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 …
The district administration has decided to go ahead with the land acquisition process in trouble-torn Gobindpur on Friday. This was decided at a meeting attended by District Collector Narayan Jena and SP held late on Thursday night. DIG DS Kuttey is camping here and will be monitoring the acquisition process …
My father has forcibly sent me to watch the boundary to avoid the penalty fixed by anti-Posco activists, said a 12-year-old girl who is part of the human barricade on the outskirts of Gobindpur. She is among the 500 children, in the age group of 5 to 15, of the …
Put in a fix over controversial iron ore swapping clause in the lapsed MoU with Posco-India, the Odisha government on Tuesday asked different departments to give their views within 15 days on possible deletion and addition of new points in the renewed MoU with the South Korean steel major. No …
Even as the State Government held talks with Korean steel major Posco for renewing the MoU on Tuesday, the ground situation remained volatile. A team of anti-displacement activists which visited Dhinkia said not a single policeman was found at the village which was utterly surprising although only a day before, …
A crucial high level official meeting of the Orissa government chaired by chief secretary B K Patnaik on Tuesday decided to consult South Korean steel major before recommending the revised agreement to chief minister Naveen Patnaik for his approval.
Bhubaneswar : Departments to report within 15 days, to check with Centre on ore export. A high-level meeting held on Tuesday for renewing the lapsed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government and Posco India, domestic arm of the Korean steel major for the latter
Five political parties staged a civil disobedience agitation in Bhubaneswar on Monday opposing the land acquisition for the Posco steel project. Trouble is expected at Dhinkia in Orissa
Bangalore South Korean steel major Posco may not get water allotment for its proposed R32,366 crore integrated steel project in Karnataka as per its preference as the state government is likely to allot water from a reservoir, situated far away from the site. According to sources close to the development, …
NEW DELHI: A state government announces it is going to acquire land for 'public purpose'. The public purpose is to hand over the land to a specific private company. It decides to do so through one of its corporations claiming there is urgency
Jagatsinghpur: Seven policemen were held hostage by a group of villagers opposing the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant for nearly five hours on Saturday before being set free in Jagatsinghpur district. Seven policemen and the driver of police jeep which entered Patana village in Dhinkia panchayat were stopped by …
SHILLONG, Residents of Mawshynrut, West Khasi Hills were prompted to rise up in unison against the setting up of the ferro alloy industry by Meghalaya Ferrous Limited near the Wah Blei river in view of the alleged connivance of the traditional heads with the industrialist who completely disregards the environmental …
IN A BID to offset the ever-increasing coking coal prices and widening the gap between demand and supply, industry body, Assocham, has submitted a proposal to encourage new green technologies used in steel production with a view to reduce costs and carbon emissions while improving productivity. Recent technologies such as …
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government is struggling to assure the Union environment ministry in writing that diversion of forest land for the Posco steel project will not infringe on the Forest Rights Act. Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh cleared the project on January 31 and the Naveen Patnaik government in Orissa …
Sometime in June 2009, the West Bengal chief minister’s office forwarded a complaint to the state pollution control board (SPCB) about three sponge iron factories in West Medinipur district. A team was dispatched to Jhargram subdivision. It found a thick layer of grey dust coating trees and pathways, and noted …
