India power broker Sonia Gandhi wins place in history books
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The Centre will not conduct a "separate inquiry" into the death of Maoist leader Azad in an encounter with security forces in Andhra Pradesh, Union home secretary GK Pillai has said.
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I have already written about the Mind control game with Media Hype of Chinese Threat followed by Washington strategy against China!ndia has signed an agreement with the US government to purchase 24 Harpoon Block II missiles for its Jaguar strike aircraft, in a bid to ramp up its maritime warfare capability.
Boeing country head, defence, space and security, Mr Vivek Lall told ET, "the deal was successfully concluded through the Foreign Military Sales route late last month, with Boeing as the prime contractor. The missiles are for the Indian Air Force's maritime strike squadron."
The deal, expected to be worth about $170 million, has been on the cards for over two years now, with the Bush administration having wheeled out a sales notification during defence minister A K Antony's visit to Washington in 2008. The US had also sold the same missiles to Pakistan.
The Harpoon Block II is the latest version of the subsonic missile and is able to strike land-based targets and ships. It is an all-weather, over the horizon, anti-ship missile which can be launched from surface ships, submarines and aircraft.
However, Lall said no agreement had been reached yet with regard to supplying the missile for P-8I, India's long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The P-8I is scheduled for delivery in 2013.
"The final weapons package for the P-8I is yet to be decided, and will again be sold through the FMS route," he said.
According to the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the attack capability of the Navy's depleted fighter aircraft fleet has been significantly eroded, as they have not been kept in full combat readiness, with the bombs fitted having become obsolescent.
Mr Lall said the Phase II of the Apache and Chinook helicopter programmes for the IAF will be held in the US later in the year. Phase II will involve weapons integration field trials for both choppers.
India and South Korea on Friday inked two landmark Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) to give a huge boost to strategic defence cooperation between the two nations.
The two MoUs were signed in the presence of Defence Minister A K Antony and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young in Seoul.
The first MoU envisages an exchange of defence-related experience and information, a mutual exchange of visits by military personnel and experts, including civilian staff associated with the defence services, military education and training and the conduct of military exercises.
It also envisages an exchange of visits of ships and aircraft, as jointly decided between the two countries.
The MoU aims to promote cooperation in humanitarian assistance and international peace keeping activities, and will remain valid for five years with a provision for extension for five more years.
The Second MoU signed by the Chief Controller of Research and Development of DRDO, Dr Prahlada and Vice Commissioner, Defence Acquisition and Procurement Agency (DAPA) of South Korea, Kwon Oh Bong will seek to identify futuristic defence technology areas of mutual interest and pursuing of research and development works in both countries.
Co- development and co-production of defence products with Indian industry through DRDO are also envisaged.
There will be joint IPR on all the products developed through this mechanism. Some areas of immediate interest e.g., marine systems, electronics and intelligent systems have been identified as priority tasks.
Speaking on the occasion, Antony said he hoped his visit will start a new chapter in the relationship between the two nations.
"New Delhi will be happy to see the defence industry relationship to be more than a buyer-seller relationship and its further evolution into transfer of technology, joint production and joint research and development," said Antony.
"The two MoUs signed today will provide a win-win scenario for the two countries in a number of areas," said Kim Tae-young.
The talks between the two countries covered a wide range of security issues- both regional and global.
"India and South Korea share common perception of maintaining peace as well as ensuring safety and security of sea lanes of communication in the region. He said regular exchanges towards ensuring maritime security is important to both countries, especially in securing vital energy supplies that pass through the Indian Ocean," said Antony.
"It is of particular importance for like- minded countries working in the Gulf of Aden to coordinate efforts and also exchange information on the happenings in the area. We look forward to continued and enhanced cooperation between the navies of India and South Korea in this regard'," he added.
Commenting on the regional security scenario in the Indian subcontinent, Antony said: "We live in a troubled neighbourhood. ' Some call it a fragile region. We have to maintain balance and restraint even in the face of grave challenges to our security."
". Our intention is to develop friendly and cooperative relations with all our neighbours so that we can focus on our major development needs'," he added.
India power broker Sonia Gandhi wins place in history books
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NEW DELHI — Italian-born Sonia Gandhi was elected Friday for a record fourth term as president of India's ruling Congress party, cementing her role as the power broker of the country's politics.
Gandhi, widow of assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and regarded as India's most powerful politician, was elected unopposed for the top Congress job to wild cheers from party supporters.
"It's a great responsibility and I thank all Congress workers. Whether we are in power or not we should always work for the oppressed," she said in a speech in New Delhi after the vote, which made her the longest-serving party head.
Gandhi rarely appears in public but holds great sway within the Congress party. She is credited with shaping the party's welfare policies and is seen as a champion of the poor as India undergoes rapid economic development.
She also crafted the strategies which gave Congress back-to-back general election victories, ending years in the political wilderness.
Gandhi, 63, whose dark brown hair only now shows streaks of grey, took over the party's reins when it faced "drift and despondency," said one party leader.
She arrived in India as a shy bride of Rajiv Gandhi in her early 20s and was transformed into a sari-clad Indian who now speaks fluent Hindi.
Her years in the Gandhi household, when her strong-willed autocratic mother-in-law Indira -- slain in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards -- was premier gave her an intimate insight into India's turbulent politics.
She officially took charge of the Congress party as its president in 1998, becoming the fifth member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as its chief.
Congress's fortunes were on the slide when party workers implored Gandhi to take the helm.
Gandhi -- who has described herself as "a reluctant politician" -- rebuilt the party, leading it to victory in the 2004 general elections.
But she handed the prime minister's job to the current incumbent Manmohan Singh, worried about a political backlash against her because of her foreign origins.
She now is widely thought to be preparing the way for her son Rahul, 40, to become the country's next leader, replacing 77-year-old Singh.
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Obama promises more stimulus as unemployment edges up
President Barack Obama on Friday promised a fresh slew of measures to boost the ailing US economy after fresh data showed unemployment was again on the rise.Obama said he would outline a new package of stimulus measures next week, after a keenly awaited Labor Department report showed the economy lost 54,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.6 per cent.
Although the job losses were much better than the 120,000 slump expected by Wall Street economists, hiring was not substantial enough to return millions of crisis-hit Americans to work.
Obama acknowledged the report was "not nearly good enough" but focused on news that the private sector created 67,000 jobs in August, many more than expected.
"That's positive news and it reflects the steps we have already taken to break the back of this recession," he told reporters at the White House.
But it was not enough to offset the government releasing around 114,00 temporary census workers, which helped nudge up the unemployment rate.
Still, the figures were also greeted positively on Wall Street.
The figures were "hardly great news but could have been much worse," said Ian Shepherdson of High Frequency Economics.
Stocks surged on news that the report had cleared rock bottom expectations.
But the still-high headline unemployment rate and slow hiring presented a stiff challenge for the White House as it struggles to help the jobs market to its feet.
Tackling one prong of that challenge Obama on Friday redoubled efforts to reassure Americans that the economic outlook, although bleak, would improve.
"I want all Americans to remind themselves there are better days ahead," he said. "Even after this economic crisis, our markets remain the most dynamic in the world. Our workers are still the most productive."
In a bid to make good on that promise Obama pressed Republican foes to stop blocking tax cuts for small businesses and hinted at a new package of measures, which are rumored to include an income tax holiday and a permanent extension of the research and development tax credit.
The president is expected to tout the new policies in a heavy slate of economy-themed events next week, including travel to the hard-hit Midwest and in a major press conference next Friday.
But with many lawmakers fretting ahead of November's mid-term elections and public concern mounting over the forecast 1.4-trillion-dollar budget deficit, Obama faces stiff political opposition to his plans.
On Friday the ranking House Republican called on Obama to fire his top economic advisers and quit his "job-killing" policies.
"President Obama's agenda represented 'change' once, but now it is time for him to change course, abandon his job-killing policies, and find himself a new economic team," said House Minority Leader John Boehner.
India at war with itself
V.T. RAJSHEKAR[Speech delivered in London on India's raging Maoist Movement and its glamorisation in the Indian media at LISA's (London Institute of South Asia) annual function at the Portcullis House, Westminster, on July 14, 2010.]
This is the sixth year of the LISA annual function, but as we could not get a befitting book, the annual book award is postponed.Meanwhile, our LISA chief Brigadier Usman Khalid fell ill, stricken by a deadly disease but I was confident that he would recover and bounce back. And he did.
He is sitting here. Had I not mentioned it most of you would not have noticed that he was actually having a second life.
WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM COUNTRY
Brother Khalid is the centre of gravity for LISA. Last year, when I was invited to Pakistan to lead a Dalit Writers delegation, I was surprised to find him at the Lahore airport along with the welcoming team. This year I was again invited to Pakistan but he sent an email saying that he wanted to join the team but could not because of his illness.Glad to hear that he has handed over the LISA responsibilities to Saeed Ismat and we are sure the new chief would beef up the LISA work so that it could become a powerful think-tank and also a watch-dog over India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan- all suffering under the big bully tyranny of a micro-minority of Brahminical imperialists. And, equip LISA intellectually to rein in this big Brahminical bully that is India.
I have been asked to speak on the Maoist movement, so much glamorised in India's Brahminical media.
As the editor of India's largest circulated journal for the oppressed Indians, namely Dalit Voice, 30 years old, with intimate knowledge of every corner of the country with a formidable population of 1,300 millions, we have several friends within the Maoist movement and hence I am in a position to give you the authentic picture of this movement which has become the second biggest problem to India's micro-minority 3% Brahmins who are ruling India since centuries.
The Brahmins consider "Islamic terrorism"as their No. 1 problem and the Maoist movement as the No.2.
You will be better able to appreciate my statement if I read out to you a report from today's (14/07/2010) Guardian (London), page number 20. Headlined "More poverty in India, than all of Sub-Saharan Africa: UN index builds up future picture of poor lives. Madhya Pradesh state comparable to Congo"
India is on a steep decline politically, economically, socially and also intellectually.
India became independent in 1947. It is now 63 years since a micro-minority of 3% Brahmins took over as our new rulers, who are worse than the British, and reduced over 85% of India's Dalits, Tribals, Muslims and Backward Castes into mere skin and bones.
The United Nations has given the rank of 134 to India and next year it will go down to 135 while China, which became independent two years later has become the number 2 power in the world.
Such a serious socio-economic situation has created two problems before the Indian rulers: the no.1 problem is Islamic terrorism. India has the world's largest Muslim population – reduced to permanent poverty and illiteracy. On the top of that the Muslims are pushed to urban slums, and regularly killed, arrested and dubbed terrorists.
MAOIST PARTY HEADED BY BRAHMINS
A war is now raging in Kashmir which is totally Muslim.The second problem is the "Maoist movement" which has spread to almost one-third of India. So far the movement is confined to villages. As the ruling upper caste are urban-dwellers, they are not so much bothered about the Maoists till now. These so called Maoists are not part of any organised Communist Party. China's communist party, which is a product of Maoism, not only has no connection with India's highly glamorised Maoists, but has stated that it is opposed to the Indian Maoist movement.
Why Chinese communists, who are the only authentic Maoists, are against the Indian Maoists? Because, China knows that the leadership of the Indian Maoists is Brahminical who are our enemy oppressors.
As the President of the India-China friendship association, I led two delegations to China and we are in close contact with the revolutionary country and that's how China knows the facts about the Indian Maoists.
Brahminical rulers, who have sucked the blood of the country's poor, are the very people who exploited their poverty and deprivation to build up a movement of Dalits and Tribals who are the foot –soldiers of the Brahmin leaders. And still called it a "Maoist movement."
That means that our very enemy is leading our starving people calling them Maoists. It may be shocking but unfortunately true.
We are in close touch with the rank and file of the Maoist movement. Quite a lot of caste-clashes have taken place inside the Maoists. Many upper caste Brahminical leaders have been shot dead by the angry Dalits who are the back-bone of the movement.
But, India's Brahminical media is hiding this truth and glamorising this Maoist movement.
And it is this Brahmin monopoly media that is giving you a false picture of the Maoists.
For your information, India's Communist Party is also led by the same Brahmins. These Brahminists divide themselves into all parties so that any party that wins will remain under their leadership. This is their strategy. We know the game of our oppressors and we request you to see through their centuries-old divide and rule game. Please don't fall into the enemy trap. The communist party deceived our people for over 60/70 years and there is no reason why the Maoist leadership will not deceive us again. Because, both are led by the same Brahminist enemy no.1 of India.
But unfortunately the poor and illiterate Dalits and Tribals are unaware of this Brahminical game. And that is how they get deceived and die in the cross-fire between the Maoists and the Indian government para-military forces.
We have no mass media of our own, this media is again in the hands of our enemy. Only Dalit Voice comes out with truth and supports justice. But, after struggling for 30 long years and fighting for human rights of Dalits, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians we have announced that Dalit Voice is closing down.
Darkness is descending on India. Yes, India is at war with itself.
Alas, the West is misguided by the Zionist Jews and the East is led by the "Jews of India",the Brahmins.
These twin enemies of humanity – the "Jews and the Jews of India" have to be fought and eliminated.
However, the rise of China, on one side and the spread of revolutionary Islam on the other is the only hope for India and the humankind.
The meeting was held in the historic Pastcullis House which is part of the British Parliament called Westminster on the bank of the River Thames. It was inaugurated by a member of the British House of Commons and presided by a Muslim House of Lord member, Nazir Ahmed, and attended by UK- based Sikhs, Dalits, Muslims, and a UK-based Muslim young woman Saleena Karim, author of the latest book on Jinnah, Awatar Singh Sekhon from Canada, Gurtej Singh from Chandigarh, Punjab. Those present including the outgoing president of the LISA, Brig. Usman Khalid, and the new president Saeed Ismat, a retired Pakistani Brigadier and diplomat.
http://www.dalitvoice.org/Templates/sep2010/articles.htm
Editorial
Guns can never silence Kashmiri craving for Azadi : Hate-Muslim policy destroys very fabric of India
Guns alone cannot suppress any people fighting for self-determination and liberation. This is the lesson of history and applies to all human rights struggles and particularly Kashmir, where we have been seeing the ugliest and the most barbaric face of Brahminism killing innocent Kashmiri youths. Whether it is the Congress or the Brahmana Jati Party (BJP), any govt. sitting in Delhi has only one answer to the Kashmiri aspirations for Azadi. Bullets. Change of govt. brings no change in policy because the man in the driver's seat is the same hate-mongering Vaidik Brahmin.Editor not allowed to enter Kashmir: Kashmiri Muslims fighting for Azadi were all Brahmins (Pundits) till recently but they revolted against this violent cult and sought liberation under Islam. The Brahminists who usurped the Delhi throne through a deep-rooted conspiracy of the Jews and "Jews of India" with the help of the cunning Gujarati Bania, M.K. Gandhi, have launched a reign of terror on every section of the Indian society whose suppressed voice is heard only through DV, the Voice of the Persecuted Nationalities Denied Human Rights.
The Editor of DV was invited by the Azadi leaders to visit Kashmir but was not allowed by the Brahminist leaders.
Those interested in knowing the roots of the Kashmir problem and facts of the Brahminical reign of terror may order a photocopy of the book, The Challenge in Kashmir (1997) by Dr. Sumantra Bose, himself an upper caste Bengali Baidya but a distinguished Western-educated historian (pp.210, Rs. 150).
Pakistan accepts plebiscite: The then Dogra ruler of Kashmir, Hari Singh, might have "acceded" to India but it was strictly conditional on a "reference to the people" of Kashmir — meaning plebiscite. The Kashmiri Brahmin, the first PM of India, J.L. Nehru, on Nov.2, 1947 declared his govt. "pledge" to "hold a referendum under international auspices (read UN) to determine the wishes of the people. He repeated this "pledge" many times.
Pakistan also accepted the plebiscite solution. Accordingly the UN passed a resolution accepting plebiscite.
But the Brahminist rulers never believed in keeping up any commitment. Their argument is:
(1) Pakistani forces failed to vacate portions under their control (a pre-condition under the UN resolution for plebiscite), (2) Kashmir's lawful ruler acceded to India.
If both the above arguments are acceptable, says Dr. Bose, why did Nehru commit India for plebiscite despite the legality of Kashmiri rulers accession to India?
(3) Brahminist rulers often shout that Kashmir is our integral part of India. Fine. This opinion, they say, is based on the repeated elections held in Kashmir where its "democratically elected representatives have repeatedly and freely ratified the moral and legal validity of accession to India in free election".
Bogus claim: The UN, however, still stands by plebiscite. Even the US Govt. till very recently, maintained that "Kashmir is a disputed territory".
Rigged elections: Indian rulers say pro-India elements have always won in different state elections and the people of Kashmir have voted for staying with India. Accepted. "Then why the Brahminists are opposing plebiscite?", ask the Kashmiri people. Simple. The elections are totally rigged to promote anti-people Brahminical cockroaches. That the Kashmir people through their MLAs have voted to remain in India is a total bogus claim. This is proved in the recent uprising which could not be controlled even by the brute force launched by the Tamil Chettiar killing scores of young Kashmiris.
We had been to Kashmir and met its revolutionary leaders like Jalil Andrabi, a prominent human rights lawyer from Kashmir, who was brutally killed in Srinagar in 1996.
The "unanimous opinion" of the Kashmiris is they are not fighting and dying to join Pakistan. They want only Azadi, self-determination. That is all.
Toilet papers admission: Brahminist rulers may send brute force to crush the Kashmir struggle for Azadi but it can never win the hearts of Kashmiris. Brahminical toilet papers themselves have admitted this. Corrupt and discredited politicians like Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar with no roots in the soil of Kashmir are intensely hated people. The latest revolt is also against these "foreign imposters".
The Kashmiri Brahmin micro-minority well-entrenched in Delhi is manipulating the current "war" against Azadi with the aid of the Brahminists in RAW and IB but they will never succeed.
Constitution itself destroyed: The Brahminical rulers have throughout used brute force with the support of their Jewish cousins not only to suppress Kashmiris but also ride rough-shod on the aspirations of all the nationalities fighting for human rights. These persecuted nationalities include Dalits 20%, Tribals 10%, Muslims 15%, Christian and Sikhs (5%), Backward Castes 35%. All these nationalities are not even able to breath freely. They have been repressed, rebuffed and denied recognition. Brahminists did this by destroying the very constitution of India, bending the judiciary, media, and suppressing all human rights struggles. "National" toilet papers fully aided and abetted the destruction of the constitution. This is the only cause of India's free fall. With over 85% of the Indian population of 1,300 million suppressed, their human rights mutilated how can the Brahminists ever allow the country to rise, socially, culturally and economically?
PM's wrong diagnosis: Our "Khatri Sick" PM thinks Kashmir is an economic problem. Nonsense. Kashmiri youths are fighting and dying not for "jobs". The PM is consciously adding insult to injury by ridiculing the Kashmiri youth who are dying for Azadi.
We are happy that the tumultuous events of July and August 2010 have drowned the two Abdullah cockroaches and brought to the fore the villain-turned overnight hero, Syed Ali Shah Geelani (81) who declared that Kashmir is a disputed territory. Brahminists admitted his "genuine leadership".
Withdraw the Army, lift curfew, hold plebiscite in Kashmir as desired by the people and the UN and accept the verdict. That is the only solution.
Brahminists don't love India: There will never be peace in India as long as Kashmir continues to boil. With Indian army committed to Kashmir, it will be a drag on the Indian economy. Nothing grows in Kashmir except apples. It is more a liability. China has already taken over the development of Azad Kashmir. Impoverished India with its rag-tag army will have no courage to face the nuclear-armed Pakistan supported by both China and also USA. The only reason the rulers are holding on to Kashmir at the cost of the country is to rouse the 'majority Hindus" against "minority" Muslims. But in the process the Brahminists are only destroying India. But "whose father's what goes?" Brahminists have already said they don't belong to India and hence don't love India. As the Bahujans have been mentally crushed and made voiceless, the rulers may temporarily ride the waves with the Kalmadis looting the crores. But how long this can continue?
http://www.dalitvoice.org/Templates/sep2010/editorial.htm
With China increasing its military power and influence in the strategically crucial Indian Ocean, a noted American expert has urged the Obama administration to partner India to balance and counter Beijing's increasing influence in the region.
As the Indian Ocean is becoming increasingly important to China's economic and security interests, Dean Cheng of the Heritage Foundation said that Beijing appears to be pursuing what has been widely known as a "string of pearls" strategy of cultivating India's neighbours as friendly states, both to protect its economic and security interests and to balance a "rising India".
With Chinese influence in the region growing, it is essential that the US not fall behind in the Indian Ocean, but maintain a steady presence in the region, both to signal its resolve to stay engaged and to avoid the difficulties of reentering a region, Cheng wrote.
He said for the foreseeable future, Chinese strategic planners will need to pay increasing attention to China's Indian Ocean flank.
In the short term, Beijing is concerned about its growing dependence on the sea lanes of communications for sustaining China's economic growth.
In 2010, for the first time, China imported more than 50 per cent of its oil consumption. Chinese President Hu Jintao has already raised the issue of the Malacca Strait.
"There is little question that it is a key choke-point on China's oil supply routes. Part of China's interest in developing alternative ports and pipelines, such as in Pakistan and Burma, would seem to be motivated by a desire to reduce the criticality of the Malacca Strait," he said.
"Even if China's oil lifeline did not have to transit the Strait of Malacca, it would nonetheless traverse significant portions of the Indian Ocean. The growth of the Indian navy means that Chinese economic development is potentially at the mercy of India, as well as the United States. The forging of Indian security links with Japan and the United States is therefore a source of concern," he noted.
Read more: 'India, US need to partner to balance China in Indian Ocean' - India - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-US-need-to-partner-to-balance-China-in-Indian-Ocean/articleshow/6478509.cms#ixzz0yUTtdy51
The Telegraph reports:
| US bags million-dollar defence deals | ||
| SUJAN DUTTA | ||
New Delhi, Sept. 2: The US is winning millions of dollars of orders from the Indian defence forces after demonstrating new weapons in joint exercises with the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. The Indian Army has now decided to make an outright purchase of several hundred Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) that were demonstrated for the first time in the largest war game that the two armies have held. Executives of the company that makes the weapon, Raytheon Corporation, were present at Yudh Abhyas 09 in Babina, a range of the Indian Army's armoured corps in Madhya Pradesh. The US army demonstrated how the shoulder-fired weapon is used. "We have sent a Letter of Request to the US government. We want to procure the Javelin ATGMs with an agreement for transfer of technology," a defence ministry source said. The price of the missiles is still being negotiated. But an armoured corps officer said it the Javelin was easily the most expensive anti-tank missile in the global market. The Indian Army has so far used the Milan anti-tank missiles that are made in India with French collaboration. The Indian Air Force also decided to buy the C-130J Hercules and the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after putting them through trials but after first witnessing their performance in joint drills and during visits of senior officials. The Indian Navy bought the USS Trenton, now christened the INS Jalashva, after it was given a demonstration in the |
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