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  1. `Karnataka DGP worse than Saddam and Gaddafi’

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    / March 31, 2012 / Leave a comment
    In an extremely damning judgement, the Karnataka High court has struck down the appointment of Shankar Bidari, the DGP and IGP of Karnataka. What’s worse, the court used harsh words against Bidari, describing him as `worse than Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi’ for alleged atrocities committed by the Special Task Force...

  2. Gowda rises like a phoenix to snub Kumaraswamy

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    / March 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The self-proclaimed humble farmer father and his not-so-humble film producer son are at it again. Speaking in different voices. This time over being approached by middlemen lobbying for defence deals. Kumaraswamy said when dad was PM in 1996-97, an offer of a bribe was made to him to influence defence...

  3. Andhra Pradesh `unsafe’ for women

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    / March 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Andhra Pradesh is the most unsafe place among South Indian states for women, going by the data collated by the National Crime Records Bureau. The state has more than double the number of cases registered in 2008, 2009 and 2010 when compared to the other three states. In 2008, 1257...

  4. `Land’ing in Wakf scam

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    / March 27, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The controversial report on the Wakf board scam will be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly. Chief minister Sadananda Gowda has said he will take action and retrieve all land that was acquired by private players. Politically, the report may help the ruling BJP in Karnataka as the report apparently names...

  5. Yeddy revolts, once again

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    / March 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Here’s a politician truly in love with his former job. B S Yeddyurappa along with some 50-odd MLAs has raised the banner of revolt against Sadananda Gowda and set a 48-hour deadline for the BJP to change the CM of Karnataka. The MLAs were reportedly taken to a resort on...

  6. Yeddy not to campaign for Gowda

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    / March 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
      B S Yeddyurappa, who won a reprieve from the Karnataka High court earlier this week, has said he will not campaign for the by-poll next Sunday to the Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat vacated by current Karnataka chief minister, Sadananda Gowda.   Yeddyurappa said, “It should not be awkward...

  7. ‘Gali paid Rs 500 cr to Cong in 2009′

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    / March 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Source : AP News Live Gali Janardhana Reddy, who is presently in the custody of CBI in Bangalore, allegedly told his interrogators that he had paid Rs 500 cr to the then Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy for covering the 2009 Assembly and Parliament elections. Reddy also told the...

  8. Yeddyurappa’s `porn show’

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    / February 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    B S Yeddyurappa is a desperate man. The lust for the chief minister’s chair, that was taken away from him last year, so strong that he has been issuing frequent deadlines to Nitin Gadkari and company that “appoint me or else”. Unfortunately for him, Gadkari continues to back Sadananda in...

  9. Yeddy wants birthday gift

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    / February 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The chief minister-in-waiting in Karnataka, B S Yeddyurappa wants a birthday gift from Nitin Gadkari. And nothing short of the CM’s post or atleast the state chief’s job would do. Yeddy turns 70 on February 27 and has said he will announce his plans on Monday. This is the not...

  10. C for cat, E for elephant

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    / February 17, 2012 / 1 Comment
    This is a story from a trip in September 2009. Like errant schoolchildren ordered to keep quiet by the teacher, we sat silent, waiting in anticipation. I gesticulated `finger-on-the-lips’ to Pranav and Tejaswini, then five and six years old respectively, hoping the excitement of the moment wouldn’t make them react...

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