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Kerala bypoll: Bodyblow for CPM more than victory for Chandy -
G Pramod Kumar, First Post
The victory of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate at the lone bypoll to Kerala’s Neyyattinkara assembly constituency is a severe bodyblow to the CPM and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) because the latter had so much riding on its outcome. One, the seat belonged to the CPM and the election was necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA of the party and his overnight defection to the UDF. The same candidate has fought against the CPM and retained his seat.
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Seeds of political patronage -
Shyamlal Yadav, Indian Express
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PM files RS papers amid protests -
Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Indian Express
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Mamata’s TMC has ridiculed the mandate given to them in 2011 -
Dola Mitra, Outlook India
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Eye to poll: Cong lets CBI loose -
Pioneer
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Communist conspiracy of silence -
Appukuttan Vallikunnu, Pioneer
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Sikhs besieged in Kashmir valley -
Hari Om, Pioneer
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After Bansal, Ashwani, is it Manmohan next? -
S Gurumurthy, NewIndianExpress
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It's all in the family: 146 MPs employ relatives as their personal assistants -
Shyamlal Yadav, Indian Express
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'Isse kam doge to minister naraaz ho jayenge' -
Neeraj Chauhan, Times of India
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Credibility crisis deepens for CPM leadership -
VR Jayaraj, Pioneer
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Islamists ran jehadi camps in Kannur: Cops -
Pioneer
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Modi tears into 'weak' Govt for foreign fiascos -
Pioneer
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Congress minister praises Narendra Modi -
Hindustan Times
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Modi finest administrator, says Murthy -
Indian Express
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Operation Clean Up: UPA's Do or Die Phase -
CL Manoj, Economic Times
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Behind fall of a Meghalaya univ, rise and rise of a ‘chancellor' -
Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Indian Express
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Blood trail in Assam -
Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times
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BJP demands PM’s resignation, to launch nationwide agitation -
Sahil Makkar & Liz Mathew, Mint
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'Someone in PMO influencing probe' -
Pioneer
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Bangalore blast probe proves TN terrorists' haven -
Kumar Chellappan, Pioneer
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Did the CAG overstep the mark? -
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay, Business Standard
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Rudy seeks direct election of PM, moves Bill to keep MPs out of ministries -
Manoj CG, Indian Express
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Power elite used land sale to give themselves a new New Delhi -
Ruhi Bhasin, IE
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Manmohan Singh takes a hit in resignation drama -
Times of India
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A new-found agency? -
Uttam Sengupta, Outlook
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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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