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CAG: Smriti Irani in Rs 5.93 crore MPLAD scam; no questions asked

In the most brazen form of political appeasement and selling out of all journalistic ethics, most TV news channels and morning newspapers remained silent over the reports of near Rs 6 crore fund bungling by BJP’s Smriti Irani brought to notice by Congress party in a press conference on Wednesday.   A CAG report has clearly […]

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Civil Aviation ministry breaks ranks with Modi govt, says states not consulted in leasing airports to Adani

Six airports- Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati, Mangalore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad- were leased out by Centre to the business conglomerate under the PPP mode   The civil aviation ministry has expressed reservations over the leasing of six major airports across the country to Adani Enterprises for operations, having informed a Rajya Sabha committee that “mandatory consultations” with […]

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BJP gains in polls after every riot, says Yale study

While many within the Congress blame its electoral debacle to the party’s obsession with “minority appeasement”, a recent study conducted by three political scientists of the Yale University claim that had Congress lost all close elections between 1962 and 2000, there could have been 10% more communal riots in the country. Gareth Nellis, Michael Weaver, […]