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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Say a firm no to acquisition of fertile land for Posco steel plant in Gadag
Farmers dispute Nirani
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Posco not to press for ore-swapping clause: Minister
Bhubaneswar: Steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty on Monday said that South Korean steel major Posco will not insist on inclusion of swapping of iron ore clause in the fresh MoU to be signed soon. Briefing newsmen here, the minister said that since the MoU signed on June 22, 2005 for a period of five years had already expired, the state government was in the process of preparing a fresh M
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Many Singurs in offing
Land for industries: Farmers, government at loggerheads Acquiring land for industries has become a major challenge for the BJP government.
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Posco: take the land but give life
We have forgotten that development cannot be development if it takes the lives of the very people for whom it is meant The sight on television was heartbreaking: children lying in rows in the searing sun to be human shields against the takeover of their land for Korean giant Posco
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Posco land acquisition work to resume after Rath Yatra
Bhubaneswar The Orissa government is likely to resume the land acquisition process for Posco India's steel project after the Rath Yatra festival, which will begin on Sunday and continue till July 11. Meanwhile, the government has decided to resolve the deadlock due to the opposition by a pro-project outfit, United Action Committee (UAC). Jagatsinghpur district collector Narayan Chandra Jena,
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Dharna against Posco continues
As an indefinite dharna by five political parties in the city opposing forceful land acquisition for the Posco steel project entered its second day on Friday, the Jagatsinghpur district administration held talks with some of the office-bearers of an outfit supporting the project in order to resume ground levelling and boundary wall construction work on the land acquired for the project earlier.
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Maoist shutdown against Posco land acquisition
A 24-hour state-wide shutdown called by Maoists against "forcible land acquisition" for South Korean steel major Posco's project and other issues hit normal life in southern parts of Orissa Thursday, police said. "Government buses are not plying in the Maoist-affected districts of Gajapati, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabrangpur," a police official told IANS.
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Posco MoU renewal by July 10, says Orissa govt
Bhubaneshwar The MoU with Posco India for its 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa will be renewed by July 10. The MoU, signed in June 2005, expired last year. The government is working on details to complete the renewal of Posco India's MoU by July 10," said state chief secretary BK Patnaik.
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Karnataka govt to hear out farmers opposing Posco plant
Bangalore The Karnataka government has decided to hear out farmers over their objections filed against the land acquisition proceedings for the proposed R32,000-crore integrated steel plant by South Korean steel major Posco.