-The Telegraph The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), which is fighting against big dams, today asked outsiders engaged in the construction of the NHPC dam at Gerukamukh to leave the region immediately, warning that goons might attack them taking advantage of the ongoing protest. “I appeal to all the workers at the NHPC site in Lower Subansiri to stop working for the construction company and help in the fight against big dams....
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RTI Activist files plaint against CS with Lokayukta by Deshdeep Saxena
The Madhya Pradesh government and its top bureaucrat, chief secretary Avni Vaish, have come under the Lokayukta scanner for allegedly organizing a free dinner for about 250 IAS officers with taxpayers' money. The Lokayukta has registered a complaint in the case and information is being collected in this regard. "This is not an FIR," Lokayukta P P Naolekar told TOI, adding that information was being sought on the complaint. The chief secretary...
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Arvind Kejriwal is part of the brains trust behind the Anna Hazare movement, which has the potential to further undermine the Delhi order. The engineer-turned-civil servant-turned-RTI Activist is now a mass campaigner for the Jan Lokpal bill and plans to expand the movement. He spoke to Saba Naqvi about his ideological convictions, faith in “the people”, dealings with the Aruna Roy-led National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) and...
More »Flowing The Way Of Their Money by Lola Nayar
Do agencies like the Ford Foundation push their own agenda through the NGOs they support? It’s often said, tongue in cheek, that India’s “shadow” government works out of the nondescript, low-slung buildings abutting the Lodhi Garden in Delhi. That’s partly hubris, but it also stems from being close to the centre of power. This rarefied zone houses powerful “cultural” institutions like the India International Centre, as well as a host...
More »'Why was Team Anna silent on Shehla’s murder?'
-Zee News The family of RTI Activist and India Against Corruption's Madhya Pradesh chapter head Shehla Masood, who was killed here last month, feels the probe into the case would have acquired more urgency had Anna Hazare and his associates "raised the issue the way they should have". "I cannot say why after saying a few lines initially, no member of Team Anna raised the issue the way they should have....
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