Vedanta, have faith; tribal belief is ecological

Tribal religious beliefs are codes to preserve resources critical to their people's survival. The recent Supreme Court order on the Vedanta …

SC puts an end to OMC's bid to mine Niyamgiri

Apex court rejects the OMC-Vedanta joint venture in what is being seen as a decisive victory for the indigenous tribal group, the Dongria Kondhs

Odisha Mining Corporation's fresh attempt to mine Niyamgiri

In May 2013, 12 gram sabhas surrounding the Niyamgiri hills had voted against mining in the region

Jerapa becomes 12th village to reject Vedanta

A look at how the key players involved in the tussle to control Niyamgiri hills will move forward

State V Dongria Kondhs

Has government weakened its case against Vedanta?

Stand taken by environment ministry in Supreme Court affidavit gives opponents chance to press for mining in Niyamgiri hills

Niyamgiri, in bits and pieces

As Odisha government confines the claims of Dongria Kondh to small patches of forests around their hamlets, the second palli sabha at Kesarpadi …

Serkapadi palli sabha says no to mining in any part of Niyamgiri hills

It is one of the 12 villages identified by Odisha government for holding India's first environment referendum

MoEF changes stand on relocation of Dhari Devi temple for Alaknanda dam

Supreme Court rebuffs ministry for opposing relocation of the temple at a higher level, something its own committee had approved

Poll-bound Rajasthan hurries with controversial Parwan dam

Rahul Gandhi to lay foundation stone. But what about people, including tribals, likely to be displaced and fudging of facts relating to the …

Niyamgiri still out of reach, Vedanta scouts for other bauxite sources

Biodiverse Gandhamardan where mining attempts were abandoned earlier after massive public protests also on the radar of metal giant

State manipulating records to help Vedanta?

As the date for gram sabha meetings to decide the fate of mining in Niyamgiri hills nears, activists and Dongria Kondhs allege Odisha government …

Odisha pays scant heed to tribal ministry's directions on mining for Vedanta

State invites forest rights claims from only a dozen villages on Niyamgiri hill slope

Srinagar hydroelectric project: walls of desilting basin collapse

Houses and fields inundated in several villages; residents had been complaining of water leakage from power channel canal for past one week