Pakistan launches anti-polio drive in lawless tribal belt

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 17:58

A three-day anti-polio drive has been launched in the lawless tribal belt of northwest Pakistan to vaccinate over 220,000 children though women health workers are not part of the campaign for security reasons.

Silent, fearful support for US drones in tribal Pakistan

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 23:08

While Pakistani govt routinely denounces US drone strikes, locals say that a sizeable number of people in the country`s tribal areas support them.

No dowry custom among tribals, others should ape this: Patil

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 23:46

Former President of India Pratibha Patil on Saturday lauded the tribal culture, and noted that social evils such as dowry are absent in the tribal societies.

Tribal sarpanch killed by Maoists in Odisha

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 13:52

A tribal sarpanch was killed by Maoists in Odisha`s Malkangiri district as the ultras apparently suspected him of being a police informer, police said on Friday.

Pakistan to include polio drive on agenda of talks with Taliban

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 12:53

The Pakistan government has decided to include polio vaccination on the agenda of dialogue with the Taliban as 90 per cent of the cases this year have been reported from FATA where the militants have banned vaccinations.

Tribal sarpanch killed by Maoists in Odisha

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 12:40

A tribal Sarpanch was killed by Maoists in Odisha`s Malkangiri district as the ultras apparently suspected him of being a police informer, police said Friday.

Bandh affects Kamrup district in Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 15:20

Normal life was disrupted in lower Assam`s Kamrup district today following a 96-hour Rabha-Hasong area bandh from 6 am called by the All Assam Non-Tribal Students Union.

Mizoram refugees in Tripura to get postal ballot

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 14:35

The Reang tribal refugees, lodged in seven makeshift camps in Tripura the past 16 years since they fled their villages in neighbouring Mizoram, would cast their votes through postal ballots in the Dec 4 assembly polls in Mizoram, officials said here Saturday.

Four cops suspended after couple beaten up for `affair`

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 20:09

Four policemen were suspended for negligence of duty after a tribal man and a married woman were allegedly beaten up and their faces blackened by Khokariya villagers who disapproved of a relationship between the two, police said here on Wednesday.

Gujarat government initiates talks with tribal representatives

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 18:55

The Gujarat government has initiated talks with tribal representatives of 70 villages in Narmada district after they opposed land acquisition for a tourism project near the Sardar Sarovar dam at Kevadiya.

Terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan challenge Afghan security: US

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 11:46

The United States has said that safe havens of terrorist in the tribal areas in Pakistan continue to pose challenge to the Afghan security.

Saudi beheaded for tribal killing

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 16:37

Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the western province of Taif today after he was convicted of shooting dead another man, the interior ministry announced.