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Saubhadra Chatterji

Saubhadra Chatterji is Deputy Political Editor at the Hindustan Times. He writes on both politics and policies.

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Pranab, Meira junk junkets until 2013

After the frequent foreign trips of former president Pratibha Patil and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar made news, President Pranab Mukherjee and Kumar appear to have gone into a ‘go slow’ mode in travelling abroad. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

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Updated on Sep 26, 2012 12:55 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

To win support for land bill, Jairam writes to ministers

Canvassing support for his version of the contentious land acquisition bill, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has written to key ministers highlighting how the bill protects the interest of the industries.

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Updated on Sep 25, 2012 12:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Didi pullout may cost West Bengal Rs. 1 lakh cr

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee may hope to reap rich electoral dividends by pulling her party out of the UPA, but stands to miss proactive help from the Centre at a time when her state desperately needs central funds for key projects.

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Updated on Sep 24, 2012 01:28 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Didi eyes prime Opposition spot at the Centre

After snapping its three-year-old ties with the UPA, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee wants to take a harder anti-Congress stand to grab a prominent spot in the Opposition space at the Centre.

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Updated on Sep 22, 2012 12:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji and Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, New Delhi/ Kolkata

UPA ministers working on industry-friendly land bill

In this season of measures to bolster the economy, senior UPA ministers will meet next week to see if the land acquisition bill can be made more ‘industry-friendly’.

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Updated on Sep 19, 2012 11:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Mamata in negotiations with regional leaders

In what looks like a calibrated move ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee opened channels with other regional parties soon after snapping ties with the Congress, Saubhadra Chatterji and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi report.

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Updated on Sep 19, 2012 11:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi

Won't make major compromise on land bill: Ramesh

In a toughening of stand, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has refused to make any major compromise on the UPA's ambitious Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill.

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Updated on Sep 03, 2012 10:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Non-Cong states shine in urban reforms

Opposition parties may have created major impediments for the government on financial reforms agenda. But when it comes to reforms in urban sector, it's the opposition-ruled states that have outperformed the Congress or its allies in city management.

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Updated on Sep 03, 2012 02:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

UPA tough talk: JPC to finalise witnesses on majority decision

In what can be seen as further toughening of the UPA's stand against the BJP, the list of witnesses for the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam will now be finalised through majority decision. Saubhadra Chatterji writes.

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Updated on Sep 01, 2012 12:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Trinamool Congress: Blow hot, blow cold

Though the unpredictable Trinamool Congress has often absented itself from crucial meetings of the combine, it has promised to regularly attend meetings of the UPA coordination committee. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

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Updated on Aug 27, 2012 02:21 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Centre mulls options, BJP keeps up attack

Govt rules out adjourning the House sine die, may pass some bills through voice vote before the session ends. 'If coal is not mined, where is the loss?'

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Updated on Aug 24, 2012 11:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVikas Pathak and Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Pranab, still an Ambassador of austerity

Looks like the Ambassador has followed Pranab Mukherjee to the Rashtrapati Bhawan (RB). But as of now, the reunion of the new President and his old favourite is a stretch limo away. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

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Updated on Aug 24, 2012 01:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Oppn split: BJP wants PM out, others not sure

Even as the BJP hardened its stand against the government in Parliament as well as the JPC on the 2G scam, differences emerged within the opposition over the strategy required to corner the UPA on corruption charges.

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Updated on Aug 23, 2012 01:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVikas Pathak and Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Bollywood to regale lawmakers tomorrow

India's music industry is elated that Parliament has passed amendments to the copyright act. And what better way to thank them than with some music. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

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Updated on Aug 22, 2012 12:38 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

JPC likely to call Vahanvati, cabinet secy for deposition

Even as the Opposition and UPA members are sparring over calling political heavyweights as witnesses before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on telecom, both sides may agree to call attorney general GE Vahanvati and former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar to depose before the panel.

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Updated on Aug 21, 2012 10:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Mamata likely to attend UPA’s August 22 meet

With several key bills and policies awaiting consensus within the ruling UPA, the coalition leaders may hold second meeting of its newly-formed coordination committee on August 22.

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Updated on Aug 19, 2012 01:52 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Ignored by pvt firms, IIITs may come up with PSU aid

The Union cabinet is planning to let public sector units (PSUs) partially fund the setting up of new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) across the country.

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Updated on Aug 17, 2012 01:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji and Charu Sudan Kasturi, New Delhi

Sibal left alone on education bill

Despite repeated steps, Union HRD minister Kabil Sibal’s efforts to pass his ambitious National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for higher educational institutions bill has failed to cut ice with the Opposition, or even allies.

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Updated on Aug 15, 2012 02:27 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

India seeks extradition treaty with Bangladesh

At a time when there is little forward movement on the Teesta treaty or the land border pact between India and Bangladesh, New Delhi has opened up newer areas of cooperation to sustain the thaw in bilateral ties with its friendly neighbour.

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Updated on Aug 13, 2012 02:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji and Jayanth Jacob, New Delhi

Aviation FDI: Ministry looks at TMC for support

The UPA govt managers have renewed their hopes to bring FDI in civil aviation after the railway ministry—led by Mukul Roy—has reportedly sought foreign investments to create its industrial corridors. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

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Updated on Aug 12, 2012 02:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

After fire alarm, Parliament kitchen staff burn midnight oil

The kitchen staff start trickling in around 10pm the previous day, the cooks arrive at dawn, cooking begins around 3am and is over by 9am. All this, to make lunch for the 5,000-plus people — including MPs — who dine at Parliament every day.

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Updated on Aug 11, 2012 12:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

After UPA meet boycott, TMC denies rift with cong

The UPA's maverick ally, Trinamool Congress, sought to dispel suggestions of a rift with the Congress after it boycotted the first meeting of the coalition's coordination committee meeting on Wednesday.

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Updated on Aug 10, 2012 02:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Centre plans one memorial for prominent leaders

Prompted by the shrinking nature of prime land in the national capital, the UPA government has come up with a plan to build a common samadhi or memorial for the nation's tallest leaders.

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Updated on Aug 10, 2012 02:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Key govt websites yet to recover from No.2 row

The list of cabinet ministers — deactivated following the alleged controversy over agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's “position” in the cabinet — is still missing from two key government websites: that of the Prime Minister and the cabinet secretary.

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Updated on Aug 09, 2012 01:49 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Rahul expanding role in Congress

Amid endless speculation about what Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s “larger role” will be, the 42-year-old leader is quietly expanding his involvement in the running of the party across the country.

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Updated on Aug 06, 2012 01:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji & Aurangzeb Naqshbandi, New Delhi

Mamata spanner in India, Bangla land swap deal?

Mamata Banerjee is giving the Centre tense moments on yet another key issue in India-Bangladesh ties — the land border agreement.

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Updated on Aug 05, 2012 02:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByJayanth Jacob and Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Mamata invites Shinde to Darjeeling

Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and UPA’s maverick ally Mamata Banerjee lost no time on Thursday to improve relations between the Centre and Trinamool that have often run into rough weather. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2012 03:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Cabinet panel to take up forward trading issue

After deferring a decision on the Forward Contract Regulation Act (Amendment) Bill — a key reform measure — on two consecutive occasions, the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) has finally scheduled the proposal for its Friday meeting.

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Updated on Aug 02, 2012 01:21 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji and Chetan Chauhan, New Delhi

Heated debate or hot food? MPs have to strike a balance

In the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, MPs will have to maintain a balance between heated debates and hot food. Reason: The kitchen and dining rooms inside the main building have been closed down following fire hazard.

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Updated on Jul 25, 2012 11:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Pranab takes austerity drive to Rashtrapati Bhavan

As former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee steps into the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday, he brings along with him a key mantra from his previous job to his new address: austerity measures.

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Updated on Jul 25, 2012 07:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

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Saubhadra Chatterji

Saubhadra Chatterji is Deputy Political Editor at the Hindustan Times. He writes on both politics and policies.

After the frequent foreign trips of former president Pratibha Patil and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar made news, President Pranab Mukherjee and Kumar appear to have gone into a ‘go slow’ mode in travelling abroad. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

Canvassing support for his version of the contentious land acquisition bill, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has written to key ministers highlighting how the bill protects the interest of the industries.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee may hope to reap rich electoral dividends by pulling her party out of the UPA, but stands to miss proactive help from the Centre at a time when her state desperately needs central funds for key projects.

After snapping its three-year-old ties with the UPA, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee wants to take a harder anti-Congress stand to grab a prominent spot in the Opposition space at the Centre.

In this season of measures to bolster the economy, senior UPA ministers will meet next week to see if the land acquisition bill can be made more ‘industry-friendly’.

In what looks like a calibrated move ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee opened channels with other regional parties soon after snapping ties with the Congress, Saubhadra Chatterji and Aurangzeb Naqshbandi report.

In a toughening of stand, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has refused to make any major compromise on the UPA's ambitious Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill.

Opposition parties may have created major impediments for the government on financial reforms agenda. But when it comes to reforms in urban sector, it's the opposition-ruled states that have outperformed the Congress or its allies in city management.

In what can be seen as further toughening of the UPA's stand against the BJP, the list of witnesses for the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam will now be finalised through majority decision. Saubhadra Chatterji writes.

Though the unpredictable Trinamool Congress has often absented itself from crucial meetings of the combine, it has promised to regularly attend meetings of the UPA coordination committee. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

Govt rules out adjourning the House sine die, may pass some bills through voice vote before the session ends. 'If coal is not mined, where is the loss?'

Looks like the Ambassador has followed Pranab Mukherjee to the Rashtrapati Bhawan (RB). But as of now, the reunion of the new President and his old favourite is a stretch limo away. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

Even as the BJP hardened its stand against the government in Parliament as well as the JPC on the 2G scam, differences emerged within the opposition over the strategy required to corner the UPA on corruption charges.

India's music industry is elated that Parliament has passed amendments to the copyright act. And what better way to thank them than with some music. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

Even as the Opposition and UPA members are sparring over calling political heavyweights as witnesses before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on telecom, both sides may agree to call attorney general GE Vahanvati and former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar to depose before the panel.

With several key bills and policies awaiting consensus within the ruling UPA, the coalition leaders may hold second meeting of its newly-formed coordination committee on August 22.

The Union cabinet is planning to let public sector units (PSUs) partially fund the setting up of new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) across the country.

Despite repeated steps, Union HRD minister Kabil Sibal’s efforts to pass his ambitious National Accreditation Regulatory Authority for higher educational institutions bill has failed to cut ice with the Opposition, or even allies.

At a time when there is little forward movement on the Teesta treaty or the land border pact between India and Bangladesh, New Delhi has opened up newer areas of cooperation to sustain the thaw in bilateral ties with its friendly neighbour.

The UPA govt managers have renewed their hopes to bring FDI in civil aviation after the railway ministry—led by Mukul Roy—has reportedly sought foreign investments to create its industrial corridors. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

The kitchen staff start trickling in around 10pm the previous day, the cooks arrive at dawn, cooking begins around 3am and is over by 9am. All this, to make lunch for the 5,000-plus people — including MPs — who dine at Parliament every day.

The UPA's maverick ally, Trinamool Congress, sought to dispel suggestions of a rift with the Congress after it boycotted the first meeting of the coalition's coordination committee meeting on Wednesday.

Prompted by the shrinking nature of prime land in the national capital, the UPA government has come up with a plan to build a common samadhi or memorial for the nation's tallest leaders.

The list of cabinet ministers — deactivated following the alleged controversy over agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's “position” in the cabinet — is still missing from two key government websites: that of the Prime Minister and the cabinet secretary.

Amid endless speculation about what Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s “larger role” will be, the 42-year-old leader is quietly expanding his involvement in the running of the party across the country.

Mamata Banerjee is giving the Centre tense moments on yet another key issue in India-Bangladesh ties — the land border agreement.

Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and UPA’s maverick ally Mamata Banerjee lost no time on Thursday to improve relations between the Centre and Trinamool that have often run into rough weather. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

After deferring a decision on the Forward Contract Regulation Act (Amendment) Bill — a key reform measure — on two consecutive occasions, the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) has finally scheduled the proposal for its Friday meeting.

In the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, MPs will have to maintain a balance between heated debates and hot food. Reason: The kitchen and dining rooms inside the main building have been closed down following fire hazard.

As former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee steps into the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday, he brings along with him a key mantra from his previous job to his new address: austerity measures.

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