Delhi Confidential: Off-Screen Act

Suresh Gopi, who shares a bittersweet relation with the Kerala media, received some advice from Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on how to deal with journalists.

Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi

UNION MINISTER and lone BJP MP from Kerala Suresh Gopi, who shares a bittersweet relation with the Kerala media, received some advice from Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on how to deal with journalists. At a function in the Capital on Sunday where Gopi received the award for ‘newsmaker of the year’, the Vice-President, whom the actor-politician described as “brotherly friend and mentor”, asked him to keep calm in public life. In an apparent reference to Gopi’s emotional outbursts while dealing with the media, Radhakrishnan said: “When people ask questions, don’t get emotional. If you want to answer, do so. Otherwise, walk away.” Gopi was seen nodding with a smile.

Whiskey At Bar

BOTTLES OF whiskey were presented before a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Surya Kant on Monday morning, when Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi argued a trademark dispute between two liquor giants of the country. The packaging of the brand Original Choice, Rohatgi claimed, was deceptively similar to Officer’s Choice, a popular brand of IMFL whiskey. The court appointed a mediator to settle the dispute between the two brands.

Warm Welcome

IN A sudden bureaucratic reshuffle, 1989-batch Rajasthan-cadre IAS officer V Srinivas, who served as Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Pensions Secretary in the Centre, was recently transferred to the parent cadre as Chief Secretary. Srinivas, who served as secretary for nearly four years, was given a grand farewell by DARPG and Pensions officials on Sunday. His arrival was equally special as a group of Rajasthan government officials reached the Jaipur airport to welcome him.