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| The speaker?s standoff |
| Who draws the limits to the prerogatives of the legislature? |
| The current standoff between the legislature and the judiciary over the prerogatives of the legislature does not bring credit to either institution. Whether both institutions are clearly overstepping their proper domain is a debatable matter. But the... |
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| Grand failure |
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Sir ? It is not fair to blame Mamata Banerjee for the failure to form a grand alliance against the ... |
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| Dishonour |
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Sir ? It is not true that the great legendary vocalist, Rajeswari Datta, wife of poet Sudhin Datta, ... |
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| ON RECORD |
| The judiciary, by itself, cannot protect women and children from marriage or its abusive consequences. Yet, the failures of t...|
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| COLLEGE TIE |
| The move to grant autonomy to Presidency College has become part of the institution?s illustrious history. The idea was first...|
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| Chink
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Recently, the United Progressive Alliance government constituted a committee headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar to collect dat... | Read.. |
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| The plot thickens around the palace |
| All reports from Kathmandu seem to suggest that the king of Nepal is fighting a last-ditch battle. Not only have the Maoists not been held at bay by the Royal Nepal Army, whic... |
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To the ordinary working man, the sort you would meet in any pub on a Saturday night, Socialism does not mean much more than better wages and shorter hours and nobody bossing you about.
? GEORGE ORWELL
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