-The Hindu Bhullar was sentenced to death by a trial court on August 25, 2001 for plotting terror attacks on Punjab Senior Superintendent of Police Sumedh Singh Saini in 1991 and Youth Congress leader M.S Bitta in 1993, in which nine people were killed. The Supreme Court has confirmed the death penalty to Khalistani terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar and refused to entertain his petition seeking review of the April 12 judgment. ‘No...
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Mid-Day Meal Scheme to Be Reformed: PM
-Outlook Against the backdrop of death of 23 children in the mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar last month, Prime Minister manmohan singh today said the scheme will be reformed and "concrete measures" will be taken to ensure that meals provide under it are nutritious and cooked hygienically. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of historic Red Fort on the 67th Independence Day, he said the "tragedy" which happened in Bihar should not...
More »Food Security Bill will push India toward malnutrition: Modi
-PTI Ahmedabad: Attacking Prime Minister manmohan singh over the proposed Food Security Bill, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the bill, in its current form, will push the country toward "malnutrition". In a letter to the Prime Minister written on August 7, Modi claimed that the National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO) promulgated by the Centre, which is likely to be passed in Parliament as the Food Security Bill, has inherent flaws...
More »Manual scavengers want life of dignity, security -Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu New Delhi: Moni will never forget July 13, the last day she spent with her father Ashok. The following noon he went inside a drain sewer in the basement of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi and did not return. Hit by the poisonous rush of gases, Ashok and two of his colleagues died on the spot. Till date there has...
More »Move to amend RTI fires citizen protest
The UPA government’s proposed bid to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act, in order to avoid compliance with the June 3 CIC order bringing records of political parties within RTI’s ambit, is sparking widespread citizen criticism and mobilisation. (Pl read the links below for more info on RTI and the bid to amend it) An online petition put out by the National Campaign for the People’s Right to Information has...
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