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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Uneasy calm at Posco site as protesters dig up approach roads
Bhubaneswar: An uneasy calm prevailed in the proposed Posco site in Orissa
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CPI: Withdraw eco-clearance to Posco project
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review the mega steel project awarded to South Korean steel giant Posco in Orissa and urged him to immediately withdraw the environmental clearance accorded to the project in light of the continued violence and atrocities against the local population.
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Opposition parties deplore police action on Posco site
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: Several Opposition parties and mass organisations of Orissa on Sunday condemned the police action against villagers opposing the Posco-India's steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. They also warned the Biju Janata Dal government against using police force on innocent people to acquire land for different companies.
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Police crack down on anti-Posco protesters
PARADIP: Police on Saturday fired rubber bullets and teargas shells to evict anti-Posco agitators, including women and children, from the entry point of the project site at Balitutha, leaving 30 people injured.
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100 injured in police action at Posco-India project site
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: About 100 people were injured when police fired rubber bullets and teargas shells, and lathi-charged hundreds of villagers in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa on Saturday afternoon to help the administration acquire land for the steel project of Posco-India.
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Police crack down on anti-Posco protesters, 30 injured
Police on Saturday fired rubber bullets and teargas shells at Balitutha to evict protesters, mostly women and children, opposing the setting up of POSCO steel plant, leaving 30 people injured. The police had ordered the 1000odd protesters opposing land acquisition to leave but had to crack down when 50 crude bombs were thrown at them, said Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police Debadutta Singh.
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UAC activists may intensify stir against Posco project
The activists of the United Action Committee, a purportedly pro-Posco outfit active in the Posco steel project site near Paradip, have threatened to oppose the project if the district administration deploys police force in the
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Anti-Posco agitation: CPI MP arrested
CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai was arrested today while trying to enter the proposed steel plant site of Posco-India ahead of a rally to protest the project, police said. "Tarai was arrested as a preventive measure to avoid any law and order problem as a large number of anti-Posco activists have gathered in the area," SP Jagatsinghpur Devdutta Singh said.
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Posco & ArcelorMittal change India tack to expand footprint
STUNG by inordinate delays in getting greenfield projects off the ground, global steel majors Posco and ArcelorMittal appear to be shifting gears in their India strategy.
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Arcelor looks to better Posco in SAIL JV race
STEEL Authority of India