Latest Tribal Communities News & Updates

Raipur/New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai is set to hold crucial high-level meetings in the national capital on Tuesday as the focus shifts towards the holistic development of the Bastar region in the “post-Maoist era”.CM Sai is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi later on Monday night at around 11.30 p.m.On April 7, he will first meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11 a.m., followed by a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah. Both meetings are considered highly si…

Raipur, April 3 (IANS) Six-time World Championship medallist Mary Kom and former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia underlined the importance of grassroots investment and structured development pathways while addressing reporters at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 in Raipur on Friday.For creating future champions, both the legendary sportspersons maintained that Indian families need to discourage children from indulging in more screen time and rather send them to playgrounds to experience…

Raipur, April 2 (IANS) Odisha concluded its impressive campaign by winning both the men’s and women’s hockey gold medals at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 in Raipur, held at the Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey Stadium. The men’s final saw Odisha beat Jharkhand 4-1, while the women’s final was a tight contest, with Odisha narrowly defeating Mizoram 1-0. Jharkhand’s men’s team earned silver; Chhattisgarh took bronze; and, in the women’s category, Jharkhand also claimed a well-des…

New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted in the Lok Sabha that the government is on track to make India completely free from Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) by the March 31, 2026 deadline set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.During a discussion on “Naxal-Free India”, HM Shah highlighted significant operational success against LWE. He stated that “706 Maoists have been neutralised, 2,218 arrested, and 4,839 have surrendered” in recent years.HM Shah sharply crit…

Gandhinagar, March 30 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday launched a series of infrastructure and irrigation projects aimed at improving access to basic services and agricultural support in Gujarat’s tribal regions, covering road connectivity, public facilities, and large-scale water supply schemes.The state government has sanctioned works worth Rs 362.57 crore under the ‘Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana’ to strengthen infrastructure across the tribal belt stretching from Ambaji to …

New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The gravest mistake one can make about Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in India is to treat it as a permanent social fact. Insurgencies often present themselves as historical inevitabilities. They claim to speak for the neglected, derive legitimacy from grievance, and then convert that grievance into a theory of destiny. For years, CPI (Maoist) attempted precisely that in large parts of central and eastern India. It claimed to be the authentic political voice of deprivation….

Gandhinagar, March 25 (IANS) Gujarat government spokesperson and Minister Jitu Vaghani on Wednesday accused the Congress party of attempting to block the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the Assembly, warning that the people would respond by rejecting the party in the next elections.Vaghani said, “The Congress members spoke in the House about ‘defeating’ the bill so that the mothers and sisters of the state do not receive equal rights,” adding, “The people of Gujarat will respond by poli…

Gandhinagar, March 24 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Tuesday argued in the Gujarat Assembly that the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was essential to address legal inequalities faced by women. Speaking during the discussion after the legislation was tabled by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Sanghavi said disparities arising from personal laws had created situations where women struggled to secure justice.“Our Constitution ensures legal rights to everyone,” he said, adding t…

Ahmedabad, March 22 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the upcoming local self-government elections in Gujarat without any alliance and is set to announce its first list of candidates shortly, the party’s state president Isudan Gadhvi said on Sunday.Addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad, Gadhvi said the party has decided to go it alone, emphasising that AAP follows its own electoral strategy.“AAP will not form any alliance in the local elections. We move forward with our own …

Bharuch, March 13 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister, Harsh Sanghavi, criticised Opposition parties for what he described as “vote bank politics” while addressing a large gathering at a ‘Tribal Pride Convention’ in Bharuch district on Friday.In the event, several leaders and workers from the AAP joined the BJP.Addressing the gathering, Sanghavi said Opposition parties had historically treated tribal communities primarily as a vote bank.“For years, Congress used the tribal community only as a ‘…