General V.K.Singh will say this and also these

Now it is the turn of the Supreme Court  to fall in the sight of General V.K.Singh, Chief Of Staff who is retiring.

“In an exclusive interview to Outlook, Army Chief VK Singh said that the Supreme Court sidestepped his date of birth issue. He said that the apex court did not say anything about the legality of the two date of births.

Singh feel that court had not effectively closed the issue but ruled out his resignation.

“It would be dishonest to say that I was not under pressure to resign. Even my closest advisors were affected by the media interpretation and, yes, I was extremely disappointed that the Supreme Court had not effectively closed the issue.”

http://news.oneindia.in/2012/03/02/sc-side-stepped-age-row-says-general-vk-singh.html

Age row, “he came to my room and offered bribe, Indian Defenses are out dated,MoD office leaked papers,there is a coterie to tarnish my image the proposed incumbent to CAS is corrupt”

At this rate do not be surprised if he says..

‘AK Antony offered bribe to me,Pakistan informedme that the PM is leaking details of the Army to Pakistan, I am only 25 years old, every one else is corrupt, The Supreme court judge advised  me to sail with the wind“

In fact the last one was  by him.

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In an apparent reference to a remark by Justice R M Lodha, one of the two judges on the bench that heard his case, the chief said that a very senior apex court judge had told him to “blow with the wind”.

“If all of us are going to blow with the wind then we will all become muggers, we will all become corrupt,” he said, according to a transcript of his interview released by the Times Now channel.

Justice Lodha had actually remarked, “wise men are those who move with the wind. We take pride in having (an) officer like you. Credit must go to you.”

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-26/india/31860859_1_age-row-defence-ministry-k-singh

Manekshaw, you are not in the League!

Microsoft Acquires Skype- $8.5 Billion

Do we get Explorer Service?

After rumors that first Facebook and then Microsoft were in talks to acquire Skype, the latter announced that it has acquired the VoIP giant for $8.5 billion in cash.

Skype will be integrated into Microsoft devices and systems such as Xbox and Kinect, Xbox Live, the Windows Phone, Lync and Outlook, Microsoft said in a statement. The company has pledged to continue supporting and developing Skype clients on non-Microsoft platforms as well.

http://mashable.com/2011/05/10/microsoft-acquires-skype/

All your Emails on a USB Drive for Offline Access.

One of the popular options is that you use a tool like Microsoft Outlook to download all your emails to the computer beforehand and you can then read them anywhere even in offline mode. Both Gmail and Hotmail offer POP3 access to help you download messages using any email client while there are easy workarounds for Yahoo Mail.

There are some downsides though. First, most email clients aren’t portable (can you carry emails on a USB drive?) and second, if all you want is offline access to your Gmail messages and nothing extra, Outlook is probably too heavy a tool for that purpose.

An utility called MailStore that seems like an ideal solution for such a problem – the tool is free, there’s a portable version for your USB stick and best of all, it works out of the box with your email account without requiring any configuration.

Step by Step – How to Backup your Emails

The way MailStore works is something like this. You install (or unzip) the software to a folder and then select the email accounts that you want to archive. They can be your Gmail accounts, Microsoft Exchange, your old Outlook PST files, Thunderbird and any other web email service that supports either IMAP or POP3.

Related:

Wondering how to transfer contacts from one Outlook account to another? Microsoft Outlook stores your contacts in its .pst, or personal folders, files. You can transfer contacts between .pst files on the same computer or even a different computer with the .pst file.
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/114969.aspx#ixzz1MLj4BpwX

140 Radia Tapes ,Audio with Transcripts.

Following is the available 140 tapes of Radia .( with transcripts)

As the tapes are being removed from  most of the sites, I am publishing them here.

Outlookindia has all these tapes in the site.

All the 140 available audio — a work in progress with transcripts getting added on an ongoing basis and names being identified, added and corrected.

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268214

Related.

May be.

But none of those involved have denied that it was not their voice nor have they denied the Stories.

Notice

A press release on the 2G scam was issued by AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa in Chennai on April 28, 2010. The Hindu is unable to verify the authenticity of a 14-page document purporting to be an official account of intercepted phone conversations and is, therefore, taking it off its website.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/29/stories/2010042989991000.htm

PMO and S Band Scam.

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How S-Band Landed At PM’s Door

Did the PMO knowingly push the deal and then back out?

The PMO insists it got to know about the deal in July 2010, and then supported  moves to annul it.

It definitely knows.If it denies it is not governing at all.

There’s no loss to the exchequer yet. So why is the PMO on the defensive?

Space is part of the PM’s beat, leaving him vulnerable. Also, Devas’s untested technology was causing disquiet as it could potentially affect future plans of  existing telcos.

Nobody expected this to Blow up.

Even so, why did the PM need to clarify?

His personal integrity is coming under attack. Spotlight on 2G spectrum scam—and the proximity to the PM—worked against the deal. The PM had to clear the air.

So, is this a scam?

Doesn’t seem to be one. The Antrix-Devas contract is legal and procedures were followed when it was signed in January ’05.

Perfectly legal.Antrix lost the Bribe it has paid as well.

Why then was it cancelled?

The government is yet to give a concrete reason beyond “national needs” and “country’s strategic requirements”.

National needs is somebody’s needs.

Is there nothing wrong in ISRO’s   dealings with Devas?

Some experts say the deal was loaded in Devas’s favour, with easy payment terms and a hedge against market risk. But then, there were no takers for S-band when the contract was signed.

Yes.Some made money and the Scientist honchos walked in blindfolded.

What next?

Yes, of course, Devas will go to the courts. The government will have to change the Satcom policy and compensate.

R.I.P.

Is the PM safe?

As long as no clear link emerges between his office and the deal.

Perfectly, irrespective of who comes to power.

ISRO claims to have ordered a review in 2009. Around this time, media reports about irregularities in the deal had surfaced. Yet, Antrix continued its talks with Devas on the project till a few weeks ago. “We were in talks with Antrix for hiring a third-country launch vehicle for the satellites till the third week of January,” Devas president & CEO Ramachandran Vishwanathan told Outlook. There are other apparent contradictions. While there are reports that the Space Commission and the Department of Space were kept in the dark, Antrix executive director K.R. Sridhara Murthi wrote to the Devas CEO in February 2, 2006, stating that it had “received the necessary approval for building, launching and leasing the capacity of S-band satellite….” A copy of the letter is withOutlook. Obviously, the approval would have come either from ISRO or the Space Commission or both.

So, what could have suddenly made the prime minister so vulnerable that he had to take defensive action, namely, the press conference? “Things have changed. All of a sudden, you find there are many takers and S-band is more valuable than ever thought,” say PMO sources. Indeed, Devas’s planned services could yield some answers. “Devas’s service through a satellite transponder would have been competitive with 4G. It could have been game-changer for the sector,” says Dinayar Contractor, a cable and satellite expert. This was seen as a potential spoiler for operators who have spent thousands of crores of rupees for 3G and BWA/LTE spectrum.

With India still in the pre-consultation stage for 4G services, Devas’s service could actually supersede many levels and render many of the existing companies’ investments redundant. Currently, a portion of S-band spectrum is being used for 4G terrestrial cellular services in some countries. “This could potentially happen in India as well, but not anytime soon. Widespread 4G services should be preceded by full-fledged 3G services, which is still in a nascent stage in India,” says a source close to ISRO.

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?270528

**Portions in Bold Italics are my comments.