Nitish’s JD(U) slams Modi in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: Just three days after Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar avoided each other on the sidelines of the Internal Security meeting in New Delhi recently,...
View ArticleSpeedy clearance of proposals for industry projects in forests under new...
The forest clearance process for industry projects is likely to be overhauled and eased soon, with strict timelines being forced for every step taken in the State or Central government to deal with...
View ArticleSteps to cut impact of water-level rise
Kerala is considering steps to mitigate the impact of water-level rise in the Mullaperiyar dam as Tamil Nadu is all set to increase it following the Supreme Court order. A meeting of senior officials...
View ArticleMany tribals yet to get title deeds for forest land
VISAKHAPATNAM: Even though seven years have passed since the central government passed the ROFR Act 2006 (Recognition of Forest Rights Act), thousands of tribals in the district are still awaiting land...
View Article100 more Janamaithri police stations soon: Thiruvanchoor
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: 'Parents please do not tell your children that police will take them away if they are bad. We want them to come to us when they are scared; not to be scared of us'. These are the...
View ArticleMaoist attack triggers debate on need for Schedule V; PESA Act in Bastar
RAIPUR: Maoist ambush in tribal Bastar, in which senior Congress leaders were killed on May 25, is all set to renew the debate on schedule V and schedule VI of the Constitution meant for the...
View ArticleNilpu samaram called off after 162 days
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the state government deciding to implement PESA - Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act - the Adivasi Gothram Maha Sabha decided to call off its 162 day-long 'nilpu...
View ArticleImplementing Forest Rights Act vital: Medha
Proper implementation of the Recognition of Forest Rights Act and the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act is vital to preventing the corporatisation of land resources, environmental activist...
View ArticleMuthanga stir: tribesmen promised rehabilitation
Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes P.K. Jayalakshmi has said the tribesmen involved in the Muthanga agitation of 2003 will be rehabilitated after providing compensation. The government has...
View ArticleSC dept. asks to return tribal land acquired for mining
The Scheduled Caste Development Department has recommended the Government to cancel the acquisition of 3.5795 hectares of land of nine tribal families for a private company for granite mining at...
View ArticleForest ministry scraps jumbo parade
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has scrapped a controversial proposal to conduct a mammoth 'gajamela' in Thiruvananthapuram by parading 101 elephants during an annual tribal festival set to...
View ArticleKerala propses Rs. 5-cr. project to counter Maoist threat
In a development initiative aimed at countering the Maoist threat, Kerala government proposes to execute a comprehensive project for integrated sustainable development of tribespeople in Thodarnadu...
View Article‘Process will soon begin for distribution of title deeds’
M. Madan Gopal, Additional Chief Secretary (Forest, Ecology and Environment), has said that the process of distribution of title deeds among the families displaced by Sharavati hydroelectricity project...
View ArticleOrder to provide land, houses to tribespeople
: The Kerala State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has directed the officials concerned to provide land and houses to 1,915 Kattunayakka tribal families under the Ashikkum Bhoomi...
View ArticleOdisha tribals yet to benefit from Panchayat (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act
BHUBANESWAR: When Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh interacted with representatives of Biswanathpur panchayat in Kalahandi district during his recent visit, he was surprised when the...
View Article‘Tribal people’s grievances ignored during by-election campaign’
Though the campaign to the by-election for the Yercaud Assembly constituency ended on Monday, people in the hill areas feel that political parties failed to address their grievances including...
View ArticleKC(B) stakes claim to Forest
Kerala Congress (B) chairman R. Balakrishna Pillai has taken exception to the “arbitrary manner” in which the portfolios once held by the party have been taken over by the Congress in the latest...
View Article‘Government has deceived landless tribespeople’
The tribespeople in the district, under the aegis of the Adivasi Ekopana Samiti, staged a collectorate march and dharna, to press for their demands, on Monday....
View ArticleOrder against planting teak on forestland
Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has directed the Forest Department officials concerned to stop the move to plant teak on a piece of forestland at Thirunelly under the...
View ArticleMP exploiting tribal issues: Thiruvanchoor
Coming out strongly against Joice George, MP from the Idukki segment, over the Mamalakkandom road controversy, Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan on Sunday said the government will crackdown...
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