Rahul peps up HP cadre ahead of Assembly elections
Kullu, July 2
All-India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said the party would devise a mechanism not only to “decentralise power when it forms the government, but also within the party down to the grassroots level, where each party worker has a say and respect”.
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi with a dance troupe in Kullu on Monday. Photo by writer

Convicted cop Pinki claims ex-judge sought bribe
MURDER CASE Judge denies charge, says he could have complained to the Chief Justice
Chandigarh, July 2
Nearly three years after surfacing of the cash-for-judge rip-off, a convicted Punjab Police Inspector today accused a former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge of demanding bribe. Addressing media, CAT commando Gurmeet Singh, alias Pinki, created a flutter this morning when he said Justice Jora Singh had demanded a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to release him in a murder case.
Gurmeet Singh, alias Pinki, addresses the media on Monday.

Punjab page: Encounter specialist runs out of luck

UN Millennium Development Report
One in five maternity deaths across world occurs in India
New Delhi, July 2
In 2010, one in every five maternal deaths globally happened in India which accounted for 20 per cent of the total mortality in this respect.

Telangana activists protest release of dam water to coastal belt
Hyderabad, July 2
A bitter water war has broken out in Andhra Pradesh with the Telangana activists raising serious objections over the state government’s decision to release water from two reservoirs on the Krishna river for paddy cultivation in the coastal Andhra region.

Feminists snub Ramesh, seek toilets as a right New Delhi, July 2 With the incidence of violence against women using public toilets on the rise, feminist economists on the committees of Planning Commission are seeking private toilets as a right. A “Right to Toilet” proposal has been made to the government by the Feminist Economist Group of the Planning Commission which member Syeda Hameed heads.