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Violation of law in land allotted to tribal people, claims study on Forest Rights Act

MEENA MENON, The Hindu,  mUMBAI mARCH 25,2013  Sloppy implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) has resulted in large tracts of forests being cut down and claimed as cultivated land in Maharashtra, according to a study. Data shows that in… Continue Reading →

Jairam Ramesh for 20-yr mining freeze in AP tribal areas #goodnews

Union minister says it only leads to increased Maoist activity in the areas Suresh Dharur/TNS Hyderabad, March 18 Arguing that mining in tribal areas would lead to increased Maoist activity, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called for a… Continue Reading →

Preliminary Report on the Fact Finding , on terrors of the Armed Forces , #Chhattisgarh #Operationgreenhunt

(Released in a Press Conference at Women’s Press Corps on 15 March 2013)   In the three weeks from mid-January till the first week of February, several villages in the Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh experienced the terror of the armed… Continue Reading →

Mumbai-Anti Posco Movement gains Momentum

The Mumbai Chapter of the POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) carried out a protest march from Vashi station to Odisha Bhawan in Navi Mumbai on March 12. The agitating group of about 200 people were out with an agenda – one,… Continue Reading →

#Chhattisgarh- Centre reverses stand on governor’s powers under Fifth Schedule

Author(s): Jitendra, downtoearth Assistant solicitor general’s affidavit says the constitutional head of state has no discretionary powers over functioning of Tribes Advisory Council, headed by chief minister The Centre seems to have reversed its stand on the powers of a governor… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE- The helpless expose “vibrant” Gujarat to DMIC Yatra (hindi also)

The DMIC Virodhi Sangharsh Yatra reached Gujarat on its 5th day after various programmes in Mumbai, Konkan, Khandesh and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra. Gujarat, a veritable ‘investment destination’ favoured by the global corporate who’s who, is a ‘development hotspot’ sold around… Continue Reading →

Open Letter to the Chief minister of Odisha #Vaw #Womensday

March 12, 2013 Mr. Naveen Pattnaik we are surprised that you are not ashamed even after women’s day. Dear Mr. Naveen Pattnaik, We are deeply anguished and disturbed by the recent turn of frightening and ugly incidents perpetrated by the… Continue Reading →

#India- Statue of rape accused adorns this Chhattisgarh village #Vaw #WTFnews

SUVOJIT BAGCHI, The Hindu A statue of former Salwa Judum member-turned-constable Kartam Surya, an accused in several cases of murder, rape and arson, was installed in Dornapal, Chhattisgarh, recently. Photo: Suvojit Bagchi TOPICS crimesexual assault & rape At the peak… Continue Reading →

#India-After 100 years , Odisha villagers get rights to harvest bamboo rights #agriculture

JAMGUDA, March 4, 2013 Prafulla Das, The Hindu Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh is handing over the patta at Jamguda in Kalahandi district on Sunday. Photo: Lingaraj Tribal development must for curbing Naxal growth: Jairam For the residents of this… Continue Reading →

Inside report from the Supreme Court Niyamgiri case against #Vedanta #mustread #mustshare

Dongria demonstrate at Lanjigarh, 6th Dec 2012 This report comes from Foil Vedanta’s friend in the court room as the Niyamgiri case continues… 19th February 2013, foilvedanta.com Last week, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) filed an affidavit… Continue Reading →

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