Scheduled Tribes

As the Modi Government completes 8 years in office on May 30, the BJP will launch a mega 15-day-long public outreach campaign. A Birsa Munda Vishwas Rally and tribal fairs in all ST-dominated districts are lined up

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s rally is the third major one held in the region to woo the tribal voters of Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have earlier held rallies here, Mayuri Dave reports

The Jammu & Kashmir Government's innovative transportation scheme will cut down travel time of migratory families by one-tenth

For the first time, Jammu and Kashmir will have nine Assembly constituencies — six in the Jammu region and three in the Valley — reserved for the Scheduled Tribes as per the Delimitation Commission’s final order. The restructuring takes the total number of Assembly seats in the [...]

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has decided to form a working group to study the plight of tribal inmates on death row and life convicts, who are languishing in jails for over 14 years

By holding Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s rally in the tribal stronghold of Bharuch, the AAP is eyeing the 15 seats which are at present being held by the Congress, reports Mayuri Dave

As many as nine persons have been arrested in connection with the death of two tribals who were allegedly lynched by a group of people over suspicion of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district

Alleging the involvement of right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal, the Congress has demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident and swift action against the culprits

Did the security forces bomb Maoists’ hideouts in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar using drones? Local tribals allege the drone-bombing that also put their lives in danger happened in the intervening night of April 14-15. But the police deny it saying Maoists are misleading the locals

In a major judgment, the Jharkhand High Court has maintained that Oraon females — sisters and daughters — too ought to be given their due rights in paternal property as the customary laws of the tribe did not deny such rights to women, reports Sudhir Kumar Mishra