As part of its strategy to woo the villagers, not only has Posco CMD started taking lessons in the local Oriya language besides strolling into more peaceful villages, the company plans to tie up with an NGO which was started by Manibhai Desai a follower of Gandhi.
Agitating under the banner of the Bisthapan Virodhi Jana Manch, the tribals have set up road blockades at about 15 places.
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale and epicentred in Myanmar on Wednesday shook several parts of east and northeast India.
The clash on Monday between villagers opposing a steel project and the police had also left 17 others injured. \n
It was likely to move in a west-north-westerly direction and weaken gradually, triggering heavy rains in interior parts of the state.
A year after signing the MoU with South Korean steel maker Posco, the Orissa government has assured the company of about 1,135 acres of litigation free government land for its proposed 12 million tonne steel project near Paradip. \n
Currently, India recycles around 300 of the 1,000 ships which are demolished per annum globally. However, countries like Japan, Europe and the US were not sending their ships for recycling to India in the absence of ratification of a global convention. That scenario is set to change with the Recycling of Ships Act, 2019.
Pune-based Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation said on Monday it would be investing Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) to set up a greenfield ammonium nitrate plant in Paradip in Orissa.
Posco-India has made it clear that it has no intention to shift the site of its 12 million tonne steel project.
The Orissa government is making all efforts to remove hurdles for establishing the Rs 52,000 crore (Rs 520 billion) steel project by South Korean giant Posco near Paradip, which is mired by displacement woes.
South Korean steel giant Posco said on Wednesday that it had signed the memorandum of understanding with the Orissa government for a $12 billion Indian steel project.\n\n
The tribals were opposing the construction of a boundary wall of a company.
South Korean steel company Posco has started an Indian subsidiary, Posco India, which will be based in Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
Earlier, the IMD had predicted light to moderate rainfall accompanied by wind with 40 to 50 kmph in north coastal Odisha under its impact, he said.
At least three persons died on Saturday after uprooted trees fells on them in Odisha ahead of Cyclone Phailin's landfall at Gopalpur.
State-owned Indian Oil Corp plans to invest more than Rs 23,000 crore (Rs 230 billion) over the next five years in adding new capacities at the existing refineries and building a new refinery at Paradip in Orissa.
Decks have been cleared for the signing of the MoU between the South Korean steel giant Posco and Orissa government for the biggest FDI in a single project in the country - a 52,000 crore (Rs 520 billion) steel project at Paradip.
South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Company on Tuesday asserted that it will develop a captive port near state-owned Paradip port
According to sources, government officials have asked industry bodies and manufacturers to submit key concerns and requirements to begin manufacturing activity.
The strong wind that is expected may cause damage to thatched houses, uproot trees and disrupt power supply and communication network in coastal Orissa and neighbouring AP.
Fine unbeaten half-centuries by skipper Devang Gandhi and Kiran Pawar East Zone to a eight-wicket win over North Zone in the Deodhar Trophy.
India is considering doubling to 10 million tonnes the capacity of strategic oil reserves it is building as an insurance against supply disruptions, to take advantage of current low interest rates and slush of funds with oil companies.
Indian Oil Corporation may expand its Haldia refinery in West Bengal to 7.4 million tonnes from 6 million tonnes, IOC chairman M S Ramachandran said on Monday.
The government will set up three refineries in Paradip, Bathinda and Bina during the Tenth Plan period which would increase the crude refining capacity by 24 million tonne, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said.
Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest oil firm on Monday reported the first ever net loss in its history and said the government freeze on fuel prices may impact its expansion plans including setting up of a new refinery at Paradip in Orissa.
Aparajita Priyadarshini Behera has cracked UPSC's IES examination ranking 13 in all India list and credits her success to her father, a daily wage labourer.
Rejecting a UN panel recommendation for halting Posco's port-to-steel plant project, both the Republic of Korea and the Odisha government on Monday exuded optimism to go for the ground-breaking ceremony of the proposed facility near Paradip early next year.
India has already pipped Japan as the world's third-largest oil consumer.
Exactly a year after the very severe cyclonic storm Phailin struck the state, another storm is heading towards the Odisha coast.
The 1986 batch Odisha cadre IPS officer has been described as a competent officer and is known for his acumen in handling disasters.
Cyclone 'Phailin', which was to make landfall two days from now, possibly near Gopalpur in Odisha and in north Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday intensified into a severe cyclonic storm travelling slightly northwest and lying about 800 km from Paradip in Odisha.
An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar, tremors of which shook the northeast, several parts of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and even Delhi and NCR on Wednesday.
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale on Wednesday night jolted Delhi, National Capital Region, Chennai and parts of eastern and northern India including West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to properties.
'We will be able to provide 450 square feet house in Rs 5 lakh,' Nitin Gadkari said.
The 'eye' or centre of the cyclone is estimated to be 15 km in spread so it will take nearly an hour to cross the coast completely, officials said adding that the impact of the storm will be maximum for the next six hours
The Shipping Ministry will award 30 port projects during the current financial year, which are likely to come up at an investment of about Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion).
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