Politics/Nation
Cong-NCP spat puts alliance under strain - Hindustan Times
A day after Congress workers told Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Mumbai that they strongly disapproved of the alliance with Sharad Pawar’s party, speculation is rife that the alliance partners would snap ties sooner or later. The two parties have been in an uneasy alliance since 1999.
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Rail bribery row: CBI finds links that could lead up to minister Bansal - Raghvendra Rao, Indian Express
Exit polls predict a Congress victory in Karnataka - Karthik Shashidhar, Mint
Will voters punish SP for rising crime? - Sahil Makkar, Mint
The Muslim factor in Uttar Pradesh - Badri Narayan Tiwari, Mint
Bansal’s kin floated firms after he became Union minister: BJP - Indian Express
At 3 lakh, UP faces largest teacher shortage in India - Isha Jain, Times of India
‘Lobbies have dictated top rail appointments’ - Mahendra Singh, Times of India
Turnover of Bansal sons' firm goes from 0 to Rs 152 crores in 5 years - Rohan Dua, Times of India
AG not only saw, vetted also: CBI - Pioneer
CBI to quiz Bansal in rail scam case - Devesh K Pandey, Hindu
By next elections, Facebook users could equal Congress’ 2009 vote - Shalini Singh, Hindu
Party support on track, Bansal, Ashwani to stay - Indian Express
Congress likely to bag 110-116 seats in Karnataka: TV channel - PTI
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
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Nothing epitomises Congress's oligarchic culture, hinging on a power cabal that centres in a ‘High Command', than disgraced former Union Minister  for Law and Justice Ashwani Kumar's parting statement in his own defence while demitting office. “Whatever the PM and the party High Command thought fit, as a loyal foot soldier, I have done, and I am proud of the fact that I have been a loyal foot soldier of the party”. There is no word about his loyalty to the nation, which, for patriotic Indians, should have precedence over party, Prime Minister and high command. But not in the Congress's scheme of things, which, in the final reckoning, is a matter of perpetuating the Nehru-Gandhi family's hegemony.
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