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Bharat Nirman to India Shining: Why it needs to stop

May 15, 2013

What costs over Rs 100 crore, tells you things that you probably already know and features too many smiling faces? Invariably a government advertisement campaign talking about a scheme it has already advertised before. The latest in the big government advertisement campaigns is the new Bharat Nirman campaign which features people #Advertisement campaigns #Bharat Nirman #India Shining #NDA #ThatsJustWrong #UPA
Strong reactions to Modi are a positive sign: Varun Gandhi

May 14, 2013

He may have set tongues wagging when he said BJP party president Rajnath Singh embodied all the qualities of former BJP Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but while Varun Gandhi may not be as vocal in his support for Narendra Modi as others in his party, he's definitely not opposing #BJP #Congress #India #Narendra Modi #Politics #TheySaidIt #Uttar Pradesh #Varun Gandhi
Dena Bank’s net profit halves to Rs 125.67 crore

May 11, 2013

New Delhi: Public sector lender Dena Bank's profit more than halved to Rs 125.67 crore in the quarter ended March 31 of 2012-13 due to higher provisioning and contingencies. The bank had reported net profit of Rs 254.79 crore over the same period (January-March) of the previous fiscal 2011-12. Bank's provisioning and #Dena Bank #EarningsShow #Profits
As it happened: Govt to tell SC how it will ensure CBI’s freedom by 10 July

May 8, 2013

5:05 pm: Court tells CBI not to share report with anyone apart from probe team, director The apex court bench has told the CBI that it cannot share the report with anyone other than its 33-member probe team and Director. 4: 55 pm: Next hearing of case on July 10 The next hearing #Ashwani Kumar #CBI #NewsTracker #Ranjit Sinha #Supreme Court
4 things that won’t change after Karnataka election result

May 8, 2013

Parliament will not function: Since the second half of the Budget Session began the Opposition has obstructed its functioning demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, Railway Minister PK Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar over issues ranging from impropriety to corruption. Sonia Gandhi and Sushma Swaraj may have hugged #BJP #Congress #Karnataka Election #Narendra Modi #PoliticsDecoder
Coalgate: Despite its wrecked image, we still need CBI

May 1, 2013

Among investigating agencies in India, the CBI occupies that special 'relative' place where it is not as despised as local police forces, but seen incapable of doing anything that offends its political masters. Whether the Supreme Court had noticed it earlier or not is hard to say, but when given #Central Bureau of Investigation #Coalgate #India #Mayawati #Politics
Live: No case of embarrassment, will provide information to SC, says Sinha

Apr 30, 2013

6.05pm:CBI Director Ranjit Sinha addresses media "I do not think judges meant anything regarding CBI's integrity. We will provide all information asked by the Supreme Court, there has been no embarrassment," CBI Director Ranjit Sinha told repoters in New Delhi. 5:00 pm: Khurshid defends govt, says court has still to make up #CBI #Coalgate #India #NewsTracker #Politics #Ranjit Sinha #Supreme Court
Live: Opposition MPs want JPC chief removed, to meet Speaker

Apr 25, 2013

1:30 pm: Opposition JPC members to meet with Speaker, want Chacko out PTI reported that out of a 30 member committee, 15 members from BJP, JD(U), TMC, Left, AIADMK, DMK and BJD want Chacko's removal as Chairman. Times Now reports that the Opposition MPs are scheduled to meet with the Speaker at #2G scam #JPC #NewsTracker #parliament
Live: BJP shouts for PM’s resignation, Sonia says let them keep asking

Apr 23, 2013

12:50 pm: Let them ask, says Sonia when quizzed about Opposition's demand Congress president Sonia Gandhi used the fewest words possible to respond to the Opposition's demand for the Prime Minister's resignation. "Let them ask," the Congress President said to reporters. 12:20 pm: CAG report says Rs 13,000 crore lost in irregularities in #CBI #Delhi rape #NewsTracker #parliament
Live: LS adjourned amidst chaos, RS seeks harsher penalty for child rape

Apr 22, 2013

5:00 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow After much theories and calls for death penalty the Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11 am tomorrow. 4:20 pm: BJP's Smriti Irani blames inaction of authorities "I am told that when the NCW chairperson was asked whether she would visit the victim then #BJP #Congress #Delhi rape #JPC #Land Acquisition Bill #NewsTracker #parliament

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Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

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Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

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Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

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Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

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IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

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How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

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Coalgate scam: Careful, Mr PM, the fig leaves are falling off...

If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
Who was Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay? All you need to know

Some information about Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq who died this morning after being attacked by an Indian inmate in a Jammu prison.
Over 900 victims; Dhaka disaster world's worst in garments industry

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said on Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world.
Sir Alex Ferguson: The greatest manager football will ever have

Ferguson showed that world-class man-management skills were more important than picking the perfect formation. It took something approaching genius qualities to get Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel – all volatile personalities with exceptionally big egos – to pull together for the common cause.