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"Kidney" monster nabbed in Nepal

"Dr Kidney offered Rs 20 lakh as bribe for freedom"- ZEE NEWS
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"Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime."- G. Gordon Liddy
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The kidney racket mastermind doctor Amit Kumar, who is reported to have possessed huge amount of cash during the time of his arrest, allegedly offered Rs 20 lakh as bribe to the Nepal police in lieu of freedom. A news daily reported the tainted doctor as pleading with the police not to arrest him.

KYA AADMI HAI!

Meanwhile, the arrested doctor admitted to his misdeeds on being interrogated by the Kathmandu police at the Hanumandhoka police station on Friday. Dr Amit has owned up that he performed around 300-400 kidney transplants with a 4-doctor team.

Shameless, sick and a monster!

Santosh Raut alias Dr Amit said that he was to shift his kidney organ trade network from India to Nepal with the help of his agent, Pankaj Jha.

Must have thought he would be safer in lawless Nepal.

Earlier, the Nepali Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ram Kumar Chaudhary disclosed that the operation was a joint effort of the Interpol and the Nepalese police. He informed that a lot of cash has also been recovered from him. “Euro nine lakh thirty six thousand worth of drafts, USD 1 lakh and forty five thousand along with some Nepali currency has been recovered.”

Crime pays for a while, but not always.

Three mobiles with SIM cards of Canada, Nepal and India have also been recovered from him. Dr Amit said that he had not been using his mobile phones since the last three days and was using STD booths instead to contact his family. His family is in Canada, where he has also shifted a huge portion of his colossal wealth.

Ill gotten gains.

The Kathmandu police have thanked Zee News for providing the vital breakthrough to the investigation. They said that the information provided by the channel helped to nab the kingpin stating that correspondent Rahul Agarwal met with the police team and exchanged vital information regarding the whereabouts of Dr Amit. Zee News was foremost to break the news that Dr Amit was hiding in Nepal.

Attaboy!

Despite slight slowdown, India still powers on

"Slowdown: Economy to grow at 8.7%"- THE TIMES OF INDIA

"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were"- David Rockefeller

Just when you were getting used to 9% growth, the government's statistics office on Thursday said GDP would rise by 8.7% in the current financial year, compared with 9.6% last year and 9.4% in 2005-06.

No worries! Compared to US, which is going into a recession, we are going great guns. And at such oil prices!

While Reserve Bank of India's interest rate hike to keep inflation under check is expected to see the manufacturing sector grow by 9.4% in 2007-08, compared with 12% last year, construction activity is also likely to slow down. But the blame mainly fell on the usual suspect — agriculture — with farm output projected to rise by 2.6% this year, as against 3.8% in 2006-07.

Don't blame the agriculture sector, blame the rains. Also blame the government for not providing irrigation even after 60 years.

The Central Statistical Organisation's estimates, however, have already been questioned, with finance minister P Chidambaram saying the agriculture ministry, which released crop output estimates on Thursday, "not sharing the assessment that agriculture growth will be only 2.6%".

Stop hair-splitting. The fact is, we are going full blast ahead. With a China type authoritarian rule the rate would have probably been double! But no worries, we all love India for its vibrant democracy.

Climate change is here!

"Mumbai coldest in 46 years"- TIMES OF INDIA

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"If God lived on earth, people would break his windows."-- Jewish Proverb
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Mumbaikars said it was a chill like never before. And the Met department vouched for it by declaring that Wednesday was the coldest day in the city in the past 46 years.
The temperature at Santa Cruz dropped to 9.4 degrees celsius. Back in January 22, 1962, the mercury had dipped to 7.4 degrees.
Wednesday was also the coldest day in February ever recorded in Mumbai by the Met department. The previous coldest day was February 10, 1950, when the temperature was 10 degrees.
The intense cold in the city is being attributed to "western disturbances" that are causing northerly winds to reach the city, say weather experts.

That is what they attribute it to. I would say it is the result of climate change. Any climatologist around? We are waiting.

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Patan Rape: As usual political connections.......

"Beasts preying on students for 10 yrs"- THE TIMES OF INDIA
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“Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful."-- Anacharsis quotes (Scythian prince and philosopher, 6th century BC)
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This was a sex den, just like the one in Nithari. Nobody outside knew what was happening inside the Primary Teacher's Training College (PTC) in Patan for 10 years.

How was the hush-up achieved? Political connections.

Their teachers were looking at them as prospective prey - girls they could get into bed on the sheer power derived out of their control over the internal marks in examinations.

A GCERT commission had advised that internal assessmant marks be reduced form 40% to 15% of the total to reduce chances of wrongdoings by teachers. The education ministry, then headed by Anandiben Patel had just sat on the recommendation.

It took one victim's extremely traumatised condition to bring this shocking incident to the public domain. The focus is right now on six teachers arrested by the police, but the dragnet could be cast wide if the government is really interested in getting to the bottom of the incident.

Seems unlikely as that would mean many big heads in the Gujarat government would have to roll.

From accounts coming out of the campus, it appears that the rapists used to choose girls from poor background and lower castes to prey upon.

Gujarat will be called truly great when the weakest and poorest of its citizens are protected and nurtured.

The students could not protest because their parents had worked hard to send them to the college. If they had told their parents that they were regularly getting raped by their teachers, their parents would have pulled them out of the college and asked them to keep mum, lest it hamper their marriage prospects.
In the main victim's case, the father belongs to the lowest of the low castes and hails from a village near Visnagar. His wife and he earn around Rs 50 a day as farm labourers. The victim has two sisters - both married - and are at present in their parents' home as they are pregnant.

This would churn the strongest of stomachs.

Again, this can't be an isolated incident. After the government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the case on Tuesday, the danger is that it may remain restricted to Patan. There could be many more Patans waiting to explode in the government's face if corrective measures are not taken.

That is what I am saying.

The larger conspiracy needs to be unearthed. For most of these 10 years, it was the supposedly efficient and head strong Anandiben Patel - present revenue minister and Patan MLA - who was in control of the education department, which ensured only male teachers ruled PTC, Patan.

She should resign from the governemnt.



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Kandahar Indian Airlines Hijack: Main culprits sit in Pakistan

"Three get life term in Kandahar Hijack case'- EXPRESSINDIA

“All delays are dangerous in war”----John Dryden quotes (British Poet, Dramatist and Critic of Literacy, 1631-1700)

Three persons involved in the hijack of the Indian Airlines aircraft to Kandahar in Afghanistan in December 1999 were convicted and sentenced to life on Tuesday by a city court on charges including murder and conspiracy.

What about the main culprits? Even this judgement took nine years.

During a week of suspense, five hijackers - Ibrahim Athar (brother of Jash-e-Mohammed Chief Masood Azhar), Sunny Ahmed Qazi, S A Sayed alias Doctor, Z I Mistri alias Bhola and R G Verma alias Shakir - who commandeered aircraft to Kandahar negotiated with Indian officials with threats to blow up the aircraft and successfully got Azhar and two other dreaded terrorist released from jails in India for release of passengers.

India could have done something even in Taliban ruled Afghanistan then. A commando raid, perhaps? It might have meant loss of lives, but the terrorists would have got the message loud and clear.
Instead the impression is that India is a soft state.


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Bal, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray: Birds of the same flock

"Raj is fighting for Thackeray's legacy"- DNA

Forty-two years ago, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray had founded the party on the sons-of-the-soil issue, which has remained high on his agenda over the years, and it is Raj’s turn now to pick up on similar lines

Yeah! Start abusing non-Marathis. Pick on Biharis and UP bhaiyyas, who do not have the money. Try picking on Gujaratis.

At 39, Raj Thackeray has already lost to Uddhav the battle to be the heir apparent to Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray. But his resolve to capture his uncle’s political legacy by reverting to the core issue of ‘Marathi manoos’ and sons of the soil remains strong.

What if other states persecuting Marathis?

The posturing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) against North Indian migrants is the first step in that direction. But the moot question is, to what extent will Raj succeed in stoking the fire of ‘Marathi asmita’. Will it alter the political dimensions of the state in the assembly election scheduled to be held next year?

Might appeal to the unemployed.

Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray wonders how anybody can question his party’s commitment to the ‘Marathi manoos’.

Is he feeling insecure inside?

Forty-two years ago, Bal Thackeray had founded the party on this issue, which has remained high on his agenda. But Uddhav, instead of involving himself in futile debates, has decided to focus his energies on crucial issues confronting the masses.

Sensible guy. Or a shrewder politician.

According to party spokesman Sanjay Raut, MP, “Our identity is well known. Every Marathi-speaking individual in Mumbai, Delhi, or the US sympathises with the Sena on the issue. Nobody can divest them of their identity.”

Why are these guys harping on the same point? Insecurity?

A senior political observer said, “Raj has succeeded in striking a chord with the sons of the soil. But he is not equipped with the mechanism to translate it into electoral benefit. His efforts to polarise Marathis versus North Indians will benefit the Sena, which enjoys Bal Thackeray’s blessings.”

My God! What machiavellian politics! Gandhi must be turning in his grave.

A senior leader of the MNS admitted as much. “We are experimenting to get the right issue to keep intact our rank and file ahead of the 2009 elections,” he said on condition of anonymity. “It is also a battle to assert our identity in Mumbai.”

It is all lousy Indian politics. It is a wonder the country hasn't broken up now.

BJP’s Vinod Tawde said, “The public is wise enough to make a distinction between one’s commitment to an issue and individuals’ strategic decision to politicise an issue. In the country’s economic capital, politics of violence will do more damage than good to a political party.”

Who cares? Not Raj, nor Bal, nor Uddhav.


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Rape in Patan: The mentality is the same everywhere

"18-yr-old ‘gangraped’ by her professors"- INDIAN EXPRESS

“I think when a person has been found guilty of rape he should be castrated. That would stop him pretty quick.”- Billy Graham (American evangelist, b.1918)


Around 100 girl students of the Primary Teachers’ Training College in Patan city went on a rampage in their college on Monday morning, protesting against the alleged repeated gangrape of an 18-year-old girl student by six college professors over the last four months. Threatening to fail her in the examination, the professors allegedly used to rape her in groups, the police said.

What sickos! That is problem today; no fear of the law. The thinking is if you have money or power you can get away with anything. Sick bastards!

According to the FIR lodged by the victim, the professors had raped her several times in the computer room, library, and other solitary places on the college premises. The victim has alleged that the accused used to write down their names on chits of paper and pick them up one by one to decide the order in which they would take turns on her.

Where on earth was the principal? What about the other staff?

The matter came to light on January 31, when the victim fainted in the college. “Fearing that she might be pregnant, she told one of her friends about her exploitation and requested her to accompany her to a gynaecologist,” the police said. The victim was not found to be pregnant.

Yeah. Exploit the meek and vulnerable; that seems to become the new mantra. One wonders where is the country going to? To the dumps?

The girls went on a rampage and assaulted the accused, to protest against the lack of action on the part of the college administration.

Hang them publicly. That will discourage this kind of things in the future. The law enforcement is too corrupted to do anything.

Later, the victim, who hails from Vishnagar in Mehsana district, filed a police complaint. “Based on the complaint, we have arrested the accused — Ashwin Parmar, Manish Parmar, Mahendra Prajapati, Kiran Patel, Suresh Patel and Atul Patel,” said Patan SP Raghvendra Vatsa. He added that the police were investigating whether any other girl had faced similar harassment.

Do something quickly, for God's sake. Wake up. Forget about the haftas and do something.

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Politics of fuel hikes: Sonia knows best

"Govt may hike petrol prices this week, duty cut unlikely "- ZEENEWS

Government may raise petrol price by Rs 2 a litre and diesel by Re one a litre this week, but a duty rejig to minimise impact of high international crude oil prices looks unlikely.

What a fuss over such a small fuel hike! OK one understand hike in diesel prices will fan inflation; but why this hesitation over petrol?

The decision on the quantum of increase will be taken by the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, possibly later this week.
"Earlier, we were given an indication of a Cabinet meeting this (February 4) afternoon, but it is not happening today... Hope the meeting takes place soon," he said.

The delays are because Madam is against the hike. Elections are coming up in states. Moreover with things hotting up over the Nuclear Deal, even a general election is imminent. Hiking prices now would be stupid fot the Congress Party. Listen to Sonia,guys!

The official said state-run Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum are together projected to lose over Rs 71,000 crore on sale of petrol, diesel, domestic LPG and PDS kerosene this fiscal as the government has capped retail prices.

Who cares? No one is going to shed tears for the oil companies.

Last week, a Group of Ministers headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had left a decision on fuel prices to the Cabinet after the panel was split right in the middle on the issue. Petroleum Minister Murli Deora insisted on a duty cut rather than price hike, while Finance Minister P Chidambaram was of the opinion that it cannot be just one way street.

Chidambaram is a economist first, politician later. Murli Deora is only a politician.

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Jaya Bachchan gives Raj Thackeray an earful!

"I don't know who Raj Thackeray is: Jaya Bachchan"- YAHOO/INDIAN EXPRESS
After Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray's attack on filmstar Amitabh Bachchan, the actor's wife and MP Jaya Bachchan hit out at him and said they were willing to start a school in the metropolis provided the MNS leader donated them the land.

Jaya was always more spirited than her husband. Amitabh is the furtive types, who hits back covertly, if he ever does. Coming back to Jaya; what a reply! Start a school and all! She is a better politician than her husband.

"I heard that Raj Thackeray owns huge properties in Maharashtra...in Mumbai...Kohinoor Mills. If he is willing to donate land, we can start a school in the name of (Jaya's daughter-in-law) Aishwarya here," she said at a press conference.

Why always Aishwarya? Why not in memory of Teji Bachchan?

"Bal Thackeray (Shiv Sena chief) is like a father to me and Uddhav (Sena Executive President) is his son. I don't know any other Thackeray," the actress-politician remarked.

Wow! What a brainwave. Side with uncle and his son; shun the nephew. His party is not doing well anyway. That is the reason Raj Thackeray picked on poor Amitabh in the first place.

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Revenge of the monkeys

"Aussie louts throw egg at Murali, teammates"- HINDUSTAN TIMES

Soon after Monkeygate — or Maa ki gate, if you will — comes news that does nothing for Australia’s image. Late on Thursday night, men in Hobart threw eggs at a group of Sri Lankans, including Muttiah Muralitharan. A Lankan selector walking with them was hit in the face by an egg.

Bhajji just said 'bandar'( according to me). These guys are worse. Spreading bird flu by throwing eggs.

Shriyan Samararatne, the Lanka team manager, told HT, “Our guys (four of them) were walking back to the hotel when somebody threw an egg from a car at them.” He wouldn’t say who the egg was intended for, saying the car was being driven fast and perhaps the people in it “were drunk”. But Murali’s was easily the most recognisable face in the group.

It was aimed at poor Murali. They did not like him for going past Warne.

CA’s Peter Young said police were looking into the matter. “We understand that on their way back to the hotel on Thursday evening in Hobart, a few members of the Sri Lankan team were abused by some local youths,” said Young. “One of them threw something at them.

Remember the fuss the Aussies made in Vadodara and Mumbai?

“It’s regrettable and CA condemns it... Ricky Ponting has made an appeal to the public to treat visiting players with the respect they deserve.”

Start with yourself first. Bhashan baazi later please.

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Raj Thackeray raises stupid issue again!

"Big B’s 'UP interest' irks Raj Thackeray"- INDIAN EXPRESS

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray has attacked Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan for taking "more interest" in Uttar Pradesh than Maharashtra.

But what is wrong with that? Anyway, why are you worried about that?

Thackeray said that though Bachchan has become a superstar in Mumbai but his heart is more inclined towards Uttar Pradesh than Maharashtra.

Don't start these things please!

He said that Bachchan was behaving as if he was an ambassador of UP rather than Maharashtra and said his loyalty was more towards UP than Maharashtra.

Why rake up all this stupid stuff just to get votes?

Earlier, Thackeray received flak from political parties, for opposing 'Chhath Puja', for hurting the religious sentiments of people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
He had recently objected to celebration of Uttar Bharatiya Diwas and Chhath Puja in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra is a state of India, not a different country. How do these guys get elected?


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Sharad Pawar offers way out of nuclear deal impasse. But can anyone understand what he is saying?

"Govt should not thrust Indo-US N- deal on anyone: Pawar"- INDIAN EXPRESS

The UPA government should "not thrust" the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal on anyone if the Left failed to play ball as the country needs stability, Union Minister Sharad Pawar has said.

Yeah. And you want to continue sitting on the cushy ministerial chair.

The NCP supremo, whose party is a key constituent of Congress led coalition at the Centre, also said that he was embarrassed by Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's suggestion that Pawar would make a good Prime Minister.

But very happy inside!

Asking the government to take a rational approach on the nuclear deal, he said, "We should try our level best to convince our colleagues, but if we are not in a position to convince... not getting total support... majority in Parliament, then we have to take a rational approach."

Meaning sit out the remaining term of the government. Hell with the nuclear deal.

Pawar, however, said that he would be happy if the nuclear deal goes through as it is an alternate method of generation of energy, which is the need of the hour and is also environment friendly.

Spoken like a lousy politico. Will the real Sharad Pawar stand up, please?

At the same time Pawar said, that the left parties which are opposing the deal are "honest to their thinking".

Yeah. They should not be hurt too. They have the numbers to let me sit in power till 2009. Kal kya hoga, kisko patta?

Pawar did not agree with the suggestion that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram has failed to deliver the goods. He suggested it was wrong to blame them as the government is not made of one or two parties and there are Left parties which have "some different thinking".

Can you figure out the meaning of that?

"I don't have the strength and numbers in Parliament. It is not the question of liking it or not. It is just not possible with 14 MPs."

But one can always dream.


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WB govt. contemplates US help in birdflu.

"US ready to help fight Bengal bird flu, state says tell us your plan"- INDIAN EXPRESS


Hours after the US offered to assist West Bengal in checking the spread of bird flu which already has half the state in its grip, the state government today said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had asked the Chief Secretary to speak to the Americans on how they could help.

Shame on you comrades. Maharashtra did not need any help last year. Also what about your anti-imperialist ideology? Mr. Prakash Karat and Mr. Sitaram Yechuri, where are you?

The state said a similar offer for help had come from the Chinese.

That must have made you happy. Mai-baap to the rescue!

The US government approached the Ministry of External Affairs last week to say it could provide technical support to the West Bengal government for surveillance and diagnosis of the virus - both, in human beings, in case the virus travels to them, and in poultry. It also offered to provide protection gear and other equipment for workers involved in controlling the outbreak.

Why this generosity towards the left? Hoping for a change of heart from the comrades on the civilian nuclear deal?

Since it was first detected on January 4, the bird flu virus has spread to 13 districts in West Bengal, making it the worst outbreak of the disease in India.

No wonder. West Bengal under the left has gone downhill.

"It was the US Consul General in Kolkata, Henry Jardine, who came up with the help offer. But without the Centre's permission, we cannot do anything. So we will ask the Union Government to get in touch with the US government on how they plan to help us," Chief Secretary Amit Kiran Deb told The Indian Express.

Yeah. So the Centre says the thank yous. We can take the help without being indebted to the Americans. Clever.

Meanwhile, China's Consul General in Kolkata, Mao Siwei, has also offered help. He told The Indian Express: "I took a personal initiative to meet him (the Chief Secretary). I have been reading about the disease in different newspapers. I wanted to know if my country could be of any help."

Izzat ka sawaal hai. If US comes we come too. Anyway our comrades in West Bengal are very faithful. More faithful to us than to the Indian government.


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Priyanka Chopra says nice things about Kangana Ranaut. Devilspen pours poison ink on the gibberish!

"Priyanka Chopra denies differences with Kangana Ranaut"- Apunkachoice


Priyanka Chopra has denied that she has any differences with Kangana Ranaut who co-stars with her in Madhur Bhandarkar’s forthcoming Fashion.

She should have been in the Indian Foreign Service.

"Please stop thinking of us as rivals at each other's throats. I worked with Kareena Kapoor and Lara Dutta in my two earliest films. We worked without any kind of tension. Now I hear I'm at loggerheads with Kangana while shooting for Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Fashion'. That I'm feeling threatened by her presence, when in fact we get along famously," Priyanka told a news agency.

What bare-faced lies!

"Kangana and I share a lot in common. Like me she's an outsider who has been wholeheartedly embraced and adopted by Mumbai. Besides we've our individual space in 'Fashion'. So this reported friction is again fiction," Priyanka added.

Cut the crap, lady. Why do Bollywood actresses suddenly turn so diplomatic after having cat-fights with each other?

Priyanka added that Bollywood needs to set a secular example for the rest of the country.

Oh God! Bhashanbaazi now!

"I love this country. I don't want to be accused of sounding preachy when I praise my country. I'm extremely proud of being an Indian. I cling to my culture and roots with extreme passion," Priyanka said.

She has political ambitions. I am sure of that.

"People may find it funny and fake, but I'm vocally possessive and protective about our image abroad. That comes from my days when I was Miss World and I represented my country in so many ways. Today, that habit remains with me. I feel if somewhere in your heart you carry a pride for your country, it will show," Priyanka added.

My God! She is really dishing it out!

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Babudom spoils Sarkozy's Taj Mahal party! No Carla!

"Sarkozy takes trip to India's monument to love, minus Bruni"- AFP

India's monument to love, the Taj Mahal, was sealed off to tourists for a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy -- minus his supermodel-turned-popstar girlfriend Carla Bruni.

Sad. Shah Jahan would have loved it.

French officials confirmed she would not be joining him for the visit to the white-marbled 17th-century monument in Agra just south of New Delhi.

The Indian Babus! Spoilsports!

The 40-year-old Bruni herself told the Liberation paper earlier this week that she would not be accompanying the president as they were not yet married.

So what? We would not have minded. We have been prudes long enough; hypocritical prudes, I mean.

Foreign ministry sources in conservative India had raised eyebrows over the prospect of Bruni attending as first lady due to protocol issues.

Indian bureaucracy spares no one. Not even Sarkozy. I am sure it is worse than the French bureaucracy. The French President will vouch for that.

The jet-setting romance with Bruni has raised eyebrows in France, with many worried their president is neglecting his election pledges to slash unemployment and boost growth.

Love is blind. Another Caesar blinded by Cleopatra?


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Rajnath Singh praises Narendra Modi: Politics of expediency

"Rajnath to CMs: Emulate Modi"- THE TIMES OF INDIA
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Party president Rajnath Singh praised Modi for changing the perception that BJP could not buck the incumbency disadvantage in a state.

There is nothing called "incumbency disadvantage". Just be efficient. And don't be corrupt. You'll keep getting the votes. Even if you are a newer version of Adolph Hitler.

This is being seen as the CM's triumph in forcing rival party factions to accord him a higher ranking in the party estimate.

It is an animal's world. Survival of the fittest.

Urging state units to begin preparations in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan which go to the polls in November, Singh used the Gujarat performance to egg on the leaders to beat incumbency in these party-ruled states.

Yeah, beat the stuffing out of the minorities and get the votes from the communal minded.

"We have shattered the myth in Gujarat that a BJP government cannot return to power twice or thrice. MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan should also try to repeat this kind of success," Singh said.

Communal riots, I presume?

The fulsome praise from the party chief, which was reflected in spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad's remark to reporters that "Modi has done extraordinary job", took insiders by surprise.

What is so surprising? Everybody loves a winner. Even if you hate the guy's guts, pretend to love him. See the warm Rajnath-Modi embrace!
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Bal Thackeray and Narendra Modi: Changing political relations

"Bal Thackeray can't digest Modi"- The Times of India

Soon afterwards, Modi told one family that they should not serve him food till they were convinced he was picking up Marathi.

He was always a tough and determined guy.

When Modi spoke in chaste Marathi for almost 10 minutes at the massive Shivaji Park rally in Mumbai on Sunday, it didn't go down quite well with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. The Tiger felt his crowd pulling capacity at this hallowed venue was under threat in his own den.

"Ek jungle mein do sher nahin rah sakte"

The huge largely middle-class Maharashtrian crowd went in raptures at the chaste Marathi that the 'Gujarat ka Sher' was speaking.

Accept it guys. He has a pan-Indian appeal.

He spoke in chaste Marathi for only about 10 minutes, not mentioning Bal Thackeray or his Shiv Sena which is the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral ally.

Who needs the Shiv Sena when he can win Maharashtra on his own?
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Namitha: Tamil and Telugu star

"Surti siren sizzles South"- The Times of India


This time, the spice has travelled South. For, the latest sensation spicing up and setting afire the Tamil and Telugu film industry is a girl from Surat - Namita Vankawala in Surat, Namitha the "heart-stealer" when she is on screen.

Rather the heart, it is the lovely bosom that's doing all the stealing.

.....this graduate from Surat's MTB Arts College has rubbed shoulders with the biggies, from Venkatesh to Sarath Kumar and Prabhu Deva.

Must have rubbed much more than shoulders.

....she took to acting after being trained in dramatics by theatre artist Kapildev Shukla in Surat.

Lucky guy!

A constant surge in her popularity is evident from the fact that over 200 communities talk about her on a popular social networking site. This, besides hundreds of fan clubs across Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

The lovely bosom has done wonders. Indian men always like women with loaded assets.

And, how did a Surti master Tamil? "It was tough. A translator helped me pick up the language," says Namitha...

Her fans wouldn't mind even she spoke in Swahili. They don't go to the cinema theatres to listen to her voice, but to drink in her you-know-what.

Her family members see to it that Namitha gets to taste her favourite dishes, with Surti farsan being sent to her through courier regularly.

Never knew Surti farsan did that to a woman's anatomy.

Is marriage on the horizon? "I am still young and marriage isn't on my mind. At the moment, I am focusing on my career," says Namitha.

Where is the need for a husband now? What with hordes of men drooling at the sight of her.


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