Political News

In contrast to its neighbour Chhattisgarh, the six Scheduled Tribes (ST) reserved parliamentary constituencies of Madhya Pradesh recorded a lower polling turnout in the four-phased 2024 general elections compared to 2019. Vijay Singh Thakur reports

At the same time, the Prime Minister claimed the Congress will get seats less than its senior leader Rahul Gandhi’s age. Sudhir Kumar Kishra reports

Just six months ago, Adivasis helped the BJP storm back to power in the State. Will their higher turnout help BJP achieve its target of winning all the 11 Lok Sabha seats? After all, the party had been bagging the lion’s share since 2004. Vijay Singh Thakur reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (May 3) addressed an election meeting in the tribal hotbed of Chaibasa. Later, he also held a roadshow in State capital Ranchi. Sudhir Kumar Mishra brings in the key highlights

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