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Jharkhand coal in kitty, firms forget investment

11 Sept 2012 7:25 AM IST
The allocation of coal blocks in the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand is turning out to be an open-and-shut case of blatant loot of natural resources....

Mumbai needs protection

10 Sept 2012 8:27 AM IST
In the early 1980s, film-maker-actor Feroze Khan’s younger sibling Akbar Khan had released a film titled Hadsaa, which meant mishap. In Delhi it was...

The spy who gave R&AW the slip

8 Sept 2012 5:30 AM IST
We live in the times of media trial. In the mad rush for TRPs, the news channels seldom approach an issue with the seriousness it deserves. The escape...

Jharkhand ex-babu courts coal controversy

6 Sept 2012 6:43 AM IST
The dual probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] and the inter-ministerial group [IMG] is set to unravel several layers of bureaucratic and...

Booked firms cut deal with Munda

5 Sept 2012 6:51 AM IST
In the raids conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] on the companies that were allotted coal blocks, the Abhijeet group has turned out...

Hindu at the crossroads

4 Sept 2012 3:32 AM IST
Events during the past week [s] have once again put the Indian polity on the crossroads. The Hindu agenda for some time now, may be without design and...

Poetic PM meets BJP’s dry wit

30 Aug 2012 4:02 AM IST
In the 1990s as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) surged ahead in electoral politics, its leader in Lok Sabha Atal Bihari Vajpayee used the forums of...

Mamata does matter

28 Aug 2012 1:08 AM IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee completed one year in office in May this year therefore an article on her at this time may look slightly...

Cyber security setup fails first major challenge

22 Aug 2012 12:20 PM IST
The recent panic instigated through web sites targeted at the Northeastern community, which triggered their exodus from various cities, was a fallout...

Auditing the auditor

20 Aug 2012 6:20 AM IST
The three reports submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), namely, on the allocation of coal blocks, functioning of the Delhi airport...

Red Fort as symbol of anachronism

15 Aug 2012 6:04 AM IST
Many wonder why the  first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru chose the ramparts of Red Fort to hoist the national flag on the morning of 15 August 1947....

Old man and the party

13 Aug 2012 5:46 AM IST
The title of today’s notebook is inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s classic Old man and the sea. The novel was a major contributing factor in the American...
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