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CAPLOOKS
Domestic Games
 Delhi:
Social upliftment is not among the expected spinoffs of the first
Afro-Asian Games to be held in Delhi in November. Many are the committees
that such a venture necessitates, and the largesse is spread far and wide.
Union Sports Minister Uma Bharati in her magnanimity has appointed her
housekeeper Rani Singh to three committees. Her personal media manager
Begraj Khatan is vice-chairperson of a panel. Even old faithfuls no longer
in her service haven't been left out: two former personal secretaries,
Parimal Rai and Vinay Sahni, are co-conveners of committees.
Waiting For A Spark
Mumbai: The Congress-led coalition Government
in Maharashtra may have announced a judicial probe into the Enron power
deal under pressure from partners like the Peasants and Workers Party,
but the buzz is that the probe will not take off. The Government is yet
to frame terms of reference or appoint a judge to head the panel as it
is hoping the deal will be renegotiated. Apparently the state is dragging
its feet as former Union finance minister Manmohan Singh feels a probe
would discourage foreign direct investment.
Inviting Trouble
Ranchi: Ranchi's Chief Income Tax (IT)
commissioner L.K. Koolwal is finding his exile to Hubli hard to stomach.
His fault: Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi's name didn't appear
on an invitation card for bhoomi pujan for a new IT building that had
Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha's name at the top. Koolwal says
Marandi failed to confirm his participation despite several requests to
do so. He's moved the Central Administrative Tribunal for a posting to
Jaipur. And he's made Sinha a party to the petition.
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Wars
Chennai: Tamil Nadu police are entertainers
too. At dusk, groups of policemen descend on hamlets and announce that
there will be a film screening. People gather, a TV and video set materialise.
Some sequences from MGR movies later there pops up the edited police video
footage of the Karunanidhi arrest. "See the truth," the policemen
say.
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