The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
Parliament's Committee for the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in its report on "Working of Integrated Tribal Development Projects in Rajasthan" has recommended strengthening of the administrative machinery, including more frequent field visits, for better implementation of projects in the State. The 23rd report, placed in the Lok …
Faced with a slew of letters deploring the police action on tribals in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, the Kerala Environment and Forests Minister K. Sudhakaran conceded intelligence failure in comprehending the magnitude of the problem and hinted that outside forces were aggravating the situation by fishing in troubled waters.
Campaign Against Child Labour (CACL) an NGO working for the empowerment of children, will organise a three-day convention from March 5 in Mysore. Children from over 17 states are expected to participate. Convener of CACL, Joy Maliekal, said the focus of the meeting would be
A recent report of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that bottled drinking water show presence of residues of harmful pesticides. The CSE has held that 8 brands of the mineral water sold in bottles and making fast buck are not safe for drinking. Taking serious note of the …
The tribals should be given back their own alienated land encroached by the organised religious societies, BJP state secretary P P Mukundan said in Wayanad, Kerala. He asked the Government to implement the Tribal Land Act of 1957, while addressing a press conference here. The encroachers should be ready to …
The Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Bizay Sonkar Shastri, has said the Commission would bring the issue of police firing on tribals at Muthanga in Wayanad district of Kerala to the notice of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee soon. Talking to reporters at Kalpetta …
The CPM-led LDF has called a State-wide hartal on March 11 to press its demand for a judicial probe into the violence and police firing at Muthanga which claimed the lives of a policeman and an Adivasi. Opposition Leader V.S.Achuthanandan and other legislature party leaders told mediapersons here on Thursday …
The Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Bizay Sonkar Shastri, has demanded a judicial inquiry into the police firing on tribals at Muthanga in Wayanad. The chairman, who along with a membre of the Commission, C. Chellappan, visited some tribal hamlets of Attappady on his …
The Chhattisgarh government has described as baseless the accusation that Forest and police offiicals slew a Bajga tribal while tackling encroachment over wooded land in Kawardha district.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the Kerala government seeking a report within two weeks on alleged police atrocities on Adivasis in the state. The notice was issued to the state chief secretary and DGP following complaints that 16 Adivasis were killed in the confrontation with police …
India is not in a position to give effect to the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) declaration on decent work, as unemployment continues to be the major problem of the country. Mr Vijay Goel, Union Minister of State for Labour and Parliamentary Affairs, stated this at the two-day conference on 'Globalisation, …
Kovai Child Labour Abolition Service Society has urged the Union Ministry of Labour to allocate Rs 20 lakh under the National Child Labour Project being run by the society in the district. Kovai Class officials said that they required the funds for organising more awareness generation programmes such as seminars, …
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed the officials to prepare village and mandalwise integrated plan of water position, including ground water in a scientific manner based on hydrological study in all basins in the state.
Taking a serious view of drinking water being used for irrigating crops, Anantapur District Collector B Rajesekhar warned of strict action against the violators in Andhra Pradesh. He said those using drinking water for agriculture would be sent to jail. The collector launched the Save Water campaign and released pamphlets …
The United Democratic Front Government in Kerala should be blam-ed for the aggravation of the tribal rights issue in Kerala and the unfortunate incident of police firing on tribals in the Wayanad area which led to the death of at least two persons. The toll in the firing which took …
With the Karnataka State Government all set to present its fourth annual budget, the backward Chamrajnagar district has once again put forth its request for the Kabini second phase project. It has also sought a Rs 250-crore package to develop this town. A majority of tribals spread over B.R.Hills, M.M.Hills …
The Karnataka State Government has decided to spend Rs 6 crore to implement an action plan to eradicate child labour, Labour Commissioner Sanjeev Kumar said here on Tuesday. The plan is aimed at making the State child labour-free by 2006, he stressed. Speaking at the valedictory function of the State-level …
Noted journalist and Rajya Sabha member Kuldip Nayar on Tuesday said that he would take up the Muthanga incident and the alleged police atrocities on tribals with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). At a meet-the-press programme organised by the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club here, Nayar said that an independent inquiry …
The UDF upheld the Chief Minister, A.K. Anthony's position rejecting the demand of the Opposition and the senior Congress leader, K Karunakaran for a judicial probe into the Muthunga action which led to the killing of two persons. Terming the action by the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha as an armed …
The teachers and other staff employed in various schools under the National Child Labour Project have been going without salaries for a year, thanks to non-release of grant by the Centre for the project. The fund crunch has also deprived the children studying in these schools from their monthly stipends …
