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*NEWSNOTES* Ringing Telephones The BJP led central government has been accused of perpetrating a big scam by its decision to allow the private telecom operators to switch over ("migrate") from the earlier license fee regime to a new, revenue sharing arrangement; First it changed its communications minister, and then days to go for polls it announced this bonanza. Why this hurry? In fact Sitaram Yechury, member of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau, has described it as "one of the biggest scams of the millennium."
Editorial BJP boasted of three ‘B’s viz., ‘Bomb’, ‘Bus’ and ‘Budget’ as major achievements (!) of the 13 month Govt. They could have added another ‘B’ standing for ‘BAIL OUT PACKAGE’ for private parties in their list of achievements.	Economist After all, free trade is no panacea for all the ills, which a developing economy is afflicted with. Without curing the ailment, trade liberalisation may aggravate it, as market has no answer to macroeconomic distortions, disorders and disparities.

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Thackeray Tamed
Bal Thackeray, for those of us who have some faith in the basics of science, has proved to be a test case in how a pin can successfully prick a balloon and deflate it to make a valid point. However, the Election Commission's landmark ruling and the President's subsequent endorsement that the Shiv Sena chief will not be able to exercise his right to vote for six years for an inflammatory speech should not be treated as a simple handing out of the law of the nation; this step will go a long way in reemphasising our commitment to the tenets of democracy and secularism of India.

BJP & USA
A servile relation unfolds

Next Elections
Coming polls at stake is India's Future

Vedas and Hinduism
A scientific attitude combined with an attitude that is true to history, will together annihilate this falsehood and Truth alone founded on fact will triumph.

Ahmedabad Burns
Ways of RSS and BJP again
Telecom Package
Rebuttal to the arguments advanced by the Govt
Telecom
What the CAG says?

Polls
LF launches campaign

West Bengal
Candidate list for Left Front

Security
More personnel sought for elections in West Bengal

Evotes
Use of electronic voting machines this time

Food Processing
Opportunities in Bengal

Indonesia Today
State of the country after elections

Reminiscence
By Jyoti Basu
Extremism and the 'Left' aberrations
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