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Archive for February, 2011

A press mee that wasn’t – by the PM

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Though the Prime Minister did not reply to a journalist’s query of why he had convened his press meet for the electronic media editors, it was very obvious that it was a feeble attempt to correct his image, which during the past few months has taken a beating. Most importantly, he made a statement which [...]

February 20th, 2011
Topic: Opinion Tags: None

Kashmir and Varnashrama – problems due to propaganda

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Propaganda by definition is spreading biased information for the purpose of promoting some cause. It helps in creating and strengthening an environment which is conducive to take steps towards the goal that it is intended to achieve. Understandably, a typical propaganda will create some negative consequences and subsequently undesirable situations. To understand and reduce ill [...]

February 20th, 2011
Topic: Social Tags: None

Hon’ble K’taka Governer – in the news for wrong reasons!!

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Though the disqualified MLAs would appeal to the Supreme court, initial victory has been of the CM & the Speaker. But we must not lose the focus of the high handed manner in which Honorable Governer acted during the confidence Vote. At this stage it shows that Honorable was partisan, hasty in recommending the dismissal of [...]

February 20th, 2011
Topic: National Tags: None

RSS writes letter to PM

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Sarkaryawah (working chief) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Suresh (Bhayya) Joshi has written a letter to Prime Minister of India on 9th February 2011 and has requested a meeting at a mutually convenient time to discuss this issue. The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention the deliberate attempts to distort, even pervert [...]

February 20th, 2011
Topic: National Tags: None

RSS writes letter to PM

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Sarkaryawah (working chief) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Suresh (Bhayya) Joshi has written a letter to Prime Minister of India on 9th February 2011 and has requested a meeting at a mutually convenient time to discuss this issue. The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention the deliberate attempts to distort, even pervert [...]

February 16th, 2011
Topic: Social Tags: None

SM Qureshi dropped as Pakistan foreign minister

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A new, smaller group of Cabinet ministers took an oath of office Friday in Pakistan, where the ruling party recently agreed to shrink the prime minister’s circle of advisers to save the cash-strapped country some money.       The swear-in ceremony was carried live on state-run Pakistan Television, and most of the incoming ministers [...]

February 12th, 2011
Topic: International Tags: None

PM knew about Raja’s role in 2G scam: Shourie

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Shourie has claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was informed about former telecom minister A Raja’s involvement in the 2G spectrum scam in 2009. Shourie, who was the telecom minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, said that Singh took no action against Raja even after getting the [...]

February 12th, 2011
Topic: National Tags: None

PM warns Islamists could take control in Egypt

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during his meeting yesterday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Jerusalem that the continued upheaval in Egypt may bring to power radical Islamic elements, a repeat of the scenario that occurred during the Iranian revolution in 1979. Netanyahu relayed a similar message in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Barack [...]

February 6th, 2011
Topic: International Tags: None

Congress has distorted thinking on Kashmir, says Advani

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday accused the Congresss of “distorted thinking” on Jammu and Kashmir and said it was a shame that two top political leaders of the country had to observe the Republic Day in the custody of a state government. In a post on his blog, Advani said the [...]

February 6th, 2011
Topic: National Tags: None

As Egypt sneezes democracy, China fears catching a cold

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The rumblings of a popular discontent threatening to overthrow the 30-year-old autocratic government of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is being acutely felt in China whose communist dictators fear that the uprising could fuel calls for reform at home. The word “Egypt” has now joined the rank of censored or blocked terms on the internet in [...]

February 6th, 2011
Topic: International Tags: None