The National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) said on Saturday that while it fully backed anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team on their right to agitate for a Jan Lokpal Bill, it had strong reservations over the methods adopted by the group and disagreed with the provisions of their Bill. The NCPRI objected in particular to the ultimatums flowing from Ramlila Maidan — where Mr. Hazare is fasting...
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CPI(M) against Hazare's method of agitation
-The Hindu The Communist Party of India (Marxist) protests against the manner in which anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare was arrested, but does not support the method adopted in his agitation, Biman Bose State secretary of the party stated here on Sunday. According to the Constitution, the Parliament and State Legislatures have the authority to make laws, Mr. Bose told Journalists after a meeting of the State Committee of the CPI(M). “Undemocratic” “Laws cannot be...
More »A Harvester Of The Objectionable by Justin Huggler
Scotching the urge to self-censor, the press must report ‘bad news’—to guard the guards, empower the citizen, and usher in change When you open a newspaper, or switch on the television, and there’s nothing but good news, it’s time to start worrying about what they’re not telling you. Nobody likes bad news, but the world is full of it. Don’t believe anyone who tells you otherwise: they want your vote...
More »Woman RTI activist shot dead in Bhopal by Mahim Pratap Singh
A prominent Right to Information activist and supporter of social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign was shot dead outside her residence in Bhopal on Tuesday morning. Shehla Masood was shot dead by an unidentified assailant outside her house in the city's posh Koh-e-Fiza locality as she was on her way to an anti-corruption campaign being organised by her and other activists in support of Mr. Anna Hazare at the Bhopal Boat...
More »Country's first urine bank to come up at Musiri
-PTI TIRUCHIRAPALLI: In an effort to use human urine as fertiliser, efforts to set up the country's first Human Urine Bank have been initiated at Musiri, about 35 km from here. The initiative, a joint effort of the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and Society for Community Organisation and People's Education (SCOPE), Musiri, was launched to help extraction of Struvite from urine. Struvite is a phosphate mineral that can be...
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