Land Struggles
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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
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch
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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
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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
The Reel
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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
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Despite nature’s protests, encroachment and illegal construction are rampant in Kerala’s Munnar
The hilly region was severely affected by the August 2018 and 1924 floods and illegal constructions could become an election issue this year.
KA Shaji
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