The Supreme Court, which had told states to complete reviews of claim rejections within four months, will hear the case on July 12.

“The data required is complex and the states need more time to ascertain the exact numbers,” a senior tribal affairs ministry official told...

As per statistics of the ministry, 40.5 lakh claims have been filed across states under the Act.

The ministry of tribal affairs would hold a national conference on March 6 (Wednesday) to ensure effective implementation of Supreme Court ...

The apex court was dealing with a batch of petitions on the issue that were filed for over a period since 2006.

Our submissions before SC have been accepted but states need to act on validity of data, says secretary.

The FRA is one of the three rights-based legislations passed by UPA1 -- along with the National Rural Employment Guarentee Act (NREGA) and ...

The Orissa government shot off a letter to the MoEF assuring that no tribal inhabitants and OTFDs were living at the proposed Posco project...

How could environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh allow forest diversion in Posco’s case last fortnight after he had done just the o...

The BJP today slammed the UPA government at the Centre for according conditional clearance to Posco project in Orissa and demanded that a C...

Raising doubts on the impartiality of the Saxena-Pandey committee appointed by the Centre, the Orissa government has questioned the authent...

The NC Saxena Committee said there is evidence with regard to the violation of the Forest Rights Act by the Jagatsinghpur district administ...

South Korean steelmaker Posco’s wait just got longer with the Union environment ministry directing Orissa government to stop all work at th...