Chhattisgarh to simplify caste certification process
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 22 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up a high-powered committee to suggest ways to simplify the caste certification procedure, administration sources said Wednesday.According to sources, ... Read more...
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Apex court bars tourism near Jarawa tribal reserve (Lead)
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court has barred any commercial and tourism activity either by the government or private operators within a five km radius of the Jarawa ... Read more...
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16 injured in Mantralaya fire, blaze under control (Night Lead) (With images)
June 21st, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Sixteen people were injured as a major fire swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here Thursday, with officials saying that everyone had been rescued from the ... Read more...
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Chavan reviews situation after Mantralaya blaze
June 21st, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) As a major fire gutted important offices in Mantralaya or the Mahrashtra government secretariat, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan held an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the ... Read more...
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Minister attempted to battle Mantralaya blaze
June 21st, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Maharashtra's Tribal Welfare Minister Babanrao Pachpute was among the first to try to fight the massive fire which engulfed the top three floors of the seven-storeyed ... Read more...
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UNICEF to distribute 25,000 solar lamps
April 26th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 25 (IANS) Unicef will distribute around 25,000 portable solar lamps in Jharkhand's schools, a move that will help around 75,000 students during their studies.The lamps will be distributed ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh slows down anti-Maoist drive till Menon’s release
April 23rd, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 23 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has virtually called a halt to its anti-Maoist offensive till Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon is released from captivity, official sources ... 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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Jarawa abuse fallout: Andamans restricts tourist movements
March 13th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Following the recent expose of Jarawa women being made to dance for tourists, the Andaman and Nicobar administration has restricted movement of tourists on the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to speed up electrification in Maoist areas
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 2 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Friday reviewed rural electrification work in Maoist-hit Bastar region to take power to forested areas, official sources said.Tribal Welfare Minister Kedar Kashyap, his ... Read more...
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Former Tripura extremists to block national highway
December 7th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 7 (IANS) Hundreds of former tribal guerrillas will Thursday launch blockade of a national highway, demanding implementation of rehabilitation packages and withdrawal of pending cases, a former militant ... Read more...
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Poverty has increased in India: Top Adviser
September 25th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The current debate over poverty, if Rs.32 a day is enough for a person, is misdirected and the government should answer why the numbers ... Read more...
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Irregularities in foreign welfare fund in Chhattisgarh
September 8th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 8 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Thursday admitted irregularities in the use of a welfare fund provided by the European Commission for purchase of school bags for tribal ... Read more...
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NGO member held for rape
August 4th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) A member of an NGO which offered help to girls suffering from trauma was arrested in west Delhi for raping a teenaged tribal girl three ... Read more...
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‘Goa chief minister anti-tribal’
July 18th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) Tribal leaders here Monday accused Chief Minister Digambar Kamat of being "anti-tribal" and protecting the killers of two tribal activists during a May rally this ... 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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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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Tribals on rail and road blockade in Goa
May 25th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Nearly 10,000 tribals from Goa's southern regions Wednesday laid siege to the National Highway 17 for nearly three hours and blocked a New Delhi bound Rajdhani ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa to head 34-member government
May 16th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 15 (IANS) AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa will head a 34-member ministry after taking over as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, an official statement said late Sunday.Jayalalithaa ... Read more...
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Surrendered guerrillas in Tripura demand rehabilitation
April 21st, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 21 (IANS) Surrendered tribal guerrillas in Tripura Thursday organised a road blockade and a hunger strike demanding that the government make good on its promise of rehabilitating them."We ... Read more...
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Left wants forest land norms relaxed for non-tribals
April 1st, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 1 (IANS) The ruling Left Front in Tripura wants same norms for non-tribals and tribals for getting 'patta' (title deeds) of forest land."We have been demanding that the ... 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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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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Tax free Chhattisgarh budget focuses on agriculture, social sectors (Lead)
February 26th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Saturday presented a Rs.30,725.96 crore tax-free budget for the 2011-12 fiscal with its main emphasis on agriculture and social sectors.The total budget ... Read more...
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Tax free Chhattisgarh budget focuses on agriculture
February 26th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh presented Saturday a Rs.30,725.96 crore tax-free budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year in the state assembly with its main emphasis on agriculture, ... Read more...
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Ganpatsinh Vasava to be Gujarat assembly speaker
February 23rd, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Ganpatsinh Vasava is set to be the next speaker of the Gujarat assembly.Vasava, 40, legislator from Mangrol in south Gujarat, Wednesday filed ... Read more...
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Telangana activists throw eggs, chappals at ministers’ convoys
January 25th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Pro-Telangana activists threw rotten eggs and footwear at convoys of ministers and parliamentarians of the ruling Congress party who were participating in a government functions to distribute ... Read more...
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Telangana activists disrupt government open forum
January 24th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 24 (IANS) Pro-Telangana activists Monday disrupted the government's "Racchabanda" (open forum) programme in the region by preventing ministers, members of parliament and other public representatives of the ruling Congress ... Read more...
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Modi inaugurates major farming development scheme
January 21st, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday inaugurated a first of its kind public-private partnership (PPP) with US farm equipment major John Deere, which could impact over 50,000 ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh plans 50,000 jobs for tribals
January 5th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 5 (IANS) About 50,000 tribal youths will be provided jobs in Madhya Pradesh during the next three years, Tribal Welfare Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah said Wednesday.The minister said this during ... Read more...
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Former rebel held for misappropriating Tripura funds (Lead)
December 19th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 19 (IANS) A former leader of a banned separatist outfit has been arrested in this Tripura capital for misappropriating Rs.18.10 lakh (over $40,000) meant for the rehabilitation of rebels who ... Read more...
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Former separatist held in Tripura for stealing funds
December 19th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 19 (IANS) Former terrorist-turned-separatist Daniel Debbarma has been arrested in this Tripura capital for stealing Rs.18.10 lakh (over $40,000) meant for surrendered extremists, police here said Sunday.Debbarma, 45, self-styled home ... Read more...
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Kavita Raut: A poor village girl’s journey to sporting glory
October 10th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) It has been an arduous journey for long distance runner Kavita Raut, a poor tribal girl from Maharashtra, who got into serious athletics nine years ago, and ... Read more...
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Cash rewards for Kavita Raut
October 9th, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Two cash rewards were Saturday announced for Maharashtra lass Kavita Raut, who bagged an athletics bronze medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.An elated ... Read more...
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Chandrababu Naidu raises hand on tribal woman
October 9th, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Did former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu assault a tribal woman during a meeting in East Godavari district? Yes, says a television channel, which repeatedly telecast ... Read more...
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