-The Hindu By hanging Afzal Guru secretly so that he could not approach the courts, and ignoring the pending case that could have affected his sentence, the Home Minister acted illegally On March 6, 2013, in response to an RTI request, the President’s Secretariat made available documents pertaining to Ajmal Kasab’s mercy petition. People from across the country and the globe had written to the President asking that he use his clemency...

-The Telegraph Sex offenders in prison often find themselves positioned on the lowest rungs of a hierarchy of inmates, which exposes them to particularly bad treatment from fellow prisoners, psychologists who have studied jail violence have said. They say the phenomenon is believed to be widespread and, in some countries, has prompted law-enforcement authorities to segregate sex offenders from other inmates in prisons where they are viewed as vulnerable to physical attacks. Delhi...

-The Hindu New Delhi examining Rome’s decision which may hit ties Kochi: Italy on Monday refused to return two of its marines being tried in India for killing two fishermen while on duty aboard a merchant ship. The move caught India by surprise as the marines had been let off once before and had returned. The Foreign Office said it was examining the communication received late in the night from Rome but sources...

-The Times of India The government will appoint chief vigilance officers (CVOs) for 21 multi-state cooperative societies including the controversy ridden Iffco, in the wake of the Central Vigilance Commission regaining its supervisory role over them. The reinstatement of CVC's supervisory role over the societies comes at a time when Iffco (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative) is accused of illegally transferring houses worth several crores to its managing director and joint managing director...

-The Times of India President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee will hold on to 13, Talkatora Road -- the official bungalow of his father which was considered lucky for him. Though Abhijit, a first-timer in Parliament, is entitled to a much smaller official accommodation, the House Committee of Lok Sabha conferred a bonanza on him by allotting the Type 7 bungalow. It seems Abhijit believes that 13, Talkatora Road, which had been his...