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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
TopicTribal people

Topic: Tribal people

‘Solve this soon, don’t want more to die’ — what violence-hit Manipur’s tribal leaders told Amit Shah

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.

No Bollywood weddings, please: Himachal villages move to ban mehndi & DJ beats to keep local tradition alive

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.

No power, no school, no healthcare: Why tribals from this ‘missing’ Andhra hamlet want to be relocated

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.

Bengal woman whose mother was branded ‘witch’ now helps save same villagers with O2 delivery

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.

Forest Rights Act is quite clear on genuine forest dwellers, but states are letting it down

India cannot save her forests, but for the active involvement of the forest dwelling scheduled tribes.

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.