Political Gossip - Headlines, News and Reviews from all over the World (indian gossip...)
=>Indian Union government has decided to implement reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) as per the "Mandal Commission formula" for admission to Central educational institutions, including the IITs and IIMs, and also Central universities, including Delhi University. Mandal Commission provides for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs. This will increase the quantum of reservation in education from the current 22.5 per cent to 49.5 per cent.
=>Immigrant applicants to Netherlands must buy and watch a copy of an adult softcore racy movie to pass the Netherlands' new entrance examination. This compulsary exam costs $420 and can be taken at 138 Dutch embassies. The price for a preparation package that includes the film, a CD ROM and a picture album of famous Dutch people is $75. This is called the civic integration examination and is a test of the prospective immigrant's readiness to participate in the liberal Dutch culture.
=>Saddam Hussein (former President of Iraq) went on trial in a metal cage in Baghdad on
October 19, 2005 for crimes against humanity .
This lengthy court trial will cost United
States and Britain 75 million pounds . Saddam pleaded not guilty defiantly and the court
was adjourned until November 28 2005 .
Following were the remarks made by Saddam during the initial head-to-head converstaion with
the Judge -
=>"Those who fought in God's cause will be victorious...I am at the mercy of God, the most
powerful."
(Judge Amin : Mr Saddam, please tell us your identity, your name ...)
=>"Who are you ? What are you doing here ? I don't answer this so-called court, with all
due respect. And I reserve my constitutional right as the President of the country of Iraq,
I will not go along...I don't acknowledge either the entity that authorises you, nor the
agression because everything based on falsehood is falsehood...Have you ever been a judge
before ?
(Judge Amin : There is no room for this talk in the court.)
=>I am here inside this military court from 0230 this morning and since 0900 . You know me,
you are Iraqi and you know very well I don't get tired .
(Judge Amin : I am here to ask you about your identity.)
=>I have answered this question in writing and have sent it to you .
=>Saddam Hussein's acceptance of an 11th-hour offer to flee into exile weeks ahead of the US-led March 19, 2003 invasion
was nullified by the Arab League officials
=>Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death (by hanging) on November 5, 2006 by the 5 member Iraqi High Tribunal for the mass slayings in 1982 in the Shiite town of Dujail (Saddam's farewell letter is on his Baath (Iraqi) Party website.
Saddam's final moments before and after execution (on 30th December 2006).
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=>Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants Israel to be wiped off the global map . He showed his anger against
Muslim nations who recognise the Jewish state . He said in a conference in Tehran - "The establishment of the Zionist regime
was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world" .
Video Tapes, Scams, Scandals, Audio Tapes, Drugs, Prostitution, Rapes, Corruption, Arson,
Murders - the Modern Enemy of India
=>Govinda Ahuja video taped with Dawood Ibrahim and his "D" gang members (in 1991) during
the inauguration of a store in Dubai . Govinda is an MP (Member of Parliament)
of the Congress Party which has been embarassed by this incident . Dawood Ibrahim (King of
Underworld) is considered responsible for terrorist attacks (like Mumbai serial bomb blasts
of March 1993), murders and extortions in India and has been declared as 'Most Wanted' by
America . Govinda may have to resign his seat and also could be arrested under MCOCA, if the
video clips are proved to be authentic .
Indian Crime Scene...
=>These high-profile rape and murder cases in Delhi are yet to be solved - Safdarjung
rape case, Nabi Karim murder case, Dhaula Kuan rape case, Siri Fort
rape case
=>Year 2006 statistics reveal that a woman is raped every 16 minutes, a murder takes place every 6 minutes and a cognizable crime is recorded every 5 minutes in Bihar. In the previous year (2005), a rape occurred every 22 minutes, a murder took place every 6.31 minutes while more than 12 cases of congnizable offences were recorded every hour. On an average 9100 cognizable offences, 276 murders, 83 dacoities, 213 kidnappings and 87 rapes were reported per month till September last. Number of total cognizable crimes were 8731.5, murder-285, dacoity-99, kidnapping-206 and rape-81, in 2005
=>On New Year's eve, at the Gateway of India a couple was surrounded by around 70 men, who tore apart the woman's clothes and molested her in public view, while her friend tried to protect her - in vain (this shameful incident continued for almost 10 minutes)
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=>Tehelka scandal shows video tapes of top politicians taking bribes for defence contracts
=>E4Entertainment.net (MNC) made crores of rupees by setting up Global Village on Indian soil in a month by breaking the government rules and causing huge losses to Indian treasury
=>Miss Jammu Anara Gupta sex video tape was found fake by testing labs and the court
=>Sensational murder of Deepti Anurag (Divya Saxena), 29, was dubbed a 'Google murder' — because Anurag Johri, 34, did a Net search on how to kill with a baseball bat without being detected (Anurag surfed Google to figure out a 'safe' method of killing her and then beat her to death with a baseball bat on November 18, 2005 in UK)
=>Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan audio taped conversation about underworld was found fake by labs, police and court
=>Haseena Parker is underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's sister and is one of the most wanted fugitives wanted in an extortion case
=>Supreme Court has granted bail to Bollywood starlet Monica Bedi (companion of underworld gangster Abu Salem) in a passport forgery case but she will remain behind bars in a Central Jail in Bhopal for now as she was denied a similar relief in another case
=>DCE (Delhi College of Engineering) candidates were provided solutions during the entrance exam through cell phones .
=>Name change of Indian states -
Bombay to Mumbai - 1995
Madras to Chennai - 1996
Calcutta to Kolkota - 2001
Bangalore to Bengaluru - 2006
=>America's population was 100 million in 1915, 200 million in 1967, 300 million in 2006 (compared to India's and China's more than 1 billion in 2006) .
=>Republicans in Congress amended the Safe Port Act (H.R. 4954) to prohibit financial transactions between American financial institutions, such as banks and credit card companies, and online gaming sites (like Calvin Ayre's play-for-free internet gambling site Bodog.com) .
=>NASA paid $26.6 million to the families of the seven astronauts who died aboard space shuttle Columbia in the 2003 tragedy (documents were kept secret for two and a half years) .
=>Jessica Cutler (worked as staff assistant in Capitol Hill, former intern in Sen. Joe Lieberman's office, former aide to Sen. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican) was fired by Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) for "unacceptable use of Senate computers" after she posted her sex diaries on the Internet Web log ("Washingtonienne" blog on sexual relationships with six men including Robert Steinbuch linked to popular gossip Web site Wonkette.com) .
=>Randall Tobias, the Bush Administration official responsible for foreign assistance, resigned because of his use of an escort service (he used the Pamela Martin & Associates escort service to have gals come over to his condo to give him a massage and there had been no sex involved) allegedly involved in prostitution. Deborah Jeane Palfrey operated Pamela Martin & Associates and was indicted on federal racketeering charges in February 2007 and has threatened to expose her prominent client list. Palfrey says her escort service provided clients with college-educated women who engaged in legal, sexual game-playing for $275 per 90-minute session in their homes or hotel rooms. Prosecutors allege she ran a prostitution ring .
=>Professor James H. Fetzer (Founder and Co-Chairman of Scholars of 9/11 Truth) of University of Minnesota claims on his website ST911.org (Scholarsfor911Truth.org) that 9/11 was orchestrated by US President George W. Bush (for his own personal gains) by bringing down the Twin Towers (World Trade Center) through 'Controlled Demolition' and the 19 hijackers responsible for September 11, 2001 tragedy were fake (based on critical thinking and scientific reasoning). Jim has also published a paper 'Thinking about "Conspiracy Theories": 9/11 and JFK' on his web site .