Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai June 14, 2010, 0:44 IST

The estimated $3-bn Vedanta University was to start Phase-I by mid-2011 but is facing stiff opposition from locals.

IF ILLEGAL MINING IS RAMPANT IN NAXAL-AFFECTED STATES,

Rahi Gaikwad and Vinaya Deshpande

Mumbai: There exists an entire spectrum of resistance, which includes the Maoist movement, asking serious questions about democracy and civilisation, not just of our government, but of our planet, author Arundhati Roy said here on Wednesday.

Visakhapatnam, May 30: Campaigning against rising pollution levels in the city, for which both state as well as private industries are being held responsible, ranks top on the agenda of the CPI, along with the bauxite mining issue.

Visakhapatnam, May 18: With the killing of two tribal leaders within a period of three months, Maoist violence is back in the Visakhapatnam Agency in a big way with the main operational base being the Andhra-Orissa border zone.

Maoist aplogist Arundhati Roy might debunk non-violent assertion of rights but the Kondhs are saving Niyamgiri without firing a shot.

Akshaya Kumar Saho

Orissa has more than 1,530 million tonnes of bauxite reserve, according a conservative esti- mate. Major alumi- na and aluminium producers, encour- aged by the 2010 upward swing in the world markets, have decided to increase their vol- ume of production.

Metals & Mining Major Plans To Buy Govt Stakes In Balco By August & In Hindustan Zinc Subsequently
Our Bureau MUMBAI

Visakhapatnam , April 20: Half-clad tribals carrying bows, arrows and axes took out a rally in the city demanding the scrapping of the proposed mining of bauxite in the Agency here on Tuesday. The rally was led by the CPI state secretary, Mr K. Narayana.

Social anthropologist and writer Felix Padel, who is the great-grandson of Charles Darwin, is a crusader against India

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