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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the launch of the “Namami Gange” project at Assi Ghat in Varanasi on November 8, 2015.

Clean Ganga remains a dream

Four years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of the Namami Gange project, the river remains as dirty as ever.

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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Indraprastha College in New Delhi on January 16, 1999.

Enigmatic forever

A.B. Vajpayee was a lovable leader, but his secular credentials have been called into question many times.

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Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala (right) appointed B.S. Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on May 17 and gave him 15 days to prove his majority.

Political tool

In Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya and Bihar, the BJP brazenly used the Governor’s office to further its political interests. The machinations of the Governo

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‘It was becoming an exercise in futility’

Interview with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav felicitating Tabassum Hasan of the RLD who won the Kairana Lok Sabha seat, at his party office in Lucknow on June 6.

Potent antidote

The RLD’s victory in the Kairana Lok Sabha byelection proves that majoritarian triumphalism, which has taken root since the BJP came to power at the

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the Interactive Session of Assistant Secretaries (IAS Officers of 2013 Batch), in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh(PTI11_19_2015_000094A)

Loyalty test

A proposal from the Prime Minister’s Office to reform the system of service/cadre allocation for the IAS and other Central government services could d

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Running dry

The sudden ATM cash crunch in several States points to the government's ham-handed approach to currency management and evokes suspicions of plans to w

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The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Swami
Chinmayananda, coming out of the Sankara Mutt in Kancheepuram after meeting Kanchi Sankaracharya Sri Jayendra Saraswati on Saturday evening. Photo: A.Muralitharan. 02-08-2003.

Licence to rape?

Many prominent BJP leaders, including legislators, have cases of sexual assault against them, particularly in States ruled by the party.

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Chennai: 27-03-2018, For City: T V media in front of Raj Bhavan. Photo: M. Karunakaran

Hindutva’s messengers

A sting operation conducted by the website Cobrapost pushes a section of the Indian media into a credibility crisis.

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New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi waves during the second day of the 84th Congress Plenary Session, at the Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo by Vijay Verma (PTI3_18_2018_000126A)

Upbeat Congress

The Congress expects the inevitable slide in the BJP’s popularity to work in its favour in 2019, a perception buoyed up by byelection results in the H

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Jaipur: 06/08/ 2015: Fomer union minister Manish Tiwari Adressing the Press Conferance in Jaipur on Thursday. 06/August/2015.--Photo: Rohit Jain Paras Jaipur: 06/08/ 2015: Fomer union minister Manish Tiwari Adressing the Press Conferance in Jaipur on Thursday. 06/August/2015.--Photo: Rohit Jain Paras - Manish Tiwari

'Congress must do serious introspection'

Interview with Manish Tiwari, senior Congress leader.

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VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, 06/03/2017: BJP national general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao at a press conference in Visakhapatnam on Monday. -- Photo: C.V.Subrahmanyam

'We spotted the discontent'

Interview with P. Muralidhar Rao, BJP national general secretary.

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