-The Times of India SURAT: Tribals of five villages in Tapi district's Valod taluka are on a fast-unto-death at Kosambia village on the bank of Purna river since April 17. They are demanding a check on illegal mining of stones from the banks of Valmik and Ambika rivers and illegal operation of stone quarrying at Kosambia village and strict implementation of The Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act. The agitators said...
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458 non-Tribals without ILP detained in Mizoram
-PTI Aizawl: At least 458 non-Tribals without valid Inner Line Permit (ILP) have been detained in various police stations in Mizoram after the influential Young Mizo Association (YMA) launched a recent drive against them. Police said those identified as staying in the state without valid ILP or fake ILP were brought before the local courts and, if convicted, they will be deported, a senior police official said here today. 192 of...
More »Court asks cops to produce 'missing' Tribals
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: The joint operations taken up by the greyhounds wing of AP, CRPF andChhattisgharh police in the border areas took a curious turn on Tuesday with the AP high courtordering the police to produce five Tribals before it in the wake of substantive allegations that they had picked up during combing operations last month and continue to be under police custody. The bench comprising Justice KC...
More »3 lakh Tribals to get land: CM
-New Indian Express Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said nearly three lakh landless tribal families in the State would get land by the end of the 12th Plan period. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said nearly three lakh landless tribal families in the State would get land by the end of the 12th Plan period. Launching an ambitious plan that envisages conferring land titles on every tribal household in the...
More »Hunger deaths cast a cloud on Kerala district
-The Hindustan Times Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday his government was expected to take a decision shortly on Attapadi, a malnutrition-afflicted tribal hamlet in Palakkad district below the Nilgiri hills of the Western Ghats. According to the district health office of Palakkad, 14 malnutrition-related deaths have taken place in the past four months, but NGOs working with the Tribals say more than 40 children died in the past...
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