Jharkhand’s tenancy laws: Christian priests asked to keep away
2017-03-21
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
Jharkhand Church leaders back indigenous people on land law changes
2017-03-15
Bhubaneswar:Church leaders in eastern India are backing a campaign to overturn recent amendments to decades-old land laws, saying the changes will hurt indigenous communities and lead to privatization of protected territory. Lawmakers in eastern Jharkhand state in November approved changes to two colonial-era laws that would allow the state toContinue Reading
Amendments to land rights law divide Jharkhand tribals
2017-03-07
A tribal outfit burnt the effigy of Cardinal ToppoContinue Reading
Tribal bishops set up think-tank team to address issues
2017-02-25
By Ajit Paul Ranchi: The first national consultation of India’s tribal bishops ended at Ranchi with the setting up a think-tank team to address issues affecting the indigenous peoples of the country. The February 23-24 meeting at Social Development Centre also prepared a memorandum to submit to the Governor ofContinue Reading
Man slits throat, kills self to please goddess
2017-01-31
Jharkhand: A 30-year-old man killed himself by slitting his throat in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district on Tuesday in a ritual to appease a goddess depicted in Hindu scriptures as having severed her own head with a scimitar. Police said Sanjay Nutt, hailing from Buxar in neighbouring Bihar, took his life atContinue Reading
NGO to deliver 1 million sanitary pads in Jharkhand
2017-01-13
275 million women in India can’t access pads because they are too expensive, scarcely available and difficult to discardContinue Reading
Maoist shadow lingers in Jharkhand
2016-11-22
Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a farmer at Punjo Sona Toli under the Ghaghra Police Station area in Gumla District. Police recovered a pamphlet near the body, which was found half a kilometre away from the farmer’s residence. The pamphlet alleged he was an informer of the JharkhandContinue Reading
Catholic bishops decry Jharkhand chief minister’s “divisive statements”
2016-10-23
The Jharkhand chief minister has ordered a probe into activities of Christian NGOsContinue Reading
5,000 damaged transformers keep Jharkhand in darkness
2016-09-08
The total expenditure on replacing 5,000 transformers would be around 4 billion rupees.Continue Reading
World’s first Kurux school soon to be recognized
2016-08-14
Students in Loordippa take English as first language besides Kurux and Hindi.Continue Reading