Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Irom Sharmila must reach out to people: GK Pillai

Irom Sharmila must reach out to people: GK Pillai

Irom Sharmila must reach out to people: GK Pillai

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Irom Sharmila, fasting for the last 11 years for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), must "reach out to people across the country" like anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare to make her cause known, says former union home secretary GK Pillai.

Parliamentary Standing Committee submits report on Judicial Accountability Bill

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:23 AM PDT

This is the bill that the government says will make the judiciary more accountable and will ensure that Judges do not have to come under the purview of the Lokpal. A Parliamentary Standing Committee has submitted its report on the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill and suggested that judges do not make "unwarranted comments" in open court.

Anna effect: Police inspector lists assets on Facebook

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:55 AM PDT

As the debate over transparency in the higher echelons of the government rages on and top officials in government agencies continue to stonewall activists' demands to declare their assets, a grassroot-level public servant has set an example of sorts by making public the list of his movable and immovable properties on Facebook, the social networking site that now connects the world.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Madras High Court stays convicts' execution for eight weeks

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:32 AM PDT

The execution of three men for assassinating Rajiv Gandhi has been stayed by eight weeks; their hanging had been scheduled for September 9. This morning, the Madras High Court suspended the death sentence given to Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan so that their case can be reviewed. The Union government has also been asked to respond within eight weeks.

PM sends flowers and get well soon message to Anna

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:31 AM PDT

It was Dr Manmohan Singh's intervention in parliament that created the room for a truce between the government and activist Anna Hazare, who was on a hunger strike against corruption.

Lokayukta row: Recall Gujarat Governor, says BJP

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Uproar over the appointment of a Lokayukta or ombudsman in Gujarat without the consent of the Narendra Modi-led government led to repeated adjournments in Parliament today.

Landslide blocks Konkan Railway, thousands stranded

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:05 AM PDT

A major landslide blocked tracks in a section of the Konkan Railway Tuesday, hitting services between Mumbai and the southern states and leaving thousands of people who were going home for the Ganeshotsav festival stranded. There were no casualties.

Rajasthan BJP MLA suspended for 'slipper missile'

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:26 AM PDT

In the shoe-for-a-shoe saga, a Rajasthan BJP MLA has got the boot. BJP MLA Bhawani Singh Rajawat has been suspended for a whole year after a study of video footage from Assembly proceedings yesterday showed that it was he who flung a woman MLA's slipper at the Treasury benches.

At Ramlila Maidan, now alcohol drunk near Anna's bed

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:54 AM PDT

Ramlia Maidan has undergone a sea change. The fervour is missing, so is the spirit. Well maybe not the latter, but it is a huge transformation nevertheless. A day after Anna Hazare concluded his hunger strike on the lokpal issue, MiD DAY found a group of men consuming liquor on the same bed at Ramlila Maidan which Anna was using for resting purposes.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Madras High Court hearing pleas of convicts

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:42 AM PDT

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: The Madras High Court today stayed for eight weeks the execution of three convicts on death row for plotting the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

BCCI under RTI? Cabinet to discuss new Sports Bill today

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:51 AM PDT

The Cabinet will discuss today a new Sports Bill that seeks to put the BCCI under the RTI Act and also cut sports czars down to size. Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said the proposed new Bill is aimed at bringing in transparency and accountability in all sports bodies.

Anna issue handled inappropriately: Congress MP

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:43 AM PDT

In a letter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Praveen Singh Aron said the issue was dealt with "inappropriately" and sought a "thorough inquiry" within the party to ascertain whether it was done deliberately or was a mistake.

Wah, MLAs! Shoe vs slipper in Rajasthan Assembly

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:59 AM PDT

It was shoe-for-a-shoe in the Rajasthan Assembly where MPs abandoned all pretences at dignity and attacked each other.

So who shot Haren Pandya? 12 men acquitted on Monday

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:25 AM PDT

The Gujarat High Court has acquitted 12 people accused of murdering senior BJP leader and former Home Minister, Haren Pandya. It has also accused the CBI of mishandling the investigation.

DMK vs Jayalalithaa over hanging for Rajiv's killers

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT

The scheduled execution of three of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins in September in Tamil Nadu has turned into a politically-loaded issue, with the state's government and Opposition blaming each other for not doing enough to save them.

Kiran Bedi refuses to apologise for 'ghoonghat act'

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Staying defiant over her infamous 'ghoonghat act' at the Ramlila Ground on Friday, in which she mocked politicians hiding behind masks, Kiran Bedi, a former IPS officer and a close aide of Anna Hazare, has refused to apologise.

Lockerbie bomber is near death, brother says

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 02:53 PM PDT

The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is near death and slipping in and out of consciousness, his brother said Monday, insisting he should not return to prison for the 1998 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.

Anna's call for poll reforms sparks debate over Right to Recall or Reject

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 02:33 PM PDT

A day after social activist Anna Hazare said his fight would now be for Right to Recall and the Right to Reject as part of electoral reforms so that corruption can be reduced, speaking to NDTV, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said that the Right to Reject seems relatively a more practical concept and also asked, "Is it possible to recall the US President or the British MPs?"

Parliament considering privilege motions against Bedi, Om Puri

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Anna Hazare's close aide Kiran Bedi and actor Om Puri face privilege motions for mocking at and passing caustic comments against lawmakers. The notices were filed in both houses of parliament Monday even as Om Puri apologised for calling MPs "anpadh" (uneducated) and "nalayak" (incompetent) at the Ramlila Maidan during Hazare's fast last week.

An Anna needed here too, says Pak media

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 10:27 AM PDT

An Anna Hazare is needed in Pakistan to lead the struggle against corruption if the country's political parties continue to be averse to taking decisive measures against graft, a Pakistani paper said Monday, commending the Indian activist for his "unflinching struggle" for the common people.

Tamils will be happy if Rajiv Gandhi assassins are spared: Karunanidhi

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Claiming that Tamils will be happy if the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case are spared the gallows, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today "fervently" asked for a cancellation of their death sentence.
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