In July 2007, Islamabad shook to the sound of rockets and bombs, and carnage followed. The call was given by the same maulana who is slashing sofas now.
With eye on rural votebank, Telangana budget raises allocations for farmers, power & welfare schemes, while introducing new initiatives and relying on borrowings to fund growth.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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