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The Environment Ministry has granted environmental clearance for the Kente extension integrated coal block in Chhattisgarh's Hasdeo-Arand forests, paving the way for mining with a projected production capacity of 9 million tonnes per annum.

The clearance comes weeks after the project received in-principle forest approval and marks the third major coal mining project to receive clearance in the Hasdeo forests. The Kente extension coal block, allotted to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Ltd, will be developed and operated by the Adani Group.

The approval has come despite a 2021 biodiversity assessment by the Wildlife Institute of India recommending that no further mining be undertaken in the Hasdeo-Arand coalfields, citing the likely impact on biodiversity. The project involves the diversion of 1,742.6 hectares of forest land and the phased felling of 4.48 lakh trees, while local tribal communities and the Congress have opposed the project over concerns of large-scale deforestation and its impact on forest-dependent communities.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-chhattisgarhs-dense-hasdeo-forests-environmental-nod-granted-for-mining-in-kente-extension-coal-block-10768918/

Kartik Sau sold jhalmuri, the very item that Narendra Modi and Suvendu Adhikari made a huge part of their election campaign in Bengal. Sau's family and fellow vendors allege that his death has roots in the BJP's highhandedness in conducting railway evictions and the atmosphere afterwards.

https://thewire.in/rights/kakinara-jhalmuri-railway-hawker-takes-life-bjp-bengal-government-eviction-drives

Kartik Sau sold jhalmuri, the very item that Narendra Modi and Suvendu Adhikari made a huge part of their election campaign in Bengal. Sau's family and fellow vendors allege that his death has roots in the BJP's highhandedness in conducting railway evictions and the atmosphere afterwards.

https://thewire.in/rights/kakinara-jhalmuri-railway-hawker-takes-life-bjp-bengal-government-eviction-drives

More than two months after violent protests rocked Noida’s industrial belt, a investigation by Samarth Grover into the 4 UP Police chargesheets reveals a bizarre array of "evidence" used to build a massive conspiracy case against a group of left-wing activists and labor organizers.

Here is what investigators have logged as proof of a "criminal plot":

A public inauguration of a children’s library was labeled as a secret coordination meeting.

Palestine solidarity posters and labor newspapers were seized as incriminating evidence.

A simple WhatsApp instruction asking group members to protect each other's privacy was logged as proof of intent to commit an "anti-national act."

The accused include a 61-year-old veteran journalist, an NIT-graduate software engineer, a visual artist, and a theater practitioner.

How did constitutionally protected democratic mobilization get conflated into a dangerous, calculated plot?

https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/07/06/accused-of-marxist-ideology-inside-up-polices-noida-protest-conspiracy-case

A new 30-km water pipeline is being laid from the Bhakra canal to Hansi town to supply drinking water. However, the development project has triggered widespread protests in Chanot, one of the 121 villages in Hansi district.

As there is a scarcity of clean drinking water in the village, residents have been demanding a connection to the pipeline as it runs through the village. The pipeline is being laid as part of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, or AMRUT, scheme to provide water to urban households.

The khap panchayats of nearby villages and farmer leaders have voiced their support for the protest in Chanot. Leaders of the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) have also visited Chanot.

As authorities have refused to pay heed to their demands, agitation has been growing in the village. Protests have also met with stringent police action.

https://scroll.in/article/1094023/in-haryana-village-protest-for-drinking-water-is-met-with-firs-teargas-and-social-media-curbs

More than two months after violent protests rocked Noida’s industrial belt, a investigation by Samarth Grover into the 4 UP Police chargesheets reveals a bizarre array of "evidence" used to build a massive conspiracy case against a group of left-wing activists and labor organizers.

Here is what investigators have logged as proof of a "criminal plot":

A public inauguration of a children’s library was labeled as a secret coordination meeting.

Palestine solidarity posters and labor newspapers were seized as incriminating evidence.

A simple WhatsApp instruction asking group members to protect each other's privacy was logged as proof of intent to commit an "anti-national act."

The accused include a 61-year-old veteran journalist, an NIT-graduate software engineer, a visual artist, and a theater practitioner.

https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/07/06/accused-of-marxist-ideology-inside-up-polices-noida-protest-conspiracy-case

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Father Stan Swamy was falsely implicated in the Elghar Parishad case. He was arrested on 8 October 2020. Before his arrest, Father Stan Swamy explained how he was being framed based on evidence planted by the Police and the NIA.

He was kept in prison for 8 months. Let alone a trial, he was not even questioned once. His plea for bail was rejected, even while he was suffering from Parkinson's disease. Even when COVID pandemic happened, he was not granted bail.

On 5 July 2021, he died in an act of institutional murder.

Father Stan Swamy was a social activist who had worked among the adivasi youths, who were wrongly imprisoned by the BJP Government, without any proper trial or legal help. In the end, it was himself who was wrongly imprisoned and murdered by the Modi Government.

• Interview | What Father Stan Swamy Told The Quint Before His Arrest In October 2020
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• On Father Stan Swamy’s second death anniversary, two letters, a painting and the triumph of memory against forgetting
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• The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India by Alpa Shah
• I am not a Silent Spectator: Why Truth has become so Bitter, Dissent so Intolerable, Justice so out of Reach: Father Stan Swamy

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Students at the protest site gathered as she was taken away in an ambulance, raising slogans and reiterating their demand for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Nearly ten protesters, including climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk continue their indefinite hunger strike, saying they will not end the protest until their demands are addressed.

Protesters argue that the government’s response has been marked by silence and inaction, even as the health of participants continues to deteriorate.

As the movement enters another critical phase, students and supporters are calling for urgent attention to the protesters’ health.

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Press Release | 4 July 2026 | New Delhi

Samyukta Kisan Morcha extends solidarity with the student's protest at Jantar Mantar

Samyukta Kisan Morcha has extended its support and solidarity to the student's protest against examination mismanagement and paper leaks and for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The students have been protesting at Jantar Mantar for 15 days, while climate activist Sonam Wangchuk along with several students have been sitting on an indefinite hunger strike for 7 days. Yet, there has been no response from the Government.

Samyukta Kisan Morcha has always stood by the students and the youths in their demands for education and employment. The National Council of Samyukta Kisan Morcha had earlier adopted a resolution in support of the student movement for the resignation of Education Minister, Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, and against the scam culture brought in the education sector by the ruling BJP-NDA regime.

The students and the youths are the children of the farmers, and the future of India. Samyukta Kisan Morcha firmly believes that the struggles of students and youth are the struggle of farmers.

A delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha will visit Jantar Mantar at the earliest in coordination with the Cockroach Janta Party to express its solidarity with the protesting students.

We appeal to the students, youths, farmers, workers, and common citizens to join the protest at Jantar Mantar and support its demand for accountability from the Government.

Issued by – Media Cell | Samyukta Kisan Morch

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