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#ChennaiTrafficWoes @venkrek
Editor’s note : Venkat Parthasarathy used Twitter to vent his frustrations on the Chennai traffic this morning. Using the hashtag #Chennaitrafficwoes, @venkrek tweeted about different aspects of driving in Chennai. Is the Chennai Traffic Police following @venkrek? Coming up: Chennai Traffic observations… Hashtag alert#ChennaiTrafficWoes Most MTC buses, Autos, Cabs, Cars,... -
Karnataka to pray to Rain God
At the entrance to Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore is inscribed : `Government’s work is God’s work’. New chief minister Jagadish Shettar seems to have taken it literally by ordering all 34000 temples in Karnataka to conduct special poojas to pray for rain. The state is reeling under drought with over... -
Pawar-play and some Gandhigiri
Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam, is what the Congress story is beginning to look like. On the day, the party voted in full strength to send Pranab Mukherjee to Raisina Hill, two developments unfolded. Let’s start with the morning when it was Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way. The... -
Jwala scores over Saina
Saina Nehwal is obviously one of the strongest medal contenders for India in badminton at the London Olympics. But netizens in India are searching more for fellow shuttler Jwala Gutta. The doubles player seems to be driving the majority of internet traffic on Google searches. Using Google Insights for search in... -
Zindagi ek safar hai suhana …
Dear Kaka, Trust this finds you in good company. In the company of your voice, Kishore Kumar and the man who made that possible – R D Burman. Your fans, like me down below, cannot even imagine the melodies you must be getting to lip sync and shake your head... -
Rajini takes a Karbonn Kamaal catch
So far Karbonn was associated with the IPL and with Viru Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. That’s set to change now with Karbonn having taken a Kamaal catch with the one and only Rajinikanth. To coincide with the release of his `Kochadaiyaan’, the mobile phone company will release an exclusive range... -
You are pushing students out of school
The story in `The Hindu‘ today from a Bangalore school where four students, admitted under the Right to Education (RTE) quota, were discriminated against by cutting their hair, was waiting to happen. In this case, the school, which has been opposed to the RTE’s 25 per cent quota for economically... -
Court presses `mute’ on Jagan
“Khaaaaamosh”. That is what the judge has told Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, he should be, when he goes to cast his vote in the Presidential elections at the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Thursday. Jagan has been told he cannot speak to anyone else while he is taken along with police... -
Mera Bharat mahaan but Greatest Indian who?
Posted by Subrat July 17, 2012 1 CommentMany of the TV channels have been running various campaigns and contests and most of them are quite good and serve a purpose but some are just blatant misuse of the media, just like The Greatest Indian series by History and CNN-IBN. I do not understand the need to judge... -
`Auction Mahabubnagar Collector office’
Mahabubnagar collectorate to be auctioned? Yes, that is precisely what a civil court has ordered for non-payment of amount towards land acquisition by the government. The judge ordered the auction by August 22. `The New Indian Express’ reports that the case pertained to Sattaru Balaiah whose land was acquired by...