Orissa Government

Type: Organization

Name: Orissa Government

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Orissa to repeal co-op law that helped chit funds grow

With the chit fund scam raging in West Bengal, the Orissa government has decided to repeal a decade-old Cooperative Act that led to mushrooming of chit fund firms in the state in the guise of self-help cooperatives. ... [Published Indian Express - May 18 2013]

Entities: Orissa Government

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Statement Against the Unjust Arrest...

KMU asserts that their hard work in fighting against the displacement of adivasis, dalits, and poor farmers? communities to give way to mining and other industrial operations does not merit such brutal harassment and repressive measures in an attempt ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 13 2013]

Entities: Arrests, Philippines, Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the..., Orissa Government, Amin (PH)

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

POSCO Ltd

Indian court directs government to consider Posco’s mining license application

The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to consider Posco's plans to develop a $12bn steel plant in the state of Orissa.The court overturned a lower court's decision prohibiting the South Korean steelmaker from mining iron ore, and ... [Published Mining Technology - May 13 2013]

Entities: POSCO Ltd, Mining, Iron Ore

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 4 reports

Editorial: Policy prerogative

ses to get into policy issues in Posco caseSouth Korean steel major Posco’s $12 billion steel plant may finally get to reach the starting line with the Supreme Court giving a verdict that is likely to help the 8 million tonne steel plant get rights to ... [Published Financial Express - May 11 2013]

Entities: POSCO Ltd, Orissa Government, Iron Ore, Mining

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Locals vs Wildlife activists: A quest to save the tiger

Bhubaneswar, May 10: A wild male tiger, which strayed into the Nandankanan Zoo here, has put the Orissa government in a spot as locals demand that it should be kept in the zoo while wildlife activists are opposed to it.As wildlife activists sought release ... [Published Oneindia - May 10 2013]

Entities: Orissa Government, Orissa High Court, Bengal Tiger, Gene Pool

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Straying tiger pits wildlife activists against locals

A wild male tiger, which strayed into the Nandankanan Zoo here, has put the Orissa government in a spot as locals demand that it should be kept in the zoo while wildlife activists are opposed to it. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 10 2013]

Entities: Orissa Government

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

IL&FS

IL&FS Education to invest `450 cr to open 50 ‘model schools’

The model schools PPP programme was announced by the government as long as four years ago. In the meantime, IL&FS Education and Technology Services tied up with the Orissa government to establish a so-called knowledge resource cluster in Bolangir in the ... [Published Livemint.com - May 07 2013]

Entities: IL&FS, Education, Orissa Government

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Row over Bayyaram iron ore mines hots up

The controversy over the in Khammam district, allotted in principle by the State Government to the , has intensified, with the Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu joining the fray. It may be noted that leaders from ... [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Iron Ore, Mining, Orissa Minerals Development

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Rights groups hail tribal win in India Vedanta case

Rights groups on Friday said India's Supreme Court had set a "landmark" precedent in forcing British resources giant Vedanta to obtain the approval of tribal people before mining their land.India's highest court rejected a bid Thursday by Vendanta Resources, ... [Published The New Age Online - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: India, Bauxite, Mining, Vendanta Resources Plc

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

SC stalls Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Odisha

In a setback to the Orissa government and Anil Agarwal-led Sterlite Industries, the Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Indian arm of the UK-based Vedanta Group from carrying out bauxite mining in Niyamgiri Hills till the gram sabha of districts ... [Published Hindustan Times - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Mining, Bauxite, JSW Steel Ltd, Sterlite Industries India Ltd

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Call for nominations for the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science

Jointly funded by the Kalinga Foundation Trust, the Orissa Government of India and the Indian Government, the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization is an international distinction to reward the efforts of a person who has had a distinguished career ... [Published UNESCO - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cul..., Government of India, Orissa Government

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 3 reports

Gram sabha to decide Vedanta bauxite mining project: SC

Zee Media BureauNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the gram sabhas of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha will decide in 3 months issues arising out of Vedanta Group's bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills.Environment Ministry ... [Published zeenews.com - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Bauxite, Mining, Environment, Supreme Court, Orissa Mining Corporation

Quotes

Any resolution on the matter will take time. "We have only issued show cause notices. Hearings have to be completed so that the amount is reconciled. Only then can a formal notice be issued" says Mohanty. The tribunal too is likely to wait for a formal notice, says a senior official in the Central ministry

Why Orissa mining may not go the Goa way [Published Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide - May 14 2013]

Patnaik says, "If this tiger is kept in zoo, it should be kept away from public display and with minimum human contact."

Locals vs Wildlife activists: A quest to save the tiger [Published Oneindia - May 10 2013]

The Orissa government had further contended that Section 11 (5) gives power to the state government to "grant a reconnaissance permit, prospecting license or mining lease, as the case may be, to an applicant whose application was received later in preference to an application whose application was received earlier"

SC sets aside Orissa HC order on iron ore licence to Posco [Published DNA India - May 10 2013]

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Indian court directs government to consider Pos... [Published Mining Technology - May 13 2013]
Editorial: Policy prerogative [Published Financial Express - May 11 2013]
SC sets aside Orissa high court order on POSCO ... [Published MyIris - May 10 2013]
Locals vs Wildlife activists: A quest to save t... [Published Oneindia - May 10 2013]
SC sets aside Orissa HC order on iron ore licen... [Published DDI News - May 10 2013]
SC sets aside Orissa HC order on iron ore licen... [Published DNA India - May 10 2013]
Straying tiger pits wildlife activists against ... [Published Business Standard India - May 10 2013]
IL&FS Education to invest `450 cr to open 50 ‘m... [Published Livemint.com - May 07 2013]
Sterlite Industries (India) Limited CEO Discuss... [Published Seeking Alpha - May 01 2013]
Sterlite announces Q4 and FY2013 results [Published TrustNet - Apr 30 2013]
Row over Bayyaram iron ore mines hots up [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 24 2013]
Norwegian Medicine for Vedanta [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 22 2013]
Rights groups hail tribal win in India Vedanta ... [Published GG2.net - Apr 22 2013]
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Rights groups hail tribal win in India Vedanta ... [Published The New Age Online - Apr 19 2013]
Call for nominations for the UNESCO Kalinga Pri... [Published UNESCO - Apr 19 2013]
SC stalls Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in O... [Published Hindustan Times - Apr 18 2013]
Gram sabha to decide Vedanta bauxite mining pro... [Published zeenews.com - Apr 18 2013]
Local gram sabha to decide on allowing mining b... [Published NDTV Profit - Apr 18 2013]
SC to hear plea on Vedanta’s bauxite mining pro... [Published zeenews.com - Apr 18 2013]
Steel Authority of India Limited opens its Bola... [Published Frontier India Strategic and Defence - News, An ... - Jan 07 2013]
Maoist leader Panda''s rivals ask Orissa Govt. ... [Published Topnews.in - Apr 07 2012]
Orissa CM Patnaik names six Maoists to be freed... [Published Topnews.in - Apr 07 2012]
Orissa CM strongly refutes Maoist leader’s claims [Published Topnews.in - Apr 07 2012]
India not concerned with other countries'' tech... [Published Topnews.in - Nov 16 2011]
Government wants SAIL to join the Psoco project [Published Topnews.in - Oct 14 2011]
Woes of flood victims in Orissa increase after ... [Published Topnews.in - Sep 14 2011]