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Gen's graft charge didn't stop Defence ministry from Tatra prop -up -
Vikas Dhoot & Rajeev Jayaswal, ET
A year before the defence ministry asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe BEML's role in the supply of Tatra trucks to the armed forces, it had directed the state-run company to acquire a strategic stake in the truck maker. According to BEML, about a year ago in 2010-11, a secretary in the defence ministry had advised the company to consider picking up stake in Tatra to have control over its technology and to maximise local production. The company had subsequently appointed Dun & Bradstreet to study Tatra's operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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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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BJP exposes CBI's larger conspiracy -
Pioneer
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UPA's 'Bharat smiling' feebly -
Subodh Varma, Times of India
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 Shashi Kant Sharma, Defence Secretary, is a surprise appointment as the new Comptroller and Auditor General following the retirement of Vinod Rai. the fact that as a senior officer in the Defence Ministry he had been a vital part of the decision-making process involving the most controversial purchase of Tatra trucks and the Agusta Westland helicopters, it ought to have automatically ruled him out for appointment as CAG. Conversely, the fact that as a bureaucrat he was a party to these deals may be precisely why he was appointed the CAG. He cannot be expected to pick holes in the very deals he had sanctioned as a senior bureaucrat in his new role as the CAG. Simple. But this shows how brazen the UPA has become in trying to put a tight lid over its scams. However, the last word on Sharma's appointment as CAG is still to be said. A conscientious citizen has challenged the appointment through a PIL in the Supreme Court.
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With Modi as leader, BJP will sweep UP in LS polls -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH NARENDRA MODI moving to the forefront of national politics and receiving accolades for every speech and every public appearance that he makes, it’s only a question of time before the BJP announces that it will fight the next Lok Sabha polls under his leadership as its PM candidate. |
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