Adivasis
- India
Trust in Police least among Muslims, Adivasis, Dalits & poor: Report
New Delhi: A survey has shown a “high-level” of public support for certain forms of government surveillance like through CCTV cameras even as the poor and groups such as Dalits and Muslims…
- Telangana
Telangana: Cops arrest five Maoist militia members in Cherla
Hyderabad: The Kothagudem police arrested five militia members of the outlawed CPI party (Communist Party of India, Maoist) in the district’s Cherla Mandal on Saturday. “A joint operation by Cherla police and…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: ‘Repeal UAPA & free political prisoners’, demands Lawyers Association
All India Lawyers Association for Justice organised a protest on 28 September at Freedom park, Bangalore, backed by the All India students association (AISA) Karnataka demanding the repeal of the ‘draconian’ Unlawful…
- Hyderabad
Why Muslims are behind Dalits and Adivasis on development index? Asks Prof. Thorat
Hyderabad: “Why religious minorities like Muslims are still behind Dalits and Adivasis in jobs, higher education, housing and other areas of life? SCs and STs have got reservations and could find better…
- Hyderabad
Will pass G.O. increasing ST quota to 10%, won’t wait for centre: KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao said that the state government will pass the G.O. to increase the Scheduled Tribe quota from five per cent to ten per cent in the…
- India
Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims face discrimination in accessing jobs: Oxfam India
New Delhi: People not belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Schedules Tribes (STs) earn Rs 5,000 per month more than those from the two communities, while non-Muslims earn Rs 7,000 per…
- India
Chhattisgarh: Court acquits 121 Adivasis 5 years after being booked under UAPA
Dantewada: A court in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district has acquitted 121 tribal persons arrested in connection with the 2017 Burkapal Naxal attack in which 25 Central Reserve Police Force personnel had died. They were…
- India
Karnataka: BJP leader among 6 accused of harrasing Adivasi woman
In a disgraceful incident, a 35-year-old tribal of the Adivasi community woman was allegedly assaulted and humiliated by a group of people, including a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Ujire village,…