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#India – Tribal Woman raped in bus, helper arrested #Odisha #Vaw

Odisha Tribal woman raped in moving bus PTI : Bhubaneswar/Cuttack, Wed Jun 19 2013, 1 TOP ST A 25-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by the helper of an air-conditioned luxury bus in which she was travelling, police today said. The… Continue Reading →

#India displaced women and children imprisoned for a month by #Vedanta and police #Vaw #WTFnews

Badapada: Badapada: the jailed women and children tell their story 19th June.  This report, directly from a Foil Vedanta team on the ground in Niyamgiri, tells a shocking story of the month long imprisonment of a group of Dalit women… Continue Reading →

#India – The Niyamgiri warrior against Vedanta – Sanjay Parikh #mustread

Aparna Kalra  |  New Delhi  June 15, 2013  BS Though his case files are stacked across four rooms, Sanjay Parikh, the lawyer who thrust a spoke into India-focused miner Vedanta Resources‘ plans, has ensured each is marked neatly. “This is the Kalahandi case…… Continue Reading →

Criticised, Odisha weighs expanding scope of locals in deciding Vedanta fate #goodnews

 BS Reporter  |  Bhubaneswar  June 14, 201 Faced with flak from the ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA) and activists from Niyamgiri for its decision to limit gram sabhas to just 12 villages,Odisha is mulling legal opinion over the possibility of expanding the scope of such meetings. “We are… Continue Reading →

#India – Appeal to observe Anti Posco Black day on 22nd JUNE 2013

  We remember people who sacrificed their self interests for the benefit our freedom in the 66th year of Indian Independence. Sadly, during the one and a half decades of the post-globalisation era in India, our leaders are sacrificing the… Continue Reading →

#India – 273 bonded labourers rescued in Tiruvallur

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, The Hindu , June 12 The HinduThe Odisha natives, who had been working under inhuman conditions in brick kilns, were sent back home on Tuesday night — Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam At the end of an investigation that… Continue Reading →

#India- Report demands full compensation for victims of Kandhamal riots

Special Correspondent, The Hindu  The report was released by Miloon Kothari, former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing A report titled ‘Unjust Compensation’ prepared by Housing and Land Rights Network highlighting property losses of private individuals during the Kandhamal riots,… Continue Reading →

Bauxite mining: Tribal ministry objects to Odisha’s move against SC order

Priya Ranjan Sahu, Hindustan Times  Bhubaneswar, June 09, 2013 The Union ministry of tribal affairs (MoTA) has objected to the Odisha government’s decision to hold gram sabhas in only 12 villages of Niyamgiri hill slopes to decide the fate of bauxite… Continue Reading →

#India – Grassroots Democracy Gasps as Guns do the Talking

Over 70 local government representatives have quit their posts in Malkangiri, a district long under the Maoist shadow. G Vishnu visits remote villages in Odisha to gauge the despair G Vishnu , Tehelka 15-06-2013, Issue 24 Volume 10   Anguished Debe Madhi resigned… Continue Reading →

Disinformation and Journalistic Ethics: A Letter from Harsh Mander

June 6, 2013   by Aditya Nigam We are publishing below a communication received from Harsh Mander, a former member of the National Advisory Council, regarding misrepresentation of his position and his politics by no less a person than the editor-in-chief… Continue Reading →

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