Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Bhubaneswar The Orissa government on Monday declared the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) dharna using children as human shields at Gobindpur unlawful after clamping Section 144 on the area.
The officials were released by Balisahi residents with a warning that they should not return to acquire land In a dramatic turn of events, senior administration and police officials of Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district had a bitter experience on Monday when they went to carry out land acquisition for the proposed …
Steel plant Boundary wall construction and demarcation work for the Posco steel plant near Paradip resumed this afternoon on assurances from officials on compensation, after disruption in the morning by villagers and members of the pro-project United Action Committee (UAC), restive at non-fulfillment of their six-point charter of demands. The …
Lowering greenhouse gas emissions is not only good for environment, but it also may benefit an entity’s bottom line. India has a huge potential for carbon financing, which is an emerging business opportunity for Indian companies. In recent years a small, albeit fragmented, market for carbon has started to emerge, …
The revised memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Posco India may not include the earlier controversial clause on iron ore swapping. The earlier MoU has expired and a new one is being prepared. The said clause allowed the company to export 30 per cent of the 600 million tonnes of iron …
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 …
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 …
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 …
State-run iron ore miner NMDC Ltd has finalised a Rs 3,000-crore slurry pipeline project for evacuating ore from its Bailadila mines in Chhattisgarh to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Rana Som“I have just finalised the complete structure of laying the pipeline for evacuation of material from our Bailadila mines to Jagdalpur …
The Chinese government is considering plans to subsidize the use of energy-efficient materials and renewable energy technologies in new buildings and is encouraging provincial and municipal governments to impose stricter efficiency standards than the national minimums, Chinese officials said Wednesday. China
Bhubaneswar Just what is taking the Orissa government so long to renew the MoU with Posco that expired last June? Chief secretary BK Patnaik says he is thoroughly examining the MoU in view of the
Bhubaneshwar Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik has reacted to Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh's statement issued on Sunday, stating that there is no forceful land acquisition at Posco-India's proposed project site at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. "I reiterate that my government believes in peaceful industrialisation in the state," Patnaik said …
Stir continues by locals in Dhinkia panchayat against Odisha acquiring land for Posco Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has appealed to the Odisha government to ensure that land is acquired “only through peaceful and law-governed means,” even as the face-off between police and locals protesting land acquisition for Posco's steel plant …
The Union government on Sunday asked the Orissa government not to take precipitate action in the wake of a mass protest by locals against the land acquisition process launched at Govindpur village for the Posco steel plant. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in a statement that coercion was not the …
Posco Anti-project body says will intensify stir; recalcitrant villagers block government entry Even as the Jagatsinghpur district administration has suspended land acquisition for the Posco project for the next five days (for a local festival and holidays), the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), the organisation spearheading agitation against the mega …
With thousands of locals protesting against land acquisition for the Posco steel plant in the Govindpur village of Orissa, minister of environment Jairam Ramesh warned Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik
Asking the Odisha government to consult opposition political parties before signing fresh MoU with Posco-India, BJP on Wednesday said that it would oppose any move to allow a captive port and iron ore swapping for the proposed steel project. In order to safeguard the interest of the state, the government …
