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Assam tops 2012 list of custodial deaths in India -Pranjal Baruah

-The Times of India GUWAHATI: In a major embarrassment for the state, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures for last year have listed Assam as having the highest numbers of police custodial deaths. "Last year, 11 persons who were in police remand died in lock-ups in Assam. Though autopsy, case registration and magisterial enquiries were conducted in all the cases, no policemen were chargesheeted or convicted in these cases in...

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Six people who pulled strategic levers to open up political parties' finances -Soma Banerjee

-The Economic Times If India is now debating opening the books and operations of political parties to the public, it's because of these six people who pulled strategic levers and applied relentless pressure. Soma Banerjee traces a four-year effort that converted intent to action Balwant Singh Khera, a politician from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, is not a name that will strike a chord in mainstream politics or social discourse today. It might in...

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Govt bans common painkiller

-The Telegraph The Union health ministry has banned the manufacture and sale of a pain-reliever called dextropropoxyphene (DPPP) amid steadily growing concerns worldwide that this opioid analgesic drug poses several serious health risks, including heart damage. The health ministry, in a drug withdrawal notification, has suspended the manufacture, distribution and sale of all medicines containing DPPP saying the central government has determined that this drug is likely to involve risk to humans...

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SC ‘very serious’ tag on Ranbaxy charges-R Balaji

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today observed that even if there was a grain of truth in the charges that Ranbaxy was supplying adulterated drugs, it was a "very, very serious matter" but refrained from issuing any orders till it received "prima facie material". The court said that drug-testing standards in the US were different from those in India, and what was happening in America might not necessarily be happening...

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Purulia infants death toll rises to 13

-PTI Purulia: Thirteen infants have died at the Purulia Sadar Deben Mahato Hospital in Purulia since last Friday, the Hospital said on Monday. Most of the infants were in the age group of 0-11 months, Hospital superintendent Nilanjana Sen said. While eight deaths were reported on Friday, three infants died on Saturday and two deaths were reported on Sunday, she added. The infants, who were brought to the Sadar Hospital from the block-level...

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