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Truth vs Hype Of BJP's 20 Lakh 'Messengers' In Uttar Pradesh
BJP President Amit Shah's core campaign mantra in Uttar Pradesh - or any poll-bound state - has been to extend the reach of the BJP right down to the level of electoral booths, the most basic unit of election management.
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How The Maharashtra Government Might Be 'Licensing' Gau Rakshak Violence
Filming for the NDTV show Truth vs Hype last week, we caught on camera how an aggressive mob of gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) forcibly stopped a truck on the outskirts of Pune, yanked the driver out, snatched his phone, and forced the truck to a police station.
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Truth vs Hype: In Drought-Hit Marathwada, A Sugar Mill Owner 'Downgrades' to Mercedes
Politically-connected sugar barons like Bapurao Patil seem insulated from the turmoil roiling the countryside. Behind him was parked a gleaming Mercedes SUV, an incongruous sight in a village of tiny lanes and low-slung brick and mud homes.
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Lily's Story: From a Harrowing Childhood of Abuse, to Donning Chef's Whites
Even among the harrowing stories of those that pass through the shelter, Lilima's stands out.
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Truth vs Hype: Behind Jayalalithaa's Acquittal, Charges of Political 'Sabotage'
Jayalalithaa may have returned as Tamil Nadu chief minister, but her controversial acquittal has raised questions over whether behind-the-scenes political manouvering, across party lines, came in the way of a fair legal process.
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Truth vs Hype: Anti-Beef Laws in Maharashtra, Haryana Based More on Hyperbole Than Facts
The justifications offered for the beef ban in Maharashtra and Haryana seems to be backed more by myth and anecdote rather than any real evidence.
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NDTV.com Wins ENBA Award for Best English Website Third Year in a Row
NDTV today swept the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards, winning in nine categories including Best Talk Show, Best Current Affairs programme and Best News Website for ndtv.com.
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Truth vs Hype: The Myth of Conversions
On the terrace of a Gorakhpur hotel on a chilly morning, Sunil Singh, president of the Hindu Yuva Vahini described his programme, scheduled for the day, to bring back Muslim families in a village in the nearby district of Kushinagar into the Hindu fold.
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Truth vs Hype: New Green Panel Suggests Making 90% of Forests 'Go' Areas
If the government acts on the recommendations of the Subramanian committee, set up to review and streamline the process of green clearances, 90 per cent of Indian forests could be opened up for mining.
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Truth vs Hype: The Battle for Benares (Part I: Shadow of the Don)
In the narrow bylanes of Bajardiha, one of Benares' many dense Muslim pockets, there is an intense debate brewing. In the 2009 elections, they, like most of the city's approximately three lakh Muslims, voted overwhelmingly for mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, despite the fact that Mr Ansari was in prison facing a number of serious charges including murder...
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Can the Aam Aadmi Party convert popular upsurge into hard electoral gains?
While the AAP clearly has an undercurrent of support, it appears to lacks, at least for now, the strong candidates and the grassroot network of booth-level political managers, needed to convert that groundswell into victory.
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Freedom's heroes: Desmond Tutu on Nelson Mandela
Since May this year, the world's attention is fixed on South Africa, where the giant of its anti-apartheid struggle, Nelson Mandela, battles for his life.
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The fodder scam diaries: what the CBI found against Lalu Prasad
The bulk of the CBI's case against Lalu is that as Chief Minister he attempted to suppress evidence of corruption in the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) and protect key officials involved.
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Vidarbha: The Lie of the Land
In Vidarbha, rocked by farmer suicides, a new controversy is brewing. In one sweep, over the past year, the state government cleared a whopping 85 power projects across this region. For this they have sanctioned 2200 million cubic metres of water from irrigation projects, which could have watered an estimated five lakh hectares of farmland.
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I'd like to make BJP more disciplined: Sushma Swaraj
In an exclusive interview, Sushma Swaraj opens up on her RSS origins, views on the Babri demolition and to whether she sees herself as the shadow Prime Minister of India.
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Truth vs Hype Of BJP's 20 Lakh 'Messengers' In Uttar Pradesh
BJP President Amit Shah's core campaign mantra in Uttar Pradesh - or any poll-bound state - has been to extend the reach of the BJP right down to the level of electoral booths, the most basic unit of election management.
-
How The Maharashtra Government Might Be 'Licensing' Gau Rakshak Violence
Filming for the NDTV show Truth vs Hype last week, we caught on camera how an aggressive mob of gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) forcibly stopped a truck on the outskirts of Pune, yanked the driver out, snatched his phone, and forced the truck to a police station.
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Truth vs Hype: In Drought-Hit Marathwada, A Sugar Mill Owner 'Downgrades' to Mercedes
Politically-connected sugar barons like Bapurao Patil seem insulated from the turmoil roiling the countryside. Behind him was parked a gleaming Mercedes SUV, an incongruous sight in a village of tiny lanes and low-slung brick and mud homes.
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Lily's Story: From a Harrowing Childhood of Abuse, to Donning Chef's Whites
Even among the harrowing stories of those that pass through the shelter, Lilima's stands out.
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Truth vs Hype: Behind Jayalalithaa's Acquittal, Charges of Political 'Sabotage'
Jayalalithaa may have returned as Tamil Nadu chief minister, but her controversial acquittal has raised questions over whether behind-the-scenes political manouvering, across party lines, came in the way of a fair legal process.
-
Truth vs Hype: Anti-Beef Laws in Maharashtra, Haryana Based More on Hyperbole Than Facts
The justifications offered for the beef ban in Maharashtra and Haryana seems to be backed more by myth and anecdote rather than any real evidence.
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NDTV.com Wins ENBA Award for Best English Website Third Year in a Row
NDTV today swept the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards, winning in nine categories including Best Talk Show, Best Current Affairs programme and Best News Website for ndtv.com.
-
Truth vs Hype: The Myth of Conversions
On the terrace of a Gorakhpur hotel on a chilly morning, Sunil Singh, president of the Hindu Yuva Vahini described his programme, scheduled for the day, to bring back Muslim families in a village in the nearby district of Kushinagar into the Hindu fold.
-
Truth vs Hype: New Green Panel Suggests Making 90% of Forests 'Go' Areas
If the government acts on the recommendations of the Subramanian committee, set up to review and streamline the process of green clearances, 90 per cent of Indian forests could be opened up for mining.
-
Truth vs Hype: The Battle for Benares (Part I: Shadow of the Don)
In the narrow bylanes of Bajardiha, one of Benares' many dense Muslim pockets, there is an intense debate brewing. In the 2009 elections, they, like most of the city's approximately three lakh Muslims, voted overwhelmingly for mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, despite the fact that Mr Ansari was in prison facing a number of serious charges including murder...
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Can the Aam Aadmi Party convert popular upsurge into hard electoral gains?
While the AAP clearly has an undercurrent of support, it appears to lacks, at least for now, the strong candidates and the grassroot network of booth-level political managers, needed to convert that groundswell into victory.
-
Freedom's heroes: Desmond Tutu on Nelson Mandela
Since May this year, the world's attention is fixed on South Africa, where the giant of its anti-apartheid struggle, Nelson Mandela, battles for his life.
-
The fodder scam diaries: what the CBI found against Lalu Prasad
The bulk of the CBI's case against Lalu is that as Chief Minister he attempted to suppress evidence of corruption in the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) and protect key officials involved.
-
Vidarbha: The Lie of the Land
In Vidarbha, rocked by farmer suicides, a new controversy is brewing. In one sweep, over the past year, the state government cleared a whopping 85 power projects across this region. For this they have sanctioned 2200 million cubic metres of water from irrigation projects, which could have watered an estimated five lakh hectares of farmland.
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I'd like to make BJP more disciplined: Sushma Swaraj
In an exclusive interview, Sushma Swaraj opens up on her RSS origins, views on the Babri demolition and to whether she sees herself as the shadow Prime Minister of India.
