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Author(s): Sayantan Bera [1] Issue Date: 2013-7-30 Seven straight rejections means a majority of the 12 villages have said ‘no’ to proposed bauxite mining A Dongria Kondh tribal sitting outside the meeting venue reacts to the camera (photos: Sayanta Bera) Broken… Continue Reading →
Vol – XLVIII No. 30, July 27, 2013 | Rahul Banerjee, EPW Two decades have elapsed since the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act institutionalised panchayati raj as the mandatory third tier of governance in India. Yet due to a lack of extensive… Continue Reading →
To The Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Delhi 23th July 2013 Sub: Rape of minor in Ranchi, Jharkhand Madam, We write on behalf of a national network of women’s and democratic rights organizations working on… Continue Reading →
PRESS NOTE National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had summoned the concerned officials of Govt. of Jharkhand to appear before it on 19th July, 2013 at 11.00 AM for non compliance of the directions of this Commission pertaining… Continue Reading →
by Jay Mazoomdaar , First Post Serkepadhi (Muniguda): The palli sabha at Serkapadhi village registered strong opposition to the proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta and claimed religious and cultural rights on the entire Niyamgiri hills after three and a half hours of high… Continue Reading →
Amartya Sen: India‘s dirty fighter Half of Indians have no toilet. It’s one of many gigantic failures that have prompted Nobel prize-winning academic Amartya Sen to write a devastating critique of India’s economic boom Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian The… Continue Reading →
22 June 2013 | Ajit Kumar Panda Khariar, Dist-Nuapada, Odisha, India, Pioneer The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) has completely gone off the track in Nuapada district with many tribal women failing to get any benefit and suffering most during the… Continue Reading →
June 19, 2013 aburman, Recent news reports state that the Chhattisgarh government has asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to suspend its operations in the Bijapur district where it had operated for the past two and a half years. ICRC had… Continue Reading →
The plan for privatisation of diagnostics services in Chhattisgarh has been cancelled. The RFP and tenders which had come in are no longer valid. This is a victory for Jan Swasthya Abhiyan in Chattisgarh , The most heartening part of the… Continue Reading →
By Newzfirst Correspondent 6/3/13 l New Delhi – In a startling development, the Delhi Police on Monday refused permission to Gandhian activist Himanshu Kumar to hold indefinite fast over tribal issues. In a letter sent by the office of… Continue Reading →