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Odisha

January 14, 2020

Anger as controversial Indian mining company opens tribal school

Survival International says the school is an attempt to reduce tribal resistance to the mining industry by teaching children to see mining as good and their own culture as backward.
May 6, 2019

Oxfam India responds as Cyclone Fani causes destruction in Odisha

Oxfam India’s humanitarian teams are assessing the damage caused by Cyclone Fani, the worst cyclone that India has witnessed in the last 20 years.
October 14, 2014

Tribal people living on Indian tiger reserve face eviction

Tribespeople living inside a tiger reserve in India are being “threatened” and “cheated” into leaving their ancestral land in the name of tiger 'conservation'.
October 25, 2013

Cyclone Phailin left as many homeless as Katrina, says Christian Aid

Cyclone Phailin has left more than one million people homeless, causing destruction on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, says Christian Aid.
December 7, 2012

Thousands join rally of defiance as Vedanta mine ruling postponed

A rally of defiance has taken place at the foothills of India’s Niyamgiri Hills by thousands of tribal people opposing to Vedanta’s controversial mine.
August 13, 2010

Abducted anti-Vedanta campaigners released after beating

The two Dongria Kondh activists abducted earlier this week have been released. They have been campaigning against the development of a mine by Vedanta Resources.
July 15, 2010

Vedanta faces third setback in a month over human rights

The controversial transnational corporation Vedanta Resources has suffered its third major blow in a month due to human rights concerns. The Indian state of Odisha has ordered a new investigation into the rights of the Dongria Kondh tribe affected by the company's bauxite mine.
June 2, 2010

Indian police fire into crowds on steel plant protest

Police in the Indian state of Odisha are reported to have fired into crowds demonstrating against UK-linked company TATA, which owns Jaguar, Land Rover, Corus and Tetley.