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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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Bansal won't quit, Congress decides to weather new crisis -
Indian Express
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Whose the blackest hand in the charcoal till -
Anuradha Raman, Outlook India
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Manmohan’s moral meter -
Sundeep Dougal, Outlook India
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A general practitioner -
Saba Naqvi, Outlook India
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Ashwani, Pawan Bansal: All the PM’s men are falling -
Sanjay Singh, FirstPost
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Uttar Pradesh crucial for BJP -
Varghese K George, Hindustan Times
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All downhill for Cong in Uttarakhand -
Sanjay Singh, Indian Express
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Kerala Police gets 'proof' of PFI men's terror links -
VR Jayaraj, Pioneer
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Mamata's brother puts TMC men in dock -
Pioneer
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Sarabjit autopsy nails Pak lies -
Amitabh Shukla, Pioneer
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NDA to President: check ‘visible drift’ in external affairs -
B Muralidhar Reddy, Hindu
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Railway Minister Bansal's nephew arrested by CBI for accepting Rs 90-lakh bribe -
Indian Express
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Opposition parties plan to vote out Chacko from JPC -
Gyan Verma, Bus Std
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Eye on Lok Sabha polls, Narendra Modi calls for a Congress-free India -
Johnson TA, Indian Express
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UPA’s political problems worsen after Sarabjit Singh dies in Lahore -
Elizabeth Roche & Liz Mathew, Mint
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NaMo calls Rahul 'Mr Golden Spoon' -
Kestur Vasuki, Pioneer
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Now, Maoists spreading tentacles in N-E States -
Rakesh K Singh, Pioneer
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Majority communities declare war on Kerala's Cong, Govt -
R Jayaraj, Pioneer
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Manmohan is weakest PM, Advani reiterates -
Pioneer
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Ashwani Kumar knocking on all doors to keep his job -
Smita Gupta, Hindu
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Modi flays Congress, draws larger crowds than Sonia in Karnataka -
Niti Central
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Will BJP get third time lucky? -
BS Satish Kumar, Hindu
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
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Modi set for National Yatra on direct from all corners -
Amita Shah, ET
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Maoists make Assam inroads -
Manoj Anand, Asian Age
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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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