RAISINA TATTLE: 堅い year for UPA

By Mail Today Reporter

Published: 23:21 BST, 23 April 2012 | Updated: 00:30 BST, 24 April 2012

Union HRD 大臣 Kapil Sibal

It has been a 堅い year for the UPA 政府.

That seemed to be true when a マスコミ person asked telecom 大臣 Kapil Sibal on the mood in the 政府 after 完全にするing 'two years in office'.

Sibal 訂正するd the 特派員, 説 the 政府 had in fact 完全にするd three years in office.

'However, I wish it was just two,' Sibal 発言／述べるd, perhaps with the 運命／宿命 of the 議会 in the 2014 総選挙s at the 支援する of his mind.

Man of work

上級の home 省 公式の／役人s 解任する the 企業ing Sukma 地区 collector Alex Menon as one who would 断固としてやる call 上級の 公式の／役人s at North 封鎖する to 押し進める for 開発 programmes in his remote 地区.

An officer said that on one occasion Menon had pleaded with a home 省 公式の／役人 to （問題を）取り上げる a road construction 事柄 in his 地区 with the road 輸送（する） 省.

Menon, he said, would take the 率先 to get things moving.

延期するd 通関手続き／一掃

Srikant Jena from Orissa was not 正確に／まさに thrilled at the prospect of 存在 任命するd 副 to Tamil Nadu

大臣 of 明言する／公表する for 化学製品s and fertilisers, Shrikant Jena, had to 減少（する） out of the 公式の／役人 trip to 中国 at the last minute. Jena had submitted his パスポート for getting a ビザ in the Chinese 大使館.

However, his 通関手続き／一掃 from the 総理大臣's Office (PMO) was 延期するd. The 大臣 received oral 通関手続き／一掃 from the PMO at 10.30 am last Monday, half an hour before his flight was to leave.

By that time he had made up his mind to skip the visit. The 出来事/事件 has now 誘発するd rumours on what 延期するd 通関手続き／一掃 of his visit.

Engines of peace

Will Indian locomotives be the new 橋（渡しをする） for better Indo-Pak 関係?

If 鉄道 board 公式の／役人s are to be believed, Pakistan has shown an 利益／興味 in buying 100 locomotives and a 代表 is 推定する／予想するd to 会合，会う Indian 公式の／役人s later this week.

Last year, Pakistan had shown an 利益／興味 in buying 50 locomotives, but the request got derailed in the 外部の 事件／事情／状勢s 省 とじ込み／提出するs.

Many wonder if this is the result of 支援する channel 外交 to 促進する 貿易（する） between the two 隣人s.

PM's advice

総理大臣 Manmohan Singh

追い出すd Maldivian 大統領 Md. Nasheed was on a マスコミ blitzkrieg last week for 強化するing 僕主主義 in the 群島 and he sang the same tune when he met 総理大臣 Manmohan Singh on Monday.

While Nasheed tried to impress upon the PM to 圧力（をかける） for 選挙s by yearend, the PM advised the 追い出すd leader to look for home-grown 解答s.

Nasheed was also advised to 固執する to the roadmap that India had 容易にするd for 解答 based on 交渉s with the 現在の 政府 led by 大統領 Waheed, once Nasheed's 副／悪徳行為-大統領.

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