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  1. Sadananda Gowda govt in trouble

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    / June 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The BJP government in Karnataka is in crisis once again. Nine ministers loyal to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa tendered their resignation to Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda expressing their lack of confidence in him. Public works minister C M Udasi, energy minister Shobha Karandlaje, excise minister M...

  2. Will Brand Andhra Pradesh be a casualty?

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    / June 7, 2012 / Leave a comment
    As another minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet, Information Technology minister Ponnala Laxmaiah is interrogated by the CBI, uncomfortable questions are being raised about the impact of this on Brand Andhra Pradesh. After all, so many senior ministers being summoned for interrogation and one of them, Excise minister Mopidevi Venkataramana,...

  3. Roadblocks for Renuka’s cabinet berth

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    / March 25, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Source : AP News Live The newly elected Rajya Sabha members from the state Chiranjeevi and Renuka Chowdary are tipped to get berths in the next cabinet expansion by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Chiranjeevi is mostly likely to get a Minister of State in the Union cabinet as per the...

  4. Abuse of power, minister-style

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    / February 20, 2012 / Leave a comment
    There are disturbing news reports about the shifting of a centre in Srikakulam for the examination of candidates for Village Administrative Officer / Village revenue assistant appointments on Sunday to accommodate an Andhra Pradesh government minister’s son’s wedding reception! There have been reports of at least one candidate trying to...

  5. Heads must roll

    Posted by Nara Chandrababu Naidu
    / February 15, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has clearly indicated that the liquor syndicate is paying bribes to everyone – from ministers, MLAs to police and excise officials. This is a big scandal. Poor people in the state are spending huge money on liquor. Leaders especially Congress leaders, ministers, MLAs are collecting huge...

  6. MP ‘shoelace’ minister hits another low

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    / February 13, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Madhya Pradesh cooperatives minister Gauri Shankar Bisen has hit another low. After hitting the headlines for making a boy tie his shoelaces at a public meeting, Bisen now lost control over a heavy earth moving machine, when he insisted on operating it while inaugurating a project in Balaghat last...

  7. Mopidevi, Ravindra not to resign

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    / February 9, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Source: AP News Live Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, under cloud over allegations of excise kickbacks, is not resigning. Nor will D L Ravindra Reddy, seething with discontent over chopping off his ministerial wings, will put in papers, as was widely reported in the press. Both the Ministers apparently changed their...

  8. “Just following orders” doesn’t cut it anymore

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    / February 2, 2012 / 3 Comments
    To return to the current, and wholly welcome, troubles of the I.A.S. Brotherhood, arrested I.A.S. mandarin Bibhu Prasad Acharya’s wail has been that he acted in “good faith”. That he was “just following orders”. It is a transparent ploy to avoid blame. All government orders and government contracts are signed...

  9. The Minister’s Mistake

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    / January 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By Raamesh Gowri Raghavan By now we have heard of the Madhya Pradesh minister who got a tribal child to tie his shoelaces at a public function. He has since had to apologise and clarify his act. He also made a vow that he would never wear shoes that have laces...

  10. Shoe is on the other foot !

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    / January 23, 2012 / 2 Comments
    After being `shoe-d’ by rival politicians and media for making a tribal boy tie his shoe laces, Madhya Pradesh minister Gauri Shankar Bisen has decided to make amends.  How? He has purchased six pairs of shoes without laces, promising never to wear shoes with laces ever again.  For those who...

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