The new ordinance on land acquisition will allow land grabbers to deprive millions, destroy agriculture, horticulture, rivers, forests, tree cover and mangroves to extract minerals as well as......
'Those who have seen the Modi government in Gujarat know that the issues related to Hindutva and issues of economy and growth function simultaneously.' 'Modi's politics are based on the......
Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......
On January 2, the police opened fire on tribals protesting against the setting up of a steel plant in Kalinga Nagar, Orissa. Twelve tribals and one policeman died.The tribals were protesting the......
In the concluding interview of the series on Development and Displacement in Orissa, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Dharmendra Pradhan takes responsibility for the state government's failure to avert......
The Orissa government and Posco India's effort to expedite land acquisition for the latter's Rs 54,000-crore (Rs 540-billion) steel project near Paradeep in Jagatsinghpur district has turned out to......
The South Korean steel major Posco, facing stiff opposition from the local people for acquisition of land for its 12-million-tonne steel project in Orissa, may have to directly negotiate with the......
Rubbishing allegation of forcible land acquisition for Posco project near Paradip, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Monday force was not used for the purpose as his government believed......
Global steel major ArcelorMittal, who is proposing to set up a 12 million tonne greenfield steel plant at Patna tehsil in Keonjhar district of Orissa, plans to spend about $300 million (about Rs......
After seeing the Nandigram setback in West Bengal, the Central government now wants all states to spread awareness about the land acquisition procedures. As part of this the state governments have......