scheduled tribes

Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 – A political storm has erupted in Kerala over the marriage of teenage girl Monalisa Bhosle, who gained public attention after the Kumbh Mela, with the Kerala branch of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accusing CPI-M leaders of complicity and demanding...

Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram has highlighted the transformative role played by the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) in empowering Scheduled Tribe communities across the country. Addressing the 25th foundation day of NSTFDC in New Delhi, Mr. Oram...

New Delhi, April 10 – The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR filed against an Associate Professor of Lakshmibai College over allegations of assault and caste-based abuse, observing that the allegations of caste-based humiliation were introduced as an afterthought and lacked the essential...

Patna, April 9 The Bihar unit of the Congress staged a protest on Thursday against "objectionable remarks" made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma against the party's national president, Mallikarjun Kharge.Congress leaders also burned an effigy of Sarma outside the party's...

Kohima, April 9 – Around 81 per cent of the 22,390 eligible voters cast their votes in the by-election for the Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district on Thursday, officials said.Election officials stated that no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the...

Kohima, April 9 – Nearly 60 per cent of voters cast their ballots in the Koridang Assembly by-election in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district by 1 P.M. on Thursday, officials said.With the deployment of a large number of state and central forces, security has been significantly tightened across the...

Kohima, April 9 – Voting for the by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Mokokchung district of Nagaland began on Thursday morning amid tight security arrangements, officials said.A large number of voters, including women, were seen standing in queues at most of the 30 polling...

Kohima, April 8 – The by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district on Thursday has turned into a fiercely contested multi-party race, with two veteran leaders and four first-time candidates vying for the seat.The by-election was necessitated by the death...

Chandigarh, April 8 Former Union Minister Kumari Selja on Wednesday strongly criticized Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his remarks against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, calling it an "unbecoming" comment and an "attack" on democratic values and political decorum.Selja...

Guwahati, April 8 A day before the polls in Assam, Congress candidate for the Udalguri seat, Suren Daimari, announced on Wednesday that he has quit the party and "withdrawn" his candidature. However, the Congress said that he had not yet submitted his resignation letter to the party.A senior...

In Chhattisgarh, Governor Ramen Deka signed the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Bill yesterday. The bill will now be published in the official gazette, after which it will come into effect as a law. The bill was passed during the previous session of the state legislative assembly. It includes...

Bhubaneswar, April 7 President Droupadi Murmu is likely to undertake a day-long visit to Rourkela, Odisha, and attend several programmes in the steel city, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said on Tuesday.Oram, a Member of Parliament from Sundergarh, which includes the Rourkela city...

New Delhi, April 7 – Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a strong attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday over his alleged remarks against Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, calling the language used "abusive...

New Delhi, April 7 The top 10% of rural households in India own 44% of the land, while 46% of rural households are landless, according to a working paper released by the World Inequality Lab.The paper, titled "Land Inequality in India: Nature, History, and Markets," further stated that the top...

New Delhi, April 7 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the Modi government on Tuesday of perpetuating a system of exclusion through its policies and asked why 'Bahujan' entrepreneurs are being excluded from the country's largest public contracts.The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said...

New Delhi, April 6 The Delhi government on Monday invited applications for scholarships from students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories for the academic year 2025-26, according to an official notice.The notice stated that...

Bengaluru, April 6 – Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara commented on the proposed redrawing of Assembly and Lok Sabha constituency boundaries by the Centre, stating that population should not be the sole criterion for the exercise.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Monday, Parameshwara...

Bongaigaon, April 5 Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar asserted on Sunday that the people of Assam will vote against the politics of "polarization and intimidation", and will oust the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government.He said that the voters of Bongaigaon were also ready for a change, and will...

New Delhi, April 5 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary, honoring the former Deputy Prime Minister for dedicating his life to equality and social justice.Jagjivan Ram, born on April 5, 1908, was a Dalit leader, freedom fighter, and key...

Bengaluru, April 2 – The Karnataka BJP has alleged that the Congress party is distributing between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh in each village to win the by-elections in the state.Speaking to the media at the BJP state office, "Jagannath Bhavan," in Bengaluru, Leader of the Opposition in the...