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Business Standard New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 07 2013 | 9:40 PM IST
Journalists in Bangalore received a unique "request" in the form of an email the other day. A press and media relations officer of a government department wanted journalists to publish an obituary, not of any ministry official's or even a colleague's but of his "co-brother's" mother. The accompanying "orbituary" (sic) also mentioned that the venerable lady left behind two sons and "scores of grandchildren".

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First Published: Mar 07 2013 | 9:04 PM IST

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