Politics

Pratibha Patil falls in gift trap on RTI query  (Arundhati Konar, YourMoneySite.com)

Former President Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s tenure at Rashtrapati Bhavan ended in July 2012, but her affairs with controversies seem to continue even now. A right to information (RTI) inquiry has revealed that Patil, who had received many gifts as President of India, has taken the same to her hometown Amravati.








 


Parliamentary impasse continues; 30 Bills await consideration (Arundhati Konar, YourMoneySite.com)

The Indian Parliament got eleven consecutive unproductive days during monsoon session so far, thanks to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s unbending stand over the Coalgate scam. Also, with only three more days left (September 7) for the one-month long monsoon session to end, chances that Parliament will resume its normalcy are bleak.




Mayawati burns Rs 86-cr hole in India’s pocket (Saba Ashraf & Arundhati Konar, YourMoneySite)

In India, the news about politicians spending crores of public money on their own pleasures, has become routine. Only the names and amounts change every time. However, one lady who has been in news for splurging public money is Mayawati – Bahujan Samaj Party chief and ex-Uttar Pradesh chief minister...Read More...


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