CBI fakes it

Finally the conspiracy angle has been laid bare in the high profile Aarushi murder case. The CBI has been unable to prove that the three accused, all domestic helps of the Talwar family, had murdered the teenager.
It was a frame up and a botched one at that. There are higher things at work in this case. I can't write what all has been alleged and stated by the investigative agencies in the case as it is unparliamentary and tremendously libelous.
CBI as an agency is defunct. It should be disbanded and its officers banished from police investigations as they are tools of their political masters. The botch up in this case has again proven that our investigative agencies can't handle a case in a scientific manner.
The way the Indian media houses, both print and electronic, handled the case was shameful. They went to town on any flimsiest of plant being doled out by the agency's inefficient officers. The way a young woman's name and her family were destroyed is deplorable and needs to be condemned.

Nira Radia vs A Raja

The CBI has claimed to have grilled PR pro Nira Radia. The investigative agency has also grilled A Raja, the former Telecom Minister. But see the crucial difference in the two grilling sessions. Whiel Rdaia was grilled at her farm house in post south Delhi, Raja was questioned at the CBI headquarters at CGO complex.
This clearly gives out the status of the two people being grilled. Not that Raja would have been treated badly, but how can an investigative agency question a prime suspect in a corruption case at their own house..... This is insanely Indian way of solving conspiracies. Don't ask me how.... just keep reading for more facts on the fake investigations into the scams.

Kapil Telecom meet

Kapil Sibal, the HRD Minister turned Telecom Minister cum new found trouble shooter of the Manmohan Singh, has held a meeting with top telecom ministry honchos. He met Ratan Tata, Sunil Bharti Mittal and Anil Dhirubhai Ambani on the same day. The so called main stream media reported that he wanted to clear things with the Telecom sector top bosses.
However, the buzz is that the minister has asked the three to stop their ongoing battle. The Neera Raida fallout seems to be the fallout of this conspiracy. These top industrialists were told to stop the war as it was starting to hurt the government now. Continue reading this space for further developments.

Vir Sanghvi

Vir Sanghvi of Radia tapes fame, whose column has been dropped by the Hindustan Times as a columnist has found a new savoiur. The Congress Sandesh has given him a respite. It has provided the senior editor with much needed column space.
A space has been made available to him in a seeming attempt at pleasing and accommodating a foot soldier of the party.

Congress conspiracy

The conspiracy angle doing the rounds in the political circles is that the Congress is finishing off its allies one by one. Nira Radia episode is also being seen as an attempt at this. It is believed that the GOP of India has decided to finish off the DMK with this blow and attempt to take the party's place in Tamila Nadu.
The Congress has already tried the same with Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi party in Uttar Pradesh, Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party in Bihar, the Left parties in West Bengal and Kerala.
The next step of the GOP is expected to hit the Sharad Pawar hit Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra.

2G yuvaraj

The 2G spectrum allocation scam is getting murkier. The name of a certain well known Yuvaraj is doing the rounds of the political circles. The party has gone all out to defend this fiend. The move to put HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has now been unravelled as he sets himself at home in the Telecom Ministry. His innings there seem to be headed for a long term. Unless the name of the Yuvaraj is cleared of any possible muck.

Barkhagate

"A pathetic attempt by Barkha," rightly put by N Ram of The Hindu.
The towering personalities of our media have been struck by Radia tapes. And several of these are holding onto their jobs and seeking the protection of their parent companies.
It is time that this nexus of journalists is exposed and wheeling dealings by them are brought out. Vir may have lost his column but the NDTV has so far not been able to come out with its plan of action against Barkha. Is Prannoy Roy hiding something or is he afraid of the monster that he has created? Only he can answer this. Sonia Verma nee Singh was barely visible on the show.
By the way Manu Joseph escaped unhurt for the NDTV studio and Prabhu Chawal could finally understand that no one was accusing him of any wrongdoing. Now we know all rumours about Prabhu's English language prowess were indeed true.

P.S. Barkha Dutt was able to subdue a blogger with her legal threats a couple of years ago but how will she stop this onslaught by the her own fraternity and bloggers alike. Hope she finds the answer soon.......or else Dr Roy too will need to answer a few queries.

Rahul angle?

The Commonwealth Games scam is getting murkier. The PS of the ruler designate of our country has been found faltering this time. It appears, KS, the known confidante and former classmate of would be ruler, has a share of problem with companies that built the filthy CWG village.
So finally, days after the mud was slung on sardarji's white kurta it now seems to be the time of the first family to join the game.
The Indian print media on its part will continue to play the prostitute it really is by not taking his name. Thanks to the news channels or else even this would not have become known. I hope that the first family which has continued to con this nation for several decades shares some long deserved blame.

Sardarji caught?

Finally has Dr Manmohan Singh, till now considered to be an man with integrity, a title also conferred on him by US President Barack Obama, too become like any other politician? It seems so as the Supreme Court today pulled up the PM for not acting on the complaints of former Law Minister Subramaniam Swamy.
The PM, who had so far been able to save himself from any such corruption allegation, is now in the dock and also needs to explain the entire conspiracy behind the spectrum allocation deal. The biggest industrial houses, for long believed to be the main funding agents of Congress, are behind the scam. Lets see how clean our PM really is.

Ashok Chavan removal

What is the real cause behind the removal of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan? Was it just an inane deal of society flats in Mumbai?
Doesn't seem likely....
The real cause, as being told to me, was the Chief Minister's alleged inefficiency and less than forthcoming attitude when it comes to garnering "contributions" for a rally being addressed by none other than the party high command.
Though the displeasure of the high command was made known to him the Chief Minister he was unable to make amends quickly and needed to perish as the izzat of Congress' first family was at stake.

Muslim votes

Indian politicians will go to any length to secure that extra vote. And with two important states of Bihar and West Bengal going to polls soon the politicians have decided to demand additional pay and perks for Imams. The move its a direct conspiracy to consolidate the votes of the Muslim community at the cost of others.
What in hell is the business of the government to pay salary and perks to a religious leader or priest. Why doesn't the government do the same for priests in temples and institutions of other religions.
India is a secular country and it should remain so. Which means executive and religion should be kept apart. See the case of France, though the other extreme and not being supported by me, they have decided to take extreme steps to keep the two apart.
Please don't do this for a few votes, it will ruin the country.

madani vs amit shah

This is how the police and political class functions in India. They are willing to put the country's integrity at stake to get a few more votes. Finally Abdul Nasser Madani was arrested today, after days of posturing by the alleged terrorist. The state government played perfectly to the gallery, in an attempt to gain more Muslim votes. The Gujarat government also tried to do so but was shouted down by the hoarse media. I am not justifying the alleged acts of Amit Shah, but media should also question Madani and Kerala government's intent in shielding him.

Kashmir fiasco

The Kashmir violence is nothing but a conspiracy of local politicians. Which includes even the ruling first family of the state. The days of delay and inaction have cause a lot of problems which don't seem to be going anywhere for now.
The opposition seems to have gained control with the Indian government seemingly losing its control and face on the issue.

Turf war

The much-awaited press conference of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh did not elicited any major policy announcements or shifts in government functioning. However, the presser sure ruffled a few feathers in the government while at the same time also bringing out the turf war between various ministries of the government.
The entire plenary hall of Vigyan Bhawan, the venue of press conference, was taken aback after a foreign correspondent complained to the Prime Minister that their fraternity (foreign correspondents posted in India) were not being issued PIB cards. The issue may seem trivial but had political connotations as three top ministries of the government, MEA, MHA and I&B are involved in the process.
However, the presence of several foreign correspondents at the venue also came under a scanner as the event was open only to PIB accredited correspondents and they weren't accredited to the PIB. The entry of these correspondents is being considered a breach of sorts as a highly influential official (a spokesperson of one of the influential ministries named above) used his might to get these foreign correspondents through the security cordon. In the end causing a huge embarrassment for the government. The attempt to subvert the I&B ministry's powers has been made to take over the accreditation process of foreign correspondents in the MEA hands. The attempt hasn't gone unnoticed and I&B Minister Ambika Soni, known for her temperamental nature, is expected to pay back in kind soon.

Floors on rent

A big media house has recently rented out two floors of its building in the middle of the city to a Government of India Ministry. The ministry is presently located in Shastri Bhawan and has rented it for use of its extensions. The two floors have been rented at a whopping Rs 93 lakh per month. An amount big enough that could build several big buildings if the government wanted to. It is known that the deal was made after an MP close to the media house has successfully lobbied for the rental contract. Sorry can't publish the names, they will not spare me as they are too closely connected to the ruling coalition.

Kasab verdict

I am waiting for the outcome in the case of Indian accomplices. There is no way in the world that the terrorists that attacked Mumbai on 26/11 weren't aided by Indians. I can't believe all this security agency crap.
This angle needs to be probed and uncovered. Unless that is done we will not be able to provide real justice to the victims of the crime. Now that the elections are over, politicians need to understand that the truth needs to be uncovered and they have to stop protecting the community which is so dear to them.

IPL behind the scenes

What is the government afraid of in the IPL controversy? What does Lalit Modi have in his closet? the revelations have now thrown light at the involvement of senior politicians. And this seems to be turning on its head. It seems to be an attempt by the grand old party to regain control over the cricket empire in the country. And also the richest sports bodies in the world. Just wait and see how it unfurls.....

IPL tamasha

Dont think that there is any need to point out that such a big racket like this league could operate without political patronage. The question here is that can we find out the real players behind the league hoopla. Will the government have the balls to take on its own ministers and their relatives who allegedly own a share of the tamasha? Doesn't seem so. The only casualty is likely to be Modi.

Naxal attack

The central police forces are all but sitting ducks in out battle against the Naxals. Why isn't the Central government forcing the state police to act in tandem with its police forces? Are they waiting for even bigger attacks than today's which left over 70 killed?
The two have to work in tandem as the Central forces are unfamiliar with the terrain and have zero local intelligence. Unless the state governments work in tandem with Centre we will not be able to find a solution. It is not a state level problem but a national one.
And what is with two bosses of the para military forces being brothers. Interestingly, these are the two forces which have committed the most number of soldiers to the war against Maoists.

left being cornered

The ongoing tussle between The Hindu and The Indian Express group seems to be a tussle between two ideologies. It is a clear cut attempt by the right to target the only blatantly left leaning paper in the country. It is not the last that we hear from the controversy. The plants may also have been initiated in an effort to change the media investment policy in the country. Just wait and watch.

Headley game

The Indian government has again proven that we are second class citizens of the world. Kudos to the US for protecting its citizens, even if he or she is a rogue agent spreading terror across the world.
David Coleman Headley has gotten away at the expense of Indian lives. This is how the Indian lives are treated as worthless shit. The brown man doesn't exist at that level which is also evident from the reported fact that the Danish have already been given a chance to interrogate him while we are still waiting for that privilege.

FBI spook in town

With a world under a terrorism cloud the spooks are having a party. FBI chief Robert Mueller is in India, giving some tips to the Indian intelligence agencies. Tips for avoiding Headley? Or better coordination in not picking up other foreign spooks checking on Indian preparedness against terrorism from near the airports?
Mueller can't teach anything to the Indian agencies as they seem to be omnipresent but still fall hopelessly short when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks on the country.

Government Maoist peace deal??

After years of showdown and shadow boxing the two have finally decided to hold talks. Or have they......
The day saw President and the Maoist make each other a peace talk offer. It is yet to be seen if that will work. Extremist organisations the world over have been known to use the ceasefire period as a period of consolidation. Unless the Indian government decides to act with intelligence the Maoists are likely to use this period to consolidate and reorganise. The state governments also need to be involved in this process as they are the ones who are dealing with this problem day in and day out at the ground level.

Pune targeted

What do the intelligence agencies want us to believe now? IM or Let? RDX or Ammonium Nitrate? Remote or timer device? STF or NIA? WHAT A JOKE

Editor escapes

The editor of a major newspaper escaped arrest this week. Acting like another journalist who felt that they could act above the law the editor had apparently not appeared before a Delhi court. The organisation has now spent upwards of Rs 5 lakh for securing bail for the editor, who was facing charges of defamation. Can't name the organisation or the person.

Paki in government advert

This is the ultimate joke on the nation. The paper which claims to be the biggest in the world and aims to be the best (sic) has done the worst possible thing. In collusion with the women and and child development ministry it has published a pix of a Paki armed forces man in an advert aimed at stopping female foeticide. Is is just a goof up or something to do with its Aman Ki Asha campaign? There needs to be a thorough probe for the involvement of the newspaper as well and not just the ministry which is headed by one of the most inefficient minister.

New NSA

What is the logic behind the appointment of Shiv Shankar Menon as the new National security Advisor? He is not a security expert, not an intelligence expert, not anyone who is familiar with the Indian security and intelligence appratus. Why has he been foisted upon the country like this? The only expertise that he has been adept at is his hobnobbing skills with the foreign countries and agencies.
Maybe the government wants to prioritise these foreign powers reach, rather than appointing someone who has the required resume. The appointment must have received a roud of applause from the foreign powers.

M K Narayanan's hacking troubles

I thought that Indians were the experts at IT and everything related to computers. We have been left behind in everything. And since when have the Chinese overtaken us in this field as well. Not everything is well when our own NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR says that top level and most protected computers were being hacked into. That too by the CHINESE. Give me a break. Smells like a conspiracy with big brother in the US watching.

Spooks should be policed

Vice-President Hamid Ansari's contention that intelligence agencies in the country need to be policed is a valid one. We live in a democracy and the elected representatives need to wield the greatest power of supervision. Over each and every arm of government machinery. This has been and is being done in any mature democracy like the USA and the UK, from which our constitution too takes a lot of inspiration.
The intelligence operatives desire to remain free of such governmental control of a Parliamentary oversight committee is nothing but an effort to keep operating without check. The intelligence agencies of this country completely liable to be held accountable for utilisation or misutilisation of the tax payers money. This is a move that will have far reaching repercussion. The intelligence agencies will be made accountable for each and every failure and will not operate in a nether world of their own. This control will also mean that their use for political purposes will become more difficult, if not stopped altogether.

The bretheren

The complete failure of flight controls at Delhi airport has been blanketed out by a national newspaper. Guess why?
The owner of the paper reportedly got a call. And his association with the group that runs the airport is well known. Can we still trust the media to give out the correct news?

Aarushi again

It has been proved correct that the CBI's earlier decision to give a clean chit to Aarushi Talwar's father in the much-publicised and much-maligned double murder of last year was WRONG. The CBI too now seems to be treading on the path of infamous theory propounded by the Uttar Pradesh police.
The narco analysis ofRajesh Talwar, though inadmissiable in a counrt of law in India, has been requested in an effort to question him under the influence of drugs. The CBI, it seems, is hopeful of some leads from a drugged Talwar. What does this establish??