It's the 9/11 anniversary today and here's some news that caught my attention this week:
Missing train traced after 17 days in Bihar http://ibnlive.in.com/news/missing-train-traced-after-17-days-in-bihar/498280-3-232.html
This has to be a joke of some kind. And, its not even a train-jacking. The train driver decided in his own wisdom to do what he did and no one noticed. Wow!Govt mulls removing slum dwellers near Mumbai airport on terror risks
Read more at: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lzJay5DzcXMQVzUqHxmsSK/Govt-mulls-to-remove-slum-dwellers-near-Mumbai-airport-on-te.html?utm_source=copy
Mulls? what is mulls? This has to be the scariest international airport in the world when it comes to a potential terror assault. Unless all international airlines collectively decide to boycott this airport they are put the planes and passengers to risk. Successive Governments in the State allowed the slums around the airport to create their own vote banks. Slum lords collect tons of money from the shanties and these very slum lords report to one politician or the other. The real slumdog millionaires This mulling will continue unless the government's hand is forced quickly. Until then, do write out your will each time you decide to fly in or out of Mumbai airport. Hopefully once cleared the land will not become the source of another big scam. Or - has the scam already happened? Which brings me to the next headline:
Manmohan Singh knew of 2G scam as it unfolded, ex-CAG Vinod Rai says
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Manmohan-Singh-knew-of-2G-scam-as-it-unfolded-ex-CAG-Vinod-Rai-says/articleshow/42298357.cms
Looks like our ex PM will pay for silence and inaction irrespective of his involvement as his knowledge of scams is as good as aiding and abetting.
Kashmir Floods: As Tempers Flare, Some Army Vehicles Pelted With Stones in Srinagar
A paradise called Kashmir is devastated. Probably worse is the fact that most people do not have any form of insurance because of being politically educated that they are not a part of India. In the past army atrocities have been made headline news. But, let's be fair, India as a Nation allows both good and bad news reach the people. In the last few days; it's this very army - so hated by the Kashmiris that has gone on a war footing rescue plan. Many soldiers have lost their lives saving the locals because for a soldier it does not matter if the person hates him or not; he has to do his duty. Cannot blame the people either - for they are angry at their own loss and are venting against that very system that is trying to help them.
In Delhi; the Congress is annoyed with its own heavyweight members praising the PM on his fast and direct action in the Kashmir matter and the latest being that many seniors within the Party are supportive of the BJP forming a minority government in the State of Delhi.
Well, the news from other parts of the world are not very happy ones either. The Scots are giving the English a storm in the tea cup; while the mid east is brewing in its own problem too being made worse by the US President making news of escalating its presence in the region to combat the IS regime. East Europe may be seeing signs of tensions easing but its still a fragile situation;
The world is truly running down and when it is I remember a song by Sting which said:
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
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