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4 elephants found wandering near hamlet in Andhra
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Four elephants on Saturday were found wandering in the forest area near Ondru Jola tribal hamlet in Seethampeta mandal in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district.
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Odisha gives Recognition to 888 new Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 10 (ANI): The Odisha Government on Tuesday added 888 new villages in and around Micro Project Areas, to the list of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and set up three new Micro Projects at Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Keonjhar.
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2 Christian brothers convert to Islam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bara
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Two Christian brothers have converted to Islam in Bara sub-division of Khyber tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northeast Pakistan on Saturday.
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Rahul Gandhi draws Kerala CM's attention to plight of tribal students, lac
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan drawing his attention to the plight of a large number of tribal students in Wayanad unable to benefit from "First Bell" initiative by the state government due to lack of access
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Khelo India e-Pathshala will motivate more young athletes to take up sport
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju and Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda on Monday inaugurated Khelo India e -Pathshala programme through a webinar which was attended by young archers, archery coaches and experts of the discip
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'No buyers for tendu leaves,' say tribals in West Midnapore
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
West Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], May 26 (ANI): People from the tribal communities in Junglemahal area of West Midnapore district, who are involved in the trade of tendu leaves, said their incomes have been adversely affected due to ongoing nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spre
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BJD MP deploys 25 buses with textbooks for tribal children
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): BJD MP Dr Achyuta Samanta deployed 25 school buses full of textbooks and dry fruits for close to 30,000 tribal students of Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) to their doorsteps in 25 districts of the state on Monday.
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Union Minister Renuka threatens officials for assaulting man under quarant
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 25 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka Singh was seen in a video losing her temper and threatening district administration officials in Congress ruled-Chhattisgarh for allegedly beating a man up in a quarantine centre.
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44 village panchayats in Maharashtra join hands to auction tendu leaves, b
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Gondia (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): Forty-four village panchayats joined hands to auction tendu leaves in Deori taluka of Gondia district, resulting in a higher margin for the tribals engaged in the task of plucking leaves.
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Tribal families become part of 'Subhiksha Keralam' project, take up farmin
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Idukki (Kerala) [India], May 18 (ANI): In an effort to ensure self-reliance, the tribal community in Kerala's Munnar has taken up farming on a large scale. As part of 'Subhiksha Keralam' project, 150 tribal families have taken up farming by converting fallow land in the area for growing crop
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Daughter of missing Pashtun activist lambasts Pakistan for silencing dissi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Talia Khattak, daughter of a prominent human rights defender Idris Khattak, has lambasted Pakistan for silencing dissidents.
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Tribal hamlet dwellers in Andhra Pradesh begin constructing road on their
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Faced with an absence of road connectivity, villagers of Mandrebu a tribal hamlet in Anantagiri Mandal here have taken it upon themselves to begin constructing a road on their own.
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