-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...
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Cong to toe Rahul line on POSCO
-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...
More »Odisha: Dangaria Kondh tribals join anti-POSCO agitation
-Orissa Diary More than 20 tribals belonging to primitive Dangaria Kandh community from Niyamgiri area Thursday joined the anti POSCO movement to express their solidarity to the ongoing ovement at POSCO proposed site. The tribals, armed with traditional weapons, came in a procession to the protest site near Govindpur village and joined the villagers. The villagers have formed a human barricade to prevent entry of government and company officials to the proposed...
More »POSCO: Talks between seer, government break down by Shivakumar Menasinaka
The first attempt by the state government to convince the agitating farmers to withdraw their movement against the proposed POSCO steel plant at Halligudi met with failure, after talks between District In-charge Minister C C Patil and Siddhalinga swamiji of Tontadarya mutt fell through. The seer told Patil that there was no question of withdrawing the agitation, despite a fervent appeal from the latter, who assured that the state government would...
More »Orissa to renew MoU with POSCO India by July end
-The Business Standard Even as the process of renewal of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with POSCO India has been hit by delay presumably due to the contentious issue of iron ore swapping, the Orissa government has maintained that the pact would be renewed by the end of this month. “The process of renewal of MoU with POSCO India is on. The pact will definitely be renewed by the end of July....
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