Retired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...

The National Green Tribunal has approved the Great Nicobar Island International Container Transhipment Terminal. The tribunal found that en...

A parliamentary panel has urged strict adherence to the land acquisition law. Concerns are raised over violations, particularly in tribal a...

Bhupender Yadav, the Union Environment Minister, has criticized the Congress party. He accused them of opposing the Great Nicobar infrastru...

Sonia Gandhi criticizes the Great Nicobar project. She calls it a planned misadventure. The project threatens indigenous tribes and the isl...

Jairam Ramesh has criticized the Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project, labeling it an ecological disaster being "bulldozed" through. H...

The Congress highlighted alleged irregularities in the Rs 72,000-crore Great Nicobar Infra Project. Affected residents demanded fair compen...

The Congress has called for a halt to a proposed Rs 72,000-crore infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island, citing grave threats to tr...

Speaking to PTI, Chief Electoral Officer, B S Jaglan said, "This is for the first time a total of seven members of Shompen tribe exercised ...

Ananta Nayak, acting vice-chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, defends the mega construction project on Great Nicob...

Even as concerns related to ecology, biodiversity and lives of indigenous communities remain, there is no denying the importance of the pro...

The 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...

The Great Nicobar Island was declared as a biosphere reserve in January 1989 by the Centre and included in the Unesco man and biosphere pro...

According to government sources, the prevalence of Covid-19 in tribal-dominated districts has not been termed as “alarming” but the tribal ...

The question is whether the local administrations in these far-flung districts are equipped in terms of medical infrastructure and testing ...

The islands are exotic with serene and pristine beaches, underwater corals and natural wonders.

Oram said the higher mortality appears to be due to low childhood immunisation amongst the STs, including particularly vulnerable tribal gr...