Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has issued a notice to the Odisha Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Department, as well as to the Collector and Superintendent of Police of Mayurbhanj, seeking an Action Taken Report on the death of a tribal minor student and the mass illness of students at an ashram school in the district due to suspected food poisoning. Acting o…
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Kochi, April 18 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the marriage involving ‘viral’ Kumbh Mela star Monalisa Bhosle has deepened, with the Kochi City Police on Saturday confirming that a court order bars the arrest of the girl at the centre of the case, even as the Madhya Pradesh Police continue their probe in Kerala. Officials attached to the Kochi Commissioner office said the directive has been formally communicated to the Madhya Pradesh Police.”There is a clear court order that the girl should …
Bhubaneswar, April 16 (IANS) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday wrote to Antar Singh Arya, Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), seeking his urgent intervention into the death of a tribal student and mass illness due to food poisoning at a government-run school in Rasagovindpur block of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. The senior BJD leaders in their letter noted that a 12-year-old tribal student, Rupali Besra, lost her life while undergoing treatment at the Pandit Ra…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Emphasising the critical role of youth in shaping the future of tribal communities, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) Chairman Antar Singh Arya asked tribal youth to actively engage in nation-building, an official said on Sunday. Addressing the “Chakma Yuva Samvad: Empowering Tribal Youth and Celebration of Bizu Festival” organised in Delhi, Arya called for intensified efforts towards education, skill development, and employment generation for tribal yout…
Khargone, April 12 (IANS) Mother of Monalisa Bhosle, who gained public attention after the Kumbh Mela, said on Sunday that her daughter was a minor and was allegedly “lured and taken away”. Speaking to IANS, Monalisa’s mother, Lata Bhosle said, “My daughter is a minor. They lured her and took her away.”Accusing Monalisa’s husband Farman Khan, she said, “He (Faman Khan) said that your daughter will get a big movie. He had even said that if Monalisa’s birth certificate is made everything will be c…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 (IANS) 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 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accusing the CPI-M leaders of complicity and demanding criminal action. State BJP General Secretary, S. Suresh, alleged that the marriage was part of a larger conspiracy and asked how a 16-year-old girl could be married off under the watch of political leaders.Sures…
Thiruvananthapuram/Bhopal, April 10 (IANS) A marriage that was publicly celebrated as a symbol of Kerala’s social inclusivity has come under intense legal and political scrutiny after it emerged that the bride was allegedly a minor, leading to the registration of a POCSO case against her husband, Farman Khan, by the Madhya Pradesh Police.The case was filed following an enquiry by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, which found that the girl popularly known as the ‘Kumbh Mela viral …
Betul, March 11 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday stated that 24 labourers from Betul and four from Harda districts, who were held as bonded labourers in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, were rescued through prompt and coordinated efforts by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, the district administration, and the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram. All rescued labourers returned home on Wednesday by train and were officially received at Betul railway station by Collector Narendra Kumar…