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House business takes a hit, only 36 bills passed in 2011 -
Prasad Nichenametla, Hindustan Times
On Tuesday Parliament opens again for the second half of the budget session as a controversy rages over the fate of big-ticket reforms and government vehemently denies a policy paralysis in New Delhi. Whatever the view, coalition compulsions, unpredictable allies and a string of corruption scandals have taken a toll on UPA 2 and the House business.
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In Lalu's Muslim anxiety, Nitish holds the edge -
Santosh Singh, Indian Express
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At 45°C, crowd hails Modi’s speech in Chhattisgarh -
Mohua Chatterjee, Times of India
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Congress govt, Janata cabinet: What a ‘clean’ sweep! -
Neena Gopal, Deccan Chronicle
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Judge Cyriac of NHRC fame gave 10 verdicts in 1,300 days -
Navtan Kumar, Sunday Guardian
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‘Modi magic’ takes Chhattisgarh by storm -
Rabindra Nath Choudhury, Asian Age
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Mamata: Two years, too little -
Subrata Nagchoudhury, Indian Express
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Cong's Jharkhand dream may crash as CBI seeks to prosecute eight MLAs -
Rahul Tripathi, Indian Express
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Was Sudipta Sen’s muckraking howl a TMC ploy to tarnish the President? -
SNM Abdi, Outlook India
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D-Company's money-bunny trap for players -
Pramod Kumar Singh, Pioneer
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Naveen's Roman script speech goes viral, draws flak -
Debabrata Mohanty, IE
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Sonia Gandhi: The leader who never delivered? -
FirstPost
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Collateral clean-up -
Mihir Srivastava, Open
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Indian politics and its Lalu Prasad Yadav syndrome -
Vivek Kaul, FirstPost
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The ‘incestuous relationship’ between Congress and media -
FirstPost
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Is Nitish now receptive to UPA? -
Mukesh Ranjan, Asian Age
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Advertising blitz can't hide UPA's failures -
Kalyani Shankar, Pioneer
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It pays to be a sycophant -
Anuradha Dutt, Pioneer
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BJP opposes Cyriac Joseph's appointment to NHRC -
Times of India
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Odisha CM's Odia speech written in English goes viral, ridiculed -
Ashok Pradhan, Times of India
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Spot-fixing in IPL: Dawood's man in Dubai mastermind of betting racket -
C Unnikrishnan & Raj Shekhar, Times of India
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Why this secrecy over Sonia Gandhi? -
Shining Path, FirstPost
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Bansal's PS was on assets-acquiring spree in last 3 yrs -
Aman Sharma, ET
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17 K'taka Cong MLAs facing criminal cases -
Kestur Vasuki, Pioneer
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UPA govt reaping what Vajpayee govt sowed -
Pioneer
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Nepotism case against Kapil mounts -
Pioneer
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The UPA 2 government was conceived in corruption – and never really recovered from that taint. Right from the day the election results came in, the back-channel negotiations began for the reappointment of A Raja as Telecom Minister to advance the interests of certain telecom majors (in return for illegal gratification). It was an enterprise which set the stage for India’s biggest corruption scandal and virtually set the political tone for the rest of the four years. As subsequent exposes have established, Manmohan Singh and other key Ministers knew full well that mischief was afoot, but pointedly looked the other way. That was the beginning of the slide, and the UPA government in general – and Manmohan Singh in particular – was mortally wounded from that episode. But rather than press ahead with remedial action, the government slid further into the cesspool of corruption.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar - K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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