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If elections were held today, NDA would wallop UPA: Survey

May 21, 2013

The Congress-led UPA is unlikely to come to power, unless it finds enough regional allies to prop them up. #UPA #Congress #BJP #PoliticsDecoder #Mulayam Singh #NDA #Narendra Modi. Manmohan Singh #Jayalaltihaa
US lawmakers seek more cooperation with India on internal security

May 21, 2013

Ahead of the second US-India Homeland Security dialogue here on Tuesday, the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans has sought expanded cooperation between the two countries on internal security issues. #NewsTracker #US congress #internal security #Sushilkumar Shinde
Chhattisgarh: Ajit Jogi queers the pitch for resurgent Congress

May 20, 2013

The Congress failed to develop a second rung of leadership in the region. Now that it�s getting its act right, the controversial Jogi threatens to play spoilsport. #Politics #India #Congress #PoliticsDecoder #Chhattisgarh #Ajit Jogi
Cong is shedding crocodile tears on food security bill: BJP

May 20, 2013

"Congress is shedding crocodile tears and is not answering any of the questions on corruption raised by the Opposition," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman said. #Politics #Congress #BJP #TheySaidIt #Food Security Bill
Li: Mutual trust between India, China important for world peace

May 20, 2013

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday said without the simultaneous development of China and India, there could be no prosperity in the world. #World #India #China #Manmohan Singh #Congress #BJP #Development #Salman Khurshid #Rahul Gandhi #TheySaidIt #Rashtrapati Bhavan #Li Keqiang #Line of Actual Control
Rahul's clean drive: has Karnataka forced our politicians to do the impossible?

May 20, 2013

For the first time, there are tantalising signs that the political classes have taken note of the mood of the electorate especially when it comes to corruption. #Anna Hazare #Elections #CAG #Congress #BJP #ChangeAgent #Rahul Gandhi #Karnataka #Vinod Rai #Lok Sabha polls 2013 #DV Shivakumar
Why Congress has learned the wrong lessons from India Shining

May 20, 2013

The lesson drawn from India Shining should have been that feel good advertisement campaigns run by the government and paid for by the taxpayer, do not really matter in an electoral democracy as diverse as India. Instead the government, which is seen tom-tomming its own achievement, comes across as arrogant. But the parties in power love it. #India #Congress #BJP #ToWhatEffect #Manish Tewari #India Shining #Bharat Nirman
Two Andhra ministers named in Jagan Reddy chargesheet resign: Sources

May 20, 2013

Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the YS Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, sources said on Monday. #Politics #India #Congress #Andhra Pradesh #CBI #YSR Reddy #N. Kiran Kumar Reddy #Dharmana Prasada Rao #Sabita Indra
Karnataka: Violent protests as Cong leaders denied ministership

May 18, 2013

There were protests in parts of Karnataka on Saturday by supporters of Congress leaders who failed to get berths in the Cabinet expansion effected by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. #Congress #NewsTracker #Karnataka #Siddaramaiah #Veeranna Mathikatti
BJP slams CBI chief's remarks on Pawan Bansal

May 18, 2013

The BJP Friday took exception to CBI director Ranjit Sinha's remarks that former minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has a strong defence in the case of alleged bribery involving his nephew. #Congress #BJP #NewsTracker #CBI #Railway Minister #Pawan Kumar Bansal #Ranjit Sinha #Vijay Singla

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