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Where you sit
Most people in public life know that where you stand depends on where you sit. When Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran began arguing the government’s case in the fight between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Anil Ambani’s Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL), he happened to sit on the same side as RNRL’s lawyers. Ram Jethmalani, who is one of RNRL’s lawyers, objected and said, “You should move to the other side (near the RIL lawyers) since this makes it appear that you (the government) are in collusion with me (RNRL).” http://smallpersonalloans.org.uk

Computerised CAT to cost less than Rs 2,000
In what should come as a huge respite for Common Admission Test (CAT) candidates, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have hinted that the registration fee for the computer-based test this academic year will not be as high as similar tests like GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test, for admission to business schools overseas).

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Soni puts deputy in silent mode
Chowdhury Mohan Jatua, the minister of state of information and broadcasting (I&B), has solved many important cases in his career. But the former police officer is yet to learn to put his mobile phone in the silent mode. Recently, I&B Minister Ambika Soni had a press interaction along with Jatua. During the meeting, Jatua’s phone rang at least thrice and every time the meeting was interrupted as his ring-tone screamed the “Mitwa” song of Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. A peeved Soni was forced to tell Jatua: “Either you attend the calls or find a way to put the phone in the silent mode.”
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Small states' genie now out

Learn lessons from Jharkhand - Small needn"t mean better - Centre may make statement on Telangana next week: Purandeswari - Telangana stir: shutdown hits life in AP districts - Telangana tangle: Fasting Congress MP Rajagopal in hospital - Telangana turns New Year cold - SL Rao: Big city, small politics">SL Rao: Big city, small politics The arbitrary announcement by the UPA government that it would bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, paving the way for the creation of Telangana, is political hara-kiri. As was expected, the three-decade-old demand for carving out a separate desert State, Maru Pradesh, by splitting Rajasthan has come up. Same is the case in Uttar Pradesh where the demand for trifurcation of the State into Harit Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal got momentum … the renewed demand for Bodoland carved out of Assam is resounding in the State. If and when it comes into being, Telangana would do well to look up to Jharkhand for a list of don’ts. In the nine years since it was carved out of Bihar to empower its indigenous people, Jharkhand has been rocked by scandals, political conspiracies, corruption and Maoist bloodshed. Unlike its twin siblings Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand, mineral-rich Jharkhand has failed to reap the benefits of Statehood. It has had four chief ministers — Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda, Shibu Soren and Madhu Koda — heading six governments in nine years. It has constantly teetered on the brink of political uncertainty. Soren and Koda, among others, are accused of corruption. More than 40 per cent of Jharkhand’s population comprises SCs and STs. This segment is arguably as deprived today as a decade ago. The Sentinel, Assam, Dec 17


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