Ahmedabad: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha around 2 AM this morning, with 288 votes in favor and 232 against. Today, the Janjati Kalyan Ashram of Gujarat welcomed the passing of the bill and congratulated the central government. "The Janjati Kalyan Ashram, Gujarat unit of the All India Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, had earlier submitted a memorandum to the JPC, presenting the concerns of tribal communities. Across the country, only Kalyan Ashram had represented the interests of S...Read More

ગાંધીનગર: આદિજાતિ વિકાસ વિભાગ દ્વારા ગુજરાત આદિજાતિ સલાહકાર પરિષદની પુનઃરચના કરવામાં આવી છે. હોદ્દાનીરૂએ આ સલાહકાર પરિષદના અધ્યક્ષ તરીકે મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલ રહેશે જ્યારે...Read More

Banaskantha: A Gujarat Congress MLA Geniben Thakor has made a claim that individuals from tribal communities who converted to Christianity years ago are now attaining positions as IAS and IPS officers. During a mass marriage ceremony of couples from the Valmiki community in Bhabhar village, Banaskantha district, Congress legislator Geniben Thakor urged religious gurus involved in preserving Hinduism to take proactive measures to prevent conversions to other religions. However, Bharatiya Ja...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Aadi Mahotsav, the mega National Tribal Festival at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi today. Aadi Mahotsav is an attempt to showcase tribal culture on the national stage and it celebrates the spirit of tribal culture, crafts, cuisine, commerce and traditional art. It is an annual initiative of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Limited (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Upon arriving at th...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister has been at the forefront of taking steps for the welfare of the tribal population of the country while also according due respect to their contribution in the growth and development of the country. In an effort to showcase the tribal culture on the national stage, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate "Aadi Mahotsav", the mega National Tribal Festival, on 16th February at 10:30 AM at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi. The Aadi Mahotsav, which c...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Modi while addressing the public rally in Netrang said that he was late as he was meeting two orphans boys whose lives were made better by efforts of his government.     PM Modi said, "I was late by two minutes here because I wanted to meet two tribal children. One is Avi and the other is Jay. Avi is 9th standard student while Jay is in 6th standard. Both are from tribal family. Parents of these two children died six years ago due to illness. One was 8 years ol...Read More

Narmada: A musical band of Tribal children of Ambaji town of Banaskantha district will perform in front of the Prime Minister in Kevadia on 31st October. Prime Minister will visit Kevadia on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. It is not the first time that the musical band will perform for the Prime Minister. On 30th September, 2022, when the Prime Minister visited Ambaji, Gujarat and dedicated to Nation/laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth over ₹7200 crores, th...Read More

Gandhinagar: BJP state general secretary, Pradipsinh Vaghela, has informed that 325 BJP leaders will take out an ‘Adivasi Gaurav Yatra’ to strengthen the BJP’s chances of victory in 15 tribal dominated assembly seats in the belt between Umargam and Ambaji by creating awareness about the work done for tribals by the BJP-ruled government in the state. Vaghela was speaking during a press briefing organized on the occasion of the state executive meeting which will get underway in Surat city...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Madhavpura police have filed a complaint against a company in the publication business under the SC/ST Atrocities Act for allegedly printing demeaning stuff about tribal societies. The stuff was printed in a book for Semester 4 of the Sociology course of Saurashtra University. The police action was a result of the stuff going viral. A sanitation superintendent with the AMC said he received a viral whatsapp message about a chapter in the book for Semester 4 of BA Sociology co...Read More