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
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
Paradip: Around 20 people were arrested on Thursday for allegedly trying to obstruct the process of land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant. Activists of United Action Committee (UAC), who earlier backed the mega project, were taken into custody as they blocked the entry route to Gada Kujanga opposing land acquisition work, resumed after nine months on Wednesday, police said. "About 20 people were arrested after effort...
10:54 AM, May 19, 2011
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday granted final approval to Orissa for diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land for Posco's steel project but said the South Korean steel major should not export raw material from the proposed project. "...In view of the state government's latest communication of April 29, final approval is accorded to the state government for diversion of 1253 hectares of forest land in favour...
02:57 PM, May 02, 2011
Philadelphia: Truth, justice and the ... global way? Superman has started a stir with a declaration in the new issue of "Action Comics" that he intends to renounce his US citizenship because he's tired of his actions being construed as instruments of US policy. The Man of Steel, who emigrated to earth as a child from Krypton and was adopted by the Kents in Smallville, Kan., comes to the conclusion...
03:29 PM, Apr 30, 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 much-awaited Rs 8,000 crore follow-on public offer of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is set to hit the capital market by the end of next month, a source close to the development said. "The FPO will hit the market by May-end. This is final," the source said on condition of anonymity. However, attempts to contact SAIL Chairman CS Verma went unanswered. The FPO of SAIL, in which...
02:46 PM, Apr 07, 2011
Bolangir (Orissa): A senior officer of a private steel company was burnt alive by suspended factory workers at Titlagarh on Thursday. Titlagarh, where the is incident took place is tense - One person has been arrested. R S Roy, deputy general manager (Operations) of Graphite India Ltd-Powmex steel division was coming out of the plant in a jeep along with two others during lunch break when the incident took place,...
07:43 PM, Mar 03, 2011
Bhubaneshwar: Orissa government on Monday said it would "positively" respond to the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) by end of February on the Posco issue, official sources said. "We will positively reply the MoEF by February end on status of implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 at the proposed plant site villages of Posco," chief secretary BK Patnaik told reporters in Bhubaneshwar. Stating that the Jagatsinghpur district collector...
12:14 AM, Feb 15, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Anti-Posco activists on Sunday dug up a road leading to the proposed plant site near Paradip protesting the visit by two senior officials for a joint survey. "We will prevent government officials and company staff from entering the proposed plant site. The villagers will stall any attempt to repair the road," Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) president Abhay Sahu told reporters. The protestors dug up the connecting road at...
12:16 AM, Feb 14, 2011
London: Actress Kristen Stewart is being considered to play enthusiastic journalist Lois Lane in the new Superman movie Superman: Man of Steel. Stewart is among a number of stars, including Dianna Agron and Jessica Biel, to be in line to play the reporter in the forthcoming movie directed by Zack Snyder, reports contactmusic.com. Earlier, it was revealed that British actor Henry Cavill has replaced Brandon Routh as the new Superman....
04:40 PM, Feb 03, 2011
New Delhi: In a first, top executives of India Inc will conduct a recruitment drive in Tihar jail and pick 50 inmates to be employed in their business houses. The list - which includes big names like IDBI bank, Vedanata Group, Sterlite Foundation, Agarwal Packers, Jindal Steel and Flex shoes - will carry out the "campus selection" of the prisoners, who have received professional training during their term at the...
04:12 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Jagatsinghpur (Orissa): Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh may have given the green signal to POSCO, but the steel plant project may not come up anytime soon. Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik may have felt very relieved after Ramesh cleared the project, but in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa clearance of the Rs 51,000 crore project has only kicked off fresh agitation. People in Jagatsinghpur have intensified their agitation against the project. Local people came...
02:20 PM, Feb 03, 2011
New Delhi: Pohang Steel Compnay (POSCO) has got conditional clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forest for its proposed steel plant at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa. The ministry gave clearance for the steel plan with 28 additional conditions and for the POSCO port with 32 additional conditions as part of environment clearance. The ministry also sought assurance from the Orissa government for the compliance of the Forest...
01:50 PM, Jan 31, 2011
Wijk Aan Zee: Five times winner Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a second place finish following a draw with Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in the 13th and final round of 73rd Tata Steel Chess tournament here. The World Champion could draw a big consolation from the fact that he would be the number one ranked player all over again as the results here proved that he will be...
01:12 PM, Jan 31, 2011
Wijk Aan Zee: World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw as black against World number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the seventh round of the 'A' group of 73rd Tata Steel Chess tournament. With an easy outing that many pundits did not expect, Anand took his tally to five points out of a possible seven while Hikaru Nakamura of United States edged past him past the half...
11:19 AM, Jan 23, 2011
