In a significant move that brings forward the ongoing struggle for the rights of marginalized communities in India, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has written a compelling letter to his Assam ...

Besides Scheduled Tribe status, they also demanded land ownership rights and an increase in daily wages. Thousands from Assam's tea garden community held a protest in Tinsukia district today Their ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday presented appointment letters to 215 candidates from the Tea Tribes and ...

Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 23 (ANI): The Assam cabinet on Thursday decided to exempt members of the Tea Tribe, Moran, Motok and Scheduled Tribe communities from the provision of restricting the ...

The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the Group of Ministers report that recommends granting Scheduled Tribe status to six communities in the state. The report recommends including the six ...

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren wrote to his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday (September 25, 2024) demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the tea tribe community. He said ...

Kolkata: After years of struggle, the most prominent political demand by tea workers in Assam is about to be fulfilled. The task force on scheduling of tribes has recommended, to the Union ministry of ...

Several thousand tea estate workers, many of them Catholics, in India’s northeastern state of Assam staged a mass protest on Oct. 13 to demand constitutional status as tribal people, higher wages, and ...

Assam’s six indigenous communities demand ST status to protect socio-political, economic, and land rights, amid government delays.

Guwahati: In what is said to be a political move to counter Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s aggressive campaign, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday urged his counterpart in ...

Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said on Friday, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March, ...

Members of the Thadou tribe held a protest in Assam's Guwahati on Wednesday seeking justice for Thadou leader Nehkam Jomhao, who was tortured and killed by Kuki insurgents in Karbi Anglong last month.