News has broken that the BSNL Server was hacked according to The Hacker News .
The hacked site had this message. ” Hacked by Anonymous India, support Aseem trivedi (cartoonist) and alok dixit on the hunger strike, remove IT Act 66a, databases of all 250 bsnl site has been deleted………….Do not think of BACKUP” with a images of Mr. Aseem while he was arrested by Police.
IAC is leading towards anarchy, as I have blogged often!
Story:
BSNL Site Hacked.
The Homepage of BSNL ( Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ) http://www.bsnl.co.in/ was hacked today morning by hacking group Anonymous. BSNL is an Indian state-owned telecommunications company, the largest provider of fixed telephony and fourth largest mobile telephony provider in India, and is also a provider of broadband services.
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What is Section 66A of IT Act ?
According to Indian Laws, Section 66A of IT Act is Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service —
1.) any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device.
2.) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character or any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred or ill will, persistently by making use of such computer resource or a communication device.
3.) any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin of such message.
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine.
Reason 1 : Last Month two girls – Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Shrinivasan – were arrested for posting comments made by them on Facebook against Maharashtra Navnirman ShivSena chief Raj Thackeray. This arrest was under Section 66A of IT Act.
Reason 2 : The Mumbai police arrested Mr Trivedi, a member of the India Against Corruption or IAC, he had put up banners mocking the Indian Constitution during an Anna Hazare rally in Mumbai. The arrest was carried out on the basis of a complaint filed by Amit Katarnayea, a legal advisor for a Mumbai-based NGO. Trivedi has been booked under IPC Section 124 A for sedition, Section 66 A of IT Act and under National Emblem Act, 1971. Here are some of the controversial cartoons posted by Trivedi, followed by a nation-wide protest.
Reason 3 : Its an old reason , Against Censorship ! Few days back The Web site of Communication and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal was also hacked by Anonymous India for same reason.
If one reads the information closely, the Pawar scam and the allocation of Coal Blocks to Jayaswal, the connection of Thackeray Group and the stunning silence of BJP on Gadkari scam and his connection to irrigation fraud, we can notice that all are in cahoots, irrespective of party affiliations.
Frauds are exposed only when one does not get an adequate share in the loot.
Follow for more exposes.
An RTI activist has alleged that key associate of Anna Hazare Mayank Gandhi misused his NGO to help builders, media reports said.
India Today reported on Thursday that RTI activist Kishanji Rao has alleged Mayank Gandhi’s NGO Remaking of Mumbai illegally helped his uncle Lalit Gandhi’s Lok Group. Rao alleges that Mayank Gandhi also helped Lalit and other builders in bagging land deals.
The Swindle Story:
An RTI activist has alleged that key associate of Anna Hazare Mayank Gandhi misused his NGO to help builders, media reports said.
India Today reported on Thursday that RTI activist Kishanji Rao has alleged Mayank Gandhi’s NGO Remaking of Mumbai illegally helped his uncle Lalit Gandhi’s Lok Group. Rao alleges that Mayank Gandhi also helped Lalit and other builders in bagging land deals.
Mayank Gandhi-who is He and his scam?
Mayank Gandhi.
‘Few days ago, the city observed builder Lalit Gandhi’s second death anniversary. Gandhi, co-founder of Lok Group, passed away on 23 March 2010.
He had seen visions of innovatively making money from the dilapidated ceased buildings of Chira Bazaar in South Mumbai. In 2006-07, he founded an NGO called Remaking of Mumbai Federation (ROMF).
This NGO was spearheaded by Mayank Gandhi, Shri Lalit Gandhi’s charismatic nephew (who went on to achieve national fame last year as a major architect of Anna Hazare’s India Against Corruption campaign).
By fudging the lines of demarcation between commercial interest, private interest and public interest, this NGO merged Lok Group’s commercial interest with the ambition of over 8000 tenants living in dilapidated buildings to have better homes.
By connecting with the Mumbaikar’s desire for a beautiful city, Remaking of Mumbai Federation (ROMF) became a media-darling and messiah of Chira Bazaar Cluster Development. It organized several events.
Around the core of these events, a publicity campaign consisting of systematic misinformation and name-dropping was built. Sri Sri Ravishankar, Justice P N Bhagwati, Narayan Murthy and Deepak Parekh,
Citispace are a small sample of the dignitaries whose names were exploited for creating brand-equity around ‘Remaking of Mumbai’. The credits-list of this newsletter is a good specimen of such name-dropping.
Contrary to the public perception that was created, there was nothing “inclusive” about Remaking of Mumbai Federation.
It was never a true federation of stakeholders, and it never gained the grassroots level support from landlords and tenants of Chira Bazar. The couple of tenants associations supposedly supporting ROMF were little more than letterheads.
To Lalit Gandhi’s Lok Group-the owner of this NGO-Chira Bazaar Cluster Development was a cash cow to be carved up into beef and sold to the highest bidder. Had things gone according to plan, Lok Group might have reaped bumper profits by selling it for at least Rs 37.5 crores, if not much more.
Under the heading, ‘Cancellation of earlier MOUs and Agreements’, this document refers to an earlier transaction worth Rs 37.5 crore in August 2010, in post-dated cheques dated from November 2010 till end-2013.
ROMF had claimed that it would deliver the Chira Bazaar cluster development project, tied up neatly, to Unity Developers. (Unity Infraprojects Limited (UIL) is the holding Company of Unity Realty & Developers Ltd – the buyer of this project.
The promoters of UIL- K K Avarsekar and his associates – are known to have the blessings of the Thackeray family; this may explain the eagerness of MCGM’s High Powered Committee to overlook the glaring shortcomings of this project.)
So, in effect, this present agreement, which scaled down the payment to Rs 10 crore, was an admission of ROMF’s inability to deliver as promised.
As per the present agreement made in Jan 2011, Lok Group and ROMF sold a 5 acre “pilot project” carved out of this 30-acre project to Unity Realty & Development Ltd (URDL) for down-payment of Rs 5 crore, plus Rs 5 crore linked to the project progress.
Under the heading, ‘Monetary Obligations & Considerations’. (Incidentally, this deal was transacted on stamp paper of Rs 100.
Stamp duty of 5% of value of immovable properties / land / development rights was not paid on this Development Agreement.
If we take the deal at its face value – Rs 10 crore – it amounts to stamp duty evasion of about Rs 50 lakh.
But some experts feel that the true value of this agreement is far beyond these figures; even under the scaled-down agreement, ROMF was delivering to Unity Realty an intangible asset worth hundreds of crores. One way or another, it is a huge evasion, and Maharashtra Stamp Duty department should estimate what its true value is!)
In this agreement, the seller is ROMHIF. So what is the connection of ROMHIF with ROMF?
This extract from Lok Housing & Constructions Ltd Directors Report 2010 explains it: “Remaking of Mumbai Housing Infrastructure & Finance Ltd” (ROMHIF) submits proposal for Chira Bazaar Cluster redevelopment in C Ward of Mumbai.
The High Powered Committee clears Chira Bazaar Cluster redevelopment proposal of ROMHIF to redevelop around 30 acres of land (362 buildings and over 8000 tenements).
ROMHIF has submitted its proposal to redevelop around 30 acres of land (362 buildings and over 8000 tenements) in the Kalbadevi-Chira Bazar area in C Ward. It proposes to demolish these old and dilapidated buildings and in their place construct high rise structure in the ear-marked plots.
Lok Housing Ltd has 49% stake in the shareholding of Remaking of Mumbai Development Ltd. (ROMD) which is the holding Company for ROMHIF”. As per the website of Registrar of Companies, the registered Addresses of both ROMD and ROMHIF is Lok Bhavan,
Andheri East, Mumbai. Paid up capital of ROMD and ROMHIF is Rs 40 lakh and Rs 5 crore respectively.
Since Lok Housing Ltd as per Directors Report has 49% stake in the holding company ROMD for ROMHIF, who owns the balance 51% stake?
Is it somebody in the government or civic administration?
We don’t know, but it will be interesting to find out.
The names of all companies start with Remaking of Mumbai.
Why? So that the brand equity of ‘Remaking of Mumbai’ can be effortlessly passed on to any buyer. The government approvals gotten by ROMF can also be transferred, with some help from pliant government officials, to another entity with the same name, namely Remaking of Mumbai Unity Developers Private Limited. In this crucial clause, the agreement recognizes that it is crucial to retain the ‘Remaking of Mumbai’ name at all times, even if the latter part of the name were changed in future i.e. if Unity Realty & Developers sold its stake to someone else. (Now that is like saying: Smita is married to Ramesh. It is crucial that any man desirous of sleeping with Smita must knock on the bedroom door and say, “Open the door, I am Ramesh.” Needless to say, the real Ramesh gets paid.)
Unfortunately for Lok Group and their buyer, Unity Realty, the state government questioned the fraudulent claims of Lok Group/ROMF – especially the claim that that it had written consent from 79.2% tenants. What it actually had was some letters from a small number of tenants, giving the project their best wishes without even knowing the particulars of the project – and of course, without knowing even which builder was going to undertake the massive redevelopment, and whether he had the capital and infrastructural capabilities to do so.
English: Hon. Anna Hazare in Nanded , Maharastra . (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In his ‘nth’ fast unto death, Anna Hazare,not being able to find an excuse to end his ‘fast’ has now threatened to call off his fast because
of his/’Kejriwal’s followers were involved in a scuffle with the Media on Monday.
In fact while we were driving yesterday.I was telling my son that Anna Hazare will find a novel reason to quit the fast.
How true!
A false Messiah,that too self-appointed,can only breed anarchy.
If he were sincere he should resolve that unless his followers behave properly he shall continue his fast unto death and not an excuse to end it.
Look at the bad blood between Anna and Kejriwal and where is the joker in the pack, Kiran Bedi?
Good that the Media has realised that he no longer gets them TRP and stopped ‘telecast Live’ his antics.
Story:
New Delhi, Jul 31: Anna Hazare was upset over the scuffle between his supporters and media personnel at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday, Jul 30. The Gandhian was so upset with his team and other supporters that he threatened to end the protest.
However, a crucial Team Anna member, Arvind Kejriwal, who has been continuing his fast protest for the last six days, on Tuesday, Jul 31 apologised to media for “misbehaviour” of their supporters.
Despite Kejriwal’s apology, it seems that the anti-graft crusader was not convinced and announcedthat he will call off the protest if his supporters and aides continue to misbehave with the media. The septuagenarian also urged his team and supporters to desist from any confrontation with mediapersons.
The incident took place around 10 pm, when Hazare supporters entered into an argument with the mediapersons. A team Anna member’s allegation that the media was not projecting the protest in the right light led to the scuffle.
Key Team Anna member Kumar Vishwas condemned the incident and said the scuffle should not have taken place. Meanwhile, the Broadcast Editors’ Association (BEA) has condemned the incident and demanded an apology from Team Anna.
Following the scuffle, BEA on Tuesday issued a press release where it claimed, “The Broadcast Editors’ Association strongly condemns attack on media by Anna supporters. The BEA believes that this is an interference in the functioning of media. The media is discharging its legitimate duty of covering the agitation in a fair manner. The BEA seeks an immediate apology from Team Anna for the misbehaviour by its supporters.”
Along with Kejriwal, the Gandhian crusader also started his fast and continued his protest for the third day on Tuesday. This time the team demanded an independent probe by Special Investigation Team (SIT) against 14 Union Cabinet ministers including Manmohan Singh. Team Anna, however, spared Pranab Mukherjee as he is protected by immunity from facing legal action after becoming the President of India.
** Tamils who follow Gounda Mani Comedy will know what is ‘Start the Music’
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Anna Hazare’s fight against Corruption,though well-intentioned, is not Right, the way he goes about it.
The issue is to be handled by Parliament and not by a Group of people, arm twisting the elected body by going out in the streets.
Any one who muster crowd and media support can resort to this to defy or enact a Law in their interests.
Other option,considering that the political rogues, is to force the MPs bySatyagraha against them in their constituency and make them bring in or vote for the legislation people want.
Dr.Subramanian Swamy’s is the lone voice that has the courage to utter the name of Sonia Gandhi as Corropt.
Barring him, none of the media utters a single word against Sonia Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi is so sacrosanct for the Media that these investigators could not( or did not want to!) find out about the illness of Sonia Gandhi and her admission into the a Hospital in the US.
It was conveniently omiited and it was for useless bloggers like me to ferret out the details.
Even after this, the media never uttered the word’Cervical Cancer.
Media keeps quiet on the ownership of DLF Real Estate.
Those in the know who it belongs to in reality and what Robert Wadhera has to do with it.
Media will intrude the labour Ward of Ms.Aiswarya Rai Bachchan , but no news will be flashed about Priyanka’s kids.
Nor would there be a whisper about Rahul Gandhi’s Colombian Girl friend or a killing of a girl.
“A very popular TV news media is funded by Gospels of Charity in Spain Supports Communism. Recently it has developed a soft corner towards Pakistan because Pakistan President has allowed only this channel to be aired in Pakistan . Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is co-brother ofPrakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist party of India . His wife and Brinda Karat are sisters.
IndiaToday:
Which used to be the only national weekly which supported BJP is now bought by NDTV!! Since then the tone has changed drastically and turned into Hindu bashing.
This is 100 percent funded by Southern Baptist Churchwith its branches in all over the world with HQ in US.. The Church annually allocates $800 million for promotion of its channel. Its Indian head is Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh.
Times group list:
Times Of India, Mid-Day, Nav-Bharth Times, Stardust, Femina, Vijay Times, Vijaya Karnataka, Times now (24- hour news channel) and many more…
Times Group is owned by Bennet & Coleman. ‘World Christian Council’ does 80 percent of the Funding, and an Englishman and an Italian equally share balance 20 percent. The Italian Robertio Mindo is a close relative of Sonia Gandhi.
Star TV:
It is run by an Australian, who is supported by St. Peters Pontifical Church Melbourne.
HindustanTimes:
Owned by Birla Group, but hands have changed since Shobana Bhartiya took over. Presently it is working in Collaboration with Times Group.
The Hindu:
English daily, started over 125 years has been recently taken over by Joshua Society, Berne , Switzerland .. N. Ram’s wife is a Swiss national.
Indian Express:
Divided into two groups. The Indian Express and new Indian Express (southern edition) ACTS Christian Ministries have major stake in the Indian Express and latter is still with the Indian counterpart.”
How does one expect Team Anna expect to include as a word from Sonia Gandhi would make Anna Hazare run for cover , especially if she utters the Bribery case about Anna .
Kejriwal does not dare, his former employers are waiting.
Baba Ramdev? None knows how much he owns on behalf of Mrs,S.
Justice Hegde is a Safe shooter.
Advani?
Look at the way he rushed to offer apology to Sonia Gandhi.
Please read my blogs on Rajiv’s Millions,profile of Sonia Gandhi,Swiss Bank Confirms, KGB paid Money to Rahul Gandhi etc filed under ‘Corruption’
Sonia Gandhi is like prophet Mohammed, you can not write, speak against her.
Hope some fundamentalists do not start a cry over the use of the Prophet’s Name!
On listening to their rebuttal, one is not convinced that they are convinced!
Another report emerged in The New,York Times of 4th of April that three Groups were planning a coup against the UPA Government at the Centre.
Vodafone led Foreign Investors’ Group is one among them.
However the report says that the idea of a coup in India is not possible.
But the first public information that Corporates are involved in an attempt is shocking,however strongly they may deny the report.
It is in the minds of News followers, especially after Scams and the cancellation of Licences of those tainted by 2 G scam by The Supreme Court of India -Giant Corporates-that they will not take this lying down.
The revelation by Radia tapes exposes the nexus between Politicians and the Business Houses.
Now when Crores are involved in Coal Scam and Tatra affair, where Army Officials were reported to have been involved and this incident comes in the wake of the feud between the Ministry of Defence and The Army Chief, the threat of a Coup seems to be real, though it may not materialize in the near future.
The Government and The Supreme Court must be vigilant and Anarchists like Anna Hazare must know that by their irresponsible behaviour are destroying the fabric of Democracy in India.
They should know how to agitate(their cause is good).
Refers to:
Essentially, late on the night of January 16 (the day Army Chief General V K Singh approached the Supreme Court on his date of birth issue), central intelligence agencies reported an unexpected (and non-notified) movement by a key military unit, from the mechanised infantry based in Hisar (Haryana) as a part of the 33rd Armoured Division (which is a part of 1 Corps, a strike formation based in Mathura and commanded by Lt Gen. A K Singh) in the direction of the capital, 150 km away.
Any suspicion was still considered much too implausible, but lookouts were alerted as a routine step. This was part of a protocol put in place in June 1984 when some mutineers from Sikh units had moved towards the capital in the wake of Operation Bluestar.
The lookouts confirmed the movement of what looked like a sizeable unit. It was soon identified as an entire unit of Mechanised Infantry, with its Russian-made Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs), carried on 48 tank transporters. The movement was towards the capital, which was odd.
Yes, the idea of a military-led coup in India seems far-fetched.
But, maybe it should come as no surprise that the government is a bit nervous about an overthrow attempt. After all, a number of groups are marching, literally or figuratively, towards central Delhi, with the aim of ousting the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, or at least halting some of its activities.
Here’s a quick rundown on the groups currently advancing on the central government:
The “Third Front:”
Talk of increased coordination between India’s regional political parties has only increased after the Congress Party and Congress’s biggest rival fared poorly in recent assembly elections. The “country needs a third front, which is secular and anti-corruption,” Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said in March, adding he had already spoken to West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu’s J. Jayalalithaa and Telugu Desam Party leader N. Chandrababu Naidu.
The Vodafone-led Foreign Investors Alliance:
So-called “regressive, retrograde” proposals in India’s latest budget have sparked a storm of outrage from foreign companies, trade groups and overseas investors. Right now the outrage has manifest itself mainly in letter-writing campaigns and behind-the-scenes harassment of Finance Ministry officials, but the next logical step is a foreign-investment retreat, which could cripple India’s already slowing economy.
Watch out for unexpected tactical manoeuvrings from a splinter group led by Christopher Hohn, feisty hedge fund manager from The Children’s Investment Fund, who is suing Coal India, a government-run company, for mispricing coal and the failure to stop rampant theft, among other issues.
The Anti-Corruption Movement, 2.0:
While Anna Hazare and his colleagues may have lost steam since the height of their anti-corruption protests last summer, there’s no reason to believe the public is any happier about corruption now. Eruption of new scandals, in areas from highways to defense spending, may fuel to a different type of grass-roots movement. Mr. Hazare, meanwhile, has not given up.
Maoist guerrillas:
Despite aggressive talk from the Congress Party about routing the Maoists, also known as Naxalites, from the great swathes of central and eastern India under their control, they are still present here. And here. And here. “We do not have a ready solution,” for the Maoist problem, Union Home secretaryR.K. Singh said this week.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP:
Already present in Delhi. Not currently considered a major threat.
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