Saudi beheaded for tribal killing

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 16:36

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.

Tribal woman gang-raped in Odisha

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 09:00

A 27-year-old tribal woman was allegedly gang-raped and deserted in a vegetable garden at Kuamada village in Banki police station area of Cuttack district on Sunday, police said.

Tribal woman gang-raped in Odisha

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 00:25

A 27-year-old tribal woman was allegedly gang-raped and deserted in a vegetable garden at Kuamada village in Banki police station area of Cuttack district on Sunday, police said.

One killed in attack in Peshawar

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 20:12

A man was killed and two others were injured when unidentified persons lobbed a grenade and opened fire at a home in this northwestern Pakistani city on Tuesday.

Tribal woman gang-raped in Maharashtra, four held

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 11:13

A 35-year-old tribal woman was allegedly gang-raped by five men at Akloli near Vajreshwari in the district, police said on Wednesday.

Snowfall in tribal areas, widespread rains in higher, mid hills

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 21:01

Moderate snowfall was recorded on Saturday in higher reaches in tribal areas of Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur while mid and higher hills of Himachal Pradesh had widespread rains.

Pakistan raises drone issue at UN

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 15:14

Pakistan has raised the issue of US drone strikes in its tribal regions at the UN Security Council, calling for their cessation and seeking "urgent" talks to resolve the issue, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.

Tribals bury lightning victims in cowdung to "de-poison" them

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 15:57

Driven by superstition, relatives of two tribals, who died due to lightning, kept the bodies in a heap of cowdung hoping them to resurrect.

Andhra Pradesh`s forest official killed by tribals

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 11:01

A forest official was killed and seven others were injured in an attack by tribals in Andhra Pradesh`s Nizamabad district, police said.

At least 60 killed in tribal clashes in Yemen

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 00:05

Security officials in Yemen say at least 60 people were killed in weeks of tribal clashes in the country`s north.

104 terrorists, 8 troops killed in operation against Taliban

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 17:26

More than 100 militants, including foreign fighters, and eight soldiers were killed during an operation conducted to flush out the Taliban from Pakistan`s restive Khyber tribal region, a top army officer said on Wednesday.

Protests over granting of tribal status to ethnic communities in Assam

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 20:41

Protests have erupted across Assam for and against granting of tribal status to various ethnic communities, election to autonomous councils as well as against the demand for Bodoland state carved out of Assam.