Evening NEWS DIGEST
09 Aug. 2016: 05 Dzulqa'dah 37: Vol:7, No:133
India looks into Turkey's
request to shut down institutions linked to 'Fethullah terror network'
New Delhi: India is looking
into Turkey's request to shut down institutions linked to the Fethullah
"terror" network in the country including Mumbai, maintaining that it
was behind last month's attempted coup in Turkey. "India is looking into
the request made by Turkey," an official source said.India's reaction came
after Turkish Consul General Erdal Sabri Ergen in Mumbai told reporters that
his country has requested Indian and Maharashtra govt s that all institutions
in Mumbai and elsewhere, connected with this network be closed. PTI
Turkey coup 'mastermind'
Gulen's FTO poses threat to India's internal security, warns Turkish Consul
General
Delhi: Turkish Consul
General Erdal Sabri Ergen has said that the outfit, which attempted to
overthrow President Tayyip Erdogan's govt, has deep roots in Mumbai and some
other parts of India. He also said that the organisation poses threat to
country's internal security. "In the aftermath of coup attempt in Turkey,
we have found some connection in India, Mumbai of the perpetrators," Ergen
said."Fethullah Terror Organisation (FETO) has network worldwide including
India," he added, as per ANI. FETO is led by US-based cleric Fettullah
Gulen. On the other hand, Pune Mirror, in its report few days back, had said
that in a letter addressed to the Union Home Ministry, Ergen had warned that
FETO controls a number of educational, cultural, and business organisations in
Mumbai and other metros of the country.The report had also said that he had
urged both the Union and the state govt totake action against the FETO-controlled
organisations.zee news
Close Fethullah
institutions in Mumbai: Turkey envoy
Gulen has been making
relentless efforts in propagating peace, claims Sudheendra Kulkarni
Mumbai:Ex-BJP leader
Sudheendra Kulkarni has said Fethullah Gulen had spent his whole life
propagating peace and fighting terrorists and was not responsible for the coup
in Turkey. Asserting that democracy should prevail in all nations, Kulkarni
said it is very difficult for him to believe that Gulen can support military
takeover in Turkey.“In the recent past the military in Turkey tried to take
over governance, but they failed. And it is good. We should not support
military takeover in any country. Democracy should prevail in all the nations.And
Fehtullah Gulen is being dubbed as the mastermind of the whole episode. Gulen
is a Turkish national residing in America and in the past years on the basis of
Islam has been making relentless efforts in propagating peace and denouncing
terrorism,” said Kulkarni.ANI
Gulen network has a
sinister design,shut everything linked to it: Turkey to india
Govt will press for
extradition of Dr Zakir Naik if he doesn't come back as police report indicates
involvement in unlawful activities: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis
Maharashtra CM Devendra
Fadnavis on Tuesday confirmed submission of a report on Islamic preacher Zakir
Naik by Mumbai Police Commission. ‘Govt has received a report on Zakir Naik from
the Commissioner of Police of Mumbai. There are many indictments in the report.
Many unlawful activities have been pointed out pertaining to the organisation
of which Dr. Zakir Naik is a leader,’ Fadnavis said. He said that the Govt of
Maharashtra is now examining the entire report and will share the same with the
Ministry of Home Affairs at the Centre. ‘Soon we will share the report with the
central MHA and in consultation with them, we will decide further course of
action which we need to take,’ he added.Fadnavis was quoted saying by PTI: “Govt
will press for extradition of Naik if he does not return on his own from
abroad. Mumbai Police report severely indicts preacher Zakir Naik” Naik. DNA
Police report indicates
Zakir Naik’s involvement in unlawful activities: Maharashtra CM
Mumbai police submits
report on Zakir Naik, IRF to govt
Home Ministry issues notice
to Zakir Naik’s foundation
New Delhi: The inspection
notice is the first step towards suspending or revoking registration of any NGO
or organisation under FCRA.Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued an
inspection notice to Zakir Naik’s IRF for alleged FCRA violations, a senior
official of the Ministry told The Hindu.The notice is the first step towards
suspending or revoking the FCRA registration of any NGO or organisation. “We
have issued an inspection notice to IRF. We will inspect their book of accounts
to see whether the provisions of the FCRA were violated or not. If we find
discrepancies, the next step is to put it under temporary suspension and all
the foreign donations will then have to be routed through MHA. We will give
them time to respond and if we are not satisfied with the reply, the NGO’s
registration can be cancelled,” said the official. the hindu
Zakir Naik's aide, 3 others
booked by Mumbai police
Mumbai: A case has been
registered by city police against an employee of Zakir Naik's IRF and three
others, including 2 arrested earlier by Kerala police in connection with
alleged ISIS recruitment, a senior official said on Tuesday.Based on a
complaint lodged by father of Ashfaque, one of the 21 youths from Kerala
reported missing and suspected to have joined ISIS, a case was registered on
Monday against IRF employee Arshid Qureshi, Rizwan Khan and 2 others at Nagpada
police station, the official said.They have been booked under UAPA and IPC
section 120-B (criminal conspiracy), he said.Qureshi and Khan were earlier
arrested by Kerala police.Kerala police traced Qureshi to Mumbai following a
complaint lodged in Kochi by the brother of a young woman, suspected to have
joined ISIS along with her husband and left the state.PTI
Naik aides Arshi Qureshi, Rizwan
Khan booked by Police
Zakir Naik’s IRF Says
Conversion Not Their Agenda
On Tuesday, the IRF issued
one more statements reacting to the MHA notice and the police commissioner’s
report and said that “conversion is not IRF’s objective”.IRF wants to reiterate
that the allegations are false and baseless. Dr Zakir Naik firmly believes in
promoting peace and harmony and has been doing that for decades. IRF is a
research body that promotes greater awareness of Islam and its tenets. Dr Zakir
Naik is an expert in comparative religion and has been conducting
well-researched talks on Islam and other religions across the world. The statement
added that Naik’s teachings of Islam is not unconstitutional since “propagating
one’s religion is allowed by article 25 of the Indian Constitution.”Conversion
is not one of the objectives of IRF. The organisation only spreads the message
of Islam and clears misconceptions. This is fully permitted by our
Constitution.Referring to the complaint against a member of the IRF, Arshi
Qureshi, for allegedly forcing a youth to convert to Islam, statement
said:IRF’s Guest Relations Manager, Arshi Qureshi has never forced a single
person into conversion against his or her free will, as it is against Islam. We
emphatically deny all allegations.thequint.com
Kerala missing youths in
Iran: police
Kochi: The police team
probing the missing of Keralite youths from Kasaragod and Palakkad has
confirmed that some of them had reached Tehran, the capital of Iran.In an
affidavit submitted before the Principal District and Sessions Court,
Ernakulam, the police submitted that Merin Jacob aka Mariam, who had gone
missing with her husband Bestin Vincent aka Yahia, had departed to Tehran from
Bengaluru airport on May 16 this year. Bestin had gone missing with his brother
Bexan aka Easa and wife Nimisha aka Fathima.The police now assume that many of
the missing persons are currently in Tehran. Meanwhile, the police also
submitted that the name of Arshid Qureshi, arrested from Mumbai, had been
mentioned in a message suspected to have been sent by Rashid Abdulla of
Thrikkarippur to a relative. Abdulla had gone missing with his wife Ayisha aka
Soniya. The message had references about IS and Qureshi. In the message,
Qureshi’s name has been mentioned as Arshid Bhai.The investigations so far also
have revealed that Shihas, another person who had gone missing from Kasaragod,
had received a phone call from Kashmir, though the sleuths are yet to verify
details of the call. Meanwhile, the court on Monday sent Qureshi and his
associate Rizwan Khan to the custody of the investigating team for 10 more days
till August 18. thehindu
India should avoid
‘entanglement’ in S.China Sea: Chinese media
Beijing:India should avoid
“unnecessary entanglement” in the South China Sea dispute during Chinese
Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to New Delhi to prevent it becoming yet
“another factor” to impact bilateral ties, a state-run Chinese daily said on
Tuesday.“India may want to avoid unnecessary entanglement with China over the
South China Sea debate during Wang’s visit if the country wishes to create a
good atmosphere for economic cooperation, which would include reducing tariffs
on made-in-India products exported to China amid the ongoing free trade talk
known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership,” an article in the
state-run Global Times said.“India is expected to allow only moderate tariff
reduction on made-in-China products under the talks in a bid to preserve its
domestic industries. If India wants China to be more generous in terms of
tariff reduction, it would be unwise for the country to let its relationship
with China deteriorate further at this moment,” it said.HT
Now, Chinese media takes on
India's business visa policy, calls it 'a pain in the butt'
New satellite images
suggest China militarising disputed islands: US Think tank
Ex-Arunachal CM Kalikho
Pul’s body found hanging from ceiling fan: indianexpress
Former Arunachal CM Kalikho
Pul, who was dislodged by a Supreme Court verdict last month after being in
office for about 6 months, was found dead at the CMO bungalow in Itanagar on
Tuesday morning. While doctors pronounced him dead, the state cabinet announced
a 3-day mourning. Official sources in Itanagar said Pul was found hanging from
a ceiling fan in one of the bedrooms of the CM’s official bungalow which had
not yet vacated after the SC verdict had dismissed him on July 13. Pul, a
Congress rebel who had assumed the CMO on Feb.19 amid a lot of political
controversies after the previous Congress CM Nabam Tuki was dismissed by a
“special session” of the Assembly which was later declared null and void by the
apex court, was 47. While a post-mortem examination of his body is being
carried out, an emergency meeting of the state cabinet chaired by CM Pema
Khandu announced 3-day mourning.
Arunachal govt announces
magisterial inquiry into death
Muslim families threaten
migration from Agra
Agra: In contrast to BJP
claims about Hindus migrating from several areas of UP, including Agra, due to
pressures from members of minority community, a group of Muslim residents from
Itimad-Ud-Daulah area on Monday put up posters of "house for sale"
outside their residences, accusing SP backed land grabbers of pressuring them
to sell their properties. Accusing the administration and the police of doing
nothing to prevent the land grabbers from harassing them, the residents claimed
that several people had already moved out of Itimad-Ud-Daulah and many more
would follow. The residents, who carried posters demanding action against local
cops, alleged that a group of land grabbers, patronised by ruling SP leaders,
had been pressuring them to sell their properties and harassing them
continuously for the same."When we refuse to sell, they adopt all sorts of
terrorising tactics, including threatening to take our lives," they
alleged. A resident said that the land grabbers were also trying to forcibly
take possession of an empty piece of land, which for decades was being used by
them, adding the miscreants were backed by a relative of a powerful UP
minister. Dubbing Akhilesh Yadav as "anti-minorities", residents said
govt was doing nothing for them.TOI
Modi's statement on cow
vigilantes came too late for Akhlaq" UP minister
Agra:UP Minister of State
Haji Israr Saifi has said that although PM Narendra Modi has now differentiated between real
'Gau-sevaks' and the fake ones, this revelation has come too late for Akhlaq
and other Muslims killed in the name of 'Gau-Raksha'. Saifi
said that the Hindu outfits in the country have been spreading communal terror
since the day Modi govt formed, especially in the name of 'Gau-raksha', when
most of the cows are dying from consuming polythene.He said that Hindu outfits
should tell everyone what animal's skin is their shoes made of. He said that indu
organizations raise the voice about protection of cows and wear shoes made of
cow and buffalo skins. If they are really so bent on protecting cows, they
should first stop wearing leather shoes. He said that the atrocities being
meted out to Dalits are all a conspiracy of the RSS and BJP.On this occasion,
local SP leader Haji Imran Khan said that that 80% of the 'Gau-Rakshaks' are
fake and spreading communalism in the guise of protecting cows. Such people are
engaged in all sorts of illegal activities and getting protection from
prosecution by hiding behind the banners of Hindu outfits. He said that real
'Gau-Rakshaks' should pledge not to use polythene and also prevent the use of
polyethene by others. india today
At receiving end of cow
vigilantism, RSS-affiliated Muslim body suspends gaushala plans
Underlining the threat of
cow vigilantism, RSS-affiliated Muslim Rashtriya Manch has been forced to put its plans for starting
gaushalas (cow shelters) across India in cold storage. The reason: Its
activists ferrying two cows from Haryana to Delhi were way-laid by these
"gaurakshaks" but were saved because of police presence. Outfit says
it is unable to transport cows to its proposed shelters in other states,
including Maharashtra, because of the possibility of being waylaid by
vigilantes. A dmitting there was a "dar ka mahoul" among Muslims
about being framed for cow slaughter, MRM leaders decried overzealous cow
protectors who took the law into their hands and pointed that this affects
transport of cows and consequently, their conservation. DNA
‘Fake’ cow vigilantes
extort money in MP
Bhopal/Indore:Police and
some Muslim cattle traders have said that certain people posing as cow
vigilantes in Madhya Pradesh are indulging in extortion, especially from the
minority community, an allegation dismissed by those affiliated to Hindu
outfits, who distanced themselves from those indulging in violence and
extortion. MP has the highest cattle population in the country with over 1.96
crore cows, and almost every village along highways leading to neighbouring
states have troops of about 25-30 youths as gau-rakshaks (cow vigilantes). Over
the years, the number of incidents in which people were attacked, thrashed or
harassed by the so-called gau-rakshaks has increased, but the cases have fallen
flat as the meat which was seized was found to be that of buffaloes not cows. Many
senior police officials of state posted in districts bordering Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Rajasthan, UP and Chhattisgarh confirmed that many anti-socials, in
the garb of cow vigilante groups, were attacking those carrying milch animals
in bulk.“All they do is wear saffron scarves and patrol in groups, searching
for targets. They travel in SUVs or even motorcycles at night. Once they find a
target, they beat them up badly for money,” a senior police officer posted in a
district bordering Maharashtra confided.“This has developed as a business in
the last few years. Many of them have turned ‘crorepatis’. Some lower level
policemen are also involved in this activity and get a share from these
gau-rakshaks,” said another senior police officer, requesting anonymity. Masood
Ahmed Khan, secretary, coordination committee for Indian Muslims, MP unit, said
Muslim meat traders were being harassed by the so-called gau-rakshaks. “Most of
the people who are stopped on highways are from Muslim community.Aim is to
extort money,” said a Muslim leader of Nimar, requesting anonymity.“There are
some people who earn 50,000-60,000 per month just by intercepting these
trucks,” he said.HT
Those attacking Dalits are
‘anti-national’: RSS
Cow vigilante groups:
Parkash Singh Badal warns of stern action for violating law
Shiv Sena urges PM Modi to act against cow vigilantes
Why Modi's Lambasting Of
Cow Vigilantes Was Mere Lip Service:Sanam Sharma
Una agitation can usher a
new brand of Dalit-Bahujan politics
Tamil Dalits continue their
struggle for right to worship at temple festival
Cuddalore:Nearly 6 years
after the Madras High Court ordered the Hindu Religious and Charitable
Endowments Board in Cuddalore district to allow the car procession of Sri
Mariamman Temple through the Pallavarayanatham Dalit colony during the annual
festival, Dalits continue to petition the district administration every year
seeking their right to worship. The district administration has been unable to
convince the non-Dalits to allow the temple car procession in the Dalit colony
following which the authorities have stopped the annual temple car festival
since 2010. Demanding their right to worship, Dalits from Pallavarayanatham
Colony on Monday submitted a petition to District Collector A. Gnanasekaran
seeking implementation of the High Court order and to ensure that their rights
were upheld.J. Jayaseelan, a resident of the colony, alleged that Dalits were
not allowed to take part in some important events such as Mandagapadi during
the 12-day annual festival during the month of Aadi.the hindu
Irom Sharmila ends 16-yrs
fast, wants to become CM
Imphal: Irom Sharmila ended
her indefinite hunger strike against the AFSPA on Tuesday after she was granted
bail by a local court in an attempted suicide case. The court fixed August 23
as the date for Sharmila’s reappearance to examine if she is guilty of trying
to commit suicide under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code.“CJM granted her
bail after she signed the PR bond of Rs 10,000. The court will now issue the
release order to the jail authorities,” Sharmila’s counsel L Rebeda said.
Sharmila was in the custody of Imphal’s Sajiwa Central Jail, but kept in a ward
of the JNIMS where she has been force-fed through a nasal tube under security
for years.HT
Mufti Akhtar Raza, Mahmood
Madani among world’s most influential Muslims: Jordanian think tank RISSC
Bareilly: Mufti Mohammad
Akhtar Raza Khan Qadiri aka Azhari Miyan, chief cleric of the influential
Dargah Aala Hazart here, has occupied 25th place in annual list of 500 'most
powerful and influential Muslims' across the world.The list was prepared by Jordanian
thinktank Royal Islamic Strategic Study Centre (RISSC), affiliated with the
Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman.Azhari was ranked 22nd
in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Azhari has written over 5,000 fatwas, most famous being
one that was passed in 1975 against sterilisation. "The then PM Indira
Gandhi had made sterilization compulsory in the country. Even Deoband had passed
a fatwa, claiming the process is valid in Islam. But Azhari Miyan stood by his
decision, saying the medical process was against sharia," said Maulana
Shahbudeen Razvi, Azhari's secretary. Azhari is the great grandson and
successor of Ahmad Raza Khan. Another Indian to feature among the top 50 in the
list is Maulana Mahmood Madani.The top 10 personalities in the list this year
included names of King Abdullah, king of Jordan, Sheikh Ahmad Muhammad
Al-Tayyeb, grand sheikh of Al-Azhar, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Grand
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran, King Mohammed VI of
Morocco, Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu
Dhabi, President Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani
of Iraq and Hajji Abdul-Wahhab, Amir of Tablighi Jamaat, Pakistan.TOI
Modernising madrasas: Govt
spent Rs 1,000 cr in 7 years
New Delhi: Union govt has spent over Rs 1,000 crore over seven years
to modernise madrasas or Islamic educational institutions, according to data
released by Minister for HRD Prakash
Javadekar in the Lok Sabha.The govt increased
the spending on the Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM),
launched in 2009-10, from Rs 46 crore to Rs 294 crore -- more than a five-fold
increase. Spending almost tripled in one year -- 2015-16 -- to Rs 294 crore
from Rs 108 crore in the previous year."Under the scheme, financial
assistance is provided to encourage traditional institutions like madrasas and
maktqabs to introduce modern education in subjects such as science,
mathematics, social studies, Hindi and English in their curriculum through
support for teachers, books, teaching learning materials and computer
labs," the minister said. Over 48,000 madrasas in UP received financial
assistance during the last seven years -- the highest amongst all states --
followed by Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.IANS
Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat run
madrasa to introduce ‘anti-terrorism’ course in its curriculum
Bareilly: To dispel the
notion that madrasas are terror nurseries, Sunniyat Jamia Razvia
Manzar-e-Islam, a seminary run under Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat, has taken a first of
its kind step by introducing 2-year ‘anti-terrorism course’.Muslim scholars
enrolled at the madrasa will be taught how terrorists are misusing religious
texts to suit their nefarious designs. They will also learn about the
background of terrorist outfits, the various such organisations active in India
and the wrong means adopted by them to mislead innocent people.“Terrorists
across the globe are misusing religious scriptures to validate their sinful
acts and to corrupt the innocent minds of people. This course is aimed at
countering this and so we have named it as Anti-Terrorism,” said Mufti Salim
Noori, head convener and spokesperson of Dargah. The course, designed by the
head muftis of the dargah, is divided into two parts, Sufism and Wahhabism, and
each part has several subjects. HT
All products must have
labels in Hindi, regional language: committee set up by HRD Ministry in 2014
New Delhi:All Goods and
products sold in the country, irrespective of where they have been manufactured,
may soon have labels and instructions in Hindi and another regional
language.This recommendation is part of the report finalised by the 17-member
committee led by exJNU pro V-C Kapil Kapoor. The panel was tasked by the HRD
ministry to suggest ways to promote Indian languages. indianexpress
Registration of AIMIM
restored in Maharashtra
Mumbai: In a relief to
AIMIM, State Election Commission has restored registration of the party,
enabling it to contest the civic polls in the state, including the Mumbai
Municipal Corporation, on its symbol and name. Commission, which conducts local
body polls, also restored the registration of five other parties, which were
de-registered along with several other local outfits last month for their
failure to provide details of income tax returns and audited accounts. The
decision to restore the registration of Owaisi-led AIMIM, which has built
pockets of influence across Maharashtra and bagged two seats in the assembly
polls in 2014, has come when the party is gearing up to contest the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
elections due early next year. The party has been re-registered after
completing necessary formalities, a SEC official told PTI. PTI
Delhi HC reserves order on
plea to cancel Kanhaiya’s bail
New Delhi:Delhi High Court
today reserved its order on the plea by private individuals for cancellation of
interim bail granted to JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case with
Delhi Police facing its ire for not taking an unequivocal stand and leaving it
to the judge to take a decision. However, after it was pulled up by Justice PS
Teji who made hard hitting remarks like “Why are you playing with the court”
and “police has made a mockerey of the system,” Delhi Police said it was not in
favour of cancellation of the student leader’s bail.PTI
Startup Fatehpur Sikri: 374
Muslim, Dalit weavers join hands to form limited company
Agra: About 374 weavers,
mainly Muslims, Dalits and women, engaged in manufacturing rugs (daris) in 5
villages of Fatehpur Sikri have joined hands together to form a pvt limited
company to sell their produce directly in the market, thus eliminating the
middlemen and the intermediaries who end up pocketing the lion's share of the
profits.These weavers, who are paid merely Rs 50 or less for their labour on a
rug that sells for about Rs 500 to Rs 600 in local markets and much higher in
foreign countries, have pooled in Rs 50,000 to register their company,
"Nayi Roshni Dari Utpadan Producer Company Ltd".TOI
KASHMIR
ISSUE
Feel pained that innocent
youth have been handed stones: Modi preaches insaniyat to Kashmiris
PM Narendra Modi reached out to the people of
turbulent Kashmir and indicated willingness to hold dialogue under the
framework of 'insaniyat (humanity), jamhuriyat (democracy) and Kashmiriyat'. Modi
said it was painfully to see innocent youngsters, who should be holding
laptops, book and cricket bats, have been given stones and appealed to them for
maintaining peace and harmony in the "heaven" on earth.He said
Kashmir has the freedom which is felt by Indians everywhere and asserted that
the Mehbooba Mufti govt and the Centre
are working together to solve the state's difficulties but some people, who are
unable to digest it, are clinging onto the path to destruction."When Atal
Bihari Vajpayee was the PM he had adopted the path of insaniyat, jamhuriyat and
Kashmiriyat and we walk the same road. I want to tell the brothers and sisters
of Kashmir from this great birthplace of Chandra Shekhar Azad that Kashmir has
the same strength that has been given to (other parts of) India by our freedom
fighters. Kashmir has the same freedom that every Indian feels. Today, one
feels pained to see that innocent youths have been handed stones. Politics of
some people is clicking but what will happen to these gullible and simple
youths. Humanity and Kashmiriyat will not be allowed to be hit. The path of democracy
and dialogue is there," he said.PTI
Freedom that every Indian
has also belongs to every Kashmiri: PM Modi
Opposition expresses
concern over Kashmir situation
SC seeks report from
J&K govt on youth killing in Srinagar
New Delhi: Supreme Court on
Tuesday decided to examine under what circumstances a youth was killed in
police firing while he allegedly was protesting killing of Burhan Wani.In a
relief to top police officials of Srinagar, a 2-judge bench, however, stayed
contempt proceedings against them for not lodging FIR against a DSP who
allegedly killed the youth.The bench asked the state govt to conduct
investigation in the case and directed the state a report in a sealed envelope
by Friday when it would a decision on whether FIR could be registered against
the erring police officer. timesofindia
J-K govt to probe civilian
deaths in Kashmir protests, take stern action
Srinagar youth killing:
Court refers to contempt proceedings against top police officials
Burhan Wani was pious, not
a terrorist: PDP MLA Shah
Srinagar: Stating that slain
Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was “not a terrorist”, a ruling PDP MLA
described him as “great and pious”. He also said Wani’s “death has given a new
lease of life” to separatists.Saying that his party has “no ill-will or grudge
against the people mourning Wani’s death”, Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, PDP MLA from
Wani’s hometown Tral, said: “He was not a terrorist… People loved him because
he was a great and pious character. I am from Tral and I know how much people
loved and respected him. Their mourning is justified”.“Wani was the product of
torture and harassment inflicted upon him and his family by the previous NC-Congress
coalition govt,” he said. “We are reaping the harvest of what was sown by NC,”
he said. indianexpress
Hizbul blames India for
posters threatening Pandits
Srinagar: Days after
posters threatening Kashmiri Pandits surfaced near their transit accommodations
in south Kashmir, militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) on Monday blamed it on
“Indian agencies to portray Kashmir’s freedom struggle as communal”. It distanced
itself from the unsigned posters, issued under the name of Lashkar-e-Islam,
which had appeared in Pulwama and warned Pandits to leave the Valley. In a
statement mailed to media organizations in Kashmir, deputy chief of HM,
Saifullah Khalid, claimed “Indian agencies are once again trying to play Pandit
card to show that our freedom struggle is ‘terrorism and communalism’.”HT
Kashmir: Why the protests
this time are very different from earlier ones: Indian Express
Day 31: Shopian teenager
succumbs, death toll 57
MEDIA ON
TERROR CASES
Nayeemuddin, witness in
Sohrabuddin case killed in Telangana encounter
Hyderabad: Mohammed
Nayeemuddin, who the Gujarat police referred to as Kalimuddin and a witness in
its probe into the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Kauser Bi in an
alleged fake encounter, was shot dead Monday by a Telangana anti-Naxal team on
the outskirts of Hyderabad. Gujarat police claimed Kalimuddin was on board a
Hyderabad-Sangli bus in Nov.2005 with Sohrabuddin and Kauser Bi when they were
allegedly abducted by policemen from Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh and killed
within days. Gujarat police also claimed Kalimuddin was a police informer and
an accused in the 2003 murder of ex Gujarat minister Haren Pandya. indian
express
Raisuddin Siddique a Hingoli schoolteacher is
latest Maharashtra ATS catch
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Police’s ATS has arrested a schoolteacher from Hingoli district. Mohd Raisuddin
Siddique (40), who used to teach at a local zilla parishad school, was picked
up for questioning Sunday and placed under arrest Monday evening. Siddique is
the fourth person to be arrested on suspicion of being an IS recruit. indianexpress
Arrested at Delhi airport:
No IS plans, wanted to lead ‘true Islamic life’, woman tells police
Kerala: Woman from Bihar
who was arrested at Delhi airport last week before she was to board a flight to
Kabul with her five-year-old son is learnt to have told police that she had no
plans of joining the Islamic State, and was going to Afghanistan only to lead a
“true Islamic life”.Yasmeen (28) was reportedly in touch with one of the
missing youths from Kerala, identified as Abdul Rashid. She is learnt to have
told police that after being abandoned by her husband, she married Rashid about
3 months back.“Rashid had sent her photographs of Afghan villages, saying that
they can lead an Islamic life there. She claims she was aware of the cruelties
of the IS and never wanted to join it,” a police officer said. indianexpress
Muzaffarnagar: Maulana
Nazeer Qasmi demands extra security, says slain NIA officer Tanzeel wanted him
killed
A prominent cleric has
urged the administration to enhance his security cover claiming that slain NIA
DSP Tanzeel Ahmed had given a contract to a gangster to kill him. Maulana
Nazeer Ahmed Qasmi, however feigned ignorance about the exact motive behind the
conspiracy to murder him. Qasmi (75) currently enjoys ‘X’ Category security.“I
have requested SSP, Muzaffarnagar, to enhance my security because I have to go
to different places to attend religious discourse. I came to know about the
threat through media, which stated that Tanzeel wanted to get me killed. So
far, no govt official has informed me in this regard,” said Qasmi. indianexpress
WORLD
Russia, Turkey 'must
jointly resolve Syria crisis'
President Tayyip Erdogan has highlighted the
importance of cooperation between Turkey and Russia in finding a solution to
the long-standing Syria conflict. Prior to his upcoming meeting with Russian
President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan said: “I must tell this clearly, the most
important step, and primary actor in bringing peace to Syria is the Russian
Federation."I think that we, Russia and Turkey, should resolve this
[Syria] issue by taking a step together."He added that if need be, Iran,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the US too could be included in the process. In a
reference to the Bashar al-Assad regime, he said: “Of course, we are not up for
backing the killer who committed the state terrorism. Let the Syrian nation
elect the one or ones who will rule them.”About the opposition’s hopes for
excluding Bashar al-Assad from the solution to the crisis, Erdogan said: “In
this regard, Iran can be included in this issue; we all desire to end the blood
and deaths as soon as possible.”Anadoluagency
Putin and Erdogan meet to
mend ties after jet downing rift
Turkey warns US not to ‘sacrifice’
relations for Gulen
Turkey warned the US not to sacrifice
bilateral ties over Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for the July 15 failed
coup and wants to see extradited to face trial. “If the US does not deliver
(Gulen), they will sacrifice relations with Turkey for the sake of a
terrorist,” justice minister Bekir Bozdag said.PTI
Aleppo battle: Assad sends
thousands of reinforcements
Syrian govt has sent
thousands of reinforcements to mount a counterattack in Aleppo after rebels
broke through govt lines two days earlier, monitoring group said. Shia
Hezbollah movement and the govt have mobilised more than 3,000 troops and
militia fighters for an attempt to recapture the areas where the rebels made
their breakthrough, according to Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights (SOHR). Aljazeera
Iraqi, Lebanese militias
arrive in Aleppo to support regime
Assad regime drops vacuum
bombs on Syrian city
Idlib: A regime aircraft
conducted a vacuum bomb attack late Monday against the opposition-held district
of Sevre in the northwestern province of Idlib, local civil defense sources
said. 5 victims were killed and 12 others, including a civil defense staff,
were wounded in the attack. Anadolu Agency
Christian charity 'top of
Israel's target list': aljazeera
Last week, Israeli Security
Agency - or Shin Bet - announced serious charges against a Gaza-based
Palestinian employee of the global Christian charity, World Vision. According to
Shin Bet, Mohammad el-Halabi, head of World Vision's Gaza office, funnelled
tens of millions of dollars of aid money to Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades in an
elaborate, years-long scheme.
Israel arrests UN aid
worker for alleged Hamas links
Israeli forces demolish
Palestinian structures in Nablus
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160809-israeli-forces-demolish-palestinian-structures-in-nablus/
Israel places deputy leader
of Islamic Movement Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib under house arrest
HRW condemns Iran hanging
of 20 Sunnis
Human Rights Watch has
denounced Iran's hanging of 20 Sunni prisoners in one of its biggest mass
executions in years as a "shameful low point in its human rights
record". aljazeera
Pak slams US for doubting
its anti-terror efforts, takes dig at India
Pakistan has regretted US’
statement that questioned Pakistan’s sincerity in the war on terror. In
response to a media question on US Deputy spokesperson’s critical remarks that
Pakistan was selective in targeting terrorists and does not go after those
threatening its neighbours, Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria said that
Pakistan has taken concrete measures to counter terrorism in a phased manner keeping
in view the country’s national security concerns.He claimed that the arrest of
the India’s active service officer, who ‘publicly confessed’ his state’s
involvement in perpetrating and financing terrorist and subversive activities
in Pakistan, surprisingly did not prompt any statement by US.D Chronicle
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