Srikrishna Committee Report

The Supreme Court today declined the Centre's offer to place on record the report of Justice BN Srikrishna committee on "data protection" for perusal of the five-judge Constitution bench, which had reserved the verdict on pleas challenging the validity of Aadhaar.

The panel's report says data protection law is designed to limit the processing of personal data to legitimate reasons where the flow of information is beneficial and respects autonomy of the data principal.

Justice Srikrishna said data privacy is a burning issue and there are three parts to the triangle.

Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said the B.N. Srikrishna Committee on data protection will soon submit its report, after which a law will be drafted.

Stepping up the agitation for the introduction of a bill for the formation of Telangana state, activists of Telangana Rashtra Samiti, Bhartiya Janata Party, and several other organisations staged road blockades across the region today.Road traffic was badly affected in various towns and villages in the region, as the Telangana supporters blocked tr...

The software lobby Nasscom today expressed concern over developments in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of Justice Srikrishna Committee report over Telangana issue and cautioned that prolonged unrest might hamper business and could lead to jobs being moved to other states.     "Andhra Pradesh has made a huge investment in its infrast...

The Srikrishna Report on Telangana has been presented to political parties from Andhra Pradesh.  The Commission lists six options rather than recommendations in its report and then itself rules out its first three options.Here is a summary of the report:

The Srikrishna Report on Telangana has been presented to political parties from Andhra Pradesh. The report places before the government several options rather than recommendations on how to handle the three parts of the state: Coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema.  The 505-page report lists six options and then itself rules out the fi...

With three political parties absent from the meeting, the Srikrishna Report on Telangana was presented on Thursday morning by Home Minister P Chidambaram to five other parties from Andhra Pradesh. The report places before the government several options rather than recommendations on how to handle the three parts of the state: Coastal Andhra, Telang...

'Telangana jago, Andhra walon bhago' a slogan coined last year by K Chandrashekar Rao had given jitters to those from coastal Andhra Pradesh. This time round, however, the tone is relatively mellow. As the Srikrishna Committee report is to be made public, people are talking about a peaceful parting of ways. A tiffin centre in Mulkanoor town ...

Ahead of T-day, Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has said it will skip Home Minister P Chidambaram's meeting tomorrow. The TDP is the latest entrant in the boycott bandwagon.  The Telangana Rashtra Samiti or TRS, headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao who fronted the campaign for a new state, is boycotting the meeting. So is the BJP. (Watc...

Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on Telangana issue today said its report will show the "way forward" on approaching the contentious demand for a separate statehood issue in Andhra Pradesh.The five-member committee, which went into demands for forming a separate Telangana state and keeping Andhra Pradesh united, today submitted its report to Home M...

The Supreme Court today declined the Centre's offer to place on record the report of Justice BN Srikrishna committee on "data protection" for perusal of the five-judge Constitution bench, which had reserved the verdict on pleas challenging the validity of Aadhaar.

The panel's report says data protection law is designed to limit the processing of personal data to legitimate reasons where the flow of information is beneficial and respects autonomy of the data principal.

Justice Srikrishna said data privacy is a burning issue and there are three parts to the triangle.

Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said the B.N. Srikrishna Committee on data protection will soon submit its report, after which a law will be drafted.

Stepping up the agitation for the introduction of a bill for the formation of Telangana state, activists of Telangana Rashtra Samiti, Bhartiya Janata Party, and several other organisations staged road blockades across the region today.Road traffic was badly affected in various towns and villages in the region, as the Telangana supporters blocked tr...

The software lobby Nasscom today expressed concern over developments in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of Justice Srikrishna Committee report over Telangana issue and cautioned that prolonged unrest might hamper business and could lead to jobs being moved to other states.     "Andhra Pradesh has made a huge investment in its infrast...

The Srikrishna Report on Telangana has been presented to political parties from Andhra Pradesh.  The Commission lists six options rather than recommendations in its report and then itself rules out its first three options.Here is a summary of the report:

The Srikrishna Report on Telangana has been presented to political parties from Andhra Pradesh. The report places before the government several options rather than recommendations on how to handle the three parts of the state: Coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema.  The 505-page report lists six options and then itself rules out the fi...

With three political parties absent from the meeting, the Srikrishna Report on Telangana was presented on Thursday morning by Home Minister P Chidambaram to five other parties from Andhra Pradesh. The report places before the government several options rather than recommendations on how to handle the three parts of the state: Coastal Andhra, Telang...

'Telangana jago, Andhra walon bhago' a slogan coined last year by K Chandrashekar Rao had given jitters to those from coastal Andhra Pradesh. This time round, however, the tone is relatively mellow. As the Srikrishna Committee report is to be made public, people are talking about a peaceful parting of ways. A tiffin centre in Mulkanoor town ...

Ahead of T-day, Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has said it will skip Home Minister P Chidambaram's meeting tomorrow. The TDP is the latest entrant in the boycott bandwagon.  The Telangana Rashtra Samiti or TRS, headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao who fronted the campaign for a new state, is boycotting the meeting. So is the BJP. (Watc...

Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on Telangana issue today said its report will show the "way forward" on approaching the contentious demand for a separate statehood issue in Andhra Pradesh.The five-member committee, which went into demands for forming a separate Telangana state and keeping Andhra Pradesh united, today submitted its report to Home M...