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Quiet, please -
Indian Express
Political minorities get marginalised in the drafting of Nepal’s constitution. The constitution-making process in Nepal is fraught with disagreements among ethnic, caste, regional and political groups. The Rastriya Janamukti Party, a junior partner in the ruling coalition led by Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai, recently issued an unseemly warning to two prominent leaders — Chitra Bahadur K.C., a member of the constituent assembly, and Kamal Thapa, chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) — that they would be hanged if they continued to oppose the proposed federal set-up for the country.
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India under a Eurosceptic lens -
Dipankar De Sarkar, Hindustan Times
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Polls expose Pak fault lines -
Karamatullah K Ghori, NewIndianExpress
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Inside America's war on terror -
Ajai Shukla, Business Standard
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South Asia: All in one -
TS Vishwanath, Business Standard
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Hamid Karzai leaves India empty-handed -
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Muslims converts: Changing my religion -
Economist
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Syria: Outside patronage and a new offensive for the regime -
Stratfor
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China ready to talk FTA with India -
FinancialExpress
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US immigration bill may force jobs to be shipped overseas: Silicon Valley executives -
Economic Times
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The fear of China's economic downfall -
Daily Beast
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Will Nawaz Sharif be different the third time? -
Rajiv Dogra, DNA
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US becoming energy kingpin -
Sunil Kewalramani, Business Line
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Rasheeda Bhagat, Business Line
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Chinese hackers resume attacks on US targets -
David E Sanger & Nicole Perlroth, New York Times
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'Sophisticated' Indian cyberattacks targeted Pak military sites -
Manu Pubby, Indian Express
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Fill the trade basket now -
Reshma Patil, Hindustan Times
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End of the electables? -
Cyril Almeida, Deccan Chronicle
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The third coming: Peace in the air -
Neena Gopal, Deccan Chronicle
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Govt mulls action against Indians fishing in Lankan waters -
Subodh Ghildiyal & Indrani Bagchi, Times of India
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The worst Washington scandal since Watergate -
Peggy Noonan, WSJ
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Pakistan: A white tiger tale -
Mariana Baabar, Outlook India
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Anti-India demons haven't gone away -
Hiranmay Karlekar, Pioneer
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A myth that can devastate Tibet -
Maura Moynihan, Rangzen
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Changing class in America -
Deepak Lal, Business Standard
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Seize the Chinese moment -
Srinath Raghavan, Business Line
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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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