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SC asks Army for Immunity details under AFSPA

-The Indian Express   The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Army three weeks’ time to detail the extent of Immunity enjoyed by Army personnel under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. A bench of Justices was hearing a CBI plea to vacate a SC stay on the trial in a J&K court on the killing of seven youths allegedly by the Army. The incident is said to be a retaliation for the...

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Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act

-The Economic Times   Home minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has said that the Cabinet last year decided to review the implementation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir. This brings his views in line with those of J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, who has recently demanded the scrapping of the Act from parts of the state. We welcome these views and strongly suggest the repeal of the Act.  Since...

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Team Anna demands 34 new additions to Lokpal bill by Himanshi Dhawan

Team Anna on Thursday pressed for as many as 34 fresh additions to the proposed Lokpal bill that have already been incorporated in the Uttarakhand Lokayukata bill and renewed their demand that constitutional amendments bringing violation of citizens' charter and conduct of MPs in Parliament within the purview of the Lokpal also be introduced. The additions include widening the definition of corruption to include individuals who have given or taken benefit...

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CRPF amenable to AFSPA withdrawal from J&K by Vishwa Mohan

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which has deployed about 70,000 personnel in Jammu and Kashmir, is amenable to the withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from certain areas as it feels the "Immunity'' to its men under other law is "enough" to fight militants when "overall security situation has improved" in the state. The paramilitary force that is also at the forefront in fighting terrorism...

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Indian town battles against encephalitis by Sanjoy Majumder

More than 460 people, mostly children, have died after a fresh outbreak of encephalitis in northern India. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder travelled to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to find out why the town is struggling to cope with the disease. Ward number 12 at Gorakhpur's main hospital is overflowing with sick children, two or three squeezed into a single bed. Many of them are visibly sick and are having to be administered...

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