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'Na padai Na kamai, Na dawai, Na sichai': PM Modi in Jhargram alleges 'ruthless' TMC ignored tribals, must be ousted from West BengalPrime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Jhargram, West Bengal. He accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of neglecting tribal comm...
This assembly poll battle to save Bengal's identity: ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the West Bengal assembly election is a fight to preserve the state's identity, accusing the Mama...
Scuffle between police and Azara people breaks out over eviction noticesA scuffle erupted in Azara, Guwahati, as police served eviction notices on land occupants. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma stated 16 people we...
Govt to never evict Indian, Assamese people: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assured that no Indian or Assamese people will be evicted, especially non-tribals in the Bodoland ...
Assam cabinet decides to promulgate wood-based industriesThe cabinet meeting on Saturday decided Primary and Composite WBIs require licences and have to be inside Industrial Estates. Secondary WBl...
Spend quality time with parents, in-laws: Assam government comes up with special leave with for government employeesThe Assam Cabinet also approved to bring an amendment to the Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2020...
Government committed to development, empowerment of tribal communities: Prakash JavadekarIn an event, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs jointly decided to ensure the implementation of the Forest Righ...
States to seek more time to gauge no. of illegal forest dwellers“The data required is complex and the states need more time to ascertain the exact numbers,” a senior tribal affairs ministry official told...
Over 3,500 encroacher families evicted in 6 months in AssamReplying to a question by Congress MLA Nandia Das during question hour, Assam Minister of State for Revenue and Disaster Management Pallab ...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan lays foundation stone of Narmada Link Irrigation ProjectShivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone of the Maa Narmada Link Alirajpur Lift Irrigation Project at Jhadana village.
Are tribals really benefitting from the Forest Rights Act?The administration may be under pressure to issue a large number of titles with little emphasis on quality of linkages with tribal liveliho...
Congress CMs may boycott PM Narendra Modi's meet on land billParty sources gave indications to this effect when asked if its Chief Ministers could be considering a boycott of the meeting in the backdr...
Experience the cultural pot-pourri of 62 tribes in OdishaOdisha is home to approx 62 vibrant tribes including 13 primitive tribal groups spread all over the state.
Reluctance to cut the umbilical cord to nostalgia is withholding industrial growthTribals are woefully neglected and tutored by vested interests to reject corporate investment that could uplift them from squalor and depri...
Ramesh tells states to speed up land reform measuresJairam Ramesh has urged the state governments to improve and expedite existing land reform measures to address the needs of the poor and la...
- Stop mining in Naxal-hit areas: V Kishore Chandra Deo
Government should consider a freeze on mining in Naxal-hit areas, tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has said.
- How Posco got the green nod & Vedanta got stuck
How could environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh allow forest diversion in Posco’s case last fortnight after he had done just the o...
- 'Settle forest rights first, industry can wait'
The bone of contention between wildlife and tribal lobbies could now turn into a headache for project developers, especially mining and pow...
- Centre racing against time on Tribal Act
The notification of the law, known more commonly as the Tribal Act, would lead to the grant of land rights to tribals and other traditional...
- Tribals get more say over forests at last
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill to give triba...