Niyamgiri

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  "Will Die For Niyamgiri": A Sterlite-Like Crisis For Vedanta In Odisha

  After Tamil Nadu shut a copper smelter run by Vedanta Resources following deadly protests, the company faces another challenge 1,000 miles away, where axe-toting tribesmen and environmentalists have joined forces to demand the closure of an alumina refinery.

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  17 Maoists Surrender In Chhattisgarh's Bastar District

  In a fillip to the Chhattisgarh government's campaign for the rehabilitation of Maoists, 17 members of the Jan Militia, including some top Maoist leaders of Odisha's Niyamgiri area, surrendered today in Jagdalpur in Bastar district, a senior police officer said.

• Rahul Gandhi addresses rally in Odisha, accuses Naveen Patnaik government of corruption

  Rahul Gandhi today said Odisha is the richest state in the country in terms of its resources, yet over a third of its population is below poverty line.

• Vedanta's 50,000-crore project in Odisha rejected by all 12 villages

  Vedanta Resources plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha - a project worth Rs 50,000 crores - are in serious jeopardy after all 12 villages whose opinion was sought have voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• Full transcript: BJD's Pinaki Misra on Odisha government's efforts to bring Vedanta back

  Eleven out of 12 villages in Odisha have rejected mining of bauxite, used to make aluminium, in Niyamgiri by Vedanta. But despite the no from the villagers, speaking exclusively to NDTV's Anchal Vohra, the ruling Biju Janata Dal's Pinaki Misra says the government of Odisha is determined to provide Vedanta bauxite, if not from Niyamgiri then from an...

• Odisha tribals set to block Vedanta bauxite project

  Vedanta Resources plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha have suffered a blow after a majority of local residents voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• In multi-billion dollar Vedanta battle, gram sabhas get final word

  The Supreme Court has continued a ban on bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha considered sacred by tribals.

• Orissa govt backs Vedanta, moves court against ban on mining

  The Orissa government has thrown its weight behind mining group Vedanta Aluminium Limited and has moved the Supreme Court against the Centre's ban on bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills for the group's Rs 5,000-crore alumina refinery project at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district of the state.The state government's move came after the Jairam Ramesh-l...

• Orissa: POSCO trouble far from over

  Even after five-and-half years since its inception, the biggest foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the country, the POSCO steel project has failed to take off due to widespread opposition from several quarters. Now, the 51,000 crore project has run into more trouble as the environment clearance to the project seems unlikely.But the Orissa governme...

• Protests at Vedanta site after 5000 contract workers sacked

  Days after the environment ministry cancelled its clearance to the Vedanta mining project in Orissa and put its refinery on notice, workers are protesting at the plant site in Lanjigarh.More than 5000 workers were suddenly retrenched on Tuesday by Larsen & Turbo, the contractor for carrying out Vedanta's construction work.After protests by the ...

• Rahul Gandhi to Orissa tribals: You have saved Niyamgiri

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is celebrating "victory" in Orissa's Kalahandi, saying the rejection of environment clearance to a big bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills is a victory of the local tribal people."Your voice reached Delhi and you saved your land. I did what I could, but this is your victory," Rahul said in Lanjigarh on Thursda...