Nobody believed the BJP govt would keep its promise of further reforms to electoral funding. The real disappointment was the too-hot, leave-it-to-a-wiser-generation response of the SC.
The two fake storylines of corruption and dynasty can now no longer be cloaked in the cruel realities of staggering inequality and charged communal relations. The gloves are off.
Panel formed by citizens’ groups — National Campaign for People’s Right to Information and Transparency International India — says Ranjeet Soni murder linked to his RTI work.
A panel of doctors who carried out the post-mortem of Kartik Popli, son of arrested IAS officer Sanjay Popli, ruled out ‘murder’, said wound was ‘self-inflicted’.
Speaking at Purulia meeting Monday, CM Mamata Banerjee ordered district magistrate to ensure that no government officials in his jurisdiction seek bribes to complete their work.
Former Punjab health minister Vijay Singla has been accused of taking bribe and demanding 1 per cent cut for government contract and departmental purchases in the state.
ABC investigation claims former sports minister got payoffs from Australian medical firm Aspen, which allegedly laundered millions of dollars in Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa denies allegations.
Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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