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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Tearing through the water landscape: evaluating environmental & social consequences of POSCO project, Odisha
<p>This is a critique by Environment Support Group of the weak review of the environmental and social impacts of the POSCO project in Orissa, and how this has resulted in making project affected communities into a 'rightless people'.</p>
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Posco ball in state govt's court, says Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh It is for the government of Orissa to meet the legal rules if the mammoth Posco steel project is to be cleared by him, said Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh. A day ahead of a meeting with Orisa chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who reiterated that project clearance is vital for both state and nation, Ramesh said:
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Vedanta oustees call for fresh relief package
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POSCO: Government alleges fabrication
BHUBANESWAR: Even as Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh put the conditional clearance to Posco project on hold basing on an e-mail, the Orissa Government report to the Centre has claimed that the anti-Posco activist have forged and fabricated documents on palli sabha resolutions. "The palli sabha resolutions relating to Gobindpur and Dhinkia villages appende
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POSCO: Orissa to act after examining order
A day after Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh put the forest clearance for the Rs 54,000- crore POSCO steel project on hold, the state government said it would closely examine the MoEF order before taking any further action. On Thursday, Ramesh had held back forest clearance, asking the state government to recognise the rights of the people of Dhinkia and Gobindpur villages i
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Anti-Posco activists to hold meet today
Jagatsinghpur: The anti-Posco activists under the banner of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS) on Thursday decided to congregate at a meeting at Patanahat on Friday in protest against the assurance report submitted by the Odisha government on Wednesday to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). In the protest meeting the activists have decided to burn the copy of the assurance repor
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State to renew MoU with Posco-India soon
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that it would soon renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korean steel major Posco for its proposed steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. The steel and mines department has already received the recommendation of the law department in this regard. The nodal department will soon invite Posco for renewal of the Mo
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MOEF order on POSCO dated April 14, 2011
<p>This MoEF directive held back forest clearance to the POSCO project in Orissa. It has rejected state government’s assurance that there are no tribals in the area, where the 52,000 crore rupee steel-cum-captive power plant is to come up.</p>
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Orissa to Submit Reply on Posco Project to Centre Next Week
Under pressure to speed up the process for starting Posco's 12 million tonne steel project, Orissa government has decided to submit its assurance report to the Centre next week, reiterating its earlier that there was no tribal inhabitant or traditional forest dwellers in the villages demarcated for project near Paradip. Chief secretary B K Patnaik on Sunday said chief minister Naveen Patnaik has
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State to allow Posco to swap iron ore for making better steel
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has agreed with South Koran steel major Posco India to allow swap of certain quantities of iron ore for production of better quality steel in its proposed 12 MTPA steel project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. Announcing this in the State Assembly here on Wednesday, steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty while replying to a question, said that the c