-The Times of India With increasing incidents of robbery and thefts reported from homes, 80% seniors living in major cities worry about break-ins. This is one of the major reasons why 70% of senior citizens living in NINe cities find life in metros hectic and want to move to smaller towns and properties of their own, according to a study. A survey by A Z Research Partners says that of every 10 aged...

-The Hindu IAF copter fired at as landing point was not sanitised; chopper and injured wireless operator abandoned There has hardly been a faux pas in anti-Naxal operations in recent months as discomfiting to the forces as Friday night’s tactless act in the Chintagufa area in south Chhattisgarh. Security officials unanimously agreed that there was a ‘serious lack of coordination’ among police, paramilitary and Indian Air Force personnel. On Friday afternoon, during a...

-PTI The Centre has decided to conduct a study on RTI Act to assess its implementation across the country and find ways to address bottlenecks faced by various stakeholders. The study will analyse public perception about the extent of reduction in corruption as a result of the functioNINg of the RTI Act and to calculate cost to the government in providing information under the transparency law among others. Besides, it will determine the...

-The Hindu A fast-track court here trying rape cases has acquitted two men accused by a married woman of luring her away from her home and then gang-raping her after administering her an intoxicating substance. She also accused the men of selling her for Rs.20,000 and that she escaped and returned to her matrimonial home. Additional Sessions Judge T. R. Naval acquitted the men of all charges and cited 10 reasons why...

-Outlook The Centre has decided to conduct a study on RTI Act to assess its implementation across the country and find ways to address bottlenecks faced by various stakeholders. The study will analyse public perception about the extent of reduction in corruption as a result of the functioNINg of the RTI Act and to calculate cost to the government in providing information under the transparency law among others. Besides, it will determine the...