Tribals upset over ban on traditional weapons
August 31st, 2012 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 31 (IANS) Tribals in Chhattisgarh are furious over police moves to ban their traditional weapons in public places, particularly in village haats, or markets.Bastar Range Inspector General of ... Read more...
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Lingaram Kodopi and Soni Sori: Chhattisgarh’s prisoners of conscience (Special Report)
August 4th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 4 (IANS) Branded Maoist sympathisers by police, the future stretches dark for Lingaram Kodopi and Soni Sori who have been in Chhattisgarh's jails for nearly 11 months ... Read more...
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1972 Olympics: Germany’s triumph ends Asian dominance (Sports Special)
July 15th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
The Indian hockey team to the Munich Olympics sported a new look with only four players from the 1968 edition making the cut. Making his Olympic debut was Ashok Kumar, ... Read more...
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Two militants held in Assam
July 1st, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 1 (IANS) The Indian Army has arrested two militants in Assam, official sources said Sunday.While one of them was from the All Adivasi National Liberation Army (AANLA), the ... Read more...
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Maoists’ mediator Sharma to set out for Bastar Thursday
April 25th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Maoists' mediator B.D. Sharma will Thursday head for Chhattisgarh's Bastar region to initiate a dialogue for the release of captive Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon.Sharma ... Read more...
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Medicines rushed for abducted Menon amid uncertainty over talks (Second Lead)
April 24th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur/New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Emergency medicines were rushed Tuesday for abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, who is being held by Maoists in Chhattisgarh for the past ... Read more...
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Collector’s abduction: Two of three ‘mediators’ say no (Lead)
April 24th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Two of the three mediators named by Maoists to negotiate the release of Chhattisgarh district collector Alex Paul Menon have refused to join talks. ... Read more...
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I can’t mediate using innocent as pawn, says Bhushan
April 24th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Supreme Court lawyer and prominent Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan has declined to mediate on behalf of the Maoists who have kidnapped Chhattisgarh's Sukma District ... Read more...
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No green clearance to Jindal mining project in Chhattisgarh
April 20th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday cancelled environment clearance to the coal mining project of MP Naveen Jindal's steel and power plant in Chhattisgarh on ... Read more...
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‘Witch hunting’ on the rise in Assam
March 29th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 29 (IANS) Incidents of 'witch hunting' increased in Assam in 2011 with Kokrajhar district in lower Assam recording the highest number of witch hunting-related deaths in the year, ... Read more...
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Tribal leaders seek probe into police crackdown
March 24th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 24 (IANS) Tribal leaders in Chhattisgarh Saturday sought a judicial probe into alleged police atrocities during a street protest in the state capital by hundreds of tribals to ... Read more...
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CPI-M aims to vibe more with sympathisers, minorities
February 11th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) Pinarayi Vijayan, who created a record of sorts by getting elected as the state secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the fifth consecutive ... Read more...
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Sharad Yadav opposes Lokpal bill
December 27th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav Tuesday sought to debunk the civil society campaign led by activist Anna Hazare, saying not a single Dalit or ... Read more...
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Plea to rename Gorkha council, include tribal areas
October 30th, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Sunday forged a pact with the Adivasi Vikas Parishad (AVP), and demanded that the name of the Gorkha Territorial Administration ... Read more...
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Maoists looking for bases in Assam: Gogoi
October 17th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said the Maoists were trying to establish bases in the state with active support from various groups and organisations aimed ... Read more...
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India, Canada initiative on art
September 2nd, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sept 2 (IANS) The National Museum Institute and the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute in the capital here will present a four-day special lecture on the indigenous art of ... Read more...
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Dress code divides Nepal
August 26th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 26 (IANS) Three years ago, when Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, the leader of Nepal's 10-year communist revolution, re-appeared in parliament as the nation's first Maoist prime minister, he ... Read more...
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Ire over village head’s slaying in Chhattisgarh mounts
August 13th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 13 (IANS) Public protest escalated Saturday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, India's worst insurgency-hit district, against the killing of the village head of Chikpal reportedly by para-military troops.Tribal villagers and ... Read more...
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Tribal groups voice their demands through dance
August 9th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Scores of people from different tribal groups gathered here on International Day of Indigenous People Tuesday to protest government apathy and put forward a charter ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Buddhist nuns rally behind gangraped ’sister’
August 3rd, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) While established organisations dragged their feet on the fate of a 21-year-old Buddhist nun who had been gangraped, the republic's ignored community of nuns came forward ... Read more...
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Hope Bengal will not be divided: Tribal group
July 24th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The Adivasi Vikash Parishad (AVP), which opposed the signing of the Darjeeling tripartite agreement, Saturday expressed hope that the proposed Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) will ... Read more...
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In Jharkhand, the forest is like a mother to Adivasis
May 4th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
By Aloka Kujur Ranchi, May 4 (ANI): For Adivasis, the forest is their provider, taking care of food, medicine, firewood and herbs. Forest produce like lac and mahua are sold in the ... Read more...
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An identity crisis for tribal communities
April 18th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
By Baljeet KumarNew Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Today, there are several regions, many of them forested and inhabited by the tribal communities, which have become flash-points of violence where Naxalism has taken ... Read more...
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Who speaks for the Adivasi’s right to the forests?
April 17th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Aloka KujurRanchi, Apr 17 (ANI): Much is at stake for the Adivasis in Jharkhand. Inhabitants of a region heavily forested for hundreds of years and rich in mineral and ore deposits, ... Read more...
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Agnivesh to discuss Maoist talks with Hazare Saturday
April 15th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Rights activist Swami Agnivesh will discuss the feasibility of Anna Hazare joining the peace talks with Maoist guerrillas when he meets the social reformer ... Read more...
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National meet to discuss tribal welfare issues
March 27th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Around 5,000 delegates from different tribal groups across the country will attend a three-day All India Adivasi Mahasabha at the Talkatora Stadium here from Monday.
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Pregnant women beaten, abused in Madhya Pradesh district
February 22nd, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Shahnawaz Akhtar
Bhopal, Feb 22 (IANS) Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh saw 26 maternal deaths in nine months of 2010. Not only were the pregnant women routinely turned away from community health ... Read more...
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Chinese consumer products popular in Jharkhand
February 20th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Aloka Kujur Ranchi, Feb 20 (ANI): Political issues or the trade imbalance with China notwithstanding, there is a serious 'Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai' bonhomie happening in Jharkhand, a region which falls under the ... Read more...
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Maoist-backed tribal leader held in Orissa
January 24th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) A leader of Maoist-backed tribal outfit Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) was arrested Sunday in Orissa's Koraput district, police said.Ram Padi, 35, second in command in the CMAS, ... Read more...
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Adivasis: Pawns in Development?
January 15th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
By Aloka KujurRanchi, Jan 15 (ANI): Down the ages, the adivasi community, which inhabits what is presently Jharkhand, have lived their lives closely connected with the land, mostly the forests that both ... Read more...
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Amnesty denounces sentencing of Sen
December 25th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 25 (IANS) Amnesty International said Saturday that the life sentence handed down to Indian rights activist Binayak Sen for his alleged Maoist links violates "international fair trial standards".It is also ... Read more...
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Showcase of Gond art to keep artist’s legacy alive
October 20th, 2010 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The legacy of tribal artist Jangarh Singh Shyam, who died in Japan in 2001 - but not before starting a whole new tradition of painting ... Read more...
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Maoist kill schoolteacher in Orissa village
August 16th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by ANI
Koraput (Orissa), Aug 16 (ANI): A group of Maoists killed a teacher by slitting his neck at Gotiguda village under Narayanpatna area of Orissa's Koraput District on Sunday.According to police, the ... Read more...
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GJM activists now demand ‘Gorkha Adivasi Pradesh’
May 31st, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Darjeeling (West Bengal), May 31 (ANI): Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists, who are demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland, have decided to change the name of the desired state to 'Gorkha ... Read more...
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Help us, say tribals in India’s new war zone
April 13th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujeet Kumar
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), April 13 (IANS) Exactly one week has passed since Maoists butchered 76 security personnel in the forests of Dantewada. Hundreds of thousands of poor tribals in the ... Read more...
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