In this Independence Day week, State Of The Nation brings you an exclusive opinion poll across 20 states with 18,000 respondents. Corruption and scams are perhaps the biggest talking point at the moment and have clearly hurt the UPA Government. The results of the CNN-IBN-CNBC-TV18 State of the Nation Poll in association with Forbes India conducted by CSDS confirm what has been suspected - that the UPA's image has taken...
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Can Posco Cross the India Barrier? by Prince Mathews Thomas
The $12 billion Posco investment in India was supposed to be the biggest FDI project in the country. After six years that still remains on paper Horangineun jugeumyeon gajugeul namgigo, Sarameun jugeumyun ireumeul namginda (When tigers die, they leave behind leather. When people die, they leave their names behind) —Old Korean Proverb The news flash from Press Trust of India came on July 10, 2011. Posco, the $32 billion South Korean steel giant had decided to...
More »Maharashtra orders judicial probe into police firing, project stopped
-DNA The Maharashtra government on Wednesday ordered a judicial inquiry by a retired high court judge into Tuesday’s police firing that killed three farmers, including a 45-year-old woman, while the Pune district collector ordered the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to stop the water pipeline project. The collector also ordered an inquiry by the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Maval into the firing incident. On Tuesday, Sandeep Karnik, Pune (rural) SP, said the...
More »Posco MoU renewal under cloud of uncertainty
-The Business Standard Steel maker yet to submit its written response. The renewal of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Orissa government and Posco India continues to be mired in uncertainty with the company yet to officially respond to the MoU renewal draft sent by the government one month back. The renewal of the pact for a 12 million tonne steel project in the state by the South Korean company that expired on...
More »Media houses stall Wage Board recommendations by Bala Murali Krishna
-The Hoot Scores of journalists and non-journalists, governed by the respective statutory Wage Boards, are up in arms against the alleged ‘malicious campaign’ unleashed through the Indian Newspapers Society (INS) by a few Media Houses opposing the recommendations of the latest Justice G.R.Majithia Wage Board constituted by the Centre. They are awaiting with bated breath the verdict of the Supreme Court bench that had, on July 18, 2011, informally directed the...
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