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Alarming Odisha arrests, ‘illegal’ detentions ahead of Vedanta bauxite public hearing

More than 80 lawyers, legal academics and researchers have written to the Governor of Odisha raising concerns about the “alarming arrests and illegal detentions” of about two dozen persons...

Armed cops, paramilitary sent to ‘protect’ top mining group, ‘oppose’ Odisha tribal rights

The civil rights group, Forum Against Corporatization And Militarization (FACAM), New Delhi, insisting on the need to resist “intimidation and repression on the people...

West Bengal farm workers protest Centre withholding Rs 7,500 crore MGNREGA budget

Marking one year of the Government of India withholding the release of over Rs 7,500 crore MGNREGA funds to West Bengal, the civil rights network NREGA Sangarsh Morcha, in alliance with the Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity (PBKMS), held Black Day on December 27, with workers holding black flag demonstrations, thaala bajao, road blockade and public meetings.

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