-The Times of India HYDERABAD: In a move that may provide relief to thousands of undertrials in state jails, the state information commission is planning to direct the government to make public the list of those who are languishing in prisons without trial for a long time, officials said. "We will order the prisons department to immediately make the information on undertrials public under the Right to Information act," saidJannat Hussain, chief...

-The Telegraph Bihar and Jharkhand are among eight states that are holding up moves to update national legislation on rights of people with disabilities, prompting an angry Union minister to slap them with an April 12 deadline for sending feedback on the draft bill. Minister for social justice and empowerment Kumari Selja has, therefore, written to the Governor of Jharkhand, Syed Ahmed - it is under President's Rule and chief ministers of...

-The Indian Express She was gangraped by 16 boys, nine of them juveniles. She was beaten, cut up and her genitals mutilated. She made it to hospital, but was sent home with first-aid. When she survived to fight, she ran into an indifferent administration and influential accused. Schools denied her admission, and others mocked and threatened her. Chances are you haven't heard this 16-year-old's story. Three days after the brutal attack on...

-The Hindustan Times The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, or anti-rape law, approved by the President on April 3 says the offence is punishable with three years' imprisonment and provides for a fine. But the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill passed by Parliament in February only provides for a penalty and departmental action. The law ministry has said in an internal government note that the women and...

-The Economic Times Six years after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh first urged India Inc to pro-actively offer employment to the less privileged sections of society, the government has not been able to walk the talk. A special recruitment drive initiated by it has failed to meet targets. Under the government's affirmative drive launched in 2008 and focused purely on offering jobs to candidates from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes...