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Canary Trap was launched by me as a personal blog in 2008. Since then it has evolved into a platform for exclusive, well-researched, and objective information relating to corruption, human rights, intelligence, terrorism, and politico-security matters.
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BJP’s war within: Yashwant Sinha questions party leadership
Posted on June 13, 2009 | 1 CommentThe succession war within the Bhartiya Janata Party has intensified as senior leaders are questioning the party's decision to reward those who should have taken the responsibility for the humiliating defeat in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls. After Jaswant Singh, another former foreign minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha wrote a letter to the BJP president and blamed the top leadership for ignoring grassroots leaders like him. -
Sri Lanka releases pictures of Prabhakaran’s dead body
Posted on May 19, 2009 | 38 CommentsThe Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, General Sarath Fonseka, has confirmed that LTTE chief Prabhakaran's body has been found on Tuesday morning by the Lankan troops. The terror chief's body was found by the 53 Division troops led by Major General Kamal Goonarathne, Sri Lankan military sources said. A Lankan military spokesman also said that Prabhakaran was in uniform and there were bullet wounds on his head. -
Tracing India with Manoj
Posted on May 4, 2009 | 2 CommentsWatch the interesting story of Manoj Kewalramani, who left a cushy job of a senior news producer with an English news channel, to travel the length and breadth of India and talk to the STARS of Loksabha Polls 2009 - "The Indian Electorate". -
Controversey surrounds Rahul Gandhi’s MPhil
Posted on April 15, 2009 | 3 CommentsThe Congress party on Thursday served a legal notice to The New Indian Express for publishing what it called "wild allegations and sly insinuations" on the educational qualifications of party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. "Deeply distressed by your wild allegations, sly insinuations and self-serving innuendos, all premised on complete falsehoods and steeped in malice, a notice is being issued," party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters at the AICC headquarters in the capital. -
LS Polls 2009: One pricey affair!
Posted on April 13, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe world, including India, maybe facing a severe economic crisis but it seems that the Indian political parties are immune to the global economic slowdown. According to a recently released survey of Centre for Media Studies, around Rs 10,000 crores (USD 2 billion) will be spent on Lok Sabha Polls 2009. This does not include the cost of conducting assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. What is surprising here is that the amount to be spent (USD 2 billion) is more than what US President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates spent on their campaigns. -
Historical photos of Nehru’s US visit
Posted on March 25, 2009 | 2 CommentsPhotograph of President Truman shaking hands with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India upon Nehru's arrival at Washington National Airport, while Indira Gandhi disembarks from the President's airplane, "The Independence". -
Uma Bharti’s letter to Advani
Posted on March 24, 2009 | No CommentsBharatiya Janashakti Party leader Uma Bharti declared last week that she wholeheartedly supported BJP leader L K Advani's bid to become the next prime minister. In a letter to the veteran BJP leader, Bharti wrote that in the context of present political scenario, internal and external challenges that India faces, he is the best suited person to lead the country.
