Delhi Metro’s Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar corridor was inaugurated on Friday facilitating a smooth ride for lakhs of commuters in south Delhi. This is the longest line of the Delhi Metro spanning 45 kilometres, connecting north Delhi to Gurgaon.

The 12.53-kilometre corridor is integrated with the Qutub Minar-HUDA City Centre line and both, ultimately is integrated with the Central Secretariat-Jehangirpuri line.

Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy had inaugurated the corridor and flag-off the first train from the Udyog Bhawan Metro station in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The line was opend to the public from 3 p.m.

The new line will provide lakhs of south Delhi residents a comfortable journey they had been waiting for. The entire line running from Jehangirpuri-Huda City Centre in Gurgaon consists of 25 kilometres of underground tunnels and stations apart from 20 kilometres of elevated Metro section

Delhi Metro Under Ground Station

covering a total distance of 45 kilometres in 80 minutes.

There are 34 stations on this line out of which 20 of the stations are underground while 14 are elevated,  DMRC plans to run 36 to 40 trains on this line. Once the new line became operational, it took less than an hour for commuters to reach the Millennium City of Gurgaon from Connaught Place as compared to at least 90 minutes by road.

The Metro Fare Excel Sheet (contains all the To and From Fares)

The entire 45 kilometres from Jehangirpuri to Gurgaon is covered in just over 80 minutes. The line was scheduled to open by the end of August. This was the second line where the DMRC will miss its originally-set deadline. Earlier, the Metro had missed the deadline on the Yamuna Bank-Noida line.

The Central Secretariat-HUDA City Centre line, built at a total cost of Rs. 3,720 crore, is expected to add over 3.4 lakh people to the Metro system by 2011. Now, the DMRC has only two lines to complete before the Commonwealth Games in October. They are Central Secretariat-Badarpur and New Delhi-Airport Express Lines.
Even after the successful testing of the new line. There was some technical difficulties, which halted delhi metro for at least 20 minutes. Sources said:

“I think 2 of the metros were sent back to Central Secretariat, because
of the technical difficulties, this train has been halted at
Green Park Metro Station for 20 minutes now!”

Even I boarded that train ti seed to crawl at a very low speed towards Hauz Khas Metro Station, after that it was business as usual.

The new under ground stations of delhi metro truly reflect the global standard and feeling of standing in an world class location.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the nineteenth Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, India

between 3 October and 14 October 2010. The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

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A Kashmiri separatist leader burning the Indian Flag

A Kashmiri separatist leader burning the Indian Flag
Indian Flag Burnt in Srinagar

Shame on Indian govt and Media also for not making it Breaking News

The only country of the world, where one can dare to burn the national flag…

All these become the masala
breaking news of Indian news channels:

If Tendulkar cuts the cake which is made to look like national flag, he is condemned.

If Mandira Bedi wears a saree with the flags of all the countries being portrayed on that, is made to apologies.

If one cop in Kolkata and one in Bangalore is terminated of his duties for throwing the Indian national flag on ground, by mistake.

Then why double standards:

During the ongoing Amarnath Sangarsh, Jammuites holding the Indian National Flag and chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ are open fired by the J&K Police on orders from the  Police Commissioner(belongs to kashmir). Peaceful protesters are killed.

Like in case of Amarnath case, people in Kashmir when want to get some demand fulfilled, protest by burning Indian national Flag, hosting Pakistani Flag and chanting ‘Hindustan Murdabad, Pakistan Jindabad’. But no body condemns. Infact, all such protest are followed by a team of union ministers visiting Kashmir and immediately sanctioning a few thousand crore rupees for Kashmiris.

Every year on 14th Aug (Pakistani Indipendence Day), Pakistani flag is hosted every where in Kashmir, including the govt. buildings and on 15th Aug, same people burn the Indian flag.

This only happens in India!!!!

Just See The Images Below…

Really shame on Indian media
who never showing these  pics………

being an Indian, i will not accept this happening to us, specially our leaders to be frisked by any foreign airline to do this to our leaders or any of us. They should know that they are not bigger/better than our laws and leaders. I am proud of being an Indian, but this has shocked even me. Continental Airline should realize that they will regret this very dearly, for what they have done. Our leader are not going to sit quietly on this. It will be judged, and i will be done BIG TIME.

Here is the News Coverage i found on this incident:

Former Prez Kalam frisked at Delhi airport

In what is seen as a clear violation of protocol, Former President APJ Abdul Kalam was treated as a commoner as he was frisked by the ground staff of Continental Airlines at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on April 24, 2009 at the insistence of the company’s American boss. The former President was on his way to Newark on Continental Airlines Flight CO 083. Kalam was reportedly forced to wait on

the aerobridge even as the airlines security personnel debated whether to put him under the security scanner or not. Kalam was asked to surrender before the security officials for a complete body check and remove his footwear as well. However, the Continental Airlines defended the same saying that it was a regular security check as the policy of the company is to frisk everyone. They also went on to add that there is no special rule for VIP or VVIP’s. “He had to go through the entire security check because it is our policy to frisk everyone. This is the policy Continental Airlines follows over the world. There is no special rule for VIP or VVIP. Infact, Kalam was cooperative and underwent the entire process which happened over a month ago,” said the Public Relation Officer of Continental Airlines. Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said that corrective measures will be taken if anyone is found wrong. He added, “We will ask for correction action from the airlines and incase they are proven wrong, we will ask them to tender and apology.” Any airline operating in India is given a set of guidelines, which includes the point that Our Presidents and former Presidents are on the VIP list and are exempted from security checks-let alone frisking. This kind of a incident is not one of a kind. There have been instances where Indian VIPs have been treated shabbily at foreign airports. Earlier, our then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was forced to undergo security checks at the ceremonial lounge in the Moscow airport in 2008, while he was on his way back to India.

Related New I found:

Patel takes action; to apologise to Kalam

Taking a serious note of the “unpardonable” act of frisking of former President APJ Abdul Kalam at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, the government on Tuesday (July 22) slapped a show cause notice to the US-based Continental Airlines for violating guidelines. Praful Patel, the Civial Aviation Minister, while addressing the Rajya Sabha went on to say that he would personally go to Kalam and apologise for the incident. “Not only the preliminary inquiry has been ordered but we also have a preliminary report on the basis of which the Continental Airlines has been issued a show cause notice why action for willful violation should not be taken,” said Patel. Associating himself with the strong sentiments expressed in the House during Zero Hour, Patel said, “this act of frisking the former President is absolutely unpardonable and beyond the scope of laws of our country”. Patel said he would not only take action against the Airlines, but also speak to the Minister of External Affairs on the issue. Responding to Left members’ demand that the operation of Continental Airlines be suspended immediately, he said any action that India takes would be in consonance with international practice. “We cannot take action in isolation”. He said the airports security is handled by the Central Industrial Security Force and frisking happens only at the embarkation point, manned by the airlines staff. He added, “I can assure the House, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security will take most stringent action,” Patel said, adding that he would “personally explain the position and express regret to Kalam.” Patel was responding to the anguish expressed by the entire House, including Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan, over the “humiliation” meted out to the Bharat Ratna, whom they described as the tallest figure and a national hero.

Uproar in political circuits Demanding a probe into the incident, Sitaram Yechury CPI-M wondered whether the frisking had anything to do with the name Abdul Kalam. He said if that is so, it is “much more serious”. Yechury spoke out about the Kalam issue alleging bias. He also went on to say that the incident is really unfortunate. Speaking to a bunch of reporters outside the Parliament, he said, “This is a most unfortunate incident. The airline security officials may not have had knowledge that he was a former President of India. Or whether this has something to do with his name, in which case it is a more serious issue.” Meanwhile, Former Union Minister George Fernandes too reacted to former President APJ Abdul Kalam being frisked by Continental Airlines at the Delhi airport. Fernandes said that it was a disgraceful act on the part of the airline, and not just the airline but even the US government should apologise for what has happened. Fernandes himself had been frisked on a tour to the US in 2003. He said, “This is a disgrace that the American airline did so. They should not have done that. Kalam has visited America when he was a President and not just the airline but the US government should regret for this as well.” Kalam was frisked by the Airlines at the embarkation point some time back when he was going to the US. Kalam was reportedly forced to wait on the aerobridge even as the airlines security personnel debated whether to put him under the security scanner or not. Kalam was asked to surrender before the security officials for a complete body check and remove his footwear as well.

FIR against unrepentant US airline

Sources have told TIMES NOW that the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has decided to file an FIR against the unrepentant Continental Airlines in connection with the the frisking of former President APJ Abdul Kalam. Even after news of India’s former President Abdul Kalam has got politicians outraged, Continental Airways has issued a letter stating how the rule of frisking passengers is a must with no exceptions. The letter by continental is unapologetic and states that the Transportation Security Administration requirements impose a final security check in the aerobridge just before boarding the aircraft. Also, the Airways has clarified that the procedure is followed by all carriers flying to the US from most of the countries in the world and there is no exemption to this rule.

Today I wanted to reach out to you today regarding infrastructure. The BJP has recently released an “Infrastructure Vision”, which list out a number of recycled ideas for India’s infrastructure. The BJP has alleged that “the UPA rule has proved to be a disaster for infrastructure development”.

Successful Congress Leaders

Once again, the BJP is providing blatant untruths in order to mislead you, as it has little to show for its own performance when in power.

The document in the attached link puts forward some facts that show how the Congress-led UPA government outperformed the BJP-led NDA government in every sphere of infrastructure development.

Who has worked on improving India’s Infrastructure – Congress-led UPA or BJP-led NDA? Some Facts

You will notice that the UPA has invested almost 80% more on infrastructure than the NDA did. The UPA has shown far better results across infrastructure sectors, such as telecom, power, roads and ports.

Once again, I hope you will note that the facts speak for themselves.

Please feel free to share both these documents with others, in order to generate informed discussion and decision-making.

Data Source: Congress

I have had the chance to assess in detail some of the claims being made by the BJP on the work done by the Congress-led UPA government on the economy, and I think it is safe to say that there is at least one party that adheres strongly to the belief that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will come to start believing it.

Congress (INC)

In response to 5 big myths that the BJP is attempting to propagate, we have prepared a short document that lays out the facts. The full document is available on: Five Myths About the Economy Propagated by the BJP

The following is a brief summary.

Myth 1: The Congress has “mismanaged the economy and it is in recession”
Fact: The BJP’s claim of the economy being in recession is both technically and substantively untrue. India’s average economic growth rate during the five years of the UPA government was 8.5%, compared to 5.8% under the NDA. Even in the last year of the UPA government, when the world economy went into recession, India’s growth remains resilient (and was higher than it was during the NDA regime).

Myth 2: The Congress led government has “hobbled both the organised and unorganised sectors of the Indian economy”
Fact: The growth rate of the industry and services sectors increased from 5.0% and 7.7.% under the NDA to 7.8% and 10.5% under the UPA respectively. In addition, the UPA instituted landmark programmes for the unorganised sector (such as the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana for workers) which did not exist under the NDA.

Myth 3: The Congress’ “fiscal indiscipline has resulted in frittering away the tremendous gains of the NDA years”
Fact: The UPA has actually reduced the fiscal deficit from 6.0% under the NDA to 4.5% under the UPA. The UPA has done this even as it as substantially increased funds for social programmes such as the SSA, NHRM, NREGA, Bharat Nirman, etc. and has given much higher sums of money to all State governments (Rs 544,000 crore more than the NDA).

Myth 4: The agriculture sector (is) “suffering on account of the Congress’ gross negligence”
Fact: Agriculture growth rate has actually increased significantly under the UPA government to 3.1 % as opposed to 2.3% under the NDA. for wheat and paddy, for example, the MSP was increased by 71% and 68% respectively. The UPA also implemented the historic farm loan waiver programme benefitting 3.68 crore farmer families.

Myth 5: The UPA Government has given a “step motherly treatment to BJP ruled states” during its rule
Fact: The Congress led UPA Government has given more funds to the BJP ruled states than the NDA government even conceived of giving. The Congress-led UPA government increased Central Funding to the four BJP-ruled States . Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Rajasthan . by 63% (increase of Rs 73,824 crore) in its tenure, compared to the NDA government.

As always, please feel free to share this document with others, in order to generate informed discussion and decision-making.

Data Source: Congress

I expect that by now the ministers should learn that they will get a hard hit of shoe unless and until they give the answer to the people’s questions.  I salute Jarnail Singh for his “courage and bravery”. He did the right thing for the sikh community, i just want to tell him that he should not feel alone or down. All the Sikh Comunity is with him and his family for support from now on…

P Chidambaram Getting Almost Hit By A Shoe

Praising Delhi journalist Jarnail Singh for his “courage and bravery” in hurling a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram during a press conference, Sikh political party Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday announced a cash reward of Rs 200,000 for him.

“Decisions are not taken by throwing shoes but this incident has showed our pain and suffering. Bhagat Singh had also thrown a bomb in the assembly. We have thus announced a reward of Rs 200,000 for his courage and bravery,” Avtar Singh Hit, national general secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal, told IANS.

Jarnail Singh hurled a shoe at Chidambaram, at a press conference here, over his response to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The president of the Delhi unit of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Manjit Singh also supported Jarnail Singh’s act.

“I fully support the journalist. What he has done represents the feelings of all the Sikhs of the country, and not only Sikhs it represents the feelings of all the law abiding citizens of the country,” Manjit Singh told IANS.

“Three months ago in Punjab, Rahul Gandhi had promised to not give tickets to Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler but they were given tickets, and CBI also gave a clean chit to them. We are waiting for the court’s judgement and our struggle will continue,” he said.

Meanwhile, leaders of various Sikh organisation on Tuesday held a sit-in at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest the CBI’s clean chit to Tytler in a case relating to the 1984 massacre of Sikhs.

Around 4,000-5,000 people participated in the dharna. The protesters first offered ‘ardas’ or prayer at the Gurdwara Bangla Sahib at noon after which they proceeded towards Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s house. They were, however, stopped near Jantar Mantar.

Shoe hurled at Chidambaram at Cong press conference

A Sikh journalist on Tuesday hurled a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram protesting against CBI’s clean chit to senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler accused in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, but it missed the target.

Chidambaram, who was addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters, was surprised when suddenly Jarnail Singh, journalist from a Hindi daily, flung the shoe and an alert Home Minister made a quick movement to see it pass by him.

“Please take him away,” said Chidambaram who later added “gently, gently” as the journalist was escorted out of the press conference hall. Later, he was taken away by police but it was not clear whether any case has been registered against him against the backdrop of Chidambaram saying “I forgive him”.

As the action caused a flutter in the hall, a composed Chidambaram appealed to the reporters, “let not the action of one emotional person hijack the entire press conference. I have answered his questions to the best of my ability.”

It all started with the journalist asking him about the clean chit given by CBI to Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case under pressure from the government.

“First of all let me make it clear that CBI is not under the Home Ministry. To my knowledge neither the Home Ministry nor any ministry of the government had put any pressure on the CBI,” Chidambaram said.

“CBI has only given a report to the court. It is for the court to accept or reject or ask for further investigation by CBI. Let us wait for the court decision,” he said.

As the journalist persisted with his questions, Chidambaram told him “no arguments, you are using this forum…” following which the journalist hurled his shoe.

An unapologetic Singh said he will not apologise for his action, though his manner of protest might have been wrong. “My manner of protest might have been wrong, but I did not intend to hurt anyone,” he said.

Asked if he could have used some other manner to protest, he said, “for the last 25 years this has been happening. So what other method is left (to protest)”.

Earlier this month, CBI had given a clean chit to 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Tytler and sought permission from the court for the closure of the case against the Congress leader.

This is What exactly Happened

(Source Hindustan Times)

There was little indication of the emotive action to follow when Delhi journalist Jarnail Singh asked Home Minister P Chidambaram a question about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots at a press conference on Tuesday.

What ended with a shoe being hurled started with a seemingly innocuous question by the senior Dainik Jagran journalist seated in the front row. Here is how it went:

Jarnail Singh: It has been 25 years since the anti-Sikh riots but the Congress has not done anything. Is it not shameful?

Chidambaram: Please don’t use this as a political platform. Please ask me the question.

Jarnail Singh: Nothing has been done against Jagdish Tytler. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is under the home ministry.

Chidambaram: You are still not asking me the question.

Jarnail Singh: My question is was there any pressure from the home ministry to pressure the CBI to let off Tytler although the agency works independently.

Chidambaram: Neither the home ministry nor any other ministry put any pressure on the CBI. The CBI is only reporting to the court. The court is to decide whether to accept or reject the report. Or they can ask the CBI to further investigate.

Jarnail Singh started to say something…

Chidambaram: Let us be patient, let us wait for the courts to take up the case.

Jarnail Singh again started to say something…

Chidambaram: No arguments please, no arguments.

Jarnail Singh blurted out “I protest!”. He then bent down and took off his white-black-striped sneaker and flung it at Chidambaram, who momentarily had a stunned look before he regained his composure and swerved to avoid the missile.

As Congress workers escorted him away, Chidambaram said: Please take him away… gently, gently.

When an uproar broke out at the crowded press conference, at the party headquarters, Chidambaram tried to silence them saying: Please ask questions. Let not an emotional action of one person hijack the entire press conference.

Later, a reporter asked Chidambaram about the fate of Jarnail Singh and whether he would forgive him.

Chidambaram: Yes, I forgive him.

My Personal Message to Jarnail Singh: You have done the right thing, we all are in your support…