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By Nayakara Veeresha On 2 August 2022, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court delivered its verdict in the case of Satyajit Kumar & Ors vs the State of Jharkhand & Ors (2022). The bench opined that 100% reservation to the local Adivasis is found to be violative of Articles 13(2), 15, 16(3) and 35(a-i) […]

Adilabad: Aboriginal tribals or Adivasis belonging to all walks of life observed World Indigenous Peoples Day on a colourful note across erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday. Rallies, special programmes and presentation of traditional dance forms by tribal artistes were held to mark the occasion. The ethnic tribes unfurled their traditional flags and vowed to protect […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao extended greetings to Adivasis and tribals in State on the occasion of World Adivasi Day that falls on Tuesday. The Chief Minister said Adivasis were the symbol of love and affection and untainted human relations. The Telangana government was implementing several programmes for the welfare and development of Adivasis, […]

Kothagudem: District police reached out to the flood-affected Adivasis in remote agency villages in Cherla mandal in the district offering them much needed succour. As many as 450 Adivasi families, which were suffered by the Godavari floods, were provided relief kits consisting of essential commodities, bed sheets and other goods, in association with Paloncha-based Nava […]

Mulugu: Janajati Suraksha Manch (JSM), an organisation working for the welfare and uplift of the Adivasis, has taken out a huge rally here on Sunday demanding the Central government to de-list the tribals who converted to other religions from the Scheduled Tribe list. The rally was taken out from DLR Function Hall to the Collectorate, […]

Adilabad: Aboriginal tribals or Adivasis traditionally observed the 41st anniversary of the infamous Indravelli firing incident by paying homage to martyrs at the martyrs’ column in Indervelli mandal centre on Wednesday. Members of the Indravelli Amaraveerula Ashaya Sadhana Samithi and the Tudum Debba, a tribal rights organization, and about 500 Adivasis gathered at the martyrs’ […]

Kothagudem: In continuation of their protests against police camps, adivasis staged a massive protest against setting up a CRPF camp in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh State. A large number of adivasis holding placards and with a demand to stop the work of construction of police camp and culvert, have taken out a protest rally to […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: People belonging to ethnic tribes or locally known as Adivasis paid rich tributes to the famous anthropologist Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf and his wife Elizabeth Bernardo on the 35th death anniversary of Elizabeth, at Marlavai village in Jainoor mandal on Tuesday. Zilla Chairperson Kova Laxmi was the chief guest of the event. […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Ethnic tribes or Adivasis geared up to celebrate the month-long Jangubai Jatara, an important religious and cultural affair of aboriginal tribals slated for the first week of January. They revere the deity at a cave temple in Sahyadri hills in the forests of Mukdamguda and Kotaparandoli villages in Kerameri mandal and the […]

Kothagudem: Outlawed CPI (Maoist) party leaders Azad and Madhu threatening innocent tribal people in the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border villages to attend the naxals meetings, district police alleged. A statement the office of Superintendent of Police here said the Maoists organised a meeting at Pesarlapadu in Chhattisgarh on Saturday and forced adivasis of Kondavai, Korakatpadu, Yerrampadu, Puttapadu, […]

Kothagudem: Maoists have detained around 15 adivasis from Cherla mandal in the district in their camps in Chhattisgarh, the district police said on Wednesday. A statement from the district police here said the banned CPI (Maoist) leaders forcefully mobilised adivasis of Bodanelli and Kurlapalli villages in Cherla mandal for a meeting on Tuesday to Pesarlapadu […]

Kothagudem: A civic action programme was organised in the naxal affected Sukma district in Chhattisgarh under the aegis of CoBRA 208 battalion and CRPF 212 battalion on Saturday. The programme was held at Palodi camp under Kistaram police station limits, said a release from the security forces. A medical officer Dr. Rajesh P and staff […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: For 25 years, public transport remained a mirage due to various for Adivasis or the ethnic tribes dwelling in remote Mangi gram panchayat, consisting of 30 hamlets. However, their dream was fulfilled by police, who repaired a 3-kilometer long ghat road between Mangi and Manikyapur with the help of local tractors owners. […]

Kothagudem: A team of doctors at the District Hospital here has successfully performed a critical and challenging surgery on an Adivasi whose facial and other parts smashed in a bison attack last month. It might be noted a 55-year-old adivasi, Mokati Sammaiah of Regulagudem in Paloncha mandal in the district was admitted to the hospital […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said the State government was committed to fulfilling the ideals of Kumaram Bheem who fought for tribal rights and had realised the aspirations of tribals ‘Our rule in our hamlet’. He paid rich tributes to Kumaram Bheem on his birth anniversary and recalled the services rendered by the latter […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Adivasis observed the 81st martyrdom anniversary of tribal legend Kumram Bheem at historic Jodeghat village in Kerameri mandal on Wednesday. About 20,000 tribal people belonging to several parts of the erstwhile Adilabad district and neighboring Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand made a beeline to the tiny habitation and performed special rituals […]

Kothagudem: Police have distributed water filters to Adivasis living in remote Burugupadu village in Cherla mandal in the district on Saturday. Bhadrachalam ASP Dr Vineeth G visited the village and distributed terafil water filters to about 46 families. The water filters were given to ensure safe drinking water to the residents of the village to […]

Kothagudem: Cherla police have come to the rescue of Adivasis suffering from viral fevers at a remote tribal hamlet, Veerapuram of Cherla mandal in the district. It was learnt that both children and adults of nearly 34 Adivasi families, infected with viral fevers, were troubled due to the lack of access to medical facilities. Cherla […]

Leaders of the tribal organization, told mediapersons that the sacred martyrs column and surroundings had lost their sanctity after the Congress meeting which saw hundreds of people wearing slippers and violating certain norms.

Ministers ridiculed the 'Dalita Girijana Atma Gourava Dandora' meeting organised by Congress commemorating the killing of tribals at Indravelli in 1981