-The Hindu From the outside, it is just one of those private schools tucked away in an obscure corner that holds out the promise of convent-education, but once you are inside the poorly-lit building -- known as House No.16 -- in South-West Delhi's Bijwasan, you are confronted by the presence of countless buzzing flies and a pervading nauseating stench. This school with cramped classrooms and no students is home to grown...
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Illusory rights -Venkitesh Ramakrishnan and Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
-Frontline PESA, which is seen as an enabling law for tribal self-governance, is violated brazenly by both the Union government and State governments in the name of development. SINCE October 2012, the Ministry of Rural Development of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has apparently been engaged in an exercise to evolve a "National Land Reforms Policy". Over these months, the Ministry wrote to various State governments, highlighting the importance of...
More »Landmark verdict -V Venkatesan
-Frontline The Supreme Court's ruling against Novartis' patent claim for the cancer drug Glivec paves the way for generic drug companies to keep crucial, life-saving drugs affordable to the common people. By V. VENKATESAN IN their 112-page judgment delivered on April 1, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai of the Supreme Court began with a simple proposition: in order to understand what the law really is, it is essential to...
More »Casteist, anti-woman stand of Loksatta candidates land them in trouble-Sudipto Mondal
-The Hindu One candidate asked to withdraw nomination, two others reprimanded Bangalore: The Loksatta Party, which is set to make its debut in the coming Karnataka Assembly elections promising "clean" politics, has run into trouble with three of its candidates taking public positions that appear to run counter to the party's stated ideological vision and standpoint. Phanisai Bhardwaj, the party's candidate for Bangalore South, has said on his facebook page: "Apolish [abolish] reservation...
More »Have a fresh look at Land acquisition Bill, Brinda urges UPA
-The Hindu She claims the Bill has been diluted at the behest of mining lobby VISAKHAPATNAM: CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Saturday described as ‘historic' the Supreme Court order making the gram sabha consent a pre-requisite for going ahead with the controversial Vedanta project in Odisha. She urged the UPA government to take a fresh look at the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011. Instead of rushing the Bill through...
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