TRIBALS
- Telangana
Telangana tribals to get 50K solar pumps to cultivate podu lands
Hyderabad: The state government will install 50,000 solar pump sets to support tribal beneficiaries in cultivating Podu lands under the Recognition of Forest Rights (RoFR) Act and theForest Conservation Act. The ambitious…
- Hyderabad
Telangana to host 7-day workshop for tribals at Nagarjuna Sagar
Hyderabad: The tribal welfare department will be organising a week-long training workshop for the tribals in Telangana and from other states from January 4 to 10, at Nagarjuna Sagar. The closed-door workshop…
- Andhra Pradesh
Video: Tribals in AP carry pregnant woman in ‘doli’ to reach hospital
The tribals in Bodigaruvu village of Visakhapatnam district carried a pregnant woman across a road and stream using ‘doli’ to reach the hospital. Experiencing severe abdominal pain and unable to travel on…
- India
Children of ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’ to be denied tribal rights: Nadda
Ranchi: Bharatiya Janata Party president Jagat Prasad Nadda on Saturday asserted that once the saffron party is voted to power in Jharkhand, it will not allow tribal rights to children of ‘Bangladeshi…
- Telangana
Telangana: Forget summer, Chenchus scramble to find water even during monsoons
Hyderabad: The Nallamala forest is a major catchment area for the inflows into the Krishna River. It has been raining almost every day, and small streams can be seen crossing the thar…
- Featured News
Tribals of East India hold on to traditions despite external influences
Tribal populations living in the interior parts of eastern India have largely managed to retain their cultural heritage despite the influence of modernisation but face threat to their language. According to a…
- India
No peace talks ongoing between Kuki-Zo & Meiteis, says Manipur’s tribal body
Imphal: The Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), the apex body of the Kuki-Zo tribals in the state, on Thursday said that no peace talks are being held between the Kuki-Zo people and Meiteis.…
- Telangana
Telangana minister vows to resolve podu land issue of aggrieved Chenchus
Hyderabad: Women and child welfare minister Danasari Anasuya alias Seethakka has assured that she would resolve the contentious forest lands (podu lands) issue between the Chenchus living in Macharam village of Amrabad…
- Andhra Pradesh
Tribals take out rally urging Maoists not to enter AP’s Alluri dist
Visakhapatnam: Tribals took out a massive rally against the Maoists at Maddigaruvu Santha in G Madugula mandal of Alluri Sitaramaraju district on Thursday, urging the Maoists not to come to Alluri Sitarama…
- Telangana
Telangana circle inspector attacked, dragged by tribals in Khammam
Hyderabad: A circle inspector was caught in between two warring groups in the Khammam reserve forest area near Chandrapalem village in Sattupalem Mandal on Sunday, March 31. A video of the incident has…
- India
MP: Muslim man held, house razed after upper-caste men strip, beat tribal
In a horrific incident, a tribal young man was subjected to inhumane brutality as he was stripped naked, hung upside down and beaten by upper-caste men in the Betul district of Madhya…
- India
Manipur: Tribals blocked roads after govt resume bus services
Imphal: In what can be seen as an initiative to de-escalate the ongoing ethnic tension in violence-hit Manipur, the state government took a pivotal step for resuming Manipur State Transport’s (MST) inter-district…
- India
From tribal sarpanch to Chhattisgarh CM, the rise of Vishnu Deo Sai
Raipur: Vishnu Deo Sai, a prominent tribal face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh, will be state chief minister after he was elected as leader of BJP’s legislative party during a meeting…
- Telangana
Lok Sabha passes Bill for Central Tribal University in Telangana
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill to establish the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana. The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed by a voice vote with the…
- Telangana
LS takes up bill to set up Central Tribal University in Telangana
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday took up a bill for the establishment of the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana in pursuance of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. Piloting the…
