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‘Protest and you’ll be jailed’: Two tribal minor girls held in Bijapur, kin left in dark for 15 days

“Police asked if we were linked to Naxals...warned that if I continued protesting, I would be jailed,” said 17-year-old Madkam Dhanni, one of two minors arrested among 17 others after the Chhattisgarh government’s ban on tribal rights outfit Moolvasi Bachao Manch on November 8. 

Newslaundry · Nov 30, 2024

What do the home lands of India’s ST communities look like? | Explained

India's 705 Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, making up 8.6% of the population, live in 26 States and 6 U.Ts. Article 244 is the single most important constitutional provision for STs. It applies to 10 States, but 59% of STs remain outside its purview, denied rights under laws applicable to Scheduled…

The Hindu · Oct 2, 2023

Exclusive: Madhya Pradesh hired people close to RSS for govt jobs, skipping actual applicants

February 4, 2022 was a good day for Kaushik Uike. The 30-year-old from Paraswada village in Madhya Pradesh had just learned that his name was on a merit list of candidates for the posts of district and block coordinators in the state. 

Newslaundry · Mar 30, 2023