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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Poscos Land Acquisition Halts as Protest Gains Momentum
The Orissa government is finding it difficult to acquire land for Posco
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Where will Posco get water from?
The steel project at Gadag won
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Orissa suspends land acquisition indefinitely
Even as the Orissa government suspended land acquisition for the proposed mega steel plant of Posco in this seaside block in Jagatsinghpur district for an indefinite period on Tuesday, senior leaders of the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) expressed their solidarity with the villagers opposing the venture. Veteran CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta and senior CPI(M) MP Basud
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Rising protests halt land acquisition for Posco
With escalating protests at the site of Posco
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Uttarakhand warned of central action against illegal mining
Hyderabad Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday warned Uttrakhand of central intervention if the state government fails to take action against illegal sand mining in the state. Ramesh slammed the Uttarakhand government for its inaction against the illegal sand mining in the state and said that sending show-cause or closure notices to the state would be Centre
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More join protest against land acquisition for Posco
<p>A large group of BJP leaders expresses support to agitating villagers Even as the Orissa government was set to resume land acquisition for the controversial Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, political support for the anti-Posco agitation further grew over the weekend with a large group of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders visiting Gobindpur and other villages in Jagatsinghpur to expre
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Posco: Govt claims misuse of children
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday claimed that children were being misused in anti-Posco agitation and directed the Jagatsinghpur district administration to submit a report on it by Tuesday. We will take action against the persons responsible for misusing children.
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Civil rights groups will stand by agitation against Posco
Paradip: Eminent social activist Medha Patkar on Monday announced that the civil rights groups would stand by the people agitating against Posco's mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district and demanded that chief minister Naveen Patnaik should visit the area immediately. Why can't the chief minister come down to Dhinkia for the people while he rushes to Delhi for talks with the South Korean Pr
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Posco: Agnivesh offers to facilitate talks
Bhubaneswar: Social activist Swami Agnivesh on Saturday said peaceful settlement of Posco impasse was possible through talks and offered to work as a facilitator between the Odisha government and anti- Posco agitators. Peaceful settlement of the Posco issue is quite possible.
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Posco land acquisition runs into rough weather
PARADIP: Land acquisition for Posco steel plant could not be resumed for the second day on Saturday due to heavy rains even as social activists and political leaders rushed to the area to support the anti-displacement brigade. Four teams of revenue officials, led by Paradip Additional District Magistrate Sarojkanta Choudhury, who were at Gobindpur with armed police to resume land acquisition af