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CM announced withdrawal of forest cases against 4,000 Tharu tribals in Lakhimpur Kheri, many of whom were blind, disabled, elderly or even dead when booked Bareilly: UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced that forest cases lodged against around 4,000 Tharu tribals would be withdrawn, bringing relief to poor villagers and their families who had…
The unrest centres on a proposed 3km road that the locals view as a precursor to mining in the ecologically sensitive Sijimali hills. KORAPUT/BHUBANESWAR: Tribals armed with axes and other sharp farming tools clashed with police Tuesday over the construction of a road linked to an upcoming Vedanta Group bauxite mining project in Odisha’s Rayagada,…
RAIPUR: Thousands of tribal people from over a dozen villages in Dharamjaigarh region of Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district spent more than 24 hours on the road outside the collector’s office, demanding cancellation of an upcoming public hearing for a proposed private coal mining project, reports Rashmi Drolia. Defying the evening chill, men, women, elderly people and…
