Adivasis March

After walking with blistered feet for about 180 km in the blazing sun over the last five days, at least 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik district have entered the capital city. They camped at the Thane-Mumbai border this morning before heading for the KJ Somaiya Ground in Sion.

Two days before the massive march by farmers and adivasis is set to reach the Maharashtra assembly in Mumbai, the crowd mushroomed to about 35,000 with more people joining in Thane on Saturday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit Gujarat but address separately the party's tribal-focused 'Navsarjan Adivasi Adhikar Yatra' to be held later this month.

Nearly 700 Adivasis marched from Dahanu to Virar to protest against the construction of Susri-Dharan Dam in Dahanu town of Maharashtra. The dam is being built to divert water for residents of Vasai and Virar. The protesters were agitating against the government's decision to acquire land to build the dam. The Vasai-Virar municipal corporation had d...

After walking with blistered feet for about 180 km in the blazing sun over the last five days, at least 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik district have entered the capital city. They camped at the Thane-Mumbai border this morning before heading for the KJ Somaiya Ground in Sion.

Two days before the massive march by farmers and adivasis is set to reach the Maharashtra assembly in Mumbai, the crowd mushroomed to about 35,000 with more people joining in Thane on Saturday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit Gujarat but address separately the party's tribal-focused 'Navsarjan Adivasi Adhikar Yatra' to be held later this month.

Nearly 700 Adivasis marched from Dahanu to Virar to protest against the construction of Susri-Dharan Dam in Dahanu town of Maharashtra. The dam is being built to divert water for residents of Vasai and Virar. The protesters were agitating against the government's decision to acquire land to build the dam. The Vasai-Virar municipal corporation had d...