Supreme Court: Sahara ka sahara to Nira Radia over 2G spectrum scam probe crosses Lakshman Rekha

A two member bench of the Supreme Court sent a contempt notice to Subroto Roy for attempted interference in the Enforcement Directorate's 2G spectrum scam probe on behalf of Nira Radia.

Source: Supreme Court of India

The Enforcement Directorate informed the court that Sahara Media journalists Upendra Rai and Subodh Jain attempted to harass assistant director Rajeshwar Singh who is probing the 2G spectrum scam and threatened to unleash a series of negative stories on him.

The court looked into the ED's complaint of interference and found enough evidence to "take suo motu cognizance and issue notices to them".

Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly directed Sahara Media not to publish any story relating to the questionnaire of 25 personal questions Jain sent to Rajeshwar Singh otherwise "someone will become a government guest.  We have respect for all, but they should know where the Laxman Rekha is," warned the bench.

Now that's what I call an alert and active court.

With the Prime Minister's Office and the former Finance Minister defending themselves from accusations of shirking their responsibility for inaction that knowingly helped along the biggest theft of the Indian treasury in history, we need the judiciary to step up to the plate.  The investigation must be protected.  Thank you for looking out for the people, Justices Singhvi and Ganguly.

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Throwing shoes at evil politicians is so first decade

I'm telling you straight up and up front, I'm feeling a little crabby today.

I caught the Unresolved Controversies Fatigue Syndrome (UCFS) yesterday and it will take an undetermined number of days and/or uber-duber newborn baby fresh news headlines to juice me back up to the trademark (and I say this with cheerful irony) sunny-sardonic disposition you've all come to know and love (no backtalk please).

Until then, you can take your sack of sunnies, mister, and stuff it where the sun don't [censored, rhymes with "mine'].

I'll make do just fine with sardonic.  Sardonic is a fine companion.  Sardonic doesn't give a hoot how you are or what you ate for lunch or what you did at school today.  I swear, if anybody so much as wishes me, "Have a nice day!" while I'm out sick with UCFS, I will plummet to supercilious-scornful.  Be careful, don't push me.  There are only so many steps to tumble down before the basement door knocks open and I'm stewing in a dank pool of vitriol.

Now, what were we talking about?  Ah, yes, India, politics, controversies, yada yada, yawn.

So, crabby-ola crown on (not to be confused with a crown of crab bolas), when I read that 2010 Commonwealth Games chief organizer and chief didn't-we-Delhi-people-always-know-he-was-super-shady guy, suspended Congressman and CBI catch Suresh Kalmadi became a slipper-hurling honoree yesterday, I felt rather underwhelmed.

Throwing shoes at evil politicians may be old news but Muntadar al-Zaidi is still a global hero.
Source: Binside

Throwing slippers at evil politicians is so first decade.  It's not even new or exciting or profitable in India anymore.  Click on that 'exciting' BBC link.  It's a cute little video segment on Indian villagers taking target practice classes to perfect their shoe hurling aim. 
I move to recommend a change of insult device.  How about instead of the shoes on your feet, you rip off the watch on your arm?  The older and heavier, the better.  (I'm too sick to corroborate my aerodynamics knowledge with NASA. You do it.)

What do you need your watch for?  I haven't seen anybody check their watch to tell the time since 1998 {urban} 2000-present {rural}.

We could always go retro and just bring a fruit.  Don't forget, the popular tomato is a fruit too, rotting or not.  I'm not so sick that I need to corroborate that.  No link for you!  Next!

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Modi, Aarushi, 2G, CWG: Unresolved Controversies Fatigue Rant [Update]

• 1: SIT submits report on Modi's role during the Gujarat riots
• 2: SC questions CBI over it's U-turn on Aarushi murder
• 3: Kanimozhi, Raja, DMK TV chief got Rs 200 crore bribe from DB: CBI
  
• 4: Kalmadi ends up in jail; accused of favoring Swiss company Omega

The common thread through the headlines today appears to be my own reaction.

I can't say I've read past every single headline on every single twist and turn for the past n number of years on the Gujarat riots or the Aarushi Talwar double murder case or the 2G telecom spectrum scam or the 2010 CWG scam.

But ah sure am gettin' tired'f readin'th headlyines, said PC in her best Scotty McCreery impersonation.

What does one take for unresolved controversies fatigue syndrome anyhow?  The red pill?

Which pill shall I take?
Source:Adam Kalel

Cue Morpheus.  Yes, Morpheus, I know you can only offer me the truth and nothing more. You see, the thing is, that's really all I want.  And don't worry about me so much! I already promised Col Jessop I can handle the truth.

Com'on now.  Can a blogger get some fresh blood around here?  Calling all attention-seeking-hoping-to-get-caught potential criminal minds.  Now's your time.  You serve it up.  I'll read it.

Disclaimer: Really? I need to write a disclaimer because some of you might accuse me of condoning future criminal activity? Really?

Update: Just what I suspected.  Don't expect justice for 13 year old Aarushi anytime soon.  According to an U.K based expert criminologist's opinion on the Aarushi Talwar double murder case, (the) "opportunity to collect crucial unadulterated evidence was missed. Unless fresh evidence comes to light, doubts will linger."  Thank you for taking the time, Deen Najubudeen.

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Shanti Bhushan CD - Cynics, Lies and Audiotape | India Reloaded.TV

Shanti Bhushan CD - Cynics, Lies and Audiotape | India Reloaded.TV

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Come, fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away - actually, really really don't

Of all the things going wrong in India right now, it is a scandal that does not affect the majority of her 1.18 billion citizens that has found its way into headlines around the world.  

Source: Carlos Ramos

It all began when 38 year old pilot, Captain Parminder Kaur Gulati damaged the nose wheel of low cost carrier Indigo's Airbus A-320 in a flawed landing on January 11 in Goa.  Investigations revealed this wasn't the first time she had messed up a landing and it all made sense when her flying credentials were discovered to be fraudulent.  Gulati's arrest on March 8 was quickly followed by the arrest of Air India's veteran pilot J.K. Verma and the suspension of three SpiceJet pilots, including a 24 year old daughter of a Directorate General Civil Aviation (North) official. Today, with the arrest of Pradeep Kumar, a DGCA official complicit in the racket, police believe they have "smashed" the gang, while chasing four members still absconding.  Stay tuned.  This scandal will go on for a while in the Indian media.  Everybody who's anybody but not somebody, flies commercial.  The nobodies have their trains and buses.

This is not looking like a good year for India's tourism and aviation industry, already smarting from the tax torpedoes in the 2011 Union Budget.  So maybe, you might consider, just as soon as the dust settles, if you could use some exotic booze, ...well, there's a bar in far Bombay.

Take that, Shiv Sena.

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