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	<description>About governance, consumer rights, and politics in India</description>
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		<title>New developments in Jharkand &#8211; the BJP and Soren make up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a reminder of how politics works in the country, 2 political entities that bitterly broke up with each other over 3 months ago are now announcing that they are back together with each other, with the public statements that this is for the good of the people. What has happened in Jharkand ? Well, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/09/08/new-developments-in-jharkand-the-bjp-and-soren-make-up/</link>
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		<title>Is Your MP Underpaid? – they voted a huge hike for themselves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Bill to hike Members of Parliaments salaries despite a walkout by the Left , demanding a provision for an independent mechanism to fix the MPs salaries. The Salary, Allowance and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2010, provides threefold hike in basic salaries of MPs from Rs 16,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/08/30/is-your-mp-underpaid-%e2%80%93-they-voted-a-huge-hike-for-themselves/</link>
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		<title>Saffron Terror – Chidambaram jumped into some controversy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has jumped right into a controversy by mentioning “Saffron Terror” in one of his speeches. While addressing a meeting of state IGS and IGPs on Wednesday, Chidambram has cautioned against the cross-border terrorism as well as the Saffron Terrorism. The Home Minister admitted that saffron terror is a new phenomenon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/08/28/saffron-terror-%e2%80%93-chidambaram-jumped-into-some-controversy/</link>
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		<title>Another Bhopal Tragedy – Oil spill off the Bombay coast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 7 morning saw the biggest ever oil spill in India as MCS Chitra collided with MV Khalijia 10 km off the Mumbai coast with the former tilting precariously and leaking oil into the sea. An estimated 500 tonnes of oil spilled into the sea and about 250 containers, some carrying hazardous chemicals and pesticides [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/08/19/another-bhopal-tragedy-%e2%80%93-oil-spill-off-the-bombay-coast/</link>
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		<title>Blackout for BlackBerry in India &#8211; some services facing problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BlackBerry Services are under fire from the Indian government, with the latest word from the Intelligence Bureau stating that BlackBerry services will be banned in India if the concerns raised by the Indian government are not addressed by the Canadian developer of BlackBerry Smartphone Research In Motion Limited. Although it’s not a total ban, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/08/15/blackout-for-blackberry-in-india-some-services-facing-problems/</link>
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		<title>The Uncommonness of 2010 Commonwealth Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With less than two months left for the nineteenth Commonwealth Games to be held in the Indian capital city of Delhi, the games are now the most talked about topic in India. Even politicians are not missing out on scoring some points and getting some publicity through it. And the poor organizing committee is bearing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/08/11/the-uncommonness-of-2010-commonwealth-games/</link>
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		<title>Delhi Government forced to reduce the VAT on diesel, after finding that people voted with their feet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, Governments get feedback from the citizens in ways that they cannot anticipate. One example was seen in the recent issue about the VAT rates on diesel, implemented by the Delhi Government. The Commonwealth Games to be hosted by Delhi in October is sucking in more money that anticipated, and with delays, especially for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/07/17/delhi-government-forced-to-reduce-the-vat-on-diesel-after-finding-that-people-voted-with-their-feet/</link>
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		<title>Handling the diktats of the illegal khaps in a legal manner, hope this does not go to a committee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some time now, India has been plagued by the case of more and more intolerance in society, especially when it comes to a clash between the desires of the younger generation and the apparent social mores of the generation. For many years, Indians used to read about honour killings happening in Islamic countries, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/07/14/handling-the-diktats-of-the-illegal-khaps-in-a-legal-manner-hope-this-does-not-go-to-a-committee/</link>
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		<title>The clash in Andhra Pradesh between the Congress command structure and Jaganmohan Reddy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even a couple of months back, who would have visualized that the situation in Andhra Pradesh would come to this. In the Congress, the High Command (leading upto the Gandhi family in New Delhi) is the supreme, and there is absolutely no chance for anyone to oppose their decisions (or even hint at defiance of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/07/11/the-clash-in-andhra-pradesh-between-the-congress-command-structure-and-jaganmohan-reddy/</link>
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		<title>Caste in census: Quick to act, and then slowly starting to realize the full impact of this on their own political future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caste politics have been taking a major move up in the last few years, with more movements towards caste based reservations (such as adding caste based reservations in educational colleges and the push to add caste based reservations in private colleges and in private companies). As a part of this, it is also politically difficult [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://indiapoliticalblog.com/2010/07/03/caste-in-census-quick-to-act-and-then-slowly-starting-to-realize-the-full-impact-of-this-on-their-own-political-future/</link>
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