Topic: Tribals
Violations and violence: Everyday reality of denotified communities in India
After almost 150 years of the Criminal Tribes Act and almost 70 years after the Habitual Offenders’ Act, the collective callousness of the police department has been the same and that has been hampering the lives of de-notified communities in significant, unimaginable ways.
I am well aware of BJP agenda: Kerala tribal youth who declines BJP seat for polls
A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s central leadership announced the list of candidates contesting for the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls, Manikandan C, the candidate named for Mananthavady, a constituency reserved for Scheduled Tribe in Wayanad district, has declined the seat.
“I shall not betray my community,” Kerala BJP’s tribal candidate withdraws from contesting, quotes Ambedkar
In a big blow to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its candidate from Mananthavady constituency in Kerala's Wayanad, Manikandan alias Manikuttan who hails from Paniya...
‘Institutional killing of a seven-time tribal MP’: Demands raised to probe death of Delkar
Political parties including Congress have demanded an investigation into the role of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the death of Mohan Sanjibhai Delkar, the seven-time Parliament member from Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Separate religion code for Adivasis in Census is need of hour: CM Hemant Soren
"Adivasis were never Hindus and they never will be," Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday said while responding to a question on whether Adivasis were Hindus after delivering a virtual lecture at the 18th Annual India Conference at Harvard University.
Tribal orgs threaten protests, set Dec 31 deadline for separate religion code
Tribal organisations said it will bring out 200 Sarna Dharma Sagars (Raths) in the five eastern states, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha and Assam between December 20 and 31 to demand separate religion code for Sarna followers.
