NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah unveiled Sunday BJP’s manifesto for the Jharkhand assembly elections, promising a uniform civil code (UCC) for the state while exempting tribal communities from its implementation. He accused illegal Bangladeshi immigrants of grabbing tribal land “by marrying tribal girls through false pretensions”. “The tribal population is dwindling due to…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday issued a stark warning about the consequences for those who commit heinous acts against women, declaring that “infiltrators who tortured women will be hanged upside down.” He criticised the state government for harboring infiltrators, alleging that the safety of tribal communities has been compromised under chief…
NEW DELHI: Vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday raised concerns about the “structured and planned” rise of religious conversions in India, describing it as a “dangerous indication” that could reshape the country’s political landscape.Speaking at an event in Jaipur, Dhankhar stressed upon the threat posed by organised religious conversions, particularly targeting vulnerable tribal communities, and…
Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is back in the news, having vacated the party’s traditional stronghold, Rae Bareli, for her son, Rahul Gandhi. This political maneuver has drawn attention to a curious anomaly among Gujarat’s tribal communities of South Gujarat: the prevalence of the name ‘Sonia’ among men.The name, believed to have been derived from…
