13 February 2012 -| By Gayatri Parameswaran It might be the world’s largest democracy but India is struggling to defend its democratic status in the ‘red corridor’ – areas troubled by Naxalite or Maoist insurgency. Expectedly,… Continue Reading →
India’s forest cover decreased by 367 square kilometers between 2007 and 2009, and it was primarily tribal and hilly regions that were to blame, according to the biennial forest survey released last week by the Ministry of Environment and Forest. The report… Continue Reading →
Written by: Dr. Bibhu Prasad Routray February 12, 2012 The recent assessment by author Jan Myrdal that the Left-Wing extremist (Naxalite) movement in India is headed nowhere, is bound to come as a shot-in-the-arm for the Indian state. Coming from… Continue Reading →
In this case the accused Kartam Surya, Kobasi Mangalram and Kicche Nanda are missing. It is not likely that they will be apprehended in the near future. Therefore accused Kartam Surya, Kobasi Mangalram and Kicche Nanda are declared “absconding”. A… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI, February 10, 2012 AMAN SETHI, The Hindu Kartam Surya was one of three informal SPO commanders to emerge in the aftermath of the Salwa Judum. On Thursday evening, cadres of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) opened… Continue Reading →
By – Umang Kumar It will be fair to assume that we all remember writing – or thinking of writing – a letter to God at some point in our lives, typically when quite young. Those were letters of various… Continue Reading →
People’s Union for Democratic Rights It is with great dismay and outrage that PUDR condemns the award of President’s Police medal to Dantewada Superintendent Ankit Garg. He is the officer accused by Soni Sori of having inflicted grave sexual violence… Continue Reading →
Sir Judge Upon your order, I was treated in Kolkata, which saved my life. Then why have I been sent back among the same people? I am not safe here. I’m having to battle many problems. If your court believes… Continue Reading →
By Ranjana Padhi 31 January, 2012 Countercurrents.org State repression is intensifying on all movements that stand opposed to corporate land grab and capitalist aggression, especially in the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. It is debatable amongst us whether the… Continue Reading →
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