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The News Minute · Karnataka to get 33 special police stations for SC/ST atrocities cases
Patna HC Strikes Down Bihar's Amended Laws Increasing Reservations
After conducting a caste census last year, the Nitish Kumar government had hiked total reservations for SC, ST and OBC groups to 65%.
#bihar #PatnaHC #BiharReservationLaws #reservation #SCST #OBC #dalits #adivasis #CasteCensus #JDU #india
https://thewire.in/law/patna-hc-strikes-down-bihars-amended-laws-increasing-reservations
The WirePatna HC Strikes Down Bihar's Amended Laws Increasing ReservationsAfter conducting a caste census last year, the Nitish Kumar government had hiked total reservations for SC, ST and OBC groups to 65%.
How consolidation of dominant castes influenced Lok Sabha results in Karnataka
Observers say Vokkaligas and Lingayats have come together for the first time since 1996 and the impact is evident in the 2024 results.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #karnataka #NDA #vokkaligas #lingayats #OBCs #dalits #adivasis #muslims #JDS #BJP #caste #india
The Hindu · Election results 2024: How consolidation of dominant castes influenced Lok Sabha results in Karnataka The Lok Sabha election results in the State have thrown up two things in particular — the Vokkaliga-Lingayat consolidation in favour of the NDA in south Karnataka, and a total rout of BJP by the Congress, fuelled by a perceived consolidation of the oppressed classes, in five seats of Kalyana Karnataka.
What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi?
Stan Swamy had recently published a study of 3,000 people jailed for being members of banned Maoist groups. He found that 97% of them had no such affiliation and that many of their trials were held without lawyers, in a language they didn't understand. He'd filed a case on their behalf in the state court of Jharkhand, where he lived. All of this had embarrassed the government, he said.
#StanSwamy #jharkhand #adivasis #AdivasiRights #ForestRights #maoists #dalits #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #HumanRights #UAPA #BJP #india
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/1250799690/india-democracy-modi-priest-jail-death
‘They were villagers who went to pick Tendu leaves, not Maoists’: In Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, families question “encounter that killed 12 Maoists”
The police have refuted these claims as baseless, while the villagers and activists argue that these people were killed and then branded by the police as Maoists.
#chhattisgarh #bijapur #tribals #adivasis #ExtrajudicialKillings #maoists #BJPStates #BJP #congress #india
Maktoob media · ‘They were villagers who went to pick Tendu leaves, not Maoists’: In Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, families question “encounter that killed 12 Maoists”On 10 May, the Police Superintendent of Bijapur, Jitendra Kumar Yadav, claimed to have killed 12 Maoists, most of whom carried a collective prize money of 41 lakhs. Two days later, villagers and activists from the region alleged that it was a fake encounter and the people killed were not Naxals but merely villagers from Pedia village who had gone to the forest to pick Tendu leaves. Adivasi, Bastar, chhattisgarh, Extrajudicial killing, Fake Encounter, Maoist, Tribals
‘What use is a bullet train to us?’ In Maharashtra’s Palghar, tribal anger at BJP over lack of jobs
The big-ticket development projects in the region have not helped the poor, many residents said.
#maharashtra #palghar #LokSabhaElection2024 l #adivasis #DevelopmentProjects #unemployment #BJP #BJPStates #india
Scroll.in · ‘What use is a bullet train to us?’ In Maharashtra’s Palghar, tribal anger at BJP over lack of jobs
Mumbai: Shivaji Nagar Police Deem Themselves 'Not Guilty' in Pardhi Children Custodial Violence Case
The police have accused a nodal agency worker and an activist of trying to “influence” the children in the case to testify against the police and have cited the independent opinion of a hospital that was not known to have examined the children.
#maharashtra #mumbai #pardhis #ChildAbuse #SexualAssault #MumbaiPolice #adivasis #PoliceViolence #india
https://thewire.in/rights/shivaji-nagar-police-investigation-own-role-pardhi-children-abuse
The WireShivaji Nagar Police Deem Themselves 'Not Guilty' in Pardhi Children Custodial Violence CaseThe police have accused a nodal agency worker and an activist of trying to “influence” the children in the case to testify against the police and have cited the independent opinion of a hospital that was not known to have examined the children.
Election Commission Mum As BJP Video Openly Incites Hatred Against Muslims Again
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, while announcing the schedule of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in March, had warned against fake news on social media but is yet to act.
#karnataka #BJP #HateSpeech #ElectionCommission #LokSabhaElection2024 #congress #RahulGandhi #siddaramaiah #dalits #adivasis #OBCs #IndianMuslims #ElectionCampaign2024 #communalism #hindutva #india
The WireElection Commission Mum As BJP Video Openly Incites Hatred Against Muslims AgainChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, while announcing the schedule of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in March, had warned against fake news on social media but is yet to act.
Why the Congress manifesto has rattled corporate monopolies, RSS and BJP
For the first time Nyay Patra, the Congress manifesto, has made social justice a serious election issue by promising nationwide caste census and removal of 50 per cent Supreme Court cap on reservations, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #CongressManifesto #congress #RSS #BJP #CronyCapitalism #privatisation #welfare #OBCs #education #caste #dalits #adivasis #communalism #india
The News Minute · Opinion: Why the Congress manifesto has rattled corporate monopolies, RSS and BJP
In the tea gardens of Bengal, neither Ram Mandir nor Kashmir is a poll issue
For the underpaid, underrepresented Adivasi workers of Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri, elections are often a time to express their discontent.
#WestBengal #alipurduar #jalpaiguri #adivasis #labour #jobs #RamTemple #BJP #TMC #LokSabhaElection2024 #elections2024 #india
Scroll.in · View from the Margins: In the tea gardens of Bengal, neither Ram Mandir nor Kashmir is a poll issue
Those Killed Include Innocents, Say Adivasis Of Recent Anti-Naxal Operation In Bastar
A fortnight before polling in Bastar, security forces killed 13 persons in what it called the biggest anti-Naxal operation since 2017. But at least two of those were Adivasi villagers, one of them a young deaf girl.
#chhattisgarh #bastar #adivasis #maoists #PoliceBrutality #SexualViolence #ViolenceAgainstWomen #HumanRights #india
BehanBox · Those Killed Include Innocents, Say Adivasis Of Recent Anti-Naxal Operation In Bastar - BehanBoxA fortnight before polling in Bastar, security forces killed 13 persons in what it called the biggest anti-Naxal operation since 2017. But at least two of those were Adivasi villagers, one of them a young deaf girl
IITs Defy Quota, Deny Seats to SC, ST & OBC at Faculty & PhD Level: RTI Data
Let’s take a look at what the data from the RTI response indicates about SC/ST/OBC representation across IITs.
#IITs #CasteDiscrimination #reservations #SCST #dalits #adivasis #education #casteism #caste #india
The Quint · IITs Defy Quota, Deny Seats to SC, ST & OBC at Faculty & PhD Level: RTI Data
Badaga community members refuse to allow bus to ply to SC/ST villages in the Nilgiris
Hundreds of people from Badaga-dominated Ebbanad staged a protest, preventing the bus from reaching Koranur and Bikkapathy Mund.
#TamilNadu #nilgiris #badagas #casteism #dalits #adivasis #OBCs #PublicTransport #india
The Hindu · Badaga community members refuse to allow bus to ply to SC/ST villages in the NilgirisResidents of Koranur in Udhagamandalam face caste-based bus service discrimination, sparking tensions with dominant Badaga community in Ebbanad.
Sandeshkhali protest is not TMC vs BJP. It’s the arrival of SC, ST women to the mainstream
The protest by the SC/ST women should be seen as a radical arrival of the periphery to the mainstream. However, they are yet to shake the conscience of privileged urban bhadralok spaces.
#WestBengal #sandeshkali #TMC #SexualAssault #SexualExploitation #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #dalits #adivasis #ShahjahanSheikh #AjitMaity #india
ThePrint · Sandeshkhali protest is not TMC vs BJP. It’s the arrival of SC, ST women to the mainstreamThe protest by the SC/ST women should be seen as a radical arrival of the periphery to the mainstream. However, they are yet to shake the conscience of privileged urban bhadralok spaces.
In Lush, Ancient Chhattisgarh Forest, Thousands Of Trees Cut To Mine Coal For Rajasthan, Threatening Adivasi Homes, Water, Livelihoods
As the union and state governments clear the second phase of mining operations at a controversial coal mine, over 15,000 trees were cut, in addition to 81,000 cut since 2012. Activists say this is an undercount, estimating that another 399,000 trees face the axe for mining coal in the lush forests of Hasdeo Arand. Adivasis worship the trees as deities, depending on them for livelihood. As protests sweep the villages nearby, the removal of trees has intensified elephant-human conflict.
#CoalMining #deforestation #chhattisgarh #rajasthan #HasdeoForests #HasdeoAnand #ForestRights #TribalRights #AdivasiRights #adivasis #environment #AdaniGroup #BJP #congress #india
article-14.comIn Lush, Ancient Chhattisgarh Forest, Thousands Of Trees Cut To Mine Coal For Rajasthan, Threatening Adivasi Homes, Water, Livelihoods As the union and state governments clear the second phase of mining operations at a controversial coal mine, over 15,000 trees were cut, in addition to 81,000 cut since 2012. Activists say this is an undercount, estimating that another 399,000 trees face the axe for mining coal in the lush forests of Hasdeo Arand. Adivasis worship the trees as deities, depending on them for livelihood. As protests sweep the villages nearby, the removal of trees has intensified elephant-human conflict.
The Hasdeo Bachao Movement: How Adivasis are Challenging Paradigms of ‘Vikas’
The movement has found support from various groups including farmers. 'It is our duty to protect water, forest, and land,' say tribal communities. Freny Maneckshaw writes.
#chhattisgarh #HasdeoForests #HasdeoAnand #AdaniGroup #CoalMining #adivasis #ForestRights #TribalRights #environment #india
https://thewire.in/rights/the-hasdeo-bachao-movement-adivasis-vikas
The WireThe Hasdeo Bachao Movement: How Adivasis are Challenging Paradigms of ‘Vikas’The movement has found support from various groups including farmers. 'It is our duty to protect jal, jangal, jameen,' say tribal communities.
Alert DM 60 days in advance, let police assess ‘real intention’: Chhattisgarh prepares Bill to regulate conversion
Chhattisgarh conversion Bill: While the draft is ready, sources said some amendments could be made before it is finally presented in the Vidhan Sabha.
#chhattisgarh #AntiConversionLaw #conversions #ReligiousFreedom #BJPStates #minorities #christians #dalits #adivasis #india
The Indian Express · Alert DM 60 days in advance, let police assess ‘real intention’: Chhattisgarh prepares Bill to regulate conversionChhattisgarh conversion Bill: While the draft is ready, sources said some amendments could be made before it is finally presented in the Vidhan Sabha.
Tribal woman from Tamil Nadu’s backward hills picked as Civil Judge, taking exam days after having a baby
Sources close to Sripathi's family said she took the exam in Chennai, 250 kilometres away, in November 2023.
#TamilNadu #tiruvannamalai #adivasis #TamilMedium #education #india
The Indian Express · Tribal woman from Tamil Nadu’s backward hills picked as Civil Judge, taking exam days after having a babySources close to Sripathi's family said she took the exam in Chennai, 250 kilometres away, in November 2023.
Five Ways In Which Hemant Soren and Jharkhand Are Carving a New National Agenda for Adivasi Politics
This is timely as the ruling dispensation reminds us of existing unchecked hegemonies, reinforce who’s in power, and the manifold ways in which the Bahujan including the religious minorities can be shown their place, writes Regina Hansda.
#jharkhand #HemantSoren #AdivasiRights #JMM #adivasis #ED #BJP #INDIAAlliance #elections2024 #india
https://thewire.in/rights/hemant-soren-jharkhand-adivasi-politics
The WireFive Ways In Which Hemant Soren and Jharkhand Are Carving a New National Agenda for Adivasi PoliticsThis is timely as the ruling dispensation reminds us of existing unchecked hegemonies, reinforce who’s in power, and the manifold ways in which the Bahujan including the religious minorities can be shown their place.