-The Hindu Business Line Indian society is yet to acknowledge the existence of rape culture – a set of beliefs that condones aggression on women. Perhaps no other event in India has received more international attention in the recent past than the brutal gang rape in Delhi and its tragic aftermath. The issue is widely covered in the Western media; the latest addition is the channel interview of the rape victim’s male...
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In UP, cold claims 15 lives in a day, toll touches 55
-The Times of India The cold snap killed 15 more people across Uttar Pradesh on Friday, taking the toll from it across north India this season to at least 55. The fresh deaths were reported as the mercury dipped to just a few degrees above freezing point in most parts of the state. Kanpur was the coldest place in the region with a low of two degree C. Lucknow, with a minimum...
More »SC upholds land acquisition for urban complex project in Haryana -J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court has upheld the acquisition of 673.29 acres of land by the Haryana government in Panchkula district for the Kalka-Pinjore urban complex project. A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and S.J. Mukhopadaya dismissed a batch of special leave petitions and lifted the stay on the construction by several developers. The Supreme Court had stayed the project for over eight months. In its order the Bench said “it will not...
More »A ray of hope for Afzal, other death-row prisoners -V Venkatesan
-The Hindu Supreme Court ruling gives the benefit of the doubt to accused The Supreme Court judgment, in the case of Sangeet v. State of Haryana, delivered on November 20 could make the government give the benefit of the doubt to 14 death-row convicts including Afzal Guru, whose mercy petitions have been turned over to it by the President for fresh advice. The one mercy petition presently pending with President Pranab Mukherjee, after...
More »From farm gate to your plate -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-The Hindu The retail vegetable sellers have now started quoting the prices of almost all items in pao or 250 grammes. The concept of darjan or dozen has almost been replaced by the kilogramme for the humblest of fruits like bananas and oranges. But this means little to the common household which now literally thinks twice before buying any grocery item. A common refrain heard often from politicians is that prices are...
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