TRIBALS
- Mumbai
Tribals Changing Faiths May Lose Quota: Ex-Deputy Speaker
Mumbai: People from scheduled tribes who convert to Islam or Christianity should not get any reservation benefits in education and government jobs because they have given up their religion, culture, traditions, and ways…
- India
Manipur tribal body to set up ‘self-government’ soon to govern tribal inhabited areas
Imphal: The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), an apex body of tribals in Manipur, on Wednesday after a massive rally announced to set up a ‘self-government’ soon to govern the tribal inhabited…
- Telangana
BJP promises 10% reservation for tribals in Telangana: Kishan Reddy
Mulugu: Telangana BJP President and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday assured that they will implement a 10 percent reservation in government jobs, local body elections, education etc for the tribals,…
- Telangana
Telangana a role model for tribal development, says KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana stands as a role model for the country by implementing a slew of schemes for the development of tribals, said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. The Chief Minister extended greetings…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to be in Rajasthan’s Banswara on World Tribals Day
Jaipur: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Rajasthan’s Banswara on World Tribal Day (August 9) to address a gathering. The Congress is making preparations for this huge meeting at Mangarh…
- India
UP: Man held for converting people to Christianity by offering money
Ghaziabad: A man has been arrested here for allegedly converting members of Scheduled Caste and Schedules Tribes by offering money, police said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Mahinder Kumar,…
- Politics
Atrocities against Dalits, tribals adding to BJP’s woes in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: Already facing high anti-incumbency due to its nearly two-decade long rule in Madhya Pradesh, back-to-back incidents of atrocities against Dalit and tribal communities seem to be adding to the woes of…
- Politics
Opposition parties vow to fight ‘crimes against minorities, women, Dalits, tribals’
Bengaluru: A group of 26 opposition parties on Tuesday demanded the implementation of the caste census while asserting that they have come together to defeat the “hatred and violence being manufactured against…
- Telangana
PM Modi in Telangana: ‘Shed step-motherly treatment…’, says KTR
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on his visit to the state, to shed ‘indifference…
- News
Keep tribals, religious minorities out of UCC: AIMPLB
Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said that it has sent its objections on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to the Law Commission and has demanded that “not…
- India
MP urination row: ‘Real character of BJP against tribals out’, says Rahul
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the BJP for atrocities against tribals, saying that the inhuman crime of a BJP leader in Madhya Pradesh has brought the real…
- India
Parl panel head Sushil Modi bats for keeping tribals out of UCC ambit
New Delhi: BJP MP Sushil Modi on Monday advocated keeping tribals of the North East and other regions out of the purview of any likely Uniform Civil Code at a parliamentary panel…
- India
Kuki groups lift 2-month blockade on NH-2 in Manipur
Guwahati: Two militant outfits of Manipur, under Suspensions of Operation, on Sunday said they have lifted the two-month long blockade in Kangpokpi district along the crucial National Highway-2. Issuing a joint statement, the…
- Telangana
Telangana: CM to launch Podu Land pattas distribution on June 30
Hyderabad: Chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will launch the Podu Land pattas distribution programme for the tribal community on June 30. KCR will formally launch the pattas distribution programme from the Asifabad…
- India
New Parliament: ‘Insult to tribals’, Congress to stage protest
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday once again targeted the BJP government at the Centre for not inviting then President Ram Nath Kovind for laying the foundation for the new Parliament House,…
