That day of reckoning in Santal land in 1855!
2016-06-30
Is a second ‘Hul’ in the offing in the growing scenario of neo-colonization of tribal lands?Continue Reading
Police clueless in drive against witch-hunt
2016-06-20
Unarmed and gullible villagers driven by superstitions are apparently posing more challenges than gun-toting extremists to police in the hinterland of Jharkhand, leaving security apparatus useless when it comes to tackling atrocities against women, especially those committed in the garb of witch-hunting. While people-friendly initiatives and strong intelligence network, aidedContinue Reading
Village kids outwit state apathy to score first division
2016-05-29
Three girls and two boys of a teacherless school got a first divisionContinue Reading
Jharkhand’s children deprived of mid-day meal despite court order
2016-05-20
Despite the Supreme Court order that children should get nutritious food in the drought-affected areas, Jharkhand’s schoolchildren are missing on their share of mid-day meals due to the ongoing summer vacation. Jharkhand is the one of the worst-affected states in the country with its 22 out of 24 districts facingContinue Reading
In 24 hours, two journalists shot dead in Bihar and Jharkhand
2016-05-13
Patna: Two journalists have been shot dead in Bihar and neighbouring Jharkhand in the last 24 hours. On Friday evening, Rajdev Ranjan, a journalist with over 20 years of experience and the bureau chief of the Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead in Bihar’s Siwan district. Two shots were firedContinue Reading
Thalassemia, anaemia among tribal women worry doctors
2016-04-28
More than a hundred gynaecologists, pediatrician and radiologists, who assembled in Bokaro recently, to share their views on prenatal diagnosis and screening for infection during pregnancies, have raised concern over growing cases of thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia among the tribal people of Jharkhand. Doctors from Maharashtra, Kolkata, Bihar andContinue Reading
Tribal students in Jharkhand can now learn Hindi, Maths in mother tongue
2015-11-24
Ranchi: State-run schools in Jharkhand will impart Hindi and Mathematics lessons to students between class one and three in their tribal mother tongue, a state official said on Monday, aiming to curb a high dropout rate in primary classes. Tribals constitute nearly 26% of the state’s 3.29-crore population but lagsContinue Reading
Story of Sister Valsa John
2015-10-17
This is the inspiring story of Sr. Valsa John, a Catholic nun who worked among the Santal tribals of Jharkhand for more than 15 years — first as a schoolteacher and then as a human rights activist—until her brutal murder on November 15, 2011. It provides an insider’s view ofContinue Reading
Jharkhand nun’s murder, 16 get life term
2015-10-17
Sr. John became known in Jharkhand after she launched campaigns against displacement and pollutionContinue Reading