-New Indian Express The SP of Sundergarh district of Odisha has admitted before the NHRC that a tribal senior citizen and three women were forced to walk nude in a procession to all the nearby hamlets of Kiralaga, a village under Talsara police station.The SP submitted his report after the NHRC issued notice to the DGP on a petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy in this...
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Supreme Court raises Posco hopes on iron ore- Gaurav Jain and Ruchira Singh
-Live Mint Court says government should decide allocation of captive mine; move could lead to protests by rival steel makers New Delhi/Mumbai: A Supreme Court (SC) order on Friday raised the prospect that Posco's showcase $12 billion (`65,400 crore today) steel project in Orissa, stalled for at least six years, could be allocated a captive iron ore mine, but experts said such a move could lead to protests by other firms...
More »Another child dies; malnutrition death toll goes up to 35
-The Hindu ‘No steps taken to prevent such deaths in Attappady Hills' Palakkad: One more infant died at Kottathara tribal Speciality Hospital on Thursday, taking the number of deaths owing to malnutrition in the last 16 months in the Attappady Hills in Palakkad district of Kerala to 35. The infant, weighing only 1,300 grams, was delivered during the eighth month of pregnancy. The mother was admitted in the hospital three days back...
More »Bastar tribals demand CBI probe -Rashmi Drolia
-The Times of India RAIPUR: Enraged tribals of Maoist hotbed Narayanpur district in tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh are demanding a CBI probe into thealleged police encounter of two villagers in Maronaar village near Chote Dongar on April 30. A joint team of COBRA battalion, CRPF and district force claimed to have gunned down Maoist cadres of Duala Dalam Phool Singh and Jai Singh. Since then police have been facing severe protest...
More »'Ensure speedy trial of tribals accused of being Naxals'
-The Business Standard Eminent personalities and activists, including Justice V R Krishna Iyer and historian Ramachandra Guha, today appealed to the government to ensure a speedy trial of tribals, who are accused of being Naxals or helping them. In an open letter, they said the failure to ensure justice for adivasis is a grave blot on India's human rights record. "Not only are we as a nation committed to democracy and...
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