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February 12: Workers and Farmers Forge a Historic Axis of Resistance Across India

For observers of general strikes and journalists covering trade unions and farmer movements, the February 12 General Strike did not unfold as a routine ritual. It unfolded as a...

Pan-India farmers protest over attack on Rakesh Tikait!

Leaders alleged a political conspiracy and demand suspension of officers, security to Rakesh Tikait and judicial inquiry into the incident

Scrap mining projects in Hasdeo forests: Friends of Hasdeo Aranya

Rights groups and invested experts discuss the Hasdeo mining project controversy in Chhattisgarh

UP may waive loans of over 33,000 farmers, but is that the way to go?

NABARD warns against the dangers of repeated farmer loan waivers

Bombay HC directs Maha gov’t to withdraw pending criminal cases against farmers and social activists

They had been protesting CAA and other government policies; Aurangabad Bench of the HC directs State gov't to file affidavit and submit a report 

Cruel, diabolic, barbaric, gruesome and inhuman: Allahabad High Court on Lakhimpur Kheri massacre

Court made this observation while denying bail to four Lakhimpur Kheri accused; dismissed the bail pleas based on possibility of tampering of evidence or endangering witnesses

Dudhwa women complain to Forest Rights Committee about illegal deforestation by Nepalis

Complaint filed by Tharu Adivasi Mahila Majdoor Kisaan Manch

Can the government explain craters and remnants of explosives in Sukma and Bijapur forests?

Rights groups call upon all citizens groups including women, farmers, Dalits, tribals to question the discovery of the what could be the shells and remnants of explosives in Bastar

BREAKING: SC cancels Ashish Mishra’s bail

The apex court set aside the bail in light of recent attacks upon Lakhimpur Kheri violence witnesses and concerns raised by victims' families

SKM breaks down demand for MSP to masses

As farmers explained the issues with the three farm laws, the SKM now moves to explain the importance of a legal MSP to the public

Another Lakhimpur Kheri witness attacked!

For a second time since Ashish Mishra’s bail, a key witness faces a violent attack

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