Thursday, July 14, 2011

Terrorists Strike Again at Mumbai


Terrorists have struck once again on the financial capital of India, Mumbai yesterday , making three successive bomb blasts in the crowded areas of Zaveri bazaar, Opera house and Dadar areas of Mumbai. The three bomb blasts occurred successively between 6.50 p.m. and 7.04 p.m. Atleast 141 people have been  injured and 21 people are feared dead. The first bomb blast occurred at 6.50 p.m. in Zaveri bazaar area, a crowded  jewellery market , next one at Opera house area famous for its  diamond business, around 6.51 p.m. and the third at Dadar around 7.04p.m.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Who is more powerful a Dog or a Lion?



             The fast unto death undertaken by the noted social activist Anna Hazare ,to persuade the Indian government  to introduce  Jan Lokpal Bill instead of powerless Lokpal Bill drafted by group of Ministers (GoM),has entered 4th day.He has received a tremendous support  of  the common people from all walks of life ,with people staging  protests and taking out rallies in support of  his demand for introduction of Jan Lokpal Bill drafted by a panel of judicial experts , social activists,like Lokayukta of Karnataka Mr. Santosh Hegde and well known legal expert Mr. Prashant Bhushan and india’s first woman IPS Mrs. Kiran Bedi.  Anna Hazare and his supporters notably the RTI activist Arun Kejrival and Swami Agnivesh have been insisting  to set up a committee consisting of fifty percent of members from  civil society consisting of experts from various fields and NGO’s, so that common man can have an active role in drafting of the Lokpal Bill.
The  Lokpal Bill in its present form drafted by Group of Ministers (GoM) on corruption is a toothless tiger with no real powers to either control corruption  nor  curb corruption. Some of the main proposals of the Lokpal bill as drafted by the GoM are: