Tag: Scheduled Tribes

Manipur braces for tension as governments mull stripping ST status from Kuki and Chin tribes

Concerted moves by both the union government and the Biren Singh-led state government to “review” (if not divest) the “Nomadic Chin-Kuki” tribes from the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the state has generated concern and real fears of the re-escalation of a violent conflict

Still no recognition for non-ST tribes in India

Centre fails to acknowledge ST-status demands of nomadic tribes of India

UP: ST boy’s family cry murder following custodial torture!

Three police personnel were suspended, although police claimed that the family's allegations were false

Are Assam government’s new policies regarding indigenous people and Gorkhas an eyewash?

Six indigenous communities still denied Scheduled Tribe status, 85,000 Gorkhas excluded from NRC; verbal assurances not enough

Cooption with denial of dignity & rights is the Dalit reality under BJP-RSS

Hindutva’s rise snatches Dalit socio-economic rights even as it culturally gives ‘space’ to deprived millions

Which political party in India really backs the Dalits today?

It was just recently that the atrocity law --enacted...

Scheduled Tribes Are India’s Poorest People

Mumbai: Scheduled tribes are India’s poorest people, with five...

Broken people

In 1950, the Indian Constitution abolished untouchability (not caste),...

If Laxman plays Hanuman…

The new BJP president, Bangaru Laxman, may well turn...

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