BHUBANESWAR: A day after the police lathicharged hundreds of villagers opposing establishment of the proposed steel plant of Posco India Private Limited in the Jagatsinghpur district for the second time in less than a month, a group of social activists on Thursday approached the State Human Rights Commission and sought its intervention in the matter.

Bangalore: Global steel baron Laksmi Mittal has said the steel manufacturing facility in Karnataka may become a reality much ahead of the proposed projects in Jharkhand and Orissa.

Global steel giant ArcelorMittal on Thursday entered into pact with the Karnataka government to set up a Rs 30,000-crore plant and hoped that the project would come up faster compared to its plans in Jharkhand and Orissa.

ArcelorMittal chief Lakshmi Mittal on Thursday said he would accord the topmost priority to the company

ArcelorMittal, the world

Overwhelming response to Global Investors Meet, says State Govt.

The Karnataka Government has said that ArcelorMittal is willing to offer stake in its Rs 30,000-crore steel project to farmers whose land will be acquired for the project.

BHUBANESWAR: At least two persons were injured when the police resorted to lathi charge villagers opposing the establishment of a mega steel plant by Posco India Private Limited in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday.

The police also arrested two persons on the charges of obstructing government officials from discharging their duties.

Wait till talks end

V. Sridhar

Bangalore: All roads will lead to the Bangalore Palace Grounds here on Thursday as Karnataka's biggest investor festival, the Global Investors Meet, gets under way. The two-day event, hosted by the State Government, is expected to attract more than 4,500 investor-delegates from India and several other countries.

PARADIP: Police on Wednesday lathicharged anti- Posco agitators, trying to prevent the socio- economic and forest survey, which resumed after three days at the project site for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel plant.

New Delhi: The iron & steel sector, the largest consumer of energy among all industrial sectors, is taking some benchmark initiatives, ranging from conventional energy-efficient measures to cutting-edge technological solutions, to reduce resultant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to FE-EVI Green Business Survey 2009-10.