Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Ken-Betwa protest exposes the cost of state-led displacement

Activist Amit Bhatnagar’s removed after a 14-day fast, protesters allege compensation irregularities and lack of consultation as the State defends its rehabilitation process

AIUFWP’s second National Conference to discuss land, legal, constitutional rights and more

Eager to mobilise more people at the ground level, the AIUFWP invites various peasant leaders and human rights activists from Dec 1-3, 2021

8 years on, Tharu tribe’s struggle for land rights continues

The community land rights claims filed by forest dwelling Tharu Adivasi community in Dudhwa, Lakhimpur Kheri have been rejected at the district level, even as the community members insist that the law does not authorise the Committee to do so

Hate Watch: Dalit child beaten mercilessly for touching a tap in Barmer

The child was on his way back from school, reached out to drink water from a tap, drawing the wrath of the man who ‘owned’ the tap

BOOK REVIEW – Bhil Vidroh: Sangharsh ke sawa sau saal

Chronicling the historic events of Bhil revolts in India

Palghar Adivasis decry ecologically-dangerous infrastructural projects

Tribals demanded that the state government invest in strengthening existing infrastructure rather than building new modes of transport

Meghalaya: Eviction imminent for Dalit Sikh families?

State government acquires land on which Punjabi Lane was built; residents who are sanitation workers and their families to be relocated to staff quarters

Edesmetta encounter victims’ families await justice; probe indicates CRPF fired at unarmed innocents

In May 2013, little did the tribals know that as they ventured out to celebrate a festival, they would be fired at, unprovoked, by CRPF personnel

Assam: Day 1 of eviction in Hojai passes peacefully

Families had already vacated the area in the Lumding Reserve Forest after verbal assurance of rehabilitation, though there is no commitment on paper yet

Bihar govt diverted over Rs. 8,800 crore from SC funds for development projects: CAG report

Money meant for PMS and similar scholarships was used for building roads and government buildings instead

Nearly 20 days later, MoEFCC shares FCA proposal in regional languages

While the amendment proposal is now available in local languages, the Ministry states it stands by the English interpretation

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