-The Indian Express Three decisions by the apex court return the power to make policy to the executive The Supreme Court's decision on Friday to set aside the Orissa high court order against allocation of an iron ore mine to steel major Posco - it has asked the Centre to examine objections and take a final decision - follows two other major court decisions. Early this month, the court dismissed a PIL...
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30% dalits in UP 'tech literate'-Amita Verma
-The Asian Age A silent revolution is taking place in the backwaters of Uttar Pradesh as more and more dalits are turning computer savvy. UP has a four-crore dalit population and nearly 30 per cent of this is already computer literate. According to the findings of a survey on computer literacy in the state, all computer-savvy dalits may not be owners of a desktop, laptop or tablet, but they know how to...
More »Setback to Mamata as court rules in favour of 3-phase polls-Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu Kolkata: In a setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that panchayat polls in 17 districts be held in three phases with the government fully compensating the shortfall in security forces to the satisfaction of the State Election Commission. Justice Biswanath Somadder rejected the government's arguments on all the contentious issues in its writ petition and directed that it inform the Commission of...
More »Cobrapost exposes 10 more banks
-The Times of India Investigative website Cobrapost has released further secret tapes to show alleged money laundering by more banks. In the third part of its tapes, Cobrapost claimed that it has recorded officials of Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Allahabad Bank and Bank of Baroda, all major public sector banks, as well as IndusInd Bank, ING Vysya Bank, HDFC Bank , ICICI Bank and Axis Bank,...
More »Stuck record: Why Amartya Sen is wrong on food security again -R Jagannathan
-Firstpost.com It is becoming increasingly difficult to retain respect for Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. He seems to surface in the media every time the UPA government is about to legislate its pet follies, providing intellectual succour to mindless spending and corruption wrapped up in the package of anti-poverty schemes. Yesterday, Sen bobbed up just when the UPA - under siege for every known scam in India - tried to start discussions on...
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