Veteran Congress leader, Kishore Chandra Deo, does not pull punches when it comes to speaking on the failings of his party. In an exclusive interview, Deo, talks about how the Congress party has not been able to put its house in order
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MARCH 2017
MARCH 2017
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Conversations from ground zero of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections reveal a startling truth, the Congress party may have been on the downslide for some time now but any attempt to dismiss it completely would be imprudent
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Like Nero who played the lyre while Rome burnt, Rahul Gandhi is blissfully oblivious to the torpor and rot that have gripped the Congress
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The draconian counter-terror laws are often misused by law enforcement agencies to frame innocent people at will. Even if acquitted, it means little because of what they have lost out on
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As India’s capital figures on yet another list of the world’s most polluted cities, experts offer solutions
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As the Rohingya crisis has turned from a humanitarian disaster to a full-fledged genocide, the places that have offered refugees from Rakhine safe harbour are also becoming wary of them
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