Nemesis is finally catching up with both Amit Shah and his mentor Narendra Modi, now facing the biggest threat to his prospects as a Prime Ministerial candidate. In the 2007 Gujarat assembly elections, Modi used Sohrabuddin’s encounter as a trump card, dubbing him a dreaded terrorist. Today, that same incident has come back to haunt him. The web of lies hatched by Modi and his government on the spate of fake encounters in Gujarat since 2003, is now unravelling.

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The Modi government, in April 2007, admitted that Sohrabuddin was killed in a fake encounter and his wife Kausarbi was also killed by the police. Rubabuddin, brother of Sohrabuddin, on July 27 said that C.B.I. should also question Narendra Modi for his role in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. He emphasised that Modi’s Minister of State for Home Amit Shah had directed Sohrabuddin’s elimination.

There have been dozens of such fake encounters in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh,...

By showering maximum possible critical words without mincing any words for forthcoming (Un)Common Wealth Games 2010 at New Delhi, former Union Sports Minister Mani Shanker Aiyer has echoed the voice of nation. If even a tiny percentage of games’ cost would have been spent on promotion of games in the country, India would have held its head high in many international sporting events.

Commonwealth Games are nothing but Wealth Games for selected individuals to make them rich...

The Central Vigilance Commission has made serious allegations against the Public Works Department, claiming that in various projects undertaken by different departments of the government towards preparation for the Commonwealth Games there have been widespread procedural violations and corruption. The PWD Minister Rajkumar Chauhan’s response is on expected lines. He has, in essence, accused the CVC of making an irresponsible statement that his department has followed the highest stand...

It refers to news about Jharkhand government withdrawing all kingly facilities to former Chief Ministers gradually within three months after their demitting office. Presently political rulers (Chief Ministers) in many states like Bihar and UP have gifted themselves with kingly post-retirement facilities at government-expense after their demitting offices. UP Chief Minister Mayawati is even said to have been spending crores of rupees for a bungalow she intends to live in after her retirement...