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Jagatsinghpur/Nuagaon/Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Dec 12: Social activist Medha Patkar, who led a protest rally here, has accused the State Government of forcibly acquiring land for the 12 billion dollar steel plant planned by South Korean steel maker POSCO.

Patkar, on her way to Nuagaon village to meet anti-POSCO activists sitting on a hunger strike, was shown placards by the pro-POSCO activists, who wanted Patkar to go back.

However, a determined Patkar went ahead and entered Nuagaon village and met the anti-POSCO activists.

Rock pythons rescued and sent to their natural habitat

Krishanakri (Tamil Nadu), Dec 12: Forest Officials in Tamil Nadu are rescuing rock pythons from residential areas and sending them back to their natural habitat.

Krishanakri, 500 km away from Chennai, is among several places in the country, where snake hunting has been banned.

In spite of the ban, snake hunting continues with people clandestinely selling their skins.

"We are catching the pythons because earlier people used to catch them and sell their skin openly. Now that we have banned snake hunting to protect the species, the people bring the snakes to residential areas and smuggle their skin into the market, " said Subramanian, a Forest Ranger, Krishanakri.

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