Environment in elections: Dhinkia ‘acid test’ for ruling BJD as betel farmers unhappy with JSW steel plant land acquisition

They accuse CM Naveen Patnaik-led government and police of colluding with the company and destroying the area’s ecological treasure 

Simply Put: Steel farmers in Dhinkia

Two years of Dhinkia violence: Villagers observe ‘Black Day’ in Bhubaneswar

Thirty people from Dhinkia sustained injuries after police baton-charged agitators trying to protect their betel vineyards from acquisition for …

Odisha JSW Steel plant controversy: Arrests, police crackdown raises the heat in Dhinkia

Protestors allege nexus between Odisha Police and JSW officials

Environmental clearance for JSW’s Paradip project in Odisha scrapped by NGT

The principle of sustainable development cannot be ignored, the court said

Protest against POSCO continues; farmers rebuild destroyed betel vineyards

Cases have been filed against many farmers who re-erected their farms

Police arrest anti-POSCO leader for bomb explosion that killed four

People insist it was pro-POSCO goons from the village who threw bomb at protesters

POSCO faces fresh litigation, protest

Uncertainty looms over its $12 billion steel plant project in Odisha

POSCO, a better tomorrow?

Sayantan Bera captures the mood at Jagatsinghpur, Odisha (Photos from June 16 and 17)

Dhinkia on the boil: Opposition, rights workers stopped by cops

The police had baton-charged farmers in Dhinkia January 14, who were protesting the forced acquisition of their betel vineyards

A tale of 2 villages: How Dhinkia & Nuagaon have fared different between 2 steel projects

As the Odisha government speeds up acquiring land near Paradip for Jindal Steel, DTE visits two villages that had chosen different paths 20 …

Dhinkia on the boil: Odisha Police turn violent against protestors

The administration in Dhinkia village in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur tried to forcibly acquire betel vineyards January 14 for Jindal Steel’…

In photos: Steely women lead the fight against Dhinkia steel project

The fresh land acquisition drive launched by the administration in Odisha's Dhinkia for the proposed integrated project of Jindal Steel Works Ltd …

DTE Ground Report: After Posco, women of Odisha’s Dhinkia village take on Jindal Steel

Women of villages affected by JSW’s steel project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district are unequivocal in their opposition 

Dhinkia steel plant: Villagers block entry points with bamboo structures to oppose JSW project

The resistance came after police officials entered Dhinkia to arrest “anti-industry” villagers December 4

Palli Sabha at Odisha's Dhinkia opposes steel, cement power plant

Villagers demanded scrapping of proposed power plant over 2,900 acres, which was previously acquired for POSCO's steel project

Anti-Posco villages in Odisha pin hope on tribal affairs minister Jual Oram

Oram is India's first tribal affairs minister and was elected in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1999

Village at POSCO site seeks community forest rights

Reiterates demand against diversion of forestland for industry, under amended Forest Rights Act rules

'Will fight POSCO till last breath'

Kin of anti-POSCO leader killed in bomb explosion in Gobindapur village resolves to fight on

Bomb kills 4 protesters at POSCO steel project site

Crude bomb was allegedly hurled by hired local goons at a group gathered in the backyard of a house to discuss land acquisition

Anti-POSCO leader loses in Odisha election

Does that mean people in the region are pro-industrialisation as claimed by victorious Biju Janata Dal candidate?

POSCO asked to revise plans for fresh environment clearance

Environment ministry's expert committee seeks new layout plan; fresh studies on environmental and social impact

Steel minister’s POSCO statement comes as relief to Odisha village residents

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had said that the steel giant will have to bid for iron ore reserves in an open auction

Odisha diaries: the struggle for community control over land, forests and natural resources

No matter how much compensation is promised, companies will need ‘a social licence’ to conduct business on the land of the people

Violence at POSCO site

Clashes erupt as government resumes construction of coastal road at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha