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The Morning Wrap: Many Files On Death Row Convicts Missing; Tasers Are Newest Gizmo In Delhi Police Armoury

The Morning Wrap: Many Files On Death Row Convicts Missing; Tasers Are Newest Gizmo In Delhi Police Armoury
Dozens of Indian activists light candles and hold banners urging the President to stop the scheduled death penalty of 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, as they gather near the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Memon, an accountant, convicted of providing financial and logistical support in the series of bombings that shook India's business and entertainment hub in 1993 is scheduled to be hanged Thursday, July 30, 2015. About 300 prominent citizens, including at least eight retired judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, have urged India's president to commute Memon's sentence to life in prison, reflecting what appears to be growing uneasiness in India with the death penalty. (AP Photo/ R S Iyer)
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Dozens of Indian activists light candles and hold banners urging the President to stop the scheduled death penalty of 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, as they gather near the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Memon, an accountant, convicted of providing financial and logistical support in the series of bombings that shook India's business and entertainment hub in 1993 is scheduled to be hanged Thursday, July 30, 2015. About 300 prominent citizens, including at least eight retired judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, have urged India's president to commute Memon's sentence to life in prison, reflecting what appears to be growing uneasiness in India with the death penalty. (AP Photo/ R S Iyer)

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In response to an RTI query, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has said that Gajendra Chauhan - who was appointed by the government as the chief of the Film and Television Institute of India, was selected on the basis of a one-para CV.

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The Supreme Court administration is contemplating action against Dr Anup Surendranath, who resigned as the court’s Deputy Registrar (Research) on Friday, on the grounds that the Yakub Memon case amounted to “judicial abdication.”

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Lakshman are just a few of cricket's stalwarts likely to be affected by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) new rules, to ensure its members don't have any conflict of interest as BCCI members and employees of cricket associations.

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Records of convicts, executed by the state since Independence, have gone missing from several prisons, according to researchers involved in an ongoing study to prepare a socio-economic profile of those awarded the death penalty.

The India Foundation, piloted by Shaurya Doval--the son of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval--is becoming to the National Democratic Alliance what the National Advisory Council used to be to the United Progressive Alliance.

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"I and my God know the truth. You people are just doing your duty and so i forgive you," were Yakub Memon's last words.

Mumbai's exorbitant rentals are leaving less air traffic controllers willing to take up postings in the city, which in turn affects services and compromises aircraft-landing safety.

All India Radio is sprucing up its radio infrastructure along India's borders to counter 'Chinese propaganda.'

The Delhi Police will become the first law-enforcement agency in India to use Taser guns and a host of other non-lethal arms.

Opinion

Ashok Gulati says that agriculture in India suffers because of an elitist bias.

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Vijay Chandru says that science in India must do more to realign itself with societal goals.

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