-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...

Introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2011, the UPA government’s Food Security Bill is finally going to be discussed in the current (Budget) Session of Parliament. The proposed legislation is now slated to see many additional amendments from the government, following criticism from the States, NGOs and diverse stake-holders working on access to food and child health. Attempt here is to summarise in a Q & A format the...

-Ciol.com A 1975-batch AP cadre, IAS Rentala Chandrasekhar, who is set to retire as telecom secretary on March 31, 2013, is emerging as one of the top contenders for the post of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). The incumbent, Vinod Rai, will quit office on May 31, as he would complete 65 years of age. A CAG's term length is six years or up to 65 years of age (whichever is earlier). According...

-Outlook Opposing the plea of December 16 gangrape accused to use as evidence a CD containing the interview of the victim's friend given to a news channel, the police today told the Delhi High Court that a "media interview of a witness is inadmissible evidence under the law." Special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan, appearing for the Delhi police, told Justice G P Mittal that "media interview in any nature is completely barred...

-PTI Bhubaneswar: Expressing shock at the death of three people in a bomb explosion at the proposed Posco plant site, Congress on Sunday asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take effective steps to prevent 'bloodbath' in the area and shift the proposed project elsewhere. "The Chief Minister should show some concern for the loss of human lives. We are saddened by the plight of people who continue to suffer due to...