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The JMM’s first family sought to put up a united face with Hemant’s younger brother, Basant, accompanying her ‘bhabhi’ for the filing of nomination. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The Kurmis or Kudmis have been asking for Scheduled Tribe status and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. They claim that they were classified as a “notified tribe” during the British Raj. S. Shrobana reports. PART-2

With their rail and road blockades not yielding the desired result, the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj has decided to field its candidates in Purulia, Bankura, Midnapore and Jhargram to ruin the party of BJP and TMC. S. Shrobana digs deep into the issue in a 2-part series.  PART-1

Even their deaths due to starvation failed to force successive Governments to effectively come to the rescue of this primitive tribe group. In a two-part series, S. Shrobana takes a closer look at the community, scattered in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore PART-1

In a major development in Jharkhand politics, the JMM general secretary, party MLA from Jama and eldest daughter-in-law of party patriarch Shibu Soren joined the BJP in the national capital alleging her “continuous neglect”. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

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

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. [...]