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No changes in RTI, demand Activists by Ashutosh Shukla

Five days after writing to Sena working president Uddhav Thackeray, RTI Activists denounced the private member bill introduced by a Sena MP to make amendments to the RTI Act. They also pledged to initiate a mass campaign against any amendment that would dilute the RTI Act at a public meeting. On Monday, Activists wrote to Sena president and e-mailed his son Aditya, asking both to ensure that their party MP, Bhausaheb Wakchaure,...

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BJP warns of FDI protests

-The Telegraph The BJP has slammed the Centre’s move to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, alleging this would destroy self-employment, create monopolies, facilitate foreign takeover of farming units and impair local manufacturing. Sources in the BJP, which has a following among small and medium traders who own the most of the mom-and-pop “kirana” shops, warned that this section would start an agitation as the Centre’s decision amounted to the “Wal-Martisation” of India. The...

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CCI will be vigilant after FDI in retail by Shalini Singh

-The Times of India   The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given an assurance that as a regulator, it is committed to discharging its legal mandate on any anti-competitive behaviour by potential entrants arising from the government's decision to raise the FDI limit to 51% in multi-brand and 100% in single brand retail. This statement is expected to soothe the nervousness of those with genuine concerns about the adverse competitive implications...

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How the RSS co-opted Anna by Gyan Verma & Sreelatha Menon

This is a saga of how the Hindu outfit saw the promise in Anna and pursued him for its gains. How often do we meet strangers on a flight and realise that it could possibly be the beginning of a lasting friendship? This is how yoga teacher Ramdev and super cop Kiran Bedi met in mid 2010 when both of them were on the same flight and Ramdev spotted her. Although fate...

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The nun's tale by Sreelatha Menon

The killing of Sister Valsa John over tribal rights is another episode of land dispute in the coal belt Why would 40 people kill a solitary nun in a remote village in coal-rich Dhumka in Jharkhand? Sister Valsa John is better known as an Activist than a nun of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus & Mary. She left her home in Kerala and moved to Jharkhand two decades ago as...

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