Union Coal Ministry has granted its prior approval for mining lease of Utkal-E Coal Block in Angul with an estimated reserve of 70 million tons of coal and covering an area of 212 hectres in favour of aluminium major NALCO, official sources said.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said that 99% of the terror attacks had been stopped in the country, thanks to various measures, including improved intelligence.
Lakhs of devotees and tourists flocked to Orissa's Jagannath Temple in Puri as the annual chariot festival or Rath Yatra began on Sunday.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reached Orissa for a two-day trip that will take him to several districts as he attempts to strengthen the grassroots base of the party.
A deputy commander of a local wing of the Communist Party of India-Maoist was killed in a gunfight with security forces early on Saturday in Orissa's Keonjhar district, police said.
It is ‘force versus children’ in the battle for land at Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district, the site for Posco’s R54,000-crore mega steel project.
The Orissa government on Tuesday suspended land acquisition for Korean steel major Posco’s $12 billion (Rs 54,000 crore) plant in Jagatsinghpur district indefinitely in view of widespread protests.
Priya Ranjan Sahu reports.
Six years on, mega Posco project still remains on paperThe deadlock over land acquisition for the Posco steel project in Orissa continued Saturday with the administration yet to find a resolution to the crisis, an official said.
The Orissa government on Monday again deployed police force near the Gobindpur-Nuagaon village border, the site of a strident anti-Posco agitation, but withdrew it following widespread protests.
Orissa on Tuesday waved the value added tax (VAT) on cooking gas and kerosene, providing marginal relief to the people after their prices were hiked. A cooking gas cylinder would now cost Rs. 407 from Rs. 423 after the hike.
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.
The release of audiotapes alleging horsetrading in last year’s Rajya Sabha elections has raised a furore in Orissa engulfing the state’s three principal political parties — the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The land acquisition for the $12 billion Posco project which was scheduled to resume today in Orissa was postponed for at least a day due to incessant rains, an official said.
The Orissa government on Saturday suspended land acquisition for Korean steel major Posco’s $12-billion (R54,000 crore) plant in Jagatsinghpur district due to bad weather.
HT reports.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government in Orissa has declined to give information on why it has been sitting on cases of corruption lodged against top government officials by the vigilance department.