Allotment of alternative bauxite mines to Vedanta being examined.

Naveen PatnaikThe Orissa government has said it will continue to oppose the proposed Polavaram power plant on the Godavari, even as the chairperson of the ruling UPA at the Centre, Sonia Gandhi, has assured the Andhra Pradesh government that national status would be accorded to the controversial project.

BHUBANESWAR: Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout today called upon political parties to sink differences and join hands to fight the Centre

IN THE backdrop of the Environment Ministry asking the Orissa government — where the Congress is in opposition — to stop work at South Korean major Posco’s project site, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has raised the red flag over Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh ruled by the Congress.

 TUESDAY will go down as one of the worst days for Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Orissa for more than a decade. The Union ministry for environment & forests on Tuesday scrapped Orissa Mining Corporation

BHUBANESWAR  / NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has reportedly made up his mind on Vedanta

The Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Naveen Patnaik, on Monday took up the controversial Polavaram issue with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and sought his intervention to ensure that not a single village in Orissa was inundated.

New Delhi: Facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in his State, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to raise concerns over recommendations of a government panel on the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.

Mr. Patnaik said he would apprise Dr. Singh on the adverse effects the recommendations would have on investments in the State.

Debabrata Mohanty

With the Ministry of Environment and Forests waving the red flag to Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi coming to Niyamgiri on August 26, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now planning to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Orissa Chief Minister To Discuss Problems Faced By Posco And Vedanta In The State

Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI

Bhubaneswar: Sending a note of assurance, the Centre on Thursday assured the Odisha government that no area of the state would be submerged due to coming up of the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh.

In a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday, Union forest and environment minister Jairam Ramesh said that the Centre is as much concerned for Odisha as for Andhra Pradesh.

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