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Except for the fact that EVERYONE in that town knows what really happened including the girls father who is on record saying that there were multiple attempts to convert his daughter who kept refusing.
They lose their case and have to pull down their articles.
Latest lie of wire
The US government has held back delivery of 31 MQ-9A Sea Guardian and Sky Guardian drones to India until New Delhi carries out a “meaningful investigation” into the conspiracy to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, The Wire has learned.
Pannun, who holds dual US and Canadian citizenship, is a New York-based Khalistan activist accused by India of terrorism.
The proposed $3 billion purchase includes 15 Sea Guardian drones for the Indian Navy, while the Indian Air Force and Army are supposed to get eight Sky Guardian drones each.
Also held back by Washington are smaller Indian acquisitions, including a proposal to buy six Boeing P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft. These are to supplement 12 P-8I Poseidon aircraft that the Indian Navy already operates.
Ironically, the Indian Ministry of Defence’s internal approval for the now-stalled drone procurement came in June 2023, a week before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington. This was also the time when the conspiracy to kill Pannun – allegedly set in motion by an Indian security official named CC1, according to a federal indictment made public last November – shifted to high gear.
Today, “the purchase is stuck in the US Congress because of anger over the brazen attempt to assassinate Pannun. US representatives have frozen the legislative movement needed for proceeding with the sale,” a highly-placed source in Washington told this reporter. The source, who operates at the top layer of US policymaking, cannot be identified as he is not authorised to speak to the media.
Explaining the delay in delivering these lethal, long-range weapons to India, the Washington-based source says that Indian-American lawmakers in particular are deeply concerned about the fallout from the indictment of an Indian named Nikhil Gupta. He has been formally charged with conspiring to kill Pannun, and is currently in detention in the Czech Republic pending his deportation to the US.
In a joint statement on the Pannun plot last December, five US Congress members of Indian origin – who received a classified briefing from the Biden administration on the federal indictment – said that it is critical for India to “fully investigate [and] hold those responsible, including Indian government officials, accountable, and provide assurances that this will not happen again”.
US federal prosecutors allege that Gupta had promised $100,000 to an FBI agent posing as a hitman to kill Pannun in New York. Gupta was arrested in the Czech Republic on June 30 at America’s request.
On November 29, US federal prosecutors charged Gupta with murder-for-hire, which carries up to 10 years in prison; and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, which has a maximum sentence of a 10-year jail term.
The Indian-American lawmakers also warned of “significant damage” to the US-India partnership if New Delhi does not address the situation directly and quickly.
Contacted for comments on the delayed approvals for the drone deal, the US State Department said: “We do not comment on arms sales until we have formally notified [the US] Congress,”.
The Indian Navy and India’s defence ministry also did not respond to a request for comments.
“India has given its commitment to make a full accounting of the Pannun affair. And then the [Capitol] Hill is going to exercise its judgement on whether India has taken adequate measures or not,” says the Washington insider.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played down the impact of this issue on Indo-US ties. In an interview to the Financial Times, Modi said: “There is strong bipartisan support for the strengthening of this relationship” and that he didn’t think it appropriate “to link a few incidents with diplomatic relations between the two countries”.
The Poseidon aircraft and Sea Guardian drones work together, watching over large swathes of the Indian Ocean and will give the Indian Navy an enhanced ability to respond to any attempts to disrupt international trade routes that pass through these waters.
The versatile Sea Guardian drone has an endurance of over 27 hours, a speed of 240 knots, an operating ceiling of 50,000 feet, and 1,746 kilograms of payload capacity that includes 1,361 kilograms of external stores. The MQ-9A is powered by the Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop engine, which significantly improves engine performance and fuel efficiency, particularly at low altitudes.
Being in operational service with the US military, the MQ-9A continues to evolve, keeping it relevant for its customers’ emerging needs. The MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) was designed with field-retrofittable capabilities such as wing-borne fuel pods and a new reinforced landing gear that extends the aircraft’s already impressive endurance from 27 hours to 34 hours, while further increasing its operational flexibility
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US Blocks $3-Billion Drone Sale to India Until ‘Meaningful Investigation’ of Pannun Assassination Conspiracy
A Washington-based source says that Indian-American lawmakers in particular are deeply concerned about the fallout from the indictment of an Indian in the plot.m.thewire.in
What I meant is that it appeared extremely strange.Verified on Twitter means nothing. It can be bought for less than Rs. 600/month. It is not an indicator of authenticity.
The US State Department today notified Congress that it has greenlit the potential sale of 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones and related missiles, bombs and other equipment to India in a deal estimated to be worth just under $4 billion.How do you know this is a propaganda piece by the Wire ?
How do you know this is a propaganda piece by the Wire ?
Please see the photo and headline , this is recent, they clearly have an agenda but its upto you to clearly only see BJP as an issue
You said there is no propaganda, the above article came after father who is from Congress gave the religious angle, so newsminute went out and wrote thats not necessarily true it’s happening generally in Karnataka and they put the pic of the murdered girl where there is a religious angle.I am a bit confused by what you are alluding to here. Can you elaborate instead of giving one-line posts ?
I guess you like everything in detail but here it is:Did you even read this article ?
Wire article states that there will be obstacles in getting sale approval from the US congress whereas your article merely states that US State Department has initially approved the purchase.
The US congress is not the same as US State Department. They are two different entities.
You said there is no propaganda, the above article came after father who is from Congress gave the religious angle, so newsminute went out and wrote thats not necessarily true it’s happening generally in Karnataka and they put the pic of the murdered girl where there is a religious angle.
I don't want anything but let me break it down to you:I still don't get it.
What should the headline have been according to you ? The NewsMinute article isn't about one case but half a dozen cases of jilted lovers murdering their partners, all of different faiths. The article also clearly mentions the Congress father's comments about conversion. What more do you want ?![]()
The article I pasted to you was from Feb 1, how did the Congress held back when they other agency had not even given a go ahead? How was the purchase stuck in Congress when it didn’t even go to Congress yet?
So you are saying The Wire an Indian news publication had information about USA backdoor discussions between US state department and Congress members?Congress members can preemptively decide to stall a deal, even before notification.
Discussions about arms transfers are first subject to backroom discussions between State Dept. and Congress members. The State Department is not going to greenlight a major deal with a foreign country unless they know they have support in Congress. So the Congress is clearly aware of this impending deal.
You are needlessly being paranoid and seeing conspiracies in everything. Ajai Shukla is one of the better defence correspondents in India.
I don't want anything but let me break it down to you:
They have an agenda because when the religious angle became clear to this case they went out of the way to say its normal and nothing religious about it.
Reasons:
They brought in other cases of jilted lovers and aligned it with this one.
Now they could had done the same with other case where father brought in some goons and beat up and they said “Muslim guy beat up” but over there they had an agenda.
Did they do this in that case?
So you are saying The Wire an Indian news publication had information about USA backdoor discussions between US state department and Congress members?
So you don’t see how the headline of the Wire was a lie?
So you don’t see how the headline of the Wire was a lie?
On Thursday Reuters quoted Senator Cardin, as saying he had released his ‘hold’ on the agreement now that the administration had agreed to fully investigate an Indian assassination plot on U.S. soil against Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
“I’ve had direct conversations with the administration. The administration has demanded that there be investigations and accountability in regards to the plot here in the United States and that there is accountability within India against these types of activities … and that has to be demonstrated,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “So I’m confident that that process has been initiated by the Biden administration. And I have released my hold with regards to the sale of the drones.”
Same as this:Read this reuters article below. Thoughts ?
Same as this:
Previously, media reports claimed that the US Congress had blocked the deal due to concerns over the murder-for-hire plot, and several administration agencies, including the US State Department, came out in support of the deal.
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US Senate Committee Clears Drone Sale to India After Pannun Murder Plot Concerns
US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin, on Friday, 2 February, issued a statement regarding his approval of the deal in light of the Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder-for-hire plot that allegedly involves Indian government officials.www.thequint.com
Are you saying everything changed in a day?
If Arvind Kejriwal is found guilty then he should be punished.
The above video gives the account of ED’s case and findings against AAP.
NGL, this reeks of scam.
If guilty, I hope ED can prove it in court and get AAP punished unlike how politicians in past were let go free.
Just goes to show in politics everyone is corrupt, greedy, selfish and power hungry.
Pathetic from AAP.
@MP2011 @Bhaag Viru Bhaag
You guys are big supporters of AAP, what are your thoughts about this video and evidences produced by ED so far?
That there was no issue from congress.. please check the headline of the wire , which is misleading as just one day after it got passed?I've just given you a direct quote from a US Senator (in charge of arms sales) that he had removed his 'hold' on the drone sale after Pannun enquiry assurances from Biden govt, thus verifying what the Wire article said.
What are you still arguing about ?
That there was no issue from congress.. please check the headline of the wire , which is misleading as just one day after it got passed?
Sure I was wrong, The wire said its blocked by US on 31st Jan and on Feb 1st it got passed.So what if it got passed two days later ? That does not negate the fact that the US Congress had initally blocked the drone deal due to the Pannun killing. This was confirmed by Senator Cardin's statement. And that is what the Wire headline refers to.
Are you honest enough to admit you were wrong ?
Sure I was wrong, The wire said its blocked by US on 31st Jan and on Feb 1st it got passed.
I thank the wire for getting it passed in a day, such a huge deal.
It was NOT blocked by US Congress on the 31st Jan 2024; blocking was done way back in Oct-November 2023 when Pannun incident first became public. The Wire only got to know about the block on 31st Jan 2024 which they then reported. Understand ?
Apologize to the Wire for falsely accusing them of propaganda in this article.
I thank the wire for getting it passed in a day, such a huge deal.
How do you know this is a propaganda piece by the Wire ?
Lol.
It was NOT blocked by US Congress on the 31st Jan 2024; blocking was done way back in Oct-November 2023 when Pannun incident first became public. The Wire only got to know about the block on 31st Jan 2024 which they then reported. Understand ?
Apologize to the Wire for falsely accusing them of propaganda in this article.
I'm not a supporter of any political dispensation. I may be less hostile to some parties due to them being worthless in current environment like Congress but never ever kowtow what these corrupt netas say.
The above video gives the account of ED’s case and findings against AAP.
NGL, this reeks of scam.
If guilty, I hope ED can prove it in court and get AAP punished unlike how politicians in past were let go free.
Just goes to show in politics everyone is corrupt, greedy, selfish and power hungry.
Pathetic from AAP.
@MP2011 @Bhaag Viru Bhaag
You guys are big supporters of AAP, what are your thoughts about this video and evidences produced by ED so far?
The people of Bangalore South have taught him a lesson I believe yesterday
Hopefully, we'll have less of bigots like him in next Lok Sabha.The people of Bangalore South have taught him a lesson I believe yesterday![]()
I'm not a supporter of any political dispensation.
I'm not a supporter of any political dispensation. I may be less hostile to some parties due to them being worthless in current environment like Congress but never ever kowtow what these corrupt netas say.
Indeed it is. Perhaps the worst time in Indian politics.Ya, it’s a big let down. I always knew not to trust any politicians but I didn’t think Manis Sisodia will turn out to be like the rest of them.
Kejriwal always seemed like an opportunist, one can live with that but a corrupt opportunist is something one can’t live with.
Makes one lose hope in Indian politics.
Indeed it is. Perhaps the worst time in Indian politics.
True. The level of public discourse has vitiated beyond recognition. There is not even a trace of clean politics. Politicians used to be corrupt and inefficient before too but not to this level.Ya and unfortunately don’t see it getting any better in our lifetimes.
Lol.
There was no block.
Wire tried to pass it as a block, forcing the US government to notify the sale the very next day as any delay would have derailed a strategic partnership.
Maybe you are right, but I have no time to go through any thread. Too busy and stressed and angry.@CricketCartoons
I've given clear evidence from a US senator (in his own words) that the Congress put a block on the drone deal thus verfiying the Wire article but JaDed and joshilla still pretend not to understand.
Pathetic.
Maybe you are right, but I have no time to go through any thread. Too busy and stressed and angry.
Are you talking about his kind hearted gentleman?Does anyone know what happened to Ramesh Bidhuri after what he said? I still want to punch that scoundrel on his face for what he did.
Absolutely! And this is the incident I was speaking about.Are you talking about his kind hearted gentleman?
Does anyone know what happened to Ramesh Bidhuri after what he said? I still want to punch that scoundrel on his face for what he did.
What's gotten into KP? Tagging Yogi Adityanath in his tweet, LMAO.
It has the highest population in India by far, not really a big achievement.No wonder UP is now ranked 2nd in GDP ranking… Yogi Adityanath is on right track and heading for development
It has more population than the whole of Pakistan.No wonder UP is now ranked 2nd in GDP ranking… Yogi Adityanath is on right track and heading for development
300 something seats in my opinion, won't get 400+@globetrotter @Statpadder Inc @Hitman - chaps what is your prediction on final result?
I think 370 for BJP alone is looking very difficult now since most clowns are not coming out to vote and using the holiday for leisure.
@globetrotter @Statpadder Inc @Hitman - chaps what is your prediction on final result?
I think 370 for BJP alone is looking very difficult now since most clowns are not coming out to vote and using the holiday for leisure.
Same opinion here. No way is 400 happening. Alright, maybe I got carried away. The proper thing to say would be is 400 looks highly unlikely.300 something seats in my opinion, won't get 400+
Even 300 isn't easy. They made a big blunder by that 'abki baar 400 paar' statement. Due to this statement many voters have become overconfident about BJP's victory and are not coming out to vote. They thought it will be a walk in the park.300 something seats in my opinion, won't get 400+
At least you accepted that andhbhakhts are clowns.@globetrotter @Statpadder Inc @Hitman - chaps what is your prediction on final result?
I think 370 for BJP alone is looking very difficult now since most clowns are not coming out to vote and using the holiday for leisure.
300 something seats in my opinion, won't get 400+
Same opinion here. No way is 400 happening. Alright, maybe I got carried away. The proper thing to say would be is 400 looks highly unlikely.
Even 300 isn't easy. They made a big blunder by that 'abki baar 400 paar' statement. Due to this statement many voters have become overconfident about BJP's victory and are not coming out to vote. They thought it will be a walk in the park.![]()
Well, nobody in their senses would expect Muslims of India to like or vote for Modi. It's understandable. As for what that kid said, he's just naive. He has no idea that saying such things on camera can get them into trouble.Modi ko goli maar denge - India ke dara hua mussalman
The country will go into the hand of these people if Modi goes.
@Hitman @globetrotter @Statpadder Inc
What's gotten into KP? Tagging Yogi Adityanath in his tweet, LMAO.
Yea, I remember him tweeting about Sadiq Khan.KP going after Sadiq Khan for destroying London and applauding Modi & Yogi for developing India is absolutely making them (you know who) going bonkers in twitter. Juat read the comments
This smiley is no wonder my favourite
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Modi ko goli maar denge - India ke dara hua mussalman
The country will go into the hand of these people if Modi goes.
@Hitman @globetrotter @Statpadder Inc
@globetrotter @Statpadder Inc @Hitman - chaps what is your prediction on final result?
I think 370 for BJP alone is looking very difficult now since most clowns are not coming out to vote and using the holiday for leisure.
You will not see BJP again for a long time if they lose this year. 5 year is a good enough time to turn clowns back to humans and bring some sense back into their systems.If what you are saying is right and complacany is the reason why BJP may find it difficult to cross 300..that is not a happy news for you. People will realize it and vote amass in wave election next time. You should only get happy if majority of people starts disapproving Modi and starts liking Rahul Gandhi. Based on all opinion polls and surveys that seems to be not the case where only 18% Indians prefer RaGa as their PM compared to 75% in favour of Modi.
If BJP loses due to people's complacancy it will be a fluke victory for opposition like CT final win for Pak. Like Pak team got found out in next Asia cup and never manage to beat India since that game in ODI cricket..similarly congress will also lose whenever there is next election.
I love the smell of fear from a bhakt. It is intoxicating![]()
Congress leader here is openly saying it is Muslim only party and Hindu votes are not required.
Why are Hindu's still voting for them when they clearly saying it otherwise?
Secular party??
@globetrotter @Hitman
lol, this bhakt was proved wrong a few days ago on this but he still didn't mend his ways. Here are the correct stats,It has the highest population in India by far, not really a big achievement.
It's still at the bottom of every socio- economic indicator and has a low per capita income.
People aren't dying to go to UP.
You'd expect feku to fake about things. Whether its about development or the LS seats.Even 300 isn't easy. They made a big blunder by that 'abki baar 400 paar' statement. Due to this statement many voters have become overconfident about BJP's victory and are not coming out to vote. They thought it will be a walk in the park.![]()
Because congress knows very well that they are loosing this election very badly and no future left for them India… that’s why they are wooing Pakistan ppls… so they can contest next election in Pakistan
They already started gathering sympathy of Pakistanis by raising Pakistan zindabad slogan in Karnataka assembly
So Modi ji was not wrong then in calling Congress party is same as Muslim league.
I mean in that video Mr. Nageshwar Rao is clearly saying that right?
Imagine this, a person with the name Nageshwar Rao wants his party to be for muslims only and apparently hindu votes are not required for congress to win
I mean I understand 'Modi ko Goli Mar denge' wala video by those usual suspects but someone with the name Nageshwar Rao? Wow
Yeh Kya hua? Kaise hua? Kyon hua? Yeh tum na poocho![]()
Can you please explain in a little more details what he is saying?Congress leader here is openly saying it is Muslim only party and Hindu votes are not required.
Why are Hindu's still voting for them when they clearly saying it otherwise?
Secular party??
@globetrotter @Hitman
Can you please explain in a little more details what he is saying?
I don't understand what he is saying in the video. But I looked over Google and I find so such news regarding him. I find it strange that he said such a miserable thing yet it's nowhere in the media?Congress leader here is openly saying it is Muslim only party and Hindu votes are not required.
Why are Hindu's still voting for them when they clearly saying it otherwise?
Secular party??
@globetrotter @Hitman
He is saying which losely translates that Congress is a party for all muslims and even if hindu's doesn't vote them it won't matter.
Thanks for the clarification!To be fair, he did not say that Hindu votes are not required. What he is saying is that the muslims should consider the Congress as their own and the Congress will win wherever the muslims vote for it. Didn't mention the word 'Hindu' anywhere.
I speak telugu fluently, by the way.
Thank you...so basically same old 'Muslim appeasement' by Congress to garner votes.To be fair, he did not say that Hindu votes are not required. What he is saying is that the muslims should consider the Congress as their own and the Congress will win wherever the muslims vote for it. Didn't mention the word 'Hindu' anywhere.
I speak telugu fluently, by the way.
You are just afraid that I was not that much active in politics thread and was letting you post your one sided gibberish. Just bcoz I have some free time today and posting the uncomfortable videos, you are finding it intoxicating.
The amount of content I have, if I post all of them here....you have to run for cover like you did after last assembly election![]()