Mazdoor Adhikar Mela
A Celebration   
April 02-04, 2006   
Venue:
Sector V Library Maidan & Sector IV Circus Maidan
Bokaro Steel City
Jharkhand

`No new law can make Jharkhand give land` 
Q&A: Xavier Dais 
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 04, 2007  
 
The Jharkhand Mines Area Coordination Committee has been resisting land acquisition in the state for the last four years. The issue has gained renewed importance in the light of the proposed rehabilitat...  more>>

Jharkhand tribals up against mining companies
Step into Jharkahnd`s Tentoposi village in Seraikela district and you will be greeted with hostile glances. Sitting on rich mineral reserves of iron ore, residents of this village are constantly under the fear of displacement and loss of livelihood sources.

Tata Steel has already announced that it will ...  more>>

Increasing poverty in gold and jade-rich Kachin State

Written by Kachin News Group  
Saturday, 17 October 2009
http://www.kachinnews.com

There is mounting poverty among people in gold and jade rich northern Kachin State, in Burma said local sources.

The state’s economy depends on natural resource...  more>>

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FORUM OF THE NATIONAL COALITION ON MINING (NCOM) WITH COMMUNITIES HELD OCTOBER 8TH, 2009 AT
AKOTI IN SEFWI-WIASO DISTRICT, WESTERN REGION OF GHANA

STATEMENT
Introduction
We, 1,700 representatives of communities and members of the National Coalition on Mining (NCOM) participating in the second annual national campaign f...  more>>

Issue of land from Jeypore Country to Naryanpatna Uprising.
A journey from fifteenth Century to today

The recent unrest among the tribals of the Koraput district particularly in the Narayanpatna block has received a great attention in the state.  The tribal outfit known as Chasi Mulia Adibasi Sangh (CMAS) has raised a  century old  &l...  more>>

AFGHAN WAR`S BLOWBACK FOR INDIA`S CHILDREN? : by J. Sri Raman (truthout.org, 27 August 2009)
Children born with abnormally enlarged or small heads, disproportionately short arms and legs, cerebral palsy, Down  syndrome, and other complications. Increasing instances of  infertility among women. A spurt in cases of lung cancer and  intestinal ulcer.more>>

CHARTER OF DEMANDS OF "DELHI RALLY" : October 1-2, 2009, New Delhi

National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM)
This mass rally of people`s movements from across India, deeply concerned over India’s mad rush towards nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, calls upon the United Progressive Alliance government of Prim...  more>>

Editorial/Jan 2005
In the Valley of the Devil
Dilip Singh Judejo the BJP MP. was recently caught on video accepting a bribe to grant a mining lease. It was big news. The exposure was well timed. Elections to the four State Assemblies were in progress. One party used this to expose the other party as corrupt. The eveready med...  more>>

MINING SCAM OF ORISSA
A TIP OF THE ICE-BERG : By Pravin Patel

Orissa is not only the poorest state of our country but also the most corrupt one. Mining Scam that has surfaced recently is a tip of the iceberg. Without involvement of the people at the top position of the power, such huge scam of over Rs. 4,500 Crore or even much more can not take place...  more>>