A three-member of team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights LED by Dr Yogesh Dubuey on Monday visited the proposed Posco steel plant site near Paradip and made an on-the-spot investigation into the alleged use of children by Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), an anti-displacement forum in the protest blockade for more than three weeks. The team also visited Badagabapur transit camp and interacted with members of...
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Anna Hazare more trusted than govt: IBN-HT poll
-IBN According to the findings of a CNN IBN-Hindustan Times Opinion poll, the public prefers Anna Hazare over the government to tackle corruption. Anna Hazare and his team have campaigned relentlessly for the offices of the Prime Minister and the judiciary to be brought under the purview of the Lokpal Bill. Now, a poll conducted by CNN IBN in partnership with Hindustan Times shows that Anna Hazare inspires greater trust among Indians on...
More »Court asks CBI to probe violence in three Chhattisgarh villages by J Venkatesan
Not satisfied with a probe ordered by the Chhattisgarh government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to immediately take over the investigation into the incidents of violence that occurred in March in Morpalli, Tadmetla and Timmapuram villages in Dantewada district or its neighbouring areas. A Bench of Justices B. Sudershan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar, in an order on a writ petition fiLED by Professor Nandini Sundar...
More »How India's oil sector is mired in controversies by Ruchika Chitravanshi & Jyoti Mukul
The CBI search at V K Sibal's residence on Friday is likely to bring into the open a number of controversies that have surrounded the office of the directorate general of hydrocarbons (DGH) and the ministry of petroleum and natural gas in the two tenures of the UPA government. The searches were a tipping point in allegations against Sibal, a former director general of hydrocarbons whose tenure started in 2004 under...
More »Govt to adopt NAC food security target by Rajeev Deshpande
-The Times of India The government is set to accept the Sonia Gandhi-LED National Advisory Council's recommendation to cover 75% rural and 50% urban population under a food security law, but wants to keep the percentages outside the language of the Act itself. UPA-2 is inclined to set the percentage of population covered in a notification or schedule accompanying the Act so that it can be revised by executive order...
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