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DUMKA: Two days after her boyfriend was found hanging from a tree, a teenage girl from a village under Malpahadi outpost of the town police station in Pakur district allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree on Monday night. The incident came to light on Tuesday morning after the villagers found the 15-year-old girl hanging and informed her parents.
While the girl s father said she was upset over her the death of her boyfriend, who hailed from the neighbouring village, his mother filed an FIR saying her son was killed by the girl s parents, who were reportedly opposed to the relationship.
Chief minister Hemant Soren speaks at the online India Conference organised byHarvard University on Saturday
RANCHI: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Saturday night shared the pain of tribals, who he said are discriminated against in the country, during the online India Conference of Harvard University. He also differentiated the religion the tribals follow from Hinduism and said a separate code in the upcoming Census is the need of the hour. Soren became the first tribal leader from the country to participate in the conference which is into its 18th edition this year.
Soren was interacting with a senior fellow from Harvard Kennedy School, Dr Suraj Yengde, who threw a volley of questions related to tribal identity, Centre-state relations and the model of development among other issues.
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren
RANCHI: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Saturday night participated in an online discussion with Harvard Kennedy School’s senior fellow Suraj Yengde at the 18th edition of the India Conference organised by students of Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business school. During the close-to-one-hour discussion, Soren answered questions about tribal identity and Centre-state relations.
Soren said the tribals are being oppressed even after 72 years of Independence. “They are used as napkins. If the tribals are educated, who will be there to serve as drivers and cooks of the corporate?” he lamented. Soren also said the country is being radicalised and just for being a tribal, he and his party has suffered at the hands of the right-wing BJP and its allies.