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By Rupa Subramanya Dehejia
Who today in India is making the most vociferous case to let the markets function and for the government to play facilitator rather than bully?
I'd argue it's not any bureaucrat, policy wonk or columnist in Delhi, but a group of farmers protesting in nearby Uttar Pradesh against their government's approach to land acquisition for the Yamuna Expressway project. The project, when completed, will create a six-lane, 165-kilometer freeway that will cut travel time from New Delhi to Agra to two hours from at least four. Last week, as protests flared, at least four people, including two policemen, died in the violence.
This is the next chapter in an ongoing saga, punctuated by the arrest of Rahul Gandhi, a Member of Parliament and office bearer of the Indian National Congress who last year had promised to be the farmers' "soldier in Delhi". Mr. Gandhi has been released on bail.
Last September, in the wake of violent protests over the same project, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati announced a new land acquisition policy which would raise the amount per square meter each farmer would receive, although crucially this would remain set by the government.
So what do the farmers want and does it make sense? And can their actions be construed as anti-development?
Unlike in some other disputes such as the Vedanta bauxite mining project in Orissa that the government rejected, the issue here is not principally about farmers or tribals not wanting to sell their land. The farmers' objection is that the government's approach of fixing the price grossly undervalues their land, which will presumably jump exponentially in value when c [...]
Election results for the states including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were announced Friday. It was no ordinary Friday: It was Friday the 13th. But for the women who were voted into power yesterday, it was a lucky day. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress Party broke the long run of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who had been at the helm of the state for over three decades. Communist-led coalitions lost not just in West Bengal, but in Kerala as well. In Tamil Nadu, actress-turned-politician J. Jayalalitha's AIADMK swept the DMK out of power, a party which has been the focus of corruption allegations.
India Real Time presents a selection of editorials, commentaries and opinions on the state elections from Indian newspapers.
Political analyst Mahesh Rangarajan, began his Saturday editorial in The Times of India with an apt phrase from the bible – "How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle/ O Jonathan thou wast slain in thine high places" – to comment on the loss of the CPI(M) and the DMK. Mr. Rangarajan wrote that the voters did more than just "unseat incumbent governments," adding that the results will force the parties to "rethink the fundamentals of its ideology" and lead many others to "ponder the perils of putting kin and clan in charge of p [...]
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations will be announcing this year ICSE results for both class 10th and class 12th on May 17th.
It means only two days are remaining to get the results for your hard work, labour and concentration on the rigorous study that all students have made.
The official notice that is up on the official website states that “The results of ICSE 2011 & ISC 2011 will be declared on 17th May, 2011 at 3.00 p.m”.
The official website where the results can be checked is http://www.cisce.org/. Other sites where results for this can be checked is http://www.cisce.ndtv.com, http://www.cisce.topperlearning.com, http://www.cisce.indiaresults.com, http://www.cisce.navbharattimes.com, http://www.cisce.examresults.net, http://www.cisce.myschool.in.com and http://www.cisce.timesofindia.com.
One can also get the result son their cell phones via SMS facility, So if your index number T/1480/041 then you need to type ISC T1480041. You can check your results by sending message at 5676750, 56677, 56388, 51818, 56263, 58888, 54242 or 5782728.
The federal prosecutors on Saturday charged a Pakistan descent with US citizenship along with his four family members and one other man for supporting Pakistani Taliban with hidden money or wealth.
The US Justice Department has clarified in his statement that of the six accused two are imams and belonged to South Florida and others belonged to Pakistan. These people were charged for hatching a conspiracy to murder, injure and kidnap persons abroad and helping Pakistani Taliban for striking back against US for killing Osama Bin laden, an al-Qaeda leader.
The particulars of the six accused are Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, resident of Miami, his sons named Irfan Khan, 37 years old and Izhar Khan, 24 years old resident of North Lauderdale, Florida, Ali Rehman, Alam Zeb, and Amina Khan are the other accused with US citizenship.
According to Wilfredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney, Hafiz Khan, an imam was amin culprit for all this scam and was arrested from South Florida on Saturday whereas his two sons were handcuffed from Los Angeles.
It is to mention that Hafiz and Izhar Khan are being planned to appear before the court on 16th May, 2011 in Miami and Irfan Khan is to present himself before the court in Los Angeles.
All the accused were found guilty for three counts and every count result in 15 years of imprisonment.
The Justice department of US sated that Hafiz Khan is the manager of the traditional mosque of the respective city. Following the charge, FBI has started investigating the case to know about the further hidden clarification.