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Uttar Pradesh cops booked for hiding facts in murder case

Lucknow, June 29 (IANS) A case has been lodged against three policemen for disposing off the body of a kidnapped youth and concealing facts in a murder case in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district. The three have been suspended, police said Monday. Inspector Nirbhay Narayan Singh and constables Jaiprakash and Imtiyaz were found guilty of disposing off the body of 24-year-old Chaitanya, son of a businessman, who was kidnapped

Flip flop Sadhvi flips again, supporters left high and dry

Though it had been in the air for some time that Uma Bharati was up to something, she took the BJP in Madhya Pradesh by surprise by the timing and the manner of extending her support to Lal Krishna Advani for the post of prime minister. She also offered to campaign to make Advani the prime minister which only means her decision to campaign for the

The Third Front Chimera— the bandwagon moves

A few months ago when the left parties were virtually out of the media gaze, following Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh dumping them, a non-congress southern satrap was in constant touch with the left parties hoping to revive the third front. The conversations would go on, with little hope of being able to cobble up a viable front. The low morale among the left parties brought about

Censured by Election Commission --- so what?

The over-enthusiasm of the Election Commission to check electoral malpractices without sufficient powers to take an effective action against the offenders has started eroding the credibility of the Commission and making it an object of ridicule. The case of a Madhya Pradesh minister amply illustrates it.Minister of Cooperatives and Public Health Engineering Gauri Shankar Bisen was said to have distributed wristwatches to journalists at

Corridor whispers

Boring as ever!--------------------Former union home minister Shivraj Patil is chairman of AICC s screening committee for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. In one of the meetings, a Congress leader sought Patil s views on terrorism and how the party will counter the BJP campaign in the general elections. An hour long monologue ate up the time slotted to discuss candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. In

Sushma fails to stem apprehensions

If Sushma Swaraj s attempts at dispelling apprehensions about her long term interest in Madhya Pradesh have not succeeded fully, she is partly to blame herself for it. She has been going too far in her explanations. She could have become the chief minister of Delhi again if she wanted, the BJP veteran told a questioner. She told another that she did not want to occupy a

Will Manmohan Singh be a vote catcher for the Congress and UPA?

Five years back when Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh was hoisted on the nation by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi after rejecting the demand for herself to occupy the throne, he had made it clear that the mandate was for Sonia Gandhi, and not for me . For some this statement was an act of practical humility, while others saw it as a sign of servility. The opposition

The new Son-rise in Karnataka—BJP loses its edge

The Bharatiya Janata Party which has ambitions of returning to power at the national level has come to be on the defensive in Karnataka and is also losing its allies at the national level.With the selection of close relatives of those in power, the BJP s campaign for next month s parliamentary elections from the State has already lost much of its punch. It has come

“Hail Vote Bank Politics”

Amidst the politics with the clouds of war looming in the western border of India, the average citizen is not aware of the origin of terrorism in Bangladesh, the East Pakistan of yesteryears. The greatest weakness of Indian Government is to fight any crisis only after its emergence rather than working out prevention policies. Looking at the situation in the northeastern states, we can understand how

The non-performing “assets” of Karnataka in Lok Sabha

The term of another Lok Sabha, the fourteenth is coming to an end and it is time to take stock of the performance of its members from Karnataka. An appraisal is necessary, as the major political parties might renominate most of them. The BJP will not be renominating three of its members who were expelled and the JD (S) one of its members who has resigned