Addressing his first public meeting in Assam as part of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Gandhi claimed the Congress recognises the rights of ‘adivasis’ over resources as first dwellers.
In 1st visit since Kuki-Meitei violence, home minister asked for 15 days' peace so he can form panel to chalk out permanent political solution. He also assured CBI, judicial inquiries.
The panchayat of Sumra, a tribal village in Kinnaur district, passed a resolution last month to put a stop to wedding practices that ‘go against our culture’. Other villages may follow suit.
Tribals of Jeelugulova, a village in Andhra Pradesh, are demanding that they be relocated for them to get access to electricity, and their children an education.
20 years back, Churki Hansda's mother was nearly lynched and the family driven out of their home in a Birbhum village. Today, she drives an old van through the area, saving lives.
Addressing reporters Tuesday, Prakash Shastri of the RSS' Malwa region said the demand to have a separate religion code for tribals in the next Census was totally unjustified.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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