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Kicking the book out of syllabus: blame it on Sonia -
Mahesh Vijapurkar, FirstPost
Don’t blame Kapil Sibal, even Pranab Mukherjee, for the great act of absolute censorship of the NCERT textbook, Indian Constitution at Work. They had only come close to agreeing to first drop the ‘offending’ cartoon, and then the chapter itself, and even render it cartoon-free. The honours for getting the textbook off the syllabus goes to Sonia Gandhi. It was she, who, according a report in DNA, literally shouted at her colleagues from her perch on the front ranks of the treasury benches, “Not just the cartoon. No. The whole book”. It was duly complied with. Needless to say, for the government, her word is the law.
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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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Will voters punish SP for rising crime? -
Sahil Makkar, Mint
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The Muslim factor in Uttar Pradesh -
Badri Narayan Tiwari, Mint
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Bansal’s kin floated firms after he became Union minister: BJP -
Indian Express
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At 3 lakh, UP faces largest teacher shortage in India -
Isha Jain, Times of India
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‘Lobbies have dictated top rail appointments’ -
Mahendra Singh, Times of India
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Turnover of Bansal sons' firm goes from 0 to Rs 152 crores in 5 years -
Rohan Dua, Times of India
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AG not only saw, vetted also: CBI -
Pioneer
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CBI to quiz Bansal in rail scam case -
Devesh K Pandey, Hindu
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By next elections, Facebook users could equal Congress’ 2009 vote -
Shalini Singh, Hindu
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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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