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Want strong Lokpal, don't fast: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the government wants a "strong Lokpal" and those who don't agree with some aspects of a proposed legislation "should not resort to hunger strikes"."We want a strong Lokpal to prevent corruption in high places. We have recently introduced a bill in parliament to achieve this," said Singh in his address to the nation's 65th Independence Day. "Now
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the government wants a "strong Lokpal" and those who don't agree with some aspects of a proposed legislation "should not resort to hunger strikes"."We want a strong Lokpal to prevent corruption in high places. We have recently introduced a bill in parliament to achieve this," said Singh in his address to the nation's 65th Independence Day. "Now
Indian patriotism: A celluloid journey
As India turns 64 on Monday and the entire nation gears up to celebrate Independece day, it is time to look back into the best possible films that has highlighted patriotism on celluloid. IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra reports
As India turns 64 on Monday and the entire nation gears up to celebrate Independece day, it is time to look back into the best possible films that has highlighted patriotism on celluloid. IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra reports
Defending development
Two very different speeches in New Delhi last week, on the eve of India’s 64th Independence Day, drew attention to the strategic role of industrial policy. Harvard economist Dani Rodrik,
Graft a deep malaise, but pills are many: President
Corruption, doubtless, is a cancer that warrants elimination, but a current country-wide discourse on ways to counter the menace has gone off-track, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil said today.
Corruption, doubtless, is a cancer that warrants elimination, but a current country-wide discourse on ways to counter the menace has gone off-track, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil said today.
Three Shaurya Chakras among I-Day gallantry awards
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has approved gallantry medals for 137 security personnel, including 14 for the country's third highest peacetime bravery award, the Shaurya Chakra, on the occasion
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has approved gallantry medals for 137 security personnel, including 14 for the country's third highest peacetime bravery award, the Shaurya Chakra, on the occasion
Why India won't feel like celebrating this Independence Day
This Independence Day has been preceded in much of the mainstream Indian media by content of an unusual kind: advertising blitzes that have emphasised the new freedom of the "unshackled Indian
This Independence Day has been preceded in much of the mainstream Indian media by content of an unusual kind: advertising blitzes that have emphasised the new freedom of the "unshackled Indian
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