Creeping malady

The once-fertile state of Gujarat now faces a future plagued by extreme soil salinity and large-scale land degradation

Steering into turbulence

Australian politicians are finding it hard to live with a landmark judgment, which puts in jeopardy the landholding rights of colonialists by …

Kerala tribals stand and protest for land

Demand the state government to fulfill its 2001 promise to give land to tribals

No land, no money

An Act meant to financially help tenant farmers of suicide-prone Andhra has failed them

Ministers fail to reach consensus on R&R policy

Revisiting Kalinganagar

Changes to Forest Conservation Rules dilute forest rights, say tribal communities

Consent from forest dwellers not mandatory for changing land use under new amendments; Activists demand withdrawal

Polavaram project: Police demolish houses in Angaluru village of Andhra Pradesh

To protest the move, nine tribal youth made a self-immolation bid; another woman suffered a heart attack

Farmers' union threatens stir over move to amend land acquisition Act

There is speculation that provisions relating to 'fair compensation' may be tinkered with

Dumping nuclear burden

Australia's move to return to aborigines land located on former nuclear test site draws flak

Colonial straitjacket

Book>> Becoming India Western Himalayas under British Rule by Aniket Alam Foundation Books, Delhi 2008

Desperate for dam

Government skews facts to plan a project in Rajasthan that will displace 100,000 people

A march to highlight land struggles in India

Beginning October 2, activists will cover 75,000 km in a year

1,620.361 ha of discontent

Special economic zones and sit-ins. Mega-projects and marches. Public-private partnerships and pitched battles. Precociously, because they are …

UPDATE

Dispute over status of forestland in MP, Chhattisgarh

UP police withdraws charges against social activist

Update

Reliance SEZ in Haryana sanctioned

Nano flip-flop

Plantation mirage

RajasthanÔÇÖs tree planting spree might not check desertification

Outsiders in their own land

Gujarat government eyes limestone underneath land cultivated by Sikh farmers, curbs their ownership rights

Historian Heather Goodall on indigenous people, water in Australia

Heather Goodall, a historian at the University of Technology, Sydney, has a special interest in Australia's indigenous people--especially their …

World Forest Day 2024: Rajasthan communities at risk of losing land

Village residents oppose declaring traditional pastoral land as deemed forests, fearing loss of access and livelihood

A road set free

Latur gains from anti-encroachment drive on farm roads. State takes its cue