Asking the Odisha government to consult opposition political parties before signing fresh MoU with Posco-India, BJP on Wednesday said that it would oppose any move to allow a captive port and iron ore swapping for the proposed steel project.
In order to safeguard the interest of the state, the government must hold consultations with opposition parties and take their views on Posco project befor
The Orissa government would wait for the views of its department secretaries in the next two weeks before taking a call on the renewal of the MoU with Posco.
A high-level meeting of chaired by Chief Secretary B K Patnaik on Tuesday deferred a decision on recommending the revised Posco MoU to the Chief Minister as several department secretaries indicated that they needed time to study the new po
BHUBANESWAR: A group of villagers in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district were Friday detained and later released when they opposed land acquisition for the proposed $12 billion steel project by South Korean company Posco, police said.
Trouble started when officials engaged in the land acquisition process tried to demolish the betel vines at Nolia Sahi village.
Jagatsinghpur: Palpable tension continued to prevail since Wednesday evening in Nuagaon and Polanga areas within the proposed Posco sites after some miscreants allegedly torched the betel vine of an anti-Posco supporter of Nuagaon village under Kujanga police station.
The betel vine of Natha Samal, was set ablaze by some miscreants on Wednesday evening at about 8 pm in Polanga village.
NEW DELHI: A state government announces it is going to acquire land for 'public purpose'. The public purpose is to hand over the land to a specific private company.
Jagatsinghpur: Seven policemen were held hostage by a group of villagers opposing the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant for nearly five hours on Saturday before being set free in Jagatsinghpur district.
Seven policemen and the driver of police jeep which entered Patana village in Dhinkia panchayat were stopped by villagers, mostly women and were held captive, Additional Superintendent of Police
