Indian HOME Ministry DEDICATED to WASHINGTON! How Indira Gandhi Would have Made Us Proud as US, UK and Israeli Security Agencies RUSH to INDIA!War in the COLONY Escalates, So Escalates SUPPORT LINE of War against Terror as well as Terrorism! Innocent Indigenous Masses have to Pay DEARLY , Politically as well as ECONOMICALLY!

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Indian HOME Ministry DEDICATED to WASHINGTON! How Indira Gandhi Would
have Made Us Proud as US, UK and Israeli Security Agencies RUSH to
INDIA!War in the COLONY Escalates, So Escalates SUPPORT LINE of War
against Terror as well as Terrorism! Innocent Indigenous Masses have
to Pay DEARLY , Politically as well as ECONOMICALLY!

Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 115

Palash Biswas


Mumbai siege turns political
(01:06) Report
Nov 30 - The political fallout begins as Indians count the cost of a
three-day siege by Islamist militants in Mumbai. Home Minister Shivraj
Patil submits his letter of resignation.


Benet Allen reports.


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U.S. help as India boosts security
(02:04) Report
Nov. 29 - U.S. extends full assistance to India as security is stepped
up in Agra - home of the Taj Mahal and famous tourist destination -
after Mumbai attacks.

Condemning the terror attack in Mumbai, David Mulford, the United
States Ambassador in India confirmed that six Americans had lost their
lives.

Neena Dhaun reports.

Soundbite:David Mulford, U.S. Ambassador.


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Pakistan not behind attacks - Farooq
(01:58) Report
Nov 30 - Farooq Abdullah, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir,
said on Saturday he believed the Pakistan government was not behind
the attacks in Mumbai.

An ANI Report.
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Mumbai police declare siege over
(01:44) Report
Nov. 29 - Commandos began the last assault early Saturday to end three
days of fighting that has claimed at least 195 lives and wounded
approximately 295 people.

Indian police say 10 militants had arrived in Mumbai for the attacks,
9 have been killed and one is in police custody.

Indian commandos killed the last Islamist gunmen holed up at Mumbai's
Taj Mahal hotel on Saturday, ending a three-day battle at landmarks
across India's financial capital that killed at least 195 people.

Neena Dhaun reports.
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Mumbai pays tribute to ATS chief
(02:10) Report
Nov 29 - Huge crowds, including policemen and politicians, gathered in
Mumbai on Saturday to pay tribute to Anti Terrorist Squad chief Hemant
Karkare who died in the attack.

An ANI Report

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Mumbai's three-day ordeal ends
(01:06) Report
Nov 29 - Commandos killed the last Islamist gunmen holed up at
Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on Saturday, ending a three-day battle at
landmarks across India's financial capital that killed at least 155
people.

An ANI Report

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Coastal security to be tightened
(01:43) Report
Nov 29 - Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said on Friday
that coastal security will be tightened in the wake of the militant
attacks on Mumbai.

An ANI Report
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Attacks may halt India test tour:PCB
(01:40) Report
Nov 29 - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt said on Friday the
attacks in Mumbai have badly hit chances of India undertaking a test
tour of Pakistan in January.

An ANI Report
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New York mourns killed rabbi
(02:04) Report
Nov. 28 - A New York-based rabbi and his wife were killed in the siege
of a Jewish center in Mumbai.

The couple's 18-month old son was rescued. Fred Katayama reports.

SOUNDBITES:

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice chairman, educational arm of Chabad-
Lubavitch movement;
Yeshaya Spielman, nephew of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg who was killed in
the terrorist attacks in Mumbai;
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, chairman, education and social services arm,
Chabad-Lubavitch movement; Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
Fred Katayama, Reuters.
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Mumbai victims mourned in U.S.
(01:43) Report
Nov. 28 - Among those killed in the Mumbai attacks were two Americans
who were on a meditation retreat with a Virginia ashram, called the
Synchronicity Foundation.

The attackers have not precisely spelled out the reasons and aims for
the assault. But it has raised new tension between India and its old
foe Pakistan.

Jon Decker reports.

SOUNDBITES:

Bobbie Garvey, vice president, Synchonicity Foundation;
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan Foreign Minister
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Hostages die at Mumbai Jewish centre
(01:20) Report
Nov. 28 - The bodies of five hostages have been found at the besieged
Jewish centre in Mumbai after Indian security forces stormed the
building.

Just before before dusk, commandos blew up an outer wall of the centre
as they made their final assault on the building where gunmen were
holding several Israeli hostages. At least 13 foreigners are among
more than 120 people killed in a series of coordinated attacks on
India's financial capital.Helen Long reports.
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India blames Pakistan "elements"
(03:15) Report
Nov 28 - India blamed "elements" from Pakistan on Friday for the
assault on Mumbai.

"Preliminary evidence, prima facie evidence, indicates elements with
links to Pakistan are involved," Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee
told a news conference on Friday.An ANI Report
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Indian HOME Ministry DEDICATED to WASHINGTON! How Indira Gandhi Would
have Made Us Proud as US, UK and Israeli Security Agencies RUSH to
INDIA!War in the COLONY Escalates, So Escalates SUPPORT LINE of War
against Terror as well as Terrorism! Innocent Indigenous Masses have
to Pay DEARLY , Politically as well as ECONOMICALLY!Finance Minister
Palaniappan Chidambaram will leave his job to become India's new home
minister after the resignation of Shivraj Patil in the wake of the
Mumbai attacks, the government said on Sunday.Widely criticised after
a series of earlier bombings, Patil resigned the day after commandos
ended a three-day rampage in financial capital, Mumbai, which killed
nearly 200 people and triggered anger across the country.

Railway minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday said Shivraj Patil's
resignation as home minister over the Mumbai terrorist attack came
"very late".

The terrorists’ action has struck at the heart of a city that is the
engine room of an economic boom that has made India a favourite
emerging market! And Dr Manmohan Singh decides to take over the
Finance Ministry himself replacing the Home Minister with the Finance
Minister!Singh, who directly involved himself in tackling the impact
of the global credit crisis on the Indian economy is known as the
architect of reforms that transformed the Indian economy! In other
words, he may be defined DISASTER MASTER who created KILLING FIELDS
for the Majority Indigenous People depriving them of life, liberty and
livelihood in every corner of our Mother land in his quest for
AMERICANIZATION. Americanisation coupled with HINDUISATION makes an
unprecedented Chemistry of DEATH and Disaster! How far he defends
Corporate MNC Builder Promoter and US interests is apparent from the
reactions of India INCs!Industry has welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh taking charge of the Finance Ministry after P Chidambaram was
appointed Home Minister!Prime Minister directly involved himself in
tackling the impact of the global credit crisis on the Indian economy.
Amidst pressure on the exchange rate and crash in the stock market in
the wake of the developments in Wall Street, Singh had appointed a
committee under his charge to find a way out of the economic
challenges.Singh had gone to Washington to attend the G-20 meeting
called by US President George W. Bush, where he sought increased role
of the developing countries in the new financial architecture after
the global downturn.


New Delhi said it was raising security to a "war level" and had proof
of a Pakistani link to the attacks, which unleashed anger at home over
the intelligence failure and delayed response to frenzied violence
that paralysed India's financial capital.

Officials in Islamabad have warned any escalation would force it to
divert troops to the Indian border and away from a U.S.-led anti-
militant campaign on the Afghan frontier.

Newspaper commentaries blasted politicians for failing to prevent the
attacks and for taking advantage of its fallout before voting in Delhi
on Saturday and national polls due by May.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said earlier he believed that a
group based outside India was behind the killings and senior Indian
politicians have said the only surviving gunman to be captured is from
Pakistan.

A claim of responsibility for this week's attacks was made by a
previously unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen - a
reference to a mainly Muslim region of India.

According to a statement leaked to Indian newspapers, the one alleged
militant captured alive, named as Azam Amir Qasab, said the Mumbai
militants had received training from an Islamist group once backed by
Pakistani intelligence, Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Pakistan banned the group in 2002 at US insistence.

Indian accusations of a Pakistani link to the attacks on Mumbai that
killed nearly 200 people threaten to damage attempts to improve ties
between the rivals.

P Chidambaram as home minister (HM) and his finance portfolio going to
Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh will boost investors' confidence and
stock markets will take it positively, bankers, analysts, investors
said on Sunday. Amid reports that Mr Chidambaram is replacing Mr
Shivraj Patil, who this morning resigned as Home Minister in the wake
of Mumbai terror attacks, a cross-section of bankers and market
experts said that the investors' confidence should go up and financial
markets should bounce back. Some others felt that shuffling would not
make much difference and the markets will essentially follow the
global market, which closed the week on a high.


We know all the story about how DR Manmohan Singh was planted as
Finance Minister in Nara Simha Rao Cabinet thanks to the Crisis of
Balance of Payment! Since then World Bank has made Indian ECONOMY
Enslaved HOSTAGE Eterenal! We all Know how the Government of India and
the Brahaminical hegemony work together on Washington Dictation! All
the Key Characters of GOI DR Manamohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, P
Chidambaram and Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ramoowalia
had worked on different positions for the US controlled Global
Financial Institutions including World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, WTO, GATT
and ADA! In between, Narasimha and Manmohan Governments four had been
three governments respectively led by Atal bihari Vajpayee(two times),
Devegauda and Indra Kumar Gujral. Marxists are involved in COALITION
since 1977 from outside. Political dealing for the Elite Brahaminical
Hegemony as well as the Three Leftist Governments in Marxist States of
West Bengal, Kerala and tripura had been the key IDEOLOGY as well as
Strategy for Indian Marxists all these three decades! The Political
and Economic agenda had been the same all these years. Since
Neoliberalism introduced LPG Policies have been implemented by the
Cntre and State Governments irrespective of Political colors.
Meanwhile, Bengali Elite Brahmins like De facto Prime Minister Pranab
Mukherjee, Somnath Chatterjee and Buddhadeb Bhattachary captured the
centre Stage of regimented hegemony Politics. But the ECONOMY always
remained in Dr Manmohan singh and chidambarm`s control!

What happened now? Shiv Raj Pati has proved himself WORTHLESS since
the first day he was Sworn In! but the MUMBAI ATTACK involved western
countries like USA, UK, FRANCE, GDR, Australia. M ore over ISRAEL was
targeted in Nariman House. US, UK and Israeli Security Agencies rush
to India! Those foreign Nationals killed in the Most Aweful terrorist
Attack in India, include some CIA officers also. How were they
allowed, this is also a Mystery unsolved as the involvement of Army
Officers in service have been said to be involved with Hindu
Terrorism. Some Foreign nationals including a few from United states
of america and israel have been killed in Mumbai Attack! How could the
Mome ministery may be left Independent out of US Control?


Indian officials have said most, perhaps all, of the 10 attackers who
held Mumbai hostage with frenzied attacks using assault rifles and
grenades came from Pakistan, a Muslim nation carved out of Hindu-
majority India in 1947.

An official in Islamabad said the next one to two days would be
crucial for relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Pakistan
has condemned the assaults and denied any involvement by state
agencies.

After a final battle between militants and security forces inside the
Taj Mahal, Mumbai's best-known hotel, a crowd of protesters outside
pumped their fists and shouted "Our soldiers came and Pakistan ran
away".

A senior Pakistani security official said Islamabad would divert
troops to its border with India and away from fighting militants on
the Afghan frontier if the tension spilled over.

"If something happens on that front, the war on terror won't be our
priority," the official told reporters at a briefing.

"We'll take out everything from the western border. We won't leave
anything there."

Elite Black Cat commandos killed the last of the gunmen on Saturday
after three days of room-to-room battling inside the Taj Mahal, one of
several landmarks struck in co-ordinated attacks on Wednesday night.


India's economy witnessed sizzling growth in the past four years,
averaging nearly 9 percent, but expansion is expected to slow to
around 7 percent in the current financial year to March
2009.Chidambaram, who had strongly pushed a pro-growth agenda, faced
huge challenges this fiscal year as inflation soared to nearly 13
percent in early August, driven up by surging prices of commodities
and oil.
A few months later, the global financial crisis hit the Indian economy
and forced policymakers to slash interest rates and banks' reserve
requirements to protect growth.

Israel sends defense, forensics men to Mumbai!

A representative of the Israeli Defense Ministry and a person from the
Shin Bet security service are coming to India to assist with
investigation of Mumbai attacks!

Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem says at least seven Israelis
were killed at a Jewish centre targeted by the assailants.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says a forensics team will leave
Sunday for Mumbai to help identify the bodies of the Israelis. An
Israeli air force plane is to fly the team to India and return with
the bodies.

On the other hand, the seven-member team of the FBI, which arrived on
Sunday in a special aircraft in Mumbai in the backdrop of recent
terror strikes, was detained due to miscommunication between Delhi and
Mumbai airport officials.

According to official sources, the US investigation agency team had
come with special forensic equipment that is prohibited. However,
senior officers later rushed to the spot and resolved the matter.

Five of the FBI officers have already come out of the Mumbai airport
while the remaining two will be procuring their equipment back before
coming out.

The Prime Minister's Office on Sunday scotched speculation about
National Security Adviser M K Narayanan quitting in the wake of terror
strikes in Mumbai.Earlier, reports suggested that Narayanan on Sunday
submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following
the terror attacks in Mumbai, and that the PM had not decided to
accept the resignation.

Tensions between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks and
threats to move troops to the border between the nuclear rivals are
unlikely to lead to a flashpoint, analysts said on Sunday.

But the United States could get ensnared in the row and it may prove
to be a setback in the war on Islamic radicals on the Pakistan-
Afghanistan border, they said.

"Relationships between the two countries will deteriorate," said
Kuldip Nayar, a veteran commentator on India-Pakistan ties.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, whose wife Benazir Bhutto was
assassinated by Islamist militants last year, vowed to crack down if
given proof.

But security officials in Islamabad said Pakistan would move troops
from its western border with Afghanistan, where forces are battling al
Qaeda and Taliban fighters as part of the U.S.-led campaign against
militancy, to the Indian border if tension escalated.

The gunmen who attacked Mumbai killing at least 195 people wanted to
go down in history for an Indian 9/11, and were also inspired by the
bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, media reports said.

They had planned every detail, knew the layout of the Taj Mahal and
Trident Oberoi hotels they targeted, had commando-style training and
even had snacks such as dry fruit stuffed in their backpacks.

The capture of one of the militants, a clean-shaven, fluent English-
speaking 21-year-old from Pakistan according to reports, has
highlighted the ambitious plans of the Islamist group.

"The entire idea was to replicate the JW Marriott at the Taj," Times
Now television reported, quoting a defence official present at the
interrogation of Azam Amir Kasav.

He was referring to one of Pakistan's worst bomb attacks, when a lorry
packed with explosives all but destroyed the hotel in Islamabad and
killed at least 55 people in September.

"They wanted to reduce the symbols of economic strength to rubble, the
Taj and Trident, so they cannot be rebuilt," Times Now said. "They
talked of a 9/11 to bring down the buildings."

Their methods were different but the impact was huge.

During the first hours of the attacks at landmarks across Mumbai
police seemed powerless. Top officials, including the head of the
city's anti-terrorist force, were gunned down.

Rs4,000 cr loss incurred during Mumbai attacks!On Thursday the Bombay
Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange and Commodity exchanges were
shut and many of the corporate offices had reported skeletal staff!
Combined daily turnover of the BSE, NSE and the commodity exchanges is
about Rs 32,710 crore.The attack on the city, which is also the
entertainment hub of the country, has greatly affected the television
and movie industry with a loss of about Rs10 crore, estimated during
the last three days of terrorist attacks.



“At the recent HT Leadership Summit, the Prime Minister had listed
several initiatives under consideration of the government. These
include fiscal measures like expenditure on infrastructure and
monetary steps such as interest rates. All these relate to the Finance
Ministry, which has come under his charge directly,” FICCI Secretary
General Amit Mitra said.Mitra said that Singh is the only one in the
government who has served as Finance Minister, RBI Governor and Chief
Economic Adviser.Singh was also Secretary (Economic Affairs) and
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.


The local disaster control room in Mumbai said at least 195 people had
been killed, the death toll rising as bodies were collected from the
luxury Taj and nearby Trident-Oberoi hotels!

Bajaj Auto Chairman Rahul Bajaj said he was not worried over the Prime
Minister getting burden on account of the extra charge of the Finance
Ministry.
“We don’t have anybody in India who can be the Finance Minister, other
than the Prime Minister,” he said.
Godrej Group Chairman and Managing Director Adi Godrej said that there
are right kind of bureaucrats who can assist the Prime Minister, who
need not feel the extra burden.
On his expectations from the Prime Minister holding extra portfolio of
finance, Godrej said: “ Credit should be liberalised.”
He said that tax incentives should be given to industry like real
estate, construction and automobile, which are been affected by the
demand slowdown.

"War level" security in India after Mumbai attacks

India will increase security in the country and on its borders to a
"war level" in the wake of the deadly attacks in Mumbai that killed
nearly 200 people, a government minister said on Sunday.

"Our intelligence will be increased to a war level, we are asking the
state governments to increase security to a war level," Sriprakash
Jaiswal, India's minister of state for home affairs, told Reuters in
an interview.

India said on Sunday it had proof of a Pakistani link to the Mumbai
attacks, while officials in Islamabad said it would move troops to the
Indian border if tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals spilled
over.


"They can say what they want, but we have no doubt that the terrorists
had come from Pakistan," Jaiswal said.

India has already boosted coastal security with the Indian Navy and
the coast guard carrying out coordination patrols.

The Mumbai attackers are said to have come to the city by sea from the
Pakistani port of Karachi, according to security officials.

They have said they were from the Lashkar-e-Taiba a Pakistan-based
group that has been blamed for previous attacks in India.

"We have evidence of their nationalities. We will reveal everything
soon," Jaiswal added.

PM moots more NSG hubs, collective approach to deal with terror
In the wake of deadly terror strikes in Mumbai, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the political class of the country
should give a message of collective approach in dealing with the
situation.

Initiating discussion at the all-party meeting convened to discuss
the situation arising out of the Mumbai attacks, Singh expressed
confidence that the meeting "will be able to give our collective
assurance to the nation that across the political spectrum we stand
together at this hour." The Prime Minister said all parties should
think beyond political gains and losses and think in the interest of
the nation.

The meeting was attended by leaders of all parties. Senior BJP leader
L K Advani and party president Rajnath Singh did not attend the
crucial meeting, with their party saying they were away campaigning in
Rajasthan and could not reach here in time.

Singh called the meeting to discuss common approach to deal with the
problem of terror, which may include tightening the law.

The Prime Minister has already emphasised the immediate need to set up
a Federal Investigation Agency to go after terrorist crimes like the
one in Mumbai and ensure that the guilty are brought to book.

The PM said that maritime, air security would be further strengthened,
and anti terror forces would be streamlined.

The PM also mooted the setting up of four NSG hubs across the country
to protect metro cities.

The Prime Minister had asserted that "the strongest possible measures"
would be taken in the fight against terror including the use of the
National Security Act (NSA).

While the NSA would be invoked to deal with situations of this kind,
the existing laws would be tightened to ensure that there were no
loopholes available to terrorists to escape the clutches of the law,
he had said.

The meeting has come at a time when the Opposition was targeting the
Congress-led coalition at the Centre for not being serious about
tackling terror.


As per the GDP data, the farm sector growth rate slipped to 2.9%
during the first half from 4.5% in the corresponding period last year!

The attacks were carried out by at least 10 young men armed with
rifles and grenades, some of whom arrived by sea, who fanned out
across Mumbai on Wednesday night to attack sites popular with tourists
and business executives. Of these nine had been killed, Indian police
said.

Authorities said 18 foreigners were among the dead. At least 283
people were wounded.Three Germans, five Americans, one Australian, a
Briton, one Canadian, two French, an Israeli, an Italian, a Japanese,
a Singaporean and a Thai, were among the dead, according to various
governments.

The operation to flush out terrorists from Taj Hotel is over,
signalling an end to the 62-hour siege by terrorists three of whom
were killed on Saturday morning in an assault by the elite commandos
of NSG!Indian commandos killed the last Islamist terrorist holed up at
Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel on Saturday, ending a three-day battle at
landmarks across India’s financial capital that killed at least 195
people.The gunmen had set parts of the hotel ablaze as they played cat
and mouse with scores of India’s best-trained commandos, known as the
Black Cats.

Ratan Tata, the chairman of the Tata Group of companies which owns the
hotel, arrived at the premises later in the morning. He may be shocked
by what he finds when he is finally let inside. It is a DOUBLE Shock
for RATAN Tata who had to RELOCATE his DREAM PROJECT Nano from West
Bengal due to Singur Insurrection. Thta time he balmed MS Mamat
Bannerjee singling her out! Whom does he blame, let us see!
Nevrtheless,The Taj Mahal was the last battleground after three days
of intense fighting in various parts of the city of 18 million.

India blamed the strike on “elements” from Pakistan! TV Channells are
engaged in Live Telecast round the clock to present Evidenses of Pak
Involvement creating a Rare Moment of Blind Nationalism and WAR Psyhe
suicidal!Pakistan said the two countries faced a common enemy and it
would send a representative of its spy agency to share
intelligence.But Islamabad backtracked from an earlier promise to send
the chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a move unlikely to
calm Indian tempers and raise fresh questions about who is in charge
of the shadowy agency.

The arrested man has confessed to being a member of the Pakistan-based
Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group, which has long fought Indian forces
in Kashmir and was blamed for an attack on India’s parliament in
December 2001, newspapers said.But Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah
Mehmood Qureshi struck a conciliatory note and promised full
cooperation.

Chettiar Gang led by P chidambaram, Finmin,RBI and Planning Commission
diverted National revenue and Public Money to feed the Corporate MNC
Builder Zionist Money machine bypassing Indian Parliament and
Constitution to deal with global hegemony!

Thus, no one was more suitable to US corporate Zionist Interests in
India than P chidambaram while he never proved a little bit
Interactive to deal with the Indian Democracy, Demography, People,
Geopolitics and Internal Security !

In fact, it is not a question of Internal security, Sovereignity,
Freedom, Integrity or unity at all. It is the single question to be
answered involved to INTACT US Loyality. As Washingto chose a Finance
Minister in Nara simha government, in the same way, Chidambaram
replaces Shiv Raj Patil! Clear?

Finance Minister P Chidambaram was on Sunday appointed Home Minister
after incumbent Shivraj V Patil resigned owing moral responsibility
for the Mumbai terror attacks, the worst the country had seen. 63-year-
old Chidambaram, who has had a stint as Minister of Internal Security
under the late Rajiv Gandhi in late 1980s, was shifted to the Home
Ministry after demands for the ouster of Patil, who had come under
severe attack for his handling of internal security matters.

Once again, Dr Manmohan Singh run by Italian REMOTE Sonia Gandhi,
holds the FINANCE Ministery. Globalisation was never threatened before
the current Melt Down which led a person like War Monger George Bush
to adopt socialits ways to avoid Recession imminent! DR Singh is the
Rightmost choice as he led India into the MINES Field of LPG! He is
the man responsible to shift the war Zone from Middle east to Indian
Ocean Region with Strategic realliance in US Lead and SIGNING Indo US
Nuclear Deal!

Indo US Ruling Class coupulation and Pro AMERICANISM has made India
pay so dearly! The Ruling Hegemony formally invited AL Quaeda to
Strike India as Government of India made it more than SURE that India
Became a COLONY of United States of America. Mumbai Attack confirms
the WAR ZONE sttus of Indian Ocean. The WAR and CIVIL WAR in Indian
COLONY of United States of America Escalates. escalates the War
against Terrorism right into our Heart. Hence, we helpless Indian
People are made to pay the Price with our BLOOD and LIFE. If not
Terrorism, it is the STATE Terrorism of Open market and globalisation,
privatisation, liberalisation kill us EN MASSE! Thus,Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, himself an economist of repute for PRO US Loyality and
Mindset, will hold the Finance portfolio at a time when the country is
suffering from the ripple effects of the global recession. Singh had
held the Finance portfolio for five years under the late P.V.Narasimha
Rao.

A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique announced the appointment of
Chidambaram as Home Minister after acceptance of Patil's resignation.
It said the Prime Minister will hold the additional charge of
Finance.

Indian industry, which made a strong demand for "tougher laws" and
"stronger and firmer leadership" to tackle terrorism, today hailed P
Chidambaram's appointment as the Home Minister, saying he can provide
the right kind of leadership to tackle the menace.Chidambaram replaces
Shivraj Patil, who quit as the Home Minister. Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has retained the Finance portfolio. Chidambaram was earlier
Minister of state for Internal Security in Rajiv Gandhi's government.

"Chidambaram has done extremely well as Finance Minister and we are
sure he will be equally successful in improving the internal
security," said Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat.

President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)
Ganesh K Gupta, who is "personally anguished" at the killing of
"innocent people" in Mumbai attack, said Chidambaram would provide the
right kind of leadership required to deal with the internal security.

FICCI President Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who had actually voiced the
demand for a "stronger and firmer leadership" to tackle the threat of
terrorism, felt that the country did need a dynamic leadership.

India Inc has acknowledged Chidambaram's contribution in steering the
economy to a high growth trajectory and coming out with right kind of
policy responses to the challenges posed by the global crisis.

Indications that Chidambaram would be given the new responsibility
came when he was called as a special invitee to the Congress Working
Committee (CWC) last night and he met the Prime Minister this morning
to discuss the situation arising out of the Mumbai terror attacks.
After recommending Patil's resignation to President Pratibha Patil,
who is away in Indonesia, the Prime Minister spoke to Chidambaram
formally conveying the decision to give him the new assignment.

The appointment also came hours before the start of the all-party
meeting convened by the Prime Minister to discuss the Mumbai attacks
and evolve a consensus on how to combat terror.

“The market should bounce back. The Prime Minister (who according to
reports is expected to keep the Finance) has a proven track record of
being a good finance minister and with the UPA top guy Mr Chidambaram
taking over the home ministry, the investors' confidence will
improve,” Taurus Mutual Fund Managing Director, Mr R K Gupta said.

UCO Bank's CMD, Mr S K Goel said, “Today the priority is internal
security and Mr Chidambaram being a competent person would restore the
confidence of the common man in the government”.

“He has already set tone and tenor for the progress of financial
sector so I do not think that his successor would have any problem in
carrying forward the agenda.”
Echoing the sentiments, Bank of Baroda CMD, Mr M D Mallya said, “Mr
Manmohan Singh is known as the architect of the reform process.
Therefore, there is no concern for banking sector. Things would
progress seamlessly as they have been in past.”
However, Mr Paras Bothra of Askiha Stock Brokers and Mr Rajesh Jain of
SMC Global felt that the shuffling would not make much difference and
stock market will open flat on Monday and take the global cues.
Bush pledges "full support" as India recovers from crisis
Pledging “full support” to India as it recovers from the deadly terror
strikes on Mumbai, US President George W Bush today said the strength
and resilience of the people of the country will enable them to
“withstand the trial”.
Terrorists will not have the last word and the financial capital of
India will continue to be the “centre of commerce and prosperity,”
Bush said at the South Lawn of the White House upon his return from
Camp David here today.
“We pledge the full support of the United States as India investigates
these attacks, brings the guilty to justice and sustains its
democratic way of life,” he said.
Asserting that terrorists will not have the last word, Bush said
Indians can count on the support of the US as they recover from the
crisis.
“The killers struck this week in a brutal and violent manner, but
terror will not have the final word. People of India are resilient and
strong. They have built a vibrant, multi-ethnic democracy and can
withstand this trial. Their financial capital Mumbai would continue to
be the centre of commerce and prosperity,” he said.
“As the people of the world’s largest democracy recover from these
attacks, they can count on the world’s oldest democracy to stand by
their side,” he added.
Bush, who had spoken to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on
Thursday, said the leaders of India can know that the nations around
the world support them “in the face of this assault on human
dignity”.
H1 growth at 7.8% ‘healthy & satisfactory’: Chidambaram
In the backdrop of the global financial meltdown, the Finance
Minister P. Chidambaram has described India’s economic growth rate of
7.8% during the first half of 2008-09 as ‘healthy and satisfactory’.
“The first half growth rate at 7.8% is a satisfactory and healthy
growth rate with regard to the global slowdown”, he said while
commenting on the economic data released by the government earlier in
the day.
The Minister, however, admitted that manufacturing sector remains a
problem area. The manufacturing sector output nearly halved to 5.3%
from 10.1% during the first half of the previous fiscal.
The other problem areas include electricity, gas and water supply
group which too witnessed a deceleration of growth to 3.1% in the
first half of 2008-09 compared with 7.4% during the first half of the
last fiscal.
He said that the government will also look into the issues of certain
sectors like textiles, gems and jewellery, marine products, hotel,
financing and real estate.
Asked about the farm sector, Chidambaram said: “The agriculture and
allied sector is expected to do well during the second half of the
fiscal.”
As per the GDP data, the farm sector growth rate slipped to 2.9%
during the first half from 4.5% in the corresponding period last year.
The GDP data released by the government earlier revealed that GDP
during the first half slipped to 7.8% from 9.3%, while growth rate in
the second quarter worked out to be 7.6%, down from 9.3% during the
same period last year.
Prices will come down in normal course: Montek
In view of declining inflation and recessionary conditions, the
Planning Commission expects industry to cut prices in the normal
course to battle economic slowdown.
“Let me assure you that inflation is coming down and in recessionary
circumstances, industry will automatically soften prices,” Planning
Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said.
Inflation, measured by movement in wholesale prices, after a gap of
five months came to a single digit of 8.98% for the week ending 1
November.
Pointing out that prices rise significantly when demand is very
strong, he said: “I don’t expect prices to be a problem in the next
six months.”
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram yesterday asked automobile
manufacturers, realty firms and airlines to cut prices to deal with
the slowdown.
“Hotels must cut tariffs, airlines, car makers and two-wheeler makers
must cut prices and real estate (realtors) must cut rates of
apartments and homes they sell,” Chidambaram had said.
However, the finance minister’s request did not evoke a very positive
response from companies with Rahul Bajaj, chairman Bajaj Auto, saying
that the two-wheeler industry has a margin of about 4-5% only and in
the near future they do not see any price cuts.
Realtors were also not far behind in saying no to price cuts. Realty
leader DLF’s complained: “There are no takers for housing. Ideally,
the interest rate should be around 7%.”
Although industry leaders were cautious, industry chambers backed the
views of Chidambaram for price cuts.
CII President K.V. Kamath had said: “I am sure you will find a newer
set of prices in most product categories,” while Assocham Secretary
General D S Rawat opined Industry leaders will positively respond to
the call given by the Finance Minister.
Who is Palaniappan Chidambaram?
NDTV Correspondent
Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:05 PM (New Delhi)
Age: 63 years (born September 16, 1945).
Belongs to: Kanadukathan in Sivaganga District of Tamil Nadu.
Important posts held: Till November 30, 2008, P Chidambaram held the
post of Union Finance Minister. His most talked-about ministerial
stint was as Finance Minister in the United Front government when he
presented what was hailed as the Dream Budget in 1996. This was in a
period when Chidambaram was out of the Congress.
In Congress regimes earlier, he was a junior minister in the Rajiv
Gandhi government of 1984 and was Commerce Minister in the PV
Narasimha Rao government.
Education: Chidambaram graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree
from Presidency College in Chennai and then studied law at Law
College, University of Madras, Chennai. He then obtained an MBA from
Harvard Business School in 1968.
Political career: One of the bright young brigade of professionals in
politics of the Rajiv Gandhi era, Chidambaram was first elected to
parliament as a Congress MP from Sivaganga constituency in Tamil Nadu
in 1984, and was re-elected in four consecutive General Elections till
1998. He lost in 1999 but was back again winning in 2004.
He served as minister on several portfolios in the Rajiv Gandhi and PV
Narasimha Rao governments, but parted ways with the Congress in 1996
to join the breakaway faction of the Tamil Nadu Congress -- the Tamil
Maanila Congress - born out of differences within the party on forming
an alliance with J Jayalalitha's AIADMK.
The TMC joined the United Front coalition government after the 1996
general elections and Chidambaram became Union Finance Minister for
the first time. The coalition lasted only two years.
Chidambaram left the TMC in 2001 and formed his own party, the
Congress Jananayaka Peravai. In 2004 jut before the elections, he led
his party back into the Congress. The TMC too had in the meantime,
merged back into the Congress in 2002.
In 2004, Chidambaram was back as Finance Minister in the UPA
government.
Economics: If Manmohan Singh is the father of Indian economic reforms,
Chidambaram is the able successor. He has been extolled by economists
and industrialists alike, first for his 1996-97 Dream Budget which
envisaged disciplined government spending and large-scale tax reforms
to contain India's fiscal deficit.
Chidambaram is an avowed believer in free trade, very popular with
industry and can fairly deftly balance political imperatives with good
economics.
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Election_Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080074687&type=News

UK 'must learn lessons of Mumbai'

Indian relations with Pakistan are fragile after accusations of links
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has told the BBC that anti-terror strategy
in the UK will be reviewed as a result of the deadly attacks in
Mumbai.
Sending condolences to the families of those who had been killed and
injured, she said it was important for the UK to learn lessons to
protect its interests.
At least 172 people died during the three-day siege in the Indian
city.
Indian home minister Shivraj Patil's resignation letter referred to
"owning moral responsibility" for the attacks.
National security adviser MK Narayanan has also tendered his
resignation - it is not clear if this has been accepted.
About 10 militants are thought to have been involved in the assault
which saw attacks in multiple locations including two hotels, a major
railway station, a hospital and a Jewish centre.
It is fundamental to us in protecting our interests that the good
relations between the two countries is maintained and carried out on a
calm basis
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith

Minister "quits" over Mumbai attacks
Tensions between India and Pakistan have increased after allegations
that the militants had links there, although Islamabad officials have
denied this.
Ms Smith told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that the attacks would
"create a test for what has been the warming of relations between
India and Pakistan".
She said: "It is fundamental to us in protecting our interests that
the good relations between the two countries is maintained and carried
out on a calm basis."
Pakistan's high commissioner to London, Wajid Hasan, said his country
categorically denied any state involvement in the attacks.
He said it was a confused picture whether or not Pakistani nationals
were involved and that it was important not to get involved in the
"blame game".
The home secretary once again dismissed criticism of the ID card
programme, arguing that it could help tackle the problem of would-be
attackers having multiple identities.
She said the first ID cards had been delivered to foreign nationals
last week.
'Brave staff'
Separately, British businessman Sir Gulam Noon, who had been staying
at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the Mumbai locations attacked,
told the Andrew Marr programme of his lucky escape.
He said he had been staying on the third floor and had six people in
his suite for dinner at the time when he heard the gun fire.
"I thought they were crackers at first from outside. It was the first
time in four days we had not gone down to the restaurant.
"If we had I don't think would be here today."
The curry magnate paid tribute to the courage of staff at the hotel
who put themselves at risk to save their guests.
"There were so many brave people, particularly the general manager who
in the bargain lost his wife and two children. They were burned
alive."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7757213.stm

India directs anger at politicians after Mumbai attacks
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indians blazed criticism against their political
leaders on Sunday after the attacks in Mumbai which killed almost 200
people, saying their bickering and ineptness was at least partly
responsible.
As commandos gunned down the last of the militants, TV channels were
divided between covering the operations and an outpouring of venom
against both the ruling Congress party-led coalition and the
opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"These are the people who are responsible for the system," author and
columnist Shoba De, a Mumbai resident, said on one talk show.
"The city would not have suffered the way it has had it not been for
the complete and total abrogation of duty and the kind of negligence
we've seen, the kind of indifference we've seen."
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil submitted his resignation to the
prime minister on Sunday because of the attacks, the Congress party
said.
But that may not be enough to satisfy critics.
"Our politicians fiddle as innocents die," the Times of India said in
a front-page comment.
It said while the attacks engulfed Mumbai and hundreds were held
hostage, saving them took precedence. Continued...
http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-36786620081130

Agitation against Dow to intensify: Prakash
YAVATMAL: The ongoing agitation against multinational Dow Chemical
company's proposed plant near Pune will be intensified if the
Maharashtra government fails to drive them out, an RPI-BMS leader
said.
Republican Party of India-Bahujan Maha Sangh (RPI-BMS) National
President, Mr Prakash Ambedkar said that his party would lead an
agitation against the company during the winter session of the state
assembly at Nagpur.
The agitation will intensify if the state government does not oust
them from the sacred land of saints, another RPI-BMS leader Mr
Hanumantrao Upare said.
The state government has proposed to allot 100 acres of land in the
valley of the sacred Indrayani and Bhima rivers for setting up the
plant, Mr Upare said adding the plant would pollute the holy waters.
The factory would emit poisonous gases which are not only injurious to
humans and animals but also a great threat to the environment and the
long cherished cultural heritage, he said.
The warkari sect and villagers have already registered a strong
protest and now the RPI-BMS combine would also take to the streets, Mr
Upare said. - PTI
Rupee continues to fall as investors flee emerging markets
Mumbai: The rupee declined on Monday on signs that investors are
taking money out of emerging markets as financial institutions
worldwide face mounting credit market losses.
The currency extended two weeks of losses after data from the capital
market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi),
showed overseas investors extended record sales of local equities.
Eight of the 10 most active currencies in Asia outside Japan fell on
Monday as Asian stock indices dropped on speculation that demand for
the region’s assets and exports is falling amid a deepening global
economic slump.
“The rupee will face some more uncertainty and volatility in the short
term,” said K.V. Mallik, treasurer at state-owned UCO Bank Ltd, in
Kolkata. “Outflows from the equity market and import-related payments
will keep some pressure on the rupee.”
The rupee weakened 0.1% to 50.10 a dollar as of the 5pm close in
Mumbai, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It had touched an all-
time low of 50.59 in intra-day trading on 20 November. The currency
has lost 21.3% this year, the most since 1991.
Implied volatility on one-month dollar-rupee options rose on Monday to
26%, near the highest this month. Traders quote implied volatility, a
gauge of expected swings in exchange rates, as part of pricing
options.
The Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, the Sensex, lost 0.1% on
Monday. The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index declined 0.6%.
Investors based abroad pulled a record $4.27 billion (nearly Rs21,400
crore today) out of India’s equity and debt markets last month as the
credit crisis escalated following the collapse of Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc. in September. They sold $13.4 billion of shares this
year, data provided by Sebi shows.
The rupee’s losses were curbed by speculation that the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) seeks to limit declines that may stoke inflation. RBI’s
foreign exchange reserves have fallen by almost $65 billion from a
record $316.2 billion reached in May, indicating it has been selling
dollars.
India’s inflation eased to 8.9%, the slowest in five months, in the
first week of this month, the government had said on 20 November.
Currency losses increase the cost of imported goods.
Offshore forward contracts showed bets for how far the rupee will
weaken in the next month, were little changed.
Non-deliverable contracts showed an implied rate of Rs50.95 to the
dollar, versus Rs51.05 on 21 November.
Forwards are agreements in which assets are bought and sold at current
prices for future delivery. Indian rupee forwards traded overseas?are
non-deliverable, meaning they are settled in dollars rather than the
local currency.
http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/25003203/Rupee-continues-to-fall-as-inv.html?d=1



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Pakistan says no troop build-up at India border
Antara - 1 hour ago
Islamabad, (ANTARA News) - Pakistan`s military said Sunday the
country`s ceasefire with India was holding and there was no military
build-up at the border in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
Mumbai attack: Kashmir govt employee detained Economic Times
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Terror on our doorsteps
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Taj Hotels mourns death of its employees
Business Standard - 1 hour ago
PTI / Mumbai November 30, 2008, 18:26 IST Tatas-controlled Taj Hotels
today condoled the death of 10 of its employees during the terrorist
attacks on the hotel and said that adequate compensation would be
provided to their families.
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financial crisis, now faces an even stiffer test -- rescuing India's
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Sensex Up By 117.51 Pts; Nifty Gains 61.65 Pts
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its profit outlook for the fiscal year ending March 2010 for HDFC
Bank, ICICI and Axis Bank by between 10% to 30%.
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A portal to help airlines monetise unsold inventory
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than the market price by 40 to 50 per cent.
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Two more Chandrayaan instruments to be activated in mid-December
Economic Times - 23 hours ago
BANGALORE: Two of the 10 remaining scientific instruments onboard
India's first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 will be activated
in mid-December for conducting experiments while the spacecraft orbits
over the moon during next two years, ...
‘ISRO needs more funds, staff for operations’ Express Buzz
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ITProPortal
Twitter & The Web Play Crucial Role In Mumbai Terror Attacks Aftermath
ITProPortal - 28 Nov 2008
As Mumbai is reeling under the worst terrorist strike it has ever
seen, people are thronging over the web to get latest updates and
eyewitnesses of the unfolding drama, instead of turning on their TV
sets.
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Space scientists pay homage to Mumbai terror victims
Economic Times - 29 Nov 2008
BANGALORE: International space scientists and experts Saturday joined
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair at
a meet here in paying homage to the victims of terror attacks in
Mumbai.
ISRO chief condemns Mumbai terror Hindu
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ET Headline
India-Pakistan tensions may pull in US

30 Nov 2008, 1936 hrs IST, REUTERS




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PM calls for unity, announces anti-terror measures
Patil resigns, Chidambaram to be home minister
Pakistan rallies support as tension with India rises

Terror in Mumbai
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Mumbai attackers trained by special forces: Russian expert
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Mumbai attacks death toll revised down to 172
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No army mobilisation on Pak border: army
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Foreign SIM cards, fake IDs from Bangladesh
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Israel to send anti-terror, forensic experts to India
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Bush vows support to India, says terror won't have final word
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Lashker-e-Taiba members learnt Hindi before Mumbai attacks!
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NSG started operation well in time: Dutt
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Israeli experts slam handling of Mumbai hostage crisis by India
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Mumbai attacks reveal deficiencies in law: Tata
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Bush pledges full US support to strong and resilient India
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Indians abroad worried but still positive
30 Nov 2008, 1825 hrs IST, PTI

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