Unconfirmed rumors say that one of Mamta's relatives has a paint factory. That would be the icing on the cake I suppose.Saradha scam tens of thousands of crores
Beating JU students
Arresting people for cartoons
Killing CPM/Congress/BJP guys
Painting everything blue and white - even heritage structures
What is happening to wb
Indian Elections 2014
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Why did Derek O Brien join them again?
Saradha scam tens of thousands of crores
Beating JU students
Arresting people for cartoons
Killing CPM/Congress/BJP guys
Painting everything blue and white - even heritage structures
What is happening to wb
They are painting and repainting the same buildings every few months - while roads are collapsing in rush hour due to no maintenance
I despise that guy now, really
I want the commies back
Not only this, but she is seeking property tax waiver for buildings painted blue and white.Painting everything blue and white - even heritage structures
What is happening to wb
This is total misuse of authority and even such a proposal should be illegal. Court or Central govt are as usual tongue tied on this.
She is totally insane.
Yes batshit insane
Property tax as I understand is a state matter. Central Govt can do jack about it.
Interesting situation developing in Maharashtra politics for assembly elections next month. It can turn out to be 4 horse race.
It's unfair to slate the Modi government this early, but he does he have his work cut out. Corruption shows no signs of slowing down in TN
Congress-NCP will eventually agree to a deal but if they don't then yes it'll be an interesting 4 way battle!
everyone is writing off MNS then? or will they tie up with BJP?
They have lost whatever early 'wave' (if one calls it that) they had last time during assembly elections. If BJP-SS break up, then in a way it is life line for MNS as they can try form alliance with BJP and may get revived. Right now, they don't have enough to get sizeable seats on their own.
Not so fast!
In a bid to capture votes from the extreme right of the political spectrum, the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS), has said it will step into Maharashtra’s electoral fray for the first time.
The radical Hindu outfit was responsible for inciting violent protests over controversial Facebook posts which culminated in the brutal murder of IT professional Mohsin Shaikh in June this year.
Announcing her candidacy from the sensitive Hadapsar seat in the coming Assembly elections, Rasika Desai, wife of jailed HRS chief Dhananjay Desai, said the party would soon publish its election agenda from Mumbai.
The party will have the conch as its symbol and field around 30 candidates from various constituencies in Ahmednagar, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Thane and Mumbai, she said.
Following the HRS announcement, the right-wing Muslim party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen said it would field 30 candidates in the State to match the HRS.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-enters-fray/article6436449.ece?homepage=true
I wouldn't be surprised if they managed to incite riots to further there own cause.
'Major US operation to oust Hasina'
Indian intelligence officials say they have unravelled a US-funded move to topple Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh and ‘weaken’ the Left regime in Tripura.
West Beng al's ruling party Trinamool Congress, which is said to have been hugely funded by the US in its oust-Left drive in West Bengal between 2009-2011, has transferred millions of dollars to its fundamentalist associates in Bangladesh, they claim.
A central intelligence report accessed by a bdnews24.com correspondent in India says Trinamool MP in Rajya Sabha Ahmed Hassan Imran and another Maulana Asif Khan (originally from Teknaf) have been sending huge amounts of money to the Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP over the past six months.
"The whole idea is to foment unrest on a large scale that would involve killing of Awami League leaders and activists and public disorder," said a top central intelligence official.
The BNP and Jamaat leaders have been meting out those threats and pushing for a fresh election, almost in tandem with the US.
Pakistani agencies are also involved, the source claims.
The officials say Trinamool MP Moon Moon Sen has close contacts with Imran Khan who is now out to topple Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a recent visit of the Pakistani high commissioner to Kolkata was arranged through the Imran-Moon Moon liaison.
A large team of Kolkata-based journalists was then taken to Pakistan after the Pakistani high commissioner met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and sought her support to open a deputy high commission in Kolkata to facilitate Pakistani visas to Muslims in the city.
Indian intelligence officials are opposed to the proposal and somewhat amazed at the ‘bonhomie’ between the Pakistani diplomats and Mamata Banerjee who seems to be going out of her way to secure the Urdu-speaking Muslim vote.
The Bengali Muslims have largely voted for Congress and CPI(M) even in the 2014 parliament polls which the Trinamool swept in West Bengal.
Kolkata has a huge population of Urdu-speaking Muslims who usually support fundamentalists and take part in anti-Bangladesh tirades as witnessed in their rallies against the war crimes trials in Bangladesh, which has great support in West Bengal amongst Bengali Hindus and Muslims alike.
One source points out that a leading Indian editor belonging to this community, who has recently joined the BJP, is now in Dhaka to 'liaise' closely with the BNP.
One businessman from the community is helping him set up links between the BJP and the BNP. This businessman claims he works for RAW.
But many senior BJP leaders are upset at the activity of this editor and author because they say he is actually lobbying for the BNP in his own party circles.
"Prime Minister Modi is keen to deal with the present government but this Muslim editor-journalist seems to have taken it upon himself to forge strong BNP-BJP ties," said a top Bengal BJP leader.
The central intelligence report says that Ahmed Hassan Imran, who was nominated to Rajya Sabha by none other than Mamata Banerjee, was actually a senior office bearer of the now-banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
It provides details of its links with Muslim terror outfits and how he has been moving funds across the border.
Imran was a correspondent of the Jamaat's mouthpiece Naya Diganta and enjoys close personal relations with leaders like Motiur Rahman Nizami, Delwar Hossain Sayedee and Mir Quasem Ali, all of whom are up in the dock on the war crimes trials.
Pakistan is strongly lobbying with other powerful Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia to force the Bangladesh government to stop the war crimes trials, say Indian intelligence officials.
Their report says that the US is backing the Jamaat-BNP combine because it has been promised a base in the Bay of Bengal in case they come to power, possibly in the Saint Martin’s Island.
According to these officials, senior US officials have been meeting BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman now in exile in London.
The US is keen on this base to oversee the Chinese-developed port facility at Kyaukpyu in Myanmar's Rakhine province and the proposed Sonadia deep-sea port in Bangladesh.
The intelligence report says that the US is not only keen to bring down Sheikh Hasina government but also cripple the Left regime in Tripura with the ultimate purpose of ousting it in an operation akin to West Bengal in 2011.
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/09/03/major-us-operation-to-oust-hasina
from across the border..make of it what you will although it is no secret that India and usa are at odds over bangladesh as usa is backing the radical jamati and bnp to rule which obviously India doesn't want.
Indian intelligence officials say they have unravelled a US-funded move to topple Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh and ‘weaken’ the Left regime in Tripura.
West Beng al's ruling party Trinamool Congress, which is said to have been hugely funded by the US in its oust-Left drive in West Bengal between 2009-2011, has transferred millions of dollars to its fundamentalist associates in Bangladesh, they claim.
A central intelligence report accessed by a bdnews24.com correspondent in India says Trinamool MP in Rajya Sabha Ahmed Hassan Imran and another Maulana Asif Khan (originally from Teknaf) have been sending huge amounts of money to the Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP over the past six months.
"The whole idea is to foment unrest on a large scale that would involve killing of Awami League leaders and activists and public disorder," said a top central intelligence official.
The BNP and Jamaat leaders have been meting out those threats and pushing for a fresh election, almost in tandem with the US.
Pakistani agencies are also involved, the source claims.
The officials say Trinamool MP Moon Moon Sen has close contacts with Imran Khan who is now out to topple Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a recent visit of the Pakistani high commissioner to Kolkata was arranged through the Imran-Moon Moon liaison.
A large team of Kolkata-based journalists was then taken to Pakistan after the Pakistani high commissioner met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and sought her support to open a deputy high commission in Kolkata to facilitate Pakistani visas to Muslims in the city.
Indian intelligence officials are opposed to the proposal and somewhat amazed at the ‘bonhomie’ between the Pakistani diplomats and Mamata Banerjee who seems to be going out of her way to secure the Urdu-speaking Muslim vote.
The Bengali Muslims have largely voted for Congress and CPI(M) even in the 2014 parliament polls which the Trinamool swept in West Bengal.
Kolkata has a huge population of Urdu-speaking Muslims who usually support fundamentalists and take part in anti-Bangladesh tirades as witnessed in their rallies against the war crimes trials in Bangladesh, which has great support in West Bengal amongst Bengali Hindus and Muslims alike.
One source points out that a leading Indian editor belonging to this community, who has recently joined the BJP, is now in Dhaka to 'liaise' closely with the BNP.
One businessman from the community is helping him set up links between the BJP and the BNP. This businessman claims he works for RAW.
But many senior BJP leaders are upset at the activity of this editor and author because they say he is actually lobbying for the BNP in his own party circles.
"Prime Minister Modi is keen to deal with the present government but this Muslim editor-journalist seems to have taken it upon himself to forge strong BNP-BJP ties," said a top Bengal BJP leader.
The central intelligence report says that Ahmed Hassan Imran, who was nominated to Rajya Sabha by none other than Mamata Banerjee, was actually a senior office bearer of the now-banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
It provides details of its links with Muslim terror outfits and how he has been moving funds across the border.
Imran was a correspondent of the Jamaat's mouthpiece Naya Diganta and enjoys close personal relations with leaders like Motiur Rahman Nizami, Delwar Hossain Sayedee and Mir Quasem Ali, all of whom are up in the dock on the war crimes trials.
Pakistan is strongly lobbying with other powerful Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia to force the Bangladesh government to stop the war crimes trials, say Indian intelligence officials.
Their report says that the US is backing the Jamaat-BNP combine because it has been promised a base in the Bay of Bengal in case they come to power, possibly in the Saint Martin’s Island.
According to these officials, senior US officials have been meeting BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman now in exile in London.
The US is keen on this base to oversee the Chinese-developed port facility at Kyaukpyu in Myanmar's Rakhine province and the proposed Sonadia deep-sea port in Bangladesh.
The intelligence report says that the US is not only keen to bring down Sheikh Hasina government but also cripple the Left regime in Tripura with the ultimate purpose of ousting it in an operation akin to West Bengal in 2011.
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/09/03/major-us-operation-to-oust-hasina
from across the border..make of it what you will although it is no secret that India and usa are at odds over bangladesh as usa is backing the radical jamati and bnp to rule which obviously India doesn't want.
Why would US back a radical islamic party?
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28268186
Good achievement,especially considering the costs involved.
On a side note,does anybody have an idea about how much British aid we get? There is a lot of moaning in that article about the aid we are given.
Good achievement,especially considering the costs involved.
On a side note,does anybody have an idea about how much British aid we get? There is a lot of moaning in that article about the aid we are given.
Around £250m.
Ya just read that.. Apparently the aid is ending next year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20265583
While this article gives a different view of why the British gave us aid even after we asked them not to.. Never thought we would reject money.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ndia-tells-Britain-We-dont-want-your-aid.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20265583
While this article gives a different view of why the British gave us aid even after we asked them not to.. Never thought we would reject money.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ndia-tells-Britain-We-dont-want-your-aid.html
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Aid is a cover up term..its most likely bribe money to get favorable deals and funds given to churches.
@VidaRed yes that report is more or less true and in sync with what is being reported in many WB newpapers too. It is creating a big scandal, especially as RAW are saying that money is going cross border for terrorist activities. TMC deny it and are backing the MP (who is ex-SIMI) saying that he is being victimized for being a Muslim
That money is from the Saradha scam, now estimated at around 10000 crores INR, and it is widely speculated that the money has gone to BD and Nepal about a year back. And yes the TMC is strongly backing the minority vote bank with sops e.g. cycles for Muslim schoolgirls, INR 5000 per month per imam, easier Haj visas, Mamata herself praying at dargahs during Ramzan etc
It is all so out-in-the-open yet they claim to be secular - and people are starting to get fed up. It is cringe aworthy to see to what length they can go to just for votes
And now that the BJP is entering WB politics in a big way, it has actually benefited Mamata as the minority vote is going to one party only - the TMC (instead of INC, LF and TMC earlier). That is what is letting them win the elections still - if one considers 27%+ minority votes in every seat, it is common sense to woo them
That money is from the Saradha scam, now estimated at around 10000 crores INR, and it is widely speculated that the money has gone to BD and Nepal about a year back. And yes the TMC is strongly backing the minority vote bank with sops e.g. cycles for Muslim schoolgirls, INR 5000 per month per imam, easier Haj visas, Mamata herself praying at dargahs during Ramzan etc
It is all so out-in-the-open yet they claim to be secular - and people are starting to get fed up. It is cringe aworthy to see to what length they can go to just for votes
And now that the BJP is entering WB politics in a big way, it has actually benefited Mamata as the minority vote is going to one party only - the TMC (instead of INC, LF and TMC earlier). That is what is letting them win the elections still - if one considers 27%+ minority votes in every seat, it is common sense to woo them
So US and the BJP are wooing a hardline muslim party. Strange times indeed!
My wife did her research at ISRO in Trivandrum. It is amazing that they are able to achieve so much given the constraints in budgets and the bureaucracy they need to overcome for any small thing.
Fun and games?
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...against-modi/article6448311.ece?homepage=true
Not that anything will come of it...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...against-modi/article6448311.ece?homepage=true
The same court that summoned Sonia.
Not that anything will come of it...
Typicsl US law, trying to police the world!
We should get the afghans residing in delhi to file a case against obama for war crimes before his next trip.
Not that anything will come of it...except to send a message across.
Not that anything will come of it...except to send a message across.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-cancer-drug-price-goes-up-from-rs-8000-to-rs-108-lakh-2022667
It's very sad, about a year ago there was a Supreme Court judgement and a government that showed some spine on this (having made the original sin of agreeing the WTO deal in 2005)....
It's a very big concession (one that sells out our poorest and most vulnerable), what are we getting in return from the US corporates?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/01/novartis-denied-cancer-drug-patent-india
I hope some generic manufacturer can add a methyl group or a side chain or something to their drug, claim that they have made a new drug, patent it and sell it here.
It's very sad, about a year ago there was a Supreme Court judgement and a government that showed some spine on this (having made the original sin of agreeing the WTO deal in 2005)....
It's a very big concession (one that sells out our poorest and most vulnerable), what are we getting in return from the US corporates?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/01/novartis-denied-cancer-drug-patent-india
feck them. If they sold at anything like a reasonable price, this wouldn't be an issue.
I hope some generic manufacturer can add a methyl group or a side chain or something to their drug, claim that they have made a new drug, patent it and sell it here.
Seems India has quite some medals in Asian games. Hockey gold has finally come back.
Though it is galling to see the likes of Kazakstan, Iran and North Korea, Qatar & Uzbekhistan above us in the table. FFs, how is that happening?
Though it is galling to see the likes of Kazakstan, Iran and North Korea, Qatar & Uzbekhistan above us in the table. FFs, how is that happening?
There is a joke nowadays what the cpm did in 34, didi does in 3.4I want the commies back
Gareeb ke acche din aa gaye.
Found this article about the Bengal blasts while going through google news..
http://www.tehelka.com/how-the-burdwan-blast-terror-trail-singed-assam/?google_editors_picks=true
Makes a pretty grim read. Along with the ISIS flags being displayed by a couple of morons in Kashmir, I hope our anti terror agencies are able to foil these people. Still don't know why Mamata did a huge fuss before handing the case to the NIA. Derek O'Brien went as far as to blame all this as a BJP conspiracy yesterday, during a tv discussion.
For those of you who haven't heard about the blasts,
http://www.tehelka.com/west-bengal-the-terror-after-the-burdwan-blast/
http://www.tehelka.com/how-the-burdwan-blast-terror-trail-singed-assam/?google_editors_picks=true
Makes a pretty grim read. Along with the ISIS flags being displayed by a couple of morons in Kashmir, I hope our anti terror agencies are able to foil these people. Still don't know why Mamata did a huge fuss before handing the case to the NIA. Derek O'Brien went as far as to blame all this as a BJP conspiracy yesterday, during a tv discussion.
For those of you who haven't heard about the blasts,
http://www.tehelka.com/west-bengal-the-terror-after-the-burdwan-blast/
What really really gets under my skin is that all these incidents are treated as political in nature. Irrespective of what happens, the focus seems to be on opposition claiming they could have done better and not on what actually went wrong.
rahul hatao congress bachao
It's best for India, if Congress dies down
Current leadership or the party ?
if you mean the latter then it wouldn't be best for India, there is always a need for a national opposition in a democracy. Or would you prefer a coalition of regional parties running the country when people get pissed at the ruling govt and vote it out
if you mean the latter then it wouldn't be best for India, there is always a need for a national opposition in a democracy. Or would you prefer a coalition of regional parties running the country when people get pissed at the ruling govt and vote it out
I kinda agree, but the current 'congress' is nothing more than a shadow of it's history. It has been in mainstream due to alliances and coalition. I used to be a ardent supported during Rajiv days, but since then it has been a continuous downhill slide for them.
1) Enough of the Gandhi's. Sonia was at least street smart, but Rahul is a walking disaster. Enough with the dynasty politics.
2) Get someone with backbone to lead the party. Someone with force of character.
3) Stop alliances and coalition. They need to break out on their own, to see if they are a major force still. A good wake up defeat to get their core strength back.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30429118
Agra Muslim fear conversions to Hinduism
Nearly a dozen Indian Muslim families have fled their homes in Agra after 57 families were reportedly converted to Hinduism against their will.
Muslim organisations have accused Hindu nationalist groups, close to the governing BJP, of "forced conversions" and demanded action against them.
The Hindu groups have denied the charge and say the conversions were voluntary.
Meanwhile, opposition MPs have accused hardline Hindus of undermining India's unity and secular nature.
The issue has been hotly debated in parliament, with opposition parties demanding an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Critics say Hindu hardline groups are flexing their muscles under the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by Mr Modi.
Recently, a row broke out after government minister Niranjan Jyoti used an abusive term to refer to non-Hindus, by asking people at a public rally to choose between Ramzada (children of the Hindu God Ram) and Haramzada (bastards).
Mr Modi said he disapproved of her language but refused to sack her.
Analysis: Geeta Pandey, BBC News, Delhi
Religious conversions have been a topic of passionate debate in India for many years.
Hindu groups have often accused Christian missionaries and Muslims of converting poor, low-caste Dalits - formerly untouchables - and tribespeople with promises of a better life. In the past few years, Hindu hardline groups have started organising reconversion rituals they call "ghar vapasi" - which means "returning home".
The conversions - and re-conversions - in most cases allegedly involve force, fraud or inducement.
In Agra, it is alleged that local Hindus employed fraud (by not telling people they were going to be converted) and also offered inducement (by promising ration cards). The Hindu groups have denied the charges, saying the conversions were voluntary and that they intend to do many more.
It's barely six months since Narendra Modi led his BJP party to power and critics are already expressing fears over the future of religious minorities in the country. Mr Modi, who was accused of failing to stop deadly anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002 when he was chief minister, insists there is nothing to fear.
But his minister's remarks and the row over Agra's conversions mean many suspect his hardline supporters must be receiving quiet encouragement.
On Thursday, the residents of Vednagar slum in Agra told BBC Hindi's Salman Ravi that some 250 people had attended a havan (Hindu religious ceremony) on Monday.
Most residents of the slum are poor rag-pickers and many said they had been promised ration cards and other basic amenities by a local Hindu activist if they attended the event.
One slum resident, Salina, said she had no idea that it was a conversion ceremony. "During the ritual, suddenly we were made to do what the [Hindu] priest was doing. One Muslim man was even made to hold an idol in his hand.
"After the ritual was over, the local activist told us that we had all become Hindus. We wanted to protest, but we were advised to keep quiet as we were told we would get a ration card and other amenities."
Another resident Mumtaz, however, said that no-one had forced her to attend the ritual and that all those who attended had done so voluntarily.
Ramzan Sheikh, a witness to the ritual, said there was a lot of fear in the area. "We are scared. Whatever happened, we never expected," he said.
After receiving complaints from Muslims, police have registered a case against a Hindu activist who is accused of trying to convert Muslims by promising them food ration cards.
Police have also taken in for questioning a Muslim man supervises the rag-pickers in the slum and authorities have deployed armed policemen in the area as a precautionary measure.
FFS, I read this OP under the impression the thread was titled 'Indian Electricians'