Evening NEWS DIGEST
24 Sept. 2016: 21 Zil Hajj 37: Vol:7, No:164
Muslim, Christian, dalit
organizations stage protest demanding ban on cow vigilantism
New Delhi:Several Muslim,
Christian and dalit organizations on Friday staged a protest at the Jantar
Mantar here, demanding a ban on "cow vigilantism" and sought passage
of the Communal Violence Bill.The protesters also submitted a memorandum to
President Pranab Mukherjee, urging him to play his role in defending the
constitutional rights of the people "who are increasingly being
persecuted" allegedly under the NDA govt at the Centre. "We demand the cow
vigilantism be banned and people be allowed to eat the food of their
choice," All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat president Navaid Hamid said.
"A commission should be formed to report whether the recent events are
part of organised crimes orchestrated by parties to polarize votes for
political mileage and to suggest proper mechanism to prevent deterioration of
democratic system by overuse of polarization tactics leading to vast loss of
lives and properties and displacement of people from their cozy homes,"Jamat-e-Islami
Hind vice-president Nusrat Ali said. Maulana Abdul Hameed, General Secretary of
Jamiatul Ulama Hind, demanded that judicial inquiry be initiated in major cases
that occurred in Dadri, Dingerhedi, Paida village of Bijnore and the killing of
youth allegedly by cow vigilantes in Ahmedabad."The Communal Violence Bill
should be made a law as soon as possible so that communal forces should be
suitably dealt with for maintaining peace and law and order in the
country," he said.The protesters also demanded that due compensation
should be paid by govts concerned to the victims and their families and a
standard method be evolved for equal compensation to people across the
communities and proper rules be devised for immediate relief to affected
families.Other organisations which participated in the protest include Lokraj
Sanghtan, Dalit Federation AMOD, All India Shia Council and Students Islamic
Organisation of India.PTI/TOI
Minority Groups Demand Ban
On 'Cow Vigilantism': NDTV
Minority groups demand ban
on 'cow vigilantism'
Muslims, Christians, Dalits
Stage Protest Demanding Ban on Cow Vigilantism: news18
Cow vigilantism: President
urged to intervene to protect people's rights: India Tomorrow
Okhla-based body calls for
protest at Jantar Mantar over increasing attacks on marginalised
Gujarat: Muslims, Dalits,
Patidar community protest against Ayyub's murder by cow vigilantes: TOI
Ahmedabad: Members of the
Muslim community gathered in large numbers at Sardarbaug on Friday afternoon to
stage a demonstration against the killing of Mohammed Ayyub by self-styled gau
rakshaks. He had been ferrying two calves in a vehicle. The members of the
dalit and the OBC community, as well as those of Patidar community, and
activists associated with various rights-based organizations turned up to
support the cause. They expressed solidarity with Muslims protesting against the
govt's apathy towards attacks by cow vigilantes. Demands were raised for the
suspension of police officials concerned of Anandnagar police station for their
alleged connivance with the hooligans. Call was also made for proper
compensation for the family of the deceased. The state administration was
targeted mainly for its silence over the murder. All demanded immediate ban on
gau rakshak squads. For the first time after the 2002 riots, various religious
outfits of the city agreed to share a common platform under the banner of
Gujarat Muslim Hit Rakshak Samiti to register their protest against targeting
Muslims over the issue of beef. Speakers exhorted Muslims to take to the
streets to agitate for their demands. Addressing the gathering, Jan Sangharsh
Manch's Shamshad Pathan said that the agitation would not end till the govt takes
action against all responsible cops and the investigation brings out the truth
about the connivance between police and cow vigilantes.Mufti Rizwan Tarapuri of
Milli Council said that cow has been just a metaphor to divide communities.
Minority commission demands
govt’s ‘strong’ message against cow vigilantism
New Delhi:With atrocities
in the garb of cow vigilantism on the rise, the country’s watchdog for minority
protection has cautioned the govt about
its communal fallout and asked it to issue a “strong” statement against such
“outlandish behaviour”. “We believe that there is a need for a very strong
statement from the highest levels of the govt, stating that such outlandish
behaviour will neither be tolerated nor can it go unpunished and that the
secular credentials of India will be protected by the State at all costs,”
National Commission for Minorities (NCM) chairperson Naseem Ahmad wrote in a
letter to home minister Rajnath Singh.The panel reminded the govt that even as law and order is a state subject,
“the central govt would be well within
its powers to ask the states to handle such situations with a heavy hand and to
enforce sense of security among the minorities in all seriousness”. hindustantimes
Minority Commission pulls
up Centre over rising cases of cow vigilantism
Minority panel’s head meets
Mewat gang-rape victims
‘Migrant’ women, children
jailed in Assam, NCM writes to Home Ministry
Concerned over the
indiscriminate detentions of people in Assam on suspicion of being Bangladeshis
or Myanmarese, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM)has written to Union
Home Ministry and the state govt asking
them to intervene.NCM Member Farida Abdulla Khan visited Assam recently and was
“appalled” to find as many as 97 women and 13 children — caught on suspicion of
being Bangladeshis or Myanmarese — lodged with regular criminals in the
Kokrajhar district jail in “total disregard of the rules”.Generally, such
people are kept in detention centres, but according to local officials, there
is no facility in Kokrajhar and so the women and children have been put in a
regular jail with hardened criminals. In all, close to 600 people have been
detained in Assam on suspicion of being Bangladeshis or Myanmar nationals,
according to Khan. Overwhelming majority of such detainees are Muslims.“During
my visit, the issue of activity of the Foreigners Tribunals and the process of
identifying illegal migrants on the basis of doubtful voters was repeatedly
brought to my notice by the civil society groups,” Khan said.IANS
KASHMIR
& SUOTH ASIA
India won’t forget martyrs’
sacrifice in Uri, will completely isolate Pak: PM Modi
New Delhi: In a veiled
attack on Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said there’s anger in India
post the Uri attack, where 18 soldiers sacrificed their lives after our
neighbour exported terrorists there.Addressing BJP national conclave in
Kozhikode, Modi said,“There is only one country in Asia that indulges in
terrorism and exporting it around world. Terrorism is humanity’s enemy and
India will never forget the 18 martyred soldiers who were killed by terrorists
in Uri.” indianexpress
Uri attack could be a
‘reaction’ to situation in Kashmir: Sharif
Islamabad:Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has said the Uri attack could a
“reaction” to the situation in Kashmir and criticised India for blaming
Pakistan “without any evidence.”“Uri attack can be the reaction of the
atrocities in Kashmir, as the close relatives and near and dear ones of those
killed and blinded over the last two months were hurt and outraged,” Sharif
told reporters in London. PM said India had hastily blamed Pakistan without any
investigation. “How could India accuse Pakistan only hours after the Uri
incident without holding any inquiry or investigation,” Sharif was quoted as
saying by Pakistani media reports. “The whole world knows about the Indian
atrocities in Kashmir where around 108 people have so far been killed, over 150
blinded and thousands injured,” he said. thehindu
In wake of Uri attack,
Israel offers expertise to secure India’s borders
New Delhi: In the wake of
the Uri attack, Israel on Friday reiterated its offer of experience and
expertise to secure India’s borders.“Home Minister (Rajnath Singh) visited
Israel and he was shown different kinds of borders in Israel with their own
uniqueness,” Israeli Ambassador David Carmon said at a press conference ahead
of the Israel Homeland Security and Cyber 2016 International Conference to be
held in Nov.“India has 14 different kinds of borders which are managed by
different units and forces,” he said. “When the minister came back and assessed
the situation, I am sure he took some of the ideas he saw (into
consideration).”Carmon said both countries shared similar challenges in border
management and that Israel has solutions for these, adding that the 2 countries
can work together taking into account the capabilities of Israeli companies and
govt and adapting them to Indian needs. Stating that Israel has the cyber
technology experience of securing borders, Ram Dor, ex Israeli Defence Forces
Chief Information Security Officer, said a major problem today was the
unauthorised movement of people across borders.He said Israel is now using
electro-optical sensors to collect information via unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs).indian express
World focussed on combating
terror, Pakistan isolated on Kashmir: Syed Akbaruddin
UN: Pakistan’s months-long
efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue at the UN have not found any
resonance with nations at the world body that are focuser on combating the
growing scourge of terrorism, a top Indian diplomat has said.India’s Permanent
Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin said that what is finding resonance
among the international community is the terror threat that India is facing and
not what Sharif focussed on his speech – the issue of Kashmir.“If 131 nations
have spoken in the General Debate so far, 130 have not referred to the primary
issue that Pakistan has raised. So what does that mean,” he told reporters.PTI
Uri attack affected Nawaz's
Kashmir campaign at UN
UN:Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif during his meetings in New York
did his best to highlight the Kashmir issue, but the Uri attack affected his
campaign, a media report said.Sharif on Friday left New York after 5 days of
extensive lobbying for Kashmir at the UN and in bilateral meetings with world
leaders. Despite Sharif's striving to highlight the Kashmir cause, the effect
was not as much as it would have been, due to the Sept.18 attack on an Indian
army base in Uri, Dawn reported. Before the attack, prominent newspapers and TV
channels in the US did a series of reports and articles on Kashmir, focusing on
the current unrest and the deaths in clashes with security forces that have
left nearly 90 dead and hundreds injured.After the Uri attack, however, the
focus shifted to militancy and a possible nuclear conflict in the region.IANS
Water weapon cuts both ways
- China factor in Indus card: Telegraph India
China is quietly signalling
India that any abrogation of the Indus Waters Treaty to punish its all-weather
friend Pakistan will have consequences for this country as well.Beijing's view
is that once the treaty is abrogated, it will be under no obligation to allow
water from the Indus or Sutlej rivers to flow into India. Indus, the largest of
the six rivers covered by the 1960 treaty, originates in China, which has 8% of
the Indus river basin of 1.12 million square kilometres that runs through India
and Pakistan as well. The fountainhead of this river basin lies in China.If
China decides to divert water from the Indus river in the absence of any
international treaty governing the management of this precious resource, India
will be deprived of 36% of the river's entire flow.Add to that Pakistan's share
of 63% entitlement and the nightmare consequence of abrogating the treaty would
be a devastated wasteland in the sub-continent spread far and wide across 3,200
kilometres covered by the river's flow from the Tibetan plateau to Karachi
where the Indus discharges its water into the Arabian Sea.Any Chinese action to
pay back India for punishing Pakistan by using water as a weapon has the
further potential to dry up 27 of this river's tributaries, many of which
sustain India's agrarian and commercial life line. telegraphindia
Army will defend every inch
of Pak no matter at what cost: Gen Raheel Sharif
Islamabad:Amid rising
tensions with India, Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Friday said
the army will defend “each and every inch” of Pakistan “no matter what the
cost”. The Army chief, addressing officers at the National Counter-Terrorism
Centre near Kharian, said Pakistan’s armed forces “have capability to counter
the complete threat spectrum”.IANS
Pakistan defence minister
warns India against giving asylum to Bugti
Islamabad:Pakistan warned
India on Friday that by granting asylum to Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti, it
will become an “official sponsor of terrorism”.“India granting asylum to Bugti
will amount to harbouring a terrorist by a state...thus (India) becoming official
sponsor of terrorism,” Pak Defence Minister Khawaja Asif tweeted.Asif’s remarks
came after it emerged that Bugti’s application seeking political asylum in
India was yesterday received by Home Ministry which is examining it.PTI
Pakistan to ask Interpol to
extradite Brahamdagh Bugti
China to support Pakistan
against 'foreign aggression', assures envoy
China has assured Pakistan
in unequivocal terms of its support in case of "any foreign
aggression" and also supported Islamabad's stance on the Kashmir dispute,
according to a statement issued by the Punjab CM's Office."In case of any
(foreign) aggression our country will extend its full support to
Pakistan," Consul General of China in Lahore Yu Boren was quoted as saying
in the statement.IANS
Russia snubs India, sends
troops to Pakistan for first ever joint military exercise
In an apparent snub to
India, Russia has sent it troops to Pakistan to participate in its first-ever
joint military exercise with the country. The information about the
Pakistan-Russia joint military exercise was shared on Twitter by Lt General
Asim Bajwa, DG, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan. “A contingent
of Russian ground forces arrived Pak for 1st ever Pak- Russian joint exercise
(2 weeks) from 24 Sep to 10 Oct 2016,” Bajwa tweeted today.Earlier, CNN-New18 had
reported on Monday that the joint military exercise was called off by Russia
following the Uri attack by Pakistani terrorists. The channel had also shared
the news on Twitter, saying, “Russia calls off joint military drills with
Pakistan.” India’s Ministry of External Affairs had also reportedly urged
Russia to reconsider its decision to hold joint military drills with Pakistan. Joint
military exercise ‘Druzhba 2016’ will be conducted between Sept.24 to Oct.10, according
to Bajwa. financialexpress
Kashmir: Protests erupt
after man killed by army:AlJazeera
A 19-year-old man was
killed by Indian govt forces after they fired shots at protesters demanding
freedom from Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. A police officer, speaking on condition of
anonymity to the AP news agency, said the man died in the northwestern Sopore
area on Friday after soldiers opened fire on demonstrators who allegedly attacked
an army convoy with stones.However, residents and family members said the man,
Waseem Ahmad, was working in his orchard along with other people when soldiers
fired. There was no protest or stone pelting. Everything was quiet. He was
killed without a reason. It was a cold blooded murder. Ahmad's cousin, Abdul
Rasheed Lone, confirmed there was no protest taking place when troops fired the
shots. aljazeera
Kashmir shuts on 78th
consecutive day
Srinagar:Kashmir remained
shut for the 78th consecutive day on Saturday as authorities deployed security
forces in Srinagar city and some other places.However, there will be no curfew
anywhere in the Valley, a senior police official said. Eighty-eight civilians
have died since the present unrest began on July 9. A 22-year old youth
identified as Waseem Lone of Baramulla district died during firing on
Friday.IANS
No prayers at Jamia Masjid
on 11th consecutive Friday
OTHERS
Triple talaq not in
conformity with Sharia, govt to tell SC
New Delhi: Modi govt has decided
to tell the Supreme Court that the claim that the practice of triple talaq is
in conformity with the Sharia is misplaced because about 20 Islamic countries,
including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, regulate matrimonial laws.Steering clear
of any mention of a uniform civil code (UCC), the Centre is set to argue that
the plea advanced by the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board - that divorce by
triple talaq is sanctified by the Sharia - is incorrect, and that the practice
is a violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution in a
secular state like India. Centre will articulate its position in an ongoing
case challenging the practice."If regulating matrimonial laws is
acknowledged in Islamic countries and not considered contrary to the Sharia,
how can this be treated as such in a secular country like India where
fundamental rights are protected under Constitution?" a top govt source
said.By side-stepping any reference to the UCC, the govt hopes to counter any
allegation that it is seeking to "impose" personal laws on the
minorities. Govt has referred the UCC issue to the Law Commission of India
which will hold wide consultations, including discussions with various personal
law boards and other stakeholders.TOI
Centre likely to take tough
stance against triple talaq in SC
Triple talaq
unconstitutional, govt to tell SC
Triple talaq unfair,
discriminatory: Centre
Telangana Minorities panel
writes to AIMPLB on oral triple talaq:TOI
Hyderabad:Alarmed at the
All India Muslim Personal Law Board's (AIMPLB) insistence on treating the
divorce provision of oral triple talaq in one sitting as valid, State
Minorities Commission (SMC) has shot off a letter to the Muslim panel urging it
to change its opinion.The communication, which was addressed to AIMPLB
president, highlighted cases which the commission has registered of women who
are victims of oral triple talaq and desertion even as it claimed that there
are hundreds of other cases pending inquiry."I request the Alarmed at AIMPLB
to declare unanimously,unilaterally and immediately before the Supreme Court
passes any judgement that triple talaq will be considered as one in India and
will not be considered as three and irrevocable (sic)," an excerpt from
the letter reads.In the letter, SMC head Abid Rasool Khan cited interpretations
of scriptures as recorded by Ibn Taimiyyah, ruled that three pronunciations of talaq in
one sitting be treated as one pronouncement. timesofindia
For us triple talaq is
against both reasoning and justice, would request Sunni brothers to reconsider
this law: Maulana Kalbe Sadiq
Lucknow: Asserting that triple talaq has no mention
either in Islam or in the holy Quran, the Muslim clerics on Friday said this
particular divorce system is nothing but gross injustice against women. Muslim
cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq said the Sunnis practice the triple talaq system and
added that his sect is ready to cooperate with the former if a solution is
chalked to dissolve this divorce system which is becoming an insult to
women."Islam says nothing against reasoning, nothing against justice. For
us triple talaq is against both reasoning and justice, would request the Sunni
brothers to reconsider this law. We are ready to cooperate with them if they
can chalk out a solution, as this triple talaq is becoming a reason of insult
for the Muslims," said Sadiq.Echoing similar sentiments, another Muslim
cleric Maulana Saif Abbas said triple talaq is like torturing women.
"Triple talaq is totally wrong and there is no mention of the same either
in Islam or in Quran. This is like torturing women. Triple talaq is nothing but
gross injustice to women," said Abbas.This comes after the All-India Shia
Muslim Personal Law Board declared on Thursday that it would intervene in the
Saira Banu case in the Supreme Court on the issue of triple talaq. ANI/ dnaindia
Chennai Muslim group
demands Centre to stop triple talaq
CHENNAI: A delegation of
the Shia Sunni Unity Movement (SSUM) presented a memorandum to Union minister
for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi demanding reforms such as stopping
existing practice of triple talaq, setting up of a separate Muslim personal law
board for women and housing for poor minorities on Wakf lands. timesofindia
Jammu: 2 ‘HUJI terrorists’
acquitted after 8 years
Jammu: 2 alleged Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami
(HUJI) terrorists were acquitted by a court here on Friday for lack of
evidence. Ghulam Din and Illam Din were arrested in 2008 with arms, ammunition
and cash in their possession.First Additional Sessions Judge M A Chowdhary
observed that the prosecution did not cite or examine any ballistic expert, who
could determine whether the seized weapons were in working condition. In the
absence of such proof, the offence under Arms Act could not be proved, the
judge said. He also held that the prosecution had failed to connect the accused
with the commission of offence through sufficient, cogent and credible
evidence. indian express
2006 Malegaon blasts: Trial
to start soon
Mumbai: The special MCOCA
court is set to start trial in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case and has issued
production warrants to two accused lodged in Ambala jail in Haryana.“The court
has issued production warrants to Ambala jail to produce Lokesh Sharma and
Rajendra Chaudhary before the court to frame the charges in the case and begin
trial,” said special public prosecutor, Prakash Shetty.The special court has
now scheduled the case on October 14, when if the accused are produced the
court would begin the trial in the case.Meanwhile, the Bombay high court, while
hearing the bail application of another accused, Dhan Singh, has asked for the
status report on the trial. Dhan Singh had moved the high court after his bail
plea was rejected by the special court. The special court has to now submit a
report on status of the trial by October 7.HT
Gujarat: Equating Prophet
with human beings, terming him as 'bhai landed cleric in soup: timesofindia
Ahmedabad:Equating Prophet
Muhammad with human beings, terming him as 'bhai' (brother) and calling upon
others to say so has landed a maulvi belonging to Tabligh Jamaat in the soup,
as Gujarat high court has upheld invoking of charge of hurting religious
sentiments and ruled that he must face a trial.As a row between orthodox Sunni
Muslims following largely the Deoband school and liberal Sufi sect adhering to
the Barelvi school of ideology is boiling up, comparing himself and other human
beings with the Prophet led to registration of an FIR against Kari Ahmedali
Hussainali Battiwala from Saraspur.In 2009, Battiwala addressed several
gatherings including one near Juhapura. His speeches did not go down well with
members of the other sect. Secretary of Sunni Awami Forum, Usman Qureshi,
lodged an FIR against him in March 2010 with Vejalpur police accusing him of
making derogatory remarks on principles of religion and pronouncing blasphemous
statements against the Prophet.Battiwala was accused of inciting people in his
propaganda speeches against Sufi saints and calling upon people to demolish
their shrines. Battiwala was arrested, but was later released on bail. A
chargesheet was also filed against him. He moved the HC for quashing of charge
on the ground that the Constitution not only gives freedom of speech to an
individual, but freedom of professing and propagating one's faith. Article 26
grants freedom to denominations of a religion to follow their ideologies. The
words spoken were in context of a Hadith, which shows the Prophet terming his
followers as his brothers and explaining this to his associates (sahabah).
Iranian Shia cleric offers
Jumah namaz with Sunnis at Lucknow mosque
Lucknow: As a step towards
bridging gap between Shias and Sunnis and sending out a message of a common
Muslim platform, Iranian Shia cleric Maulana Ali Mehdi Mausvi, director, Hajj
centre of Iran, offered joint Jumah namaz at Lucknow's historic Masjid Teela
Shah Peer Mohammad -popularly called Teele wali Masjid in Lucknow on
Friday.While the mosque is under Sunni management, the namaz was also led by
Maulana Qari Mannan-son of the current Imam of the mosque- Maulana Fazlul
Mannan. Along with Mehdi was also present Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, senior vice
president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and others from the Shia
community, offering prayers together with Sunni brethren in the jam-packed
mosque.In his address post the namaz, Maulana Mehdi said that it was important
for Shias and Sunnis to come together to fight radical ideologies who want to
mar any attempts of unity. timesofindia
Rahul Gandhi calls on
Muslim Personal Law Board chief at Nadwatul Ulema, Lucknow
Lucknow: Congress
Vice-President Rahul Gandhi along with senior party leaders on Friday visited
Nadwat-ul- Ulema and held a meeting with rector of the world renowned Muslim
seminary and President of the AIMPLB Syed Rabey Hasan Nadvi. Rahul Gandhi, on
tour of UP ahead of the state assembly
elections, was accompanied by party's CM candidate Sheila Dikshit, party
in-charge of UP Ghulam Nabi Azad and
senior party leader Raj Babbar. ummid.com
Violence erupts in
Coimbatore after mobs protest murder of Hindu Munnani leader
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s
Coimbatore and its neighbouring textile town of Tirupur witnessed numerous
incidents of property destruction and tense standoffs on Friday after mobs held
protests over the murder of a Hindu Munnani leader, C Sasikumar. Members of the
outfit pelted stones, damaged shops and commercial establishments, and forced
public transport off the roads after Sasikumar was hacked to death by four
unknown assailants on the outskirts of Coimbatore on Thursday night.Hindu
Munnani state president Kadeswara C Subramanium issued a statement blaming the
police for being unable to prevent a series of brutal attacks on his cadre
members. hindustantimes
Coimbatore bandh: Stop
attacks on cadre or Tamil Nadu will become another Gujarat, warns Hindu Munnani
chief
50 arrested in connection
with Coimbatore violence
Dakshina Kannada: Cong
Muslim leader brutally murdered
Sullia: A local Congress
leader was brutally murdered as he came out of a mosque at Aivarnad village in
Sullia on Friday. He was president of the coastal unit of the KPCC’s minority
wing. Ismail Nelyamajalu, 52, went to Sullia court to attend a hearing and
visited a mosque at Aivarnad on his way back. As he started walking towards his
car after praying at the mosque, the assailants hacked him to death. deccanherald
Ensuring prosperity of
poor, minorities, Dalits should be
Chennai:Ensuring progress
of the poor, minorities and Dalits should be the "rajdharma" of govt s,
Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said and advised ministers from the southern
states to focus on the "arithmetic of development" over the
"mathematics of votes".
"Progress and prosperity of the poor, weaker sections, minorities and
Dalits is not a political formality for us but it should be our duty, our
rajdharma," Naqvi said during a review meeting with various state
ministers here.PTI
Indian teachers rescued
from IS captivity in Libya return home: timesofindia
Hyderabad: 2 Indian
teachers, who were rescued last week after over a year-long captivity by
Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Libya, returned home on Saturday.T Gopikrishna
and C Balram Kishan reached here from New Delhi in the early hours.They merely
said they were happy to reunite with their families, but declined to answer any
queries from the media or share their experiences in captivity."I am very
happy to reunite with my family. I don't have any words to express my
happiness," said Gopikrishna talking to media persons at his residence in
Nacharam here.He thanked the Libyan Army and the Govt of India, especially the
Ministry of External Affairs."Thanks to their efforts, I could safely come
back and reunite with my family," said Gopikrishna flanked by his wife and
daughter."I am really excited to return home after long captivity. I have
already given all information to the Ministry of External Affairs as to what
happened during my 414-day captivity," he said.Gopikrishna declined to
speak on how they were freed and how they were treated in captivity."I
can't reveal all those details to you. I have given the information to the
ministry," he said.IANS
World
Doomsday in Aleppo: 56
killed today, 2mn without water
http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/177735/doomsday-in-aleppo-56-killed-today-2mn-without-water
56 people were killed today
with a total death toll of four days of attacks standing at 323, with figures
set to rise and 220 injured Saturday by Assad regime and Russian airstrikes on
residential areas in opposition-held parts of Syria’s northwestern city of
Aleppo, a civil defense official said. Speaking to Anadolu, Najib Ansari said
that warplanes targeted the districts of Bustan al-Qasr, Mashhad, al-Kallasa,
Salihiya, and al-Fardos, all currently under siege by the Bashar al-Assad
regime.The casualties include women and children. Death toll is expected to
rise due to limited capacity to rescue victims trapped under collapsed
buildings.On Friday, 86 people were killed by regime and Russian warplanes.
Aleppo has been recently suffered from intense attacks by regime and Russian
forces. Since Sept.19, at least 323 civilians have been killed and 1,334
injured by Assad regime and Russian airstrikes on Aleppo, according to civil
defense officials and medical sources in the city.One attack, on a town west of
Aleppo city called Bashqateen, killed 15 members of a family who had been
sheltering in a residential building housing internally displaced people,
activists said.As the bombing entered a second day, 3 medical facilities and
two centres belonging to the White Helmets, a volunteer rescue group, were hit
in airstrikes that disabled some of their vehicles, cut off roads in the city
and left victims trapped in collapsed buildings. The White Helmets said more
than 40 buildings were destroyed.The new govt attacks have come as the U.N. said that nearly
2 million people in Aleppo, Syria's largest city and onetime commercial center,
are without running water following the escalation of the fighting in recent
days after the truce collapse.World Bulletin
Regime, Russian warplanes
strike Aleppo, killing 56
'Ferocious' air strikes
pummel Aleppo as ground gained
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/warplanes-mount-strikes-rebel-held-aleppo-160924080435839.html
Assad regime advances in
Aleppo
Regime, Russian warplanes
strike Aleppo, killing 86
US sent weapons to Kurdish
fighters in Syria: Erdogan
Istanbul:Turkish President
Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of supplying more weapons to Kurdish
fighters in northern Syria this week, delivering two plane loads of arms to
what Ankara says is a terrorist group.Erdogan’s comments, in a speech in New
York, are likely to add to tensions between Turkey and Washington over US
support for Kurdish YPG forces involved in operations against Islamic State
fighters. Turkey is part of the US-led coalition against Islamic State but
views the Syrian Kurdish YPG and its PYD political wing as an extension of
Kurdish militants who have waged a three-decade insurgency on its own soil.“3
days ago America dropped two plane loads of weapons in Kobani for these terror
groups,” he said, adding he had raised the issue on Wednesday with US Vice
President Joe Biden who he said had no knowledge of this.US, which sees the YPG
as a major strategic partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria,
air-dropped weapons to the group in the largely Kurdish town of Kobani in 2014.
Reuters
Syrians speak out about
PKK/PYD 'cruelty'
Militant attacks kill 12 in
northern Iraq
Baghdad: At least 12 people
were killed and dozens injured in militant attacks in northern Iraq early
Saturday, according to a local police officer.Daesh militants attacked a
security checkpoint in Beji, 40 kilometers north of Tikrit city, Ghazwan
al-Jabouri told Anadolu. “4 policemen and one militant were killed in ensuing
clashes at the checkpoint,” he said. Militants also blew up a truck laden with
explosives at another police checkpoint north of Tirkit, killing 8
people.“Nearly 23 police personnel were injured in the assault,” al-Jabouri
said. Anadolu
Egypt highlights
differences with Saudi Arabia over Syria
Egyptian Foreign Minister
Sameh Shoukry has recognised that there are differences with Saudi Arabia
regarding Syria, stating the reason is that each country has “different visions
regarding changing of the Syrian leadership,” Moheet.com reported. Shoukry, making
his comments at annual UN General Assembly meetings, said: “Saudi Arabia adopts
a position that focuses on changing the ruling system [govt] or to change Syrian
leadership. Egypt does not adopt this idea.” middleeastmonitor
Sweden: Muslim woman leaves
job after being told to shake hands with male colleagues: The Independent
A Muslim woman has left her
job in Sweden after being told she must shake hands with her male colleagues.
Fardous El-Sakka had been working as a supply teacher for Kunskapsskolan, group
of independent schools in Helsingborg, since August. 20-year-old had chosen not
to shake hands with her male colleagues and instead preferred to put her hand
on her heart and bow as a greeting. But when one of her male colleagues took
offence, Sakka was ordered to go to a meeting with the principal and told she
must conform to the institution’s "core values" if she wanted to
remain working there.
Canada: Woman ordered by
judge to remove hijab seeks clearer rules
Toronto: A Muslim woman in
Canada, who was asked by a Quebec Court judge to remove her hijab during a
hearing las year, today asked a Superior Court to clarify the rules governing
religious attire. Rania El-Alloul was told by Judge Eliana Marengo El-Alloul
during a hearing in February 2015 that that a courtroom was a secular space,
and she was not suitably dressed. El-Alloul said she would only hear
El-Alloul's case if she removed her hijab. At the time, El-Alloul was in court
trying to get her car back after it had been seized by Quebec's automobile
insurance board. PTI
Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood
gain foothold in parliament after long absence
Amman: Jordan's Muslim
Brotherhood has gained a foothold in parliament after ending a decade-long
boycott and returning to the fray as the mainstay of a broad civic alliance,
according to preliminary results released on Thursday. Islamists, easily
Jordan's biggest organised political grouping, had shunned previous polls in
protest at a system that skews representation towards thinly populated rural
areas dominated by tribal politics, rather than the cities, where the
Brotherhood is strong. But under pressure from a govt crackdown that followed
Islamist-led protests in the wake of the Arab Spring, the Brotherhood's
political arm, Islamic Action Front (IAF), ditched its "Islam is the
Solution" slogan and joined Christians and prominent national figures to
create the National Coalition for Reform (NCR).Preliminary results indicated
that the NCR had won at least 16 of 130 seats. Zaki Bani Rusheid, a prominent
Brotherhood leader, said the NCR would seek alliances with others to try to
form an effective opposition. reuters
Brotherhood-linked bloc
wins seats in Jordan assembly
US: 5 killed in mall
shooting in Washington state
More than 165 dead in Egypt
boat tragedy
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