At least 15 people, including 12 policemen, were injured in a clash between tribals protesting against the arrest of their four members in Siliguri. Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) gathered in front of the Nagrakata Police Station on Thursday demanding release four of their members.When police did not release them, the mob [...]
The ABAVP leaders reiterated their opposition to the GJM’s demand for inclusion of the Dooars and Terai areas in a separate State they were campaigning for. The GJM’s attempts to rally support in favour of its demand had met with resistance from the ABAVP, resulting in violence in parts of Jalpaiguri district involving the two [...]
Tea party set to rock Congress poll boat Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India … at a convention organised by the Adivasi Mahasabha and backed by the All Adivasi Students Association of Assam. An interim president, Joseph Kandulna of …
Ranchi, Sept. 25: The tribals are rising. And against their mentors. After more than three years, the Adivasi Chatra Sangh once again took centre stage and vented its ire against chief minister Shibu Soren for his government’s “anti-people†land policy and Governor Syed Sibtey Razi for failing to deliver his promise to protect the interests [...]
Poorly rehabilitated, adivasi families displaced by the Malay Dam in 1983 in Palamu of Jharkhand are now accused of encroaching on forest land GLADSON DUNGDUNG The adivasis, mostly the victims of the development process in India, rarely reap the benefits of it. The three buzz words – compensation, rehabilitation and developmentâ€â€are widely propagated during the [...]
