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For them, naxals are the government - Harinder Baweja, Hindustan Times
Helicopters were kept on standby for casualty evacuation; targets were chosen with care after studying satellite images and the troops were warned — the encounters would be fierce and the naxals could be in the hundreds, even thousands. After weeks of planning, security forces armed with automatic rifles, satellite phones and Swedish Carl Gustav rocket launchers made their very first foray into the dense Abujhmad jungle
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India must showcase only its strengths, says Modi - Manisha Jha & Nivedita Ganguly, Business Line
Sajjan Kumar acquittal: Sikh protesters march towards PM's residence - IE
BJP exposes Pawan Bansal’s close business links to nephew Singla - FirstPost
Rail minister derails UPA's bribe express - Abhishek Bhalla, Mail Today
Coal scam stain paints UPA black - Aditya Menon & Abhishek Bhalla, Mail Today
Affidavit nails Mamata's lie - Soudhriti Bhabani, Mail Today
Nephew sold rail post for Rs 10 cr, Bansal under cloud - Abhinandan Mishra & Sanjay Sharma, Sunday Guardian
Railway bribery: Bansal's nephew, 3 others sent to 4-days CBI custody - PTI
Bansal won't quit, Congress decides to weather new crisis - Indian Express
Whose the blackest hand in the charcoal till - Anuradha Raman, Outlook India
Manmohan’s moral meter - Sundeep Dougal, Outlook India
A general practitioner - Saba Naqvi, Outlook India
Ashwani, Pawan Bansal: All the PM’s men are falling - Sanjay Singh, FirstPost
Uttar Pradesh crucial for BJP - Varghese K George, Hindustan Times
All downhill for Cong in Uttarakhand - Sanjay Singh, Indian Express
Kerala Police gets 'proof' of PFI men's terror links - VR Jayaraj, Pioneer
Mamata's brother puts TMC men in dock - Pioneer
Sarabjit autopsy nails Pak lies - Amitabh Shukla, Pioneer
NDA to President: check ‘visible drift’ in external affairs - B Muralidhar Reddy, Hindu
Railway Minister Bansal's nephew arrested by CBI for accepting Rs 90-lakh bribe - Indian Express
Opposition parties plan to vote out Chacko from JPC - Gyan Verma, Bus Std
Eye on Lok Sabha polls, Narendra Modi calls for a Congress-free India - Johnson TA, Indian Express
UPA’s political problems worsen after Sarabjit Singh dies in Lahore - Elizabeth Roche & Liz Mathew, Mint
NaMo calls Rahul 'Mr Golden Spoon' - Kestur Vasuki, Pioneer
Now, Maoists spreading tentacles in N-E States - Rakesh K Singh, Pioneer
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There was for years an old "social contract" between politicians and business. This provided for complex rules and regulations that made it impossible to do business honestly in many fields. But it was possible to do business dishonestly, through pay-offs . Some called this "efficient corruption" : politicians took money and delivered clearances. However, the anti-corruption mood of the courts, and new fears of getting caught (like Pawan Bansal) have ended "efficient corruption" . Politicians may still take money but not deliver on clearances , what some call "inefficient corruption" that freezes investment and growth. The old social contract has broken down.
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