal/Guwahati

On the concluding day of his Manipur visit on Thursday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had appealed to all concerned to surrender their weapons to the security forces and administration. He had warned that a search-and-combing operation would be carried out in [...]

On the last day of his visit to the troubled northeastern State, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (June 1) appealed locals not to pay heed to rumours, maintain peace and promote harmony even as he warned rioters of strict action, The Indian Tribal reports

Into his second day of Manipur visit, Amit Shah on Wednesday (May 31) visited two more violence-affected areas and met a number of stakeholders, The Indian Tribal reports

The Union Home Minister had back-to-back meetings with different stakeholders in his hectic first day on his mission to bring in lasting peace to the strife-torn State. He also visited Churachandpur, one of the worst violence-hit areas, The Indian Tribal reports

Nature and Hindu mythology have a cardinal influence on the folk heritage of Assam’s tribal communities. No wonder then that the north-eastern State is a folk connoisseur’s paradise, writes Proyashi Barua