http://www.arasiyal.com Indian Politics - World's most colorful political system Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:37:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Indian agencies have sought all the details of Headley's links with filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul, gym instructor Vilas Varak, some diplomats and business personalities who were allegedly misused by the terror suspect, sources said. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z9hPfalpd0rWNNt-cLnFXq4eGEc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z9hPfalpd0rWNNt-cLnFXq4eGEc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z9hPfalpd0rWNNt-cLnFXq4eGEc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z9hPfalpd0rWNNt-cLnFXq4eGEc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/arasiyal/~4/rRvu-Ia772A" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arasiyal/~3/rRvu-Ia772A/ http://www.arasiyal.com/2009/12/08/fbi-shares-information-on-headley-rana-terror-links/ Opening BJP's defence on the report which has indicted a number of its leaders, party chief Rajnath Singh said in the Lok Sabha that the Liberhan Commission report was "a bundle of grave errors" and its intent appeared to be "pre-decided" and aimed at "character assassination" of certain political leaders and parties. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSDYbTUf9f08qenE55NfdcaJpyM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSDYbTUf9f08qenE55NfdcaJpyM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSDYbTUf9f08qenE55NfdcaJpyM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSDYbTUf9f08qenE55NfdcaJpyM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/arasiyal/~4/ZFPghLPMRkU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arasiyal/~3/ZFPghLPMRkU/ http://www.arasiyal.com/2009/12/08/babri-debate-liberhan-report-totally-baseless-biased/ In a rare instance in Indian politics, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who is facing revolt from a few ministers and legislators, on Saturday shed tears publicly at his plight. The 66-year-old, known for his short temper and as a strict disciplinarian, is at most times stern faced. 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Siddharth Zarabi reports. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dzw7m89kgaPrmMy5FW1bF98hMx0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dzw7m89kgaPrmMy5FW1bF98hMx0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dzw7m89kgaPrmMy5FW1bF98hMx0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dzw7m89kgaPrmMy5FW1bF98hMx0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/arasiyal/~4/E09oqcvf1i8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arasiyal/~3/E09oqcvf1i8/ http://www.arasiyal.com/2009/10/27/spectrum-allocation-largest-scam-in-independent-india-bjp/ சென்னை, மே.17: 7 தொகுதிகளிலும் பா.ம.க.வுக்கு ஏற்பட்டுள்ள தோல்வியை நாளைய வெற்றிக்கு படிக்கட்டுகளாக எடுத்துக்கொள்வோம் என்று டாக்டர் ராமதாஸ் கூறியுள்ளார். <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DOuL2pOMOZWoukEp2unL7xhjMAc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DOuL2pOMOZWoukEp2unL7xhjMAc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DOuL2pOMOZWoukEp2unL7xhjMAc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DOuL2pOMOZWoukEp2unL7xhjMAc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/arasiyal/~4/Ey9ho5pWGSE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arasiyal/~3/Ey9ho5pWGSE/ http://www.arasiyal.com/2009/05/17/pmk-loss-stepping-stone-for-success/ Dayanidhi Maran speaking to newsmen post election counting. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AtZHhtJTCIVA5yF0c_AfxfU1GJc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AtZHhtJTCIVA5yF0c_AfxfU1GJc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AtZHhtJTCIVA5yF0c_AfxfU1GJc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AtZHhtJTCIVA5yF0c_AfxfU1GJc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/arasiyal/~4/XcNqeBE1CPg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arasiyal/~3/XcNqeBE1CPg/ http://www.arasiyal.com/2009/05/16/dayanidhi-maran-post-counting/ World's largest democracy had its voting completed two days back and the counting started at 8 AM on May 16, 2009. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SLgQBmPXXrYn8lFpaD6mqaD3amE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SLgQBmPXXrYn8lFpaD6mqaD3amE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SLgQBmPXXrYn8lFpaD6mqaD3amE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SLgQBmPXXrYn8lFpaD6mqaD3amE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/arasiyal/~4/isCs_3w3nVM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arasiyal/~3/isCs_3w3nVM/ http://www.arasiyal.com/2009/05/16/upa-set-to-return-to-power/ A nice poem on Indian Elections I came across in the Kushwant Singh column in The Hindustan Times <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnegGE39psarJZBnOYcTf6gf8nM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnegGE39psarJZBnOYcTf6gf8nM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnegGE39psarJZBnOYcTf6gf8nM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnegGE39psarJZBnOYcTf6gf8nM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/arasiyal/~4/NGTVMYUC_Zs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arasiyal/~3/NGTVMYUC_Zs/ http://www.arasiyal.com/2009/05/16/indian-election-song/