Dispur has decided to seek the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the contentious D-voter issue as well as consider the case of Hindus who came to Assam after Partition on humanitarian grounds. These issues will be part of the memorandum Dispur will be submitting to Singh, who will be here on a daylong visit to attend the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Assam Assembly, despite the 12-hour Assam...
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Bhanwari Devi case: Court issues notice to CBI chief, officials
-IANS The Rajasthan High Court Thursday issued show-cause notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and other agency officers on allegations of harassment by a local politician during investigation into the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, a lawyer said. The notices were issued to CBI director, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG), a superintendent of police (SP) and an inspector-rank officer, the lawyer added. Shabhu Singh Khetasar, a former Bharatiya...
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-The Hindustan Times Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has said she is not to be blamed for the Congress’s defeat in the MCD Elections and that there was a wave against the party in the Capital. “These weren’t my (Delhi government) Elections. I wasn’t contesting them. The outcome is not my responsibility solely. I worked in these Elections as a party worker. It is unfair (to blame me),” Dikshit told HT...
More »India's Westminster-type government is struggling with coalition woes-Pradeep S Mehta
At a recent meeting in Kolkata, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee threw up his hands for not being able to present a bold Budget because of coalition politics. Indeed, Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress, a coalition partner, has been a thorn in the side of the UPA. She enjoys a veto on nearly everything that the government wishes to do. If such are the compulsions of coalition politics, should we not...
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-The Times of India Ahead of the panchayat Elections next year Bengal's ruling party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has issued a draconian fiat to its cadres, exhorting them to socially boycott CPM party members. The state government's food and supplies minister Jyotipriya Mullick has asked Trinamool workers not to have any form of personal relations, including marriage, with CPM members and sympathisers. Mullick's bizarre list of 'don'ts' include not mingling with...
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