Assam CM on ST status demand

At a time when the demand for ST status for the 6 communities in Assam is growing louder, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that the state government supports implementation of ST Status for the six communities. Click to know more…

Govt supports implementation of ST status for 6 communities: Assam CM sarma

Addressing media persons in New Delhi today, Chief Minister Sarma said the state cabinet has already held taken key decisions in this regard.

Manipur: Want action on ground, demands protesters on ST status

The Schedule Tribe Demand Committee Manipur demanding ST status for the Meiteis has said that mere verbal assurance from Chief Minister N Biren Singh was not enough and that the committee wanted to see action on ground. Talking to Northeast Live, STDCM general secretary K Bhogendrajit said that the Committee wants the CM’s assurance converted […]

Manipur: Demand for ST status for Meteis grows louder by day

The STDCM warned that if the government continues to remain indifferent, the organization will resort to “other intensive forms of agitation”.

Manipur Meiteis’ demand for ST status: Women vendors stage protest

The demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for Meiteis in Manipur is growing louder with each passing day.  Women vendors of Kakwa Market in Imphal West staged a sit-in protest today along with the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur or STDCM, demanding the inclusion of Meiteis in the ST list. Northeast Live team was […]

Manipur: Meitei Community’s demand for ST status gets louder

The Protests called by the Scheduled Tribe Demand Committee of Manipur (STDCM ) demanding the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list of India continue unabated in the state. STDCM along with Meira Paibis of Thangmeiband Khomdram Selungba Leikai, local group Women Development Association today staged a sit-in protest in Imphal. […]

Assam govt to submit GoM’s recommendation to Centre for giving ST status to six communities

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said that his government would submit the recommendation of Group of Ministers (GoMs) for giving Schedule Tribe (ST) status to six communities of the state to the Central Government within January. “State government would submit the recommendation of Group of Ministers (GoMs) for giving Schedule Tribe (ST) status […]

Himanta Biswa Sarma to lead Group of Ministers (GoM) on ST status to 6 communities in Assam

The Centre has constituted a five-member Group of Ministers under the chairmanship of Assam Finance, Health & PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to look into modalities to implement the constitutional amendment bill to award tribal status to six communities of Assam namely Matak, Moran, Chutia, Koch-Rajbangshi, Tai-Ahom and the Adivasi Tea Tribes. While Chandan Brahma […]

Arunachal MP Ninong Ering writes to PM Modi; seeks ST status to Yobin tribe

Arunachal Pradesh MP Ninong Ering has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revise the Constitution Scheduled Tribes Order Amendment Bill, 2018 so as to include the Yobin tribe in it. Ninong Ering in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister on Friday said that though the Cabinet had approved the Constitution Scheduled Tribes Order Amendment […]