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Salman Khan, Not a Nice Man to Know?
The ‘raped woman’ comment by Salman Khan has now opened a can of worms for the actor. Several ghastly skeletons are slowly tumbling out of the star’s well-stocked closet. Sachin Kalbag, Resident Editor of The Hindu, Mumbai put out a series of tweets that described just how a star behaved with a lady film critic and journalist before an interview. Though he has not named Salman in his tweets, it’s pretty clear who the actor in question is.
‘Sack Arvind Subramanian’: Subramanian Swamy Attacks the CEA
Okay, Subramanian Swamy is the most specific bigot ever. Trump hates Mexicans, a whole bunch of Indian politicians freak out at the idea of a steak, but Mr Swamy’s ire is directed at economists who have studied and lived in America. First, his attack on Raguram Rajan that led to ‘Rexit’. Now he wants the PM’s chief economic adviser, Arvind Subramaniam out because he isn’t ‘Indian enough’ either. How are we going to have foreign companies Make in india if Swamy kicks out everyone who goes to the US?
The Quint Accesses Essar Audio Tapes: Exclusive Transcripts
We all know it happens... business, babus and politicians are all in cahoots. But just how comfortable are they with each other? The Quint has exclusive audios and transcripts from the Essar phone taps and we can hear how close government and big business were, even during Vajpayee’s time.
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