2 Dist Judges Nominated Niyamgiri Gramsabha Observers

BHUBANESWAR: Lok Shakti Abhiyan President Prafulla Samantara on Wednesday alleged the Odisha government was attempting to undermine the recent order of the Supreme Court on proposed bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hill for Vedanta Group's

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) is concerned over the lackadaisical approach of the Odisha Government in implementing the order of the Supreme Court to conduct Gram Sabha in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts to get the mandate of the tribals on ...

BHUBANESWAR: Lok Shakti Abhiyan president Prafulla Samantara alleged the Odisha government was attempting to subvert the recent order of the Supreme Court related to holding gram sabhas for a decision on bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said in a new order on Tuesday that status quo must be maintained at the proposed Posco steel plant site in Jagatsinghpur district. The order will halt any further felling of trees by the state government for ...

atrocity on civilians is increasing day by day in our State. In the name of maintaining law and order, the police are adopting coercive methods to harass citizens and carrying out unlawful activities, said the speakers while addressing a State-level ...

Countercurrents.org Politics of Violence and Counter Violence will only Maim Adivasis, Increased Militarisation in the Region would be no Solution New Delhi : Once again in the ongoing politics of offensive and counter offensive between State and ...

Thousands of Dongria and Jhornia Kondhs of 162 villages of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts wielding traditional weapons under the banner of the Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti took out a march on Wednesday across Muniguda of Rayagada district followed by ...

Anti-Lower Suk Tel Project protesters gathered in the City on Sunday and made a strong appeal for scrapping the irrigation project. Instead small dams and barrages must be constructed for improving irrigation in the region, they said. Led by Lower ...

(NSS), an organisation spearheading the agitation against Vedanta's alumina project at Lanjigarh in Kalhandi district, has started a five-day padayatra beginning Friday to spread awareness among the locals on the Supreme Court (SC) order on bauxite ...