-The Times of India After years of debate, foreign direct investment in retail may soon be a reality with a panel of secretaries expected to approve the framework for allowing global retail chains to set up shop in India later this month. Government sources said the proposal has gained momentum, with both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee backing it, and chances are that the Cabinet could clear...
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Journalists stage protests nationwide
-PTI Several political parties on Tuesday pledged their support to journalists and non-journalists who staged a day-long dharna across the country to protest against the “delay” in notification of the Wage Boards for them and promised to raise the issue in Parliament. Senior leaders of the BJP, the CPI(M), the CPI and the JD(U) alleged that the government was “dithering” on the issue as “it wants to serve the interests of...
More »Tatas to move High Court
-The Hindu Tata Motors Limited will move the Kolkata High Court on Wednesday against a notification issued by the West Bengal government regarding the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011. The Bill was made into law on Monday after Governor M.K. Narayan gave it the nod. The legislation provides for the State government taking over the land leased to Tata for its small car project and ancillary units at Singur. The government...
More »People have right to ask questions: Anna Hazare
-IANS A day after the Congress slammed civil society campaigners as "unelected tyrants", veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare on Tuesday said people were the masters of the country having all the rights to question their servants over their functioning. Talking to reporters here, Anna Hazare said the value of parliament could not be denied but people must be consulted before taking decisions. "Parliament is a big thing, but bigger than parliament at the...
More »Jawaharlal Nehru's book now in Braille
-The Hindu To give visually-challenged persons a chance to read history of civilisation penned by country's first Prime Minister, the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library is releasing the Braille edition of Jawaharlal Nehru's “Letters from a Father to his Daughter” at its Teen Murti House premises here this coming Monday. The Braille version, embossed by Lal Bihari Shah Braille Academia, Blind Persons' Association, Kolkata, will be released by Social Justice and Empowerment...
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