-Live Mint The failure of the UPA government to get the food security Bill passed has exposed its hypocrisy With the budget session of Parliament coming to an early close amid a political logjam, the food security Bill has been stalled again. The blame for this important legislation not winning parliamentary passage in the last four years rests entirely on the Manmohan Singh government, despite its last-minute Posturing. The Bill, which was cleared...
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4 UP Dalits, missing for a week, found murdered
-The Indian Express Lucknow: Four Dalit farmers, who were missing since April 30, were found murdered in Asmauli police station area of Sambhal district on Wednesday. The bodies were found buried in two trenches in a field. The bodies bore injury marks caused by sticks. The Postmortem report is awaited to ascertain the exact reason of death, said Moradabad Range DIG Amrendra Kumar Sengar. The victims were identified as Vijay Singh (43), his...
More »In Mumbai, a quiet blow against hate speech -Jyoti Punwani
-The Hindu Last week's jail sentence for two prominent Shiv Sainiks is historic as it upholds the first such conviction against a member of that party Sent to jail for two months and fined Rs.5,000. Twenty years after their crime, this was the sentence handed down last week by a sessions court to two Shiv Sena leaders. This was for their provocative speeches during the Mumbai riots following the demolition of the...
More »HC issues non-bailable warrant against 3 dozen babus for contempt -Ravi Singh Sisodiya
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: A Lucknow bench of high court on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants against three dozen state government officials for non-compliance of the court's orders. The state bureaucracy faced the ire of the bench for the second consecutive day for failing to carry out its orders within stipulated time despite being served contempt notices. The list of these officials includes Lucknow's DM Arurag Yadav and DIG Navniet...
More »Heart of coal report changed, says Supreme Court -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express The Supreme Court Wednesday said it was perturbed by the CBI changing the "heart" of the coal blocks allotment probe status report at the instance of its "masters" and ordered the agency's director to ensure that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and other ministers do not have access to such reports in the future. The keenly-watched hearing lasted three hours and witnessed the CBI incurring the wrath of the court...
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