In a span of just one month, a musical band of tribal children — who once begged to survive — will perform for the second time before Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he visits Kevadia in Gujarat. The Indian Tribal reports
Read moreA Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Ayush and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to collaborate in the Ayush sector on Ayurveda Day, also celebrated as Dhanwanatari Jayanti, on Sunday (October 23). The Indian Tribal reports
Read moreChief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said his government will soon move the Supreme Court for increasing reservation for tribals in the State according to their population. The Chhattisgarh High Court last month struck down the State Government’s decision to reserve 58 percent seats for SCs, STs and OBCs. [...]
Read moreAhead of the year-end Assembly elections, the BJP has not hidden its agenda of eyeing the tribal vote as it launched the Adivasi Gaurav Yatra in Gujarat and named it after the iconic tribal freedom fighter from Jharkhand, Birsa Munda, Mayuri Dave reports
Read moreSummoned by the National Commission for Women for his remarks against President Droupadi Murmu, former MP Udit Raj questioned the panel’s jurisdiction in the matter and termed its summons as “politically motivated”, The Indian Tribal reports
Read moreFormer MP Udit Raj has stoked a controversy with his unsavoury remarks against President Droupadi Murmu, prompting the women’s panel to seek his personal appearance and the BJP to term the Congress as 'anti-tribal', The Indian Tribal reports
Read moreThe Union Home Minister, however, sought to strike a fine balance by assuring the up-in-arms Gujjar-Bakarwal community that their reservation quota will not be affected in any way, The Indian Tribal reports
Read moreIn an initiative of the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, as many as 1900 tribal girls from different districts of Jharkhand have been selected for jobs in a Tata enterprise based in Tamil Nadu. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports
Read moreThe Centre’s recent decisions to include new communities in the Scheduled Tribes list have reignited calls for meeting long-pending demands of others, including the powerful Kurmis who blocked railway tracks in various parts of eastern India demanding ST status. The Indian Tribal reports
Read moreThe Hattis of Himachal Pradesh besides some other communities in four other States will be accorded Scheduled Tribe status. With Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh later this year, the acceptance of the over 50-year-old demand of the Hattis assumes significance. The Indian Tribal reports
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