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Deccan Herald... no longer available??

Submitted by hpnadig on August 6, 2004 - 19:49
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Surprise was awaiting me, when I searched for 'Deccan Herald', on google. The very first link on the results page said "Deccan Herald is no longer available " & "This link will lead you to the latest news from India" and the link lead me to this website. And should I tell you the website had no news whatsoever from India... but was just another prank to drive in traffic, eh? duh, people! (sigh)

George makes the point...

Submitted by hpnadig on May 18, 2004 - 20:08
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Finally, the good god has made Sonia Gandhi to take the right decision. It would be a great sacrfice, surely, but worth it. But what baffles me is, wether she really means what she says: (taken from rediff - Address to Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Delhi on Tuesday evening) "Throughout these past six years that I have been in politics, one thing has been clear to me. And that is, as I have often stated, that the post of prime minister is not my aim." If she were clear about it, why these 'yes, no' yes, no's for the post? Good old George Fernandes makes a good point here about it... ( as rediff quotes him saying ) : Fernandes said it was for the Left and Congress allies to think over and answer as to how they decided to elect as leader such a 'fickle-minded person' who has changed her views (on becoming prime minister) four times. erm, urm.. hmmm... :-)

Congress and Google Ads!

Submitted by hpnadig on May 8, 2004 - 14:04
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Do you think the campaigning was limited to TV Channels, SMSes? The answer is 'No'! Congress campaigns even through Google Ads! This might be the hi-tech face of Campaigning in Indian Elections :grins:. I dunno what help this might've had to Congress, but the exit polls show that whatever they did was indeed helpful for them.