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Congress doing 'negative politics' over Great Nicobar project: Environment ministerBhupender Yadav, the Union Environment Minister, has criticized the Congress party. He accused them of opposing the Great Nicobar infrastru...
19 Sep, 2025, 12.31 AM IST
Mockery of legal, deliberative processes: Sonia Gandhi slams govt on Nicobar projectSonia Gandhi criticizes the Great Nicobar project. She calls it a planned misadventure. The project threatens indigenous tribes and the isl...
08 Sep, 2025, 12.11 PM IST
Proposed Rs 72,000-cr 'Mega Infra Project' in Great Nicobar poses grave threat to tribals, should be reviewed: CongressThe Congress has called for a halt to a proposed Rs 72,000-crore infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island, citing grave threats to tr...
17 Jun, 2024, 05.21 PM IST
Criticism of Great Nicobar mega project 'international conspiracy': NCST acting vice-chairpersonAnanta Nayak, acting vice-chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, defends the mega construction project on Great Nicob...
24 Feb, 2024, 08.34 PM IST
Between development and deep blue sea: What does Great Nicobar plan mean for the island and India?Even as concerns related to ecology, biodiversity and lives of indigenous communities remain, there is no denying the importance of the pro...
22 Jan, 2023, 09.26 AM IST
Great Nicobar mega project gets environmental nodThe project, which will see around 8.5 lakh trees in pristine rainforests being felled, loss of 12 to 20 hectares of mangrove cover and con...
21 Sep, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
The coronavirus has reached sensitive tribal belts, can local administration check its spread?The question is whether the local administrations in these far-flung districts are equipped in terms of medical infrastructure and testing ...
15 Aug, 2020, 11.16 PM IST