
The National Green Tribunal on Friday suspended the environment clearance given to Posco Steel. ...

02:01 PM, Mar 30, 2012

New Delhi: India's ambitious project to develop indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has suffered a setback as the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) for the aircraft was delayed by another year. "As far as LCA is concerned, there was an initial IOC in January this year. We were supposed to get the IOC (final) by the end of this year. As we see it, there is a delay of almost an...

09:48 AM, Oct 04, 2011

New Delhi: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday exuded confidence that the proposed $12 billion (Rs 54,000 crore) steel project of South Korean major Posco, billed as the country's largest FDI, would soon get the environment ministry's permission to clear forest areas. Assurance report for proper implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) will be submitted to the Centre shortly, Patnaik told reporters after calling on Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal...

05:27 PM, Apr 11, 2011

New Delhi: The Orissa government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Centre's decision to reject environmental clearance to Vedanta bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills. Challenging the Environment Ministry's order of August 24, 2010, the state government filed an application through Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), contending that the Centre's decision was in violation of the Supreme Court's previous order giving a green signal to the project. Senior advocate...

01:31 PM, Apr 01, 2011

New Delhi: The CPI on Thursday termed Environment Ministry's clearance to Posco's steel project in Orissa as a "glaring violation of law and justice" and a move that "legitimises land grabbing." "The government enacts laws and frames policies that it claims will benefit the people, and then goes on to tear them to shreds in order to favour multinationals," CPI National Secretary D Raja said in a letter to Prime...

06:42 PM, Feb 03, 2011

Mumbai: The new international airport at Navi Mumbai has been given a go-ahead after a compromise between the Environment and Civil Aviation ministries and City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO). Announcing the clearance for the airport, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that River Gadhi would not be diverted to make way for the airport and added that 161 hectares of mangroves would fall under Navi Mumbai...

03:55 PM, Nov 22, 2010

Speaking to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Orissa CM also said all villages except one supported Posco project. ...

11:39 PM, Aug 23, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday assured the Orissa government of faster clearances to various projects facing delays in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said. Patnaik, facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in his state, met Singh and raised concerns over the delay in environment clearances to projects like the Posco steel project and Vedanta bauxite mining initiative. "I discussed about Posco and told him...

01:43 PM, Aug 23, 2010

Search-rescue teams stand by looking as heavy machinery clears rubble. ...

12:21 PM, Oct 05, 2009

At least 6-7 days to reopen the Nehru Place-Moolchand route, say officials. ...

11:20 AM, Jul 14, 2009

One side traffic lane functional, entire clearing up operation to take 6-7 days. ...

09:28 AM, Jul 14, 2009

Jairam Ramesh wants increased transparency in forest-related projects. ...

04:19 PM, Jun 27, 2009

Team India's outgoing mental and conditioning coach says his assignment "was not difficult but complicated". ...

12:13 PM, Jan 12, 2008

Bangalore: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Tuesday hoped his spinners, Steven Smith and Jason Krejza, would strike on Wednesday in their Group A fixture against Canada here and get some confidence going ahead of the big games in the World Cup. We need our frontline spinners to strike so that they can be in form for the big games ahead, including the one against Pakistan (in Colombo) this weekend (March...

04:18 PM, Jan 02, 2008

The Government on Thursday cleared UBS India's plans to acquire domestic NBFCs as part of approval granted to 23 FDI proposals. ...

06:55 PM, May 31, 2007