-The Hindu The government has approved a Rs. 4,038 crore programme to tackle the Japanese encephalitis and acute encephalitis syndrome in 60 priority districts With thousands of young lives being lost and an equal number of children rendered disabled for life, the government has prepared a comprehensive strategy to tackle Japanese encephalitis (JE) and acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). The dreaded disease has already spread to 17 States affecting 171 districts. With the Cabinet...
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It’s unconstitutional and a failed venture -Justice Rajindar Sachar
-The Tribune India is governed by a written Constitution and any policy decision, programme by the Central or state government must be within the constitutional parameter of the Constitution. The State under our Constitution is mandated to protect the human rights. Any government policy, which seeks to shift this responsibility from the state to the private sector, would be, without anything more, unconstitutional and hence impermissible. The United Nations, since its inception, has...
More »Khap panchayats of Haryana demand changes in Hindu marriage Act -Deepender Deswal
-The Times of India ROHTAK: The notorious khap panchayats of Haryana on Sunday demanded a legal ban on same-gotra and same-village marriages, saying such a measure could solve the problem of rising crime against women. Leaders of 30 khap panchayats who met in Rohtak passed a resolution calling for an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act to bring the ban on such marriages into effect. The leaders vowed to take up this demand...
More »Times group plans to sue Zee over Jindal video ‘remarks’ -Archna Shukla
-The Indian Express Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) is in the process of sending a legal notice to Zee Group following the alleged uncomplimentary statements made by Zee News and Zee Business Editors against the newspapers owned by the company, in their conversations with Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) officials. JSPL chairman and managing director Naveen Jindal had released video clips on Thursday purportedly showing Zee News editor and business...
More »NICE: Farmers were paid a pittance for their land
-DNA On July 18, 2012, social activist TJ Abraham had filed a complaint with the court stating that while constructing the NICE Road, huge tracts of land has been grabbed illegally. The land belonged to poor people and farmers and has been purchased for lesser price than the market value. NICE for its project has occupied 20,193 acres land in total, in which it illegally encroached around 5,972 acres, Abraham had filed...
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