The Kandhamal violence of 2008 “meets all the elements of crimes against humanity,” said the report of the Justice-A.P. Shah-headed National People's Tribunal on Kandhamal, which was released here on Saturday. The report recommends the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to re-examine the First Information Reports already registered, to file fresh FIRs where necessary and to recommend remedial measures where trials had been vitiated because of intimidation of witnesses...
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Pvt schools to be part of RTE drive
-The Times of India Neighbourhood private schools in Gurgaon would soon be identified as part of a state-wide exercise under the Right to Education Act (RTE). After identifying the schools, the tuition fee and other funds meant for the poor and needy children studying in them will be refunded. Haryana education minister Geeta Bhukkal made the announcement while addressing the grievances of the people in her constituency, Jhajjar, on Sunday. While cities like...
More »RTI appeals pile up as pleas to fill vacant posts fall on deaf ears by Prajakta Chavan
-The Hindustan Times Nearly 20,000 Right to Information (RTI) appeals concerning central ministries are waiting to be disposed but there just aren't enough hands to do the job. Chief central information commissioner Satyananda Mishra has written at least two letters to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) asking for the five vacancies to the post of chief information commissioner be filled up, but to no avail. The RTI Act has sanctioned 10 information...
More »Thousands of Indian children missing, says report by Geeta Pandey
Nearly 11 children go missing in India every hour and at least four of them are never found, according to a study by a child rights organisation. The report by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) covers 392 of India's 640 districts and is the first such comprehensive study on the subject. The data was compiled over two years from January 2008 to January 2010. The report says most of the missing children end up...
More »Censoring the Internet would be disastrous: Hillary Clinton
-The Economic Times US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said at the Ministerial Conference on Internet Freedom at The Hague in Netherlands that a regulation on internet in some countries has made an environment where ideas are being blocked and conversations are being stifled. Clinton cited the examples of Syria, Iran and recently Russia where bloggers and internet activists are being targeted. Without naming India, she said that some governments...
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