THE LAND acquisition process for POSCO in Gadag district of Karnataka has been called off by the Karnataka government owing to intensified opposition from the farmers. A day after Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa announced that land acquisition for POSCO project in Gadag will be called off and the project will be shifted elsewhere, around 40 villagers from Halligudi met him in Bangalore on Thursday and expressed their willingness to give up...

-The Business Standard   The All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said he would back the POSCO project if the steel major provided proper rehabilitation else he would throw his weight behind the agitating people. “POSCO project will bring development. We are not against development. If POSCO provides proper rehabilitation, we will be with POSCO. If it fails, we will be with the agitating people,” he said while...

Bangalore : Under pressure from religious leaders, farmers and opposition parties, the Karnataka government has decided to shelve acquisition of over 5,000 acres of land for two major industrial projects in Mangalore and Gadag districts. On Tuesday, the government gave in to a 24-hour ultimatum issued by the seer of Udupi Pejawar Mutt, Visvesha Thirtha, to withdraw a move to acquire 2,035 acres of land for an SEZ in Mangalore. On Wednesday,...

-The Times of India   DAVANAGERE: Jana Sangrama Parishat activist Shehanaz called on the farmers of Halligudi in Gadag district warning them against selling their fertile land for POSCO steel industry. She was addressing a gathering in Davanagere on Wednesday as part of a state-level awareness procession that started from Raichur on July 9 and will end at Bangalore on July 17. It is being held to create awareness among people...

Newly-appointed tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo on Thursday gave a boost to anti-mining activism by vetoing thePOSCO project in Orissa and also said that bauxite mining cannot be allowed just because the mineral deposits are under the houses of poor tribals. Deo, who as Congress MP successfully lobbied against bauxite mining in his constituency in Vishakhapatnam, hailed the decision to stop Vedanta in Niyamgiri hills and even vetoed...