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Advani gushes about Modi, Chauhan`s "unique" initiatives

BJP patriarch Lal Krishna Advani has praised two party chief ministers in his latest blog for conceiving two unique events he attended last week -- Shivraj Singh Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh for organising pilgrimage train across the country for the

Election watchdogs sniff black money trail in donations

Calling for financial transparency of political parties, two voluntary organisations have feared black money flowing into them in the garb of donations and sought a strict mechanism on cash donations through sale of coupons or otherwise. T

If cartoonist`s a traitor, so are corrupt MPs: IAC

Making an appeal for the release of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested by the Mumbai police on charges of sedition, members of India against corruption Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhusan said while his cartoons could be in bad taste, they

Advani takes a dig at PM advisor`s "stupidity"

Senior BJP leader LK Advani took potshots at Pankaj Pachauri, prime minister Manmohan Singh`s media advisor,  in his latest blog post. Advani labelled as "stupidity" Pachauri`s attempts at damage control after a Washington Post arti

Air India gets its first Dreamliner

The first of the fleet of 27 Dreamliners ordered from Boeing by Air India reached Delhi on September 8. The mammoth aircrafts are expected to give a filip to the cash-strapped airline. The purchase had come under criticism from many quarte

Maha govt seeking cartoonist`s release: Patil

Maharashtra Government on Monday sought to distance itself from the row surrounding jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, but said it was trying to seek the release of the artist who has been charged with sedition. Home Minister R R Patil told

SC no to quash Nirmal Yadav`s trial

Cash-at-judge`s door scam: he Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash criminal proceeding against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav in the 2008 cash-at-judge`s door scam. A bench of justices H L Dattu

Work set to begin at Saranda IDC site

Nearly eight months after a ceremonial setting of a foundation stone (on January 30), work is set to begin at the site of the integrated development centre (IDC) in Digha village of Saranda in Jharkhand`s West Singhbhum district, a senior rural

Normal life hit due to bandh in Odisha

Around 200 protesters were on Monday taken into custody for picketing near government offices and other place during a statewide bandh which disrupted train and road traffic and hit normal life. The bandh has been called by Congress agains

Is Bharat Ratna demand for Kurien an honour or an insult?

Forgotten and bitter, there were hardly any takers for the nation’s Milk Man during his twilight years in Anand. Some say because he was pompous. Well, he wasn’t young at 90, but he was hardly senile! The truth is he wasn’t worth

A simple idea that launched the white revolution

The milk industry is perhaps the only industry that has led to the large-scale upliftment of the poor – providing them with both money and health. This was the essence of the dream that Dr Verghese Kurien had. This remains perhaps the only i

Satyamev Jayate: why the news really is not very good

With Aamir Khan it is always all or nothing. All for Aamir and nothing for you. So, it is not surprising that Aamir walked away with all the attention and kudos for Satyamev Jayate, the big programming gamble of Star India, the country&rsq

Govt may hike fuel prices next week

The government may hike petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices simultaneously as early as next week, with Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Friday saying "difficult and painful" decisions need to be taken. "There ar

Odisha converted to a `police state`, says Jena

Accusing the BJD government of turning Odisha into a "police-state", Congress leader and union minister Srikant Jena on Friday said it had lost the moral authority to continue in office, particularly after yesterday`s action against demo

Inconvenient truths: Jairam`s posers for BJP on coal scam

Union minister for rural development and Rajya Sabha member from the Congress, Jairam Ramesh, hit out at BJP after the opposition party demanded that the prime minister resign over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks. The prime ministe

Parliament disrupted on last day of monsoon session

Parliament was disrupted even on the last day of the Monsoon Session on Friday with BJP members insisting on their demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue of coal block allocation. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha w

NDA leaders hold demonstration in parliament

With the monsoon session drawing to a close, BJP-led NDA on Friday held a demonstration in Parliament House complex demanding prime minister Manmohan Singh`s resignation, cancellation of coal blocks, and a fair probe and declared that it will now

Coalgate: govt to place views before PAC by Sept 14

Amid furore over coal blocks allocation, the government will place its views before Parliament`s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by September 14 on the observations made by CAG. "The Coal Ministry will submit its comments to the PAC o

Real story of tragic PM and more tragic media management

Simon Denyer, the New Delhi bureau chief of the Washington Post, has been requesting an interview with the

PMO protests against Washington Post

The Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) has lodged a formal protest with Washington Post newspaper for an article critical of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, terming it as "unethical and unprofessional" conduct of the journalist. The

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