By Madhusree Chatterjee Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Nov 23 (IANS) The gulf between the haves and the have-nots in Jharkhand has never been wider and more apparent as during this election. On one side of the ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 23 (IANS) At least 20 people have been arrested from a town in Orissa's Koraput district on charges of rioting and arson. They also attacked a local police station and ...

Narayanpatna (Orissa), Nov 22 (ANI): The Orissa Government on Sunday ordered heavy deployment of security forces in Korapat Distrct following the death of two activists of the Maoist backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi ...

Ranchi, Nov 22 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said here that her party would contest all assembly seats in Jharkhand. Addressing a rally Saturday to ...

Ranchi, Nov 21 (IANS) Hitting the campaign trail in Jharkhand, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday appealed to people in Jamtara to vote for the party, saying only the Congress could ...

Agartala/New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in New Delhi Saturday and discussed ways to resolve the 12-year-old deadlock on the repatriation ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 (IANS) The authorities Saturday deployed additional security forces in an Orissa town after two people were killed when tribal activists attacked a police station in the area Friday, an ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (IANS) At least two tribals were killed Friday when police opened fire at a mob that attacked a police station in Orissa's Koraput district, an official said. More than 300 ...

Ranchi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Congress is campaigning hard in Jharkhand for the coming assembly polls, with party chief Sonia Gandhi addressing two rallies in the state Friday and party general ...

Kanchanpur/Janpui (Tripura), Nov 20 (ANI): Tension continues to prevail in border areas along Mizoram and Tripura. A violent mob set fire over 360 Reang tribals huts, in around 15 villages in Mamit ...

Agartala/Aizawl, Nov 19 (IANS) The central and Tripura governments have asked Mizoram to resolve the long-standing deadlock on the repatriation of 35,000 Reang refugees to the state, Tripura Chief Minister Manik ...

Agartala, Nov 18 (IANS) A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper was killed and another shot at and injured during a gunfight with separatists from the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) Wednesday, ...

Raipur, Nov 17 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday slammed the Maoists for spreading rumours in the state's Bastar region that police would target all those who failed to produce photo ...

Imphal, Nov 17(ANI): In order to promote the products of the hill regions of Manipur, the State recently held its first State level Mega Tribal Fair, 2009. With the theme "Promoting Economic ...

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 17 (IANS) The Mizoram government has issued shoot-at-sight orders to control violent mobs in the southern part of the state after over 355 houses of Reang tribals were set ...

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS) Paramilitary forces were deployed as tension prevailed in southern Mizoram and northern Tripura Monday after over 300 houses of Reang tribals were set ablaze following the gunning ...

Bhopal, Nov 16 (IANS) With the the global Copenhagen climate change summit just three weeks away, grassroots efforts are on to raise awareness among Madhya Pradesh tribals about the impact of climate ...

By Girija Shankar Ojha Karandih Village (Jharkhand), Nov.15 (ANI): Tribals in Karandih Village in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur district recently celebrated the annual 'Sohrai' festival with much fanfare. It included a fashion show that attracted ...

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 15 (IANS) Mobs have set fire to over 225 huts of Reang tribals in Mizoram, displacing several thousand people as tension escalated following the gunning down of a Mizo ...

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Nov 14 (ANI): The Police are involving villagers in the fight against the Maoists, through village defence committees. The Committee members, including village heads, have been tasked with the responsibility ...

By Sujeet Kumar Raipur, Nov 13 (IANS) Hit hard by the Maoist insurgency, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh plans to unleash massive development programmes to better the lot of tribals in the ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) If Maoist guerrillas halted their violence, the government would respond in 72 hours and order a review of all corporate memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in Jharkhand, ...

Rayagada (Orissa), Nov 12 (ANI): About fifty armed Maoists entered a village and killed four people in Orissa's Rayagada district on Wednesday. Maoists entered a house in Pandratola village, about 350 ...

Raipur, Nov 9 (IANS) Three people were arrested in Chhattisgarh for misleading 17 workers to supply them to a private contractor outside the state, police said Monday. The 17 were told that ...

London, Nov 7 (IANS) Oscar winning actress Hilary Swank says she always makes time for her work outs because she considers it as important as eating and breathing. "I love getting the ...

By Sandeep Dwivedi Bastar (Chhattisgarh), Nov.7 (ANI): Ghotul has existed as an institution among Muria Gond tribals of Chhattisgarh in which children six years onwards learn to socialize and educate themselves about life ...

Koraput, Nov. 4 (ANI): Tribals in Orissa's Koraput district are resorting to black magic and superstitions to get cured from the spell of an unknown disease, which the doctors are yet to ...

Raipur, Nov 4 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed two tribal men in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region after suspecting that they were police spies, officials said Wednesday. The police Wednesday found the bodies of Marvi ...

Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh), Nov.4 (ANI): A five-day tribal festival in Kinnaur valley of Himachal Pradesh which concluded on Tuesday enthralled the people by providing a glimpse of the rich tradition and folk ...

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