Electoral bonds: At least 4 companies that gave over Rs 100 cr have history of violating green norms, tribal rights

We looked at four companies whose mining & infrastructure projects have been opposed by locals; cumulatively, they paid Rs 1,664 crore to …

Niyamgiri: CRPF sets up camp in gram panchayat office

Prominent tribal rights leader held for protesting against the move

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

Jairam Ramesh says no to Vedanta project in Orissa

Environment ministry rejects mining project saying it violated laws

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

Village headmen in Niyamgiri refuse to sign on dates for gram sabha on Vedanta

Demand Palli Sabha on Vedanta’s bauxite mining should include 112 villages

Concern over the government’s moves to dilute the requirement for Gram Sabha consent in violation of the Forest Right’s Act (FRA)

Battle for Niyamgiri turns ugly

Odisha government tries to manipulate forest rights claims of Niyamgiri tribals

Forest officials slammed for shoddy evaluation of project sites

Advisory panel members want independent experts to assess large projects

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

Palberi adds another no to mining in Niyamgiri

Attending Member of Parliament asks Odisha government to include 112 villages

Niyamgiri answers

People veto bauxite mining, but Vedanta is unlikely to let go of the bounty

Niyamgiri: 10 years since India’s first environmental referendum

Niyamgiri case today serves as textbook example of good usage of free, prior  informed consent, without which asymmetry of power between …

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?

Forest conservation & consent: How Gram Sabhas halted risky projects in the past

The new rules for the the Forest Conservation Act (FCA) gazetted June 28, have repealed and replaced the earlier 2003 Forest Conservation Rules …

Chhattisgarh may have stopped Bailadila mining, but for how long?

Tribal protestors may have had the first round, but mining giants are sure to put pressure

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 …

Life and times of Lado Sikaka

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

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

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