Bhubaneswar: The successful implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by the Odisha government has earned appreciation from the Union secretary of the tribal affairs ministry Vibha Puri Das.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today approved procurement of 30 lakh tonnes of rice during 2012-13 through different agencies other than Food Corporation of India (FCI) and announced Rs 1250 as

MHOW: Landless tribals, who protested against their continued neglect by taking over about 300 acres of forest land in Junapani area near the famous Patalpani waterfall on Saturday night, left the

MHOW: Seeking their right to cultivate on forest land about 400 tribals from the villages of Chordiya, Sind Baroda and Bhagora villages of Mhow tehsil have moved to encroach and clear forest near P

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said solution to internal security threat does not lie merely in weeding out Naxals in security operations.

In fresh protests, the Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy agitating against the Koodankulam nuclear plant, plans to lay siege to the Thoothukudy port Saturday.

KOLKATA, 19 SEPT: Protests against the nuclear plant at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu have reached Kolkata, with health and environment experts speaking out against India's development of nuclear energ

In a bid to achieve the dual objectives of promoting good hygiene practices among the rural and vulnerable sections as well as providing an income generation activity to such womenfolk, Cuttack dis

Apprehensive that opposition by a small faction could derail or at least delay the 3,200 Mega Watt (MW) Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), affected villa