tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55194113634046023852024-03-06T10:57:05.162+05:30Justice for Subhas Chandra BoseMN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-33002814122630877292008-01-22T11:05:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:40.423+05:30Govt disclosure of 90 Netaji mystery records has a whiff of cover-upHome Ministry's "selected" release is first of its kind under RTI Act Records include Intelligence Bureau reports, Ministry of External Affairs' telegrams & prime ministerial correspondence. One note by Prime Minister Nehru will remain classified. After one and half years of RTI efforts which led to a landmark Central Information Commission decision and discussions among the highest MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com94tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-38485403731767568722007-11-05T17:25:00.001+05:302008-12-10T23:40:40.584+05:30RTI effect: Netaji papers to be releasedRTI effect: Netaji papers to be releasedHindustan Times SpecialAloke TikkuNew Delhi, November 4The government is finally preparing to make public a selection of secret and controversial documents relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s reported death and subsequent events.The documents include communications to and from then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the chiefs of intelligence,MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-66888112722802628222007-10-22T22:02:00.000+05:302007-10-22T22:03:53.280+05:30"PMO not bound to disclose list of secret Netaji files"Prime Minister's Office has informed Central Information Commission that it is under no obligation under the RTI Act to disclose information relating to list of secret files on Subhas Chandra Bose. The assertion follows the CIC's notice to PMO over an appeal by Mission Netaji's Anuj Dhar, who sought the list in October last year, but was denied. "Disclosure of information relating to list of MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-52854751449455019442007-09-23T21:09:00.001+05:302008-12-10T23:40:40.599+05:30RTI makes PMO release info about "Panditji's file" on NetajiBut no clue who ordered its destruction & whyA CIC decision has led to partial disclosure by the PMO of papers relating to the destruction of an alleged file on the enquires made by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru about the whereabouts of Subhas Chandra Bose. The bunch comprises notes from secret files, letter by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and recent correspondence between Mukherjee MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-89869192712051266532007-08-17T15:09:00.001+05:302008-12-10T23:40:40.755+05:30Russia says no, but CIC wants Netaji correspondenceA virtual tug of war has been set off between the Central Information Commission and the Russian Foreign Ministry what with the latter disallowing disclosure of Netaji fate related correspondence and the former wanting that they be revealed. And caught in between is the Ministry of Affairs, clearly on the Russian side and unwilling to declassify the correspondence.The development follows after a MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-75385331174142045222007-07-28T10:03:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:40.764+05:30Secrets of "Netaji's ashes" to remain secretOfficial version has it that Subhas Chandra Bose was killed following an air crash and cremated in Taipei. The Mukherjee Commission found out that the crash was a cover for his escape to the USSR and body of a Japanese soldier was passed off as Bose's. Be that as it may, what really became of the ashes? The official version is that they were taken to Tokyo's Renkoji temple, where they remain tillMN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-39048434587970711412007-07-16T15:21:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:40.912+05:30The uncertain fate of revered Indian nationalist "Netaji" Subhas Chandra Bose has long been a cause celebre that has gripped the subcontinent since his sudden disappearance in 1945. Did he die in an aircraft crash in Taipei? Or flee to the Soviet Union, only to vanish in the gulag? Or reappear as an enigmatic holy man in northern India? In this exhaustively researched book, investigative MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-44562692757279451522007-07-07T10:11:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:41.146+05:30Official Secrets Act era gone; disclose Netaji records: CIC tells GovtWhy keep records secret if Bose had died in 1945?: Mission Netaji Disclosure of Top Secret records will lead to chaos in country: MHA Matter is of a serious national importance: Central Information Commission In a major boost for the freedom of information movement in India, the full Bench of Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) must MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-67749010060676838082007-06-15T21:43:00.000+05:302007-06-15T21:47:37.536+05:30American NGO sees similarities between Bose-Wallenberg casesInternational Raoul Wallenberg Foundation (IRWF) has spotted "similarities between the cases of Netaji and Raoul Wallenberg". In a communication to Mission Netaji, New York-based IRWF has highlighted the poignant story of Wallenberg, a famed Swedish diplomat who saved one lakh Jews in 1944 before his sudden disappearance from Budapest."He was never seen again in the free world after January 1945,MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-87880070158106521902007-05-23T15:28:00.000+05:302007-05-23T15:37:10.378+05:30Put off hearing on destroyed Netaji file: PMO to CICThe Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has demanded that Chief Information Officer Wajahat Habibullah puts off a scheduled hearing pertaining to a non-extant file on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's reported death. In a letter to Central Information Commission (CIC), Kamal Dayani, Director & Central Public Information Officer, PMO, has sought dismissal MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-36153294627669975902007-05-17T10:28:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:41.432+05:30Netaji report: Court gives Government more time Centre fighting shy of filing affidavit in oppositionWon't take it lying down: Rudra Jyoti BhattacharjeeChief Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose of the Calcutta High Court today gave the Union Government two more weeks to file their response over their rejection of Mukherjee Commission report. A Writ petition was filed MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-6186411775720372582007-05-14T08:56:00.000+05:302007-05-15T14:53:20.873+05:30Destroyed Netaji file: PMO asked to respond in 15 daysCIC Wajahat Habibullah also calls a hearing in AugustSomething suspicious happened in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in 1972, when GD Khosla Commission was inquiring into Subhas Chandra Bose's reported death. As a former Minister was to put it years later -- "Nehru's file on Netaji was destroyed on orders of PN Haksar, the Secretary to MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-26018462262929195042007-05-14T08:54:00.000+05:302007-05-14T09:23:52.260+05:30Netaji groups call for proper evaluation of freedom fightersPeeved by the disclosure that the Government has no record of Subhas Chandra Bose's contribution to the freedom struggle, two Kolkata-based organizations have deplored that the "role played by the revolutionaries is not evaluated by the state".Netaji Study Centre & Jayasree Foundation remarked: "We are stunned to learn that there is no MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-23801697332995010972007-05-09T12:17:00.000+05:302007-05-09T12:42:51.191+05:30The Mole & the CWC leaderIn late 1945 the Viceroy of India, Field Marshal Viscount Wavell, came across an interesting report about the Congress party's real stance on the Indian National Army (INA) men facing trial. Things appeared to have come a full circle. From assailing Subhas Bose, the Congress leaders had come around to hailing the INA men, including nanaji (grandfather) of cine star MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-38217718366840695182007-04-29T11:13:00.002+05:302008-12-10T23:40:41.887+05:30Like sword of Damocles, CIC order hangs over MEAThis won't wash: CIC has directed MEA to release correspondence with Russia over Netaji------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It is perhaps the most overlooked RTI related news of recent times. Your favourite newspaper did not tell you this, but last month the Central Information Commission (MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-16127636848121813962007-04-26T11:38:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:42.303+05:30The man who put MHA in a spot Face off: Sayantan at the INA memorial in Singapore-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Let's start with a little quiz. Which one of the following do you think would be best suited to inquire into Netaji reported death?1. A Congress MP; 2. A friend of Pt Nehru's, and a biographer of Indira Gandhi to bootMN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-24004707773890433742007-04-24T20:36:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:42.475+05:30A brief history of governmental flip-flop on Netaji mysteryMum's the word! Even though he admires Netaji, Dr Manmohan Singh has not spoken out why his Government rejected Mukherjee Commission report.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 April 2007By Anuj DharThe year 1997 was a watershed for Netaji mystery. The Calcutta High Court MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-13549624844174350402007-04-22T16:06:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:42.759+05:30The need to knowOn verification of the classified files (on Subhas Bose) held by PMO, it is held that their disclosure will prejudicially affect relations with foreign countries - Sanjay Mitra, Joint Secretary to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Anuj Dhar of Mission Netaji in December 2006.Standing up for truth: (From left) Sayantan, Anuj & Chandrachur------------------------------------------MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519411363404602385.post-41032242780430039532007-04-18T20:53:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:40:42.962+05:30 God forbid this should be true!An Indian Ambassador was allowed to meet Bose -- on the condition that he would not try to speak to him. When the Ambassador wondered about what to do in case Bose wished to speak to him, "he was told that it has been taken care of," … A rather ominous bit of hospitality. -- Reported in Hindustan Times dated 4 March 2001. Extracts: But when a MN nutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11487656566309747110noreply@blogger.com205