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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
Adivasis ousted from both home & land rights through a draconian law: Gujarat
In the guise of tourism, the new Statue of Unity Act not only illegally converts a forested area over which the local tribal population has constitutionally guaranteed rights into an ‘urban’ area in which they will need government permission to do anything but legalizes evictions
Dalit groups call for Bharat Bandh post SC order on reservations
In a February 7 order, the SC said that courts cannot give directions compelling states to reserve jobs for SC / STs
Illegal Arrest of a penniless Adivasi: MP HC Court penalises govt officials, orders reparation
The Court used the Jurisprudential concept of ‘Constitutional Tort’, and said that since the State has arrogantly deprived an innocent person of his Liberty, the aggrieved person must be compensated for the loss of it’ Husan, an Adivasi has been granted Rs 5,00,000 as compensation for being deprived of his personal liberty.
Are Adivasis Hindus?
A separate column for Adivasis (Aboriginis) must be included in the forthcoming Census 2020 as it was in 1951
SC: Amendment to SC/ST Act constitutionally valid
These amendments were enacted to reverse the SC judgment of 2018 which had diluted provisions of the Act
Guru Ravidas Jayanti- The dream of Be-Gham-Pura
On the occasion of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 9, 2020, we remember the patron saint of the Dalit community, the man who inspired love, grace, Bhakti, and revolution.
RSS: Hindu base waned in Census 2011 because tribals registered as ‘other religion’
The RSS chief met Sangh volunteers in MP and Chhattisgarh to get to educate tribals about CAA
Will CAA ensure land ‘invasions’ into Adivasi dominated Vth Schedule areas?
For over two months now, the controversial, Citizenship Amendment...
First POSCO, now JSW: Dhinkia villagers are still fighting for their land and compensation
The members of the anti-Jindal anti-Posco movement are opposing the five projects proposed by JSW claiming they don’t meet required environmental clearances
Mahatma Gandhi: ‘My Ramrajya means Khuda ki Basti… but a Secular State’
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