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SoniaG, UPA: Internlink rivers of India. Create International Waterways.

August 18, 2013, 6:32 am
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Teesta, Meghna. 

Goal is to create Indian Ocean Community with International Waterways between India-Bangladesh: Start with Gomati-Howrah to Meghna-Teesta Waterways.

SoniaG, UPA: Internlink rivers of India. Create International Waterways. Supreme Court (3-judge bench headed by CJI) has endorsed the project and suggested a monitoring committee for speedy implementation. This will be a tribute to the people of the Indian sub-continent with unprecedented developmental potential to benefit the people. For example, an additional 9 crore acres of land with assured irrigation will get created in India alone. Just imagine the benefits to people if these 9 crore acres can be distributed to 9 crore poor landless families at 1 acre per family. 

SoniaG UPA, announce the project and pay a tribute to the sub-continent while creating international waterways an moving towards a National Water Grid for 6.5 lakh villages with assured drinking water-supply on taps.

Kalyanaraman

Gomati (Lucknow), Hoara (Agartala)


Published: August 18, 2013 17:54 IST | Updated: August 18, 2013 18:00 IST

New India-Bangladesh waterways possible, says study

PTI Agartala
New waterways between India and Bangladesh will be possible by connecting two rivers of Tripura with as many rivers of Bangladesh, according to a study by the Rail India Technical and Economic Services.
RITES has submitted the Detail Project Report (DPR) after conducting feasibility study to create new inland water transport between the Gomati and the Hoara rivers in the State with the Meghna and the Teesta rivers of the neighbouring country, Secretary of Transport Department Kishore Ambuly said on Sunday.
“The rivers will have navigation facilities for smooth movement of barges,” he said.
The North Eastern Council (NEC) had provided funds for preparing the DPR for development of waterways in north eastern part of the country.
The project report would be submitted to the union ministry of shipping and other ministries concerned to formally initiate the process to open new waterway between two the two neighbours.
RITES had conducted a preliminary feasibility study early this year.
The State government had submitted a proposal to the central government for declaring the Gomti as a national waterway keeping in view the potential of linkage with inland waterways of Bangladesh, he said.
Indian and Bangladeshi waterways connect West Bengal and Assam and the inland waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Bangladesh Inland water Transport Authority (BIWTA) are operating vessels on these routes, official sources said.
The two neighbours share 2,979 km of land border and 1,116 km of riverine boundary and also share 54 rivers, including eight rivers flowing from Tripura.
India has long been pressing for using Bangladeshi waterways and ports, especially for easy transport of Indian goods from Kolkata and other mainland cities to northeastern States through that country, official sources said.
Over-sized turbines and other heavy machines for 726 MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in Gomti district was transported to Tripura by using the waterways and roads of Bangladesh.
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Rs. 3,429-crore power project of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at Palatana on June 21, 2013, the sources said.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/new-indiabangladesh-waterways-possible-says-study/article5035115.ece?homepage=true
Bangladesh is a riverine country. About 800 rivers including tributaries flow through the country constituting a waterway of total length around 24140 km.
India's National Waterways: a long way to go.

Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly from Haldia to Allahabad 1620 km.
Brahmaputra from Dhubri to Sadiya          891 km.
West Coast canal from Kollam to Kottapuram 205 km.
Kakinada-Puducherry Canal (Godavari-Krishna)       1095 km.
East Coast Canal (Brahmani-Mahanadi)                 623 km.


    • ·      Development of Potential Waterways

  • Barring the Brahmaputra (National Waterway-I) and Barak (to be soon declared as National Waterway-VI), which are being developed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India, the smaller rivers in the region also have great potential for being developed as waterways.  Therefore, identifying the potential waterways in the region becomes necessary so that waterway development, navigational aids, terminal facilities, etc. can be developed.  Integrated development of waterways can generate waterway grid for North Eastern Region that may in future help shift cargo traffic from road transport to the cheaper and eco-friendly inland waterways.

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http://www.mdoner.gov.in/content/development-potential-waterways

Rivar Hoara
Hoara is a small river having length of 46 km with in the state of Tripura from its source 
at Barmura hill range to Indo- Bangladesh border. Its catchment area is 488 Sq km in the 
Indian territory. After flowing through the Indian Territory the river crosses Bangladesh 
border near Agartala town and falls into river Titash. A view of river Hoara at Agartala 
can be seen in Fig. 8.2. The river is over flooded during high spate in summer season 
while during winter the depth is very low. The maximum and minimum discharge 
observed at Bordowali GD site was 233.5 cumec and 0.435 cumec respectively. The 
depth in this river varies between 0.3 and 1.5 m and width 25-80 m.
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August 18, 2013, 8:00 am
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Dawood in Karachi under ISI cover, reveals Tunda

Dawood in Karachi under ISI cover, reveals Tunda
NEW DELHI: From an expert bomb maker to a small time shopkeeper selling perfumes nearMuridkee in Pakistan, Abdul KarimTunda has claimed that top LeT commander and Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi calls the shots in the terror outfit.

A composed 70-year-old Tunda, whom the security agencies term as a walking encyclopedia of LeT pan-India operations, spoke about his differences with Lakhvi during police investigations and gave instances how this cropped up in several discussions, official sources said.

Tunda, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and one of India's most wanted terrorists, was arrested on Friday after being on the run in several countries for 19 years.

Despite being one of the founders of LeT's pan-India operations, Tunda's remorse is that he could not scale the terror outfit's hierarchy as he was termed as a spent force once he arrived in Pakistan from Bangladesh in early 2000.

He claimed that he had not been included in LeT's "bleed India" policy strategy leaving him, his three wives which included a teen-aged Bangladeshi girl and six children virtually on the streets.

In order to earn a livelihood, Tunda, who had helped in indoctrinating many youths from India for terror activities, was given a two storied house bang opposite to Markaz ul Jamaat-ul-Dawah in Muridkee of Sheikhpura district of Punjab where he used to sell perfumes.

Tunda's fundamentalist outlook had its roots after he witnessed the 1985 riots in Mominpura area of Nagpur in Maharashtra, sources said, adding it is believed that after this incident he had started working towards preaching youths to wage war against the government.

Born in a lower middle class family at Delhi, Tunda moved to Pilkhuwa, near the town of Ghaziabad, in his teens and later shifted to Mumbai, where he set up a business dyeing textiles after his job as a 'Hakeem' in the 80s failed to take off in Ghaziabad.

After his initial association with Tanzim Islahul Muslimeen (TIM), or Organization for the Improvement of Muslims, Tunda told his investigators that he started following the belief of the Jamaat Ahl-e-Hadis', an ideology being followed by LeT.

After fleeing to Bangladesh, Tunda married an 18-year-old girl at the age when he was 56.

While his interrogation continues by a joint team of police and central security agencies, the sources said that he would be grilled about his meeting with Aamir Reza, founder of Indian Mujahideen and other Lashker operatives who had met him while he was in Muridkee.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/-Mumbai-attack-mastermind-Lakhvi-calls-the-shots-in-LeT-Tunda-claims/articleshow/21897193.cms

Why LeT terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda is a major catch for India

by  Aug 18, 2013

Hakim-ji’, they called him, the stocky middle-aged man with a flowing beard dyed with henna, who had stood among the crowd that had gathered to hear the speech that gave birth to the modern jihadist movement in India.
In the summer of 1985, as riots raged in Maharashtra, a small group of men had gathered in Mumbai’s Mominpora slum to discuss the creation of an armed group to defend Muslims. The organisation would carry out a string of bombings following the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992—and lay the foundations of today’s jihadist networks.
Abdul Karim Tunda. CNN-IBN
Abdul Karim Tunda. CNN-IBN
Now, in the wake of a carefully-crafted operation involving India’s Research and Analysis Wing and intelligence services in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, that man is in jail.
Held this morning by the Delhi Police on the India-Nepal border, Syed Abdul Karim ‘Tunda’ will likely provide interrogators with more detail on the inner workings of the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s jihad against India than any terrorist held since 1993. For two decades, he evolved from being a hands-on terror operative to a key mentor, fundraiser and recruiter among jihadists drawn from the Indian diaspora in West Asia.
Born in 1943 to a lower middle-class family in Delhi, little detail is available on Karim’s early life. He moved to Pilkhuwa, near the town of Ghaziabad, in his teens. He then shifted base to Mumbai, where he set up a small dyeing business. From the accounts of relatives, Karim had little to do with politics—but was drawn to the neo-fundamentalist theology of the Jami’at Ahl-e-Hadis.
His friends in Mominpora came from diverse backgrounds. There was Muhammad Azam Ghauri—a one-time street thug from Nalagonda, in Hyderabad, who became a key jihad commander before eventually dying in a shootout with police. The third member of the trio was Jalees Ansari, the son of a Mumbai textile-mill worker, who’d clawed his way up to earn a medical degree.
The three men had just one thing in common: anger at what they saw as a fundamentally anti-Muslim society.
Precisely a year after the Babri Masjid was brought down, India’s first Lashkar cell executed 43 small bombings in Mumbai and Hyderabad and 7 separate explosions on inter-city trains.
Karim, intelligence officials believe, travelled to Kolkata, and crossed into Bangladesh with the help of contacts in the Jami’at Ahl-e-Hadis. He was then taken to Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, a long-standing Lashkar-e-Taiba commander who had been tasked with developing the terror group’s pan-India capabilities. By 1996, operating through the Dhaka-based Islamic Chattra Shibir [Islamic Students Organisation], Karim was running a formidable network throughout north India.
In 1996, Karim is alleged to have executed a series of bombings in Delhi, Rohtak and Jalandhar—the first significant actions carried out under his direct command. He earned the nickname ‘Tunda’ after his left hand was blown off in a bomb-making accident.
Pakistani nationals are alleged to have had an important role in Karim’s operations. In July 1998, for example, the Delhi Police arrested Abdul Sattar, a resident of Pakistan’s Faislabad district who had set up a covert terror cell in the town of Khurja. Karim had used his expanding network in India to provide Sattar with fake identification papers, cash, guides—and a landlord willing to look the other way while the Pakistani terrorist built a bunker to house explosives inside a pottery kiln.
The most successful of the long-term Lashkar agents was Mohammad Ishtiaq, the son of a shopkeeper from Kala Gujran in Pakistan’s Jhelum district. Operating under the alias Salim Junaid, Ishtiaq obtained an Indian passport, set up a trucking business out of Hyderabad which secretly served to transport explosives – and even married a local resident, Momina Khatoon.
The Lashkar’s confidence grew: at a November 1999 rally, its chief, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, announced that “today, inshallah, I announce the break-up of India”.
Karim receded into the background, shuttling between Lashkar safehouses in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Lahore to meet with operatives. There were repeated rumours he had died. However, he was spotted by Indian intelligence agents at the Lashkar’s campus near Murdike, near Lahore, where he owned a perfume business. Lashkar recruits who joined the organisation after 2002 Gujarat pogrom often met Karim, now a mentor and guide to a new generation of terror operatives.
Abdul Razzak Masood, an alleged Lashkar operative held in New Delhiin 2005, told police he worked under Karim’s direct command.
Karim’s also thought to have helped developed links between the Lashkar and Karachi-based ganglord Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar. The Lashkar’s coalition partner in the International Islamic Front for Jihad, al-Qaeda, wished to expand into East Africa and offered cash for the mafia’s networks.
In October, 2003, the United States Treasury Department officially determined that Dawood Ibrahim’s “smuggling routes from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa are shared with Osama bin-Laden and his terrorist network.”
Karim was reported, in 2008, to have been arrested in Mombasa—but that turned out to have been a case of mistaken identity.
Now, a full thirty years after that fateful meeting in Mominpora, Karim is finally in prison. Indian investigators will be seeking detail on the Lashkar’s future plans—but at last, they’ll be able to speak to someone who can tell the story from beginning to end.

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    • sickular 
       41 minutes ago

      Tunda-ji will be rescued by the sickular mainstream media houses in their 24x7 channels. ... and we will have a few party spokespersons and general secretaries speaking for him....... though it will not be official version..... some parties in UP wil lseek even quashing of court cases against him...... all for hte secular media and political parties.....
      Tired of this secularism........please save us fro mthsi sickular parties and

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        justindian 
         3 hours ago

        Delhi police..your achievement will be shortlived , wait for Digvijay to call press conference to pronounce it all fake and real culprit is RSS,BJP,wait for Abdullah to declare that he was only taking benefit amnesty scheme , wait CBI will come up with chargesheet against Police Officers, wait Mukul Sinha, Teesta , Brinda Grover and likes will pounce . REALLY INCREDIBLE INDIA!!!!

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          Guest 
           3 hours ago

          Did our cops find Tunda or did he find them? Mostly, these guys sneak back into India when they their have fallen out with their Pakistani benefactors of want to retire to a peaceful life after an illustrious career in spreading mayhem. We shouldn't be surprised to hear after a year or so that Tunda is out on bail and after a few more years a court might acquit him for lack of evidence. Mera Bharat Mahan!

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          Rajiv Singh 
           3 hours ago

          Hang him after a quick trial in Court..Do not let him have VIP facilities out of public taxes like Kasab got in Jail or keep Tunda alive in Jail for more than 10 yrs like Afzal Guru..

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            piggyraja 
             3 hours ago

            BUT WHAT ABOUT HINDU TERROR ????

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              vaidya k iyer 
               4 hours ago

              sonia and diggy are crying over his arrest despite telling the fact to the delhi police that the terrorism meaning itself is not known to him, yet arrested him. However assured by the delhi police that they would assist to perforate the exchequer for feeding him for a decade with star hotel briyani

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                SHITIJ TYAGI 
                 5 hours ago

                WE INDIANS ARE IGNORANT,FOOL,DIVIDED IF HE WAS DEAD HE WOULD HAVE BEEN USED AS APPEASEMENT TOOL LIKE BATLA HOUSE
                WE INDIANS HAVE A COLONIZED DISTORTED MINDSET OF BENDING TOWARDS EVIL
                IM SHOWING MIRROR NOT PAINTING BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF DIRT TO APPEASE THATS WHAT IS REQUIRED
                Secularism does not means appeasement to Muslim.Saudi destroys mosque for hotels,malls type'Saudi say no to Prophet but yes to Hilton'.Kuwait held election in Ramadan but here we do appeasement.
                Hindutva is related more to the way of life of the people in the sub- continent a Supreme Court of India judgement in 95.
                India culture,religion tells us to respect females thats why we call them devi(Goddess)[ladies] but to gentleman we dont call devta[God].But nowdays our society have distorted mindset.Namaste means I bow to the God/Goddess in you but we dont practice in action.
                Aryan-Dravidian theory is fake as per DNA.Colour of skin is due to melanin.Recent studies on DNA of Indians by CCMB of India,MIT,Harvard proved that All Indians whether they are so called Brahmin,Tribal,SC, ST, Muslims, Christians of India have same genetic lineage.
                Indonesia,Muslim majority country are proud of there Hindu ancestry has Lord Ganesh on 20,000 rupiah,Garuda Airlines,Indonesia Embassy gave Saraswati statue to USA if India does it than its communal.
                Hindu caste system is not birth based as it was classification of job[Knowledge,Weapon,Land,Wealth not in one hand to be misused] not based on birth but ability,skills.The present Hindu caste system was followed by Portuguese,Spanish invaders called casta check these facts.
                Present dowry system is European yes Bombay was used as Dowry by European invaders based in Hindu it was called streedhan which was property of daughter cannot be used by groom,his family & it was generally used in emergency like when she was widow.Purdah system,Early Marriage came when arab invaders captured our females converted them,enslaved them,raped them & to escape the brutality they jumped in fire/killed themselves to save their honour this is Jauhar & this horrible situation resulted in parents wanting men to fight.
                But its fault of Hindu society who practices & believe these distorted things, Hindu caste sytem there were no untouchability concept.Crosscheck,spread them now. Be rational not emotional fool.Practically we are Kleptocracy [rule of theives] & emotional fools/aggressive votors since 47.
                We bring AntiIndian govts like Communist which supported China in 62war,Owaisi party is offspring of Razakars who wanted seperate Hyderabad & Owaisi have same type of dreams.Dynasty rule since 47 did not work and have divided India like NehruJinnah reason for partition,Nehru-Abdullah family did not allow Sardar Patel to integrate J&K,Mamta destroying Bengal,Mulayam,Maywati destroying UP by Muslim vote bank,Lalu,Paswan destroyed Bihar state for Muslim vote bank.Yet we bring them.
                Kashmiris,Assamese,Bengalis Hindus are refugee in India.
                The only hope is BJP,Subramaniam Swamy Janata party,RSS,Muslim Rashtriya Manch,Tapan Ghosh.India is secular due to Hindus in majority its a fact.Democracy cant work in Muslim majority.Turkey,Tunisia are secular,no polygamy also want Islam as political tool since Arab Spring a mirage
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                  Orangebeard 
                   6 hours ago

                  The Lashkar’s confidence grew: at a November 1999 rally, its chief, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, announced that “today, inshallah, I announce the break-up of India”. --That was of course on the eve of the IA Plane hijack from Kathmandu to Kandahar. Inshallah, this "dry run" presaging the 9/11 Attack Against America, was the death knell for Pakistan. Not the drones, mind you, it is Pakistanis themselves bombing themselves into the Stone Age on a daily basis. But yes, many dots have to be connected via Kandahar to the recent LOC bombings. India too, unfortunately under the present dispensation, with a little help from its 'friends' elsewhere, seems to be undoing itself -- a scenario to which Pakistan contributes very little.

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                    piggyraja 
                     6 hours ago

                    AFTER RETIREMENT, TUNDA WANTS TO EAT CHICKEN BIRYANI DAILY !!!

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                      piggyraja 
                       6 hours ago

                      BUT WHAT ABOUT HINDU TERROR ?

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                      Indian Desi 
                       6 hours ago

                      Did Sonia cry after Tunda's arrest?

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                      marakazhutha 
                       7 hours ago

                      Please keep this talented gentleman in good spirits by feeding and pampering him well.

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                        hemu 
                         10 hours ago

                        so what! he his a big catch

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                          zafar 
                           10 hours ago

                          two lines ignored in the report, him joining LeT after babri masjid demolition and other being him a handler of new recruits joining after gujarat riots. injustice breeds corruption and this terror business is one such curroption.

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                            Inshallah Zafar  zafar 
                             6 hours ago

                            It was in his genes to be a traitor and a mass killer, and so he became it. Decent human beings don't! He will soon meet the virgins and 28 luscious little boys.

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                              Inshallah Zafar  zafar 
                               6 hours ago

                              Kashi, Mathura, Kaaba, Jerusalem abhi baaki hai; soon that too will be completed. Inshallah!

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                                piggyraja  zafar 
                                 6 hours ago

                                GUJ RIOTS HAPPENED AFTER KILLING OF 60 HINDUS IN GODHRA.. JUSTIFIED ???

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                                  Abcd  zafar 
                                   6 hours ago

                                  After all the replies to your comments it's now time you play victim

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                                    ragav  zafar 
                                     8 hours ago

                                    You people magnify gujarat riots which was started by a muslim group. But you never ever talk about kashmir pandits who were killled by Muslim fundamentalists in the name if religion, without ANY provocation - the number of pandits who died is far greater than the total deaths of hindus and muslims put together in godhra riots. You people never talk about these and that is why average hindu's blood boils at this huge injustice by you people

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                                      jack  zafar 
                                       8 hours ago

                                      Really? Kashmir pandits were killed in thousands( read arctile on this in The Hindu by a Kashmir Muslim 10 days ago ), but they did not do any violence. 15% if pak population was hindu and now reduced to 2% by injustice. They are not doing terror acts. Islam has destroyed thousands of holy places of hindus in last few hundred years, still hindus are tolerant. what is your answer for this?

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                                        KAG  zafar 
                                         9 hours ago

                                        WHY ARE YOU KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT ON 5,000 INNOCENT SIKHS BUTCHERED BY CONGRESS MOBS IN 1984. WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE STUCK IN A PRIMITIVE GHETTO? THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS WERE ALSO BUTCHERED IN COMMUNAL RIOTS INSTIGATED BY CONGRESS. PEOPLE LIKE YOU ALWAYS HARP ON GODHRA, LIKE A ROTTEN NEEDLE STUCK IN A GROOVE OF A RECORD, FORGETTING THAT CONGRESS MOBS AND JIHADIS BURNT 60 INNOCENT KARSEVAKS ALIVE. HAD GUJARAT A CHIEF MINISTER LIKE MULAYAM YADAV OR EVEN FROM THE CONGRESS, THEY WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE DEATHS OF THOUSANDS IN THE 12 YEARS THAT MODI HAS KEPT GUJARAT RIOT FREE. WAKE UP TO THE REALITY OR NATURE WILL MAKE YOU PEOPLE REDUNDANT.

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                                          Neville De Costa  zafar 
                                           9 hours ago

                                          Zafar,Pls take the history and notice one thing that --Hindus are most tolerable people in world that they are always respecting Muslims and believe in Secularism practices even after the history of Muslim tyranical rule for Centuries ago..From the time of Mahmud Ghazni attack and plundering the Somanth temple to the period of end Mughal period so many Hindus been slaughtered and counteless numbers of their temples,monastries been destroyed by Muslim rulers that Hindus although a majority in India have showed their liberal attitude of respecting Muslims and allowing them political powers here after British rule..In European nation and other western states Muslims could not have expected such friendship gestures from christian masses after all their dictatorial rule...But Indian Hindus do not carry any revenge like mentality or grudge over all such historical incidences..Leaving the old history In modern days also it is mainly ur community thats spreading hatred and terrorism all over world against others whom your radical leaders call as Kafirs or Infidels..

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                                            proactive123  zafar 
                                             9 hours ago

                                            Would like to read your views on Kashmiri Pandits.. ie., if you have any, other than linking injustice, corruption and terrorism.
                                            Why are funeral processions attacked in Pakistan ? Please relate to injustice & corruption .We are very keen to understand your profound knowledge on this.
                                            There is something called DNA , age old practices & regressive thoughts.They have been carried forward by a specific group of people because they don't know how to integrate in a progressive society and try to harm everyone around them in the name of religion

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                                              Minaskhi Mathur  proactive123 
                                               9 hours ago

                                              Ur 100 percent Right Proactive

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                                                Minaskhi Mathur  proactive123 
                                                 9 hours ago

                                                In Pakistan,Bangladesh and many other nations Hindus and Christians also facing hardlife, injustices,being killed,their women abducted,focefully converted and married off to muslims..but did the Indian govt or Hindu groups like VHP,RSS creating terrorists against the Muslim and the govt there..Why only injustices to Muslims ur talking about Mr.Zafar??

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                                                Jaswant Ben  zafar 
                                                 10 hours ago

                                                Babri masjid demolish hone ka matlab yeh nahi ki sabhi ke sabhi Musalman terrorist ban jaye..Kya yehi teri logic hai??Tab toh Akshardham,Varanasi ,Bamiyan Buddha aur Bodh Gaya blast hone par Hindu aur Budhist logo ko Musalmano ke khilaf hathiyar uthana chahiye tha (just example ke liye bola)..

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                                                  Kriya Aur Pratikriya  zafar 
                                                   10 hours ago

                                                  Babri Masjid was demolished because Babur demolished Ram janmabhoomi mandir and Gujarat riots happened because at least 58 innocent Hindu women and children were burnt in Godhra by anti national elements who happened to be Muslims.

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                                                    Oink Oink  zafar 
                                                     10 hours ago

                                                    What a judgement ! People like you are never seen commenting on articles like pakistani beheading indian army soldiers without a reason.

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                                                      Dr.Ramnath  Oink Oink 
                                                       10 hours ago

                                                      UR RIGHT..WE LOVE TO RESPECT EVERYONE AS EQUAL BUT THEY MOSTLY STICK TO THEIR RELIGION AND BELIEF IN ISLAMIC JIHAD IN NAME OF FIGHTING FOR MUSLIMS RIGHTS AND THEIR SYMPATHIZER WORLDWIDE..

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                                                    SA1 
                                                     10 hours ago

                                                    Why Indian Services are patting their back about catching this guy...when all the work was done by foreign agencies and handed over to them on India - Nepal border?
                                                    This is not the first time such has happened, and in the news all credit is given to Indian Agencies which infact has failed to catch these guys in the first place.
                                                    Stories should be reported as is and not fabricated. Failures should be highlighted so we can improve and not have a culture of patting each other's back.

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                                                      Kapil Thakral 
                                                       11 hours ago

                                                      I don't see any benefit or importance in catching him....once we had Kasab who gave all the information about attacks that who all were involved, how ISI and pak govt was supporting them and after getting all the information what we got, what Indian govt did, was the govt able to stop terrorism or put any pressure on Porkistan...so same will happen again even if he convinced that paki govt supports them and ISI supports them then what India can do...nothing

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                                                        Sceptical Indian 
                                                         11 hours ago

                                                        Now that Tunda is firmly in our custody there are many people who would like him to ' confess ' on various issues.
                                                        Madamji sent a circular to some of her favorite people seeking what should be incorporated in Tunda's confession. The replies below :
                                                        1) DIGGY SINGH: Ask Tundaji to say " There is no such thing as Indian Mujahideen. All terror activities attributed to IM were carried out by Dawood and LeT with assistance from RSS. Persons killed in Batla house encounter were innocent. Ishrat Jahan was innocent.
                                                        2) MMS ji : Ask Tunda to say " missing coal scam files were stolen by the LeT and they have been burnt and ashes immersed in Ganga ".
                                                        3) ADVANI : Madamji I apologize for bothering you but please tell Tunda to say " Modi is unfit to be PM. LeT is only scared of Advaniji. Advaniji did not know terrorists were released in Kandahar. It was Jaswants fault.
                                                        4) NITISH : Tunda se kehelwana Bodh Gaya Modi ne karvaya

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                                                          नितीन निमकर 
                                                           12 hours ago

                                                          If he is such a big catch and most wanted after Hafeez Saeed, then we need a swift trial in shortest possible time, sentence and execution. Otherwise we will see another disaster and clamor from HR activists as he is an old person now. Before Kandhar hijack we had Masood Azar and others in our custody but kept them without trial, sentence and execution for hijackers to bargain. We have to be extra careful because there is political instability in India and there is every possibility of non-Congress Government.
                                                          We had to release terrorists in exchange of Rubaiya Mufti when her father was Home Minister in non Congress V. P Singh government. Kargil, Kandhar, Akshar Dham, attack on Parliament were in NDAs regime. So there is a possibility that Pakistan terrorists see Congress government relatively friendlier with them than the opposition and will always try to a prove point against opposition. Congress also always feels happy to taunt NDA/BJP blaming them for Kandhar, Kargil, Akshar Dham episodes.

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                                                          Hindustani 
                                                           12 hours ago

                                                          Dont make a Maulana Masood Azhar of him...but a Ajmal Kasab....only 5 years faster...
                                                          get the information that the govt folks need and then put him to rest as soon as possible before we loose him to free some politicians son or daughter or a whole plane like IC814.
                                                          Other another option inject him with some neuro degerative drug and royally return him to his men.....for them to take care...
                                                          Don't waste Tax payers money on a him

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                                                            Rahul Lao Desh Bachao 
                                                             13 hours ago

                                                            Great achievement by UPA government... unlike NDA government which cowardly freed such terrorists during Kandahar hijacking.

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                                                            Nithun 
                                                             13 hours ago

                                                            Does this chimpu know that he has to share his quota of 72 virgins with Digvijay Singh?

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                                                              Getting Distracted By Madam 
                                                               17 hours ago

                                                              Tunda is innocent. He was only stealing some herbs that grow on the India-Nepal border. But who stole the coal reports?

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                                                                varun 
                                                                 18 hours ago

                                                                Oh pls he is innocent he is just secular and spreading the religion of peace.

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                                                                  kvjayan 
                                                                   20 hours ago

                                                                  Arrest, a conspiracy by IB and Guj police, according to CBI.

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                                                                    piggyraja 
                                                                     20 hours ago

                                                                    SONIA WEPT BITTERLY !!!

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                                                                      piggyraja 
                                                                       20 hours ago

                                                                      BUT WHAT ABOUT HINDU TERROR ?


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                                                                  For '272-plus', Modi wants BJP to connect with Muslim voters

                                                                  August 18, 2013, 7:41 pm
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                                                                  For '272-plus', Modi wants BJP to connect with Muslim voters

                                                                  TNN | Aug 19, 2013, 02.22 AM IST

                                                                  For '272-plus', Modi wants BJP to connect with Muslim voters
                                                                  The Gujarat example may rile his rivals, but Modi insisted that BJP benefits from a significant section of Muslim voters who have been convinced of the BJP's credentials.
                                                                  NEW DELHI: In an audacious outreach to Muslims, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modicalled on BJP to connect with the minority community, saying that if around 25% of minority voters had supported the saffron party in his state, the same could be possible in other parts of the country. 

                                                                  In a move that is bound to see his critics level the charge of political opportunism, Modi told a BJP meeting here on Sunday that as many as 100-odd Muslim councillors had won in Gujarat local body elections on BJP tickets. This was due to BJP's efforts to reach out to poor and backward Muslims, he said. 

                                                                  Setting out "272-plus" as the ambitious target for BJP, Modi seemed to elaborate on his Independence Day speech at Bhuj where he strongly stressed that governance should not discriminate and emphasized that the only "prayer book" for any government was the Constitution. The emphasis was seen as an attempt to correct or soften a hard saffron image. 

                                                                  On Sunday, BJP's prospective prime ministerial candidate exhorted his party not to exclude sections among minorities who remain unrepresented and are searching for an identity of their own. "We should not divide communities but ensure all sections are represented," he is understood to have said. 

                                                                  The Gujarat example may rile his rivals, but Modi insisted that BJP benefits from a significant section of Muslim voters who have been convinced of the party's credentials. The approach has shown results in local body elections with the election of Muslim councillors. 

                                                                  The CM offered a similar analysis for other communities, saying there were sections within dalits as well who went largely unrepresented and who could be brought to the BJP fold. His emphasis on leaving no vote untapped was encapsulated in his setting "272-plus" as the target for BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. 

                                                                  "He said there is a particular section of society which has been used by Congress for political gains and is vulnerable to the ruling party's shenanigans. This section should be brought on board,'' said a party source. 

                                                                  Modi set out some specifics before a meeting of national office-bearers, state presidents and state organizing secretaries. He said there was a need to form constituency level plans to track local issues so that anti-incumbency against the Congress could be fully exploited. 

                                                                  He said BJP needed to identify opinion makers at the local level and make sure they were associated with the BJP campaign. Young voters were clearly a target constituency given the efforts made by the Election Commission to add new voters and encourage them to cast their votes. 

                                                                  As he has on earlier occasions, Modi said BJP did not have much time to get its act together as the countdown for the Lok Sabha elections was ticking away. Supplementing the presentation by IT expert Rajesh Jain, Modi also stressed the importance of social media in forming opinion, at least in urban areas. 

                                                                  Apart from Modi, leaders of opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley addressed the meeting. Swaraj said poll booth management was vital and getting the ballot registered was what counted in the end. Jaitley spoke of the government's handling of theeconomy which he said was marked by all-round ineptness. 

                                                                  BJP veteran L K Advani told the meeting that he had hardly detected such a strong groundswell against the Congress as was currently the situation in the country. He said BJP needed to ensure that the popular mood was converted into support for the party. 

                                                                  The cynosure of all eyes, however, was Modi who has been pushing ahead with a campaign that leaves little doubt about his intentions to position himself as the main challenger to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress. 

                                                                  Modi's minority pitch seems to hinge on the assessment that there are large sections which have failed to benefit from the sops promised to them and who need not be seen as "out of bounds" for the BJP. 

                                                                  "The Gujarat chief minister's message was one of unity and about the need to reach out to all sections of society and not allow sectarian approaches by others to influence our party," said BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi. 

                                                                  The IT presentation by Rajesh Jain pointed out that BJP had lost around 100 constituencies in the 2009 elections by a margin of 1 lakh votes. There were 56 constituencies where the margin of defeat was under 50,000. This, party sources felt, helped set out the task before the BJP. There were 299 constituencies that had at one time or another elected a BJP MP. 

                                                                  "The discussions were intended to bring about a unity of purpose and harmonize the functioning of the state units by setting out the goal and discussing the methods," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain. 

                                                                  The 20 sub-committees formed by the party have been asked to become more active. "Modi asked the committees to do in-depth and comprehensive planning," said a party leader.

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                                                                  'Millennium city' is a big mess -- Devasahayam. SoniaG UPA, disown Vadra.

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                                                                  ‘MILLENNIUM CITY’ IS A BIG MESS

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                                                                  Gurgaon offers a classic example of how things can go wrong in urbanisation when politicians, land developers and highly connected people collude to structure a disaster. The controversy surrounding the Haryana regime-Vadra-DLF deal must be seen in this context
                                                                  It is as if the Congress and its supremo are being visited with decades-old sins. This concerns a burning cauldron called Gurgaon, then a sleepy village on the outskirts of the national capital of Delhi,  now hailed as ‘Millennium City’, ‘India’s Manhattan’ and ‘America of India’.
                                                                  In recent days this agglomeration has been in the news for all kinds of reasons. It hovers around the DLF-Vadra-Haryana Government nexus in land grab and falsification of records for that purpose. According to Mr Ashok Khemka, former Director-General, Land Holdings and Land Records, and Inspector-General of Registration, Haryana, Mr Vadra falsified documents and executed a series of sham transactions for 3.53 acres land in Shikohpur village of Gurgaon, thereby, pocketing a hefty premium on a commercial colony licence. This has created a ruckus in Parliament.
                                                                  Mr Khemka alleges that Haryana’s Department of Town & Country Planning issued various types of colony licences for a total of 21,366 acres during Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s tenure from 2005 to 2012. He points out that if the market premium for a colony licence is assumed to be as low as one crore rupee/acre, the land-licensing scam in the past eight years is worth roughly `20,000 crore. At the premium of `15.78 crore/acre that Mr Vadra earned, this figure would jump to a staggering `3.5 lakh crore.
                                                                  It has been separately reported that in a span of six years the Chief Minister had made a staggering 54,000 acres of land available for residential, commercial and industrial use through the notification of three successive master plans for Gurgaon. Evidence suggests that customisation of land development and crucial changes in land use may have played an important role in the remarkable land-to-gold story of many real estate companies. This would be a loot of humongous proportion, dwarfing all other scams and scandals making the round in Delhi.
                                                                  Gurgaon is not a mere six-eight year story, but far older. The genesis of the Gandhi-DLF partnership commenced from the early 80s and Rajiv Gandhi, to whom KP Singh of DLF gives all credit for his success. The real force behind the entire venture was the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The nexus started in 1980 when KP Singh was going around with 3,000 acres of agricultural land at Gurgaon, bought cheap to build a high-rise-high-intensity ‘world-class’ city, whereas Gurgaon hardly had the carrying capacity to withstand low-density-low-rise development.
                                                                  I was then Haryana’s Director, DTCP-cum-Chief Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority. At that time we had no intention whatsoever of allowing private players since HUDA was capable of managing the low-intensity-low-rise development of Gurgaon. Things took a dramatic turn after the then Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal defected en masse to Indira Gandhi on her returning to power in early 1980. One of Indira Gandhi’s conditions was to put the State Government machinery at the disposal of DLF to make Gurgaon into a ‘world-class city’.
                                                                  To facilitate this, sometime in mid-1980, I was eased out of the job with the kind of sophistication only Bhajan Lal was capable of. When I was moved out as Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation earlier, I was only about a year old in the department. One fine morning, Bhajan Lal politely told me that he is transferring me to the ‘bigger’ Transport Department which is a three-in-one job as Commissioner, State Transport Authority and Chief of Haryana Roadways. My protests did not work and I was eased out.
                                                                  Soon thereafter in 1981, the first licence was given to DLF and the ‘DLF City’ came up. In 1985, DLF started plotted development in the 3,000 acres. Other realtors joined in and there was no stopping Gurgaon from morphing into a ‘monster city’, in the process destroying every vestige of town planning, urbanism, environment and sustainability. This is what PK Jain, the founder-president of the Gurgaon Chamber of Commerce and Industry has to say: “Gurgaon is just a symbol of big buildings. Otherwise it’s rubbish…Ultimately, the town is going to collapse.”
                                                                  In its mad pursuit to become a ‘global city’, Gurgaon never thought of its water resources and drainage. Buildings look like monsters. The city ‘steals’ national grid’s massive electricity to maintain its glitter and air conditioning, yet most of them run on highly polluting diesel energy. It is an island of concrete and glass everywhere adding to heat-island effect leading to climate change. Every green space is being preyed upon. Expressway, exclusively for car-owners serves as the worst example of infrastructure/road development. Posh markets/malls cater only to high-end consumers. Informal labour lives a despicable life. No decent schools/colleges or formal housing exist for the poor. Small-time entertainment, eating or outing avenues for poor or lower-middle class citizens have not been thought of. Government hospital or dispensary is a rarity. Not one prudent town planning norm has been adhered to. 
                                                                  Gurgaon is a true urban cauldron developed for the elite, by the elite and of the elite. The elite has devastated the national capital and its environs. Gurgaon is a living example of how not to urbanise in India. The sole consideration was vulgar real estate/property ‘development’ with the purpose of raking in billions.
                                                                  The modus operandi has been simple. Under the Land Acquisition Act, HUDA and HSIDC have powers to acquire land under Sections 4 and 6 through the issuance of notifications, while the award of a licence is under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, amended several times. Builders who are unable to coerce farmers to sell their land turn to the Government for official assistance. Section 4 is invoked with the notification that the Government requires those specific parcels of land for ‘public purpose’. At this stage, builders enter into agreements to sell/collaborate with landowners/farmers, offering them a modest premium over the Government’s prevailing compensation rate. If landowners/farmers offer resistance, Section 6 is imposed, declaring the State’s intention to acquire the land. This forces even resistant landowners to enter into agreements. Between the imposition of Sections 4 and 6, builders apply for licences in collaboration with farmers/landowners to the DTCP, Haryana. Once the land is released from acquisition, its value to the lucky new owners skyrocket.
                                                                  Such coup d'état by property sharks has been made possible because of the concentration of the portfolios of DTCP — the licensing arm — HUDA, the Government’s real estate developer, and HSIDC, the industrial promotion wing under the Chief Minister. This gives him complete control over all land deals in the State. Now, the chickens have come home to roost. But pray, who is to pay for the colossal sins?
                                                                  (The writer is a former IAS officer, a former Army officer and now an activist)
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                                                                  What Mr.Devasahayam said is absolutely true. The fountain head of all the sins and scams lies with Indira Gandhi's family. Till date Sonia and Rahul had said nothing on Vadra-DLF land grabbing. Only we can say - Janata aathi he...Singhasan khali karo...it is high time to act and every citizen should go to polling booths and teach these looters a lesson. That is the only remedy.

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                                                                  State of national security since independence -- Col. R Hariharan

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                                                                  National security after 66 years of independence

                                                                  Col R Hariharan

                                                                  [This background note on the state of national security since independence was prepared for two TV interviews on August 15 and 16, 2013.]

                                                                  Overview on national security since 1947
                                                                  Indian armed forces were guardians of British colonial rule before independence. They have now distinguished themselves as the defenders of independent India by shedding their blood on more than one occasion. This has not been an easy process. It meant moving away from the Commander-in-Chief system of the British to Chiefs of staff for each of the three services. It also meant downgrading the status of Service Chiefs in the government hierarchy; C-in-C was next only to the Viceroy in Colonial India. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is now on par with the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission. But the armed forces have reconciled to this realizing that elected government is supreme in a democracy. 

                                                                  But this is having its impact on the decision making process on national security and management of strategic defence. We see the anachronism of Defence Secretary - a bureaucrat - leading a delegation of three chiefs for holding a strategic dialogue with China. Chiefs of armed forces who had access to the Prime Minister in Pandit Nehru’s times have access only to the Defence Minister. Security chiefs are merely on listening watch in the decision making process after they have had their say with the defence minister.

                                                                  As a result, inability to take timely and informed decisions  on vital matters affecting national security has become the hallmark of our strategic defence management. This has not only affected timely procurement of weapons and equipment but lead to corruption by vested interests of a wide variety including politics, business interests and bureaucracy.

                                                                  Enormous delays are dogging the development of indigenous capacities for manufacture of warships, submarines, combat aircraft and even small arms and artillery guns because we continue to worship the holy cow called public sector abetted by private business and political interests.  Grandiose plans take decades to make snail-like progress to see them through.

                                                                  For instance the Defence Minister launched the first Indian built aircraft carrier three days back. This is no doubt a laudable achievement. But the proposal to build it was lying with the bureaucracy for over a decade, according to former Naval Chief Admiral Arun Prakash.  The decision was taken only after it was decided to buy “Admiral Gorshkov”, the half built Soviet carrier.  
                                                                        
                                                                  We are one of the three Asian powers boasting of nuclear capability which is a testimony to our defence research capability. Unlike Pakistan, in our country there are a lot of grey areas in the chain of command for decision for making on use and safeguarding of nuclear weapons during peace and war. Former service chiefs and K Subrahmanyam committee appointed in the wake of Kargil war have pointed this out. But so far the neither the nation nor its parliament has been taken into confidence by the government on this subject.

                                                                  Despite all this we have creditable achievements. We have made big strides in developing our missile capability; we have just launched a nuclear submarine made in India and our shipyards are producing warships though at a slow pace. After sleeping for decades we seem to have woken up to the need for timely procurement and manufacture of state of the art weapons and systems.

                                                                  China’s growing influence in neighbouring countries
                                                                  China has emerged as global economic power, while India continues to be a regional one.  China has gained a lot of advantage due to changes in the dynamics of global security environment and economic liberalisation But as a result of the economic downturn in the U.S. and European Union China's export-based economy has also suffered, although  it continues to clock the highest growth rate among other growth economies.  South Asian countries’ under-exploited markets offer an attractive green field option for Chinese products and investments. So China has entered South Asia in a big way. Cheap Chinese goods have flooded markets in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Chinese companies are involved in major infrastructure and power projects in most of the South Asian countries.

                                                                  China’s multi-faceted entry in South Asia is a matter of concern for India as it is eroding our influence in the neighbouring countries. This will have far reaching effects on our trade and economy, and impact our strategic security relations with our close neighbours like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. China’s strategic partnership with Pakistan will be further strengthened and we will have to factor it in our threat perceptions.

                                                                  However, for the time being both India and China appear to be keen on building a peaceful relationship although the Chinese pinpricks along the border continues. 

                                                                  Capability to defend against China
                                                                  India and China have three contentious issues that hold the potential to explode into an armed confrontation. These are historical issues relating to China’s dispute over India’s traditional border with Tibet, China’s occupation of Indian territory in Ladakh and China’s suspicions about India’s intentions in giving refuge to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and nearly two lakh Tibetan refugees who aspire for an independent Tibet. These disputes are unlikely to be resolved in the next decade or more. 

                                                                  Areas of potential conflict with China are in the Aksai Chin region in Ladakh in the proximity of Daulat Beg Oldi near Siachen, and the Tawang region in Arunachal Pradesh, where Chinese feel they have stronger claims. Of course as Chinese do not recognize the Mc Mahon Line as the border in the Northeast, a few passes along the Himalayan border could also face Chinese threat. 

                                                                  The usual question is how can India defend itself against PLA – China’s army of over 2.25 million - the world’s biggest military force. PLA is becoming very powerful as it is rapidly modernizing not only the army, navy, air force and strategic nuclear missile force but also its weapon systems, cyberwarfare and command and control set up. They have better lift capability to move troops and are carrying out training in joint operations which used to be their weakspot. China’s research has progressed well in a number of defence related areas like satellite based reconnaissance and communication. All these make PLA a formidable foe to any nation, let alone India.

                                                                  More than all this, it is backed by China’s huge international diplomatic, economic and political clout. But PLA’s responsibilities are equally big; it has defend 9.6 million sq km of territory of the second biggest country in the world and guard its 22,117 km long land borders with 14 countries.  It also has internal security responsibilities. Considering this, Indian security forces would not face the entire forces of PLA. However, unlike our tardy approach to building strategic infrastructure along the border, Chinese have constructed roads and airfields close to our borders; this gives them greater ability to move troops faster and in huge numbers.

                                                                  Our army is roughly half the size of PLA. They are well trained and their weapons despite the deficiencies are capable of defending our territory from aggressors. Our air force is fairly modern; though smaller in size it is professionally very competent. Our air lift capability is moderate. But our infrastructure to move troops is abysmal as it is insufficient to meet even the normal day to day requirements of the people. This remains our strategic weakness.

                                                                  Considering this, our communication centres would become choke points in times of war for the enemy to bottle up and incapacitate our troops. This would reduce our military capability to a defensive war, even if tactical requirements dictate an offensive to reduce pressure on one front. And China’s superior capability in hacking and cyber warfare could cripple our command and communication system. We have only taken the first steps to address this growing threat.

                                                                  PLA operating in tandem with Pakistan army would be the biggest challenge as it would augment the threat while dividing our strength. This is an altogether different scenario.
                                                                  China’s weakest link is its navy which is rapidly acquiring new platforms and capabilities. Its superiority in submarines is neutralized by the limited experience of the navy in carrying out fleet operations well outside its shores. Conscious of this PLA navy (PLAN) is increasingly refining its skils and is now regularly operating a large number of warships in anti piracy duties off Somalia and Gulf coasts. 

                                                                  This does not mean a war with China is imminent. But local confrontations should not be discounted. Conventional wars of long duration are no more cost effective and the networked world’s political and economic environments are unlikely to sustain it. Chinese perhaps realize this and are focusing on winning local wars in hi-tech environment. 

                                                                  On India’s loss of influence with its neighbours
                                                                  It would be incorrect to say India has lost its influence with the neighbouring countries. It still remains the biggest and strongest economic power in South Asia. It has a lot of international clout and its economic power is growing. As one of the three nuclear powers of Asia it will have a say in any strategic dispensation worked out by other big powers like China and the U.S.

                                                                  At the same time, it is true that India has lost some of its overwhelming influence in countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bangladesh. Each of these countries have their own internal political problems affecting their external perceptions particularly relating to India, which as a huge neighbor unnerves them at times. The entry of Chinese in this region has broadened their options on handling India’s dominance.
                                                                  India has been responding to this challenge as and when the situation arises. This reactive response has been producing band-aid solutions for issues that require a strategic vision. This is where the Chinese excel.

                                                                  Indian leadership has continued to be indecisive and often its actions contradict each other. This has created an image of the nation lacking self confidence in dealing with other countries. This has been compounded by the inability of our leadership to create transparent process and communicate with the public. People are better informed and their expectations from the elected government are higher than ever before; unfortunately the government does not seem to have realized the need for real time public communication. It is taking baby steps which are neither adequate nor attractive.   

                                                                  Thoughts on improving national security
                                                                  1.      Building a responsive national decision making and implementing system to respond in real time to needs of national security is the number one priority. This can be only done by national leadership which seems to be lost while dealing with critical national security issues.
                                                                  2.      Security chiefs should be part of the national security planning and decision making systems with service officers manning the defence ministry alongside bureaucrats.  This would pave way for greater accountability. 
                                                                  3.                                                                        Unless national security forms part of the political agenda of parties it will not happen. Now it is limited to comments against China and Pakistan. Political class seems to have more confidence in bureaucracy in dealing with matters of defence, than the services. This results in chaos due to lack of understanding and prioritizing while handling defence issues. They need to shed this colonial baggage as armed forces have repeatedly proved their loyalty to the country and the colour.
                                                                  4.                                                                        Though defence R and D has some great achievements to its credit there is need for greater accountability and timely completion of projects. Research developments are not adequate as they have to be translated into operational models and produced within a reasonable time frame. This is costing us dearly.
                                                                  5.                                                                    India is one of the largest importers of weapons. This dependency on external sources for even basic weapons is is a potential threat to national security. This is laughable in a country which has demonstrated achievements in manufacture of aircraft, ships, tanks and other hi-tech systems. This was mainly due to political pressure to entrust it exclusively to public sector. Even imports are entrusted to them. This has resulted in colossal cost, delays, corruption and obsolescence. The Tatra vehicle scam is a very good example of this. The criteria should be timely delivery and appropriate technology and performance and not private or public sector.  
                                                                  6.                                                                        Government has shown insensitivity and casualness in handling pay packages and pension settlement of armed forces personnel. This has added to the lack of credibility armed forces personnel existing due to poor governance. Their families at home have a lot of problems and civil administration is not as sensitive to it as they used to be in British days. There is a need to handle defence personnel-related matters without tardiness and delay. Even court judgements in favour of war wounded are routinely contested at present. Armed forces on their part need to shed their elitism and cantonment mindset and inter-act more with ordinary people. 

                                                                  (Col. R Hariharan, a retired Military Intelligence specialist on South Asia is associated with the South Asia Analysis Group and the Chennai Centre for China Studies.   E- mail:colhari@yahoo.com Blog: www.colhariharan.org)
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                                                                  Rama & Ayodhya -- Meenakshi Jain. Book review -- Swadesh Singh

                                                                  August 18, 2013, 9:24 pm
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                                                                  Ayodhya: Resurrecting the Lost World



                                                                  Swadesh Singh

                                                                  undefinedThe Indian academic scenario is so gripped by leftist ideology that the people associated with it are unable to think beyond the assumed canons. Other points of view are not entertained and anything that doesn’t fit their 150-year-old Marxist framework can’t be either objective or true. Conversely, they are ready to dole out a hundred fabrications to prove what they think ‘should’ be right. In India, leftist ideology and politics have reached a stalemate. Even the senior leaders and ideologues are at a loss when class-struggle transforms into caste-struggle and when lal salam echoes like wale-qum-asslam.The ideological entanglements have not just harmed their own politics but also the progressive politics of India. Ram Janm Bhumi Movement is no exception as there have been unassailedattempts to obfuscate the issue at various levels and in different ways. The book ‘Rama and Ayodhya’ written by Meenakshi Jain is a brave effort to expose the nefarious designs of such leftist academics.
                                                                  Meenakshi Jain teaches History in Delhi University and has from time to time raised several issues that have been sidelined in the academic discourse driven by JNU-type historians. Why this bunch of leftist historians is so selective in their ideation, research and analysis is subject matter for a separate article.
                                                                  Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court pronounced in its verdict on September 30, 2010 that the disputed site is nothing but the temple of Ram Lala and sacred place for crores of Hindus and therefore, should be granted to the Hindus. The High Court’s decision was based on a report submitted by the ASI’s excavation team constituted by the order of the court. During the excavation at the disputed site, the ASI found the remains were of a temple that was destroyed and over which a mosque was constructed.   
                                                                  The writer of this book has brilliantly chronicled the early history of Ayodhya and Ramayana which provides substantial evidences of the existence of a temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya. While it records the puranic and literary evidences on one hand, it also compiles evidences, facts and courts proceedings on the other, to counter the arguments of the historians who pitch for legitimacy for the disputed structure.
                                                                  The author makes a long journey of research and study in her quest of Ram, Ramayana and Ayodhya. Working right through folklore to historic evidences Jain gives us a great tome of academic research.  Her book also challenges the leftist historians whose selective footnotes and referencing negate the existence of Ram and declares that the issue of Ayodhya as birthplace of Ram is merely 200 years old created by some British writers. She also mentions how in 1989, 25 historians of JNU initiated the academic debate on Ramjanm Bhumi by publishing a book and laying the foundation of an ideological fraud. Even after the Court’s verdict, they did not stop and as a part of their campaign they organised several seminars and published many booklets denouncing the verdict.  
                                                                  Jain’s lucid style of handling such a complicate subject, makes it a gripping read. Also, given the span and scope of the subject covered it deserves a place on the shelf of those who value quality research.   
                                                                  The introductory chapter makes it clear that there is ample proof that  disputed structure was made after demolishing a temple which was worshiped as the birthplace of Lord Ram. In the second, third and fourth chapters the writer takes the help of the literary, sculptural and epigraphic evidences to prove the antiquity and popularity of Ram among common masses. While the introductory chapter makes a strong pitch for Ramjanm Bhumi in Ayodhya, the last one argues that there is no case for mosque. The writer gives evidences from revenue and waqf records of the pre-independence era and judicial pronouncements in earlier cases involving Hindu deities which undermine the Babri case.
                                                                  Shedding new light on the subject, the writer says that the struggle for Ramjanm Bhumi is hundreds of years old and that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad just carried forward the ancient legacy through the Ram Janmbhumi movement of 1980-90s. Jain gives an account of the historic struggles for the holy site.  
                                                                  This book unmasks the Leftist writers and historians who have, on one hand, tried to project Hindu faith as hogwash and on the other, have joined efforts to falsify the existence of Ram. It is indeed shocking to know that many of these historians gave statements in court which were later found to be false.
                                                                  Jain quotes Gandhiji, “The general spirit of India was most vividly reflected in the Ramayana”. It is a great misfortune of the nation that on this land we have to prove the existence of Ram again and again. The evidences submitted by ASI again prove that the Ram Janmbhumi temple was situated on the site for hundreds of years before it was demolished by Babar to build  disputed structure. Undoubtedly, the mosque was built to show the supremacy of the victors and to crush both the faith and the spirit of the inhabitants of this sacred land. For those who still doubt, Jain’s masterpiece is sure to provide an answer. Jain’s work truly shows how a decolonised mind chronicles the history of its homeland.   
                                                                  (The Writer teaches in Delhi University)
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                                                                  Rupee on ventilator -- S. Gurumurthy

                                                                  August 18, 2013, 11:34 pm
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                                                                  Reckless imports put rupee on ventilator

                                                                  By S Gurumurthy
                                                                  19th August 2013 09:59 AM
                                                                  After watching the relentless fall of the Indian rupee for 18 months with saintly restraint, Finance Minister P Chidambaram declared on August 12 that he would cut the Current Account Deficit (CAD) — the excess outgo over receipts of foreign exchange — and stabilise the rupee. In January 2012, Indians could buy one US dollar by paying Rs 45. But, by August 12, they needed to pay more, Rs 61 for a dollar, the dollar rising by over 35 percent since January 2012, mirroring an equal fall in the rupee value.
                                                                  This is the direct outcome of the burgeoning CAD since 2004-2005. On August 12, Chidambaram announced “measures” to reduce the CAD and arrest the rupee slide. But, within 36 hours, on August 14, the rupee fell further, to `61.50 per dollar.
                                                                  This forced the Reserve Bank to restrict investments and remittances abroad to reduce the dollar’s flow out of India. Even that did not work. It is Rs 62 to a dollar now. Even as the rupee was crashing, in January, The Economist magazine [2.1.2013] reported that the real value of the rupee, namely its purchasing power, equated a dollar to just Rs 19.75 - a third of the market value of the dollar today.
                                                                  The Economist said the rupee is the most undervalued currency in the world market. Why does the already-undervalued, high real-value rupee keep losing value? Who is responsible for it? Chidambaram himself had acknowledged that the NDA had left behind a healthy economy.
                                                                  In his budget speech (July 2004) Chidambaram said: “The economic fundamentals appear strong” and “the balance of payments robust”. From “robust” balance of payments, the nation is today in a balance of payments crisis reminding the country of the dark days of 1991.
                                                                  How did the UPA manage to mess up the prosperous economy it had inherited in 2004?
                                                                  Galloping CAD
                                                                  A quick look at some simple facts will bring out the drastic change for the worse after the UPA came to power in 2004, which turned disastrous for the country after the UPA was voted back in 2009. Take the recent history of the CAD. The country incurred a CAD of $35 billion in 10 years from 1991 to 2001. But, under the NDA regime, it posted a substantial current account surplus - yes, surplus - of $22 billion for the first time since 1978. After the current account surplus of the NDA days, nine of years of the UPA regime saw unprecedented CADs of $339 billion, when Chidambaram [5 1/2 years] and Pranab Mukherjee [3 1/2 years] stewarded the national economy. See the transition from surplus into deficits under their economic leadership. While the NDA handed to the UPA a current account surplus of $13.5 billion in 2003-2004, the UPA quickly turned it into a CAD of $2.7 billion (2004-5) and trebled it to $10 billion each in the second and third years and thereafter multiplied it to $16 billion (4th year) $28 billion [5th] $38 billion (6th) $48 billion (7th), $78 billion (8th) and $89 billion (9th). The government repeatedly said oil prices and high gold imports are the culprits for the relentless CAD. Is the story of oil and gold as culprits true? Or the complete truth?
                                                                  Reckless Imports Destroy Production
                                                                  A closer look at the import data reveals a shockingly different picture. Unnoticed (or suppressed?) in popular discourse, capital goods import skyrocketed under the UPA rule. The capital goods import during the NDA period averaged about $10 billion a year. But in 2004-2005, the very first year of the UPA, it leaped to $25.5 billion and then relentlessly rose year after thus: to $38 billion in the second year, $47 billion (3rd), $70 billion (4 th), $72 billion (5th), $66 billion (6th), $79 billion (7th), $99 billion (8th) and $91.5 billion (9th), aggregating to $587 billion in nine years.
                                                                  Import of capital goods is a sign of vibrant economy. And in theory it generates higher national production. But, see what happens. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) annually averaged 11.5 percent during the first four years of UPA rule. But in the next five years the annual average IIP came down to less than 5 percent — finally to a peanut of 2.9 percent for 2012-2013. Far from rising with the import of capital goods, the IIP growth has fallen from 11.5 percent in the first four years to 5 percent in the latter five years, a fall of over 56 percent. In contrast, it was in the latter five-year period the capital goods import was $407 billion (79 percent) out of the $587 billion for the UPA’s entire nine years, the average in the first four years being $45 billion and the later five years was $80 billion.
                                                                  A Rise of 78 Per Cent
                                                                  Is it not shocking that when the capital goods import rises by 79 percent, the national production falls by 56 percent. The 2008 meltdown cannot be cited as an alibi for the decline in the IIP. Because the GDP has risen from 6.7 percent in 2008-2009 to 8.6 percent in 2009-2010 and to 9.3 percent in 2010-2011. Also, an economic slowdown affects investment first and production later.
                                                                  Production falls after investment contracts. But here investment (read capital goods import) has risen by two thirds but production has fallen by half. Why this conundrum? The reason for the fall in national production in the latter five years itself is the rise in imports. The domestic capital goods industry slowed down and later declined because of the import of capital goods. Even as the GDP rose to 8.6 percent in 2009-2010, the IIP rise of 5.3 percent did not keep pace with it. Later the index of domestic capital goods production fell — yes actually fell — by 4 percent in 2011-2012 and 5.7 percent in 2012-2013. More, in the last three years to 2012-2013, the production of intermediate goods hardly grew. If capital goods import under the UPA hit the capital goods industry like a tsunami, foreign-manufactured goods flooded the Indian market.
                                                                  The average annual import of manufactured goods during 2001-2004 (the NDA period) was just $600 million. But from 2004-2005 to 2012-2013, the average soared to $5.5 billion, by 8 times. The nominal national GDP grew by 3.2 times in this period, by just a third of the growth of manufactured goods imports. The 9-year UPA regime saw manufactured goods imports of $50 billion against just $2.3 billion during the NDA regime. Obviously, the capital goods import did not add to, but actually destroyed, national production, ably aided by import of manufactured goods.
                                                                  CAD Kills GDP Growth
                                                                  It is basic economics that trade surplus adds to national wealth (GDP) and trade deficit cuts into it. So, the CAD, which is the trade deficit, brings down the nominal GDP by a like amount. Calculations show that the CADs have brought down the real GDP by 0.8 percent in 2007-2008, by 1.5 percent (2008-2009) by 2.1 percent (2009-2010) by 1.4 percent(2010-2011) by 2.6 percent (2011-12) and by 3.9 percent (2012-13). If the CADs were removed, theoretically, the real GDP of India would have been 10.8 percent  (not 9.3 percent) in 2007-2008, 8.2 percent (not 6.7 percent) in 2008-2009, 10.7 percent (not 8.6 percent) in 2001-2011, 8.8 percent (not 6.2 percent) in 2011-2012, and 8.9 percent (not 5 percent) in 2012-2013. True, oil and gold too have eaten into the forex holdings. But there is a fundamental difference between them and capital goods. Indians buy a quarter to a third of the global supply of gold, which is not produced in India. Domestic oil production is just a quarter of national needs, necessitating the import of the balance three-fourths. But most imported capital goods, which are actually produced in India, has displaced domestic production of capital goods and brought down the GDP.
                                                                  Oil and Gold as Alibis
                                                                  And see how the oil and gold story is not true or is true only partly. The gross value of gold, silver and precious stones import of $402 billion during the UPA’s nine years looks huge. But if the export of jewellery and precious stones of $251 billion is set off, the net deficit is $161 billion in nine years. Likewise, the petroleum imports of $804 billion in nine years look gargantuan. But, if the export of petroleum products ($279 billion) is set off, the net import is down to $515 billion. It is less than the capital goods import of $587 billion.  In the last five years, the net petroleum import is worth $360 billion, but the capital goods import is worth $407 billion. Does it need a seer to say that the real culprit is the reckless capital goods import and that it has killed the rupee through the CAD and hit domestic production and GDP? Just see one fallout of rupee depreciation. A calculation shows that for every additional rupee paid to buy dollars for oil imports, the additional oil bill for India is `9,500 crore. In today’s rupee value, the extra annual petrol bill will be `1,60,000 crore. But the CAD is only part one of the story of destruction. Await further testimony on the decade-long destruction.
                                                                  S Gurumurthy is a well-known commentator on political and economic issues. Email: 
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                                                                  Rupee slips below 63 against $. India Inc. debt Rs. 6.4 trillion. Its time for FM to resign.

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                                                                  Published: August 19, 2013 10:14 IST | Updated: August 19, 2013 17:52 IST

                                                                  Rupee breaches 63 level

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                                                                  Heavy FII outflows from the domestic equity market have been weighing on rupee. File photo
                                                                  The HinduHeavy FII outflows from the domestic equity market have been weighing on rupee. File photo

                                                                  The Indian currency tumbled by Rs. 1.48 to 63.13, the biggest single day drop in a decade

                                                                  The rupee on Monday breached the 63-level for the first time against the U.S. currency in late evening trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on higher demand for dollar, particularly from oil importers.
                                                                  The local currency tumbled by Rs. 1.48 to 63.13, despite a series of measures by RBI and government to arrest its slide.

                                                                  Meanwhile, the BSE benchmark Sensex fell by 291 points to end at over 4-month low of 18,307.52 on Monday, as the investor sentiment had taken a hit with rupee touching new lows.


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                                                                  Free-fall for Sensex, Nifty as rupee woes continue


                                                                  FII selling in shares of banks, auto, pharma and FMCG eroded Rs 1 lakh crore in investor wealth with Sensex ending at 18,307.52, a drop of 290.66 points or 1.56%.



























































                                                                  PTI Aug. 19, 2013
                                                                  MUMBAI: Stock markets on Monday continued to wilt under heavy selling on rupee plummeting to new lows, with BSE Sensex slumping 291 points to over 4-month low and NSENifty diving 93 points to end at lowest level in 11 months.

                                                                  Investors remained rattled after RBI on August 14 unveiled stern measures, including curbs on Indian firms investing abroad. Sensex last Friday crashed by 769 points — the worst fall in 4 years — on fears that more steps will be announced to control capital outflows to shore up the unit.
                                                                  Weakness in global markets and speculation over the US rolling back its economic stimulus package as early as next month also affected the sentiment.
                                                                  Investors sentiment took a hit with rupee racing towards 63-level. The domestic currency was trading at its all-time of low of 62.8 in the late afternoon trade. Later, it breached 63-mark after stock markets closed for the day.

                                                                  FII selling in shares of banks, auto, pharma and FMCG eroded Rs 1 lakh crore in investor wealth with Sensex ending at 18,307.52, a drop of 290.66 points or 1.56 per cent.

                                                                  ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Auto were among biggest Sensex losers.

                                                                  Similarly, the 50-issue NSE CNX Nifty also dipped by 93.10 points, or 1.69 per cent, to end at 5,414.75 — the lowst since September 2012. Also, SX40 index closed down 201.76 points, or 1.82 per cent, at 10,881.76.

                                                                  "No respite has been seen today despite assurance from the government that situation of 1991 shall not be repeated and condition is not worse. Banking and Auto stocks led the fall today," said Nidhi Saraswat, senior research analyst, Bonanza Portfolio Ltd.

                                                                  Banks were hit on concerns over mark-to-market losses on banks' portfolios, brokers said.

                                                                  Bucking the weak trend, software exporting companies led by Infosys rose over one per cent on hopes the fall in rupee would improve their revenues.

                                                                  Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 563.23 crore on last Friday, as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.

                                                                  Most Asian stocks ended lower for a third straight day as worries about the Federal Reserve's policy outlook and rising US Treasury yields weighed on the sentiment. Key benchmark indices in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan were down by 0.13-0.76 per cent while indices in Japan and China rose by 0.79-0.83 per cent.

                                                                  European markets were trading lower in their early trade as rise in US Treasury yields spooked investors. Key indices in France, Germany and UK eased by 0.22-0.63 per cent.

                                                                  Moving back to the local market, 24 scrips out of the 30-share Sensex ended lower while six others finished higher.

                                                                  "The quarterly results season has ended and growth for the current fiscal is expected to be lower than earlier estimates. A depreciating rupee will result in increased costs for various companies, thereby impacting margins. Even at lower stock prices, the valuations have not turned appealing," said Dipen Shah, Head - %G Research, Kotak Securities.

                                                                  Major Sensex losers were Bharti Airtel (5.51 %), ICICI Bank (5.07 %), Bajaj Auto (4.55 %), Sun Pharma (4.05 %), Tata Motors (3.77 %), ONGC (3.73 %), M&M (3.51 %), Cipla (3.36 %), Hero MotoCorp (2.85 %) and SBI (2.60 %).

                                                                  BHEL (2.45 %), L&T (2.43 %), NT% (2.15 %), ITC (1.80 %), HUL (1.63 %), Dr Reddy's Lab (1.20 %) and Maruti Suzuki (1.38 %) were also among the worst hit.

                                                                  However, Tata Steel rose by 5 per cent, followed by Hindalco Ind (1.89 %), Jindal Steel (1.86 %), Tata Power (2.46 %) and Infosys (1.04 %).

                                                                  Among the sectoral indices, S&P BSE bankex dropped by 3.40 per cent, followed by S&P BSE-Auto 3.13 per cent, S&P BSE-HC 2.49 per cent, S&P BSE-FMCG 2.07 per cent, S&P BSE-PSU 2.05 per cent, S&P BSE-CD 2.05 per cent, S&P BSE-CG 1.91 per cent and S&P BSE-Oil&Gas 1.38 per cent.

                                                                  However, BSE-Metal rose by 1.78 per cent and BSE-IT by 0.31 per cent. Market breadth continued to remain negative as 1,401 shares finished with losses and 886 ended higher while 142 ruled steady. The total market turnover dropped to Rs 1,844.66 crore from Rs 2,132.35 crore on last friday.

                                                                  Published: August 19, 2013 17:27 IST | Updated: August 19, 2013 18:18 IST

                                                                  India Inc. debt rises to Rs 6.4 trillion

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                                                                  The group also includes Jaypee, GMR, GVK, JSW, Lanco and Videocon

                                                                  The country’s 10 leading business houses, including Reliance Group, Vedanta, Essar and Adani, have seen their total debt levels soar by 15 per cent to over Rs 6 lakh crore during the last fiscal while profitability continues to remain under pressure, a research report said Monday.
                                                                  The cumulative debt of these groups, which also include Jaypee, GMR, GVK, JSW, Lanco and Videocon, is likely to further increase in the current fiscal because of rupee depreciation and delays in projects being undertaken by many of them, Credit Suisse said in its annual House of Debt report for India.
                                                                  According to the report, the collective debt of these 10 groups rose to Rs 6,31,025 crore at the end of last fiscal ended March 31, 2013, from Rs 5,47,361 crore a year ago.
                                                                  “For most of them the debt increase has outpaced capex and asset sales are yet to take off. The rising stress is visible with some loans of Lanco, JPA, and (Anil Ambani-led) Reliance groups already being restructured,” it said.
                                                                  “The largest increases have been at groups such as GVK, Lanco and ADA where the gross debt levels are up 24 per cent year-over-year .... Asset sales-key for de-leveraging for most of these—have still not taken off; only GMR and Videocon have had some success on that front,” Credit Suisse said.
                                                                  The report also warned of additional asset quality stress of banks because of growing debt levels of big business houses.
                                                                  While large corporate NPLs (non performing loans) are still low, the overleverage in the large corporate segment is high and is a potential source of additional asset quality stress for banks, it said, while adding that corporate asset quality issues are likely to persist for the banking sector.
                                                                  Observing that the rupee weakening could cause further “pain” going further, the report said that delays in power projects being undertaken by many of these groups could result in more of their debt being restructured.
                                                                  However, companies such as Adani Power, Reliance Power and GMR Infra would see their operating capacities double if the projects were to come on stream as expected.
                                                                  “Many corporates’ loans are 40-70 per cent foreign currency denominated; therefore, the sharp depreciation in the rupee is adding to their debt burden. Adani Enterprise and Reliance Comm have the largest percentage of borrowings through forex loans,” it said.
                                                                  The report further warned that “with the 6.7 per cent currency depreciation in FY13, corporates such as Reliance Comm, Adani Enterprise and JP Associates, have seen a forex hit equivalent to their FY13 profit after tax. With the rupee down 12 per cent since March 2013, the liabilities on account of this must have increased further.”
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                                                                  Congress expels Sadhu Yadav for praising Narendra Modi

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                                                                  Congress expels Sadhu Yadav for praising Narendra Modi

                                                                  PTI | Aug 19, 2013, 06.00 PM IST

                                                                  Congress expels Sadhu Yadav for praising Narendra Modi
                                                                  Yadav, who had joined the Congress before the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, embarrassed the party last week by saying that India would be safer in the hands of Modi rather than under Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
                                                                  NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday expelled RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's estranged brother-in-law and Bihar Congress leader Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav, who had met Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and said the BJP strongman has better qualities to become Prime Minister than Rahul Gandhi. 

                                                                  "Yadav has been expelled from the party for indefinite period," Bihar Congress president Ashok Chaudhary said. 

                                                                  He said the decision to expel Yadav from the party was taken by Gopalganj District Congress (DCC) President Raj Kumari Gupta after the former failed to reply to the show cause issued to him. 

                                                                  Chaudhary said another Congress leader Dasai Chaudhary, who had accompanied Yadav to met Narendra Modi, has also been issued show cause by Vaishali district Congress President and appropriate action would be taken by the district chief. 

                                                                  State Congress media in-charge Prem Chand Mishra said that Yadav, who had unsuccessfully contested from the party ticket from BettiahLok Sabha seat, has been shown the door for "gross indiscipline." 

                                                                  Yadav, the estranged brother-in-law of Lalu Prasad had embarrassed the Congress by singing paeans to Narendra Modi and making light of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. 

                                                                  "In comparison with Rahul Gandhi, I strongly believe that Narendra Modi has much better qualities to become Prime Minister of our country," Yadav told media after his meeting with Modi at his Gandhinagar office on Friday last. 

                                                                  "Narendra Modi is a powerful leader and today our country needs a powerful leader like Modi as Prime Minister," he added. 

                                                                  He was in a defiant mood when asked about possible action from party chairperson Sonia Gandhi in the wake of his meeting. 

                                                                  "Who is afraid of Sonia Gandhi? Is Sonia Gandhi running this country ? This country is being run by Manmohan Singh and tell me how many people know that Manmohan Singh is our Prime Minister. Whereas every child in our country knows Narendra Modi," Yadav claimed.

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                                                                  Bill on timeframe for prosecution sanction in graft cases in RS -- Implementing SC judgement on Dr. Swamy's petition

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                                                                  Bill on timeframe for prosecution sanction in graft cases in RS

                                                                      New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) A bill which makes it mandatory for 
                                                                  the competent authority to decide on granting prosecution sanction 
                                                                  within three months of a complaint was introduced in the Rajya Sabha today.

                                                                       The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, also says 
                                                                  any application seeking sanction to prosecute a public servant, including 
                                                                  a minister, can only be considered if the complaint has been filed 
                                                                  in a competent court and it has directed the complainant to obtain 
                                                                  prosecution sanction against the public servant for further proceedings.

                                                                  The amendment bill, introduced by Minister of State for Personnel 
                                                                  V Narayanasamy, makes it mandatory for the government or the competent 
                                                                  authority to convey whether it has granted prosecution sanction within 
                                                                  three months.

                                                                  The period can be extended by another month after consulting the 
                                                                  Attorney General or the Advocate General.

                                                                  At present, the sanction to prosecute any public servant is granted 
                                                                  by the competent authority. While in case of officers, it is the 
                                                                  minister concerned, in case of the ministers, it is the Prime Minister.

                                                                  The move to amend this provision of the Act comes months after adverse 
                                                                  comments had been made by the Supreme Court in its judgement on a 
                                                                  petition filed by Subramanium Swamy that even after passage of 16 
                                                                  months, the Prime Minister's Office did not respond to an application 
                                                                  seeking sanction to prosecute former Telecom Minister A Raja in the 
                                                                  2G spectrum scam.

                                                                  "...In the light of a recent judgment of the Supreme Court, the 
                                                                  question of amending section 19 of the Act to lay down clear criteria 
                                                                  and procedure for sanction of prosecution...It is proposed to incorporate 
                                                                  appropriate provisions in section 19 of the Act," reads the bill.
                                                                  The amendment Bill also provides safeguards to retired public 
                                                                  servants from unnecessary prosecution for any bonafide omission or 
                                                                  commission in the discharge of their official duties during their 
                                                                  service period.

                                                                  Besides, the proposed amendments also provide for allowing confiscation 
                                                                  of property acquired by public servants through corrupt means.

                                                                  With most of the bribegivers going scot free, the bill also seeks 
                                                                  to amend Section 8 in case of "consensual bribery" by providing for 
                                                                  a punishment of three to seven years in jail.

                                                                  One of the changes proposed will empower a special judge to exercise 
                                                                  powers of attachment of properties if the case of bribery is established 
                                                                  after trial.

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                                                                  Cryptographer's new portrait of the People of Ancient Near East

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                                                                  Indus Writing in ancient Near East: Corpora and a dictionary  by S. Kalyanaraman 978-0982897188 Publisher: Sarasvati Research Center (April 3, 2013) Rs. 2,140 amazon.in flipkart.comhttp://tinyurl.com/lejaxkk

                                                                  Researchers have wondered in awe about the royal cemeteries or ziggurats of Mesopotamia, pyramids and temples of Egypt and tomes have been written about Mesopotamian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphic writing systems.

                                                                  This wonder and awe should now extend to a contemporary but more extensive Indus-Sarasvati civilization with new revelations being brought out by researches into the writing system of this civilization. The enigmatic writing system is evidenced in nearly 7000 inscriptions on seals, tablets and even copper plates.

                                                                  Evidence has accumulated over the years since 1872 when Alexander Cunningham published the first reproduction of a seal from Harappa. Cunningham was Director of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1871 to 1885.

                                                                  So far researchers used to describe the evidence from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in mysterious terms, even calling Saravati River a mystic river. All this mystery should now get explained because the cryptographer from Chennai has discovered the cipher for Indus Script  used by what he calls People of Meluhha or Mleccha of India.

                                                                  In the early 1920s when Howard Carter opened the tomb of the young pharaoh Tutankhamen and saw glint of gold and when Leonard Woolley excavated graves at Ur revealing the wealth of Sumerians on the Tigris-Euphrates river basin in what is now Iraq, excavations in the river basin of Indus and Sarasvati, in the sites of Harappa, Mohenjo-daro and Chanhu-daro, revealed astonishing evidences of the Bronze Age revolution of 3rdmillennium BCE. Chanhu-daro is on the right-bank of Vedic River Sarasvati.

                                                                  One American explorer of Boston Museum of Fine Arts, EJH Mackay, was so deeply  impressed by the technological excellence of metal vessels, tools and weapons, excavated  from Chanhu-daro that he became thrilled and called the revolutionary industrial site as the Sheffield of the Ancient Near East in Illustrated London News of November 21, 1936 with an accompanying photograph.

                                                                  This proved to be as dazzling as the gold of Egypt or wealth of Sumer. The full explanation of the achievements of Meluhha or Mleccha people had to await the decipherment of Indus Script.

                                                                  During the last 100 years,  explorations have revealed over 2000 archaeological sites (Rakhigarhi, Ropar, Banawali, Kalibangan, Bhirrana) of this civilization on the banks of Vedic River Sarasvati (also called Ghaggar-Hakra-Nara) which had later dried up due to plate tectonics, resultant river migrations.

                                                                  Same cultural sequences were located  in delta areas of Rann of Kutch, Gujarat (Dholavira, Kanmer, Khirsara, Surkotada), Lothal , Gujarat(Gulf of Khambat) and in areas west of River Indus in sites such as Mehergarh, Shahdad, Shortugai, Shahr-i-sokta, Tepe Yahya in Afghanistan-Baluchistan-Iran and across the Persian Gulf.  These were centres of trade and commerce between India, present-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq (in areas called Elam, Bactria-Margiana, Dilmun, Magan). The trading area evidenced by the seals with Indus Script was twice as vast as the area denominated as Egyptian or Sumer cultures.
                                                                  The emerging picture was that of a maritime, riverine culture with sea-faring merchants, artisans and explorers for minerals reaching far and wide upto Caucasus mountains in Europe (Altyn Depe) and Haifa, an ancient port in Israel (shipwreck yielding two pure tin ingots with Indus Script inscription).

                                                                  Now over 30 years of research, accumulating the evidence of nearly 7000 inscriptions in a recent book, , Indus Script cipher has been revealed using techniques of cryptography.  S. Kalyanaraman, the Cryptographer of Chennai calls the script hieroglyphic writing which used the underlying sounds of Meluhha (Mleccha) language. He finds metalcraft or stonecraft words rendered as pictographs using similar sounding words which denote pictures of crocodile, bull, rhinoceros, tiger, elephant, fish, rim-of-jar or lathe used by stone or metal-turners. This use of similar sounding words which can be represented by pictographs is called rebus method also used on early Egyptian hieroglyphs. 


                                                                  For example, on Emperor Narmer’s palette his name is shown as N’r + M’r represented by glyphs: cuttle-fish and awl (chisel), respectively. 


                                                                  On Indus Script glyphs: fish + crocodile denote ayakara, metal smith.

                                                                  Mysteries of the Indus-Sarasvati need not persist any longer, thanks to this cryptography research. The inscriptions which use Indus Script are a record of the beginning and evolution of Bronze Age India. Two minerals of great importance were discovered in India: tin and zinc which when alloyed with the abundant copper mineral yielded the metal alloys of tin-bronze and brass products such as vessels, pots and pans, tools and weapons. The hardened metal alloys could be used to create sharp weapons like spears, arrow-heads, daggers, farm tools like ploughshares or sickles and ornaments and jewellery combined with gold, silver and perforated beads of semi-precious stones of lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate or even ivory. The availability of metal tools also resulted in techniques for sculpting polished stone pillars and ring-stones and even for creating water reservoirs cutting through sheer-rock as evidenced in Dholavira. Even Shivalingas were found in Harappa. These together with the suggestion by some researchers that the stupa mound of Mohenjo-daro may have been a ziggurat-temple provide new avenues for archaeological exploration of the religious-belief systems of the ancient people of the region.
                                                                  Ziggurat-temple of Mohenjo-daro?

                                                                  Bhirrana. Potsherd. Dancing girl as hieroglyph. meḍ ‘dance’ (Santali); meṭ sole of foot, footstep, footprint (Ko.); meṭṭu step, stair, treading, slipper (Te.)(DEDR 1557). Rebus: मेढ ‘merchant’s helper’ (Pkt.) Rebus: meḍ, mẽṛhẽt 'iron'(Mu.Ho.)  

                                                                  Scholars now describe how theories about Indus-Sarasvati culture have to be brushed aside and replaced by new evidence, a new consensus from sites like Bhirrana pointing to continuous settlements of people from 7th millennium BCE which could make the culture co-terminus with Vedic period which has left an enormous volume of literature and texts with profound philosophical enquiries and intense search for knowledge about phenomena. These observations together with ongoing debates about the indigenous evolution of cultures in India negate the wrongly-held theories about Aryan invasions or migrations into India.

                                                                  The new consensus shows culture of ancient India based on Bronze Age technologies, town-planning, architecture and wealth based on minerals, metals, alloys, on agriculture and trade and a society organized into artisan-and-trade guilds.

                                                                  The cipher for the Indus script now finds the interplay of physical remains with written records, thus enabling archaeological reconstruction of the lives of ancient people called Meluhha or Mleccha  as practical people governed by economic interests and without centralized rulers or kings. Cuneiform records from Mesopotamia record the presence of Indus (Meluhha) merchants and ships during Sargon’s reign of Akkadian kingdom around 2300 BCE. The trade was in goods such as hardwoods, tin or lead, copper, gold, silver, shell, pearls, ivory. Many of these commodities find a mention in Indus Script inscriptions together with distinct catalogs of stoneware and metalware created by the artisans who were stone-cutters, turners, miners, smiths.

                                                                  The Meluhhan organization of trade is matched by the world’s first gigantic, advertisement display board in Dholavira mounted on a gateway of the fort which describes the copper-based smithy-forge work offered by artisans working inside the fort.

                                                                  The repetition of ‘nave-of-wheel’ glyph divides the announcement in three segments, each related to coppersmithy work. The word eraka means ‘nave- of-wheel’. The word also means ‘copper’. 

                                                                  Other hieroglyphs read rebus: 
                                                                  kamaṭha 'claws of crab’ Rebus: kampaṭṭam’mint’; Vikalpa: ḍato = claws of crab (Santali); dhātu = mineral (Skt.)
                                                                  koḍa 'one' Rebus: koḍ 'workshop'
                                                                  khū̃ṭ m. ʻ corner, direction ʼ Rebus:  P. khoṭ m. ʻbase, alloyʼ  M. khoṭāʻalloyedʼ (CDIAL 3931) 
                                                                  aḍaren, ḍaren lid, cover (Santali) Rebus: aduru‘native metal’ (Ka.)
                                                                  loa, 'Fig leaf'  Rebus: loh ‘(copper) metal’ 
                                                                  khuṇṭa’peg'; khũṭi = pin (M.) Rebus: kuṭi= furnace (Santali) kundār turner (A.); kũdār, kũdāri (B.)

                                                                  These readings are matched by distinctive cubical weights used not only on Indus-Sarasvati basin but along the Persian Gulf sites (Bahrain, United Arab Emirates) and used for measuring trade transactions or even for tax assessments at toll gates of a city.

                                                                  Though monuments like Pyramids were not discovered, the evidence of now understood Indus Script points to a remarkable organizing influence provided by guilds of workers and traders. There is no parallel, in history or in anthropological studies, of a civilization like this without ostentations of ideology or priest-kings or kings and queens as rulers? The layout of cities like Dholavira point to a remarkable grid for locating streets and houses, drainage system, water-reservoir system and use of standard linear dimensions pointing to standard designs of houses. Ring-stones evidence the presence of multi-storied architecture in buildings or warehouses.

                                                                  Geologists have found sources for ancient tin from the work of Assur or Munda people gathering cassiterite stones from placer deposits in water-bodies and from ancient zinc mines of Zawar, Rajasthan. Both tin and zinc minerals were denoted on Indus Script inscriptions with hieroglyphs read using the rebus method.

                                                                  The contribution made by the Crypographic work is remarkable for the contribution it makes to understanding a language called Mleccha or Meluhha which was the lingua franca of the civilization. This language is mentioned in the Great Epic Mahabharata where an episode describes conversation between Yudhishtira and Vidura. Mleccha-speakers are described as dasyu (Iranian daha, people) in Manusamhita. Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra lists 64 arts including an art called Mlecchita vikalpa (lit. mleccha alternative representation) which is Indus Script Cryptography.
                                                                  Charles Higham, 1996, The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia, p. 295 Location map of Austro-speakers

                                                                  Potsherd. Harappa. ca. 3500 BCE. tagaraka 'tabernae montana, five-petal flower' Rebus: tagaram 'tin' (Meluhha, Mleccha).

                                                                  There is now a consensus among Language scholars that India of ancient tmes, say 3rdmillennium BCE, was a linguistic union called sprachbund. 

                                                                  Words which can be identified as related to Indian sprachbund have been documented in an Indian Lexicon organized in 8000 semantic clusters. Many words show cognates (similar sounding words with similar meanings) in Munda, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan language families and these words relate also to stoneware and metalware catalogued on Indus Script inscriptions.

                                                                  Harappa potshed dated to about 3500 BCE makes the Indus Script earliest writing system of the world.

                                                                  This tablet from Mohenjo-daro shows four standard-bearers in a procession advertising the products and technologies offered by them: perforated beads, mineral (ores), turner (wood-metal-shell-stonemason), from fortified workshop, consignments offered jāṅgaḍ, approval-basis, which is a unique commercial transaction practiced even today among diamond merchants of Surat. This is referred to as the Meluhha standard providing rebus readings of Meluhha words: saṭṭī kanḍu dhatu kõdā (koḍ) sangaḍa (sangara) ‘exchange market: stone, mineral, turner (forge/stone-cutter/wood products workshop), stone-smithy guild (fortification) -- goods delivered on jāṅgaḍ  'approval basis'.

                                                                  Kalyanaraman, August 20, 2013

                                                                  Cumulative list of blogposts on Indus Script as of August 20, 2013
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/meluhha-standard-exchange-market-of.htmlMeluhha standard – stones, ores, metals exchange market of Ancient Near East
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/professions-on-ancient-near-east.htmlProfessions on Ancient Near East writing systems

                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/monumental-architecture-as-hieroglyphs.htmlArchitecture on Ancient Near East writing systems

                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/visible-meluhha-invention-of-writing-in.htmlVisible Meluhha. Invention of Writing in Ancient Middle East. Maybe, Chanhu-daro rattles will produce evidence for visible Meluhha 

                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/dholavira-gateway-to-meluhha-gateway-to.htmlDholavira: gateway to Meluhha, gateway to Bronze Age Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization 

                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/bronze-age-kanmer-bagasra.htmlBronze Age Meluhha, smithy/lapidary documents, takṣat vāk, incised speech
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/hieroglyphs-of-ancient-near-east-as.htmlHieroglyphs of Ancient Near East as Indus Meluhha ...

                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/meluhha-writing-writing-about-bronze.htmlMeluhha writing-- takṣat vāk, inscribed Meluhha s...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/perforated-pots-in-indus-sarasvati.htmlPerforated pots in Indus-Sarasvati civilization. A...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/chanhu-daro-sheffield-of-ancient-near.htmlChanhu-daro, Sheffield of Ancient Near East. Need ...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/ancient-near-east-bronze-age-heralded.htmlAncient Near East Bronze Age -- heralded by Meluhh...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/08/surprising-discoveries-from-indus.htmlSurprising discoveries from the Indus civilization...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/shahdad-standard-meluhha-smithy-catalog.htmlShahdad standard: Meluhha smithy catalog of Shahda...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/mohenjo-daros-new-story-andrew-lawler.htmlMohenjo-daro's new story -- Andrew Lawler (Archaeo...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/location-of-marhashi-and-cheetah-from.htmlLocation of Marhashi and cheetah from Meluhha: Sha...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/legend-of-anzu-which-stole-tablets-of.htmlLegend of Anzu which stole the tablets of destiny ...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/bhirrana-8th-millennium-bce-on-river.htmlBhirrana & Rakhigarhi: From 8th millennium BCE. Ar...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/ancient-near-east-shahdad-bronze-age.htmlAncient Near East: Shahdad bronze-age inscriptiona...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/17-of-20-identified-tamil-nadu.html17 of 20 identified Tamil Nadu languages face exti...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/ancient-near-east-transition-fro-bullae.htmlAncient Near East archaeological context: transiti...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/witzel-no-new-announcement-at-all-only.htmlWitzel: No new announcement at all, only a fresh p...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/witzels-breath-taking-announcement-of.htmlWitzel's breath-taking announcement of cracking th...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/vedic-people-opposed-literacy.htmlVedic people opposed literacy? An unexpected accus...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/chandas-pingala-bhasa-limits-of-writing.htmlChandas (Pingala), bhāṣā, limits of writing system...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/srotriya-brahmana-and-oralwritten.htmlŚrotriya brāhmaṇa and oral/written preservation of...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/indus-writing-crocodile-ligature-and.htmlIndus writing: crocodile ligature and related glyp...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/were-vedic-people-illiterate-and-did.htmlWere Vedic people illiterate and did they oppose l...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/khar-goya-harosheth-hagoyim-smithy-of.htmlkhār gōya, harosheth hagoyim, 'smithy of nations';...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/worlds-oldest-writing-hieroglyphs-on.htmlWorld's oldest writing? Hieroglyphs on Liangzhu re...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/bronze-age-linguistic-doctrine.htmlBronze Age linguistic doctrine
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/taksat-vak-incised-speech-evidence-of.htmlTakṣat vāk, ‘incised speech’ -- Evidence of Indus ...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/indus-writing-cipher-blogposts-s.htmlIndus Writing Cipher -- Blogposts (S. Kalyanaraman...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/writing-in-vedic-age-prof-tp-verma.htmlWriting in Vedic Age - Prof. TP Verma. Three frust...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/a-pakistani-in-search-of-homeland.htmlA Pakistani in search of a homeland -- Koenraad El...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/sarasvati-is-vagambhrini.htmlSarasvatī is vāgāmbhṛiṇī
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/dholavira-civilization-hub-ts.htmlDholavira, a civilization hub -- TS Subramanian (P...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/asur-metallurgists.htmlAncient Near East: Traditions of smelters, metallu...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-ziggurat-and-related.htmlAncient Near East ziggurat and related hieroglyphs...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-one-horned-young-bull.htmlAncient Near East One-horned young bull and other ...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/tablet-of-destinies.htmlAncient Near east Anzu, falcon-shaped fire-altar U...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/over-300-indus-valley-seals-found-in.htmlOver 300 Indus valley seals found in Padmanabhapur...
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-indus-writing-lokhad.html Ancient near East Gudea statue hieroglyph (Indus writing): lokhãḍ, 'copper tools, pots and pans' Rebus: lo 'overflow', kāṇḍa 'sacred water'.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/discovering-khirsaras-harappan-glory.html Discovering Khirsara’s Harappan glory: Seals with Indus writing read rebus.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-evidence-for-mleccha.html Ancient Near East evidence for meluhha language and bronze-age metalware
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-writing-systems.html Ancient Near East writing systems: Indian sprachbund and Indus writing 
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-scarf-hieroglyph-on.html Ancient Near East 'scarf' hieroglyph on Warka vase, cyprus bronze stand and on Indus writing 
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-jangad-accounting-for.html Ancient Near East jangaḍ accounting for mercatile transactions-- evidence of Indus writing presented.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-bronze-age-legacy_6.html Ancient Near East bronze-age legacy: Processions depicted on Narmer palette, Indus writing denote artisan guilds
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/ancient-near-east-art-indus-writing.html Ancient near East lapidary guilds graduate into bronze-age metalware
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/indus-writing-in-ancient-near-east-on.html An ancient Near East proto-cuneiform tablet with Indus writing
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/06/indus-writing-on-dilmun-type-seals.html Indus writing in ancient Near East (Failaka seal readings)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/indus-writing-on-gold-disc-kuwait.html Indus writing on gold disc, Kuwait Museum al-Sabah collection: An Indus metalware catalog
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/did-indus-writing-deal-with-numeration.html Did Indus writing deal with numeration? No. The writing dealt with metalware accounting as technical specs. in bills-of-lading.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/tokens-and-bullae-evolve-into-indus.html Tokens and bullae evolve into Indus writing, underlying language-sounds read rebus
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/see-httpbharatkalyan97.html Indus writing in ancient Near East (Dilmun seal readings)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/bahrain-digs-unveil-one-of-oldest.html Bahrain digs unveil one of oldest civilisations -- BBC
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/indus-writing-as-metalware-catalogs-and_21.html Indus writing in ancient Near East as metalware catalogs and not as agrarian accounting
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/on-perceiving-aryan-migrations-by.html On perceiving aryan migrations by Witzel misquoting vedic ritual texts. Explaining mleccha vācas in Indian sprachbund.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/ancient-ivory-metal-traces-on.html Indus writing and ancient Ivory. Metal traces on Phoenician artifacts show long-gone paint and gold
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/functions-served-by-terracotta-cakes-of.html Functions served by terracotta cakes of Indus civilization: Like ANE tokens for counting metal and alloy ingots
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/04/bronze-age-writing-in-ancient-near-east.html Bronze-age writing in ancient Near East: Two Samarra bowls and Warka vase
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/04/bronze-age-glyphs-and-writing-in.html Bronze-age glyphs and writing in ancient Near East: Two cylinder seals from Sumer
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/04/indus-writing-in-ancient-near-east.html Indus Writing in ancient Near East: Corpora and a dictionary and Akkadian Rising Sun: two new books (April 2013)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/08/proto-indian-in-harosheth-hagoyim.html Proto-Indian in harosheth hagoyim (S.Kalyanaraman 2012)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/07/between-mesopotamia-and-meluhha-ancient.html Between Mesopotamia and Meluhha: an ancient world of writing
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/05/spinner-bas-relief-of-susa-8th-c-bce.html Spinner bas-relief of Susa, 8th c. BCE -- message of wheelwright guild
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/04/indian-hieroglyphs-indus-script-corpora.html Indian hieroglyphs -- Indus script corpora, archaeo-metallurgy and Meluhha (Mleccha)(S. Kalyanaraman, 2012)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/04/heifer-lathe-hieroglyphs-on-indus-seals.html Young bull + lathe hieroglyphs on Indus seals
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/03/protovedic-continuity-theory.html Protovedic Continuity Theory (Kalyanaraman, 2012)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/03/decrypting-sangar-fortified-settlement.html Decrypting sangar, fortified settlement on Indus script corpora (Kalyanaraman, March 2012)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/03/trefoil-as-indian-hieroglyph.html Trefoil as an Indian hieroglyph: association with veneration of ancestors, sacredness (Kalyanaraman, March 10, 2012)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/02/indian-hieroglyphs-meluhha-and-archaeo.html Indian hieroglyphs, meluhha and archaeo-metallurgy
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2012/02/dr-s-kalyanaramans-recent-contribution.html Dr. S. Kalyanaraman's recent contribution to archaeo-metallurgy - Jayasree Saranathan
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/12/indus-script-hieroglyphs-composite.html Indus script hieroglyphs: composite animal, smithy
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/12/indus-valley-mystery-and-use-of-tablets.htmlIndus valley mystery. Archaeology and language: Archaeological context of Indus script cipher.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/12/acarya-hemacandra-1088-1173-ce.htmlDecoding 'ram' glyph of Indus script, meḍh: rebus: 'helper of merchant'
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/syena-orthography.htmlśyena, orthography, Sasanian iconography. Continued use of Indus Script hieroglyphs.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/assyrian-goat-fish-on-seal-interaction.htmlAssyrian goat-fish on a seal; compared with crocodile-fish hieroglyphs on Indus Script
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/susa-ritual-basin-decorated-with.htmlGoat and fish as hieroglyphs of Indus script: Susa-Meluhha interactions. Meluhhan interpreter 'may have been literate and could read the undeciphered Indus script.'
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/indus-script-examples-of-free-hand.htmlIndus script: examples of free-hand writing. A professional calling card on gold pendant.
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/decoding-longest-inscription-of-indus.htmlDecoding two long inscriptions of Indus Script (Kalyanarman, 2011)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/mohenjo-daro-stupa-great-bath-modeled.htmlMohenjo-daro stupa & Great Bath - Modeled after Ziggurat and Sit Shamshi (Kalyanaraman, 2011)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/decoding-indus-scipt-susa-cylinder-seal.htmlDecoding Indus Script Susa cylinder seal: Susa-Indus interaction areas
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/11/decoding-fish-and-ligatured-fish-glyphs.htmlDecoding fish and ligatured-fish glyphs of Indus script (S. Kalyanaraman, November 2011)
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/10/itihasa-and-eagle-narratives.htmlItihāsa and eagle narratives
                                                                  http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2011/10/road-to-meluhha-dt-potts-1982.htmlMleccha, linguistic area; Meluhha -- Locus and interaction areas


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                                                                  Are EVMs the new danger to democracy? -- Sandhya Jain

                                                                  August 20, 2013, 1:32 am
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                                                                  See: http://government.wikia.com/wiki/Review_the_2009_Lok_Sabha_Election_Process:_Promises_and_Reality This explains the happenings of Lok Sabha 2009 polls using EVMs.

                                                                  Are EVMs the new danger to democracy?


                                                                  By Sandhya Jain on August 20, 2013
                                                                  Are EVMs the new danger to democracy?Should India go to the 2014 General Election with the old paper ballots, or should it trust its luck with the new age voting machines? The question assumes urgency in the wake of serious lacunas that have come to light vis-à-vis the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that were supposed to make it easier and quicker to count the votes, but have now put country’s reputation as a raucous democracy with the ability to conduct free and fair elections under a cloud.
                                                                  Way back in 2009, when farsighted individuals pointed to the possibility of rigging through the EVMs, they were greeted with skepticism because of the credibility of the Election Commission. But the critics convincingly demonstrated their claims. Now, however, the remedial paper trail – which is to be tested in Nagaland next month – is casting fresh doubts about the integrity of the electoral process. Under the experimental new voter Verifiable Paper Trail (VVPAT), a ballot slip containing the serial number and symbol of the candidate voted for via the EVM will be printed and made visible to the voter for a brief five seconds after which it will fall into a compartment.
                                                                  This will allow for physical verification of the tally in the event of a dispute. In this manner, the number of votes cast via each machine, and per candidate break up can be physically checked. The feedback from Nagaland will determine whether the system should be expanded, in phases, to cover the rest of the country. This could involve a massive additional outlay of Rs 8000 – 10,000 crore, and may not be possible to implement before the next elections.
                                                                  But there are many lacunas with the paper trail. To begin with, seven out of 11 lakh of the existing EVMs are not compatible with a printing unit, besides which there are many snags with printers. The Election Commission views printers as impractical because they are bulky to transport, have problems of jamming and ink running out, and involve a ‘start up time’ with each usage which could cause delays in the voting process itself. Maintaining and servicing printers during elections could be a huge headache. A second option is to junk the existing EVMs and buy new EVMs with an in-built paper trail, but this would be impossible before the 2014 General Election.
                                                                  Whatever system is adopted, the EVM paper trail backup works only where a particular election is contested, and it is the discretion of the election officer to decide whether or not to grant the paper count. So if the election software is manipulated in machines spread out all over the country to give the impression of an underlying ‘wave’ in favour of a particular party, an aggrieved candidate could feel it futile to challenge the result in a particular constituency.
                                                                  Alternately, rigged constituencies may not get challenged at all. The paper trail makes sense only if it is mandatorily checked in each and every constituency, in which case, it makes better sense to return to the ballot paper and junk the EVMs as a bad experiment. This is what Ireland did in 2009, just three years after launching e-voting machines at a cost of 51 million Euros, because voters did not trust the machines as they knew that computers can be hacked. A faulty or rigged voting machine would deliver a silent e-coup d’etat.
                                                                  Former Union Law Minister Subramanian Swamy was the first to challenge the infallibility of the EVMs after a high profile candidate ‘lost’ and then ‘won’ in 2009. This single incident convinced many that EVMs were open to fraud and manipulation. Dr Swamy was also influenced by a series of articles in reputed computer engineering journals, which questioned the integrity of EVMs. Most articles called for a minimum of nine safeguards, none of which exist in the Indian EVMs.
                                                                  E-voting is widely distrusted. In March 2008, Germany’s Supreme Court ruled that e-voting was unconstitutional because the average citizen could not be expected to understand the process of recording and tallying votes. Indeed, in October 2006, Dutch public-interest group ‘Wij Vertrouwen Stemcomputers Niet’ (‘We Do Not Trust Voting Machines’) proved the machines could be hacked in just five minutes, without voters or election officials being aware of it. This led The Netherlands to ban electronic voting machines in elections.
                                                                  The main argument against voting machines is that from the time of development and installation to transfer of data to a central repository for tallying, too many persons have access to the machines. This makes them prone to tampering by installing new software, which could ensure a pre-determined outcome. Experts Hari K Prasad, J Alex Halderman and Rop Gonggrijp have proved how EVMs can be hacked. One method is by replacing a small part of the machine with a look-alike component that can be silently instructed to steal a percentage of the votes in favour of a chosen candidate; these instructions can be sent wirelessly from a mobile phone. Another method is by using a pocket-sized device to change the votes stored in the EVM between the election and the public counting session. Both methods are difficult to detect.
                                                                  Surprisingly, the Election Commission has been aware of these dangers since 2000. The then Chief Election Commissioner MS Gill had asked experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University to prove the insecurity of EVM chips. Despite some changes, the EVMs remained prone to hacking. The Supreme Court in 2004 asked the Election Commission to consider the technical flaws in EVMs noted by Satinath Choudhary, a US-based software engineer. But nothing happened. However, in 2010, the EC set up an expert technical committee headed by former IIT-Chennai director PV Indiresan to look at the technical feasibility of introducing a voter-verifiable paper audit trail.
                                                                  As of now, the existing system is likely to continue in the elections to five States in November 2013. Activists say that in the existing national scenario, where single parties are unlikely to win a clear majority, a minor manipulation of less than 5 per cent of the vote in select constituencies could tip the outcome of the election. Dr Subramanian Swamy’s petition on the subject is expected to come up for hearing before the Supreme Court on August 22, 2013.
                                                                  The clinching argument, however, relates to AIADMK candidate Raja Kannappan (Sivaganga), who was leading by a comfortable margin when counting of votes ended around noon, in May 2009. His rival, P Chidambaram, congratulated him and left the counting station. But when results across the country showed that the United Progressive Alliance would form the Government, Chidambaram returned to the counting centre, a few hours later and demanded a recount. He was declared elected by a margin of 3,354 votes! A few have been able to understand or appreciate the ‘system’ by which this happened.
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                                                                  84-kosi prarikrama of Ayodhya will be done as scheduled -- VHP

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                                                                  VHP/251/2013                                                                Shraavan Purnima 2070 VS, i.e., August 20Tue, 2013 CE

                                                                  MEDIA STATEMENT OF MA. SRI ASHOKJI SINGHAL,
                                                                  PATRON, VISHVA HINDU PARISHAD

                                                                  The 84-Kosi Parikrama of Ayodhya would take place as scheduled! U.P. Government should review its decision of crushing the 84-Kosi Ayodhya Parikrama of Sants and seers coming from all over the country, otherwise Hindus should remain ready for a peaceful and  democratic struggle.

                                                                  - Ashok Singhal, Patron, VHP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                  New Delhi, Aug. 20, 2013 – On August 17Sat, 2013, post-meet of the Sri Rama Janma Bhumi Temple Construction Sant High-Power Committee, an 11-member Sant Delegation called on Sri Mulayam Singhji Yadav and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Sri Akhilesh Singhji at their residence in Lucknow. The conversation with Sri Mulayam Singhji continued for about two hours. Sri Mulayam Singhji dropped hints that the Sants should call off the scheduled 84-Kosi Yatra in view of the aggressive designs of China and Pakistan. On there being no comment on this from the Sants, he said that the 84-Kosi Yatra tithis (dates) are fixed, this Yatra takes place in the month of Chaitra, and, therefore, no new tradition could be initiated. On this the Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Ven. Swami Rambhadracharyaji Maharaj made it clear that the 84-Kosi Yatra is a tradition that has been there for thousands of years with the belief that it gives deliverance to the performer from the cycle of 84-Lakh Yonis. Just as the Kamadgiri Parikrama at Chitrakoot, Govardhan Hill Parikrama at Braj Mandal, 84-Kosi Parikrama of Braj Kshetra and the Thiruvannamalai Parikrama of the Sacred Arunachala Hill in South India can be undertaken at any time of the year and no specific time-frame is fixed for it, similarly the 84-Kosi Parikrama of Ayodhya can also be undertaken at any time of the year.  

                                                                  Sri Mulayam Singhji told the delegation that he would make efforts, after consultations with the local authorities, so that the Yatra could take place. At no point during the conversation did the delegation have an inkling that he was against this Yatra or that any sort of ban would be imposed on it. The Sants were fully confident that this Yatra would be undertaken peacefully. But yesterday’s Government notification was surprising as to the barrier that came in between that compelled overnight Sri Mulayam Singhji and the Chief Minister of U.P. for a volte-face and change of mind and in order to stop this Yatra they clamped Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to prohibit assembly of people in all those districts around Ayodhya that host the progressive legs of the 84-Kosi Parikrama (Circumambulation). This decision of the Government is not only unfortunate but also one of tyranny on the Hindu society with a view to playing to the gallery of Muslim Vote Bankers. There is not an iota of doubt in it that they are out to crush Hindu feelings only under pulls and pressures from the Muslim leaders entrenched in their own party.  

                                                                  Sri Mulayam Singhji and the Congress leaders have been telling it again and again that the court’s verdict should be awaited. When the Court verdict after 60 years has already come that where Sri Ram Lala is Virajman today that is His Birthplace, it was the duty of Sri Mulayam Singhji to mobilize the Muslim religious leaders to honour and materialize their word to “…voluntarily hand over the…” Sri Rama Janma Bhumi (Ayodhya) “…shrine to the Hindus” (vide Paras 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of the White Paper of Government of India). Instead of doing this, Sri Mulayam Singhji’s move to oppose and oppress the Yatra is not only a violation of the Constitutional rights of Hindus but a gag and betrayal of the Hindu society. The Hindu society is no longer ready to tolerate it. This Dharmic Yatra is being undertaken by the Sants and seers coming from all the States of the country. This circumambulatory pilgrimage would take place as scheduled as it is the directive of the Sant Fraternity.

                                                                  We would request Sri Mulayam Singhji Yadav and the Chief Minister of U.P. Sri Akhilesh Yadavji that before going ahead armed with their state machinery to crush the Dharmic feelings of the Sant Fraternity they should review their decision. If they do not do this then the Hindu society, in order to defend its rights, should remain ready to wedge a struggle through peaceful and democratic way.

                                                                  - Released by

                                                                  (Prakash Sharma, Advocate)
                                                                  Spokesperson, Vishva Hindu Parishad 
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                                                                  Indian Govt. just doesn't understand economics -- Jim Rogers. SoniaG does, has Sonianomics.

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                                                                  Govt measures are hopeless, I am not optimistic on India: Jim Rogers

                                                                  By Biswajit Baruah & Baiju Kalesh, ET Bureau | 20 Aug, 2013, 08.00AM IST

                                                                  Legendary Wall Street trader Jim Rogers says the measures taken by the Indian government and the Reserve Bank recently to improve the macro-economic sentiment and arrest the fall of rupee have not yielded any results and have instead made the situation worse.
                                                                  Legendary Wall Street trader Jim Rogers says the measures taken by the Indian government and the Reserve Bank recently to improve the macro-economic sentiment and arrest the fall of rupee have not yielded any results and have instead made the situation worse.

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                                                                  Legendary Wall Street trader Jim Rogers says the measures taken by the Indian government and the Reserve Bank recently to improve the macro-economic sentiment and arrest the fall of rupee have not yielded any results and have instead made the situationworse. 

                                                                  Singapore-based Rogers, who is chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests Inc, says the government just doesn't understand economics. "Debt is rising and the balance of trade is going higher. The government is making more mistakes and that's not going to solve the problem," he said in an interview to ET. Edited excerpts:

                                                                  The government and the Reserve Bank have announced a slew of reforms and policies this year to revive economic growth. What is your view on these measures?

                                                                  I have been shorting India due to many reasons. The currency is in a mess, the country has very high debt, and debt-to-GDP ratio is going up every year. I am very concerned about the fiscal deficit and the current account deficit situation. The measures taken by the government are hopeless, they are making things worse. The measures for exchange control are bad and the restrictions on gold are making things worse.

                                                                  How ferocious is the current bear market?

                                                                  India currently has serious problems, and I am not optimistic about India. India is a very exciting country to visit, but as far as stock markets is concerned, I am not hopeful.

                                                                  The rupee touched a new low of 63 on Monday. Do you think it can test 65 levels?

                                                                  I am short on India because of the currency, and one of the reasons why I am making money is because the currency has gone down. I don't know what's going to happen to the world or to the Indian government. But I am judging Indian markets every day, every week, every month. So far, the government is making more mistakes and that's not going to solve the problem. Debt is going higher and the balance of trade is going higher as well. The Indian government just doesn't just understand economics.

                                                                  Your prophecies on commodities have always been true. Which are the commodities you are currently betting on?

                                                                  I always like things when things are depressed. I would look at sugar as an opportunity, as it is down 75% from its all-time high. I own gold and silver but at the moment I am not buying gold or silver. I think there would be a chance to buy gold or silver sometime next year. India is the largest buyer of gold, and when the largest buyer of gold stops purchasing from global markets, there will be a change in the demand-supply scenario.

                                                                  India seems to have lost the opportunity to benefit from falling commodity prices and now with currency depreciation, commodity prices have become expensive. Where have we gone wrong in our policies?

                                                                  The government has made so many mistakes, which has led the country into this position. Whatever happens now, it is not going to help India. If commodity prices go down, it will not help because the currency is going down. The government should realise that India has made mistakes, and it should start correcting those mistakes. The necessary actions may be painful for a while, but if you delay things, one has to pay a price.
                                                                  There are reports that the US 1Federal Reserve may start winding up its stimulus programme sometime soon. How negative is the sentiment among investors globally?

                                                                  I am worried about the global economy because this is all artificial money. Things are looking better because the world is printing money. All the major central banks including the US, Japan, UK are printing money. This is all artificial, and this is going to end badly, when it does. Nobody so far had success by printing money.

                                                                  There are fears of a sovereign downgrade for India...

                                                                  I don't pay any attention to rating agencies as they do not make money for you, so why should you pay attention to them? If they file any downgrades, then you may find bottoms in markets, may be that would be a time to buy again.

                                                                  We have serious problems on the currency front and there are concerns over rising current account deficit . What would be your advice to policy makers?
                                                                  I would make the currency convertible, open up trade and investments, so that people can freely buy and sell in the markets, whether it's in the stock market, bond market or commodity market. I would cut the deficit and the government spending in India. I would start paying debt. I would revive agriculture. The government has absurd restrictions in agriculture. India has been, and should be, one of the great agriculture nations of the world. It has land, soil, water everything, if you see the population, there are very smart Indians. There are enormous regulations in the country. Somebody should get rid of these absurd regulations, absurd bureaucracy, and start all over again, so that India can be a great nation again.

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                                                                  Komatineni (India)
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                                                                  excellent points. Especially with the point on commodities and rupee. We missed the commodity downturn, and didnt managed to keep Rupee value. Because the Fin Secratary is busy making gold plated toilets, minister busy with getting in to contracts with malaysian, middle eastern companies as his term is just an year more. PM - if he exists then he must be sleeping.
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                                                                  Dasha Bushkin (Texas)
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                                                                  The comment by Jim , "Somebody should get rid of these absurd regulations, absurd bureaucracy, and start all over again, so that India can be a great nation again". Remind me Mr.Rogers, when was India great in our life time? India is in a real bad financial crisis because this is the way people (the voters) want it. People like welfare schemes because they don't have to work and the corrupt Politicians and bureaucrats exploit these dumb people as voter bank to stay in power. The only difference is Congress has done this so well for more than 50 years since independence. Indian politicians are so corrupt that the crisis is going to explode when the currency collapses and inflation skyrockets and the middle class is going to their shirts and pants and India is the next Argentian multiplied by 50 times.
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                                                                  Samir (US)
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                                                                  HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! India's so-called economy is really just based on siphoning other countries' economies. Cut off the visas and the job-robber spigot dries up, doesn't it?
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                                                                  M.Kapoor (Switzerland)
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                                                                  Jim Roger is a crook. You cannot trust what he says.He started to tell that he will put all his Money in China and live ther and give up his american Passport as he does not believe in USA. Now he is sitting in Singapore as no one listens his lies in Europe. His theory of ivest in commodities has proven wrong, He also said buy Gold and you know where Gold is.
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                                                                  Samir (US) Replies To M.Kapoor
                                                                  2 Hours ago
                                                                  Does not believe in USA? You mean those millions of genius Indians aren't keeping the US economy booming as promised? I am SHOCKED. As for crooks, what do you call the millions of Indian conmen cleaning out the US economy via remittances and wrecked companies?
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                                                                  Sun Also Rises (New Delhi)
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                                                                  In short we need to get a completely new leader with fresh ideas. Modi is best bet with his clean, no nonsense and pro growth style of working. It will be good if India can go on path of Less Government and Better Governance. Socialistic policies of Congress just do not work.
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                                                                  Subhash Mantri (Usa)
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                                                                  Yes ....he is right......India is in CLUTCH of MOST corrupt & hopeless NETAGANG
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                                                                  Jhakas INDIA (Bhubaneswar)
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                                                                  Amartya sen is the only optimistic guy or the paid Congress guy.
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                                                                  Sun Also Rises (New Delhi) Replies To Jhakas INDIA
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                                                                  Amartya Sen is a jhola chaap pappu ka deewana.
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                                                                  Kamal (Bengaluru)
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                                                                  "The government has absurd restrictions in agriculture. India has been, and should be, one of the great agriculture nations of the world. It has land, soil, water everything, if you see the population, there are very smart Indians. There are enormous regulations in the country. Somebody should get rid of these absurd regulations, absurd bureaucracy, and start all over again" Jim Rogers is echoing the sentiments of many Indians. The land acquisition act is dated 1894, politicians are swindling money of this law, don't want this law to be replaced. There are so many antiquated laws, which have outlived their utilities. Government departments are inefficient, corrupt and uninspiring. How can entrepreneurship thrive when such is the state of government and governance ? Reform should start from the government by making it more responsive, transparent and accountable to people.
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                                                                  Ashok Prabhu (Margao,Goa.)
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                                                                  Our Finance minister and RBI Governor must heed the sound advise of Jim Rogers and take immediate corrective steps to arrest the further slide of the Rupee and also strive to make it a stronger Currency it once was.
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                                                                  Aishani (Delhi)
                                                                  8 Hours ago
                                                                  Cmon government wake up...its gttng worse day by day...
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                                                                  Amitksing (Delhi/USA)
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                                                                  Its a shame that Govt would not respond to such serious condition of our economy, and only try to fool people by introducing bills which may get votes for them, but bleed the economy further!
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                                                                  Sh (Indb)
                                                                  8 Hours ago
                                                                  1st have an analysis abt ur countries debt to GDP.
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                                                                  Raj (AMD) Replies To Sh
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                                                                  Jim criticize more times American government then India. He is one of few out spoken truth teller in investment world. He left USA because of coming problem in western countries. You need to read more about Jim then comment on him.
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                                                                  Cage Keanu (Pune) Replies To Sh
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                                                                  first check your currency and politics before advising Jim Rogers to check debt to GDP of his country. United States has best politician in the world, they can dodge the rise of political Islam and still buy crude oil from them. Their politician could make the USD a globally accepted currency which eventually means they can stay comfortable at even high Debt to GDP ratio. Check your, your country's 'Aukat'. Politicians can fool you by saying '70% will be benefitted' because of food subsidy bill (a white lie) and idiot media can't question government on statistics forget about opinions..
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                                                                  Brajesh Narayan (New Delhi, India)
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                                                                  good point of view
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                                                                  Shekar (Hyd)
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                                                                  Where is Amartya sen? May be rogers doesnt know aobut secular and communal funda. Tell rogers about your funda and how great UPA government is.
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                                                                  Mr. Calculus (Chennai)
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                                                                  "The Indian government just doesn't understand economics" : “The government has made so many mistakes, which has led the country into this position” These lines sum it up all! When I think back to what has happened in the last decade, I could very well correlate the mess we are in as a country! I dont want India to become a Zimbabwe or Egypt. God bless and save my country!!!
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                                                                  Sri (India)
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                                                                  Since Rogers is a foreigner pointing out the deficiences in our economy, I am sure the government will listen now atleast. Our country is used to listening only to foreign voices and experts and not to locals.
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                                                                  Ashok Prabhu (Margao,Goa.) Replies To Sri
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                                                                  Jim Rogers has sound credentials backed up by his long experience and it is up tp our Finance Minister and our RBI Governor to heed his sound advise and take corrective action.
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                                                                  Cage Keanu (Pune) Replies To Sri
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                                                                  our govt listens to only foreign and 'Secular' voices... Jim Roger sounds communal..
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                                                                  Chavik Arora (Delhi)
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                                                                  "There are enormous regulations in the country. Somebody should get rid of these absurd regulations, absurd bureaucracy, and start all over again, so that India can be a great nation again." - This Govt is BLOCKING EVERY INDUSTRY/Putting unnecesary HURDLES to growth for almost EVERYBODY.
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                                                                  Samir (US) Replies To Chavik Arora
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                                                                  That's right moron - it's called communism and it's a proven failure everywhere.
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                                                                  Kapil (Delhi)
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                                                                  We need USA Work Permits, and we NEED USA Work Permits NOW!
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                                                                  Samir (US) Replies To Kapil
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                                                                  Keep dreaming - ain't gonna happen. Indians have already wrecked US econ. No way we are going to let more of you in. India's entire ahem... economy is based on siphoning other countries. As soon as we cut off your work permits, India's ahem.... "economy" collapses. HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
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                                                                  Shamra (Delhi)
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                                                                  "The Indian government just doesn't just understand economics" - All THANKS to Jobs Reservations for Tribals/Govt. Vote Banks...
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                                                                  Iyer (India)
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                                                                  Junk rating for India in a few months, if not weeks. See rupee soon at 75 to the dollar, maybe even 80. Thank you Congress and UPA! Junk nation, junk government, junk population, junk policies, junk goods and services. junk currency, and eventually junk credit rating for this glorified beggar nation that thinks it is a "superpower". LOL! Nation of low class beggars and scoundrels.
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                                                                  thats how BHARAT NIRWAN (oops NIRMAN) takes place
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                                                                  Mohit Marakna (Vadodara)
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                                                                  Govt needs to take a note of it...
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                                                                  Ctm (Mumbai)
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                                                                  Stop buying foreign matrials of any format.
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                                                                  Samir (US) Replies To Ctm
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                                                                  And where will you get functioning products from? India? HAHAHAHAHA!
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                                                                  Cage Keanu (Pune) Replies To Ctm
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                                                                  changing whom you vote and elect should be easier
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                                                                  Ravi (Toronto) Replies To Ctm
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                                                                  People are so used to imported goods now that changing the habit is so difficult.
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                                                                  Samir (US) Replies To Ravi
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                                                                  Does India even make an operating system? LOL.
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                                                                  Ak (TN) Replies To Ctm
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                                                                  Why do u want to savethis coutry for our politicians? Remeber The products produced in India are sub standards and our people are forced buy low quality products at very high price and govt get a huge tax income. Let our companies make quality products and compete with international market so that india can export. If u make low qulity products and dump on our own people who is benifiting??? Before you comment think twice. What we write here is seen by many people and it affects their perception.If u cannot sell something in international market, the money is made only by the company and goverment. Losser is the indian citizen who is forced to buy poor quality goods....
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                                                                  Sairaman Ramachandran (Dubai, United Arab Emira)
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                                                                  What a shame. It is no doubt he is talking bitter truth. Let the current so called super economists like PC, MMS, Ahulwalia and Rangarajan take this credential along with them when the current Government falls.
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                                                                  Pradeep Kumar (Hyderabad)
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                                                                  certainly... i am also not hopeful...
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                                                                  Vivek Nair (Mumbai)
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                                                                  Indias condition is bad on CAD side but this guys comments are slightly suspcious because he says -- India please buy gold you are largest consumer of gold if you stop buying the prices will fall and i hold investment in gold and silver
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                                                                  Scientific Einstein (In My Own World)
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                                                                  Outstanding Interview... India's main problem: 1.25 BILLION OF POPULATION.
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                                                                  No: India's main problem: STUPIDITY. With a workforce that size you ought to be able to outcompete anyone.
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                                                                  No, it's corruption !!! corruption & deeeeep rooted corruption !!!
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                                                                  No. It is absurd regulation which provides breeding ground to corruption.
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                                                                  V Ganapathy Raman (Chennai)
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                                                                  Guys, to make things worse, the Government has pushed one more subsidy candidate viz., the food bill. Is this required at all at this point of time. Government's target is only to score in the 2014 elections, it is painful to see India going down.
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                                                                  Ashish Jain (Pune) Replies To V Ganapathy Raman
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                                                                  Very true!!! More debt....
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                                                                  More than that willingness to work, will decrease among indians......
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                                                                  Samir (US) Replies To EqualRights Rights
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                                                                  Or a decrease in stupidity. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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                                                                  BY UPA RULE WE GET PEOPLE LIKE THESE WHO GIVE US FREE ADVISE ON WHAT INDIA SHALL DO IN OUR ECONOMIC FRONT FOR UPLIFTMENT & AND FILL THEIR COFFERS.
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                                                                  "The government has made so many mistakes, which has led the country into this position. Whatever happens now, it is not going to help India" is a certificate for the incompetence of the decision-makers.Party form of Government is the root cause and the sooner it is dismantled and state policies as given in the Directive Principles of Sate Policy are carefully implemented, the better it will be for the country.Art.39(b) will come in for prioritised attention.The Congress and its allies seem to be pushing the people of India into a revolution when they hope to flee the country to feed on the huge sums stashed abroad.If a revolution happens these political looters should not be allowed to leave the country.The trusting people of India have been fed false promises all these years and taken for a donkey ride.
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                                                                  Seem to be an opportunistic interview and comment. You should have given this comment at-least an year back to show your true value Roger Saheb.
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                                                                  India is a developing country and on way to become a super power.
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                                                                  Looks like a type.. India is country with mafia developing like cancer inside and way to become super pauper.
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                                                                  Very old dialogue .. and not practical ..
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                                                                  Nahar ABC (India)
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                                                                  Jim Rogers belongs to RSS/BJP.
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                                                                  Ak (TN) Replies To Nahar ABC
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                                                                  This is the only mentality took our country down to this level. Dont be in any political party also dont trust a political leader taking a policy stand sitting in his/her house with business people secretly. Look what is good for our country and what not. Hit this pioliticans and let then run out of this country...If u play tom and jerry we will see the ground level below africa...becose africa is improving and they r in better shape.According to BBC report our poverty level is much much higher than Africa.
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                                                                  Na-haar maan munna! Go and learn ABC again!!
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                                                                  Whatever not palatable is the action of RSS/BJP for Congress supporters. See the negligence they are showing. For them Congress ruling is more important than the country itself.
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                                                                  ha ha ha .... It would be nice if he join RSS/BJP ..
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                                                                  Are you a ardent follower of Diggy Raja, atleast your comment suggests that.
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                                                                  He is telling the true picture which CONgi govt is still in denial mode. You seem to belong to CONgi govt for whom whoever opposes them hails from RSS / BJP.
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                                                                  Nahar Abc Replies To Newzfan King
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                                                                  Oh dear, none of you could understand the satire in what I said. anything that goes against them is RSS/BJP whether it is Anna movement, former CAG Head Vinod Rai, Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, the list is endless. So that could hide their wrong doing by labeling people communal. The most disgusting and disturbing thing is that there are people who believe in such stories and vote for them.
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                                                                  Sooner than later the country would get a junk status by everyone except the Italian mafia.
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                                                                  Prem (Thane) Replies To Easwar Venkatraman
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                                                                  All this is the problem is this doti clad self proclaimed only educated whiz man on the block, first throw him out of the party and Finance ministry all will be ok, he has made common man suffer to maximum by just making small aam admi to pay tax, when he and his cham chas have eated billions, this $ upsurge is just to bring back all the $ stashed abroad by this congress and cash it more so that they can spend in the election and again get back and ruin this country, only god has to atleast give them some sense that they dont have life remaining with them to spend what they have looted, so better stop now and atleast do something good for the country. our PM should first resign all will then fall in place

                                                                  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/govt-measures-are-hopeless-i-am-not-optimistic-on-india-jim-rogers/articleshow/21924773.cms
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                                                                  Defiant VHP to go ahead with its Ayodhya Ram Mandir yatra

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                                                                  PTI  NEW DELHI, AUGUST 20, 2013 | UPDATED 23:31 IST
                                                                  A model of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya, which Hindus want to build on the site of the demolished Babri Mosque. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta

                                                                  Accusing Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav of buckling under pressure of his party colleague Azam Khan in banning its proposed yatra, the VHP today said it will go ahead with its plan.

                                                                  VHP president Ashok Singhal warned UP government of "adverse consequences" if it used force to enforce the ban.

                                                                  Singhal said Yadav was receptive to them when he met him on August 17 to seek his party's support for the 20-day yatra.

                                                                  "We were shocked when we came to know of the government's decision. The leader representing Muslims in his party had showed his displeasure over the meeting and Yadav apparently succumbed under pressure," Singhal said in an apparent reference to Khan, who is a minister in UP government.

                                                                  Khan had expressed disapproval over the meeting and said it would send wrong signals to Muslim community.

                                                                  The UP government yesterday banned the '84-kosi padyatra' citing security reasons.
                                                                  File photo: The events preceding the demolition of the Babri Mosque of Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. REUTERS/Suni Malhotra


                                                                  It had suspected political reasons behind the VHP's decision as elections are due early next year.

                                                                  Singhal claimed that there was no politics behind it, as their agitation for Ram temple in Ayodhya had been continuing for over six decades.

                                                                  He said saints across the country have been informed of the yatra, which seeks to pass through six eastern UP districts in an attempt to garner support for the temple, and it could not be cancelled.
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                                                                  Amendment to Prevention of Corruption Act introducd in RS -- Swamy's petition, SC order

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                                                                  AMENDMENT TO ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT INTRODUCED IN RS

                                                                  Wednesday, 21 August 2013 | PNS | New Delhi
                                                                  Twenty months after the Supreme Court’s suggestion, the Government has finally introduced an amendment Bill to the Prevention of Corruption Act to fix three months as the time limit for taking a decision on sanction of prosecution.
                                                                  The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, introduced in the Rajya Sabha by MoS for Personnel V Narayanasamy on Monday, has provisions for extension of the time limit by one more month after consulting Attorney General or Advocate General. It also has stringent provisions for confiscation of properties belonging to convicts and enhances the scope of the definition of the word — bribe.
                                                                  “In the light of a recent judgement of the Supreme Court, the question of amending Section 19 of the Act to lay down clear criteria and procedure for sanction of prosecution... It is proposed to incorporate appropriate provisions in Section 19 of the Act,” reads the Bill.
                                                                  In January 2012, the SC Bench of Justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly had set down the guidelines regarding sanction of prosecution in corruption cases. It came on the petition by Subramanian Swamy against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not taking decision on the application of former Telecom Minister A Raja for more than 20 months.
                                                                  In an addendum to the judgement, Justice Ganguly suggested Parliament to consider amending the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act to enforce the guidelines of the court.
                                                                  The amendment Bill also provides safeguards to retired public servants from unnecessary prosecution for any bonafide omission or commission in the discharge of their official duties during their service period.
                                                                  With most of the bribe-givers going scot free, the Bill also seeks to amend Section 8 in case of “consensual bribery” by providing for a punishment of three to seven years in jail.
                                                                  One of the changes proposed will empower a special judge to exercise powers of attachment of properties if the case of bribery is established after trial.
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                                                                  Arvind Kumar Batra 
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                                                                  Subramanian Swamy deserves credit for this historic judgment which forced the corrupt govt to act. His battles are going to win...so nice to see he wins in changing the electronic voter machines with voter verifiable slips. Good that he joined the major Opposition party BJP...More power to Dr.Swamy. He proved his worth and showed more effectiveness any time better than slogan shouting, candle light holding Activists and Jhollawallah


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                                                                  SoniaG's coalgate. Charade in Parliament asking MMS to answer.

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                                                                  Sonia Gandhi upset as plan to bring in Food Security Bill on Rajiv Gandhi's birthday fails

                                                                  SAURABH SHUKLA/ABHISHEK BHALLA   |   MAIL TODAY  |   NEW DELHI, AUGUST 21, 2013 | UPDATED 08:45 IST

                                                                  Mail Today's expose that the missing coal ministry files pertain to companies linked to Congress politicians created a storm in Parliament that stalled Sonia Gandhi's pet Food Security Bill on Tuesday.

                                                                  The coal block allocations to 13 companies now named in FIRs in the CBI's investigation were made between 2006 and 2009. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held the coal portfolio when several of these allocations were made.

                                                                  The Opposition uproar in Parliament forced the UPA to abandon attempts to introduce the Food Security Bill despite the government's elaborate preparations to bring the Bill.

                                                                  Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath had personally called on MPs to be present and a deal had been cut with the Samajwadi Party, BSP and JD(U) that the government would be flexible over their amendments to the proposed bill. Sonia Gandhi also had an emotional reason to get the bill introduced in Parliament on August 20: it is the birthday of her late husband, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. But the Coalgate storm spoiled the party.

                                                                  Sources say she is unhappy that Congress party managers and the government failed to forecast the storm over the missing Coalgate files and wants to know why preemptive action wasn't taken to minimise damage.

                                                                  Mail Today had revealed in its edition of Tuesday that many missing files crucial to the CBI's investigation of Coalgate belonged to companies related to a Congress MP. CBI director Ranjit Sinha had also told Mail Today that it was a big setback to the agency's investigation. "The Government will have to come with cogent answers. They have said some files have gone missing before 2004. There was nothing before 2004, the real problem is only of allocation post-2004," BJP leader Arun Jaitley told Mail Today.

                                                                  "Why should we distract from the food bill? This is a serious matter. Destruction of evidence is a crime, has an FIR been registered?" Jaitley asked.

                                                                  'A huge crime'

                                                                  Asked about the missing files, he said, "It is a huge crime. The case is under investigation, how can files disappear like this? There are three powerful targets of investigation - the beneficiaries who benefited from coal blocks, the screening committee which allotted the mines and the minister, the minister's office and the Prime Minister's Office. And suddenly the files are found missing," Jaitley added. Asked about the party's strategy, he said, "The party will have to take a collective decision."

                                                                  Opposition members are worried that if the files are not found, the case being built by the CBI might collapse for want of evidence and powerful people, in this scenario, would be let off the hook. Of the 13 companies against whom the CBI filed FIRs, files related to 11 are missing. These include AMR Iron & Steel Private Limited, Nagpur, which was allocated Bander block in Maharashtra on May 29, 2009. The directors of this company - Arvind Kumar Jayaswal, Manoj Jayaswal, Ramesh Jayaswal, and Devendra Darda - have close ties to Congress MP Vijay Darda.

                                                                  Another Darda company's files are also missing. The company is M/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Limited, Nagpur. It was allocated Fatehpur East Block in Chhattisgarh on January 23, 2008. The directors are Vijay Darda, Rajendra Darda, Devendra Darda, Manoj Jayaswal, Anand Jayaswal and Abhishek Jayaswal.

                                                                  Another company, M/s Vini Iron & Steel Udyog Limited, Kolkata, was allocated Rajhara (North, Central and Eastern) in Jharkhand on November 20, 2008. The company was sold later to Vijay Joshi, a close aide of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda (BJP).The directors are Sanjeev Kumar Tulsyan, Prashant Tulsyan, Vaibhav Tulsyan, Nisha Tulsyan, Vimal Kumar Tulsyan, Nirmala Tulsyan, Hemant Kumar Aggarwal and Navin Kumar.

                                                                  In Parliament, the Opposition slammed the UPA government, sought a response from the Prime Minister and forced the adjournment of both Houses. The combined Opposition said it was "shameful" on the part of the government and it should explain what exactly happened and who was responsible. Cries of "Shame! Shame!" and "Pradhan Mantri jawab do (Prime Minister, answer)" were heard in Parliament. In the Lok Sabha the charge was led by Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj who said the PM should come to the House and assure members that the CBI probe would not be hampered due to the missing files. Claiming that the files included applications for coal blocks, she alleged that they have gone missing as some big shots in the Congress were involved.
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                                                                  How SoniaG UPA killed Indian economy with imported economists - R. Vaidyanathan

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                                                                  Instead of concentrating on imported economists, Government must encourage small enterprise

                                                                  By R Vaidyanathan on August 21, 2013

                                                                  How UPA killed engines of economic growth
                                                                  The growth rate of our economy has declined from around 8 per cent in the mid part of decade to nearly 5.5 per cent and expected to be less than 5 per cent in this fiscal year. The Government and economists ascribe this to global slow down as well as delayed decisions in acquiring land and providing clearances for major infrastructural projects. They are right but only to some extent.
                                                                  The share of service sector in GDP is around 65 per cent. Whenever the term ‘service sector’ is mentioned, the immediate recall is IT and companies like Infosys or Wipro. Factually, all software related activities come under business services, which itself is less than 5 per cent of our National Income. We have mentioned the activities, which constitute the service sector in Table-1. We observe that this sector encompasses diverse activities carried on by large multinationals as well as roadside entrepreneurs. Normally, construction is included in the secondary sector along with manufacturing in developed countries. But given the labour intensive construction and major single house construction by smaller contractors, we have included it in service sector.
                                                                  We find that the service sector had a share of 60 per cent in 2004-05 which increased to nearly 65 per cent of the GDP and it has grown [CAGR] by 17 per cent during 2004/05 to 2011-12 (current prices) which is higher than that of industry at 15 per cent and overall growth rate of 16 per cent. We find that service sector has larger share as well as greater growth during the last seven years.
                                                                  See table-2

                                                                  Table-1

                                                                  Activities Constituting the Services Sector
                                                                  (1)
                                                                  (2)
                                                                  (3)
                                                                  (4)
                                                                  (5)
                                                                  (6)
                                                                  (7)
                                                                  (8)
                                                                  (9)
                                                                  (10)
                                                                  (11)
                                                                  		Construction
                                                                  Trade
                                                                  Hotels and Restaurants
                                                                  Transport, including tourist assistance activities as well as activities of travel agencies and tour operators
                                                                  Storage and communication
                                                                  Banking and insurance
                                                                  Real estate and ownership of dwellings
                                                                  Business services including accounting; software development; data processing services; business and management consultancy; architectural, engineering and other technical consultancy; advertisement and other business services.
                                                                  Public administration and defense
                                                                  Other services including education, medical and health, religious and other community services, legal services, recreation and entertainment services
                                                                  Personal services and activities of extra-territorial organizations and bodies
                                                                  Note We have considered ‘Construction’ as part of the service sector in our discussion even though sometimes, it is considered as part of the ‘Secondary sector’. See Report of the National Statistical Commission, [NSC] PP 186, Vol II August 2001. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, New Delhi.
                                                                  Table- 2
                                                                  GDP shares and Growth Rates—2004-05 to 2011-12
                                                                  Sector
                                                                  Sector Share
                                                                  Sector Share
                                                                  Growth Rate[CAGR]
                                                                  2004-05
                                                                  2011-12
                                                                  2004-05 to 2011-12
                                                                  Agriculture
                                                                  19
                                                                  17.5
                                                                  14.6
                                                                  Industry/p>
                                                                  20.3
                                                                  18.2
                                                                  14.5
                                                                  Services
                                                                  60.7
                                                                  64.3
                                                                  16.8
                                                                  Total
                                                                  100
                                                                  100
                                                                  		15.9
                                                                  Source: Statement 10- NAS- CSO 2013
                                                                  Among the service sector, we find that 1)construction 2) trade 3)hotels and restaurant 4) Non-Railway transport 5)business services and 6)other services are major components and in each of them non-corporate sectors namely Partnership / Proprietorship and household enterprises dominate. The share of what is called as ‘unorganised’ sectors in these activities is nearly 80 per cent in non-railway transport in 2010-11 and 77 per cent in trade hotels and restaurant. Real estate and business services also have share of more than 65 per cent and it has declined from around 74 per cent in 2004-05. (See table-3)
                                                                  Table-3
                                                                  Share of Unorganised Sector in Service activities
                                                                  Note: Share in respective GDP in current prices
                                                                  Category2004-052010-11
                                                                  Construction63.458.6
                                                                  Trade hotels and restaurants77.276.5
                                                                  Non-railway transport76.778.8
                                                                  Real estate, business services73.666.0
                                                                  Other services42.941.4
                                                                  Source: Statement 76.1 NAS ;CSO New Delhi
                                                                  Unorganised sector is essentially part of Small- and Medium-enterprises in manufacturing and services. We find that there is a significant decline in the growth rate [CAGR] of unorganised manufacturing from 10 per cent during 04/05 to 07/08 to 4 per cent in 07/08 to 11/12.
                                                                  Similar is the case of construction from 11 per cent to 7 per cent trade from 10 per cent to 8 per cent and restaurants from 15 per cent to two per cent. Non-Railway transport fell from 9 to 7 per cent and therefore, the total NDP growth rate fell from 9.4 per cent to 7.4 pre cent respectively. (See table-4)
                                                                  Actually, the UPA-II has shown substantial deceleration compared to first part which benefitted due to earlier strong growth.
                                                                  The UPA-II is a decline and deceleration part as far as economic activities go
                                                                  Table-4
                                                                  Growth Rate Different service activities
                                                                  Category
                                                                  CAGR
                                                                  2004-05 to 2007-08
                                                                  CAGR
                                                                  2007-08 to 2011-12
                                                                  1
                                                                  		Manufacturing
                                                                  11.6%
                                                                  6.0%
                                                                  Manufacturing – unorganized – non corporate
                                                                  10.0%
                                                                  4.0%
                                                                  2
                                                                  		Construction
                                                                  10.9%
                                                                  6.5%
                                                                  3
                                                                  		Trade Hotels and Restaurant
                                                                  11.0%
                                                                  7.6%
                                                                  Of which trade
                                                                  10.7%
                                                                  8.1%
                                                                  Of which hotels and restaurants
                                                                  15.0%
                                                                  2.0%
                                                                  4
                                                                  		Transport by other means
                                                                  9.0%
                                                                  6.8%
                                                                  5
                                                                  		Real Estate, Ownership of dwellings and Business Services
                                                                  9.6%
                                                                  8.5%
                                                                  6
                                                                  		Other Services
                                                                  5.6%
                                                                  6.8%
                                                                  Total NDP [including other Activities]
                                                                  9.4%
                                                                  7.4%
                                                                  Note: computed from NAS; CSO 2012
                                                                  RBI categorises Data on Bank credit of the ‘unorganised’ sector under household sector. It consists of partnership, proprietorship concerns, joint families, associations, clubs, societies, trusts, groups and individuals for all accounts. Their share of bank credit which was nearly 48 per cent during 2004 when this Government came into power and touched 33 per cent in 2010 showing a consistent decline and a little increase in 2011. However, the share of corporate sector has gone up from around 30 per cent to 49 per cent and the Government from 10 per cent to 20 per cent. [see table-5]
                                                                  It is interesting that the corporate sector, which has less than 15 per cent of our National Income gobbles up nearly half of the bank credit. Even though the unorganised or non-corporate sector is fastest growing its credit needs are not met by the organised banking sector but by private money lenders etc and the cost of borrowing us as high as 5 to 6 per cent per month-namely around 70 per cent per annum.
                                                                  Table-5 Distribution of Outstanding Bank Credit by Categories [Percentagewise]
                                                                  CategoryMarch
                                                                  2004
                                                                  		March 2008March 2009March 2010March 2011
                                                                  Household sector (1)47.636.632.832.836.3
                                                                  Private Corporate sector (2)38.046.748.248.644.0
                                                                  Public sector (3)14.316.719.018.619.7
                                                                  Total100.0100.0100.0100.0100
                                                                  Note: (1) Household sector includes Partnership, Proprietorship concerns, joint families, associations, clubs, Societies, trusts, groups and individuals for all accounts. (2) Private Corporate sector includes private Sector and cooperative sector excluding those mentioned in (1). (3) Public Sector, that is all Government activities, includes joint sector undertakings.
                                                                  Source: Extracted from table –1.15;Outstanding Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks according to Organisations; Basic statistical returns; various years; RBI
                                                                  In other words, the most productive and growing sectors of our economy are starved of bank credit so that they depend on money lenders and other such sources, including Saradha type enterprises!
                                                                  We observe from Table-6 that the share of small borrowers has drastically declined. For instance, up to Rs. 10 lakhs category, this amount outstanding to total SCB outstanding has come low on from 32 per cent to 20 per cent — actually from 2000 to 2005, it has shown increase and then shown drastic decline. Same is the case for up to Rs. 1 crore borrowers – from 45 per cent to 32 per cent. We find that there is something which is really problematic in our banking sector, particularly in providing credit to the sections, which not only require them the most, but are also those which are the fastest growing sectors. The performance of UPA-1 and UPA-2 in providing credit through organised banking sector is rather dismal and this has resulted in distortions in our credit markets and slowdown of economic activities where Small- and Medium-enterprises –SMEs are most productive and active.
                                                                  Table 6
                                                                  Outstanding Credit of SCBs –Size of loan up to 1 crore
                                                                  Source: Extracted from table 1.12”Scheduled commercial banks in India from various issues of RBI
                                                                  Credit Limit RangeMar 00Mar 05Mar 10Mar 11
                                                                  Up to 10 lakhs
                                                                  Amount Outstanding [%]
                                                                  		31.73323.420.1
                                                                  Up to 50 Lakhs
                                                                  Amount Outstanding [%]
                                                                  		39.941.632.629.0
                                                                  Up to 1 crore
                                                                  Amount Outstanding [%]

                                                                  		44.644.735.431.7
                                                                  Source: Extracted from table 1.12”Scheduled commercial banks in India from various issues of RBI
                                                                  We estimate that more than 70 per cent of retail trade needs are met by money lenders /chits in 2010/11. The crony capitalists who default bank loans get larger share for their wasteful expenditure. Also, our small entrepreneurs get credit from money lenders using gold as collateral. Because of declining credit from bank channels, they have to depend more on gold whose demand have shot up.
                                                                  An image has been created that FII and FDI are the Anna Lakshmi for us even though in the last decade they have only been around 6 to 8 per cent of our investment needs. Instead of meeting the credit requirements of our kirana stores, we find that our Finance Minister is going around with a begging bowl to New York and Tokyo for FII funds.
                                                                  Our kiranas and Udupi restaurants and one truck operators and barbers /plumbers/masons and small-time contractors are crying for credit at reasonable rates. But we will not bother about them! They are the real engines of our economic growth. But they are not in the schme of things of our dream team which is imported from phoren countries. The slowdown is directly linked to the choking of these activities. The huge black money generated in our economy used to be partly financing them. Now that has also been dried up since that money is more in to real estate and gold. Bribes to Government and lack of credit are two major problems faced by our SME sector. The solutions are not in New York or Paris but have to be found out from Kottayam to Kohima and Ahmedabad to Agartala about the credit starved productive sectors. We need to understand our reality without the lens of Harvard and Wharton.
                                                                  The solution is to create a separate body to develop Non-banking Finance Sector [NBFS] and free it from RBI as well as the bureaucratic clutches of the State Governments. RBI hands are full, therefore, no point in complaining that it is not alert about millions of non-bank sources and uses and some time abuses. The NBFS developmental authority should primarily focus on the development of partnership and proprietorship firms in the MSME sector economy by appropriate credit and lesser strangulating regulations.
                                                                  Will our Mandarins and Minsters who are searching for solutions in salubrious climates abroad shift their focus to India inside?

                                                                  (The author is Professor of Finance, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The views are personal and do not reflect that of the organisation.)
                                                                  http://www.niticentral.com/2013/08/21/how-upa-killed-engines-of-economic-growth-121579.html
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                                                                  Guard down, Bengal becomes a haven for terror -- Ravik Bhattacharya

                                                                  August 20, 2013, 11:24 pm
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                                                                  Ravik Bhattacharya , Hindustan Times
                                                                  Kolkata, August 20, 2013
                                                                  First Published: 00:06 IST(20/8/2013)
                                                                  Last Updated: 10:53 IST(20/8/2013) 

                                                                  Guard down, Bengal becomes a haven for terror

                                                                  As the news of the arrest of Tunda alias Syed Abdul Karim at the India-Nepal border broke, there was complete silence and gloom in a 7ft x 10ft solitary cell in the Presidency jail in Kolkata. For Abu Taher alias Mohammad Zakaria of Bangladesh, the arrest of his son-in-law was a huge setback for the cause. Taher helped Tunda run his terror network in West Bengal for years, supplying explosives and providing logistics to terrorists and fake currency smugglers.
                                                                  A senior state home department official said on condition of anonymity: “Since the Kashmir borders are too well secured for the terrorists to slip in men and materials easily, the porous India-Bangladesh border serves their purpose perfectly.”
                                                                  He says outfits, such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Indian Mujahideen, find it easy to push in their men into India. And after that, it’s a matter of simply catching a train to any target spot in India. There’s no other hurdle to cross.http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/Popup/2013/8/20_08_13-metro10.gif
                                                                  The reason is simple. A huge stretch of the border Bengal shares with Bangladesh is porous and lying virtually unguarded. Consider this: The Swarupnagar police station in North 24 Parganas district has a 42-km-long border with Bangladesh under its jurisdiction. But only less than half a km (420 metre) is fenced.
                                                                  Thus, Bengal has been silently serving as a lifeline for terror outfits since the nineties. And maybe that’s why the state and its capital didn’t have to face any major terror act apart from the American Center attack, in which five policemen were killed in 2002. For, the terrorist doesn’t want his hideout to get noticed.
                                                                  A Kolkata Police special taskforce officer said, “Border districts and even parts of Kolkata with large minority populations are perfect hideouts for terrorists. Arms, explosives, men and fake currency are routed mainly through Malda, Murshidabad and North and South Dinajpur districts.”
                                                                  Bengal continued to be the natural breeding ground for the Students Islamic Movement of India — even though it was banned in 2001 and despite the crackdown by the Left Front government in 2006 just after the Mumbai serial blasts. Police sources said a large number of madrasas and local clubs in Bengal are still run by the SIMI.
                                                                  The transition from an amateurish student body to an elaborate killing machine began when Kolkata born brothers Asif and Amir Reza helped found the Indian Mujahideen. Asif, a resident of Beniapukur — a central Kolkata locality of a mixed population of mainly Muslims and Anglo-Indians — made his mark by abducting Partha Roy Burman, owner of shoe-manufacturing company Khadim, in 2001.
                                                                  Asif was arrested in 2001 and was killed in an encounter a few months later by the Gujarat police. But before that, he managed to raise the Asif Reza Khan Commando Force along with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, another city-based outfit which claimed responsibility for the American Center attack.
                                                                  Amir, who succeeded Asif, is responsible for a number of blasts in India. Police sources say Amir is wanted both by the Indian security agencies and the Interpol. He is currently in Pakistan and is one of the Indian Mujahideen leaders.
                                                                  There’s more. The co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen, Yasin Bhatkal, was another big fish caught in Bengal. In 2009, Bhatkal was arrested by the Kolkata Police in a fake currency case and was lodged in jail for a month.
                                                                  But the police failed to identify Bhatkal and allowed him bail. Bhatkal duly jumped bail and fled the country. He later engineered a number of blasts, including the ones in Pune’s German Bakery and in Hyderabad.
                                                                  http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/1110085.aspx

                                                                  Focus on city links, Bangla father-in-law

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                                                                  Calcutta, Aug. 18: A three-member Calcutta police team will soon travel to Delhi to interrogate Abdul Karim Tunda about the moles he had planted in the Bengal capital over the past two decades.
                                                                  City police sleuths said the Lashkar-e-Toiba militant used Calcutta as a transit point while smuggling in Pakistani terrorists from Bangladesh.
                                                                  His Bangladeshi mentor Zakaria — who trained Tunda in bomb-making in the 1980s and later became his father-in-law — helped him develop a network in Calcutta and Bangladesh, sources said.
                                                                  “Tunda used his Bangladeshi in-laws’ contacts in Calcutta to oil the terror machinery,” an officer said.
                                                                  “His recruits in the city provided safe houses and transport to Pakistan-based Lashkar cadres who entered India via Bangladesh to carry out subversive activities in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad.”
                                                                  He added: “There is no case pending in the state in which Tunda can be booked, but we need to find out from him which people in Calcutta work for Lashkar.”
                                                                  In 2009, Calcutta police had arrested two of Tunda’s henchmen, Abu Taher and Shahnawaz, who are said to have confessed their links with the 70-year-old master bomb-maker.
                                                                  “We have fished out the recorded statements that Taher and Shahnawaz, who are now in jail, gave us at the Lalbazar police headquarters,” the officer said.
                                                                  Police sources said Tunda had trained Shahnawaz and Taher in making explosives. The duo allegedly helped smuggle in ammunition ahead of the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai.
                                                                  Tunda’s links with Bangladesh go deep. Soon after Pakistani spy agency ISI recruited him in the early 1980s, Tunda had travelled to Pakistan and Bangladesh to learn bomb-making.
                                                                  In Bangladesh, he had met explosives expert Zakaria, state intelligence branch sources said.
                                                                  “Tunda learnt all his skills from Zakaria before returning to Mumbai in 1985,” an official said. “He later married Zakaria’s 18-year-old daughter in 2006, when he was 63, and took her to Pakistan.”
                                                                  The focus of the Calcutta police team in Delhi will also be on tracing the Bangladeshi terror recruits whom Taher and Shahnawaz had sheltered in the city.
                                                                  “We have specific information that on Tunda’s directions, Taher had recruited at least 30 people from Bangladesh districts bordering North 24-Parganas, Cooch Behar, Malda, North and South Dinajpur, Murshidabad and Nadia,” an officer said.
                                                                  “Our job is now to track the youths recruited from the bordering districts.”
                                                                  Shahnawaz and Taher were in Tunda’s payroll and used to receive Rs 50,000 a month, he said.
                                                                  Police sources said Lashkar had opened a new wing, Tanzeen-e-Mohammedi, under Tunda’s guidance to create unrest in the Northeast and Bengal’s districts bordering Bangladesh.
                                                                  “Tunda wields influence over the student outfit Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir, which is suspected to have links with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India, some of whose cadres are still active in Calcutta,” an officer said.

                                                                  http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130819/jsp/nation/story_17246222.jsp#.UhRdCNIwerY
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                                                                  Pakistan-trained terrorists planning to attack south India -- Mateen Hafeez

                                                                  August 20, 2013, 11:52 pm
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                                                                  Pakistan-trained terrorists planning to attack south India
                                                                  The warning mentions various intelligence inputs gathered over time. One such input suggested the LeT is plotting to target the Wagah border crossing, particularly during the flag-lowering ceremony.

                                                                  MUMBAI: The Maharashtra police have received a terror alert from central intelligence agencies warning that eight militants are undergoing training in Pakistan-based camps to attack targets in south India from Sri Lanka.

                                                                  Sent by the joint director of VIP Security (under the Union home ministry) in New Delhi in mid-August, the nine-page alert states that four of the terror trainees are "Punjabis and the remaining Kashmiris or Pathans". Their "drop-off point" is expected to be around 28km off Jaffna and their target could be Mayiladuthurai or Madurai in Tamil Nadu, according to the alert.

                                                                  The warning asks security agencies across the country to be on high alert since the attack may come in "a few months". Following the notice's receipt, the Mumbai police have activated all their sources of information.

                                                                  A passage on the alert's third page reads, "Sri Lankan agencies are reported to have arrested three suspected Pak nationals on February 2, 2013, who confessed to having visited Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram on Sri Lankan passports."

                                                                  It continues: "An unconfirmed input suggests entry of such elements in Kerala or Tamil Nadu through sea route with the connivance of Sinhalese fishermen. It has been reported that LeT ( Lashkar-e-Taiba) is working on a plot to carry out attacks in India and eight terror suspects are being trained in Pakistan".

                                                                  The alert expresses concern over the attempts of several terror outfits—including LeT, Babbar Khalsa International, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jamat-ud-Dawaa, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Al-Umer Mujahideen, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen—at joining hands to organize strikes in India. It also points to several Pakistan-based groups' efforts to use Sri Lanka as the launching pad for their operations in India.

                                                                  The warning mentions various intelligence inputs gathered over time. One such input suggested the LeT is plotting to target the Wagah border crossing, particularly during the flag-lowering ceremony.

                                                                  Another bit of information—received in September 2012 and uncorroborated—said that Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is planning a 26/11-style attack in New Delhi. Yet another input was of a meeting, "organised by LeT commander Habib ur Rehman", of commanders of several militant outfits in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan this year. During the meet, the alert says, Rehman pressured the commanders to push maximum possible cadres into India to carry out "small targeted actions" in different parts of the country.

                                                                  The warning also speaks of an input of a meeting of terror groups where they decided to avenge the execution of Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru, by striking Tihar jail in New Delhi.
                                                                  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistan-trained-terrorists-planning-to-attack-south-India/articleshow/21947970.cms
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