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Executive committee of Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council to
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 13 (ANI): The incumbent executive committee of Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) shall be dissolved on May 17 as the polls could not be held due to coronavirus outbreak, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ratan Lal Nath said.
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Pashtun activist accuses Pakistan of unleashing brutality at behest of ant
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 12 (ANI): A Pashtun activist has accused the Pakistan Army of human rights violations in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
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Andhra CM holds meeting on Tribals reservation issue
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday held a meeting with the officials and discussed about the tribal reservation issue.
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Tribal students in Wayanad left out as education goes online amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], May 9 (ANI): At a time when the education system is going online in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, students from the tribal settlements without internet connectivity or smartphones are left out.
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Chhattisgarh: Narayanpur tribals successfully deliver 35,000 brooms worth
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 6 (ANI): As forest produce has been a major source of income here in remote areas for several years, Chhattisgarh Small Forest Produce Association has assisted tribal villagers of Narayanpur in completing an order of 35,000 brooms placed by the National Agr
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Killing of Pashtun rights activist Arif Wazir shows worst form of state te
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 3 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has expressed grief over the killing of Arif Wazir, first cousin of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader and member National Assembly (MNA) from federally administered tribal area (FATA), Ali Wazir, in an arme
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PTM leader Arif Wazir was 18th member of family to be killed in targeted a
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): With Pakistan continuing its crackdown against Pashtuns, the holy month of Ramzan, has not begun on a good note for the family of Arif Wazir, a PTM leader who died in a hospital here after sustaining bullet injuries.
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Ex-Maoist turned MLA distributes food, essentials to tribals in Telangana'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mulugu (Telangana) [India], May 1 (ANI): Seethakka, a former Maoist turned MLA from Mulugu, has been helping the poor and distributing food grains, vegetables, and other essential commodities among the people living in the tribal areas of her constituency during the lockdown.
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Munda writes to 15 states on procurement of minor forest produce
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda has written to chief ministers of 15 states to advise the state nodal agencies to undertake procurement of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the right earnest.
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Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda asks CMs to protect livelihood of triba
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda has written to a number of Chief Ministers to initiate the process of undertaking procurement of minor forest produce at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The communication aims to mitigate the effect of lockdown
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Tribal Ministry asks States to prevent distress sale of non-timber forest
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Amid concerns caused by the coronavirus, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has written to the States that unscrupulous market forces may try to exploit the tribal gatherers by pushing them to distress sale of Non-Timbe
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TRIFED writes to states, UTs outlining impact of COVID-19 on tribals
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Tribal Cooperation Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) on Friday wrote to the chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs) and all state-level nodal agencies over combating the impact of COVID-19 on Non-Timber Forest Product
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