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The great Samajwadi soap opera

THE continuing strife within the Mulayam Singh Yadav dynasty, playing out in public for the past six weeks, indeed carries echoes of both...

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KMP Expressway Subhash vs Abhimanyu

THE ray of hope for the completion of the prestigious Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway (KMPE) project is still far away. This is perhaps the war...

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MP’s Dalia scam; Feasting on malnourished diets

Amajor income-tax department operation in July set off stunning revelations as to why Madhya Pradesh continues to be among top two States in...

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Multi-billion Simhastha swindle: Putting CWG scam to shame

SIMHASTHA 2016 has turned out to be the biggest ever government-sponsored materialistic fraud in the garb of spirituality in India, or, perhaps, in...

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MCD: the diabetes infamy

THE Delhi Government called a two-day special session of the Assembly beginning Friday, June 10, 2016, primarily to highlight alleged corruption and irregularities...

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‘Thari Pension Thare Paas’: Haryana shows the way

HARYANA had been trying various modes of Direct Benefit Transfer over the years—like through money orders—but they were costly and cumbersome. Also, there...

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Connecting people

PROJECT Rahat was initiated by the District Administration of Udhampur in October 2015 after a three-month long participatory planning and consultation exercise as...

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IRON ORE HEIST

THE iron ore mining industry in Karnataka grabbed headlines in 2008 when the State’s Lokayukta reported largescale illegal mining in Bellary, Chitradurga and...

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Uneasy truce

WHEN Amit Shah was handpicked by Modi as the party chief, many applauded the move. Part of the credit for Modi’s landslide win...

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From tainted to trusted

TEN years ago, 1982-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sudhi Ranjan Mohanty was facing prospects of being sent to jail. Now the Additional...