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Sakshi group properties to be attached
The Andhra Pradesh government has issued a set of three confidential Government Orders – 87, 88, 89 – giving approval to the CBI to attach the properties of Sakshi group, owned by Jaganmohan Reddy. Also attached will be the properties of Koneru Prasad of Trimex group and Sunil Reddy, a... -
An office for Mr Yeddyurappa
B S Yeddyurappa now has a new address. Office address, that is. Yeddy vacated his Race Course road office and residence provided to him by the BJP government since 2006 and moved to the new office that earlier housed the party’s state office in Bangalore’s Malleswaram area. Yeddy whose residence... -
Wake up Sid
Does Sidhartha Mallya know the meaning of “Aa bail mujhe maar?” Ok, I shall translate it for you. Something like `Come bull, hit me.” And no, I am not talking of the Deccan Chargers Bulls who haven’t charged at all in IPL 5 but Sidhartha pronouncing judgement on the character... -
An old childhood memory
Some interesting developments led me to dredge this thing up from fading memories of a childhood spent on the Indo-Pak frontier. This was a doggerel that we kids used to recite in recess and generally have fun. There are many versions, mostly harmless. But this one isn’t, largely as an... -
Badminton on court, Sanskrit off court – the Sindhu way
After a three-hour long gruelling session on court, P V Sindhu is relishing her breakfast of puri-subzi and watermelon juice at the canteen at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy. Destresser is in the form of a loud Telugu film showing on the 32” inch LCD, which Sindhu tells me, is... -
Fodder for cartoons
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Why Facebook leaves me cold
Facebook’s IPO, reported to the biggest public floatation for an Internet company, opens Thursday, 17th May. The eight-year-old company is expected to raise nearly USD 16 billion, with sale of 421 million equity shares. Facebook will be listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange on Friday. According to Forbes, an American... -
Raided by CBI, Yeddy applies for bail
Things are getting hot under the collar for B S Yeddyurappa. Just a day after he flexed his muscles at the BJP leadership, the CBI raided his and his family members’ residences in Bangalore and Shimoga. In the meanwhile, Yeddy filed for anticipatory bail for himself and on behalf of... -
Patience is a virtue when you are teaching
From settling in with a bunch of 31 kids (read 7-year-old monsters!!) to writing out 300 sight words from the dolch list of words on strips of fluorescent paper, sticking them with glue one after another to make an “English word wall” late into the night, to coming out of... -
The day belonged to Jaya and Jaya
Jayalalithaa’s photograph is what readers of most national dailies, irrespective of which city they lived in, woke up to this morning. The Tamilnadu department of Information and Public Relations had booked six pages in all newspapers, estimated to have cost 25 crores to the exchequer. The ads spoke of the...