West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told the people of the Maoist-hit areas of Purulia district on Friday that “you shall get whatever you ask for, provided you don't support the Maoists.” “You shall have colleges, schools, hospitals, stadia, Sports academies and even a medical college. Whatever you ask for, we shall provide it. But you must make only one promise — you will not support the Maoists,” she said, addressing...
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These girls chose education despite adverse circumstances
-The Hindu An event called ‘Navjyoti' was organised by UNICEF in collaboration with DD Sahyadri to honour these girls from Maharashtra For the many poor girls who drop out of school in Maharashtra's rural hinterland, there are those who decide to stay. And then there are those who stage a comeback. It's what Lata Batku did, after being forced to drop out of school to take care of her baby sister. Her village...
More »Villagers fume over uneven compensation for their land for India GP tracks
-The Indian Express Villagers of Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh have protested against the uneven compensation paid to them for taking over their lands for Formula One racing tracks. Alleging that the organizers of the event have treated them poorly, the villagers claimed that they were misled into believing that the land was being acquired for industrialisation or public projects that would provide jobs. "The construction of the Formula One track here has...
More »Playgrounds for tribal youth planned by K Balchand
Gram panchayats to provide land and create the grounds The Ministry of Rural Development has decided to bring Sports back into the lives of the tribal boys and girls in the 60 left-wing extremist-affected districts where the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) has been implemented. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has cleared the proposal to construct one playground in each village, falling under the 60 IAP districts under the Mahatma Gandhi...
More »Revised National Sports Development Bill: All Sports bodies to come under ambit of RTI
-The Economic Times Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday unveiled a revised National Sports Development Bill that retains the contentious provisions on age limits and tenures of heads of Sports bodies, but introduces an exclusion clause to protect certain information while bringing Sports federations within the ambit of Right to Information Act. "We strongly feel the functioning of the Sports federations should be transparent. If they oppose it then there is something...
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