In November 2020, Indigenous politics in India took a new turn as the Jharkhand government passed a resolution to recognise Sarna as a different religion for Adivasis. The recognition of Sarna dharma ...
On January 31, when the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested former Jharkhand chief minister (CM) Hemant Soren—after a brief period of the alleged rumour that he has gone ‘missing’—political ...
Bitiya Murmu’s father died around 1980, when she was just a year-and-a-half old. As the family members grieved their loss, they did not realise that for the next two decades, their lives would be ...
Nearly three decades after Parliament enacted a law to empower gram sabhas in Adivasi areas, Jharkhand is slowly inching closer to finalising draft rules required to implement the Panchayats ...
Ranchi: The two-day celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Jharkhand Adivasi Mahotsav, highlighted the rich cultural heritage of Jharkhand on its concluding day on ...
The two-day festival aims to showcase the tribal tradition, art and culture, lifestyle, music and dance, besides holding seminars that would be attended by scholars and celebrities from across the ...
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Jharkhand | The big fight for legacy
As the air turned crisp in Hata village, East Singhbhum, a crowd sitting on red plastic chairs, nibbling samosas and sipping tea, had their eyes fixed on Arjun Munda, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
Members of the ruling UPA alliance in Jharkhand have decided to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the inclusion of Sarna Adivasi religion code in 2021 Census. “A delegation of senior JMM leaders, ...
The afternoon azan (call for prayer) rings out as the thick brown sludge of the Ganga winds south towards its final stretch near Rajmahal town in Jharkhand’s Sahebganj district. Silently, it drags ...
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Adivasi not caste: Jharkhand HC quashes FIR against man accused of calling woman ‘insane Adivasi’
RANCHI: In a significant ruling, the Jharkhand High Court observed that the term ‘Adivasi’ is not a caste and quashed an FIR lodged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a government ...
Former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MP Shailendra Mahto and President of Jharkhand Disom Party Salkhan Murmu today joined hands to form the Jharkhand Adivasi-Moolvasi Morcha. JAMSHEDPUR: Former Jharkhand ...
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