CRPF top brass on Wednesday distanced itself from a senior officer's demand that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) cover be extended to the paramilitary force to tackle the Maoist scourge. D K Pandey, a CRPF inspector-general (IG) posted in Ranchi and in-charge of anti-Maoist operations for the central force in Jharkhand, had made the pitch, which is seen to be his personal view. Speaking to TOI, CRPF director-general K Vijay...
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Will RTE prove to be a boon to children of lesser god?
-The Deccan Herald Despite being one of the highly literate districts in the State, the scenario in Government schools is not very encouraging. There are several schools in taluk like Belthangady which have adequate number of students but have been running the show with just one teacher for all classes and all subjects, writes Bhakti V Hegde When fundamental rights ensured for every individual in the Constitution is violated, there is provision...
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-The Financial Express Corporate fraud investigation body SFIO will have the power to carry out arrests once the new Companies Bill is passed by Parliament, Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily said today. "SFIO shall have the power to arrest in respect of certain offences of the Bill which attract the punishment for fraud. Those offences shall be cognisable and the persons accused of any such offence shall be released on bail subject...
More »CBI bats for whistleblower by Nitin Sethi
The CBI has said that the multi-crore forestry scam in Haryana which was exposed by whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi, a young forest official, is a fit case for it to investigate independently. However, the agency will require clearance from both the Centre and the state government to investigate a case that many officials have attempted to scuttle over the last five years. The green signal may be difficult to get considering that...
More »IPS officers failing to submit IPRs to be denied promotion
-PTI Toughening its stand on IPS officers who fail to submit their immovable property returns (IPRs) by January 31, next year, government has decided to deny promotion to them. The decision to deny vigilance clearance to those IPS officers who do not submit their IPRs has been taken by the home ministry after it was found that the property returns of 713 officers for the year 2010 (as on 1.1.2011) had not...
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