-The Indian Express Assam is sitting on a volcano, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today, as fresh deaths were reported from violence-hit Kokrajhar district, with three people killed late last night. A group of 10-12 miscreants Attacked village Ranighuli, barely 10 km from the district headquarters, with AK-47s at around 10.30 last night, leaving Hasinru Ali (30), Sofiel Rahman (26) and Asmat Ali (22) dead and two persons injured. Kokrajhar SP Sunil...
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With Anna out of way, govt picks holes in lokpal bill-Nagendar Sharma
-The Hindustan Times With the pressure off on the government for setting up the lokpal, the law ministry has joined its various counterparts and departments in opposing many key provisions of the anti-graft bill, rendering its future uncertain. Interestingly, the ministry had drafted and given legal clearance to the bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on December 27, 2011. It has conveyed its views to the Rajya Sabha select committee, which is examining the...
More »Curious ways of the Thorat committee-MSS Pandian
-The Hindu The textbook review panel left much to be desired in ensuring participation in its deliberations, says a dissenting member As a member of the NCERT committee on social science textbooks headed by Professor Sukhadeo Thorat, I have consciously kept away from the media so far. This was so, despite my dissenting note being made public. Now that Prof. Thorat has chosen to describe me as a ‘non-participant member’ of the...
More »Redrawing Shankar for today’s world -Makarand Sathe
-The Hindu Shankar’s cartoon on Ambedkar and the Constitution has been discussed threadbare by now. The Thorat committee report has added more layers to the controversy. I would like to contribute to the ongoing debate in a different way — through more cartoons. Like most other contemporary issues in India, especially those related to identity and caste politics, this one too has conveniently assumed a complex, fudged nature, giving rise to three...
More »Rural expenditure up by 33 per cent: NSSO-Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth Around 83 million rural people still live on less than Rs 20 a day In just two years, rural India's household expenditure has increased by more than 30 per cent, according to the latest household consumer expenditure survey by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). Household consumer expenditure is being used as a proxy to decide the income of households. The results, declared on July 31, suggest a big...
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