Tag archive for ‘Narendra Modi’
Virerndra Parekh
By Team Folks On Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
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Beyond 2012: The old order changeth

The 1912 elections are a preview of the coming crumbling feudal political order put together by Jawaharlal Nehru and his political heirs. The country is on the verge of a major political overhaul. Dynastic rule More...

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By Team Folks On Friday, December 28th, 2012
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Modi phenomenon and the two Indias

Modi is seen as the leader by doers and achievers while he is hated by hangers on with colonial values who depend on patronage from the ruling family calling itself the Congress. They fear having to live in a world More...

File photo of Gujarat's Chief Minister Modi addressing his supporters during an election campaign rally ahead of the state assembly elections at Dokar village in Gujarat
By Team Folks On Thursday, December 13th, 2012
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Indian state vote may be first step to Modi versus Gandhi face-off

Report by Ross Colvin and Satarupa Bhattacharjya, NEW DELHI | Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:40pm EST (Reuters) – India’s Gujarat state will hold a potentially game-changing vote on Thursday that could help decide More...

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By Team Folks On Friday, August 17th, 2012
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Modi and the Mahatma, who was more guilty?

Narendra Modi after Godhra and Mahatma Gandhi after the Khilafat were forced to deal with the violent aftermath. But there are striking differences between the way the two dealt with them. Also, Modi had nothing More...

Canal-top solar plant on a Narmada branch canal
By Team Folks On Monday, May 28th, 2012
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India’s Energy Famine 1— The Solar Promise

This is first of two parts article by Navaratna Srinivas Rajaram  India may be on the brink of an energy famine. Solar power used in conjunction with existing power plants and the proposed river linking network More...

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By Team Folks On Monday, January 9th, 2012
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Vajpayee, Modi in BJP list of poll campaigners

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is seriously ill for the past two years, and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who did not canvas in the Bihar polls due to objections from ally JD(U), figure More...

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By Team Folks On Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
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Cong trying to run parallel govt through Guv’s office: Modi

Buoyed by his last week’s Sadbhavana fast, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today upped the ante against the Congress accusing it of conspiring to dislodge his government through Raj Bhavan even as the More...

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By Team Folks On Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
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Narendra Modi vindicated

SC finds no reason to prosecute CM, returns Ehsaan Jafri case to Guj trial court In a big relief to Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court on Monday ended the monitoring of the one of the most crucial riot cases that More...

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By Team Folks On Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
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Advani leads BJP protest against Guj Governor on Lokayukta

LK Advani PTI | New Delhi – Senior leader L K Advani today led party MPs from Gujarat protesting outside Parliament House against the appointment of Lokayukta in the state by the Governor without consulting More...

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By Team Folks On Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
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CBI to approach SC in Haren Pandya murder case

PTI | New Delhi – After receiving flak from Gujarat High Court for “botched up” and “blinkered” probe in the Haren Pandya muder case, the CBI today decided to challenge the verdict More...