Petrochemical investment region in Tamil Nadu approved
August 23rd, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 23 (IANS) The union government has approved setting up of a Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts of Tamil Nadu, Minister ... Read more...
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Expert team to submit report on Posco by October
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) An expert team reviewing the environmental impact assessment of Posco's proposed $12 billion steel plant in Odisha will submit its report by October, the team said ... Read more...
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MoEF expert team visits Posco plant site in Odisha
August 21st, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) A four-member expert team deputed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Tuesday visited the site of South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant ... Read more...
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India is a profitable business opportunity, PM tells Korean CEOs (Lead)
March 26th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, March 26 (IANS) Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday, adding that the government was taking "proactive" steps to ... Read more...
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Korean investment a priority, Posco will happen: Manmohan Singh
March 26th, 2012 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
Seoul, March 26 (IANS) Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday, adding that the government was taking "proactive" steps improve ... Read more...
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Special programmes mark Biju Patnaik’s birth anniversary
March 5th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Several programmes was organised to pay tribute to former state chief minister and legendary leader Biju Patnaik on his 96th birth anniversary in Odisha, an official ... Read more...
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Posco seeks lifting of curbs on project site entry
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 1 (IANS) Posco-India, a subsidiary of South Korean steel major Posco, Thursday asked Odisha to lift the restriction on entering the site of its proposed steel plant in ... Read more...
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11 injured in IFFCO silo collapse in Odisha
February 20th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) At least eleven workers sustained injuries after the roof of a silo at Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited's (IFFCO) plant at Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district ... Read more...
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Mercury dips to 3.6 degree Celsius in Odisha
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 22 (IANS) Cold wave continued to swept several parts of Odisha with Phulbani town in Kandhamal district Thursday recording 3.6 degree Celsius, the lowest of this season in ... Read more...
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Police hunt for contractor in Posco violence
December 19th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 19 (IANS) Odisha Police are looking for a contractor to investigate his role in the Dec 14 clashes near the Posco steel plant site in which one person ... Read more...
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Arrest of anti-Posco leader triggers tension
November 27th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 27 (IANS) The arrest of top anti-Posco leader Abhaya Sahu has triggered tension in Odisha's Jagatsingpur district as thousands of villagers blocked roads and sealed entry points to ... Read more...
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Coast Guard detains Bangladeshi vessel
October 22nd, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 22 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard Saturday detained a Bangladeshi vessel with 16 people on board after they fired at local marine police in Bay of Bengal in ... Read more...
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Indian Navy to focus on manpower, operational assets
October 14th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) With its force levels set to increase by at least 15 per cent over the next five years, the Indian Navy is to focus ... Read more...
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Over 1,600 families need rehabilitation in Posco site
August 4th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Over 1,600 families who have been affected by the land acquisition by the South Korean steel major Posco in Orissa, need rehabilitation, parliament was told ... Read more...
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BHEL mulls shipping boilers
July 21st, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) State-run power equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) Thursday said it is looking at multi-modal transport options, including coastal shipping, to reduce the delivery time ... Read more...
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Niyamgiri tribals join anti-Posco protests
July 7th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 7 (IANS) A group of tribals belonging to primitive Dangaria Kandh community from Orissa's Niyamgiri area Thursday joined the villagers' protest against land acquisition for the $12 billion ... Read more...
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Orissa resumes work at Posco site
July 5th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) The Orissa government Tuesday resumed work on the land taken over for South Korean steel major Posco's project in Jagatsinghpur district, an official said. The work ... Read more...
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Orissa to resume work at Posco site
July 1st, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (IANS) The Orissa government said Friday it is likely to resume work at the site of the $12 billion Posco project as a group of protesting villagers ... Read more...
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Posco work hit, villagers want local involvement
June 27th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) Hundreds of protesting villagers Monday forced authorities to halt construction of a boundary wall at a project site of South Korean major Posco, which is building ... Read more...
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Deadlock over Posco land acquisition continues
June 25th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 25 (IANS) The deadlock over land acquisition for the Posco steel project in Orissa continued Saturday with the administration yet to find a resolution to the crisis, ... Read more...
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Orissa villagers observe ‘Black Day’ to protest Posco pact
June 22nd, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 22 (IANS) Thousands of villagers, including women and children, Wednesday observed 'Black Day' in Orissa to protest South Korean steel major Posco's proposed $12 billion project in the ... Read more...
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Orissa halts land acquisition for Posco
June 21st, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) The Orissa government Tuesday halted land acquisition for Posco's $12 billion project in Jagatsinghpur due to opposition from locals, an official said.
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Medha Patkar joins anti-Posco protest (Lead)
June 20th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) The anti-Posco agitation in Orissa got a boost Monday with social activist Medha Patkar joining the villagers in their protest against the proposed $12 billion project ... Read more...
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Medha Patkar joins Anti-Posco protest
June 20th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) The anti-Posco agitation in Orissa got a boost Monday with social activist Medha Patkar joining the villagers in their protest.Patkar visited the site of the proposed ... Read more...
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Agnivesh joins Posco land acquisition opposition (Lead)
June 18th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 18 (IANS) Social activist Swami Agnivesh Saturday opposed the "forceful" acquisition of land for the $12 billion Posco steel project in Orissa, adding that he will take ... Read more...
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Posco land takeover to resume Saturday, protest intensifies (Lead)
June 17th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 17 (IANS) The protest against Posco steel plant in Orissa intensified Friday as authorities set to resume land acquisition for its $12 billion project from Saturday.
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Rains halt Posco land acquisition
June 17th, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 17 (IANS) The land acquisition for the $12 billion Posco project which was scheduled to resume Friday in Orissa was postponed for at least a day due to ... Read more...
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Jairam seeks peaceful land acquisition for Posco
June 12th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 12 (IANS) Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday asked the Orissa government to ensure that land is acquired only through peaceful and law-governed means for South Korean ... Read more...
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Anti-Posco stir hots up in Orissa
June 11th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) The stir against South Korean steel major Posco's proposed $12 billion steel project intensified with thousands continuing their sit-in demonstration Saturday at the project site, official ... Read more...
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Hundreds court arrest to protest Posco (Lead)
June 6th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 6 (IANS) Hundreds of people, among them activists and leaders of five political parties, held a demonstration here Monday and courted arrests to protest forcible acquisition of ... Read more...
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Hundreds court arrest to protest Posco
June 6th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 6 (IANS) Nearly 500 people, comprising activists and leaders of five political parties, held a demonstration here Monday and courted arrest to protest forcible land acquisition for a ... Read more...
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Consortium to invest Rs.12,500 crore in gas pipeline project
May 21st, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 21 (IANS) A consortium led by the Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL) will invest Rs.12,500 crore over the next three years to lay three cross-country gas pipelines.The pipeline ... Read more...
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New hurdles for Posco’s land acquisition plans (Lead)
May 17th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 16 (IANS) Orissa's plans to resume land acquisition for the Posco project in the state faced new trouble with project's supporters Monday refusing to cooperate unless their demands ... Read more...
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Land acquisition plan for Posco faces new hurdle
May 16th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 16 (IANS) Orissa's plan to resume land acquisition for Posco project in the state faced a new trouble with project's supporters Monday refusing to cooperate unless their demands ... Read more...
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Orissa submitted fake documents for Posco nod: Activists
May 4th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The final clearance given to South Korean steel major Posco's $12 billion project in Orissa, the largest foreign investment in India, was based on "fake ... Read more...
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