-The Hindu PCI chairman slams detention of Iftikhar Gilani Slamming the Delhi Police’s detention of senior journalist Iftikhar Gilani hours after Afzal Guru’s execution on Saturday, Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju has demanded that the officers responsible be suspended and charge-sheeted. Mr. Gilani, who works as an assistant editor for English news daily DNA, is also the son-in-law of Kashmiri separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani. On Saturday morning, he and...
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Tribal's kin preserve corpse for 60 days, demand justice
-PTI AHMEDABAD: Demanding justice, the kin of a 45-year-old tribal from Gujarat's Sabarkantha district has refused to perform his last rites and preserved the dead body for over 60 days. Jiva Bhumbariya's body was found at a secluded spot near Magwas village in December. Even though police investigations in Jiva's death concluded that he died in an accident, his family members have disputed this version, saying Jiva was murdered by three persons with...
More »Why we tolerate intolerance -Makarand R Paranjape
-The Times of India A fragmented polity and a vitiated public sphere characterise today's India. The question that is making the rounds is whether we have become an intolerant nation. On all the networks, one strident anchor outdoes his or her shrill peer in raising it. Obviously, there can be no simple 'yes' or 'no' to such a question; it all depends on the context in which it is posed. Yes,...
More »Aam Aadmi Party’s ‘internal lokpal’ still to submit report
-The Times of India Aam Aadmi Party may be demanding a strong lokpal but its own "internal lokpal" has been a bit of a non-starter. Four months after the group announced its internal ombudsman, there has been little headway in the matter. In October last year, the activists had announced that a three-member panel of retired judges headed by Justice AP Shah would investigate charges of impropriety against its members including...
More »Setback to Modi as Supreme Court upholds Lokayukta appointment -J Venkatesan
-The Hindu But Governor didn’t take Council of Ministers into confidence, says Bench The Narendra Modi government suffered a setback on Wednesday with the Supreme Court upholding the appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as Lokayukta by the Governor, saying it was done in consultation with the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court. “The facts make it clear that the process of consultation by the Governor with the then Chief Justice stood complete,...
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