“Inclusion in the Eighth Schedule gives a language a national status that helps in a number of ways,” said Hari Oraon, head of tribal and regional languages department of Ranchi University...

24-year-old long distance runner Arjun Tudu no longer looks at his medals and trophies with pride, as unemployment has pushed him into despair. The youth has won senior national championships but the...

Encouraged by the successes of the past, the Confederation of Indian Industry's Jharkhand chapter will hold the third edition of its Tribal Development Meet on Thursday over CII'...

An ancient fiddle-like tribal instrument on the verge of extinction is making melody on screen. Banam, a film on a string instrument used by the Santhal community as an accompaniment to its songs, has...

A Calcutta-based enterprise, Prem Footwear, is training poor tribal women of Chakradharpur and Chaibasa to make one lakh pairs slippers for free distribution among the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal G...

The Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) said it, along with apex Naga tribal hohos, had resolved to support implementation of the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland ...

Once a terror in Odisha, Bengal and Jharkhand, septuagenarian Lodha sardar Kala Chand is being wooed by political parties because even at 73, his wish is the command for many. Why? A former dreaded da...

Over thousand supporters of the Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, a tribal wing of the Opposition CPM, took out a rally here on Saturday to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.The rally s...

There is a lot to learn from the way indigenous artists tell stories through a curious blend of colours, creating an independent style in the process. The five-day tribal art workshop that came to an ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election rally in Gumla on November 26 had urged the tribals to vote for the BJP, saying that it was the Adivasis who turned prince Ram into “maryada purushott...