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Congress makes strong pitch for making right to vote a fundamental rightThe Congress is advocating for the right to vote to be declared a fundamental right, citing concerns over voter suppression and arbitrary d...
He used his airline to rescue refugees from Pakistan, donated 300 acres to India: Meet the Tamil Nadu Padma awardee who gave everything to the nationTamil Nadu industrialist Dr. R.M. Alagappa Chettiar, a visionary beyond business, utilized his private airline for crucial refugee rescue o...
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma retains key portfolios, allocates ministriesAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has allocated portfolios to the newly sworn-in ministers. He retained Home, Power, Public Works, a...
Ex-Biju Janata Dal MP Debashish Samantaray files nomination for Rajya Sabha bypoll as Bharatiya Janata Party candidateFormer Biju Janata Dal MP Debashish Samantaray has filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Rajya Sabha by...
Tribal Affairs Minister should be concerned: Congress flags protests in Odisha against bauxite mining projectVillagers in Odisha's Koraput district are protesting bauxite mining by Kalinga Alumina Ltd. Congress alleges illegal diversion of forest l...
Manipur Police add 477 vehicles to bolster security responseManipur Police has received 477 new vehicles, including bulletproof models, to boost its operational strength. This comes as the state grap...
Suvendu's cabinet line-up has ministers embodying Bengal's geographical, ethnic divideWest Bengal witnesses the formation of its first BJP government with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and five ministers sworn in. The cabin...
TMC failed to open account in nine of 23 districts of West BengalThe Bharatiya Janata Party secured a landslide victory in West Bengal, winning 206 seats and ending the Trinamool Congress's 15-year reign....
Ethnic aspirations define political loyalty in Bengal's Junglemahal ahead of Assembly elections 2026West Bengal elections 2026: Political contests in West Bengal's Junglemahal are influenced by ethnic identity struggles. The Kudmi-Mahato c...
It’s still a no to Posco project,says Jual OramThe BJP politician from Odisha promises the ministry would work on more than "development" and have a far greater say in the country's affa...
Panel to look into tribal upliftThe government has set up a commission to examine various issues of development and welfare of tribals.
Tribal funds diverted, most ministries guilty: shows RTI filed by ETDepartment of school education and literacy under the ministry revealed in its response that it had allocated 55% of the total TSP in unive...
Kishore Chandra Deo likely to force a rethink on tribal miningThe minister particularly referred to Saranda Forests in Jharkhand and said the mining violated provisions of the Constitution.
Geosicientists support bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri HillsCriticising political interference and NGO activism, a Odisha-based geoscientists' body today favoured bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri Hills
- Tribal affairs ministry 'turning tables' on SC order on Niyamgiri mining rights
Despite the Supreme Court's order, the village councils, or gram sabhas of the Dongria Kondh tribals may not be able to decide upon their t...
KC Deo gets it right and also very wrong on left-wing extremismThe challenge is to organise and empower the tribal people to secure the compensation that is theirs, make good use of the money and acquir...
- 'Congress vs Congress' as tribal ministry opposes mining in Andhra
In the continuing 'Congress vs Congress' green battle, the Union tribal ministry has once again rebuffed the Andhra government's attempt to...
- Mining firms will have to pay 25% more for land, rehabilitation: Bhuria
Companies planning mining projects will have to pay 25% more for land and rehabilitation of tribals.
- 'Niyamgiri, Cairn unrelated'
Digvijay Singh has said the environment ministry’s decision to disallow Vedanta to mine bauxite in Orissa will have no bearing on the compa...
- Samata verdict is weapon of the weak
When the Supreme Court of India delivered the Samata judgment in 1997 protecting the land of tribal people under the Fifth Schedule of the ...