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Gujarat: Fact-Finding Report Says Riots Have Shifted to Rural Areas
22 Jan 2021
‘Notably, after almost every incident of a communal clash in small towns and villages of Gujarat, boards saying “Welcome to Hindu Rashtra” emerge.’
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Gujarat Farmers’ Body Denied Permission for Meeting, Challenge Decision in HC
13 Jan 2021
Permission was denied to the farmers to hold a meeting citing reason of the pandemic guideline while the BJP easily gets nod to hold its meetings.
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Gujarat Local Polls: Bharatiya Tribal Party Ditches Congress, Ties up With Owaisi
31 Dec 2020
BTP’s alliance with AIMIM comes in the backdrop of a tribal BJP MP resigning and later withdrawing his resignation while several tribal leaders in BJP are reportedly unhappy.
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Affected by Land Acquisition, Gujarat Farmers Support Anti-Farm Law Protests
22 Dec 2020
Almost every district in Gujarat has a tale of aggressive land grab where farmers have been fighting for their rights against all odds and now they are resisting the farm laws.
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Evading Restrictions, Gujarat Farmers Leave in Disguise to Join Protest at Delhi-Jaipur Highway
17 Dec 2020
As PM Modi spoke in Kutch, farmers put under house arrest by the state government disguised themselves to evade police and join protests near Delhi.
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Gujarat: Land Rising Near Bhavnagar Mine; Villagers, Environmentalist Raise Alarm
10 Dec 2020
Around Bhavnagar mining site, cracks in land, patches of elevated land and mild tremors scare villagers, all of which are result of lignite mining, says environmentalist.
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Us and Them: The Misuse of Gujarat’s Controversial Disturbed Areas Act
17 Oct 2020
The Disturbed Areas Act, enacted in the year 1986, has been amended with the President’s assent. It was meant to be temporary in order to prevent the distress sale of properties following the riots…
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Gujarat: BJP Declares Seven Bypoll Candidates, Names Five Congress Turncoats
14 Oct 2020
For the first time since the anti-Christian riots in 1998, BJP is openly wooing Christians in the tribal belt of Dang.
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Dalit Advocate, a BAMCEF Activist, in Kutch Killed for Alleged ‘Anti-Brahmin’ Posts
03 Oct 2020
In what appears to be a planned murder, the prime accused, a resident of Mumbai and a native of Kutch, travelled from Mumbai with the intention to kill Maheshwari.
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Gujarat Tribal Rights Activist Externed from 5 Districts Amid Reports of PM’s Scheduled Visit
27 Sep 2020
An order by SDM Rajpipla, which has externed Lakhan Musafir from five districts including his home district Narmada for six months, states that he cannot be “considered innocent till his innocence is…