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  ‘Mahua’ and ‘taddi’ passe, beer is the new high for MP tribals

  India | July 26, 2016 13:31 IST

  Tribal people in Madhya Pradesh are moving from country liquor to beer, a habit that is acquiring violent proportions, with tribals even ready to fight and kill for it.

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  Watch in pics: Tragic life of tribals in Maoist-dominated areas of India

  India | March 25, 2014 7:18 IST

  New Delhi: Maoists have been dominating a large tract of Bastar and Dandakaranya forests in Chhattisgarh-Odisha-Andhra Pradesh belt for the last 40 years.With the state police and paramilitary mounting offensive against the Maoists hiding in

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  Workdays for tribals under MNREGA raised from 100 to 150

  India | February 28, 2014 22:19 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to woo tribals ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the government today raised the workdays under its flagship rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA from 100 to 150 for tribals, a move

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  For Bastar tribals, Rahul is just Indira Gandhi's grandson

  Politics | September 26, 2013 22:05 IST

  Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh):  They cheered, clapped and climbed atop chairs to catch a glimpse of Rahul Gandhi, but at the end of it all, for the locals and tribals of Bastar, the Congress vice president was

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  Jamia, DU teachers rally behind Ashis Nandy

  India | January 28, 2013 18:08 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 28: Teachers of Jamia Milia University and Delhi University have rallied to the support of social scientist Ashis Nandy whose remark linking Dalits, tribals and backward classes to “corruption” was pilloried at

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  Development projects for tribals will tackle Maoist menace: Ramesh

  Politics | January 15, 2013 10:53 IST

  Lanjigarh (Odisha), Jan 14: Advocating development and livelihood projects centred around tribals to tackle Maoist menace, the Centre announced packages worth Rs 300 crore for housing and roads for vulnerable tribal groups in Odisha's backward

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  'Policymakers should ensure tribals get benefits of resources'

  India | November 28, 2012 23:17 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 28: Union Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar today stressed on the need to ensure that tribals get due benefits of natural resources as they are preservers of these assets.“Tribals are the preservers of

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  Sangma appeals to parties to heed 'call of conscience' of tribals

  India | May 22, 2012 19:41 IST

  New Delhi, May 22: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is being backed by BJD and AIADMK for the President's post, today sought to reach out to political parties, saying

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  New Mining Law To Give Rs 10,000-Cr To 60 Tribal Districts

  India | September 30, 2011 12:25 IST

  New delhi, Sept 30:  The Union Cabinet is set to approve a new law that will provide more rights to tribals in commencement and end of mining activity besides providing Rs 10,000 crore annually to

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  Ten Tribals Become First Indian Nationals To Get UID Numbers

  India | September 29, 2010 15:09 IST

  Nandurbar (Maharashtra), Sep 29 : Ten tribals from the tribal hamlet of Tembhli today became the first to receive the Unique Identity Numbers from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who said

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  Rahul Visits Vedanta Site, Backs Tribals

  India | August 26, 2010 16:06 IST

  Lanjigarh (Orissa): Making a visit here against the backdrop of the Centre rejecting environment clearance for the bauxite mining project of Vedanta, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hailed the decision as a victory for tribals of

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