-The Telegraph Human rights groups today claimed New Delhi had a role in allowing ex-army officer Avtar Singh to escape the country as a free trial could have allegedly unravelled the involvement of people at the “highest level” in various murders in Jammu and Kashmir. The Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Societies (JKCCS), which includes several rights groups, today pressed for an impartial probe into the “institutional support and circumstances under...
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Tribals threaten to evict Tibetan settlers
-The Times of India BERHAMPUR: A tribal outfit has demanded the eviction of Tibetan settlers in Gajapati district's Chandragiri area. The CPM-backed Adivasi Dalit Vikas Samiti said the government must return lands in the settlement area to landless tribals. The district administration has ordered a survey to demarcate plots allotted to the Tibetans by the government. "We demand the administration to expedite the survey," said CPM's Gajapati district unit secretary L Ramgopal Rao....
More »Inflation seen at 2012 high in May
-Reuters Inflation may have accelerated at its fastest pace this year in May, driven by higher food and fuel prices, impeding chances of a rate cut by the central bank at its review next week, a Reuters poll showed. The wholesale price index, India's main inflation gauge, is expected to rise 7.60 percent in May versus a year ago, compared with April's 7.23 percent, the poll of 31 analysts showed. Forecasts ranged from...
More »Cow slaughter reports trigger violence in Punjab town by Sarabjit Pandher
Indefinite curfew was imposed in the remote Joga town of Mansa district in Punjab on Sunday when angry villagers attacked, set afire and razed a factory, after reports spread that the premises was used for cow slaughter. Two houses of factory owners were also destroyed. No loss of life has been reported. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal ordered the suspension of district police chief S.S. Chahal for dereliction of duty. Tension had...
More »A lesson in rural schooling for state-Antara Bose
Jamshedpur, June 10: For a people who have clung to next-door Bengal for healthcare for years, setting up a self-run school — English medium, no less — may well be just another way out of elusive state welfare measures. The 700-odd population of 19 villages that make up Gopalpur panchayat, 80km from Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum’s rebel-hit Baharagora block, have made up its mind to do just that. The primary schools, at...
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