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Graft cases against public servants: Supreme Court raps PMO for delay in okaying A Raja prosecution

-The Economic Times   The Supreme Court has pulled up the Prime Minister's Office for taking 16 months to decide on an application from Janata Party PresidentSubramaniam Swamy to prosecute then telecom minister A Raja.  However, a bench comprising Justices AK Ganguly and GS Singhvi appeared to absolve Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of any personal blame on the ground that he could not be expected to go into details of every case before...

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Rice bowl turns bare for farmers in West Bengal by Ananya Dutta

Baishakhi Ghosh sits at the threshold of her home at Kauri village in Bardhaman district with her new-born son, but breaks into tears as her mother feeds her a sweetmeat — part of the rituals of BRInging her first grandchild to the home for the first time. Alternating between wailing and consoling each other, the women of the household of Bhootnath Pal, a farmer who was found hanging from the...

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Hindu Munnani activists rough up anti-nuke protesters

-The Hindu   Talks between Central experts' team and State panel adjourned The much-awaited talks between the Central experts team on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project and the State panel, scheduled for Tuesday, did not take place after a couple of anti-nuke protestors were roughed up by Hindu Munnani activists on the Collectorate premises here even as they arrived at the venue for talks. The Palayamkottai police have arrested fourteen persons, including Hindu Munnani State...

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Mamata betrays land nerves by Arnab Ganguly

Mamata Banerjee today lent her voice to a pitch to facilitate land acquisition for a life-saving project — an uncommon plea that betrayed the government’s frustration at the slow pace despite the urgency and the promise of generous compensation. The chief minister persuaded the people of Sunderbans to offer their land to build embankments in low-lying areas of South 24-Parganas, which were devastated by the Aila cyclone in 2009. The embankment project...

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TB cases in Mumbai: Central team makes blueprint

-PTI A team of doctors deputed by the union ministry of health and family welfare has come up with a blueprint to curb TB cases in Mumbai, a top municipal official in Mumbai said. "The pilot project will be adopted across the country after it succeeds in Mumbai," additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar said. The project, to be carried out under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, would be integrated with the basic public health...

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