—PTI Describing Italy's compromise with the kin of the two Indian Fishermen who were shot dead by its marines as “illegal” and “astonishing,” the Supreme Court said on Monday that they were “playing” with the Indian process of law and felt Kerala should have filed an objection. A Bench of justices R.M. Lodha and H.L. Gokhale was perturbed that the compromise reached between the parties was placed before the Lok Adalat and...
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Action against violation of moratorium on debt relief
-The Hindu Moratorium to be in place till December 31, 2012 The government has decided to initiate legal action against cooperative banks and financial institutions violating the moratorium on debt relief for Fish workers. Meeting Minister for Fisheries K. Babu announced this after a meeting with Minister for Cooperation C.N. Balakrishnan and chairman of the Debt Relief Commission for Fish workers M.R. Hariharan Nair here on Sunday. Mr. Babu said the moratorium would remain in...
More »More sedition cases against anti-nuke protestors than Maoists, militants by Pallavi Polanki
The speed and determination with which the Tamil Nadu government has been slapping its citizens right, left and centre with colonial-era laws, it would seem as if a full-fledged war of independence is raging in the Fishing villages of Idinthakarai and Kudankulam along the coast of Tamil Nadu. According to findings by a team led senior journalist Sam Rajappa, in just four months between September (when the protest movement against the...
More »Record foodgrain estimate won’t lead to lower prices-Ruchira Singh
Rice, wheat production seen at highest ever, but other commodities show a decline from previous year’s harvest The government estimated a record high foodgrain crop for the 2011-12 crop year that ends in June, driven mainly by higher output of rice and wheat, but experts said prices are likely to remain firm and keep inflation at around 7%. The likelihood that the government will increase the minimum prices it guarantees farmers for...
More »Anti-Kudankulam fast to resume from May 1
-IANS CHENNAI: Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Monday announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam. "We have decided to go on hunger protest once again from May 1 onwards as the state government has gone against its assurances given to us. A large number...
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