Atrocities against SC/STs won't be taken lightly any more. The government on Monday proposed to increase the number of fast-track courts to dispose of atrocities cases against them. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has directed officials attached to the civil rights enforcement (CRE) cell to ensure speedy disposal of cases on atrocities committed on dalits, and promised to set up more special courts to try such cases. At present, there are seven...
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Farmers call off strike
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today pledged Rs 300 crore to farmers to make Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) President Balbir Singh Rajewal accept a glass of juice to end his five-day hunger strike in Mohali. Addressing a joint press conference along with Rajewal, the Chief Minister said the Rs 300 crore would compensate farmers for the diesel used by them to grow paddy last year in near-drought conditions. The Rs...
More »Information as a right by N Bhaskara Rao
Five years after the enactment of the Right to Information Act, awareness of the law, its provisions and potential appears to be very low. Marking the completion of five years, in September 2010, of the enactment of the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission (CIC) held the fifth annual convention on “RTI: Challenges and Opportunities,” in New Delhi on September 13 and 14. It was largely a gathering of...
More »UP floods: 14 dead, toll now 270
At least 14 people died in the last 24 hours in the 12 flood-hit districts of western UP, taking the toll in rain-related incidents in the state to 270. Nearly 5 lakh people across 1,032 villages have been affected, 47 villages have been marooned. On Wednesday, the Army was called out in Shahjahanpur district. Relief Commissioner KK Sinha said: "Ramganga and Garrah are in spate in Shahjahanpur and the Army has been...
More »RTI activist gets threats over Mumbai land scam by Rohit Chandavarkar
Close on the heals of RTI activists Satish Shetty and Datta Patil being brutally murdered in Maharashtra, another RTI activist Anwar Shaikh has approached the Bombay High Court, saying he has received death threats and has demanded protection. The court has admitted his plea for hearing. Shaikh said: "I got a threat saying forget about the cemetery otherwise you will be shot, I said do what you want so he said wait,...
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