Evening NEWS DIGEST
20 Sept. 2016: 17 Zil Hajj 37: Vol:7, No:161
'Uri terror attack staged
by India to create Sikh-Muslim hatred', says Pak media: TOI
New Delhi: Pakistan's media
has developed a fascinating new thesis - India staged the Uri terror attack to
create hatred between the Sikh and Muslim communities in Kashmir. Here's how
Pakistan's The News International has come to the above conclusion.
"Sources in the security establishment insist that the military brigade HQRS
(in Uri), which has been the target of what is believed to be India's false
flag operation, is Sikh dominated, chosen deliberately to antagonise the Sikhs
from supporting the Muslims' struggle in Kashmir," the newspaper said
today.Pakistani security sources told the newspaper that "Sikhs have
openly supported the just cause of Muslims" for independence in Kashmir.
They then added that "it is always the Sikh community selected to suffer
by the Hindu-led govt in such self-designed attacks."The News
International said that India's so-called "staged attack" in Uri had
multiple goals."It is said that from this false flag operation, India
wants to achieve more than one targets, including accusing Pakistan of backing
terrorism, diverting the world attention from the killings by its forces in
occupied Kashmir, undermining PM Nawaz
Sharif's address at the UN General Assembly session and creating hatred between
the Sikh and Muslim communities in Indian-held Kashmir," Pakistani
security officials told The News International.As evidence to show Uri was
staged by India, the newspaper asked how terrorists could sneak in so
easily."India has erected a type-A fence all along the Line of Control
besides installing state-of-the-art laser sensors to detect any cross LoC
movement,"the newspaper wrote. A source is quoted as telling the paper:
"How then a handful of terrorists could sneak across, dodging the third
largest army of the planet earth with its hi-tech gadgets and their ferocious
K9 force?""Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is known for
spewing venom against Pakistan, was to leave for his Russian tour on September
17 but cancelled his trip one day prior to the impending attack in Uri. 'Hope
he wasn't waiting to see the unfolding of virtual play which he and (India's NSA)
Ajit Doval had jointly scripted,' a source suggested."Another Pakistani
newspaper Dawn called India bloodthirsty, in the light of BJP leader Ram Madhav
saying that to avenge Uri a tooth for a tooth isn't enough, and it should be
"a jaw for one tooth.""...it was not a surprising reaction to
the terror attack that came from Ram Madhav, an RSS-loaned trouble-shooter for
the Hindutva establishment in Delhi. He promptly called for a jaw for each
tooth, whatever that means in a region crawling with nuclear weapons,"
Dawn wrote.TOI
Uri attack fallout: India,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan to boycott SAARC Summit in Pakistan, says report
Condemning Uri attack,
France, Russia score direct hits against Pakistan
Germany backs India post
Uri attack
Uri attack: Avoid rash
military action, commanders advise Govt : Praveen Swami
New Delhi: A day after 18
soldiers were killed in a terror attack on an Army camp in Uri, PM Narendra Modi and key ministers received
counsel against rash military action at their first full-scale meeting Monday, govt
sources said. indianexpress
Stories of the 18 Uri
martyrs: Indian Express
Uri attack response: Overt
and covert ops planned as PM Modi meets with army chiefs and President
Mukherjee
Russia condemns Uri attack;
calls off military exercise with Pakistan
Uri attack aftermath:
Pakistan accuses India of trying to divert attention from Kashmir
Islamabad:Pakistan has
accused India of misleading the world opinion to cover up its ‘reign of terror’
in Kashmir by a spate of ‘vitriolic’ and ‘unsubstantiated’ statements following
the terror attack in Uri that killed 17 soldiers.“Pakistan has noted with
serious concern the recent spate of vitriolic and unsubstantiated statements
emanating from Indian civil and military leadership in the aftermath of
yesterday’s attack” in Uri, Sartaj Aziz,advisor to Pakistan PM on Foreign Affairs, said.PTI
NIA to probe Uri attack
AMU expels Kashmiri student
over ‘objectionable’ post on Uri attack
Aligarh:A Kashmiri student
was on Monday expelled from AMU for posting “objectionable” comments on
Facebook over the terror attack on the army base in Uri.AMU Vice Chancellor Lt
Gen Zameer Uddin Shah took a “very serious view” of the issue and expelled student,
who was pursuing M.Sc in Organic Chemistry, after personally probing the
matter, university spokesman Rahat Abrar said.“Lt Gen Shah said that there is
no scope whatsoever at AMU for tolerating any incident which smacks of
anti-national sentiments,” the spokesman said.The student, Mudassar Yusuf from
Srinagar, had offered his apologies to the Vice Chancellor on Sunday for
posting the comments stating that he was “carried away by sentiments”,
according to university sources.However, the university authorities decided to
go ahead with his expulsion keeping in view the sensitivity of the matter, the
sources said.PTI
India plan to corner
Pakistan: Sushma Swaraj’s speech at UN, rallying global support
New Delhi: A day after the
Uri terror attack claimed the lives of 18 Army personnel, New Delhi has decided
to up the ante against Pakistan on the global stage — much like it did after
the 26/11 Mumbai attack. Govt has decided to field External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj, who is likely to raise the terror attacks in Uri and Pathankot in her
speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Sources said she is likely to deliver
her address — on behalf of the govt of India — on Sept.26. The speech will not
be the only diplomatic move to corner Pakistan. Sources said the Indian mission
to UN will also set up bilateral meetings with a host of foreign ministers and
other leaders representing various countries at UN — in a bid to highlight Pakistan’s
role in terrorist activities in Kashmir and other parts of India. Indian express
OIC backs Pak, asks India
to cease atrocities in Kashmir, settle issue in accordance with wishes of
Kashmiri people, UNSC resolutions
New York: Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has backed Pakistan and called on India to
immediately cease ‘atrocities’ in Kashmir and peacefully settle issue in
accordance with wishes of Kashmiri people and the UNSC resolutions. OIC
Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani Monday expressed concern over the situation
in Kashmir and called for an immediate cessation of atrocities by India, urging
the Indian govt for peaceful settlement of the dispute ‘in accordance with
wishes of Kashmiri people and UNSC resolutions’. Expressing their solidarity
with the Kashmiri people, OIC group “reaffirmed their resolve to remain the
voice of the Kashmiris’ at the international stage.” Madani’s remarks came
after Pakistan Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz addressed a meeting of the OIC
Contact Group on J&K. Aziz referred to the killing of ‘youth leader’ Burhan
Wani and the use of pellet guns by Indian forces against Kashmiri protesters
following his death. Aziz said such measures cannot break the spirit of the
Kashmiri people and their legitimate struggle for self-determination. “Underscoring
that Kashmir dispute remains central to lasting peace and stability in South
Asia, the Adviser regretted that India had failed to reciprocate Pakistan’s
proposal of meaningful engagement for the resolution of the J&K dispute,” according
to a statement by OIC contact group.PTI
Indian forces can blind
Kashmiris by pellets, but can’t block their vision of freedom: OIC
Stop terror, vacate PoK:
India raises atrocities in Balochistan, persecution of Hindus at UN body
After the anger died down,
BJP govt officials sat down to mull over their options, after the militant
strike on Indian Army soldiers in Uri. Sources within the BJP on Monday said
that India was against any knee-jerk reactions and they were weighing all
options for a calibrated response.Earlier in the day, the govt had gone into a
huddle with back-to-back high level meetings to decide the appropriate response
to the attack. First, Home Minister Rajnath Singh conveyed a high-level meeting
with top officials to review possible responses that the country could afford
to go in for Within 15 minutes of this, PM Narendra Modi steered a meeting with
his senior cabinet colleagues. Those in attendance were Home Minister Rajnath
Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, NSA
Ajit Doval and Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag. External affairs minister
Sushma Swaraj’s absence, however, raised eyebrows.Meanwhile, India in its right
to reply at the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva
asked Pakistan to stop supporting terrorism and vacate illegal occupation of PoK
as it highlighted rights violations in Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and
Sindh and persecution of minorities including Hindus. dnaindia
At Pakistan media briefing
in New York, Indian journalist asked to leave
Centre delaying
implementation of steps to restore normalcy in Kashmir: CPI(M)
New Delhi:CPI(M) on Monday
accused the Centre of delaying implementation of measures suggested by an
all-party delegation to restore normalcy in Kashmir and wondered if the NDA govt
was “allowing” disturbance to polarise
people ahead of the polls to UP and other state assemblies.Speaking after the
culmination of party’s 3-day Central Committee meeting, CPI(M) general
secretary Sitaram Yechury said the govt should resume dialogue with all stakeholders,
including Pakistan, besides taking confidence building measures to restore
peace in the Valley.“Govt should begin sincere implementation of what the
all-party delegation on Kashmir suggested to it…the senior ministers were all
part of the statement. “Both the Central govt and the state govt should
initiate a political dialogue with all stakeholders. This, unfortunately, has
not happened yet. Normalcy can be restored only through a dialogue,” Yechury said.Kashmir
is one of the issues on NDA govt’s agenda for India-Pak talk. PTI
Hurriyat leader asks UN,
OIC to prevail upon India for talks
Srinagar: Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq has appealed to the UN and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
to press India for an "unconditional and transparent" dialogue with
all stakeholders for the resolution of Kashmir issue."Hurriyat Conference
believes that an alternative path to work out the modalities of a resolution is
through dialogue."It (Hurriyat) fervently appeals to the OIC to support
this demand and urges the UN and the international community to prevail upon
India to enable a genuine, unconditional and transparent dialogue with all
stakeholders i.e. India, Pakistan and the people of Kashmir," he said in a
letter to the OIC.The separatist leader, who is under arrest at Cheshma Shahi
sub jail for the past 24 days, has been invited by the OIC to attend its annual
Foreign Ministers meet to be held on the sidelines of the United Nations
General Assembly session in New York later this month. He reiterated that
certain steps need to be taken for creating a conducive atmosphere for the
dialogue over the Kashmir issue."Immediately stop killing, torture and
arbitrary arrests of Kashmiri civilians and release all political prisoners.
Remove arbitrary and draconian laws and conditions such as the Disturbed Areas
act, Public Safety Act and others," he said.PTI
China skirts reference to
Pakistan, JeM in Uri attack
Beijing: Skirting direct
reference to Pakistan and JeM, China on Monday voiced concern+ over
"escalation" of tensions and "rising temperatures" in
Kashmir after the Uri terror attack and called on India and Pakistan to resolve
their differences through dialogue."We have noted relevant reports. We are
shocked by this attack," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang
told media briefing here when asked about Beijing's reaction to Sunday's Uri
attack and India's charge that Pakistan-based militant group JeM is behind
it.PTI
Which philosophy makes you
mourn Uri but derive pleasure from Kashmir massacre: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat (G)
chairman Syed Ali Geelani has said that New Delhi, its “local stooges” and
Indian media were indulging in war mongering to divert the attention of the
world community from the atrocities committed by Indian forces in Kashmir at a
time when the UN session is underway, a Hurriyat spokesman said.“Syed Ali
Geelani said that 35 members of Sikh community were massacred when Bill Clinton
visited India and it was done deliberately to hoodwink America and
international community. Similarly Uri episode is being used in same nature to
demoralise people and create suspicions about people’s movement(sic),” the
spokesman said.Geelani, the statement added, said loss of human lives was a
matter of serious concern and as human beings “we feel the pain and believe in
promoting universal brotherhood”.“We never derive pleasure from human
sufferings, and the forces personnel who lost their lives were humans,” Geelani
said but termed it ‘ironical’ that Indian politicians blamed Pakistan and
created war euphoria. He also “slammed India media for biased reporting and
irrational reviews”.“Taking dig at local stooges he said that they in a bid to
gain favors of their masters scolded and blamed Pakistan without assigning any
logic,” statement said.Asking Indian politicians and the media to shun “their
dubious and double standards”, Geelani said, “We feel there is no difference
between humans and the blood is sacred, but the question arises why a deal of
double dealing is followed.” kashmirreader
Kashmir shuts for 74th day;
Girl, 13, dies of cardiac arrest amid Shopian clashes; toll goes to 87
Kashmir Valley remained
shut for 74th consecutive day on Tuesday with authorities deploying
security forces in Srinagar and other districts to maintain law and order. However,
there would be no curfew anywhere, police said.A 13-year old girl, Khushboo,
died of cardiac arrest in Shopian district on Monday amid clashes.However,
police said that her death was not connected to the clashes.2 schools were
gutted in Shopian and Anantnag districts on Monday. Police said miscreants
torched the schools, while civilians said tear smoke shells fired by the
security forces resulted in blaze.All educational institutions, public
transport, main markets and other businesses have remained shut. 87 civilians
were killed and over 11,500 injured in the ongoing unrest that started on July
9. greaterkashmir
10 militants killed in Uri
gunfight, says army
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/10-militants-killed-in-uri-gunfight-says-army/228851.html
Army on Tuesday claimed to
have killed at least ten militants after foiling an infiltration bid in Uri
sector of J&K .Quoting army sources, Press Trust of India reported that
eight militants were killed in an encounter by army in Uri sector while foiling
an infiltration bid.Earlier, reports said that troops of India and Pak
exchanged heavy gunfire in the area.greaterkashmir
Khurram Parvez preventive
detention: Did you follow law, Sessions Judge asks Magistrate
Magistrate who passed the
orders for “preventive detention” of prominent human rights activist Khurram
Parvez did not see him personally or issue a show cause for bail bond – as
required by the law – when he ordered the jail term.As the case of Khurram came
up for hearing on Tuesday before the Principal District and Sessions Judge
Srinagar, the magistrate Mohammad Amin Najar, a revenue officer, remained
silent. “I have nothing to say,” Najar told judge Rashid Ali Dar when asked to
respond to the submissions filed by the counsels of Khurram. Reprimanding the
magistrate, the judge asked him if he knew about the procedure established by
law. “Do you know under which section a show cause notice has to be prepared?
When did you get the judicial powers,” the judge asked Najar. indianexpress
OTHERS
China's media warns Nepal
against getting close to India
Days after Nepal's PM Prachanda
visited India, Chinese media warned Kathmandu that its independence and
reputation will be "fundamentally hurt" if it gives Beijing short
shrift and values New Delhi more. Chinese govt-run Global Times further said
that India is interfering in Nepal's ties with China. timesofindia
Ridiculous to say US
created Islamic State says Senior US official during India visit
Hyderabad: The Islamic
State (IS) is a direct threat to US and to suggest that US created the group or
is supporting it is "preposterous", said a senior US State Department
official, noting the the US is doing everything it can to defeat IS, in
coordination with 66 countries."That is absolutely ridiculous. ISIL is a
direct threat to our own national security. To suggest that we support ISIL is
preposterous," Jared Caplan, director of the Department of State`s London
Media Hub, told IANS during an official visit here. Asked to react on
allegations in various quarters that US created IS, funded and armed it,
Caplan, who is also the State Department`s Arabic spokesperson, said US was not
only carrying out air strikes against IS in Syria and Iraq but is also stopping
flow of foreign fighters, checking radicalisation, turning off flow of finance
and working to defeat its ideology. "We are trying to expose their true
nature as a group of thugs and terrorists who have hijacked religion in the
name of their own goals," he said."ISIL is a real threat not just to
Syrians and Iraqis but to neighbouring countries, to our allies in region, to
Europe and ultimately a threat to US and that is why President Obama said
despite the long term nature of campaign, we are committed to win war however
long it takes." US official described winning the war against IS, the
situation in Syria, and threat from its Bashar al-Assad regime as long-term
challenges before the US.Terming the situation in Syria as "very
complicated" given the number of players and the amount of external
factors involved, he said at the end, it is the Syrian people who have to
decide their future.Caplan believes that the 7-day cessation of hostilities
agreed by US and Russia could be the most promising way to end the war, as this
could lead to partnering with Russians through Joint Implementation Centre to
launch joint operations against IS.He is of the opinion that if the plan
succeeds, they can move forward on the political track to solve the Syrian
crisis. US wants UN to be involved in the negotiations to find a solution.IANS
Naroda Gam riots: SC orders
Gujarat court to complete trial within 6 months
New Delhi: Supreme Court has
ordered a Gujarat lower court to complete the trial of the 2002 Naroda Gam
massacre case within 6 months. A special designated court in Ahmedabad is
hearing the case. The court had in June 2105 reserved its order on an
application moved by the accused seeking arraignment of ex-IPS officer Rahul
Sharma and former investigating officer of this case PL Mal for destroying
evidence. Naroda Patiya massacre took place on Feb.28, 2002, in Ahmedabad
during the 2002 Gujarat riots in which 11 persons were killed.ANI
Gujarat riots: SC grants 6
months to conclude trial in Naroda Gam case
Central govt gets tough on
waqf properties, will set up board to monitor complaints regarding them
New Delhi: Centre has
decided to act tough on complaints related to waqf properties and will soon set
up a one-man 'board of adjudication' to deal with them. As per Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi,
the govt is not going to bow down to encroachers and a campaign has been
launched on "war-footing" to free the properties from such
elements."A board of adjudication will soon be established at the
Centre-level to deal with complaints relating to waqf properties."This
committee will be headed by a retired Supreme Court Justice or retired High
Court Chief Justice," a statement quoted him saying such during the 74th meeting of the Central Waqf Council
here. Similarly, the Minister of State
for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) said, 3-member tribunals will be
formed in the states. Govt has received "serious" complaints about
"waqf mafias" and a high-level enquiry is underway in this regard,
said Naqvi. "Govt will soon take action against those occupying waqf
properties illegally to see the assets are used for welfare of Muslim community
and their socio-economic-educational empowerment," he added. PTI
Mumbai: 9 society members
held for denying flat to Muslim man in Vasai
Mumbai: 9 members,
including two women, of a housing society in Vasai (West), north of Mumbai,
were arrested on Monday for disrupting communal harmony by refusing to allow a
Muslim man to buy a flat there. All the members of Happy Jivan Society, Sai
Nagar, including its secretary Jeetendra Jain, who were arrested under Section
298 (uttering words to hurt the religious sentiments) and 295 A (deliberate
acts intended to hurt religious feelings) of the IPC, are out on bail.A case
was registered on Saturday against 11 members of the society, but only nine
were arrested because 2 members were not in the city, the police said.The arrests
were made a day after a six-member executive committee of the society held a
meeting on Sunday morning and agreed to clear the sale of the flat. However,
the committee did not specify when they would issue the NOC to Kantaben Patel,
55, who intended to sell it to Vikar Ahmed Khan, 32, a glass merchant from
Vasai.HT
Supreme Court questions
Centre, AMU about norms flouted in appointment of VC
New Delhi:Questioning the
mode and method in which the V-C of Aligarh Muslim University has been
appointed, the apex court asked how UGC rules could be ignored in the
appointment process. The bench headed by Justice TS Thakur said that the
university cannot modify or digress from the existing norms to suit itself.
Ministry of HRD and AMU told the SC that the position of V-C is not of a
'teacher' hence the eligibility criteria and the number of years of teaching
experience does not apply to that post.Shooting a pointed question, CJI TS
Thakur questioned the AMU and the Central Govt, "Why should a bureaucrat
be brought as a V-C? Why shouldn't it be an academician or a professor? They
work hard." The court further clarified that the question is not the
competence of bureaucrats or army officers but whether their appointment is
well within the rules. The court was hearing a public interest litigation argued
by Prashant Bhushan who told SC that all UGC norms have been flouted in the
appointment process of Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah as the VC. He said that the
earlier order of the SC had merely asked for a VC to be appointed under the
existing rules. Salman Khurshid who represented Shah at the SC said that AMU is
a minority institution as the appointment of Shah was well within the rules. SC
has kept the matter for detailed hearing on Sept.26.indiatoday
SC raises questions on
AMU's new VC with no academic qualifications
Mangaluru: Youth thrashed
by Hindutva activists for embracing Islam
Mangaluru: A group of
miscreant belonging to Hindutva organizations thrashed a youth for embracing
Islam. 24-year-old Satish Acharya from Sullia in Dakshina Kannada (Mangaluru)
district has accepted Islam on his own will more than a year ago when he was
working in Kerala.Following his 4-month stay at Therbiyathul Islam Sabha of
Kozhikode, he was issued a certificate from the sabha on April 15, 2015 stating
Satish had changed his name to Muhammed Mustakim. Few local Hindutva leaders
who came to know about his change of faith reportedly threatened him of
returning to Hinduism. They also staged a protest demanding a probe into his
conversion. On Thursday, when a local politician planned a visit to Satish’s
home, he decided to avoid meeting and left home in his Maruti Omni.Some local
Hindutva activists chased and waylaid his vehicle near Murooru Bridge and
threatened and reportedly thrashed him.Local police make an effort to settle
the issue amicably and admitted him to KVG hospital in Sullia.However, no case
has been registered. siasat
Subhash or Jinnah? In
Bikaner, how a road divides Hindus and Muslims
Bikaner: Many historians
blame Muhammad Ali Jinnah for the India-Pakistan partition in 1947. Oddly
enough, a busy road in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district carries forth his legacy
even today – acting as a physical and symbolic divide between the Hindu and
Muslim communities. Naming of roads has always been a matter of great political
significance, a fact that became evident when BJP MP Maheish Girri sought the
rechristening of Aurangzeb Road in New Delhi to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road last
year. But nearly 447 km away in Bikaner, a district roughly 20 times the size
of the national capital, a 500-metre stretch of road bears a title that’s open
to communal interpretation. It’s Jinnah Road for Muslims, and Subhash Road for
Hindus. Running parallel to a railway track, the road gets congested near Kote
Gate – one of the many entrances to the erstwhile walled city of Bikaner – as
it meanders along dilapidated buildings, fancy hotels, tea stalls, meat shops
and the occasional mobile recharge shop. Ex-mayor Maqsood Ahmad, who owns a
hotel on the road, believes it was named after the Pakistan founder many
decades ago in the country’s past. “Poets used to sit here long back, and it
was probably they who named the road after Jinnah,” he said, raising his voice
to make himself heard over the din of passing vehicles. Ahmad said though the
road was rechristened Subhash Marg in 1967, Jinnah’s name was engrained too
firmly in public memory to fade away with time. “Look at the King Edward
Memorial Road, for instance. It’s now titled Mahatma Gandhi Marg, but how many
people do you ever hear calling it that?” he asked. Bikaner municipal
commissioner Rakesh Jaiswal says that though the stretch is named Subhash Road
in official records, most local residents still invoke Jinnah’s name while
referring to it. Even Google Maps seems undecided in this regard. It calls the
stretch of road extending till Chaukunthi flyover as Jinnah Road, and the rest
of the route as Subhash Road.HT
Gurgaon: Gau rakshaks apply
for arms licences, citing threats
Gurgaon: Gau rakshaks in
Gurgaon, Haryana have applied for arms licenses citing security concerns.
According to them, an arms license is now a necessity for them as they are
facing threats from armed cow smugglers.They say that when they try to stop the
cow smugglers at night, they are attacked with arms. The vigilantes claim that
they have already been fired upon many times.ANI
SIT to probe Naeem Karim
murder
Mumbai: The Bombay High
Court Monday directed that a SIT be set up under the Joint Director of CBI
(Chhattisgarh) to probe the allegations of murder of LeT suspect Shaikh Abdul
Naeem Karim. Karim was also accused in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. A division bench of Justices NH Patil and PD Naik was hearing a petition
filed by Naeem’s mother Qamar Nasreen Karim, refuting Chhattisgarh police’s
claims that Naeem had absconded, and alleging that he was killed in custody.The
HC directed the DGP (Chattisgarh) and the chief of ATS, West Bengal and
Maharashtra, to assist the Joint Director of CBI (Chhattisgarh) in tracing the
whereabouts of Naeem and finding out if he is alive or not. indianexpress
Kaziranga: 2 Muslim
civilians killed in police firing
Guwahati: 2 persons were
killed and five others injured on Monday when police opened fire to disperse
protesters demanding compensation before they move out from areas near the
Kaziranga National Park, police said. In view of a Gauhati High Court order
last year, Assam govt had decided to carry out eviction in Banderdubi and
Deochurchang areas under Kaliabor sub-division of Nagaon district after the
residents refused to move out until they were paid adequate compensation. While
190 families are being evicted from Banderdubi, 160 families are being evicted
from Deochurchang. Heavy security arrangements were made since yesterday in the
two areas but as eviction began this morning, the situation turned tense with
protestors squatting and resorting to stone pelting. Senior police officials
present at Banderdubi urged the protestors to move away but they turned violent
with the security forces resorting to lathicharge, tear gas shelling and then
opened fire to disperse them.Two persons were killed in the firing including a
woman, identified as Anjuma Khatun and the man as Fakhruddin. PTI
'My mother sold me when I
was 18': Young Bangladeshi girls illegally trafficked to India fight endless
legal battles in bid for freedom
With tears rolling down her
eyes, Bangladeshi woman Tamanna Khan says: “It was my mother who sold me to a
trafficker in India, when I turned 18."She was rescued three years ago, by
Akash who came to her as a customer, but was pained to see Tamana in a
miserable condition, desperately asking for help.She escaped to her parental
home in Dhaka, where her mother again tried to sell her. Tamanna then eloped
with Akash, and the two eventually got married. But the mother, who had to
already taken money from a trafficker, lodged a police complaint against Akash
for kidnapping Tamanna. Today, Tamanna, 21, is making rounds of the court as
she wants to stay with her husband, but, is unfortunately caught in legal
tangle. Seema, 20, another Bangladeshi girl was trafficked by her uncle, who promised
her a job in a bar. Instead, she was sold for Rs 2.5 lakh and raped by over a
100 men in five years. She was held captive, and was moved from one brothel to
another. One day, she found herself on the Indo-Bangla border, guarded by BSF
men. Seema says her mother does not know that she was trafficked and is now a
part of flesh trade racket.Though she wants to go back to her family in
Bangladesh, but is stuck with the long legal process.Similar story was narrated
by teenagers Neela and Sheila, rescued by NGO in India, who have already waited
for four years now, but their dream to return to Dhaka still looks distant.In
2015, the NGO filed a petition in High Court to fast track the cases of the
trafficked girls. In Narendrapur, on outskirts of Kolkata, out of 150 girls in
Sanlaap- a shelter home run by NGO, 23 are from Bangladesh. Daily Mail
Delhi’s dengue bluff: Just
4 died officially, but HT finds 19 in one locality of Okhla
New Delhi: Abuzar, 14, died
at Apollo Hospital on Sept.13. His death certificate says he died of “dengue
shock syndrome with multiple organ failure”. But the 14-year-old does not
figure in the city’s municipal records of dengue deaths. Nor do the names of 18
other residents of Shaheen Bagh and Abu Fazal enclave in Jamia Nagar who died
of mosquito-borne disease. Death certificates of 10 of these victims and blood
test reports of seven others show they died of dengue, but civic bodies have
refused to budge from their official count of four deaths and 1,378 infections
in the Capital this year.Locality in south-east Delhi has a population of
around 100,000. According to activist Sameer Khan, at least 30 people have
fallen to dengue in the area in the last two months. Families of two victims
have left for their ancestral village, neighbours said. Questioning the
official toll, local lawmaker Amanatullah Khan said three of his relatives had
died of dengue and more than thousand other residents were unwell. “Every
family in our neighbourhood has someone or the other unwell. How can there be
only four deaths? 3 of my relatives have died. I meet MCD officials every day
and we are using 10 fumigation machines across the area,” Khan said.3 deaths
were reported from Shaheen Bagh’s D Block and almost every other lane has
either lost a resident or is suffering from fever.Area councillor Shoaib Danish
is also learnt to have been down with fever. “Why is the govt hiding the deaths when they should be
identifying the problem and solving it?” asked 30-year-old Mohammed Javed, who
lost his 4-year-old daughter to the disease on Sept.12.South Delhi Municipal
Corporation, however, continues to live in denial. “We declared 4 deaths because
the case history of all other deaths has been sent to a committee probing the
cause of death,” said SDMC additional commissioner (Health) Meeta Singh.Next to
the banks of the Yamuna, the 2 areas next to each other are under the Okhla
constituency.HT
Bangladesh's Junaid Ahmad
new W. Bank head in India
New Delhi: Junaid Ahmad has
become World Bank's Country Director for India, replacing Onno Ruhl who served
a 4-year term based out of the national capital. economictimes
World
UN suspends all Syria aid
after convoy bombed
UN has suspended all aid
convoys to Syria in the wake of an attack on aid trucks that could amount to a
"war crime", according to a top UN official. Air raids rocked
northern Syria's Aleppo province on Tuesday, hours after 18 trucks in a UN
humanitarian aid convoy were hit in an area west of Aleppo city, killing at
least 12 people. "As an immediate security measure, other convoy movements
in Syria have been suspended for the time being pending further assessment of
the security situation,"UN humanitarian aid spokesman Jens Laerke told a
news conference in Geneva on Tuesday, adding the UN had recently received
permission from the Syrian govt to
deliver aid to all besieged areas in the country.US said it was unclear if it
was a Russian or Syrian plane that hit the 31-truck UN aid convoy late on
Monday, but officials placed the blame on Moscow, a key ally of embattled
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad."Americans are firmly blaming the
Russians, saying they’re not reining in Damascus," Dekker said. In the
wake of Monday's aid convoy strike,UN said it was suspending all convoy
movement in Syria, and International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter
Maurer said the attack could have "serious repercussions" on
humanitarian work in the country. The new wave of bloodshed came after the
Syrian army unilaterally declared the end of a week-long truce brokered by the
US and Moscow. Govt and the rebels traded blame over the collapse, each
accusing the other side of hundreds of breaches.Syrian Arab Red Crescent was
also hit during Monday's strike, as was a warehouse run by group. Ground
battles between pro-govt forces and rebel fighters raged on Tuesday morning on
the southwestern outskirts of Aleppo city near the strategic Ramosa military
complex, according toUK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as air raids
pounded the northern province. Aljazeera
UN suspends all convoys in
Syria after attack on aidtrucks
Syrian regime hits
humanitarian aid convoy
8 Afghan policemen killed
in US strike
US air strikes have killed
8 Afghan policemen in the embattled southern province of Afghanistan, officials
confirmed, as security forces, supported by US strikes, battle Taliban
fighters. Rahimullah Khan, a provincial operational commander, said the first
of 2 air strikes on Sunday afternoon killed one policeman at a checkpoint
outside the provincial capital of Tarin Kot, while the second, killed seven
others. Aljazeera
120 Palestinians in Israeli
jails declare hunger strike
Ramallah:At least 120
Palestinians in Israeli jails have begun an open-ended hunger strike to demand
the release of three fellow prisoners who continue to languish in
"administrative dentition", PLO's committee on detainees said.AnadoluAgency
Turkey sacks 28,000
teachers over 'terrorism links':aljazeera
Turkish authorities have
dismissed almost 28,000 teachers and suspended about 9,500 others over alleged
links to "terrorism" as part of a crackdown following the failed
military coup in July. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Deputy PM Nurettin
Canikli said the teachers had been expelled from the profession and
investigations of suspended teachers were continuing."As part of our fight
against terrorism, necessary measures have been carried out on teachers along
with other civil servants assessed to be linked with terrorist
organisations," Canikli said.aljazeera
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