Articles for Tribals

Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan to lay foundation for road development in ASR district on December 21
3 days, 2 hours ago

Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan to lay foundation for road development in ASR district on December 21

The Hindu  

Scores of interior habitations from various mandals under the Integrated Tribal Development Agency Paderu region of Alluri Sitharama Raju district are going to get the road facility. Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan will be laying foundation stone for the development of roads in various mandals, in a programme which is going to be held at Ballagaruvu in Ananthagiri mandal …

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Jaladam Valley, home to the Konda Reddi tribe, offers a glimpse into a centuries-old way of life
1 week, 2 days ago

Jaladam Valley, home to the Konda Reddi tribe, offers a glimpse into a centuries-old way of life

The Hindu  

Hidden in the rugged hills of Jaladam Valley in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district lies Gillaram village, home to the Konda Reddi tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. The Konda Reddi tribals of Gillaram village would grow paddy only in the Kharif season as streams would run dry by the middle of the Rabi season, precisely by March. Conservation The Konda …

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First time after independance solar power lights up lives of tribals in Maoist-affected villages of Bastar
1 week, 2 days ago

First time after independance solar power lights up lives of tribals in Maoist-affected villages of Bastar

New Indian Express  

Solar television is the new intervention in these tribal villages where for the first time people saw various programmes on national broadcaster Doordarshan. “Our primary focus remains to cover those villages that are in and around the 5 km radius of the newly established security camps in the worst affected Bastar region. So, we are providing solar home lights, solar …

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Andhra Tribals Seek More Navodaya Schools
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Andhra Tribals Seek More Navodaya Schools

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Voicing concern over the dearth of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti Schools; especially in tribal areas, Rama Gopal Gaduturi, president of the Indian Confederation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, Andhra Pradesh, shot off a letter to Union minister of education Dharmendra Pradhan, and urged him to set up 13 more such schools for ensuring quality education in the state. Speaking about …

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Odisha Minister Pujari mulls special fund for tribals to monetise land
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Odisha Minister Pujari mulls special fund for tribals to monetise land

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari has floated the idea of setting up a revolving fund to address the financial needs of tribals at the time of exigencies in exchange of their land assets. Sharing his thought with members of the assembly, Purjari suggested that the proposed revolving fund would give an opportunity to tribals to monetise land …

Land Fund Pujari
Thousands of rain-hit Irulars await help for past three days in Villupuram
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Thousands of rain-hit Irulars await help for past three days in Villupuram

New Indian Express  

VILLUPURAM: Hit by the unprecedented rain and flood, over thousand Irular tribals residing at various settlements across Villupuram district have been suffering for the past three days without food, water and electricity. Sources said tribals of Pondhai village at Vallam block, Anjancheri in Gingee, Salavathy settlement in Tindivanam, Puthupalayam in Vikravandi and Sellankuppam near Kedar have not received food, drinking …

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VIDEO: Tribals Carry Pregnant Woman On Makeshift Doli Across Stream In Visakhapatnam
2 weeks, 6 days ago

VIDEO: Tribals Carry Pregnant Woman On Makeshift Doli Across Stream In Visakhapatnam

ABP News  

In a striking reminder of inadequate infrastructure, tribals from Bodigaruvu village in Devarapalli mandal, Visakhapatnam district, carried a pregnant woman on a makeshift doli across a stream and rough terrain to ensure she reached the hospital in time. With no ambulance or other transport options available, the villagers quickly assembled a doli—a traditional stretcher—and carefully maneuvered through the challenging landscape …

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From the India Today Archives (1982): Forests: The blunder of plunder
3 weeks, 2 days ago

From the India Today Archives (1982): Forests: The blunder of plunder

India Today  

New Delhi, March 2001. The national forest policy of 1952 envisaged the country’s forest cover being raised from 23 per cent to 33 per cent of the total land area. The Birla-funded Economic and Scientific Research Foundation estimates that out of a total of 306 million hectares of cultivable land, 145 million hectares or 45 per cent of the land …

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AMU Students Protest, Demand Quota for Dalits and Tribals
3 weeks, 6 days ago

AMU Students Protest, Demand Quota for Dalits and Tribals

Deccan Chronicle  

Aligarh: The Aarakshan Sangharsh Morcha on Tuesday held a march demanding reservation for Dalits and backward and Other Backward Classes in admission at Aligarh Muslim University. The protesters gathered at Raja Mahendra Pratap chowk in the Civil Lines locality and then marched to the University Circle at the entry point of the campus, raising anti-AMU and religious slogans. The students …

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Hemant Soren is Jharkhand's choice for 2nd straight term. What worked for him?
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Hemant Soren is Jharkhand's choice for 2nd straight term. What worked for him?

India Today  

Elections results announced on Saturday evoked mixed feelings in the BJP camp, with the party registering a landslide victory in Maharashtra Assembly polls, but failing to make a lasting impact in Jharkhand by winning just 24 out of 81 seats in the state. Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led the INDIA bloc stunned its critics with an impressive performance in the elections, …

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Why the BJP failed to make a mark among the tribals of Jharkhand
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Why the BJP failed to make a mark among the tribals of Jharkhand

Hindustan Times  

In Lok Sabha polls results announced on June 3, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was ahead of the JMM-led INDIA block in 51 assembly seats. The JMM leaders attributed the BJP’s aggressive “infiltration” campaign to put a wedge in tribal-Muslim unity as a reason for the alliance bettering its performance as compared to 2019. Political activists in Jharkhand said the …

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Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battle
1 month ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Mismatched vocabularies in Maha and Jharkhand battle

Deccan Chronicle  

Following the rigmarole of politicians pitching for votes has never been as befuddling as it is in this round of state Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. The BJP’s difficulties are further complicated by the direct and indirect criticism of the “Batange-Katange” rhetoric voiced by Ajit Pawar and chief minister Eknath Shinde, the icons of the other side who split …

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KTR slams Rahul Gandhi's silence on Lagarcharla incident
1 month ago

KTR slams Rahul Gandhi's silence on Lagarcharla incident

India Today  

KT Rama Rao, former Telangana Minister and son of former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, directed his harshest criticism toward Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. While addressing the media regarding the alleged atrocities committed by the Revanth Reddy-led government in Telangana against tribal women, farmers, and marginalised communities, KTR accused Gandhi of turning a blind eye to the alleged oppression in …

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Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency
1 month, 1 week ago

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP is heavily relying on anti-incumbency and consolidation of non-tribal votes for the second phase polling in Jharkhand. In its bid to make inroads into the Santhal Pargana, considered a JMM stronghold, the BJP is aggressively campaigning to woo non-tribal voters besides harping on its “illegal immigrants changing the Jharkhand’s demography” poll plank. Besides Santhal Pargana, the …

Karnataka Congress Jharkhand Bjp Seats Jmm Nda
Infiltration major issue; Hemant govt going away and NDA coming to power
1 month, 1 week ago

Infiltration major issue; Hemant govt going away and NDA coming to power

Deccan Chronicle  

Giridih : Jharkhand BJP Chief Babulal Marandi said on Saturday that infiltration is the main issue in the state and as per the feedback they have gathered, the Hemant Soren government is going away and NDA is coming to power. We can say that the Hemant Soren government is going away and the NDA government, led by the BJP, is …

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BJP Spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo says Jharkhand govt provided ID proofs to infiltrators
1 month, 1 week ago

BJP Spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo says Jharkhand govt provided ID proofs to infiltrators

Op India  

Ahead of the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls, BJP Spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo alleged that the Jharkhand Government’s special branch provided documents and ID proofs to infiltrators and the interests of tribals at Santhal Pargana have been encroached. “Now, the Congress’ Jharkhand in charge, Ghulam Ahmad Mir said that they would provide cylinders to infiltrators at Rs 450…This is …

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Riot of colour marks Janjati Utsav opening in Lucknow
1 month, 1 week ago

Riot of colour marks Janjati Utsav opening in Lucknow

Hindustan Times  

It was no less than a riot of colour when tribals turned up in the best of their ethnic finery, on the first day of five-day Antarrashtriya Janjati Bhagidari Utsav. Tribals from across the country performed at Antarrashtriya Janjati Bhagidari Utsav in Lucknow on Friday. The festival began at the UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Friday, and has been organised …

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Attempts still made to convert people under guise of healing: Goa CM
1 month, 1 week ago

Attempts still made to convert people under guise of healing: Goa CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday slammed religious conversions in the name of healing, saying it is unfortunate that such practices are still followed in independent India. "These practices which were started to convert tribals in the name of education or healing are continuing even after the country has become independent,: Sawant said, addressing the state-level function to …

Goa Tribal
Chhattisgarh: After 21 years, tribals plan to return to native place in Naxal-hit Abujhmad
1 month, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: After 21 years, tribals plan to return to native place in Naxal-hit Abujhmad

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: More than two decades after deserting their village due to Maoists, around 25 tribal families are planning to return to their native place in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district. Now, 21 years after their desertion, these families recently visited their native place and have been planning to resettle there after police set up a camp there to facilitate development works and …

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Tribals didn’t get justice earlier: PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Tribals didn’t get justice earlier: PM

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi/Patna: Sending a clear signal to the tribal community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated while addressing a rally in Jamui, Bihar, that India’s tribals had not received justice in earlier years. Addressing a function organised to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, and after launching tribal welfare projects worth more than Rs 6,000 crore in Jamui district …

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BJP won’t allow anyone to play with your ‘Maati, Roti, Beti’: Modi in Jharkhand
1 month, 1 week ago

BJP won’t allow anyone to play with your ‘Maati, Roti, Beti’: Modi in Jharkhand

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the JMM-Congress-RJD government in poll-bound Jharkhand of harbouring Bangladeshi infiltrators and said that a conspiracy was being hatched to change the identity of Jharkhandi with reduction in tribal population, especially in Santhal Parganas region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting ahead of the second phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls in Sarath …

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Mysuru: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah joins tribals in folk dance, pledges electricity, water access to ST communities
1 month, 1 week ago

Mysuru: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah joins tribals in folk dance, pledges electricity, water access to ST communities

Hindustan Times  

In a heart warming video, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was seen joining members from a tribal community in a traditional folk dance during his visit to Kerehadi in Mysuru's HD Kote taluk. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} READ | Siddaramaiah shows off dance skills at his village in Mysuru The CM’s visit included meaningful interactions with scheduled tribe members, where he listened to …

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Mysuru: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah joins tribals in folk dance, pledges electricity, water access to ST communities
1 month, 1 week ago

Mysuru: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah joins tribals in folk dance, pledges electricity, water access to ST communities

Hindustan Times  

In a heart warming video, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was seen joining members from a tribal community in a traditional folk dance during his visit to Kerehadi in Mysuru's HD Kote taluk. READ | Siddaramaiah shows off dance skills at his village in Mysuru The CM’s visit included meaningful interactions with scheduled tribe members, where he listened to their concerns, …

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HistoriCity | Jharkhand: A hinterland full of rich history
1 month, 1 week ago

HistoriCity | Jharkhand: A hinterland full of rich history

Hindustan Times  

In the popular imagination, Jharkhand is perceived as a hotbed of Naxalite-Maoist activities, it is known as well as the Ruhr of India, a reference to Germany’s resource-rich area, with large mineral, coal and timber reserves. This lends the predominantly state to be plagued by a ‘resource curse’ i.e., where it contributes almost 40% of India’s mineral resources, but lags …

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