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 …

My god v your resource

Recent Supreme Court order in Vedanta case holds hope for tribal community life

Flicker of solar light in Chhattisgarh

Forest alert

Saxena panel report on Niyamgiri puts states under watch for forest, tribal rights violations

Dongrias decide

Niyamgiri gears up for India’s first environment referendum. Odisha limits number of villages that can have a say

Your gods are mine

Cultural appropriation leads to ecological distress in Odisha

Dark arena

The people of Kalahandi may have survived droughts and floods. But they see little hope in their battle against exploitation

Famine in motion

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Acid rain in Orissa?

Another village, this time in Odisha, gets official permit to sell bamboo

Though Jamguda was conferred community forest right two years ago, it was not allowed to cart bamboo out or sell it in the market

UK government censures Vedanta

Lawyer faces contempt for remarks on judge favouring mining giant

Vedanta fells trees

Environment ministry awaits report of fact finding mission

Kalahandi MP denied bamboo passage

He is not allowed to cart away bamboo poles purchased from village conferred community rights under Forest Rights Act   

Legal landmine

Government support to Vedanta's alumina project in Orissa creates more uproar; company pays token fine

Orissa government withdraws elephant reserve plan

‘Vedanta violated laws, tribal rights’

MoEF panel indicts mining giant

Tribals block Vedanta earthmovers

Post-floods, Orissa's tribal districts suffer cholera outbreak

Vedanta's expansion plan hits road block

Environment ministry wants fresh environmental impact assessment for mining giant's Lanjigarh alumina refinery

Church of England sells Vedanta shares

Activists pressure church body to give up stake in metal company

Public not heard

Non-tribal Tadijhola rejects mining proposal at Niyamgiri

Palli sabha takes a dig at Odisha government for lack of education and health facilities

Extracting a cost

Orissa government's surreptious move to acquire more land in Niyamgiri