The supreme court has finally hit the nail. Everyone concerned with the grave situation in the country must welcome the honorable court's ire towards non performance of the successive governments towards the water crisis. The Supreme Court on Tuesday linked the existence of government to the solution of water shortage in the country. According to the court, government has no right to be in power if it does not solve the problem. It is largely...

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Reigning the Foreigners

Pune Police Issue Notices to College Authorities After having a field day in the city, the foreign students in Pune are facing the heat. The foreigners registration branch of Pune police has turned its focus on the foreign students residing in Pune. The Foreigners' Registration Office (FRO) has issued notices to college authorities in city to provide information about foreign students. The notices have been issued to keep a check on the activities...

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The Problems of Railway in Marathwada

The seven districts of Maharashtra bordering Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, namely Aurangabad, Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli, Latur, Osmanabad, Jalna, Beed are collectively known as Marathwada. It was formerly under the Nizam rule and was separeted in 1960 at the time of formation of Maharashtra. The area is known for its economic backwardness and one reason ascribed for it is the lack of communication facilities. This absence of facilities include modern...

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Why Voters Did Not Vote?

By now, it is official that Pune's informed and politically aware citizens turned out in the lowest number in the history of the city's election. People are still ranting about the dismal show. But for any one who has eyes and ear, it is crystal clear why the Jago Re failed to achieve its impact on the polling process. I can give a drop down list of the reasons for people not turning up: Absence of Cheer Leaders : Gone are the days when the...

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More Educated Voters Cast Their Vote

Percentage of Voting Fall Down to 42%The traditional voters failed to register presence this time in the Pune Lok Sabha Costituency. On account of summer heat and general lack of enthusiasm, the voters turned in in small number for the poll today. Citizens from educated and middle class areas outnumbered those from slum areas. Large changes in the voters list in the form of addresses and voting centers as well as general lack of enthusiasm among...

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Shotgun Did Not Fire

Workers Disappointed By No Show Just as I returned from a 20 days solitude from Nanded, I got a chance to attend the last rally of Bharatiya Janata Party in Pune. Coincidentally, I also attended the first rally from which the party kicked off its campaign in Maharashtra. That rally was addressed by Narendra Modi. This time  round, actor and ex-union minister Shatrughn Sinha was to attend a public rally at New English School. But the actor, who is also a BJP candidate from Patna Sahib in Bihar failed to turn up. Sinha was scheduled...

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CAMPAIGNING COMES TO END

VOTING FOR FIRST PHASE ON THURSDAYThe campaigning for the election to the Lok Sabha came to an end in Nanded constituency today evening. In the last 13 days that I am here, there was no trace of hectic campaigning in the constituency. This when the chief minister of Maharashtra, Ashok Chavan represents the district in the Legislative Assembly. His brother in law Bhaskararao Patil Khatgaonkar is the candidate for the seat here. Sambhaji Pawar from Bharatiya Janata Party is his main opponent. Also, Preeti Shinde, a young candidate who has done her...

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WHERE POLITICS IS REEL

Movie Stars Make A Splash In Andhra Pradesh When it comes to electioneering by movie stars, none can beat the Andhra Pradesh. At the time when leaders from all political parties are slogging it out in the open, the state bridging North and South India is agog with actors and actresses addressing the people and appealing for the votes. Today I watched Junior NTR addressing the voters from his house and ridden on a bed on account of backache. His speech,...

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Deutsche Welle Rocks

Deutsche Welle is the national broadcaster of the Federal Republic of Germany. The reason why I wrote Germany this way is that the organization originally belonged to erstwhile Western Germany until East Germany was accommodated in the former. Accordingly, the broadcaster company of East Germany was merged in the DW. I first listened to the station sometime in 1992-93, three years after the merger. In that respect, I can never compare the two stations....

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Police a Tired Lot

Two BJP Bigwigs in Two Days For the last three days, I am in Nanded. Like other class C cities in the Maharashtra, Nanded is also agog with the talk of elections. There seems nothing else to discuss for media except the political gossiping and guessing games. Unfortunately though, the public is not concerned much with the goings on in that field. They are more concerned with the heat created by sun rather than the election fever. The mercury here...

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