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| One-line battles | 13-NOV-09 |
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| After the contents of his note to the prime minister were made public, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh called up the AIADMK leader in the Rajya Sabha, D Maitreyan, to see if his ideas could get some support across the political spectrum. |
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| Newsmaker: Andimuthu Raja | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Controversy and the telecom ministry have been closely connected ever since the business was opened to private competition in the mid-nineties. With last week’s raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Andimuthu Raja is continuing a tradition. |
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| Governance and the fisc | 26-OCT-09 |
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| How best can the Union government use the window of political opportunity that has been opened up by the verdict of the recent assembly elections? Since the ruling Congress party has been strengthened by the poll result and there are no important elections due for the next year, the opportunity to push for better governance should not be missed. |
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| Importance of Raja for DMK can lead to more tension in UPA | 24-OCT-09 |
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| What is being avidly discussed in the corridors of Sanchar Bhavan, the telecom ministry headquarters, was also the topic for discussion nearly a year earlier among the readers of Dinakaran, a Tamil newspaper. At the time, Dayanidhi Maran, who owns the newspaper, had just been asked to leave the ministry by party chief M Karunanidhi. |
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| PMK quits AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu | 05-OCT-09 |
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| The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) today decided to exit from the AIADMK-led Opposition alliance in Tamil Nadu. The party, led by its founder S Ramadoss, also father of former Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, had jumped from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance to the AIADMK once before this May’s Lok Sabha election. |
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| HC orders notice to Chidambaram on election petition | 30-SEP-09 |
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| The Madras High Court today ordered issuance of notice to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on a petition from his AIADMK rival challenging his election from Sivaganga constituency in the May Lok Sabha elections. |
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| Mixed bag for Congress in Assembly by-polls | 22-AUG-09 |
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| In the first litmus test after its sweeping victory in the general elections, the Congress-led UPA today received a mixed bag of results, winning nine of the 17 seats in the first series of Assembly by-polls spread over five states. |
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| For most junior ministers, it's no work and all play | 10-AUG-09 |
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| The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has come back to power for a second time, but nothing seems to have changed for S S Palanimanickam — neither his portfolio, nor his work profile. The DMK Member of Parliament continues to have no work. |
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| Earning versus learning | 31-JUL-09 |
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| The other day, roads minister Kamal Nath was speaking about the pace of constructing roads in the country and spoke of how the Vajpayee years were a great learning experience in the field. Immediately, an AIADMK MP, V Maitreyan, wisecracked that the next five years had been a great earning experience. |
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| Jaya termed Budget as 'clerical exercise' | 06-JUL-09 |
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| Dubbing the Union Budget as "weak and tentative", AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today dismissed it as a "clerical exercise reflecting the continuity of a visionless government". |
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| 'Fuel prices have been raised at an inopportune time' | 05-JUL-09 |
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| TR BAALU (SRIPERUMBUDUR): Madam, as far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, every year on June 12, Mettur Dam is opened for irrigation. But till date, this particular dam has not been opened because it is almost dry. Water has to come from the adjacent state of Karnataka. But there is a dry spell even in Karnataka. |
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| No language gap | 30-JUN-09 |
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| When the DMK talked of MK Alagiri becoming a cabinet minister, Congress circles floated stories about how he spoke only Tamil. So when he took his oath of office in English, most were surprised, but assumed he had taken coaching classes. Alagiri came to meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee last week and presented him a pink shawl. After he left, when reporters asked Mukherjee what language they spoke in, Mukherjee said, “I don’t know who spread those rumours ... |
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