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Govt, BJP lock horns over parl paralysis

The government and BJP were on Monday engaged in a war of words over disruption of parliament for the past one week. Hitting out at prime minister Manmohan Singh for his remarks that the world is laughing at India due to frequent disruptio

After Rahul, Sonia takes on BJP in Karnataka

A day after son Rahul Gandhi took the attack to the BJP camp in Karnataka, charging the incumbent government of setting a “world record” in corruption, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday drove the knife in further while addres

Banks sit on Rs 2300 crore, deny ex-servicemen revised pension

It was not about getting a few thousand rupees more but a question of justice that drove him to bring to light "the sloppy attitude of banks in disbursing pension to ex-servicemen" as per revised norms, says commodore Lokesh Batra (retir

B-school grads eye PSU, central govt jobs: survey

In a thumb-down for India Inc, a survey has found that jobs in public sector undertakings (PSUs) and central government are the first choice for many business school (B-school) graduates. The survey, conducted by the associated chambers of

Law minister, PM share award for most boring line

Law minister Ashwani Kumar on Friday won the Boscars, the Oscars for mouthing the year’s most boring lines. The award, though, was split between Kumar and prime minister Manmohan Singh after a controversy was sparked off by reports that Sing

BJP in Karnataka champs of graft, says Rahul Gandhi

Sharpening his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused it of having created a “world record” in corruption. Addressing a rally in Haveri in Karnataka

WB, N-E hot-bed of investment frauds; NRIs major target: Probe

Amid a raging controversy over alleged cheating of gullible investors by Saradha group, the regulators have found that West Bengal and North-Eastern states have become a hot-bed of such frauds and NRIs from these regions account for a large chunk

What CBI is for: to fulfill ‘desires’ of political masters

The central bureau of investigation (CBI) is not an independent probe agency, as it was supposed to be. It very much wishes to remain a handmaiden of the ruling dispensation. That is what the agency’s chief, Ranjit Sinha, admitted before the

What CBI is for: to fulfill ‘desires’ of political masters

The central bureau of investigation (CBI) is not an independent probe agency, as it was supposed to be. It very much wishes to remain a handmaiden of the ruling dispensation. That is what the agency’s chief, Ranjit Sinha, admitted before the

CBI shared coal report with law minister: Ranjit Sinha to SC

Setting off a political bombshell, CBI director Ranjit Sinha on Friday submitted before the supreme court that the agency`s status report on coal allocation scam was "shared" with law minister Ashwani Kumar "as desired by him"

Prez positive on growth, asks nation to reflect on rapes

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday expressed confidence that the country would be able to return to the 7 to 8 per cent growth level in the next two to three years. "I am confident that with the measures being taken, we wou

Get to the root of rape: HC to Centre, Delhi Police

Voicing concern over "alarming" increase in rape cases in the national capital, the Delhi high court on Thursday asked the centre and the city police to find out the "root cause" of such incidents. "It is surprisin

How can you beat up protestors, SC asks police

Taking strong exception to a police officer slapping a young girl during a recent protest against rape of a minor, the supreme court oThursday sought explanation from the Delhi Police chief on the incident. A bench headed by justice G S Si

Corp affairs ministry to probe Saradha Group

The corporate affairs ministry on Thursday decided to order a probe into the affairs of Saradha group companies, amid a growing controversy over alleged defrauding of investors by the Kolkata-based entity. The decision to conduct a probe f

Maa Saradha’s ‘only son’: Sudipta Sen’s letter to CBI

There’s a lot that is intriguing in this letter to the CBI by Sudipta Sen, whose Saradha Group started the avalanche of bankruptcy in chit fund-crazy West Bengal – a disaster that is certain to have nationwide consequences in the weeks

Top 10 dolts: politicians talk gibberish on crime against women

Slowly, but certainly, December 16 is coming back to haunt us. Yet another rape in the national capital — of a five-year-old this time — that has enraged the nation with its brutality, and yet another open season for politicians to ope

Branding politics, in Gandhi’s times and ours

Look at photographs or TV footage of the protests in the capital after the rape of a child last week and you can’t miss the branding: people there were drawing your attention as much to their anger as to the organisation they were affiliated

Meet the parents who fought ‘fleece’ in garb of school fees

His smile may have been demure but as Vinay Bhalla sat down in his apartment at Uday Park, in south Delhi, he showed the ease and confidence of a man who has fought a long, hard battle and has emerged a winner. And that he sure has.

Another dose of reforms in 2-4 months: Chidambaram

Committing to carry forward the economic reforms programme in the remaining term of UPA-II, finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the government will take more executive actions in the next two to four months and sought cooperation of t

A Raja and nobody else

The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the 2G spectrum scam has done an outstanding job. It has absolved Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of all the charges without even once talking to him. And it has put the entire blame on the then telecom min

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