Will Punjab and Haryana HC’s recommendations reduce farmers’ burden?

The court’s suggestions, like making MSP a legal right and increasing it to thrice the cost of production, are practical but need effort in …

Jal Satyagraha forces Madhya Pradesh government to relent

People affected by Omkareshwar dam to get land in lieu of land; water level of reservoir reduced

‘Yes or no?’ Farmers ask; government can’t say

Next round of meeting on December 9, a day after proposed all-India shutdown

Telangana Bill not in monsoon session of Parliament : Shinde

Intense protests continue in Seemandhra; 42 state legislators resign

Andhra Pradesh, Haryana try to ease farmer distress with some cash

Jaganmohan Reddy govt fulfills electoral promise; ML Khattar govt announces cash assistance in run up to state polls

Jaitapur nuclear protests: key activists switch sides

Minister Narayan Rane announces protesters have withdrawn agitation and accepted compensation; peoples' groups say protests will intensify

Farmers propose Bills on loan waiver, fair prices in their own 'parliament'

More than 180 farmer organisations from across the country proposed Bills related to debt waiver and fair crop prices in a mock parliament 

March against Monsanto

More than a million people around the world marched against biotech giant Monsanto on May 25. The event was held across six continents, in 36 …

Gorakhpur nuclear power plant makes headway

Protesters melt away after Haryana announces hefty compensation

Fight for survival: MP's Chutka village holds out against proposed nuclear power project

Dadu Lal Kundapa has galvanised 54 tribal villages to say no forced evictions for the second time in four decades

Loneliness in the glitzy capital

Delhi’s city plan has dehumanised public spaces, inviting violence like the recent gangrape of a 23-year-old girl

Amid protests over agri laws let's look at how some countries support farmers

Every day, 54, mostly developed countries give nearly $2 billion in support to their farmers

Farmers in Raigad protest against land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai corridor

Farmers say state is proceeding with land acquisition even though Centre had asked state to drop Dighi port project under DMIC

Farmers give a thumbs-down to day-long talks, even as govt says progress made

The government agreed to talk about seven major objections of farmers in new farm laws; farmers not satisfied with talks

Mehdiganj Coca-Cola plant licence cancelled

Order of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board cites non-compliance of NOC conditions; local community welcomes decision

In black and white: Why racism and ‘race science’ needs to be debunked

Every myth propagated by race science has been debunked over decades. But today, the rise of the Far-right parties is giving race scientists a …

Occupy Wall Street goes viral

Will the movement that claims to represent 99 per cent Americans help check the greed of the one per cent super-rich?

Pre-dawn police crackdown on village at POSCO site

Move marks restart of land acquisition for steel plant; police say they were only protecting farmers who wanted to give land

Seemandhra erupts in anger over Telangana decision

Protesters vent ire on statues of Indira and Rajiv in Anantapur; rallies, violent protests break out in coastal Andhra districts

Angry village residents close Western Coalfield mine in Nagpur

Most have not been compensated for land acquired; agriculture and living impacted by pollution

Women protesting GMR's hydel project charged with 'inciting communal riots'

Shifting of 15 km-long tunnel and the power house of Bajoli Holi project in Himachal from the right bank of the Ravi river to the left bank will …

Survey work for POSCO boundary wall begins amid protests

Authorities start GPS survey work for boundary wall of the proposed steel plant as angry villagers accuse government of siding with the company

South Korean envoy’s visit to Odisha sparks fresh Posco protests

Joon-gyu Lee said to have urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to speed up land acquisition for steel plant

Village to move court against Bengaluru civic body for illegal garbage dumping

Police enforce Section 144 to prevent protests

‘There could be a racist backlash to the current anti-racism movements’

Race science has been used to justify colonial occupation, slavery, genocide; it became so ingrained that we still live with its devastating …