A desperate state is making Maoists out of innocents Arun Ferreira smiles easily. The four years and eight months of incarceration, as an alleged Naxalite/Maoist, sit lightly on the 40-year-old quintessential Bandra boy. Released on January 5 from Nagpur Central Jail—acquitted in 10 of the 11 cases and bailed in one—Ferreira is taking his time to readjust to his life with family and friends in Mumbai. He must build anew...
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J Dey murder: Jigna sent mail to gangster from office computer, says police by Sukanya Shetty
Four colleagues of arrested journalist Jigna Vora have recorded their statements in the presence of a magistrate in connection with her alleged role in the murder of senior journalist J Dey. According to the police, Vora, who was working as deputy bureau chief with The Asian Age in Mumbai, had allegedly used her office computer along with her personal computer to send e-mails. “Four colleagues from the technical department in her...
More »MPs owe Rs 7.30 crore in phone bills by Chetan Chauhan
It seems the people's representatives are oblivious to the fact that making phone calls costs money and they have to pay bills like the man on the street. Altogether 405 present and former members of Parliament owe Rs 7.30 crore to public sector Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd for bills not paid for years. Every MP is entitled to two fixed line telephone connections – one in Delhi and other in his...
More »Dr Edgar Whitley, research coordinator of the LSE Identity Project interviewed by R Ramakumar
DR EDGAR WHITLEY is Reader in Information Systems at the Information Systems and Innovation Group in the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has a PhD in Information Systems from the LSE. His research and practical interests include global outsourcing, social aspects of IT-based change, collaborative innovation in an outsourcing context, and the business implications of cloud computing. He is also an expert in identity, privacy and security...
More »India dirtiest and filthiest: Ramesh
-Yahoo.com Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today described India as the "dirtiest and filthiest" country in the world where people with Mobile Phones go out to answer the "call of nature". The comment was the latest addition to the minister's repertoire of controversial statements on a gamut of subjects ranging from education and research to sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and sanitation. Ramesh, who last month said open defecation was a "blot" and a...
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