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  • Maharashtra: Tribal man verbally abused, beaten up by local BJP leader, three others in Palghar

    By PTI

    PALGHAR: A 57-year-old tribal man was allegedly beaten up and verbally abused by a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and three others in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Tuesday.

    The police on Monday registered an FIR against Bharat Rajput, the newly appointed president of the BJP’s Palghar district unit, and three others under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506(2) (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, an official said.

    Rajput’s brother Jagdish, one Vishal Nandalskar and Rajesh Thakur are the other accused named in the FIR, he said.

    According to the police, the complainant is a resident of Navapada village and belonged to the Adivasi-Warli community.

    On August 4, a local organisation called on the complainant, who is a farmer and social worker, inviting him to put forth issues relating to roads and water in the village, and he accompanied them, the official said.

    The man later received a phone call from Rajput asking him to meet him at his office, and when he arrived at the premises, the BJP leader was allegedly furious at him for accompanying people from the other organisation, he said.

    Rajput and the other accused allegedly verbally abused the complainant used casteist slurs against him and beat him up. They also warned him of dire consequences, the official said.

    PALGHAR: A 57-year-old tribal man was allegedly beaten up and verbally abused by a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and three others in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Tuesday.

    The police on Monday registered an FIR against Bharat Rajput, the newly appointed president of the BJP’s Palghar district unit, and three others under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506(2) (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, an official said.

    Rajput’s brother Jagdish, one Vishal Nandalskar and Rajesh Thakur are the other accused named in the FIR, he said.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    According to the police, the complainant is a resident of Navapada village and belonged to the Adivasi-Warli community.

    On August 4, a local organisation called on the complainant, who is a farmer and social worker, inviting him to put forth issues relating to roads and water in the village, and he accompanied them, the official said.

    The man later received a phone call from Rajput asking him to meet him at his office, and when he arrived at the premises, the BJP leader was allegedly furious at him for accompanying people from the other organisation, he said.

    Rajput and the other accused allegedly verbally abused the complainant used casteist slurs against him and beat him up. They also warned him of dire consequences, the official said.

  • Hindu Succession Act: SC bats for amendment of law denying tribal women equal property rights

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI:  Observing that a female tribal is entitled to parity with male tribal in intestate succession, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to examine the issue and consider amending the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act so as to make it applicable to the members of the Scheduled Tribes.

    The top court said when the daughter belonging to the non­-tribal is entitled to equal share in the property of her father, there is no reason to deny such a right to the daughter of tribal communities.

    As per Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, the Hindu Succession Act will not be applicable to members of the Scheduled Tribes.

    A bench of Justices M R Shah and Krishna Murari said there is no justification for denying the right of survivorship (a right of a person to property on the death of another having a joint interest) so far as the female members of Scheduled Tribes are concerned.

    “It is directed to examine the question by the Central Government to consider it just and necessary to withdraw the exemptions provided under the Hindu Succession Act in so far as the applicability of the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act to the Scheduled Tribes and whether to bring a suitable amendment or not.

    “We hope and trust that the Central Government will look into the matter and take an appropriate decision taking into consideration the right to equality guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India,” the bench said.

    The apex court said a female tribal is entitled to parity with male tribal in intestate succession.

    “To deny the equal right to the daughter belonging to the tribal even after a period of 70 years of the Constitution of India under which right to equality is guaranteed, it is high time for the Central Government to look into the matter and if required, to amend the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act by which the Hindu Succession Act is not made applicable to the members of the Scheduled Tribe,” the bench said.

    The top court’s observations came while dismissing a plea on whether a daughter (belonging to Scheduled Tribes) is entitled to the share in the compensation with respect to the land acquired on survivorship basis under the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act.

    “Therefore, so long as Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act stands and there is no amendment, the parties shall be governed by the provisions of Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act.

    “Therefore, though on equity we may be with the appellant being daughter and more than approximately 70 years have passed after the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act and much water has flown thereafter and though we are prima facie of the opinion that not to grant the benefit of survivorship to the daughter in the property of the father can be said to be bad in law and cannot be justified in the present scenario, unless Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act is amended, the parties being member of the Scheduled Tribe are governed by Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act,” the bench said.

    NEW DELHI:  Observing that a female tribal is entitled to parity with male tribal in intestate succession, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to examine the issue and consider amending the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act so as to make it applicable to the members of the Scheduled Tribes.

    The top court said when the daughter belonging to the non­-tribal is entitled to equal share in the property of her father, there is no reason to deny such a right to the daughter of tribal communities.

    As per Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, the Hindu Succession Act will not be applicable to members of the Scheduled Tribes.

    A bench of Justices M R Shah and Krishna Murari said there is no justification for denying the right of survivorship (a right of a person to property on the death of another having a joint interest) so far as the female members of Scheduled Tribes are concerned.

    “It is directed to examine the question by the Central Government to consider it just and necessary to withdraw the exemptions provided under the Hindu Succession Act in so far as the applicability of the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act to the Scheduled Tribes and whether to bring a suitable amendment or not.

    “We hope and trust that the Central Government will look into the matter and take an appropriate decision taking into consideration the right to equality guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India,” the bench said.

    The apex court said a female tribal is entitled to parity with male tribal in intestate succession.

    “To deny the equal right to the daughter belonging to the tribal even after a period of 70 years of the Constitution of India under which right to equality is guaranteed, it is high time for the Central Government to look into the matter and if required, to amend the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act by which the Hindu Succession Act is not made applicable to the members of the Scheduled Tribe,” the bench said.

    The top court’s observations came while dismissing a plea on whether a daughter (belonging to Scheduled Tribes) is entitled to the share in the compensation with respect to the land acquired on survivorship basis under the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act.

    “Therefore, so long as Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act stands and there is no amendment, the parties shall be governed by the provisions of Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act.

    “Therefore, though on equity we may be with the appellant being daughter and more than approximately 70 years have passed after the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act and much water has flown thereafter and though we are prima facie of the opinion that not to grant the benefit of survivorship to the daughter in the property of the father can be said to be bad in law and cannot be justified in the present scenario, unless Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act is amended, the parties being member of the Scheduled Tribe are governed by Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act,” the bench said.

  • Congress doesn’t respect tribals, didn’t support Murmu in presidential polls: PM Modi in Gujarat

    By PTI

    NETRANG: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of having no respect for the tribal community in the country, and said it even opposed the candidature of Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election held earlier this year.

    Addressing a public rally at Netrang, a tribal area of Bharuch district in poll-bound Gujarat, Modi also said that the entire world was amazed at how India has come out of such a big pandemic of COVID-19 in such a short span.

    “Congress has no respect for tribals in the country…We decided to make our tribal daughter (Droupadi Murmu) the president of the country. We went to Congress with folded hands to accept her (support her candidature), but they opposed. We put all our might and made the tribal daughter win the election,” Modi said.

    “Be it, Birsa Munda or Govind Guru, the Congress did not give respect to tribal leaders of the country,” he further alleged.ALSO READ | Congress gave you MGNREGA, scholarships; BJP took away your land: Rahul to tribals in Gujarat

    The PM said the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in a big country like India was terrifying.

    “The whole world faced such a terrifying pandemic. If someone gets sick at our home, we take four to five years to come out of it (financial effect). We faced the pandemic in such a big country. But the way we came out of it, the entire world is amazed. They are not able to understand how it happened,” Modi said.

    “Factories got closed; people had to go back to their villages. In such circumstances, our first concern was there should be enough food for poor people; a child of a poor should not go to sleep without food. So we have been providing free ration to 80 crore people for the last three years,” he said.

    “Secondly, to fight the pandemic, vaccination was crucial. Even now, many countries are struggling to vaccinate their entire population. We have given more than 200 crore doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine. After two doses, we provided a booster dose also free,” Modi said.

    The prime minister said that the Digital India campaign has brought about a revolution in the country.

    If the Congress was in power, your mobile bill could have been around Rs 4,000 to 5,000 per month, which is minimal now. “We made data affordable,” he said.

    Speaking on the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he said that in the past, specifications of houses built under government schemes were set by the people sitting in Gandhinagar or Delhi.

    “But we changed the rules. How can a person sitting in Delhi know what is the requirement of a tribal person who is in poultry farming? We said that you should trust our people as nobody will build an inferior quality home for themselves,” the prime minister said.

    NETRANG: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of having no respect for the tribal community in the country, and said it even opposed the candidature of Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election held earlier this year.

    Addressing a public rally at Netrang, a tribal area of Bharuch district in poll-bound Gujarat, Modi also said that the entire world was amazed at how India has come out of such a big pandemic of COVID-19 in such a short span.

    “Congress has no respect for tribals in the country…We decided to make our tribal daughter (Droupadi Murmu) the president of the country. We went to Congress with folded hands to accept her (support her candidature), but they opposed. We put all our might and made the tribal daughter win the election,” Modi said.

    “Be it, Birsa Munda or Govind Guru, the Congress did not give respect to tribal leaders of the country,” he further alleged.ALSO READ | Congress gave you MGNREGA, scholarships; BJP took away your land: Rahul to tribals in Gujarat

    The PM said the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in a big country like India was terrifying.

    “The whole world faced such a terrifying pandemic. If someone gets sick at our home, we take four to five years to come out of it (financial effect). We faced the pandemic in such a big country. But the way we came out of it, the entire world is amazed. They are not able to understand how it happened,” Modi said.

    “Factories got closed; people had to go back to their villages. In such circumstances, our first concern was there should be enough food for poor people; a child of a poor should not go to sleep without food. So we have been providing free ration to 80 crore people for the last three years,” he said.

    “Secondly, to fight the pandemic, vaccination was crucial. Even now, many countries are struggling to vaccinate their entire population. We have given more than 200 crore doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine. After two doses, we provided a booster dose also free,” Modi said.

    The prime minister said that the Digital India campaign has brought about a revolution in the country.

    If the Congress was in power, your mobile bill could have been around Rs 4,000 to 5,000 per month, which is minimal now. “We made data affordable,” he said.

    Speaking on the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he said that in the past, specifications of houses built under government schemes were set by the people sitting in Gandhinagar or Delhi.

    “But we changed the rules. How can a person sitting in Delhi know what is the requirement of a tribal person who is in poultry farming? We said that you should trust our people as nobody will build an inferior quality home for themselves,” the prime minister said.

  • Chhattisgarh dance fest brings together world’s tribals

    Express News Service

    RAIPUR:  Ten countries, 28 states, six union territories, one stage. Tribal performers from various regions around the world are showcasing their culture and heritage at the three-day National Tribal Dance Festival that got off to a colourful start at the Science College ground in Raipur on Tuesday.

    The Chhattisgarh state, carved out of the erstwhile Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 2000, is also organising a Rajyotsav and Investiture Ceremony on the occasion of its 22nd Foundation Day.The dance festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who also released a postal stamp, envelope and a coffee table book on National Tribal Dance Festival-2021 on the occasion.

    “The history of dance is as old as mankind. There remains a similarity between the various styles of tribal dances and their musical instruments, which were passed from one generation to another. The key objective behind organising the Tribal Mahotsav is to create unity in safeguarding their rights, traditions and culture,” Baghel said while extending his gratitude to the tribal participants who arrived from outside the state. 

    On the first day of the event, which is being organised with an aim to promote cultural exchange, saw tribal dance troupes from 10 countries presenting their skills. The next two days will see participations by around 1,400 tribal artistes who will also get to know the art, customs, rituals, traditions, cuisine and other practices about each other. Troupes from Mozambique, Mongolia, Tongo, Russia, Indonesia, Maldives, Serbia, New Zealand, Egypt and Rwanda are in Raipur for the first time to stage their performances.

    Calling the visit captivating, Sophia, the leader of the Russian troupe that has come from St. Petersburg, said, “It’s heart-warming to be here to present our culture. The dance we performed was a reflection of a powerful art form existing in Russia for centuries.” 

    Among the performers were members of the Mongolian Grand Theatre of National Arts, who staged the Joroon Joroo and Biyelgee dance encapsulating the Mongolian nomadic way of life. Similarly, groups from Egypt and Serbia shared with this newspaper that they were delighted by the hospitality offered to them in the state. “We are here to win the hearts of Indians,” they said.

    At the venue, the experts will also participate in seminars to deliberate upon how tribal development can be effectively secured and promoted further. This year, two themes have been earmarked for the festival ‘Tribal Dances on Harvesting’ and ‘Tribal Traditions and Ritual Occasions’. This is the third such festival organised by the Chhattisgarh government. The state has around 32% tribal population. 

    RAIPUR:  Ten countries, 28 states, six union territories, one stage. Tribal performers from various regions around the world are showcasing their culture and heritage at the three-day National Tribal Dance Festival that got off to a colourful start at the Science College ground in Raipur on Tuesday.

    The Chhattisgarh state, carved out of the erstwhile Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 2000, is also organising a Rajyotsav and Investiture Ceremony on the occasion of its 22nd Foundation Day.
    The dance festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who also released a postal stamp, envelope and a coffee table book on National Tribal Dance Festival-2021 on the occasion.

    “The history of dance is as old as mankind. There remains a similarity between the various styles of tribal dances and their musical instruments, which were passed from one generation to another. The key objective behind organising the Tribal Mahotsav is to create unity in safeguarding their rights, traditions and culture,” Baghel said while extending his gratitude to the tribal participants who arrived from outside the state. 

    On the first day of the event, which is being organised with an aim to promote cultural exchange, saw tribal dance troupes from 10 countries presenting their skills. The next two days will see participations by around 1,400 tribal artistes who will also get to know the art, customs, rituals, traditions, cuisine and other practices about each other. Troupes from Mozambique, Mongolia, Tongo, Russia, Indonesia, Maldives, Serbia, New Zealand, Egypt and Rwanda are in Raipur for the first time to stage their performances.

    Calling the visit captivating, Sophia, the leader of the Russian troupe that has come from St. Petersburg, said, “It’s heart-warming to be here to present our culture. The dance we performed was a reflection of a powerful art form existing in Russia for centuries.” 

    Among the performers were members of the Mongolian Grand Theatre of National Arts, who staged the Joroon Joroo and Biyelgee dance encapsulating the Mongolian nomadic way of life. Similarly, groups from Egypt and Serbia shared with this newspaper that they were delighted by the hospitality offered to them in the state. “We are here to win the hearts of Indians,” they said.

    At the venue, the experts will also participate in seminars to deliberate upon how tribal development can be effectively secured and promoted further. This year, two themes have been earmarked for the festival ‘Tribal Dances on Harvesting’ and ‘Tribal Traditions and Ritual Occasions’. This is the third such festival organised by the Chhattisgarh government. The state has around 32% tribal population. 

  • Menstruating tribal girls prevented from planting saplings in Maharashtra 

    Express News Service

    The republic of India proudly celebrated the anointing first tribal woman Draupadi Murmu as President of India on Monday, but on the other hand, the tribal girl students who in their menstrual cycle (monthly period) were prevented from planting saplings in a function by their teachers in Nasik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday. 

    The tribal students at Devgaon Tribal school, Trimbekeshwar, were prevented from participating in the tree plantation program of the school by their teachers as the girls were menstruating. These students were told that if the menstruating girls plant the saplings, they would not grow and survive. Therefore, they should not be part of the program.

    They were also told that last year a few girls planted the samplings when they were menstruating and they did not grow well.

    Further, they also informed the girls who are menstruating should never go close to the planted saplings. These girls shared this incident with their parents and they subsequently filed a complaint to the tribal development department and demanded action against the teachers who humiliated them.

    The tribal girls said that their teachers always humiliate them during their menstrual cycle. “They also insulted these girls by calling us with a particular insulting name in the class and in public, always. When we were prevented from planting saplings, we asked the teachers the scientific reasons behind it, but they told this was a myth, and we should believe in it. But teachers rather than understanding our viewpoint, threatened us and asked to keep quiet. If we speak, then they will not allow us to sit for the board exams as well,” said a tribal girl.

    Maharashtra state commission for women chairman Rupali Chakankar took cognisance of this incident asking tribal development department to probe and submit a report. 

    “We should condemn this shameful incident in state like Maharashtra. Teachers conduct are objectionable. The job of the teachers is remove superstitious belief, not make the students superstitious. The teachers humiliated them by preventing them from planting saplings. The factual report should be submitted and action would be taken,” she added. 

    The republic of India proudly celebrated the anointing first tribal woman Draupadi Murmu as President of India on Monday, but on the other hand, the tribal girl students who in their menstrual cycle (monthly period) were prevented from planting saplings in a function by their teachers in Nasik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday. 

    The tribal students at Devgaon Tribal school, Trimbekeshwar, were prevented from participating in the tree plantation program of the school by their teachers as the girls were menstruating. These students were told that if the menstruating girls plant the saplings, they would not grow and survive. Therefore, they should not be part of the program.

    They were also told that last year a few girls planted the samplings when they were menstruating and they did not grow well.

    Further, they also informed the girls who are menstruating should never go close to the planted saplings. These girls shared this incident with their parents and they subsequently filed a complaint to the tribal development department and demanded action against the teachers who humiliated them.

    The tribal girls said that their teachers always humiliate them during their menstrual cycle. “They also insulted these girls by calling us with a particular insulting name in the class and in public, always. When we were prevented from planting saplings, we asked the teachers the scientific reasons behind it, but they told this was a myth, and we should believe in it. But teachers rather than understanding our viewpoint, threatened us and asked to keep quiet. If we speak, then they will not allow us to sit for the board exams as well,” said a tribal girl.

    Maharashtra state commission for women chairman Rupali Chakankar took cognisance of this incident asking tribal development department to probe and submit a report. 

    “We should condemn this shameful incident in state like Maharashtra. Teachers conduct are objectionable. The job of the teachers is remove superstitious belief, not make the students superstitious. The teachers humiliated them by preventing them from planting saplings. The factual report should be submitted and action would be taken,” she added. 

  • RIP Stan Swamy: A life dedicated to and for Adivasis

    By PTI
    RANCHI: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race” – The Biblical words seem to sum up the life of Stanislaus Lourduswamy (84), the Jesuit priest from Jharkhand who was popularly known as Stan Swamy died on Monday in Mumbai hours before his appeal for bail in a case where he is ironically accused of being an ‘Urban Naxal’ was to be heard in court.

    Swamy or ‘Stan’ as his friends called him had spent long years working among his beloved Advisasis in this eastern Indian tribal state.

    In 2016, moved by the plight of Adivasi prisoners in the tribal state, many of whom were falsely branded as `Naxalites, Swamy did a research on them which was published as a report titled Deprived of rights over natural resources, impoverished Adivasis get prison: a study of Undertrials in Jharkhand.

    His study found that 31 per cent of undertrials and a little over a third of the convicts were tribals. The percentage of tribals in jail was far higher than their proportion of the population.

    Among other key findings were that 97 per cent of undertrials interviewed said that allegations that they were linked to Maoists were false, and 96 per cent of them earned less than Rs 5,000 a month, underlining the fact the poorest and the most vulnerable in the state were the among the ones arrested under stringent anti-terror laws.

    His study coming after three decades of work among the tribals which focussed on their community, land and forest rights, was considered authoritative but also discomfited the powers that be. Swamy who was born in Trichy in Tamil Nadu according to his friends, studied theology and did a Masters in Sociology at the University of Manila in the 1970s.

    Later he studied at Brussels where he struck up a friendship with Archbishop Holder Camara whose work among Brazils poor influenced him. He later worked as Director of the Jesuit-run Indian Social Institute at Bangalore from 1975 to 1986.

    As an activist for tribals in Jharkhand some thirty years ago, he worked for the release of tribal youths from imprisonment, often in cases where they were falsely accused. He took up the causes of tribals marginalised after their lands ha been taken over for dams, mines and townships, often without their consent.

    Two days before NIA took him into custody in connection to the Bhim Koregaon case, the Jesuit priest claimed stringent laws such as UAPA were being misused to arrest tribals “indiscriminately in a video message”.

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 9 last year had filed a charge-sheet against eight people, including Father Stan Swamy, for their alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1, 2018.

    Swamy who was arrested from his home in Ranchi on October 8, 2020 had said he has never been to Bhima Koregaon. However he was taken to Mumbai where he was produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody.

    He is possibly the oldest person to be charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), officials had then said. NIA officials had said investigations established he was actively involved in the activities of the CPI (Maoist).

    The NIA also alleged that he was in contact with “conspirators” — Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Hany Babu, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde — to further the group’s activities.

    The agency alleged that Swamy had also received funds through an associate for furthering the agenda. Besides, he was convenor of the Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee (PPSC), a frontal organisation of the CPI(Maoist), the officials had claimed.

    They allaged literature, propaganda material of the CPI (Maoist) and documents related to communications for furthering the group’s programmes were seized from his possession. Ahead of his arrest, Swamy had posted a video saying the NIA had been interrogating him and had questioned him for 15 hours during a span of five days.

    “Now they want me to go to Mumbai, which I have said that I won’t go,” he had said, citing the pandemic. The video, posted on YouTube, was recorded two days before his arrest. “I have never been to Bhima Koregaon for which I am being made an accused,” he had said.

    He had added that he had asked for questioning through video conference and hoped that better “human sense” would prevail.

    “…what is happening to me is not something unique happening to me alone, it is a broader process taking place all over the country.

    We all are aware how prominent intellectuals, lawyers, writers, poets, activists, student leaders are all put in jail because they have expressed their dissent or raised questions about the ruling powers of India,” Swamy had said in the video.

    He had said he is part of “the process” and in a way happy to be so because he was not a silent spectator and is part of the game. “I am ready to pay the price whatever be it,” Swamy had said.

    The Bhima Koregaon case was taken over by the NIA on January 24 last year. Pune Police has alleged that the violence was caused following speeches given by members of the group Elgar Parishad on December 31, 2017. Violence broke out the next day.

  • MP woman forced to walk with boy on shoulders for leaving husband, 4 held

    By ANI
    GUNA: A viral video surfaced in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, in which a tribal woman was forced to follow the regressive ritual of carrying her ex-husband’s brother on her shoulders for living with another man.

    “A video has been surfaced on social media showing a woman carrying her ex-husband’s brother on her shoulders as villagers armed with sticks and cricket bats marched alongside,” said Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajiv Mishra.

    #WATCH: A video went viral of a woman who was made to walk in MP’s Guna while carrying a boy on shoulders. She had allegedly left her husband for someone else. Angered by this, her relatives also allegedly beat her”Case registered. 3 of 4 accused arrested,” said SP Guna(15.02) pic.twitter.com/LWTE9gwNWy
    — ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2021

    The video also shows that some even hit her with sticks when she slowed down.

    Meanwhile, the police have arrested four accused related to the case of viral video.

    “The incident had happened on February 9 and I joined on February 10. The investigation was initiated regarding the viral video and a case has been registered and four accused have been arrested so far.”

    “The woman was being punished by her in-laws because she had left her first husband and has started living with another man. This is the regressive tradition being followed in the region,” Mishra said.

    “The matter is under investigation,” he added. 

  • Production of crops like lemongrass and turmeric under MNREGA program under technical guidance of KVK

    In the Tribes India Adi Festival organized from February 1 to February 15 under the joint aegis of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India, the District of Korea has made a strong presence with agricultural products. Scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mr. Vijay Kumar and Engineer, etc. Kamlesh Kumar Singh has also been joined by two tribal farmers of Koriya district.
    Raw agricultural products, horticulture, cultivation products, beekeeping, native cow milk from tribal farmers included in the Korea Agro Producers Company Limited, formed under the cooperation of the district administration and technical guidance of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, under the leadership of Collector Shri SN Rathore. After collecting the etc., pure and indigenous products have been prepared in various value addition and processing units established through Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Korea. These products include indigenous aromatic rice (jeeraful, ranikajal, lohndi, lalu) native rice- (ketki, chhindamouri, karahani, khirasar, narapati) deshi dal (arhar, gram, kulthi, moong, lentils etc.) natural honey- (karanja, wild Forest basil, mustard) Sangadh oil (Lemongrass, Satronella, Palmarosa) Lemongrass tea leaf, Handmade soap- (Lemongrass and Sindur, Lemongrass and turmeric, Palmarosa and Sindur, Palmarosa and turmeric), Agarbatti (Lemongrass and Satronella), Sweet potato flour , A-toe ghee, dried mushrooms and mushroom powder etc. products of indigenous cow. For display and sale in front of citizens from across the country at the Adi Mahotsav, organized by Indian Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Association Maryadit (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India) in New Delhi from 1st to 15th February with quality certification by packing beautiful products. Becoming available It is noteworthy that Lemongrass and turmeric on vacant land under the MNREGA scheme’s fall land development program by the district administration to provide new techniques of farming and new means of income to tribal farmers of the district, and traditional agriculture For example, the production of crops is being encouraged.

  • Surajpur was known as Dandbulla and Suryapur, know what is history

    Surajpur was earlier known as Dandabulla, later called Suryapur and now appears in its latest form as Surajpur. Archeology, art and architecture of Surajpur is very famous for its religious significance. Chhattisgarh which is very famous as the bowl of money. There is a tribal majority division in its northern part Surguja. Surguja was divided into two more districts. One of them was Surajpur, which became the 26th district of the state with its administrative headquarters located at Surajpur, which has a geographical location of 23.22 latitude and longitude 82.85. It covers a total area of ​​2786.76 sq km, which attracts 789043 people.
    General boundaries: Surajpur district shares its borders with Balrampur district in the east, Sarguja district in the southeast, Korba district in the south and Korea district in the west. It also touches the border of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh in the north.
    Language: Among languages, Surgujia, Khudaku and Kodaku are more popular in the region. Whenever people from other states live here, dialects like Bhojpuri, Bengali, Odia and others are also heard.
    Celebrations: In festivals, there is a symbol of unity among the people and in almost all the festivals, different festivals are celebrated with full enthusiasm and fervor. By the way, many indigenous festivals are celebrated here with many different imports: Karma, Khesrata, Khani, Sarhul and Dussehra.

  • Rajnath promises road facelift, more power to tribal councils in Mizoram

    Alleging that the Congress Government had not done anything to bring about development in Mizoram, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the BJP, if voted to power, would upgrade the road infrastructure in the State within six months.

    Addressing an election rally here, he said the condition of roads in the North-eastern State has gone from bad to worse under the Congress rule.

    “The BJP, if elected to power, will build highways and mend roads in the State within six months. The poll-bound State probably has the worst road infrastructure in the country even after a decade of Congress rule,” Singh said.

    The Minister also asserted that the Centre would ensure passage of an amendment to the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, providing more power to the autonomous district councils of Mizoram.

    “If the two BJP nominees in the Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) are elected to power, the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre will be able to push for an amendment to the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to ensure more autonomy to the district councils,” he said.

    MADC, one of the three autonomous district councils within the State, has its headquarters in Siaha.