After multiple attempts of Bollywood and several leaders to encourage voters to come out and exercise their franchise on the day of voting, now the excise department has got a new idea to spread awareness specially among the Tribals of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The excise department has decided to mix[Read More…]
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls 2018: State to witness a triangular contest for the first time
Chhattisgarh assembly polls which are scheduled for November 2018, has become a hot spot in political circles. Earlier, in 2013 Congress and BJP both were the main contenders in assembly polls, however, equations have changed this time (2018) and Chhattisgarh is ready to witness a triangular contest, after the formation[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Polls 2018: JAYS and SAPAKS ready to play spoilsport for BJP & Congress
Two castes based political parties Jai Adivasi Yuva Sangathan (JAYS), a party which was formed to provide a vision to tribal youths and SAPAKS which is a political outfit for upper caste in Madhya Pradesh is ready to play the crucial game ahead of state assembly election 2018. JAYS, a[Read More…]
Congress committed to fight male-chauvinist RSS: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said his party was working with other opposition parties to wage an ideological battle against the purely male-chauvinist RSS and its political front the BJP. Making a stinging attack on the saffron parties at an event organised by All India Mahila Congress,[Read More…]
Hunger haunts Jharkhand while authorities deny
Jharkhand: Lemon peels in warm water pass for finger bowls in your local restaurant are dinner for Sitala and her three children. On a good day, they can relish some salt with it. The family in Sevatand village of Jharkhand’s Giridih district is on the brink of starvation. But, unfortunately,[Read More…]
Modi woos Dalits, tribals in Maoist-hit Bijapur, says he is PM because of Ambedkar’s contributions
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): Invoking Dalit icon Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar on his 127th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sought to woo Dalits and tribals, saying he could become PM because of Ambedkar’s contributions to the society and exhorted Maoists to join the mainstream for development and assured that he would[Read More…]
Tripura: IPTF staged naked protest demanding separate state
The members of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), staged a naked protest in Champaknagar near Agartala demanding a separate state for tribal people in Tripura. The male members of the group staged the protest holding flags. At present, Tripura has people from different ethnicities and identities including migrant Bangla[Read More…]
Tribals term Jharkhand CM’s presence as pollution
Tribals in Jharkhand have adopted a unique way to protest chief minister Raghubar Das’ anti-tribal policies and decisions. Locals purify any place wherever Das pays homage to tribal freedom fighters, claiming the CM’s presence pollutes the “holy area”, Hindustan Times reported. On Tuesday, a tribal community, under the banner of[Read More…]
Meet Alok Sagar, the IIT professor who quit his job to teach tribals
During his teaching days at IIT, Alok Sagar taught many students, including Raghuram Rajan and prepared them for challenges that lay ahead. But the most important lesson that he has imparted is his life and his service to the downtrodden. For the past 32 years, this former IIT-D professor has[Read More…]