Tenali Rama Reports
PRANAB MUKHERJEE
Jottings in Pratibha Patil’s diary on July 25, 2012
New Delhi, July 25, 2012 Ah ! I feel emotional. My last day in office. Over the last few days, there has been too much small talk over lunch, tea and dinner. Boring stuff, meeting the same set of people. The dinner at PM’s home was so so. I must remember to call and tell … Continue reading
No travel mags or cookery shows for Prez Pranab
New Delhi : Even before Pranab Mukherjee takes oath as the President of India on Wednesday, he has set in motion changes he would like to see at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Tenali Rama has been able to access some of Mr Mukherjee’s instructions to the Presidential staff. 1. Stop subscription to all travel magazines that were … Continue reading
UPA school excited over new student, Pawar unhappy
New Delhi : Trouble is brewing in the Delhi-based UPA School with a student Sharad Pawar strongly protesting against being removed from the front bench in the classroom and asked to move back. Pawar and another student from Maharashtra, Praful Patel, stayed away from school on Thursday. Both Pawar and Patel were admitted to the … Continue reading
`Sachin ke baal ek bilang choti kar do’
Mumbai : Sachin Tendulkar has hit out at those who have been critical of his new hairstyle. At a press conference in Pune, Tendulkar said a person no less than President Pratibha Patil has praised his new look. “It is one of the reasons why she nominated me to the Rajya Sabha. She said to … Continue reading
How Sonia Gandhi brokered peace
New Delhi : When P Chidambaram walked in to 10 Janpath to meet Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, she did not fail to notice that the Home minister’s veshti was soiled. She resisted the temptation of asking why he was wearing a veshti that was clearly not washed. But the moment Rahul Gandhi walked into the … Continue reading
Will L K Advani become Acting PM for a day?
New Delhi : It now seems Dr Manmohan Singh’s combative “the opposition wants to force mid-term polls” wasn’t a one-off political missile. Amidst taunts from the BJP that there is a huge governance deficit, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has offered to make senior BJP leader L K Advani `acting prime minister’ while he is … Continue reading
Sonia may dump PC
New Delhi : Ever since she returned from the US, Congress president has been struggling to put her house in order. And just when it seemed she had settled down, her PC has come crashing down. “Even though it is an old PC that the late Rajiv Gandhi bought when he became prime minister in the … Continue reading
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