Evening NEWS DIGEST
26 Sept. 2016: 23 Zil Hajj 37: Vol:7, No:166
Malegaon 2008 blast prime
accused Purohit refused bail
Mumbail: A Special NIA
Court here on Monday rejected the bail application filed by Col. Prasad S.
Purohit (retd.), one of the prime accused in the Malegaon 2008 blasts case.
Purohit has sought bail on grounds that the National Investigation Agency had
dropped charges against him under the stringent MCOCA and the sanction obtained
for prosecution under the UAPA was defective.He further said that had no role
to play in the blast case and that he was languishing in jail for the past
seven years without trial.Opposing the bail plea, the NIA said that Prasad's
arguments should be considered during the trial and not at this stage. Besides,
the NIA said prima facie, it had gathered sufficient evidence against the
accused.Upholding NIA plea, Special Judge S D Tekale rejected Purohit's bail
application. Besides Purohit, 11 others, including Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur
were arrested in connection with the sensational case.IANS
2008 Malegaon blast case:
No bail for Prasad Purohit
Lens on top MHA official
over clean chit to Zakir Naik's NGO:TOI
New Delhi: After suspending
4 officers over renewal of the foreign funding licence of preacher Zakir Naik's
IRF, the home ministry is now examining the role of an assistant director-level
officer in giving a clean chit to the NGO last year based on inspection of its
accounts in 2014.Though the clean chit did not pass muster at the higher levels
- with the then deputy secretary of home ministry's FCRA monitoring unit
seeking discussion on it - the circumstances under which the all-clear was
proposed may be inquired into. Also likely to be scrutinised is the assistant
director's observation that the complaint alleging FCRA violations by IRF was
made "just out of motive to teach a lesson to Dr Zakir Naik". timesofindia
SC notice to Centre on PIL
for law to stop custodial torture
New Delhil:Supreme Court on
Monday sought response from the government on a petition seeking framing of an
effective law to prevent torture and inhuman treatment of individuals in
custody. A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar
issued notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs and sought its reply on a PIL for
“rehabilitation, relief and compensation” for victims of custodial violence.
The apex court was hearing a PIL filed by senior advocate and former law
minister Ashwani Kumar, who has sought directions to empower agencies like NHRC
with the necessary enforcement capabilities and mechanism for implementation of
its orders and directions.Referring to Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba, a
90 per cent physically disabled and wheelchair-bound person who was allegedly
brutalised by police in Nagpur Jail, Kumar said that torture meted out to
thousands of prisoners in custody “shocks the constitutional conscience”.PTI
KASHMIR
ISSUE & SUOTH ASIA
Sushma Swaraj seeks to
isolate Pakistan, raises Balochistan issue in UN speech
India’s external affairs
minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday stepped up pressure on Pakistan at the United
Nations, extending India’s efforts to isolate Islamabad on the issue of
state-sponsored terrorism.In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly
that comes the backdrop of rising tensions after a terrorist attack in
Kashmir’s Uri sector last week, Swaraj said that countries that nurture, paddle
and export terror should have no place in the comity of nations.Swaraj said
India is seeking the adoption of a comprehensive convention on international
terrorism to develop norms to prosecute and extradite terrorists.Swaraj also
raised the issue of Balochistan, which India has been using as a counterweight
to Pakistan’s references to human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. “The
brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of state
oppression, Swaraj said.She added that Pakistan must abandon its dream to
obtain territory it covets.PTI
Sushma Swaraj at UNGA:
'Kashmir an integral part of India, Pak should stop dreaming about it'
http://www.newsx.com/national/42148-live-sushma-swaraj-addresses-71st-session-of-un-general-assembly
Swaraj tells Pakistan to
introspect, highlights Balochistan
Dargahs heads led Ajmer
Chief discuss Kashmir situation with Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: A delegation of heads of eminent Khanqahs and
Dargahs led by the Chief of the Ajmer Sharif have appealed to people in the
Kashmir Valley to keep calm and peace there and help the government to return
normalcy in the state.Calling on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today,
they assured him that they would go to Kashmir to request their brothers and
sisters to work for the restoration of peace.Led by Dewan Syed Zainul Abedin
Saheb, Spiritual Head of the shrine and the Sajjadanashin of Dargah Khwaja
Sahab, Ajmer Sharif, the delegation shared their concern on the situation in
Kashmir and expressed confidence that the Union Home Minister would do
everything possible to bring normalcy in Kashmir in order to remove pain and
miseries of the people.The spiritual leaders said they were pained by the
situation prevailing in Kashmir, which has been the centre of Sufism for over
700 years.The delegation further mentioned that over the last many years, we
see a decline in social values and ethos, and onslaught of Western culture on
one hand and increase of radicalism among Muslims on the other hand, doing
incalculable loss to the shared cultural values, peace and happiness for the
mankind. Dewan Syed Zainul Abedin Saheb said that the spiritual leaders are
concerned and pained on the situation and the sufferings of the people in our
country and all over the world. Worst, we see Islam, the religion of peace,
being linked to many instances of violence and terrorism, he added. The
delegation of Sajjadanashin of all biggest dargahs in the country including
Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi, Dargah HZT. Khaja Banda Nawaz,
Gulbarga, Karnataka, Dargah Fathepur Sikri UP, Dargah Maner Sharif, Bihar,
Dargah Yusufain Nappalli, AP, Dargah Ambetha Sharif, Gujarat and Dargah
Haradarwaza, Hyderabad.ANI
There is no better country
for Muslims than India: Ajmer Dargah head
Blood and water cannot flow
together: PM Modi at Indus Water Treaty meeting
New Delhil:Indicating
action against Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi on Monday said ‘blood & water
can’t flow together at the same time’ in meeting with Water ministry officials
on Indus Waters treaty.Held amidst heightened tension between the India and
Pakistan, the meeting also decided to set up a inter-ministerial task forces to
go into the details and working of the Treaty with a “sense of urgency”, senior
government sources said.Attended by NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S
Jaishankar, Water Resources Secretary, and senior PMO officials, the meeting
also noted that the meeting of Indus Water Commission can “only take place in
atmosphere free of terror”. Commission has held 112 meetings so far.Indianexpress
Pakistan positive about
future ties with India: Abdul Basit
New Delhi:Pakistan’s High
Commissioner to India Abdul Basit has said that his country remains positive
about the fact that its ties with India will surmount the current crisis with
maturity. Echoing PM Nawaz Sharif’s sentiments on Islamabad desiring a normal
and cooperative relationship with New Delhi, Basit said both nations need to
revive the spirit of cooperation forged after the Jan.2016 terror strike that
took place in the Pathankot air force base.Basit said Pakistan is committed to
not allowing its territory to be used for violence anywhere in the world,
including India. He said the ties were doing well despite a tardy pace when the
killing of a militant in Kashmir set off a slide. He admitted that bilateral
ties are on a downswing since the killing of Burhan Wani on July 8.He told The
Telegraph in an interview that,“The challenge for diplomats on both sides now
is to retrieve that momentum…Living in Delhi and meeting people from all walks
of life, I do find a desire for understanding and peace here, too. I hear
voices here that urge us to come together rather than become hostages to
rhetoric.”ANI
PM Modi violating UN norms
on non-interference: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry
Islamabad:Terming Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s recent speech attacking Pakistan as a violation of UN
norms on non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries,
Pakistan’s top diplomat said such “irresponsible” behaviour at the highest
level was regrettable. Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry said that Modi’s
statement shows India’s nervousness over the situation in Kashmir.Chaudhry said
that it was unfortunate that the Indian leadership “continues to indulge in a
vilification campaign against Pakistan by making provocative statements and
hurling baseless accusations”. He said that such “display of irresponsible
behaviour at the highest political level was regrettable”, Dawn reported. “It
is evident that, as an act of desperation”, India is trying to distract the
world attention from the “atrocities perpetrated by its forces against innocent
and defenceless Kashmiris, including women and children”, Chaudhry said.PTI
At 10, Burhan Wani wanted
to join Indian Army, says father:TOI
Muzaffar Wani, father of
slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, whose encounter death triggered
the continuing cycle of violence in Kashmir, tells TOI that his son's dream was
to join the Indian Army when he was 10 and also play cricket like Parvez Rasool
- one day hopefully for India. The government school principal also rules out
Pakistan's role in Uri, Pathankot and Pampore attacks and insists that as a
teacher, he tells his students the importance of taking up "good
careers" like Kashmir Administrative Service and the IAS.
Barhumdagh Bugti’s cousin
backs Pakistan, says will fight India
Karachi:In a sign of
internal rivalry in the Baloch separatist movement, Brahumdagh Bugti’s cousin
has said he would fight for Pakistan in the event of a war with India. Shahzain
Bugti, a grandson of slain Baloch tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, has said
that if war breaks out with India he and his tribal warriors would fight
against Indian troops along with the Pakistan Army. Shahzain, a cousin of
Geneva-based Brahumdagh who has sought asylum in India, said at the annual
convention of the Jamhoori Watan Party which was formed by his grandfather that
the Bugti tribe would always stand in defence of Pakistan.“Brahumdagh can stay
in India or Geneva that is his personal decision. But as far as I or the party
is concerned we will always follow the dictates of Nawab Akbar Bugti,” Shahzain
said.He said his grandfather had opted for Pakistan at the time of Partition
and his party would remain loyal to this ideology.PTI
Muslim traders boycott
‘made in Pakistan’ products in Gujarat
Vadodara:In a protest
against the Uri terror attack, an association of Muslim traders in Vadodara on
Sunday decided not to sell or consume various made in Pakistan products such as
heena, spices and perfumes.Muslim Traders’ Association, an unregistered group
of Muslims traders in the city, also took out a protest march and burnt made in
pakistan products near Mandvi area. They also appealed to other businessmen to
join them.“Made in Pakistan products such as spices, perfumes, maskara, gutkha,
soaps and clothes are commonly used in the Muslim families in India. During
festival seasons, all these products are consumed in large numbers. We Muslim
Traders’ Association of Mandvi have decided that we will not sell or consume
any made in Pakistan product,” said Fareed Cutpiecewala, a cloth merchant and
Congress councillor of Ward No. 7 in the VMC. indianexpress
Uran terror alert: More
false alarms keep cops on toes
Mumbai:Security agencies
continued to remain in a state of high alert Sunday as the fourth day of the
search for suspected terrorists in Uran was marked by more false alarms.Watch
What Else is Making NewsLocals in Uran caught two men Sunday morning and called
the police control room.“When we reached the spot, we found that the suspects
were only beggars and let them go,” said a senior police officer.There were
also rumors around Uran that Navy had caught four suspect boats off the coast.
Upon enquiring with the Navy, the police said, those rumours proved to be
unfounded.On Saturday, a watchman at the Oil and ONGC plant told the police that
he had spotted the suspects lurking nearby. When the police rushed to the spot,
however, they found the watchman to be heavily inebriated. indianexpress
OIC Secretary General
raises Kashmir issue during talks with UN chief
UN: Secretary General of
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, raised
Kashmir and Palestine issues among the crises affecting the Muslim world at a
meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon at here at the UN
Headquarters Saturday. An OIC press release issued on Sunday said Madani
highlighted the issue of Kashmir “especially with current developments”—an
obvious reference to the grave violations of Kashmiri people’s human rights
taking place in Kashmir—at the meeting held on the margins of 71st session of
UN General Assembly. Kashmirdispatch
Kashmir unrest: Curfew
continues in Kishtwar following fresh clashes
Jammu:In Jammu and Kashmir,
curfew in the clashes-hit town Kishtwar in Jammu region continued for the
second consecutive day on Monday. Although no fresh clashes or violence was
reported from anywhere in the district, the curfew has not yet been
lifted.Mobile internet service has also been snapped in the area to prevent
trouble-mongers from spreading any rumour. Curfew was clamped in Kishtwar on
Sunday following clashes and unrest over the arrest of three persons.ANI
Situation peaceful in
Kashmir; 55 persons arrested: Police
Srinagar:Police on Monday
said that situation remained peaceful in Kashmir even as 55 more persons were
arrested during past 24 hours.According to a statement issued by the Zonal
Police Headquarters Kashmir, situation remained normal and peaceful throughout
the valley today. greaterkashmir
Kashmir remains shut for
the 80th consecutive day
SRINAGAR: Kashmir remained
shut on Monday for the 80th consecutive day, although markets in Srinagar had
opened and were booming with customers.Markets in Lal Chowk and many other areas
opened on Sunday evening and remained in business till late in the
night.Customers had thronged these markets and several areas had witnessed
traffic snarls.Separatists had asked people to start normal activities after 2
pm on Sunday till 6 a.m. on Monday.IANS
Kashmir: No curfew for
second consecutive day, restrictions on people assembly still in force: PTI
China again declines to
confirm backing Pakistan on Kashmir: PTI
Beijing: For the second
time in less than a week, China on Monday snubbed Pakistan by declining to back
reports in Pakistani media claiming Beijing's support+ for the country in the
event of any aggression and backing it on the Kashmir issue.As a
"neighbour and friend", China once again appealed to India and
Pakistan to engage in dialogue to "properly" resolve disputes,
including the Kashmir issue which it said was "left over from
history", and jointly work towards regional peace and stability.Asked
about reported remarks by Pakistan consul general in Lahore Yu Boren that China
will support Pakistan against any foreign aggression and backs Islamabad on the
Kashmir issue, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told media
briefing here he was not aware of any such remarks made by the envoy.PTI
OTHERS
Muzaffarnagar riot victims
lodge complaint against NHRC’s Kairana ‘exodus’ report
Meerut: A Kandhla-based
NGO, Afkar India Foundation (AIF), on Sunday lodged a formal complaint on
behalf of riot-displaced families against the NHRC report on the alleged exodus
of Hindu families from Kairana. AIF lodged the complaint on the official NHRC
website, objecting to "point no. 18" of the report, which claimed
that the demographic profile of Kairana changed after the riots and blamed
worsening law and order situation in the western UP town on the influx of
refugees. The complaint claimed that the NHRC has "exaggerated" the
number of riot-displaced persons settled in Kairana and has offered no proof
that rising crime is directly linked to riot refugees."I raised 3 crucial
questions in the complaint. First, there is no clarity on what the proof is.
There is no conclusive evidence that links refugees to the rise in crime. The
NHRC team did not even look at FIRs filed in Kairana police station. If the
FIRs are examined, they will find that none of the gangs are run by riot
refugees. In fact, the most wanted list at Kairana police station has people
from all religions and castes. It is not only wrong to link crime to one
community, it is also dangerous," said Akram Akhtar, project manager at
AIF. timesofindia
As poll-clock ticks, a
Muzaffarnagar village waits for communal scars to heal
Kutba (Muzaffarnagar): The
scars have not healed. Friends have turned foes. Mosques and madrasas remain
locked. The muezzin’s call for prayers is no longer heard. Many Muslims have
left and those who remain are slowly coming to terms with the loss.Kutba
village in Muzaffarnagar — the home of Union minister of state Sanjeev Baliyan
— struggles to erase memories of the September 2013 Hindu-Muslim riots. They
are also fearful of what the elections due in 2017 will bring. From Dadri to
Kairana, communal tensions have been simmering in parts of Uttar Pradesh over
issues such as beef and forced migration, and Kutba is fearful of the communal
divide widening again in a politically charged scenario.Its fears are rooted in
the attack on 900 Muslim families here, that led to eight deaths. Three years
later, the village is also a symbol of the possible polarisation in the
forthcoming UP elections. Those who left will vote one way; those who stayed
may vote another. But in the midst of this division, the doors for
reconciliation are slowly opening.Alijaan comes to the village occasionally to
see the hamlet where he was born and grew up. For decades, he was a symbol of
communal harmony. Jats depended on him to keep their farming equipment sharp.
He says, “The riots destroyed our centuries-old brotherhood in half-an-hour.” hindustantimes
Atrocities on Dalits in
Gujarat: 8 ‘victims’ from Una begin hunger strike
Ahmedabad:8 Dalit victims
of caste-based discrimination or atrocity from Una region of Saurashtra on
Sunday began indefinite hunger strike at Satyagraha Chhavni in Gandhinagar,
seeking redressal of their various demands from the Gujarat government.The
victims are from various villages and towns of Saurashtra like Akolali,
Ningala, Vadli, Samter, Rajula and Amreli. And they are victims of atrocities
of different nature like murder, social boycott, ‘hijrat’ or forced migration,
alleged false prosecution, and alleged willful negligence by police in
investigation of some of the cases. indianexpress
SC rejects Shahabuddin's
plea for more time to prepare defence
New Delhi: Witnesses in
cases controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin has been facing have been
"bumped off", the Supreme Court said today, rejecting his claim of
facing "media trial" in a murder case and his vehement plea for more
time to prepare for his defence.Shahabuddin's claim did not cut much ice with
the apex court which asked him to be ready on Wednesday to justify why his bail
should not be revoked."Since there are allegations and counter allegations
being made in the case, we do not intend to further adjourn the matter. Many
witnesses have been bumped off."We have to strike a balance by hearing
both parties," a bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy said when the
counsel for the RJD strongman sought a week's time to go through the voluminous
records and brief noted senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who is to argue the case
for Shahabuddin.PTI
Shahabuddin bail case:
Supreme Court adjourns hearing for Wednesday
4 Muslims in Forbes’ 100
Indian Billionaires for 2016
4 Muslims have made to the
Forbes’ list of 100 Indian Billionaires for 2016. Three are the old faces who
appear every year in the Forbes’ list while the fourth is a young NRI doctor
with South Indian origin making debut to the prestigious listing.Thirty nine
years old Shamsheer Vayalil, an entrepreneur and philanthropist has first time
appeared on the list and with this he is the third youngest named in the 100
richest Indians published by Forbes for 2016.Among other Muslims to appear in
the list are Azim Premji, MA Yusuff Ali and Yusuf Hamied.TCN
Isro’s PSLV-C35 places
SCATSAT-1, seven other satellites in orbit in longest ever launch mission
SRIHARIKOTA: Indian Space
Research Organisation on Monday successfully placed advanced weather satellite
SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites in orbits in its longest ever launch
mission, which spanned over two hours and 15 minutes.It is for the first time
that satellites were placed in two different orbits with a single rocket.
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre director K Sivan said, "The rocket has placed
all the satellites in precise orbits." Timesofindia
Kolkata Police arrests 6
members of Bangladesh-based Jamaat ul Mujahideen: Indian Express report
New Delhi: Special Task
Force of Kolkata Police nabbed 6 members of Bangladesh based extremist
organisation Jamaat ul Mujahideen on Monday. According to a report in PTI, the
arrests were made in West Bengal and Assam.Four out of the six arrested were
wanted in the 2014 Khagragarh blast case. Anwar Hussain Farooq, the outfit’s
West Bengal chief who had a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head announced by NIA,
is among those arrested by police.
Supreme Court to hear plea
against AMU VC appointment
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court will on Monday take up a petition challenging the appointment of Lt Gen
Zameer Uddin Shah (retired) as the vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim
University.The court had on September 19 posed some tough questions to the
university over its choice of vice chancellor, who is a former soldier and has
no teaching experience, mandatory for a central university head.“The
regulations make it compulsory for the VC to possess certain academic qualifications,
saying he or she must be a distinguished academician. How can a retired army
officer or a police officer be the head of a central university?” a bench of
Chief Justice of India TS Thakur and justice AM Khanwilkar had said.The court
was talking about the guidelines laid out by the University Grants Commission,
the higher education watchdog, for appointments to central universities like
AMU. Hindustantimes
Ex-DGP Sreekumar launches
‘Gujarat Behind The Curtain’
PuneL:Former DGP of Gujarat
RB Sreekumar, who was in the news for taking on the then Chief Minister of
Gujarat and current Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the post-Godhra riots of
2002, released his book Gujarat Behind The Curtain in the city at Azam Campus
on Sunday.In the book, he has alleged that Modi, as the Gujarat CM, had
disallowed the police officials in performing their duties during 2002 riots.
Sreekumar, who was the Additional DGP of Armed Units in Gujarat during Godhra
incident and was the Intelligence DGP in 2002, said, “It is an attempt to see
that constitutional values, spirit and ethos is sustained. I consider Gujarat
carnage as a full scale re-enactment of 1984 riots. For the 1984 riots, we did
punish the political executives or bureaucratic executives. The criminal
justice system failed the people completely. It sent a wrong message in the
society. That is why Gujarat riots happened and Congress as a political party
benefited.”Talking about what led him to writing Gujarat Behind The Curtain, he
said, “When I realised that despite producing all the proof, nobody was ready
to initiate an inquiry, I decided to write a book and bring facts to the
people.” indianexpress
Shocking moment
hijab-wearing girl is ‘slapped’ on bus no. 402; she doesn’t retaliate but
something ‘awful’ happens to her attacker
Okhla, New Delhi: This is
an incident that took place on bus number 402 that goes from Okhla to Jama
Masjid. One day a hijab-wearing girl boarded the bus nearby a stand, said a
passenger, who was eyewitness to the incident and also travelling on the bus a
few weeks ago. As the reserved women and other seats were full the girl was
standing. During the course of the journey the driver took a brake throwing
several passengers off balance. The girl too lost her control and she
accidentally hit a woman from other community sitting nearby, said the source,
adding that the woman in sari lost her control and slapped the hijab-wearing
girl twice to which the girl said nothing. After that the
woman uttering a few words sat on her seat. An old man travelling on the bus
and sitting nearby asked the girl to say something to which the girl said
nothing. The bus moved a few stops ahead and the man again asked the girl to
say something, but the girl said nothing, showing extraordinary patience. okhlatimes
World
Aleppo: Bodies litter floor
at makeshift hospital
Hospitals are struggling to
cope in Syria's Aleppo as government and Russian fighter jets continued to
pound the city's rebel-held east, killing more than 200 people in under a week.
Al Jazeera's Amr al-Halabi, reporting from a makeshift hospital in the city,
described a bleak situation as the hospital overflowed with dozens of dead and
wounded people."Dead people are on the floor of this makeshift
hospital," Halabi said. "The situation here is desperate."Bodies
littered the ground inside and outside the facility, as volunteers and
relatives carried severly wounded people inside, looking for somehere to put
them down on a floor already full with air raid victims."There is not
enough space for us. We have to leave immediately to make more room for those
injured," Halabi said as a stream of ambulances ferried in the dead and
wounded, overcrowding hospital wards."It looks like judgement day,"
he said.At an emergency meeting of the UN on Sunday, the US, Britain and France
accused Russia, a key military backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, of
war crimes."What Russia is sponsoring and doing is not counter-terrorism.
It is barbarism," US Ambassador Samantha Power said."It is difficult
to deny that Russia is partnering with the Syrian regime to carry out war
crimes," said British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, adding that high-tech
weaponry had inflicted "a new hell" on war-weary Syrians. aljazeera
Syrian regime, Russian jets
kill 85 civilians in Aleppo on Sunday ; Toll rises to 244 in just 3 days
strikes
Aleppo:At least 85 people
were killed and 178 others injured Sunday in Syrian regime and Russia airstrikes
on residential areas in Aleppo, a civil defense official told Anadolu Agency.
Najib Ansari said regime’s helicopters and warplanes, along with Russian jets,
pounded al-Kallasa, Bustan al-Basha, Ard al Hamra, Tariq al-Bab, Mesir,
Zinbdie, Salihiya and Ansar neighborhoods in Aleppo, all of which are currently
under siege by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Numerious
children and women were among those killed. Attacks were in residential areas
controlled by opposition forces with “15 phosphorous and 18 vacuum bombs,”
Ansari said.“A total of 244 civilians have lost their lives and 651 others were
injured on Russian and regime forces attacks against Aleppo within the last 3
days,” Ansari said, adding that tens of residential areas were damaged with
several houses destroyed. “The infrastructure of the city has collapsed,” he
said.Anadolu
UN gridlocked on Syria amid
Aleppo offensive
NEW YORK: International
actors blamed each other Sunday during an urgent UN Security Council as a
Syrian city of nearly 275,000 residents descends into new levels of warfare.
Aleppo is being pummeled in a joint operation by Russian and Syrian forces that
began three days ago, after a seven-day truce ended failed to deliver any
humanitarian relief to Syrians."A so called military solution or victory
is impossible in Syria," the UN’s Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told the
Council in his report. Anadolu
EU urges end to Aleppo
attacks, allowing aid deliveries
Arab League, OIC condemn
Aleppo bloodshed
‘Half of Aleppo casualties
are children’
Facebook 'blocks accounts'
of Palestinian journalists
Editors from two
Palestinian news publications based in the occupied West Bank say their
Facebook accounts were suspended last week and that no reason was provided,
alleging their pages may have been censored because of a recent agreement
between the US social media giant and the Israeli government aimed at tackling
"incitement".Last week, 4 editors from the Shehab News Agency, which
has more than 6.3 million likes on Facebook, and three executives from the Quds
News Network, with about 5.1 million likes, reported they could not access
their personal accounts. Both agencies cover daily news in the occupied
Palestinian territories.Nisreen al-Khatib, a translator and journalist at the
Quds News Network, told Al Jazeera that the publication believes the account suspensions
were triggered by an agreement between Facebook and Israel earlier this month,
in which they agreed to jointly combat what Israeli claims is
"incitement" by Palestinians on social media. Aljazeera aljazeera
Israel vital partner in war
against radical Islamic terrorism: Donald Trump to Netanyahu
Republican presidential
nominee Donald Trump met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a day
before the much-anticipated first presidential debate of the 2016 general
election, and told him that Israel is a "vital" partner in war
against radical Islamic terrorism.uring the meeting, at the Trump Towers here,
the two discussed the "special relationship" and the
"unbreakable bond" between their countries, Trump's campaign said.
The topics of military assistance, security and regional stability were addressed,
it said and added that the US under a Trump administration will accept the
long-standing Congressional mandate to recognise Jerusalem as the undivided
capital of Israel.PTI
Palestinians condemn Trump
vow on Jerusalem as Israel's capital
Palestinian leaders Monday
accused Donald Trump of abandoning any hope of a two-state solution after the
Republican candidate said he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's
"undivided" capital if he won the US presidential election.Trump
pledged Sunday during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he would
recognise Israel's claim over east Jerusalem, which would break with decades of
precedent and put Washington at odds with most UN member states."Trump's
statement shows disregard for international law (and) longstanding US foreign
policy regarding the status of Jerusalem," Saeb Erekat, secretary general
of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said in a statement.World Bulletin
Houthi official proposes
border truce with Saudi Arabia
A senior Houthi leader on
Sunday proposed to stop attacks along Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia in
exchange for halting the kingdom’s airstrikes. “In exchange for halting the
aggression [on Yemen] by land, sea and air, stopping airstrikes and lifting the
blockade, [we will] stop combat operations along border,” Ali al-Sammad said in
a speech cited by the Saba news agency. Houthi rebels overran capital Sanaa in
late 2014, forcing President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and his Saudi-backed
government to flee to Riyadh. World Bulletin
Somali protesters urge
India to release 119 ‘pirates’
Somali protesters have expressed outrage over
reports emerging in India that 50 out of 119 detained Somalis suspected of
being pirates could face the death penalty at the end of an ongoing trial.The
Times of India reported on Friday that 119 Somali pirates nabbed by the Indian
coast guard and navy between 2011 and 12 had pleaded guilty to offences brought
against them.“This comes at the fag end of the trial that commenced in late
2012 with 70 witnesses deposing and difficulties caused by the absence of
several foreign national witnesses. About 50 pirates, booked for murder, could
face the death sentence,” Times of India said in its report.World Bulletin
Turkey wants to join US-led
operation against Islamic State in Raqqa, says Erdogan
Turkey wants to join the US
in a military operation to push Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of
Raqqa, as long as it excludes Kurdish rebel forces, President Tayyip Erdogan
was quoted as saying on Sunday.NATO member Turkey, part of the US-led coalition
battling Islamic State, is backing Arab and Turkmen Syrian rebels who seized
the Syrian town of Jarablus from the jihadists a month ago in an operation it
has dubbed "Euphrates Shield." reuters
UK seizes passport of
Syrian activist at Assad’s request
London:British authorities
have confiscated the passport of a prominent Syrian activist and critic of
President Bashar al-Assad at the request of the Syrian govt, effectively
preventing her from travelling and blocking her work.Zaina Erhaim, an
award-winning journalist and campaigner based in Turkey, had her passport taken
away by the UK’s border officials when she landed at Heathrow airport in
London, reports the Guardian.After more than an hour of questioning, they told
Erhaim that the document had been reported stolen.ANI
97 inmates in Sharjah
convert to Islam
The inmates decided to
convert to Islam after reading a lot of books, gathering information and
learning about Islamic history and culture.A total of 97 inmates in Sharjah
have recently converted to Islam during Islamic rehabilitation.The inmates
decided to convert to Islam after reading a lot of books, gathering information
and learning about Islamic history and culture. Col Ahmed Abdull Aziz Shuhail,
Deputy Director of Sharjah Police said that the rehabilitation program has
played great role in encouraging the inmates to learn about Islam and then
convert. khaleejtimes
Muslim teacher sues
Birmingham school over sacking her for objecting to children being shown video
of 9/11
Birmingham:A Muslim teacher
is taking legal action against a school over claims she was sacked for
objecting to children being shown a video of the 9/11 terror attacks.Suriyah
Bi, 24, lost her job at Heartlands Academy in Birmingham, after just a week of
being a teaching assistant in a year seven class there.She claims that she was
shown the door after she complained it was not appropriate for the 11 and
12-year-olds in her class to watch the ‘X-rated’ clip – that showed the horrors
of the attacks on World Trade Center in New York, in September 2001. indialivetoday
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