-The Telegraph Varanasi, Sept. 2: When the pain becomes excruciating, Lakhyi Pal smiles. No, it’s not age — she is 98 — that has dulled her senses. For her, such “thorns” are the “pathway to salvation”, and Shiva. Pain-relieving gel, or no gel. Abandoned widowhood, or dextrocardia. Prolonged complications from the congenital condition — where the heart is located on the right side of the thorax — has not Dampened the spirits of...

-The Hindu The Madhya Pradesh government has said the filling of the Omkareshwar Dam poses no threat to human life even as the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) directed the government to ensure the safety of the protesters. The government’s statement comes in the wake of the ongoing jal satyagraha protest of the project affected people of the Omkareshwar Dam in the East Nimaar region (Khandwa district), where oustees have been...

-PTI Some residents of Khardala village in Harda district have launched 'Jal Satyagraha' agitation by standing in the backwaters of Indira Sagar Dam built here on river Narmada, to demand proper rehabilitation, sources said. Nearly 25 persons, including women, have been agitating here since yesterday by standing in water above their waist level, as the Dam backwater has reached their village. The villagers are against the move of filling up the Indira Sagar...

-The Hindu ‘Amend Rule 24 suitably to remove the limitations on liability’ A parliamentary panel has come down heavily on the government for imposing limitations on liability amount as well as the duration of the liability period under the proposed rules under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act. Noting that the limitations imposed under Rule 24 of theCLND were not contemplated under the Act, the panel pointed out rules must be consistent...

-The Hindustan Times With security forces under pressure to ensure that civilians do not get caught in cross-fire in the Red Corridor, Maoists have started deploying members of the Jan Militia in plains clothes as human shields during attacks on the forces. Home Ministry officials said forces fighting naxals were being advised to account for this strategy in its operations. The naxal change in strategy comes after the June 28 encounter between...