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[1] Lal Masjid Storming: A Beginning To Musharraf's Exit By Jaspal Singh Sidhu http://countercurrents.org/sidhu020807.htm The Lal Masjid crackdown has already triggered a bloodbath in NWFP while the Interior Ministry sounds a warning for armed forces that hundreds of 'suicide bombers' are stalking around to avenge the 'sacriledge' of the masjid An Open Letter To Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Of India By Nishikant Waghmare http://countercurrents.org/waghmare020807.htm The Government of India must hand over the management of one of the Holiest Shrines of world the Mahabodhi Temple, amending the Management Act of 1949. Millions of Buddhists across the world are upset as non-Buddhists have the control over the Holiest Shrine of Buddhists. We Buddhist must have control over the management Popularise Countercurrents http://countercurrents.org/poster.htm An Appeal for Support http://countercurrents.org/subscriberprogramme.htm -------------- [2] From: R Singh <progressindia2007@yahoo.com Date: Fri Aug 3, 2007 Subject: Owner of these fancy numbers once sold chhole Owner of these fancy numbers once sold chhole The Story Of How A Roadside Vendor Used Political Links To Grab Land And Build A Rs 100 Crore Business Vishwa Mohan TNN August04, 2007 Front Page TOI New Delhi: Ashok Malhotra, a 50-year-old canteen manager at the Vidhan Sabha here, was just a genial and helpful man until the other day. But today, he is a jaw-dropping story of rags to riches that’s buzzing in the corridors of power here. In the mid-’80s, Malhotra used to be a roadside chhole-bhature vendor. As such vendors go, he was big — he had a Bajaj three-wheeler to carry his stuff and vend it from. People recall that his chhole was very tasty. Still, no one imagined that this was a foundation on which a Rs 100-crore empire could be built. And this is exactly what the CBI has found (reported in TOI’s Thursday edition). In a series of raids that started last week, the agency discovered that Malhotra owns at least 17 luxury cars — all with VIP number plates — and perhaps several more benami. He also owns 5,000 plots in resettlement colonies whose value the sleuths are still computing, plus cash and kilograms of gold. When did the rise and rise of Malhotra begin? It’s said that his lucky break came in 1986 when he got the contract for the canteen of the Vidhan Sabha, then the Metropolitan Council. He won it in an open tender, but CBI sources say that his proximity to politicians, whom he helped with his threewheeler during elections by ferrying posters and pamphlets, did help. More than learning eatery management here, Malhotra picked up the intricacies of the politics-patronage mechanism, and never looked back. His helpful attitude endeared him to politicians, including several who have made it big today. One thing led to another and Malhotra used his political friends to build contacts in MCD and DDA — the two big spenders in Delhi. At this stage he figured that new resettlement colonies were money spinners. As government removed jhuggi-jhonpris and allotted the oustees small plots of 20.9 sq m, Malhotra used his contacts and money to grab as many such plots as he could under fictitious names. The operation was a runaway success — as the CBI counted on Wednesday, he held 5,000 such plots which he sacked at market rates. The money he earned was in crores with which he fulfilled his passion for cars — Toyota Prados, Grand Vitaras, Skodas, Camrys, Civics, Safaris, etc. And the fleet of cars that were with him, but were not in his name, also included several Mercedes, Land Cruisers, Fords, Vernas. Each of them had fancy number plates — 0001, mainly, but several 0002s and 0007s. Obviously the canny business mind of Malhotra’s didn’t see merit in these cars being parked in front of his house. These cars were lent to VIPs whenever needed. His fancy fleet was on VIP service New Delhi: Ashok Malhotra, the 50-year-old canteen manager at the Delhi Assembly whose house was raided by the CBI on Wednesday, reportedly gave out his cars to VIPs at the slightest hint of any need from them. In other words, these cars helped Malhotra to win still more friends and influence many more. It seems many politicians, including some who might have to explain their favours to Malhotra, grew genuinely fond of his ‘‘helpful nature’’. The fact that Malhotra never left his flat in Mukherjee Nagar despite his growing networth, and that he never discarded his Bajaj threewheeler which is parked next to his house, gave him an aura of an earthy entreprenuer who never forgot his roots. Malhotra could have gone on building his wealth but for an anonymous complaint to CBI last week. The agency started probing and booked him and five DDA officials for ‘‘glaring irregularities’’ in the 2000-02 rehabilitation of Hudson Line JJ cluster. It also found his fleet of 50 cars with VIP numbers, Rs 17 lakh in cash and seven kilos of gold. The CBI is now transfering his wealth issue to the Income-Tax department which will look into the details of his other properties including some ‘benami’ assets. ------------- [3] From: syed rahman <surahman2000@yahoo.com> Date: Fri Aug 3, 2007 Subject: Indian Muslim Leaders Have Miserably Failed the community Indian Muslim Leaders Have Miserably Failed the community By Syed Ubaidur Rahman http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3732&Itemid=8\ 8 The 150-million strong Muslim community in the country is finding itself at cross-roads. Of late there are not many good news coming its way. Gujarat has given a body blow to community’s efforts of streamlining in the country and its enthusiasm unseen before 90s in increasing its share in development and prosperity of the nation. There was a thrust post-Babri demolition to be part of the process of upward mobility in this largely and increasingly backward community. But Gujarat is not the only cause of worry for Muslims in India, their major worries stem from among the community and the lack of perception of issues among the so-called Muslim leadership. ---------------- [4] From: face build <in_face2001@yahoo.co.in> Date: Fri Aug 3, 2007 Subject: Magsaysay awardee came to the rescue of disteressed families. TOP STORIES Sainath dedicates award money to farmers' families By IBNlive.com Friday August 3, 03:33 PM New Delhi: Journalist/social activist and this year's Magsaysay award winner Palagumni Sainath has dedicated a part of his award money to support the families of farmers in distress. The rural affairs editor of The Hindu has dedicated the remaining part of the yet-to-be-released prize money for the welfare of freedom fighters and to document their role in the freedom struggle, his friend and Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS) president Kishor Tiwari said, reported IANS. Sainath won the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award - regarded as Asia's equivalent of the Nobel prize, for his contributions to journalism, literature and creative communication arts. Announcing the award, the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) said that Sainath is "among the seven individuals who have been awarded in recognition of their achievements in various fields." Sainath who writes on social issues like farmers' suicides in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra was will receive his award on August 31 in a ceremony in Manila. Fifty-year-old Sainath completed a Master's degree in history before turning to a life of journalism. In his bestselling book of 1997, Everybody Loves a Good Drought Sainath wrote about a world that "belied the giddy accounts of India's economic miracle." Other winners include Jovito R Salonga of Philippines, who is awarded for government service for tirelessly fighting for the rule of law; and Mahabir Pun of Nepal, who received the community leadership prize for his innovative application of wireless computer technology that brought progress to remote mountain areas. --------- [5] From: face build <in_face2001@yahoo.co.in> Date: Fri Aug 3, 2007 Subject: Nuke Deal India, US release text of landmark nuclear deal By AP Friday August 3, 06:55 PM India and the United States spelled out Friday how they plan to share atomic fuel and technology under a pact that reverses a three-decade American ban on civilian nuclear trade with New Delhi. Much of what is in the text of the so-called 1-2-3 agreement released Friday has already been disclosed by officials in New Delhi and Washington, who last week announced they had finalized the technical agreement and were only waiting to brief lawmakers before unveiling it. Since the broad nuclear deal was first announced in July 2005 it has been touted as cornerstone of an emerging partnership between India and the United States after decades on opposite sides of the Cold War divide. But it has also elicited criticism from Americans who worried it would stymie U.S. anti-proliferation efforts, especially in Iran, and from Indians who said it would undermine the country's cherished weapons program and sovereignty. The text released Friday was sure to quiet most of the few remaining Indian critics _ New Delhi got nearly everything it wanted, including the right to stockpile fuel and the right to reprocess fuel, a key step in making atomic weapons. However, reprocessing is to take place at a facility safeguarded by U.N. inspectors to prevent it from being used in bombs. How the deal plays with American critics is a different story _ Friday's text makes no mention of what happens in the event of an Indian weapons test. But it does allow for either party to terminate the agreement with one year's written notice, language that C. Uday Bhaskar of New Delhi's Institute for Defence Studies, said "respects the distinctive concerns that on nuclear issues that both sides." "It's a very fine balance _ in essence, India retains the right to test and the U.S. has the right to respond," he said. "There's no direct reference to a test. But the allusion is there. It allows a positive interpretation for both sides." The text urges both sides to carefully consider where "the circumstances that may lead to the termination" of the deal were the result of "a changed security environment or as a response to similar actions by other states." That clause is being widely interpreted in New Delhi as meaning that Washington would have to consider whether India tested a weapon in response to a test by either Pakistan or China, its two biggest rivals. The text also states that if the fuel supply from the United States is cut off for any reason _ an Indian test presumably among them _ that Washington would help find third countries to supply New Delhi's reactors. It suggests the material could come from Britain, Russia or France. The deal, which has a duration of 40 years with the possibility of extending it for another 10 years, allows the United States to ship nuclear fuel and technology to India, which in exchange would open its civilian nuclear reactors to international inspectors. India's military reactors would remain off-limits. Indian and U.S. lawmakers now need to approve the deal. India also needs to make separate agreements with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Nuclear Suppliers Group, an assembly of nations that export nuclear material. --------- |
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