The children of Khatima village couldn't take it anymore. The headmaster in their government school had been turning up drunk for over five years. That is, when he turned up at all. Last year, they finally took matters into their own hands. Activist Devendra Ojha had held a cartooning workshop with them. The comics produced by the children were photocopied and pasted all over the village: behind rickshaws, near the...
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RTI activist dies in mishap
H Y Mahesh, a`khata warrior' who has been fighting corruption in BBMP for past three years through right to information ( RTI) Act and Lokayukta died on way to the Lokayukta office here on Monday. He was travelling on a scooter and was on his way to file a complaint at the Lokayukta office against officials in BBMP and revenue department when he was hit by a BMTC bus from behind....
More »Rural employment scheme may come under CVC ambit by Rahul Chandran, Ruhi Tewari & Utpal Bhaskar
The Union government plans to empower the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which currently oversees the work of state agencies and state-owned companies, to investigate complaints against its flagship rural jobs scheme. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) promises 100 days of annual work to one member of every rural household. CVC currently has to route complaints about irregularities in the scheme’s execution to a state chief secretary or the...
More »CWG expenditure would have wiped out Naxal menace, says Aiyer by Renu Mittal
Senior Congress leader and former sports minister Mani Shanker Aiyer has slammed the current United Progressive Alliance government under Dr Manmohan Singh for the huge amount of 'wasteful expenditure' being incurred on the Commonwealth games, saying that if a part of this money had been spent on the Bhopal Gas victims it would have brought the affected 'some relief'. The outspoken Aiyer, who was recently nominated to the Rajya Sabha, has...
More »Manmohan expresses concern over the huge backlog of cases by Aarti Dhar
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the States to ensure speedy implementation of the Gram NYAYalaya Act to ensure speedy justice at the doorstep of the common people. He was speaking at the national convention on ‘Law, Justice and the Common Man,' organised by the Congress here on Saturday. Expressing concern over the huge backlog of cases at various levels of judiciary, Dr. Singh said once the Act was fully implemented and...
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