Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, and Sentinels are the aboriginal tribal populations of these islands. India also has several indigenous and...

There are six notified scheduled tribes in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Except Nicobarese, the rest --Great Andamane...

The government machinery is keeping a strict vigil on the movement of people. To restrict movement, the administration had taken some measu...

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to press for "severe judicial action against evan...

"Preliminary investigations suggest that it was a planned adventure trip by the American national, John Allen Chau. Investigation is still ...

The saffron organisations have planned a rally to "protect the culture of A&N tribes" on December 1 and have sought a meeting with the home...

In the late 19th century, the British administration contemplated exterminating the entire aboriginal population, considering them savages ...

The first modern settlement of outsiders was established in 1789 by Lt. Blair at Chatham Island, now part of Port Blair.

The North Sentinelese are among the only surviving direct descendants of the first humans in Asia.

"They are not hostile people. They warn; they don’t kill people, including outsiders. They only say, leave us alone," TN Pandit said.

“We had warned them, in fact, orally and through a letter too, that there was a reason that these islands, particularly the North Sentinel ...

With a current population of 480, the Jarawas live in parts of the South Andaman and Middle Andaman Islands and have largely shunned intera...

A recent report of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes reveals this indigenous Andamanese tribal group is turning obese as there is ve...

There are said to be as many as one hundred “uncontacted tribes” still living in some of the most isolated regions of the world.

The 200 km-long coastline would be guarded by a strong three-layered joint operation team.

"Survival is also asking members of the public to pledge not to travel to the islands until the demands are met," the statement said.

To provide greater protection to Jarawa tribes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, government has initiated various measures .