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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
Tharu Adivasis emerge resilient, return to farmlands
Community members, undeterred by the oppression of forest officials who assaulted them for tilling land, ares back in the fields with their agricultural implements
Dalit couple attempt suicide after forceful eviction, police brutality
The state government has sacked the District Collector and SP after a video of the brutal attacks by the police on the couple went viral
UP Adivasis oppose land grab attempt, get death threats
Lilasi Adivasis write to politicians and senior administration officials about illicit construction taking place on forest land
AIUFWP seeks place in committee investigating attack on Van Gujjars
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The Union has written a letter to the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand requesting that two of their members be included as members of the committee proving the matter
Van Gujjar Mustafa Chopra and grandsons secure bail
The elderly member of an indigenous transhumance community had been physically assaulted by policemen and then arrested on trumped up charges!
Gujarat tribals protest land grab around Statue of Unity
The villagers do not want to give up their lands saying the acquisition period has lapsed and the government’s claim should be invalidated
Assault on Tharu women prompts FIR but forest officials flex muscles in UP
An unprecedented FIR has been lodged at the Gauriphanta...
Purchase Maize under MSP, pay differential to farmers: NAPM to Bihar CM
The Bihar government’s refusal to purchase maize, a staple crop in north Bihar, Kosi and Seemanchal has caused acute distress, made a mockery of the Prime Minister’s Annadata Aay Suraksha Abhiyan (PM-AASA) and led to sustained protests
Van Gujjars assaulted by police and forest officials, CJP moves NHRC demanding justice
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The complaint states how the police and forest officials violated lockdown rules, procedure for eviction as well as defied high court orders and when the tribals objected to their unlawful actions, a false case was slapped against them
Locusts, Covid-19, Delhi Government’s cup of woes runneth over
Curses of Biblical proportions are plaguing an already stressed Delhi Government led by Aravind Kejriwal.
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