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SearchIndian military tests supersonic cruise missile11:27 PM, Sep 05, 2010d of Sunday's test. The missile was fired from the country's testing range in the eastern state of Orissa, a defense official said. He said the BrahMos can be used for surgical strikes, such as targeting terrorist training camps or underground bunkers. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The missile can fly at 2.8 times the speed of sound and can be launched from land, ships, submarines and a... India blocks bauxite mining plans in indigenous homeland05:10 PM, Aug 26, 2010ng company Vedanta Resources to establish a bauxite mine on sacred indigenous land in India’s Orissa state has been rejected by the Indian Government. The Dongria Kondh tribe live harmoniously with nature and are ecologically dependent on the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, where Vedanta – an Indian and British firm – have been accused of breaches of environmental law. READ MORE HERE ... US denies pressuring India on Bhopal tragedy05:34 PM, Aug 21, 2010U.K.-listed mining giant Vedanta should not be allowed to mine for bauxite in the eastern state of Orissa because it would "threaten the survival" of thousands of tribal people, and said the company had illegally occupied forest land, showing "total contempt for the law." This month, the ministry ordered a halt to all work, including land acquisition, on Posco's planned $12 billion steel plant in Orissa because the government failed to tak... India's unconventional energy path08:11 PM, Aug 10, 2010n India's mineral-rich states of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. According to a 26 April, 2010 Asia Sentinel report, some analysts call the threat the biggest India faces. Shale gas, for instance, is produced by a process called hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" – fracturing rock formations deep underground that potentially involves massive pollution of underground water and seismic activit... Avatar-style protest planned at mining company meeting in London09:45 PM, Jul 28, 2010a for human rights violations and poor environmental practices, particularly in the Indian state of Orissa. READ MORE HERE ... India test fires interceptor missile05:07 PM, Jul 26, 2010ical glitches, an official said. The test was carried out from a range in Chandipur in eastern Orissa state, a defense ministry official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters. The interceptor missile, developed by India's state-run Defense Research and Development Organization, destroyed an incoming target missile at an altitude of 10 miles (15 kilometers) in the Bay of Bengal, the official said. ... India to raise spending to fight Maoist rebels08:23 AM, Jul 15, 2010unified command for anti-insurgency operations in the worst-hit states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal. A retired army general could be appointed to advice civilian authorities on counterinsurgency operations, he said State authorities have been demanding the use of army and air power in dealing with rebel attacks. However, the government has been reluctant to escalate the fight, arguing it is inappropriate to use airstr... Counting the cost of bauxite mining02:10 AM, Jun 16, 2010ast country that has the most controversial bauxite-mining project, located in the eastern state of Orissa. READ MORE HERE ... And I thought 100 million broadband subscribers is a joke!11:03 AM, Jun 15, 2010ther 3G or 4G license in 6 circles (Gujarat,Kerala, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (E), Madhya Pradesh and Orissa). BSNL and MTNL are notorious for their poor marketing strategies, in spite of all the free passes they got. I don’t expect that to change in the next three years. That leaves us with RIL which is strategically positioned to capture India’s telecom space which is at the cusp of a data revolution. RIL has its advantages too.... Strike against inflation disrupts life in India07:21 PM, Apr 27, 2010sday evening. Protesters also held up trains and traffic for several hours in the states of Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, officials and Press Trust of India news agency said. Schools, colleges and businesses were also shut in several areas across the affected states. In Bihar, police took nearly 400 protesters into custody to prevent further protests and violence, according to Neelmani, the state's top police official, who goes by ju... An internal guerrilla war shakes india04:11 PM, Apr 26, 2010n India's mineral-rich states of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. Some analysts are calling the threat the biggest India faces. In the deadliest leftist attack on security yet, rebels on April 19 killed 76 Central Paramilitary Force troops involved in flushing-out operations in the region. The strike took place in the Naxalite-infested state of Chhattisgarh within the thick forests of Dantewada, ne... Human rights abuse in UK Vedanta's Indian bauxite mine07:32 PM, Mar 19, 2010and violations of forest laws in relation to Vedanta’s refinery and planned mining project in Orissa. Describing the findings as a “welcome first step”, Amnesty International said these echoed the conclusions of the organisation’s report, Don’t Mine us out of Existence: Bauxite Mine and Refinery Devastate Lives in India, released in New Delhi last month. The findings of the official team highlight the absen... India: Thousands of endangered turtles nest on beach09:42 AM, Mar 19, 2010on Monday night, some 20,000 endangered Olive Ridley turtles stormed a beach in the Indian state of Orissa to lay their eggs. This year's nesting began nearly a month later than last year, but this is not unusual, says a report in the Times of India.Unusual or not, late nesting means more eggs will die due to beach erosion that takes place during the summer, according to an article by ANI. Ports, terminals and offshore oil drilling also threaten ... India's missile interceptor test fails03:19 PM, Mar 15, 2010r-capable Prithvi II surface-to-surface missile was fired from a test site in the eastern state of Orissa, but the interceptor missile failed to take off due to a technical snag, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters. Other details were not available. The test was believed to be routine and part of an ongoing series of trials. Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan usually notif... Maoist rebel offers cease-fire, talks with India09:48 PM, Feb 23, 2010nior Maoist leader in eastern India. Kishenji told television channel NDTV in the eastern state of Orissa that "Our revolutionary violence will stay on hold for as long as state terror is put on hold." If the government puts "violence on hold, not for 72 hours but for 72 days, then we will immediately stop our revolutionary violence," Kishenji said. That would require the government to halt its Operation Green Hunt offensive — aimed at f... |
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