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Kiran Bedi, accused of using inflated travel bills and overcharging NGOs. She says the money was used for good causes.

Prashant Bhushan, beaten up in his office by assailants who attacked him because he said he said he favored a plebiscite in Kashmir

Shanti Bhushan, accused of getting two Noida plots as a "gift" from UP govt. The Allahabad court quashed the charge.

Justice Hegde, Cong leader Digvijay Singh accused him of going slow on a Lokayukta report against the BJP govt in Karnataka.

Arvind Kejriwal, firstly the Income Tax dept. demanded dues form his time in the IRS and now, he's charged with diverting donations.

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Attack on Prashant Bhushan - a fascism and justice together ??

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, beside Anna Hazare

On the one hand we are against physical attacks, like the one on Prashant Bhushan, whatever the provocation. But, unfortunately, the Prasanth Bhushans and Arundathi Roys of the world evoke such extreme reactions from common people owing to their "cynical", "short sighted" and "sadistic" views on critical issues related to national security. These so called upholders of secularism seem to have no time for the thousands of army, para military and police personnel who have laid down their lives, in the line of duty, fighting insurgents and anti-nationals, be it Maoists or Kashmiri terrorists. After all, these army/paramilitary/police personnel are ordinary citizens of this country, like all of us common people, simply discharging their duties in defense of the country and honestly earning their daily bread. Have any one of these pseudo secularists ever visited and comforted the bereaved families of such brave hearts ?

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Ragging on facebook - a vulgar story by media channels or a villain politics

In a social networking site, a person can send chat message to anyone only if he/she is a friend of the person. Now, if anyone uses abusive language on the site, can it be termed as ragging? I guess almost every person reading this article would have known about this fact. Our media system, having something called TRP tied a their neck to be pulled and demand for biased baseless news. Well, me being a common person have the right to express my feelings. By the way, I own the disclaimer to say that please don't file an FIR for this blog aticle or complain to Hon'ble Prime Minister of India.

Story-line :

A first year student of a prestigious engineering university, namely Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur (BESUS), has reportedly filed an allegation of so-called "ragging" him on facebook by his seniors. Adding to this, the complaint was filed to a political party student federation at first.

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‘Save the girl child’ – they also have the right to live…

The issue needs discussion and debate in every home on most of dining table. People should realize it as a stigma to our own society. The world of a girl child is promising yet gloomy, hopeful yet in despair. The home-maker of future, the hand that rocks the cradle, the procreator, the mother of tomorrow, a woman shapes the destiny of our civilization. From child to mother, let us build the path of her.

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How could Mumbai again become a soft target after 26/11?

 by Shreya Roy

Three serial blast at hearts and minds of people

The three serial blasts which rocked India's financial capital, Mumbai on 13th july, 2011 at Zaheri Bazar, Opera House & Dadar areas in Mumbai within 6.30-7.00pm (IST) carried the trademark of Indian Mujahideen with the links of Lashkara-e-Tayiba.There was no specific target, rather the bombs were exploded to kill and wound as many citizens as possible. So far according to recent updates 18 peoples were killed & 131 injured during the city's peak hour crush.

Our Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram illustrates three serial explosion as unfortunate & advices every citizen to maintain peace. Chief Minister of Mumbai Prithviraj Chavan acknowledges that some lessons from 26/11 are yet left to be learned. Is it not enough for them to learn a lesson at this point of time?

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Third rape in 48 hours, victim burnt alive - you think you are secured ?

All the events in our country one after the other are just being looking as if they have become natural. Nothing moves us from our daily life. We just don't really care about anything that goes around without effecting us directly. A martyr's widow or mother, a raped girl, a jobless man, etc. feel the actual pain of living with the people like us. Rape - a victim knows the deathly attack - much bitter than poison.

A 33-year-old woman was burnt alive after allegedly being raped in Etah district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
Her family alleged that five men first gangraped her and then lynched her because they were afraid that she would identify them and go to the police.

The police have denied these allegation and have claimed that the attackers were trying to rob and not rape her.

This will be third rape case to be reported in the state in 48 hours.Earlier a Dalit minor from Kannauj was allegedly stabbed in the eye and left blind by two men when she resisted rape. Two policemen were suspended for delaying the filing of an FIR.

An 18-year-old Dalit girl was also allegedly raped at gunpoint by a man in Ranipur Beladi village.

Even after 27 days, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Satnam Singh Kahlwan -- accused of raping 13 year old girl, continues to evade arrest. However, adding insult to the injury, Satnam's mother flaunts her VIP connection and says her family not afraid of anyone.

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Justice delayed for 30 years - not enough to be said as denied ?

We have always seen in movies that its really a person arrested and jailed gets justice after long terms of imprisonment. But here goes a real case that took me aback.

After more than three decades, a former Army man got a reprieve from the Bombay high court in a case of possession of live cartridges. The HC set aside his one-year prison sentence and let him off with a Rs 5,000 fine.

Laxman Jadhav (72) had been convicted under Section 25 of Arms Act, and was arrested in 1977 from his house in Sangli. Justice J. H. Bhatia set aside imprisonment keeping his age in mind.

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J. Dey murder mystery unveiled - seven arrested

The nooks and corner of the inhuman killing of one of the tormenting investigation journalist J. Dey has brought thousands of the journalists on the streets of Mumbai in the demand of laws and policies concerning their security.

In connection with the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, seven people have been arrested, a top police officer said Monday

'Yes, the information is confirmed and we shall inform you with details later,' Additional Commissioner of Police Deven Bharti told.

The seven suspects, nabbed from various parts of Maharashtra late Sunday, will be produced before the metropolitan magistrate court in south Mumbai around noon.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik is likely to address the media in the afternoon.

Dey, editor (Special Investigations) with Mumbai tabloid Mid Day, was gunned down by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants near his residence in Powai on June 11 afternoon.

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Asteroid passes Earth closer than the Moon

The unnoticed part of the day is here. I was really stunned by this news and report. The mere fright of 2012 comes floating into our eyes as soon as we hear to know some aspects of universe movements. Here goes one of such things.

An asteroid zoomed past Earth this morning, coming within 7,500 miles above Earth's surface over the southern Atlantic Ocean.

2011 MD, as the asteroid is named, did not come as close to Earth as a smaller asteroid, 2011 CQ1, which avoided an impact with the planet by just 3,405 miles in February, according to Geek.com.

Even so, 2011 MD flew closer to Earth than the moon.

The latest asteroid is 33 feet long and was discovered this week by telescopes in New Mexico, the AP reports.

According to the IBTimes, 2011 MD is the fifth-closest asteroid to zip past Earth.

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BET Awards - Giving international stage for humanitarian awards

Well, the international entertainment shall not be deprived here in this blog. The negativities available on the articles shall be quenched with some best moments in the world. So, I had to blog about this. I really wish this article won't be thought as a useless part on this blog. Thank You.

Patti LaBelle performs at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 26, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Gladys Knight presented Patti LaBelle with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Sunday's ceremony.

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Cash votes - now WikiLeaks says

The most stunning part was just out of any leaks that got its mirror on the face of our democracy. The claim that I got to access is about a WikiLeaks India cables that Manmohan Singh-led UPA government used cash to win trust vote in Parliament in 2008 over Indo-US nuclear deal. WikiLeaks said that five days before UPA-I faced a crucial vote of confidence in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Satish Sharma's aide Nachiketa Kapur showed a US employee two chests containing money to be used to bribe MPs

According to a report, it was said that he was part of a bigger fund of Rs 50 to 60 crore that the Congress had arranged to purchase the support of  MPs for the nuclear deal.

Read the WikiLeaks India Cable...

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Education system needs to be in urgent alert

The pace with which the world is moving at present era, needs to be looked into the prospect of education system. And specially when it comes to India, a developing country, it stands as a big issue to be dealt with minute attention. I was really amazed that even this needful section of a country was diseased with corruption. 

 Here I present a report by UNESCO.

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Rotten food grains or Death due to starving - which one you prefer ?

Sometimes, I really run out of issues to blog about. But the very next moment comes knocking on my head, saying "dude, you are in India !" Oh, I really forgot and am never out of any issue. Corruption is a well- defined  issue in my last articles, but corruption in food system in a developing country like ours, is really a tension to be concerned about. One report showed dogs eating grain in UP, where poverty and malnourishment are rampant. Another showed sacks of wheat in Punjab rotting away outside warehouses. A third caught officials trying to burn grain because they hadn't been able to distribute it to families entitled to free rations.

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Swami Nigamanand's fasting death - a slap on everyone of us

Swami Nigamanad in Hospital

I am really finding it difficult myself to understand the way the citizens are dealt by the politicians in our country. Sometimes, some deeds make us to think of them as good (relax, even a little bit of goodness). But the very next moment blurs our thoughts into air, making us saying "after all you are a politician, no good of your kind !". Here, as the topic indicates, I am to blog about something that really pinched me and asked me to stop looking for TRPs like media and go for the mud beneath clear-seeming water. The unfortunate death of Swami Nigamanand is the cause for this state of my article now.

Swami Nigamanand

Before putting my comments over the incident, I must put light upon it. My readers must know the new smoke of polluting part of the society.
A swami fasting for over three months against illegal mining along Ganga died on Monday in the same Dehra Dun hospital where Baba Ramdev was recuperating after his nine-day fast, and stirred the Congress into attack back the BJP. The game that they think they play well, without getting us noticed the real motive. Poor politicians ! Really poor?

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Dr. Abdul Kalam's Letter to Every Indian

Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements?
We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.

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Can't our land acquisition system be more farmer friendly??

After all eye-catching issue on corruption prevailing in the blood of our society like a cancer that seems to be implacable, the next burning topic that seeks our attention is the land acquisition issues in India. The atrocities committed to the men of land - 'farmers' by the police, the men they knew as their protector, quaked the whole country one after the other incidents. Better be called as unfortunate events ! 

The Singur, Nandigram, Dhinkia,and Gobindpur are the stadiums that were used to play the game of industrialization on the tears of the poor people ! Obviously, the last two names might not be that familiar to you. Note, I said it "might not be". The devil role played by the ruling party in state with the mask of police was really something that drew immense attention of the whole nation. Well, I can't really assure that the international draw wasn't there. It was like building my shop on the corner of a beggar. I challenge you believe this !

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A Suggestive Agenda for better nation - policies with which politicians play games

Popular people like Ramdev ji or Anna Hazare ji who can reach the masses educated and uneducated alike.But as we had always seen that politicians make use of them to get them a better stage or come up with age-old process of personal attacks to get public support against them. 

They should first create a tumult of agendas like :

1. Severe actions to put a full stop to Population boom burdening Mother INDIA. Enacting the sternest measures to minimize growth rate. Actually, India require a negative growth rate. This may sound very in-human but it can't be helped.

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Baba Ramdev's eviction - "unfortunate and unavoidable" sad part of democracy

The country, that's known to the world as largest democracy, saw the devil face of its democracy. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was evicted by police at midnight hours and thousands of followers were just tear gassed, lathi charged and cerfewed out. This was neither a political agitation nor a violence with 'bandhs'. It was just a 'satyagraha' of fasting for country. But the cruelty shown can put your breath to stop for a moment.

It took them an year to act against A. Raja, 6 months to arrest Kalmadi and one day to detain Baba Ramdev ! Irony is PM had tons of evidence to enforce arrests, detain Raja and kalmadi and none against Ramdev. A civilian who tried hitting a minister (June 6th, 2011) with a shoe is sent to Tihar Jail in a day. And when 500 policemen beat up peacefully protesting civilians, Lathi charging them, the PM defends the action as NECESSARY !

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Greenathon - an exclusive media-corporate initiative towards green world

I have been watching NDTV news channel for a long time. For more or less every time, I switched over to that channel, it was in front of my eyes. A very star-casted programme with green shades and templates around the display area of the channel. Its all about NDTV's Greenathon. The terminology at the very first instance leads us to think about something related to marathon about green. Yes, it is obviously so. But in a very awesum way, that king Khan and Priyanka Chopra couldn't resist.

SRK & Priyanka Chopra

 Greenathon was India's first ever nationwide campaign to leap towards the green healthy saviour of the environment. It began in  April, 2008 as NDTV - Toyota joint venture.

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Corruption - The invisible murderer of democracy

The main cause that had moved me to come up with a plan of blogging to raise my voice for the cause of democracy was the anti-corruption movement going throughout the nation. I was actually planning to wait, design and choke out plans for my way of blogging. Just then happened the never expected massacre. The "ramlila maidan" massacre. The fiery night that led us to stand and view murder of democracy. The heinous event that media covered up as "drama".

I guess every responsible citizen of this largest democracy knows what happened that night. Yet, I would surely cover it up again. No, not as a drama that just are made on the state for the cause of entertainment. But let me first brief the overall burning issue of corruption.

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Jan Lokpal Bill ??? What's that ! Read more to know . . . .

The Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's ombudsman Bill) is a draft anti-corruption bill drawn up by prominent civil society activists seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body  that would investigate corruption cases, complete the investigation within a year and envisages trial in the case getting over in the next one year.
Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court Judge and present Lokayukta of Karnataka), Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal (RTI activist), the draft Bill envisages a system where a corrupt person found guilty would go to jail within two years of the complaint being made and his ill-gotten wealth being confiscated. It also seeks power to the Jan Lokpal to prosecute politicians and bureaucrats without government permission.
Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi and other known people like Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anna Hazare and Mallika Sarabhai are also part of the movement, called India Against Corruption. Its website describes the movement as "an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption. We have all come together to force/request/persuade/pressurize the Government to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill. We feel that if this Bill were enacted it would create an effective deterrence against corruption."

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Some stunning facts about CWG scams and corruptions

The Prime Minister has announced Shunglu committee to enquire into corruption in commonwealth games projects. CAG, CVC, ED, Income Tax CBI etc are already doing their enquiries. Has the Prime Minister lost faith in these agencies? It is not surprising.

Let us look at the state of the enquiries going on so far. CVC is looking into just about 18 contracts or so, when there are thousands of contracts and much bigger ones. With the range of politicians facing allegations, CBI can be least entrusted to do an honest investigation, as it is directly under the government and takes its orders from the same set of politicians. ED is looking into only foreign exchange related matters like controversies surrounding Queen’s baton etc. One is not sure of the ambit of CAG’s enquiries but both CAG and CVC do not have the jurisdiction and powers to peep into the role of politicians. So, effectively politicians are out of all ongoing enquiries and it is believed that most of the money has finally landed with the politicians.

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Focus on Forests as India Hosts World Environment Day and Me on This Blog

As I begin blogging here just a day after the World Environment Day, I can’t just avoid putting my first blog about the most important issue of the world - the Environmental issue. 

The delay of flights due to huge dense smokes in higher altitudes of Europe (near Chile) is common issue on news channels. And one day or the other we see our ministers planting trees for the sake of nature (don’t know, may be its nature of publicity or sympathy gain). Whatever the cause may be, if that really benefits the eternal beauty, then we are always with it.

But usually what we find is the planted trees either die or taken a served food for cattles (of course there are exceptions). Yet, the steps striving towards a good cause, shall be ours.

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