-DNA The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials involved with the probe in the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty, have said that the scrutiny of call records of the people they are examining and the analysis of data retrieved from the hard disks of their computers, has revealed information that could lead to the fresh arrests. Shetty, who hails from Talegaon Dabhade, in Pune district, was stabbed and killed on his...
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Govt to Issue Advisory to Curb Abuse of Sec 66A of IT Act
-Outlook Agreeing that a section of the IT Act was being misused, the government today said it will soon issue an advisory to states to check the practice as members in Rajya Sabha voiced concern in the backdrop recent arrests over certain postings on social networking sites. "As per our assessment, Section 66A of IT Act is being misused at several places. This is happening in many states, it's not limited to...
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-Frontline Maharashtra’s sugarcane farmers are a worried lot as the State government backs out from the sugar pricing process. Sangli & Kolhapur: KOLHAPUR and Sangli districts in Maharashtra form the heartland of Indian sugar industry. This time of year is generally the busiest, with itinerant labourers cutting sugarcane and loading it on to tractors that roar off to the more than 20 sugar factories in the two districts. In November and December,...
More »Protect RTI activists, Karnataka HC tells government
-DNA The high court on Wednesday directed the state government to quickly formulate rules and regulations to ensure the safety of RTI activists. RTI activist Lingaraju, 40, was killed by three unidentified people in front of his house in Chamarajpet. The high court had taken a suo motu public interest litigation based on newspaper reports. A memo was filed by the state government contending that the it had no objections to constitute...
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-Parda Phash A Delhi court, hearing the Delhi Police Crime Branch plea of performing a lie detector test on two arrested Zee journalists, gave its ruling in favour of the Zee group. Rejecting the police's appeal, court granted permission for only voice tests in Rs 100 crore alleged extortion case filed by Congress MP Naveen Jindal. Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao permits Delhi Police Crime Branch to collect voice samples Zee News head...
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