Activists on Wednesday welcomed the government's decision to review the cases against members of the alleged Maoist-backed Chasi Muliya Adivasi Sangha (CMAS) outfit and take steps for their early release from prison. The tribal outfit has forcibly occupied over 3,000 acres of non-tribal land in Koraput's Narayanpatna block between 2009 and 2010. On November 20, 2009, CMAS activists had attacked the Narayanpatna police station. Two activists were killed in subsequent...
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State to get 1st tribal speaker
Tribals of Gujarat are all set to get a new voice. With only Ganpat Vasava, the BJP MLA from Mangrol, filing his nomination for the speaker's post in the state assembly, he will be elected unopposed on Thursday. This will not only give Gujarat's its first tribal speaker, but at 39 years, he will also be the youngest in the state's history. The post fell vacant after the last speaker...
More »Andhra Pradesh HC refuses to quash sedition case against tribal
Justice Samudrala Govinda Rajulu of AP high court on Monday refused to quash the case of sedition registered against a Koya tribal fighting against the construction of Polavaram irrigation project. Polavaram Police of West Godavari district registered a crime case against Savalam Benerji, a Koya tribal and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for their alleged activity in trying to stall the Polavaram project. The Tribals of...
More »Vikasa drive to identify tribal child labourers
Vikasa organisation, a wing under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP), has taken up a special drive to identify child labourers, in tribal and fishermen areas, and in areas where SCs and weaker section population lives in East Godavari. The identified children in age group of 7 to 14 years (both boys and girls) would be admitted to bridge schools run by NCLP, to equip them to join normal schools. The...
More »Government allows Kheri Tribals to collect forest produce by Ashish Tripathi
In a major victory for Tribals of Lakhimpur Kheri living in 46 villages in and around the Dudhwa forest range, the state government has allowed them to collect forest produce required for their survival. It has also approved in principle the proposal to convert two forest villages -- Surma and Golbojhi situated in Dudhwa range into revenue villages. The Tribals were fighting to get right on the forest produce since long,...
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