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Item Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Osmania University Post Graduate College, Siddipet Telangana State India(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Yadav, R.C.Developmental processes have several contradictions and poses difficult questions to different sections of society. The Telangana state in India, formed after a prolonged agitation, witnessed a particular discourse, strongly opposing dominant form of development process as was witnessed in united Andhra Pradesh. There is opposition to mega projects involving massive displacement and focus was more on tank irrigation in agriculture sector with active people’s participation. The characteristic features of discourse during Telangana movement are nondispossession and non-displacement. The incumbent government has ignored these aspects and has planned several mega, medium and small irrigation projects on various rivers, involving massive displacement and this has attracted widespread resentment, in particular with the construction of Mallannasagar, a lift irrigation project in Medak district. This paper examines the contestations over the project, with government arguing in favour and people, non-party organizations and political parties strongly opposing the way government is going ahead with developmental projects displacing farmers and landless farmers. How these contestations of various parties are being portrayed in media needs to be looked into? Media should indulge in objective reporting in coverage of development projects and has it done that is what needs to be examined. How media represented the movement and what are the politics involved in the representation are studied. Coverage given by the media about the displacement issues are studied over a period of two years and does it have an impact in changing any policies as far as providing rehabilitation is concerned is also pondered upon?Item Transitional Justice in Displacements(Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Muthukumar, J.The concept of transitional justice emerged in the 1980s, in addressing human rights violations, particularly related to the civil and political rights, post-conflict issues, and political transitions towards democratisation. It is also subjected to expand in various contexts, particularly in the context of massive displacements due to the armed conflicts or other disasters. Transitional Justice is the set of measures that can be implemented to ‘redress the legacies’ of any human rights violations in the course of armed conflict. The ‘redress the legacies’ is generally understood as the enhancement of the human rights norms, which were systematically violated in the course of war. Transitional justice is also the implementation of other measures such as criminal prosecutions, reparation, restitution programs, truth telling initiatives, investigation on the reports of past abuses, and the reformation of justice-sensitive security system which transform the military, police, and judiciary responsible for the past violations. The purpose of this holistic approach is to provide recognition for the victims, foster civil trust and promote reconciliation. The expansion and the implementation of the transitional justice are always expected to be addressed adequately by understanding the conceptual and practical interlinks between the work of practitioners and policy makers in the context of displacement. It is the success of such understanding, the UN revised the Framework on Durable Solution for IDPs in December 2009, which currently includes sections regarding the access to transitional justice and other remedies. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reasons for the displacements in human rights perspective, in the framework of transitional justice, and evaluate the capacity of transitional justice measures in engaging displaced persons’ concerns, by identifying the linkage between transitional justice measures and the influence of displacement actors. This paper attempts to further evaluate, how transitional justice can be conceptually fit within the coherent approach of displacement, in a broader perspective.