-Bhaskar News A protest rally organized by tribal villagers in the city turned violent after they were stopped by police on Monday. The police used lathicharge to control the violent mob of tribal villagers who were on their way to protest outside Vidhan Sabha in the city. A mob of angry tribal villagers took out a procession rally as part of their protest against the government demanding adequate rights for the tribes...

Based on the orders of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Puducherry government has paid Rs. 3 lakh to the wife of an undertrial prisoner – Silvaraj alias Siva – who died on August 15, 2009 in the Central prison at Kalapet (Puducherry) when he was assaulted by five inmates. The NHRC, after considering various reports, including the post-mortem and conclusions of magisterial inquiry, found that Silvaraj was admitted to...

MGNREGS figures register a decline in desert State; Haryana forges ahead in the race Is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the much talked about flagship programme of the United Progressive Alliance government, losing steam in Rajasthan? Doubts over the credibility of the scheme have sprung up in the State that ironically pioneered the right to employment movement in the country. Today Rajasthan lags behind its neighbour Haryana in...

-The Hindu The Central Information Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs.25,000 on the Public Information Officer of the Delhi Government's Urban Development Department for violating provisions of the Right to Information Act by delaying furnishing of information to the appellant on regularisation of unauthorised colonies. The appellant, Bhupender Singh Rawat, who is convener of non-government organisation Jan Sangharsh Vahini, had sought details on 13 points from the Urban Development Department. When...

-The Times of India Five policemen and nearly half-a-dozen farmers were injured in a clash at Bhamashah Krishi Upaj Mandi (BKUM) in Kota on Wednesday. Following the death of a 'mandi' accountant in the afternoon, farmers and accountants resorted to a violent protest against BKUM office bearers. They allegedly attacked the association's secretaryJawahar Lal Nagar and additional secretaryNarendra Kumar Swarnkar. They even set fire to Swarnkar's car. When the police tried to intervene,...