-The Hindu Deal to ensure bail for Gali Janardhan Reddy struck for a whopping Rs. 20 crore, say sources As the enquiry into the cash-for-bail scam involving the forMer Karnataka Minister, Gali Janardhan Reddy, entered a crucial phase with the arrest of the retired judge, T.V. Chalapathi Rao, and another person, the big question before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is whether the accused had a larger design than Merely securing the bail...

—AFP U.S. President Barack Obama heads a list of high profile absentees for the Rio sustainable development summit this week where U.N. leaders say some tough decisions will have to be taken for the future of the planet. Britain's Prime Minister David CaMeron, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and China's President Hu Jintao will also go to the Group of 20 rich nations' summit in Mexico but then head straight home before the...

-The Times of India CHENNAI: A temple is a public institution, and its activities are covered by the provisions of the Right To Information (RTI) Act even if it is administered by hereditary trustees, the Madras high court has ruled.  Justice K Chandru was passing orders on a writ petition filed by a hereditary trustee of the Sri Vengeeswarar Alagarperumal and Nagathamman Koil Devasthanam in Vadapalani questioning the legality of a circular...

-IANS Jodhpur: A 20-year-old girl has sought protection by the Rajasthan authorities from members of a village community council who, she says, are threatening her with serious consequences if she did not accept her childhood marriage, officials said on Monday. She also requested the district administration officials to annul her marriage that was solemnised when she was a Mere five-year old, they added. The girl, Rekha Kumari, is a resident of Peepar city...

-Live Mint To maintain his constant stream of RTI petitions, Agrawal says he gets ideas from day-to-day observations, news reports, government insiders, whistle-blowers and journalists. In the sumMer of 1985, a cloth Merchant in Chandni Chowk, the crowded market in the old quarters of Delhi, received a call in response to a letter he had written to the papers asking why his favourite weekly television serial, Rajani, could not be aired daily...