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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
MP: “If admin doesn’t know the law, learn from us!” Enraged adivasis assemble outside FDO
Thousands of adivasis assembled outside the forest department on Tuesday to condemn the crude eviction of Khandwa adivasis and blatant transgression of their land and forest rights.
MP Adivasis piece their lives together following forced eviction
After destruction of settlement by a mob, that allegedly enjoyed the backing of police personnel present on the spot, Adivasis of this hamlet in Khandwa are demanding justice
MP: 40 Adivasi families illegally evicted amidst a pandemic!
Life upended during the monsoon season, Adivasi families protest the destruction of their small hamlet in Khandwa
Deccan Herald caught in sly attempt to malign Fr. Stan Swamy
Quiz published on July 15 attempts to defame him by insinuating he was linked to banned Maoist group
Pathalgadi: Assertion of Adivasi rights over land
The movement which spread in Jharkhand’s Khunti district around 2017-18 sought to end the community’s exploitation by outsiders
Are Assam government’s new policies regarding indigenous people and Gorkhas an eyewash?
Six indigenous communities still denied Scheduled Tribe status, 85,000 Gorkhas excluded from NRC; verbal assurances not enough
Maharashtra Adivasis still left in the dark!
Poor electricity supply adds to the digital divide by limiting internet access; work, finances and education interrupted
Stone quarrying, development projects threatening Jharkhand’s sacred groves
Commonly known as sarna or jaherathan, these groves are places of worship for indigenous communities. But many are in peril of vanishing forever.
Jesuits of India, journalists and academics bid Fr Stan Swamy an emotional farewell
Shortly after the death of Fr Stan Swamy, supporters and family members come together to remember the man one last time and denounce the callousness of authorities
Save the Sarnas!
Jharkhand’s sacred groves face multiple threats, ranging from stone mining to developmental projects and land acquisition
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