-Frontline There is growing violence against women and children in Haryana, aided by the apparent collusion between the State government and the upper-caste-dominated khap panchayats. THE road leading to Dabra village in Haryana’s Hisar district is not very difficult to locate. It was at Dabra, a mere 15 kilometres from the district headquarters, that a heinous crime was committed on September 9. It would have gone unnoticed had it not been accompanied...
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Meet today to discuss land Bill, Haryana hopes it won’t be binding-Chitleen K Sethi
-The Indian Express Chandigarh: Even as the Group of Ministers (GoM), led by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, will meet on Tuesday to review once again the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill-2011, Haryana is hoping that it will not be made mandatory for the Congress-led states. Severely critical of the proposals, officers involved in the process of land acquisition in the state point out that the Bill is “retrograde” and...
More »Driving the wrong way on road safety -G Ananthakrishnan
-The Hindu India’s Roads are deadlier than ever. The high rates of death and disability expose the lack of an organised system of traffic management and safety. Road safety is no one’s responsibility. It is time to make someone accountable. On the final day of this year’s ‘puja’ season in Chennai, a particular Roadside temple near the iconic Central Railway Station had the long annual line of vehicles — vans, tempos, taxis,...
More »MoEF orders: 3 Cong govts seek review -DK Singh
-The Indian Express Governments of three Congress-ruled states — Maharashtra, Haryana and Uttarakhand — have written to Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan seeking a review of her tough orders that have led to the stalling of key infrastructural projects and slowed down job creation. Earlier this year, the environment ministry had issued guidelines fixing the minimum width of Roads between highrises 15-30 metres tall at 15 m, for 45-60 m...
More »Nandi Corridor project: Probe ordered against SM Krishna, BS Yeddyurappa and Deve Gowda -Samira Shaikh
-NDTV Bangalore: The Karnataka Lokayukta court has ordered a probe against Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna and other top state politicians after allegations of irregularities in acquiring farmers' land for the Mysore-Bangalore Expressway. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will also be probed, among others. Both Mr Krishna and Mr Gowda have served as Karnataka chief ministers. A private complaint was filed at the Lokayukta...
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