Hindustan Times
The week has seen a fresh round of charges being made against the BJP president, Nitin Gadkari and the Himachal Pradesh Congress president and former CM, Virbhadra Singh. While both have denied the “unsubstantiated allegations”, political grapevine suggests that the material against the two leaders has been given to rivals and opponents by their own respective partymen. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Filed under india · Tagged allegations, Capital Closeup, Congress, corruption, Gujarat, himachal pradesh, Hindustan Times, indian politics, Nitin Gadkari, Pankaj Vohra, Politics, virbhadra singh
The events of the last few days leading to the arrest of social activist and Gandhian Anna Hazare and its political fall out have left no one in doubt that the present UPA government seems to be incapable of governance. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Filed under Activism, india · Tagged 2G scam, Anna Hazare, Congress, corruption, NDA, parliament, Protest, Supreme Court lawyers, Team Anna, Tihar jail, UPA, UPA government
Suresh Kalmadi’s arrest in connection with allegations of irregularities in the award of a particular contract for the Commonwealth Games is perhaps giving nightmares to many others. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Ashok Chavan, B S Lalli, CBI, commonwealth games, Congress, corruption, CWG, Delhi Chief Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Jaipal Reddy, Kanimozhi, Kumari Selja, Manohar Singh Gill, Prasar Bharti, Prime Minister, Sheila Dikshit, Shunglu committee, sports minister, Suresh Kalmadi, Tejinder Khanna, UPA government
I was in Chennai last week when Anna Hazare was dominating the news everywhere. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Adarash scam, Anna Hazare, Ashok Chavan, CAG, Chattrrapati Shivaji, Chennai, Commonwealth Game scam, corruption, Guru Gobind Singh, Hindustan Times, inflation, L.K.Advani, Manmohan Singh, news, Shunglu committee report, Suresh Kalmadi
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. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 2G scam, A Raja, corruption, electronic media, Finance Ministry, JPC, Manmohan Singh, PAC, Politics, Prime Minister, Telecom Ministry, TRAI
The sacking of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and the removal of Suresh Kalmadi from the position of the Congress Parliamentary Party’s secretary is certainly not enough. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Filed under india · Tagged A Raja, Ashok Chavan, commonwealth games, Congress, Congress Parliamentary Party, corruption, CWG, Grand Old Party of India, Indian Olympic Association, Maharashtra Chief Minister, Suresh Kalmadi, Urban Affairs Ministry
The way things are unfolding, every Delhiite is getting greatly disappointed by those who are in charge of the affairs of this historic city. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup · Tagged BJP, commonwealth games, Congress, corruption, Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi government, Delhiite, lok sabha, Lt. Governor Tejinder Khanna, Mayawati, MPs, National Capital Territory, nightmare, parliament, police, traffic flow, traffic jams, water logging
