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Is the govt facing a crisis on political consensus before Budget 2013?

Feb 26, 2013

Has the government reached out to the opposition on its seriousness on economic reforms so that there is political consensus before Budget 2013? No, said the opposition parties on a CNN-IBN panel discussion. #BJP #GST #Reforms #VideoViews #Budget 2013-2014 #PoliticsVideos #budget2013-videos #Budget2013Videos #BJ Panda
2G collusion: 'All the CBI has done is to give clean chits'

Feb 13, 2013

Several other corporates are involved who have been given a clean chit by the CBI in the case and some of whom were also turned into prime witnesses by the CBI, say experts. #WhyNow #A Raja #Central Bureau of Investigation #2G case #PoliticsVideos #2G collusion #Unitech MD
Early Lok Sabha polls: Will Mulayam act on his words?

Feb 06, 2013

Would it benefit Mulayam Singh Yadav if he went for early Lok Sabha polls in 2013 before the completion of the full term of UPA II or will it be a political blunder? #Manmohan Singh #Mulayam Singh Yadav #Akhilesh Yadav #UPA-II #LokSabha #VideoViews # #PoliticsVideos
Shinde favours Bodoland-like council for Telangana

Feb 05, 2013

Andhra Pradesh Cm Kiran Kumar Reddy has met Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde with speculation rife that the UPA is mulling the setting up of a Telangana territorial council much similar to that of Bodoland. #Congress #NewsTracker #Andhra Pradesh #Telangana #Bodoland #Sushil Kumar Shinde #PoliticsVideos
UP Minister caught on camera helping cattle smugglers

Feb 04, 2013

The minister, however, has dismissed the allegations and said that he will file a case against the police who carried out the sting for allegedly defaming him. #NewsTracker #Samajwadi Party #Bahujan Samaj Party #Akhilesh Yadav #Uttar Pradesh government #Gonda #PoliticsVideos
Kejriwal vs Narayanasamy: What they said about the Lokpal Bill

Feb 01, 2013

Arvind Kejriwal rubbished the new Lokpal Bill by calling it toothless while V Narayanasamy said that it had enough powers to prosecute wrongdoers. #Anna Hazare #WhoSaidWhat #Arvind Kejriwal #LokpalBill #Central Vigilance Commission #V Narayanaswamy #Aam Aadmi Party #PoliticsVideos
The great Thackeray reunion? Uddhav hints at reconciliation with Raj

Jan 30, 2013

The Shiv Sena president hasn't ruled out bringing the two parties together if cousin Raj Thackeray is willing to sit down for a discussion with him. #TheySaidIt #Uddhav Thackeray #MNS #Raj Thackeray #Bal Thackeray #Shiv Sena #Maharashtra #PoliticsVideos
Coal scam: Koda aide Anil Bastawade brought back to India

Jan 30, 2013

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday night brought back former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's aide, Anil Bastawade to India. The CBI alleges that Bastawade siphoned off nearly Rs 4,000 crore from the Madhu Koda government. #NewsTracker #Madhu Koda #PoliticsVideos #Anil Bastawade #CoalScam
Vibrant Gujarat: Why is Modi secretive about pledged investments?

Jan 10, 2013

The sixth edition of Modi's prized summit is taking place in the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. But this time around it has decided not to make public the numbers of deals signed or the amount of investment that will be pledged. #Gujarat #Mukesh Ambani #Narendra Modi #NewsTracker #Vibrant Gujarat #PoliticsVideos
Akbaruddin was demanding religious equality in speech: Owaisi

Jan 10, 2013

Asaduddin Owaisi accused the media of targeting his brother and his party and said that the speech made by his brother was to demand communal equality and not to promote communal tension. #WhoSaidWhat #Asaduddin Owaisi #Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen #Akbaruddin Owaisi #Owaisi hate speech #PoliticsVideos

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Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.

The Aurangzeb factor: 5 lessons from Modi-Advani tussle

Political parties need to have a process for electing leaders. This problem relates more to cadre-based parties such as BJP and CPM.
Why 55-60 to the dollar may be the new normal for rupee

A drop in the US dollar index does not seem to help the rupee; this shows that the Indian currency seems to be marching to its own gloomy beat.
Critics split on Apple iOS 7: Hideous, unoriginal or a thing of pure beauty?

The new design has sparked debates over whether Apple stole the design from Android or Windows 8 or just created an unholy union of the two. We take a look at what the critics are saying:
Is Putin the Salman Khan of international politics?

Is Vladimir Putin the Salman Khan of world politics? Our new columnist, stand-up comedian Gursimran Khamba pontificates.

Advani wins: No free hand for Narendra Modi just yet

What was the senior leader’s specific problem? Well, one is the indecent hurry in which Modi’s is being shoved down the throats of other leaders in the party.
Obama's second innings? As a junior engineer in govt service in India

Is Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he’s got an admit card with Obama’s picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
How US industries are trying to use 'treaties' to arm twist India

US companies are blatantly violating international agreements or purely lying, when they accuse India of using TRIPS flexibilities. Americans have spoken the same language against other countries such as Brazil and Thailand, but failed.