Dozens of micro-level BJP leaders have switched their political allegiances to the candidates of their community in this crucial election in Purulia. Kurmi voters played a pivotal role in sweeping the ...

Members from the Kurmi community in Jharkhand on Sunday withdrew a railway blockade that had been called to demand Scheduled Tribe status, after the Centre assured them of a meeting with Union Home ...

A day after the Calcutta High Court described the indefinite sit-in protest called in Adivasi Kurmi Samaj on September 20 as ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ and directed West Bengal to take adequate ...

The Adivasi Kurmi Samaj (AKS) has threatened to boycott the Ghatshila bypoll on November 11 if the Union government does not initiate dialogue by November 7. The community is demanding Scheduled Tribe ...

Rail and road connectivity between Bengal and states like Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Odisha and Tamil Nadu have gone haywire over the last five days following blockades by two organisations of ...

Eighty-eight trains were cancelled, and hundreds of vehicles remained stranded as different organisations of the Kurmi community continued their rail and road blockade in West Bengal's Paschim ...

Ranchi: Security personnel keep vigil during a rail blockade by protestors under the banner of 'Adivasi Kurmi Samaj', demanding Scheduled Tribe status, at Muri railway station, in Ranchi district of ...

The traffic in Bengal’s Purulia and West Midnapore districts was severely affected since Wednesday after several organisations belonging to the Kurmi community blocked the roads and even trains, ...

Four more people were arrested from West Bengal’s Jhargram district for their alleged involvement in the attack on senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's convoy and also on the vehicle of State ...

Members of the Kurmi community block railway tracks during a protest demanding Scheduled Tribe status at Muri railway station in Jharkhand. Members of the Kurmi community have been staging protests to ...