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Vidya Subrahmaniam: Ambitious to the end

Source: GulfToday.ae

There was astonishment when news broke of Vidya Charan Shukla being injured in the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. Astonishment because, at 84, the Congress leader was not just politically active, he had mustered the will and energy to journey in ...
Full article at: GulfToday.ae More like this 6 days ago, 3:40pm CDT

Majestic impressions

Source: Bangalore Mirror

When this ‘Swedish Bangalorean’ first got off the train at Majestic Station about 20 years ago, it was love at first sight. Over the years, the affection grew and the result is his latest book Mr Majestic – The Tout of Bengaluru, a humourous crime novel ...
Full article at: Bangalore Mirror More like this 1 week ago, 8:39am CDT

VC Shukla: Respected and feared in equal measure

Source: Times of India

NEW DELHI: At 84, Vidya Charan Shukla fought his multiple injuries valiantly for more than a fortnight. Eventually, the veteran Congressman lost the battle of life bringing an end to a six decade-long career that had negot ...
Full article at: Times of India More like this 1 week ago, 7:16am CDT

RSS brokers Lal Krishna Advani-Rajnath Singh truce

Source: Indian Express

Please read our terms of use before posting comments In yet another dramatic turn of events, the crisis in the BJP precipitated by veteran leader L K Advani quitting all party posts was resolved Tuesday as swiftly as it had erupted, with RSS chief Mo ...
Full article at: Indian Express More like this Jun 11 2013, 6:01pm CDT

VC Shukla dies of Maoist bullet wounds

Source: Calcutta Telegraph

June 11: Veteran Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla died in a Delhi hospital today, battling bullet injuries suffered during the Maoist attack in Bastar on May 25. He was 83. Shukla, who is survived by his wife and three daughters, was a m ...
Full article at: Calcutta Telegraph More like this Jun 11 2013, 5:43pm CDT

VC Shukla: Distinguished and feared in equal measure

Source: Times of India

RAIPUR: Long before the separate state of Chhattisgarh was created and the region was a part of undivided Madhya Pradesh, the eastern outpost of this unmanageably large state was the bailiwick of the Shukla family: Ravi Shankar Shukla being the patriar ...
Full article at: Times of India More like this Jun 11 2013, 3:54pm CDT

Goa BJP meet: Focus on Modi

Source: TIMES NOW.tv

Gujarat Chief Narendra Modi's role in the next Lok Sabha election is expected to be the dominant theme of the BJP National Executive in Goa this weekend, amid a strong demand from some sections of the party for declaring him the campaign committee he ...
Full article at: TIMES NOW.tv More like this Jun 6 2013, 9:41pm CDT

Aquatic movie icon Esther Williams dead at 91

Source: Globe and Mail

Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the forties and fifties, has died. She was 91. Williams died early Thursday in her sleep, according to her longtime publicis ...
Full article at: Globe and Mail More like this Jun 6 2013, 1:41pm CDT

Joey Covington: Jefferson Airplane Drummer Killed In Car Accident

Source: TV Balla

So sad. The percussionist of the iconic 60s band Jefferson Airplane was killed on June 4 in a deadly car crash in Palm Springs, Calif. Joey was 67 years old. Joey Covington, the longtime drummer of Jeffers ...
Full article at: TV Balla More like this Jun 6 2013, 12:22pm CDT

Uma Bharti, Varun Gandhi to skip BJP's Goa meet

Source: Rediff

Bharatiya Janata Party [ Images ] Vice-President Uma Bharti will not attend the National Executive meet in Goa [ Images ] this weekend. In a letter to party President Rajnath Singh, she expressed her inability to attend the meeting. Bharti ...
Full article at: Rediff More like this Jun 6 2013, 11:18am CDT