Orissa moves SC over Polavaram
Continuing its protest over the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram power project on the Godavari river in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the Orissa government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing the Centre
Continuing its protest over the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram power project on the Godavari river in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the Orissa government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing the Centre
A joint statement on the Government's decision regarding Vedanta. A recent decision by Mr.
Bhubaneshwar, Sept. 5: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday upped its ante against the Centre and announced that it would hold a massive public rally at Malkangiri on September 12, to protest against the latter
Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at the unilateral decision of the Centre to give go-ahead signal to the contentious Polavarm project in Andhra Pradesh, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Thursday said that a protest meeting will be held in Malkangiri district soon. Briefing newsmen here, Mohapatra, while terming the Centre
The Orissa government would soon move the Supreme Court, seeking scrapping of the clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh, according to senior state officials. State Water Resources Secretary Suresh Mohapatra told The Indian Express a petition would be filed before the apex court in a day
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi September 01, 2010, 1:20 IST A 15-year agreement between India and Britain that assures equitable treatment to cross-border investors from both countries may technically permit Vedanta to seek legal action against the central government if its investments in Orissa suffer for no fault of the British company. Vedanta, which has invested about Rs 45,000 crore in variou
The Orissa government will move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. Naveen Patnaik
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry to the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. A petition will be filed in the Supreme Court in a day or two seeking scrapping of the forest clearance granted to the project as it will submerge several villages
Bhubaneswar: Terming UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's nod to give national status to Congress-led Andhra Pradesh Government as betrayal to Odisha, the Biju Yuva Janata Dal on Sunday threatened that it would resort to statewide protests in coming days. In a release, BYJD state coordinator Sanjay Das Burma said that at least 29 villages along with thousands hectares of forest land would be submerge
Allotment of alternative bauxite mines to Vedanta being examined. Naveen PatnaikThe Orissa government has said it will continue to oppose the proposed Polavaram power plant on the Godavari, even as the chairperson of the ruling UPA at the Centre, Sonia Gandhi, has assured the Andhra Pradesh government that national status would be accorded to the controversial project.
BHUBANESWAR: Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout today called upon political parties to sink differences and join hands to fight the Centre
<p>IN THE backdrop of the Environment Ministry asking the Orissa government — where the Congress is in opposition — to stop work at South Korean major Posco’s project site, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has raised the red flag over Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh ruled by the Congress.</p>
 TUESDAY will go down as one of the worst days for Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Orissa for more than a decade. The Union ministry for environment & forests on Tuesday scrapped Orissa Mining Corporation
<p>BHUBANESWAR  / NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has reportedly made up his mind on Vedanta
The Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Naveen Patnaik, on Monday took up the controversial Polavaram issue with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and sought his intervention to ensure that not a single village in Orissa was inundated.<br />
New Delhi: Facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in his State, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to raise concerns over recommendations of a government panel on the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.<br /><br />Mr. Patnaik said he would apprise Dr. Singh on the adverse effects the recommendations would have on investments in the State.<br />
Debabrata Mohanty <br /><br />With the Ministry of Environment and Forests waving the red flag to Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi coming to Niyamgiri on August 26, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now planning to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.<br />
<p>Orissa Chief Minister To Discuss Problems Faced By Posco And Vedanta In The State</p><p>Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI</p>
Bhubaneswar: Sending a note of assurance, the Centre on Thursday assured the Odisha government that no area of the state would be submerged due to coming up of the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. In a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday, Union forest and environment minister Jairam Ramesh said that the Centre is as much concerned for Odisha as for Andhra Pradesh. Briefin