-PTI Major rivers are flowing above danger mark; NDRF teams sent to Varanasi, Allahabad and Ghazipur Ten persons were killed and lakhs affected due to floods in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, where major rivers are flowing above danger mark on Wednesday. Two boys were feared dead after they were washed away in flash floods in the Tawi river in Jammu on Wednesday. In Uttar Pradesh, two persons were killed in floods...
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Pellets leave 3,000 injured in Kashmir
-The Hindu Data for 45 days say that of the 68 deaths, over 50 were in south Kashmir. Srinagar: Around 51 per cent of the 5,800 civilians injured in Kashmir in the ongoing violence were hit by pellets and most of them were in constituencies represented by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in south Kashmir. Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal districts saw relatively fewer injuries. Official data relating to 45 days of street...
More »Harish Narasappa, Founder of Daksh, speaks to Ajay Sukumaran (Outlook)
-Outlook Founder of Daksh, Harish Narasappa, on the need to set up a separate administration for the judiciary to free up judges’ time Bangalore-based Daksh has analysed data from courts to map the challenges facing the judiciary. The key finding, says its founder Harish Narasappa, is that there is a need to set up a separate administration for the judiciary to free up judges’ time. Excerpts from a conversation with Ajay Sukumaran: *...
More »Poor dam management responsible for Bihar flood -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Bihar has been battling floods despite receiving less than normal rains this year. Long at the receiving end due to release of water from Nepal, this time though the blame lies squarely on mismanagement of a dam and a barrage in neighbouring States of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. The situation has become so bad in the past four days that state chief minister Nitish Kumar...
More »Jharkhand NREGA workers unpaid due to govt. mismanagement & apathy
The state of Jharkhand has been in the news recently but for the wrong reasons. The NREGS workers who worked for constructing dobhas (small farm ponds) across the state during April to June 2016 have been treated unfairly by the officials in the sense that they were not paid their due wages, alleges a group of local activists. Despite complaints being made by the aggrieved workers, no action has been...
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