Tag: Scheduled Tribe

Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, State BJP general secretary Lekhashree Samantasinghar said water (jal), forest (jungle) and land (jami) of people from scheduled tribes (ST) have always been under threat.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the validity of a section which prescribes for mandatory death sentence in a case where an innocent member of a Scheduled Caste (SC) or a Scheduled Tribe (ST) is convicted and is executed as a consequence of false […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday launched Mission Suvidya — a scheme aimed at bringing a qualitative shift in accommodation facilities provided to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students across the state, an official statement said. The SC-ST development department, in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, signed agreements with three […]