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From now, lawmakers who get two years in jail will lose seats

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The rules of the game have changed for the political class, with the Supreme Court asking the government on Friday to enforce its order for immediate disqualification of sitting MPs, MLAs and MLCs convicted for an offence attracting a sentence of two years. "Sitting Members of Parliament and state legislators are no longer protected by clause 4 of Section 8 of the Representation of People Act,"...

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Steep fuel price hike likely as under-recoveries rise -Rajesh Chandramouli

-The Times of India CHENNAI: With the oil ministry looking to announce steps to curb fuel consumption on September 16, industry insiders and analysts expect a steep one-time increase in prices of diesel and domestic LPG. In several key cities, the under recovery in domestic LPG is more than double that of the selling price while in diesel, the gap has increased to Rs 12.12 a litre from Rs 9.03 per litre...

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Treatment abroad: Government to reimburse the total cost incurred by bureaucrats -Aman Sharma

-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: An ailing economy and an emerging destination for medical tourism, India has just made it easier for its bureaucrats and their immediate family members to fly abroad for treatment at the government's expense. The Centre has decided to reimburse the total cost of treatment abroad as well as fund the return airfare for IAS, IPS and IFS officers, changing the 30-year-old rules at a time the government...

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Attack at Sabarmati Was a Conspiracy to Kill Me: Patkar

-Outlook Ahmedabad: Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar today told a local court that the attack during a public meeting at Sabarmati Ashram here after the 2002 riots was a part of a "conspiracy" to kill her. Patkar today deposed before Metropolitan Magistrate A S Desai, in connection with her complaint about the incident that took place eleven years ago. "I feel that this episode was a conspiracy to kill...

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Earth is warming up but not as rapidly as predicted-Nitin Sethi

-The Hindu New IPCC report raises questions over urgency or seriousness of climate change The climate has not been warming over the past 15 years at rates predicted earlier, the latest report of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to be released September end, is going to say. The report is also going to accept that carbon dioxide gas concentration in atmosphere may not be as potent in causing global temperature...

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