Category Tribals
5 Years Jail, ₹1Lakh Fine For Dumping Debris, State Gets 18 Mths To Protect Mangroves On Private Forest Land [email protected] Mumbai: A division bench of Bombay high court on Monday ordered the state to launch criminal prosecution under the Environmental… Continue Reading →
Although they are often the actual cultivators, the lack of land rights among women farmers in Odisha has resulted in chronic distress because they are unable to get government loans or compensation over crop loss Basudev Mahapatra Nuapada, Odisha Since… Continue Reading →
Nine Members of the European Parliament sent today the attached letter to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms. Federica MOGHERINI, regarding the raids on homes and arbitrary arrest of nine human… Continue Reading →
Ushering in a winter of protests NEW DELHI: In the words of M.K. Gandhi, “Silence becomes cowardice when the occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.” During the past week India has seen several protests in Delhi which have… Continue Reading →
Alishan Jafri Urban naxalism is one of the many salient major threats that new India faces apart from the minor ones like poverty, rapes, saffron fanaticism, lynchings, hate speech, farmer suicides, children dying due to lack of oxygen in hospitals,… Continue Reading →
This piece comments on the Bhima Koregaon arrests, the multitude of problems with the UAPA as well as its empirically evident history of sinister targeting of those defending the powerless against State excesses. UAPA criminalises ideology and association. By virtue… Continue Reading →
The Caravan publishes report of police-appointed committee, headed by Dhende, that finds Hindutva outfits “pre-planned” the Bhima Koregaon violence By TUSHA MITTAL | SATISH BATE / HINDUSTAN TIMES / GETTY IMAGES The report of a fact-finding committee, headed by Pune’s deputy mayor… Continue Reading →
Nation wide protests followed the arrests, initimidation and targeting of lawyers, poets, journalists, academicians and activists.
“The temptation is powerful to close our eyes and wait for the worst to pass, but history tells us that for freedom to survive, it must be defended, and that if lies are to stop, they must be exposed.” –… Continue Reading →
Soni Sori said she did not know the person from Sukma district who has file a complaint to the police against her in this matter. Police complaint against Soni Sori was filed on August 24. (Representational) RAIPUR: Aam Aadmi Party leader… Continue Reading →