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A week after the rail and road blockade was suspended, an uneasy calm prevails at Khemasuli – the hotbed of Kurmis’ agitation for Scheduled Tribe (ST) quota in the State – even as the prospect of a renewed agitation is not being ruled out, The Indian Tribal reports

As members of the Hakki-Pikki (bird catchers) tribal community from Karnataka remain stranded in the strife-hit nation, a war of words has erupted here in India between the ruling BJP and opposition Congress.The Indian Tribal reports

The personnel had killed six coal miners in a case of mistaken identity on December 4, 2021 in Mon district of Nagaland. Subsequent violence by locals saw eight more civilians killed in firing by the security forces. One personnel was also killed, The Indian Tribal reports

With the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes also seeking an Action Taken Report, the Bengal police arrested two Trinamool functionaries a full one week after the incident and invoked provisions of SC/ST Act against them, The Indian Tribal reports

As he spent his Sunday amidst flora and fauna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and interacted with the stars of the award-winning documentary, The Elephant Whisperers -- Bomman and Bellie, The Indian Tribal reports

Droupadi Murmu on Saturday (April 8) became the third President and the second woman President to undertake such a sortie, The Indian Tribal reports

The Rs 70,000-crore project is a bid to augment rail infrastructure and connectivity in tribal dominated regions, The Indian Tribal reports

The Special Court for Scheduled Castes and Tribes on Wednesday (April 5) sentenced 13 of the 14 accused convicted for lynching the impoverished tribal youth to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment, The Indian Tribal reports

Five years after a mob publicly lynched the 27-year-old man, Madhu, on the suspicion of theft, as many as 14 of the 16 accused have been pronounced guilty by a court in Kerala. Quantum of sentence to be pronounced on Wednesday, The Indian Tribal reports

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has issued notice to the Odisha Government to reply to allegations that tribals residing in more than 45 villages bordering four States were deprived of basic human rights and justice,