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  1. CPI(M) goes red in the face in Kerala

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    / June 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The knives are out in the sickle and hammer party. Former chief minister V S Achuthanandan, for long at the receiving end of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led faction within the Kerala CPI(M), seems to have decided to take the bull by the horns. His visit to slain Revolutionary Marxist Party leader...

  2. `Your Honour’ is in the dock

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    / June 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Pardon this unparliamentary phrase but if sources in the CBI are to be believed, the s*** from Bellary has hit the ceiling in Hyderabad. The Andhra Pradesh High court Chief Justice Madan Lokur on his last but one day in office suspended First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases, T...

  3. Aaj India bandh hai, kal aana

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    / May 31, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Raj Thackeray is a reformed man. He is not taking part in the Bharat Bandh today. “Holding a bandh has become an old weapon. It is better if some thought is put into finding solutions,” he said. This is good news. For Raj’s absence would mean hopefully lesser number of...

  4. Italian marines granted bail

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    / May 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The two Italian marines, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen, have been granted bail by the Kerala High court on surety of Rs 1 crore each. Two Indians need to give guarantee and the marines have been ordered not to leave Kerala Kochi without the permission of the court. They...

  5. Karunanidhi flexes his political muscles, retreats

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    / May 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The DMK would like the UPA to rollback, just like its leader, M Karunanidhi. DMK first decided to flex its political muscle by threatening to walk out of the UPA government over the petrol hike. Calling the hike “atrocious”, the DMK today spoke at length about the party voicing the...

  6. A different look at APJ Abdul Kalam

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    / May 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    A member of `The South Reports’ mailed us this rather interesting portrait of former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. This adorns the walls of the GMR Institute of Technology in Rajam in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. Rajam is the birthplace of Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao, who heads the GMR group,...

  7. Chennai faces fuel shortage

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    / May 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The fuel shortage in Chennai continues for the third consecutive day. Petrol pump owers say the shortage is due to lack of supplies from oil companies. Many petrol bunks in the city are in fact shut and the ones that still have supplies are rationing the amount of fuel they...

  8. The political fallout of Jagan’s arrest

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    / May 27, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The last four hours or so have been like a suspense thriller ever since news filtered out that Jaganmohan Reddy will be arrested today. It is no surprise that he eventually has been arrested given the fact that he is accused number 1 in the disproportionate assets case, particularly when...

  9. BJP – Beautiful Jaya Prada – may join BJP

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    / May 26, 2012 / Leave a comment
    She has not changed in all these years. Yes, I am talking of Jayaprada and am not talking only about the way she looks. The actor, described by a person no less than Satyajit Ray as `the most beautiful face on the Indian screen’, has said, “she is getting lots...

  10. Kerala bans gutka, pan masala

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    / May 25, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Sale and consumption of gutka and pan masala is now banned in Kerala. The Kerala government has passed the order under which violators of the law can be imprisoned for up to six years and fined up to 5 lakh rupees. A special team will enforce the order in each...

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