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EIR; Specialist in obscure details; Renaissance man; Raconteur; Bis vivit qui bene vivit; Don't follow If easily triggered. Bigots will be blocked & reported.

Bombay, Bhubaneswar
Joined March 2007
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
3 months
My (ongoing) wishlist from a future INC Govt: 1) Free AC urban public transport. 2) All trains AC. 3) Promote Nuclear power *only*. 4) Flat/lower GST with states free to set own rates. 5) Repeal of anti-defection law. 6) Penalties on cops for malicious prosecution. 7) Ditch EVMs.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
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Send your kid. Instead of encouraging your drivers kid.
@IndianSinghh
Akshit Singh 🇮🇳
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My driver's son is planning to join Next Batch of Agniveer. Hindus should join Agniveer in huge numbers. Don't get misled by Opposition parties. Demographic change in armed forces is very dangerous precedent.
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Translation: Passports done. Cheap labour required.
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4 years
How it started! And how's it going...
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Chirag Patnaik
6 years
Is that why Gold is taxed at 3% while sanitary napkins are taxed at 18%?
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NDTV
6 years
"Milk and Mercedes can't be taxed at same GST rate": PM's dig at Congress
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@chirag
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2 years
My mother (fauji wife) posted this forward on the family group. My response below.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
2 months
Smriti Irani has a successor. Meet your new minister for RaGa affairs.
@dhume
Sadanand Dhume
2 months
Since about 2018 I’ve used two simple yardsticks to judge Rahul Gandhi’s basic fitness for electoral politics: 1. Can he settle on a consistent look: bearded or clean shaven? (For most politicians around the world this is too obvious to even bear stating.) 2. Can he spend six
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
6 years
Hypocrisy has many faces. One of them is @rahulkanwal
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Chirag Patnaik
4 years
Farmers have laid siege to Delhi. Last seen over 200 years ago, when the Marathas laid siege to evict the East India Company in 1804. The parallels are there for all to see...
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Chirag Patnaik
3 years
The good news is that the worst is over.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
7 years
1/ It was always clear to most non-bhakts that #demonetisation was a stupid (and I'm being polite here) move economically.
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5 years
Bajaj sugar has nothing to do with Rahul Bajaj. But this is Op India... So...
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OpIndia.com
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Bajaj sugar mills owe crores of rupees to sugarcane farmers. Is this why Rahul Bajaj ‘afraid’?
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@zhr_jafri Good decision. Waste of time. Marginally useful in social settings. A computer is faster.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
3 years
Asked my ex-wife to go vote for the @INCIndia candidate @pankhuripathak . So should you. Vote AND call up your exes and ask them to vote as well. It's that important.
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@chirag
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6 years
No translation required. Watch till the end.
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7 years
In case you missed the video where Arnab Goswami was lying about Gujarat Riots...
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2 years
It is 2022. A key election issue in India's largest state is: Stray Cattle. Not jobs, not education, not health. But stray freaking cattle. And the PM is offering to buy cow-dung cakes. I don't understand how techbros take this shit.
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6 years
15 legal luminaries send a letter to Karnataka Governor Shri Vajubhai Vala to allow the JDS+Congress coalition to form the Govt : Sources
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Looks like DM lied in Parliament. Will she be subject to a privilege motion?
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6 years
Good day to remember these tweets by @arunjaitley .
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5 years
Looking for someone to help with research to keep everything up-to-date on a website on the #CAA_NRC protests. Let me if you want to help. RT for good karma.
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7 years
There is no 2G scam. Bring back the Congress.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
4 years
OK folks. Here's a heads up for all the people who are seeing account withheld messages. Here's a quick fix. Go to - > Settings - > Account - > Country - > Change to country of your choice. Continue as normal.
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@chirag
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2 years
People often forget that India had a rich Buddhist past. Overlaid by Hindus later. Elephanta caves is another case in point.
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Chirag Patnaik
3 years
One bypoll loss is all it took. Which is why one nation, one election (like other one nation, one nonsense) is a bad idea.
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Chirag Patnaik
7 years
Half-wits calling for a benevolent dictatorship basically want the benevolence for themselves and the dictatorship for everyone else.
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Chirag Patnaik
2 years
Just to add: My father fought on both fronts in the 1971 war. Apart from his immediate family and friends from the fauj, No one remembers or cares.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
3 years
Saw a handle of a person with kids, who is financially hard up and is begging for money. On his TL, a few days ago, birthday wishes to you know who. That people are unable to connect their economic distress with the cause is the biggest comms failure by the opposition.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
7 years
Happy Birthday @divyaspandana . Keep slaying.
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7 years
Only on twitter: Random twitter dude teaches electoral law to a former Chief Election Commissioner.
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Chirag Patnaik
7 years
Today they've come for beef. Tomorrow they'll come for meat. Then liquor. Then language. Then education. Then clothes. You've been warned.
@ShashiTharoor
Shashi Tharoor
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As a vegetarian i object strongly to the ban on cow slaughter. Gandhiji had objected to imposing 1's view on others. Freedom is being eroded
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4 years
Has Arnab story reached the front page of any newspaper (Telegraph excepting)? Dozens of journalists handwringing here and telling us that the Congress is dead. Time to acknowledge something is rotten in your house.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
4 years
So, my mother didn't know that the Chinese have occupied 1,000 sq km of land in the last few months. Don't underplay the role and complicity of the media in the state of ignorance of the general populace.
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
5 years
Wanted to share a personal achievement. I've reversed a grade 2 fatty liver to normal. No medicine or exercise. Just eating right. High fat, low carbs, protein & veggies, no sugar & no fruits. A lot of Indians suffer from it (esp vegetarians). Get tested & take control #keto
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Relief for salaried folks: Increase in Std deduction: 40000 Removal of existing benefits: 34200 On taxable income of 10 lakhs, you get 20% of 5800 (40000-34200): ₹1160 Edu cess increased by 1% Additional tax on this: ₹1125 So ₹1160 - ₹1125 is... ₹35 Enough for ONE ice cream
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5 years
Oh this is brutal... In your experience in this country, have you ever seen a Chowkidar who was good at his job?
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Chirag Patnaik
6 years
Dr @ShashiTharoor holding forth at work a few days ago. He also shared the secret of his formidable vocabulary.
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7 years
RR on majoritarian victomhood...
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5 years
Left: Dr Manmohan Singh addressing protestors at JNU. Unafraid. Right: Mrs Indira Gandhi listening to protestors at JNU. Unafraid.
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Chirag Patnaik
5 years
Next time anyone says Congress social media is on auto pilot. Remember, a Union Minister (quite incompetent I might add) responded to a social media campaign. #UnfitGovtUnfitEconomy
@ndtv
NDTV
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"Who ran the economy through double-digit inflation when in power for 10 years? They couldn't control prices, led the country in corruption. So, to talk about 'fit' and 'unfit' is not for Congress": Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (📸credit: ANI)
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
6 years
It's a costume, not a uniform. Uniform is what soldiers wear.
@akshaykumar
Akshay Kumar
6 years
Hi all 🙋🏻‍♂️ I'm thrilled to announce that you can bid to win the actual naval officer uniform I wore in Rustom! Auction's proceeds will support the cause of animal rescue and welfare. Place your bid at !
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7 years
5/ Here's a list: Starting with @surjitbhalla , who said: Demonetisation is a Big Bang reform.
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6 years
5 reasons why roads and schemes are being named after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
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2 years
My mother posted this in the family group.
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Chirag Patnaik
2 months
Interesting to see that expectations are now from the LoP and not the PM.
@sanitarypanels
Sanitary Panels
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This week’s comic for @thenewsminute
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Chirag Patnaik
4 years
The finest propaganda trick in the recent past has been the conflation of the Left as Liberal. We remember concentration camps, but have forgotten the gulags.
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Chirag Patnaik
6 years
Pic 1,2 & 3 : Sources Pic 4 : Truth
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Chirag Patnaik
6 years
Stop trying to explain the difference between the CJI and the SC. He knows. The obvious incongruence in this tweet is not accidental. It's by design.
@ShekharGupta
Shekhar Gupta
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Congress shd now send the Supreme Court a humble apology for that utterly stupid (no need for a euphemism) misadventure of impeachment. When all seems lost to citizens, SC is still the last institution standing
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7 years
Via FB
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Chirag Patnaik
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8/ How can we forget @sunilalagh who declared: "Our problem is that there is too much democracy in India"
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Chirag Patnaik
8 years
This will continue, till we don't call it out for what it actually is. Terrorism.
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7 years
2/ Once you layered the human cost, the move was downright unconscionable. We are aware of the prominent folks who opposed it.
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Chirag Patnaik
2 years
I’ve donated to AltNews before. But won’t be anymore & would urge others to reconsider as well. Reasons: 1) Self-declared/evident bias here on twitter which is affecting their approach 2) Unwilling to fact check obvious wrong claims by a party favoured by them 3) Unanswerable
@zoo_bear
Mohammed Zubair
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For people who wish to support @AltNews Here is Donation link : ...
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@chirag
Chirag Patnaik
3 years
@ipo_mantra It's the parents job to control things in the home and not the state's. And if you say parents have too many things to do to take care. Then they shouldn't be having kids.
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Chirag Patnaik
6 years
Fifteen years ago Mrs Gandhi met another powerful leader for tea. The rest as they say is history. #UnitedInVictory
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Chirag Patnaik
3 years
Fight bigotry in your family/friend groups first. Make it unacceptable to say such things.
@rwac48
Lt Gen H S Panag(R)
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Do listen to Maj Gen Yash Mor!
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9/ Jagdish Bhagwati: Demonetisation is a courageous reform that will bring substantive benefits.
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7/ Also @bibekdebroy : 10% currency won't come back.
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3/ They were very helpfully termed as black-marketers, cash hoarders, anti-national by the bhakt brigade.
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Oh! I saw an Indian selling items for an Indian festival.
@taslimanasreen
taslima nasreen
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A Muslim man selling Hindu's Holi colour. Money has no religion.
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7 years
Nobody asked for a ban on your shitty movie. It was so bad that it flopped on it's own.
@vivekagnihotri
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
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A lot of liberal activists who are speaking for FoE of Padmavat were banning my film #BuddhaInATrafficJam a year ago. For me the only difference between these Liberals and Karni Sena is that Karni Sena goons don’t speak English.
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I doubt even a pre-Independence British run court would've said this.
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10/ Then came @monikahalan who first said: We did say we wanted less corruption.
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Not sure which civilisation you are talking about. Jagannath is originally a “non-Hindu, non-Brahminical god”.
@HeritageGuy7
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Remember your Roots.. You belong to the most ancient civilization...
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14/ KV Kamath: Demonetisation likely to fetch government Rs 2.5 lakh crore.
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One win! That's all it takes.
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5 years
Correct Amit, unlike Savarkar, none in the 5 generations of Nehru-Gandhis would've EVER collaborated with the British. That's quite a legacy.
@amitmalviya
Amit Malviya
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For once Rahul Gandhi is right. He can never be ‘Rahul Savarkar’. Veer Savarkar is a national icon, who has had a civilisational impact on India’s polity and will continue to be revered for generations to come. 5 generation of Nehru-Gandhi family can’t measure up to his legacy.
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Why does this work? The accounts have not been banned. They've been restricted only in India. So if you change your country. You'll start seeing those accounts again. I can see all these accounts as I've set my country to Brazil. RT for good karma.
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12/ We had Manish Sabharwal declaring: Why demonetisation will work.
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The sun ☀ is the other way... 👈🏾
@manishindiatv
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Secular junta who was offended at the Khalsa flag. Do you also get offended by lamp lighting at every event?
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11/ And then @monikahalan saw success in political victory: Here is how Namo’s Demo gamble paid off.
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The govt of the day in India didn't bother to mark #IndiraGandhi 's centenary. But our friends in Russia did. #Indira100
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16/ @vdehejia (with Bhagwati): The concerns of its legion of critics have all been proven plain wrong.
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First Indian PM to revel in his ignorance and lack of a world view.
@ANI
ANI
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Mai aisa PM hoon jisne World Bank ki building bhi nahi dekhi hai,jabki pehle World Bank ko chalane wale log yahan baitha karte they: PM Modi
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Khan Market Gang has been dealt the final blow. 😏
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4 years
We started a new service called Microns. In an era of click-bait, ad overload & long form content. We want you to read less. 15 seconds or less. News, sports, philosophy, religion, poetry. Whatever catches your fancy. Subscribe at & send feedback.
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TDP was founded in 1982. Rajiv Gandhi became PM in 1984.
@dna
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@narendramodi @Akali_Dal_ @BSYBJP NT Rama Rao was insulted (by Rajiv Gandhi) and that simmering anger led to formation of TDP: PM Modi in Lok Sabha
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Be a journalist for a change @rahulkanwal . Read the @INCIndia political resolution at the 2018 Plenary where we call for a move to paper ballots.
@rahulkanwal
Rahul Kanwal
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On Dec 6, 2018 not one opposition leader complained that #ExitPolls are bogus. Each Congress CM hopeful sat live on @IndiaToday staking claim to the high chair. No one was alleging EVMs were fixed either. Both exit polls and EVMs are fixed only if they show @narendramodi winning!
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During UPA, headlines used to say there are only 6 days of coal left. Now no headlines on the admission that there is NO coal at the plants.
@MSEDCL
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd
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@msedcl Due to unavailablity of coal, there is inadequate power generation, hence Mahavitaran is implementing loadshedding.
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No wonder automakers are running away from this market. India is the only country where higher taxation is celebrated. Talk about a deathwish.
@rushlane
RushLane
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Toyota Earns About Rs 40k Per Fortuner – Dealer 1 L, Govt Rs 18 L
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Spot the medal winners in the picture.
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Just saw Swati's TL. Total breakdown. Vir too. How much did they owe to Captain? And how much of the AAP Kool-Aid had they drunk?
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27/ recently appointed to the RBI board, the one and the only @sgurumurthy : The new currency will eliminate counterfeit currency.
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Now, that Jaitley is going on leave for three months, ET is wondering whether to hire a consulting editor for this period or to place Jaitley's paduka in office and work under inspiration.
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Buy ONE share of Dassault. Ask a question to Dassault as a shareholder: Why did Dassault choose a businessman as a partner who is USD 6.5 billion in debt?
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Chirag Patnaik
6 years
Here is a list of five achievements of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. RT is you want @YRDeshmukh to add to this list.
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Chirag Patnaik
7 years
What files are they burning?
@ANI
ANI
7 years
#Delhi : Fire broke out in Room No. 242, located on the second floor of Prime Minister's Office around 3.35 AM. Situation now under control.
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Chirag Patnaik
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What a joke. This editorialising is neither needed nor required. If the PM is concerned. He can bloody well tweet himself. He doesn't need an interpreter, least of all a journalist to act as one.
@nistula
Nistula Hebbar
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With two senior ministers ( @nsitharaman and @DrSJaishankar )who are former students of #JNU speaking out, it’s clear PM @narendramodi has taken a serious view of the events in #JNU today. A politically significant outcome.
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