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Sacked minister now NCP chief: Wheres your sensitivity Mr Pawar?

Jun 15, 2013

Sharad Pawar apparently thinks that the public mood against corruption is a non-issue and flagging of the issue by the middle class, doesn�t count. #Sharad Pawar #PoliticalPlay #Maharashtra #Nationalist Congress Party #NCP #Madhukar Pichad #Bhaskarrao Jadhav #Chiplun
Pawar supports PM, says politics, sports should stay apart

Jun 07, 2013

Pawar was asked to comment on the raging spot-fixing and betting controversy which has rocked Indian Premier League. #Sports #Politics #BCCI #Manmohan Singh #Cricket #Sharad Pawar #IPL #TheySaidIt #Nationalist Congress Party
RTI objectives can't be allowed to run riot: Khurshid

Jun 04, 2013

As the CIC on Monday held that political parties are answerable under the RTI Act, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said it is important to "keep practical control of RTI objectives as they can't be allowed to run riot". #India #Elections #Congress #Communist Party of India #Salman Khurshid #Bharatiya Janata Party #Political parties #Nationalist Congress Party #Subhash Agrawal #RTI Act #Central Information Commission #Anil Bairwal
Congress' doublespeak on Maoist terror isn't confusion, it's policy

Jun 04, 2013

Ever since the May 25 massacre in Chhattisgarh, UPA has been speaking in speaking in several voices. This is par for the course: for years, the UPA assailed its own Prime Minister�s counter-Maoist policy in document after document. #India #Congress #Jairam Ramesh #PoliticsDecoder #Maoists #Maoism #Congress party #Salwa Judum #Naxals #Naxal movement #Chhattisgarh attack
Jagan completes one year in jail, YSR Cong plans protests

May 27, 2013

YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy, or Jagan as he is popularly called, on Monday completed one year in jail in a disproportionate assets case. #NewsTracker #YS Jagan Reddy #YSR Congress Party
Inflated egos to mindless posturing: 7 deadly sins of BJP

May 14, 2013

The BJP is partly responsible for all the country's problems for it has not provided an effective opposition. It has no strategy worth speaking about. #Politics #India #Manmohan Singh #Congress #BJP #InMyOpinion #Congress party #Bhartiya Janata Party #BJP Crisis #Political News
New bill against chitfunds a Trinamool ploy: CPM

Apr 27, 2013

"The present government wants to bail out the company and therefore instead of getting the President's nod for the 2009 bill passed during the Left regime, they are going ahead with a new bill which will be a time-consuming process," CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose told reporters. #India #Trinamool Congress party #TheySaidIt #Saradha Group
CBI to questions MPs in Jagan Reddy DA case

Mar 22, 2013

The CBI has summoned a close aide of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S R Reddy, Congress MP K V P Ramachandra Rao, tomorrow for examination. #NewsTracker #Jagan Mohan Reddy #YSR Congress Party #Disproportionate Assets Case
CBI court extends Jagan Reddy's custody till 1 April

Mar 20, 2013

Jagan Mohan Reddy was arrested on 27 May last year by the CBI on corruption charges. #NewsTracker #CBI #Kadapa #Jagan Mohan Reddy #YSR Congress Party #DA case
CBI court extends Jagan Reddy's judicial custody to 20 Mar

Mar 13, 2013

Jaganmohan Reddy was arrested by CBI on 27 May, 2012. So far four chargesheets have been filed in the case. #NewsTracker #Kadapa #Jagan Mohan Reddy #YSR Congress Party #Disproportionate Assets Case

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