-NYDailyNews.com AHMEDABAD--Gujarat's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader C R Patil has become India's first member of parliament (MP) to obtain to an ISO certification 9001: 2008 for his office for excellent role in implementing government schemes for the public. Patil, who represents Navsari in south Gujarat in the Lok Sabha, received the prestigious certificate at a recent function in Surat from Sandeep Vig, regional director of Intertek Moody, a leading international provider...
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When 100 people ‘were forced to’ dip hands in boiling oil-Darshan Desai
-The Hindu BJP-leaning candidate held for testing voters’ loyalty To prove that they had voted for a candidate who lost the gram panchayat elections, 100 people were allegedly forced by him and his campaign manager to put their hands in boiling oil in north Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district on Tuesday night. Though the gram panchayat elections were not fought on party symbols, the candidate, Dinesh Parmar of Deria village in Bayad taluk, 40 km...
More »Election Commission pegs paid news market at Rs.500 crore-Vidhi Choudhary and Utpal Bhaskar
-Live Mint Of the total amount paid to media firms (around 40% of the poll expenses of parties), the EC estimates half to be towards paid news The Election Commission of India (EC) has estimated the market in so-called paid news, or political advertising masquerading as journalism, at as much as `500 crore. The move is likely to buttress demands for greater scrutiny of election expenses. EC has been seeking to crack down...
More »Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, noted Economist and and Columbia University professor interviewed by Shaili Chopra
-Tehelka Edited Excerpts From An Interview NOTED ECONOMIST and Columbia University Professor Jagdish Bhagwati’s pro-free trade stance is well-known. A friend of the prime minister and his batch mate from Cambridge University, Professor Bhagwati feels the UPA’s departure from the stagnation of the past few years is a welcome change, and lauds the decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail. In an interview to TEHELKA Business Editor Shaili Chopra, Bhagwati says more...
More »Why Tainted Politicos Treated As Special Class?: SC
-Outlook The Supreme Court today asked the Centre why MPs and MLAs should be treated as "special class" in having different laws where persons with criminal antecedents are allowed to continue despite their convictions. "Why they be treated as special class? Why should there be different laws for them? Can Parliament make one law for its own members and other law for ordinary citizens?," a bench of justices A K Patnaik and...
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