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Press Statement Announcement to Start Work for POSCO Project is Illegal October, 8 : When the hearing on dispensation of environmental clearance for POSCO project is going on in National Green Tribunal and stay order for cutting… Continue Reading →
Posted Saturday October 05, 2013 The union ministry of Environment and Forests has expressed surprise over the acts of the Odisha government authorities who allowed Bhushan Steel and Strips to utilise the forest land even though the final approval for… Continue Reading →
Mumbai Mirror, Oct 2, 2013 We were the first to tell you about Aishwarya turning down an offer to be the face of a girl child campaign launched by a controversial mininggiant. The honour, if one may call it… Continue Reading →
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Raquel Rolnik. UN Photo/Ryan Brown 1 October 2013 – United Nations independent experts today called on Indian authorities to immediately halt the construction of a massive steel… Continue Reading →
By Express News Service – NEW DELHI Published: 30th September 2013 12:03 PM The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has registered a case in connection with the gangrape and murder of a 25-year-old woman in Cuttack district. The NHRC decision came… Continue Reading →
By Prerna Bakshi On the 19 of August, NDTV and their partner group Vedanta announced the launch of their ‘Our girls Our pride’ campaign with Priyanka Chopra as the campaign ambassador. This happened on a day when Vedanta suffered… Continue Reading →
‘NIYAMGIRI VERDICT”(Duration 30min) by KBKNEWS For more than a decade now, these adivasis are waging a historic battle against the Indian State. The battle is to save Niyamgiri — their sole provider, their god — from becoming a tamed object of… Continue Reading →
12 gram sabha too votes against Vedanta mining in Niyamgiri hills Santosh Patnaik The Hindu “It is time now for Vedanta to gracefully respect public sentiment and pack off its establishment” Efforts of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), belonging to London-listed… Continue Reading →
By Meenal Baghel, Mumbai Mirror | Aug 18, 2013, 1 Tribal revolution 1364 km away is a big India story Top: District judge Sarat Chandra Misra (fifth from front) is accompanied by an orderly, a CRPF platoon, a tehsildar and local police as… Continue Reading →
An Indian tribe which worships its remote jungle mountain as a living god has inflicted a humiliating defeat on one of Britain’s wealthiest billionaires over his plans to open a vast aluminium ore mine on their land. <script src=”http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?height=315&embedCode=Q4dHB0ZDpsPps02yUSPlqGUfsv6CLG9k&video_pcode=RvbGU6Z74XE_a3bj4QwRGByhq9h2&width=560&deepLinkEmbedCode=Q4dHB0ZDpsPps02yUSPlqGUfsv6CLG9k”></script> By Dean… Continue Reading →