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Anti-Vedanta campaign gathers steam

TNN May 28, 2013, 12.17AM IST   KORAPUT: With the Supreme Court leaving it to villagers to decide the fate of Vedanta‘s mining plan at Niyamgiri hills at gram sabhas, the anti-mining campaign at villages situated in and around Niyamgiri hills… Continue Reading →

Odisha – Niyamgiri tribe’s question on Gram Sabha issue #Video

KBKNews, May 27 Under a scorching sun, after walking miles and miles in the hilly terrain, these bare feet have come here to tell the most astounding tale, if we care to hear them out: stories of human grit, resolution,… Continue Reading →

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

Author(s): Kumar Sambhav S… Issue Date: 2013-5-27 State invites forest rights claims from only a dozen villages on Niyamgiri hill slope Vedanta‘s bauxite mining proposal in Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi has been stiffly opposed by affected tribals and forest dwellers… Continue Reading →

Anti-Vedanta cry gets shriller- Tribals made aware of ill- effects of Mining

Satyanarayan Patnaik & Riyan Ramanath V, TNN May 19, 2013, 0 Koraput/BHUBANESWAR: The Niyamgiri Surakshya Samiti (NSS), an organization fighting against bauxite mining at Lanjigarh by Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), is out to woo tribals to rally for its cause. During… Continue Reading →

MoU between OMC, Vedanta on Niyamgiri mining- questioned

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi  May 16, 2013 Last Updated at 21:55 IST An MoU between an Odisha Mining Corporation and Vedanta has come in for questioning from the Tribal Affairs Ministry, which has contended that it is against the… Continue Reading →

Odisha to seek six more weeks to conduct Niyamgiri Gram Sabhas

BS Reporter  |  Bhubaneswar  May 17, 2013 In its April 18 order, SC had directed the Odisha govt to conduct Gram Sabhas at Niyamgiri within three months to seek the mandate of the locals             The… Continue Reading →

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

  Published on Down To Earth (http://www.downtoearth.org.in)   My god v your resource Blog Intro: Recent Supreme Court order in Vedanta case holds hope for tribal community life Author(s): Richard Mahapatra   Photo: Digpatra Is a village council qualified to deal with… Continue Reading →

#India – Tribals set to decide Vedanta project’s fate #forestrights

Nitin Sethi, TNN | May 14, 2013 The Supreme Court order has left it to the villagers to decide the fate of the Vedanta project, and the call revolves on whether the venture would affect their religious and other rights. NEW DELHI:… Continue Reading →

Villagers’ bid to decide Vedanta project fate puts Niyamgiri hills on radar

By Nitin Sethi, TNN | 10 May, 2013   NEW DELHI: The villages of DongriyaKondhtribals around Odisha‘sNiyamgiri hills are set to become a flash point again, with the Centre and the state government along with civil society groups planning to converge on the site of… Continue Reading →

Fuzzy thinking on SC Niyamgiri verdict #Vedanta

Reports and editorials on the Supreme Court verdict in the Vedanta case might have missed the mark. ARITRA BHATTACHARYA says a section of the media is even acting as apologist for the multinational.  Saturday, Apr 27 , The Hoot.org The April 18 Supreme… Continue Reading →

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