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Absent state in the Red Republic -
Rabindranath Choudhury, Deccan Chronicle
The irony, perhaps, would not have impressed Che Guevara. A band of CPI (Maoist) guerrillas, the self- proclaimed inheritor of his legacy, took hostage a man, who, inspired by the iconic revolutionary figure, worked hard to give a marginalised population a life worth living. Stirred by Che’s best seller ‘Memoir', the Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon moved village after village on his motorcycle in Naxal-strongholds compromising his security, but determined to realise his dream to change the life of the poor tribals. The Naxals, fearing erosion of their authority, curtailed his dream by holding him captive.
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BJP targets government over new CAG -
Business Standard
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With Modi as leader, BJP will sweep UP in LS polls: LensOnNews survey -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
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Kanimozhi to Raja: the RS elections will hold the key to future alliances in TN -
G Pramod Kumar, FirstPost
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Gujarat connection in UP: Gambit may pay -
Rajesh Singh, Pioneer
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Only NaMo can swing it for BJP: Poll -
Mail Today
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An India Story gone wrong -
Smita Gupta, Hindu
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Manmohan a failure: Urban Indian voters’ verdict on UPA 2 -
FirstPost
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Shashi Kant Sharma appointment as CAG illegal: Prashant Bhushan -
DNA
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Frail UPA pulled down by corruption, bad economy: survey -
FirstPost
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Manmohan should be replaced as PM, UPA has lost credibility: Poll -
CNN-IBN
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After nine years in power, UPA faces questions of credibility -
Aditi Phadnis, Business Standard
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ABP-Neilsen survey: If polls held today, NDA may erase UPA -
Business Standard
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No different from Left Front misrule -
Shikha Mukerjee, Pioneer
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Maya memorials: Lokayukta indicts 199 for graft -
Indian Express
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Reverse gear on electoral reforms -
Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Mint
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Cabinet rejig in Kerala runs into rough weather -
VR Jayaraj, Pioneer
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Amit Shah given charge of U.P. -
B Muralidhar Reddy, Hindu
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2G scam: How roles reversed in the two parliamentary committees -
Pradeep Kaushal, Indian Express
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Congress to struggle in Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, UP: survey -
Anuja, Mint
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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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 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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