-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: Villagers of Pathpani, where Maoists killed a Sikhya Sahayak three days ago, have appealed to chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Nuapada SP and collector to relocate them at some other village. Maoists had killed Dunguripali primary school teacher Chaitanya Majhi (32), accusing him of being a police informer, and thrown his body in Pathpani forest. After the incident about 250 villagers deserted the village fearing more attacks by...
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Railway projects in rural areas can be under MGNREGA: Pawan Kumar Bansal
-IANS The railway ministry has asked the rural development ministry to bring its projects in far-off and rural areas under the rural job guarantee scheme. "A number of our projects in railways, including regular maintenance, require unskilled labour forces. Most of such works are connected with earthwork, construction and maintenance of embankments, cuttings, trenching, filling, developing water ways and clearing vegetational growth," Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said in a letter to...
More »Justice Verma for Changes in Anti-Defection Law
-Outlook Mathura (UP): Former CJI Justice J S Verma today said he favours changes in anti-defection law of the country. "Resignation from membership of the House should be made obligatory for defector, since voters had voted him/her on different grounds. Re-election should be a pre-condition for the defector," Justice Verma told reporters here. On the right to recall, he said, "Though I am in favour of it, it is not easy since there...
More »Vinodhini, Karaikal acid attack victim, dies-R Sujatha
-The Hindu Plastic surgeon V. Jayaraman, who treated her till the end said had responded to treatment even on Monday. "We did our best, but she had a cardiac arrest. We tried to revive her twice," he added. Chennai: Vinodhini, the 23-year-old victim of an acid attack on November 14 died at a private hospital here around 9.10 a.m. on Tuesday. A youth, who had professed love for J. Vinodhini, a B. Tech...
More »Skilled staff shortage hits Aadhaar drive
-Deccan Chronicle Anantapur: Lack of skilled manpower and approved operators with tool kits and computer systems has badly hit the Aadhaar enrolment drive in the district. Though the administration had around 350 kits pertaining to the enrolment process, the district administration was unable to set up new centres to complete the process in the scheduled period. Long queues were witnessed ever since the enrolment drive started at 22 centres in the district. Generally,...
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