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गत् सप्ताह कोलकाता ने डा. श्यामा प्रसाद मुकर्जी की 110वीं जयंती मनाई।

कोलकाता यूनिवर्सिटी इंस्टीटयूट के खचाखच भरे सभागार में जम्मू एवं कश्मीर के पूर्व राज्यपाल जनरल एस.के. सिन्हा ने स्मरण दिलाया कि स्वतंत्रता प्राप्ति के तुरंत पश्चात् ही कैसे भारत को राज्य में एक बहुत कठिन स्थिति का सामना करना पड़ा। अक्टूबर 1947 में पाकिस्तान ने पठान कबिलाईयों, Click to Read More

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Last week Kolkatta observed the 110^th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerji.

Addressing a packed auditorium of invitees to the Kolkatta University Institute, General S.K. Sinha, former Governor, Jammu and Kashmir State, recalled how shortly after independence India had to confront a very difficult situation in the State. In October 1947, Pakistan organized a clandestine invasion of the State by a force composed of Pathan tribesmen, ex-servicemen and soldiers ‘on leave’.

This precipitated the First Indo-Pak war after the two Click to Read More

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भारतीय संसद के इतिहास में, किसी अन्य विधेयक का इतिहास इतना उतार-चढ़ाव वाला नहीं रहा जितना कि लोकपाल विधेयक का है।

लोकपाल शब्द, स्वीडेन के अम्बुड्समैन का भारतीय संस्करण है जिसका अर्थ है ‘जिससे शिकायत की जा सकती हो।‘ अत: Click to Read More

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In the annals of the Indian Parliament, no Bill has had a more chequered history than the Lokpal Bill.

The term Lokpal is the Indian version of Ombudsman, which is a Swedish term meaning “the grievance man.” Ombudsman is thus an official appointed to investigate complaints against the administration.

In 1966 the then Rastrapati Dr. Radhakrishnan set up the Administrative Reforms Commission headed by Morarji Bhai Desai it was this A.R.C. that recommended enacting a law for the establishment of a Lokpal.

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बी. रमन एक अच्छे गुप्तचर अधिकारी रहे हैं, सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद भी जिनका काफी सम्मान से नाम लिया जाता है।

28 जून को प्रेस में यह घोषित हुआ कि प्रधानमंत्री अगले दिन अपना मौन व्रत तोड़क़र मीडिया से मिलेंगे, इसी संदर्भ में रिडिफ Click to Read More

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B. RAMAN has been a bright intelligence officer who even after retirement is held in high esteem in IB circles.

On June 28, the day it was announced in the press that the P.M. would the next day break his maun vrat and meet the media, Rediff.com carried an article by B. Raman which the website described as the author’s sage counsel for Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

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