Rediff.com takes its readers through the various moods of Raghuram Rajan.
Competition Commission has held on to its observation about Etihad gaining joint control in Jet Airways and "significant" rights to appoint directors with a 24% stake purchase, while rejecting a plea to "rectify" its order that approved the deal earlier this month.
Advani's office had on Thursday asserted that the book does not have his consent and has been published against his wishes.
Panagariya, who heads the government's main economic advisory body NITI Aayog, is also India's Group of 20 summit negotiator
Calling Rajan "no less patriotic", he virtually ticked off Swamy saying "if anybody considers himself above the system then it is wrong".
Swamy also seeks CBI probe against the government officials who had cleared the deal.
The agreement received post-facto approval of the Union Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. The accord would allow the designated carriers of India and Abu Dhabi to have 50,000 seat-capacity each week.
BJP MP and Janta Part Chief threaten to take the matter to the court.
'His speech at the bhoomi puja will stand out for a long time in the memory of those who listened to it for touching the pinnacle of excellence and brilliance in both style and content,' declares B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Saturday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to declare Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate at the earliest to ensure a majority in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Even before Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014, Subramanian Swamy was agitating for Rajan's removal.
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday sought suspension of the new bilateral air services agreement between India and Abu Dhabi, saying prima facie it appeared to be linked with Jet-Etihad deal.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister may have opened a Pandora's Box on the religion front with the appointment of qualified non-Brahmin temple priests, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Objections were being raised by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh, Communist Party of India's Gurudas Dasgupta, Dinesh Trivedi (Trinamool Congress) and Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy over the deal, each of whom had shot off separate letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to give an early hearing to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking facilities for the devotees visiting the disputed site in Ayodhya.
Modi said Jethmalani was 'witty, courageous and never shied away from boldly expressing himself on any subject'.
However, in reality, Mukherjee neither wore a cap nor did he give any salute.
From defending the shock announcement of demonetisation to spearheading the remonetisation drive that included the cumbersome process of printing and supplying new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes, his calm composure brought a sense of serenity to an otherwise chaotic situation.
Earlier, SC had given two weeks to prove Chidambaram deliberately granted FIPB clearance in 2006
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw posted the matter for hearing on Friday.
Flooded with complaints of alleged falsification of election affidavits, the Election Commission has said people are free to approach the courts directly against candidates for concealing information in nomination papers.
He has termed the deal 'a case of arbitrariness'.
The Waqf Board has sought time from the top court for setting up of a committee for exploring an amicable resolution of the vexatious issue.
His tweets led to his followers proclaiming that he was backing Patel's appointment
BJP sources said the notice is a standard follow-up to suspension of a party leader and a decision on expulsion of Azad.
Jet-Etihad deal documents among those leaked: CBI
Subramanian Swamy alleged that Shashi Tharoor was influencing the investigation in the matter.
A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said, "We will think over it".
Congress leaders claim The Associated Journals Limited has 761 shareholders while the company shows more than 1,000
"People giving me unasked for advice of discipline and restraint don't realise that if I disregard discipline there would be a bloodbath," he tweeted in an obvious attack on Jaitley.
The Congress, however, dubbed Swamy as the 'undeclared spokesman' of Modi.
From note ban result to Delhi's next L-G, a few things to look forward to.
'The belief that FDI will shift from China appears to be a strategy of politicians to keep the media busy, chasing irrelevant news to ward off pressure and questions about the government's plans to deal with COVID,' observes Debashis Basu.
The Congress on Friday claimed that that "vitriolic tirade" against RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan by Subramanian Swamy has the "full backing" of NDA government and Bharatiya Janata Party.
'Modi has visited all these three countries (the UAE more than once, inexplicably) but has left out Kuwait and Oman, the two Gulf countries that are closest to India in their political, cultural and civilisational ethos,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
In a letter to Singh, Swamy was severely critical of Delhi Police, alleging that it was dragging its feet even on elementary steps necessary in criminal investigation when it has been established that poison was found in her body and she died an unnatural death.
Chief Minister Stalin seems to have drawn a line between his personal beliefs and those of others in the family, beginning with wife Durga Stalin, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chadrachud did not consider the plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy that the ongoing tendering process for awarding media rights for the IPL events be stayed and e-auctioning directed.
The bench then said that it was not going to fast track the matter.
The governor enquired "about the general administration of the affairs of the government," a Raj Bhavan release said.
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