10-13-2005, 09:47 PM
Agnivesh ?
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Traitors And Anti-nationals In India!
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10-13-2005, 10:16 PM
10-20-2005, 01:39 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publication: The Times of India Date: October 17, 2005 <b>Introduction: Political activists should not testify before US Congress </b> In June 1952, Dr B R Ambedkar left for New York to receive, in person, the award of a honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Columbia University. Although he had previously earned a more conventional PhD, and from the same university, he was deeply touched by the honour. The past few years had been a time of great personal strife and disappointment. After the Indian Constitution whose drafting he had supervised came into effect in 1950, Ambedkar had felt slighted and sidelined within the Union cabinet. The Hindu Code Bill he had set such great store by had been stalled in Parliament; despite his PhD in Economics he was left out of all cabinet discussions on planning; nor, despite his great legal acuÂmen, was he consulted on critical issues such as Kashmir. At length, in October 1951, he resigned from the cabinet and revived his Scheduled Caste Federation. However, the party fared disasÂtrously in the general elections of 1952 (the country's first); contesting a Lok Sabha seat in Bombay, Ambedkar himÂself was trounced by a Congressman obscure even then and wholly forgotten now. Ambedkar thus had good reason to be disenchanted with Indian politics in June 1952. On the eve of his departure for the US, he was felicitated at a function held at the Cricket Club of India. According to his biographer, Dhananjay Keer, he said here that "although he was said to possess vitriolic temperament and had on many occasions conflicts with those in authority,<b> no one should be under an apprehension that he would say anything harsh there about India. He had not on a single occasion been a traitor to the country and always had the interests of the country at heart". </b> <b>I was reminded of Ambedkar's remarks when reading a news report about some testimonies in the US Congress by promiÂnent human rights activists from India. Among those who spoke out, in this American official forum, against caste abuses in their own country were the Bahujan professor Kancha Ilaiah and the Dalit union organiser Udit Raj.</b> This was not, of course, the first occasion on which an Indian activist has travelled to Washington to testify before the US Congress. <b>About 15 years ago, Medha Patkar went before a congressional sub-committee to speak about the problems, social as well as ecological, with the Sardar Sarovar Dam being built on the Narmada river. </b> At the time, Patkar's testimony was the subject of a most thoughtful editorial in this newspaper, written I believe by the late Arvind Narain Das. Das pointed out that her decision to go before the US Congress could easily be misread as unpatriotic. Patkar and her Narmada Bachao Andolan had worked tirelessly in raising public consciousness about the devastation wreaked by large dams in modern India. Vast sections of the uncommitted middle class, once taught to regard these dams as the very symbol of progress and modernity, were beginning to see that they were, to say the least, not an unmixed blessing.<b> The hard work would be undone by this careless act of criticising the Indian government before the legislature of a foreign and not always friendly power. </b> I think Das's criticisms hold good for this latest venture by Indian activists. There is no question that there are daily violations of the laws against untouchability in India. These are usually more manifest in the countryside, but have now - as the horrific incident in Gohana showed - made their presence in the towns as well. However, these abuses must be fought within India and by the means of the very Constitution bequeathed to us by Ambedkar and his colleagues. <b>Asking a foreign power to interÂvene - which is what testifying before the US Congress amounts  o - merely underÂcuts and undermines the slow, patient work done by lawyers, reporters, and activists in documenting these abuses and seeking to bring their agents to book</b>. When, back in 1952, Ambedkar made the remarks he did before his departure to Columbia, he was speaking in the first flush of Indian Independence. <b>His assurance that he would not be a traitor to the country echoes Winston Churchill's famous boast that while he would always be free to criticise his country to his own countrymen, outside its borders he would seek always to defend it. But Ambedkar was also being sensitive to the fragile and too easily wounded ego of a nation then just emerging from many years of colonial bondage. </b> <b>Fifty years down the road, one might be more relaxed about our national ego. I think it would be perfectly in order for Udit Raj or Kancha Ilaiah or anyone else to speak against any kind of oppression in any part of India to any non-official foreign forum, be it to a British newspaper, before a American university audience, or at a protest rally outside a G-8 summit.</b> <b>However, to testify before the US Congress is another matter altogether. As with Patkar back in 1990, there will be shrill cries accusing the activists who spoke before the US Congress of betraying the nation. Their action, however, was not so much unpatriotic as it was unwise. </b> The writer is an historian. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
10-31-2005, 08:22 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->HOWEVER , ANTI-INDIA FOIL (Federation of Inquilabi Leftists) are unhappy over arrest . FOIL member , a known Hindu Hater, Anti-India, Pro Jihadi , Mr.Sandeep Vaidya , Email: vaidyasandeep2000@yahoo.com , says police is oppressing MUSLIMS . Please take a note at his below mail to FOIL members .
==================== It is impossible that Delhi police could have so quickly cracked the case but 22 people, surely all young muslims are arrested. Police response in Delhi fits in a pattern that is by now familiar to us. Like in Godhra, police conduct indiscriminate sweeps and pick up large number of muslims and torture them to confess to crimes that police desire to charge them with. Sandeep vaidyasandeep2000@yahoo.com =======================<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
11-05-2005, 09:07 PM
11-06-2005, 10:24 PM
Pioneer
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Govt tests water before probe </b> Navin Upadhyay / New Delhi Raids and interrogates Sehgal------ Facing mounting criticism for its inaction on the damning disclosures of the Volcker committee's report, Government agencies on Sunday launched an investigation into the role of Andaleeb Sehgal, a close friend of Jagat Singh, son of External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh. However, <b>the timing of the crackdown when a formal probe has not been announced has raised eyebrows. A senior official indicated that the Government wanted to first find out the nature of evidences and their political implications before arriving at the nature of probe and its terms of reference.</b> <!--emo&:guitar--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/guitar.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='guitar.gif' /><!--endemo--> With all indication pointing out that a probe will be ordered within the next 24 hours, the undue haste with which Sehgal was quizzed and raided on Sunday has acquired added significance. The mandate given to the probe commission will be crucial because the Congress party and Mr Natwar Singh are named in Volcker's report. If the probe agency was asked to look into the role of Mr Natwar Singh it would become untenable for him to continue as the EAM considering that the investigation will require a great deal of assistance from the External Affairs Ministry. In a scandal where accusing fingers are even now being pointed at Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sehgal is a soft target. While he was interrogated by the officers of the Enforcement Directorate for eight hours on Sunday and the ED and income tax raided the offices of his firm the Hamdaan Export, Sehgal's political masters were kept out of the purview of the crackdown. According to the Volcker's report, Sehgal and his firm Hamdaan Exports deposited $748,540 (Rs 3.22 crore) into the Jordan National Bank as "illegal surcharge" that finally reached the Saddam regime. These payments were made on behalf of Masefield against oil rights allotted to Natwar Singh and the Congress party, the report said. In nailing Sehgal and letting Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh go scot-free, the Government has ignored the telltale revelation that Jagat Singh visited Jordan twice in 2001. Both visits followed illegal surcharge deposited by Sehgal in the Jordan National Bank. These payments were made on behalf of Masefield, the Swiss firm that lifted 1.9 million barrels of Iraqi oil of the 4 million barrels to which rights were obtained by Natwar Singh as per the Volcker report. The ED is understood to have questioned Sehgal about the company's business interests in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's regime and whether it had clearances under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in view of the report saying that it was a non-contractual beneficiary in the payoffs from the Oil-for-food programme, sources said. <b>Even as Sehgal's interrogation was on, ED and Income Tax department carried out joint raids on the offices of Hamdaan Exports in various parts in Delhi. The raids were conducted at two places in Defence Colony and one in Panchseel Park in South Delhi besides Sehgal's residence in the capital</b>. Breaking his silence, Sehgal claimed that he was out of town when the ED officials "broke" into his business office and residence in Defence Colony and also residences of his father at Jorbagh and Panchsheel Enclave "without any notice to me or any warrants being produced". The officials, he claimed, went through not only his records but also records of his parents and searched their personal cupboards. "They have turned our residences upside down which is sheer harassment." He said that he had informed the ED in writing that he had no hesitation in joining and will furnish all information and documents required from him. He admitted that he had made some trips to Iraq during 2001 but said all these where to explore the possibility of export food stuffs on behalf of Hamdan Exports and other associated firms. "None of these trips were either arranged by the Congress party nor were they at the instance of any member of the Congress party including Natwar Singh or Jagat Singh," he added in his defence. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
11-07-2005, 12:06 AM
<b>Is India for sale??</b>
India is the only country in the world which is considered as a motherland or mother goddess (Bharatmata) by Indians. All other countries are either known as father land or just geographical mass. Some of the recent scandals make one thinks if the country is on sale: * Mitrokhin -KGB case...."it seemed as if whole country was on sale" * Volcker Report...ruling party and the very foregn Minister * Bofors..yet to die down * Tehelka cases * Jayalalitha fraud cases * Fodder scam, * Taj Scam * Bangalore- Gowda scam .....and hundreds and thousands of cases which never get exposed or reported. Some poignant words.... <b><i> Lag rahi hai har chaurahe par Bharatmata ki boli, Kahan hai rang de basanti chola gaane walon ki toli, Ghar jhulas raha hai ghar ke hi chiragon se, Kaun bhachayega iss desh ko aastin ke saanpon se, Duryadhano se bhari galiyan kahti hai ankahi kahaniyan, Kya ek Krishna nahi jo sunsake Draupadi ki siskiyan, Mita na saki jiski hasti ko jamane ki aandhiyan, Safedposh maang rahen hai Tirange ki kurbaniyan. </i></b>
11-25-2005, 10:45 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->'Kashmir is an occupied province ' : Mullah Kaleem Khwaja
FOIL CHATTER : Do you need any more proof, what language these people are talking in FOIL From: "Kaleem Kawaja" kawaja@... To: Foil-l@... Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 11:57:59 -0500 Subject: Re: [foil] occupied Kashmir Friends, Let us have the courage to say that Kashmir is an occupied province, occupied by the Indian security forces and the Pakistani security forces. The governments of both countries are responsible for occupying it and for fostering their handpicked governments on the province. Yes, finding local corrupt Kashmiri politicians to collaborate with them and carrying out their dictates is not difficult in a poor province that lacks basic amenities. Remember the shameful playboy Farook Abdullah and his equally disgraceful playboy son Omar Abdullah. The father-son duo spent most of their time holidaying abroad and cavorting in nightclubs and golf courses, while Kashmir burned for over a decade and 30,000 poor Kashmiris lost their lives. Who forced these folks on the people of Kashmir? And who payed them huge sums of cash and paid for their lavish lifestyle? The same political corruption happened in the so called "Azad Kashmir" corrupt politicians foisted as President of Azad Kashmir ! If we accept the above why d o we complain against Karzai's claim that he is a genuine President of Afghanistan? The difference is only in degree of corruption and use of force. In Iraq too US says that multiple ethnic communities want diverse futures for the country. Hence they have to stay there until a solution is reached ! Kaleem Kawaja<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
11-25-2005, 07:58 PM
Kaleem Kawaja wrote about Sparing a tear for Taliban after their fall in early 2001.
Now that a fellow Indian, Kutty has been murdered by the Taliban, what's been Kawaja's reaction?
11-25-2005, 09:40 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Now that a fellow Indian, Kutty has been murdered by the Taliban, what's been Kawaja's reaction<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Will know within 10 days. <!--emo&  --><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
01-04-2006, 05:44 AM
Do we have an NGO thread ?
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.p...&pid=112&page=5 <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NGOs: Who pays the piper? By Sandhya Jain The alacrity with which Russia has cracked down on non-governmental organisations receiving foreign funds has valuable lessons for India, where ideologically-driven NGOs use not only foreign but also Indian public funds to pursue a divisive non-national agenda. Many of these groups owe their high public profile less to grassroots activity in India than to their hectic lobbying on Capitol Hill. Given the fact that the funding of religious and supposedly secular NGOs is a major foreign policy instrument of Western nations, especially America, and more often than not these bodies work to embarrass the Indian State in international fora, New Delhi might do well to emulate the Russian example. On December 23, 2005, the Russian Duma established the Federal Registration Service to oversee the registration, financing, and activities of Russian and foreign public organisations and foundations. The Kremlin was forced to ban any Russian organisation indulging in political activities for receiving foreign funds after Western-funded NGOs stage-managed the ârose revolutionâ in Georgia; the âorange revolutionâ in Ukraine, and the âtulip revolutionâ in Kyrgyzstan, all of which were aimed at diminishing Moscowâs influence in the erstwhile Soviet republics. The new law empowers the Kremlin to shut down NGOs indulging in activity that threatens the nationâs âsovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, national unity and originality, cultural heritage and national interestsâ. These wide-ranging powers have been necessitated by the fact that as many as 450,000 NGOs operate in Russia, a sizeable number of which receive foreign grants and donations. Recently, the American Congress allocated a princely sum of US $ 85 million for just the year 2006, to support democracy in Russia (whatever that means, given that Mr. Putin is an elected leader). Anyone can see that what is intended is a major subversion of the Russian state. President Putin has rightly taken a dim view of American interference in the internal affairs of his country, and the thinly-veiled attempt to destabilise his regime. It bears pointing out that wherever America, as leader of the Western world, has promoted democracy (so-called), the regimes thus spawned have proved unequal, if not outright subservient, to it. Somehow they can never mount a challenge to US hegemony, be it economic giants like Germany and Japan, or clients like the Philippines, Afghanistan or Egypt-all of which have elected governments. At the same time, given the high comfort levels Washington enjoys with dictatorial or non-democratic regimes like those of Pakistan, Iran under the Shah, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, it bears emphasising that its concern for freedom and democracy in Russia is a sham. Moscow has thus done well to point out that while the new law fills a necessary legal lacuna which allowed foreign organisations to operate in Russia without regulation, it is still much less restrictive than the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), enacted in 1938 to counter Nazi propaganda. FARA provides jail terms of up to 10 years for anyone acting as a foreign agent without intimating the Attorney General; while the Russian legislation has no such criminal penalties, and basically aims only at creating a national database of foreign agents on its soil. This is unexceptionable. What is truly laudable, however, is President Putinâs tit-for-tat policy under which he has allocated $7.4 million to promote democracy in the ex-Soviet republics, to counter Washingtonâs influence. Kremlin is also planning to set up a Washington-based think tank to counter the distorted perceptions of Russia in America. India has much to learn in this department; as of today there is not a single think-tank in India that does not receive foreign funding, and this certainly impacts upon the nature of their investigations and reports. I do not know of a single independent study on the role played by foreign monies in evangelisation and subversive activities in the north-east, for instance. The role played by foreign money in providing logistical support to jehadi terrorists in India is similarly unexplored. In contrast to Putinâs belligerent confrontation of foreign-funded NGOs, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who controls the UPA government via the National Advisory Council (NAC) of which she is chairperson, has virtually placed all her eggs in the NGO basket. Since most of the successful NGOs in India are run by Leftists or missionaries, and both groups are adept at attracting funds from the public exchequer and foreign embassies, this raises serious questions about the private agenda Ms. Gandhi may be pursuing through the richly funded NGO network in the country. The National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme, which even Finance Ministry bureaucrats perceive as a gravy train for the cadres of the Leftist parties, was literally rammed down the nationâs throat because of the Congress presidentâs commitment to this half-baked scheme. Given the bitter experience with the food-for-work and other rural schemes, there was little justice in deliberately extending the scope of official âleaksâ in welfare schemes; yet this was done to keep the communist parties and the NGO-politician-bureaucrat nexus happy. Given the growing propensity to bank upon NGOs for all developmental activity, there is need for a national audit on their functioning and accountability. In the light of Mr. Rajiv Gandhiâs famous 15 paise anecdote, we need to know how much money reaches the poor via the NGO network, as opposed to governmental institutions-the results might just surprise us. Schemes like the NREG will only create pockets of affluence based on ill-gained wealth that will aggravate tensions in the rural countryside, where debt-ridden farmers are committing suicide. It is inconceivable that Ms. Gandhi does not realise the pitfalls of this route to rural regeneration. Hence, the reasons for her adamant commitment to NGOs instead of institutional mechanisms of delivery must be found elsewhere. An obvious answer is the increasingly belligerent evangelical offensive in large parts of the country, particularly the four southern states, the tribal belt of middle India, and the entire northeast. It is well known that the Church is behind the secessionist movements in the north-east, and its unhindered activities have long-term implications for Indiaâs sovereignty and territorial integrity. The fact that Ms. Gandhi is non-Indian by birth while Mr. Putin is an ethnic Russian probably explains the difference in their approach towards countering the menace posed by foreign funding of non-accountable NGOs.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
02-23-2006, 03:47 AM
<b>Another Bofors in the making!!</b>...Mera Bharat Mahaan <!--emo&
 --><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Scorpion`s sting Business Standard / New Delhi February 22, 2006 The ministry of defence presumably has its version of events in the Rs 16,000 crore Scorpene submarine deal signed last year, but the recent disclosures in Outlook magazine are too serious to be brushed under the carpet. The defence minister has declared that the contract size is only Rs 13,000 crore, asserted that this is a good price, and denied any payment of agent commissions for the contract. For good measure, Thales (the sub-contracting company that is to make parts of the six submarines on order) has declared as fabrications the copies of e-mails promising commissions, which have been printed by Outlook, and threatened to sue the magazine. Whatever the truth, it must be unearthedâand hence the need for a proper enquiry. The principal revelation in Outlook is an e-mail, purportedly from the head of Thales to Abhishek Verma (whose family has had strong connections with the Congress) confirming that Mr Verma will be paid 4 per cent of the contract value. Considering that India and France have signed an âintegrity pactâ to ensure that the deal is above board, and given the longstanding official demand that all agents be registered, the mail, if it is genuine, points to pay-offs on a scale that would put the Bofors scandal to shame. Some other aspects of the deal, as reported, are the <b>absence of competitive bidding</b>, protests by both the Chief Vigilance Commissioner and a defence ministry official, and a sharp 30 per cent increase in the contract value when the UPA government pulled the deal out of cold storage after it had been initially negotiated by the NDA government. Indeed, the magazine has reported that the finance minister thought the price excessive, though it does not explain how the deal could have been signed without his consent. This story involves dramatis personae who also feature in the leak of apparently sensitive information, including on submarines, from the navyâs war room. It is interesting that, in the wake of the latest disclosures, the government has ordered an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the war room leak. The CBIâs track record in such matters does not invite confidence, but it is curious that no inquiry has been ordered into the submarine dealâalthough Outlook refers to unnamed government investigators. It is well-known that defence deals all over the world usually involve pay-offs. In India, the fall-out of the Bofors scandal has been a tendency by government and defence officials to drag their feet and to avoid taking purchase decisions, for fear of being dogged by controversy later. This has manifestly hampered defence preparedness and shows up in lapsed capital budgets for defence year after year. So the last thing the country needs is another defence purchase scandal. Nevertheless, the government also has to show that it means business, especially after the Tehelka episode pointed to the extent of rot in the system. If a proper inquiry does reveal that commissions were paid in connection with the Scorpene deal, the integrity pact apparently provides for penalties to be paid by the Frenchâand these should be invoked. None of this is to question the navyâs need for modern submarines, especially since Pakistan has ordered three recently. What the country needs is an efficient and untainted defence purchase system, and it is the governmentâs responsibility to ensure that this exists. http://www.business-standard.com/common/st...ct=0&leftindx=5
02-25-2006, 07:01 AM
<b>Filthy underbelly of Delhi's high society, low culture </b>
Kanchan Gupta Picture this. It's a winter night in Delhi. The date: January 10, 1999. An inebriated chap with powerful parents and a well-connected arms dealer for grandfather, is out on the streets, taking a spin in his BMW with his buddies, both of them sons of wealthy businessmen and also drunk to their gills. The chap at the wheel, high on the heady cocktail of adrenalin and alcohol, hits the accelerator for extra speed. He loses control over the car - any drunk would - and runs it over pavement dwellers huddled in rags against the biting cold. Three of them are killed on the spot; two suffer serious injuries. Our chap couldn't give a toss. He shifts gear, races the engine, rams the car into a nearby police picket and kills three policemen. A bit bothered about the mess on the car - blood, flesh - he drives to his friend's home. There, the friend's dad tells his servants to hose down the BMW. Unfortunately, for all the washing it gets, the car is traced because it has leaked oil. Our chap and his two friends are taken to the police station. They are still flying high on booze and the thrill of recklessly driving. The rich and wealthy parents of these louts, who represent the happening crowd that keeps Delhi's Page 3 high society and low culture alive and going, hire a battery of lawyers - the best money can buy - one of whom is a leading light of the Congress. Predictably, the case collapses as witnesses turn 'hostile'. Such is the power of lucre that Manoj Malik, who barely survived the speeding drunk's fun-and-games, says in court that it was a truck and not a car that ran over him and his mates. Another witness disappears. Our chap's friends are soon out on bail while he is allowed to fly out of the country. Six men are run over and killed. But their alleged killer, Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of <b>Chief of Naval Staff-turned-arms dealer Admiral SL Nanda</b>, is neither held guilty nor punished. Sanjeev Nanda and his pals, Manik Kapoor and Siddharth Gupta, are back to where they belong - Delhi's happening crowd. On another winter day, this time on January 23, 1996, Priyadarshini Mattoo, a third year student of law, is brutally raped and murdered in her apartment in Delhi's Vasant Kunj housing colony. The alleged rapist and murderer, Santosh Kumar Singh, son of an IPS officer, JP Singh, taunts the police to try and prove him guilty. After a desultory prosecution, Santosh Kumar Singh walks free. This despite the judge saying, "Though I know he is the man who committed the crime I acquit him, giving him benefit of doubt." <b>Santosh Kumar Singh's father JP Singh goes on to become Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police.</b> The outrageous verdict in the Jessica Lal murder case - this vivacious girl was shot dead in front of hundreds of people on April 29, 1999, none of whom has had the courage to identify the killer - has understandably upset those who still believe in the rule of law. But this is not the first time that the rich and the powerful, the beautiful people whom media features regularly partying late into the night in designer finery, have got away with murder by manipulating our justice system. And, let there be no doubt. We shall never ever put the <b>Manu Sharmas </b>of Delhi on a shame-and-shun list. Because deep within, we aspire to be a part of the crowd to which Bina Ramani and Malini Ramani belong. That's Delhi's filthy underbelly for you. Delhi ke thug <b>'SriRam Chandra kaha gaye Siya se aisa kaliyuga ayega Kauua chugega moti aur hansa jhuthan khayega'</b>
02-25-2006, 07:15 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->And, let there be no doubt. We shall never ever put the Manu Sharmas of Delhi on a shame-and-shun list. Because deep within, we aspire to be a part of the crowd to which Bina Ramani and Malini Ramani belong. That's Delhi's filthy underbelly for you.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> Police office that helped Manu Sharma to hide is tipped to be new Commissioner of Delhi Police. Manu Sharma family is in liquor business and related to Late President Shankar Dayal Sharma and also related to Maken and very close to Nehru-Gandhi family. All our corrupt and they don't care, I don't know how these crook sleep, do they have no conscious.
02-28-2006, 12:39 AM
All about Jessica....
The cowards we worship http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=63403 Jessica killers roam free, where's justice? http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=63538 Friend U-turns in court, becomes Jhankar Beats star http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=63390
02-28-2006, 01:20 AM
Look at these cases:
Will justice be done? http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/200...50500410200.htm <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> The police believe that Natasha Singh committed suicide by jumping from an upper floor of a Delhi hotel; her family believes she was pushed. There is enough evidence to support both sides. But even if she did kill herself, it's likely that she was pushed. Not literally, but figuratively: Natasha Singh and her boyfriend had been physically attacked (the latter publicly by her ex-husband), she had received a stream of abusive messages, <b>allegedly from Jagat Singh</b> and she was embroiled in an ugly custodial battle with him over her two children. She had even lodged police complaints citing threats to her life. But it's unlikely that her death will be investigated seriously; the suicide theory suits Jagat Singh and so, after a routine investigation, the case will be closed. After all, <b>Jagat Singh is the son of Natwar Singh, political bigwig, AICC member, former minister and Gandhi family confidante. </b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/04varsha.htm <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Young Master Sanjeev, son of international arms-dealer Suresh Nanda and grandson of former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nanda, had expressly been forbidden to drive after attending a party (parents know their progeny best). Unfortunately for his victims, he did. Sanjeev mowed down seven people (including two cops) in the early hours of January 10 in Delhi's Lodhi Colony: Five were instantly crushed to death under his BMW, one died later in hospital, and one was critically injured. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1627/16270340.htm <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->THE acquittal on December 3 of the prime accused in a case of rape and murder in New Delhi in January 1996, the verdict stemming mainly from alleged lapses and "unfairness" on the part of the prosecution and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) whic h investigated the case, has dealt a blow to public faith in the criminal justice system. In a 449-page judgment, Additional Sessions Judge G.P. Thareja acquitted Santosh Kumar Singh, a law student in the University of Delhi and the son of a senior officer of the Indian Police Service, of the charge of rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo, a third-year law student, on January 23, 1996. Mattoo was found strangled to death in the bedroom of her South Delhi apartment with 19 injuries on her person. The operative portion of the verdict is telling. The Judge said: "Though I know he is the man who committed the crime, I acquit him, giving him the benefit of the doubt." The judgment passed severe strictures against the Delhi Police, which initially investigated the case, and the CBI, to which the case was transferred following public expressions of outrage over the handling of the case by the Delhi Police. It was also h arshly critical of the alleged attempt by senior scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, to "suppress the unfairness of the CBI which was glittering like gold from the records." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> SCOUNDRELS OF INDIA (well.... CON(gress) party tops it here too..) http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story....t_id=34518 Brat Pack A quartet of Mumbai society boys get into big trouble in Dubai. Whatâs new? In India, if your dadâs rich and connected, the law can go jump IS it wrong to be young and rich? Is it wrong to have a powerful father? Is it wrong celebrate the good life with a toke of esteem? In the end, it isnât about right and wrong. It isnât about morals. It isnât even about the law. Advertisement This is a story about consequences. Funny things, consequences. They are not, of course, the same for everyone. And they are, unfortunately, not the same everywhere, as four Mumbai boys found out in painful fashion after their incarceration in sunny Dubai last week. We do not know who had the hashish in a room at the Imperial Suites Hotel near downtown Dubai. We do not know who was on the toke, and who was simply â as they quaintly put it â in ââbad companyââ. What we do know is that the sons of a prosperous MP, an auto designer, a movie mogul and a friend were partying together, in a city that the brat pack regards as the great Indian playground. Three of the young men were 22, one a year older. Itâs great that they are such achievers at their young ages. But achievement without maturity â or significant responsibility â is a dangerous thing. Especially when you are in a city that governs you lightly and expects you to be responsible in a way no Indian city wo-uld. But if you are not responsible, the emirate will crack down in a way no Indian city could. Two of the Dubai four still in custody might not have a future. Dubai does not identify suspects until verdicts are pronounced. From the dribbles of information emerging, it might be that two of the four tested positive for drug use. The consequences could now mean life imprisonment. End of story. So why does Indiaâs brash frat think it can get away with anything? Simply because, in India, what you get away with is often a function of who your father is. They are led to believe â if not taught â by their fathers that power and pelf are what life is all about. The consequences of their actions can be managed. They are usually right. Sons of the rich and powerful have mowed down policemen in Delhi, cheated small investors in Mumbai â and gotten away with it. Their consequences are limited to an initial notoriety and a few nights on cold, stone floors. But once the headlines fade, witnesses turn hostile. Once investigating officers are changed, loopholes being to appear. Once the Indian legal system begins its long grind, the ones who usually get crushed are the victims. It is possible to have an irresponsible moment and be responsible for the consequences. Fardeen Khan is one such example (see case study). He had money, he had power, but he owned up to his irresponsible moment. We do not know if the Dubai four will own up to their irresponsible moment. We do not know if it was indeed one irresponsible moment or a pattern of irresponsible behaviour. The stories you will read on these pages involve dramatically more heinous crimes than the toke in Dubai. The difference â as the brash frat is finding out â is in those irksome things it rarely think about: consequences. DELHI Guns, women and life in the fast lane. Throw in a powerful papa, and consequences can be damned â or delayed. By CHITRA SUBRAMANYAM Vikas Yadav Age 28 WHOâS HE: Son of Rajya Sabha member D P Yadav THE CASE: On February 16, 2002, Nitish Katara, a 24-year-old business executive and son of a deceased IAS officer, disappeared from Diamond Palace in Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad, where he was attending a friendâs wedding. The police arrested Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal on charges on kidnapping Nitish. Their accomplice Sukhdeo continues to be absconding. After Nitishâs badly mutilated body was found in Bulundshahr, Uttar Pradesh, police officials alleged that the Yadav cousins had abducted and murdered Nitish because they did not approve of his friendship with Vikasâs sister Bharti. He has been charged with murder, conspiracy and destruction of evidence. STATUS TODAY: According to G K Bharti, Vikasâs lawyer, 75 per cent of witnesses in the case have been examined. The court has ruled that until Vikasâs sister takes the stand, the two (accused) cannot apply for bail. Sanjeev Nanda Age 24 WHOâS HE: Grandson of former Navy chief Admiral S N Nanda THE CASE: On January 10, 1999, Sanjeev Nanda, a British national, allegedly ran over six people â including three policemen â on Lodhi Road, New Delhi, while speeding in his BMW. Nanda was allegedly with friends, Manik Kapoor and Siddharth Gupta, and was reportedly under the influence of alcohol. He was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. During the trial, three key witnesses turned hostile and retracted their statements in court. STATUS TODAY: According to Nandaâs lawyer R K Anand, ââThe case is in the final stages, and is pending in court.ââ Nanda is out on bail. On June 1, 2001, the Delhi High Court allowed Nanda to go to the US for 22 days for an 18-day workshop after he had submitted a personal bond and two sureties. The amount was reduced later from Rs 45 crore to a personal bond of Rs 5 crore and three sureties totalling Rs 14 crore. Santosh Kumar Singh Age 30s WHOâS HE: Son of J P Singh, IPS, who retired as joint commissioner of police, Delhi THE CASE: ââI know he is the man who committed the crime. I acquit him, giving him the benefit of doubt,ââ said additional sessions judge G P Thareja while delivering the verdict on the sensational Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case on December 3, 1999. Almost three years had elapsed since Mattoo, a 22-year-old law student, was found raped and strangled in her Vasant Kunj residence. She had upto 19 injuries on her body and her face had been battered. The court accepted that Singh had allegedly harassed Mattoo by stalking her in person and over the phone over January and February 1995. Mattoo had complained to the police about Singh and was assigned a personal security officer by the police. Tharejaâs judgment damned both the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Delhi police, who had handled the rape-and-murder case initially. The court ruled that the CBI had faulted on many counts, including not following ââofficial procedureââ, ââfabricating DNA technologyââ, as well as keeping away the fingerprint report from the court. The judgment noted that the CBI had failed to produce Mattooâs servant Virender Prasad, a vital eyewitness, which had ââresulted in obstructing the ball of proof of criminal justice from going beyond reasonable doubt due to lack of fairness on part of the CBI in producing such evidence for judicial scrutiny/reviewââ. The judgment also observed, âThe subordinate staff of the Delhi Police attempted to assist the accused during investigation and also during trialââ. STATUS TODAY: After acquittal, Santosh Singh has married and maintains a low profile in Delhi. Abhishek Verma Age 35 WHOâS HE: Son of former Rajya Sabha Congress member Veena Verma THE CASE: According to the senior special prosecutor of the Enforcement Directorate, Subhash Bansal, Abhishek Verma faces 10 cases of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act violations filed by the ED. ââThese violations are of illegal transactions involving large amounts of money,ââ he adds. In one case, Verma and five others are accused of remitting around US $32 lakh illegally to a software company in Britain. Verma allegedly put the amount into a Swiss account on an order by the software company for supplying software to his company, Kudos Exports Private Limited. When ED started investigating, they found that the consignments were fake as they had blank floppies of very little value. STATUS TODAY: ââThe cases are in different stages of trial. Some are in the pre-charge evidence stage, in one we have framed the charges,ââ says Bansal. Verma is currently out on bail. Manu Sharma Age 28 WHOâS HE: Son of Congress leader and former Union minister of state for food and civil supplies Vinod Sharma THE CASE: Around 2 am on April 30, 1999, 34-year-old model Jessica Lal was tending a bar at socialite Bina Ramaniâs private party in the Qutub Colonnade, New Delhi. Two men came up, and demanded a drink. She refused, pointing out that it was after hours, and was shot in the temple. The main accused, the police say, is Manu Sharma, born and brought up in Chandigarh. He is charged with murder, conspiracy and destruction of evidence. The co-accused are Vikas Yadav, son of politician D P Yadav, and Coca-Cola executive Amardeep Singh Gill, alias Tony. STATUS TODAY: The case is in the final stages. Nearly 100 witnesses have been examined. And 20 have turned hostile. Manu Sharma, whom the court has barred from entering Delhi except to attend the hearings, maintains a low profile. He runs Blue Ice, a pub in Chandigarhâs happening Sector 17. Neeraj Wadhera Age 40 WHOâS HE: Son of the late D R Wadhera, owner of a five-star hotel in Delhi, and a Page Three person in his own right THE CASE: It was late at night on August 25, 2001, when Neeraj Wadhera was arrested along with alleged drug dealer Naqibullah Ali by the Special Cell in front of Ambassador Hotel. Wadhera, a Page Three familiar, allegedly had 1 gm of cocaine on him, but it was enough to drag sundry designers, socialites and businessmen into the police net for interrogation. Later, the police arrested businessman Rajesh Bhalla and declared Robert Suri, another businessman, a proclaimed offender in the case. Certain amendments to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, under which he was charged, went in Wadheraâs favour, though he risked rigorous imprisonment for upto 10 years. Says his lawyer Sanjeev Kumar, ââThe amendment classified punishments according to the quantity of narcotics and a small quantity â upto 2 gms â called for a sentence of six months or a fine of Rs 10,000.ââ Kumar managed to get bail for Wadhera under Section 64A. ââAccording to this section, anyone caught with a small quantity (of drugs) can submit a medical certificate or statement saying that he has undergone treatment and be exonerated from prosecution. Wadhera was treated in India and abroad and submitted this statement, so he was exonerated,ââ says Kumar. STATUS TODAY: Exonerated from prosecution after he went into rehab, Wadhera was recently in the news for his marriage to socialite Ramona Garware.
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02-28-2006, 02:17 AM
Biggest traitor of India. Don't look at the link.
a.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/27bidwai.htm?q=tp&file=.htm Praful Bidwai Armed forces are not a Holy Cow February 27, 2006 It is extremely unfortunate that the government has dropped the move to collate data on the status of Muslims in the armed forces. This follows an uproar over the steps taken by the Prime Minister's High-Level Committee -- PMHC -- on the social economic and educational status of the Muslim community headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar to approach the defence forces for such data. The Bharatiya Janata Party sought the President's intervention in his capacity as the Supreme Commander of the armed forces to stop this 'misguided' survey. Former army officers held dharnas against the 'divisive' move, which they believe, would weaken a robustly secular institution. And former defence minister George Fernandes termed the PMHC's work a 'seditious act' aimed at 'communalising' the armed forces! Muslims in the Army: A dangerous census After this, much of the media simply renamed the PMHC the Sachar Committee. The Congress defensively pleaded that its survey would be 'purely a data-gathering and fact-finding exercise.' The Prime Minister's Office quickly distanced itself from the committee. Chief of Army Staff General J J Singh said: 'It is not the army's philosophy to disseminate or maintain (community-wise) information'; 'we are not concerned with the faith or language' of the people employed or 'where they come from.' And the defence ministry, which had sought the relevant data from the armed services, assured them it won't forward it to the PMHC. In the heat of emotion, it was all but forgotten that in our Parliamentary system, the President is not the court of last resort. He is the defence services' Supreme Commander in a figurative sense. He does not possess the executive authority to start or stop a survey. Since then, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General R S Kadyan has approached the Supreme Court to ask that the survey be stayed. He argues the survey would help to 'sow the seed of communalism in the defence forces.' Numerous arguments were advanced by opponents of the move. These old that the very conduct of the survey would tarnish the armed forces' image as a professional force; that words like caste, creed, religion and reservation are unheard of in regimental messes; that the army is one of the few reliably secular institutions in India, which is fully trusted by the religious minorities -- unlike the police or paramilitary forces; it has an enviable record of protecting the lives of the minorities in communally charged situations. Some of these arguments are undoubtedly valid. For instance, no one can seriously question the army's secular credentials and its impartial role in protecting the life and property of the minorities when called upon to do so. The Indian Army represents a remarkable achievement. It is one of the few apolitical militaries in the Third World to function fully under civilian control. And yet, the anti-survey arguments miss one essential paradox: namely, that the army does not fully reflect the rich diversity and plurality of Indian society. It suffers from under-representation of certain ethnic, religious and social groups, and from over-representation of some others, most notably the so-called "martial races" favoured under the colonial system of recruitment, including Sikhs, Gorkhas, Dogras, Jats, Rajputs, etc. We are an apolitical and secular force: Army chief Among the under-represented groups are people from the Northeast, Dalits, OBCs, and Muslims. We know from a note sent on January 9 by the army to the defence ministry that in 2004 it had only 29,093 Muslims among a total of 1.1 million personnel -- a ratio of 2.6 percent, which compares poorly with the Muslims' 13 percent share in the Indian population. Similarly, there have been complaints of under-representation from Dalit and Adivasi leaders and smaller linguistic groups. To demand that their recruitment be increased is not to advance an anti-national, communal or divisive agenda, but to ask for diversity and balance. None other than then defence minister Jagjivan Ram raised the demand for greater Dalit recruitment in 1971. Indeed, Jawaharlal Nehru, India's greatest prime minister, who cannot even be remotely accused of a communal bias, noted in 1953 that 'in our Defence Services, there are hardly any Muslims left. What concerns me most is that there is no effort being made to improve this situation, which is likely to grow worse unless checked.' This concern was reiterated by Mahavir Tyagi, then minister of state for defence, who disclosed that 'the percentage of Muslims in the armed forces, which was 32 percent at the time of Partition has come down to two. I have instructed that due regard should be paid to their recruitment.' The PMHC was not being wayward in asking for information about the recruitment and status of Muslims in the army. It's vital to collect 'authentic information about the social, economic and educational status' of Muslims in different government departments. Without such a data bank, we won't know whether there is under-representation of different groups, what its extent is, and what its causes might be. Collating such information is also the best way of countering prejudices about 'minority appeasement'.> True, such information is relevant not just for Muslims; it is necessary for other groups too. But the PMHC's brief pertains to Muslims. It was perfectly legitimate for it to solicit information about Muslims. This is in keeping with the National Common Minimum Programme of the UPA, which promised to promote the welfare of socially and economically backward sections among religious and linguistic minorities. Soldiers' God The issue of Muslim under-representation in the defence forces must be situated in context. As MIT-based scholar Omar Khalidi argues in his Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India (Three Essays, New Delhi, 2003), the army embraced the discredited colonial 'martial races' theory which favoured certain 'Fixed Classes' like Gorkhas, Sikhs, Dogras and Rajputs in recruitment. Muslims were excluded from these, except for groups such as the Qaimkhani community of Rajasthan and UP, and units like the Grenadiers, Armoured Corps, Bombay Engineers Group and the J&K Light Infantry. It Is only in 1984, after the 'revolt' by some soldiers of the Sikh Regiment following Operation Bluestar, that the army adopted a better mix in what's called the 'All-India Class.' Yet, the proportion of Muslims in the army remains under 3 percent. In the case of officers, this may be explained by educational backwardness among Muslims. But this cannot explain the community's low representation among Other Ranks. We need to know whether this is because of a reluctance of Muslims to join the army, skewed distribution of recruitment, or because of unacknowledged barriers to entry, including prejudices. General Kadyan's petition is wrong to allege that if such information is collated, 'it will create very illogical and unnecessary data which might create... in the mind of the minority communities... a feeling of their being less in number in the defence forces⦠giving them cause for... fear of the majority community.' This presumption is fundamentally mistaken. There's nothing 'illogical' about documenting the status of different communities in national institutions. The United States army, for instance, regularly compiles publicly available data on Muslims, Blacks, and other ethnic groups. More generally, the armed forces cannot be an exception to the concept of citizenship in a multi-ethnic society. Nor can they demand to be shielded from scrutiny just because they perform a role in India's defence. All citizens have a valid role to play in our national life. Real security derives not just from military defence, but other things including human security, justice, social cohesion and human rights. The armed forces are not a Holy Cow. A data bank on the ethnic-religious composition of all our public institutions is a precondition for measures to promote the welfare of citizens, including affirmative action in favour of the underprivileged and under-recruited. It goes without saying that this should not take the form of quotas and job reservations. But that's not an argument against diversifying recruitment or promoting equality of opportunity. There's no reason why the government cannot unilaterally announce that it will endeavour to recruit more and more under-represented groups without embracing a quota system. A caring-and-sharing society must have adequate room for such measures. Two other points are in order. In many countries, promotion of inclusive multi-cultural policies and diversity became possible only when they abandoned ostrich-like attitudes and confronted reality. For instance, the British police began an internal evaluation after the race riots of the early 1980s. An extensive survey was undertaken of the ethnic composition of the force and prevalence of race and ethnicity-related biases. This prepared the ground for diversity sensitisation programmes, retraining, and positive discrimination. Second, there is disturbing evidence that certain Indian security and intelligence-related agencies simply don't recruit Muslims. These include the Research & Analysis Wing, Intelligence Bureau and National Security Guard. This is totally unacceptable and unworthy of a plural society that aspires to a degree of equity. Even the CIA would be embarrassed if it were to exclude African-Americans. The PMHC should thoroughly probe such institutions. Exclusion, and attitudes that rationalise it in the name of 'security', are the surest recipe for alienation of our own citizens. We cannot afford this if we want a minimally decent and self-confident India.
03-07-2006, 02:28 PM
i could not fint a thread on the various "SEPARATIST" organizations on india, so i am posting this here.
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?...9&sid=NAT&ssid= Are we heading towards another partition in 2007? New Delhi, Mar 06: Are we heading towards another partition in 2007? It may sound utopian for most of us, but there are still a few people intoxicated to this idea with an ideological commitment. Zee News has discovered that the demand for a separate state of Khalistan is still extant in Punjab. In its programme âDeshdroh,â (sedition) Zee News met the people involved in this conspiracy and came up with some startling revelations. During the investigation, Zee News correspondent travelled to Punjab and met quite a few self-styled Khalistan ideologues including Simranjeet Singh Mann, Daljeet Singh Bittoo, Dr Sohan Singh and Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan to name a few. The intricate network has spread its tentacles to countries like Canada, Belgium, Britain and Germany, USA, Pakistan and even Switzerland. Interestingly, these people are from the well-educated strata of our society. Post 9/11 the movement is gaining momentum behind closed doors in America. On being interviewed, Dr Chouhan, who runs a charitable clinic, said that first Kashmir would gain independence from India and then the turn of Khalistan would come in 2007. When asked about his confidence, he said to have been in constant touch with those who shape the destiny of a nation. These people think of India as a separate nation and are conspiring to fan Khalistan movement once again in Punjab. These people claim that the year 2007 will witness another partition of the country and the vision of Khalistan would be realised. Dr Chohan even has a Khalistan flag hoisted on the roof of his house. As per him, separate currency as well as separate passports are already ready signifying the seriousness of their demand of a separate state. The Public Works Department Minister of Punjab has expressed apprehensions at the knowledge of the revival of the Khalistan Movement, which he claimed to have come to know through Zee News. He said that he would probe the matter and if need be these people will be packed off and sent back to the countries from where they hail from. When asked, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh simply denied the existence of such groups and network. He said that nothing of the sort was in the offing. Bureau Report on a lighter note, the following have already been planned (apart from flags, currency and passports) for this new upcomming nation of Khalistan. national bird - butter chicken national flower - cauliflower international airlines - kitthey pacific domestic airlines - itthey pacific national anthem - bande marte hum
03-07-2006, 06:24 PM
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