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Odisha reels under heatwave conditions, Jharsuguda boils at 44.1 degrees CelsiusOdisha experienced severe heatwave conditions on Saturday. Seventeen locations across the state recorded maximum temperatures exceeding 40 ...
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2 health care workers admitted to hospital after receiving COVID-19 vaccineTwo health care workers were admitted to hospital as they reported Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) after receiving jab of COVID...
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56 die in lightning strike in four days in OdishaBesides, a youth of Balia Gopinathpur village in Jagatsinghpur district and an old man of Roda village of in Bolangir district were killed ...
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Locals seal roads to Posco site in JagatsinghpurLocal people who are supporters of Posco's proposed steel project, today sealed all roads to the site in Jagatsinghpur district.
17 Feb, 2014, 10.45 PM IST
Posco land acquisition continues amidst protests"The district admin plans to hand over the land to the authorities by the first week of July," Jagatsinghpur District Collector S K Mallick...
29 Jun, 2013, 09.57 PM IST
- Anti-Posco brigade seek withdrawal of forces from the site
Anti-Posco brigade and Left parties today staged demonstrations demanding withdrawal of force from the proposed plant site area.
12 Apr, 2013, 07.57 PM IST
- Land acquisition for Posco plant begins in Odisha
Land acquisition work had been halted more than a year ago following violence during construction of a coastal road near the proposed proje...
03 Feb, 2013, 12.40 PM IST
- Orissa to renew MoU with Posco shortly, Okays go ahead to Korean Co for Paradip plant
Orissa government will soon renew the MoU with South Korean steel major, Posco for a 12-mtpa steel mill near Paradeep in Jagatsinghpur dist...
30 Oct, 2011, 07.16 PM IST
- Work at Orissa Posco site resumes after 10 days
Work at the proposed site for Posco's controversial Rs 52,000-crore steel project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district resumed on Tuesday.
06 Jul, 2011, 03.06 PM IST
- Posco deadlock enters sixth day: Locals invited for talks
Activists are disrupting work for boundary wall and rehabilitation colony in Gadakujang and Nuagaon area demanding fulfilment of their six-...
01 Jul, 2011, 04.00 PM IST
- Orissa government resumes land acquisition for Posco steel plant, UAC decides to cooperate with administration
Orissa government on Monday resumed the land acquisition process for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco mega steel plant near Paradip.
23 May, 2011, 08.32 PM IST
- Land acquisition for Posco resumes after 2 day break
After a two day break, the Orissa government resumed the land acquisition process for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco mega steel plant in Jagatsi...
23 May, 2011, 02.50 PM IST
- Orissa resumes land acquistition for Posco's 12-mn ton steel plant
The Orissa government resumed land acquisition for the proposed Posco's 12 mn ton steel project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district.
18 May, 2011, 09.57 PM IST