Vedanta Controversy

The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed in 2018 following protests against alleged pollution, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to run an oxygen plant to help the country tackle its deepening coronavirus crisis.

The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed after protests last year over alleged pollution, will stay shut, the Supreme Court said today. The court was hearing the Vedanta group's request for a direction to Tamil Nadu's pollution control body to implement an order by the National Green Tribunal which allowedthe copper pl...

The Union Environment Ministry had given clearance to the controversial Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi after getting a go-ahead from the state pollution control board, an official said on Friday, dismissing the allegations that the central government had directly cleared the copper smelting unit.

Cairn India Ltd on Thursday said it has extended by two years the repayment of a controversial $1.25 billion loan it had extended to its parent group firm.

Vedanta Group firm THL Zinc Ltd has sought rollover of a controversial $1.25-billion loan taken from the conglomerate's cash-rich oil explorer Cairn India in July 2014.

Vedanta Resources Plc on Friday said it would not mine bauxite at a controversial project in Odisha until it can win over local communities opposed to its plan.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has arrived in a helicopter in Lanjigarh, where tribals are fighting a mining project by UK-bsaed Vedanta.  This comes just two after the Centre's rejection of environment clearance to its bauxite mining project. (Read: Jairam says no to Vedanta mining project in Orissa)"Rahulji will interact with the tribal people...

The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed in 2018 following protests against alleged pollution, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to run an oxygen plant to help the country tackle its deepening coronavirus crisis.

The controversial Sterlite copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu, closed after protests last year over alleged pollution, will stay shut, the Supreme Court said today. The court was hearing the Vedanta group's request for a direction to Tamil Nadu's pollution control body to implement an order by the National Green Tribunal which allowedthe copper pl...

The Union Environment Ministry had given clearance to the controversial Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi after getting a go-ahead from the state pollution control board, an official said on Friday, dismissing the allegations that the central government had directly cleared the copper smelting unit.

Cairn India Ltd on Thursday said it has extended by two years the repayment of a controversial $1.25 billion loan it had extended to its parent group firm.

Vedanta Group firm THL Zinc Ltd has sought rollover of a controversial $1.25-billion loan taken from the conglomerate's cash-rich oil explorer Cairn India in July 2014.

Vedanta Resources Plc on Friday said it would not mine bauxite at a controversial project in Odisha until it can win over local communities opposed to its plan.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has arrived in a helicopter in Lanjigarh, where tribals are fighting a mining project by UK-bsaed Vedanta.  This comes just two after the Centre's rejection of environment clearance to its bauxite mining project. (Read: Jairam says no to Vedanta mining project in Orissa)"Rahulji will interact with the tribal people...