-The Hindu The travails of an official who tried to trace the route, destination of the ore THE STORY SO FAR A six-month investigation by The Hindu shows that 350 million tonnes of iron ore was transported out of Bellary between 2006 and 2010 costing the exchequer over Rs. 1 lakh crore. The Lokayukta report had pegged the loss at Rs. 12,228 crore. Our investigation showed that 200 million tonnes of ore was...
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Poorer states creating most jobs -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India Most of the poorer, less industrialized states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar appear to have done well in increasing their work force in the past decade according to recently released Census 2011 data. Surprisingly, richer or more urbanized states like Punjab, Haryana and Kerala have lagged far behind in job creation. But if you take away natural population growth, the picture changes dramatically. It becomes clear that the...
More »A flood of complaints against Delhi cops in 2012 -Dwaipayan Ghosh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: It is yet another dubious distinction that Delhi Police could have done without. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report for 2012, Delhi (in UT/States) has reported the highest number of complaints made against per 100 policemen (17), highest in the country. It is followed by Madhya Pradesh (14.7) and Chandigarh (10.1). The national average was just 3.7 in 2011. This is the...
More »Monsoon makes rapid progress across India, arrives in Delhi
-PTI NEW DELHI: Riding on strong easterlies, monsoon made a grand entry today in the national capital even as seasonal rains covered the entire country one month in advance. South-west monsoon, which kept its June 1 date with Kerala, made rapid progress across the country bringing bountiful showers all along and giving relief to most drought- hit regions. The monsoon onset in Delhi today was also a fortnight in advance as the normal...
More »Land that walks away-Sreelatha Menon
-The Business Standard Land acquisition in Chhattisgarh for a highway has triggered complaints of fraudulent land transfers It's difficult to imagine someone claiming your house to be his own, and selling it to a third party without you getting an inkling of it. But this seems to be a routine affair in Chhattisgarh. Village Teka in Pithora block of Mahasamund district has no Naxals. It is as normal as it can be. But...
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