DTE Coverage: Sonam Wangchuk’s fast
Why did Wangchuk undertake the fast? DTE tracked the issues involved
Here is why Ladakh needs the Sixth Schedule and statehood
Ecological issues and myriad others, warrant constitutional safeguards for the fragile cold desert; else, sightings of snow leopards, black …
Ladakh wants to prevent what happened in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand & Sikkim: Sonam Wangchuk
Environmentalist says his fast a ‘battle for truth, environment & democracy’ as others call for ‘People’s Commission …
Why is Sonam Wangchuk on a ‘Climate Fast’, again?
The Ladakhi environmentalist is demanding statehood and protection for the fragile cold desert region under the Sixth …
Mine by proxy
SC/ST, OBC groups swindled out of their mining leases
It's pent up anger
Tribals protest against decades of injustice in Kalinga Nagar
A provision in need of serious review
The Fifth Schedule has remained mired in confusion and politicking
SC stays quashing of Gujarat’s green cess act
Cess of industries using self-generated power to be tabulated, but not recovered
SC stays own decision to transfer environmental cases from high courts to green tribunal
Adarsh housing case underscores lack of clarity on which cases can be decided by NGT
Promises and lies
Supreme Court stays government's sham deal of promising land to tribals
A lame duck Schedule of the Constitution
The true potential of the Fifth Schedule was diluted right at its conception
Kerala tribals stand and protest for land
Demand the state government to fulfill its 2001 promise to give land to tribals
No mining by PSUs for trade in Scheduled Areas: tribal affairs minister
'Forest department is worst enemy of Forest Rights Act'
House panel urges Andhra government to cancel bauxite mining plans
'Mining will harm state’s interests while immensely benefiting private companies'
Palberi adds another no to mining in Niyamgiri
Attending Member of Parliament asks Odisha government to include 112 villages
Cancel bauxite mining agreements in tribal area: Union tribal minister urges Andhra Pradesh governor
'Mining plans cause growth of extremism in the Scheduled tribal areas'
Very little is understood about Fifth and Sixth schedules of Indian constitution
On the 69th anniversary of passage of Fifth and Sixth Schedules, DTE brings first ever tabular comparison of these provisions
Andhra mining agency told to ‘go back’ by Nimmalapadu tribals at public hearing
First hearing since 1997 Supreme Court judgment, Kept out of mining lease decisions at least five times despite legal win, say villagers
227 villages in three districts of Rajasthan declared Schedule Areas
This new development will benefit the scheduled tribes residing in Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh
New education policy to shrink India’s school system: GN Devy
The National Education Policy 2020 agregates where it should segregate and vice versa, veteran linguist and activist says
Jantar Mantar Protests: Why are Ladakhis demanding statehood?
The people of Leh and Kargil want to protect their homeland’s fragile ecology; they also want constitutional safeguards under the …
In pics: Ladakhis demand statehood, inclusion in Constitution’s Sixth Schedule
Ladakh residents protested at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi February 15 for statehood, constitutional safeguards, job reservations and other rights
Nimmalapadu’s protracted struggle: Despite legal win, 3 Andhra tribal villages fight to save land from mining
Villagers near Andhra-Odisha border are fighting the state for calcite reserves two decades after securing Supreme Court victory
Why is Sonam Wangchuk fasting at -40 degree Celsius?
Wangchuk wants to educate not just the world but also the people of Ladakh about the looming threat of the climate crisis in the region
Seven decades after independence, many tribal languages in India face extinction threat
To lose these indigenous languages means losing huge human capital and rich cultural diversity