Tribal protest march demands justice for Irshalwadi victims
1 year, 4 months ago

Tribal protest march demands justice for Irshalwadi victims

Hindustan Times  

NAVI MUMBAI: Hundreds of tribals from Raigad district, including the victims of the recent Irshalwadi landslide, undertook a long march from Irshalwadi to CBD Belapur on Wednesday. Navi Mumbai, India - Aug. 9, 2023:Tribal people affected from landslide in Irshalwadi and Tribal community residing in Raigad district take part in long march from Irshalwadi Raigad to Konkan Bhavan in Navi Mumbai, over speedy rehabilitation of survivors and other various pending issues on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples at CBD in Navi Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. The protestors demanded action against Khalapur forest and other officials alleging negligence, rehabilitation of landslide prone hamlets in Raigad and early relief, compensation and jobs for the Irshalwadi landslide victims. We wanted to bring it back in focus so that it is not repeated and concrete measures are taken by the government and hence the protest was organized.” Informed Thakur, “There are 86 landslide prone hamlets in Raigad district alone.

Tribal Navi Mumbai Raigad Raigad District Irshalwadi  victims  action  mumbai  justice  protest  raigad  tribals  tribal  navi  district  landslide  demands  irshalwadi

History of this topic

Tribal Protests for Better Roads in Visakhapatnam, Exposing Life-Threatening Conditions
2 months ago

Tribal Protests for Better Roads in Visakhapatnam, Exposing Life-Threatening Conditions

Deccan Chronicle  

Tribal communities in Visakhapatnam staged a 'Doli' protest to demand better road infrastructure. The protest highlighted the plight of tribals who are forced to rely on doli for medical emergencies due to poor road access. The committee demanded immediate discussions on road development in tribal areas, calling it a matter of dignity and human rights.

Tribals of four villages in Andhra Pradesh stage protest demanding early completion of road to Jajulabandha hilltop area
5 months ago

Tribals of four villages in Andhra Pradesh stage protest demanding early completion of road to Jajulabandha hilltop area

The Hindu  

The tribal people of four villages in Alluri Sitharama Raju district and Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh staged a novel protest by kneeling with folded hands, appealing to the Collector for provision of power supply and completion of the incomplete road works. The tribal people of the hilltop village Jajulabandha of the Mulapeta panchayat of Koyyur mandal in ASR district …

Tribals under pressure from Bangla infiltrators: Marandi
5 months ago

Tribals under pressure from Bangla infiltrators: Marandi

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: Following an alleged attack on tribal households after a dispute over making an objectionable edited video of a girl viral on social media by her neighbour, state BJP Chief Babulal Marandi has said that the tribals in Jharkhand are being threatened by Bangladeshi infiltrators to hand over their land to them. Terming it a clear case of ‘land-jihad’, Marandi …

BJP Plans Protest in Mysuru Over MUDA Plot Scam
5 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP Plans Protest in Mysuru Over MUDA Plot Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party to stage massive protest in Mysuru city on Friday against the alleged irregularities in distribution of plots by Mysore Urban Development Authority especially over plot allotment to Chief Minister’s wife in lieu for her sacrificing her lands. An investigation by sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation since allegations have been made against the …

Protests continue in Hubballi-Dharwad over Neha murder
8 months ago

Protests continue in Hubballi-Dharwad over Neha murder

The Hindu  

Neha Hiremath’s family carried out their daughter’s fifth day ritual in Hubballi on Monday even as visits by leaders to console them continued, while widespread protests were staged in various parts of the State with Muslims shutting down their shops and taking out silent march seeking justice for Neha in the twin cities. Justice for Neha Strongly condemning the murder …

Farmers protest: 2-hour road blockade across Haryana; internet shutdown extended | Top 10
10 months ago

Farmers protest: 2-hour road blockade across Haryana; internet shutdown extended | Top 10

Hindustan Times  

Farmer leaders put on hold the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march for two days after a 21-year-old protester was killed and 12 police personnel were injured in clashes at Khanauri, one of the two Punjab-Haryana interstate border points which have become protest sites for the farmers attempting to reach New Delhi. The death of the protesting farmers has exacerbated the already tense …

‘Delhi Chalo’ march: Why are farmers protesting? Explained in 5 points
10 months, 1 week ago

‘Delhi Chalo’ march: Why are farmers protesting? Explained in 5 points

Hindustan Times  

More than 200 farmers' unions, including the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have organised a ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press the Centre to accept several demands. Farmers hold 'Delhi Chalo' protest in the national capital Three central ministers - food and consumer affairs minister Piyush Goyal, agriculture minister Arjun Munda and minister of state for home affairs …

Tribal leaders stage protest against ED questioning of Jharkhand CM Soren
11 months ago

Tribal leaders stage protest against ED questioning of Jharkhand CM Soren

Hindustan Times  

A day before the Directorate of Enforcement is set to question Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren in connection with an alleged land scam in Ranchi, a section of tribal organisations expressed solidarity with the CM by staging a demonstration against the central probe agency. The organisations whose banners protesters were holding included Kendriya Sarna Samiti, Kharwar Bhokta Samaj, Bharat Munda …

Vying for the tribal vote in Rajasthan amid a changing idea of tribal identity
1 year, 1 month ago

Vying for the tribal vote in Rajasthan amid a changing idea of tribal identity

The Hindu  

Like all the other residents of Kharni Tokri, a small village deep inside the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Kishanlal Bhil has lived in the forest all his life. Changing identity Tribal identity in Rajasthan is increasingly detaching itself from the last decade’s focus on forest rights. Instead, both the Congress and the BJP are hoping to court the State’s tribal youth …

Manipur violence: 175 killed, 32 missing & over 1 100 injured in four months of ethnic strife
1 year, 3 months ago

Manipur violence: 175 killed, 32 missing & over 1 100 injured in four months of ethnic strife

Firstpost  

Ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state on May 3, when a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status. At least 175 people were killed and 1,108 others injured while 32 are missing in the ethnic clashes that have erupted in Manipur, the north-eastern state of …

News18 Evening Digest: Raigad Landslide Death Toll Reaches 12, Many Feared Trapped And Other Top Stories
1 year, 5 months ago

News18 Evening Digest: Raigad Landslide Death Toll Reaches 12, Many Feared Trapped And Other Top Stories

News 18  

Raigad Landslide: 12 Dead, Many Feared Trapped; Rains, Tough Terrain Hamper Rescue Ops | Updates Raigad Landslide: At least 12 people were killed as 50 families got trapped under rubble after a landslide in Khalapur’s Irsalvadi village on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday amid incessant rainfall in Maharashtra. Wrestlers’ Sexual Harassment Case: Delhi Court Grants Regular Bail to …

Massive outrage on Manipur women paraded naked; Landslide hits Raigad, several trapped; more
1 year, 5 months ago

Massive outrage on Manipur women paraded naked; Landslide hits Raigad, several trapped; more

India Today  

A two-month-old video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur surfaced on the internet on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Heradas, was arrested from Thoubal district with the help of the video that went viral in which he was seen wearing a green T-shirt, police said. At least five people were killed and several are trapped after a landslide …

People March in Protest in Subsidence-hit Joshimath
1 year, 7 months ago

People March in Protest in Subsidence-hit Joshimath

News 18  

People in Joshimath affected by the land subsidence took out a torchlight procession in protest against the state government over compensation for their loss. Holding torches in their hands and shouting slogans Thursday evening, the group of people led by Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti convenor Atul Sati marched from TCP bazaar to Marwadi chawk. The Samiti had last month withdrawn …

Manipur: Internet Suspended, Curfew Imposed as Tribal Groups Protest over ST Quota to Meitei
1 year, 7 months ago

Manipur: Internet Suspended, Curfew Imposed as Tribal Groups Protest over ST Quota to Meitei

News 18  

Curfew was imposed and internet services were suspended for five days with immediate effect in Manipur’s Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts as well as the state capital Imphal on Wednesday. The assembly of five or more persons has been prohibited in these areas as tension flared in the Torbung area of Churachandpur district following violence at a rally by the All …

Uttarakhand: Cops among 4 held over suspicion of beating tribal man to death
1 year, 9 months ago

Uttarakhand: Cops among 4 held over suspicion of beating tribal man to death

Hindustan Times  

Two policemen and as many forest officials have been detained for allegedly beating a 23-year-old tribal man to death in Uttarakhand’s Munsiyari. Without informing his family members, they took him to a nearby community health centre where doctors declared him dead.” Narendra Pant, a local police officer, said they stopped Dharmendra Singh’s vehicle after they were informed about timber smuggling …

Telangana High Court allows RSS rally in Bhainsa with riders
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana High Court allows RSS rally in Bhainsa with riders

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday while allowing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to hold its Path Sanchalan Sharirik Pradarshan event on March 5 in Bhainsa imposed a slew of riders. After the police had denied permission for the event on February 21, petitioner S. Krishna Rao approached the High Court for relief. Senior counsel T. Surya Karan Reddy, representing …

Banjara, other communities to hold protest in Bengaluru on January 10
1 year, 11 months ago

Banjara, other communities to hold protest in Bengaluru on January 10

The Hindu  

The All-India Banjara Seva Sangha and Gora Sena have warned the State government against implementing Justice A.J. Sadashiva Commission report on internal reservation among Scheduled Caste communities and said that if the State government put an effort to recommend the report to the Centre for implementation, Banjara and other 99 castes in the SC category will hold a State and …

Protest march in Almora to seek justice for Dalit man killed in hate crime
2 years, 3 months ago

Protest march in Almora to seek justice for Dalit man killed in hate crime

Hindustan Times  

RUDRAPUR: Scores of people in Uttarakhand marched through Almora district on Monday to protest the killing of a Dalit by relatives of her upper caste wife who were against their marriage. Several groups held a march in Almora district to seek speedy trial of the four people arrested for killing a Dalit man who married their upper-caste relative Activists of …

Rapes, murders, business losses: The sordid legacy of farmers' protests
3 years ago

Rapes, murders, business losses: The sordid legacy of farmers' protests

Op India  

The months-long farmers’ protests that were started in November 2020 is drawing close to an end after the bill to cancel the three farm laws was passed in both houses of the parliament on Monday. From business losses to the tunes of Rs 60,000 crores to the egregious subversion of the elected government, to the insidious resurgence and manifestation of …

Lakhimpur Kheri violence | Farmers to hold a series of protests
3 years, 2 months ago

Lakhimpur Kheri violence | Farmers to hold a series of protests

The Hindu  

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a coalition of farmers’ unions, has planned a series of protests demanding action in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. On October 15, the farmers would hold an effigy burning event and a big ‘panchayat’ would be held in Lucknow on October 26, Mr. Tikait said. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who visited Lakhimpur Kheri on Tuesday, paid …

If lynchings were intentional, law would take its course: Tikait on Lakhimpur Kheri incident
3 years, 2 months ago

If lynchings were intentional, law would take its course: Tikait on Lakhimpur Kheri incident

India Today  

Speaking at the India Today Conclave on Saturday, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait reiterated that the lynching of the BJP workers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri was only a “reaction to the action". Two BJP workers, a driver in the employ of Union minister Ajay Misra, and a local reporter were killed along with four farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence …

Indian farmers to step up protests after nine killed in violence
3 years, 2 months ago

Indian farmers to step up protests after nine killed in violence

Al Jazeera  

Farmers vow to intensify months-long protest against farm laws as tensions flare a day after nine people are killed in Uttar Pradesh state. Farmers in India have vowed to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at liberalising agriculture as tensions flare a day after nine people were killed in northern Uttar Pradesh state’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. “We’ll intensify our …

Adityanath Govt Harassing Those Who Expressed Solidarity With Protesting Farmers, Says Congress
4 years ago

Adityanath Govt Harassing Those Who Expressed Solidarity With Protesting Farmers, Says Congress

News 18  

Accusing the Yogi Adityanath government of harassing those who expressed solidarity with the farmers agitating against the Centre's "black farm laws", the Congress on Saturday alleged cases has been lodged against its leaders and workers for staging a protest in Lucknow in September. It said that on September 28, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu staged a protest at …

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Farmers Go Shirtless at Punjab 'Rail Roko'; 70 RLD Workers Booked in UP
4 years, 2 months ago

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Farmers Go Shirtless at Punjab 'Rail Roko'; 70 RLD Workers Booked in UP

News 18  

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Squatting on a railway track in Punjab’s Amritsar as part of their ‘rail roko’ protest, a group of farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee went shirtless in protest against the three agri-marketing bills passed recently by Parliament. The most widespread protests were in Punjab and Haryana, but demonstrations were also reported from Uttar Pradesh, …

Discover Related