Hoshangabad: A tribal widow was allegedly forced to drink urine and mercilessly beaten up by members of her own community as they suspected her of practising black magic, police said on Monday. Four persons were arrested following a complaint by the victim, they said. The shocking incident took place in Kudkheda village under Piparia tehsil of Hoshangabad district on April 19, 2013, police said.
The tribals suspected the widow indulged in black magic. To punish her, they brought a glass of urine and forced her to drink it. They also thrashed her, police added. Meanwhile, opposition Congress condemned the incident and alleged the BJP government has failed to protect the honour of women in the State.
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Kantilal Bhuria said the episode shows some people have no fear of law or law enforcing agencies. Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh termed it as "shameful" and said women are finding it difficult to live with dignity under the BJP government....
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01:20 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Raipur: The NHRC has directed the Chhattisgarh government to submit a report within a month over the allegations that 7,000 'unnecessary' hysterectomy surgeries were conducted in the state by some doctors, just to claim money under a health insurance scheme. "There are allegations that 7,000 hysterectomies - uterus removal surgeries - had been conducted by unscrupulous doctors in 169 hospitals of Chhattisgarh, to claim money under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima...
08:29 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: A team of the SC/ST Commission, which was sent to Chhattisgarh to probe the allegations of sexual abuse of tribal girls in government-run hostels, will be soon filing its report. "We have sent a team to probe the matter in Chhattisgarh," said National Commission for Schedule Castes Vice Chairman Dr Raj Kumar Verka. An IBN7 investigation exposed how young tribal girls in Chhattisgarh were being sexually assaulted and...
09:10 AM, Mar 30, 2013
An IBN Network expose showed how tribal women were forced into prostitution at a government run hostel in Chattisgarh by the hostel warden. After 7 years of suffering the horror, two girls finally mustered up the courage to speak out. Union Tribal Affairs Minister KC Deo has commented on the issue, saying that the Centre will send a fact-finding team to Chattisgarh to probe the matter. ...
05:28 PM, Mar 29, 2013
New Delhi: Women activists have demanded that an independent probe should be carried out into allegations that tribal girls were being sexually abused in government-run hostels in Chhattisgarh. An IBN7 investigation exposed how young tribal girls in Chhattisgarh were being sexually assaulted and pushed into prostitution by their own teachers. Girls admitted on camera that they were raped and abused by hostel officials at various occasions. All India Progressive Women's...
09:35 AM, Mar 29, 2013
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has found the criteria for inclusion of tribes in the Scheduled List "subjective" and "archaic" and recommended revision of the process for developing a comprehensive method. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment in its report on "The Constitution (ST) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2012" has also said that it be apprised within three months on the steps taken to re-examine the process of...
07:25 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Kokrajhar: The police crackdown on people behind the second round of violence in Kokrajhar in Assam led to the arrest of a key Bodo leader on Saturday. It does seem that the Congress is desperate to distance itself from its coalition partner in the state, the Bodoland People's Front. ULFA in Assam on Monday will protest an alleged fake encounter in Majuli. ULFA's anti-talk faction has called for a 12-hour...
06:31 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Kokrajhar: One person was killed and four others were injured when unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade at a busy place in Assam's Chirang district on Wednesday evening, officials said. The miscreants came in a car and hurled the grenade towards a group of people around 6.30 pm near a wine shop at the railway crossing in Basugaon town, they said, adding one person died on the spot while four...
09:43 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Khatipura: Madhya Pradesh's unemployed tribals have been demanding land from the government for basic sustenance. CNN-IBN travelled to the Khatipura village for a ground report. Mansoor Ali, a Bheel tribal, lives in a hut on the outskirts of Khatipura, a village under the Budhni assembly segment which is represented by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. For over three decades, Mansoor Ali along with 80 other families survived on...
09:47 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Banka: A poverty-stricken tribal woman was forced to marry her dead partner in Bihar to save their four children from the stigma of illegitimacy. The incident took place at Rosaiya village under Katoria block of Banka district last week and the authorities confirmed it on Friday. Chudki Hembrom(30)and Mahanlal Marandi had been living together as per tribal custom but disaster struck when Mahanlal died. Faced with the prospect of her...
04:01 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Agra: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh signed an agreement with the Jan Satyagrahis who were marching to Delhi demanding government's help for getting jobs and land. The agreement, signed in Agra, assures land for the landless on the lines of MNREGA. Following this, the landless protestors called of their march. The Jan Satyagrahis have been on the road for the past nine days demanding of agricultural land and shelter rights...
12:58 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Bhopal: Tens of thousands of landless labourers, peasants and tribals, who set off from Gwalior on October 3 for Delhi, crossed Dholpur in Rajasthan on Monday. The contingent is marching to the national capital to press for their demands of land and employment opportunities. This is the biggest march by landless poor in recent times. The contingent plans to cover the entire 350 km stretch from Gwalior to Delhi by...
09:46 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Visakhapatnam: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said bauxite mining would not be allowed at any cost in the Visakhapatnam agency area to protect the interests of tribals. He said this following reports that some private companies had shown interest in mining bauxite there. However, local villagers and tribals are opposing the proposed move. While talking to reporters at Paderu village in Visakhapatnam, Ramesh said along with the...
07:54 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Gwalior: More than 50,000 tribals have started their march on foot to Delhi from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, demanding land rights. The tribals under the umbrella of a Gandhinan organisation, Ekta Parishad, started the march after their talks with Union government's representative including Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Minister of State for Industry and Commerce failed. The organisation had threatened to stage a march by landless poor to Delhi...
12:11 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Wajahat Habibullah on Sunday took on Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for his remarks against Muslims in the state in an interview. Gogoi, in an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, blamed illiteracy amongst Muslims for their population growth. Saying that the reason for the growth of Muslim population in the state was more local than external, the...
10:51 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Palakkad: There is an alarming fall in the population of Attapadi tribals due to declining birth rates and life expectancy. The number of deaths is increasing in the age group of 40 and 55 years in a small population of over 30,000. Lack of medical care, addiction to liquor and drugs, nutritional deficiency, infertility and high abortion rates have taken a heavy toll of their lives. The story is not...
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09:25 AM, Aug 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre is to send a seven-member team to the violence affected districts of Assam on Tuesday. The team will be in the region for three days to assist the state government in its rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Nearly 76 people were killed and over five lakh rendered homeless in the week-long violence between Bodo tribal groups and Muslims in the lower regions of Assam, including Kokrajhar, Chirang...
08:39 AM, Aug 21, 2012
An uneasy calm prevails amongst the relief camps of Assam as people have no other option but to stay put on Eid amidst tight security. ...
12:16 PM, Aug 20, 2012
On Independence Day when the Tricolour rises once again in Saranda, the people of this mineral rich area will hope they have not merely exchanged ...
06:23 PM, Aug 14, 2012
