Tag: Tribals
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Forest official fires in air to disperse protesting tribals in Gujarat
Forest officials with workers, started digging the land for plantation. Learning about it, people gathered and reached the spot and opposed it.
June 15, 2022 -
CM stresses on Adivasi community development
"All members are happy with the action taken report after attending the meeting, following overall development of the tribal community. We have decided to ready 20 lakh houses for tribal people in the next five years,"
February 16, 2022 -
MP Govt working with tribal leaders to create inclusive welfare policies
The issue of tribal development has taken a front seat in the current government's agenda. Besides triggering grassroots welfare, these decisions have helped highlight scores of tribal heroes like Birsa Munda, Tantya Mama, Rani Durgavati, Badal Bhol, Khajya Nayak, Shankar Shah, Raghunath Shah, Bhima Nayak, Ganjan Singh Korku, and many others.
December 1, 2021 -
Malda tribals protest opium-related arrest
However, the district police started taking strict action against the opium growers later, while the chiefs and members of every gram panchayat were issued strict warnings and asked to see that the cultivation was not done.
October 18, 2021 -
10K Bangladeshi tribals migrated to India in 20 years, claim Chakma bodies
Every day Tripuris are fleeing as their lands are being encroached by the Muslim settlers and about 1,572 Bangladeshi Tripuris have settled in different places of Dhalai district, Arunjoy Chakma said.
September 28, 2021 -
Congress criticises HP govt for action on tribals for blocking minister’s entry
State Congress general secretary Rajneesh Kimta said the women in tribal Spiti valley had blocked Markanda’s entry in the district amid COVID-19 pandemic and they demanded that the minister should be quarantined as per set guidelines.
June 13, 2020 -
Tribals demand separate status in census, hold protest at Jantar Mantar
Present in good numbers under the banner of National Adivasi-Indigenous Religion Coordination Committee, they said tribals have a separate identity, not associated with any religion, and therefore require a separate column in the census.
February 18, 2020 -
Bullet train PM Modi’s dream, but when you wake up you have to face reality: Maharashtra CM
Referring to the Centre's ambitious bullet train project, which has faced stiff opposition from farmers and tribals whose lands are to be acquired, Thackeray said there should be a comprehensive discussion on its viability.
February 4, 2020 -
7 killed in dispute over ancient practice of ‘pathalgarhi’ in Jharkhand
Pathalgarhi is an ancient practice in the tribal communities of Jharkhand where stones signify self-rule by the local village panchayat, declaring the village as sovereign territory and prohibiting the entry of outsiders into the village.
January 23, 2020 -
Brick kiln owner booked for forcing tribals into bonded labour in Thane
The accused were identified as Jolly Naik Seth and supervisor Madhukar Pawar, both from Anjur village in the district, the official said.
January 11, 2020 -
‘Strength of country will increase only by uniting all’: Rahul Gandhi
A three-day National Tribal Dance Festival began on Friday at the Science College ground in the capital, in which tribals from 25 states will participate.
December 27, 2019 -
Chhattisgarh to withdraw over 300 cases against tribals in Maoist-Affected areas
The move comes after the indictment of security forces, by a one-member judicial commission set up to probe an alleged encounter in which 17 people, including six minors, were killed in Sarkeguda, in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, in June 2012.
December 12, 2019 -
Assam burns after CAB passes in Rajya Sabha, tribal outfits call off protests in Tripura
Guwahati, the epicentre of the protests, was placed under indefinite curfew while mobile internet services were suspended in 10 districts in the state.
December 12, 2019 -
Sonbhadra firing: 200 men on 32 tractor trolleys fired at tribals for over half-an-hour, says report
The dispute between the villagers and the village chief pertains to a piece of 36-acre land.
July 19, 2019 -
‘3-pronged strategy to assist tribals’
Union Minister Sudarshan Bhagat on what the government has done for the uplift of tribals and the government’s roadmap to bring them into the national mainstream.
February 23, 2019 -
Amit Shah slams Congress-JD(S) govt over report of enslavement of Dalit, tribals in Hassan
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Saturday expressed shock over a news report which said that 52 people from the Dalit and tribal communities had been kept enslaved in Karnataka’s Hassan.
December 22, 2018 -
10 chopped palms suspected to be of tribals killed in 2006 police firing, found in Odisha
At least 13 tribals were killed during police firing in Odisha's Kalinga Nagar in January 2006.
November 19, 2018