Land Struggles
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
An uptick in the sale of land to non-residents has sparked widespread concern about employment, food security and increased stress on natural resources.
Swati Thapa
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In Jharkhand, villagers are being dispossessed through subversion of land laws
The creation of ‘land banks’ has allowed the government to acquire large tracts of land, which are being transferred to private companies.
Sushmita
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In Bihar, the changing course of Kosi river has given rise to land disputes
The state says that any farmland that gets submerged is its property. Farmers living along the river are up in arms.
Umesh Kumar Ray
Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Why even those who don’t believe in deities love bhakti poetry
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Suspended Congress leader from Surat resurfaces after 20 days, alleges party betrayed him
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The BJP in Assam says it champions ‘indigenous’ rights. So what explains the Mikir Bamuni land deal?
Land cultivated by Karbi and Adivasi farmers was taken over for a solar power plant. They have kept up a simmering protest ever since.
Rokibuz Zaman
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A Dalit women’s collective is fighting for the land it toils on in Gujarat
The Gujarat government is set to distribute 50,000 acres of wasteland to wealthy farmers, but claims there isn't enough for the landless.
Aarefa Johari
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A protest in Bihar shows how unsurveyed land leaves residents vulnerable
People living and working on such lands have no land titles and hence no protection from displacement.
Nihar Gokhale, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Fact-finding report demands action against officials who fired on protesting Adivasis in Kaimur
A press release by three NGOs alleged that the police fired on peacefully protesting Adivasis in Kaimur district of Bihar on September 11, injuring seven.
Scroll Staff
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Adani’s solar energy project in Jaisalmer temporarily stayed by Rajasthan High Court
Local farmers have challenged the allocation of nearly 990 hectares of agricultural land to billionaire Gautam Adani’s business.
Scroll Staff
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Homeless in Delhi: This election, former nomads are asking for a tiny piece of land
The Gadia Lohars have faced repeated evictions in India’s national capital.
Nihar Gokhale
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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‘Our livelihood depends on this land’: A solar park in Gujarat is hurting a pastoral community
The Charanka solar park may help India reach its renewable energy goals, but it has a hidden cost.
Karthikeyan Hemalatha, IndiaSpend.com
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India had third-highest number of deaths of people defending their land in 2018: Report
Twenty-three such deaths took place in India last year – 13 of them in Thoothukudi during the anti-Sterlite protests.
Scroll Staff
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‘We don’t want to die landless’: Kerala’s Adivasis are again agitating for land promised in 2001
Nearly 200 landless Adivasis have been protesting for over a week after they were forcibly evicted from the Thovarimala forest in Wayanad.
TA Ameerudheen
The Field
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IPL 2024: Kolkata defeat Mumbai in rain-affected match to become first team to qualify for play-offs
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Cricket: England pacer James Anderson to retire after Lord’s Test against West Indies
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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