Meghalaya NCP legislators join NPP
August 24th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 24 (IANS) Defeated presidential candidate Purno A. Sangma Friday started his new political innings with the National People's Party (NPP).His sons James K. Sangma and Conrad K. Sangma ... Read more...
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Meghalaya groups want check on illegal immigrants
August 22nd, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 22 (IANS) Entry permits should be introduced in Meghalaya to restrict the influx of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, social organisations demanded Wednesday.The Khasi Students' Union (KSU), along with eight ... Read more...
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Sangma’s tribal card draws bouquets, brickbats in Meghalaya
July 22nd, 2012 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 22 (IANS) The people in Meghalaya, home state of opposition-backed presidential candidate P.A. Sangma, were glued to their TVs as counting in the presidential poll went on ... Read more...
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Congress, BJD trade charges over presidential election
July 1st, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (IANS) The Congress party and Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Sunday engaged in a war of words here over the candidature of former Lok Sabha speaker ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh BJP wooing tribals in violence-hit Bastar
June 10th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 10 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh is making determined efforts to win back tribals to the party in the run-up to the assembly elections ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh Congress to woo tribals
June 7th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 7 (IANS) Ahead of assembly elections next year, the Congress in Chhattisgarh is desperate to woo the tribal community.Congress leaders say the gulf between them and the ... Read more...
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Sangma seeks support, not many takers (Lead)
May 22nd, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma Tuesday urged political parties to back his candidature for the president's post, but there appeared to be no ... Read more...
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Jairam Ramesh invites corporates to work for tribal welfare
April 14th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) In a first major initiative, the government has reached out to India Inc to involve itself in rural developmental works involving the tribals in central and ... Read more...
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In Assam, village panchayat bans liquor
March 23rd, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Kinan (Assam), March 23 (IANS) At a time when Assam's excise revenues are shooting up, indicating a huge increase in the sale of liquor all over the state, a gram ... Read more...
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Government signs accord with World Bank $155.3 mn grant (With Image)
February 17th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) To improve water supply and sanitation services in several districts of Kerala, the union government has entered into a credit agreement with International Development Association ... Read more...
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BJP government in Chhattisgarh most corrupt: Congress
February 16th, 2012 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 15 (IANS) Congress Wednesday attacked Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, terming it as the most corrupt in the country.Addressing a party meeting in Maoist-affected Sukma district, ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh government defeats no-confidence motion (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 20 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government Tuesday defeated a no-confidence motion moved by opposition Congress.The BJP, which is in power in the mineral-rich state since ... Read more...
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Development answer to left-wing extremism: Sonia Gandhi (Roundup)
December 16th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday said left-wing extremism can be defeated by better implementation of rural development programmes and called for harnessing mineral resources ... Read more...
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Development is answer to left-wing extremism: Sonia (Second Lead)
December 16th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Friday that left-wing extremism can be defeated by better implementation of rural development programmes and called for harnessing mineral ... Read more...
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Jharkhand Congress attacks Munda government over special status
November 15th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 15 (IANS) The opposition Congress party Tuesday issued a white paper on Jharkhand's 12th anniversary criticising the BJP-led Arjun Munda government for seeking special status for the state."It ... Read more...
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Teaching in the shadow of the gun in insurgency-hit Bastar
September 5th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Sep 5 (IANS) In the insurgency ridden Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, government school teachers risk losing their lives if they fail to indoctrinate young minds into joining the ... Read more...
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Orissa, Chhattisgarh questioned on dam panel’s report
July 20th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked Orissa and Chhattisgarh to file their response to a report by a committee which said that the construction of ... Read more...
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Army to quit Waziristan if tribals cooperate: Kayani (Lead)
June 24th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) The Pakistani Army will withdraw from Waziristan near the Afghan border if its tribal population takes on terrorists, says army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.Addressing ... Read more...
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Tribals Call Goa DGP ‘General Dyer’ (Lead)
June 20th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 20 (IANS) Outraged tribal leaders Monday called Goa's Director General of Police 'General Dyer of Goa' after he said he would have "ordered fire" during a tribal protest ... Read more...
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Tribals call Goa DGP ‘General Dyer’
June 20th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 20 (IANS) Outraged tribal leaders here Monday called Goa's Director General of Police (DGP) the 'General Dyer of Goa', after the top cop Saturday said that he would ... Read more...
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Showcasing a ‘pro-poor’ agenda in tribal heartland
June 7th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Banswara (Rajasthan), June 7 (IANS) It was another flagship scheme for rural India, only this time the setting changed from a poverty-stricken region of Andhra Pradesh to a tribal ... Read more...
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Sonia to lay foundation stone of Dungarpur-Ratlam rail line
June 3rd, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Udaipur (Rajasthan), June 2 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will Friday lay foundation stone of Dungarpur-Banswara-Ratlam railway line in Rajasthan, an official said Thursday.The foundation station of Dungarpur-Banswara-Ratlam railway ... Read more...
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Goa government supporting killers of tribal activists: Congress
May 28th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Senior Goa Congress leaders Friday attacked the party leadership and Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, claiming both were "insensitive to tribal issues" and were dragging their ... Read more...
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Goa tribal protests turn violent, rail track damaged (Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) A massive stir by thousands of tribals over their rights in the southern parts of Goa turned violent Wednesday when a mob of protestors torched ... 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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Kayani vows to protect Pak tribesmen against all internal and external threats
April 15th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 15(ANI): Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has reiterated the military's resolve to bring peace and stability to the affected tribal areas in the country.General Kayani, who visited the ... Read more...
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Dantewada still burns, year after India’s worst Maoist strike
April 5th, 2011 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), April 5 (IANS) It has been a year since Maoist guerrillas killed 76 troopers in a single ambush, their deadliest strike anywhere in the country. But the forests ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh asked to ease enforcement of forest laws
March 22nd, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 22 (IANS) The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Tuesday asked the minerals-rich Chhattisgarh to ease its strict enforcement of forest laws "to enable socially ... Read more...
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Meghalaya follows Bihar to declare assets
March 16th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Mar 16 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Wednesday said the government was working on a policy to make it mandatory for politicians, bureaucrats and government servants to declare their assets ... Read more...
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Tripura to protect endangered tribes
March 16th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 16 (IANS) The Tripura government has embarked upon numerous socio-cultural and economic programmes to protect the dwindling and endangered tribes of the state, a minister said here ... Read more...
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Rajasthan NGO gets special status from UN body
February 17th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 17 (IANS) A Rajasthan NGO, Vaagdhara, which works for the empowerment of impoverished and vulnerable groups in the state, is among 17 from across the world to be granted special ... Read more...
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Korku dialect is more than a linguistic identity for many
February 6th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
By Awanish SomkuwarBhopal, Feb 6 (ANI): "Aye Korku Modin Dhyan Bati Jiv Taso Korku odi Saeeva." This, in Korku dialect means Korku will die out for want of immediate attention. Korku is ... Read more...
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Tribals should unite to fight Maoism: BJP MP
January 4th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 3 (IANS) Tribal people should put up a united face to fight rising Maoist militancy in Chhattisgarh, Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Saba MP and tribal leader Nand Kumar Sai ... Read more...
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Govt. likely to amend Indian Forest Act, says Ramesh
January 3rd, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.3 (ANI): Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that the government is likely to bring in amendments to the Indian Forest Act in the ... Read more...
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Chattisgarh tribals learn to use the toilet
December 5th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
By Dinesh SahuAdesar (Chhattisgarh), Dec.5 (ANI): Adesar village in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh is an innocuous village by the one of the main roads that run through the district.Development in terms of infrastructure ... Read more...
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