New Delhi : The government finds it “highly objectionable” that the Supreme Court included the Director, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), in a Special Investigation Team set up to investigate black money cases. “What is of serious concern and highly objectionable is the inclusion of the Director, Research and Analysis Wing, in the SIT,” said the government in an application filed in the Supreme Court seeking the recall and modification of...

The communal violence bill prepared by the National Advisory Council (NAC) seeks fundamentally to change how the government deals with violence against minorities. The bill focuses on religious and linguistic minorities as well the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, but religious minorities are at its heart. The bill has some undeniable strengths, but it suffers from two analytically fatal flaws. First, it places excessive faith in the state machinery. Though...

-MSN   New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Taking cognizance of complaints on farmer suicides and corruption in giving aid to families in Bundelkhand, the NHRC today issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government asking it to submit a report within four weeks.   The National Human Rights Commission said the action came following a media report and a complaint alleging that corrupt officials in Bundelkhand region were feeding off aid for the dead...

-PTI   NEW DELHI: South Korean steel major POSCO will build the $ 12 billion plant in Orissa in three phases and hopes to start work on four million tonne (MT) first phase soon after the land is transferred to it. "We will build the 12 million tonne per annum (MTPA) steel plant in Orissa in three phases. The first phase will be of 4 MTPA and we hope to begin...

The Central government exempts the CBI from the Right To Information Act's purview without seeking Parliament's approval. THE Right to Information Act, 2005, originally exempted 18 public authorities under the Central government from disclosure of information. Section 24 of the Act provided this exemption to intelligence and security organisations specified in the Second Schedule of the Act, and permitted the Central government to amend the Schedule, by notification in the...