Category Tribals
Ritesh Mishra Bhaisgaon (North Bastar) For most of the last 15 years, Bheshaj Ramteke has been the sole medical link for nearly 200 villages in the state’s Kanker district, braving dense forests and left-wing extremists on foot, bicycle and motorcycle.(HT… Continue Reading →
Baigas in court against order issued by govt of undivided MP Written by Dipankar Ghose | Achanakmar | Somaru, his wife and five of their 11 children outside their home in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, Chhattisgarh. Express Photo“THAK GAYI (I am… Continue Reading →
Dear Shri Pranab Mukherjee, We are writing to express our concern and anguish at the recently released Annual Report 2016-17 of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which has linked the Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS) with ‘Maoist’ organizations. The report… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Chhattisgarh Government and CRPF to respond to a petition seeking transfer of a plea pending in the High Court for a court-monitored probe into alleged extra-judicial killings in the state. A… Continue Reading →
By Ejaz Kaiser | Tribal persons, farmers, women took out a protest rally against holding of “Gram Sabha” seeking “consent” for diverting their land for coal mine activities in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. | Express photos RAIPUR: Tribal people, farmers and… Continue Reading →
Protests and Opposition Planned On March 28th, the National Tiger Conservation Authority passed a grossly illegal order (copy here) in which they directed all states to not recognise any rights under the Forest Rights Act in so-called “critical tiger habitats.”… Continue Reading →
MAHTAB ALAM| Santosh Yadav (Mahtab Alam) Bastar-based journalist Santosh Yadav is still under shock and wants some time before he can start doing journalism again. “I certainly and seriously want to do journalism again, in fact, in a more professional… Continue Reading →
One man’s efforts to bring back traditional crops and methods of cultivation has ensured land rights and food security for an indigenous tribe. By Video Volunteers | “The forest officials would come and beat us up when we tried to… Continue Reading →
Recent amendments to laws that govern the use of land owned by tribals in Jharkhand has led to a rash of protests because local communities feel that they might lose their land and livelihoods to industrial development Alok Gupta Tribal… Continue Reading →
The police have sought a detailed report on the allegations levelled by the 14-year-old girl’s father. Security personnel have been accused of raping a 14-year-old girl at a village in south Sukma, Chhattisgarh, on Sunday morning. Senior police officers on… Continue Reading →