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The Election Commission's arrogant functioning and its failure to ensure the integrity and fairness of elections could well be the undoing of India’s electoral democracy.
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The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'
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French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
This scum, aka Injustice Ganguly, was a known judicial trojan horse, whose agenda was clear to a lot of people, because of his improper conduct from day 1 in dispensing his own duties, and his inherent bias. What this fails to mention, is that this b@st*** also excused and justified his BJP ilk, and kin, Suvendu Adhikari, the known goon, who was caught taking money in front of camera in the Narada scam. Of course birds of a feather flock together
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This scum, aka Injustice Ganguly, was a known judicial trojan horse, whose agenda was clear to a lot of people, because of his improper conduct from day 1 in dispensing his own duties, and his inherent bias. What this fails to mention, is that this b@st*** also excused and justified his BJP ilk, and kin, Suvendu Adhikari, the known goon, who was caught taking money in front of camera in the Narada scam. Of course birds of a feather flock together
Did justice Thipsay join congress? Did justice Hegde join a political party? How come you are so ignorant??
As it is, difficult now to think of judgments like cancellation of coal blocks or telecom licences being delivered. Nothing profoundly consequential.