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In a representation submitted to Monitoring Committee chairman Deepak Sharma and member UV Singh on November 2, the Mining-Affected Environment and People's Livelihoods Restoration Struggle Committee alleged that large-scale mining and the movement of ore-laden trucks had caused extensive damage to the environment and affected the health and livelihoods of residents.
The letter stated that despite the deterioration of the environment, the adverse impacts on public health and livelihoods, and the continued absence of adequate infrastructure for mineral transportation, successive governments have continued to enhance the permissible production limits of mining leaseholders.
“It is particularly concerning that the Monitoring Committee, which is expected to regulate and monitor mining activities, has also recommended enhancement of iron ore production limits.
Such recommendations have further aggravated the concerns of mining-affected communities and the already deteriorating environmental conditions,” it added.
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The Odisha government has officially cancelled Vedanta Ltd's 28.8-acre industrial land lease in Jharsuguda.
After a formal inspection revealed the land had been lying vacant since its 2013 allotment—with nothing built but a boundary wall—the state's Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) pulled the plug citing prolonged non-utilisation.
While the property was previously mortgaged for credit, Vedanta says the loans are fully repaid and they now hope to use the site for community healthcare infrastructure instead.
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चुनाव आयोग का हलफ़नामा सुप्रीम कोर्ट को झांसा देने के लिए है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट भी ख़ुशी-ख़ुशी ऐसे झांसे क़ुबूल कर रहा है। लोकतांत्रिक संस्थाओं का अलोकतांत्रिक प्रवृत्ति वाली सरकारों के सामने ऐसा समर्पण शर्मनाक है। तीन करोड़ से ज़्यादा नागरिकों की संवैधानिक हत्या के हम मूक दर्शक हैं।
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The Election Commission has filed its reply in the Supreme Court to the petition on how the three-member Commission functions.
27 pages, approved by all three members. Its argument: every decision was unanimous, and a Commissioner’s note is a “suggestion,” not a decision.
Here’s what it addresses, and what it doesn’t.
🧵 (1/10)
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Massive Protest rally today,against the unlawful arrest of people's doctor Randall Sequeira, Youth tribal Singer cum Activist Laxman Naik, Adivasi leader Lada Sikaka and Eminent environmental Activist Lingaraj Azad in front of Muniguda Tehsil Office, Rayagada district of Odisha.
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Good piece. 👇
I write on Sharjeel Imam as a committed democrat who deserves a place in a radical democratic project of the future, one focused on the liberty and equality of all.
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On 16 Oct, 2026, the Odisha police picked up physician and activist Dr Randall Sequeira and Dalit activist Laxman Naik. They have been supporting protests by Dalit and Adivasi communities against Bauxite mining projects. This is part of a larger campaign of repression in Odisha which has seen 43 police cases and over a 100 people jailed in three years.
Congress MP from Koraput @saptagiriulaka and the Odisha Congress are providing support to the arrested activists.
Bauxite mining projects in Sijimali, Kutrumali and Niyamgiri are being pushed through with brazen violations of Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA), 1996 and the Forest Rights Act, 2006, though these are Fifth Schedule areas. This contravenes the 2013 Supreme Court judgement on Niyamgiri which upheld the right of the Gram Sabhas to withhold consent for mining activity.
In Sijimali, there are serious allegations of forging of Gram Sabha consent. The Congress has documented such cases of ‘Angutha Chori’ across BJP-ruled states. It is no surprise that one of the proposed mines is a Modani project.
The Union Govt granted the Sijimali project environmental clearance in May 2026. Last month, the Odisha CM promised “all possible support” for such projects - following which, the crackdown on activists and local communities has intensified. This is the double engine model at work denying Adivasi communities their rights.
Odisha is no stranger to public protests by tribal and other communities when mining projects that have major ecological impacts are sought to be bulldozed through bypassing all legal and Constitutional safeguards. The latest in this depressing saga involves a bauxite mining project with associated infrastructure in Sijimali in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts.
There appear to have been serious violations of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA), 1996 and the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Rights of affected individuals, local communities, and local institutions like Gram Sabhas guaranteed by these laws passed unanimously by Parliament have reportedly been deliberately diluted or even by-passed. When agitation inevitably took place a few days back, the police used disproportionate force in a targeted manner against scheduled tribe communities, specially women, thus violating the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. This has happened in a state where the CM is himself from a tribal community.
The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs is also from Odisha. He should demonstrate greater sensitivity and order an independent inquiry into the unrest at Sijimali and ensure that PESA, 1996 and FRA, 2006 are implemented both in letter and spirit in a credible, transparent, and participatory manner.
नियमगिरि संघर्ष: हमारी आस्था, हमारा अधिकार, हमारा संकल्प
हमारी शांति में बाधा तब आई जब नियमगिरि में वेदांत/स्टरलाइट कम्पनी द्वारा खनन की बात सामने आई।हमने अपने जीवन की रक्षा के लिए अहिंसक आंदोलन किया।
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Supreme Court Collegium secrecy must end.
Citizens have a right to know why judges are selected and why senior judges are superseded.
𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗴𝗰𝗵𝗶 was elevated to the Supreme Court while ranking 11th in all-India seniority, overtaking several more senior judges. The Collegium cited regional representation and his future line to become CJI. But the detailed reasons and records remain sealed.
𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 “𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻,” 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹.
Opacity in judicial appointments erodes public trust. Transparency is not optional.
Lawyers Association for Constitution से जुड़ी अधिवक्ता सुप्रीम कोर्ट से जंतर मंतर की दिशा में करीब सौ गज बढ़ी होंगी कि उनमें प्रमुख वकीलों को पुलिस ने हिरासत में ले लिया है।वकील हाथ में भारत के संविधान की प्रस्तावना ले कर चल रही थीं।
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2024 के Draft Roll में मेरा नाम हटा था।Form6 में एक प्रश्न था कि परिवार के किसी सदस्य का पहले के किसी चुनाव की लिस्ट में नाम था तो चुनाव का वर्ष,भाग संख्या,क्रम संख्या तथा उससे संबंध बताइए।मैंने अपना नाम,विवरण और संबंध -'स्वयं' बताया।ताकि साबित हो कि नाम हटाया गया है।नाम जुड़ गया
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"If any process results in disenfranchising millions and millions of Indian citizens, making them second-class citizens in their own country, in the sense of being citizens without voting rights, such a process is intrinsically arbitrary."
"No amount of whataboutery can justify it."
A sitting judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, said Sunday.
By @NikhilaHenry
indianexpress.com/article/le… via @IndianExpress
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"High levels of environment pollution, series of accidents, crop losses caused by dust, roads devastated by movement of heavy lorries and the endless noise has forced us to stop vehicles from entering villages," the Sangha said in a letter to the Chitradurga deputy commissioner on September 3.
Shailendra Patil of the Parishath said. "We are not against mining. But we don't want the development to happen at the cost of people. Villagers here are struggling to breathe due to the high levels of pollution," Patil said.
During its meeting on September 10, the District Task Force on Mining led by the deputy commissioner took note of the protests.
While promising solutions, the task force told villagers to allow 100 vehicles per day in view of a court order. Further the task force recorded that 7.15 lakh tonnes of iron ore has been transported through the roads in the five months since April.
Patil said the numbers do not capture the horror of the people living through the pollution. "Every 30 seconds there is a lorry passing in the road and the dust rises up without a break. Can't mining happen without affecting the life of villagers" he asked. deccanherald.com/india/karna…
पिछले SIR की सूची में मेरा और मेरी पत्नी का नाम नहीं था,मेरी बेटी का नाम पहली बार जुड़ा था,उसके नाम के साथ मेरा नाम था।इस SIR में enumeration के stage में कोई भी document नहीं देने का जोर था लेकिन मैंने दिए।जो काम ECI ने macro level पर किया वह RSS वाले form7 से करते हैं।
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तीन चुनाव में नाम नहीं था,तीनो बार form 6 भरा और SDM या ACM के आदेश से जोड़ा गया।2024 में फॉर्म 6 में पूछा गया 'परिवार के किसी का नाम पहले रहा हो तो वर्ष,भाग संख्या,क्रम संख्या और उससे संबंध बताइए'?मैंने अपना नाम और संबंध 'स्वयं' बताया और नया EPIC आ गया।
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The Orissa High Court on Thursday dismissed Vedanta Ltd’s plea to revive and enforce a 2004 agreement under which it claimed the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) committed to supplying 150 million tonnes of bauxite at a specified price.The high court (HC) held that the doctrine of promissory estoppel cannot be used to compel the state to act contrary to statutory provisions or to confer an enforceable commercial right over natural resources held in public trust.
A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Murahari Sri Raman dismissed the writ petition, vacated the interim orders passed in the proceedings and allowed the opposite parties (OMC, the Steel and Mines Department of Odisha and the Ministry of Mines) to take follow-up action according to law. business-standard.com/indust…
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You are cordially invited to attend a Special Lecture on Extractive Sensemaking
at Department of Sociology · Delhi School of Economics
TIME & DATE: 8:45 – 10:15 AM
Monday, 28th September, 2026
VENUE: Prof. M.N. Srinivas Seminar Room (First Floor), Department of Sociology
CONVENORS
Dr. Vikramendra Kumar & Dr. Tila Kumar
