BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has shown undue favour to promoters of industries to the tune of Rs 224 crore by under-assessing the value of private land resulting in low compensation to the la

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has unearthed a land scam in Orissa where the state government acquired land for industrial houses like Vedanta and Posco by reportedly misusing existing p

The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has found that the Naveen Patnaik government has ‘misused' the Land Acquisition Act for acquiring land for several big industrial projects, including the proposed mega steel plant by South Korean steel major Posco.

“Emergency Provisions of Section 17 (4) were misused and applied arbitrarily even without indicating detailed justification for the same and without fulfilment of prescribed conditions,” the CAG has stated.

The Odisha government is gradually acquiring land for Pohang Steel Company (Posco) and now wants the company to begin its work on the already acquired land said Sunil Bhargav, Principal Resident Co

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Bijay Patnaik has been requested by the Principal secretary to the prime minister has requested the chief secretary of Odisha to personally attend the preparatory meeti

With barely a fortnight to go for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to South Korea, his office has convened a high-level meeting on Monday to take stock of the hurdles faced by Pohang Steel Com

Bhubaneswar: Unable to proceed with their projects due to different reasons, Vedanta Aluminium and Posco have sought more time from the Centre to implement their respective special economic zones (

Bhubaneswar: Delay in land acquisition and ancillary work has led to considerable cost escalation of Posco's 12 million tonne per annum mega steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, the