Jharkhand-origin Adivasis in Assam reject the ‘Tea Tribe’ label and seek ST recognitionDespite ST status in other states, ...

The decision was taken based on the recommendation of an eight-member consultative committee constituted by the CCTOA on ...

Thousands from 125 tea estates seek ST status, land deeds and better wages; Leaders warn of poll boycott if BJP fails to fulfil decade-old promises The protest rally in Tinsukia on Wednesday. Rishu ...

Activists demand release of land rights advocate and Adivasis falsely implicated in YSRCP leader's death case in Anakapalli.

Guwahati: In a first, Assam govt has introduced a 3% reservation for tea tribes and the adivasi community in state govt jobs, besides the OBC and SC quotas, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma informed the ...

Thousands of tribal community members in Ranchi protested the Kurmi community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status. Tribal leaders voiced concerns over safeguarding their identity and rights, warning ...

These unforgettable lines of revolutionary Adivasi poet Vahru Sonawane rightly depict the concerns of indigenous communities across the globe: the fear of appropriation. Since the colonial days, the ...

Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur have issued “shoot-at-sight” orders after violence broke out this week between tribal and non-tribal groups that saw properties and vehicles set ...

MYSURU: The state Assembly is witnessing a heated debate over the Rs 194 crore scandal in the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation Ltd. This has turned out to be an eye-opener for ...

In July, the video of an upper caste man urinating on a hapless Adivasi man, identified as Dashmat Rawat, in Madhya Pradesh went viral, sending waves of anger on social media. Shortly after, on July 8 ...

Clearly, all Scheduled Tribes are not Adivasis. There are some 573 communities recognised by the government as Scheduled Tribes and therefore eligible to receive special benefits and to compete for ...

The Nagarahole Adivasi Jamma Paale Hakku Sthapana Samiti (NAJHSS) has given the district administrations of Kodagu and Mysuru ...