These kids make crackers to light up your Diwali!

CHENNAI – As you prepare to light up a sparkler to celebrate Diwali next week, spare a thought for the around 40,000 children employed in the hazardous firecrackers industry in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, for whom the festival simply translates into more forced work.

Sivakasi, about 650 km south of Chennai, is India’s fireworks capital. …. Source  : These kids make crackers to light up your Diwali!.

Badal withdraws defamation cases against Sonia, Amarinder

CHANDIGARH – A local court here Saturday allowed a plea by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to withdraw civil defamation cases filed against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congress leader and former chief minister Amarinder Singh.

Acting on a plea by Badal, filed early this month, Chief Judicial Magistrate J.S. Sidhu dismissed the defamation …. Source  : Badal withdraws defamation cases against Sonia, Amarinder.

Supreme Court issues notice to Amit Shah on bail

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Saturday issued notice to former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) petition seeking stay of a Gujarat High Court order giving him bail in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case.

However, the apex court bench of Justice Aftab …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Supreme Court issues notice to Amit Shah on bail.