Anti-displacement group hails ruling on Vedanta project

The Dongria Kondh community, whose identity is fully dependent on these hills, has been fighting for the survival of their way of life for a decade. The mine would have resulted in violation of their rights as Indigenous peoples, as well as their ...

India's Supreme Court has recognized the Dongria Kondh's right to worship their sacred mountain in a landmark decision. Survival In a landmark ruling, the Indian Supreme Court today rejected an appeal to allow Vedanta Resources to mine the ...

File photo of members of the Orissa Dongaria Kondh tribe conducting a protest against the Vedanta project before the State Secretariat in Bhubaneswar. After the government rejected the proposal to start mining activities in Orissa, Vedanta has said it will ...

An MoU between Odisha Mining Corporation and Vedanta has come in for questioning from the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry, which has contended that the pact is against the letter and spirit of the Constitution and its provisions regarding scheduled ...

Almost 50% children of Paudi Bhuyan, a particularly vulnerable tribal group ( PVTG), from 29 villages of Lahunipada block of Sundargarh district, were found suffering from acute malnutrition during a recent sample survey conducted in the district.

'Mine: Story of a Sacred Mountain', a documentary produced by Survival International, is a record of the multi-billion pounds FTSE 100-listed British mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc with its ambitions to destroy the breathtaking beauty, culture, ...

is a barrister in Lincolns Inn, and has extensive experience of the legal problems of indigenous peoples. He is the author of 'Aboriginal rights in international law', and has given legal advice to Survival International for over 30 years. He has ...

NEW DELHI: With the clock ticking, the tribal affairs ministry has set the ball rolling for village assemblies or gram sabhas to decide on allowing Vedanta to source bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills, considered sacred by the local Dongria Kondh ...

Soon after the closure of its bauxite-starved one-million tonne (mt) alumina refinery at Lanjigarh, an official of Vedanta Aluminium was asked whether the company would consider moving the plant out of Odisha in case the raw material deadlock was ...