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| Of Huge Central Grants |
On Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were able to squeeze out just half an hour from their busy schedules to accompany Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on an aerial survey of some of the flood-affected areas. The Prime Minister was kind enough to announce a grant of Rs 500 crore to the State even though States like Maharashtra, where the damage due to flo... |
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| Probe into Attack on MLA |
The attack on Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her second husband at a hotel in Karimganj was most unfortunate and needs to be condemned by one and all. Such activities must not be tolerated, and the administration should lose no time in ensuring that the culprits are tried and punished. What is intriguing, however, is that an inquiry into the incident has been ordered before a far more important ... |
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| Idea of India: Hindutva versus Regionalism |
Political parties, including the Congress, do not understand the new electorate, mostly young. It is liberal in outlook and hates to mix religion with politics. This was the ethos which the nation adopted during the independence struggle
The Bhartiya Janata Party seems to have tryst with doom. In the wake of scams and scandals in the Congress-run government, the BJP was g... |
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