-IANS SRINAGAR: Local newspapers in Kashmir would hit the stands Wednesday as their editors said authorities had told them to resume publication, while cable operations were again normal. "We have been told to resume publications of our newspapers from tomorrow. Authorities have also said security forces have been instructed to treat identity cards of our staff members as curfew passes," the editor of a local newspaper told IANS. Local newspaper editors had said...
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The Doctor Only Knows Economics-Lola Nayar and Amba Batra Bakshi
-Outlook This could be the UPA’s worst cut to its beloved aam admi. Healthcare has virtually been handed over to privateers. Not For Those Who Need It Most Govt seems to have abandoned healthcare to the private sector Diagnosing An Ailing Republic 70 per cent of India still lives in the villages, where only two per cent of qualified allopathic doctors are available Due to lack of access to medical care, rural India...
More »Undertrials in jail for long may be freed -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India Undertrials languishing in jails for long years because of their inability to secure bail may soon be released following the Centre directive to all states and Union Territories to review such cases. Saying only the poor and indigent continued to be in jails for long periods and that too for minor offences, the Centre has asked states to release all such undertrials who have completed half the maximum...
More »Rural road projects hit Red roadblock in state -Divy Khare & Sanjay Ojha
-The Times of India Ranchi/ BOKARO: Maoist activities and presence of a number of splinter groups are deterring construction of new roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the hinterland. Sources in the Jharkhand State Rural Road Development Authority (JSRRDA) said construction of a number of roads under the central scheme has either not started or has stopped due to Maoist problem. There are many places in Latehar, Gumla and...
More »In male-dominated Haryana, Rajasthan, cross-regional brides are deprived of rights -
-The Hindu Oppression and discrimination suffered by the low caste groups and Dalits at the hands of the dominant caste groups in Haryana and Rajasthan is reproduced within the families bringing in wives from other parts of India. The brides are “needed” solely for their ability to perform free reproductive and productive labour. They are also preferred over local women as the loosening of natal family connections renders them vulnerable to domination...
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