The latest Cabinet reshuffle may have cost Trinamool Congress Mukul Roy the Railways portfolio but he stood his ground when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked him to visit two train accident sites: in Uttar Pradesh and Assam respectively. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BJP, cabinet reshuffle, Chidambaram, Congress, Dinesh Trivedi, Just People, Kasab, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Mamata Banerjee, Mukul Roy, Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Sriprakash Jaiswal, trinamool congress, Uma Bharti
Sanjay Baru, formerly media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, says that Dr Singh lacks the political authority that he needs to be Prime Minister. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Congress, hindustan times, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Mayawati, news, Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Baru
In the news has been Kanimozhi, DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s daughter. Her arrest sent shock waves within the DMK which had banked on Congress’ support on the issue. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2G Scam, bail, Congress, DMK, Gender, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kanimozhi, M Karunanidhi, Mumbai blast case, Sanjay Dutt, sonia gandhi, Tihar jail, VIP prisoner
The Congress may be feeling a bit smug but the mandate of the elections to five states has fallen short of the expectations of the Congress Party. The Congress had hoped to win at least three, if not four out of the five states. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assam, Assembly Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Congress, Corruption, Kerala, Mamata Banerjee, Manmohan Singh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, trinamool congress, UPA, West Bengal
Thanks to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government, social activist Anna Hazare emerged a national figure overnight. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev, Congress, Group of Ministers, L K Advani, Lok Pal Bill, Maharashtra, Manmohan Singh, National Advisory Council, Parliament, Sharad Pawar, sonia gandhi, Veerappa Moily
The scam-tainted Congress is banking on the outcome of the Assembly elections. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anna Hazare, Assembly Elections, Congress, Corruption, DMK-Congress partnership, Parliament, Tamil Nadu, UP elections, West Bengal
The Congress seriously needs an astrologer: rather astrologers because the way things are going for it, one will not suffice. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2G spectrum scam, Adarsh Society land scam, astrologers, Central Vigilance Commissioner, Congress, CVC, CWG0, IPL, Parliament, PJ Thomas, Prime Ministe, Sushma Swaraj
Last week Congress scion Rahul Gandhi made news: this time not because of politics but on humanitarian grounds. He drove an accident victim to Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Filed under India · Tagged accidents, citizen, commoner, Congress, Government, Kale Ram, layman, New Delhi, Police, politics, Rahul Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, VIP
Will he? Won’t he? Should he? Should he not? It is like a game of hide and seek. The guessing game has been on for more than a year but the situation remains unchanged. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 10 janpath, A Raja, cabinet reshuffle, Congress, IPL, Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, pranab mukherjee, Prithviraj Chauhan, Rahul Gandhi, S.M. Krishna, Shashi Tharoor, sonia gandhi
Sanjay Gandhi has been resurrected. Forgotten for nearly thirty years, both, the BJP and the Congress, are invoking him. For different reasons though. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ambica Soni, amrita singh, BJP, Congress, Dhirendra Brahmachari, Emergency, Ghuam Nabi Azad, Indira Gandhi, Kamal Nath, Maneka Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Ruksana Sultana, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Gandhi