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CENTRALIST POLICY DEVASTATED EASTERN STATES

NITISH’S POLITICAL MASTERSTROKE
Garga Chatterjee - 2013-04-05 15:01
The recent induction of Narendra Modi to the parliamentary board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has added one more chapter to the cold war between Janata Dal (United) and its no-as-secular ally. The BJP has been slowly pushing the envelope and this NDA partner has been resisting. When a chief minister of an opposition ruled state makes a visit to the New Delhi Durbar to meet Manmohan Singh, there is reason enough to follow it. When that chief minister in question is Bihar’s Nitish Kumar, one must sit up and take notice.

WEST BENGAL ‘MODEL TO COMBAT MAOIST MILITANCY’

MAMATA’S MAJOR SUCCESS IN JANGALMAHAL
Ashis Biswas - 2013-04-05 14:53
Even the worst critics of Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal have to admit that in two major areas of administration, the party has brought about a major improvement in governance: the troubled north Bengal hills and the insurgency-prone Jangalmahal region.

CURRENT ACCOUNT CRISIS IS GOVT’S OWN MAKING

GLOBAL IMPATIENCE OVER INDIA’S FISCAL HEALTH
Nantoo Banerjee - 2013-04-05 14:44
Indian economy has been witnessing constant tremors from current account deficit (CAD) since 2010-11. The biggest shock came at a highly alarming intensity at 6.7 per cent of GDP in the last quarter of 2012. The figure was officially announced in the last week of March, 2013.

India set to have first Defence University

ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-04-05 14:13
New Delhi: India will soon have an university exclusively for defence studies for the first time. The country has notable defence institutions like the National Defence Academy at Kadakwasla and National Defence College at New Delhi where foreign students are alumnis, but an university exclusively for defence studies is needed to fill in the gap.

BJP LAUNCHES POLL PREPARATIONS

HINDUTVA REVIVED TO BOOST PARTY PROSPECTS
Pradeep Kapoor - 2013-04-04 16:12
LUCKNOW: BJP has launched the preparation for Lok Sabha polls from two-day state executive meeting held in the holy place of Chitrakoot.

CONGRESS POWER STRUCTURE STILL NOT CLEAR

SHARING STRATEGY BUILT IN TO SAFEGUARD RAHUL
Kalyani Shankar - 2013-04-04 16:03
Even as the Congress workers are already confused about the conflicting statements made by some senior leaders, including the Gandhi scion Rahul, the Congress media cell chairperson Janardhan Dwivedi has created yet another debate by insisting that the present model of power sharing between the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may continue in future.

CHAUHAN’S NATIONAL HOPES DASHED

RAJNATH REJIG LIFTS ARCHRIVAL UMA BHARTI
L.S. Herdenia - 2013-04-03 11:30
BHOPAL: The constitution of the Rajnath Singh team has evoked mixed reactions in Madhya Pradesh. There were high hopes in the camp of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan that he will find a place in the Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party. His followers used to feel elated whenever his name was mentioned along with that of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Among others, BJP stalwarts like LK Advani, would also refer to Chauhan, whenever tributes were paid to Narendra Modi, as a competent Chief Minister.

CONGRESS UNDECIDED ON PROJECTING RAHUL AS PM

GANDHI SCION WILL HAVE TO PROVE HIMSELF
Upendra Prasad - 2013-04-03 11:26
After being anointed as the Vice President of the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi is concentrating on his party organization, but some news reports which relate to him, suggest that all is not well for him. He himself, after becoming the party VP, had revealed that the post of Prime Minister is not his priority and what he wanted was to strengthen Congress.

UDF GOVT LANDS IN BIGGEST CRISIS

CHANDY SINKS DEEPER INTO POLITICAL MIRE
P. Sreekumaran - 2013-04-03 11:23
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When you try to be over smart, you end up courting trouble. That is the fate which has befallen Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who finds himself in a devil of a political hole in the aftermath of the resignation of Forest Minister Ganesh Kumar.