-The Hindu Last week's jail sentence for two prominent Shiv Sainiks is historic as it upholds the first such conviction against a member of that party Sent to jail for two months and fined Rs.5,000. Twenty years after their crime, this was the sentence handed down last week by a sessions court to two Shiv Sena leaders. This was for their provocative speeches during the Mumbai riots following the demolition of the...
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India a step closer to a new land acquisition law-Liz Mathew and Elizabeth Roche
-Live Mint Government reaches near consensus as BJP agrees to support Bill in Parliament; industry not enthused by plan The government may be close to pulling off one of India's most significant policy changes with a near consensus among political parties on a new land acquisition law, taking the country to the verge of removing what's perceived as the biggest impediment to the next wave of industrialization. At the conclusion of an all-party...
More »Drought fuels big business on wheels-Jaideep Hardikar
-The Telegraph JALNA AND AHMEDNAGAR: Sakharam Misal is frank. Water, he says, is big business. In Jalna district, which has run out of water, the man in his late 50s is among the most sought after. He runs a water tanker business and sells water to the thirsty millions. Misal's cellphone keeps ringing with desperate calls for water. His tankers are booked in advance and the waiting list stretches over a week. Drought,...
More »Jairam consensus bid over land bill
-The Telegraph Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has started reaching out to leaders ahead of an all-party meeting next week to decide the final shape of the land acquisition bill. Ramesh today met the BJP's Arun Jaitley, the Rajya Sabha leader of Opposition, and the CPM's Sitaram Yechury to convince them about the provisions of the Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (LARR) Bill, which seeks to replace the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Talks...
More »EC can’t disqualify candidate over poll accounts, paid news: Government -P Sainath
-The Hindu The commission, which has won acclaim for conducting elections with fairness and integrity, is now in danger of seeing a huge gutting of its powers to do so The Union Government has told the Supreme Court that, in its view, the Election Commission of India has no power to disqualify a candidate on grounds of “correctness or otherwise” of his/her election accounts. A counter-affidavit filed by the Union Law Ministry...
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