-The Telegraph Anna Hazare will not campaign in the five election-bound states because of his Poor health, aide Kiran Bedi said today. The Team Anna member said Hazare, 74, had been advised complete rest, and therefore he would not undertake the promised tour of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, which are going to the polls from January 28 to March 3. “Anna is not going to campaign in the states. We...
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STARVATION DEATHS CONTINUE IN ODISHA: AHRC
The popular impression is that starvation deaths happen mainly because the information about potential victims fails to reach authorities. But can it amount to murder if a starvation death is caused despite adequate warning? A recent Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) report tells us a story of corruption and negligence leading to starvation and death in Odisha. Worse still is the fact that many more villagers await the same fate...
More »Using the cow by Javed Anand
If you are a resident of Madhya Pradesh, Muslim and Poor, nowhere close to the class of nawabs who can pay for murg musallam or mutton raan, watch your pot! The BJP government, led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has just armed itself with a big danda ostensibly to protect the holy cow and its progeny. But, make no mistake, it’s a stick to beat you with. To save your...
More »State reaches out to rebels again by Suman K Shrivastava
The Jharkhand government has appealed to Maoist rebels to make a fresh beginning in the New Year by surrendering to the rule of law, as it responded to feelers from a section of cadres, but did not promise any let-up in ongoing anti-rebel operations. The government gave a month’s time to active members of CPI(Maoist) to return to the mainstream, through an advertisement in local dailies on December 31. In the public...
More »MGNREGA not replacement for existing job avenues: Government to SC
-The Economic Times The government has told the Supreme Court that its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MNREGA) is a social security safeguard and not an alternative employment avenue. Challenging the Karanataka High Court ruling on wages under the MGNREGA, the Centre has said that its flagship programme is a "supplement" and not a "replacement" for existing employment opportunities. Though meant as a dole, the MNREGA programme has more...
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