GUWAHATI, Aug 24: The Assam State BJP today accused Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain of helping illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to settle in forest areas in order to get their votes for the Congress in the elections.
In a big blow to Vedanta Resources, the government on Tuesday rejected environment clearance to its $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Orissa after accepting recommendations of its key panel clearing such ventures.
New Delhi: The UPA government on Friday moved a step closer to giving the red signal to the Vedanta mining of bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa.
New Delhi: The government has decided to widen the ambit of the Meena Gupta committee, which is looking into the Rs 50,000-crore Posco Integrated Steel Project to review the case not only for its compliance with the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and Forest Conservation Act.
The panel will also be asked to investigate the compliance of the state government and the project developers with the Envir
Says Gram Sabhas Alone To Decide If They Want To Part With Forest Land
Nitin Sethi | TNN
The N C Saxena Committee that called for scrapping the Vedanta bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa has set a precedent that could jolt the entire mining industry
