'Women in urban slums need a basket of healthcare services to meet their needs' As the Centre mulls a national urban health MISsion on the lines of the existing National Rural Health MISsion (NRHM), a study indicates that the MISsion may need some tweaking to deliver healthcare services to the urban poor. While women groups and accredited social health activists (ASHAs) have a big role to play in reducing maternal and...
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Corbett officials turn tigress into jackal-Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times Circumstantial evidence of a tiger sacrifice was not enough. It took a forensic examination to indicate that a tigress was killed deep inside the Corbett National Park more than a month ago - not a jackal as forest officials claimed. On May 24, Corbett staff found the innards of an animal in the core area of the tiger reserve. Wildlife activists claimed it was a tiger's. But Ranjan MIShra, director...
More »Tax officials stumble upon a list of names from another Swiss bank; unlikely to ‘nab’ all account holders-Sugata Ghosh
-The Economic Times The last time the taxman went after those with Swiss bank accounts, many said they had no clue how their names cropped up; quite a few escaped saying that they were non-residents, some simply ignored the MISsives, and only a few broke down and confessed. And there were the hard nuts who, without losing their equanimity, thought through the situation, invited their accountants and lawyers over for dinner, and...
More »CBI charges Ashok Chavan in Adarsh case-Rebecca Samervel & Rajshri Mehta
-The Times of India Seventeen months after it registered a FIR (first information report) in the Adarsh society scam, the CBI on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against 13 politicians, bureaucrats and retired military officers. The case involving the 31-storeyed tower in tony Colaba had led to a chief minister stepping down and seven high-profile personalities, including a former BMC chief and retired military officers, getting arrested. The charges filed were for criminal...
More »Flashpoint Nagri erupts again
-The Telegraph Ranchi: Land politics took an ugly turn in Nagri today, leaving two dozen people, including a senior police officer, wounded and the future of three elite cradles tense. Disarmed by a recent Supreme Court snub on their claim over 218 “fertile” acres — allotted by the government for IIM, IIIT and NUSRL campuses — villagers armed with bamboo poles and iron rods partially dismantled the boundary walls of the management...
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