ROURKELA: The anti-Posco villagers opposing the proposed mining at Khandadhar in Bonai Assembly segment are upbeat over the elevation of BJP Lok Sabha member Jual Oram as Minister of Tribal Affairs

Even as the UPA generously handed an unprecedented 702,000 hectares of forest land to industry, a litany of pending approvals awaits the new govt

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to reply within three weeks regarding extension

Hundreds of farmers and residents under the banner of Hansua Bachhao Samiti held a demonstration on Monday demanding withdrawal of permission granted to Posco to draw water from the Hansua river.

Gives three weeks for response regarding extension of environmental clearance for Posco's steel plant

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state pollution control board and Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to reply within three weeks regarding extension of environment clearance (EC) for Posco’s steel plant project at Paradip.

New Delhi : Taking cues from the Centre’s initiative of expediting clearances for stalled projects, Odisha has set up a project monitoring group (PMG).

Water from Hansua river will be used to take up construction work on its steel project

Battling stiff protests from farmers and different organizations, Posco India has finally obtained the nod of the Odisha government to draw water from Mahanadi and Hansua rivers for its mega steel project near Paradip.

South Korean steel major Posco’s mining prospect in Khandadhar hills of Sundargarh district could meet the same fate as that of Vedanta whose attempts to mine in the Niyamgiri hills were unsuccessf

Villagers opposed to land acquisition, however, sought to clarify that their participation in voting should not be seen as softening of their stand.

Members of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) said they would continue the agitation against ‘forcible’ land acquisition though the Jagtsinghpur district administration was considering facilitation of election at Dhinkia, the nerve centre of anti-POSCO movement, a big success.

Move aimed at placating the Koreans who are upset over SC's order asking Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee to appear before a Ghaziabad court

The ministry of external affairs (MEA) is pushing the Odisha government to expedite issuance of mining approval for South Korean steel major Posco. The move is aimed at placating the Koreans, upset over the Supreme Court order asking Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee to appear before a Ghaziabad trial court in a pending payment case.