As sugar cane was not grown yet after the manager's commitment, Santals started building makeshift houses on the land from July 1 this year, stated the November 28 report. A police report on July 2 ...

The evicted Santals have been staying under the open sky and have limited access to water and foods since the brutal attack. Many of them have fled their village to avoid arrest. So far, some ...

The Santals, who were ousted from the area late last year, are still claiming to be re-settled in the area and be allowed to do the plantation.The authorities declined.

The Santals in Gaibandha, who have been evicted from a disputed land, say police fired on them and set their houses alight a few hours after the clash between them and the sugar mill staff had ...

The attempt to rehabilitate the Santals in other villages, moreover, have not worked even after three years, thus leaving the Santals in total despair. Some of them have returned to their ...

The Santals, like most such minority communities, are vulnerable and often in financial hardship. All too often they become helpless at the hands of greedy land grabbers.

About 200 mostly Christian ethnic Santals marched on the streets in northern Bangladesh to oppose a government plan to establish a special economic zone, terming it a ploy to evict them from their ...

Besides Santals, nine policemen and some workers were also hurt in the clashes. “Ruhul Amin is one of 33 persons who led the eviction drive. He was involved in looting, arson and beating Santal people ...

The Santals, the largest indigenous group on the Indian subcontinent, have always lived off of the land, but in recent years holding on to their ancestral grounds has become a struggle.

The Santals had been described by those who knew them as truthful, uxorious, faithful, hospitable and above all peaceful. What had happened to induce them to rise so bloodily?

When Burroughs did encounter the Santals near Pirapainti the previous month, it was total rout. The tribal army conjured out of the low, monsoon clouds and descended upon the troop of Hill Rangers ...