Saturday, April 27, 2024

Topic: Adivasi

Madhya Pradesh: Tribal man stripped and assaulted, two arrested after video goes viral

The Madhya Pradesh Police has arrested two men after a video showing an Adivasi man being brutally beaten up in the Betul district was widely shared on social media.

Activists protest Adivasi evictions in eastern states, killing of infant in Bastar

On Wednesday, Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM), a collective of student groups, held a protest gathering at Delhi University Art Faculty against anti-tribal...

Adivasi boy assaulted by police in Kerala: Family demands justice

A minor Adivasi boy in Kerala’s Kozhikode district has accused the state police of beating him up, dealing another blow to the Kerala government's home ministry led by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

“When tribals of Manipur were losing respect for their lives…”: Adivasi poet, journalist declines award from India Today Group

Renowned poet and journalist Jacinta Kerketta, known for her powerful writings addressing injustices faced by Adivasi communities, has declined the 'Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Udyman Pratibha Samman' award from the India Today Group.

Branding Adivasis as Maoists, Police violently clear out protest against mining in Gadchiroli

On Monday, 20 November, Maharashtra Police arrested over 20 people and lathi-charged Adivasi protestors at Todgatta village, Gadchiroli, who were carrying out their daily activity of a peaceful sit-in against the 6 proposed mines in Surjagarh, Gadchiroli.

Tribal student dies by suicide in IIT Delhi, student groups call it “caste violence”

A final year student from tribal community, Ayush Ashna (20), died by suicide in Indian Institutes of Technology Delhi on 8 July 8.