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How three Indian boxers were 'robbed' at London Olympics
sreekumar narayan
| Thursday, August 09, 2012, 16:22 [IST]
The Indian contingent will return from the 2012 London Games with at least 4 Olympic medals - a silver and three bronze - but there is still lingering frustration over the three pugilists who did not get their due. On Aug ...
South West Monsoon's tardy progress triggers worry
sreekumar narayan
| Thursday, July 12, 2012, 11:47 [IST]
Farmers across the country have been looking skywards for the past few weeks but the rain god does not seem to be in a benevolent mood. Unfortunately, a billion prayers have not been answered so far. First there ...
DMK's jail fill stir could hit Pranab's chances in Prez poll
sreekumar narayan
| Tuesday, July 03, 2012, 18:28 [IST]
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is not used to being sidelined in Tamil Nadu politics but that is the unfortunate reality facing it now. Till the last Assembly elections, the party literally lorded it over the state. The kin of ...
Should India abolish death penalty?
sreekumar narayan
| Sunday, July 01, 2012, 16:47 [IST]
Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam had to deal with a total of 25 mercy petitions but uneasiness about confirming the death penalty made him order a study into the underlying cause in each case. His memoirs Turning Points: A ...
Kalam did not prevent Sonia from becoming PM in 2004
sreekumar narayan
| Saturday, June 30, 2012, 14:36 [IST]
The 11th President of India APJ Abdul Kalam was ready to swear in Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 general elections but she proposed Manmohan Singh's name instead. In his soon to be published memoirs Turning ...
French 'rapist dad' may escape stringent punishment
sreekumar narayan
| Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 15:16 [IST]
After much dilly-dallying, the French national who allegedly raped his three-year-and-ten-month-old daughter was arrested by the Bangalore police on Jun 19, 2012. Pascal Mazurier, deputy head of chancery in the French consulate at Bangalore, was subsequently remanded to judicial custody for ...
Kalam's withdrawal: Didi posts her anguish, BJP mulls option
sreekumar narayan
| Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 16:20 [IST]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wanted Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to join 'the race for Raisina Hill'. The Subramaniam Swamy-led Janata Party and the BJP too were hoping that he would stand in the presidential election on July 19, ...
Public prosecutors like Preet Bharara need of the hour
sreekumar narayan
| Sunday, June 17, 2012, 17:56 [IST]
Two Indian Americans were at the centre of the just-concluded insider trading trial in the United States. Still IIT Delhi alumnus and former McKinsey chief executive Rajat Gupta may well be ruing the fact that Preet Bharara, US attorney for the ...
15 years on, Uphaar victims' kin yet to get their due
sreekumar narayan
| Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 15:47 [IST]
It says a lot about the efficacy of our legal system that 15 years after one of the most shocking man-made tragedies in India, relatives of the unfortunate victims are still waiting for proper justice. A total of 59 people ...
Corruption: Should some accused be sent to the Andamans?
sreekumar narayan
| Monday, June 11, 2012, 14:30 [IST]
Of late, several prominent politicians have been lodged at the Tihar Jail in New Delhi. The list of VIP inmates in 2011 and 2012 includes former union minister A Raja, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi, DMK member of Rajya Sabha ...
Was Chidambaram fairly elected from Sivaganga in 2009?
sreekumar narayan
| Friday, June 08, 2012, 18:46 [IST]
The country witnessed a bizarre spectacle on Jun 7, 2012. Despite the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court dismissing P Chidambaram's plea to dismiss an election petition against him, the Home Minister came up with the strange logic that the ...
Planning Commission splurges Rs 35 lakh on two toilets!
sreekumar narayan
| Wednesday, June 06, 2012, 15:53 [IST]
The Planning Commission's definition of poor excludes those earning more than Rs 28 per day, yet it had no hesitation in splurging Rs 35 lakh on the renovation of two toilets at Yojana Bhavan! An RTI reply to activist ...