Tag: Tribal Girl

Tribal Girl’s Dream Comes True – Chhattisgarh’s Elizabeth Beck Selected For National Games

Balasore: A tribal minor girl of Bageipur village under Khaira police station in Balasore district was allegedly raped by a youth of the same village yesterday. Sources said when the minor girl had gone to forest to collect wood in the afternoon, one Jaga Jena (22), son of Biswanath Jena, of the same village forcibly […]

Kalimela: Setting an inspiring example for tribal girl students of Malkangiri district, a student of Kalimela Kanya Ashram, Sirisa Karami has made it into the India under-18 Volleyball team. Studying in Class 10, Sirisa’s performance caught the eye of the selectors when she was representing Odisha during the quarter final match at a tournament at […]

Bolangir: A probe has today started into the shocking incident in which a tribal girl was beaten up and her hair cut off by a villager in Pardhiapali under Bolangir Sadar police limits on the petty allegation of stealing a mobile phone. Bolangir sub-collector today visited the village to conduct an on-spot investigation into the […]

Balangir: As the world is celebrating International Women’s Day, a tribal girl lodged complaint of being thrashed and her hair cut off over alleged mobile theft at Paradhiapali village under Sadar Block of Balangir district. The girl reported that, on March 6, she had gone for a tailoring class at a neighbour’s house in her […]

Agartala: Tripura Police have launched a probe after a tribal girl filed a complaint of sexual harassment against a legislator belonging to the ruling alliance partner IPFT, an official said on Monday. “We have launched an inquiry after a tribal girl filed an FIR at the East Agartala Women Police Station on Sunday night,” Deputy Superintendent […]

In the age of social media and internet, a singer becoming an overnight sensation is no big deal. However, when that singer is a young tribal girl from the remote Chintaguda village in Koraput district, it indeed is a big thing. Namita Melka, who sings in Hindi, Odia and her native tribal language, rose to […]