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Today is the 60th Republic Day of India and I do remember the Indian Army, which is the best in the world. Today morning I was watching the news related to the Republic Day celebration and I thought we should not forget the Indian Army on this occasion which has brought so many proud moments to the nation.

I was not at all happy with the post 26/11 situation in the country, since we do believe that we should have taken some strong steps against those militants and especially against those bastards whose hands are behind them. If Indian army would have given the orders then they have the capability that they can destroy all the terrorists either hiding in India or abroad. But, there are some diplomatic issues related with India. We have an image of peaceful nation, and we never try to destroy that image. It is good, no doubt, but I am not sure when the time will come that we will take revenge of the death of our own civilians. A few years back terrorists attacked our Parliament but we did nothing, even the same happened with us this time too. Only 10 people from Pakistan came to our financial capital and killed more than 150 people and injured so many people. Although all the proofs are clearly saying about the hand of Pakistan in the attack, but we never took some strong action against them.

I don’t know for what our politicians are waiting for? Indian Army is always saying that they are ready to take any type of actions against any army, but Indian Government is not giving them the order. I know their capability and I deeply believe that the time has arrived that they should be allowed to take action against militants. I am not writing this post against any country but yes I am always against that country which is supporting the militants who are killing our own civilians.

Indian Army has proofed their strength in the past too and they have the capability of doing the same in the future too. I still remember the Kargil war. On the occasion of the 60th Republic Day I News India pay homage to the soldiers who lost their life to save our country.

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So after a long drama finally actor Sanjay Dutt announced that he is coming in politics and will fight the Lok Sabha elections from the Lucknow constituency. He got the offer of ticket first from Samajwadi Party and then he got the offer from the Congress. Finally he announced that he will fight from the ticket of Samajwadi Party only, he has a thinking that Congress party did not supported him during his bad phase. Although his father Sunil Dutt was in Congress party and his sister Priya Dutt is too represent Congress party.

Although I am not at all against the decision of Sanjay Dutt fighting the election from Lucknow, it is his personal decision and I think it is his right too. I am also not at all against his decision of choosing SP ahead of the Congress Party. I am a big fan of Sanjay Dutt, I like him in “Sajan” as well as I liked him in “Vastava” “Munna Bhai MBBS” and then in “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” too.

One thing is sure that his role in “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” was liked by the viewers but I am not sure if he is so much popular that he can defeat the leader like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and that too in his own constituency Lucknow. The Gandhigiri, which shows a new way to so many people out there in India, will probably give a hands up to Sanjay but still he is not so much popular that he can be a big player in the field of politics.

I am not sure if it he is fighting the elections will be legally right as he was once faced the court, that too in a serious offend. I am not sure if people will also like him in politics.

Please provide us your valuable comments whether you like Sanjay Dutt coming into politics or not.

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In a major set back news, the Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who is the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief as well lost the crucial assembly by-election. He needed to win the assembly by-election from Tamar constituency to remain in his post of CM.

Soren lost from Tamar constituency by about 9,000 votes to Raja Peter of the Jharkhand Party, a member of the ruling alliance led by the JMM.

Last year, when UPA givernment in Delhi, was looking for the support in parliament for the Indo-US nuke deal then the main demand of the ex-union minister was to became the CM of the state. After winning the confidence motion in parliament, UPA governement allowed him to became the CM of the state Jharkhand.

Sibu Soren became chief minister of Jharkhand in August last year and needed to be elected to the state assembly within a six month period that ends on Feb 27. After loosing the election he declined to resign from the post and he said that after discussing the issue with the UPA he will announce the further step, on the other hand, former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda is ready to become the CM of the state if he was provided the opportuinity again.

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As the year 2008 is passing away, it is leaving behind lots of memories in our mind. A year which can be remembered for lots of events like US got the first African-American President, and the Grand Olympic events in which Michael Phelps created history by winning eight gold medals, terror attack on Mumbai and many more events. Here are the top six events of the year 2008.

1> US got the first African American President:

In 2007 most of the people are not aware from the name of Mr. Barack Obama. During the presidential campaign he first defeated the former US first lady Hillary Clinton and then he defeated the thinking of the people that US will never elect an African-American as President. On November 04, 2008 he defeated the Republican candidate John McCain by a huge margin and thus he became the 44th President of United States of America.

2> China Olympic 2008:

For the first time China hosted the Olympic Games and on this occasion China opened the door to the entire world. Summer Olympic 2008 which were popularly known as XXIX Olympiad shows the strength of China to the entire world. The grand opening ceremony will always remain in the memory of lots of people forever.  People will also remember this event for the eight gold medal won by Michael Phelps.

3> Global Economic Crisis:

Year 2008 will also be remembered for the biggest stock market crash. It was even the worst market crash since the Great Depression (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression) of 1929. The global share market crash started from September 2008, which is still going on and created a huge financial problem through out the world. US became the first victim and then almost each and every country became the victim of the scenario. This incident caused heavy downfall in job sector and few people lost their job too.

4> Mumbai Terror Attack:

An incident which shocked the entire world, it started from the night of 26th November 2008 at Mumbai which is known as the Business Capital of India. The incident of the attack by around 10 terrorists to the financial capital of India took the life of around 175 people including some foreigners too. This incident shocked the entire India as well as the world too.

5> Shoe throwing Incident to Bush:

The year 2008 will also be remembered for the incident of the shoe throwing to the US President Bush. Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a journalist, threw the shoes to the US President on 14th of December, in a joint news conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq. Later al-Zeidi has been hailed as a hero in the Arab world.

6> India’s First Unmanned Mission to Moon:

It was a huge success to the Indian scientists and a boost to India’s space mission. India launched the first unmanned mission Chandayaan-1 on 22nd October 2008, and thus India became the superpower in the field of space missions. Now India is planning to launch the manned mission to the moon.

Other than these events some of the great people passed away during 2008 include Paul Newman, Sydney Pollack, Tim Russert, Bernie Mac, Heath Ledger, Mahender Kapoor. The list has a few more name and we pay homage to all of them.

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Sonia Gandhi who is considered as the Queen in Indian politics these days and Shahrukh Khan who is popularly known as King Khan are among the list of 50 most powerful people in the world. This list was published in the prestigious US-based magazine ‘Newsweek’.

The newly elected president of US, Mr. Barack Obama is leading the list. He is followed by the Chinese president Mr. Hu Jintao. Other politicians who are ranking at the top are French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Markel and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Sonia Gandhi is placed at number 17 spot in the list. The magazine writes about her that under her presidency Congress party is becoming more and more powerful in India, though Indian political scene is driven by factions.

“In the world’s largest democracy, she is the queen.” Magazine quotes this for Mrs. Sonia Gandhi.

On the other hand Shahrukh Khan has been placed at the 41st position. He is the only one from Bollywood who is there in the list. The magazine has posted a few superb reviews for the King Khan and appraised his acting and secular image.

The surprise inclusions in the list are the Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani who is placed at the 20th location while Osama Bin Laden, whom the Newsweek describes as “global terrorist.”

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Would you like to be addressed as an Indian or a Maharashtrain or a Punjabi or a Gujrati? I would personally take pride in calling myself an Indian and would not like it if my rights and privileges were marginalized due to my place of birth.

But Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray seems to have very austere views about regionalism. He made some inflammatory remarks against north Indians that has led to incidents of violence in the state. He was arrested on the wee hours of Tuesday morning for his alleged involvement in the attack on north Indian candidates appearing for a railway recruitment examination.

“We will not let it happen again. I accept this is very bad for us. The state government’s image is tarnished. We will not allow this to happen again,” said Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.

But hours after being arrested, he was granted bail on a surety of Rs 15,000 on Wednesday.

Raj Thackeray was also arrested eight months ago, and was let off on bail with a warning that there should be no repeat of violence. But the last warning didn’t seem to work. Everyone seems to be asking the same question – Will the warning work this time?

“Arrest me and be ready to bear the consequences…. You will have to regret,” this was the outcome of Raj Thackrey in a ceremony at Bahadursheikh Naka in Chiplun, on last night. After his arrest his supporters has started making noise too and police has to use some force to let them in control.

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After the UPA government has proved the vote of confidence on 22nd July by 275 to 256 vote victory followed by shocking scenario of waiving cash bundles by a few MPs at the floor of lower house, veteran Left leader Somnath Chatterjee has been expelled in view of his refusal to step down as the Speaker of Lok Sabha before the trust vote.

CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said on Thursday that it was “unfortunate” that the party had to take the decision but added Chatterjee can appeal against it.

“The Central Committee decided that no member of the party should remain the Speaker of Lok Sabha after the withdrawal of support. We were asked to communicate this to him. He did not agree…we had no option (but to take action),” Karat told reporters adding that Somnath can still appeal to the CPM central committee against his expulsion.

Karat told that the Left parties accepted a suggestion from the ruling party in 2004 that one of its members should be the Speaker and accepted it because “we were supporting the Government”. But as the Left is now the opposition party, the speaker cannot be from their party.

“On July 9, 2008 we withdraw our support to the government and became part of the opposition after that the CPM central committee decided that no one can be Speaker after withdrawal of support,” he continued.

“Between now and 2009 we will be in the opposition,” Karat said adding it would be difficult for the Government to function properly.

When pointed out that he had said that Chatterjee would take a final decision, he said, “to continue or not as the Speaker is his decision. It is up to him. But, whether he will remain as our party member will be decided by us.”

And regarding the shameful accusation of money in voting by the BJP MPs’ stating that a Samajwadi Party leader tried to bribe them by offering Rs three crore each for remaining absent from voting. Karat said that the tape submitted by a TV channel about the episode should be made public. It is a matter of serious concern and of public interest.

Karat has told that a nationwide campaign will be started against the government by them against Congress supported Indo-US Nuke deal, spiraling inflation, farmers’ suicide and terrorism.

“We will tell the country that this government is misusing institutions and agencies like CBI to harass political opponents,” Karat said.

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The UPA government has proved the vote of confidence on 22nd July by 275 over 256 vote victory but the dramatic scenario of waiving cash bundles by a few MPs at the floor of lower house has shocked the moral values of Indian Democracy. Amid these allegations has the UPA really won?

It is not the only incident of involvement if cash in politics. Cash and politics is not a new story but such an open display of corruption in the parliament is really shameful. Corruption is eating the moral values of the society and it has crawled into the parliament also. Corruption and bribery have become the order of the day.

Bharatiya Janata Party MPs’ bribe allegations shocked the House and their waiving of wads of currency notes in the sanctum sanctorum of the Lower House raised many questions on the morality of the Indian parliament. The dramatic scene sidelined the UPA victory and the headlines were covered by the cash for vote allegations episode.

Congress described the entire episode of displaying cash in the Lok Sabha as a planted operation by ‘those who know that they will lose in the vote of confidence’. While the opposition BJP leaders including L K Advani claimed that 3 MPs of their party-Ashok Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bagora were bribed 3 crores each with an advance of 1 crore. He demanded a detailed probe in the matter by the speaker.

Meanwhile the speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, the veteran leader of Left has been expelled in view of his refusal to step down as the Speaker of Lok Sabha before the trust vote.

The government was speechless on the issue. No matter whether the shocking allegations will proved correct or not, the day has stained the Indian government history. It is like a hard blow to Indian democracy. 22 July, Tuesday has been listed as the Black day in the history of Indian Parliament. Although PM wins but there was a bigger defeat of the government. It was a shameful drama and the Indian government has lost the trust of public.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has won the confidence motion in the parliament. 275 member of parliaments votes in the favor of the government led by UPA and 256 votes goes against the government.

With this small election in the parliament, Congress lead UPA government will now has a complete majority in the parliament. 10 member of parliaments did not caste the vote.

This confidence motion has a two days of discussion in the parliament and UPA government won the confidence motion by a margin of 19 votes.

Entire congress man in India are celebrating the victory of the government. The latest news coming on the voting are saying that 10 member of parliaments are cross voted in the favor of government.

Earlier today one BJP MP shows the money offered to him in the parliament. That amount was offered to him for vote in the favor of the government.  Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has announced in the parliament that it is the black day of the parliament and he will conduct an inquiry for this.

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After the Left parties have withdrawn support to the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government President Pratibha Patil has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to meet her on Thursday.

BJP demanded that the government be asked to prove its majority within a week and in wake of these political crises, Singh who is in Japan for the G-8 summit is asked by Patil to meet her. He will be back past midnight.

Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh and its Parliamentary party leader Ramgopal Yadav also met the President and gave a fresh letter of support of 39 of its MPs to the government.

Earlier in the day, top leaders of CPM, CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP met President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan and submitted a list of 60 Members of Parliament and handed over separate letters withdrawing their support to the government. They also submitted a joint communication asking her to “direct the Prime Minister to seek a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha immediately”.

Lok Sabha has a total of 543 members. SP, PDP and some independents are supporting the government and UPA hopes to get 272 votes for a simple majority in the Lok Sabha.

Ajit Singh-led RLD, JD(S) headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, Mamta Bannerjee’s Trinamul Congress and TRS come in the “undecided” category but have given enough hints of backing the government in a trust vote.

There are clouds of worries in the Indian political ring. There is a curiosity among all regarding government’s survival? Now there are uncertainties whether the government will able to prove a vote of confidence within a week and will retain its power or will it fall??

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