As far as natural resources like minerals, land and water are concerned, Jharkhand is among the richest States of India. Yet, its people are among the poorest. Mind you, almost 30 per cent of them are tribal. Out of the total population of 288.46 lakhs, 223.1 lakhs live in rural areas and only 65.36 lakhs are urban dwellers. Even a cursory glance is sufficient to convince that most of the...
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Govt to fast track rape, molestation cases: Moily
With the Ruchika molestation case causing an uproar, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Friday that the Government has decided to "fast track" cases relating to women, including those involving rape, molestation and dowry. "At the National Consultation on Judicial Reforms held recently, the Government and the Judiciary have decided to prioritise and classify cases related to women, children and the disabLED...classification is an important component of the...
More »CBI books 18 cops for fake encounter by Amita Verma
Almost six months after MBA student Ranbir Singh was kilLED in an alleged fake encounter in Dehra Dun, the CBI has fiLED a chargesheet against 18 police personnel, including seven for murder, in the CBI court in Dehra Dun. The CBI fiLED murder charges against seven police personnel, including Arag-har Chowki in-charge G.D. Bhatt, for allegedly kidnapping and killing Ranbir Singh on July 3. The CBI also accused all 18 cops...
More »Farmers offer Gram Sabha land to Govt. for opening varsity
At a time when farmers across the country have been agitating against acquisition of their land for developmental works, a delegation from Delhi’s villages calLED on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and presented to her a resolution offering 540 bighas of land in the Ghumanhera village in Najafgarh for opening of a State university. The delegation, LED by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Naresh Kumar and president of 360 Khap Palam...
More »Of money, greed and risk-loving CEOs by Jayati Ghosh
This has been quite a decade for global corporate leaders, volatile not only in terms of their actual fortunes, but even more so with respect to the shifting perceptions of society. When the decade began, large corporations and those at their helm were at the peak of their power, flush with riches delivered by the dotcom boom in the US economy as well as the vast opportunities created by easier...
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