Government wants Church to replace PDS

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Investigating officers say, "Prosecute Tytler", CBI Director does the opposite!

The Joint Director and Deputy Inspector General of CBI recommended, in writing, that there was a strong case against Jagdish Tytler in anti-Sikh riots case under a string of charges including murder, rioting and damage to property. Despite this, the agency’s director Ashwani Kumar signed on the clean chit to Tytler. Read more here.

Similar to Tytler's case, the case against Congress (I) leader Sajjan Kumar shows CBI's ineptitude in prosecuting him.

Polling agents caught on camera helping Congress

Polling agents in Andra Pradesh were caught on camera telling voters to vote for Congress party.

Election trends after second phase

2009 Loksabha Election Trends after second phase of polls.

2009 Electoral Alliances

The second phase of polling has ended. Everyone is speculating which party or alliance will be the winner and form the next government. Though we discuss so much about politics we are often not aware of all the parties in NDA, UPA and the Third Front. Here's a ready reckoner:

National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Shiv Sena - Maharashtra
Janata Dal (United) - Bihar and Karnataka
Shiromani Akali Dal - Punjab
Indian National Lok Dal - Haryana
Asom Gana Parishad - Assam
Rashtriya Lok Dal - Uttar Pradesh
Nagaland People's Front-Nagaland

United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Congress (I)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Nationalist Congress Party
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Republican Party of India (Athvale)
Sikkim Democratic Front
Indian Union Muslim League
Trinamool Congress

The Third Front
Biju Janata Dal - BJD
Communist Party of India - CPI
Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPM
Revolutionary Socialist Party - RSP
All India Forward Bloc
Telugu Desam Party - TDP
Telangana Rastrasa Samithi - TRS
AIADMK
Janta Dal (Secular) - JD(S)
Haryana Janahit Party

Candidates with Criminal Records

According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records. Read Details. Here's the break-up by political party:
Congress-I 40
BSP 31
BJP 27
SP 13

Break-up by state:
Bihar 60
Maharashtra 58
UP 39
Jarkhand 34

Supreme Court's SIT frames charges against Teesta

Supreme Court appointed SIT brings out charges against a leading "activist" Teesta Setalvad for “cooking up macabre tales of killings”, tutoring witnesses, and concocting horror stories. She has not only done deep disservice to the victims of the Gujarat riots; she has also undermined the credibility of so-called secular interlocutors. It confirms the suspicion many have, that often those speaking in the name of secularism do not subscribe to the very values they claim to be fighting for: truth, justice, impartiality and the rule of law. Their secularism is in the service of beating down opponents rather than discovering the truth.

"This story should have been a big front page story. It deserves much more coverage and discussion", says the reporter. Read - An Unconscionable Act