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Tracking violence and terror Worrying communal tendencies
Justice Verma and his two colleagues on the commission set up to examine laws dealing with sexual abuse and terror have served the nation well in making a thorough examination of the subject in its […]
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SC restrains trial court from deciding on SIT report on Modi’s role
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on January 17 restrained a special trial court in Ahmedabad from taking its final decision on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report for closing the case against Gujarat Chief […]
Business & Economics
2012-The Year That Was
THE RISE OF ARVIND KEJRIWAL Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal launchedhis party ‘Aam Aadmi Party’ this December. AAP‘sdeclared manifesto to provide – for the first time in 65years of independence – a totally graft-free government.Crucially, none of […]
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Sc Blow To Govt In High-Profile Cases, Death To Ajmal Kasab
NEW DELHI (TIP): Judgements giving a body blow to the government in the highprofile Vodafone tax case and scrapping of 2G spectrum licences hogged the limelight in the Supreme Court which in 2012 also brought […]
India
Gujarat Election Results 2012: How Congress Lost The Plot
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Congress went hammer and tongs about the issue of uneven development in Gujarat, handling of the draught situation in the state, malnutrition and water problems. They hoped to come back to power […]
India
Don’t expect Modi to be BJP’s next PM candidate: Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar
It is a fantastic achievement that he has won the third election in a row with an increased majority and higher vote share. Does this mean that he is the next prime ministerial candidate? I […]
India
Think Local, Act Local
NEW DELHI (TIP): At an age when mostmen’s thoughts turn to retirement,Himachal Pradesh Congress chiefVirbhadra Singh has been in overdrive,working the crowds in his state over thesepast few weeks. Covering as many as 60 ofthe […]
India
Victory Raises Modi’s PM Candidature Prospects
After Modi’s massive victory in Gujarat, some party leaders have said Modi should now be projected as the BJP‘s prime ministerial candidate NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Modi‘s third successive victory in the Gujarat assembly polls […]
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Diversification Plan Boosted Gujarat Farm Growth
NEW DELHI (TIP): Gujarat strongman Narendra Modi‘s hat-trick in assembly polls can not just be attributed to the success of BT cotton but also the massive crop diversification programme that has helped the state take […]
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Rahul Keeps Heat on Modi
PALANPUR (TIP): Continuing his veiled attack on chief minister Narendra Modi, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said only one man is shining in Gujarat while others have been rendered insignificant. Unperturbed by Modi’s attacks on […]
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Modi Counterattacks, Fires Barbs at Rahul
RAJKOT (TIP): Reacting to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi invoking Mahatma Gandhi in his election speeches, chief minister Narendra Modi scoffed at the Gandhi scion for narrating the historical anecdote of how Motilal Nehru found Gandhiji […]
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EC Reprimands Modhwadia for his Remarks Against Narendra Modi
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Election Commission of India has reprimanded Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia for equating chief minister Narendra Modi with a monkey and a dog. The poll watchdog has also reproached the Congress leader […]
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Narendra Modi Demands Sonia Gandhi’s Apology
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi should apologise for the union government’s failure to control inflation. Addressing different election rallies in the district, Modi attacked Gandhi and […]
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US Lawmakers use ‘Visa Power’ to Target Narendra Modi
WASHINGTON (TIP): Concerned that national and international recall of the Gujarat riots and pressure to bring its perpetrators to justice is waning, a group of American lawmakers on Tuesday renewed calls to the Obama administration […]
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Bal Thackeray dead – Maharashtra : Political Parties in mourning
Mumbai: ‘Owner of Mumbai’, Balasaheb Thackeray, has breathed his last on Saturday 3:30 PM here at his residence ‘Matoshree’ in suburban Bandra. Various political personalities made a beeline to ‘Matoshree’ to pay their last tribute […]
India
Gujarat polls: Hold on to your home turf, RSS tells Narendra Modi
Mumbai (TIP): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh brass has asked Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to focus on the assembly elections in the state and leave the decision of prime ministerial candidate to the Nationalist Democratic […]
India
Boost for Modi as Britain ends no-contact policy with Gujarat
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a boost to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi‘s profile ahead of the assembly elections, Britain has ended its official nocontact policy with the state after the 2002 riots and will be […]
India
Modi takes on Sonia, says Congress defaming Gujarat
Dahod (TIP): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit back at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and charge the ruling party at the Centre of defaming his state. Modi alleged that the Congress failed to […]
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Modi challenges ‘scared’ Rahul to come and campaign in Gujarat
VALSAD (TIP): Amid growing speculation of a Narendra Modi versus Rahul Gandhi electoral battle in 2014, the Gujarat chief minister indirectly challenged Rahul to come and campaign in the state. “Now Congress says Rahul is […]
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Fake encounter case: Modi’s aide Amit Shah chargesheeted
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Former Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Amit Shah, a close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, was among 20 people named by the CBI in its charge sheet in the 2006 Tulsi […]
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Guest Comments: Modi’s claim shattered Ex-minister convicted in worst riot case
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been describing the large-scale killings of members of the principal minority community in 2002 under the very nose of his government as a “spontaneous reaction” of a people whose […]