Paradip, Aug. 6: Reports of a tidal surge into the denuded forest pockets in the proposed Posco project area since Thursday night have caused concern among the local residents. However, officials have advised the villagers not to panic. “We have received reports of tidal waves’ ingress in some pockets of denuded forest areas. But there was no threat to the villages,” said Kujang tehsildar Vasudev Pradhan. “The forest used to check the...

-The Business Standard   Tension prevailed in the Posco project SITe in Orissa as the irate villagers on Thursday detained two officials, one from Posco and another staff of Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Orissa (Idco), who had gone to Noliasahi in Gadakujang panchayat for cutting of tress on the acquired land. They were later released after being held captive for about four hours. The officials, who had gone to the village without...

-The Hindu   Land taken over for building a medical college hospital Villagers belonging to the Sabar tribe – an aboriginal community — woke up to a rude shock at Andharua village, near here, on Friday. Tribal persons were evicted by baton-wielding police personnel from a piece of land they had fought with the administration for long to preserve as common utility space for the next generation. Armed policemen descended on the 25-acre land...

-The Hindu Business Line   Over 56 per cent of Indian farmers are not aware about the maximum retail prices (MRP) of fertilisers they buy, while 45 per cent fork out more than the MRP and 59 per cent face problems in getting their season's full requirement in time. These are the startling findings of a countrywide survey of 5,498 farmers conducted by field audit teams of the Comptroller and Auditor General...

A court judgment delivered earlier this year holds important lessons for those engaged in investigating and fighting terrorism. Questioning the methods of terror investigation is always a challenge because it is so easily seen as defending the enemies of the nation. The exercise is monumentally difficult after a benumbing bomb attack — especially if it has been judged to be the work of a home-grown Islamist organisation. The raging anger at this...