-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: The Congress government in Haryana will soon have to return crores of rupees to the Centre after the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture has found truth in IAS officer Ashok Khemka's allegations that farmer subsidies had been misappropriated. The committee, headed by CPM MP Basudeb Acharia, has 31 MPs, including Jyoti Mirdha, sister-in-law of Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda. Deepender is son of Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Hooda...

-Down to Earth Delisting fruits and vegetables from APMC Act in Congress-ruled states will not benefit farmers Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi last December said fruits and vegetables will become affordable if states allowed farmers to directly sell their produce to consumers. He also directed the chief ministers in Congress-ruled states to delist fruits and vegetables from the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act. The Act makes it mandatory for farmers to sell...

-The Telegraph India will celebrate three years without a single case of polio caused by the wild poliovirus on Tuesday, but public health experts have said the "endgame" to eradicate polio from the country will begin only next year and might last until 2018. The Union health ministry has planned a celebratory event at a stadium here, inviting India's political leaders, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials, international agencies, and over 1000...

-The Indian Express Chhattisgarh government is unable to accept the right to protest and unwilling to hear the people's voice. By going to town as the Chhattisgarh police and media have recently done on my alleged Maoist links, the real questions have been sidelined. As citizens of this country, do we have the right to protest democratically and constitutionally, and as journalists, researchers or human rights activists, are we free to pursue...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC order empowering CAG to audit private telecom companies would not only kick off a massive audit exercise,but also ensure that CAG is empowered to audit PPPs (public-private partnerships), and similar engagements where private sector is engaged in some of the traditional government functions. "It is a landmark judgment, it will be quoted and discussed for years to come," a senior audit official said,...