NEARLY 80 km from Pune is Ralegan Siddhi village with about 3,000 people. It would have been one among the hundreds of nondescript villages in Parner taluk of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, had it not been for Kisan Baburao Hazare, 71, better known as Anna, or older brother, a title that was appended to his name after he made the village more than just a dot on the map. Until he was...
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Police rider on NREGS FIRs by Bhanu Pratap Singh
The Sirohi police have decided not to register FIRs over irregularities committed in Mahatma Gandhi National Rrural Employment Guarantee Schemes (MGNREGS) unless the complaint is backed by an audit report. Superintendent of police for Sirohi, Vipul Chaturvedi passed a written order to this effect for all police station in-charges in the district during a law and order meeting held on March 13, 2011. "Cases shall not be registered against people who...
More »Workers flee Jaitapur project site by Meena Menon
Workers employed at the Jaitapur nuclear power project site at Madban village have fled after the violent incidents on April 18 when a mob damaged equipment and indulged in arson. A Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) spokesperson on Thursday told The Hindu on the phone that workers have left since the situation was not conducive to staying there. “In any case, there are a few holidays from tomorrow [Friday]...
More »Shanti Bhushan won't quit panel: Kejriwal by Gargi Parsai
“No element of truth in the entire malicious campaign” Civil society member on the joint drafting committee on the Lokpal Bill, Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday ruled out the resignation of co-chairman Shanti Bhushan from the panel in the wake of the Noida farm plot allotment issue. He said they would remain focussed on drafting an effective Lokpal Bill. “There is no element of truth in the entire malicious campaign,” Mr. Kejriwal...
More »CFSL: CD not tampered with; Truth Labs stands by its report by Devesh K Pandey
The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report on the compact disc submitted by the former Law Minister and senior Supreme Court lawyer, Shanti Bhushan, to the Delhi Police has indicated that the conversation has not been tampered with. The case has now been transferred to the Special Cell for further investigations. While police officers remained tight-lipped over the findings of the CFSL/Central Bureau of Investigation (New Delhi) report, sources said it...
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