Corruption Scandal of Indian RAW

The CBI was asked by a Delhi court to inform of the actions taken by it on Gen V K Singh’s complaint against RAW officials for their alleged irregularities in purchasing some communication gadgets.“Issue notice to the CBI to inform the court about the status of the complaint and if the matter is still under progress, how much more time would be needed to finally dispose of the complaint,” Special Judge Pradeep Chaddah said.In his complaint to the CBI Director in 2008, Singh had alleged corruption in procurement of ultra and very high frequency antennae and other communication equipment for Research and Analysis wing and Special Protection Group at exorbitant prices and without mandatory clearance.Gen Singh had sought registration of the corruption and criminal cases against various senior officials of the two security agencies for their alleged roles in the dubious deals.Singh said his complaint evoked no response and when he sought information under the RTI Act in 2009.

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Indian Army General Indicting in Phone Call Tapping of Defense Ministry

Defense minister A K Antony held a one-on-one meeting with Army chief General V K Singh on Wednesday in the backdrop of the phone call tapping of Defense Ministry of India in which he asked Gen VK Singh to commit his offense and stop soliciting Indian Army against defense ministry.

A feud between General VK Singh and Defense ministry was started with the age controversy of Indian General and then series of allegations were imposed from the rivals of both sides and Gen Singh petitioned the case to the apex court regarding this issue.

Adding pain to injury, later V.K Singh accused Defense Ministry of not giving them proper funds for ammunitions and reported them with a brief that Indian Army is left with only two days ammunition if waged in war with Pakistan.

The on-going dispute between Defense Ministry and Indian Army General has created frustration in Indian Army and they are highly disconcerted with these controversial statements against themselves leading an upheaval in Indian Army as they claimed that this monstrous act was committed by Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh, who was former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency, along with "some disgruntled serving officers of the Military Intelligence, against whom disciplinary and administrative actions are in the pipeline.

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45% Of Indian Air Force Crashes Due To Incompetent Pilots

NEW DELHI: A whopping 45% of IAF air crashes in the last six years have taken place due to human error.The IAF has informed the parliamentary committee on defence that it had recorded a total of 74 air mishaps between April 2004 and March 2010, of which a high of 42% was due to technical faults in the aircraft and a mere 6% due to bird-hit.The figures in percentage would mean the IAF has suffered 33 crashes out of 74 due to human errors, 31 due to technical errors in the aircraft and another 4 due to bird hit. Reasons for the remaining six crashes have not been given to the committee.The committee, in its latest report submitted to Parliament, noted with concern that these mishaps were taking place in the backdrop of the IAF facing a crisis due to shortage of trainer aircraft and obsolescence of simulators for its pilot trainees.It pointed out with concern that the IAF’s Hindustan Piston Trainer-32, a basic trainer aircraft, had remained grounded for over a year now following a mishap early last year and the Kiran Mk-II HJT-16 simulators were in disuse.The committee, headed by Congress MP Satpal Maharaj, said the Defence Ministry should take all steps to acquire new trainer aircraft and upgrade the simulators “so that adequate training is provided for pilots, which would definitely result in reduction of accidents due to human failure.”The IAF has faced problems with HPT-32′s engine and airframe, even as it spared all its Kiran trainers (usually used for secondary flying training) to enable rookie pilots to learn flying skills.It also had a gap in its training syllabus due to the lack of an Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) when pilots moved on from Kiran aircraft to MiG-21 supersonic fighter jets.After a protracted process lasting 20 years, the IAF contracted to buy 66 BAE’s Hawk AJTs in 2004 and the first lot were inducted for training pilots in 2008.

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RAW and CIA nexus Nurturing TTP and Al Qaida

Trying to cut off funding for the Pakistani Taliban is no small challenge, but some Pakistanis can at least identify its sources.

“There are countless sources of Taliban funding: particularly, donations from local and foreign sympathizers/ agencies, hijacking of NATO trucks, high-profile kidnappings and funds sent by those Jihadists living abroad or running their businesses in Pakistan”.

Recently, the three arrested members of a militants’ gang especially deputed by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Al Qaida have disclosed that RAW has been funding suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan and that the Indian agency has funneled Rs 680 million through its links with the Afghan secret agency.

The gang of three persons has brazenly admitted that they belong to the group of persons who had been deputed to ‘destabilize democratic Pakistan’.

The accused were hardened militants and took a lot of time to break in and make confessions. They revealed that Qari Hussain had been working under the umbrella of CIA and RAW to help three adjutants—Farukh Usman alias Shahjee, Tayyab alias Baba; Ustad, the trainer to destabilize democratic government.

Qari Hussain, the leader, prepares suicide bombers and dispatches them throughout Pakistan. He also manages funds for the splinter groups from RAW which works in collusion with the Afghan intelligence agency RAM.

The team also members disclosed that they had arrested two prime targets and they both had a head money of $5 million each but the reward money was shared by the two premier agencies instead passing it on to the individuals who had arrested them on their own initiative.

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Kashmir Solidarity Day- FACTS AND FIGURES

Kashmir Solidarity Day has been observed on 5 February each year since 1990 in Pakistan as a day of protest against Indian control of part of Kashmir.^[1] It is a national holiday in Pakistan.^[2] Kashmir Day was first appealed by Qazi Hussain Ahmed of the Ameer-e-Jammat-e-Islami party in Pakistan in 1990. Since then on 5Feb it is a national holiday in Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}. Pakistan considers Kashmir as the core issue, between India and Pakistan, leading to three wars and devoting a major portion of their national incomes to defense budgets.^{[citation needed]} World leaders have stressed the need to resolve the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan to avoid an eventuality that may cause a catastrophe in the region. Kashmir is the nuclear flash point of South Asia, surrounded by three nuclear powers.
It is Pakistan's view that the international community in general, and governing world bodies in particular, should intervene and force India to stop shedding innocent Kashmiri blood. However, most of the international community except China refuse to interfere in the Conflict maintaining that it is matter between India and Pakistan best resolved bilaterally. India claims to maintain like Pakistan, that the people of Kashmir should have the right to decide their fate. Accordingly it has held elections in the state at various times. Elections held in 2008 were generally regarded as fair by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, had a high voter turnout in spite of calls by militants for a boycott, and led to the pro-India Jammu & Kashmir National Conference forming the government in the state.
Pakistan and members of the separatist community in Kashmir continue to claim that atrocities are being committed by the Indian state in Kashmir a claim which India denies, laying a reverse charge on Pakistan for backing insurgency, terrorism and stoking communal passions in  state. In the middle of 2010 there were widespread protests and unrest on the streets of Jammu and Kashmir against the killings of civilians by Indian security forces. The security forces in India and the Indian Army however claimed that the deaths were accidental while trying to control hundreds of protesters out on the street who were pelting stones at the security forces. Nevertheless the protests against the security forces spiraled out of control and within a couple of months more than a 100 civilians had lost their lives. During the Kashmir uprising in the summer of 2010 which saw scores of protesters killed by Indian security forces and complete shutdown of Kashmir for over a month, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a key separatist leader, said "We want end to Indian occupation here and have already laid out our proposal for initiating a dialogue,"^[3]
The purpose of Kashmir Solidarity day as per Pakistan is to provide sympathetic and political support to the kashmiri separatists people who they believe are struggling for their freedom from the Indian rule. Pakistan calls the part of Kashmir that it occupies as Azad Jammu & Kashmir (Independent Jammu & Kashmir), while the part occupied by India is called Maqbuza Kashmir (Occupied Kashmir). The Indians call the area under Pakistan as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).

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