Evening NEWS DIGEST
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Curfew lifted after 52-day
all-party team led by Rajnath to visit Srinagar on Sept 4
New Delhi/Srinagar: An
all-party delegation will visit Srinagar on Sept. 4 in the wake of the recent
unrest in Kashmir Valley where 70 people have died in clashes between security
forces and protesters after the death of a militant commander last month.The
decks appeared to have cleared for a meeting between Kashmiri separatists and
the delegation, as the Centre and the J&K govt reached an understanding
that such an engagement won’t be discouraged.In Kashmir, curfew was lifted from
most parts on Monday -- after 51 consecutive days of lockdown and subsequent
clashes in the aftermath of Burhan Wani’s death on July 8.However, offices,
schools and business establishments were closed and public transport was off
the roads to a bandh called by the separatists. A few private vehicles were
seen plying.Talks with separatists are seen by many as necessary to restore
normality.HT
Curfew In Kashmir Relaxed
After 52 Days
Rajnath to lead all-party
team to Kashmir on Sept.4
Banks, govt offices reopen,
private cars back on roads as curfew lifted in most parts of Kashmir
Kashmir: Supplies shut,
residents help one another with food, money and medicine
Srinagar:In a village in
Handwara, groups of youth could be seen moving from door to door to collect
money, rice and other food items from those who could afford to part with
these, while another group was doing a “survey” of which households were in
need.As Kashmir reeled under 51 days of curfew — it will be lifted Monday —
residents of remote Zachaldara village, 80 km north of Srinagar, took it on
themselves to provide support to families who were living hand to mouth. “These
are hard times and we have to support one another,” said Abdul Gaffar Banday,
who leads prayers at a local mosque. “We collected more than 300 quintals of
rice from our village, and have distributed around 20 to 25 quintals among the
needy so far.” In various places across Kashmir, residents worked out their own
ways to try and help their neighbours with supplies.
Teacher in violence-torn
Kashmir starts makeshift schools
Srinagar:Wedding halls and
prayer rooms have been turned into classrooms in Kashmir as families struggle
to provide children with a normal life after more than 50 days of the
Muslim-majority region’s worst violence in years. Authorities trying to stifle
protests that erupted after Burhan Wani was gunned down by the security forces
ordered schools and colleges to close 2 days later. There’s no sign of them
re-opening. Teacher Ghulam Rasool Kambay, seeing children becoming increasingly
restless cooped up at home, decided to do something. He opened a tutorial
centre in a village on August 3 and now has more than a dozen of them in
villages in a district south of the region’s main city of Srinagar.Reuters
Kashmir: Protests, clashes
continue on cold, rainy day
Clashes in Srinagar, Budgam districts, nobody
hurt
J&K:Hoping for Eid
respite,PDP fights fault lines within
Srinagar: There is a tiny
island in the heart of this city, around Zero Bridge that links the posh
Rajbagh area to the centre. It hasn’t seen any protests.At 10am on Sunday, a
spool of concertina wire blocks the bridge and police send back people who want
to cross over. One says his aunt has died, another says his relative is in
hospital, yet another shows a curfew pass.Across the bridge, longer spools of
wire and a larger posse of police and paramilitary men block the road. And yet,
suddenly, an hour later, the road is open, the concertina wires are gone and
traffic policemen replace security men who carried assault rifles and pellet
guns.Looks like just another rush-hour day in just another city.Nothing
illustrates the confusion gripping the state govt better than how it guards
Zero Bridge, a blow hot-blow cold after more than 50 days of unrest and a death
toll that has touched 70.The Indian Express spoke to 4 senior Cabinet ministers
in the Mehbooba Mufti govt, a senior functionary and local leaders of the PDP
and several partymen in villages across Pulwama, Shopian, Anantnag, Bijbehara,
Bandipore, Kupwara, Lolab and Baramulla.The big picture that emerges is that
the J&K CM may have done some clear, hard talk at the press conference with
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh — in sync with its ruling ally’s traditional
stance on Kashmir — but in her party, the lines aren’t so sharply
defined.Instead, Nothing illustrates the confusion gripping the state govt better than how it guards Zero Bridge, a blow
hot-blow cold after more than 50 days of unrest and a death toll that has
touched 70.Its hope is that the shortage of food and fuel, and closure of
schools and businesses would ultimately set off fatigue and force people to
return to ‘normalcy’. And with the 51-day curfew, the longest such spell in the
Valley, coming to an end on Monday — except in Pulwama town and a few areas of
Srinagar —PDP hopes that Eid on Sept.13 will mark a thaw. Indianexpress
Attempt to replace
Governor, a precursor to imposing President’s Rule in J&K:Congress leader
Prithviraj Chavan
Mumbai: Alleging that J&K
CM Mehbooba Mufti is completely clueless
and PM Narendra Modi appears helpless
with regard to situation in the Kashmir Valley, former All-India Congress
Committee (AICC) J&K in charge Prithviraj Chavan on Monday claimed that
there is now an attempt to replace Governor NN Vohra, and this perhaps could be
a precursor to either bringing in a governor whom the BJP trusts politically,
or perhaps impose president’s rule in the state.“CM is shuttling between
Srinagar and Delhi. CM is completely clueless and the PM appears helpless. The
Home Minister (Rajnath Singh) has made some trips to Srinagar, but there
doesn’t seem to be any reprieve, as the situation is not improving. Now, there
is an attempt to replace the Governor of J&K so that they blame it on the
Governor, and perhaps, it is a precursor to bring a governor whom the BJP
trusts politically, or a political person, so that they could perhaps bring
president’s rule in the state,’ ex-Maharashtra CM told ANI.He added,“It is also
a precursor to the popular govt being
dismissed, because the popular govt in J&K
has failed completely to control the situation”.indianexpress
Kashmir: No blanket ban on
pellet guns, but will be used in rare cases
NDA govt is not in favour
of completely withdrawing the use of pellet guns in the Kashmir valley, their
use will be regulated instead, at least two senior government officials said on
Monday. A 7-member expert committee headed by T.V.S.N Prasad, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that was constituted on July 26 to look into the
alternatives to pellet guns has been submitted to the Home Secretary.“There
will be no blanket ban on the use of pellet guns. At the most, it will be used
in rarest of rare cases. We cannot make our security forces a sitting duck,”
said a top government official. thehindu
China will get involved if
India foments trouble in Balochistan:Chinese think tank warns India
Beijing:China will have
"to get involved" if any Indian "plot" disrupts the $46
billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in restive Balochistan, an
influential Chinese think tank has warned India. PM Narendra Modi's reference
to Balochistan in his Independence Day speech is the "latest concern"
for China and among its scholars, Hu Shisheng, Director of the Institute of
South and Southeast Asian and Oceanian Studies at the China Institute of
Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), said.The researcher, at one of
China's most powerful think tanks, which is affiliated with the Ministry of
State Security, also said India's growing military ties with US and its changed
attitude on the disputed South China Sea are ringing alarm bells for China."
The latest concern for China is PM Narendra Modi's speech from the Red Fort in
which he referred to the issues like Kashmir(Pok) and Balochistan,"Hu
said. "It could be regarded as a watershed moment in India's policy
towards Pakistan.Why Chinese scholars are concerned is because this is for the
first time India has mentioned it," he added.Hu said China fears India may
use "anti-govt" elements in Pakistan's restive Balochistan where
Beijing is building the $46 billion CPEC -- a key to the success of its ambitious
One Road One Belt project. "There is concern that India may take the same
approach, which is believed by the Indian side Pakistan is taking,
asymmetrically using anti-govt factors
in Pakistan," Hu said on the expansive and leafy campus of CICIR."If
this kind of plot causes damage to the CPEC, China will have to get
involved," he said, referring to the alleged involvement of India in
backing separatists in Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pok.The ongoing CPEC
will connect China's largest province, Xinjiang, with Pakistan's Gwadar port in
Balochistan, hit by rebels and separatists. India has strongly opposed the
corridor as it will pass through Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
which it claims as its own.Modi's reference to the region, experts say, is a
signal to Pakistan that New Delhi could raise tensions in the region as a tit
for tat for Pakistan's backing for terrorists in J&K ."This will not
help Pakistan to become a normal country. And it will also further disturb
India-China relations," Hu pointed out.Hu noted the growing defence
cooperation between India and the US was also a worrying factor of China.
India's involvement in the South China Sea dispute was another irritant in the
already strained relationship between India and China, Hu added.In the past,India's
stand on South China Sea was impartial. Indian is getting more and more
involved.This attitude is another concern for China," noted Hu.IANS
Chinese scholars 'deeply
disturbed' by Modi's reference to Balochistan
Why Modi's Balochistan jibe
at Pakistan has China worried
Baloch, Sindhi activists
hold protest against Pakistan, China in UK
London: Dozens of UK-based
Baloch and Sindhi protesters gathered outside the Chinese embassy here on
Monday and held a protest against Pakistan and China over the two countries’
$46 billion economic corridor and “gross human rights violations.”The protest
in London follows a similar demonstration in Leipzig, Germany, last week
demanding that Pakistan cease plans for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC)in Balochistan and against what the protesters describe as “gross human
rights violations” in the region.PTI
Jammu advocate booked under
PSA for organising
protests against Kashmir
killings
Doda:J&K Police on
Saturday evening arrested a prominent advocate, social activist and human
rights defender, Babar-ul-Islam Nehru from Saah Mohallah of Doda district in
Chenab valley and booked him under the draconian Public Safety Act. Earlier
this month, the Chenab valley, especially the districts of Doda and Kishtwar
had called for shutdown against brute use of force in Kashmir leading to
killings.Peaceful protest marches were taken in both the district,but later led
to communal tensions occurred in Doda district after local Hindu population
objected to the pro freedom and anti India slogans. The marches in Doda
district were spearheaded by Babar.TCN
Usain Bolt advised to eat
beef twice a day, won nine gold medals: BJP MP Udit Raj
New Delhi: BJP MP and Dalit
leader Udit Raj raised a few eyebrows today with a tweet which suggested that
Jamaican athlete and Olympics Triple Gold winner Usain Bolt went on to win nine
Olympic gold medals despite being born in poverty after his trainer advised him
to eat beef twice a day. “Usain Bolt of Jamaica was poor and trainer advised
him to eat beef both the times and he scored 9 gold medals in Olympics,” the
Lok Sabha member from North West Delhi tweeted.Beef is an emotive issue for the
BJP. States ruled by the party have come out with tough laws banning its trade.
Udit Raj, however, later tried to play down any controversy saying that he
merely repeated what Bolt’s trainer had said and all he meant was the athletes
can find a way to excel despite adversities and they should not blame
circumstances for their failures.“All I wanted to say that giving excuses that
we don’t have infrastructure or there is corruption should be done away with
and lesson, dedication should be learnt from Usain Bolt… What I wanted to say
is our players should find ways and means as he found ways and means [sic],” he
later said, adding there is no lack of facilities for sports persons in the
country. Govt spends a huge amount of
money on them compared to nations like Jamaica or Kenya, he said, steering
clear of any mention of beef.PTI
Bolt advised to eat beef,
won 9 Olympics gold: BJP MP Raj
Maharashtra: Cow vigilantes
chase trucks carrying cattle, let off; police say probe on
Nagpur:A case has come to
light in Chandrapur district where the police are learnt to have let off a
group of people in a matter of cow vigilantism even though their involvement is
apparent. The incident in question took place on Aug.21, when one Shrinivas
Dhyavartiwar(32) and his group allegedly chased two trucks carrying bullocks
and tried to intercept it without informing police.Dhyavartiwar reportedly has
strong political connections and claims he was recently made a member of the
“Hindi Advisory Committee” of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs “on the
recommendation of Maharashtra Home Minister Ram Shinde”.According to reports,
the group of 10 members, 7 of them travelling from Patanbori (Yavatmal) in
Bolero, and 3, including Dhyavartiwar, from Nagpur in a Mercedes, started
chasing the 2 trucks from Jam in Wardha district on the Nagpur-Chandrapur road
past Aug.21 midnight. Instead of informing the police, group continued to chase
the trucks till Warora, about 45 km from Jam.indian express
Dalits to burn Manu Smriti
outside High Court: Gujarat Dalit agitation leader Jignesh Mevani
Jaipur: Gujarat Dalit
agitation leader Jignesh Mevani on Sunday said that Dalits will burn copies of
Manu Smriti, the ancient legal text codifying the caste system, outside the
Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court which has an idol of Manu on its
premises.“We have an ultra-liberal Constitution and protecting it is the duty
of the courts. But having an idol of Manu on the premises of a High Court
speaks volumes about our judiciary as the book stands for patriarchy and
casteism,” Mevani said. “Hence, we will
burn copies of the text outside the gates of Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High
Court,” said Mevani, who is also the convener of Una Dalit Atyachar Ladat
Samiti.Samiti was created following the public flogging of Dalits in Gujarat’s
Una for allegedly skinning a dead cow.“Our slogan will be ‘Manu Smriti
jalayenge, poora desh hilayenge’ (will burn Manu Smriti, and shake the nation).
It’ll take place on Dec.6, the death anniversary of Babasaheb Bhim Rao
Ambedkar,” Mevani said.“It’ll be a milestone in the history of the nation. We
will campaign all over the country for it and lakhs of Dalits from across the
nation will gather in Jaipur for the event,” he said. Before the protest,
Mevani said that they will also get in touch with organisations with similar
ideologies in Rajasthan, and those which are working for empowerment of the
marginalised classes and communities.Indian Express
In Azamgarh, Mayawati seeks
Dalit-Muslim unity
Lucknow: Claiming that the
BJP could “go to any extent” to capture power in UP , BSP chief Mayawati on
Sunday hinted that a desperate Narendra Modi govt at the Centre could rake up the issue of
Kashmir and terrorism and “even go to war” with Pakistan ahead of the Assembly
elections. As the BJP sensed it was losing ground in UP, which goes to the
polls in a few months, and to divert attention from its “failures and
shortcomings, the NDA could go to war with Pakistan “before or even during the
elections,” she said.Addressing a massive rally in Azamgarh, in the heart of
Purvanchal, Ms. Mayawati said Modi govt had failed in bringing the promised
achhe din and was now trying to divert people’s attention by raking up
nationalism. She made a specific reference to Modi’s Independence Day speech,
where he raised the Balochistan issue.In Azamgarh, the BSP chief sent out a
strong message for both Dalits and Muslims. She said the BJP govt at the Centre
and States ruled by the party had displayed a casteist and anti-Dalit
mentality, which led to atrocities. Accusing the BJP of fostering the RSS
agenda, she said the NDA govt was trying
to dilute reservation and was focussed on privatisation of govt projects. “Merely building memorials and
museums in the name of the messiah of these people [Ambedkar] and going to
their homes and eating food with them will not bring an end to social
backwardness and atrocity. They just don’t want your sympathy but strong action
against the guilty,” Ms. Mayawati told the crowd at the ITI ground.Reaching out
to the Muslims, who constitute 19% of UP’s electorate, Ms Mayawati spoke of
their increasing “insecurity”.“Step-motherly treatment against Muslims has
increased at all levels. The Sachar Committee report also seems to be locked up
somewhere,” she said, adding that atrocities against Muslims had increased
under the guise of gau raksha, love jihad, nationalism and Hindu Rashtra. She
said Muslims were “viewed with suspicion in the name of terrorism.”Lashing out
at the SP govt for its poor law and
order, she said the incidents in Muzaffarnagar, Mathura, Dadri and Bulandshahr
“cannot be forgotten.” the hindu
Modi may trigger war with
Pak to hide failures: Mayawati
Dr BR Ambedkar kin slams
commission on Rohit Vemula
Hyderabad: Prakash
Ambedkar, grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar, on Sunday said Telangana state was formed
after many dharnas and agitations.CM K.
Chandrasekhar Rao should understand the importance of such struggles, he said.
Ambedkar told the media: “I do not know what Rao’s next political move is but
his steps seem to be going towards the BJP as he is not allowing any voice
against the BJP or the RSS. Govt must be challenged politically." He
criticised the Justice Ashok Kumar Roopanwal commission, formed by the Union
ministry of human resource development to inquire into Rohith Vemula's
suicide.Ambedkar said:“Chairman of the committee is not educated about court
judgements.In a landmark judgement the Supreme Court has ruled that a child can
take his mother’s caste. Commission’s responsibility was to probe the suicide
and find who was responsible and not to find Rohith’s caste.National Commission
for Scheduled Caste has said that Rohith Vemula was a dalit and Telangana
police should start probe into the case immediately.”deccan chronicle.
Clear BJP intervention in
one-man commission on Rohith Vemula …Guntur collector declared him a
Dalit:brother
Bahrain PM offers financial
aid to Odisha man who carried his wife’s body
Dubai: Bahrain govt, moved
by reports of a man carrying his wife’s body on his shoulder for burial in
Odisha, has reportedly offered to extend financial help to the grieving family.
The Indian embassy in Bahrain is, however, yet to receive an official
confirmation from the office of Bahrain’s PM Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al
Khalifa about the amount.“Bahraini PM responded to media reports on the
incident and has made an offer for humanitarian assistance. He has decided to
make a contribution but we have not yet received any official confirmation
regarding the amount of money or when it will be made,” sources in the Indian
embassy in Bahrain said.Sources said that should such a contribution be made,
it will be channeled through the Bahraini embassy in Delhi.A report in ‘Gulf
Daily News’ earlier said the premier was upset by the news and he felt “he had
to do something to help”.PTI
Don’t wear skirts, Mahesh
Sharma tells female tourists coming to India
http://www.tehelka.com/2016/08/dont-wear-skirts-mahesh-sharma-tells-female-tourists-coming-to-india/
Union minister of state for
culture Mahesh Sharma said that female tourists coming to India should not wear
skirts while replying to media queries.Replying to questions on the safety of
tourists in Agra, a big draw for those who travel to India to see Taj Mahal, he
said India was a country of different cultures and there was a dress code for
temples. That should be kept in mind, he added.However, the minister later
retracted his comment or view by saying that the suggestion was made with
regard to visits to religious places.Asked whether he was recommending a dress
code for tourists visiting India, he said, “I’m not telling them what to wear
and what not to, but advising them they should be careful when they go out at
night.”Despite the clarification, he had to weather a storm on Twitter. Tehelka
Don’t wear skirts, Minister
tells foreign tourists
Congress slams Mahesh
Sharma, says every Indian woman will be in burqa if he has his way
Islam prohibits women from
visiting graves, Haji Ali Dargah is one of them:Dargaah chairman
Mumbai: Haji Ali Dargaah chairman and managing
trustee Abu Sultan Merchant has reiterated that as per Islam, women are not
allowed to visit graveyards and that is why the trust had imposed a ban on
their entry into the shrine's inner sanctum of the tomb of saint Sayed Peer
Haji Ali Shah Bukhari.Haji Ali Dargah Trust had imposed the ban 4 years ago,
saying it would be a "grievous sin" to allow women near the
tomb."The only thing that women are not allowed is to touch the restricted
grave area. The entire shrine is in front of their eyes. Only touching the tomb
is not allowed. Besides, women can offer prayers and 'chadar' (shroud),"
Merchant told media."Islam prohibits women to go to graveyards and this is
also a grave, then, how can they go there? I can show you that it is written in
Islam that women cannot go to graveyards. I can also prove it. That is why we
are prohibiting them. If they are not agreeing to it, then, what can we do? Our
job is to protect them," Merchant added."The entry to the main hall
of the dargah is separate for men and women. Islam forbids the union of women
and men that is why we do not allow them. We have made a separate place for
women, and from there, the inner sanctum is right in front of them," he
said.ANI
Islam doesn't allow women
to visit graves, Haji Ali Dargah is one of them: Chairman
Women can give talaq: fatwa
of Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat
Lucknow: A Muslim woman can
give talaq to her husband if she has secured this right by way of a prenuptial
agreement, Islamic seminary Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat of Bareilly has ruled. The
seminary, which has issued the clarification two years after receiving a query
from England, said in a fatwa yesterday that men and women are equal in Islam.Mufti
Salim Noori of the Daruf Ifta, the fatwa department of the dargah associated
with Markaz-e-Ahle Sunnat Bareilly Sharif, a noted Islamic institution of the
Barelvi sect, said women should be treated on a par with men in every respect,
including talaq (divorce)."The woman can give talaq to her husband if he
is a drunkard or is immoral, unwell or unable to lead a normal married life.
For convenience, the woman should secure this right at the time of nikah,"
Noori said in his latest fatwa, which was sought in 2014 by Maulana Asad
Masood, a religious leader from Manchester, England."It is called the
talaq-e-tafweez. The parents of a woman can secure this right for their
daughter at the time of her marriage if they fear she would be unsafe or mistreated
in her in-laws' house in future.... The woman can tell her husband any time in
her life that she wants to divorce him for certain reasons. The husband is
bound to agree if she wants separation. But the elders of both families are
expected to see whether she is of a balanced mind and is not misusing her rights,"
Noori said from Bareilly.The ruling is based upon the little-known provision of
the talaq-e-tafweez, where a husband may delegate to the wife the authority to
pronounce talaq. In practical terms, it can work if a prenuptial clause is
inserted in the nikahnama or marriage contract.Tafweez agreement, made either
before or after the marriage, gives the wife the liberty to divorce herself
from her husband under certain specified conditions, such as the husband taking
a second wife. Clerics of the Darul Uloom, Deoband (Saharanpur), have also
supported the fatwa issued by the Barelvi school. "A Muslim woman has as
much right to pronounce divorce as a man provided she has taken
'talaq-e-tafveez' at the time of 'nikah'," says Mufti Arif Usmani, 'mohtamim'
of Deoband. telegraphindia
Triple talaq: ‘Muslim women
can also pronounce divorce’
Muslim Women Can Utter
'Talaq Talaq Talaq':BarelviFatwa
Jharkhand: Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind's call for communal harmony
Dhanbad: Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind has identified localities with a mixed Hindu-Muslim population in the
district where they will work to create unity through religious harmony.The
organisation will constitute committees called Sadbhavana Munch in different
areas irrespective of caste, religion and language. These committees will hold
meetings once every month or fortnight and discuss various matters including
communal harmony, Khwaja Arifuddin, a national committee member, said on Sunday
coloured rumours should be avoided as it leads to conflict. "We started
the drive on Aug.21. We expect to meet our target of establishing these
committees by Sept.4," said Arifuddin.Several programmes have been planned
as a part of campaign, including street plays and symposiums. Areas like
Horladih, Govindpur, Baliapur, Sindri, Kumardubi, Panchet, Bhuli, Wasseypur and
Purana Bazar have been identified as part of the campaign. "Symposiums
will be organised in schools and colleges to spread the message of communal
harmony," Arifuddin.TOI
‘Peace and humanity can
take the nation forward’
Yadgir: Shantaveer
Murugharajendra Swami of Kasamutt, Gurmitkal, has said that humanity and peace
can take the country towards the path of development.Addressing a seminar on
peace and humanity organised by the Jamaat-e- Islami Hind here on Sunday, he
said that people should join hands for nation building and set aside their
differences. Khaji Mahammad Imtiyazuddin, president of Tameer Millat of Yadgir,
referred to the Una incident where Dalits were beaten up for allegedly skinning
a dead cow and said that such incidents might adversely impact the country’s
image. State and district conveners, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, and Siddalinga Swami
of Siddaroodha Mutt were present. Thehindu
Class IX Jamia Nagar girl
‘raped’ by schoolmate, friends
New Delhi:A girl studying
in Class IX was allegedly raped several times in southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar
area by her 16-year-old schoolmate and his friends. The accused also allegedly
made a video of the act and used it to blackmail the girl, police said
Sunday.The matter came to light Saturday when the girl informed her parents
about the sexual assault. According to the girl’s complaint, one of the
accused, a class X student in her school, called her to his home a few days
ago. Two of his friends were also present there and they took turns to rape her
and also made a video of the incident. They later threatened to make the video
public if she told anybody about the assault, according to the complaint.The
complaint states that the boys called the girl several times to different
locations, where they allegedly raped her and also forced her to have sex with
other persons. On one occasion, she was was raped by at least 25 persons,
according to the complaint.Sources said police have rounded up 3 persons, all
of whom are juveniles and known to the accused. Indian express
Jamia Nagar's Minor
gangraped, juvenile suspect
Bulandshahr gangrape case:
SC pulls up Azam Khan for calling the incident ‘political conspiracy’
New Delhi: Supreme Court on
Monday sought explanation from UP minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan
for calling Bulandshahr gangrape a ‘political conspiracy’.Earlier in the month,
Azam Khan had said that 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. “We must also probe whether this
entire controversy is a move by some Opposition elements to defame govt.People
who want to come to power may be stooping this low for political interests,” minister
said. Indian express
I stand by my comment on
Bulandshahar rape case: Azam
Rakesh Dhawade, accused in
Malegaon blast, writing books, completed 11 books so far: Indian express
Mumbai: Lodged in a prison
cell since 2008, Rakesh Dhawade, an accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast case,
has been writing books. At last count, the number is 210, running into over
17,000 pages in all. He has completed 11 books so far. Each book is connected
to his previous work on traditional arms and armoury. Incidentally, it is this
passion that made him an “easy target”, according to his family, in the terror
case.In its chargesheet filed in May this year, NIA said Rakesh was
instrumental in unauthorised/illegal sale and purchase of firearms to accused
Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit “for the purpose of their terror
activities”.Nita Dhawade, Rakesh’s younger sister, says their forefathers were
in the army of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and had inherited traditional arms
and armoury, leading to his interest in the subject since childhood.Unlike
other accused, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, however, NIA has said
there is “sufficient evidence” to prosecute Rakesh even without his
confessional statements.
India failing to protect
its journalists: Watchdog
New Delhi:India is
failing to help and protect journalists who are facing violent threats or
attacks for their work, an international watchdog agency said Monday, noting a
pattern of resistance in investigating crimes targeting reporters. The
Committee to Protect Journalists counted 27 journalists killed for their work
since 1992, and noted that it was still investigating more than two dozen cases
to determine whether those journalists’ deaths were also work-related. Most at
risk are small-town journalists investigating corruption, rather than
journalists in big cities like New Delhi or Mumbai.AP
UP BJP leader held for
hiring killers to murder ex BJP MLA
People vote to shut down
liquor shops in Khajoori Khas area in AAP's first mohalla sabha
MHA oversight for all NGOs?
New Delhi: Home Ministry
wants the Finance Ministry to surrender its powers to monitor NGOs under the
Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). A Home Ministry official said the idea
is to bring all NGOs which receive foreign contributions under one umbrella for
better monitoring and regulation.Currently, there are nearly 100 international
NGOs and associations which receive foreign funds through their liaison offices
and disburse them to NGOs across India. International donors such as the Ford
Foundation, UK’s Dept.for International Development and Canada’s International
Development Research Centre are registered under FEMA but not the FCRA, 2010.
Home Ministry monitors foreign funds donated to NGOs and organisations through
the FCRA.The number of NGOs registered under the FCRA is 33,000 and last year
alone the FCRA registration of nearly 10,000 NGOs was cancelled for not
following norms.An official explained that many NGOs and foreign donors do not
want to register under the FCRA due to its stringent provisions.Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to take a final view on bringing all NGO
monitoring under one roof as it involves another Ministry. thehindu
IRF employee, other accused
handed over to crime branch
Mumbai: Kerala police on
Monday handed over 2 accused — IRF guest relation officer Arshid Qureshi, from
Navi Mumbai, and Kalyan-based Rizwan Khan, a maulavi — over to Mumbai crime
branch after producing them in a city court. hindustantimes
Ex-MP Governor Shafi
Qureshi No More
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Turkey to 'target YPG until
it moves east of Euphrates'
Ankara: The armed wing of
the PKK/PYD terrorist group will be targeted "until it moves east of
Euphrates River," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday.In remarks
made during a joint press conference with his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders
in Ankara, Cavusoglu said:"YPG will be targeted until it moves east of
Euphrates."They need to move to the east side of Euphrates River as soon
as possible, as they had announced and as the U.S. had promised."PYD
terrorist group is PKK's offshoot in Syria.PKK -- listed as a terrorist
organization by Turkey, US and EU -- resumed its decades-old armed campaign in
July last year. Since then, more than 600 security personnel have been martyred
and more than 7,000 PKK terrorists killed.Operation Euphrates Shield, which was
launched on Wednesday, is aimed at improving security, supporting coalition
forces and eliminating the terror threat along Turkey’s border through Free
Syrian Army () fighters backed by Turkish armor, artillery and jets.Anadolu
agency
PYD threatens Turkey once
more over operation Euphrates Shield
Clashes between Turkey,
Kurds in Syria ‘unacceptable’: Pentagon
Washington:Clashes between
Turkish forces and units affiliated with a US-backed Kurdish-led alliance in
Syria are “unacceptable”, the Pentagon said on Monday, calling on all sides to
“stand down”. In a statement sent to AFP, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook
condemned the fighting south of the Syrian town of Jarabulus.“We are closely
monitoring reports of clashes south of Jarabulus – where ISIL is no longer
located – between the Turkish armed forces, some opposition groups, and units
that are affiliated with the SDF (Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces),” he
said. “We want to make clear that we find these clashes unacceptable and they
are a source of deep concern.” The United States “was not involved in these
activities, they were not coordinated with US forces, and we do not support
them,” he said.AFP
Yemen: 60 killed in bombing
in Aden army camp
Aden: A suicide car bomb
attack on an army training camp in Yemen’s second city of Aden killed at least
60 people on Monday, medical sources said. A security official said the
attacker drove his vehicle into a gathering of new recruits at the camp in
northern Aden. Assault killed 60 people and wounded 29 others, medical sources,
from the three hospitals where the victims were taken, told AFP. Security
officials had provided an earlier toll of 11 dead.The port city, the temporary
base of Yemen’s Gulf-backed govt, has seen a wave of bombings and shootings
targeting officials and security forces.AFP
Scores of Houthis killed in
Yemen fighting
Concern over missing sons
of Bangladeshi politicians
Family members and
employees of a former brigadier-general of the Bangladesh army say that he was
picked up from his home by law-enforcement authorities and is now being
secretly detained in state custody.Abdullahil Amaan Azmi was allegedly taken
blindfolded from his family home in the South Asian country at 8pm on August
22.He is the son of Ghulam Azam, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, who died in jail in
2014 after an earlier conviction for crimes against humanity during the
country's 1971 independence war.The detention of Azmi is the third incident
this month where witnesses claim that the son of an opposition leader,
convicted for war crimes in 1971, has been taken into secret custody. aljazeera
France restaurant refuses
to serve Muslim women
Paris: A restaurateur in a
Paris suburb who apparently refused to serve 2 Muslim women sparked anger in
France and called for protest, a media report said.The incident took place at
Le Cenacle restaurant in Tremblay-en-France on Saturday.On Sunday, the
restaurateur apologised to a group who had gathered outside.According to Le
Parisien, the restaurateur said he had “got out of hand” due to the current
tensions around the issue of wearing burkinis on French beaches, but also
because he had a friend who had died at the Bataclan concert centre attack last
November. “We don’t want to be served by racists,” one of the women said.The
restaurateur retorted: “Racists don’t kill people.”He also said: “I don’t want
people like you at my place. Full stop.”IANS
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