According to an inquiry conducted by Khatima SDM Ravindra Bisht into the incident, about 100 girls were inappropriately touched by the accused while taking their measurements, Singh said.
The organisation claimed people of the tribal communities were falling prey to “unethical conversion”, which has led the converted people to forsake their traditional culture, language and rituals.
The experts on forest laws are of the opinion that after the amendment is passed, the diversion of the forest land for different projects will become an easy process legally and deforestation will increase in forests.
The allegation was made by BJD state general secretary Pradeep Majhi, who is also the party’s tribal face in southern Odisha.
Jharkhand's tribal community calls the mountain in Giridih district 'Marang Baru'. The Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan (ASA)'s movement is aimed at 'saving' it from the 'clutches' of the Jains.
They hail from small towns in Jharkhand. There are many challenges, but they are determined to prove a point
The Chief Minister applauded the research institute and said that the 418 articles in the encyclopaedia were published in Adivasi journals and other publications in the last six decades.
Narain said forests should be used as a source to soak up fossil fuel emissions and build local livelihood. Earlier, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav...
Pema Khandu, while gracing the Solung festival of Adi community at Ruksin in East Siang district, asserted that modernisation and development of a place was...
Droupadi Murmu’s victory is the victory of representation. She carries the dual identities of marginalisation that have been a hurdle to India’s reputation...
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi congratulates Draupadi Murmu on her Presidential victory.
Droupadi Murmu said, I never thought of becoming the president but under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the NDA made me a medium and worked to...
Countering mainstream sexuality discourse that polices desires located outside the strict caste-hetero-patriarchal constructs, Kaustav Chakraborty’s Tribal...
Forest dwellers in the union territory wait for long delayed laws as new challenges threaten their traditional way of life.
In Kashmir, the separatist politics has existed for long but the geographical location of the Gujjars on border regions makes them disconnected from the...
As per Census 2011, only 17.8% of the population from the tribal communities of Gujjars and Bakarwals can read and write to some extent.
The RSS has long and old roots in the north-eastern states of India where they have maintained a 'reformist' Hindutva image in keeping with tribal religious...
Due to rising illegal drug smuggling, 100 tribal youth including women will be appointed as excise civil officers under special recruitment, said the minister.
This World Health Day, India is reminded that it can accelerate its development journey by combating undernutrition in tribal children using a whole-system and...
The Bill seeks to include Gond, Dhuria, Nayak, Ojha, Pathari and Rajgond communities in the districts of Sant Kabir Nagar, Kushinagar, Chandauli and Sant...
