Daily Archives: 8 October 2012

Brajesh Mishra, Outlook, Indian Express and DD

The passing away of the former national security advisor and former foreign service officer Brajesh Mishra last week has resulted in a welter of tributes, many very mushy, a few critical, but almost all of them throwing light on the uncomfortable influence that the Vajpayee aide held over the media—and the chummy friendship that some…

Rs 50 crore? Rs 100 crore? It’s all in the business

The coal scam claims its first journalistic victim: Zee Business from Subhash Chandra‘s Zee Network. The Indian Express reports a Rs 50 crore extortion claim from member of Parliament Naveen Jindal’s company for not doing a story. The Times of India pegs it at Rs 100 crore. Zee Business head Sudhir Chaudhary denies the charge…