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Bastar journalist Santosh Yadav released from prison after 17 months
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Bastar-based journalist Santosh Yadav who was arrested for his alleged links with the Maoist in 2015, was released from jail after 17 months on Friday, but said he will continue to highlight the plight of tribals in the area.
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Tribal leaders challenge Pak govt's plan to merge FATA with KP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 10 (ANI): Some tribal leaders have challenged Pakistan Government's plans to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwan (KP), a move aimed at bringing the area to the mainstream.
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Himachal: Higher reaches continue to experience heavy snowfall
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Mar. 9 (ANI): The tribal areas and other higher reaches in Himachal Pradesh continue to experience moderate to heavy snowfall.
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Can't teach a donkey to gallop: Pak on Afghan Generals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 6 (ANI): Pakistan has apparently compared Afghan Generals to 'donkeys', citing Afghanistan appoints most of its generals on their tribal affiliations rather than on merit.
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Tribes opposed to FATA merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar. 6(ANI): A Pakistan government move to merge the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province is facing resistance from tribals.
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Pak Govt. approves recommendations for FATA reforms
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 2 (ANI): Pakistan's federal cabinet has approved recommendations of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) reforms committee.
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'Strange' that Naga Govt. is not giving opportunity to women: Co
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 21 (ANI): With the failure to contain the tribal agitation over offering 33 percent reservation for women in the Nagaland Government, the Congress on Tuesday expressed displeasure, citing it was strange that the state which runs the best system in the world didn'
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Nagaland CM Zeliang steps down, emergency meeting called on Monday
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], Feb. 19 (ANI): Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang, amid agitation by tribal bodies, on Sunday decided to step down to make way for a 'consensus leader' to replace him.
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Supreme Court to hear plea filed by DU professor Nandini Sundar today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear a plea filed by Delhi University Professor Nandini Sundar, who has been named as an accused in the alleged murder of a tribal person in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
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Budget allocation for Tribal Affairs Ministry goes up by over 10 pct
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.1 (ANI): Allocation for the Ministry of Tribal Affair has gone up by more than ten per cent in the Union Budget proposals for 2017-18.
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Manipur plagued by insurgencies and blockades over tribal land tussles
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
By Col. (Retired) Anil Bhat
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Tripura tribal forms forum against Citizenship Bill
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura)[India], Jan. 18 (ANI): With just a year left for the assembly election in Left-ruled Tripura, two tribal-based political parties, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) have declared the formation of a new forum
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