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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”
Independent experts, not government servants must be part of the CEC while deciding the challenge to Forest Conservation Act: Former bureaucrats to SC
Urging that independent experts must be part of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) advising the SC on the impacts, adverse of otherwise of the Forest Conservation Amendment Act (FCAA), 2023 –currently under challenge-- sixty former civil servants have in an open letter warned against the possibly “comprised stand and conflict of interest of the present CEC advising the Court
Chhattisgarh: Hundred lawyers and legal professionals condemn ban on Moolvasi Bachao Manch, urge revocation
In an ‘Urgent Appeal issued to President Draupadi Murmu and Governor of Chhattisgarh, by close to 100 lawyers and legal professionals across India’, the group urges the revocation of the ‘arbitrary and unjust ban on the Moolvasi Bachao Manch (MBM) and the release of all its imprisoned members in the state. The appeal also demands the repeal of the draconian Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2005
TN: Sugarcane Farmers Protest, Demand Better FRP, Reintroduction of SAP
The previous AIADMK regime had introduced the RSF which should be abolished and SAP be reintroduced, the protesting farmers demanded.
NDA’s 11 years of betrayal: MSP of Kharif crop way below promised C2+50%
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) in a detailed analysis of the both procurement as the share in food grain production and the overall data on Minimum Support Price (MSP) growth rate which shows a decline as exposed the hollow claims of the Modi government
Living on Edge: Farmers in This Bihar District Battle River and Red Tape
Decades of erosion and ongoing border disputes have left Bhojpur’s farmers without land and struggling for state support, as the Ganga continues to ‘swallow’ villages.
Unseasonal Rains: Over 80 Dead, Huge Damage to Crops, Orchards; AIKS Demands Ex-Gratia
Around 55 animals, many of them livestock, reportedly killed by lightning in Maharashtra. Mango orchards in the Lucknow-Unnao belt are also reported to be severely damaged.
Arresting dissent: Punjab Government’s U-turn on farmer protests, protest site bulldozed, farmer leaders detained
The sudden arrest of key farmer leaders signals a stark shift in Punjab’s approach, raising concerns about political pressures and industrial influence.
Open Letter to an Imaginary Supreme Leader of a country of billions
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An Open Public Letter to an imaginary Supreme Leader of an imaginary country of a billion suffering fools.
Fight far from over: Punjab farmers bring State to a standstill with Bandh amid hunger strike, a chakka jam, disruptions in road and rail...
Punjab farmers intensify agitation, demanding legal MSP guarantee, comprehensive debt relief, and resolution of pending grievances in state-wide bandh; hunger strike by farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal remains ongoing even as Supreme Court criticises government’s handling of the leader’s health
Save Dallewal’s Life, Hold Discussion on MSP, Says SKM in Memo to President Murmu
Protests held by farmers’ organisations across states in solidarity with the fasting farmer leader, demanding legal guarantee for MSP.
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