The son of a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister has been questioned by police in connection with RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder. Two other BJP leaders have been sent notices to appear before the investigating team. BJP MLA from Bhopal Dhruv Narayan Singh, who is also the son of former late chief minister Govind Narayan Singh, has been questioned about his relationship with Masood. Of the two other BJP leaders,...
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Excess of sunlight by MJ Antony
Ardent admirers of the Supreme Court will credit it with starting three revolutions in the past three decades. In the 1980s the public interest litigation (PIL) movement opened the doors of the court to every citizen, especially those who could not reach it due to poverty, illiteracy or backwardness. Around the same time, the court sowed the seeds of citizens’ right to know in a few judgments, asserting that sunlight is...
More »Stirring Paddy by Madhavi Tata
Hard To Ignore... * Farmers of East Godavari and West Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh have declared a crop holiday this kharif season * No paddy will be sown across 1.5 lakh acres in the two districts * Farmers are demanding better minimum support price and subsidies on inputs * They say the rising cost of inputs causes farmers to lose Rs 10,000-15,000 per acre * If the farmers stick...
More »Computerization to Check Leakages in PDS
-Press Information Bureau Government of India has taken up the computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in a phased manner to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the TPDS. In the first phase, the scheme on Computerization of TPDS Operations had been approved to be implemented on pilot basis in three districts each of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. A pilot scheme on Smart Card based delivery of essential...
More »Anna Hazare's so-called "second freedom struggle" raises questions by CL Manoj
Anna Hazare's so-called "second freedom struggle" raises questions, one, about how long the protests can be sustained, and, two, on the merits of the protesters' demands and methods. But before that, Team Anna should be given credit for reviving long-somnolent mass politics in this country, something beyond the Opposition that has been reduced to activism on the idiot box. It shows how much anti-government political space had been abandoned by the...
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