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Ireland named Country Partner for Nagaland's Hornbill Festival 2025
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Organised annually by the Government of Nagaland from December 1 to 10, the Hornbill Festival is the state's largest public celebration of culture and heritage. Since its inception in 2000, the festival has become a symbol of unity among the state's 17 major tribes, fostering tourism, rec
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Assam CM Sarma hands over land title certificates to 4,673 Tribal families
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to a release, as part of today's initiative, tribal families belonging to the Garo, Rabha, Bodo, and Karbi communities residing in reserved forest areas, such as Lakhra, Bondapara, Kulshi, Loharghat, Bamunigaon, Boko, and Singra, have been included.
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BJP's Sanjay Jaiswal accuses Tejashwi Yadav of being "anti-reservation"
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"Tejashwi Yadav is anti-reservation. He is anti-backward classes. This is why, as long as Lalu Yadav was in power, neither the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, nor the Extremely Backward Classes received reservations in the Panchayati Raj system. When Nitish Kumar came to power, ev
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BJP government prioritising tribal welfare: Tripura CM Saha
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Dr. Saha said that everyone must be careful of those who promote the politics of division between castes and tribes, and must work together to strengthen the message of building "Ek Tripura, Srestha Tripura".
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Empowering Telangana's tribal artisans: Green India Challenge organises ba
Updated : 5 months ago IST
This first-of-its-kind initiative aims to address the acute bamboo shortage faced by the Kolam (Kollam) tribes, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Telangana, whose traditional livelihoods and craftsmanship rely heavily on bamboo.
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HP SC/ST Commission reviews Chirgaon suicide case, urge strict action from
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Chairperson of the Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, Kuldeep Kumar, along with other Members of the Commission, visited the Police Headquarters, Shimla, on Tuesday to discuss the case of Chirgaon, District Shimla of an unfortunate incident of suicide c
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Chandigarh Police file FIR against Haryana DGP, Rohtak SP over IPS officer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The FIR, filed at Police Station Sector 11 under Sections 108 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, cites abetment to suicide and caste-based harassment.
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Scholarship assistance of Rs 297 crore disbursed to Nomadic and Denotified
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel emphasised providing education to the children of Nomedic and Denotified Tribes, saying that the government has created very good schemes to ensure that your children can study and progress. In the last three years, scholarship assistance of ₹297 crore has b
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Nagaland Police rolls out major recruitment drive for 1,176 Constable post
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Nagaland Police has rolled out a major recruitment drive for 1,176 Constable (GD) posts, open to all indigenous Naga tribes of Nagaland.
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Karnataka HC upholds state's socio-economic survey, stipulates voluntary p
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In its ruling, the court emphasised that participation in the survey must be voluntary, directing the authorities to issue a clear notification regarding this condition.
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BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya slams Siddaramaiah over Karnataka caste survey,
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Siroya wrote, "By ordering a caste census in a tearing hurry, Shri. Siddaramaiah has made everybody, including his own party men and cabinet colleagues, unhappy. As of today, the Vokkaligas, the Lingayats, the Dalits, the OBCs, the Brahmins, the minorities, the tribes and the
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SC says abolition of Waqf-by-user not prima facie arbitrary
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the provision in the Waqf Amendment Act 2025, which abolished the concept of 'Waqf-by-user', and said prima facie deletion of the provision in the amendment "cannot be said to be arbitrary."
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