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What then PM Manmohan Singh told I&B minister about media approach

Then prime minister Manmohan Singh's brief to his new information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on what should be the government's approach to the media was simple -- it should be an......

Free, fair polls in Bangladesh after reforms in various sectors: Yunus

Bangladesh interim government's chief adviser Muhammad Yunus Sunday said a free, fair and participatory election will be held after vital reforms in different sectors as he urged the people to have......

Hasina's dictatorship destroyed every Bangladeshi institution: Yunus

Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Sunday alleged that Sheikh Hasina's "brutal dictatorship" destroyed every institution of the country during her decade-and-a-half-long reign......

Days after Biden called India 'xenophobic', White House says...

There are not too many more vibrant democracies in the world than India, the White House has said, applauding the people of India for exercising their right to vote. IMAGE: National security......

Rs 1 lakh, 50% quota: Cong's 5 guarantees to women

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Wednesday announced five guarantees for women, including annual direct cash transfers of Rs 1 lakh to one woman from each of the country's poorest......

Pirate Party and Freedom

The Pirate Party is fighting to retain the right to privacy and the right to communicate freely via e-mail, telephone or letters.'Pirate Party' may at first seem like a political satire, poking fun......

Reason triumphs over Bt brinjal!

By embargoing Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh may have done a greater service to democracy than he intended, says Praful Bidwai. India has done something unusual in defying the......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Poverty: Politics should interact with policy

In the three decades of its existence, Council of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific has contributed immensely to the implementation of the outcome of the......

Public loot: Let us bring back our money

It is one of the biggest loots witnessed by mankind -- the loot of the aam aadmi (common man) since 1947 by his brethren occupying public office. It has been orchestrated by politicians,......

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