No Posco, but 3L trees axed for project
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
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Rahul favours non-agricultural land for Posco
Bhubaneswar: Stressing that the poor must not be pushed aside to set up the Posco steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that if non-agricultural land was available for the project, it would be a better option. If there is land available (for Posco project) which is not agricultural land, it will be a better solution, the Congress gener
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Package POSCO
<p>This special report by Sayantan Bera in Down To Earth reveals how Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package.</p>
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Pro-POSCO farmers offer land
<p>Chief Minister asks them to get ‘approval' from head of Tontadarya Math Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who on Wednesday ordered a halt to land acquisition for the POSCO steel plant project in Gadag district following protests by farmers led by the head of the Tontadarya Math, on Thursday told a section of farmers who are ready to give their land for the project that they should ge
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Posco steel plant to be relocated: Karnataka
The Karnataka government today seemed to have succumbed to protests by a section of farmers at Halligudi in the Gadag district against Posco's Rs 32,000 crore steel plant. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said in Bangalore the state government has decided to stall the Posco project in Halligudi.
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Ktaka CM calls off land acquisition for Posco
Gadag/Bangalore: Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa directed officials to halt land acquisition for the Posco steel plant from farmers under duress in the state
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Anti-Posco Forum
PARADIP: Church leaders, under the banner of North Indian Churches Association, interacted with the villagers at Gobindpur on Tuesday.
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Rahul wants relief, rehab for people affected by Posco
Just about a year after his open support for the Dongaria Kondh tribals in Niyamgiri who are protesting the mining of bauxite by Vedanta Alumina, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lent his support to the people facing displacement by the 12 million tonne Posco project in Orissa
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Rahul offers conditional support to Posco project
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday he would back the Posco project if the Korean steel maker provided proper rehabilitation.
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Steel Minister asks SAIL to speed up Burnpur project
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Wednesday asked the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) to speed up work on the delayed Rs.14,000-crore Burnpur steel plant in West Bengal and expressed concern over the Rs.2,000-crore cost overrun. Addressing his first press conference here after being elevated to the Cabinet rank in the same Ministry, Mr.
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Worshipping a steel rath in Orissa
They captured national attention during their nerve-wracking stand-off with the police barely a fortnight ago over the Orissa State's forcible acquisition of their land for POSCO.