An internal committee will soon be set up to evaluate the applications against prescribed parameters Ranchi: Dr Ramdayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute (TRI) has received a total of nine applications from tribal communities for next year’s Padma awards. Speaking on the submissions, TRI director Alok Shikari Kachhap said, “Most applicants belong to the fields…
Mysuru/Chikkamagaluru: The Karnataka Hakki Pikki Tribal Organisation has approached Chikkamagaluru police alleging that a young woman from the community was sold in Senegal, West Africa, by her parents and is now seeking govt assistance to return to India.The organisation president Puneeth Kumar R told TOI that the woman travelled to Senegal with her parents four…
The renaming of Chudel village was recently notified Surat: After years of embarrassment, broken marriage proposals and awkward introductions, residents of a small tribal village in Surat district are celebrating a long-awaited change in identity. The state govt has officially renamed the village from “Chudel” to “Chandanpur”, ending a decades-old stigma attached to its name.The…
Dumka: A 50-year-old tribal man was killed by unidentified assailants in Kairasol village under Borio police station limits of Sahibganj district late on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Badka Murmu, 50. Badka served as the village Naiki (priest). Preliminary probe indicated that he was murdered using a sharp-edged weapon, police said.He is survived by…
Dhanbad: A five-year-old girl died of her injuries after allegedly by sexually assaulted by her uncle. The accused was arrested by a special police team on Thursday.The girl, who hailed from a tribal community, was reportedly alone at her house when her uncle allegedly assaulted her on Wednesday. Family members, who learnt about the incident,…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha police have sent a team to Uttar Pradesh to nab the accused after a minor tribal girl from Dhenkanal district recently alleged that she was raped by several people during the last two years in the Jhansi area of UP. The plight of the girl started after an Odia man sold her to…
