Year: 2011

  • Controversy over cash-for-votes sting

    If Tehelka, on leads that there was corruption in defence industry, can entrap political leaders and army officials by bribing them with cash (even prostitutes), then what is wrong with a political…

  • Outline of New World Order?

    And, just look at the coincidental configuration of the stars! In 1986, just when Chernobyl erupted, Col. Muammar Qaddafi was finding his way through bombs and falling rubble in his Tripoli palace,…

  • Wikileaks expose UPA's cash-for-votes deal

    Congress Party’s troubles are increasing with each passing day as new revelations from whistleblowing websites suggest the party spent around Rs 50-60 crores (about $25 million) in buying the MPs’ support for…

  • Why news isn’t a pair of Levis

    In India, we have this ridiculous tendency to paint most international news stories with a desi brush. From NASA space missions to Egyptian protests to insider trading cases; it’s horrendous to read…

  • Cairn-Vedanta deal: Another scam in the making?

    The deal between Cairns and Vedanta relating to valuable oil fields with vast oil reserves, which were handed over to Cairns in a joint venture with ONGC, needs public scrutiny.

  • Mubarak: Divide and Be Conquered

    Hosni Mubarak clearly doesn’t [care] about the pleads[sic] of the brave Egyptians protesting in Tahrir Square. This demo[nstration] was not only a call for regime change. It was a revolt against the…