Krishnakumar Padmanabhan

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Raja Raids: End of DMK-Cong alliance?

Raja Raids: End of DMK-Cong alliance?

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2010

The DMK-Congress potboiler has so many layers to it that it makes Inception look like a linear nursery rhyme.

'Raja always put DMK's interests above his own'

'Raja always put DMK's interests above his own'

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2010

In DMK circles, Raja is seen as the top-most mobiliser of funds for elections. 'The leadership sees him as having done more for the party from Delhi than even Murasoli Maran.'

Intelligence ops infiltrate Maoist leadership?

Intelligence ops infiltrate Maoist leadership?

Rediff.com   25 Nov 2010

'The Maoists realise it is impossible to keep themselves away from the gaze of the intelligence agencies. Any sincere intelligence agency can pick up their trail and can succeed.'

What Rajni can't, Rajni and the Robot can!

What Rajni can't, Rajni and the Robot can!

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2010

With the mother of all Indian movie climaxes, Robot is a frame by frame explanation of why Rajni is India's biggest star.

Post-mortem indicates Azad shot from close range

Post-mortem indicates Azad shot from close range

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2010

'Even dead bodies tell a lot of stories. In Azad's case, the entry wounds are all narrow in diameter, meaning he was fired at from point blank range. Had he been involved in the gun-battle and the police had fired from the distance that they claim, the wounds would have been bigger in diameter.'

'This monsoon Maoists will fight for survival'

'This monsoon Maoists will fight for survival'

Rediff.com   20 Jul 2010

'Last monsoon, we had them totally on the run. Their bodies were flowing down the streams,' says Chhattisgarh Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar.

Fighting Naxals: Cops, CRPF don't trust each other

Fighting Naxals: Cops, CRPF don't trust each other

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2010

The Centre and the states decided this week to set up a unified command to fight the Maoists. But as Rediff.com's Krishnakumar Padmanbhan discovered recently in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, the hostility and rivalry between the central and state police forces will not make such a initiative easy to execute.

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