-Outlook Paradip (Odisha): Land acquisition for the proposed mega steel plant of POSCO is likely to resume tomorrow despite a day-long opposition by local residents, officials said. Odisha government halted land acquisition activities for POSCO's proposed Rs 52,000 crore mega steel plant project for a day today in view of stiff opposition from locals. "The process is on though we have halted the land acquisition activities for one day," Jagatsinghpur district collector S...

-The Hindu Bhubaneshwar: Even as land acquisition for the proposed steel project of POSCO remained suspended at Gobindpur village in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha on Thursday, villagers staged a demonstration demanding complete withdrawal of the police from the locality. Leading the protest, Communist Party of India leader D. Raja condemned the entry of police into Gobindpur during night on Sunday when land acquisition was resumed after a gap of more than a...

-The Hindu Land acquisition for the proposed steel project of POSCO at Gobindpur village in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha was halted and police force withdrawn from the locality on Wednesday following stiff opposition from the locals, particularly women and children. The land acquisition exercise that was resumed after a long gap on Sunday came to a halt after hundreds of agitating villagers and leaders of different Opposition parties reached the spot where...

-NDTV Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has put off the land acquisition for Rs. 52,000 crore POSCO steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district today after protests by local villagers since the process resumed last week. The police force deployed at the Gobindpur village near the POSCO site will also be withdrawn for now. The move comes a day after standoff between villagers and police when the cops allegedly tried to enter the village. The agitators, including...

-The Hindu As many as 20 platoons of armed policemen stood guard as land acquisition for POSCO’s proposed steel plant project resumed at the break of dawn on Sunday, with the demolition of betel vineyards in and around Gobindpur village in this coastal gram panchayat of Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. The administration was trying to acquire 700 acres for the project, in addition to the 2,000 acres already acquired, by demolishing around 400...