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Karnataka Hakki Pikki arrested in Ivory Coast

Karnataka tribals held in Ivory Coast for illegally selling herbal oil released

August 17, 2026 4:18 pm

The nine people belong to the Hakki Pikki tribe, whose members often tour African countries selling herbal oil used for head and body massage.

Tribals paid Rs 15.25 crore less during land acquisition by ECL, BCCL: CAG report

August 03, 2026 10:11 pm

CAG flags cases where tribals paid less than govt compensation for land

The question the Great Nicobar project raises: Is what can be justified also just?

June 30, 2026 3:47 pm

The doctrine of public trust demands that the state hold vital natural resources — such as air, water, forests, coasts — in trust for the benefit of the public, not only of the present generation but of those yet to come. That intergenerational promise must also extend to our past — or what survives of it, not because of us but despite us

If tribal identity survives displacement, mining and systemic violence, why should it vanish at the gates of a church?

I’m a Christian tribal. Our ‘double advantage’ is a myth

June 26, 2026 7:13 pm

The narrative of ‘double advantage’ ignores the reality of ‘double marginalisation’. In the wider world, Christian tribals have been carrying the burden of their identity and face hostility because of their faith

Amit Shah to attend RSS-linked tribal event in Delhi amid row over ST delisting push

May 24, 2026 5:32 am

The mega Sunday rally being held by RSS-linked Janjati Suraksha Manch has drawn criticism from Congress, which accused BJP of doing a “political stunt” while undermining tribal rights over “jal, jangal and zameen”

Punjab and haryana high court meo tribe custome widow property rights

No ‘second class heirs’: Punjab and Haryana High Court blocks tribal custom of denying property to widows

April 21, 2026 1:56 pm

The petitioner argued before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that his deceased brother’s estate should devolve upon him rather than the man’s widow as per the Meo tribe’s custom.

Tribal man killed in fake encounter 3 decades ago, family’s fight for compensation continues

March 25, 2026 12:34 pm

Recounting the day of the killing, his 62-year-old brother Rimnath, a local Communist Party of India (CPI) leader, said Nagvanshi died trying to help him.

Considering the age of the appellant, the loss of power to remember cannot be ruled out, said the Calcutta High Court.

Why Calcutta High Court eased 2,340 days delay for 82-yr-old woman in filing appeal

January 16, 2026 2:29 pm

Calcutta high court delay condonation: Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury was hearing an application filed by a 82-year-old woman requesting for condonation of delay stating that she came to know the decision of the trial court after more than 8 years.

His advocacy shaped the framework of protective discrimination for Scheduled Tribes and infused constitutional debates with an ethic of cultural plurality.

Jaipal Singh Munda's journey – from Oxford, to the hockey field and Constituent Assembly – challenges narrow views of democracy

January 08, 2026 1:26 pm

Munda’s legacy refuses closure. It survives not only in statues or stadium names, but in everyday idioms of resistance and pride. It lives on the hockey fields of Jharkhand, where Adivasi youth continue to transform marginal grounds into national pipelines of talent. It surfaces in contemporary assertions around Sarna religion, land rights, and cultural recognition

Aranya Sahay’s debut film 'Humans in the Loop' asks: Can technology ever truly reflect diverse worldviews?

December 03, 2025 1:48 pm

This resonates deeply in 2025, with AI’s trillion-dollar boom relying on invisible workers in places like rural India. The film frames their labour through a feminist lens: Like motherhood, data labelling demands patience, care, empathy and endurance, yet remains undervalued