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- India
Strike balance between mining activities & protection of forests in Gadchiroli: Pawar
Mumbai: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday stressed the need to strike a balance between pursuing mining activities in tribal-dominated Gadchiroli and protection of forests as well as safeguarding the interests…
- India
Manipur: Situation calm in tribal areas, no fresh incidents reported
New Delhi: The situation in Kuki-Zo tribal inhabited areas in Manipur remained tense but calm on Monday and no untoward incident was reported from the tribal-dominated areas after Saturday’s clashes with the…
- India
Apex Manipur tribal body reiterates Union Territory demand for Kuki-Zos
Imphal: Over a dozen tribal organisations, led by their apex body, the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), on Tuesday once again reiterated their demand for separate administration for the Kuki-Zo tribals in the form…
- Kerala
Kerala: Tension in Kannur over tribal couple’s death in elephant attack
Kannur: Tension prevailed in the Aralam area of Kannur district on Monday after residents protested against wild animal attacks, blocking the ambulance carrying the bodies of a tribal couple which had been…
- Kerala
Elderly tribal couple trampled to death by wild elephant in Kerala’s Kannur
Thiruvananthapuram: In yet another tragic incident of man-animal conflict, an elderly tribal couple was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Aralam Farm in Kerala’s Kannur on Sunday evening, officials said.…
- News
Manipur: 12 Tribals killed in encounter to be laid to rest on December 5
Imphal: Those 10 killed in the exchange of fire with CRPF in Manipur’s Jiribam district on November 11 along with two others would be laid to rest on December 5 in Churachandpur,…
- India
Manipur: Protest rallies against ‘mass killing of 10 village volunteers’
Imphal: Thousands of tribal men and women on Friday participated in several protest rallies in at least four Manipur districts to protest the “killing of 10 tribal village volunteers” by the security…
- India
Extension of AFSPA represents gross injustice against tribals: Manipur’s tribal body
Imphal: Various tribal organisations, including the Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), strongly criticised the N. Biren Singh-led state government for extending the term of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for another…
- India
Manipur tribal bodies ask people not to travel outside Kuki-Zo areas from Sep 26 to 29
Imphal: Anticipating an attack on Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur, various tribal organisations, including the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), have asked people not to travel outside Kuki-Zo dominated areas between September 26…
- India
100 days of Modi govt: Empowering OBCs, Dalits, minorities & tribals
New Delhi: In the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new term, the government has set a notable agenda focusing on the empowerment of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Dalits, minorities,…
- India
Tribal woman gangraped in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh; six held
Raigarh: A 27-year-old tribal woman was raped allegedly by six men in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday in a village under Pusaur police…
- News
Pathetic to see ‘dolis’ in the age of AI, says Chandrababu Naidu
Amaravati: At a time when the whole world is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is pathetic to see patients and pregnant women from remote tribals hamlets being taken to nearby hospitals…
- India
Manipur women demand SC-monitored probe into Assam Police’s action
Imphal: Women tribal organisations in Manipur on Wednesday organised a protest rally and submitted a memorandum to Home Minister Amit Shah through the Deputy Commissioner of the state’s Churachandpur district demanding a…
- India
Manipur tribals call 12-hr shut down to protest arrest of 5 village volunteers
Imphal: The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), an apex body of Kuki-Zo tribals in Manipur, on Tuesday called a 12-hour shutdown in tribal areas from 6 a.m. on Wednesday to protest against the…
- Bangalore
Ex-Karnataka Minister Nagendra fears CBI arrest in tribal welfare scam
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Minister B. Nagendra, who quit his position following corruption allegations of Rs 187 crore in connection with the state tribal welfare board, is fearing arrest by the Central Bureau…