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‘Q’ and his cronies -
Tavleen Singh, Indian Express
The ruckus made about Bofors by the BJP in Parliament last week was no more than a lot of noise signifying nothing. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s senior leaders know well that the time to have done something was when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was prime minister and they know better than anyone else why nothing was done.
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A ghost from CBI’s past -
SK Sinha, Asian Age
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Raja exposes PM on 2G Spectrum scam -
Pioneer
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Corruption stalled India's economy -
Economic Times
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Beijing at sea -
C Raja Mohan, Indian Express
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PMEAC lessons -
Financial Express
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Border lines -
Indian Express
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Utter lack of transparency in coal allocations leads to power blackouts and corruption -
Times of India
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Beijing’s moves along the disputed border are aimed at achieving India’s strategic encirclement -
Pravin Sawhney, Times of India
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Promoting Abu Dhabi, at the cost of Delhi -
Business Standard
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The case for the market’s morality -
Rupert Murdoch, New York Post
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Let's not get too relaxed on China -
Kanwal Sibal, Mail Today
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Create more banks, chit funds will die -
Economic Times
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The missing monument -
Arun Prakash, Indian Express
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Abusing secularism -
Bharat Karnad, NewIndianExpress
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Minority card explains Nitish's stubbornness -
Sandhya Jain, Pioneer
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Modi-baiting in Kerala -
Pioneer
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Defence Ministry comes to life -
Business Standard
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Not so parliamentary -
AK Bhattacharya, Business Standard
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Making Bihar work -
Financial Express
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Of borrowed ideas and empty phrases -
Balbir Punj, Pioneer
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Eelam: The war may be over but the idea lives on -
Revati Laul, Tehelka
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Re'modi'fying the political space -
Debraj Mookerjee, Pioneer
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What Kabul means to Beijing -
Harsh V Pant, Business Standard
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Not the usual suspects -
Ashok Malik, Asian Age
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The centre can indeed hold -
MJ Akbar, Times of India
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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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