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Sibal takes on networking sites over foul content
Says Google, Facebook, Twitter must self-regulate
New Delhi, December 6
Concerned over the rise in objectionable content on social networking sites, the government today said it would take steps to screen and remove such contents. It asked Internet firms like Google and Facebook to adhere to government guidelines.

Congress activists protest against Facebook in New Delhi . PTI

RIGHT TO SERVICE IN PUNJAB
Now for the hard part
The major administrative reform of the Badal govt to deliver various services to the common man on time runs into teething troubles
Chandigarh, December 6
Subodh Chandra Agrawal, Punjab’s Chief Secretary, is the unlikeliest of salesmen. With his grave countenance, he is the archetypal bureaucrat more used to giving orders in air-conditioned comfort and having people stand to military attention in his presence than shaking hands with sweaty villagers.

The story behind a mighty effort Punjab Chief Secy SC Agrawal discusses the RTS Act with sarpanches in Jalandhar. Photo: Sarabjit Singh

Win in Haryana, take oath in Delhi
New Delhi, December 6
With newly elected Congress legislator from Ratia( Haryana), Jarnail Singh, administered the oath of office by the Speaker at the Haryana Bhavan here today, the Congress MLA has become the first legislator in the country to be administered oath outside the state where he won the election.

AP Govt survives trust vote, but Jagan wins
Hyderabad, December 6
It turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory for the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh. The one-year-old Kiran Kumar Reddy government defeated an Opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion, but not before suffering significant damage inflicted by the rebel group owing allegiance to YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Editorial: Trust vote hurdle crossed

FDI: Oppn keeps its cards closed ahead of today’s meet
New Delhi, December 6
While the Opposition is keeping up the suspense, the government is hoping that tomorrow’s all-party meeting will end the ongoing deadlock in Parliament so that it can get down to normal business.

NHRC summons UP chief secy over Bhatta-Parsaul rapes
New Delhi, December 6
The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh is in for trouble with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) taking a serious note of the state’s continued failure to respond to its findings in the cases of police violence and the alleged rape in Bhatta and Parsaul villages of Greater Noida.

‘Not the slap, but brazenness of sarpanch is hurting’ Victim Varinder Kaur says she is getting threatening calls, vows to fight for justice Gidderbaha, December 6 “It’s not the physical pain of the slap that hurts me. What hurts me is the brazenness of the Akali Sarpanch, Balwinder Singh Toti, who hit me and humiliated me in public without bothering about our decades of loyalty to the Shiromani Akali Dal and its leader, Parkash Singh Badal”, says Varinder Pal Kaur, the Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) teacher, whose victimisation by the arrogant Akali leader has evoked sharp reactions with even icons like Shah Rukh Khan dubbing it as “disgusting”. Punjab page: Sarpanch held for slapping woman teacher, bailed out Varinder Kaur leads a rally of agitating EGS teachers in Gidderbaha on Tuesday. Photo by writer