The Joint Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee concludes its meetings without any agreement on major issues. ON June 21, as the five government representatives and the five civil society members of the Joint Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee ended their deliberations after exchanging their versions of the draft Lokpal Bill, the battle lines were clearly drawn. The government was in no mood to agree with the civil society members led by Anna...
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Crop damage: farmers get compensation by R Arivanantham
Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development K.P. Munusamy on Saturday distributed Rs. 22.36 lakh as compensation to 834 farmers whose crops were damaged by wild elephants. The farmers who got the compensation cheques are from Krishnagiri, Hosur, Royakottai, Jawalagiri and Denkanikottai ranges. Four hundred and ninety nine farmers in Denkanikottai forest range, who were the worst affected, got Rs. 11,12,300. In Jawalagiri forest range 239 farmers received Rs. 7,65,950 as...
More »From Bengal's fertile land blows wind of change
The issue of acquiring farmland for industry is threatening to jolt West Bengal's Left Front, the world's longest-running democratically elected Communist government, says Sumit Bhattacharya A confidential digital map shows exactly how many land owners had taken the compensation, how many had taken partial compensation, and how many had refused to part with their land for the botched Tata Nano plant in Singur, West Bengal. The map -- based on Global...
More »RTI activist held for code violation
RTI activist and leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) Akhil Gogoi, along with some of his associates, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly violating Section 144 Cr.PC and his press meet stopped under the Representation of the People Act. Kamrup (Metro) Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Chowdhury said Mr. Gogoi was detained for violating Section 144 Cr.PC after he and his associates gathered at Dighalipukhuri area to take out a...
More »Supreme Court stays Kerala rice scheme order by J Venkatesan
The Govt. had extended Rs.2-a-kg rice to all ration card holders The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed implementation of the Kerala Government's February 25 order extending its subsidised rice distribution scheme (at Rs.2 a kg) to all ration card holders in the State so as to benefit 40 lakh people. A Bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph rejected the State's submission that the extended scheme was now being implemented,...
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