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As mining lobby “hijacks” Ajmer public hearing, “tokenism” on Aravallis condemned
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan has raised serious questions on the tokenisms behind the recent public hearings on the Aravallis, and condemned the “hijacking” of the process by the “mining lobby”
When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri
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Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006
Supreme Court examines Forest Rights Act 2006 versus Conservation Law, makes national headlines
CJP Team -
The rights of Adivasis and forest dwellers are, once again under threat as India's highest court considers the impact of Parliament’s wide-sweeping changes to the Forest Conservation Law (2023)
The unsung architects of food security: India’s rural women demand recognition
The first struggle for every woman, before she can...
The Fight for Ancestral Forest Rights: Tharu tribe challenges seven-year administrative blockade
The petition seeks protection from forest officials and quashing of the order, arguing that the denial of land titles has criminalised essential community livelihood
Protest decision of Union Government to Scrap 11% Import Duty on Raw Cotton: AIKS
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has called upon all farmers to launch an intense agitation against the Modi government
Gene-edited rice sparks alarms: Scientists back activists, warn of hidden dangers
Growing apprehensions over the safety and regulation of genome...
A Silent Emergency: Farmer suicides surge in Maharashtra amid apathy, debt, and systemic collapse
767 farmers died by suicide in just three months in 2025, yet the state's response remains bureaucratic, inadequate, and dispassionate. A ground-level crisis marked by despair, debt, and denial
As 30 crore workers, farmers join July 9 strike against govt.’s policies, will there be media coverage of the shut down?
Centrally recognised trade unions say workers have supported the 17-point charter of demands of the strike, called against Union Government’s policies
Development or dispossession? 1,188 days of defiance against forced land acquisition in Devanahalli, Karnataka
As Karnataka’s government inches forward with plans to acquire 1,777 acres of fertile farmland for a Defence and Aerospace Park, farmers from 13 villages in Devanahalli, now backed by workers’ unions, Dalit and Muslim groups, intellectuals and scientists, dig in for the final battle. With promises broken and livelihoods at stake, the countdown to July 15 marks a watershed moment in Karnataka’s agrarian history
MoEFCC subverting the Forest Rights Act, 2006: 150 Citizens groups
Over 150 countrywide organisations have in a communication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined how the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is being consistently undermined, threatening not just Adivasis but forests and the environment
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CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka released on ₹50,000 bonds, undertake not to call protests at Jantar Mantar
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Who controls access to voter records? ECINet audit raises fresh questions
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Rule of Law
Punjab & Haryana HC: Users must be given blocking notices immediately; sets aside Facebook page takedown
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India
UN experts condemn India’s crackdown on youth-led protests, flag 7,000 detentions and alleged sexual abuse
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India
Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals
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India
Manipur SIR: Sabar Institute’s report records 1.59 lakh removals, two-thirds in hill constituencies
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