-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At loggerheads with the Centre for wanting to probe top bureaucrats without prior approval in the court-monitored investigation into the coal scam, the CBI on Tuesday startled the Supreme Court by saying it was under the stranglehold of babus who frustrated its every proposal. During arguments on the necessity to adhere to Section 6A of Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act in court-monitored and court-directed investigations,...
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Villagers demand justice for Dalit girl’s death in Haryana-Divya Trivedi
-The Hindu Jind (Haryana): "They brought the body to the morgue and asked the women to take a look. Her body was lying sprawled on the stretcher and her neck seemed broken. Her arm was twisted inwards at the wrist as if by force. Her feet seemed to have been tied with a strong rope and her salwar was drenched in blood. There were round burn marks around her neck and...
More »SC seeks Centre’s response on barring criminals from contesting elections -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday gave a last opportunity to the Centre to break its long silence over Election Commission's suggestion to ban those facing trial for heinous offences from contesting elections. Almost eight months after it directed the Centre and the EC to "positively" file its response to a PIL seeking a series of directions to ensure that those with criminal track records do not...
More »Cops blame illicit relations for soaring crime graph in UP -Faiz Rahman Siddiqui
-The Times of India KANPUR: Murder over betrayal in love-affairs and relationships is one of the major reasons behind the soaring crime graph in the state. According to a study conducted by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), as many as 28,145 persons were killed nationwide in crime of passions between 2001 and 2012. Uttar Pradesh accounted for nearly 4,200 of these murders. Andhra Pradesh leads the list with 4,901 killings followed by...
More »Food for thought in a mid-day meal tragedy-Amarjeet Sinha
-The Business Standard The tragedy involving the death of children in a Bihar school should reinforce recent efforts to improve the programme, notes Amarjeet Sinha. The sad loss of 23 innocent lives after consuming hot cooked meals in a school in Bihar has rightly shocked and angered people. The highly poisonous pesticide monocrotophos found in children's food and a headmistress overlooking the cook and the children's protests about the oil and not...
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