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Cong in Andhra not just defeated but depleted -
Sreenivas Janyala, Indian Express
Over the last six months, at least 60 Congress district-level leaders and former MLAs have switched loyalties to the YSR Congress Party led by Jaganmohan Reddy, though on record many of them remain in the parent party. Thousands of party workers, too, did so just before last month’s by-elections. All this has left the ruling Congress virtually without a leadership in in the coastal and Rayalaseema districts, besides drastically eroding its support base there.
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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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Seeds of political patronage -
Shyamlal Yadav, Indian Express
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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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