Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Romila Thapar & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/08/2018 regarding arrest of activists for their alleged Maoist links. Apex Court directs that the activists be kept under house arrest at their own homes. The next date …
It would not be wrong to say that virtually all infrastructure and industrial projects—from mining to thermal and hydel and nuclear power to cement or steel—are under attack today from communities who fear loss of livelihoods. These communities are at the forefront of India’s environmental movement. They are its warriors.
JAINATULLAH Hussain of Kisko block in Lohardaga district is an unhappy man. He had been running a radio show for adolescents who have health-related misconceptions. The programme was broadcast through Prasar Bharti and the airtime was purchased by Manthan Yuva Sansthan, a non-profit he had been working with. Realising the …
2010 was a loud year for the environment. High profile projects—from Vedanta to Posco and Navi Mumbai airport to Lavasa—hit the headlines for non-compliance with environmental regulations. While 2009 was the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, it was only last year that we were all outraged by the …
India rightly brands itself incredible. The country's remarkable political, economic, and cultural transformation over the past half century has made it a geopolitical force almost equal to that of China. The west has welcomed the growth of India: witness US President Barack Obama's recent support for Indian membership of the …
THE Centre has approved Rs 3,300 crore grants for infrastructural development in 60 Naxalite-affected districts of the country. The scheme Integrated Action Plan for Selected Tribal and Backward Districts was passed on November 26. The scheme will be implemented over the next two years. A government press release said a …
Javed Iqbal IN Chhattisgarh, the only criminal appears to be the law. For instance, Salwa Judum leader Soyam Mukka was part of a state-sponsored mob that protested against Medha Patkar and a contingent of human rights activists and social workers in January 2009. Soyam Mukka has a warrant for his …
Human rights activist Binayak Sen spent two years in jail before being granted bail. Charged with sedition, waging war against the Indian state, as well as being a Maoist supporter, both under normal laws and under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and the Unlawful Activities Act, the evidence has …
Twenty six-year-old Soyam Hunga has stayed in the Errabore Salwa Judum camp in Chhattisgarh for six years. He is from village Morguda in Dantewada district and moved to the camp, 30 kilometres away, to escape Naxalites. For the first five years, Soyam and his wife did not need to work …
It's a forum where new parameters for leadership are calibrated as governance comes up for scrutiny. The Eighth India Today State of the States Conclave featured eight chief ministers, one deputy chief minister and three state ministers. They came to debate-and celebrate-critical development issues. (From Left) Sushil Kumar Modi, V.S.Achuthanandan, …
Due to frequent newspaper reports about violence in Bastar region due to conflicts between leftist extremists and state agencies, there was a palpable fear in the air. Some of the older shodhyatris were deterred by the incidents which happened only a few days before the commencement of the yatra. But …
New Delhi: Aiming to arrest the spread of Red terror in the country, the Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a Rs 3,300 crore special plan for 60 Naxal-affected districts across nine states to ensure overall development of these areas. Earlier, 35 districts were slated to receive the funds. Under the …
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a special plan for the development of 35 districts affected by Naxalism to address issues like healthcare, schooling and drinking water. Under the plan, each of the 35 districts will get `25 crores every year. The special funding under the plan will take care …
Two tribal villages in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra—Mendha Lekha and Marda— savoured victory when they won community rights over their forest resources in August last year. The rights conferred under the Forest Rights Act of 2006 include the right to collect and sell minor forest produce (MFP). These include tendu …
