-The Indian Express Rajkot: Police inspector injured in violence triggered by a road accident, security beefed up in the area. A month after three dalits were killed in police firing at Thangadh in Surendranagar district, a dalit youth was injured when police on Thursday opened fire to control a mob that went on the rampage in Sardar Chowk area of Junagadh city following an accident between a car and a Gujarat State...

-Tehelka Dalit and Tribal activists plan a “Dilli Chalo” campaign demanding an amendment to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act The National Coalition for Strengthening Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act on Thursday 25 October 2012, announced the launch of “Dilli Chalo” a nationwide campaign to pressurise the government to amend the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act. The campaign will culminate...

-Outlook Udaipur: Social activist Aruna Roy today said the Union government's policy on Aadhar Card scheme was not clear. The government had not called any meeting to discuss the suggestions given by the stakeholders with regard to the scheme, she told reporters here. The government's policy on the scheme was not clear, the social activist said. In the absence of a well-defined policy and guidelines, there was a possibility of the misuse of information...

-The Indian Express Hyderabad: Abdul Razak alias Mansoor, who police say was a Lashkar-e-Toiba member, committed suicide last Wednesday. His family intends to approach the Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Commission, saying harassment by police drove Razak to kill himself. Razak was an accused in the November 2002 blast at Sai Baba temple in Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad that killed two persons and injured three. He was also named in the FIRs filed in...

-The Business Standard The default approach to reform - minimalistic and confused - will lead India into crisis  It is encouraging that the Planning Commission has undertaken an innovative exercise in scenario building for the country as part of the Approach to the 12th Five-Year Plan. The results are available in a document titled “Scenarios: Shaping India’s Future”, which can be found on the Planning Commission’s website. The merit of the document...