Government plans withdrawal of 100 cases filed against anti-Posco agitators
The State Government is planning to withdraw about 100 cases against anti-Posco villagers and conduct meetings with the anti-industry group Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti to restore normalcy in the...
View ArticlePosco land acquisition resumes without police help
District administration resumed the process on request of betel vine owners who wanted to give up their land for the project After a lull of one and half months, the Jagatsinghpur district...
View ArticlePosco land acquisition resumes as POSCO-India CMD visits Bhubaneswar
Land acquisition for the Posco steel project resumed in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Monday, after a gap of two-and-a-half months. The restarting of the demolition of betel vines at Gobindpur...
View ArticleAs Posco land acquisition gains steam, Centre to study progress
Project opponents handing over land; Odisha offers to withdraw cases against activists Even as the Centre is set to review the progress on the Posco mega steel plant in Odisha, in an inter-departmental...
View ArticleBomb blast victim’s widow hands over vines for Posco
BHUBANESWAR/ KENDRAPADA: After a six-week hiatus, the state government resumed demolition of betel vines at Gobindapur village in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday to acquire land for the proposed...
View ArticlePosco land acquisition continues, opponents brace for a showdown
Land acquisition for the proposed Rs. 52,000-crore Posco Steel Plant in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district continued for the second day on Tuesday even as opponents of the project assembled in the...
View ArticleOdisha submits status report to Centre on Posco project
1,700 acres of land have already been handed over to Posco where it has started peripheral works The Odisha government on Tuesday submitted a status report on the Posco steel project at a meeting of an...
View Article75 MoUs for projects expire
BHUBANESWAR: The MoUs signed by the state government for 75 projects since 2002 have expired. Among these 48 are steel projects. The rest are 20 from the power sector, two for cement industry and five...
View ArticleAdministration finds support from people at Posco project site
Land acquisition continued for the third day today with the administration finding support from project supporters who put up huge welcome banners and forced the anti group to retreat from the site of...
View ArticleLand acquisition halted due to agitation by both supporters and opponents
Land acquisition for Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant was resumed today in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district after a three-day break but had to be abandoned mid-way following protests by anti-Posco...
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