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Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:58 pm (PST)
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Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:59 pm (PST)
Actually the spectrum scam, in sheer volume of cash involved, is the baap of all scams in independent India. It is devoid of the complications of the previous scams, no fudgy tamasha this time. This is in-your-face brazen loot. A precious national resource was sold off to middlemen at a fraction of its original price. The real state firms and tata teleservices have been the major gainer in the entire scam.
Rs. 55,000,000,000, 000 is a lot of money to go to a few corporates (and a few ministers of course). The telecom minister, with suspected complicity of the PM and ex-FM, has created overnight billionaires of a few men. If I am reading the zeroes correctly, the amount is more than the entire expenditure of Chhattisgarh state govt since its formation.
Regards,
`Anoop
--- On Wed, 17/12/08, rahul <aaroh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: rahul <aaroh...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [chhattisgarh-net] The booming companies of Mrs A Raja
To: chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 17 December, 2008, 9:13 PM
As long as it costs on an average Rs 50 lakhs to win an assembly seat ( the
latest statistic in madhya pradesh) scams will be the order of the day. obama
too spent 500 million dollars to win his presidency and so there too there will
be scams
Rahul Banerjee
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--- On Tue, 16/12/08, Nutan Thakur <drnutanthakur@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Nutan Thakur <drnutanthakur@yahoo.com>
Subject: [chhattisgarh-net] The booming companies of Mrs A Raja
To: chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 16 December, 2008, 7:33 PM
The spectrum controversy as regards the 2G-spectrum allocation in
the beginning of this year has got mired in controversy is well
known to us all. That the Telecom Minister A Raja along with others
seem seriously involved and implicated in this has been alleged by
many. But overruling and brushing aside all these allegations as
rubbish, Raja moves around confidently because his mentor and DMK
leader M Karunanidhi is standing fully with him. Like a true
politician, who always has the knack of finding any possible
scapegoat, Karunanidhi has found the Caste of his minister as his
greatest armour. "People can't tolerate the rise of a humble
Dalit",
he says and that is the end of it. As if being Dalit, being Muslim,
being Brahmin, being Yadav, being Tamil, being Punjabi, being
Assaamese or any other such brand is a licence to commit all follies
and then fall back upon these for rescue.
But a few very important facts related to some of the personal
financial and professional involvements of Raja have emerged lately
which clearly point to the direct involvement of this first-time
minister. But will all this help in yielding justice? Or will this
case also fall on the back burner to remain cozily placed for years
together, to be used and dumped as per the suitability of the
political requirements.
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Posted by: "Shubhranshu Choudhary"
s...@cgnet.in
Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:33 am (PST)
The child soldiers in Indian Maoist ranks
Minister of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal told the Rajya Sabha
on December 11 that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has set
up a special squad of minors in Chhattisgarh. These child soldiers are
forcibly recruited into Maoist ranks. But this is not a new phenomenon.
For many years, child combatants have been used by Naxalites in many ways in
their fight against the Indian state. In Orissa, the children are known as
'Baal Sangam'. In Chhattisgarh they are constituted under the 'Krantikari
Adivasi Balak Sang'. The governments in both the states have outlawed these
groups.
According to a scholar on the Naxalite movement: "At least 300 children are
being trained in the dense forests of Dhanbad and Giridih in Jharkhand under
a crash course in the use of small arms." In Andhra Pradesh, the Maoists, in
their earlier avatar, the People's War Group (PWG), maintained for some
years their own children's corps, known as 'Bala Sangham'. RS Praveen Kumar,
the then superintendent of police in Karimnagar district, told this author
in December 2003 that at one point there were some 800 children with the
Naxalites in the state.
Available reports indicate that the 'Bala Sangham' has been disbanded.
Similar reports of recruitment of children emanated from Chhattisgarh way
back in 2002, if not earlier. At that time, parents in the vicinity of Tanda
and Bagh rivers had sent away their children to far-off places when the
Naxalites ordered each family to contribute at least one child to their
ranks. Further, in the same year, media reports said the Naxalites trained
boys and young women in the jungles in Palamau district, Jharkhand. Two
years later, the security forces rescued a group of girls from a camp of the
erstwhile Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) in the same area. Soon
thereafter, they were admitted to a vocational training institute run by
missionaries…. (DNA 18/12/08)
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Posted by: "Shubhranshu Choudhary"
s...@cgnet.in
Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:34 am (PST)
Maoist threat to Bhilai steel plant officials?
Raipur, Dec 19 (IANS) Panic has gripped the Bhilai Steel Plant - the
flagship unit of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) - in Chhattisgarh
after small ...
http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/44508.htm
Eight arrested for smuggling elephant tusks
Indopia - India
Korba , Dec 18 Eight persons have been arrested here in the district in
Chhattisgarh for allegedly smuggling elephant tusks and police seized four
of them. ...
http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/456678/National/1/20/1
National I-cards for added security
Times of India - India
"The moment a Naxal is killed, intellectuals term the episode a `violation
of human rights'. There should be talk of human rights for the police as
well,'' ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/National_I-cards_for_added_security/articleshow/3859093.cms
Jogi misses Opp chair
The Telegraph Thu, 18 Dec 2008 1:39 PM PST
Raipur, Dec. 18: He missed the post of the chief minister. Now, the chance
to be the leader of the Opposition in Chhattisgarh has slipped too.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081219/jsp/nation/story_10273425.jsp
Congress ignores Jogi for Chhattisgarh legislature party leader
New Kerala Thu, 18 Dec 2008 8:24 AM PST
Raipur, Dec 18: Congress Thursday ignored the claims of Ajit Jogi,
Chhattisgarh' s first chief minister, to head the party legislators in the
state legislature and appointed veteran member Ravindra Choubey to the post.
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-62137.html
Chhattisgarh cabinet formation delayed as Raman Singh's mother falls ill
New Kerala Thu, 18 Dec 2008 0:50 AM PST
Raipur, Dec 18 : The formation of the 13-member council of ministers by
Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been delayed as the
84-year-old mother of Chief Minister Raman Singh is battling for her life in
a hospital here, party sources said Thursday.
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-61886.html
Disunity defeated Cong in MP, Chhattisgarh: Sonia
The Economic Times Thu, 18 Dec 2008 3:15 PM PST
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday blamed Congress defeats in
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on the "lack of unity and co-ordination"
among state party leaders.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Disunity_defeated_Cong_in_MP_Chhattisgarh_Sonia/rssarticleshow/3859807.cms
Chhattisgarh tribal legislators lobby for cabinet berths
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
... particularly those who pulled off surprise wins in the decades-old
Congress stronghold of the violence-hit Dantewada and Bijapur districts. ...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/chhattisgarh-tribal-legislators-lobby-for-cabinet-berths_100131922.html
The Raman effect
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
The BJP's creditable performance in the Naxal-infested South Bastar
districts also vindicated the Salwa Judum movement that his Government has
backed to the ...
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14819258
Bill's in: 180 days no bail, Naxals also 'terrorists'
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha a day after the Cabinet cleared the
measures, extend definition of terrorism to militancy, insurgency and Naxal
extremism. ...
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bills-in-180-days-no-bail-naxals-also.../399418/
Cobra commandos to bedeployed in Chhattisgarh
Times of India - India
Earlier, there were plans that its headquarters could be set up either in
Andhra Pradesh or one of the other Naxal-affected states. CRPF IG K Durga
Prasad, ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Cobra_commandos_to_bedeployed_in_Chhattisgarh/articleshow/3848101.cms
Funds to police to meet daily needs
Times of India - India
Besides, Rs 25000, 15000 and 10000 would be for urban, Naxal and rural
police stations to meet expenditures on stationery, prisoners' food, ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Funds_to_police_to_meet_daily_needs/articleshow/3848056.cms
Anti-incumbency and terror still matter
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
It is indeed true that three of the five incumbents were re-elected — in
Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It is also true that the Mumbai
attack did ...
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/Swaminathan_S_A_Aiyar/Anti-incumbency_and_terror_still_matter/articleshow/3848749.cms
Eye on LS polls, AICC revamp likely
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
After the party's loss in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Assembly
elections, there is also a question mark on the continuance of AICC general
secretary in ...
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/eye-on-ls-polls-aicc-revamp-likely/399350/
Raman Singh meets Pawar, gets assurances
India Today - New Delhi,India
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh met Union Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar here on Wednesday and raised the issues of release of Rs 645
crores of ...
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22896§ionid=4&issueid=84&Itemid=1
Focus on development: Raman Singh
Hindu - Chennai,India
Courtesy call: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh (left) meets the
former Prime Minister, AB Vajpayee, at his residence in New Delhi on
Tuesday. ...
http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/17/stories/2008121756891200.htm
Wary Salwa Judum waits for poll fallout
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... to wipe out the rebels and that the "people of Bastar and Surguja
regions have rejected the Maoists by turning up at polling booths in large
numbers". ...
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/wary-salwa-judum-waits-for-poll-fallout/399719/
Koyas the most gullible tribe – I
Merinews - New Delhi,India
They have a tradition of about 200 years and it is believed that they were
driven from the plateau in the Bastar region of Madhya Pradesh by famine and
...
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=153276
The child soldiers in Indian Maoist ranks (Comment)
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Singh said that in Bastar, where he had served until early this year, high
school passouts are potential recruits, especially because they have no
other ...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/the-child-soldiers-in-indian-maoist-ranks-comment_100132283.html
Govt disapproves of 'non-state' law enforcers like Salwa Judum
Times of India - India
However, earlier he clarified that the Centre has nothing to do with Salwa
Judum in Chhattisgarh. He also said that the Salwa Judum matter is sub
judice. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Govt_disapproves_of_non-state_law_enforcers_like_Salwa_Judum_/articleshow/3853148.cms
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