-The Times of India Bapi Sarkhel, in the eye of a storm since the December 14 violence near Poscoproject site in Jagatsinghpur, said on Thursday certain politicians seeking his arrest had benefited from him in the past, but turned against him as they saw him as a threat. Police has booked him on charges of fomenting trouble in the proposed Posco steel plant site and attacking anti-land acquisition villagers in the...
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Posco clash: Orissa shifts officer, Oppn demands inquiry by Debabrata Mohanty
Two days after a clash at the proposed Posco site that left one person dead, the Orissa government on Friday shifted senior IAS officer Priyabrata Patnaik from the post of chairman-cum-managing director of Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) even as the opposition continued to demand a CBI or a judicial probe into the incident. With just about a year to retire, Patnaik, a 1976 batch officer, has been posted as additional...
More »One killed, 20 injured in clash at Posco site by Debabrata Mohanty
A 30-year-old labourer was killed and more than 20 were injured on Wednesday when villagers protesting the Posco steel project clashed with a group of labourers hired by a contractor near the Posco project area of Jagatsinghpur district. The clash occurred near Bosecalis Point at 1.30 pm when anti-Posco villagers came face-to-face with 60-70 labourers of Paradip Paribahan, a private firm that is constructing a 12-km coastal road to link Paradip...
More »Last chance to save Kyoto deal at climate talks
-Reuters Countries will make a last ditch effort to save a dying Kyoto Protocol at global climate talks starting on Monday aimed at cutting thegreenhouse gas emissions blamed by scientists for rising sea levels, intense storms and crop failures. Kyoto, which was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005, commits most developed states to binding emissions targets. The talks are the last chance to set another round of targets...
More »Dangers of a Lax Nuclear Strategy by Malini Shankar
On August 26, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned, taking responsibility for the disastrous meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was caused by the March 2011 undersea earthquake and ensuing tsunami. In India, on the other hand, the deliberate contamination of a drinking water tank with radioactive waste in the Kaiga nuclear power plant in Western Ghats in the state of Karnataka has gone unpunished for two whole...
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