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Gauhati High Court questions allotment of 3000 Bighas of land to private cement company in Assam
Behind the 3,000-bigha allotment to Mahabal Cement lies a decades-old conflict over customary rights, ecological safeguards, and Sixth Schedule protections
Jal, Jungle, Zameen: Chhattisgarh Adivasis march 300kms to oppose coal mining projects
Nearly 350 members of tribal communities started walking from Sarguja and Korba districts nine days ago, to meet the Governor and the CM
Dilution of environmental laws, a persistent tactic: AIUFWP
Prior to the changes in the Forest (Conservation) Act, the AIUFWP reminded that the MoEFCC had also resorted to similar changes in the draft EIA 2020 notification
India farmers, Adivasis and forest dwellers condemn FCA draft changes
Finding the amendments that dismiss the Forest Rights Act unacceptable, Adivasis and other forest-dwellers have resolved to protest the Centre’s move on November 12
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit school children thrashed, made to sit separately in Amethi
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Shankar Guha Niyogi: Gone, but not forgotten
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Karnataka: Dalit family fined Rs 25,000 for ‘purification ritual’ after toddler runs into temple
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