Anti-posco

Anti-Posco leader Abhay Sahu was arrested today in connection with several cases including a bomb blast in the proposed steel project site in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, the police said.

The agitation against the proposed Posco steel project intensified in Odisha yesterday with angry women protesters stripping in public to demand a complete halt to the land acquisition by the government and withdrawal of police force from the site of the proposed plant.

Land acquisition for the Posco steel plant continued for the third day on Tuesday in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district as anti-Posco as protestors took out a rally defying prohibitory orders carrying bodies of three activists.

Orissa government on Friday declared assembly of anti-POSCO agitators at the entry point to Dhinkia area as "unlawful" after agitating farmers prevented movement of police and officials in the area, official sources said. The villagers, unwilling to give away their land for POSCO project, made a three-tier human barricade at the entry point...

In Orissa, at least 20 anti-POSCO protestors were injured as they were attacked by 200 lathi-wielding men near the proposed steel plant's site in Orissa.

In a blow to the five-year anti-Posco agitation, villagers earlier opposed to the mega steel plant project of the South Korean company in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday approached the authorities and asked them to take up survey work in their area."Residents of Gobindpur village came to my office and submitted a written memorandum urgin...

Orissa is tense after Saturday's clashes between Posco protestors and the police, which left over 20 people were injured. Top police officials have told NDTV that the situation was still tense and prohibitory orders have not been lifted in the area. Five years after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with Korean steel giant Posco in Ori...

Police on Saturday fired tear gas shells to disperse anti-Posco protestors blocking the road in Orissa. Protesters retaliate by pelting stones and crude bombs on police. However, the state administration is determined to clear road blocks today.Earlier, CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai were arrested while trying to enter the proposed steel plan...

Anti-Posco leader Abhay Sahu was arrested today in connection with several cases including a bomb blast in the proposed steel project site in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, the police said.

The agitation against the proposed Posco steel project intensified in Odisha yesterday with angry women protesters stripping in public to demand a complete halt to the land acquisition by the government and withdrawal of police force from the site of the proposed plant.

Land acquisition for the Posco steel plant continued for the third day on Tuesday in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district as anti-Posco as protestors took out a rally defying prohibitory orders carrying bodies of three activists.

Orissa government on Friday declared assembly of anti-POSCO agitators at the entry point to Dhinkia area as "unlawful" after agitating farmers prevented movement of police and officials in the area, official sources said. The villagers, unwilling to give away their land for POSCO project, made a three-tier human barricade at the entry point...

In Orissa, at least 20 anti-POSCO protestors were injured as they were attacked by 200 lathi-wielding men near the proposed steel plant's site in Orissa.

In a blow to the five-year anti-Posco agitation, villagers earlier opposed to the mega steel plant project of the South Korean company in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday approached the authorities and asked them to take up survey work in their area."Residents of Gobindpur village came to my office and submitted a written memorandum urgin...

Orissa is tense after Saturday's clashes between Posco protestors and the police, which left over 20 people were injured. Top police officials have told NDTV that the situation was still tense and prohibitory orders have not been lifted in the area. Five years after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with Korean steel giant Posco in Ori...

Police on Saturday fired tear gas shells to disperse anti-Posco protestors blocking the road in Orissa. Protesters retaliate by pelting stones and crude bombs on police. However, the state administration is determined to clear road blocks today.Earlier, CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai were arrested while trying to enter the proposed steel plan...