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Two hundred adivasi leaders assembled in Delhi on Wednesday to demand recognition of their religion in the national census. Tribals worship nature but are often categorized as Hindus or slotted under other religions by census enumerators.

Ms. Rama Khalkho belonging to adivasi community was declared elected as Mayor of Ranchi on 30th March, 2008.  Mr. Ajay Nath Shahdeo was declared elected as Deputy Mayor. 

Archbishop Cardinal Telesphore P.Toppo has urged the tribals to unite and form a national political party. Tribals should form a political party to fight for their constitutional rights," Toppo, a tribal himself, said.

Participating in the ongoing meeting of the United Nations Permanent Mission on Indigenous Issues, tribal leaders from Assam have sought help of international community.

Jharsuguda (Orissa) (PTI): A tribal man and his four-year-old daughter were crushed under the wheels of a bus after being allegedly pushed out of the vehicle by its conductor for paying Rs two.

Under the modalities finalised by the Centre in June 1999, state governments have to put in a request with the Centre seeking Schedule Tribe status for a group in their state.

After South Korean steel major POSCO’s proposed greenfield project in Orissa, the one by the world’s biggest steelmaker ArcellorMittal in Jharkhand has met with resistance from residents at the proposed site of the plant who fear displacement.

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