Jharkhand Land Acquisition Protests

Social activist and Bandhua Mukti Morcha leader Swami Agnivesh on Tuesday alleged that he was attacked in Jharkhand for his support to tribals protesting massive land acquisition by the state government for a corporate group.

The Jharkhand government today warned of strict action against anyone found indulging in violence during a united opposition shutdown called tomorrow to protest an amendment in the Land Acquisition Act 2013.

Anti-land acquisition protests in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh has united the opposition in the state with both the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal demanding that the state government re-look the award of land for mining to energy major National Thermal Power Corporation. The Pakri-Barwadih coal block is estimated to have 1.6 billion tonnes of coal...

Most homes in the villages of Dandi Kala and Sindwari, in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, remain locked a week after four villagers died in police firing during anti-land acquisition protests. According to those who remain, many have run away fearing police action.

Union Minister Jayant Sinha today said that no land would be acquired "forcefully" as he expressed anguish over the killing of four persons in police firing during a protest against land acquisition in his Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand.

A village in Jharkhand remained cut-off on Tuesday after a clash between protesters and police claimed four lives over the weekend.

Amid marches, dharnas and petitions, a group of tribal villagers in Jharkhand launched the most unique protest yet against the Narendra Modi government's land reforms.

Protests over the arrest of journalist and land rights activist Dayamani Barla are growing in Jharkhand. Ms Barla has been at the forefront of a protest by villagers at the Nagri village, 25 kilometres from Ranchi, where the government wants to acquire over 200 acres of farmland for setting up a law university and a campus of the Indian Institute o...

The award-winning tribal activist and journalist's supporters allege charges were slapped and she was arrested to silence a protest against land acquisition near Ranchi.

Social activist and Bandhua Mukti Morcha leader Swami Agnivesh on Tuesday alleged that he was attacked in Jharkhand for his support to tribals protesting massive land acquisition by the state government for a corporate group.

The Jharkhand government today warned of strict action against anyone found indulging in violence during a united opposition shutdown called tomorrow to protest an amendment in the Land Acquisition Act 2013.

Anti-land acquisition protests in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh has united the opposition in the state with both the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal demanding that the state government re-look the award of land for mining to energy major National Thermal Power Corporation. The Pakri-Barwadih coal block is estimated to have 1.6 billion tonnes of coal...

Most homes in the villages of Dandi Kala and Sindwari, in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, remain locked a week after four villagers died in police firing during anti-land acquisition protests. According to those who remain, many have run away fearing police action.

Union Minister Jayant Sinha today said that no land would be acquired "forcefully" as he expressed anguish over the killing of four persons in police firing during a protest against land acquisition in his Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand.

A village in Jharkhand remained cut-off on Tuesday after a clash between protesters and police claimed four lives over the weekend.

Amid marches, dharnas and petitions, a group of tribal villagers in Jharkhand launched the most unique protest yet against the Narendra Modi government's land reforms.

Protests over the arrest of journalist and land rights activist Dayamani Barla are growing in Jharkhand. Ms Barla has been at the forefront of a protest by villagers at the Nagri village, 25 kilometres from Ranchi, where the government wants to acquire over 200 acres of farmland for setting up a law university and a campus of the Indian Institute o...

The award-winning tribal activist and journalist's supporters allege charges were slapped and she was arrested to silence a protest against land acquisition near Ranchi.