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INDORE shows the way

MUNICIPAL governance in India has never been considered to be something that needs any commendation at any level. It’s mainly because, barring a...

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Faltering start

THE three-month old Kamal Nath government has the dubious distinction of making Congress President Rahul Gandhi look like a fraud. If this sounds...

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Justice delayed

NEARLY 25 per cent of the population in Goa is in the danger of losing its livelihood. These 300,000 people are connected with...

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Fading Modi, Shah’s charishma

With Lok Sabha elections just round the corner, the 2014 situation seems to have come full circle in 2019. The political epicenter—that Gujarat...

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Shuffling the cards

BUREAUCRACY is like a horse and to control it, the horseman needs to use his skills (and whip) very well—an old saying in...

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Dawn of Chhindwara model

THE most visible change in Madhya Pradesh since the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government was ousted on December 11 in the assembly election is...

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Chandigarh ‘Metropolis’ as Punjab Capital?

BY definition a Metropolis is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural centre for a country or...

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Modi fails in Kashmir

WHEN Modi took over as the Prime Minister in 2014, he aroused great hopes in members of the Kashmiri Pandit community. Most people...

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Beware! The lotus eaters are on the prowl

IT’S tempting to project the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections to be held later this year as a Kamal vs Kamal contest—the BJP’s party...

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The Maratha Paradox

THE senior bureaucracy in Maharashtra is up in arms after Additional Chief Secretary (ACS Finance) D K Jain (1983 batch) was appointed as...