The officials were released by Balisahi residents with a warning that they should not return to acquire land
In a dramatic turn of events, senior administration and police officials of Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district had a bitter experience on Monday when they went to carry out land acquisition for the proposed mega steel project of Posco.
Women took the lead in expressing their anger when t
With a growing betel vine sector as well as thriving paddy cultivation and fishing, it is no wonder that villagers in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district have resisted the state government’s forceful acquisition of land for the POSCO project. Political parties of all shades as well as the intelligentsia are increasingly coming together in support of the agitation. The future of the anti-POSCO movement looks bright, but will it put an end to POSCO’s plan?
Bhubaneswar: The anti-Posco outfit vowing to oust the South Korean steel major from Orissa observed Black Day on Wednesday on the sixth anniversary of the MoU signing between the state government and the company.
While the Odisha government is preparing to renew its MoU with Posco-India, we have vowed for the sixth time to oust Posco from the soil of Odisha, president of the Posco Pratirodh San
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday said that the state government is hopeful of renewing the MoU with Posco India by June-end but a decision on the controversial iron export clause has not been taken yet.
The steel and mines department is examining whether to delete the provision. The renewed MoU with Posco-India will have retrospective effect.
The anti-Posco agitation gathered strength with activist Vandana Shiva joining the dharna against the mega steel plant near here today even as the Orissa Government stepped up work for the construction of boundary wall around the land already acquired for the project.
Noted environmentalist and agricultural scientist Vandana Shiva participated in the ongoing dharna by the locals against Posco
Bhubaneswar: Land acquisition for Posco mega steel plant was suspended temporarily on Tuesday in the face of stiff opposition from agitating villagers even as the Odisha government launched ground activities for the project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district.
District Magistrate NC Jena that said the state government decided to stop land acquisition work for the time being in view of tensio
The Odisha government is all set to renew the MoU with Posco for setting up of the proposed Rs 52,000 crore mega steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district without the clause for swapping of iron ore to put a full stop on the ongoing controversy.
According to official sources, chief minister Naveen Patnaik has virtually made up his mind to delete the swapping clause while finalizing the
BHUBANESWAR: Despite mounting opposition, State Government has decided to go ahead with project-related work in areas already acquired for the Posco steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district.
However, further land acquisition has been suspended for the time being.
Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik told mediapersons on Tuesday that about 1,800 acres of land has been acquired so far and wor
Bhubaneswar: Unperturbed over the stiff protest against the proposed Posco steel plant, the Orissa government on Tuesday said it would start project-related work in areas already acquired in Jagatsinghpur district.
Even as the Orissa government suspended land acquisition for the proposed mega steel plant of Posco in this seaside block in Jagatsinghpur district for an indefinite period on Tuesday, senior leaders of the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) expressed their solidarity with the villagers opposing the venture.
Veteran CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta and senior CPI(M) MP Basud
