-The Hindu A recent sting video shows the men acquitted in the Laxmanpur Bathe case boasting about the same massacre. Will the passing of the Prevention of Atrocities (Amendment) Bill finally change the way justice is delivered to Dalits? On the night of December 1, 1997, in Laxmanpur Bathe, a village in Bihar’s Arwal district 90 km from Patna, 58 Dalits were slaughtered by a gang of dominant caste men that went...

-The Hindu Business Line Both the Centre and States need to be prepared for the possibility in peninsular India The bad news is that the met department’s pessimistic monsoon forecast — of it being 7 per cent less than the long-period average (LPA) — is turning out to be right. The monsoon started off with much promise in June, finishing the month with a 16 per cent surplus and kharif sowing doing...

-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Centre is working on a proposal that will enable it to make a quick visual response to wrong reports that appear on news television. The plan if successfully implemented will see the government's video response on the same channel refuting the report that was presented minutes ago. A rapid media response cell is the government's new idea to tackle 'critical and half baked' stories run by...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Traders and stockists seem to be making a killing as onion prices have soared across the country in the past 2-3 weeks. The staple kitchen item was selling at around Rs 80 per kg in the market in Delhi, as a substantial jump in prices was reported from Delhi's wholesale mandis. Prices of pulses have also gone up considerably in the past three weeks. Now there...

-Moneycontrol.com Over the years, increasing population, growing industrialization, expanding agriculture and rising standards of living have pushed up the demand for water By 2025, India will be a water-scarce country, said a recent report released by EA Water. The report goes on to list how our excessive dependence on water resources, especially groundwater ones is creating a major issue, as we are drawing much more than that can be replenished. This is...