TRIBALS
- 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…
- Telangana
Telangana CM to launch Rs 12,600 cr solar agri scheme for tribals
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is set to officially launch the ‘Indira Souragiri Jalavikasam’ scheme on May 18 in Mannanur, Nagarkurnool district. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will inaugurate the program. Deputy chief…
- India
MP: Tribal family living for 50 years evicted to make way for BJP office
A tribal family in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district faced forced eviction from their home they had lived in for over 50 years, only for a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office to make…
