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PATNA: In the land of scams, yet another scam, and this time the “rank scam” has surfaced with a bang. A caucus of the politicians, bureaucrats and unscrupulous businessmen has been running the show for some years. The unscrupulous activities of the caucus or education mafia in common parlance, might not have come to peoples’ knowledge, if the rank scam was not exposed.

KOLKATA: Over the next few months, the CPI(M) in West Bengal will function at two levels: it will continue to lead the Left Front (LF) and carry out agitations on different issues with its allies, the CPI, the Forward Bloc(FB) and the RSP, without involving the Congress.

The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), conceived and set up in the wake up of 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai, to integrate 21 categories of data from agencies like banks, railways, airlines, income tax department, credit card companies, visa, immigration and related set-ups, and making such data available to Central agencies like RAW, NIA, CBI, Revenue Intelligence, IB, Narcotics Control Bureau, ED and related agencies to prevent and combat terrorism and criminal activities, is yet to be functional.

With barely a week to go for the referendum on whether to quit the European Union (EU), the Britons appear to be completely in the state of confusion. During last week the Brexit has gained nearly four points more than Remain, enforcing the belief that the people are in favour of quitting EU but skepticism has also started running high about the future of United Kingdom.

The Congress veterans who had been apprehensive of their future under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership are heaving a sigh of relief that they will not become a vanishing tribe now that there are clear signals from Congress President Sonia Gandhi that she still depends on them.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has followed up the good start it made by taking a few solid steps to eradicate corruption and keep the real estate mafia out of the education sector.

Embedded in India’s growth story in recent years were the elements of its export success, though the foreign trade front has of late been the Achilles heels of the Indian economy, hamstrung as it were, by tepid external demand. This is exacerbated by domestic constraints of considerable importance that range from raw material availability at international prices to poor infrastructure, both physical as also export, besides the exorbitant transaction cost to trade and industry.

Anniversary celebrations are occasions to take stock of a government’s performance. While ruling parties opponents always claim that “government has failed on all fronts”, those in power never tire of boastfully declaring having delivered their commitments. This was also claimed during Narendra Modi-led government’s second anniversary celebrations.

BHOPAL: After a long time, the Congress workers of Madhya Pradesh celebrated a big victory after the election of the party candidate Vivek Tankha in the Rajya Sabha biennial poll defeating all the efforts of the ruling BJP to capture the seat by resorting to malpractices. The veteran leader Kamal Nath led the Congress campaign and his success has given a new confidence to the Congress workers in the state which faces assembly elections in 2018.

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has won the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the Presidential elections in November this year after a gruelling battle with the Socialist Bernie Sanders who has created history in the US politics by radicalizing the election agenda and converting this 2016 elections into a battle of issues instead of personalities. Hillary surpassed the majority figure of 2383 votes on June 7 night after the results of polling in primaries and caucuses to the six states, were declared and with President Obama endorsing her candidature, Hillary is now presumptive Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party who will take on Donald Trump at the November elections.