While he announced he has to leave for Delhi, Tripura royal scion Pradyot Deb Barma, however, said he would go empty stomach and break his fast only after getting a written assurance from the central government. The Indian Tribal reports

Battling the odds in the fast changing political scenario in election year, the Champai Soren government in Jharkhand tabled its maiden budget on Tuesday. Tribal Welfare ranks high on agenda of the Rs 1.28-lakh crore budget for 2024-25. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The switchover of Geeta, a Ho tribal and MP from Chaibasa ST seat, is also seen in the backdrop of changed power equations in Kolhan politics after Chief Minister Champai Soren inducted JMM’s Ho MLA from the region Deepak Birua as Minister. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

His monthly radio programme will not be aired for next three months, as the Prime Minister said, there is a possibility that the code of conduct might be in place in March. The Indian Tribal reports

Sandesh stands for a famous Bengali sweetmeat. Ironically, there is nothing sweet about Sandeshkhali. Instead, women of the island, mostly tribals, finally gathered courage to send out a sandesh (message) to the powers that be about their allegedly hellish experiences at the hands of a politically-protected local strongman [...]

By and large, a run of the mill, inconspicuous, semi-urban administrative block of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the tribal-dominated region hit the national headlines in two tranches, and has kept the political cauldron boiling. S. Shrobana digs deep into the burning issue in a two-part series. [...]

Coming close on the heels of the arrest of his son Hemant by the ED, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the Lokpal proceedings against him in a case related to alleged accumulation of disproportionate assets. The Indian Tribal reports

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) said the two officers heading the tribal-dominated Churachandpur have risked their lives to return and are now responsible for their own safety and security. The Indian Tribal reports

The officials were summoned following a complaint of misconduct filed against them by BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar, who was injured in a clash with police personnel after being stopped from going to Sandeshkhali, where tribal women have complained of excesses by local Trinamool Congress leaders. The Indian Tribal [...]

The Jharkhand Chief Minister may have termed the squabbling within the Congress as its internal matter but in election year it will keep all the stakeholders in the ruling alliance on tenterhooks and test Champai's leadership skills in keeping the flock together. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports