Manipur to give Rs.75 lakh to Mary Kom
August 15th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Aug 14 (IANS) The Manipur government has increased the cash reward and other benefits for Olympic bronze medallist M.C. Mary Kom, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said Wednesday."The government ... Read more...
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India urged to expand border trade with China
July 27th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) India should facilitate more border trade with China with better connectivity and more commerce opportunities including on the Natu La trading point in Sikkim, says ... Read more...
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New norms to improve forest rights act
July 13th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The tribal affairs ministry Thursday issued new guidelines to improve implementation of the forest rights act by expanding the list of items considered as forest ... Read more...
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Deeply sorry if an innocent was killed: Chidambaram
July 4th, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Following charges that security forces killed 17 Chattisgarh villagers branding them as Maoists last week, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said he was ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh has notorious record of tribal killings: Minister
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) As controversy rages over security forces killing people in an anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh some days back, Union Tribal Affairs Minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo ... Read more...
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President should be from tribal community: Sangma
May 17th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) With Odisha and Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Naveen Patnaik and J.Jayalalithaa supporting former Lok Sabha speaker P.A.Sangma for the president's post, the Nationalist Congress ... Read more...
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‘Pakistani lawmakers live like royalty, while people are poor’
March 24th, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) The lifestyle of Pakistani parliamentarians is like that of royalty and in stark contrast to that of "the vast majority of the people have to deal ... Read more...
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A Pakistani minister owns almost a town!
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) A provincial minister in Pakistan owns a tract of land that equals a small town - 24,338 acres to be precise. Another wears diamond-studded Rolex watches ... Read more...
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Unfair to let Jarawas live in beastly conditions: Minister
January 13th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Tribal Affairs Minister V.Kishore Chandra Deo Friday indicated that the Jarawa tribes people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands could be gradually exposed to modern ... Read more...
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Government seeks report on Andaman tribals dancing for food (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The government Wednesday sought a report from the administration in the Andaman islands after a shocking video clip released by a leading British newspaper ... Read more...
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Andaman asked about semi-naked dance
January 11th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday asked the Andaman and Nicobar administration to explain how half naked tribal women were forced to dance for tourists.Terming the incident ... Read more...
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Parliament passes bill to add more scheduled tribes to list (Lead)
December 22nd, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A bill to amend the list of Scheduled Tribes and add more tribes from northeastern India to it was given parliamentary approval Thursday, with the ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha takes up Scheduled Tribes amendment bill
December 22nd, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A bill to amend the list of Scheduled Tribes was taken up by the Rajya Sabha Thursday, to add more tribes from northeastern India to ... Read more...
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New study loan scheme for tribal students
November 4th, 2011 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) A new scheme for providing study loan to tribal students was launched by the union government Thursday.Loan at concessional interest rate will be given to ... 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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Government supports tribal heritage
August 5th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The government supports schemes for the protection, development, preservation and promotion of tribal cultural heritage, the government said Friday.Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Mahadeo ... Read more...
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Over 1,600 families need rehabilitation in Posco site
August 4th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Over 1,600 families who have been affected by the land acquisition by the South Korean steel major Posco in Orissa, need rehabilitation, parliament was told ... Read more...
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‘Congress not to act under pressure on Telangana’
July 19th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister Kishore Chandra Deo Tuesday opposed the resignations by MPs and legislators from Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region to build ... Read more...
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13 new ministers sworn in
July 12th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Thirteen union ministers, including eight new faces, were Tuesday sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shuffled his council ... Read more...
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Manmohan drops some, inducts some to better UPA image (Evening Lead)
July 12th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday inducted eight new faces into his government, axed seven non-performers and juggled a few portfolios in a bid to ... Read more...
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Khursheed gets law, Trivedi railways in reshuffle
July 12th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday forwarded to President Pratibha Patil a list of 13 people to be appointed as members of his council of ... Read more...
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List of ministers to take oath Tuesday evening
July 12th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday wrote to President Pratibha Patil recommending that the following be appointed as members of his council of ministers:
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CBI arrests two officials for graft
June 2nd, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two senior government officials for taking bribe, an official said Thursday."The CBI arrested Jati Ram Meena, joint ... Read more...
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Journalists condemn attack on Goa press photographers
May 27th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Police remained mute spectators when press photographers were manhandled while taking pictures of the violence in Goa in which two tribal youths were charred to ... Read more...
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Bodies of two tribals found in gutted Goa store
May 26th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) Bodies of two youth, charred to death, were discovered in a storeroom late Wednesday, hours after a massive stir by tribals here turned violent, police said ... Read more...
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Charred body found inside Goa shop
May 26th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) A charred body, possibly of a tribal activist, was discovered late Wednesday night after a massive stir by tribals here turned violent earlier in the day.Police ... Read more...
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Goa tribals disrupt rail-road traffic, withdraw stir (Second Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Rail and road traffic in Goa was affected for many hours Wednesday after a massive stir by thousands of tribals over their rights turned ... Read more...
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Cabinet reshuffle on cards after Mamata’s victory
May 14th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) With Mamata Banerjee set to become chief minister of West Bengal giving up her post of railway minister, a cabinet reshuffle is on the ... Read more...
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Congress’s new Madhya Pradesh leaders attack BJP chief
April 28th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 28 (IANS) After newly-appointed Congress Madhya Pradesh chief Kantilal Bhuria, it was the new leader of opposition Ajay Singh who Thursday attacked the state Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Ajay Singh is Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh assembly
April 13th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Congress party Wednesday appointed Ajay Singh, son of late union minister Arjun Singh, as leader of its legislature party in Madhya Pradesh.A statement ... Read more...
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Kantilal Bhuria new chief of Congress in Madhya Pradesh
April 7th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday appointed union Tribal Affairs Minister Kantilal Bhuria as its party unit chief in Madhya Pradesh.Bhuria, a tribal leader from Jhabua district, replaces ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day, opposition demands government quit
March 17th, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Thursday as a vociferous opposition demanded the government's resignation after leaked US diplomatic cables alleged payoffs ... Read more...
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President Patil inaugurates national festival of tribal dances
March 16th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday inaugurated 'Prakriti', the three-day national festival of tribal dances.The Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture ... Read more...
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Budget to be passed by March 24: Bansal
March 8th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) With the budget session likely to be adjourned sine die March 25, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said Monday that the government intends ... Read more...
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New norms for shifting people from forests withdrawn
March 7th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Facing the wrath of environmentalists, the central government Monday withdrew its new guidelines for declaring lands as critical wildlife habitats and relocating people from ... Read more...
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