Category Tribals
Demand for judicial probe Prominent civil rights network, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), has strongly condemned the “brutal” lathicharge on farmers on January 2 in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, and has sought judicial inquiry into the incident. The police lathichargetook place… Continue Reading →
The analysis report showed individuals from vulnerable groups, namely women, uneducated, wage labourers, agricultural labourers and small traders, being the worst hit by job losses in 2018. Job scenario turned bleak in the past year, as almost 11 million Indians… Continue Reading →
IndiaParth MN Tweet The sarpanch of Bhima Koregaon did not deny the conspiracy behind the violence on 1 January, 2018, which many believe was a pre-planned attack on Dalit pilgrims by upper caste mobs. Sangita Kamble, the sarpanch, was responding… Continue Reading →
Congress to return Bastar farmers’ land Raipur: “Congress lost its frontline leaders in a deadly Maoist attack (in May 2013). Many innocent jawans, local tribals and journalists have also lost their lives. If this problem was to be solved by… Continue Reading →
[email protected] The state government this week granted sanction to prosecute activists S arrested in the Elgar Parishad case on charges of sedition and waging war against India among other charges under Indian Penal Code. Assistant commissioner of police (Swargate division) on… Continue Reading →
Rural police named two Hindu leaders in FIR but never filed a charge sheet. Urban police arrested 10 activists, blamed Maoists for violence Yogesh Joshi Hindustan Times, Pune Protests by Dalit groups in the aftermath of the Bhima Koregaon clashes… Continue Reading →
ABHAY REGI On 10 November, over two thousand Malaivasi tribals of Sittilingi protested against police inaction and negligence in the investigation of the a gang rape and subsequent death of a 16-year-old teenager. On 10 November, over two thousand Malaivasi… Continue Reading →
Despite all controversies, programme to be held again on Jan 12, but Kabir Kala Manch plans to keep distance [email protected] Squaring off against the much-debated controversy surrounding the Elgaar Parishad event held in December 2017, organisers have decided the programme… Continue Reading →
By Samantha Hepburn* Indian mining multinational Adani has announced that it will self-fund a significantly smaller coal mine in the Galilee Basin, after failing to secure finance from more than 30 domestic and international banks and lenders. Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan has described Adani… Continue Reading →
Practice of isolating those menstruating in mud huts is still alive in tribal areas of Maharashtra, and it’s claiming lives Barkha.Mathur It is an 8ftx8ft windowless mud room with no electricity that is Vaishali Padmukh’s home for four days every… Continue Reading →