Lanjigarh (Orissa): Two days after Jairam Ramesh withdrew environmental clearance to bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in Orissa, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday flew to Niyamgiri Hills to claim a share of the

Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: Today, he is known as a champion of tribal rights and a leader in the fight against Vedanta's proposal to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri.

LANJIGARH: Even as the Centre has dealt a body blow to the expansion project of the UK-based Vedanta in Kalahandi by rejecting the stage-II forest clearance from its proposed mining project at Niyamgiri, tribals fighting to save their habitat on Thursday announced that the campaign would continue.

Kunti Majhi, the president of Niyamgiri Suraksha Parishad, said that he was quite happy that the N


Rourkela:
The BJP on Wednesday demanded resignation of chief minister Naveen Patnaik following Centre's rejection of environment clearance to Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Kalahandi district.

The chief minister has no moral right to continue as chief minister after indictment by

 IJIRUPA (LANJIGARH, KALAHAND )
         
              
TWO years ago when AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Ijirupa village, he promised Dongaria Kondhs and Kutia Kondhs –the two primitive tribal groups -and the o

Devjyot Ghoshal / Lanjigarh (orissa) August 25, 2010, 1:25 IST

There is an unusual combination of fear and fortitude on show, as the fight over Niyamgiri Hills finally draws to a close.

Even though Vedanta Resource







 TUESDAY will go down as one of the worst days for Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Orissa for more than a decade. The Union ministry for environment & forests on Tuesday scrapped Orissa Mining Corporation

BHUBANESWAR  / NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has reportedly made up his mind on Vedanta

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