GUWAHATI: In a significant step towards protecting the indigenousness of the Khasi population of Meghalaya, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC), the autonomous administration body set ...

Guwahati: In what has created a major controversy in the frontier state, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council has passed a bill stripping the women of their Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and all ...

A group of Khasi women, who have formed an organisation by the name of STIEH, meaning shield, has lent support to amendments to the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Custom of Lineage) Act ...

Khasi women of Meghalaya who marry non-Khasis will lose their scheduled tribe status and the benefits that come with it if the Bill is approved by the state’s governor. Khasi women of Meghalaya who ...

Guwahati: In what has created a major controversy in the frontier state, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council has passed a bill stripping the women of their Scheduled Tribe (ST) and all ...

SHILLONG: Women's organizations in the state have expressed their strong opposition to the bill passed by Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) that proposes to deprive Khasi women of their ...

Shillong, Nov. 30: A petition has been submitted to the National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities (NCLM) over the “unconstitutional approach” taken by the Meghalaya Board of School Education in ...

GUWAHATI: A bill which a Meghalaya autonomous council passed with the provision of stripping a Khasi (tribe) woman of her scheduled tribe (ST) status and other privileges if she marries a non-Khasi ...

Proponents of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Custom of Lineage) Second Amendment Bill, 2018 see it as a mechanism to protect the indigenous culture of the Khasi tribal community.

GUWAHATI: Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad has not given his assent to the controversial Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Custom of Lineage) (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018, passed by the ...

In the Khasi tribe, an indigenous community of 1.3 million people living in the state of Meghalaya in northeast India, women enjoy a special status. A matrilineal society for centuries, it is one of ...