“The Empowered Committee is looking into all aspects of safety of the dam” There is nothing serious, grave or emergent about the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam warranting our interference at this stage, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday and asked Tamil Nadu and Kerala not to arouse people's feelings and create a fear psychosis. The Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India, A.S. Anand, was looking into all...
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Many schools put admissions on hold by Sruthy Susan Ullas & Garima Prasher
The wait to know whether your child's school admission is confirmed just got longer. Many city schools have put admission on hold, thanks to the confusion prevailing over some provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. The landmark law, which guarantees every child education, has also made it mandatory for all schools, including private institutions, to set apart 25% of their seats for the under-privileged. Though it was passed in...
More »Decision on Food Security Bill deferred by Gargi Parsai
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday deferred a decision on the draft National Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains to 46 per cent ‘priority' families of the 75 per cent rural population and 28 per cent ‘priority' households of the 50 per cent urban population. “The discussion on the Food Bill remained inconclusive. We are trying our best to introduce the Bill in this session,” Minister...
More »Key rules flouted in (Bhushans) Noida farmhouse allotments: UP govt audit by Maulshree Seth
Remember the over 100 farmhouse plots allotted in Noida measuring at least 10,000 sq m each without an auction or a draw of lots, including two to Supreme Court advocate Shanti Bhushan and his son Jayant Bhushan? An audit has now found that not only was there no transparency in the allotment of these plots — 101 in all — but that the Noida Authority had fixed a very low rate,...
More »Supreme Court allows endosulfan export
-The Indian Express The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed export of unused stock of endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it on its production, sale and use within the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the “dilution, packaging and export” of the agrochemical will be handled by public sector unit (PSU) Hindustan Insecticide Ltd. The Bench also said its previous...
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