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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”
Denying Forest Dwellers Rights, Gauhati HC orders removal of Adivasi “encroachers”
Denying forest dwellers rights in the Chariduar Reserved Forest, the Guwahati HC has directed the evacuation of “encroachers
Adivasis ousted from both home & land rights through a draconian law: Gujarat
In the guise of tourism, the new Statue of Unity Act not only illegally converts a forested area over which the local tribal population has constitutionally guaranteed rights into an ‘urban’ area in which they will need government permission to do anything but legalizes evictions
Will CAA ensure land ‘invasions’ into Adivasi dominated Vth Schedule areas?
For over two months now, the controversial, Citizenship Amendment...
First POSCO, now JSW: Dhinkia villagers are still fighting for their land and compensation
The members of the anti-Jindal anti-Posco movement are opposing the five projects proposed by JSW claiming they don’t meet required environmental clearances
If we are here, only then will the jungle remain: Adivasis and forest dwellers
In the recently concluded winter session of Lok Sabha, a question was raised about the scheme for relocation and rehabilitation of villages from forest area for the development of Tiger Reserve Forest and the compensation given to such villagers.
40,000 trees cut in Odisha!
Just like in Chhattisgarh, officials obtained a fake Gram Sabha certificate to take over tribal land
Chhattisgarh HC orders PSU to stop all mining activity
The PSU had obtained a fake NOC from the gram sabha to begin mining
A deep cut in your pocket: Onions being sold for over Rs. 100 per kg throughout the country
NAFED director says prices of the bulbous crop will only come down in January
Maha CM orders withdrawal of FIRs against Aarey protesters
The newly appointed Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has said that he has ordered the withdrawal of FIRs made against those booked for protesting the felling of trees in the disputed Aarey Colony.
Bad Air Day: UP Govt to cut nearly 64,000 trees in Lucknow for Defence Expo
The Uttar Pradesh state government is preparing to cut down nearly 64,000 trees along the Gomti river for India’s Defence Expo scheduled to be held in February next year.
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Supreme Court: UP Gangsters Act ‘stillborn’ for prescribing punishment without creating an offence
In a strongly worded judgment, the Court holds that the 1986 law prescribes punishment without creating a distinct offence and criticises the gang-chart mechanism, but stops short of deciding whether the legislation itself passes constitutional muster
India
“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam
Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process
Gender and Sexuality
When Suspicion Becomes Deportation: The case of Sahida Fakir and the dangerous criminalisation of Bengali identity
A woman who left home to buy dinner was detained, taken across state lines and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh despite her family producing a birth certificate, voter ID, school records and land documents
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
The women India continues to ignore
It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.
Politics
The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction