-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 The average daily intake of calories of the rural population, as per the NSSO data, dropped by 4.9 per cent or 106 kilocalories from 1993-94 to 2004-05, Parliament was informed today. "As per NSSO report based on the survey conducted by it in July 2004-June 2005, the average per capita calorie in-take at all India level in rural areas is 2,047 kilo calories as compared to 2,153 kilo calories based on...

-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: In what seems to be a desperate move to stall the ongoing land acquisition move by the government, anti-Posco group on Wednesday threatened to organize a nude protest, even as South Korean ambassador to India Kim Joong-Keun expressed concern over the delay in implementation of the proposed mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur. "Despite our protest the state government is continuing land acquisition for the Posco project. So,...

-The Times of India KENDRAPADA: The state government has decided to facilitate the return of all 52 families, who were driven away from Dhinkia Grampanchayat in Jagatsinghpur district about six years ago, for favouring the Posco project. "The district administration has chalked out plans to bring them back to their villages and has also decided to protect them. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has also directed the administration recently to help...

-The Times of India Almost five years after the UPA government allocated the lion's share of its Rs 52,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme to Andhra Pradesh, reports are emerging from the state that distressed farmers are selling their organs to come out of the agricultural debt trap. Three states - Andhra Pradesh, UP and Maharashtra - had got almost 57% of the Rs 52,000 crore package meant for all 35 states...