Jagatsinghpur/Kendrapada, October 13 (Odisha.in) Anti Posco activists Saturday released four Posco officials comprising three south Korean an Indian after confining them for about six hours but claimed to have kept the ten labourers hostage whom they had abducted Thursday. “We have not released them yet” president of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) Abhaya Sahu […]
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Villagers release Posco officials
Jagatsinghpur/Kendrapada, October 13 (odisha.in) The protestors who had abducted four posco officials including three South Korean Saturday evening released them after confing them for near about six hours. They released them after an official of the local administration gave in writing that the Posco officials will not visit the site again. Odisha.in
Protestors detain four Posco officials
Jagatsinghpur, October 13 (Odisha.in) Protestors have Saturday reportedly detained at least four officials of the South Korean steel major Posco near Tandakula village where they had gone to see the proposed plant site. The officials detained are described by local as T.J. Anna, Nan, K. Tai and Deepak Ojha. No official comment is available. Odisha.in
Oriya professor attends World Public Forum in Greece
Athens, October 13 (Odisha.in) Arun Mohanty, a professor in Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi is participating in the fifth Jubilee Annual Session of the World Public Forum – “Dialogue of Civilizations” on the Island of Rhodes, Greece begun on 10th October. The conference will conclude on 14th of October 2007. Mohanty who belongs to Orissa […]
Pilgrims death: relatives, officials from Orissa go to Uttarakhand
Bhubaneswar, October 12 (odisha.in) At least 25 relatives, few officials and two ministers from Orissa Friday went to Uttarakhand where at least 41 people from the state Thursday died in a road accident. The ministers who have gone to Dehradun are steel and mines minister Padmanav Behera and revenue minister manmohan Samal. The state government […]