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Royal miss: Many of Kerala temple’s treasures were stolen
Posted on September 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe circumstantial evidence reveals that the claims of the royal family that they have not opened vaults A and B for 136 years are probably false and misleading. -
Royal lie? Kerala treasure temple vault was opened in 2007
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 1 CommentSeveral employees of the temple who don’t want to reveal their identities have disclosed that the secret vaults of the temple have been opened in the past. -
What is Freemasonry?
Posted on February 22, 2010 | 1 CommentSeveral American Presidents ranging from George Washington to Franklin Roosevelt have known to be members of the fraternity. Researchers argue that while the membership of a number of former presidents is known, even the more recent ones, including Barack Obama, belong to the fraternity, while Bill Clinton (though not a freemason) used to be a member of the Youth Order of DeMolay – a Masonic sponsored youth group. In the Indian context too, several key members of the political, bureaucratic and judicial community along with former Maharajas have been freemasons. The list goes from Motilal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Swami Vivekananda to even Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and JRD Tata. -
The Story of US’s Project Azorian
Posted on February 19, 2010 | 1 CommentWhat is Project Azorian? It was a CIA codename for one of its most ambitious plan to recover a sunken Soviet submarine from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. A recently released CIA document, an article (Project Azorian: The Story of the Hughes Glomar Explorer) published in the fall 1985 edition of the agency's in-house journal Studies in Intelligence, details the events from conception and planning to the retrieval of the submarine in August 1974. The declassified document, in possession with Canary Trap, does not include all the information on the project as some of it is still considered highly sensitive. -
US-Japan security pact turns 50
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsThe United States of America and Japan today marked 50 years of the signing of the Mutual Assistance Treaty between the two nations. The treaty was signed in Washington DC on January 19, 1960 by then Japanese Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke. Japan's new government has recently ordered a panel of ministers and academicians to investigate the secret security agreements between Japan and the US. The secret agreements, which were not the part of the official security pact, allowed US nuclear vessels to enter Japan. -
Nixon administration’s battle against ‘The Washington Post’
Posted on January 17, 2010 | No CommentsIndia is not the only country where the media houses are targeted for their investigative reporting. The recently declassified documents from the Nixon Presidential Archives reveal that the Nixon administration threatened The Washington Post for its reporting against President Richard Nixon. A Nixon aide told the investment bank of The Post that a complete change of management at the newspaper was the only solution to ending its war with the US administration. -
Who leaked classified US info on Indo-Pak War in 1971?
Posted on January 13, 2010 | 1 CommentJack Anderson, an American investigative journalist, first reported about the US tilt towards Pakistan under secret orders from then President Richard Nixon. Anderson got the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1972 for his reports on US’ tilt away from India. The United States administration had ordered a high-level inquiry into the special reports by Anderson in The Washington Post on December 14 and December 16, 1971.