Category Tribals
The move marks the latest blow to the long-delayed Carmichael mine, which has yet to line up financing as a growing list of Australian and international banks, including three Chinese state lenders, have said they would not back the project…. Continue Reading →
Denied hospital admission, Odisha woman gives birth in drain Koraput (Odisha) [India] December 16 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old tribal woman delivered a baby girl in an unused drain on the premises of a hospital on Friday after she was allegedly… Continue Reading →
The ground realities of Aadhaar-ration card linking in Jharkhand that is leading to hunger deaths: no process to verify if genuine or false beneficiary is being canceled In a hurry to show Aadhaar savings, the Jharkhand government is canceling… Continue Reading →
Tribal girls complain to mahila panel member The police detained pastor K.V. Prasad Kumar of Light House Christian Children’s Home at Salur on the charge of sexually exploiting minor tribal school girls who are residing in the home for some… Continue Reading →
Pavan Dahat (L to R) Pramila Juru Kudiyami, Sainu Gota, Lalsu Soma Nagoti, and Sukhram Mandavi are united in their struggle against big mining corporations. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar It’s not often that the tribals of Maharashtra’s Maoist-affected… Continue Reading →
The state is trying to push through the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway, parts of which will run through land that tribals are unwilling to give away Ketaki Ghoge Hindustan Times In Thane district, 27 of 28 village gram sabhas have opposed the… Continue Reading →
The suicides by members of the state police force and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel posted in the state is almost three-times the previous high of 13 in 2009 INDIA Updated: Nov 27, 2017 23:22 IST Ritesh Mishra Hindustan Times,… Continue Reading →
Pavan Dahat Threatened, beaten, sexually assaulted, husband dead, but the tribal activist shows little signs of giving up In June last year, Madkam Hidme from Gumpad village in the dense forests of Sukma in South Chhattisgarh, was raped and killed, allegedly… Continue Reading →
An NGO in Chhattisgarh is addressing the urgent deficit in nutrition by providing three meals a day to children under three along with daycare [email protected] Sumita Dhruv’s life revolves around rice — sowing, irrigating, and harvesting it. And yet very… Continue Reading →
ADITYA MENON| Even 70 years after Independence, it appears that the Gujarat government continues to view Adivasis through the racist lenses of British colonisers. A website of a department of the Gujarat government has referred to the tribal Bhil community as “black” and… Continue Reading →