Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday mounted a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of the Great Nicobar Island development project, accusing him of spreading “propaganda” to obstruct a project of strategic and national importance. Speaking to India Today Editor Gaurav Sawant in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Rijiju defended the…
Jaipur: On the occasion of World Environment Day, senior Rajasthan Congress functionaries, including former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully, extended support to Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi‘s #GreenOverGreed campaign and voiced concern over the proposed development project on Great Nicobar…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday once again targeted the Centre over Great Nicobar development project, alleging that it prioritises commercial interests at the cost of the island’s ecology and local communities.In a post on X, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said he had recently visited Indira Point, the southernmost…
This aerial photograph, taken on March 25, 2026, shows a coastline at Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar Island. On a remote island in the Andaman Sea, bulldozers are tearing into pristine forests home to one of Earth’s most isolated people as part of India’s ambition for a $9 billion megaport, airport, and city. | Photo…
India’s mammoth project to build a transshipment port on the Great Nicobar Island has sparked controversy, with Leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi calling it “destruction dressed in development language”. Defence analysts have questioned the commercial utility of a project 1,400 kilometres away from the Indian mainland. The Great Nicobar Project seeks to transform the…
