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UPA tenure sees surge in attempts on media curbs -
Economic Times
Last month, Congress MP Meenakshi Natarajan, reportedly close to Rahul Gandhi, the party's general secretary, proposed a legislation that sought to regulate the media. The private member's bill, subsequently disowned by the ruling Congress after uproar, sought to empower the government to ban coverage of an event that may pose a threat to national security. The bill also prescribes detailed 'standards' that the media should follow.
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Vasundhara Raje continues attack on Congress, accuses it of 'caste politics' -
Economic Times
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Who ordered CBI to share coal report with govt? -
Maneesh Chhibber, Indian Express
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The Mamata Banerjee story is over... -
Aditi Phadnis, Business Standard
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Mulayam goes all out to woo Brahmins -
Atiq Khan, Hindu
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Sen and Saradha: Story of political intrigue -
Ashok Malik, Pioneer
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UPA Govt caught with pants down: Jaitley -
Pioneer
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Dishonouring the uniform -
Dipankar Gupta, Times of India
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Coalgate: Cong's real concern is for PM -
Dhananjay Mahapatra, Times of India
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Blame game backfire leaves Congress reeling -
Times of India
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CBI showed Coalgate report to PMO, law minister, coal min -
Dhananjay Mahapatra, ToI
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Babas chant NaMo for PM -
Uday Mahurkar, Mail Today
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Poll plans go awry for Karnataka satraps -
Vanu Dev, Mail Today
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Look who’s self-destructing in Karnataka -
Saritha Rai, Indian Express
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There have been no riots in Gujarat for last 12 years: Narendra Modi -
Zee News
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Congress heading for big win in Karnataka, says CNN-IBN poll -
FirstPost
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Trinamool runs aground -
Abheek Barman, Times of India
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'Spent Rs 6 crore to start channel for Trinamool' -
Caesar Mandal, ToI
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Sadhus set to give Modi a boost -
Times of India
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Saradha Group donated heavily to Trinamool govt, bought Mamata's art -
Madhuparna Das & Subrata Nagchoudhury, Indian Express
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Cheat fund chief drags in big names -
Soudhriti Bhabani, Mail Today
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War in JPC: Opposition demands removal of PC Chacko; Congress seeks ouster of BJP members -
Deccan Chronicle
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Mamata drags Chidambaram’s wife into chit fund scandal -
Times of India
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2G scam: Majority of JPC against giving clean chit to PM -
Times of India
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2G scam: BJP, Left want Chacko sacked as JPC chief, Congress says no -
PTI
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Modi’s counter to ‘topi’ politics: Track-II mission to woo Muslims -
Sanjay Singh, FirstPost
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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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