Evening NEWS DIGEST
01 Sept. 2016: 28 Dzulqa'dah 37: Vol:7, No:152
Govt plans to send Muslim
team to Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi: Finance minister
Arun Jaitley and consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan may accompany
Rajnath Singh and others in the 35-member all-party delegation to Jammu &
Kashmir on Sept.4. Govt sources said the names of 26 representatives from
different parties were received for the delegation.Paswan was part of a similar
delegation which had visited the valley in 2010 and had met Hurriyat leaders,
including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Govt also plans to send a delegation of
prominent Muslim leaders to the state as part of an unofficial peace
initiative.Muslim leaders from across the country had met home minister Rajnath
Singh twice and expressed willingness to visit J&K. Sources said Singh
conveyed to these leaders that they were free to visit any place and if their
trip to the valley helped bring peace, it would be welcome. Officials, however,
made it clear that the Muslim leaders were not authorized to carry out any
`track-II' dialogue with any stakeholder in J&K. It would be a goodwill
initiative, an official said. Muslim leaders would be free to meet anyone and
could interact with individuals, groups or separatists, the source said. This
visit is likely to take place after the two-day visit of the all-party
delegation on Sept.4-5. Leaders likely to be part of the Muslim delegation are ex-Rajya
Sabha MP Shahid Siddiqui, ex-interlocutor for J&K MM Ansari, defence
analyst Qamar Agha and Zafarul Islam Khan, among others.
Muslim delegation to visit
Kashmir soon: PTI
Police raid J&K Jamaat HQ,
leaders on run:KashmirReader
Srinagar: Counter
insurgency police on Wednesday raided the HQRS of J&K Jamaat-e-Islami, one
of the most influential politico-religious organizations in J&K, and
arrested its spokesman and head of political bureau Zahid Ali Lone. Last week,
the state police chief summoned Jamaat chief Ghulam Muhammad Bhat to his office
after police shot with pellets an 80-year-old Jamaat leader, Abdul Qayoom Bhat,
and his wife at Buchoo-Kamla village in south Kashmir’s Tral pocket, critically
injuring the elderly couple.Jamaat sharply reacted to the police raid, calling
it unjustified and undemocratic.Sources said that a contingent of police raided
the Jamaat headquarters at Baranpathar in Batamaloo, which is under strict
curfew for several days and the area where anti-India protests routinely occur.
Jamaat HQRS is located in the vicinity of the police control room.“Police and
SOG (special operations group) personnel raided Jamaat HQRS at about 11:30am. Govt
forces first cordoned off the building, then barged in. They searched and asked
for Jamaat leaders,” a statement issued by the organisation said. A worker at
the Jamaat HQRS said that the cops searched every room of the spacious building
where most of the rooms were unattended, as office-bearers are not able to come
due to the situation of unrest in Kashmir. Police later arrested Zahid Ali, an
advocate from Pampore, who heads the political bureau of the organisation and
issues statements to the press. Ali had earlier been detained at Nowgam on his
way to Pulwama but was later released. Jamaat has accused PDP-BJP coalition govt
of launching a massive crackdown against the organisation’s members and
sympathisers. Many members have gone into hiding to avoid arrest. Sources said
that police and intelligence agencies are describing the Jamaat cadre and
leadership as the engine behind the current anti-India uprising. Sources said
that police were looking for young Jamaat scholar Mujahid Shabir Falahi when
they raided his house in Tral last week. While Falahi was not present, the govt
forces picked up his younger brother Noor Muhammad.When his father Abdul Qayoom
Bhat raised objection to the arrest, furious policemen fired pellet guns that
injured Bhat and his wife.
Curfew imposed in 3 areas
of Kashmir Valley, separatists continue shutdown
Srinagar:Authorities on
Thursday imposed curfew at three places in the Kashmir Valley as separatists
extended their protest shutdown till Sept.8. “Curfew has been imposed in areas
falling under the jurisdiction of Nowhatta and M.R.Gunj police stations in
Srinagar city along with Baramulla,” a senior police official said.Authorities
had lifted curfew from the entire Valley on Tuesday, 52 days after the unrest
started on July 9. One youth identified as Danish Ahmad, 18, was killed in
firing by the security when a mob pelted stones at a passing army convoy in
Rafiabad area of Baramulla district on Wednesday. Mobs also torched the house
of ruling PDP Rajya Sabha member, Nazir Ahmad Laway in Chawalgam village in
Kulgam district. Reports here said the mob first torched the guard room at his
house and then set fire to the main building.A stone pelting mob engaged
security forces in clashes in Sopore town on Thursday morning while another mob
torched a three-wheeler in Nawa Kadal area of Srinagar city for defying the
shutdown called by the separatists. The separatists have issued a fresh protest
calendar through which they have asked people to continue the shutdown till
Sept. 8.IANS
Unrest in Valley after youth killed in clashes
yesterday
Sharif again writes to UN
for intervention in Kashmir
Islamabad: In yet another
attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has
written to the UN chief for the second time in a month to intervene by sending
a fact finding mission to probe alleged human rights violations in the Valley.Foreign
Office spokesperson Nafees Zakariya said that Sharif sent the letter to UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon apprising him of the deteriorating situation in
Kashmir.Sharif sent the letter in response to UN Secretary General's call for
making efforts to avoid further violence in Kashmir, he said. Deccan herald
Part of Kashmir under
illegal occupation of Pakistan: MEA
PoK would have been ours
had we opted for military solution: Air Force chief
5 Kashmir centric TV
channels asked to stop broadcasting
Srinagar:Authorities in J&K
have asked the cable TV operators from
Kashmir to stop broadcasting five news channels in Kashmir Valley, a move
resented by the operators of these channels who claim that these are all
satellite channels and don’t come under the purview of Cable TV Networks
(Regulation Act 1995). DM Srinagar in this regard has sent notices through SSP
Srinagar to SEN Digital Network, JK Media Network Service and Take One Media
asking them to block the news channels like KBC, Gulistan TV, Munsiff TV, JK
Channel and Insaaf TV. Kashmir reader
PDP RS MP Nazir Ahmad
Laway’s house attacked in Kulgam district of south Kashmir
AIR goes beyond Baloch, can
be heard in parts of Pakistan
New Delhi: All India Radio
(AIR) programmes can now be heard in regions of Pakistan Occupied J&K
(POJK) as well as in other parts of the neighbouring country. The development
comes after the Centre boosted the signal capacity of AIR transmission by
installing a new 300 KV Digital Radio Mondial (DRM) transmitter in Jammu, official
sources said on Wednesday. The range of programmes transmitted from Jammu
station of AIR can now be heard beyond PoJK and areas of Pakistan’s Punjab
province, they said. indianexpress
AIR broadcast for
Balochistan: A way for PM Modi to tell Pakistan that two can play the game
Egypt's Abdel Fattah Sisiin
India: Terror,Trade on Agenda
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Sisi is on a 3
day visit to India, his second in less than a year, during which he will hold
talks with top Indian leadership including PM Modi. He is accompanied by a
high-level delegation comprising ministers, officials and business leaders. Today
he will meet Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and will discuss the bilateral
issues. On Friday, Sisi will meet PM Narendra Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee
and Vice President Hamid Ansari. During the meeting with Indian PM Modi and
Sisi will discuss the issue of terrorism and economic cooperation between the 2
countries. India will raise its concern about the issue of Organizers of the
Islamic Conference stance on J&K
with Sisi as Egypt is one of the main members of the Islamic countries forum. sputniknews
Al-Sisi arrives in India,
to head to China for G20 summit
No concrete proof against
Zakir Naik, security agencies asked to probe deeper
New Delhi: Security
agencies will analyse Zakir Naik’s speeches in a more comprehensive manner and
conduct a more exhaustive probe before any decision is taken on whether to gag
him and ban his NGO, IRF, as an unlawful association. The development comes
with the Law Ministry advising Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which has
jurisdiction over security agencies, that not enough evidence is on record to
proceed against Naik, sources said Wednesday. Sources also said that a scrutiny
by the Home Ministry of IRF’s accounts have not revealed any violations of
foreign funding norms so far. “We have been advised to analyse a larger number
of speeches delivered by Naik to arrive at a clearer picture of whether he is
liable for any action. While several of his speeches have already been
analysed, we will now have to go through as many of his speeches as is possible
– not all his speeches might be easily available,” a source in the MHA said. The
process could take weeks, or even months, as it is “extremely laborious”. Source
said, “Videos of Naik’s speeches available in the public domain will have to be
authenticated to prove they are not doctored in any way, and then they will
have to be carefully transcribed.” Indian express
Not enough evidence to book
Zakir Naik for influencing militant action, says Law Ministry: PTI
Law ministry advises Centre
to tread cautiously against Zakir Naik
Centre to look afresh into
Zakir Naik’s ‘hate’ speak
MHA renewed our foreign
fund license last week: IRF
Mumbai:Under the scanner
for radicalizing Muslim youths and getting foreign funding from wrong sources,
IRF of Zakir Naik has denied any wrongdoing. IRF said that its foreign fund
license was renewed only last under FCRA."IRF had applied for a license
which was renewed last week by Home Ministry. After renewal of license we were
sent questionnaire by the concerned authority asking for clarifications on our
source of income to which we have replied,"said IRF spokesperson. It is
also learned that a scrutiny of IRF's accounts by the Home Ministry did not
reveal any violations of foreign funding norms. "We don't agree with the
opinion of respected Solicitor General that Dr Zakir Naik is spreading enmity
between religions. Though,we appreciate the fact that he asked for more
evidence because there is not an iota of evidence against the IRF and Dr Naik.y,"
said IRF's lawyer Mobin Solkar. India Today
Rahul Gandhi to stand trial
for allegedly linking RSS with Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination
New Delhi:Congress Vice
President Rahul Gandhi is set to stand trial for allegedly linking the RSS with
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in an election speech in 2014. A bench led by
Justice Dipak Misra of the Supreme Court dismissed the petition as withdrawn
after Rahul’s counsel Kapil Sibal said he would prefer to stand trial before a
magistrate in the criminal defamation case. Sibal said his client stood by
every word he had said in his election speech in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi and
that he was ready to go to trial.This statement came after counsel for
complainant, who is a RSS member,submitted in court that Rahul must show his
bonafide and undertake in unequivocal terms that he did not consider RSS as
institution involved in the crime.At this, the bench said it was not inclined
to interfere in Rahul’s appeal against the summons order. It also refused to
grant the Congress leader liberty not to personally appear before the
magistrate and said he should move this plea before the trial court.“I will never
stop fighting the hateful & divisive agenda of the RSS. I stand by every
single word I said,” Rahul tweeted a few days ago in an attempt to counter
reports that he had taken a U-turn.indianexpress
Rahul won't retract 'RSS
men killed Gandhi' comment, will face trial
400 RSS workers resign over
Goa chief’s removal
RSS unit in Goa was in
turmoil on Wednesday after over 400 RSS workers, including district, sub-district
and shakha heads announced their resignation from the organisation, protesting
its chief Subhash Velingakar’s removal.During a meeting held at a school
complex, local RSS members and office bearers accused top leaders of the RSS
and the BJP, including Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, of conspiring to sack
Mr. Velingkar. Ramdas Saraf, south district pramukh of the RSS told the media
that all office bearers from the district units, sub-district units and shakhas
and hundreds of others have decided to quit the RSS.Veteran State RSS leader
Jayant Lele said, “RSS is a parent body. Goa BJP cannot dictate terms to the
RSS.” Velingkar and many of his RSS supporters have been fighting with the BJP
alliance govt in the State for long over govt grants to primary educational institutions. thehindu
Goa: 300 RSS workers to
resign following Subhash Velingkar’s removal
Subhash Velingkar says he
was 'cheated' by Manohar Parrikar after removal from RSS post
Aalamgiri Mosque to be
rebuilt on Ayodhya temple land
Ayodhya: Nearly 24 years
after Babri Masjid was demolished, resulting in communal strife across India,
300-year-old dilapidated mosque would be rebuilt on land belonging to
Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya. Days after local civic body declared Aalamgiri
Masjid 'hazardous' and pasted notice banning entry into building, Hanumangarhi
temple trust, which is in possession of the masjid land, not only allowed its
reconstruction and agreed to bear cost but also welcomed Muslims to offer namaz
in premises. Aalamgiri Masjid was built with the consent of Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb by one of his generals in Ayodhya in 17th century.Seeking its
condition, Ayodhya municipal board recently put up a notice on its wall and
banned entry into the masjid. It galvanized a group of local Muslims and they
met Hanumangarhi's chief priest Mahant Gyan Das, requesting him the permission
to get the masjid repaired.Their meeting ended in a pleasant surprise.The
temple management not only allowed the local Muslims to get the masjid
reconstructed, but also offered to bear the cost. "I asked our Muslim
brothers to renovate and reconstruct the masjid on our expense and also issued
no-objection certificate for Muslims to offer namaz as this is also a 'Khuda ka
ghar'," Mahant Gyan Das told TOI. "I am also extending support to
reno vation of a mausoleum on the premises which is as old as the masjid,"
added Gyan Das, who has been holding iftar for Ayodhya Muslims during
Ramzan.Historian Roshan Taqui said, "After the battle of Buxar in 1764,
Shujauddaulah, the Nawab of Awadh moved his capital from Faizabad to Lucknow.
During his reign in Faizabad he had already donated the land in Ayodhya for
construction of Hanumangarhi temple. After he shifted to Lucknow, when a delegation
of mahants visited him and appealed for more land, the nawab donated 4 pucca
bighas of land that already had on it a masjid built by Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb.""I am also extending support for the renovation of a
mausoleum on the premises which is as old as the masjid," added Gyan Das,
who has been holding iftar for Ayodhya Muslims during Ramzan. TOI
When Ayodhya temple trust
offers to bear expense for restoring Mughal era Masjid
Bidar: Jamaate Islami Hind
to work with different religious groups for peace
Bidar:Jamaate Islami Hind
will work with different religious groups for peace, Syed Tanveer Ahmed,
secretary of the JIH state unit said here on Tuesday. He was speaking at an
inter-faith round table organised as part of the Peace and Humanity campaign of
JIH. “Our members will maintain regular, informal contact with members of other
faiths and engage in dialogue on current affairs and other issues of common
interest. Such communication channels will be opened from the village level to
state and national levels. They will significantly contribute to the reduction
of prejudices and break barriers for dialogue and ensure peace,” he said. Ahmed
said that the spurt in violent incidents was affecting the country’s image and
investments. “Communal violence is a threat to India’s multi culturalism and
peace loving nature. We should reject it thoroughly,” he said. He lamented the
lack of elements that promote peace and humanity in textbooks and urged round
table members to urge the govt to include them.Community leaders from Hindu,
Buddhist, Christian and Sikh groups were present. thehindu
BJP leader questions
Dalit-Muslim unity
New Delhi:With the opposition
trying to consolidate Dalit and Muslim support in the wake of increased
atrocities on the communities by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes, a senior BJP
leader warned Dalit communities that unity between the two is not sustainable,
and that it has been “historically proven” that whenever these two communities
got together, Dalits got “wiped out”.In an effort to prove that Dalits
purportedly cannot “grow” under Muslims, BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao
cited the example of Pakistan. “Look at Pakistan. Where are the Dalits there? Population
of Dalits has diminished there, unlike in India where, despite the narrow
agenda of some communities and social problems, Dalit population has grown,”
Rao said at a function of Bharat Niti,a policy advocacy platform of the BJP and
RSS on Dalit entrepreneurship. indianexpress
SP, BSP clash over Muslim
vote bank
Kanpur administration
cancels Owaisi meet fearing Muslim vote-split
Lucknow: AIMIM was denied
permission by the Kanpur administration to hold a rally at the Halim Muslim
College Ground on Aug. 28 because of worries that it may wean Muslims away from
the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) ahead of next year’s polls, HT has found. AIMIM
— a Hyderabad-based party — wanted its leader Asaduddin Owaisi to address the
meeting in the Muslim-dominated locality under the Sisamau assembly
constituency of SP MLA Irfan Solanki.But in an August 26 order denying
permission, ADM Avinash Singh wrote, “Owaisi has been very sharp and critical
of ruling party leaders in his speeches. His rally could split SP votes and
reduce its support base in the region.”Muslims form almost a fifth of the UP population
and are expected to prove decisive in at least 100 of the state’s 403 assembly
seats next year. AIMIM is fighting to gain a toehold in the state where the BJP
is fighting with the SP, BSP and Congress.HT
Partition was ‘big mistake’
of our ancestors: Kalbe Sadiq
Leh:The partition of India
was a “big mistake” made by “our ancestors”, feels All-India Muslim Personal
Law Board vice-president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq who wants to “make up” for it. “Our
ancestors made a big mistake by dividing the country into parts. One of the two
parts is now called Pakistan, but we call it Paapistan because of the violence
taking place there,” the Shia cleric said at the first summit of Global
Interfaith Wash Alliance (GIWA) in Leh.“We want to make up for the mistake. We
request (govt ) that our children should be given education and training so that
in place of a Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Abul Kalam Azad and APJ Abdul Kalam are born
in India,” he said. Speaking about GIWA,
which is, with the support of UNICEF-India, working to address the water,
sanitation, and hygiene-related issues in the country, he said, “Religious leaders
are always at loggerheads but they join hands when they have a common cause.
GIWA campaign has a vision… It’s a mission. Therefore, we all (religious
leaders) have come together.”PTI
Ramya questions role of
BJP,RSS in freedom movement
Bengaluru:Wading into a
fresh controversy, actress-turned-politician Ramya, who is facing a private
complaint on sedition charge for her “pro-Pakistan” remarks, has questioned the
role of BJP and RSS in the country’s freedom struggle.“Actually if you see,
Congress was the reason for India getting its Independence. BJP, RSS did not
participate in the freedom struggle. They sided with the British,” she said.PTI
Jains top in share of
graduates ; Muslims has lowest share
Muslim community in India
has the lowest share of graduates compared with other communities and just half
the share of the nationwide average of under 6%. The Jains continue to be the
most educationally advanced community with over a quarter of its members
qualified as graduate or above. The share of technical diploma holders is the
highest among Christians at 2.2%, again continuing a previous trend, with Sikhs
following at 0.8%.A heartening feature is that the most educationally deprived
communities like Muslims and Buddhist are surging forward with shares
increasing at a faster pace than other communities when compared to a decade
earlier. timesofindia
At nearly 43%, Muslims have
highest percentage of illiterates: Census
Over 34000 cases of rape
reported in 2015 in India:aljazeera
At least 34,651 cases of
rape were reported across India last year, statistics released by the country's
NCRB have revealed. The figures showed that victims ranged from female children
younger than 6 years old to women over 60 years, with those aged between 18 and
30 reporting the largest number of rape attacks - totalling almost
17,000.Victims knew their alleged rapists in 33,098 of the 34,651 reported rape
cases, or 95.5%, according to figures, which also showed a slight decrease
compared with the 36,735 rape cases reported in 2014.
1993 riots: Mumbai Hari Masjid
firing case closed
Mumbai: After more than
five years, the special CBI magistrate court on Tuesday accepted the closure
report filed by CBI in the 1993 Hari Masjid firing case, exonerating the police
officials for lack of evidence.The case dates back to the 1993 Mumbai riots
where on Jan.10, 1993, a group of police officers, led by the then assistant
police inspector Nikhil Kapse, had entered the Masjid in suburban Wadala and
opened fire. In the incident, 7 people had died and 6 were seriously
injured.One of the victims, Faroque Mapkar, who was shot in his abdomen and was
also booked by police for rioting, had later filed a complaint against the
police.The state police had exonerated Kapse followed by which Mapkar had moved
high court seeking CBI inquiry. HT
Mangaluru:Now ‘saffron’
shawl protest over hijab in classrooms
Mangaluru: Attire worn by
students of a minority community is causing ripples in Dakshina Kannada
district yet again. Within days of students of a pharma college staging protest
over restrictions in wearing hijab and sporting beard, college students in
Sullia now have started a silent protest against their college management for
not taking action against students of minority community who wear head scarfs
during class hours. Around 100 male students of Dr K Shivarama Karanth Govt First Grade College in Bellare are wearing
saffron shawl over their shirts from past few days as a mark of protest.Their
argument is that they will continue wearing saffron shawls until the principal
takes suitable action against students who wear hijab.Stating the male students
have been coming to classes wearing shawls from past one week, the student
said, "As hijab is symbol of their religion, we have started wearing saffron
shawl that symbolises our religion. We will not shout any slogans, protest or
disrupt classes but will continue to wear unless others remove their scarf and
attend classes."
Students wear saffron
shawls to oppose hijab in colleges
Karnataka: DK college boys
protest against Muslim girls wearing scarves
72-yr-old scientist Maqsood
Ansari arrested for sexually exploiting three ‘adopted’ daughters: TOI
Nagpur: A sordid tale of
sexual abuse of three girls 'adopted' by a former scientist in the city brought
to mind the scary tale of Austrian Josef Fritzl, who raped his daughter for 24
years in captivity. In the case that came to light on Wednesday, the eldest
daughter, 16, is learnt to have told police that she was exploited since she
was in Standard 1, while the one aged around 11 too has been facing sexual
abuse for last many years. The youngest daughter is just 6-and-half-years-old. 72-year-old
Maqsood Ansari, ex-assistant scientist with a top institution in the city, allegedly
exploited his 3 adopted daughters by threatening them for last several years.
Dhantoli police arrested Ansari on Wednesday and charged him with rape and
provisions of Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, 2012.Ansari, who
married at least twice but is never known to have fathered a biological child,
had apparently adopted his daughters at tender ages on the pretext of bringing
them up and educate them. Police have now discovered that Ansari had been
forcing himself upon the daughters regularly.
Nagpur ex-scientist held
for raping adopted girls for years
US secretary of state John
Kerry hints at Amnesty, intolerance issues at IIT talk
New Delhi: US secretary of
state John Kerry used his speech at IIT-Delhi on Wednesday to emphasize the
rights of citizens to express their views and protest without fearing reprisal
— a reference significant in light of the controversy surrounding sedition
charges against Amnesty International as well as the "intolerance"
debate."US and India will have to keep faith in our democratic values and
uphold the freedom that defines our countries," Kerry said. timesofindia
Terrorist groups operating
inside Pak a continued security threat: US
Logistics pact between
India, US will make military ops more efficient: Pentagon
Islamabad views India-US
military logistics pact with 'concerns and suspicion': Pakistan daily
China might just have
admitted it is feeling cornered by US, India, Japan
India received $11 billion
in remittances from US: Report
US spl representative Ziad
Haider travels to Mumbai today
Mumbai: Special
Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Ziad Haider will visit
Mumbai to discuss strong Intellectual Property protection as a key element of
the US-India economic relationship.ANI
Mewat rape-murder: Rs 3
lakh compensation, job to family member given, says Manohar Lal Khattar
Chandigarh: Haryana CM
Manohar Lal Khattar informed the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Wednesday that the state govt,
apart from constituting an SIT to probe the incident of rape, dacoity and
double murder that took place at Dingerheri village of Mewat district on
Aug.25, has also provided a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the aggrieved family
along with a job to one member of the family.He added 4 accused persons in the
case have been arrested on Aug.28. “Recommendation for trial by a Fast Track
Court will be made after completion of investigation,” he said. indianexpress
Swaraj Abhiyan demands CBI
probe in Mewat murder and rape case
International seminar on
Waqf: Muslims demand ‘complete control over Waqf’
Media on
terror cases
Abdul Nasar Madani, 7
others acquitted in Islamic Sevak Sangh case: TOI
Kochi: Additional sessions
court, Ernakulam, on Wednesday acquitted eight persons including PDP leader
Abdul Nasar Madani in the case related to the secret meeting of banned outfit
Islamic Sevak Sangh (ISS) held at Mynagappally, Kollam, in 1992.Additional
sessions court judge KM Balachandran acquitted the 8 persons including Madani's
father granting benefit of doubt.The judgement in the case was delivered 24
years after the police had registered the case.The case pertains to a secret
meeting of ISS held at Madani's residence at Mynagappally, after the demolition
of Babri Masjid in 1992.
Cop's statement recorded in
sedition case against SIMI
Indore: A police officer,
who deposed in a special Courthere today, recorded his statement and said that
a haul of ammunition and inflammatory literature was recovered from SIMI leader
Safdar Nagori and his 10 accomplices, who were arrested from Indore in March in
2008. PTI
SIMI: Probe officer deposes
in court
WORLD
Family of Bangladesh Jamaat
leader Mir Quasem meets him in prison
Gazipur:10 family members
have met war crimes convict and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem
Ali in Kashimpur prison in Gazipur.They were allowed to enter and meet Mir
Quasem, said Prashanta Kumar Banik, Superintendent of Central Jail-2 at
Kashimpur.Earlier in the morning, prison authorities read out to Mir Quasem the
Appellate Division verdict rejecting the war criminal's plea to review his
death sentence.After that, he sought time to decide on whether he would file a
petition to seek the president's mercy by repenting for his crimes to dodge the
hangman's noose, said Banik.The govt will start the process to execute the death
sentence if the president rejects the petition or if the Jamaat financier does
not seek clemency.bdnews24.com
Mir Quasem's wife says
family will decide on mercy petition after 'detained son' returns home
Gazipur: Mir Quasem Ali's
wife Khandker Ayesha Khatun has said that the family will not make a decision
about the Jamaat-e-Islami leader's mercy petition until their son who has been
'detained by police' returns home."My son Ahmed Bin Quasem, a lawyer, has
been picked up by plainclothesmen. We are unable to decide whether we would
file the mercy petition or on any other matter," she said. bdnews24.com
Countdown starts for Bangla
Jamaat stalwart, Mir Quasem Ali's execution: economictimes
Pak Jamaat Islami leader
‘shot dead’ by PML-N activists
Sialkot: 3 armed
motorcyclists “belonging to PML-N” gunned down a Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Sialkot leader and his cousin besides injuring
their companion over a political row in Talwaara Mughalaan locality on
Wednesday, local JI leaders alleged.Jamaat leader Mirza Zafar Baig Advocate and
his cousin Mirza Imran Baig and Mirza Nouman Baig were going back to their home
by a car.Meanwhile, 3 armed motorcyclists showered bullets on the car, killing
Mirza Zafar and his cousin on the spot, and injuring the third one seriously.The
injured was admitted to Hospital where his condition was stated to be critical.
Spokesperson of JI Arif Mehmood Sheikh said that JI had termed the nasty
incident the target killing by the PML-N backed accused.Meanwhile, on the appeal
of Sialkot District Bar Association, hundreds of lawyers took out a rally
against brutal murder of Mirza Zafar Advocate and his cousin.TheNation
After US now Russia claims
it killed IS leader Adnani
Russia's Defence Ministry
said on Wednesday that Russian air strikes in Syria had killed one of Islamic
State's most prominent leaders, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani.The ministry said that
Adnani was one of up to 40 rebels killed on Tuesday by air strikes carried out
by a Russian Su-34 bomber in Maaratat-Umm Khaush in Aleppo province.IS said on
Tuesday Adnani had been killed in what appeared to be an US air strike in
Syria. A US defence official said US targeted Adnani in a strike but stopped
short of confirming his death. Russia's Defence Ministry said Adnani's killing
by the Russian air strike had been confirmed "through several intelligence
channels". Reuters
White House says has no
evidence Russia killed Adnani
The White House
does not have evidence suggesting Russia was involved in an air strike that
killed Islamic State leader Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a spokesman said. Reuters
Nearly 75,000 Syrians
‘forcibly disappeared’ since 2011
Syrian Network for Human
Rights has revealed that it has documented 74,607 cases of enforced
disappearance across Syria since the outbreak of the revolution in March, 2011.
In a report published on Tuesday entitled “Prolonged Pain” organisation said
that “govt forces” are responsible for at least 71,533 cases of enforced
disappearance. middleeastmonitor
Syria war: Deal reached to
end siege on Homs' al-Waer
Israel approves hundreds of
settlement units in W. Bank
Israeli authorities on
Wednesday approved construction of new Jewish settlement units in the West Bank
while "retroactively" approving 178 housing units that have already
been built in the occupied territory, the Israeli media has reported.According
to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli-civil administration’s supreme
committee approved 250 new homes in the Jewish-only Elkana settlement in the
occupied West Bank.An additional 50 housing units were approved in the West
Bank settlements of Beit Aryeh and Givat Ze’ev, the paper reported. The
committee also "retroactively" approved 178 existing housing units in
the Ofarim settlement north of Ramallah, according to Yedioth Ahronoth. World
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Situation in blockaded Gaza
‘grim’, UN official says
Gaza: Robert Piper, the
UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories,
has described current living conditions in the Gaza Strip -- which continues to
groan under a decade-long Israeli/Egyptian blockade -- as "grim". "Gaza
continues to face difficult conditions even though the Palestinian people have
great potential," Piper said during a Wednesday visit to Gaza City’s
Islamic University, according to a statement issued by the university. Anadolu agency
Erdogan approves Israeli
compensation deal
Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan yesterday signed a deal with Israel to compensate victims of the
Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara aid ship in 2010.A statement by the Turkish
president’s press office said Erdogan approved “the procedural agreement about
compensation between the Republic of Turkey and Israeli State.” middleeastmonitor
‘Israeli govt involved in daily raids on Al-Aqsa’
General Director of
Endowment, Holy and Islamic Sites in Jerusalem Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khatib
accused the Israeli govt of being involved in the daily raids by Jewish
settlers on Al-Aqsa Mosque.Israel is trying to impose a new status quo on the
ground and force the Endowment Department to apply Israeli laws, Al-Khatib
warned. middleeastmonitor
Israel sparks anger with
beer festival at Muslim Cementery
Ramallah: Israel companies
have approved plans to organise a beer festival on the grounds of the historic
Islamic cemetery of Maaman Allah in occupied Jerusalem on this week.The Maaman
Allah cemetery is believed to date back
to the 7th century, and it houses the remains of many important figures,
including companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has been turned into a park
by Israeli authorities. siasat
1,900 Israelis raided
Al-Aqsa in August, report says
Ex-Israeli general:We are world
champions of occupation
Egyptian military court
jails 104 pro-democracy activists
An Egyptian military court
yesterday sentenced 104 opponents to 25 years in prison on charges dating back
to 2013, lawyers said.The Assiut military court also sentenced 36 defendants to
five to seven years in jail, the sources said.Lawyers Khaled Komi, Alaa Tawfiq
Mohammed and Samir El-Farra said that 70 pro-democracy activists were sentenced
to life imprisonment in absentia, 14 others were handed jail terms of seven
years. One defendant was acquitted.The lawyers said the same court sentenced 54
opponents – 34 in absentia – to life in prison.
Thailand govt to resume peace talks with Muslim insurgents
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