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Bengal Elections: Ahead of Polls, Mamata Banerjee’s ‘Pet’ Mining Project Faces Renewed Opposition
03 Mar 2021
The TMC government is pitching to start mining work in the Deocha-Pachami block in Birbhum, slated to be the world’s second largest coal mine, as poll dates near. However, close to 70,000 adivasi and…
Sumedha Pal
Tortured and Targeted with Casteist Slurs in Custody: Nodeep Kaur
01 Mar 2021
While the dalit labour rights activist has been released on bail, the president of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, Shiv Kumar, continues to be in jail for over a month despite allegations of torture and…
Sumedha Pal
Tribal Women Facing State Violence Under Garb of Naxalism in Chhattisgarh: Soni Sori
27 Feb 2021
A young tribal woman was reportedly found dead in the police officer’s guest house in Karli on February 23 and was claimed to be a Maoist cadre by the police, but her family members and activists…
Sumedha Pal
CSE’s State of Environment Report: Inching Closer to Ecological Disasters
26 Feb 2021
‘The pandemic has demonstrated another brutal reality: A crisis’ impacts trickle faster to the poor. It is estimated that 12,000 more people would die every day due to hunger extended by the pandemic…
Sumedha Pal
Delhi Riots: One Year Later, Injustice Continues
23 Feb 2021
Families of those who lost their lives in the communal violence last year addressed a press conference in Delhi on February 23 to highlight the apathy of the state and the justice system as their…
Sumedha Pal
‘We Aren’t Middlemen, Govt Using Farm Laws to Erase Us’: Punjab’s Arthiyas
23 Feb 2021
Arthiyas or commissioning agents play an indispensable role in the agricultural economy and they fear the government wants to replace them with private businesses through the laws.
Sumedha Pal
Odisha: ‘Ease of Doing Business’ at Cost of Tribal Land and Livelihood
20 Feb 2021
The Odisha government released a notification on February 15 to convert common land for industrial use, increasing the cap on land from 200 acre to 500 acre.
Sumedha Pal
MP: Protests Erupt After no FIR in Case of Attack on Tribal Women by Alleged RSS Members
18 Feb 2021
A tribal family was attacked in December last year on the pretext of religious conversion. Following the incident an Adivasi woman suffered a miscarriage. Despite repeated appeals by the community,…
Abdul Alim Jafri, Sumedha Pal
Jamia Nagar: ‘Questioning Drive’ by Special Cell Leaves Neighbourhood Anxious
17 Feb 2021
For many residents, the drives are not new as the residential complexes and the area surrounding Jamia Nagar have become a centre of stigma and exclusion since the Batla House encounter in 2008.
Sumedha Pal
Odisha: Adivasi Activists Arrested for Kulda Mines Expansion Protests
16 Feb 2021
The adivasi villagers from Sundargarh district have been protesting against the clearance given to Kulda mines for expansion stating that coal mining activity is creating a path of destruction for…