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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

From the South to the Northeast, workers support farmers

On the call of the CITU, the workers display Mazdoor-Kisaan solidarity

Exclusive: G. T. Ramaswamy dismantles government’s claims about South Indian farmers

KRRS VP sheds light on the farmers movement in Karnataka, the impact of the three farm laws on state farmers and the heinous lies of the Modi-regime

CITU calls for farmers’ protests in over 1 lakh locations in India

Workers Unions decide to end 2020 with a final show of solidarity as they declare mass protests across India with a jail bharo andolan planned for January 8, 2021.

Harvest  2020:  Lessons farmers of India taught the world

India’s farmer protests of 2020 will go down in world history as one of the largest resistance movements of modern times

Hearts full of scepticism, farmers agree for talks with Centre on Dec 30

Wondering whether the central government will be as open-minded as they are trying to project, farmers formally accept the government's offer to talk on December 30.

Bihar govt repression continues: 10,000 farmers lathi charged in Patna.

Deprived of APMCs years ago, Bihar farmers decry the anti-farmer laws of the Centre and demand the restart of local markets only to suffer lathi-charge by state police.

Peasant supporters call for creation of Save Farmers, Save Nation committees

The Nation for Farmers organisation calls for local committees created by everyday citizens to solve India’s annadaata’s problems.

Farmers lament Centre’s vague and nonspecific letter for talks

Let down by the central government’s unimpressive letter for talks on December 30, farmer leaders assert their demands and discuss future protests

Centre agrees to meet farmers on December 30, end of stalemate?

Two days after farmer leaders sent their proposal, the central government agrees to talk to farmers on December 30 instead of December 29.

Farmers’ movement: UP Govt using police to intimidate protesters?

As farmers organisations have promised rising participation from protesting farmers from Uttar Pradesh, the Adityanath regime uses the state police to verify this participation and “address their grievances”

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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

Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC

The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.

Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women

The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic

Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG

The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals

Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure

Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters

Nationality under SIR Scrutiny: Kargil warrior questioned after 21 years of service

Retired Army Havildar Md. Daud Ali fought for India in the freezing heights of Kargil, sacrificing his youth and sustaining permanent injuries, today, a mere clerical spelling error has stripped the Murshidabad veteran and his children of their voting rights, forcing a decorated soldier into a humiliating fight for identity