A large group of BJP leaders expresses support to agitating villagers Even as the Orissa government was set to resume land acquisition for the controversial Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, political support for the anti-Posco agitation further grew over the weekend with a large group of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders visiting Gobindpur and other villages in Jagatsinghpur to expre
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday claimed that children were being misused in anti-Posco agitation and directed the Jagatsinghpur district administration to submit a report on it by Tuesday.
We will take action against the persons responsible for misusing children.
Paradip: Eminent social activist Medha Patkar on Monday announced that the civil rights groups would stand by the people agitating against Posco's mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district and demanded that chief minister Naveen Patnaik should visit the area immediately.
Why can't the chief minister come down to Dhinkia for the people while he rushes to Delhi for talks with the South Korean Pr
PARADIP: Land acquisition for Posco steel plant could not be resumed for the second day on Saturday due to heavy rains even as social activists and political leaders rushed to the area to support the anti-displacement brigade.
Four teams of revenue officials, led by Paradip Additional District Magistrate Sarojkanta Choudhury, who were at Gobindpur with armed police to resume land acquisition af
A large group of BJP leaders expresses support to agitating villagers
Even as the Orissa government was set to resume land acquisition for the controversial Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday, political support for the anti-Posco agitation further grew on Sunday with a large group of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders visiting Gobindpur and other villages in Jagatsinghpur to expr
Bhubaneswar The anti-Posco movement is gaining steam with Opposition political parties rallying behind the villagers fighting against their forceful eviction.
The Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have decided to support the people's movement against the South Korean steel major's 12 million tonne steel project at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district.
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government will resume acquiring land for Posco's mega steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district from tomorrow after a five day break, even as agitators plan to oppose it.
"We will resume land acquisition and survey from tomorrow. Everything, however, depends on the weather.
The Orissa government on Monday paused land acquisition at the proposed steel plant of Posco in Dhinkia grampanchayat for next five days even as thousands of protesters dug their heels opposing the land acquisition.
Since Friday, thousands of anti-Posco protesters under the banner of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti have formed human chain at Gobindpur village under Dhinkia grampanchayat preventi
