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Mischievous entries added to Nehru's Wiki page from govt IP: So, did the Narendra Modi government tweak details on Jawaharlal Nehru's Wikipedia page?

According to a Times of India report, a software that tracks anonymous Wikipedia edits has found that mischievous changes were made to the entries on the country's first prime minister and his forefathers on June 26.


The revisions, which originated from a government of India IP (Internet Protocol) address, said Nehru's grandfather Gangadhar Nehru was a Muslim.


These edits were later deleted by volunteer editors of the online encyclopedia.


The discovery was broadcast by @AnonGoIWPEdits - the Twitter handle of the software that was created by Pranesh Prakash.


The malicious edits stated, "Gangadhar was born as a Muslim by the name of Ghiasuddin Ghazi but changed his name to a Hindu Ganga Dhar to escape British clutches."

Similar edits were made on the pages of Ganga Dhar's son Motilal Nehru and grandson Jawaharlal. On the former PM's page, salacious details of his "affair" with Edwina Mountbatten, the wife of India's first governor general, Lord Mountbatten, were also added.

ലളിത് മോദി വിവാദം: സുഷമ സ്വരാജ് വീണ്ടും കുരുക്കില്‍

ന്യൂഡല്‍ഹി: ലളിത് മോദി വിഷയത്തില്‍ വിദേശകാര്യ മന്ത്രി സുഷമ സ്വരാജിനെ പ്രതിരോധത്തിലാക്കി പുതിയ ഇ മെയില്‍ രേഖ പുറത്ത്. ലളിത് മോദിയുടെ കമ്പനിയില്‍ സുഷമയുടെ ഭര്‍ത്താവ് സ്വരാജ് കൗശലിനെ ഡയറക്ടര്‍ പദവി നല്‍കാന്‍ നീക്കം നടത്തിയതിന്‍്റെ വിശദാംശങ്ങള്‍ അടങ്ങിയ ഇ മെയിലാണ് പുറത്തുവന്നത്.
താന്‍ വിദേശ രാജ്യങ്ങളിലും മറ്റും യോഗങ്ങളില്‍ പങ്കെടുക്കാന്‍ പോകുമ്പോള്‍ ഡയറക്ടര്‍ ചുമതല സ്വരാജ് കൗശലിനെ ഏല്‍പ്പിക്കാന്‍ താല്‍പര്യം പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് മോദി ഏപ്രിലില്‍ അയച്ച ഇ മെയിലാണ് ദേശീയ മാധ്യമത്തിലൂടെ പുറത്തായത്. എന്നാല്‍ വര്‍ഷങ്ങളായി ലളിത് മോദിയുടെ അഭിഭാഷകനായിരുന്ന സ്വരാജ് ഈ വാഗ്ദാനം നിരാകരിച്ചു.
ലളിത് മോദി- സുഷുമ സ്വരാജ് ബന്ധം കൂടുതല്‍ വ്യക്തമാക്കുന്ന തെളിവുകളാണിപ്പോള്‍ പുറത്തുവന്നിരിക്കുന്നതെന്നും ഈ സാഹചര്യത്തില്‍ സുഷമ രാജിവെക്കണമെന്നും കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടു.
എന്നാല്‍, മോദിയുടെ വാഗ്ദാനം സ്വരാജ് നിരസിക്കുകയാണ് ചെയ്തെന്നും അതിലൂടെ ഉദ്യോഗ സംബന്ധമായി മോദിയുമായി അദ്ദേഹത്തിനുള്ള ബന്ധത്തെ കുറിച്ച് ഒന്നും ഒളിച്ചുവെച്ചിട്ടില്ളെന്നാണ് വ്യക്തമാക്കുന്നതെന്നും ബി.ജെ.പി വക്താവ് നരസിംഹ റാവു പ്രതികരിച്ചു.
സാമ്പത്തിക കുറ്റകൃത്യ കേസില്‍ പ്രതിയായ ലളിത് മോദിക്ക് വിദേശത്തേക്ക് പോകാന്‍ സുഷുമ സ്വരാജ് നേരിട്ട് ഇടപ്പെട്ടതിന്‍്റെ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ നേരത്തെ പുറത്തുവന്നിരുന്നു. ലണ്ടനിലെ ഹോട്ടലില്‍ നടന്ന പരിപാടിയില്‍ ലളിത് മോദിയുമായി സുഷമ സ്വരാജ് കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച നടത്തിയതും വിവാദമായിരുന്നു.

Ammu wrote:

ലളിത് മോദി വിവാദം: സുഷമ സ്വരാജ് വീണ്ടും കുരുക്കില്‍    

ന്യൂഡല്‍ഹി: ലളിത് മോദി വിഷയത്തില്‍ വിദേശകാര്യ മന്ത്രി സുഷമ സ്വരാജിനെ പ്രതിരോധത്തിലാക്കി പുതിയ ഇ മെയില്‍ രേഖ പുറത്ത്. ലളിത് മോദിയുടെ കമ്പനിയില്‍ സുഷമയുടെ ഭര്‍ത്താവ് സ്വരാജ് കൗശലിനെ ഡയറക്ടര്‍ പദവി നല്‍കാന്‍ നീക്കം നടത്തിയതിന്‍്റെ വിശദാംശങ്ങള്‍ അടങ്ങിയ ഇ മെയിലാണ് പുറത്തുവന്നത്.
താന്‍ വിദേശ രാജ്യങ്ങളിലും മറ്റും യോഗങ്ങളില്‍ പങ്കെടുക്കാന്‍ പോകുമ്പോള്‍ ഡയറക്ടര്‍ ചുമതല സ്വരാജ് കൗശലിനെ ഏല്‍പ്പിക്കാന്‍ താല്‍പര്യം പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് മോദി ഏപ്രിലില്‍ അയച്ച ഇ മെയിലാണ് ദേശീയ മാധ്യമത്തിലൂടെ പുറത്തായത്. എന്നാല്‍ വര്‍ഷങ്ങളായി ലളിത് മോദിയുടെ അഭിഭാഷകനായിരുന്ന സ്വരാജ് ഈ വാഗ്ദാനം നിരാകരിച്ചു.
ലളിത് മോദി- സുഷുമ സ്വരാജ് ബന്ധം കൂടുതല്‍ വ്യക്തമാക്കുന്ന തെളിവുകളാണിപ്പോള്‍ പുറത്തുവന്നിരിക്കുന്നതെന്നും ഈ സാഹചര്യത്തില്‍ സുഷമ രാജിവെക്കണമെന്നും കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടു.
എന്നാല്‍, മോദിയുടെ വാഗ്ദാനം സ്വരാജ് നിരസിക്കുകയാണ് ചെയ്തെന്നും അതിലൂടെ ഉദ്യോഗ സംബന്ധമായി മോദിയുമായി അദ്ദേഹത്തിനുള്ള ബന്ധത്തെ കുറിച്ച് ഒന്നും ഒളിച്ചുവെച്ചിട്ടില്ളെന്നാണ് വ്യക്തമാക്കുന്നതെന്നും ബി.ജെ.പി വക്താവ് നരസിംഹ റാവു പ്രതികരിച്ചു.
സാമ്പത്തിക കുറ്റകൃത്യ കേസില്‍ പ്രതിയായ ലളിത് മോദിക്ക് വിദേശത്തേക്ക് പോകാന്‍ സുഷുമ സ്വരാജ് നേരിട്ട് ഇടപ്പെട്ടതിന്‍്റെ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ നേരത്തെ പുറത്തുവന്നിരുന്നു. ലണ്ടനിലെ ഹോട്ടലില്‍ നടന്ന പരിപാടിയില്‍ ലളിത് മോദിയുമായി സുഷമ സ്വരാജ് കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച നടത്തിയതും വിവാദമായിരുന്നു.

oh lalit modi parayunnathoke vishwasicho.. ennal latest tweet kandillae
Varun Gandhi met me in London, offered to 'settle everything with Sonia': Lalit Modi
NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi is continuing with his "whistleblowing" spree on Twitter.

In a series of tweets, Lalit Modi has claimed BJP MP "Varun Gandhi came to meet him at his house in London a few years ago".

Lalit Modi also alleged that "Varun Gandhi offered to settle everything with Sonia Gandhi for $60 million".

"Varun offered to settle everything with his aunt. He wanted me to meet her sister from Italy. The aunt is Sonia Gandhi and sister is Sonia's sister," the former IPL chief has alleged in these tweets.

Here are the tweets of Lalit Modi regarding his meeting with Varun Gandhi:

Why did Sonia and Rahul sneak out just when Cong has BJP on the ropes

A new Congress strategy has been visible in recent weeks. It is a simple and effective one. The strategy runs something like this: whenever there are corruption scams to be talked about, the Gandhi family will take the backseat, and possibly missing in action (MIA). When it comes to attacking the Modi Sarkar on ideological grounds (anti-poor, secularism), Sonia and Rahul will be at the forefront.
Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and daughter Priyanka sneaked out of the country before International Yoga Day for allegedly personal reasons. This is perfectly all right, but is it just coincidence that for the next two weeks, the Congress and the media have been in a feeding frenzy over scams involving all BJP states and the centre, the family is completely MIA?

Sushma Swaraj has been under attack for abandoning normal ministry protocol to enable Lalit Modi to obtain British travel documents; Vasundhara Raje has been literally under siege daily for being a business partner of Lalit Modi in dubious circumstances; the Madhya Pradesh government has been on the backfoot over the Vyapam scam, which has seen many of the accused dying under unexplained circumstances; a couple of Maharashtra ministers – Pankaja Munde and Vinod Tawde – have been blasted for scams involving their ministries.

In all these “scams”, no member of the Gandhi family has been at the forefront of accusations. They obviously timed their exit in such a way as to allow others to do the talking. The attacks on Vasundhara Raje have been orchestrated by Sachin Pilot and Jairam Ramesh; the attacks in Madhya Pradesh have been led by Digvijaya Singh and other low-level Congress flunkies. Even Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is related to Vasundhara Raje is MIA.


The strategy behind this can only be speculated on, and this is what it looks like. The Gandhi family is missing in action because it makes for an easy target if either Sonia Gandhi or Rahul is seen to be leading the onslaught.

Here’s possibly why.

Sushma Swaraj’s help to “fugitive” Lalit Modi – the “fugitive” label being stuck on him by the media and the Congress purely on the basis of a couple of show cause notices issued by the Enforcement Directorate - falls flat when compared to the kind of help the Gandhi family gave to its own pet fugitive, the late Ottavio Quattrochi, a key player in the Bofors payoff scandal. Quattrochi was Sonia Gandhi’s pal, and the UPA government not only did not chase him, but also allowed him to take his scam money and run. The UPA unfroze Quattrochi’s bank accounts, enabling him to take his scam-tainted money. If the Gandhis had taken on Swaraj themselves, the Quattrochi issue would surely have come up for discussion.  

Vasundhara Raje is being attacked by Sachin Pilot and not Rahul Gandhi for it immediately brings Robert Vadra’s own land-grab cases in Haryana and Rajasthan to the fore. In fact, a case involving Sonia’s and Rahul’s own property grab – the transfer of the Rs 5,000 crore Herald properties to their private trust using party money – is being heard in a Delhi court. Raje is being targeted by lesser fry in the Congress party in order to ensure that no bullets ricochet on the Gandhi family, which is vulnerable on this count.  

Exit from India for a couple of weeks also allowed the Gandhi family to avoid questions on the 40th anniversary of the 1975 internal emergency imposed by Sonia’s mother-in-law and Rahul’s grandmother, Indira Gandhi.  

In fact, most Congress flunkies also eased themselves out of the limelight during the week leading upto 25 June, and some, in fact, managed to claim that LK Advani’s interview to The Indian Express on the emergency was, in fact, about Narendra Modi’s authoritarian tendencies. Sonia and Rahul have never formally condemned Indira Gandhi’s emergency, seen as the biggest assault on democracy in independent India ever.  

It is more than likely that Sonia and Rahul will focus their attacks on the Modi government largely on the ideological front, where the NDA will be painted as anti-poor, pro-cronies, and anti-farmer. The Gandhis may not take the government directly on any scams, having just lost the last Lok Sabha elections for running India’s most corrupt government ever.

The strategy seems to be working so far, with Rahul himself kicking off the plan by attacking the government as a “suit-boot-ki-sarkar” during the budget session of parliament. He has obviously touched a raw nerve in Modi’s psyche, for the Prime Minister has been trying to reinvent himself as a pro-poor politician in order to shift his party to the centre of the Indian political spectrum – away from its traditional right-wing orientation.

Using the minions to have a go at the BJP on corruption is intended to keep the Gandhi family protected from the counter-fire.

The Gandhi family went out of the country in mid-June even as the Congress party offered covering fire. Their prolonged absence has thus escaped media comment.
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Congress may not know it but they're fighting a losing battle over Raje, Swaraj    


There's little doubt that the monsoon session of Parliament that begins on 21 July will be stormy one with the Congress continuing its attack on the BJP after the multiple controversies involving former IPL chairman Lalit Modi and BJP politicians.

On Tuesday, the Congress for the second consecutive day attacked the Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over her alleged dealings with Modi and claimed that she had illegally transferred holdings in the Dholpur palace hotel to the former IPL chief.

Senior party leader Jairam Ramesh claimed in Delhi that Hemant Singh, the estranged husband of Raje, had admitted before a court that the palace was the property of the Rajasthan government.
Jairam Ramesh at the press conference on Tuesday.

He told reporters that several revenue department documents between 1954 and 2010 showed that the palace was a government property but Raje and Lalit Modi's company has turned it into a "high end luxury hotel" and invested Rs 100 crore with no role of the state government.

But while the Congress has promised to continue with the allegations day-on-day until the Rajasthan Chief Minister and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj resign, there are signs it's attack is flagging.

The Times of India reports that the party has reached out to the BJP promising to let the Goods and Services Tax bill through the Rajya Sabha if the Rajasthan Chief Minister and External Affairs Minister are asked to vacate their positions. As support from other opposition parties remains in doubt, the Congress reportedly offered to walk out of the Rajya Sabha vote to allow the legislation to be passed.

This comes even as the party has said that it will press for five changes to be incorporated in the bill, seen as a crucial one in the government's economic reform plan. The Congress took the decision to put forward the five demands during a conference of Congress Chief Ministers in New Delhi this month.

Congress, which described the GST as its "own baby" forced the government to refer the Constitutional Amendment Bill for rolling out of GST to a Select Committee of Rajya Sabha in last session of Parliament. The Lok Sabha has already cleared the Bill.

The BJP had already refused to consider any offer from the Congress that involves the two woman leaders quitting since it has no assurance that the Congress will honour its word in Parliament. Also given there was little chance that the legislation would be passed anyway, the latest offer from the Congress has also been dismissed by the BJP. And the BJP's decision to sit tight and weather the storm may just be paying dividends.

When it comes to the Raje factor, not all Congress leaders share the conviction shown by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. According to an Indian Express report, the party's leaders believe the focus should remain on Raje helping Modi stay in the UK when he was wanted by Indian authorities rather than the ownership of the palace that the party is focussing on.  

“We should have focused on the original issue… such disputes are there in many royal families. But what to do. There are some gentlemen in our party.” a Congress leader was quoted as saying in the report.  

And while the party may be divided over its attack on the Rajasthan Chief Minister,  according to the report, the party has almost completely given up on its attack on Swaraj given its the one leader they can deal with in the Modi government. It also helps that she is seen as a potential political rival to the Prime Minister.

As we pointed out earlier, the Congress was isolated when it came to its attack on Swaraj. While it has been pressing for her resignation,   it has been perhaps the only voice vociferously demanding her resignation while the opposition decided to speak in different voices on the issue. With Raje as well, despite the opposition's demands, the BJP is unlikely to remove her as Chief Minister any time soon given that she's shown no intent of budging and still enjoys the support of the state unit.

What this means is that the Congress campaign against both leaders while dominating headlines, may not result in anything. In Rajasthan, apart from the Congress, none of the other major opposition parties really have any interest and not been as active in the campaign to remove Raje from the chief minister's post. As Firstpost's G Pramod Kumar had pointed out, the Congress's attack has largely been aimless and the attack over the Dholpur palace, while dramatic and enough to disrupt Parliament, may yield little dividend.  

The Congress may attempt promising incentives like allowing the passage of the GST Bill, but with the BJP seeming to have decided to go toe-to-toe after having dulled the opposition's attack, it may not go anywhere. It's still some time long way off to 21 July, but unless Lalit Modi's Twitter gives them fresh ammunition against the government or they are able to sharpen their attack, the Congress may be fighting a losing battle against the Modi government.

PM Modi Launches Digital India Initiative

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Ammu wrote:

ലളിത് മോദി വിവാദം: സുഷമ സ്വരാജ് വീണ്ടും കുരുക്കില്‍    

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oh lalit modi parayunnathoke vishwasicho.. ennal latest tweet kandillae
Varun Gandhi met me in London, offered to 'settle everything with Sonia': Lalit Modi
NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi is continuing with his "whistleblowing" spree on Twitter.

In a series of tweets, Lalit Modi has claimed BJP MP "Varun Gandhi came to meet him at his house in London a few years ago".

Lalit Modi also alleged that "Varun Gandhi offered to settle everything with Sonia Gandhi for $60 million".    

"Varun offered to settle everything with his aunt. He wanted me to meet her sister from Italy. The aunt is Sonia Gandhi and sister is Sonia's sister," the former IPL chief has alleged in these tweets.

Here are the tweets of Lalit Modi regarding his meeting with Varun Gandhi:

    ഇതല്ലേ ലേറ്റസ്റ്റ്      മിഥുന്‍ കാണാതെ പോയതോ...അതോ കണ്ടില്ലാന്നു നടിച്ചതോ?      

Varun Gandhi: Never offered any help to Lalit Modi

BJP Sultanpur MP Varun Gandhi on Wednesday denied former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's charges by saying that he never offered any help to Modi.Varun Gandhi is understood to have said that the former IPL czar is trying to divert attention from himself and drag names unnecessarily, sources said.

Ammu wrote:

midhun wrote:

oh lalit modi parayunnathoke vishwasicho.. ennal latest tweet kandillae
Varun Gandhi met me in London, offered to 'settle everything with Sonia': Lalit Modi
NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi is continuing with his "whistleblowing" spree on Twitter.

In a series of tweets, Lalit Modi has claimed BJP MP "Varun Gandhi came to meet him at his house in London a few years ago".

Lalit Modi also alleged that "Varun Gandhi offered to settle everything with Sonia Gandhi for $60 million".    

"Varun offered to settle everything with his aunt. He wanted me to meet her sister from Italy. The aunt is Sonia Gandhi and sister is Sonia's sister," the former IPL chief has alleged in these tweets.

Here are the tweets of Lalit Modi regarding his meeting with Varun Gandhi:

    ഇതല്ലേ ലേറ്റസ്റ്റ്      മിഥുന്‍ കാണാതെ പോയതോ...അതോ കണ്ടില്ലാന്നു നടിച്ചതോ?      

Varun Gandhi: Never offered any help to Lalit Modi

BJP Sultanpur MP Varun Gandhi on Wednesday denied former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi's charges by saying that he never offered any help to Modi.Varun Gandhi is understood to have said that the former IPL czar is trying to divert attention from himself and drag names unnecessarily, sources said.

kandennu sammathichu.. deal undennoke parasyamayi sammathikumo.. onnum ariyatha pole priaynkayum,vadrayum,pawarum,rajiv suklayum ellam kanda karyam sammathichu.. deal velipeduthan avar mandanmar alla Sonai and Rahul still in London, Not any word against lalit modi Rahul mon veendum dhaynikkan poyalle.. ee chekente karyam.. 1month koodumbol aprathyakshamakuvanallo

ennalum midhun annu paranja survey nan elalvarum paranju nanam kettu
mdihun nu politics il nalla arivundennu karuthiya elalvarum Ldf cheriya bhooropaksthanu jayikumennu paranjathu
eni survey um kondu vannekerathu

Greeeeeshma wrote:

ennalum midhun annu paranja survey nan elalvarum paranju nanam kettu
mdihun nu politicisl nalla arivundennu karuthiya elalvarum Ldf cheriya bhooropaksthanu jayikumennu paranjathu
eni survey um kondu vannekerathu

gressh paranjathu thettanallo.. kidannu urulanda.. 60 % vote kitti jayikumennu allae paranjathu 39% last election 48% aayirunnu.. BJP pinne aa survey nadathiyavar paranjathu LDF and UDF same chance aanennanu.. kairali athu avarkku anukoolam aanennu sthapichu.. rajgopal malsarichapole , congress jayam urapichirunnu Hindu vote bank BJP yilottu ozhuki thudangi, like in west bengal palathum eni kanan pokunnathe ullu

UDF nu nalla percentage undu.......above 50%

60% ennu njan kayil ninum ettatha

enikariyam aru jayikum tholkum ennu advance aayi

midhun wrote:

Greeeeeshma wrote:

ennalum midhun annu paranja survey nan elalvarum paranju nanam kettu
mdihun nu politicisl nalla arivundennu karuthiya elalvarum Ldf cheriya bhooropaksthanu jayikumennu paranjathu
eni survey um kondu vannekerathu

gressh paranjathu thettanallo.. kidannu urulanda.. 60 % vote kitti jayikumennu allae paranjathu 39%    last election 48% aayirunnu.. BJP      pinne aa survey nadathiyavar paranjathu LDF and UDF same chance aanennanu.. kairali athu avarkku anukoolam aanennu sthapichu..  rajgopal malsarichapole , congress jayam urapichirunnu  Hindu vote bank BJP yilottu ozhuki thudangi, like in west bengal   palathum eni kanan pokunnathe ullu  

Congress Has Won, But Kerala By-poll Results Have Made BJP Smile

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first three-cornered by-poll of Kerala in Arruvikkara saw the BJP become a crucial player in the state, with a five-fold increase in votes it garnered. In the 2011 Assembly elections, the party had got just over 7000 votes across the state. But in Arruvikkara, despite losing, BJP state unit chief O Rajagopal got 34,000 votes -- a 23.96% vote share.
Congress candidate KS Sabarinathan won the seat, defeating his nearest rival, the Left's M Vijayakumar, by a margin of more than 10,000 votes.

"The BJP had given a very close contest to MP Shashi Tharoor even during the Lok Sabha elections," he said. "This by-poll too, shows its consistently growing influence among the electorate."

In Kerala, elections are always seen as a political contest between the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF.

But the BJP has been making a push to expand its presence in the state, with the party's biggest faces taking part in rallies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed rallies there ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and party president Amit Shah had taken part in protests in Thiruvanthapuram recently.

Mr Rajagopal, 85, said it was heartening that despite UDF's win, nearly 80,000 people have voted against the government in favour of either LDF or BJP.
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aaru paranju UDF 39%, LDF : 32 % BJP : 23 %.. actually 80000 people voted against UDF LDF tholkkan karanam BJP avarude vote pakuthi kondu poyi last election BJP 7000 vote mathramanu avide kittiyathu

Greeeeeshma wrote:

UDF nu nalla percentage  undu.......above 50%

60% ennu njan kayil ninum ettatha

enikariyam aru jayikum tholkum ennu advance aayi
   

midhun wrote:

gressh paranjathu thettanallo.. kidannu urulanda.. 60 % vote kitti jayikumennu allae paranjathu 39%    last election 48% aayirunnu.. BJP      pinne aa survey nadathiyavar paranjathu LDF and UDF same chance aanennanu.. kairali athu avarkku anukoolam aanennu sthapichu..  rajgopal malsarichapole , congress jayam urapichirunnu  Hindu vote bank BJP yilottu ozhuki thudangi, like in west bengal   palathum eni kanan pokunnathe ullu  

In Madhya Pradesh, BJP Wins By-Election, Holds On to Garoth Seat

With considerable ease, the ruling BJP has defeated the Congress in an important by-election in Madhya Pradesh at a time when the government is accused of a major corruption scam by the Opposition.

The BJP's Chander Singh Sisodia defeated Congress candidate Subhash Sajotiya by nearly 14,000 votes in the by-election for the assembly seat of Garoth in the western part of the state.

In March, the BJP's Rajesh Yadav, the legislator from here, passed away.

Voting was held on Saturday.

The victory for the BJP comes as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, now in his third term is confronting allegations of the involvement of top party leaders and government officers in a scam which saw hired imposters taking the exams for entrance to educational institutions and recruitment to government jobs. 25 linked to

For PM Modi's Digital India Push, An Audience of 10,000

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present the government's roadmap to digitise India when he inaugurates Digital India Week at a big function in Delhi today. 10,000 guests, including top business leaders like Mukesh Ambani of Reliance and the Tata Group's Cyrus Mistry, are expected to attend.

The Prime Minister will unveil various government schemes under the Digital India programme like the Digital Locker, e-education and e-health at the event. The digital locker aims at minimising use of physical documents and enabling sharing of e-documents across agencies.

The PM will hold a video conference with two village panchayats in Madhya Pradesh. An official said ten village panchayats, in a 35-km area from Indore, will be connected with high-speed internet service under the project today.

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government expects "billions of dollars in investment," during the week.

Among other top business leaders who have confirmed participation are Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti, Chairman of Sterlite Technologies Anil Agarwal and Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumaramangalam. Airbus India and Wipro will also attend.

Confirmation has also been received from foreign forms like Nidec Corporation of Japan and Taiwan-based, Delta Electronic, whose CEO Ping Cheng will attend.

Announcing the event, Mr Prasad said his ministry also reached out to Microsoft's Bill Gates and CEO Satya Nadella along with Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy, but they will not be able to attend due to other engagements.

The Digital India initiative, approved last year, includes projects worth over Rs. 1,00,000 crore to transform the country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy.

The projects aim at ensuring that government services are available to citizens electronically so that people get the benefit of the latest information and communication technology.

Digital India aims to connect all gram panchayats by broadband internet. Work to connect 335 village panchayats is nearing completion, an official said.

Digital India Week will also see school children and others all over the country introduced to modern telecommunication techniques.

nnaalum modiyude AUNTY corruption government oru sambhavam thanne ..

Abhijit wrote:

nnaalum modiyude AUNTY corruption government oru sambhavam thanne ..

Abhijit wrote:

nnaalum modiyude AUNTY corruption government oru sambhavam thanne ..

Abhijit wrote:

nnaalum modiyude AUNTY corruption government oru sambhavam thanne ..

midhun wrote:

For PM Modi's Digital India Push, An Audience of 10,000

ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ ഇന്ത്യ ‘മോഷണ’മെന്ന് കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ്

ന്യൂഡല്‍ഹി: നരേന്ദ്ര മോദി സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ പുതിയതെന്ന മട്ടില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ‘ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ ഇന്ത്യ’ പദ്ധതി യു.പി.എ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ നടപ്പാക്കിയതിന്‍െറ തുടര്‍ച്ച മാത്രമെന്ന് കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ്. യു.പി.എ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ നടപ്പാക്കിയ മറ്റൊരു പദ്ധതി ‘മേക്ക് ഇന്‍ ഇന്ത്യ’ വ്യവസായ നിക്ഷേപ പദ്ധതിയാക്കി അവതരിപ്പിച്ച്, ഒടുവില്‍ പരാജയമായി കലാശിച്ചതായും ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ ഇന്ത്യ പദ്ധതി മോഷ്ടിച്ചു നടപ്പാക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ഈ ഗതി വരാതിരിക്കട്ടെയെന്നും കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് വക്താവ് രണ്‍ദീപ്സിങ് സുര്‍ജേവാല പറഞ്ഞു.

മുന്‍ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി രാജീവ് ഗാന്ധിയാണ് കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറിന്‍െറയും ഐ.ടി വിപ്ളവത്തിന്‍െറയും വഴിയിലേക്ക് രാജ്യത്തെ നയിച്ചത്. സ്വയം തോളില്‍ തട്ടി അഭിനന്ദിക്കുന്ന നരേന്ദ്ര മോദി, ആ പൈതൃകം ഏറ്റെടുത്ത് മഹിമ നേടാന്‍ ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണെന്ന് സുര്‍ജേവാല കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തി. യു.പി.എ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ ആവിഷ്കരിച്ച ദേശീയ ഇ-ഗവേണന്‍സ് പദ്ധതിയാണ് ‘ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ ഇന്ത്യ’യെന്ന പേരിട്ട് മോദി സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സ്വന്തമാക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നത്. 5000 നഗരങ്ങളിലും ഏഴു ലക്ഷം ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിലും ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ സേവനം എത്തിക്കാന്‍ ലക്ഷ്യമിട്ടു തുടങ്ങിയ പരിപാടിയാണ് ഇ^ഗവേണന്‍സ് പദ്ധതി. 2006 മേയ് 18ന് കേന്ദ്ര സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ അംഗീകരിച്ച പദ്ധതിയില്‍ 27 ദൗത്യ പദ്ധതികള്‍ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. പൊതുസേവനം പൊതുജനങ്ങള്‍ക്കെല്ലാം താങ്ങാവുന്ന ചെലവിലും സുതാര്യമായും ലഭ്യമാക്കുകയായിരുന്നു ലക്ഷ്യം. ദേശീയ ഒപ്ടിക്കല്‍ ഫൈബര്‍ നെറ്റ്വര്‍ക് സ്ഥാപിച്ചു തുടങ്ങിയത് അങ്ങനെയാണ്.

ഇതോടെ ബ്രോഡ്ബാന്‍ഡ് സൗകര്യം ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിലത്തെി. ഇ-പഞ്ചായത്തീരാജ്, ദേശീയ ഇലക്ട്രോണിക് നയം, ഇ-ഫയലിങ് എന്നിവയൊക്കെ ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ രംഗത്തെ കുതിച്ചുചാട്ടമാണ്. പല സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ നടപടികളും നേരത്തെ ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ സംവിധാനത്തിന്‍ കീഴില്‍ കൊണ്ടുവന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഇതിന്‍െറയെല്ലാം പിതൃത്വമാണ് നരേന്ദ്ര മോദി സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ ഡിജിറ്റല്‍ ഇന്ത്യ പദ്ധതി ഉദ്ഘാടനത്തിലൂടെ അവകാശപ്പെടുന്നതെന്ന് കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തി.

മോദിക്കെതിരെ രൂക്ഷവിമര്‍ശവുമായി ഗോവിന്ദാചാര്യ

ന്യൂഡല്‍ഹി: ലളിത് മോദി വിവാദത്തില്‍ ആരോപണവിധേയരായ മന്ത്രിമാരെ സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്ന പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി നരേന്ദ്ര മോദിക്കെതിരെ രൂക്ഷവിമര്‍ശവുമായി ആര്‍.എസ്.എസ് സൈദ്ധാന്തികനും ബി.ജെ.പി മുന്‍ ജനറല്‍ സെക്രട്ടറിയുമായ ഗോവിന്ദാചാര്യ. കേന്ദ്രസര്‍ക്കാര്‍ രാഷ്ട്രീയ സത്യസന്ധത പുലര്‍ത്തുന്നില്ളെന്ന് ഗോവിന്ദാചാര്യ ‘ദ ഹിന്ദു’ പത്രത്തിന് നല്‍കിയ അഭിമുഖത്തില്‍ തുറന്നടിച്ചു. ജനതാല്‍പര്യമല്ല, അധികാരകേന്ദ്രീകൃതമാണ് എന്‍.ഡി.എ സര്‍ക്കാറെന്നും അധികാരം ലഭിച്ചതോടെ മൂല്യങ്ങളെല്ലാം അവര്‍ കൈവിട്ടുവെന്നും ആചാര്യ കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തി.
വിവാദത്തിലകപ്പെട്ട മന്ത്രിമാരുടെ രാജി ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടാല്‍ അത് യു.പി.എക്ക് അനുകൂലമാകുമെന്നാണ് ന്യായീകരണം. എന്നാല്‍, ഇത് ജനം മനസ്സിലാക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. വിവാദങ്ങളെ നിയമപരമായല്ല, ധാര്‍മികമായാണ് അവര്‍ വിലയിരുത്തുന്നത്. ആരോപണവിധേയരെ സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെ വിഷയത്തില്‍ തെറ്റായ എന്തോ നടന്നിട്ടുണ്ടെന്ന ധാരണ പാര്‍ട്ടി എം.എല്‍.എമാര്‍ മുതല്‍ പഞ്ചായത്തംഗങ്ങള്‍ വരെയുള്ളവരില്‍ ഉളവാക്കും. ഇത്തരം വിവാദങ്ങള്‍ തുടരുന്നത് മോദിസര്‍ക്കാറിന്‍െറ വിശ്വാസ്യത നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തും.

അടുത്ത പാര്‍ലമെന്‍റ് സമ്മേളനം തുടങ്ങുന്നതിനുമുമ്പ് വിവാദമവസാനിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ സര്‍ക്കാറിന് കഴിയുമെന്നാണ് പ്രതീക്ഷ. തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിലെ ജയപരാജയങ്ങള്‍ കടന്നുപോകും. പക്ഷേ, ജനങ്ങള്‍ക്കിടയിലെ സല്‍പ്പേര് നിലനിര്‍ത്തുകയെന്നതാണ് മുഖ്യം -ആചാര്യ വ്യക്തമാക്കി.

ന്യൂഡല്‍ഹി: മുന്‍ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി ഇന്ദിര ഗാന്ധി സ്വന്തം പേരില്‍ തുടങ്ങിയ 20ഇന ദാരിദ്ര്യ നിര്‍മാര്‍ജന പരിപാടിയുടെ പേരും ഘടനയും മാറ്റിയേക്കും. ആര്‍.എസ്.എസ് ആചാര്യന്‍ വീര്‍ സവര്‍ക്കറുടെ പേരും പദ്ധതിക്ക് നല്‍കാന്‍ ആലോചിക്കുന്നു.
1975ലാണ് ഇന്ദിര ഗാന്ധി ഇരുപതിന പരിപാടി തുടങ്ങിയത്. പലവട്ടം പരിഷ്കരിച്ചെങ്കിലും പേരു മാറ്റിയില്ല. പദ്ധതിക്ക് പുതിയ പേരു നല്‍കുമ്പോള്‍ വീര്‍ സവര്‍ക്കര്‍, രാജാറാം മോഹന്‍ റോയ്, ബി.ആര്‍. അംബേദ്കര്‍, സര്‍ദാര്‍ പട്ടേല്‍ തുടങ്ങിയവരില്‍ ഒരാളെ അനുസ്മരിക്കുന്നതാകണമെന്ന് നിര്‍ദേശമുണ്ട്.
ഭക്ഷ്യസുരക്ഷ, വൈദ്യുതീകരണം, റോഡു പദ്ധതി, സ്വയം സഹായ സംഘ രൂപവത്കരണം എന്നിവ ഇരുപതിന പരിപാടിയുടെ ഭാഗമാണ്. ഓരോ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങള്‍ക്കും പ്രത്യേക സൂചികയുടെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിലാണ് സഹായം. ഈ സൂചികകള്‍ ‘കാലാനുസൃതമായി’ മാറ്റുമെന്നാണ് ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടവര്‍ വിശദീകരിക്കുന്നത്. വരുത്തേണ്ട മാറ്റങ്ങള്‍ നിര്‍ദേശിക്കാന്‍ സമിതിയെ നിയോഗിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. സെപ്റ്റംബര്‍ 30നു മുമ്പ് റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ട് നല്‍കും. ആസൂത്രണ കമീഷന്‍ ഇല്ലാതാക്കി നിതി ആയോഗ് രൂപവത്കരിച്ചതിന്‍െറ തുടര്‍ച്ചയാണ് 20ഇന പരിപാടിയില്‍ വരുത്തുന്ന മാറ്റം.

3 passengers offloaded to make way for minister Rijiju and his aide in AI flight

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju was at the centre of a controversy for delaying an Air India flight from Leh to Delhi for about an hour and for offloading three of its passengers, including a child, allegedly to accommodate him and his aide.

According to sources, the aircraft doors were shut for takeoff on June 24 but the flight did not depart at its scheduled time as Rijiju, along with his PA, had to be onboard.

When he arrived, three passengers were allegedly deboarded to accommodate the minister and his PA, sources said.

While an Air India spokesman said it has sought more details on the incident, Rijuju claimed it was not a "delay" as the departure of the flight was "preponed" due to technical reasons.

"The departure was at 1140 hrs... I don't know... somehow there was a rescheduling issue... It was not a delay… it was a communication gap," Rijiju said.

Rijiju said that he was returning to Delhi after taking part in the "Sindhu Darshan" festival on June 24 along with Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh in an Air India flight which was "suddenly rescheduled."



"I was supposed to return from Leh in a helicopter. But due to bad weather, the helicopter could not come from Srinagar to take me from Leh. Then the Jammu and Kashmir Deputy chief minister asked me to accompany him in the Air India flight which was supposed to depart at 11.40 am.

"But to our utter surprise, when we reached the Leh airport at 10.20 am, we found that the door of the aircraft was closed and it was about to take off. Then the deputy chief minister lodged a strong protest with the civil aviation minister for the unannounced rescheduling of the aircraft," Rijiju said.

He said that after sometime, he and Singh were allowed to board the plane "and we could fly."

Asked whether three passengers were made to deboard the flight to accommodate him, Rijiju said he was not aware of any such thing.

"I am totally unaware whether anyone was asked to deboard. If it was done, it is completely wrong and unacceptable," he said.

Minister, who was with Rijiju on flight, apologises to family:

Jammu Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh who was accompanying Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has issued an apology to the family who was deboarded from an AI plane to accommodate them. "Have apologised to the family for the inconvenience," said Singh. A huge row has erupted after it emerged that a family of three were off loaded to accommodate Kiren Rijiju and Nirmal Singh.