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From assuming the highest role as the Chief Minister to severing ties with the party he nurtured for over four decades — the JMM veteran’s political life of last six months has been one roller coaster ride. The Indian Tribal reports

The Assam CM and BJP’s Jharkhand election co-incharge termed it a “rarest case of surveillance” and it comes a couple of days ahead of the former Chief Minister and veteran tribal leader from the JMM scheduled to join the BJP. The Indian Tribal reports

The veteran tribal leader from the JMM and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the first time made the confirmation on his own about his plan to join the BJP, which he is scheduled to join on August 30. The impact of his move on State’s tribal politics [...]

The National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) called for the Bandh and mainline parties like the Congress, RJD, BSP, SP, JMM lost no time in backing it. The Indian Tribal gives you a lowdown on the whole issue which has its genesis some 49 years ago

One of the seniormost tribal leaders in Jharkhand, he has set the political temperature soaring with his arrival in Delhi amidst the buzz about his switching from the JMM to the BJP along with half-a-dozen other MLAs from his party, just ahead of the Assembly polls in the [...]

The BJP faces a tough challenge from the NC and the Congress, going by their performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls. All three are expected to focus on winning as many tribal seats as possible to boost up their chances of forming a government. The Indian Tribal [...]

In her address to the nation on the eve of the 78th Independence Day, President Droupadi Murmu said celebrations of Birsa Munda’s 150th birth anniversary next year will be an opportunity to further honour his contribution to the national re-awakening. The Indian Tribal reports

Ahead of Assembly elections in the State, the HC order has come as a shot in the arm for the BJP which has been citing the ‘alarming’ decline in tribal population in the Santhal Pargana region and targeting the JMM-led Government for “inaction”. Sudhir Kumar Mishra

The two-day Jharkhand Adivasi Mahotsav concluded in Ranchi amidst a flurry of mesmerising cultural events. The event was organised to mark the International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

On the occasion of his 49th birthday, the Jharkhand Chief Minister posted a picture of his arm stamped during his release from jail following grant of bail to him in an alleged money laundering case linked to a land scam, being probed by the ED. The Indian Tribal [...]