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How the ‘Orange Areas’ Dispute in Central India Leaves Dalit, Adivasi Farmers Without Land Rights
arun Posted On March 25, 2020


A task force set up by the MP government in 2019 may help resolve the issue, which covers an area equal to 20 times the size of Mumbai. Betul (Madhya Pradesh): Ramsingh Nagvanshi has never considered himself a forest dweller. […]


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Remembering Abhay Xaxa, the activist whose focus on emancipating Adivasi lives was second to none
arun Posted On March 23, 2020


Abhay Xaxa’s association with the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights started in the year 2012, with him being young, full of energy, and carrying a fire in his eyes. He never had small plans; he dreamed big about empowering […]


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Withdraw cases against tribals in Maoist belt, says C’garh panel
arun Posted On December 4, 2019


The Justice Patnaik panel was set-up in March with a mandate to review cases involving more than 23,000 tribespeople. A committee appointed by the Chhattisgarh government to review cases against scheduled tribes in the state’s Maoist-insurgency afflicted region has, in […]


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Chhattisgarh govt sets up panel to probe WhatsApp snoop cloud
arun Posted On November 11, 2019


THE CHHATTISGARH government has decided to set up a three-member committee to look into suspicions that NSO, the Israeli company that owns the spyware Pegasus, held a meeting with the state’s police “two to three years ago” to sell the […]


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Pathetic treatment of women prisoners, who endure long terms of sentences, horrible living conditions
arun Posted On October 27, 2019


While prisons in the country in general lack basic amenities and prisoners are made to live in sub-human conditions, women in jails suffer more than their male counterparts in most states. In its own report, the National Crimes Records Bureau […]


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Chhattisgarh to go back to ballot paper, dump EVMs?
arun Posted On October 18, 2019


Chhattisgarh could be the first state in the country to do away with EVMs to adopt the ballot paper in the local body polls On Tuesday, October 15, the BhupeshBaghel government decided to move away from Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) […]


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SC order has tribals regroup to fight for rights on forest lands
arun Posted On February 25, 2019


Adivasi leaders seek ordinance; agitation to be launched soon. ASIFABAD: Adivasis demanded that the Central government bring an ordinance in Parliament to protect the rights of Adivasis on forest lands like it did in the case of the SC and […]


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Chhattisgarh child’s ‘bad touch’ lesson reveals daily rape horror
arun Posted On February 7, 2019


RAIPUR: Parents of a six-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker were listening to her explain ‘good-touch-bad-touch’ to her toddler sister on Tuesday when they realized to their horror that she was describing daily rapes on her by a school clerk. The […]


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Kundapur: Land sanctioned to Dalits after special efforts by DC
arun Posted On January 1, 2019


Kundapur, Jan 1: The forty years-long campaign by Dalits here has shown positive results. The deputy commissioner has cooperated to allot sites to Dalits after Dalit Sangharsha Samithi joined in the campaign during the last four years. Though twelve dalits […]


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Chhattisgarh to return Bastar land acquired for Tata Steel to farmers
arun Posted On December 25, 2018


Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is learnt to have instructed officials to begin the modalities of the process and submit an action plan before the next Cabinet meeting, which is likely to be held after the swearing-in of additional ministers on […]


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