(1)Hoping to woo millions of voters living in illegal colonies in
Delhi, the state government may start issuing regularisation
certificates to such areas from next month. Of 1,639 resettlement
colonies, provisional certificates were given to 1,218 in
2008.(source-Hindustan Times Thursday, July 26, 2012)
(2)Former insurgents from Assam-241 in all have a new aim in
life:breathe in.breathe out, and relax. the ex-gunsligers are into
something far more laid back these days-Yoga. they are taking part in
a 30day training and rehabilitation course during, which
they will learn yoga, self-improvement, and vocational training from
Art of Living gurus in Banglore. Of the 241ex-guerilla
fighters, 231 belonged to the dreaded outfit United Liberation Front
of Asom(ULFA).
(source-Hindustan Times Tuesday, July 31, 2012)
(3)The environment ministry will send a team to Assam to review
relief and rescue measures for wildlife even as animal death rose to
595.
Of the 595 killed, around 512 were hog deer who failed to navigate
high speed of water. However, lesser casualty of bigger animals such
as elephants and rhinos were reported. (source-Hindustan Times
Tuesday, July 10, 2012)
(4)The residents of unauthorised colonies that have come up on
government land will have to pay huge sums as penalty to the
authorities.
The government, while tabling the notification on regularising 895
unauthorised colonies, announced the penalties the residents will
have to pay. Of the 895 colonies that have been regularised, 583
are on government land. The minister said that colonies, including
those on private land, would have to pay 200 per square metre as
development charge to the government for providing various facilities
such as electricity, roads and sewer pipes.(source-Hindustan Times
Friday, September 07, 2012)
(5)The Banglore Police on Thursday arrested Akram alias Yusuf, an
associate of the late HUJI terrorist Shahid Bilal, and 10 others on
charges of conspiring to murder journalists, politicians and some
other for allegedly denigrating Islam. The Banglore team carried out
the early morning arrests with the help of its Hydrabad
counterparts. Of the 10, six are from Hubli Dharwad district. Among
the arrested
are a scientist of the DRDO and a journalist.(source-Hindustan Times
Friday, August 31, 2012)
(6)Bothbudan village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district stands apart
for its sheer starkness. It houses 23 farm widows- the highest any
village has seen in Vidarbha. Drive into this village and one hardly
finds the women in their huts. they are all out in the fields. from
eight in the morning to six in the evening, their lives trasformed
after being froced to become bread-earners. The husbands gave up.
Tired
of being bank defaulters and hounded by moneylenders and hounded by
moneylenders, the pesticide came in handy, Dying was easier than
living.
Of the 23 suicide in Bothbudan so far, four were in 2012." this year
could be worse than 2006 when the Prime minister was forced to visit
the area and announce a relieft package," says Kishor Tiwari, head of NGO.
(source-Hindustan Times Monday, September 09, 2012)
(7)Large parts of the National Capital went without electricity on
Monday night-up to 12 hours at some places because of low frequency
and
local faults as power demand rose to a new high in the wake of a
continued heat wave. The situation may become worse because the power
dis-
coms have made arrangements to meet a maximum demand of only
5,000MW. The demand already touched a 5,454 on Monday and may rise
further
as the monsoon continued to elude the city. Of the 5,500 MW, 5,200
MW includes Delhi's own generation capacity and the permanent
arrangements the Capital has with other states. The rest 300 MW could
be managed, if and when the need arises.
(source-Hindustan Times Monday, July 07, 2012)
(8)Five years after a boy was allegedly sodomised by a police
constable in east Delhi, the trial in the case is yet to start.
Delhi had become the first city in India to set up special courts
for children in 2010 on the Delhi High Court's Direction.
All the cases related to children were to be transferred to these
courts. Of the total 526 cases received by the 11 children
courts across Delhi, only 181 cases have been disposed of - a
disposal rate of just 34.4%. Cases as old as eight years are still
pending in the courts, one of the RTI reply shows.(source-Hindustan
Times Saturday, October 27, 2012)
(9) The congress got the largest slice of the reshuffle pie on Sunday,
probably the last such exercise by the UPA2 government before
the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. Of the 22 ministers sworn in on
sunday, 21 were from the Congress. The long exception, Tariq Anwar,
is from the Nationalist Congress party(NCP). Anwar replaced
Agatha Sangma as his party's third representative in the Union council
of
ministers, the other being party chieft Sharad Pawar and senior
leader Praful Patel.
(source-Hindustan Times Monday, October 29, 2012)
(10)The national Capital is becoming a breeding ground mosquitoes. if
municipal officials are to be believed. The three municipal
corporations in
the city have found 71,000 homes in hte city that have mosquito
larvae breeding in water stagnating in the coolers, broken cups, vases
and tyres.
Between January 1 and September 22, the domestic Breeding checkers
of the three corporation made two crore visits and detected larvae. Of
the
71,829 homes found guilty, notices have been sent to 61,997 while
the rest were spared after warning. In 2011, mosquito breeding was
detected in 72, 541
houses during the same period and notices were sent to almost all
of them.(source-Hindustan Times Wednesday, September 26, 2012)
Delhi, the state government may start issuing regularisation
certificates to such areas from next month. Of 1,639 resettlement
colonies, provisional certificates were given to 1,218 in
2008.(source-Hindustan Times Thursday, July 26, 2012)
(2)Former insurgents from Assam-241 in all have a new aim in
life:breathe in.breathe out, and relax. the ex-gunsligers are into
something far more laid back these days-Yoga. they are taking part in
a 30day training and rehabilitation course during, which
they will learn yoga, self-improvement, and vocational training from
Art of Living gurus in Banglore. Of the 241ex-guerilla
fighters, 231 belonged to the dreaded outfit United Liberation Front
of Asom(ULFA).
(source-Hindustan Times Tuesday, July 31, 2012)
(3)The environment ministry will send a team to Assam to review
relief and rescue measures for wildlife even as animal death rose to
595.
Of the 595 killed, around 512 were hog deer who failed to navigate
high speed of water. However, lesser casualty of bigger animals such
as elephants and rhinos were reported. (source-Hindustan Times
Tuesday, July 10, 2012)
(4)The residents of unauthorised colonies that have come up on
government land will have to pay huge sums as penalty to the
authorities.
The government, while tabling the notification on regularising 895
unauthorised colonies, announced the penalties the residents will
have to pay. Of the 895 colonies that have been regularised, 583
are on government land. The minister said that colonies, including
those on private land, would have to pay 200 per square metre as
development charge to the government for providing various facilities
such as electricity, roads and sewer pipes.(source-Hindustan Times
Friday, September 07, 2012)
(5)The Banglore Police on Thursday arrested Akram alias Yusuf, an
associate of the late HUJI terrorist Shahid Bilal, and 10 others on
charges of conspiring to murder journalists, politicians and some
other for allegedly denigrating Islam. The Banglore team carried out
the early morning arrests with the help of its Hydrabad
counterparts. Of the 10, six are from Hubli Dharwad district. Among
the arrested
are a scientist of the DRDO and a journalist.(source-Hindustan Times
Friday, August 31, 2012)
(6)Bothbudan village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district stands apart
for its sheer starkness. It houses 23 farm widows- the highest any
village has seen in Vidarbha. Drive into this village and one hardly
finds the women in their huts. they are all out in the fields. from
eight in the morning to six in the evening, their lives trasformed
after being froced to become bread-earners. The husbands gave up.
Tired
of being bank defaulters and hounded by moneylenders and hounded by
moneylenders, the pesticide came in handy, Dying was easier than
living.
Of the 23 suicide in Bothbudan so far, four were in 2012." this year
could be worse than 2006 when the Prime minister was forced to visit
the area and announce a relieft package," says Kishor Tiwari, head of NGO.
(source-Hindustan Times Monday, September 09, 2012)
(7)Large parts of the National Capital went without electricity on
Monday night-up to 12 hours at some places because of low frequency
and
local faults as power demand rose to a new high in the wake of a
continued heat wave. The situation may become worse because the power
dis-
coms have made arrangements to meet a maximum demand of only
5,000MW. The demand already touched a 5,454 on Monday and may rise
further
as the monsoon continued to elude the city. Of the 5,500 MW, 5,200
MW includes Delhi's own generation capacity and the permanent
arrangements the Capital has with other states. The rest 300 MW could
be managed, if and when the need arises.
(source-Hindustan Times Monday, July 07, 2012)
(8)Five years after a boy was allegedly sodomised by a police
constable in east Delhi, the trial in the case is yet to start.
Delhi had become the first city in India to set up special courts
for children in 2010 on the Delhi High Court's Direction.
All the cases related to children were to be transferred to these
courts. Of the total 526 cases received by the 11 children
courts across Delhi, only 181 cases have been disposed of - a
disposal rate of just 34.4%. Cases as old as eight years are still
pending in the courts, one of the RTI reply shows.(source-Hindustan
Times Saturday, October 27, 2012)
(9) The congress got the largest slice of the reshuffle pie on Sunday,
probably the last such exercise by the UPA2 government before
the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. Of the 22 ministers sworn in on
sunday, 21 were from the Congress. The long exception, Tariq Anwar,
is from the Nationalist Congress party(NCP). Anwar replaced
Agatha Sangma as his party's third representative in the Union council
of
ministers, the other being party chieft Sharad Pawar and senior
leader Praful Patel.
(source-Hindustan Times Monday, October 29, 2012)
(10)The national Capital is becoming a breeding ground mosquitoes. if
municipal officials are to be believed. The three municipal
corporations in
the city have found 71,000 homes in hte city that have mosquito
larvae breeding in water stagnating in the coolers, broken cups, vases
and tyres.
Between January 1 and September 22, the domestic Breeding checkers
of the three corporation made two crore visits and detected larvae. Of
the
71,829 homes found guilty, notices have been sent to 61,997 while
the rest were spared after warning. In 2011, mosquito breeding was
detected in 72, 541
houses during the same period and notices were sent to almost all
of them.(source-Hindustan Times Wednesday, September 26, 2012)
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