No Posco, but 3L trees axed for project
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
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Orissa govt examines Posco MoU renewal
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
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Land Acquisition in Gobindpur from Tuesday
<p>The district administration will begin land acquisition in the trouble-torn Gobindpur village on Tuesday. In a meeting on Friday, the district administration had sought cooperation from the people of Gobindpur for demolition of betel vines and the latter had agreed.
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Anti-Posco stir in Bhubaneswar
Five political parties staged a civil disobedience agitation in Bhubaneswar on Monday opposing the land acquisition for the Posco steel project.
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Posco project: Civil disobedience stir from today
Accusing the Odisha government of resorting to forcible land acquisition for Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, five political parties have decided to stage civil disobedience agitation here on Monday. Leaders of CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc, RJD and Samajwadi Party at a meeting alleged that the state government used force to acquire land from the residents of the three gram panchayats un
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No ports in high-erosion zone: Jairam
In a significant mo-ve, the ministry of environment and forests has come out with a tough policy on setting up ports and thermal power projects clusters.
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Posco: 200 held, land acquisition continues
The land acquisition drive for Posco
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Renewed MoU with Posco to include revised project plan
Bhubaneswar : The revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Posco India will contain the revised project plan proposed by the South Korean steel major and also the mandatory employment clause of the Orissa government. Top officials of the state government are set to meet tomorrow at the state secretariat to discuss the modalities of renewal of the pact.
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Parties stage disobedience stir against Posco land acquisition
Alleging forcible land acquisition for Posco steel project near Paradip, five political parties on Saturday resolved to go for a civil disobedience agitation in front of the state secretariat on Monday. The leaders of five parties comprising CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc, RJD and Samajwadi Party in a joint meeting condemned the state government's alleged act of using force to acquire land from the res
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Officials ready for land acquisition in anti-Posco areas
After conducting land acquisition for the proposed steel plant by Korean company Posco in areas dominated by supporters of the project, the Jagatsinghpur district administration is all set to enter the anti-Posco stronghold in the project site. The administration has made elaborate police arrangement to conduct land acquisition at the trouble-torn Gobindpur village from Tuesday even as the anti
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Orissa: Anti-Posco agitators held, released
BHUBANESWAR: A group of villagers in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district were Friday detained and later released when they opposed land acquisition for the proposed $12 billion steel project by South Korean company Posco, police said. Trouble started when officials engaged in the land acquisition process tried to demolish the betel vines at Nolia Sahi village. Basudev Behera, a resident and an a