Adivasis
- India
SC intervenes on Orissa HC orders linking bail to police station cleaning
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the Orissa High Court and a trial court’s orders directing Dalit and Adivasi activists to sweep police stations as a condition for bail.…
- Telangana
Governor assures dialogue after group flags forced relocation of Chenchus
Hyderabad: A delegation of the Chenchu Solidarity Forum (CSF) on Friday, May 1, met Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and urged him to intervene against what it said was the unconstitutional forced relocation…
- India
Dalit protesters ordered to sweep police stations as bail condition in Odisha
For nearly two months after he walked out of jail, 26-year-old Kumeswar Naik had to travel 20 kilometres every morning to sweep and mop the Kashipur Police Station – the very station…
- Hyderabad
Adivasis to experience city life for first time under Hyderabad tour initiative
Hyderabad: A group of tribals, who have never experienced city life, will travel to Hyderabad on Wednesday, April 22, as part of the ‘Adivasi Tourism Exposure Programme.’ Telangana Tourism and Culture Minister…
- Hyderabad
Summer camps on tribal art to be held at Masab Tank in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: It is that time of the year when children learn new skills and improve on existing skills by attending summer camps. The Tribal Cultural Research and Training Institute (TCR&TI), a cultural…
- Telangana
Medaram priest’s son loses leg as temple’s structure collapses
Hyderabad: The deity didn’t ask for it, nor did the Adivasis. But it changed the life of a priest’s family forever. Call it a mishap or neglect, the damage it has done…
- Telangana
NHRC directs Nagarkurnool Collector to resolve Chenchus’ forest rights issue
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Wednesday, February 25, directed Nagarkurnool District Collector Badavath Santosh to resolve the issue of the Recognition of Forest Rights (RoFR) pattas not yet issued…
- Offbeat
This Chhattisgarh tribal community celebrates Diwali feeding rice beer to cows, bulls
As different communities celebrate Diwali in various ways, this tribal community in Chhattisgarh observes the festival of lights by feeding cows and bulls rice beer, locally known as hadiya and drinking the…
- Telangana
Sammakka-Saralamma jatara to be held from Jan 28 to 31
Hyderabad: The biennial Sammakka-Saralamma jatara celebrated by the Koya tribes in Medaram village of Tadvai mandal in Mulugu district, will be held from January 28 to 31, 2026, announced the temple’s priests.…
- Telangana
Maoists oppose relocation of adivasis from 339 villages in Telangana
Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has strongly opposed the Telangana government’s decision to relocate the adivasis from 339 villages in Kumram-Bheem Asifabad district in the name of a tiger forest…
- Telangana
Abused for taking bath near sump, tribal boy dies by suicide in Telangana
Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a teenager belonging to the scheduled tribes (Yanadi) community died by suicide after consuming pesticide, after allegedly being beaten and scolded by a woman from the Yadava…
- Hyderabad
Telangana Adivasis and people’s orgs demand end to ‘Operation Kagaar’
Hyderabad: A joint action committee comprising Adivasis and people’s organisations held a protest at the district collectorate in Mulugu on Wednesday, April 30, demanding that the Centre stop killing innocent Adivasis under…
- Telangana
25 Gothikoya families dispossessed in Telangana despite government assurances
Hyderabad: Congress leaders have repeatedly assured the adivasis that forest officials will not disturb them tilling their podu lands. However, the land conflict between the Gothikoyas and forest officials in Telangana doesn’t…
- Telangana
Adivasis in Telangana hit by low-yield maize seeds
Hyderabad: Adivasi maize seed producing farmers in Mulugu district have lost heavily after getting low yield on the maize seeds given to them by seed companies. Many of the farmers and farm…
- Hyderabad
Telangana People’s organisations demand end to Operation Kagaar in Chhattisgarh
Hyderabad: People’s organisations and communist parties have demanded an immediate end to ‘Operation Kagaar’ launched by the Centre in Chhattisgarh, which has claimed 300 lives in the name of encounters in 2024,…
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