Voices From the Margins

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28/01/2014

http://odishaconcerns.net/node/1310

The MB Shah Commission has indicted both the Centre and Odisha government for various acts of omission and commission that led to illegal mining worth around Rs 60,000 crore.

28/01/2014

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the application to Odisha of a letter from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to all states, allowing mining units whose licences had expired to continue operations for two more years.

28/01/2014

http://odishaconcerns.net/node/1305/

Acting tough on the mine lessees for flouting Environment (Protection) Act, the Odisha forest and environment ministry has issued instructions to the collectors of mineral rich districts to file prosecution immediately.

26/01/2014

The South Korean Steel major Posco can’t start work on construction of `53,000 crore steel plant in Odisha as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday stopped the company from felling trees at the plant site till the state government issues order providing forest clearance.

26/01/2014

http://odishaconcerns.net/node/1288/

The UPA government at the Centre, the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha – and last but not the least – the Who’s Who of the Indian mining sector will be waiting with bated breath for the hearing set for Monday on the petition filed by Goa Foundation in the Supreme Court seeking an ‘analysis’ of th...

10/07/2013

India and POSCO Must End Abuses Linked to Steel Project Rights Groups Urge Suspension of Project, Prevention of Forced Evictions

29/05/2013

Under a scorching sun, after walking miles and miles in the hilly terrain, these bare feet have come here to tell the most astounding tale, if we care to hea...

23/04/2013

After remaining suspended for about two and a half months, land acquisition resumed for Posco Steel’s Rs 52,000 crore mega project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district: http://bit.ly/ZDgezz

19/03/2013

PROTEST BRUTALITY UPON ANTI-POSCO PROTESTERS INCLUDING CHILDREN AND WOMEN AND FORCED LAND GRAB BY POSCO. Bangalore Town Hall 6 pm today.

13/03/2013

This is a guest post by BIJU MATHEW Tarun Mandal, Narahari Sahu and Manas Jena are dead, blown up by what the media has described as a “crude” bomb. All bombs are crude. They kill. They are meant t...

08/03/2013

The agitation against the proposed Posco steel project intensified in Odisha yesterday with angry women protesters stripping in public to demand a complete halt to the land acquisition by the government and withdrawal of police force from the site of the proposed plant.

06/03/2013

Death of Anti POSCO activists. State is Sponsoring and Promoting Violence not the PPSS : NAPM: Punish t... http://t.co/khEpnlwP05

06/03/2013

Bhubaneswar - Distressed over Odisha Government’s act of forcible land acquisition, women from Gobindpur village Wednesday decided to stage a naked demonstration before the Police force,...

06/03/2013

State is Sponsoring and Promoting Violence not the PPSSPunish the Criminals Halt Land AcquisitionNew Delhi, March 3 : In the continuing saga of state violence and oppression, when nearly 6 platoons of police were present in the area for starting the forceful land acquisition procedure, bombs were h...

05/03/2013

These are 3 out of 4 people died in March 2nd 2013 Bomb attack on Patna village, Dhinkia , Jagatsinghpur. Those who died are Manas Jena – Age 32 died on the spot. The rest two Nabanu Mandal – 35 and Narahari Sahoo – 52 were died after half an hour waiting for ambulance.