Sandesh stands for a famous Bengali sweetmeat. Ironically, there is nothing sweet about Sandeshkhali. Instead, women of the island, mostly tribals, finally gathered courage to send out a sandesh (message) to the powers that be about their allegedly hellish experiences at the hands of a politically-protected local strongman [...]

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), the apex body of tribals in the troubled northeastern State, has urged the Union Home Minister to stop the execution of the “discriminatory order”. The Indian Tribal reports

By and large, a run of the mill, inconspicuous, semi-urban administrative block of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the tribal-dominated region hit the national headlines in two tranches, and has kept the political cauldron boiling. S. Shrobana digs deep into the burning issue in a two-part series. [...]

President Droupadi Murmu will visit Medaram on February 23. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will also attend the fair the same day. What is so special about this fair? The Indian Tribal brings you all the details

Coming close on the heels of the arrest of his son Hemant by the ED, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the Lokpal proceedings against him in a case related to alleged accumulation of disproportionate assets. The Indian Tribal reports

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) said the two officers heading the tribal-dominated Churachandpur have risked their lives to return and are now responsible for their own safety and security. The Indian Tribal reports

The officials were summoned following a complaint of misconduct filed against them by BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar, who was injured in a clash with police personnel after being stopped from going to Sandeshkhali, where tribal women have complained of excesses by local Trinamool Congress leaders. The Indian Tribal [...]

The Jharkhand Chief Minister may have termed the squabbling within the Congress as its internal matter but in election year it will keep all the stakeholders in the ruling alliance on tenterhooks and test Champai's leadership skills in keeping the flock together. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

A couple of weeks into his swearing-in, Chief Minister Champai Soren expanded his Cabinet which saw two new faces from the JMM side, including one from party patriarch Shibu Soren’s family. The Congress chose to retain its old hands. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The apex body of tribals in Manipur termed the suspension of the head constable by the SP, which led the hostile mob to attack his office, as unfair, demanded its immediate revocation and set a deadline of 24 hours for him to leave the tribal-dominated district. The Indian [...]