-Outlook Gorakhpur: Eight more children succumbed to encephalitis taking the death count from the viral disease to 569 this year in eastern region of Uttar Pradesh, health officials said today. The children died in BRD Medical College Hospital here, they said, adding that one child from Gorakhpur succumbed to the disease yesterday, while rest of seven deaths occurred on Sunday and Monday. Forty eight people with symptoms of encephalitis were admitted to BRD-MCH...
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Polls ahead, don to 'godman' rush to form parties -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, it's party time in India. No fewer than 142 political parties have been registered with the Election Commission in the past two months. From 1,392 parties in August-September, the number swelled to 1,534 by mid-November. Godmen, builders, property dealers and retired bureaucrats are among those who have floated the parties, ostensibly to have a say in the world's largest democracy. Election...
More »A question of accountability -S Narayan
-The Hindu While it is apparent that due process has been subverted to the advantage of a few by the political executive, it is equally true that there has been some politicisation of the civil service Two recent events have focussed attention on the relationship between the political executive and public servants. At the international conference on corruption organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation on November 11, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
More »Muzaffarnagar violence: Over 10,000 still in relief camps
-PTI Uttar Pradesh Government files status report on Muzaffarnagar violence in the Supreme Court Uttar Pradesh Government has informed the Supreme Court that over 41,000 persons, out of 50,955 who had taken shelter in 58 relief camps in riots-hit Muzaffarnagar area, have gone back to their native places. A fresh status report, filed by Divisional Commissioner of Saharanpur, however, admitted that nearly 10,000 persons are still living in 10 operational camps and the...
More »After cycles for girls, Nitish plans tablets, digital classes for women -Anubhuti Vishnoi
-The Indian Express After tasting success with its free bicycle scheme for school-going girls, the Bihar government is planning a freebie in tune with the times - a tablet PC - ahead of the 2014 elections. While other state governments have so far targeted the student community with free laptops and tablets, the Nitish Kumar government is working on an ambitious Rs 8,000 crore scheme to provide tablets to digitally illiterate...
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