New Delhi: After the controversy over a video showing scantily clad Jarawa tribal women, the government on Thursday approved promulgation of a legislation that provides for imprisonment up to seven years for such crimes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for promulgation of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal tribes) Amendment Regulation 2012. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters that the decision...
05:16 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Another name has now came up in the race for the next President of India. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the BJD and the Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK will support NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma. Patnaik's announcement follows his recent meeting with AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa in Chennai. The former Lok Sabha speaker had met Jayalalithaa two days ago. Jayalalithaa said, "Following a letter...
03:09 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The capital is set to receive a residential school for students belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Castes (OBC), the Delhi government announced on Monday. "The cabinet has decided to set up a residential school for the SC, ST, OBC and Muslim students in order to provide them adequate opportunities to excel in studies," Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said in...
10:10 PM, May 14, 2012
Narnaul: The government-run Industrial Training Institute in Narnaul, Haryana, found itself in the centre of a controversy on Saturday. The institute has allegedly created a separate wing for SC/STs, calling it "special privileges". The students, however, call it discriminatory. The institute was set up by the government with the aim of providing technical skill training to students of all categories. The institute has now built two buildings. While one of...
07:28 AM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: Mittal Patel has been fighting a lone battle for the rights of over 300 nomadic tribes of Gujarat. She tries to help them claim their land rights and also procure their voter ID cards. Flesh trade has been the norm of the Saranias, a nomadic community of Gujarat, and for generations, all women have given in to it. But Hemi did not give up and decided to get...
09:55 AM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Andaman & Nicobar police has arrested a constable in the case of the Jarawa tribes allegedly being exploited. The constable has been arrested for allegedly asking the Jarawa natives to dance for foreign tourists and filming them. The investigation led to the constable after he was identified by the five Jarawa women who were filmed dancing. It is illegal to take photographs or videos of the members...
03:44 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: The government is planning to rope in health and nutrition experts to study living pattern of tribals, including Jarawas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in an effort to reduce their susceptibility to diseases. Observing that the immunity of tribals and forest dwellers in the country is an area of concern, Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo told PTI that "utmost importance" should be given to their health...
02:58 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Port Blair: Days after a controversial video surfaced showing Jarawa women dancing semi-naked before tourists, the Andaman and Nicobar police have questioned two persons in connection with the case. The police in a statement said that Rajesh Vyas, owner of a gift shop, and Guddu, a taxi driver, were questioned after it was found that the duo allegedly help tourists visit the protected land for Jarawas and arrange video recording...
02:10 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka has set up the first-ever commando force to protect tigers in the state. The state government has trained commandos to fight poachers. With nearly 300 tigers in the state, Karnataka has become the epicenter of tiger conservation especially since it has the largest number of tigers in the country. And that's why the Special Tiger Protection Force has been deployed in the sensitive forests of Bandipur,...
09:11 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Port Blair: In a shocker from Andaman, a video showing women from the protected Jarawa tribe being made to dance for food and for tourists has exposed the dark side of the tourism. While the Andaman administration is downplaying this exploitation of the tribe that number just about 400 saying the video is an old one, tour operators have confirmed that human safaris do happen although they refused to say...
08:40 AM, Jan 13, 2012
The local administration in the Andamans has denied any violation in the Jarawa tribal reserve, but CNN-IBN found a different story. ...
10:30 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Port Blair/New Delhi: A massive hunt has been launched by the Andaman Nicobar administration to nab the persons responsible for videographing semi-naked Jarawa tribal women dancing in front of tourists as the Centre sent the footage for forensic analysis. Andaman Police on Thursday registered a case against unknown persons in connection with the shooting and uploading of a video under the Indian Penal Code, Information and Technology Act, Scheduled Caste...
07:30 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: A British newspaper, 'The Observer' has set off a storm, releasing a video which shows members of the protected Jarawa tribe partially naked, made to dance for tourists in the Andaman Islands. The Centre has ordered an enquiry but the local administration downplayed the issue saying it was taken at a time when laws for protecting the tribes were not so stringent. The report claims that the voice...
09:04 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: A British newspaper, The Observer, has set off a storm after releasing a video which shows members of the protected Jarawa tribe dancing for tourists in the Andaman Islands. According to the report, the video was shot during the course of a human safari, in the protected tribal reserve. It claims a policeman was bribed 200 pounds and he instructed the tribal women to dance. IBN-18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep...
06:54 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked for a status report on the Andaman tribals after a video of the Jarawa tribe allegedly being forced to dance surfaced. However, the Andaman police has downplayed the video, calling it an 'old one' and blamed the British journalist of forcing the Jarawas to dance for the tourists. Andaman DGP SB Deol said that the video that has been released by...
01:28 PM, Jan 11, 2012
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