The Great Nicobar Island Development Project feels like a violation of their rights, he says. ‘They don’t have the needs we ...

Union Minister Jual Oram asserts in Parliament that no objections were received from tribal councils or activists regarding ...

saying they would threaten the lives of indigenous Nicobarese and Shompen tribes that live on the 700 square-mile island. The Shompen are particularly isolated, having "little contact with the ...

The Tribal Council of Little Nicobar and Great Nicobar has objected to the diversion of certain areas currently reserved for ...

Speaking during Question Hour, Oram said the project — involving construction of a transshipment port, an airport, a gas ...

MP Saket Gokhale questioned the government’s stance, pointing out that the assessment was prepared at the request of the ...

This documentation explores anthropologically various nuances of Car Nicobar tribes within the geographical ... costumes and dialect of the Car Nicobarese The documentary highlights the vernacular ...

Read on. The Union government has denied receiving a video report by anthropologist Vishvajit Pandya that documented opposition from the Indigenous Shompen and Nicobarese communities to the Great ...