Liberation leaders Sudhakar Yadav and Jeera Bharti have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh with no warrant, raising concerns ...

Santra Devi’s story is far from unique. A Newslaundry investigation identified at least 125 similar cases – of Dalit and Adivasi families alleging their agricultural land was taken away – in the last ...

Hazaribagh, May 17: The Adivasi Moolvasi Jan Morcha today decided to bring out a torchlight procession on the evening of May 19 to mount pressure on the district administration to revoke its decision ...

Like many countries in the developing world, Bangladesh too faces mounting pressure on its natural resources, including its lands and forests against the backdrop of a booming population. This ...

A fortnight ago I wrote a detailed explainer about the Land Acquisition Act and what we need to know about it. Today’s piece follows up with an explainer about the rights of the communities most ...

Chunki Marandi, a Santal Adivasi woman, is the mukhiya of Madhuapada. Her husband, Babu Soren, belongs to the same community. Photo: Nolina Minj On a cloudy morning in August, fields of freshly sown ...

Dibrugarh: Chanting slogans and holding placards for land pattas (legal document as proof of ownership of land), members of the All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) marched to the ...

In their villages, the Adivasis have their own land. Their ancestors had worked hard to prepare these fields by clearing the forests and battling wild animals. They till these lands now. They do have ...

Folk singer Nanjiyamma, who has won the national award for the best female playback singer, has alleged that four acres of her ancestral property at Attappady has been encroached upon by some people. ...

Growing up as an Adivasi woman in a mixed-caste Hindu community in Jharkhand, I was always aware of the triple jeopardy I faced. First, as a woman in general, second as an Adivasi in a caste structure ...