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. |
Mamata Banerjee snubs HC on poll plans -
ToI
The state election commission (SEC) on Saturday came up with a three-phase schedule for panchayat polls in line with Calcutta High Court's 24-hour deadline but the Mamata Banerjee government remained defiant, showing no hurry to comply with the court's directive to name the observers and give details of arrangements within the timeframe. |
The Prime Minister has been damaged by the Bansal and Kumar resignations -
Mail Today
It is a relief that good sense finally prevailed over the United Progressive Alliance government and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar were asked to resign. It is now clear that it was at Congress president Sonia Gandhi's insistence that Prime Minister... |
PM didn’t want Ashwani Kumar axed till end -
Hindustan Times
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have tried to prevent the removal of Ashwani Kumar from the Union cabinet till the very end. While the Congress leadership was mulling options for the damage-control exercise after Supreme Court observed that the “heart” of the coalgate status report has been changed, Singh offered to shift Kumar to some low-profile ministry. |
Now, there is no logic in PM's continuance: Advani -
PTI
BJP today stepped up its pressure on the government by demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the resignations of Railway Minister and Law Minister, saying the "consequences should follow." "Now, there is no logic in the Prime Minister's continuance. |
Sonia insisted on PM men’s exit -
Sanjay Basak, Asian Age
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s intervention to speed up action against the two tainted Union ministers has given rise to speculation of a growing distance between the Prime Minister and the party. After Mrs Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday afternoon and reportedly made it clear that a decision had to be taken on the tainted... |
In deviation, MLAs not 10 Janpath choose Karnataka CM -
Pioneer
Siddaramaiah is all set to be sworn in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka. He emerged as the choice of majority of the MLAs. After prolonged parleys with party MLAs on Thursday and secret ballot, the Congress team of observers led by Defence Minister AK Antony... |
Two dented, tainted ministers go in a day -
Times of India
In swift and decisive moves, the Congress brass on Friday gave marching orders to railway minister Pawan Bansal, under a cloud after CBI arrested his nephew for taking a bribe for a railway board job, and law minister Ashwani Kumar, who has faced Supreme Court strictures for vetting and changing the CBI report on Coalgate. |
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