Aug. 26: After the CPI and the CPI(M), it is the turn of the Telugu Desam, the Praja Rajyam and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti to protest against the iron ore mining at Bayyaram. Telugu Dsam Khammam legislator Mr Tummala Nageswara Rao on Thursday said that the TD president Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu
Bhubaneswar: In view of the Union government temporarily withdrawing environment and forest clearance to Vedanta
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<p>Ranchi, Aug. 25: A day after the Centre rejected Vedanta’s $1.7 billion project in Orissa, the group’s “illegal” procurement of bauxite — the main raw material for aluminum— from private miners in Jharkhand has come under the scanner of the Union ministry of environment and forests and the concerned department in the state.</p>
<br /> <div><b><br /> Rourkela: </b>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. <br /> <br /> The chief minister has no moral right to continue as chief minister after indictment by <br />
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<br /> <div> IJIRUPA (LANJIGARH, KALAHAND )</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>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
<p>Dilip Bisoi<br /> Bhubaneshwar<br /> <br /> VEDANTA HAS BEEN ASSURED SASUBAHUMALI MINES REPORTEDLY, WHICH PROMISES ABOUT 81 MILLION TONNE OF DEPOSITS
<p>Debabrata Mohanty<br /> Ijirupa(Lanjigarh, Kala handi<br /> <br /> Two years ago when Rahul Gandhi visited Ijirupa village, he promised the Dongaria Kondhs and Kutia Kondhs— the two primitive tribal groups—as well as other people living in around Niyamgiri mountains that he would bat for their rights in Delhi.<br />
<p>SUNIL JAIN<br /> <br /> Protecting a mountain won't help, urbanisation and education will
<br /> <div> LANJIGARH</div> <div> </div> <div>WITH the Environment Ministry denying clearance to the Vedanta bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri, the Congress in Orissa is going all out to project party general secretary Rahul Gandhi as the "saviour of tribals".</div> <div> </div> <div>The Adivasi Adhikar Samavesh, which will be addressed by Gandhi tomorrow, is the b
<p>Move Aimed At Preventing Environmental Issues From Derailing Projects</p>
<p>At a time when the prime minister is bent upon thrusting the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill down the nation's throat, it is heartening that environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh has taken a popular stand and put a stop to Vedanta's planned `illegal' mining in Orissa.
<div>The government's decision to reject Vedanta's proposed $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Orissa has been hailed by green lobby terming it as a great step towards people's empowerment and saving pristine wildlife in the eco-fragile Niyamgiri Hills.</div> <div> </div> <div>"It's a great step foward in people's empowerment.
<p>Law of the land must apply to all businesses
<p>N C SAXENAThe report on Vedanta calls the approval for the refinery illegal. Should it not be cancelled?<br /> No, it will probably continue with raw materials from other mines.<br /> <br /> But the report has found many of those other mines illegal...<br /> I am not aware of that. Our committee dealt only with the illegal expansion of the refinery.<br />
<p>The road leading up to the Centre’s denial of permission to Vedanta Alumina Ltd to mine for bauxite in the Niyamagiri hills of Lanjigarh has been lined with gross violations and misrepresentation by both the company and the state government of Orissa<br />
<p>The fact-finding team set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF)<br /> <br /> last month to probe allegations of violations of the Forest Rights Act by Posco, the Korean steel major, for its proposed project in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district, will visit the site on Friday and Saturday.<br />
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
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