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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation
Thousands pay last respects to Dalit lawyer-activist Devji Maheshwari
Funeral took place day after Minaxiben Maheshwari sat on dharna, demanding arrest of last of the accused
Dalit Bahujan alliance takes shape ahead of Bihar elections
Pappu Yadav and Chandrashekhar Azad come together to form a new front against the NDA
NH 48 reopened after three days: Protest called off, 5 Gujarat districts on alert
Local tribal youth were demanding appointment of scheduled tribe candidates to unreserved seats in teachers’ enrollment in Rajasthan
States reject 1.75 million FRA claims till March
At a review meeting of Tribal Affairs Ministry, states submitted these statistics of claims accepted and rejected in past 1 year
Lynched, raped, left for dead: Dalits, women remain easy targets for criminals in UP
A 19-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras; a farmer was beheaded in Badaun
1,300 marginalised from over 11,000 students pass competitive exams
In the last four years, the Centre says that a little more than 1000 students have passed competitive examinations.
Bihar police shower bullets and lathis on Adivasis in Kaimur!
The Adivasis were staging a peaceful sit-in protest demanding rights over forest land and resources
Adivasis protest Deocha-Pachami coal mining project
Eager not to be removed from homeland, nearly a thousand Adivasis came together at Mohammad Bazar on Wednesday
20,000 and counting; cancelled FRA claims re-examined and approved in MP
The state government, with the help of a software, began the process of re-examining forest rights claims
MP: Adivasi activists illegally detained and tortured by forest officials
“You speak too much about the law, now let’s see how strong your Sangathan is”, the forest officials said as they brutally assaulted the two activists, after allegedly kidnapping them from court premises
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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC
The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.
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Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women
The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic
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Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
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Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure
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