Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Asides of a tragedy
Within hours of the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, a section of ruling Congress party leaders here have begun demanding his son Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy be made the next chief minister.
Some ministers have openly demanded that the young lawmaker be made the next chief minister. A group of federal lawmakers also held a meeting here and decided to take up their demand before Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"When Indira Gandhi expired Rajiv Gandhi was made the prime minister. Why not Jagan be made chief minister now?" says a cell phone text message being circulated by the younger Reddy's followers.
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Some ministers have openly demanded that the young lawmaker be made the next chief minister. A group of federal lawmakers also held a meeting here and decided to take up their demand before Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"When Indira Gandhi expired Rajiv Gandhi was made the prime minister. Why not Jagan be made chief minister now?" says a cell phone text message being circulated by the younger Reddy's followers.
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Monday, August 24, 2009
4 Indian women among world's most powerful
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi was ranked third by Forbes magazine in its 2009 list of "The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World." Nooyi topped other candidates such as Queen of Jordan, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Four women of Indian origin and one Bangladeshi are among the South Asians that made it to the list. Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi is ranked 13th; Chanda Kochhar, chief executive of ICICI Bank, comes in at 20; South African Navanethem Pillay, high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, is ranked 63rd; Bangladesh's Prime Minister Hasina Wajed comes in at 78; and Kiran MazumdarShaw, chairwoman of Biocon in India, makes it at 91.
The list is not about the money, the magazine says, and it isn't about celebrity or popularity - it's about influence. "
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Four women of Indian origin and one Bangladeshi are among the South Asians that made it to the list. Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi is ranked 13th; Chanda Kochhar, chief executive of ICICI Bank, comes in at 20; South African Navanethem Pillay, high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, is ranked 63rd; Bangladesh's Prime Minister Hasina Wajed comes in at 78; and Kiran MazumdarShaw, chairwoman of Biocon in India, makes it at 91.
The list is not about the money, the magazine says, and it isn't about celebrity or popularity - it's about influence. "
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Bridge to the 21st Century
A mid glorious promises of better infrastructure and vivid visions of "Bharat Nirman," Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi inaugurated India's first open sea bridge, the BandraWorli Sea Link in Mumbai June 30. She spoke of the government's plan to turn the city, recovering from the Nov. 26 terror attacks, into an international financial hub.
"Mumbai is an embodiment of secularism. The city becoming an international financial center will be a matter of great pride for the citizens of the country. This can happen only when development work is ongoing. The sea link will ease traffic woes of the people and enhance the city's beauty," Gandhi said.
Adding a political master- stroke to the Congress Party dominated gathering, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, whose party is a member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance headed by Gandhi, proposed naming the sea link after Rajiv Gandhi.
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"Mumbai is an embodiment of secularism. The city becoming an international financial center will be a matter of great pride for the citizens of the country. This can happen only when development work is ongoing. The sea link will ease traffic woes of the people and enhance the city's beauty," Gandhi said.
Adding a political master- stroke to the Congress Party dominated gathering, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, whose party is a member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance headed by Gandhi, proposed naming the sea link after Rajiv Gandhi.
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Labels: bandra worli sea link, financial hub, first open sea bridge in india, indian sea bridge, mumbai, mumbai people, sea bridge, sealink, sonia gandhi
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