The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Maharashtra Police has sought the Bombay High Court’s intervention and redressal in the case of a special judge in Kolhapur who has ordered acquittals in 41 of the 45 cases she has presided over since 2007. The ACB is not in agreement with 31 of those 41 acquittals and has already challenged 27 of them. It has also urged the high court to probe the...
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National Rural Employment Scheme default: 605 gram panchayats face action
-The Times of India AMRAVATI: Divisional commissioner Ganesh Thakur on Saturday said that over 605 gram panchayats (GPs) in Amravati division will face the music for apathy in implementation of the National Rural Employment Scheme (NREGS). Buldhana district 'topped' in the division with 285 gram panchayats dodging NREGS work. Thakur said that the administration had spent around Rs 39 crore on NREGS in five districts of the division in 2010-2011 while Rs...
More »States told to prevent child marriages on Akshaya Tritiya-Aarti Dhar
The Central Government has ordered States to take all possible measures to combat a wave of child marriages which authorities fear will take place across the Hindu heartland on Tuesday, on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. In a letter to the States, the Women and Child Welfare Ministry has warned governments that child marriage is illegal under the Prohibition of Child Marriages Act, 2006. The Ministry has suggested that all district magistrates...
More »Muslim women call for nikah registration-Manjari Mishra
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board is facing the wrath of a Muslim women's group, which has vowed to stop the maulvis from demanding a rollback of compulsory registration of marriages. Ahead of its proposed general body meeting at Mumbai, where the apex Muslim law body is to formally make its demand to the Centre, Muslim women are preparing to fight "gender excesses" by maulvis. The Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan...
More »Press Council dismisses complaint against TOI
-The Times of India The Press Council of India, headed by retired Supreme Court judge, Markandey Katju, has dismissed a complaint filed against The Times of India by a senior Haryana IPS officer, Anil Dawra, who is presently posted as state ADGP (training). The TOI on January 28, 2010 had published a story "IG let off easily in Sarita case," on the basis of an RTI query. Sarita was allegedly raped by...
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