-The Hindu New Delhi examining Rome’s decision which may hit ties Kochi: Italy on Monday refused to return two of its marines being tried in India for killing two fishermen while on duty aboard a merchant ship. The move caught India by surprise as the marines had been let off once before and had returned. The Foreign Office said it was examining the communication received late in the night from Rome but sources...
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Posco blast: fact finding team demands probe into death of anti-Posco activists
-The Hindustan Times Bhubaneswar: A national level fact-finding team comprising civil liberties groups and individuals on Sunday demanded a high level judicial inquiry into the bomb blast in a village near the site of proposed $12 billion (Rs 54 crore) plant of Korean steel major Posco in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district that killed three anti-Posco activists and seriously injured another activist. The team members, including 'Mainstream' editor Sumit Chakravartty, former Delhi University professor...
More »It is just not just -Sanjoy Hazarika
-The Hindustan Times Enacted in 1958 to deal with the Naga uprising in the then composite state of Assam, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) was reviewed by the Justice BP Jeevan Reddy Committee in 2005, which recommended that it be scrapped. The Reddy report remains untabled in Parliament, despite the recent outcry, triggered by the Justice Verma Committee’s view that the Act needs to be reviewed (in the light...
More »Was she a terrorist? Supreme Court slams cops for beating this woman -A Vaidyanathan and Prasad Sanyal
-NDTV The Supreme Court today rejected the Punjab government's explanation for how it will investigate police officers who were caught on camera thrashing a young woman near Amritsar. "Was she a terrorist?" the judges asked angrily. The state government said that a magistrate will determine accountability for the beating on the roadside last week, which was filmed on a cell-phone by a passer-by, and broadcast on news channels including NDTV. " What will the...
More »Delhi rape case: Main accused Ram Singh commits suicide in Tihar Jail -Raj Shekhar
-The Times of India Delhi gang-rape prime accused Ram Singh on Monday committed suicide by hanging himself in Tihar Jail. The incident came to light around 5am. Ram Singh was found hanging inside jail number 3. He was rushed to the jail hospital but declared dead on arrival. The body was then sent for postmortem at Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) hospital. Ram Singh hung himself using his clothes probably his own shirt, Tihar...
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