The powerful can't get away with misdeeds
It took a torturous 20 years to send the corrupt to jail in the Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case. But with the long arm of the law eventually catching up with the accused, public faith has been restored Recently, the Supreme Court of India struck a blow for probity in public life...
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Age of frayed relations
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Trim the censor board
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Failed society. It's what we are
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Failed leaders lead to failed parties
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Mother language, link to culture
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Think now | Edgar Allan Poe Eleonora
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Beyond the future of tech giants
28 February 2017 | Sudip Bhattacharyya
58 per cent voting recorded in fifth phase of polling
Around 58 per cent voting was recorded in 51 Assembly segments across 11 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh during the fifth phase of polling on Monday. The fifth phase sealed the fate of 607 candidates, including 40 women, in EVMs. As per indications, poll percentage could be around 58 per cent in...
Akhilesh Yadav threw another gauntlet to PM asking for debate
A day after daring the Prime Minister to join him at a debate, Samjawadi Party president akhilesh Yadav threw another gauntlet to Narendra Modi asking him for a debate on demonetisation. Addressing a series of poll meetings in Deoria and Gorakhpur on Monday, Yadav said, ``I challenge the PM to have a...
Mayawati takes a dig at CM and his wife Dimple
Stressing on division of states into smaller units as `key’ to all round development of Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati once again took a dig at Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his MP wife Dimple Yadav asserting that their pary would have to be put on ventilator after...
BJP divided over muslim participation in party organisation
Bhartiya Janata Party seems to be a divided house over Muslim participation in the party organisation. While two Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Uma Bharati said that the party should field Muslims, firebrand leader and Rajya Sabha member Vijay Katiyar asked as to why give tickets to Muslims when they...
Odisha can supply power to each family in next 2-3 yrs
The world today is confronted with energy crisis like a spider caught in its own web, contemplating to rely on renewable sources of power. Our country is no exception to it. In this backdrop, Odisha is emerging as a power-surplus State with more thrust on renewable energy. The Odisha Hydro...
Ministry of Home Affairs refused to change cadre of Amitabh Thakur
Controversial IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, whose request to change his cadre to another other state was earlier turned down, has now claimed that Ministry of Home Affairs despite perceiving threat to his and his wife Nutan Thakur’s life, refused to change his cadre. Thakur said that the Central Government rejected his...
BJP, BJD at loggerheads again over IOCl
After the just-concluded panchayat elections, the BJD and the BJP are at loggerheads over the IOCl issue. The results of the rural polls have given the saffron outfit a shot in the arm as its tally has far improved while the BJD, though still on the top, has failed to come...