Deo slams MP government for denying forest rights to tribals in Mahan

Union tribal affairs minister says villagers’ consent to mining by Hindalco and Essar comprised more than 11,000 forged signatures

Cancel bauxite mining agreements in tribal area: Union tribal minister urges Andhra Pradesh governor

'Mining plans cause growth of extremism in the Scheduled tribal areas'

'Mainland tribal people also need autonomous councils'

Autonomous councils in the Northeast are the reason why people there did not lose access to land and forests, says Virginius Xaxa, head of …

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

Halfway through

Tribal affairs ministy attempts to give forest dwellers their due welfare benefits, through a compromise

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Polavaram fraud

The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forestland. Most of the people threatened …