-The Times of India The government will appoint chief vigilance officers (CVOs) for 21 multi-state cooperative societies including the controversy ridden Iffco, in the wake of the Central Vigilance Commission regaining its supervisory role over them. The reinstatement of CVC's supervisory role over the societies comes at a time when Iffco (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative) is accused of illegally transferring houses worth several crores to its managing director and joint managing director...

-The Times of India President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee will hold on to 13, Talkatora Road -- the official bungalow of his father which was considered lucky for him. Though Abhijit, a first-timer in Parliament, is entitled to a much smaller official accommodation, the House Committee of Lok Sabha conferred a bonanza on him by allotting the Type 7 bungalow. It seems Abhijit believes that 13, Talkatora Road, which had been his...

-The Telegraph Sex offenders in prison often find themselves positioned on the lowest rungs of a hierarchy of inmates, which exposes them to particularly bad treatment from fellow prisoners, psychologists who have studied jail violence have said. They say the phenomenon is believed to be widespread and, in some countries, has prompted law-enforcement authorities to segregate sex offenders from other inmates in prisons where they are viewed as vulnerable to physical attacks. Delhi...

-The Hindustan Times Bhubaneswar: A national level fact-finding team comprising civil liberties groups and individuals on Sunday demanded a high level judicial inquiry into the bomb blast in a village near the site of proposed $12 billion (Rs 54 crore) plant of Korean steel major Posco in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district that killed three anti-Posco activists and seriously injured another activist. The team members, including 'Mainstream' editor Sumit Chakravartty, former Delhi University professor...

-PTI Two days after the semi-nude protest by anti-Posco agitators, Odisha police have registered a case against three women and president of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) Abhaya Sahu on charge of obscenity in public. "The case has been registered at Abhaychandpur police station under section 294 (a) and other sections of the IPC," Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police Satyabrata Bhoi said on Saturday, adding that appropriate action will be initiated against the...