London, June 30, 2022: A special Mass and Vigil will take place in London on July 5 to mark the first death anniversary of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy. Mass will be celebrated at 1:05 pm in Farm Street Church, Mayfair, by Jesuit Father Dominic Robinson. It will be followed byContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, May 31, 2022: Indian Catholic Church rejoices at the choice of Pope Francis who on May 29 announced that Archbishops Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman and Anthony Poola of Hyderabad will be created cardinals at a consistory to be held at the VaticanContinue Reading
Pithoragarh: Residents of a tribal village in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh fled to a nearby forest area when a team of district health workers came to the village recently for COVID-19 testing. Kuta Chaurani village is inhabited by Banrawats – an endangered tribe. The tribals fled to the adjoining forest on gettingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New York: An Indian rights activist told UN that rights of Dalits and Tribals in India are taken for granted. Ajaya Kumar Singh, one of the human rights activists from India, was invited to speak on the behalf of the NGO Committee for Social Development, asContinue Reading
Ranchi: The tribal community, which constitutes nearly 30 percent of Jharkhand’s population, is in a dilemma after meat shops chose to down shutters in the wake of the government’s ban on illegal slaughterhouses. The khasi, as the goat is known in the adivasi heartland, is intertwined with tribals, who practiceContinue Reading
Protests over proposed amendments to the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act and Santhal Paragana Tenancy (SPT) Act have been on for the past few monthsContinue Reading
New Delhi: Praising the country’s tribal communities for conserving the forests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “no one has right to snatch away tribals’ land”. Modi was speaking while inaugurating the first National Tribal Carnival here, which will continue from October 26-28 at Pragati Maidan. “It’s theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Dalit and tribal voters are in vogue these days as in the ever rising noise of the electoral politics; all political parties compete and claim to be the biggest benefactor of this marginalized population. With assembly elections due next year in the politically sensitive states like UP, PunjabContinue Reading
The federal Home Ministry has revealed the details on an RTI filed by The Indian Express newspaper
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Achanakmar covers an area of 552 sq km and is home to numerous flora and fauna, including the Bengal tiger IndiaContinue Reading