-The Hindustan Times Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi may have got a clean chit from the Supreme Court-appointed SIT in the Gulbarg Society massacre case, but may still run into trouble over a phone log CD, which reveals the number of calls exchanged by the accused with the top authorities, including calls received by the chief minister's office (CMO), during the 2002 riots. In a fresh development, the SIT has now...
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Naxal terror prevents tribals from filing nominations in Gadchiroli-Pradip Kumar Maitra
-The Hindustan Times The tribals of Gadchiroli seem to be living in perennial fear of naxalites. The threat is so visible that it prevented the tribals from filing nominations for the June 24 mid-term panchayat elections in 139 gram panchayats. The Maoists have left the Gadchiroli district administration paralyzed. To a large extent, they have also been able to derail local governance by instilling fear among the leaders of different political...
More »Aamir presents plan for better healthcare-Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times Bollywood star Aamir Khan had two simple prescriptions for a Parliamentary committee to reduce high health costs for citizens. First, make doctors prescribe generic medicines rather than brands. Second, set up a regulator to ensure big pharmaceutical don’t take over smaller ones and monopolise the medicine market. Khan and his team were invited on Thursday by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce headed by BJP MP Shanta Kumar, which...
More »CBI rules out any foul play in IPS officer's death-Rajesh Ahuja
-The Hindustan Times After ruling out any foul play in the death of IPS officer Rahul Sharma, 37, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now focusing on the circumstances that forced the 2002-batch Chhattisgarh cadre officer to commit suicide. Sharma's family had demanded a CBI probe claiming that he was a victim of the system. Sharma, Bilaspur superintendent of police, allegedly shot himself in the head with his service weapon...
More »North Delhi water not fit to drink: Survey
-The Hindustan Times Fifty per cent of drinking water supplied to north Delhi is not fit for consumption and is a carrier of cholera, typhoid and jaundice, surveys conducted by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation have found. On the other hand, people in south Delhi get clean, drinkable water, said a recent survey by the civic body’s south arm and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The north Delhi corporation said that of...
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