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Kerala Govt Aims to Eliminate Landlessness, Distributes 41,021 Land Deeds within 100 Days
09 Jun 2022
Under the LDF government, a total of 2,34,567 land deeds have been distributed across the state in the last six years.
Sruti MD
TN This Week: DYFI’s 10-Day Cycle Rally for Jobs Concludes in Trichy; DMK Marks One Year in Govt
07 May 2022
CPI(M) held state-wide protests against evicting people from poramboke land and demanded house-site pattas.
Neelambaran A
TN: Seeking Pattas and Right to Habitat, Thousands Submit Demands to Govt Officials
07 May 2022
Lakhs of people living in unused lands face the threat of eviction as DMK changed its stance, citing court rulings.
Sandip Chakraborty, Ronodeep Mitra
Bengal: Resistance Brews in Deucha Pachami Against Land Acquisition for Coal Mine
20 Apr 2022
When a team of ruling TMC leaders, government officials and police tried to enter the villages forcibly, the locals erupted in anger and blocked roads leading to Pachami.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP Polls: 'Where Will We Go?' Ask Tribals in Chitrakoot on Being Served Eviction Notices
01 Feb 2022
Banda (Uttar Pradesh): Raj Kumari, 42, is toiling hard on a small tract of land her in-laws left for her husband and his brothers in the Rajhaua forest at Manikpur block of Bundelk
Ajaz Ashraf
Why Everyone in Punjab loves a Dalit CM
22 Sep 2021
There’s a buzz among Dalits that Charanjit Singh Channi is the new CM. Still, unless he implements land rights for Dalits, it will remain a symbolic move and not alter the status quo.
Indra Shekhar Singh
Muzaffarnagar Farmer Rally: Mass Catharsis of Rural Dissent
05 Sep 2021
The frequent spells of rain have not dampened the festive spirit at the well-known GIC Ground in Muzaffarnagar.
Sruti MD
Chennai is Our City, Don’t Uproot Us’: People Living on Cooum Banks in Fear of Forced Evictions
27 Aug 2021
'Uprooting people from Chennai has been going on for a long time. It has been part of the policy of the ruling parties in the state. At every opportunity, natural disasters...are used as an excuse to…
Sumedha Pal
Dhobi Ghat: Residents and Minors Reportedly Detained Again Over Renewed Alum Demolition Bid
26 Aug 2021
Last year over 700 people were evicted from the Okhla-based locality by the DDA in a bid to clear out the slum. Yet again, the authorities have demolished over 26 homes.
Damayantee Dhar
Dalit Farmer Allegedly Attacked by Upper Caste Men in Gujarat over Land Row
30 Jul 2021
Balwant Rathod acquired possession of his land nearly four decades after it was allotted to his family. However, he was allegedly attacked by upper-caste men after standing up to them for having…