-The Hindustan Times Guwahati: Is it a coincidence that the militancy-mauled Northeast has had a large number of retired police, intelligence, army and paramilitary officers as governors? The first among them was general SM Shrinagesh, who took charge of undivided Assam in two phases, the first of which began in 1959. The separatism-troubled Naga Hills were then part of Assam. And now, former Delhi police comMISsioner KK Paul has replaced former BSF and...
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Bahuguna refuses to declare dead those MISsing in Uttarakhand
-PTI Hoping against hope, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today refused to declare as dead the 5,748 persons MISsing after the June 16 calamity in Uttarakhand, saying the MISsion to find them will not be given up. However, as the deadline for finding the MISsing ended, he said the process of paying monetary relief of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of those dead and MISsing will begin from tomorrow. But...
More »RTI deadline for parties ends today -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Political parties are unlikely to be rapped by the Central Information ComMISsion (CIC) for MISsing its Monday deadline for appointing public information officers. Though the CIC has recognized parties as public authorities under the RTI Act, it does not have powers to take suo motu action in case of non-compliance, allowing the government at least 45 days to bring in amendments to the RTI Act...
More »Bengal tops UN list of MISsing kids, women -Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay & Rohit Khanna
-The Times of India KOLKATA: More than 13,000 women and children from Bengal went untraceable in 2011. Where did they go? Were they abducted? Were they sold for money? Are they still alive? None has an answer. The year before, around 28,000 women and children went MISsing and 19,000 of them remained untraceable. MISsing women and children are ever increasing numbers in government files and reports by various organizations. But for their...
More »A flood of telegrams for PM urging an 'end to corruption' -Akshaya Mukul
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: It will be an unusual Monday morning in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's household. Among the bagful of mail he gets daily will be several telegrams urging him to 'end corruption, give us freedom'. As the 160-year-old telegram service wound down on Sunday, one young man's idea of sending a telegram to the PM on corruption caught the fancy of others in the serpentine queue at the...
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