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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Killing of Osama Bin Laden and Indian surgical strikes in POK

After the Surgical Strikes by India in POK, some Indian politicians played there typical politics by asking proof for the strikes.  I find a parallel on Osama killing by USA in the following list.

Here follows the list of these conspiracy theories, which have undoubtedly impelled a lot of cynicism and suspicion by raising important questions:

1) The fact that the Americans got rid of Osama’s body so fast - and at sea - will feed the arguments of those who will want to believe that this was not really bin Laden. Secondly, keeping the body for evidence has always been the American law and it should thus have been preserved.

2) Why should the Americans pretend to kill their enemy number one - rather than actually tracking him down?

3) If you are a right-wing American conspiracy theorist, you might argue that it is
because President Obama wants to secure his re-election by becoming a hero.

4) The US is actually looking for an excuse to go to war with Pakistan and seize the country’s nuclear weapons - and has hence made-up this story about killing Osama.

5) Why isn’t there a photograph of bin Laden’s body yet?

6) Was he actually dumped at sea?

7) If the US had paraded Saddam Hussein’s dead sons around, only to prove that they were dead, why did they hastily bury Osama at sea?

8) The day of Osama’s death was actually the eighth anniversary of President George W Bush’s so-called “Mission Accomplished” speech. To some, this coincidence is an opportunity to use “Mission Accomplished” as a rallying cry - to show that almost 10 years after 9/11, the mastermind of the attack is dead. Others may not see this as a coincidence, but a carefully planned public relations act.

9) Despite being one of the most wanted men in the world, Bin Laden was reportedly able to live in a luxury compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan - only 65 miles from the capital city—undetected by the Pakistani military forces. Some critics are questioning, “How could [Bin Laden] be in such a compound without being noticed?”

10) Could the public trust Bin Laden’s DNA samples? DNA proof can be fabricated and so can the photos be.

11) Why the news of Osama’s death was announced mere weeks after President Obama’s campaign kickoff and just days after his birth certificate was released? Why so late on a Sunday night? It is actually an election ploy to bury the Republicans.

12) Various FBI officials and counterintelligence leaders/political personalities from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have said for years that Bin Laden was dead. How to believe this new story now? What about the old reports? Why should the US be trusted now?

13) The Pakistanis are afraid of the US flipping to India, so they gave him up.

14) They had him (Osama) targeted for a week, but waited post-Royal wedding to grab the headlines.

15) The Pentagon has set it up to protect their budget.

16) It is a fabrication to get out of Afghanistan with a bit of face.

17) The body was kept frozen since the Tora Bora bombardment.

18) The CIA operative (Raymond Davis), who was caught killing two Pakistanis on a motorcycle in Lahore on January 27 this year, was an integral part of the plan to capture or kill Osama. The frantic attempts of the US government to get Raymond freed from the Pakistani police and the payoffs to the families of those killed and probably to the Pakistani police as well—all show that there were lots of secrets to hide.

19) It is not clear whether an American bullet killed Osama or his associates killed him as per standing orders when the escape was blocked. This could well explain the hurry to drop his body into the sea.

20) Wouldn’t Osama have been more useful dead than alive? Or were the Americans simply led to his grave?


Here follows the list of these conspiracy theories, which have undoubtedly impelled a lot of cynicism and suspicion by raising important questions:

1) The fact that the Americans got rid of Osama’s body so fast - and at sea - will feed the arguments of those who will want to believe that this was not really bin Laden. Secondly, keeping the body for evidence has always been the American law and it should thus have been preserved. 

2) Why should the Americans pretend to kill their enemy number one - rather than actually tracking him down? 

3) If you are a right-wing American conspiracy theorist, you might argue that it is 
because President Obama wants to secure his re-election by becoming a hero.

4) The US is actually looking for an excuse to go to war with Pakistan and seize the country’s nuclear weapons - and has hence made-up this story about killing Osama.

5) Why isn’t there a photograph of bin Laden’s body yet?

6) Was he actually dumped at sea?

7) If the US had paraded Saddam Hussein’s dead sons around, only to prove that they were dead, why did they hastily bury Osama at sea?

8) The day of Osama’s death was actually the eighth anniversary of President George W Bush’s so-called “Mission Accomplished” speech. To some, this coincidence is an opportunity to use “Mission Accomplished” as a rallying cry - to show that almost 10 years after 9/11, the mastermind of the attack is dead. Others may not see this as a coincidence, but a carefully planned public relations act. 

9) Despite being one of the most wanted men in the world, Bin Laden was reportedly able to live in a luxury compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan - only 65 miles from the capital city—undetected by the Pakistani military forces. Some critics are questioning, “How could [Bin Laden] be in such a compound without being noticed?” 

10) Could the public trust Bin Laden’s DNA samples? DNA proof can be fabricated and so can the photos be.

11) Why the news of Osama’s death was announced mere weeks after President Obama’s campaign kickoff and just days after his birth certificate was released? Why so late on a Sunday night? It is actually an election ploy to bury the Republicans. 

12) Various FBI officials and counterintelligence leaders/political personalities from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have said for years that Bin Laden was dead. How to believe this new story now? What about the old reports? Why should the US be trusted now?

13) The Pakistanis are afraid of the US flipping to India, so they gave him up.

14) They had him (Osama) targeted for a week, but waited post-Royal wedding to grab the headlines.

15) The Pentagon has set it up to protect their budget.

16) It is a fabrication to get out of Afghanistan with a bit of face.

17) The body was kept frozen since the Tora Bora bombardment.

18) The CIA operative (Raymond Davis), who was caught killing two Pakistanis on a motorcycle in Lahore on January 27 this year, was an integral part of the plan to capture or kill Osama. The frantic attempts of the US government to get Raymond freed from the Pakistani police and the payoffs to the families of those killed and probably to the Pakistani police as well—all show that there were lots of secrets to hide. 

19) It is not clear whether an American bullet killed Osama or his associates killed him as per standing orders when the escape was blocked. This could well explain the hurry to drop his body into the sea. 

20) Wouldn’t Osama have been more useful dead than alive? Or were the Americans simply led to his grave?

21) Is the War on Terror now over? If not, why not? If not, then the death of Bin Laden means nothing. 

22) Alive, OBL was a millipede— but dead and gone— the story has got no legs. 

23) After years of casually murdering so many innocent Muslims, the US government now expects us to believe that Islamic tradition was held in high esteem while supposedly disposing of the remains of the Public Enemy Number 1.

24) The day of Osama’s killing was the Holocaust Day here in Israel. The killing of Bin Laden on this very same day is, therefore, more than a little symbolic. 

25) If the US respected Islamic traditions, then Osama should have been buried on the site of his death and not washed or shrouded. Although it is understandable that the government did not want to have a place where a shrine might be placed to give Osama any more respect than he deserved, but has the US not pissed the Muslims off by dumping Osama at sea? The only reason a Muslim should be buried at sea is if he drowns there.

26) Where is the video of the so-called raid on Osama’s compound?

28) If the security was extremely tight in the highly active military academy town of Abbottabad, then how could the US helicopters fly in unnoticed or unimpeded?

29) How did Osama get there without the help of the Pakistani government?

30) Was it actually OBL

their honeymoon to avoid a clash with the assassination date. compound?



Thursday, January 01, 2015

Happy new year 2015

Wish you all a very prosperous new year folks...

Year 2015 is going to be exciting prospects for India at least, the new government at helms is working hard for betterment of India.

The economic environment is promising and the frictions created by bureaucratic hurdles will easy considerably to speed up growth.

Excitement created by Modi government in minds of India Inc. and common man will create more opportunities for participation of Indians in growth trajectory.

Lets hope for better...

Friday, March 07, 2014

AAP ki khatir

The one successful strategy seems working for AAP is using the media to hog the limelight and keep the screen presence, which is very important for urban Indian folks.  All their protests and agitations are targeted at electronic media, and here the former journalists in their think tank seems playing a important role.

But the social media, which is very much dependent upon electronic media is dual edged sword, as it makes images it breaks them very fast.  It is working against them in this regard, as the congregation of political left outs join AAP, they bring in different characters and amalgamation of which makes AAP loose its character.

Utter lack of vision and ideology in Arvind Kejriwal, makes the AAP vulnerable to anarchist ideas spawn by various leaders of the party. Already the civil society has lost faith in AAP and which will cascade to common man which the party targets to make its future.

Saturday, January 04, 2014

Lost and gain of 2013

Year 2013 saw fall of some personalities and rise of some.  The always falling image of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh can not find any breaks, so does the quintessential appeal of Congress party. It seems baggage of corruption loot become impossible to carry forward the fortune of both the entities.  The Rahul Gandhi's so called inherited charisma seems to be faded away before blossoming. The failure after failure, has very aptly justified the bollywood song 'Pappu can't dance sala...'.

Laloo Prasad Yadav is finally in jail, thanks to fodder scam, seems to shattered man, he may have never though about a politician going to jail for corruption charges.

Nitish Kumar the savior of down trodden, and messiah of minorities lost the sheen since shifting to congress fold, 'Ab topi pehenke bhi koi faayada nahi...'.

Biggest rise of during the year is of Narendra Modi, despite the cacophony of congress, paid media, and sec-liberals about his so-called role in Gujarat riots, which the legal system of india has quashed time and again.  Another rise, a la comet, is Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party, Kiran Bedi once said of his achievements as a formula to become Chief Minister in two years, which get Gandhi like pure soul, in this case Anna Hazare, build a social cause, spin of a party from it and win elections to become CM.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Incentive for electric vehicles

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. Of India has announced a great incentive program to promote the development and sales of Electric Vehicles In India. As per the incentive scheme declared, Govt. has decided to provide a 20% rebate on the ex-factory price of the electric vehicles. This will mean that there will be a drop of Rs. 4000 in the price of low-speed electric two-wheelers. This rebate will be about Rs. 5000 for high speed two-wheelers. For a seven seater three wheeler passenger vehicle, it will be Rs. 60,000 of rebate and about Rs. 1 Lakh for an electric car. In total, Govt. will provide financial incentives of about Rs. 95 Crores. Owing this these rebates, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) expects a growth of about 100% in electric-vehicle sales in the near future.

Happy with this decision, SMEV director Sohinder Gill quotes

“This could have an immediate impact on sales of electric two-wheelers. In terms of monthly sales, we expect an immediate doubling of sales. We have convened a meeting of our members this week to see how quickly we can pass on the benefits to consumers. Although these incentives are for manufacturers to carry out R&D activities and to increase capacities, we will surely pass on partial benefits to the buyers.”

Monday, May 17, 2010

Monsoon to arrive on 30th May

This year the Monsoon will reach Kerala on 30th May, two days before normal, as predicted by mett. department of India. They said the monsoon clouds will begin to appear over Andaman seas in coming weeks.

India’s weather office has already forecast a normal June-September monsoon this year after the 2009 season saw the worst drought in nearly four decades.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Nationalist Congress party and (non Nationalist ) Congress

Nationalist congress party of Sharad Pawar and other (not nationalist) Congress of Sonia Gandhi, used to differ on only one issue that is, foreign origin of Sonia Gandhi. Over the years the situation has changed and Sharad Pawar or his party men has no issues with origin of Sonia Gandhi, then for what reasons Sharad Pawar is still maintaining his separate identity?

The issue is brought forth by Congressmen in Maharashtra and Digvijay Singh from MP a congress office bearer, just before the finalizing the understanding for state elections in Maharashtra, between these two parties. It is absolutely right on their part to raise this question. But Sharad Pawar is silent, he knows that, he is going through a bad phase in his political career. The losses in General Elections 2009 and the arrest of his close friend and relative Mr. Padmasinh Patil has worsened the situation for him.

Monday, July 27, 2009

India launches its first nuclear submarine

India launched its first nuclear powered submarine in a ceremony in southern port city of Vishakhapatnam on Sunday the 26th July 2009, getting in the league of just six nations in the world to have successfully built one.

Indian military officials said the submarine would be capable of carrying nuclear weapons, however Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who attended the ceremony, said that the it was not built to threaten India’s neighbors.

The 367-foot Arihant, which means “destroyer of enemies” in Hindi, is part of a broad effort by the Indian government to create a military strength that matches India’s rising global stature.

The Arihant is the product of Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project. It is part of India's $3 billion plan to build five submarines and complete what it calls a "triad" of nuclear weapon launch capability - from air, land and sea. India is concurrently developing the K-15 ballistic missile, which can be nuclear-tipped and launched from submarines.

Monday, July 06, 2009

Naming the sea-link and politics

Last fortnight saw a political controversy over naming of the new bridge connection Bandra and Worli. It all started with opening ceremony of the bridge which was attended by Sonia Gandhi the congress high command and the high command of NCP Mr. Sharad Pawar as NCP and Congress are political bed fellows. The curious little thing is that, Sharad Pawar proposed to name this bridge by Rajiv Gandhi's name saying he was borne in Mumbai. To place some facts from history, the bridge was conceived during Sena-BJP tenure and they proposed to name it by Vir Savarkar.

Now one wonders why did Sharad Pawar proposed Rajiv's name. When actually his own stand these days are politicking on Maratha or Marathi first, be it for Prime Minister's post or Presidents. The underlining is that, Sharad Pawar is on looser's side even though he is in government with the help of congress. His problems are multiplied with his relative Mr. Padmasinh Patil in jail for a murder. He is desparate for congress help, and the state elections are due, where congress is making noises of going alone, in that scenerio NCP will be placed badly.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire wins eight Oscars

'Slumdog Millionaire' sweeps eight Oscars at the 81 st Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Direction and Motion Picture. Indian music maestro A R Rahman brings home two awards with his Jai Ho... composition.

Obscure Indian congratulate AR Rahman and Pookutty on their Oscar win. We wish AR Rehman to reach new heights in the year to come. Jai Hind! Jai Ho

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Highlights of Interim Union Budget 2009-10

The following are the highlights of the interim budget for 2009-10 presented in Parliament by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

  • Growth forecast at 7.1 per cent for 2008-09
  • Total expenditure for FY'10 seen at Rs 9,53,231 crore
  • Plan expenditure estimated at Rs 2,85,149 crore.
  • Non-Plan expenditure pegged at Rs 6,68,082 crore.
  • Revenue expenditure at Rs 8,48,085 crore.
  • Centre's net tax revenue pegged at Rs 5,00,096 crore.
  • Revenue deficit 4 per cent of GDP.
  • Fiscal deficit at 5.5 per cent of GDP.
  • Major subsidies estimated at Rs 95,579 crore.
  • Two per cent interest subsidy for exports extended till Sept for employment oriented sector.
  • Defence allocation at Rs 1,41,703 crore.
  • Rs 30,100 crore allocated for rural employment scheme.
  • Bharat Nirman allocated Rs 40,900 crore.
  • Rs 12,070 crore for National Rural Health Mission.
  • Rural drinking programme allocated Rs 7,400 crore.
  • Rural sanitation programme gets Rs 1,200 crore.
  • Rs 14,000 crore for rural infrastructure development.
  • Mid-day Meal scheme allocated Rs 8,000 crore.
  • Rs 6,705 crore for Integrated Child Development Scheme.
  • Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan allocated Rs 13,100 crore.
  • Urban renewal mission gets Rs 11,842 crore.
  • Government to recapitalise public sector banks.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Highlights of Railway Interim Budget 2009-10

  • This is UPA's last rail budget in its term
  • Railways has a Rs 90,000 cr profit in last four years
  • 10,500 cr allocated for pension requirements
  • 6th Pay Commission to hike expense by Rs 13,500 cr
  • Steep fall in container traffic
  • Work on Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor started
  • Rlys to invest Rs 35,900 cr in 2009
  • Railway connectivity to Kashmir initiated
  • Passenger growth up 14 pct
  • Passenger trains to have 22 pct more capacity
  • Efficiency of passenger and goods wagons to be hiked
  • Goods trains to have 78 pct added capacity
  • 4 Railways inquiry call centres set up
  • Electrification of 1000 km of rail lines completed
  • Wagon production to be hiked from 6600 to 15000
  • Railways invested Rs 70,000 cr out of surplus
  • Railways to invest Rs 2,30,000 cr in 11th plan
  • Railways reported Rs 25,000 cr cash surplus last year
  • Revenues have risen by 39 paise a tonne/km since 2001
  • Costs have fallen by 7 paise a tonne/km since 2001
  • Gaps in the network will be bridged: Lalu
  • Railways got loans at 4 pct
  • Accidents come down from 325 in 03-04 to 194 in 07-08
  • Railways has grown freight at the rate of 8 pct over last 5 yrs
  • Research on for bullet trains
  • FY10 operating ratio seen at 88%
  • Mumbai-Bikaner superfast bi-weekly
  • Nizamuddin-Bangalore Rajdhani tri-weekly
  • Lalu gives 2 pct cut in AC and mail train fares
  • Forty-three new trains announced
  • Laid 1100 kms of new rail lines
  • Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani becomes 4 days a week
  • New Delhi-Ahmedabad Rajdhani becomes daily
[via Financial Express]

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Pub Culture and Sriram Sene

Sriram Sene's deplorable act in Manglore is condemnable and has been condemned by many. By deplorable I mean no body has any right to take the law in hand. The so-called 'secular' english media at forefront of raising this issue. But the issues raised by Sriram Sene's action are very concering in the indian society.

The pub culture is rot brought by modernity and no bar life styles, and if somebody is using this issue to make it accetable then it is equally deplorable.

Wasted interests in the electronic media are using every opportunity in these election times to make the fast buck. The CNN-IBN group which seems to be sold out to Congress has used this issue to attack the BJP government in Karnataka. They have done it consistently in near past and seems never bother about the watchfull spectators, who can differentiate the real reporting and cooked up stories.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Immigration help for Indians

This is for the Indians, who are planning a visit to United States. This website compiles lot of information about visas, air tickets, air lines, carry baggage, check in, immigration, customs, boarding, admission to United States, Arrival, baggage, customs etc. for the new immigrants.

check it out at http://immihelp.com .

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

I vote nobody

As per the 1969 act, in section "49-O" a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn't want to vote for anyone. Yes such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called "49-O".

Why should you go and say "I VOTE NOBODY"?

Because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received "49-O" votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them. This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... it is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public....Please spread this news to as many as you know... Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India... show your power, expressing your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting... so don't miss your chance. So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote 49-O) and pass this info on..."Please forward this mail to as many as possible, so that we, the people of India , can really use this power to save our nation". Use your voting right for a better INDIA

source : via email

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Terrorist wiped out of Mumbai

Joint effort by the security forces, army, navy and NSG (National Security Guards) has ended the 59 hours terrorist reins in Mumbai hotspots. First to cleared of terrorist menace was Oberoi Trident hotels, next the Napien House in Colaba and final one is Taj Hotel.

More than 150 civilian life losses and killing 10 terrorist with arrest of one live is the end result. Loss to the property and business is yet to ascertain, as the NSG is yet to sanitize the last building terrorists hold. Some nine foreign nationals are also victim of the carnage that shattered the nerve of business community who frequent these top five star hotels.

NSG lost Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, a brave soldier and Gajendra Singh another one in Napien House storming incident. The Maharashtra ATS Chief Hemant Karkare, Salaskar and Kamte are victim of inexperience of such situations. Mumbai police are exposed with their inadequate preparedness. The central and state government as usual has issued statements, which are just political, nothing concrete will come out of it. The UPA government in centre has been breeding the terrorism with lack of clear cut policies and minority appeasement policies of congress party. Which is costing dearer to the Nation.

If the stories in media are to believed the terrorists planned this act for more than six months in Karachi and apparently have ground support of dreaded gangster/don Dawood Ibrahim now hiding in Karachi, Pakistan. The quantity of ammunition and planning into the act shows how professional these peoples are getting day by day.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Terrorist attacks in Mumbai

Deccan mujahideen, a apparently Pakistan based terrorist outfit attacked Indian finance capital Mumbai yesterday. The attacks were carried on five star hotels in business district of Mumbai and suburban and long distance rail terminus. More than 130 peoples are dead and about 300 peoples injured in these attacks. Two taxis blasted in Mazgaon and Vileparle.

More than two dozen terrorist seems to be operating in these attacks, of which nine were killed by security persons. Forces lost 14 peoples including top cops, Hemant Karkare, Chief of ATS and Vijay Salaskar of ATS and ACP Ashok Kamte along with Sub-Inspector Shashank Shinde who was deputed at Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus when terrorists started indiscriminate firing.

Media reports suggest that terrorists made a base in Nariman House, a Jewish residential complex in Colaba in south Mumbai. Two hotels where they are hiding are Taj at Gateway of India, and Oberoi Hotels at Narimon Point targeting foreigners mainly from US and EU countries.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Mumbai Local train timetable

This is for the local or suburban train travelers in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

Sindhunagar.com has a good online timetable for the routes Central line, Harbour Line and Thane-Vashi route in Navi Mumbai. It is search base timetable for time window which results the trains in a certain time windows for starting and destination railway stations.

Good thing is that it is updated regularly as soon as Railways update their timetables.

Check out the link for the timetables http://www.sindhunagar.com/railway.php

There is one more online timetable for entire suburban local trains in mumbai offered as a blog item at http://mumbainews.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/local-trains-time-table/

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Tata Nano Impossible done possible



Impossible done possible by Tata motors, Nano the $2500 or Rs. 1 lakh car.

What goes inside? People kept on speculating till they were surprised by Tata Motors launched it first in India at a autoexpo earlier in the beginning of this year and subsequently launch at Geneva auto show. Still the skeptics true to their nature kept on ridiculing.

Now have a look yourself at what goes inside Cost Structure:

($1= 40 Rs approx)

Body-Shell (steel, frame, welding) - Rs 25,000

Engine and Transmission (Aluminium engine block, gearbox, drive-train, steering) - Rs 30,000

Electricals (lights, battery, starter motor) - Rs 10,000

Interior elements (floor mats, seats, plastics, roof trim) - Rs 20,000

Tires and suspension - Rs 10,000

Profit - Approx. Rs 5,000

read more at http://www.automotoportal.com/article/nano-technology

Monday, April 21, 2008

Indian Pincode going 8 digits soon

Postal Information Number, popularly known as PINCODE or ZIPCODE is revised to accommodate more information and it will cater to mohallas or beat in your locality. That means it will be easier for the postmen to find your address and your mails could reach you faster.

The new system will be pincode + 2 last two digits for the mohalla or beat in your pincode area.

Currently in India, Postal Index Number (PIN) is a 6 digit code. There are 8 PIN regions in the country. The first digit indicates one of the regions. The first 2 digits together indicate the sub region or one of the postal circles. The first 3 digits together indicate a sorting / revenue district. The last 3 digits refer to the delivery Post Office.

Search pincode for a region here http://www.indiapost.gov.in/test/Pinsearch.aspx
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