-The Hindu OMCs will revise price every month until losses are wiped out The Centre is seized of some State governments’ directive to their transport undertakings (STU) to line up at retail outlets for refuelling following the removal of subsidy for bulk consumers of diesel, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said on Friday. Talking to reporters here, Mr. Moily said he had heard that States such as Gujarat and Tamil Nadu had asked...
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In slain Maoist’s village, nothing on the ground to back up government claims-Pavan Dahat
-The Hindu GADCHIROLI: A week ago, six militants of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) were shot dead by commandos of Maharashtra’s anti-Naxal C-60 force at Govindgaon, a village in Gadchiroli district. Shankar Anna alias Munneshwar Jagatu Lakada, 43, was leading the Maoist squad that organised a meeting on the night of January 19 at Govindgaon, villagers say. Gadchiroli police say Shankar Anna was secretary of the CPI (Maoist) Aheri area committee and...
More »2013 World Press Freedom Index: Dashed hopes after spring
-reporters without Borders Access the 2013 World Press Freedom Index here. After the “Arab springs” and other protest movements that prompted many rises and falls in last year’s index, the 2013 reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index marks a return to a more usual configuration. The ranking of most countries is no longer attributable to dramatic political developments. This year’s index is a better reflection of the attitudes and intentions of...
More »Nandy made a bad statement with good intentions: Ilaiah
-PTI Dalit activist-writer Kancha Ilaiah on Monday sought to put a lid on the controversy over sociologist Ashis Nandy’s remarks on SC and STs, saying it was “a bad statement with good intentions“. “Prof Ashis Nandy made a bad statement with good intentions, however, as far as I know, he was never against reservation. The controversy should end here,” Ilaiah said in a statement here. Mr. Nandy had kicked up a storm at...
More »Hear no nuance, just jail them -Chandrima S Bhattacharya and Smitha Verma
-The Telegraph Jaipur, Jan. 27: An FIR against social scientist Ashis Nandy for alleged defamatory remarks on Dalits and tribals has brought to the fore a growing trend of “thought terrorism” that treats nuanced opinion as heresy liable to be crushed with a heavy hand. The remarks by Nandy, a widely respected sociologist known for his nuanced positions and reluctance to play to the gallery just to be part of “acceptable voices”,...
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