Scheduled Tribes

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

The tribals have never identified themselves with high rise buildings, the Union Tribal Affairs Minister wrote in his letter to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, reports Sudhir Kumar Mishra

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is in some serious trouble, one that not just threatens his continuance in office but also the dispensation he helms as the BJP is sensing an opportunity to strike

Addressing the ‘Van Samiti Sammelan’ , where bonus was distributed to collectors of forest produce such as Tendu leaves, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday termed as ‘historic’ the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government’s move to convert over 800 forest villages into revenue villages