-The Times of India NEW DELHI: When Bharat (name changed) was summoned to the Sarita Vihar police station on Wednesday, he braced himself for the usual round of beatings and questioning. But to his surprise, the B Tech graduate - who for a while had taken to snatchings to "make up for the loss of a mobile phone" - was escorted to an air-conditioned hall and offered refreshments. More than 100 people...
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Delhi can’t send forces for polls
-The Telegraph Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said today that New Delhi had turned down the state's request for 300 companies of central forces for the panchayat elections. Mamata said the Centre's inability to spare forces was the reason that held her back from making such a request that was necessitated by a court ruling. But sources in the state election commission said the state had done "too little, too late" and the...
More »Govt plans to tie up organ donation in more red tape -Malathy Iyer
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Instead of simplifying the process for organ donation, the Centre seems to be imposing more bureaucratic hurdles and adding to the trauma of donors' family members. A draft of fresh national guidelines for organ transplant says forensic departments of government hospitals will play a pivotal role in organ donation. The problem, say experts, is that grieving relatives may have to wait longer-first, for busy, overworked forensic experts...
More »Narela bids emotional goodbye to its “daughter”-Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Angry residents had initially refused to perform the last rites of the Mumbai acid attack victim Angry and distraught residents of Narela spilled onto the streets and refused to perform the last rites of local girl Preeti Rathi, whose body was flown back to the Capital early on Monday morning from Mumbai. Preeti had succumbed to acid attack injuries this past Sunday. However, following a day-long outrage over the incident, the...
More »Dealing With The Maoists -Chitrangada Choudhury and Ajay Dandekar
-Outlook The Maoists want a military conflict as it brings more adivasis into their fold. The Indian state's best bet is in ensuring that it wins over the aam adivasis to its side. May 25th's condemnable attack by the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, which ended up killing and injuring over 50 people from Congress politicians to migrant adivasi labourers, cannot be understood without recognising the Maoist party's explicit political aims. These...
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