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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
Maharashtra Adivasis still left in the dark!
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Jesuits of India, journalists and academics bid Fr Stan Swamy an emotional farewell
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Save the Sarnas!
Jharkhand’s sacred groves face multiple threats, ranging from stone mining to developmental projects and land acquisition
Impoverished Adivasis Hunted as Criminals
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A death allegedly by suicide, a resignation that exposes caste-based discrimination; happenings at IIT Madras are a sign of a deeper problem
Dewas Adivasi family massacre: There’s more to it than a failed ‘love affair’
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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha