-GovernanceNow.com A report on public hearing at in Gumla of Jharkhand Jharkhand has reached a make-or-break point in the battle against hunger. For the first time, the National Food Security Act (NFSA) makes it possible to ensure that no one sleeps on an empty stomach. Many people, however, are still struggling to secure their entitlements under the Act. By way of reality check, a careful survey of NFSA was recently completed...
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Destitutes and homeless brought under National Food Security Act -Sujit Bijoy
-The Times of India Bhubaneswar: At a time when the state government is under attack for listing ineligible beneficiaries for ration cards under the National Food Security Act, it informed the assembly on Saturday that it has included a number of destitute and homeless families to counter the criticism. Food supplies and consumer welfare minister Sanjay Das Burma said the state government has included 14,830 destitute families (54,892 persons) under the food...
More »Case on Kanhaiya Fake videos
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Delhi government has filed a criminal case in the Patiala House courts here against two Hindi channels and one English channel for telecasting videos that have been found to be doctored, a government source said. The channels had telecast videos of JNU students, including Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, at an event to commemorate Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's execution on February 9 on the...
More »SC spotlight on Chhattisgarh rights abuses
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed concern over growing human rights violations in Chhattisgarh, a Maoist hotbed, with the Centre and rights activists blaming each other for the state's volatile atmosphere. Journalists, lawyers and civil rights activists have reported being targeted and hounded out of Bastar district after being branded Maoist sympathisers. Tribal activist Soni Sori, who had protested against an alleged Fake encounter, had her face burnt with...
More »Pilibhit Fake encounter: 47 policemen get life imprisonment for killing Sikh pilgrims -Sangeeta Ojha
-India Today All 47 policemen convicted for killing 11 Sikh pilgrims in three separate Fake encounters in 1991 in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district have been sentenced to life by a special CBI court today. All 47 policemen convicted for killing 11 Sikh pilgrims in three separate Fake encounters in 1991 in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district have been sentenced to life by a special CBI court today. Last week, the court had held the...
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