-The Hindu The Supreme Court's timidity in dealing with the law on prior sanction for prosecuting public servants has offered protection to the murderous and the corrupt While the encounter murders in Pathribal and their cover up are yet another blot on India's record in Kashmir, the legal issues they raise on accountability to the law affect the entire country. They touch the very core of the rule of law that is...

-The Telegraph Ranchi: If cronyism and callousness led to the Bihar midday meal tragedy earlier this month, Jharkhand is staring at a credit crisis that is barely able to put food on plates in schools and anganwadis. Jharkhand's multi-crore food-for-children schemes - midday meal for schools and supplementary nutrition for anganwadis - are starved of funds and limping on credit, a survey conducted by the state adviser to the commissioner of Supreme...

-NDTV New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma has ordered audit of the flood control measures and the drainage system in the capital on priority basis. The decision to audit the working of flood control mechanism in Delhi was taken in "view of the recent heavy rains which caused serious traffic JAMs besides flooding of residential areas and airport," sources in the CAG said. The CAG audit, which will cover the...

-First Post While the six biggest political parties have chosen to ignore the order to come under the Right to Information Act, a handful of regional political parties have embraced it wholeheartedly. However, that won't force the bigger parties to change their ways any time soon. On 3 June, the Central Information Commission (CIC) declared the six national political parties, Congress, BJP, CPI, CPI (M), NCP and BSP, as public authorities. However, the...

-The Indian Express When it comes to murders due to "betrayals" in "love affairs or sexual relationships", Andhra Pradesh heads the list with 4,901 deaths, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 4,200 deaths in the period between 2001-2012, according to a study conducted by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The study lists different categories of motives and causes of murders in the country - "gain, property dispute, love affairs or sexual relationships,...