Scheduled Tribes

A year since the Chhattisgarh government recognised the Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) of Gudiyapadar, a village situated inside the Kanger Valley National Park in Bastar district, Deepanwita Gita Niyogi takes a peek into a day's life of the Gond forest dwellers

Bringing some positivity among the prevailing gloom, schools reopened across Manipur on Wednesday after remaining shut for more than 2 months since ethnic clashes shattered the peace of the northeastern State. However, incidents of violence, including a mob trying to loot an armoury of the forces, continue, The [...]

BSP chief Mayawati had demanded confiscating or demolishing accused Pravesh Shukla’s property and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had promised stringent action against him, The Indian Tribal reports

Harsh Chouhan, the head of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, has resigned from his post eight months before his term was to end. Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh alleged he paid the price for his courage to oppose Government’s dilution of forest laws. But there were other [...]

Keeping the tribals out would go a long way in helping the BJP lessen opposition to the contentious law and prevent any resultant unrest even as it will consolidate its tribal votebank, The Indian Tribal reports.

Amid incidents of violence and resultant deaths continuing to be reported from the State, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur government to file an updated status on the situation, The Indian Tribal reports

Aiming to preserve the indigenous culture and publicise it in its original form and manifestations in the mass media, the Dr Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Research Institute here recently imparted training in related skill-sets to 100 participants in an intensive workshop, Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The Mission, announced in the Union Budget, is a major tribal outreach project of the Government which targets to ensure that when India celebrates its 100th Independence year in 2047, no child is born with the fatal disease. It has deep political implications as well, The Indian Tribal [...]

Unlike his contemporaries, this Bhotra tribesman from Nabarangpur took the lead in honing his skills to magnify and multiply his array of designs and make a mark, Niroj Ranjan Misra reports

The two organisations have joined hands to undertake the in-depth study to “help the administration to attend to the needs of the society and contribute in its development”, The Indian Tribal reports