Cabinet clears bill to protect whistleblowers

NEW DELHI – The cabinet Monday cleared a bill to protect whistleblowers and it is likely to be tabled in the ongoing monsoon session of parliament, official sources said.

The approval for the Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill, 2010 came at a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Libya to compensate wrongly imprisoned citizens

TRIPOLI – Libya will pay compensation to its citizens who have been wrongly imprisoned by authorities, a ministry statement said.

“Those who were released after being detained by authorities in connection with various security cases, including convicts who were still imprisoned after the expiry of their sentences, prisoners who were detained but later acquitted and people …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

US immigrant’s dream ends in NH, accused of aiding Rwanda genocide

US immigrant’s dream ends with genocide allegation

CONCORD, N.H. – Beatrice Munyenyezi (moon-yehn-YEH’-zee) brought her young daughters to the United States from war-ravaged Rwanda in 1998 and focused on the American Dream: private schooling for her girls, a home with a swimming pool, a sport utility vehicle.
She financed her comfortable lifestyle in New Hampshire with mortgages, … Read : US immigrant’s dream ends in NH, accused of aiding Rwanda genocide.

Illegal immigration issue provides big boost for Brewer in Arizona’s governor race

Immigration issue boosts Brewer in Arizona race

PHOENIX – As the year began, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer faced a competitive field of fellow Republicans who wanted her job, with some GOP critics sensing she was particularly vulnerable as she sought voter approval of a sales tax increase she’d proposed to shore up the state budget.
All of …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Illegal immigration issue provides big boost for Brewer in Arizona’s governor race.

Maldives attorney general resigns

MALE – Maldives Attorney General Husnu Suood has resigned over government’s “failure to enact necessary legislation” that made his job “untenable”, a media report said Sunday.

“I resigned… There are a lot pending matters. I believe that all state bodies have failed (to take their responsibilities). So I believe that at least someone should take the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Maldives attorney general resigns.

J.S.Khehar new Karnataka chief justice

BANGALORE – J.S. Khehar was Sunday sworn in as the chief justice of the Karnataka High Court succeeding P.D. Dinakaran, who has been transferred to Sikkim in the wake of land grab charges against him.

Khehar, who was chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, was administered the oath of office by Governor H. R. Bhardwaj … Original source on Gaea Times at : J.S.Khehar new Karnataka chief justice.