TRIBALS
- Telangana
NHRC directs Nagarkurnool Collector to resolve Chenchus’ forest rights issue
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday, February 25, directed Nagarkurnool District Collector Badavath Santosh to resolve the issue of the Recognition of Forest Rights (RoFR) pattas not yet issued…
- Telangana
Medaram Jatara: Telangana celebrates largest tribal festival with devotion
Mulugu (Telangana): The four-day ‘Maha Jathara’ of tribal goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma, dubbed as one of the largest Adivasi spiritual congregations in the world, got underway at Medaram. An estimated three crore…
- Telangana
Telangana: Tribals left in lurch after demolition drive in Moinabad
Hyderabad: Tribals in Telangana’s Moinabad area were left in a lurch after a demolition drive was carried out on a 16-acre plot on Wednesday, December 31. About 50 tribal families from the…
- Telangana
No road, Telangana 108 ambulance team carries pregnant Gotti Koya woman
Hyderabad: In a heart-warming incident, a heavily pregnant Gotti Koya woman was carried on a cot by the medical and health staff for around a kilometre distance to an 108 ambulance, which…
- Telangana
Telangana’s Naikpod tribal masks may get GI tag
Hyderabad: In a significant development, the ancient tribal art form of hand-crafting Naikpod masks specific to the Naikpod tribes living in Madaram village of Mulakalapalli mandal in Bhadradri Kothagudem district could soon…
- Telangana
Telangana: Ministers review ‘master plan’ for Medaram Jatara
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has finalised a ‘master plan’ for the Medaram Jatara, often referred to as the ‘Kumbh Mela of Telangana’, focusing on the expansion of temple premises and modernisation of…
- India
Tribals to be kept out of ambit of proposed UCC: Rijiju
New Delhi: Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said tribals of the northeast and other areas of the country will be kept out of the ambit of the proposed Uniform…
- India
Indian govt to launch AI-powered translator for tribal languages
New Delhi: The Tribal Affairs Ministry will soon launch “Adi Vaani”, India’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered translator for tribal languages, in a move aimed at preserving the country’s rich linguistic diversity and…
- Telangana
Maoists oppose relocation of adivasis from 339 villages in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has strongly opposed the Telangana government’s decision to relocate the adivasis from 339 villages in Kumram-Bheem Asifabad district in the name of a tiger forest…
- Telangana
Amid podu land tensions, Gothi Koyas allege assault, Op Kagar threats
Hyderabad: With the monsoons setting in, the Gothi Koya tribes living in the areas bordering Chhattisgarh and Telangana, particularly in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district, allegedly face harassment and excesses of the forest officials. On…
- Hyderabad
Telangana journalists, activists support tribal museum in OU campus
Hyderabad: Senior journalists and social activists came in support of establishing a tribal museum in the two professors’ quarters in Osmania University, leased by Adi Dhwani Trust, founded by retired professor Jayadheer…
- Telangana
BRS neglected tribals of Telangana: TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud accused the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of neglecting the tribal community. Addressing a meeting in Khammam, he alleged the previous government filed…
- Hyderabad
Lease of OU quarters for tribal museum hits legal, ideological roadblocks
Hyderabad: The resistance from a section of students and professors of the Osmania University against the conversion of two old dilapidated professors’ quarters into a tribal museum-cum-research centre has opened a Pandora’s…
- Telangana
Telangana forest min directs officials to support tribal development
Hyderabad: In a high-level meeting held at the Secretariat on Saturday, Telangana Forest minister Konda Surekha issued clear instructions to forest officials, emphasising the need to support not only forest conservation but…
- Telangana
Telangana CM launches Indira Soura Giri Jala Vikasam scheme
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday, May 19, launched the Indira Soura Giri Jala Vikasam scheme from Macharam village of Amrabad mandal in Nagarkurnool district. Under the scheme, tribal…
