POSCO to withdraw investment from Odisha?
Bloomberg report says company has been trying to get government agencies to return the money it had paid
92 per cent voter turnout in panchayat protesting POSCO
CPI candidate claims residents angry over forcible acquisition of their land for the steel project voted for him; BJD candidate refutes claim and …
One year of Modi government: review of forests and wildlife
It has been a mixed year for the NDA government on forest governance. Apart from introducing the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, there was …
SC asks Centre to decide on grant of iron ore licence to POSCO
Odisha government granted mining, prospecting leases to POSCO in Khandadhar hills by ignoring earlier applications of other claimants
Police register FIR against 32 people for 'encroaching' on POSCO land
POSCO says people have already been compensated for land acquired; residents say their land was taken at gun point and have no means of livelihood
Anti-Posco villages in Odisha pin hope on tribal affairs minister Jual Oram
Oram is India's first tribal affairs minister and was elected in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1999
Police arrest anti-POSCO leader for bomb explosion that killed four
People insist it was pro-POSCO goons from the village who threw bomb at protesters
Agitated people dismantle POSCO's boundary wall, torch office
Gram sabhas of the area have not given their consent to the POSCO project till date
Green tribunal questions two-stage forest clearance for POSCO
Raises hope of residents, activists who have been opposing the clearance given to the project
Green tribunal suspends POSCO’s clearance
The South Korean giant will now have to apply for a fresh environmental clearance
POSCO's environment clearance revalidated
Decision to clear India's biggest FDI project precedes South Korean president's visit to India, but the project still has a major hurdle to clear
Protest against POSCO continues; farmers rebuild destroyed betel vineyards
Cases have been filed against many farmers who re-erected their farms
Steel minister’s POSCO statement comes as relief to Odisha village residents
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had said that the steel giant will have to bid for iron ore reserves in an open auction
Ministry of mines set to expand iron ore mining
More contribution to GDP now on agenda. Sector crucial for propelling growth in backward states, says CII
‘Claims of Forest Rights Act holding up growth are bogus'
In fact, states are holding up recognition of forest rights in the areas where big-ticket projects are planned, say forest dwelling community …
Proposed forest diversion rules may bind states to settle forest rights of tribal people first
Draft amendments to the Forest Conservation Act rules, however, do not make gram sabha consent mandatory for all projects
POSCO unplugged
Sayantan Bera travels to Jagatsinghpur in Odisha to find that villagers labeled ‘pro’ POSCO do not have a choice otherwise
Land is more than just that
Green tribunal asks Odisha to pass order on tree-felling for POSCO
Says states must apply its mind and pass order in accordance with Forest Conservation Act
POSCO begins work on boundary wall at steel plant site in Odisha
Move violates stay order of National Green Tribunal, say protesting activists
The PDS learning curve
Tike tike in Orissa
POSCO clearance illegal: activists
Say the claims made by Odisha government are barefaced lies
POSCO gets final approval
Environment ministry endorses state government’s claim that there are no forest rights to be settled in the project area
Village at POSCO site seeks community forest rights
Reiterates demand against diversion of forestland for industry, under amended Forest Rights Act rules
Odisha seeks panel nod for forest clearance transfer from POSCO ltd to Jindal Steel
Forest Advisory Committee says Union Environment Ministry will seek legal opinion on the issue