The Union Home Minister, who was addressing BJP booth workers during his short stay in the State, also announced that if voted to power they will bring out a white paper to save tribal land. The Indian Tribal reports

The 73-year-old Paraja tribal agriculturist breathed her last at the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, where she was admitted a couple of days ago. The Indian Tribal reports

Even as he kept adivasis centrestage of his address during a programme of the BJP, the Assam Chief Minister and party’s co-incharge for Jharkhand applauded former CM Champai Soren’s functioning at the helm and alleged CM Hemant Soren was interested only in power and not tribal welfare. The [...]

B. Nagendra has been arrested in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited. The Indian Tribal reports

The rebellious MLAs have been given a chance in the new Government to keep the pack together ahead of Assembly polls. And Hemant dropping his brother Basant is being viewed as a move to blunt BJP’s dynastic politics attack. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

With the Assembly elections just a few months away, the decision to bring back the out-on-bail Hemant Soren at the helm of affairs in Jharkhand has been taken as part of a multi-pronged strategy. The Indian Tribal reports

As the JMM-led INDIA bloc and the BJP gear up for the next showdown in the Assembly polls slated later this year, both sides have started espousing the tribal cause with more vigour. For now, it’s advantage JMM if the results of ST seats in the last elections [...]

The Jharkhand High Court granted bail to Hemant in an alleged money laundering case linked to a land scam, two weeks after reserving its order on June 13 on his bail plea. The Indian Tribal reports

Champai Soren proposed the setting up of a tribal regiment, like the Jat, Punjab, Sikh and Madras Regiments during his meeting with the GOC-in-C of the Eastern Command, Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Elected for the sixth time as the MP from Sundargarh, Oram has for the third time been entrusted with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, crucial to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tribal outreach. Modi 3.0 has only one Minister of State instead of two like last time around. M. [...]