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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6 parties back stir against Posco project
Prafulla Das BALITUTHA (ORISSA): The agitation against the steel plant project of Posco-India got a shot in the arm with senior leaders of six Opposition parties joining hands with the villagers of three gram panchayats in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday.
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Withdraw eco-clearance for Posco project: CPI
Sujay Mehdudia Review the project, party MP D. Raja writes to Manmohan
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Uneasy calm at Posco site as protesters dig up approach roads
Bhubaneswar: An uneasy calm prevailed in the proposed Posco site in Orissa
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Opposition parties deplore police action on Posco site
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: Several Opposition parties and mass organisations of Orissa on Sunday condemned the police action against villagers opposing the Posco-India's steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. They also warned the Biju Janata Dal government against using police force on innocent people to acquire land for different companies.
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Police crack down on anti-Posco protesters
PARADIP: Police on Saturday fired rubber bullets and teargas shells to evict anti-Posco agitators, including women and children, from the entry point of the project site at Balitutha, leaving 30 people injured.
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100 injured in police action at Posco-India project site
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: About 100 people were injured when police fired rubber bullets and teargas shells, and lathi-charged hundreds of villagers in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa on Saturday afternoon to help the administration acquire land for the steel project of Posco-India.
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Police crack down on anti-Posco protesters, 30 injured
Police on Saturday fired rubber bullets and teargas shells at Balitutha to evict protesters, mostly women and children, opposing the setting up of POSCO steel plant, leaving 30 people injured. The police had ordered the 1000odd protesters opposing land acquisition to leave but had to crack down when 50 crude bombs were thrown at them, said Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police Debadutta Singh.
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UAC activists may intensify stir against Posco project
The activists of the United Action Committee, a purportedly pro-Posco outfit active in the Posco steel project site near Paradip, have threatened to oppose the project if the district administration deploys police force in the
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Anti-Posco agitation: CPI MP arrested
CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai was arrested today while trying to enter the proposed steel plant site of Posco-India ahead of a rally to protest the project, police said. "Tarai was arrested as a preventive measure to avoid any law and order problem as a large number of anti-Posco activists have gathered in the area," SP Jagatsinghpur Devdutta Singh said.
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Anti-Posco rally held at Balitutha
Villagers participate in the protest under the banner of PPSS Activists of PPSS have been staging dharna since January 26 CPI leader draws three lines at entry point as