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Behind fall of a Meghalaya univ, rise and rise of a ‘chancellor' -
Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Indian Express
If PhD degrees in one year to 434 candidates is a "feat" for which CMJ University in Shillong now finds its doors sealed, the growth of its chancellor in the field of academics has not been any less exponential. Till the early 1980s, as far as anyone can remember, Chandra Mohan Jha was a petty government contractor. |
Blood trail in Assam -
Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times
Often in Assam, someone goes missing only to be found later in a ditch or behind a bush in some secluded place — dead and mutilated. The sequence refuses to end. For, the stage has been set, used, dismantled and rebuilt for violence between the locals, especially the plains tribal people, and Bengali (read: Bangladeshi) Muslim migrants in the state. |
BJP demands PM’s resignation, to launch nationwide agitation -
Sahil Makkar & Liz Mathew, Mint
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over graft allegations, will intensify its protests against the ruling coalition by launching a nationwide agitation. |
'Someone in PMO influencing probe' -
Pioneer
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley has alleged that the massive cover-up exercise in Coalgate was guided by somebody in the Prime Minister’s office and asserted that the BJP will stick to its demand for the PM’s resignation. |
Bangalore blast probe proves TN terrorists' haven -
Kumar Chellappan, Pioneer
With the arrest of 28-year-old Zulfiqar Ali, a Coimbatore resident, the number of people held from Tamil Nadu in connection with the April 17 bomb blast near the BJP office in Bangalore has gone up to 10. Intelligence agencies, both the Central and State, are worried over the fact that Tamil Nadu is being used as a safe haven by various terrorist elements and extremists. |
Did the CAG overstep the mark? -
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Business Standard
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG's) reports saw senior politicians, powerful ministers and top bureaucrats end up in jail. Thanks to those reports, public scams such as 2G, Coalgate and the Commonwealth Games became part of the popular discourse. And no other CAG has polarised the national debate quite so strongly as the current incumbent, who is due to retire on May 23. In the eye of the public, the CAG has become a deliverer for India's scam-ridden society. |
Rudy seeks direct election of PM, moves Bill to keep MPs out of ministries -
Manoj CG, Indian Express
At a time when serious questions are being raised over Parliament not being able to carry out its legislative work owing to frequent disruptions, BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy has moved a private member's Bill calling for selection of the prime minister through direct elections — in other words a presidential form of government — and confining MPs and MLAs to only law making. |
Power elite used land sale to give themselves a new New Delhi -
Ruhi Bhasin, IE
Delhi's power elite have a new address in New Moti Bagh, a gated complex complete with Lutyens-inspired bungalows, manicured lawns, smooth roads, multi-storey apartment blocks, a club house, a market area with ATMs, Mother Dairy and Safal outlets, even a play school. But few know that this residential complex, spread over 123 acres and home to state ministers, judges, secretaries and joint secretaries, has been built from proceeds of the sale of three acres of government... |
Manmohan Singh takes a hit in resignation drama -
Times of India
Pawan Bansal and Ashwani Kumar may have lost their jobs, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also appears to have taken a big collateral hit because of the widespread perception that he was reluctant to let the duo from Punjab go. A day after the ouster of Bansal and Kumar... |
A new-found agency? -
Uttam Sengupta, Outlook
On his first day in office after taking over as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation in November last year, Ranjit Sinha told his team that he was not a ‘jehadi’. He did not believe in sniffing out stink because there was enough of it in the air anyway, but he would not turn his nose away if it was in his face. |
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