-The New Indian Express The resolution will seek a special column for followers of the ‘Sarna’ religion in the Census 2021. RANCHI: During the one-day special session on Wednesday, Jharkhand Assembly passed a resolution for the provision of a separate ‘Sarna Code’ for tribals. Chief Minister Hemant Soren tabled the proposal, which was passed unanimously with a voice vote by the Assembly. The resolution will seek a special column for followers of the...

-The Times of India RANCHI: Complying with the provisions of Schedule V of the Indian Constitution, governor Syed Ahmed on Wednesday invited traditional tribal chiefs to the Raj Bhavan and introduced them to the newly opened cell of the Raj Bhavan that would deal with the issues relating to tribals in Schedule Areas. Expediting his role as the administrator of Scheduled Areas, Ahmed assured tribal leaders not only to pay attention to...

The tribals have expressed their gratitude to the state government for registering Sarna religion in the census format. The move came following the directive from state census director Nitin Madan Kulkarni to the state officials asking them to allow the tribals mention Sarna as their religion in the religion code of the census format. "We are happy at the gesture shown by the state government in letting the tribals mention...

The Maharashtra government will amend its Development Control Rules, in a bid to contain criminalisation of realty. It also plans to strictly implement the provisions of Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to stem the growing nexus between builders and gangsters and easy flow of black money into the sector. "If builders are found guilty, they will be blacklisted. They will be debarred from any contract from the government or...