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Rahul's tutorial for the Rajasthan Congress

The Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi wants state leaders to pull up their socks and deliver results within three months or face consequences, reports Renu Mittal All India Congress......

What is Indonomics? Is Narendra Modi an Indonomist?

Modi embodies the best of Indonomics. He will ensure that India's sovereign interests are never compromised even when collaboration is sought on matters where India doesn't currently have strength,......

Naxal who attacked police station is Sai Baba devotee now

Philip M Prasad was a dreaded Naxalite in the late 'sixties who led the attack on the Pulpally police camp in northern Kerala and killed a few policemen. But today, Prasad has devoted himself to......

Should India be condemned to suffer vote bank politics forever?

We must make politics that uses demographic identity as a wedge, less and less relevant, says Shashi Shekhar. 'In this country both the minorities and the majorities have followed a wrong path. It......

What is the road ahead for the AMU?

Before it plans to show light to others, Aligarh Muslim University has to put its own house in order and be what it always was -- a centre of excellence where tradition and modernity do not collide......

The utopian myth of India's double dividend

Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of the Indian capital territory of Delhi, looks neither fat nor nervous, but she was disarmingly frank this week about the difficulties of coping with an annual......

India @ 65 - Republic without responsibility

The experiences of 2G scam have demonstrated that at 65, India can be best described as a Republic without Responsibility; a Democracy without any Duty, writes M R Venkatesh. The 2G scam, I......

There is no good or bad time to invest

Whether it is insurance or investments, one should not delay things because it will hurt in the long run.In bad times, the first thing impacted is the decision-making process.Whether it is......

Corruption: Take two

In the anti-corruption sentiment that has overcome the general public, the corporate sector has somehow managed to get sympathetic billing as a victim of venal governments and bureaucrats. This is......

Trusteeship and how it can spawn development

If the endeavour that was flagged off in Udaipur flourishes and diverse energies combine to refine the lens of Trusteeship, 'growth' itself could be redefined. Then 'inclusion' will be an inherent......

Review: Tom Hanks' Electric City is intriguing

AnkurPathakfeel theamazing animation, complemented by a good voice over makes Electric City worth a watch. Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has launched an inventive direct-to-web animated series called......

Trailer: Ayesha Takia returns with Mod

Nagesh Kukunoor may not have made brilliant cinema he's known to make in his latest works (8X10 Tasveer, Bombay To Bangkok) but the director isn't done with films yet.He recently launched......

Review: Leader comes at the right time

Be the change you want to see in the world, Mahatma Gandhi had said a long time ago. Taking these words to heart, director Sekhar Kammula gives us Leader, whose protagonist Arjun Prasad's (Rana......

Adinetha offers nothing new

Adinetha is a film of the times, specific to the political scenario, more so with the elections currently on. Director V Samudra perhaps had this in mind while scripting, helming and releasing......

2007: The year that was at the movies

With 2008 just around the corner, we decided to get together an interesting bunch of people to chat about cinema in the year gone by.Director Suparn Verma and resident film critic Raja Sen got......

Time stands still for Indian soccer

India are taking a trip to Japan for a World Cup qualifier next week, a journey to another galaxy in soccer terms.Twice Asian Games winners, in the inaugural edition in 1951 and again in 1962,......

People speak for utopian india

QNA

Q. should team anna go political? their promises to gen pub appears to be utopian, will they be able to deliver on all they claim?...... i've my apprehensions.pl fwd comment.
Pankaj Sinha: A. more

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Q. After repeatedly hurting the common man particularly the middle class and the retired by reducing the rate of interest on PPF systematically over the years, Govt. of India now considering raising the PPF interest rate from 8% (once it was as much as 13%), to now 8.6%. This increase too meagre considering the high rate of inflation and the need for the common man to save his money in safe avenue. Government must consider paying atleast 12% interest upto an investment of Rs.25 lakhs. Any savings exceeding this interest may be paid @ 11% for the balance. Do any one agree with this view ??
Mr C: A. Yeah he and his team should enter into politics.. I guess their team have the capability to bring changes in India to the maximum extent. Lets c,...... more

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Q. Maoist issue appears to be getting out of control. Many right thinking people are of the view that killers of innocent Indians, armed forces, hijacker of trains, bombers on CRPF camps can never be true Indians and hence should considered as the greatest enemies of the nation and war should be launched to wipe out them from the Indian soil like Sri Lanka did with LTTE. Your views?
Mr C: A. PLEASE read up CRPF presence on the ground. U can shoot me if I'm wrong, but dig up the news following Dantewada, ad it surprises me that local...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/maoist-issue-appears-to-be-getting-out-of-control.-many-righ/21149595/answers/17203156

Q. Sankracharya Jagatguru : I have been attending meetings and meeting muslims from many years. And i started this new practice in india i.e. Jagatguru (he calling himslef with this title) was able to go amoung them and understand their love and truthfulness of Islam and that the fact that Islam provides the world richest lesson for humanity.TIME HAS COME TO UNITE HINDU MUSLIMS TOGETHER AND AVIOD FORCES THAT CAUSE DIVIDE ???
Good Citizen: A. Sankracharya Jagatguru is not the first preacher from the traditional Indian faith to appreciate the positive qualities of other faiths. I have...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/sankracharya-jagatguru--i-have-been-attending-meetings-and-m/17197308/answers/16581770

Q. The headlines you want to see on tomorrow`s Daily Newspaper ?
TruthMission: A. Osama Bin Laden and other terrorist leaders arrested.Central Pay for the State Govt employees here.The ozone layer coming back from its depleted...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/the-headlines-you-want-to-see-on-tomorrows-daily-newspaper-/16578825/answers/16525516

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Autonomy for CBI is a utopian dream

What is surprising about the Opposition's surprise that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is a handmaiden of the government is the fact... ...

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130506/commentary-dc-comment/commentary/autonomy-cbi-utopian-dream

Right to work, pension hears dissent by ministries

The 45th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) concluded today, with a series of recommendations, including the right to work and pension for all, besides... ...

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Safeguards required to stop fixing in Indian cricket

Various national and international sports bodies incorporate certain measures and employ observers to keep things as fixing from happening? Why... ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/government-should-bring-new-law-to-curb-cricket-fixing-joginder-singh/392274-78.html

Performance reporting must be a priority

There's a manufactured controversy over the Mahalaxmi Race Course's lease which expires at the end of this month. Let's leave the controversy aside... ...

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Let realism temper Pakistan euphoria

There is no doubt the high voter turnout in the elections in Pakistan, despite threats from the Taliban, is a high for democracy. Often, given the... ...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/will-nawaz-sharif-shape-a-new-pakistan/articleshow/20038738.cms

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