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Women's reservation & delimitation bills tabled: India braces for 850-seat Lok Sabha futureParliament is set to introduce three key bills, including women's reservation from 2029 and delimitation of constituencies. While the oppos...- Assam Elections: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren predicts tea tribe vote shift to JMMAssam Elections: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren predicted a shift in the tea tribe-Adivasi vote towards Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He c...
- Assam polls: Schemes used to compel women to attend rallies in Assam, says Priyanka GandhiCongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has accused the BJP government in Assam of exploiting women-focused schemes. She claims women are com...
- 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...
- Tiwa student group stage blockade over need for proper implementation of Tiwa Autonomous Council and moreTiwa students blocked National Highway-27 demanding proper implementation of the Tiwa Autonomous Council and land rights, leading to clashe...
- Assam's ST status plan for 6 groups to be taken up 'positively'Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal has indicated a positive consideration for granting Scheduled Tribe status to six communities in Assam. T...
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says ST plan for six groups will not affect existing tribesAssam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated new ST status recommendations will not impact current tribal communities. A three-member ...
- GoM backs ST status for six Assam communities, cites strong justificationA Group of Ministers has recommended granting Scheduled Tribe status to six major communities in Assam. These communities have long sought ...
- Assam CM Sarma says protesters seeking ST status are genuine; BJP workers may join the demandAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has voiced support for the genuine demand for Scheduled Tribe status by several communities. Prote...
- 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...
- Congress leaders go back in time to connect with tea tribesThe Congress leaders talked about past connections the tribes had with Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chotta Nagpur and how they migrated to ...
- 35 percent of Assam’s population creating division among the 65 %: Assam finance Minister, Himanta Biswa SarmaAddressing the BJP’s Tea Morcha Executive Meeting in Jorhat on Friday, Sarma said, “The number of these people increased from 27 percent to...
- Assam assembly passes bills for creation of three autonomous councilsThe assembly passing the proposal has led celebrations in some areas. Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes Minister Chandan Brahma ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Assam violence: Over 1.15 lakh people living in 81 relief campsAltogether 81 people have been killed since Tuesday evening in serial attacks by NDFB(S) terrorists, retaliatory violence and alleged polic...
- Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan calls bandh in five states protesting Adivasi massacre"We have decided to observe a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Assam, WB, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand in protest against the killing of adivasis," Mur...
- Odisha tribals seek CM Naveen Patnaik's help for adivasis in AssamSudam Marandi, led a group of tribal students and leaders to Patnaik and apprised him of the condition of Odisha-origin adivasis in Assam.
- Assam toll mounts to 62; Adivasi villagers set houses ablazeMajority of victims in the "barbaric" attacks were women and children and steps were being taken to ensure that the situation does not esca...
- Congressmen disgruntled over second nominee for RS pollsAssam Congress leader Anjan Dutta told the media that he along with 25 other legislators are opposed to giving nomination to a fresh entran...
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