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1.7 lakh trees felled for Posco plant, Odisha district loses cyclone barrierWhile the country’s eastern seaboard braces for cyclone Phailin, the people in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha are particularly in dread.R...
PPSS ridicules Odisha Govt, vows to continue anti-Posco stirMohapatra, who is leading the anti-Posco stir after arrest of PPSS president Abhay Sahu, said the farmers would continue their stir against...
- Odisha close to finish land acquisition for Posco
Amidst stiff opposition from the villagers, Odisha government had been able to acquire 2,630 acre of land against the initial requirement o...
- Land clearing on in Posco site amidst protests
Amidst protests by anti- Posco brigade, betel vines were dismantled and trees felled in the Posco steel project site here today.
- Tension prevails in Posco area, local Congress leader held
Police were keeping vigil at localities in Posco's proposed plant site near here following the arrests of a local Congress leader and a sup...
- Land acquisition stir: Anti-Posco brigade detains eight policemen for four hours at Posco site
Activists of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS)kept the cops hostage for around four hours before releasing them. Nobody was injured.
- Forces called in before Posco land acquisition
The state govt has started deploying security personnel in Posco project area, anticipating a showdown with activists against land acquisit...
- Environment Ministry gives final clearance to Posco for Orissa steel project
Ending a year-long wait, the environment ministry gave final clearance to Posco's $12 billion integrated steel plant project.
- Orissa to submit reply on Posco project to centre next week
Naveen Patnaik has approved the documents to be sent to the MoEF on proper implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006.
- Orissa govt fails to submit 'assurance' on Posco project
Though a month has elapsed since Centre accorded conditional clearance to Posco project, Orissa govt finds it tough to submit its assurance...
- Protesters to seal Posco plant site villages
Intensifying their agitation against the South Korean steel major Posco's proposed 12 mtpa greenfield steel plant in Orissa, opponents toda...
- Anti-Posco activists hold massive rally, vow not to allow the Korean company
Thousands of anti-Posco activists on Sunday held a massive rally at Balidhipa near Paradip and vowed not to allow the South Korean steel ma...
- POSCO project remains grounded on betel vs steel fight
It is now the betel leaf farmers of a cluster of villages around Paradip in Orissa who now stand in the way of the Indian footprint of a gl...
- Survey work resumes at Posco steel plant site in Orissa
The survey work at the proposed Posco steel plant site near Paradip resumed on Thursday, four days after anti-Posco agitators agreed to coo...
- 25 injured in clashes between Posco protesters, police
At least 25 persons including some police personnel were injured on Saturday in violent clashes among the anti-Posco protesters and armed p...
- Orissa govt mobilising forces near Posco plant site
With Orissa government mobilising forces to start forest survey and land acquisition at the proposed plant site of Posco-India near Paradip...
- Anti-Posco activists elected as Sarapanch, trouble for steel plant
The victory of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), the anti-displacement forum which has been spearheading the movement against the Rs 5...
- POSCO project site witnesses stream of visitors
Villages where people have been agitating against the proposed 12 MTPA steel plant by South Korean company POSCO witnessed stream of visito...