-The Times of India NEW DELHI: For decades, the malkhanas in police stations, which store case properties and evidence, have Been so poorly organised that legal proceedings have regularly Been affected. On many occasions, the case properties have Been misplaced, even stolen. At other times, the cops have wasted months trying to locate evidentiary items. These might now change with Delhi Police set to digitise all malkhanas. After a six-month effort, police...

-Economic and Political Weekly Denial of social security facilities is to blame in cases of alleged starvation deaths. The distressing news of three young girls dying of starvation in the heart of New Delhi last week raises a number of questions; not only on the failure of the state to protect its citizens from hunger 70 years after independence but also on the development model that India seems to be following. Mansi,...

-The Hindu Scores of visitors from Assam are looking for the names of the earlier generations in the electoral rolls from 1952 to 1971; the State archives issues certified copies Kolkata: Mintu Das, a Guwahati-based businessman, could not find the names of three members of his family on July 30 when the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released in Assam. In the past two days, Mr. Das...

-The Telegraph Hunger kills. In India, it does so with alarming frequency. Three girls aged eight, four and two died in the national capital last week; the autopsy showed that their stomach and bowels were "absolutely empty". This was in spite of the fact that the oldest girl at least went to school and should have Been receiving mid-day meals. The blame, as usual, was at first apportioned to exclusion. The...

-The New Indian Express Over 40 lakh people were left out of Assam’s draft citizenship list. India is a land of immigrants. Inclusion, not exclusion, has Been our motto The second draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) has Been published with 40 lakh people not finding their names in it. They are on the verge of becoming stateless. There are apprehensions of ethnic cleansing or disenfranchisement now due to the...