Similipal fire: Lives and livelihoods of Mankidia tribals in distress
The Mankidia tribe earn by collecting and selling siali fibre from Similipal forests; the fire has badly impacted their livelihood
Similipal forest fires put Odisha’s Lodha tribe in jeopardy
Already affected by the COVID-19 lockdown, the wildfires threaten to make collection of minor forest produce even more difficult
The promise of Dayamani
Adivasi activists, however successful in mobilising grassroots struggles, have seldom been able to make a dent in Parliament. Will Dayamani Barla …
Arjun Munda plans Schedule V states' meet on FRA
Conference aims at creating awareness about provisions of Forest Rights Act: Tribal Affairs ministry
FRA helps Dhenkanal tribals gain land rights
Their ancestors were brought in as workers nearly a century ago by the former princely state
Inter-ministerial committee formed in September to look into FRA implementation
The committee has to meet regularly to come up with suggestions on the way forward regarding the implementation problems of FRA
Jharkhand gets first non-tribal chief minister
Tribal people protest swearing in of non-tribal chief minister; Raghubar Das announces sops for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
Kunakadu invokes tribal martyrs at Niyamgiri palli sabha
The fourth rejection in a row for proposed bauxite mining was expected; that a diminutive tribal wanted to remain ‘illiterate’ …
Panem agrees to honour promises made to tribal people
Supporters of former Jharkhand chief minister cut off firm's coal supplies to Punjab to force it to hold talks
Remaining tribals in Simlipal tiger reserve to be displaced
Those shifted out last December are living under plastic sheets in searing heat. Is this how relocation is meant to be carried out?
Union government launches framework to promote voluntary carbon markets in agriculture
Minister Arjun Munda requests full cooperation from all quarters to promote carbon markets in the interest of farmers
Jharkhand: Water scarcity in Birsa Munda’s village exacerbates due to poor monsoon
Security personnel bring water in tankers to struggling villagers
Inherent faith runs deep
In Jharkhand, sacred groves define social and cultural consciousness of tribal people
One killed as protest against tribal displacement turns violent
Assembly adjourned as a MLA tears off his shirt
Jharkhand in dark
State electricity board workers go on strike over privatisation
Jharkhand Assembly adjourned for lack of quorum
MLAs protest non-release of development funds
Indigenous communities from different parts of the world are related
Tribals beaten up by TMC workers in Sundarbans
People fear losing their land to local goons in the climate change hot spot
Rantal: A settlement’s journey from invisibility to identity
Displaced from Bihar in 1980, a group of 42 Munda families have collectively established the organic village in Odisha