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Hurting our heritage -
Nayanjot Lahiri, Hindustan Times
Usually, one hears of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) when it audits ministry programmes where the money value is huge, going into thousands of crores of rupees. Less known is the work it has done with regard to cultural institutions funded by the Union government. Such institutions with their meagre budgets stand nowhere in competition with flagship schemes with Rs. 40,000 crore a year.
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Yeddyurappa’s exit sealed BJP’s fate -
Shekhar Iyer, HindustanTimes
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Karnataka Election: BJP’s messy governance helps Congress win -
TS Sudhir, FirstPost
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Coalgate: SC slams govt's interference calls CBI a caged parrot -
ToI
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Advanced Agni-6 missile with multiple warheads likely by 2017 -
Ajai Shukla, Business Standard
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Sonia wants Ashwani Kumar, Pawan Kumar Bansal to quit: Sources -
CNN-IBN
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Bansal's great railway bazaar -
Abhishek Bhalla, Mail Today
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CPM, BJP: Cong, Kerala Govt shielding Islamists -
VR Jayaraj, Pioneer
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Pawar politics gives UPA food for thought -
Annapurna Jha, Pioneer
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Won't spare anyone at any level in Railgate: CBI chief -
Neeraj Chauhan, Times of India
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Fresh trouble for Pawan Bansal over bank loans to family business -
Miloni Bhatt & Shamik Ghosh, NDTV
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How the Centre and police have shielded Sajjan Kumar since 1984 -
Chander Suta Dogra, Hindu
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Lawyers seek action against Vahanvati -
Abhinav Garg, Times of India
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Railway officers allege posts kept vacant to breed graft -
Shyamlal Yadav, Indian Express
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Link between Bansal and railway bribery scam gets stronger -
Raman Kirpal, FirstPost
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BJP on Food Bill: Amartya Sen unaware of Cong’s history; we aren’t anti-poor -
FirstPost
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CBI puts Attorney General in the dock -
Gyanant Singh, Mail Today
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Dizzying rise of Bansal family company -
Sushmi Dey & Gyan Varma, Bus Std
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Sushma, Jaitley tear into Govt defence -
Pioneer
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CBI affidavit indicts PMO, Law Minister -
Pioneer
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Defence ministry locks horns with MHA over ITBP reins -
Rajat Pandit, ToI
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Ashwani made 2 'significant' deletions: CBI -
Utkarsh Anand, Indian Express
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CBI phone-tap reveals Railgate dirt -
Rajnish Sharma, Asian Age
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Coalgate: Eight take-aways from CBI's affidavit filed in Supreme Court -
ET
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Rail bribery row: CBI finds links that could lead up to minister Bansal -
Raghvendra Rao, Indian Express
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Exit polls predict a Congress victory in Karnataka -
Karthik Shashidhar, Mint
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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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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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