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Raja Muzaffar Bhat
Why is the Government Acquiring Land Under a Repealed Statute in Jammu & Kashmir?
07 Oct 2021
Almost two years after Jammu & Kashmir lost its special Constitutional status and statehood, citizens continue to have their land acquired under laws that stand repealed. DR RAJA MUZAFFAR BHAT…
Ayaskant Das
Modi Government Introduces Amendment Bill to Help Corporates Profit from Coal Mining
08 Aug 2021
The union government has formulated a bill wherein corporates will be exempted from LARR Act, 2013 in acquiring land for commercial coal mining.
Kashif Kakvi
MP Police Serve Externment Notice to Tribal Rights Activist for holding Rallies; Protest Erupts
05 Aug 2021
Protesting against the district administration’s move, the tribals handed the administration a show cause notice of an externment order against it for violating tribal rights.
Sumedha Pal
Chhattisgarh: Protests Against Sponge Iron Plant in Jashpur by Tribal Communities Continue
30 Jul 2021
'We don't need iron or power; we need agriculture and forest produce-based industries. There should not be a factory that destroys agriculture and forest produce...'
Anish Tore
India’s Conflict Diamonds: Buxwaha
20 Jul 2021
They say diamonds are forever.
Anees Zargar
Over a Dozen Injured During Eviction Drive by Forest Officials in South Kashmir
24 May 2021
Villagers belonging to the Gujjar tribal community, some of them living in the area for generations, accused the authorities of ‘forced eviction’.
Sumedha Pal
Karnataka: Amid Pandemic, Jenu Kuruba Tribal Leaders Threatened with Violence by Forest Officials
15 May 2021
Villagers claimed that cases have been registered against six leaders of the community which has been protesting against forced evictions from the Nagarhole National Park and Tiger Reserve in…
Tikender Singh Panwar
Forest Fires in North India: A Man-Made Disaster
06 Apr 2021
From monoculture plantation to alienation of forest-dwellers from the forests in the mountains, these fires are a man-made phenomenon with faltered interventions at many layers.
Sumedha Pal
How Farm Laws Constitute an Attack on Adivasis
31 Mar 2021
Farm laws are being seen as a move meant to target the autonomy of the gram sabhas leading to inroads of the corporates on adivasi land and further widening of the balance of power between adivasi…
Sumedha Pal
MP: ‘Over 37,000 Kilometres of Tribal Land to be Handed Over to Corporates’
23 Nov 2020
The state government is said to be formalising plans to give 40% of "degraded forest land" to private firms, allege activists.