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  1. Gunned out of CBI top job?

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    / April 26, 2012 / Leave a comment
    CBI director Mohan Katre was to retire on October 31, 1987. The then Congress government had cleared the name of the number 2 in the CBI, Additional director Radhakrishnan Nair to take over as CBI director. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had okayed the appointment and the Press Information Bureau issued...

  2. PC would have liked to `love-all’

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    / February 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has a regret. That he could have shined better as a tennis player than as a politician. Speaking in Agartala, PC said “perhaps I have chosen a wrong path”. “I used to play tennis during my days in college and my track record was good....

  3. Congress cannot act as it likes on NCTC

    Posted by Nara Chandrababu Naidu
    / February 17, 2012 / 1 Comment
    I have written a letter to the Prime Minister this morning. This is very unfortunate. Ours is a federal structure. Without consulting political parties or without debating in Parliament, unilaterally they have taken decision on setting up of National Counter Terrorism Centre under the Intelligence Bureau from March 2012. It...

  4. Swamy David doesn’t slay Chidu Goliath

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    / February 5, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Remember, how before the Indian team left for Australia, all of India was upbeat about their cricketing Gods. How the “strongest ever” Team India had the best chance to conquer “the final frontier”.   4-0 is now history as the Gods were found to have feet of clay that just did not...

  5. Kishenji will call no more

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    / November 24, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir Sometime in 2009, I got a call from a man who identified himself as Pradeep. “Pehchana nahin kya Sir, main Pradeep bol raha hoon,” he insisted with familiarity. I couldn’t place him. Finally he said, “Main Kishenji bol raha hoon,” and I exclaimed, “To aise boliye...

  6. PC to Sushma : Why this Kolaveri?

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    / November 23, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir   Palaniappan Chidambaram may be tempted to ask Sushma Swaraj: “Why this kolaveri, kolaveri, kolaveri di?” Except that he has good reason to be worried that Sushmaji may break into a jig, like she did a few months ago at Rajghat. And blame it this time on...

  7. 10 Janpath, bugged

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    / July 29, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir PM : Good evening Madam. I bring to you good news. Yeddyurappa has agreed to step down. Sonia Gandhi : Namarste, Manmohhan Singhji. But yeh acchi khabarr kaise hai? If he had not agreed, it would have meant more trouble for the BJP and that would...

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