Bhubaneswar: Work remained stalled at Posco's proposed plant site near Paradip for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, prompting Jagatsinghpur district administration to invite villagers disrupting project related activities for talks to end the deadlock. "We have invited members of United Action Commitee (UAC), who are opposing work for boundary wall and rehabilitation colony in Nuagaon and Gadakujang areas, for talks," Jagatsinghpur Collector, N C Jena told PTI. Stating that...
07:23 PM, Jun 29, 2011
New Delhi: Criticising the Uttar Pradesh government for acquiring prime agricultural land for building luxury flats in Greater Noida, the Supreme Court on Monday questioned the invoking of urgency clause that bars farmers from raising objections and said it will step in to prevent 'more Nandigrams'. "Whose residential use are these flats for? Who is building them? What are the prices? We want to go into details of the case....
04:30 PM, Jun 27, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Rejecting allegations of forcible land acquisition and violation of Forest Rights Acts at Posco's proposed plant site villages in Orissa, the state government on Thursday claimed that it was making progress at the ground level. "There is no violation of any law for the Posco project," Chief Secretary B K Patnaik told reporters in the face of allegations made by political parties and social activists. Stating that the ground...
07:57 PM, Jun 23, 2011
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11:52 PM, Jun 22, 2011
Tonight at 10, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts that after Posco and Singur, is land the biggest obstacle to big projects in India?
11:19 AM, Jun 22, 2011
Bhubaneswar: It is 'force versus children' in the battle for land to set up Posco's proposed mega steel project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the anti-displacement stir has entered the decisive phase. While a determined state government have accused the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), a body spearheading agitation against the South Korean steel major, of using the children as a 'shield', the villagers sought to differ. "We involve children...
10:46 AM, Jun 19, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Rubbishing allegations of forcible land acquisition for Posco project near Paradip, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said force was not used for the purpose as his government believed in "peaceful industrialisation". "I have often said that we believe in peaceful industrialisation," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told reporters adding the state government was constantly monitoring developments at the proposed plant site villages. The state government would take appropriate...
05:21 PM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: Amid protests by locals against land acquisition for Posco's steel plant in Orissa's Govindpur village, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asked the state government not to use environmental clearance for the project as a "license for forcible acquisition of land". "The Posco steel-cum-power-cum-port project in Odisha was given environment and forest clearance by the Ministry of Environment and Forests after a great deal of thought and a...
01:26 PM, Jun 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) on Friday demanded the immediate removal of Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran who is under the scanner in the 2G spectrum case. "The dirty deal in the 2G case is crystal clear. But he (Maran) is still continuing in the ministry. The Prime Minister should not waste any time in removing him from the government," JD (U) president Sharad Yadav alleged before reporters in New...
06:28 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: The stand-off between the Orissa government and villagers opposed to proposed POSCO steel plant has intensified. And in a first, it's women and children who are taking the lead in guarding their land from security forces who have moved into Orissa's Dhinkia village - the site of the country's biggest FDI project. Over a 100 children are being used as human shields to halt the ongoing land acquistion...
01:06 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has announced a new land acquisition policy after weeks of violent protests against her government. Mayawati said that as per the new policy developers would now directly negotiate with farmers for land and that the state government would just act as a facilitator. Blaming the Centre for the violence against land acquisition in Bhatta and Parsaul villages of Greater Noida, Mayawati also promised compensation...
02:52 PM, Jun 02, 2011
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11:06 PM, May 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court on Monday cancelled the acquisition of 170 hectares of land in Gulistanpur in Greater Noida. Over 100 farmers had approached the High Court against the land acquisition and the petition was being heard for three to four months in the court. The Uttar Pradesh government considered transferring a part of the land to private real estate developers. However, the Allahabad High Court struck down...
06:52 PM, May 30, 2011
New Delhi: Farmers of Bhatta and Parsaul villages of Greater Noida had to withdraw their petition in the Supreme Court on the issue of their land being acquired by the state government after the apex court on Monday refused to entertain their petition. The farmers were demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into the alleged excesses and violence unleashed by the Uttar Pradesh government on farmers protesting against...
11:57 AM, May 30, 2011
New Delhi: After Bhatta Parsaul, farmers in Varanasi have been up in arms for four days against the district administration's attempts to acquire land for a city centre. On Saturday, the agitation took an ugly turn when the farmers allegedly took a Sub Divisional Magistrate and a police office hostage in Chandauli district. The duo managed to escape on Saturday evening. The SDM however, denied this and said he was...
08:11 AM, May 29, 2011
New Delhi: Returning from his Africa tour, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to the media on board his special aircraft, addressing a wide range of issues. Manmohan Singh said that the epicentre of terrorism is in the neighbourhood, and that Islamabad should act against groups patronising terror. He also hinted at action to control oil subsidy, which could be taken as a sign that more fuel hikes cannot be ruled...
09:28 PM, May 28, 2011
New Delhi: With Noida's Bhatta Parsaul controversy highlighting the need for new regulations for land acquisition, UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi's National Advisory Council (NAC) has now decided to step in. The NAC wants the government to be involved in all land acquisition which will be used for public purposes. Led by Sonia Gandhi herself, the council has proposed that the compensation for those who lose their land will be six...
11:10 AM, May 27, 2011
Bhubaneswar: After a two day break, the Orissa government on Monday resumed the land acquisition process for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco mega steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district. "Land acquisition, which remained suspended on Saturday and yesterday, resumed peacefully today," Additional District Magistrate (Paradip) Sarojkant Choudhury said. Over a dozen betel vine plantations at Polanga and Noliasahi areas were acquired since morning and compensation paid, he said. Members of the...
02:50 PM, May 23, 2011
Paradip (Orissa): Land acquisition for Posco's mega steel plant was disrupted on Friday when a group of villagers, who had earlier backed the Rs 52,000-crore project, staged a sit-in at the proposed site. With villagers showing reluctance to come forward to hand over land, teams engaged by the administration of Jagatsinghpur district for land acquisition conducted measurement of betel vines, fish ponds and plantations. "We want people to hand over...
01:39 PM, May 20, 2011
Rashtriya Lok Dal Chief Ajit Singh speaks about the land acquisition act and takes on Mayawati for her indiscriminate land acquisition spree. ...
04:51 PM, May 12, 2011
