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1. 5/19/2013 12:00:00 AM Pyari warns government of SEZ status to Posco
   published by New Indian Express (Chennai, India)
   Pyari warns government of SEZ status to Posco New Indian Express Chennai India BHUBANESWAR May 19 Even as the State Government is all set to complete land acquisition for the stage one of the Posco steel project president of the Odisha Jana Morcha OJM and Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra on Saturday strongly opposed SEZ status and raw material commitment to the South Korean steel majorThere is no ground for allowing SEZ status to Posco to give undue benefit to the foreign company vis a vis the India steel projects Pyarimohan said in a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and added please see that it does not form a part of your renewed MoUThe Rajya Sabha member who has been critical of Poscos proposed 52000 crore steel project since the signing of the MoU in 2005 when he was going strong in the BJD alleged that the State Government is hell bent on setting up the mega steel plant near ParadipNow that you have broken the resistance substantially and is determined to go ahead with the project we would like to sound a note of caution that unless you take the following steps to make the project beneficial to Odisha as suggested in the letter people will not forgive you for your action in implementing such a project he saidPyarimohan demanded that a commission should be set up to probe excessive use of force on the affected people and asked.
   
2. 5/17/2013 2:16:00 AM POSCO war zone - POSCO will get land by June
   published by Steel Guru
   Times of India reported that despite resistance from certain quarters, the Odisha government is pushing ahead with land acquisition for POSCO's mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur and is targeting to hand over the required 2,700 acre to the company by June ...
   
3. 5/17/2013 12:01:00 AM Posco will get land by June: Government
   published by Times of India
   BHUBANESWAR: Despite resistance from certain quarters, the Odisha government is pushing ahead with land acquisition for Posco's mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur and is targeting to hand over the required 2,700 acre to the company by June-end, official sources said on Wednesday. We would certainly give the land to Posco within six weeks. "
   
4. 5/15/2013 9:09:00 AM Odisha close to finish land acquisition for Posco
   published by Press Trust of India
   Paradip (Odisha), May 15 (PTI) Amidst stiff opposition from the villagers, Odisha government had been able to acquire 2,630 acre of land against the initial requirement of 2,700 acre of land for setting up an 8 mtpa Greenfield mega steel facility by ...
   
5. 5/15/2013 12:00:00 AM Land acquisition for Posco on the verge of completion
   published by Political & Business Daily (Delhi, India)
   Land acquisition for Posco on the verge of completion Political & Business Daily Delhi India Paradip May 15 AMIDST stiff opposition from the villagers Odisha government had been able to acquire 2630 acre of land against the initial requirement of 2700 acre of land for setting up an 8 mtpa Greenfield mega steel facility by Posco India in Odishas Jagtsinghpur district official sources said We require only 70 acre of land to reach the target of 2700 acre of land for the purpose of Poscos mega steel plant in Dhinkia area said Surjit Das additional district magistrate ADM posted at Paradip Stating that the administration was close to finish the controversial land acquisition activities soon Das said the South Korean steel major had already been handed over 2100 of land so farWe are hopeful to complete the land acquisition work with cooperation of the people soon said S K Mallick the district collector of Jagatsingpur after the winding up the days work During the day the district administration with help of Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation IDCO demolished at least eight betel vines and fell above 800 horticulture plants for acquiring land at Gobindpur village one of the seven villages identified to locate the Rs 52000 crore mega project Meanwhile the antiproject brigade held a protest meeting at Patana village and raised question on the land acquisition for Posco project against the decision of the Gram Sabha The land acquisition carried out by the government is illegal as it is being.
   
6. 5/13/2013 12:01:00 AM Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd to set up steel plant in Jharkhand
   published by Times of India
   RANCHI: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd is planning to set up a 3- million-tonne per annum Greenfield integrated steel plant in Jharkhand despite the setback to ArcelorMittal's Rs 50,000- crore project and Tata Steel's coal mining plans. The state-run company has recently approached the Jharkhand government for iron ore mine allocation and also informed about...
   
7. 5/13/2013 12:01:00 AM Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited to set up plant in Jharkhand
   published by Times of India
   RANCHI: Notwithstanding the problem faced by investors like ArcelorMittal and Tata Steel, which are facing tough time is setting up their plant in Jharkhand, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited has a plan to set up a three million tonnes per annum greenfield integrated steel plant. The two mega steel producers of the world ArcelorMittal and Tata Steel have failed to...
   
8. 5/12/2013 12:00:00 AM Anti-Posco leader Abhaya Sahu held
   published by New Indian Express (Chennai, India)
   Anti Posco leader Abhaya Sahu held New Indian Express Chennai India PARADIP May 12 Anti Posco leader Abhaya Sahu was arrested on Saturday by Jagatsinghpur police from the Bhubaneswar airport in connection with several cases including a bomb blast in which three persons were killed at the proposed steel project siteThis comes a day after the Supreme Court left the decision on giving Posco preferential access to Khandadhar iron ore deposits in Sundargarh district to the CentreAfter being arrested from Bhubaneswar Sahu was taken to Kujang and produced before a court which remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days police saidSahu who was to leave for Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu to attend a meeting there was arrested from Bhubaneswar by a police team from Jagatsinghpur shortly before the departure of his flight Paradip SDPO Bhabani Shankar Mishra said On a tip off Jagatsinghpur police team reached the Bhubaneswar airport and arrested the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti PPSS leader before taking him to KujangHe was arrested in connection with the March 2 bomb explosion at Patana village which had claimed the lives of three persons Manas Jena Nabin Mandal and Narahari SahooThere are 54 cases against Sahu police said adding that the PPSS leader was on bail in.
   
9. 5/11/2013 12:00:00 AM SC sets aside Orissa HC order on iron ore licence to Posco
   published by Kashmir Monitor (Srinagar, India)
   SC sets aside Orissa HC order on iron ore licence to Posco Kashmir Monitor Srinagar India New Delhi May 11 The Supreme Court on Friday set asidethe Orissa high court order which had quashed state governments petition to allot iron ore licence to South Korean steel major Posco in Khandadhar hills in Sundergarh district for a multi crore steel plantA bench headed by Justice RM Lodha asked the Centre to consider all the objections raised by various parties pertaining to the mega steel plant and take a decisionThe court was hearing cross appeals filed by the state government and a mine and mineral company challenging the Orissa high courts order on the issue of iron ore minesThe state government of Orissa and Geomin Minerals & Marketing Limited had challenged the orders of the Orissa high court which has quashed the notification issuing iron ore mining in over 2500 hectares in the Khandadhar hills in Sundergarh district in Orissa to PoscoThe high court on July 14 2010 on the petition of Geomin Minerals had set aside the state governments decisionGeomin Minerals had contended before the high court that it had applied for the prospective licence for Khandadhar iron ore mines much before PoscoThe high court had set aside the notification issued by the state government in 1962 reserving all mineral bearing land for exploitation within Orissa and take a fresh decision on itThe high court had further said that all mineral bearing land reserved by the state government prior to 1987 without the approval of the.
   
10. 5/10/2013 10:38:00 AM SC ask Centre to take care of mega steel plant after vacating stay on Posco
    published by International Reporter
    News n Analysis by Sasi Kala, on the issue of Supreme Court who set aside the order, which had quashed state government's petition to allot iron ore licence to South Korean steel major Posco in Khandadhar hills in Sundergarh district for a multi-crore steel ...
    
11. 5/10/2013 6:58:00 AM Relief and uncertainty for Posco in SC ruling on Khandadhar mines
    published by Firstpost.com
    Bhubaneswar: Even as land acquisition for the mega steel plant proposed to be set up by South Korean company Posco in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district has entered the final phase, the Supreme Court's ruling on Friday leaving the decision on allocation of the ...
    
12. 5/9/2013 8:37:00 AM Posco project: Odisha to complete acquisition of 700 acres in a week
    published by Business Standard India
    Moving ahead in its land acquisition spree for the Posco project, the Jagatsinghpur district administration aims to complete acquisition of 700 acres of land for the mega steel project in a week.
    
13. 4/30/2013 11:00:00 PM Land acquisition for Posco halted
    published by Oman Tribune
    PARADIP (Odisha) Land acquisition for Poscos mega steel plant near here was halted soon after it began on Tuesday in the face of opposition from both the supporters and opponents of the project. We could demolish only two patches of betel vines and cut 54 ...
    
14. 4/30/2013 8:08:00 PM Agitation halts land acquisition in Odisha
    published by Silobreaker
    PARADIP: Land acquisition for Posco’s mega steel plant was halted soon after it began on Tuesday in the face of opposition from both the supporters and opponents of the project. “We could demolish only two patches of betel vines and cut 54 trees on ...
    
15. 4/30/2013 7:44:00 PM Agitation halts land acquisition in Odisha
    published by The Gulf Today
    PARADIP: Land acquisition for Posco’s mega steel plant was halted soon after it began on Tuesday in the face of opposition from both the supporters and opponents of the project. “We could demolish only two patches of betel vines and cut 54 trees on ...
    
16. 4/30/2013 10:53:00 AM Posco land acquisition halted as stir continues
    published by Hindu Business Line
    Land acquisition for Posco's mega steel plant near here was halted soon after it began on Tuesday in the face of opposition from supporters as well as opponents of the project. ?We could demolish only two patches of betel vines and cut 54 trees today,? ...
    
17. 4/30/2013 8:00:00 AM Paradip: Land acquisition for Posco plant halted
    published by New Indian Express
    Land acquisition for Posco's mega steel plant near here was halted soon after it began today in the face of opposition from both the supporters and opponents of the project. "We could demolish only two patches of betel vines and cut 54 trees today," ...
    
18. 4/30/2013 7:32:00 AM LA halted due to agitation by both supporters and opponents
    published by Business Standard India
    Land acquisition for Poscos mega steel plant near here was halted soon after it began today in the face of opposition from both the supporters and opponents of the project.
    
19. 4/28/2013 8:33:00 PM CCI cheer likely for 25 private power projects next month
    published by Penn Energy
    In what would cheer the private sector companies in the power and steel sector, the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) scheduled in the first half of May is set to clear 25 big power projects and a mega steel plant project, among ...
    
20. 4/25/2013 12:01:00 AM 75 MoUs for projects expire
    published by Times of India
    South Korean steel major Posco signed an MoU on June 22, 2005 to set up a mega steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district and the deal expired on June, 21, 2010. The company is waiting for its renewal even as the industries department had already recommended further extension of the MoU. Posco has already spent over Rs 180 crore on the project worth Rs 51,000 croe and...