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DONGRIA KONDH TRIBALS
Plan India's best tribal tours in Odisha, Nagaland, and Arunachal PradeshA lot can be learnt from the various indigenous communities.
Second gram sabha also rejects VAL's plan of mining in Niyamgiri hillsFour days after Dongria Kondhs rejected bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills, villagers of Kesarpadi also opposed mining in the hills.
Kalahandi's Dongria Kondhs refuse to allow Vedanta mine bauxite from Niyamgiri hillsThe villagers have made it clear that mining of bauxite at the Niyamgiri hills would adversely affect their religious, cultural life and th...
Centre pulls up Odisha government for reluctance to hold gram sabhas, despite Supreme Court rulingThe Centre has raised concerns over Odisha’s reluctance to let all the gram sabhas in Raygada and Kalahandi decide the fate of Vedanta.
- Tribal affairs ministry 'turning tables' on SC order on Niyamgiri mining rights
Despite the Supreme Court's order, the village councils, or gram sabhas of the Dongria Kondh tribals may not be able to decide upon their t...
- Vedanta funds education of 100 underprivileged tribal children
Vedanta through its Foundation has funded education for 100 children in the tribal-dominated Rayagada district with an aim to provide an eq...
- Green clearance for Vedanta suspended
NEAA suspended the environmental clearance given to Vedanta’s mining project in the eco-sensitive Niyamgiri Hill.
- BJD takes on Rahul, holds rally in Lanjigarh
In a tit-for-tat political mobilisation, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday kicked off a 'Save Orissa' campaign from Lanjigarh.
- 'Mining industry needs an image makeover'
NAC member and former bureaucrat N C Saxena headed four member panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation not be permitted on N...
- Naveen gets nod on Posco from PM but Vedanta hurdle to continue
PM Manmohan Singh on Monday assured the Orissa CM speeding up the clearance of Rs 51,000 crore steel project by South Korea's POSCO near Pa...
- No mining in Niyamgiri Hills without 100 per cent clearance: Vedanta
The statement follows a government panel's report to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh disfavouring the grant of permission to the private...
- Environment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversity
The Anil Agarwal promoted Vedanta Alumina’s plans for sourcing bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa will ha...
- Vedanta’s Orissa plan to take off
Plans by Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri to feed its aluminium refinery in Orissa could fructify after years of delay and al...
Vedanta's plan mired in charges of ecological sinsVedanta's plan to mine bauxite in Orissa has been mired in charges of ecological sins and broken promises. Full Coverage: Tribals faith vs ...
It's tribal faith vs Vedanta might in Kalahandi forestsKalahandi has always captured the national imagination, but never for the right reasons.
Vedanta's Orissa mining project under govt scannerReport by govt-appointed panel to be sent to Tribal Affairs Ministry for inputs.
- 3 more investors sell shares in Vedanta
Less than two weeks after the Church of England decided to sell its shareholding in metals and mining giant Vedanta Resources, three intern...
- VAL may get nod for bauxite mining in Orissa for its refinery
Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) is expecting early nod from the Union government to mine bauxite for its Lanjigarh refinery in Orissa’s Kal...
- SPV formed for development of primitive tribals
Orissa government has finally begun acting to take proper measures for the development of primitive tribes thanks to the intervention by th...
- Don't allow Vedanta to mine Niyamgiri hills: Orissa tribals
Tribals from Orissa have asked the government not to permit UK-based Vedanta Resources to mine the Niyamgiri hills for bauxite, saying it w...