Niyamgiri: CRPF sets up camp in gram panchayat office

Prominent tribal rights leader held for protesting against the move

OMC moves Supreme Court seeking fresh palli sabhas in Niyamgiri

The application is yet to be listed for hearing and any formal comment could be made only after the apex court hears the matter

Environment as the enemy

We celebrate disruptive financial decisions as a sign of decisive leadership. So why not in the case of environmental emergencies?

Orissa starts accepting forest claims of Kondh tribals

Fight against mining corporation Vedanta to continue, say Niyamgiri dwellers

Sacred flaws

Why the Odisha government's move to save sacred groves has enraged tribal communities

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

Life and times of Lado Sikaka

The forest will watch out for his children after he is long gone, believes a Dongria Kondh

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 …

Second palli sabha in Niyamgiri deals double blow to Odisha government

Kesarpadi residents cancel government’s settlement of community forest rights; unanimously reject Vedanta bauxite mining proposal

Jairam Ramesh says no to Vedanta project in Orissa

Environment ministry rejects mining project saying it violated laws

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

Centre set to dilute tribal rights over forestland

Affidavit filed in Vedanta case says government can acquire forests in public interest by ‘extinguishing’ tribal rights

Forest dwellers plan palli sabhas in all affected villages in Niyamgiri

Odisha government sticks to its list of 12 villages despite reservations from rights groups and Union ministry of tribal affairs

Dongrias decide

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

Phuldumer advises Vedanta not to return to Niyamgiri

Seven straight rejections means a majority of the 12 villages have said ‘no’ to proposed bauxite mining

Ijurupa, where a family of four nailed down a 72 MT mining proposal

It’s the eighth village to reject proposed mining in a row in Niyamgiri hills

State V Dongria Kondhs

Green tribunal halts Mapithel dam in Manipur

MoEF asked to ascertain if project violates Forest Rights Act. State may now need people's consent to go ahead with the project

Batudi rejects settlement of community forest claims in Niyamgiri

Sixth rejection in a row for proposed bauxite mining; tribal affairs ministry team to visit Odisha to assess claims beyond 12 villages

God of small hills

Inside Niyamgiri range the Dongria Kondhs worship the forest hills as their spiritual sovereign

Proposed forest diversion rules may bind states to settle forest rights of tribal people first

Draft amendments to the Forest Conservation Act rules, however, do not make gram sabha consent mandatory for all projects

‘Claims of Forest Rights Act holding up growth are bogus'

In fact, states are holding up recognition of forest rights in the areas where big-ticket projects are planned, say forest dwelling community …

Do we really need the bauxite from Niyamgiri?

Existing mines can meet India’s demand for the next thirty years, at levels three times our current consumption