-PTI INDORE: Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has asked Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the Treasure Island scam case here, involving former chief minister Digvijaya Singh, and report back within six months. The order was passed by the division bench of Justices P K Jaisawal and Moolchand Garg on Thursday, said advocate Dr Manohar Dalal, counsel for petitioner Mahesh Garg. According to advocate Dalal, the HC asked the CBI...
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No hope of a life of dignity for these bonded labourers -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Patiala (Punjab): It is an illegal but accepted practice here to employ agricultural labourers and their family against a loan The blaring gurdwara loudspeakers at Punjab’s Gandav village confirmed the worst fears of Jasbir Kaur. They were announcing that the recently-widowed young woman would lose the one-room shed she calls home if she was unable to pay back the Rs. 80,000 her husband had borrowed from the village landowner. With...
More »Arvind Kejriwal, Bhushan Bhushan in line of friendly fire -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India After dominating headlines as anti-corruption mavericks India Against Corruption (IAC) members Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan found themselves at the receiving end of high-voltage attack from a fellow anti-corruption activist. Y P Singh, a former Mumbai cop and an active member of the Mumbai chapter of IAC, accused the Bhushan-Kejriwal duo of letting off BJP leader Nitin Gadkari with a "dud" while suppressing far more incriminating evidence...
More »Panel to Look Into Jindal's Charges Against Zee News
-Outlook Broadcast Editors' Association (BEA) today decided to set up a three-member fact-finding committee to look into allegations of industrialist and Congress MP Naveen Jindal against the Editor and other functionaries of Zee News channel. The committee, it said, will delve into the aspects of allegations pertaining to ethical lapses, if any and submit its report in two weeks. BAE, which called an emergency meeting of the executive committee, said that since it...
More »For hardy political 'ethic', a battle of survival -Ajaz Ashraf
-The Hindu India Against Corruption has broken the unwritten code that politicians will not target each other’s kin, and in doing so has taken over the role the traditional Opposition and media should be playing The civil society formation, India Against Corruption, is a beast most find stunning and enthralling, yet few are able to define its precise nature. The confusion over IAC’s personality arises from the many simultaneous roles its activists...
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