Farm and Forest

A test for the Forest Rights Act in Assam

Eviction notices issued to four Taungya villages in Nagaon district have reignited questions about historical injustice, forest governance and the state's obligation to recognise forest rights before displacement

Rajasthan farmers riding tractors to head towards Delhi on the eve of pan-India protest

Protesting farmers already at the Delhi border have promised to prepare in anticipation of more protesting farmers.

Tolls freed! Government bows down to farmers’ strength.

Opening tolls with such gusto that evening police did not dare defy them, farmers allow vehicles to travel freely towards Delhi

My conscience doesn’t allow me to receive this award: Dr Virendra Pal Singh

“I have no political or terrorist connection,” wrote the principal soil chemist, affirming that refused to accept the Golden Jubilee Award & Gold Medal in solidarity with the farmers' movement

Rain, cold wave, congestion, the farmers brave it all!

Former bureaucrats write in support of farmers, Delhiites plan support meet, more farmers from Punjab head to NCR

15 farmers die in two weeks, the central government continues to refuse farmers’ demands

While mud slinging around the robust farmers’ protests continue, the human costs have been high: organisations have already recorded 15 deaths since November 24.

BKU seeks to intervene in SC petition against central government’s farm laws

Bhanu Pratap, the farmers' union leader, calls the three laws “anti-constitutional” in the petition

Punjab’s Workers Union promises to look after fields until farmers return

Workers attend to farmers’ nagging worries about farmland back home

Why did J&K Govt chop down 10,000 Apple trees grown by Muslim farmers?

The government is reported to have called the villagers “encroachers” on forest land, but the nomadic families have nurtured the small orchards for generations!

Regional media does justice to Bharat bandh coverage

Local news one-ups national media as reporters reach out to agitators and analyse the narrative woven around farmers’ protests.

Bom HC raises concern over systemic insensitivity towards farmers’ problems

The court observed that farmers cannot afford to indulge in litigation in case they are duped

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