"What kind of India do they want?": Congress questions PM Modi's leadership; claims every section of society being "destroyed"The Indian National Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Oppositon Rahul Gandhi launched a strong attack against Prime Minister...
New Delhi asks Bengal to fast track central schemes after Mamata exitThe Centre has flagged West Bengal's failure to implement key central schemes for tribal welfare. Programs like PM-JANMAN and DAJGUA, launc...
JMM entry shakes up BJP bastion in Assam's tea beltJMM has fielded 21 candidates for the elections to the 126-member Assam assembly. Assam is home to nearly 60 lakh tea tribe and Adivasi vot...
Assam government ties up with SBI to provide 1,181 former rebels loans of Rs 3 lakh and FDs worth Rs 4 lakh eachThe Assam government has partnered with the State Bank of India (SBI) to provide financial assistance to 1,181 former rebels. Each individu...
BJP trying to restrict tribals to jungles by calling them 'vanvasis': Rahul GandhiCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of attempting to restrict the tribal communities to the jungles...
Five Assam Adivasi extremist groups along with three factions laid down their armsThe extremist groups that laid down their arms are ACMA (Adivasi Cobra Military of Assam) and ACMA factional group, AANLA (All Adivasi Nati...
Adivasi vs vanvasi: Constitution uses 'Scheduled Tribes' for tribals; debates futile, says NCST chairpersonNCST chairman Harsh Chouhan has said the Constitution refers to tribal people as Scheduled Tribes and any debate over using the words 'adiv...
Battleground Assam: No party can take Adivasis for grantedKnown as the tea tribe, Assam's nearly 60 lakh Adivasis are a dominant chunk of voters in 800-odd tea gardens spread across 126 Assembly se...
Rail roko movements in Cooch Behar, Kokrajhar affect train movementRailway services were today affected due to blockades on separate issues at Cooch Behar in West Bengal and Kokrajhar in Assam.
Jharkhand tribal bodies resent Census data on religionTribal organizations described the latest Census data on religion published by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner as "faulty and...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis promises quota for Dhangar communityThe Dhangar population in the state is more than 1.5 crore and they are concentrated in the Western Maharashtra and Marathwada region.
Ethnicity-based politics: Why Assam’s adivasis are soft targetsAdivasis, say observers, suffer because they are caught in the vortex of Assam's ethnicity-based politics. The BTAD has tried to use the ad...
West Bengal to help adivasis coming from Assam: CM Mamata BanerjeeThe government in West Bengal is making necessary arrangements to render help to adivasis coming to the state from Assam for shelter- Mamat...
Toll rises to 78 in Assam violenceIn worst affected Sonitpur district six more bodies were recovered this morning from Maitalu Basti under Zinzia police station bordering AP.
Maharashtra polls: Political parties playing politics over tribal-OBC job conflictKisan Namdeo, district president of the BJP, agreed the party will benefit from the backing extended to these protests and their demands.
Congress spreading canards about BJP: Narendra ModiModi said Manikrao Gavit did nothing for his constituency and that the neighbouring Gujarat villages have much better facilities than Nandu...
Mamata Banerjee accuses UPA of depriving West Bengal of central fundsMamata Banerjee accused the Congress led UPA government of denying her state funds under the MGNREGA and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan schemes.