-The Hindu Kolkata: In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that Panchayat polls in 17 districts be held in three phases with the government fully compensating the shortfall in security forces to the satisfaction of the State Election Commission. Justice Biswanath Somadder rejected the government's arguments on all the contentious issues in its writ petition and directed that it inform the Commission of...
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Setback for Mamata govt, HC upholds state EC's decision to hold Panchayat polls in 3 phases
-PTI In a setback to the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court today upheld the primacy of the State Election Commission and directed that the Panchayat elections would be held in three phases with Central armed police force as per the SEC's prayer. Holding that the primacy of the SEC was non-negotiable, Justice Biswanath Somadder, directed that the rural polls be held in three phases as sought by the commission, rejecting...
More »Women SHGs to get loans at lower rates - Elizabeth Roche
-Live Mint Cabinet clears proposal to give loans at 7% interest rate, and 4% if SHGs repay loans within the stipulated period The federal cabinet has cleared a proposal to give loans to women self-help groups (SHGs) at 7% interest rate, cheaper than the existing 11.5-14%, bringing the cost of loans on a par with those given to farmers. SHGs that repay loans within the stipulated period will be eligible for loans at...
More »Superstitions wash out sanitation here-MK Ananth
-The Hindu Toilets are yet to be considered an integral part of houses in rural areas of Namakkal Namakkal: Superstitious beliefs, religious sentiments and vasthu shastra are making construction of toilets in rural areas of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu an uphill task. P. Aruna (32) and her husband Periyasamy (45), a truck driver of Parali Panchayat, stopped constructing a toilet and filled up the leach pit with debris. "An astrologer came to...
More »The responsibility to protect -Anjali Bhardwaj and Shekhar Singh
-The Indian Express A sound whistleblowers' protection law is long awaited. It languishes in Parliament at the system's peril Nandi Singh, a resident of a remote village in Assam, was brutally attacked with axes in September 2012 as a result of a complaint filed by him regarding irregularities in the functioning of fair price shops supplying rations under the public distribution system. He succumbed to his injuries on the way to the...
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