The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Central government to set up a fresh delimitation commission to ensure a proportional representation of the communities specified as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), as mandated under the Constitution.
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Wednesday said at a time when the country was making rapid strides on the path of development and progress, no sector should be ignored or left behind.
A deputy sarpanch in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district allegedly raped a 21-year-old tribal woman after threatening her, a police official said on Tuesday.
Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Rajasthan Vallabhnagar ahead of assembly elections, said that the party, if voted to power will conduct the caste census soon after the elections and will protect the rights of unprivileged communities of the state.
"BJP will raise this issue in the Assembly during the Winter session, which will start from tomorrow. We will also hit the streets if the government does not withdraw the Cabinet decision," Odisha BJP chief and MLA Mohan Majhi said at a press conference in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
The campaign was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 15 at Khunti, Jharkhand. Multiple vans were flagged off simultaneously from various locations with significant tribal populations across the country.
Jagat Singh Negi feels this thermal-run cold store initiative will reduce cost and reliance on fuelwood, thus helping the tribal people during the winter season.
Chhattisgarh will go for the second phase of assembly polls on seventy seats on Friday with leaders of BJP and Congress holding extensive campaigns to win the Hindi heartland state
Odisha government's Backward Classes Welfare Department on Wednesday organised a special event that focused on the distribution of musical instruments and dance costumes to tribal cultural troupes of nine SDC (Special Development Council) districts.
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal joined the 'Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas' celebrations with a visit to a tribal village of Barbakra at Urang Basti near Rani on Wednesday.