Head Lines of the News

 The Pradesh Manjhi Parganit, Munda Manki, Dokolo Sohar,  Mahato-Pahra Mahasamiti have decided to start an agitation to fight for the rights of the tribals in the State. The organisation has demanded that if the Government does not recognise the five tribal languages, Santhali, Kurukh, Mundari, Ho, and Kharia and start primary education in their mother tongue upto March 31, 2008......

India will document, validate and popularise folk medicine practices of tribals across the country and even start institutes for their study to save these traditions from extinction.

The Jharkhand Government's move to administer its tribal areas has come under judicial scanner with the Supreme Court issuing notice on a petition that states the Centre to be the sole administrator of Tribal or Scheduled Areas under the Constitution.

Tribal bodies in Jharkhand have decided to boycott the seventh foundation day of the state to protest the denial of second language status to tribal languages.

Some 33 years ago Sibu Soren was an activist leader of a movement against the exploitation of money lenders.  Those days there was a clash between adivasis and non-adivasis in village Chirudih in which 11 people died.

The former Education Minister of joint Bihar Mr. Karamchand Bhagat died on 8 March 2008.   He was 78.  He was one of the leaders of JVM..

KurukhWorld News Headlines