-The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: The good times may be over for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in ‘mysterious' sectors like participatory democracy, advocacy, action research, innovative communication, inclusiveness etc. Sources said Foreigners Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), is tightening the noose around such NGOs and a wide ranging reform is on the top of its agenda. "Activities of NGOs organising workshops on the regulatory frameworks, developing communication strategies, people...
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Paid news: EC issues 3,100 notices, confirms 787 cases -Raghvendra Rao
-The Indian Express The hearing into allegations against Madhu Koda will be taken up for hearing on May 26. As it plans to grill two former chief ministers - Ashok Chavan and Madhu Koda - over their alleged involvement in cases relating to paid news, the Election Commission has already confirmed as many as 787 cases of paid news in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Of the 3,100 notices that have been...
More »Power supply for farm ops cut, Punjab farmers see red -Amaninder Pal Sharma
-The Times of India PATIALA: Just days after the Lok Sabha election results, anger is palpable in rural Punjab against the ruling dispensation as farmers are not getting even half the power supply promised by the government. They are forced to spend on diesel to run pumpsets for drawing water from tubewells to irrigate nurseries of paddy, transplanting of which would commence next month. Paddy is the biggest kharif crop of Punjab...
More »Did Naxals push voters to press NOTA? -Soumittra S Bose
-The Times of India NAGPUR: The voting figures available after elections show an extensive use of 'None of the above' (NOTA) option in most Naxal-affected Lok Sabha constituencies like Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, Bastar and Kanker in Chhattisgarh and Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh. The wide use of NOTA has led to suspicions that Naxals may have prompted voters to go for it given that they had called for a boycott of polls. In...
More »Your new Lok Sabha has 449 crorepatis, highest number of women MPs -Ishan Day and Vartika Rawat
-The Hindustan Times The complexion of the 16th Lok Sabha, borne out of the most decisive mandate in 30 years, looks like a mixed bag of milestones. First up, the lower house will have the highest number of women lawmakers. On most other counts of demography, it still needs to shape up. The average asset of an MP has more than doubled from about Rs. 6 crore to Rs. 14 core in...
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