Nearly half of the people served notice have filed their submissions before the Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) of KIADB at Dharwad. Of the 232 notices served, 144 persons have replied and nearly 97 land owners had outrightly opposed the land acquisition and categorically declared before the land acquisition officer that they would not give their lands. Forty-seven land owners have given ‘conditional consent’ for giving their lands. According to the Assistant...

-PTI   India today sought help from Poland, which holds the European Union Presidency, for resolving trade obstacles for Indian agri exports to 27 EU countries. The issue was taken up at a meeting here between Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and visiting Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. "The EU can play an important role in resolving several of our market access issues with the EU including in respect of arbitrary SPS (Sanitary...

Batting for a Posco Steel plant in Gadag, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa says the government will try to persuade farmers to part with their land. The situation does not warrant the South Korean Steelmaker to relocate from Halligudi in Gadag district to anywhere rlse in the state. "The government is trying to convince the farmers; the company stays in Gadag. We hope that everything will go well,'' he told...

-The Business Standard   Maoists threat to the leaders of United Action Committee, a pro Posco outfit, and elected representatives of Nuagaon and Gadakujang panchayats for extending support to the Posco project has spread panic among the pro Posco activists and villagers. Maoists have sent their threat letter to UAC members, panchayat samiti member of Nuagaon and sarpanch of Gadakujang by post urging them to withdraw their support from the Posco Steel...

-The Deccan Herald The State Congress is all set to toe the line taken by its national leader Rahul Gandhi against ''forc­e­­ful farm land acquisition'' by extending its support to the agitation against the propo­s­ed Posco Steel plant at Halligudi village in Gadag district. AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi recently held a march in Uttar Pradesh lending his support to the farmers protesting against land acquisition there.  The Karnataka Pra­­­desh Congress Committee...