New Delhi: Yet another setback for South Korean multinational Posco's plans to build a steel plant in Odisha. The National Green Tribunal on Friday has suspended the environment clearance given to Posco a year ago by then Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. Ramesh had appointed a special four-member committee and had given the environment clearance even though only one member Meena Gupta had voted in favour of the project. The bench...
06:57 PM, Mar 30, 2012
The National Green Tribunal on Friday suspended the environment clearance given to Posco Steel. ...
02:01 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: There has been a setback for India's single largest FDI investment, the showcase Posco Steel plant to be set up in Odisha. The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environment clearance given to Posco Steel. The clearance was given a year ago by the then environment minister Jairam Ramesh. The National Green Tribunal noted, "Environment clearance stands quashed, fresh terms of reference must be issued." The Green Tribunal...
12:21 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Seoul: India on Monday stepped up defence, trade and security ties with South Korea. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is in Seoul for the Nuclear Security Summit, held talks with his South Korean counterpart. Reportedly, South Korea has offered to sell nuclear reactors to India. The PM sought South Korea's support for India's quest to join international non-proliferation regimes such as the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Missile Technology Control...
10:16 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Seoul: Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, adding that the government was taking "proactive" steps improve the business climate and move forward with the Posco mega steel plant project in Orissa. "Investment from Korea is a priority for India. We will take proactive steps to address investor grievances and improve the business climate in the country. Many states of...
09:54 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Friday shifted a top official over the clashes near the Posco site in which one person was killed. Priyabrat Patnaik was transferred from the post of chairman-cum-managing director of the Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO), state chief secretary BK Patnaik told reporters. He has been posted as additional chief secretary, pension and public grievances department. Pradeep Jena, secretary in Panchayati Raj department, has been given additional...
03:38 AM, Dec 17, 2011
Paradip: A man was killed and 25 others were injured on Wednesday in a clash between anti-Posco brigade and a private contractor over construction of a coastal road linking the steel plant site near Paradip. Jagatsinghpur SP S Devadutt Singh said crude bombs and other weapons were used by the clashing groups and a person, identified as Dijabar Swain (30) of Kujanga area, died in the violence. Two others, who...
09:12 PM, Dec 14, 2011
Mumbai: JSW Steel, India's No 3 producer, said CBI visited its key plant in Karnataka on Monday morning to seek information regarding iron ore purchases, further hurting sentiment in the beleaguered company. JSW's shares, which have lost more than half their value this year, fell to a more than two-year low on Monday on concerns regarding the police enquiry and a rating downgrade by a US investment bank. "Till the...
05:12 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Paradip: Fresh efforts by officials to persuade villagers to allow resumption of work at the proposed Posco plant site near here failed, paralysing project related activities for the seventh day on Monday. Discussions were held with residents of Nuagaon in a bid to persuade them to give up their protest against tree felling, ground levelling and other works, Additional District Magistrate (Paradip), Surjit Das said. Three officials of Jagatsinghpur district...
07:04 PM, Aug 22, 2011
Paradip: Work at the proposed site for Posco's controversial Rs 52,000 crore steel project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district resumed on Tuesday after remaining stalled since June 26. "Work in Gadakujanga and Nuagaon areas is going on today," Jagatsinghpur district collector N C Jena said. Felling of trees and clearing of forest area and acquired betel-vine farms were continuing in Gadakujanga and Nuagaon areas, official sources said, adding steps were also...
03:18 PM, Jul 05, 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
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 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
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