Hindustan Times
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
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
Loading ...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
(5 votes, average: 3.4 out of 5) Loading ...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
BJP President Nitin Gadkari’s call to revive the mandir agenda could not have been more ill timed. Read more
(14 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arun Jaitley, Babri masjid demolition, BJP, Just People, Kumkum Chadha, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Parliament, Ram Lalla, Ram mandir, Sushma Swaraj
Several years ago when I had met Chanda Kochhar, currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI bank, she told me something which Indians can draw lessons from. Particularly Indian women. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:32 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Armani Prive, Bollywood, Cannes film festival, Chanda Kochhar, Ellie Saab, film industry, ICICI bank, Indian women, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kiran Rao, Lanvin, LK Advani, Mallika Sherawat, Masaba Gupta, Sonam Kapoor
This week started off as a Ram Navami week. In other words Ram’s birthday. It seemed a big thing this year: there were several lunch invites, one from Prathibha Prahlad, a known dancer. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Atal Behari Vajpayee, hindustan times, LK Advani, Namaste Cinema, news, Nitin Gadkari, Prathibha Prahlad, Pratibha Advani, Ram Navami, Retake, Shri Ram, Swayam Infotainment
There are four issues on my mind: three on which I want to seek answers from the government and one which I want to comment on: Ajmal Kasab, Commonwealth Games scam, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the spectrum scam and BJP’s L.K. Advani respectively. Read more
(46 votes, average: 4.37 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Filed under India · Tagged ajmal kasab, CWG scam, Delhi government, Jaipal reddy, Joint Parliamentary Committee, LK Advani, MS Gill, sonia gandhi, Suresh Kalmadi
It has become a trend to dismiss Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a “weak Prime Minister”. It was a line formally adopted by the Opposition, mainly the BJP, and one which others parrot. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Atal Behari Vajpayee, BJP, bureaucrat, Commonwealth games, Congress, HT Leadership Summit, Indo-US Nuclear deal, Kashmir issue, Left, LK Advani, Mamata Bannerjee, Maoists, Narasimha Rao, Opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, rising prices, Sita Ram Kesari. Babri Masjid, sonia gandhi, Telangana issue, UPA, US President Obama
On her way to the house of an Indian embassy official in Manila in the Phillipines, Agatha Sangma, Indian Union Minister fell asleep. I don’t blame her given that she had had a long action packed day: where she, along with many of us had survived an earthquake recorded to be 6.5 on the Richter scale. Read more
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Agatha Sangma, Indian Union Minister, LK Advani, Lok Sabha Speaker, Manila, politicians, Purno Sangma
I feel very sorry for BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani. Not because his Party did badly in the elections but because minions within the BJP and people outside it, have started rubbishing him.
All through last year I have watched some of my colleagues bend over backwards to pay obeisance to him. Not because they liked him but because he was then potentially Prime Minister in waiting. I also watched his critics seeking appointments because they figured it was better to reopen channels with someone who may occupy South Block. Read more
(72 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Advani, LK Advani, Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
