The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged Rs 10,000-crore financial scam in the field of Public Distribution System (PDS) in Assam during the tenure of Congress-led State Government. Criticizing the State Government for its failure to strengthen the PDS system in the State, the party said that the essential commodities meant for the BPL and APL families of the State are being sold in the...
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Now, Vedanta lands in mining row in Chhattisgarh
After the Niyamgiri ban, a controversy is brewing in Chhattisgarh over bauxite mining by Vedanta Resources, the UK-based mining conglomerate, in the Maikal hill ranges in Kawardha district with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into alleged large-scale infringement of green and tribal areas and violation of panchayat laws. "The devastation in Kawardha caused by mining activities of Vedanta Group is greater and worse than Orissa. Vedanta Group has managed to...
More »Abhijit Sen, Noted development economist and Planning Commission member interviewed by Sanjib Kr Baruah
Noted development economist and Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen talks about how government funds find their way into insurgent hands, and why the government is unable to check this. There are a number of reports that suggest that development funds are landing in the wrong hands. What are the various aspects of fund diversions? It's a well-reported fact that public money is finding its way into the hands of extremists. There...
More »Return Hindu shrines: Dalits
Call it the Babri verdict fallout: a group of Dalit Rights activists has decided to approach the government demanding that Buddha and Jain viharas that have been converted to Hindu temples should be returned to the original owners. The group, made up of Ambedkar followers, academics, advocates and activists, has also decided to approach the Supreme Court with the demand. Several Buddha and Jain viharas were there in the country from sixth...
More »BJP MP threatens to distribute foodgrain among poor, arrested
BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP and former member of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission Avinash Rai Khanna was arrested on Friday and later released by Hoshiarpur police for leading a march to the godowns of Food Corporation of India (FCI) in New Grain Market. Khanna had announced that he would pick the grains from the godowns of FCI in the grain market and distribute it among the poor. A large number...
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