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

There will be no environmental impact and no tribal will be displaced due to the Great Nicobar project, Tribal Affairs ...

The stakes are high, and conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

The secluded Shompen tribe, who "inhabit the interior of the island's lush forests" and have done so for thousands of years, are "illiterate by modern standards" but are "self-sufficient", having ...

Opposition leaders, including TMC’s Saket Gokhale and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, questioned the minister on the ...

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

Gokhale also said there are only 229 members of the Shompen tribe living in the world. Oram said after the Tsunami struck the island, because of low-lying area, several tribals had shifted out. A high ...

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

There will be no environmental impact and no tribal will be displaced due to the Great Nicobar project, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said in the Rajya Sabha while asserting that the project is ...