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Daily Archives: 29 April 2009

Posted on 29 April 2009 by churumuri
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One question I’m dying to ask… Sonia Gandhi


The disclosure by Indian Express yesterday that the UPA government urged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last year to withdraw the red corner notice against Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi …

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‘Advani offers nothing creative, only resentment’


Aakar Patel does an excellent appraisal of Lalchand Kishinchand Advani in Mint, the business daily owned by the Hindustan Times group, on the basis of his memoir: “If Advani has …

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