Dengue cases on the rise in Bhubaneswar
BHUBANESWAR: Dengue positive cases are on the rise in the capital city. Though the state government claims that it takes several measures to control dengue disease, positive cases have crossed 650 mark
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Flood situation worsens, Orissa CM seeks Centre help
Surging waters from a swollen Mahanadi and its tributaries continued to wreak havoc in Orissa, affecting more than 2,800 villages in 19 districts and leaving 16 dead as the Naveen Patnaik government Sunday
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Posco project: Villagers remove blockades
Jagatsinghpur: The barriers erected by villagers to cordon off South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant new Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district have been removed, paving the way for site preparatory
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Posco for swapping of iron ore within country: Minister
Bhubaneswar: Though Posco has agreed not to insist on the import clause in the lapsed MoU with the state government, it wants swapping of iron ore within the country, a state minister said here on Monday.
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HC reserves order on Posco land acquisition
The Odisha High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a petition seeking quashing of the land acquisition proceedings undertaken for the Posco steel plant proposed to be set up at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur
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Posco hits New Green Roadblock
Green tribunal slaps notices on Posco, Orissa & MoEF; Seeks info about clearance granted to the project In what appears to be a setback to the Posco’s dream 12-million ton steel project, the National
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Posco-Orissa MoU expires
<p> The MoU, which was valid for five years, was signed on June 21, 2005. The company had expressed its intent to set up a 12 million tonne per annum steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district near the Paradip port. It was the only document the company had as proof of its existence in India.</p>
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Orissa hit by severe drought
<p> A severe drought looms large over many parts of Orissa due to inadequate rainfall this season. Most of the districts have received half the normal rainfall. According to revenue department sources, Nuapada district in western Orissa has received 56 per cent rainfall while Boudh and Malkangiri recorded 63 and 61 per cent,</p>
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Green tribunal slaps notices on Posco, Orissa & MoEF
<p> The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday served notices on the Union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF), Orissa government, Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and Posco India enquiring them about the circumstances under which environmental clearance was given to the South Korean company’s proposal for setting up a 12 million tonne steel plant and a captive port in Jagatsinghpur district.</p>
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Posco approval challenged in Green Tribunal
In fresh trouble for Posco’s proposed iron and steel plant in Orissa, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday admitted a petition challenging the environmental clearance granted to the project and
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Posco project to wipe out over six lakh trees
Bhubaneswar: Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up Posco's Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. The trees to make way for the greenfield