-Express News Service The Delhi Government served a show cause notice to the Bonded Labour Liberation Front, an NGO run by activist Swami Agnivesh, for the alleged fudging of bills with respect to a grant of Rs 18 lakh given by the government to the NGO. The notice has asked the organisation to return Rs 2.23 lakh of the grant which was given in 2005 to conduct a survey on bonded...
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Indian media can tackle 'ills' like paid news, says PM
-PTI Ruling out any outside regulation of the media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the media in the country can itself take care of the 'ills' like paid news and urged it to reduce sensationalism in coverage. "I am very happy that the media of our country is by and large independent and alive... Ever since we have got independence, discussions have been going on in the country about the role...
More »Pros and cons of reservation in schools for economically backward by Puja Pednekar
With schools having to reserve 25% of their seats for economically backward students from the next academic year, the poor kids will get an opportunity to study in elite schools. Puja Pednekar weighs the pros and cons. Ten-year-old Rahul Waghmare trudges to a civic school in Andheri every day. He wants to design automobiles when he grows up. But now, he dreams of studying in a posh school. However, he can’t afford...
More »In the year and now by Ramachandra Guha
The Republic of India has a billion (and more) citizens who, at any given time, are involved in a thousand (and more) controversies. Knowing which controversy is the most significant is always hard, and often impossible, to judge. Even so, we can be fairly certain that 2011 will go down in Indian history as the year of the Great Lokpal Debate, just as 1962 was the year of the war...
More »21 sites summoned for posting objectionable contents
-PTI In yet another blow to 21 social networking sites including FaceBook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Youtube, a Delhi court on Friday issued summons to them for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable contents. Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Sudesh Kumar took cognizance on a private criminal complaint and has directed the Centre for taking "immediate appropriate steps" and also file a report in the court by January 13. The court's order came three days...
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