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13 Aug. 2016: 08 Dzulqa'dah 37: Vol:7, No:136
Anti-terror law to protect
undercover operations? to strengthen UAPA, NIA Act
New Delhi: Modi govt is working on strengthening the anti-terror
law to provide legal protection for undercover operations, Union home minister
Rajnath Singh said here on Friday. The statement assumes significance given
that some key intelligence-based counter-terror operations in the past,
including neutralisation of a Lashker e Toiba module in 2004 that left Mumbra
girl Ishrat Jahan dead, have seen intelligence officers face criminal
investigation. Addressing the 'national conference on investigating agencies' organised
by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) here, Singh
said: "Our govt is committed to
punish terrorists. We are working to strengthen the UAPA and the NIA Act.We are
considering legal protection for undercover operation, use of intelligence
collected as evidence and entire gamut of issues relevant to combating
terrorism".Incidentally, experts feel that though legal protection for
undercover operations may be a welcome respite for intelligence operatives who
may not always be able to play by the rules while pursuing pro-active,
counter-terror action, and would be in line with the practice in many other
countries, it will run into criticism from the civil society and human rights
groups who may see legal immunity as an "excuse for counter-terror forces
to commit excesses".Singh said the govt was also examining enactment of Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters Act to provide legal sanction for evidence
obtained through Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties and remove doubts about
admissibility of such evidence.Referring to the widespread use of social media
by terrorists, the home minister said the present capabilities of
cyber-monitoring organisations like CERT-IN may need to be strengthened. He
also pointed to efforts to establish the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
(I4C) to deal with all types of cyber crimes in the country. TOI
Govt to strengthen
anti-terror laws, apparatus
Centre wants to strengthen
anti-terror laws, legal protection for undercover operations on cards
Spurt in violent protest on
religious and caste lines unfortunate: SC
New Delhi: The sudden spurt
in violent protest on the line of religion, language and caste divisions across
the country has caught the attention of the Supreme Court which expressed
concern over it, terming it "unfortunate trend" and asked for special
training to police personnel to deal with such situation. Observing that
legitimate dissent is a basic part of democracy and citizens have a fundamental
right to hold peaceful demonstration, a bench of Justices A K Sikri and R K
Agrawal, however, said that people should not be allowed to take law into their
hands and destroy peace in the name of demonstrations and dharnas. timesofindia
Modi signals new Kashmir
policy, says PoK part of India, also raises Balochistan issue
New Delhi: India on Friday
hardened its Pakistan policy, by taking the battle deep into the neighbouring
country, raising rights abuses inside Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
(PoK).Upping the ante, PM Narendra Modi squarely blamed Pakistan-promoted
cross-border terrorism as the main reason for turmoil in Kashmir.He also
signalled that India would shame Pakistan in the international community for
its excesses in Balochistan and PoK, even asking ministry of external affairs to get in touch with the people of PoK,
residing in different countries to document Pakistan's oppression."Pakistan
forgets that it rains bombs through fighter planes on its citizens. Now, the
time has come for Pakistan to explain to the world the atrocities it is
unleashing on the people of Balochistan and PoK," PM Modi said in his
concluding speech at the all-party meet on Kashmir.He asked the MEA to
enlighten the world community about the pathetic conditions in PoK. Later, home
minister Rajnath Singh, at a press conference, further qualified the hardened
stand.Asked if the mention of Balochistan and PoK signals a shift in policy
towards Pakistan, finance minster Jaitley said: "PM said so as a part of
the strategy that the world should know about the prevailing situation in
PoK."DNA
This is the speech by PM
Modi on Kashmir, PoK and Balochistan that has left Pakistan fuming
Our moral responsibility to
stand by our brothers in PoK: Jitendra Singh
We welcome PM Modi’s
statement to support freedom movement of Balochistan: Baloch activists thank Modi
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi
has been praised by activists across the border who are striving against ruling
dispensation of Pakistan for the alleged atrocities committed by its army
against the people of Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK. Leading Baloch
activists Naela Quadri Baloch and Hammal Haider Baloch praised Modi for
speaking on the subject and urged him to further support their cause. The
Baloch self-determination leaders further stated that they would always support
the Indian govt, as both Balochistan and India share the same democratic,
cultural and secular values. Further tearing into Pakistan, the activists have accused
successive govt s at Islamabad of escalating oppression in the regions of
Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK, and “butchering activists” who are
chalenging the might of the Pakistani establishment. Expressing support for the
comments made by the Indian PM, Naela Baloch said,“We, the people of
Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK thank you (PM Modi) for your support. We
are suffering under this regime. We strongly hope that India would raise our
issue in coming Sept.UN session. We welcome PM Modi’s statement to support
freedom movement of Balochistan. This is the first time ever that an Indian PM
has expressed his wish to support Baloch people, very crucial decision. Baloch
people share common interest with India, we are secular and believe in democratic
principles,” said another profreedom activist Hammal Haider Baloch.india.com
Back Baloch, reclaim PoK:
Modi moves to fix India's biggest geopolitical failure
PM Modi should take up
Balochistan issue at UN: Baloch leader
‘Thanks, PM Modi’: Balochi
activists thank him for raising the issue
Modi first Indian PM to
speak for us, hope he can be like Indira: Balochistan activist
No role for UN: All Parties
reject international body's request to visit Kashmir
New Delhi: The entire
political spectrum which met here under PM Narendra Modi to discuss the
prevailing situation in J&K, rejected the idea of involving the UN or any 3rd-party
in India's internal affairs. Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
elicited views of representatives of political parties, informing them that the
United Nations HRC in a letter dated July 29 had asked permission to visit
Kashmir. On July 22, Pakistan had approached the UNHRC over the Kashmir
situation and requested it to send a fact-finding mission, after PM Nawaz
Sharif chaired a high-level meeting.Swaraj said that it is a consistent policy
of past govts that the UN cannot interfere in India's internal affairs. But,
she threw the question open in order for all political parties to evolve a
consensus ahead of rejecting the UN request.But, political parties missed the
point that India had issued a standing invitation to UN Special Rapporteurs on
Sept.14, 2011. Last 2 UN Special Rapporteurs who visited India were the Special
Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Summary or Arbitrary Executions, in March 2012
followed by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women in April,
2013.Also, last year in November, India took a stand against Nepal for the
first time at UNHRC, complaining that it was "concerned" over
"lack of political progress" and incidents of "violence,
extra-judicial killings and ethnic discrimination" in the Himalayan
country. Noted human rights activist Ravi Nayar said,that contrary to what
Swaraj called the consistent position of past govt s, India has not always
denied UN teams the privilege of visiting and probing different issues.
"We have taken up issues related to Madhesis in Nepal and Tamils in Sri
Lanka to UN forums," he said, rejecting the idea that India has always
adhered the policy of non-intervention in affairs of other countries or a
belief in keeping things strictly in the bilateral closet. Nayar, who heads
South Asian Documentation and Research Centre has also made a formal complaint
to UN Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Assembly and the Right to Health
requesting them to visit Kashmir.DNA
India rejects UNHRC request
to visit Kashmir to probe alleged human rights violations by forces
IS influence making recent
Kashmir protests different? TOI
New Delhi: Warning of the
threat of younger generation in Kashmir+ increasingly getting influenced by IS
(Islamic State), PDP, a coalition partner of BJP in the state, has told the
Centre that there is need to address the situation by creating a
"counter-narrative of nationalism and democracy" for school goers,
since the trouble in the valley is a "battle of minds". Speaking at
the all-party meeting called by PM Narendra Modi on Friday, PDP's Lok Sabha MP
Muzaffar Beg is learnt to have said that the current unrest in the valley is
"different from earlier protests" in several respects, the first
being it is more influenced by "religious extremism" and hence any
patchwork solution will not work to resolve the situation. It is like a
"subterranean volcano" that could erupt any time, with the
involvement of a "foreign country".Asked how the Kashmir situation is
different this round from earlier ones in 2008, 2010 and 2013, finance minister
Arun Jaitley said at a press conference after the meeting that "new trends
that emerged after analysing the situation is that the change taking place in
the world over also ideologically has a role to play in the valley". It
was seen as a hint at the possible influence of the IS. Beg is also learnt to
have said that unlike earlier protests, it has entered the rural areas, down to
the tehsil level where it is difficult for even the Army to go. The other new
trend is that women are participating in large numbers.TOI
What PDP MP Muzaffar
Hussain Baig told PM Modi at the all-party meet
New Delhi: Former Deputy CM
and MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig represented the ruling PDP in the all-party
meeting convened by the Centre to discuss the current Kashmir uprising. PDP is
BJP’s coalition partner in J&K and Baig’s suggestions at the all-party meet
are essential to understand where PDP stands on Kashmir issue and how it wants
New Delhi to respond to the current unrest. Here is what Baig said he told the PM
in the all-party meet. “I told (the all
party meet) that there is a narrative of religious extremism. This narrative is
created in madrassas. Our teachers and schools don’t have such commitment or
reach. These kids are trained in the religious texts without context. Now there
is a revival of Khilafat, which has taken the form of ISIS. It is bound to
influence the youth of Kashmir. I told them (All Party meeting) that what is
taught in Madrassa is not real Islam. They teach them politicized Islam. They (students)
get two sets of kameez pajamas from their families and these vulnerable minds
are told that if you die in Jihad, you will go to paradise and if you survive
you will be a hero. We should have had a counter narrative (in Kashmir)”.Indian
Express
Current unrest in Kashmir
not because of Pakistan:Omar
Srinagar:National
Conference Working President Omar Abdullah on Saturday said PDP was primarily
responsible for the Centre’s "shocking, hawkish" stand on the
situation in Kashmir at the conclusion of the All Party Meeting held in New
Delhi. Expressing shock and dismay at PDP MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig’s
"perverse anti-Kashmir tirade and stereotypical Muslim bashing" at All
Party Meet, Omar said it was Mehbooba Mufti who had set the tone for this
narrative that aims to "vilify and defame the people of Kashmir".
greater kashmir
No Friday prayers at grand
mosque in Srinagar for 5th consecutive week
Govt trying for normalcy in
Kashmir, but will not yield to terror or separatists
India's ‘doors are open’
but not for Pak-backed terror:Modi
Police officers, Magistrate
among 12 injured in Doda clashes
Doda:At least 12 persons
including some police officials and a Magistrate were injured in clashes in
Doda town of Jammu province on Friday afternoon, witnesses and reports said.
The clashes took place when police tried to arrest some youths after Friday
congregational prayers, sources said. According to reports, the situation
turned tense when a group of youth started shouting pro-freedom and anti-govt slogans
while marching towards Markaz-i-Jamia Masjid (Central Mosque) after offering
Friday prayers at Masjid-e-Noor. Witnesses said police used brutal force
without any provocation. “There was no call for Bandh or a protest and people
were going to home peacefully after offering the Friday prayers. But SHO Doda
without any provocation started abusing people and using foul language. This
instigated youth and the clashes erupted,” said ex-Minister of State (Home) and
President of Markazi Seerat Committee Doda, Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy.“The
attitude of SHO clearly indicates that he has a communal bent of mind which is
a very dangerous sign in the given circumstances. The SHO should be transferred
immediately and an inquiry be initiated into the entire incident.”He also
demanded that the arrested youths should be released immediately as all of them
are innocent and have got nothing to do with the incident which was triggered
by the “provocative remarks and abusive language of SHO Uday Wazir.” greater
kashmir
SC orders exhumation, autopsy of youth ‘shot
during protest’ in Kashmir: Indian Express
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has ordered exhumation and autopsy of the body of a youth who was
allegedly shot dead by a DSP after he was seen leading a rally to protest the
killing of Burhan Wani.A bench led by Justice PC Ghose said the exhumation and
autopsy shall be carried out under supervision of the district and sessions
judge, Srinagar, and that the exercise should be completed within three weeks. SC
passed the order after perusing a report submitted by state police on the
circumstances leading to the killing of Shabir Ahmad Mir. The report also
contained the order of the district magistrate who had directed exhumation and
autopsy of the victim’s body.
Hafiz Saeed files petition
over taking up Kashmir issue at UNSC
Lahore: Hafiz Saeed on
Friday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking direction to the Nawaz
Sharif govt to take up Kashmir issue at UN Security Council. Filed through his
counsel A K Dogar, Saeed in his petition said the PML-N govt is practically doing nothing to take up the
matter of Indian ‘atrocities’ in Kashmir at different international forums
except issuing statements. He said the Indian claim to Kashmir is based on
‘very controversial and forced accession’ to India made by Maharaja Hari Singh
on Oct.26, 1947 when he was fleeing from his capital Srinagar. He said
accession of J&K by both India and Pakistan should be decided through the
democratic method of free and impartial plebiscite to promote international
peace and security.PTI
Intense protests persist
despite strict curfew in Kashmir, internet services suspended briefly
Srinagar: Authorities in
Kashmir on Saturday extended a strict curfew to most parts of the restive
region as separatist leaders called for weekend protests against Indian rule.
Administration also suspended all internet services briefly in Kashmir.The broadband
services were snapped at around 4.30 pm but were restored at 5 pm, officials
said without giving any reason. However, some broadband subscribers said their
connections had not been restored yet."I am subscribing to BSNL broadband
services but so far my service has not been restored," said M. Yousuf
Shah, resident of Hazratbal.AP
Internet services suspended
briefly in Kashmir, then restored
Curfew remains in force,
death toll climbs to 56: PTI
Maharashtra govt may impose
‘reasonable restrictions’ on Zakir Naik’s speeches
Mumbai:5 days after the
Mumbai Police submitted its 71-page report against Dr Zakir Naik, indicting him
for making ‘pro-terror’ speeches that ‘influenced vulnerable minds’, the state govt
is considering imposing ‘reasonable
restrictions’ on his speeches. This effectively means that the next time Naik
conducts a public gathering in Maharashtra, he will have to seek a NOC from the
police. Also, most of his ‘objectionable’ speeches, sermons and literature
mentioned in the report would be pulled down from websites.“Since the report
incriminates Naik, we are contemplating reasonable restrictions on his
speeches. We are waiting for the Law and Judiciary Department’s opinion on
this, after which action will be taken,” a senior official from the State Home
Department said. Sources said invoking
stringent sections against the Islamic preacher under the UAPA is also being
studied.Indian Express
Mumbai Police may register
a case against Zakir Naik on terror charges: Economic Times
Peace TV, Naik beamed into
Bengal border homes: TOI report
Mumbai Police may book
Zakir Naik on terror charges, illegally converting to Islam: India TV
Haven't joined IS:
Malappuram native's e-mail
Malappuram: A Malappuram
native who had left Kerala after converting to Islam has sent a message saying
that he has not joined the Islamic State. Abdulla alias Akhil sent an e-mail to
the probe officials and also contacted his parents over phone.In the e-mail
sent to the Malappuram district police chief and the Circle Inspector,
Perinthalmanna, Abdulla claimed that he had no links with IS. He told his
father that he would return home after completing his studies in Yemen. Akhil
converted to Islam and changed his name to Abdulla 2 year ago while he was an
engineering student. He then left Kerala. Mathrhbumi
Eviction notice to Ishrat
probe officer: Govt regularised Verma’s stay, later ‘backtracked’
Ahmedabad:Months before
serving eviction notice to IPS officer Satish Verma, known for investigating
the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the Gujarat govt had asked him to pay rent of more than a year
for a three-bedroom flat, occupied by his family in Ahmedabad. The
correspondence between Verma and the concerned department also suggested that
the govt backtracked after regularising
his stay on a nominal rent.The letters written to Verma in April this year
indicated that the Road and Buildings Department regularised his occupancy with
a nominal rent from May 2016 onwards. indianexpress
Go to Pakistan! Katju’s
advise to Owaisi, Muslims on exclusion of Ahmadiyyas from Muslim census
New Delhi: Ex-Supreme Court
judge Markandey Katju has embroiled himself in another controversy, as he chose
to speak out against the majoritarian view of Muslims regarding Ahmadiyyas.
Katju blasted all those Muslims who have demanded the exclusion of Ahmadiyyas
from the Muslim census. He has advised all of them to migrate to Pakistan,
where Ahmadiyyas are officially considered non-Muslims, and unofficially
treated as second class citizens. In his remark, Katju did not refrain from
naming Asaduddin Owaisi, who has also voiced his apprehensions regarding the
inclusion of Ahmadiyyas among the Muslims. The controversy regarding Ahmadiyyas
was raked up when the Narendra Modi govt released the 2011 census, in which they were
listed as Muslims. Subsequently, a prominent Muslims outfit Majlis Tahaffuze
Khatme Nabuwat demanded govt to exclude
them from Muslims, as the Islamic conference of world ulemas in Mecca had
unanimously agreed that they do not believe in at least one of the core
fundamental beliefs of Islam. india.com
TN: Leaders oppose
inclusion of Dalit Muslims in SCs list
Chennai: The demand of the
Mylapore Archbishop George Antonysamy to include Dalit Muslims along with Dalit
Christians in the list of Scheduled Castes has evoked disapproval from Muslim
leaders, who pointed out that “Islam does not recognise caste divisions.”“When
someone becomes a Muslim they are part of an ocean. Islam does not
differentiate people based on their caste,” said former MP and Indian Union
Muslim League leader Kader Mohideen.He said the demand of the Muslims in the
country was 10% exclusive reservation as recommended by the Justice Ranganath
Mishra Commission. “Economically, educationally and socially, Muslims across
the country are identified as a backward community. Including Muslims in list
of SCs is not acceptable to us since it will amount to acknowledging casteism
in Islam,” Kader Mohideen said. Muslims are placed under Backward Classes in
the country, and in Tamil Nadu Muslims enjoy 3.5% exclusive reservation. Although
agreed that “all identities disappear under Islam”’, social aspects should be
taken into consideration in the case of reservation, MMK leader MH Jawahirullah
said. the hindu
Bulandshahr gangrape: Minor
victim moves SC, seeks FIR against Azam Khan
New Delhi: The minor victim
in the Bulandshahr gangrape has moved the Supreme Court seeking FIR against UP
Minister Azam Khan and erring police officers. The victim has also asked that
the case be transferred to Delhi and urged that it should be probed under the
monitoring of a court. Addressing the media, Azam Khan had said that the
Bulandshahr gangrape incident was a political conspiracy to defame the govt. He
said that with the elections near the desperate opposition could stoop to any
level. indian express
Muslims are 'a disturbed
lot': Azam Khan on SRK detention in US
RAMPUR: Latching on to the
detention of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan at a US airport, UP Minister
Azam Khan has attacked PM Narendra Modi
and US President Barack Obama over the condition of Muslims."Modiji is not
permitting us to lead a peaceful life here and in America, PM's friend Barack
Obama would not allow us to live," Khan told reporters here yesterday
evening. "We (Muslims) are a disturbed lot and don't know where to
go," he added.PTI
'Shocked & appalled':
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan tweets after UK denies visa
Even before the controversy
over the detention of Bollywood start Shah Rukh Khan at the Los Angeles
International Airport on Thursday died down, sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan on
Friday tweeted out that his application for a British visa has been rejected.The
sarod maestro also tagged External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in his
tweets. Till this report was filed, the minister has not responded to his
tweets.The sarod maestro seemed to be extremely disappointed as he also
expressed the same on his Facebook page. firstpost
Muzaffarnagar Riots: 3 Yrs
On, about 140 displaced families Find
New Homes
Muzaffarnagar:In a part of
UP, near Muzaffarnagar where riots in 2013 left 66 dead and 50,000 displaced,nearly
140 displaced families have set up homes in 2 settlement colonies in Shamli,
the district next to Muzaffarnagar. Madhavi Kukreja, of Sadbhavana Trust, who
has been helping displaced people build their homes says: "They chose
spaces where there are more Muslims, where they feel more welcome. But even in
those areas they are always seen as riot victims...outsiders."In the
village of 4,200, the Muslim population has dropped from over a 1,000 to just
100.Villagers claim they visited relief camps and tried to bring back the
displaced people several times, but only 20 families returned."We
organised a committee and made several visits to the relief camps even after
the riots to try and bring them back," explains Amit Dixit, a member of
the village panchayat."Because they have got compensation from the govt and help from NGOs, they have recovered their
losses and don't want to return. But there are no ghettos here. Still a few
Muslim families live in the middle of the village and they are absolutely
safe," he said.NDTV
Muzaffarnagar: Colony built
by riots victims for riots victims
Most infamous face of
Gujarat riots Ashok Parmar joins dalit yatra to Una, calls for Dalit-Muslim
unity
Ahmedabad: Gujarat's most
recognized face of the 2002 riots, Ashok Parmar, joined the dalit foot march on
Thursday evening to express "solidarity with the community and register
protest against atrocity on suppressed people". Parmar's controversial
photograph posing with an iron rod had featured in most media publications to
represent the anger of Hindus at the time of post-Godhra riots. Interestingly,
Parmar, who was a Bajrang Dal worker when he took to streets during the
communal frenzy, has joined a group of Muslim youths and left for Savarkundla
town to join the Dalit Asmita Yatra, which is on its way to Una.A cobbler by
profession, Parmar lives on a footpath in Shahpur area since 2001. "It is
my responsibility to show solidarity with the community and register protest
against the atrocity committed on them. What happened in Una cannot be
tolerated. Now is a time to say enough is enough," he told TOI. Parmar
claims that his style of protest would be different. "You have to use a
language the oppressors understand. Of course, this is not the time to lob
bombshells, but our words will have similar impact," he said.Besides
seeking justice and calling upon dalits to give up menial jobs including
skinning of carcasses, one of the aims of the Dalit Asmita Yatra is to promote
dalit-Muslim unity.Parmar is accompanied by volunteers of Insaf Foundation,
which aims at promoting communal harmony. The foundation's member, Kaleem
Siddiqui, said, "Divisive forces become active whenever there is a crisis
for a political party in Gujarat." "If such forces are not countered
today, rioting will not end. This is the time for Muslims to support dalits.
Muslims from Bapunagar and Juhapura will come to Una on August 14 and join the
flag hoisting ceremony on Independence Day," said Siddiqui.TOI
Ashok Parmar- The infamous
face of Gujarat Riots to work for Dalit-Muslim unity
Dalits, Muslims hold 'self
respect rally' in Mumbai, plan to take on Centre
Dalits are resisting gau
rakshaks, why are Muslims silent?
TN: not allowed to hold
festival, Dalits may embrace Islam
Aadi festival ends without major
rituals at Kallimedu
Gujarat: 99% literacy in
this village but separate garbas for upper castes and Dalits
mehsana:Ashwin Chamar has
an MA in Sanskrit and a second BA in Hindi, which he got in 2006. But he makes
a living as a mason, after having failed to get a job. Dagavadiya village of
Vijapur taluka has a 99% literacy rate, much higher than Gujarat’s average of
79.31%, but not many have jobs.3 years ago, a fight between two boys, one from
the OBC Chaudhary community and the other a Chamar from the Dalit community,
led to stone-pelting and tension in the village. indianexpress
Dalits count: Activists set
to conduct survey of skinners & tanners
PIL filed in SC for banning
cow vigilantes
Is India's $4-billion meat
export slowing to an end?
Between 2014-15 and
2015-16, India's lucrative 'pink revolution', a term that refers to its meat export,
declined by over $722 million. This number comes to about 15% of the meat
exports in the previous year.TOI
Cow vigilantes should be
declared terrorists: Rohith Vemula's online diary
Cow Is A Useful Animal, Not
God, Said Original Hindu Hriday Samrat: Ashish Dikshit
Vishwa Brahmin Sangh says
time for UP's 10% brahmans to become ‘kingmakers’
Kerala shocker: Muslim youth
acquitted in murder case hacked to death
Kozhikode: In what is
suspected as a revenge crime, a youngster, who was acquitted by the court in
the murder of DYFI activist Shibin Bhaskaran of Thuneri in Nadapuram earlier
this year, was killed by unknown assailants here Friday here. Muhammed Aslam, a
20-year-old IUML worker, suffered severe injuries when he was hacked by the
attackers on Friday and was rushed to a private hospital Kozhikode. However, he
breathed his last in the night.Aslam was attacked by a bike-borne gang when he
was going to Nadapuram from Vatakara in his bike.Aslam and 16 others were
acquitted by the Special Additional Sessions Court (Marad cases) in the
sensational murder of Shibin, a 19-year-old DYFI worker in June this year. Aslam
was the third accused in the case. manoramaonline
IUML activist Aslam, who
sustained hack injuries, dies
Rajasthan school dubs
national anthem 'anti-Islam', bans recital:TOI
Jaipur: Officials conducted
a probe on Friday following reports that a private school in Rajasthan's Barmer
district called the national anthem anti-Islam and banned its recital by
students. Media reports also alleged that the school, Maulana Vali Mohammad
Registan, in Pandi Ki Paar village also forced Hindu students to read the
Quran. On the orders of district collector Sudhir Kumar Sharma, a team of
officials reached the school and spoke to students preparing for Independence
Day events. The team later submitted its report to the collector. The school
administration denied the allegations. "I have submitted pictures of our
previous Independence Day celebrations to the probe team," said headmaster
Mohammad Siraj. TOI
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
opposes Yoga in schools
Hyderabad: Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind (JIH) has found fault with the recommendations of the New Education Policy
of the Central Govt stating that the
recommendations will hurt the minority institutions’ rights and impose un-Islamic
traditions. The policy avoids any positive suggestions for the 13% educationally
backward Muslim minorities in the country, it said. Speaking to reporters here
JIH Telangana and Odisha president Hamid Mohammed Khan said that the
recommendations of TSR Subramanyam Committee focussed more on corporatisation
and not democratisation of education. the hindu
Jamaat-e-Islami seeks
scrapping of new education policy
Telangana CM promises 12%
quota for Muslims, ST
Hyderabad: Telangana CM K.
Chandrasekhar Rao has vowed to bring in a special legislation on the lines of
Tamil Nadu to give 12% quota to the
Muslim minority in the state. gulfnews
This Kerala bride demands
books as mehr, not customary jewellery or gold
New Delhi: How often do you
see a woman demand books as mehr, and not the customary jewellery or gold. In
Kerala’s Malappuram district, a woman set an example for her community. A post
graduate in political science from the Hyderabad University, Sahla Nechiyil
never dreamt of a perfect, fairytale wedding. But when she decided to get
married, she also sent across a social message to the “gold-obsessed” Muslims
in Malappuram.Nechiyil decided to demand 50 books from her fiancé as mehr, a
mandatory payment in the form of money or possessions paid or promised to be
paid by the groom to the bride at the time of marriage. She asked for books as
mehr because of two reasons. indianexpress
WORLD
Turkish PM: 81,000 sacked
or suspended over coup bid
More than 81,000 people
have been suspended or dismissed from work over suspected links to the group
behind Turkey’s July 15 attempted coup, PM Binali Yildirim said.In a speech in
Ankara, he said 76,597 had been suspended and 4,897 dismissed. Of those sacked,
more than 3,000 were military staff, judges and civil servants. Anadolu agency
Rio 2016: Egyptian judoka
athlete refuses to shake hands with Israeli rival after pleas not to 'shame
Islam'
Egyptian judo fighter Islam
El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his
first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to
shake Sasson's hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette.independent
UN: Over 1000 Palestinians
displaced by Israel in 2016 to date
Afghan Taliban releases
Pakistan chopper crew members
Afghan Taliban have
released the crew members of a Pakistani helicopter which crash landed in
Afghanistan last week, officials said on Saturday.An MI-17 transport helicopter
was on its way to Russia for maintenance when it crash landed on August 4 in a
Taliban controlled area of Logar province. The rebels made the crew members as
hostages.An official said that local tribal elders were tasked to release the
captives and after successful negotiation, the Taliban released the crew.“All
crew members were handed over to Pakistani in Kurram tribal region,” an
official said.PTI
IS leader in Afghan, Pak killed
in airstrike: Pentagon
Afghanistan: Islamic State
group's leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed, was killed last month
in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, the Pentagon said Friday. AFP
Syria: Govt, Russia blamed
for 90 civilian deaths
At least 90 people have
been killed in overnight air strikes by the Syrian govt and Russian forces
across Syria, according to monitors and opposition activists. Most people were
killed around Aleppo province, where more than 300,000 civilians are trapped in
rebel held territories. The air raids hit the only hospital for women and
children in the town of Kafr Hamra, killing two staffers, including a nurse,
while 10 people were rescued from the rubble, the Syrian Civil Defence said.
Air strikes also hit a market in the nearby town of Urem al-Kubra, killing at least
six people, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
(SOHR).Urem al-Kubra lies on the road linking Aleppo to the northern
rebel-controlled province of Idlib, which has also seen intense
bombing."This is one of the highest death tolls we have seen in the recent
days," said Al Jazeera's Reza Sayah, reporting from Gaziantep on the
Turkish side of the Syria-Turkey border. aljazeera
UN fears another million
will be displaced from Mosul
UNHCR recorded more than
100,000 Iraqis displaced from Mosul and its outskirts since March. The city has
been under Daesh control for more than 2 years.Monitors say that this statistic
raises fears of the displacement of another million people internally or
externally in Iraq’s second largest city when govt forces start their battle to
expel Daesh. middleeastmonitor
IS frees hundreds of
civilians used as human shields
Beirut: IS group has freed
hundreds of civilians used by the jihadists as human shields while retreating
in northern Syria, US-backed forces and a monitor said on Saturday. A source
from the Syrian Democratic Forces, which pushed IS out of the city of Manbij
this week with the aid of US-led air strikes, told AFP that some of the
civilians were able to escape while “others were freed”. AFP
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