Evening NEWS DIGEST
27 Sept. 2016: 24 Zil Hajj 37: Vol:7, No:167
Assam using ‘bulldozing
approach’ to handle alleged illegal immigrants: NCM asks govt not to target
Muslims
New Delhi: National
Commission for Minorities (NCM) has recommended to the Assam govt that “the
issue of identifying illegal immigrants be carefully reviewed so as not to
target helpless and disenfranchised sections of [the] Muslim population”. In a
report put together by NCM member Farida Abdulla Khan after a 4-day visit to
the state, the commission said, “At present, it seems that large numbers of
Bengali speaking people have been picked up and put in detention centres
without adequate investigation or notice”.“This is creating extreme uncertainty
and anxiety among large sections of the labouring poor.”Khan’s report also
recommended that the state govt give
“some form of police protection” to those affected by ethnic violence in Baksa
district in 2014 as many people have still not been able to return to their
village.“It is a sad commentary that more than two years, after the violence,
there is no enquiry and its follow up,” the report said.In a separate move on
Sept. 20, the commission also sought a report from the state govt on the recent
killing of two persons in the state. They were allegedly killed in a police
firing during an eviction drive carried out in Bandardubi village near the
Kaziranga national park as per a Gauhati high court order.After Khan’s visit to
3 districts of Assam – Baksa, Kokrajhar and Kamrup – the commission also urged
the Centre to review the Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP) keeping
local needs in mind. “It seems that some of the schemes that were appropriate
earlier have become redundant due to investments through [the] SSA (Sarva
Siksha Abhiyan) programme,” it said. In an interview to The Wire, Khan talked
in detail about her visit to the state from Sept. 7-10 this year. Thewire
NCM asks Assam govt to
identify illegal immigrants carefully by not targeting Muslim section
Minority Ministry asks
Assam Govt to exercise caution in identifying illegal residents
New Delhi: Alleging that a
large number of Bengali-speaking people have been picked up and put in
detention centres in Assam without proper investigation, Union Ministry of
Minority Affairs has called upon the Sonowal Govt to exercise caution in
identifying illegal residents.Ministry recommendations are part of a report by National
Commission for Minorities. assamtribune
Assam will boil if eviction
drive against Muslims continues: warns Minority students union ABMSU
Kokrajhar: All BTC Minority
Students’ Union (ABMSU) on Monday came down heavily on the BJP-led State govt for
targeting the minority community in the name of evicting ‘illegal encroachers’
and ‘illegal immigrants’. ABMSU warned that Assam would boil if Muslims were
continued to be targeted in the name of eviction drive, whether in Kaziranga or
tribal belts and blocks. Addressing media persons at a press conference held at
Bhotgaon ABMSU office premises,Lafiqul Islam Ahmed, president of the ABMSU,
said that the main objective of the BJP-led State Govt was to drive Muslims away from the State in
the name of eviction of illegal settlers and Bangladeshis. He alleged that the
Muslim community had been deprived of all kinds of development activities after
the BJP formed govt and not a single IAS
and IPS officer from the minority community was posted as a SP or Deputy
Commissioner (DC) in the districts across the State. sentinelassam
Assam: Various
organizations up in arms against citizenship to Bangladeshi migrants
Guwahati: he amendment of Citizenship Act,
1955 has been vehemently opposed by various organizations who have taken up
arms to oppose the move. As per them, this act will pave the way for
‘regularizing’ the entry of people from the minority community from Bangladesh
to India.Leading student and youth organization Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra
Parishad (AJYCP) has opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that seeks
to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 and is currently being examined by a joint
parliamentary panel. thenortheasttoday
Assam's foreigners debate
rekindled due to Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Implement minority welfare
schemes properly: Naqvi
New Delhi:Stressing on importance
of effective implementation of welfare schemes, Union Minority Affairs Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday any negligence in implementing welfare
schemes for minorities would not be tolerated."The schemes should not just
remain on papers, they should be visible ...Govt officials should reach out at
the ground level and monitor properly...so that benefit of every welfare scheme
reaches even the last person of the society," said Naqvi. He also launched
a toll-free number that would provide information regarding programmes and
schemes of National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC).IANS
Modi must apologize to
Muslims for Gujarat massacre: Congress leader Hanumanth Rao
Hyderabad: Secretary AICC
& ex-MP V Hanumanth Rao demanded that PM Narendra Modi accept the
responsibility of Muslim massacre in Gujarat and apologize Muslims for the
same. He asked Modi not to shed crocodile tears on Muslim issues.Speaking to
media at assembly premises,Rao said, Modi asked other political parties not to
consider Muslims a vote market, while he himself tried to show fake sympathy
towards Muslims in view of UP elections.Rao asserted, if really Narendra
Modi is sincere towards Muslims he should accept the responsibility of Muslim
massacre in Gujarat and apologize Muslims for the same. Then only his image in
the eyes of Muslims is likely will change. He recounted that Sonia Gandhi had
apologized the Muslims accepting moral responsibility of Babri Masjid
demolition during Narsimha Rao rule. siasat
Modi has suddenly become
'spokesman' for minorities: Digvijay
Bengaluru:Accusing PM Narendra Modi of making a "U-turn"
on his stand on minorities, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today questioned
Modi's role as Gujarat CM and expressed
surprise that he had suddenly turned "spokesman" for the community.Referring
to Modi's remarks made at BJP's national council meeting in Kozhikode on
Sunday, Congress general secretary asked what Modi had done to empower the
minorities when he was the CM of Gujarat
from 2001 to 2014." PM is speaking our language. It was very surprising to
know that Narendra Modi has suddenly become
spokesman for the minority community in this country," Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a Congress
meeting here.PTI
Lawyer of Gulberg accused
named member of law panel
Ahmedabad: Central govt has appointed Rajkot-based lawyer Abhay
Bhardwaj, who represented the accused in the 2002 Gulberg Society Massacre
case, as part-time member of the 21st Law Commission of India.The order issued
by additional secretary Ramayan Yadav, department of legal affairs, Ministry of
Law and Justice, New Delhi, stated Bhardwaj’s appointment will be with effect
from the date he assumes charge of the post for the period up to August 31,
2018.Earlier, former Gujarat HC judge Ravi R Tripathi was appointed as member
of the panel. Bhardwaj, who has an RSS background, said that he will take the
charge soon. “21st Law Commission of India is working on several aspects of law
which needs to be repealed and bringing new laws. This is for the first time
that a lawyer from a small place like Rajkot has been appointed in the
commission where normally senior lawyers practicing in higher courts used to be
appointed for consultation,” he said. indianexpress
No evidence of cow
slaughter by Akhlaq’s family: Police
Dadri: Almost 3 months
after the UP police booked the family of Mohammad Akhlaq from Bishahra village
for cow slaughter, officials investigating the case have concluded that there
was no evidence to prove that a cow was ever slaughtered by Akhlaq and his
family. According to highly placed sources in the UP police, investigations in
the case, conducted over two months, have not yielded any proof. The police is
likely to close the case and file a closure report in the Surajpur Court. Police
later registered the statement of Surajpal.No evidence was found by the
forensic team to establish the alleged cow slaughter even after several visits
to the village and the alleged site of the cow slaughter, Jan Mohammad’s house.
“The forensic team collected the soil but no element of animal blood was found
in the entire area,” said a police official in Jarcha police station where the
case was registered on July 15. According to the Circle Officer of the area,
Anurag Singh, the police also did not find knives and other implements which
could establish that a cow was slaughtered on the spot.“There is no credible
evidence in this case which takes us towards the side of arrest or chargesheet.
Had there been even one solid shred of proof, we would have filed the charge
sheet,”Singh told The Hindu.He said for the UP Cow Slaughter Prevention Act,
1955, to be slapped and proven, it was important that the police recovers the
knives used in slaughtering the cow, the blood, carcass and meat of the cow,
among other things.“But there is no knife in this case and neither was there
any carcass or meat seized from the spot of the crime,” he added.Members of the
investigative team said that the police was preparing the closure report after thorough
investigation so that no loopholes could be pointed out by the complainants in
the case. the hindu
Dadri lynching: A year on,
charges yet to be framed in Fast-Track court
Greater Noida: 12 months
back, the quiet village of Bisada in Dadri tehsil of Greater Noida, nearly 50
km from Delhi, hit the headlines of virtually every paper and TV channel.A Muslim
man was lynched over allegations of slaughtering a cow, revered as a holy
animal by Hindus, and storing its meat for consumption. The incident triggered
nationwide outrage over intolerance with several prominent personalities
returning national award as a mark of protest. A year later, HT revisits the
fateful night when 55-year-old Ikhlaq was lynched and his son Danish was
critically injured in a mob attack. hindustantimes
‘It’s normal now’: A year
later, villagers avoid talking about Dadri lynching
Muzaffarnagar Riots: Rs. 15
lakh each for families of missing persons
In a relief to Muzaffarnagar riots' victims CM
Akhilesh Yadav today announced a compensation of Rs. 15 lakh each to families
of 18 missing persons. PTI
KASHMIR
ISSUE & SUOTH ASIA
India summons Pak envoy,
gives details of Uri terror attackers
New Delhi: Stepping up its
diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, India on Tuesday summoned Pakistan high
commissioner Abdul Basit and gave him evidence of cross-border origins of Uri
terror attack."Foreign secretary S Jaishankar summoned Abdul Basit and
told him that the two guides who helped infiltration were apprehended by local
villagers and are now in police custody," MEA spokesman Vikas Swarup
tweeted on Tuesday. Timesofindia
Uri attack was
“self-generated” by India: Pak Defence Minister
Lahore:Accusing India of
being involved in the many terror attacks that have plagued Pakistan for
several years, Defence Minister Khawaja M Asif has claimed that the deadly
terror strike on an Army base in Uri, J&K was “self-generated” by India. “India has been
involved for several years in the many attacks that have taken place in
Pakistan. And I firmly believe that the entire Uri incident is self generated
by India,” Asif said in an interview to Samaa TV channel.Following the Uri
attack, the Defence Minister in a late night tweet had stated that blaming
Pakistan for Uri and any attempt to escalate tension to deflect attention from
state terrorism in Kashmir, will “prove expensive for Indians”.Earlier,
Pakistan PM awaz Sharif had stated that
Indian’s assertion that Islamabad was behind the Uri attack, was New Delhi’s
“long-time habit”. ANI
Pakistan demands
international probe into Uri attack
Islamabad:Pakistan has
demanded an international probe into the Uri terror attack with its Senate
passing a resolution calling on the UN to conduct an independent inquiry into
the incident. The resolution was moved in the Senate, the Upper House of the
Parliament, by Leader of the House Raja Zafarul Haq of the ruling PML-N. The
resolution that was passed unanimously in the Senate said the House expresses
its strong solidarity with the Kashmiri people. Calling on the UN to hold an
independent inquiry into the Uri incident, the resolution also urged the
international community to immediately take notice of the “grave human rights
violations” in Kashmir, Radio Pakistan reported. It also called upon the
international community to make India “desist from war hysteria to distract
attention away from Indian crimes against humanity” in J&K.PTI
‘US not convinced by
India’s Uri terror attack evidence against Pakistan’
New Delhi: US is allegedly
not convinced by India's claim that Pakistan is behind the Uri terror attack
which killed 18 army soldiers, even as the former is pushing India to remove
the military option, Pakistani media reported today. The reported developments
were shared in an article published by The Express Tribune. The article reads,
"As Pakistan and India once again locked horns for a possible military
conflict in the wake of the September 18 Uri attack, the US is believed to have
been quietly pushing New Delhi to take the military option off the table."
The article mentions that the US was urging India to resolve the issue
diplomatically and politically, warning that any military conflict would not
serve either side. It also read that Pakistan has conveyed to the US that it
does not wish to escalate tensions, but will hit back at "military
adventurism" from India. Following the attack,Indian Army's Director
General of Military Operations (DGMO), Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh, stated that the
army reserves the right to respond to any act of the adversary at a time and
place of own choosing. Article further
claimed, "One Pakistani official privy to America's backchannel efforts
revealed that Washington was not convinced with the Indian claim that Islamabad
had a direct role in the Uri assault that left 18 Indian soldiers dead." economictimes
Will approach UN if India
violates Indus Waters Treaty: Pak
Sartaj Aziz, Foreign
Affairs Adviser to PM Nawaz Sharif, said
on Tuesday that Pakistan would approach UN and the International Court of
Justice if India suspends the 58-year-old Indus Waters Treaty, insisting that
the revocation of the treaty could be taken as an “act of war.” “The
international law states that India cannot unilaterally separate itself from
the treaty,” Aziz said while briefing the National Assembly on the issue.He
said a unilateral revocation of the treaty could pose a threat to Pakistan and
its economy.“This Indian act can be taken as breach of international peace and
hence giving Pakistan a good reason to approach the UN Security Council,” he
said.PTI
India cannot unilaterally
separate itself from Indus Waters Treaty, will approach UN: Pakistan
India failed to isolate
Pakistan diplomatically: Sartaj Aziz
India to review MFN status
to Pakistan on Thursday
India will review the Most
Favoured Nation (MFN) status given to Pakistan at a meeting called by PM Narendra
Modi on Thursday. Decision comes in the wake of the Uri attack.MFN status was
accorded in 1996 under the WTO’s General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Both India and Pakistan are signatories to the agreement, according to which
they have to treat each other and rest of WTO member countries as favoured
trading partners.PTI
India not serious to
resolve ‘historical disputes’: Pak Army chief General Raheel Sharif
Islamabad:Pakistan Army
chief General Raheel Sharif today claimed that India was not serious to resolve
“historical disputes” like the Kashmir issue and accused its spy agency of
“exploiting” security situation on the border with Afghanistan. “India is
unwilling to address historical disputes like Kashmir that directly fan
misunderstanding and feed into persistent regional culture of conflict,” Gen
Sharif said in Stutgart, Germany, where was on a day-long visit to attend a
conference of Chief of Staffs of the Armed Force being held under the auspices
of US Centcom.He accused India of exploiting the security situation on border
with Afghanistan and added that terrorists could move across borders because of
no effective border management systems in place there. “This is exploited by anti-Pak
intelligence agencies such as RAW,” he said.PTI
Amid fears of ‘surgical
strikes’ by India, Pakistan shifts 17 terror camps in PoK: indiatvnews
After reports of airforce
drills and shutting down air space, Pakistan has now shifted 16 to 17 of its
terror camps from PoK closer to the army establishments. Sources told India TV
that the locations of terror camps operating in PoK have been shifted from
areas near LoC to the interiors of PoK.According to the sources, some terror
camps have been shifted inside Pakistan Army’s base camps, while several others
have been shifted to the nearby civilian areas.
indiatvnews
You have to take both
Kashmir and Bihar, or nothing: Katju to Pakistan
Patna: Ex-Supreme Court
judge Markandey Katju’s recent comment apparently denigrating Bihar has
triggered a controversy, with some political leaders on Tuesday terming it a
fit case of sedition and calling for his arrest. Katju posted a sarcastic post
on social media on Sunday, suggesting that Pakistan could get Kashmir if it
agrees to take Bihar also as part of a “package deal”.Addressing Pakistanis,he
wrote on Facebook, “You have to take the whole package, or none at all. Either
you take both Kashmir and Bihar, or nothing.”HT
If India can’t forget 18
soldiers, how can Kashmiris ignore 6 lakh sacrifices: Geelani
Srinagar: Chairman of
Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani hit out at New Delhi accusing it
of “giving bad name of cross border infiltration to the legitimate and just
struggle of Kashmir for right to self-determination.”Commenting on PM Narendra
Modi’s speech that “18 army jawans will not be forgotten and terrorism is a
curse for humanity,” Geelani said, “We agree that terrorism is a curse.But what
concerns us is the dubious standards of these rulers who have gross
contradiction in their words and deeds. When they use or sponsor violence for
their own interests, they call it strategy. But if the same goes against their
views, they label it as terrorism.”greaterkashmir
J&K: Curfew
continues for third day in Kishtwar
Jammu:The curfew imposed in
Kishtwar district following a stone pelting incident triggered by arrest of three
separatists remained in force for the 3rd day today.3 separatist
leaders in the town were arrested on Saturday night and booked under the Public
Safety Act (PSA) for disrupting peace in the district following which some
persons resorted to stone pelting prompting the authorities to impose curfew in
the district.PTI
Hurriyat condemns arrest
spree in Kishtwar
Srinagar:Condemning the
arrest spree in Kishtwar, senior Hurriyat Conference (G) leader and Jammu
Kashmir National Front (NF) chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan today said “arresting
people and even Imams for raising their voice has deflated tall claims of the ‘so-called’
Indian democracy.”
Kashmir unrest: Mass
arrests of youth will cost India as much as ignoring their rage did last
year:David Devadas
Muzaffarnagar riots accused
BJP MLA Som says Pak artistes should be 'beaten with shoes'
OTHERS
HT Spl: I was tortured
before arrest, 13/7 blasts accused tells court
Mumbai: Haroon Rashid Naik
— accused of playing a key role in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts claims he was
subjected to physical torture before he was formally arrested in a fake
currency case on August 22, 2011.Naik also refuted the prosecution’s claim that
he was associated with the banned SIMI, and said he did not know of such an
organisation. At an ongoing trial in the fake currency case against Naik and
two others — Asrar Ahmad and Azhar-Ul- Islam — Naik last week examined himself
as a witness and deposed before the court. Naik, however, denied the
prosecution’s claims and said ATS officers had falsely accused him of being
member of SIMI. “They asked me if I was a member of SIMI. I didn’t know
anything about it. They asked me if I knew any friends who were associated with
it. I told them many times I didn’t know anything about it,” Naik told the
court.Naik said he was picked up by the police at the airport, when he returned
from Saudi Arabia on Aug.19, 2011.“I was questioned for hours, first by the
customs officers and later by officers who introduced themselves as being from
the ATS. They took my luggage and documents,” he said.As a teenager, Naik was
well-behaved and soft-spoken; the kind of boy who never even got into a brawl
and that others looked up to, his family said.hindustantimes
IS cases: Kerala govt
monitoring social media
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala govt
has put under the scanner persons and outfits who misuse social media for
propagating extremist ideologies of Islamic State, CM Pinarayi Vijayan told the state Assembly on
Monday.His statement in a written reply comes in the backdrop of reports that a
group of missing Kerala youths had joined the Islamic State. PTI
Keeping mum on third front,
Nitish calls for liquor ban in Haryana, UP
Karnal: Bihar CM and JDU
chief Nitish Kumar on Sunday kept mum over the possibility of the Janata
Parivar reuniting to form a third front, even as Samajwadi Party (SP) leader
Shivpal Yadav and INLD leader Abhay Chautala called for its formation during
the INLD’s Sadbhavana rally in Karnal.INLD had organised the rally to mark 103rd
birth anniversary of its founder and ex PM late Devi Lal.“The country is facing
a threat of communal forces. There is a need to get united as history tells us
whenever the followers of Ram Manohar Lohia and Devi Lal got together, the
communal forces were defeated,” said Shivpal Yadav, younger brother of SP chief
Mulayam Singh, whose party goes to polls in UP next year. Hindustantimes
RSS activist ‘beaten up’in
MP, police station in-charge Zia-ul Haque booked for attempt to murder
Bhopal:2 Senior police
officials, including an additional superintendent of police, were booked in an
attempt-to-murder case in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district Monday after they
allegedly beat up an RSS activist in custody.RSS activist, Suresh Yadav, had
been accused of posting a comment against Islam online. On Sunday, based on a
complaint from a group of Muslims, Baihar police had lodged a case against
Yadav for hurting religious sentiments and taken him into custody. In the same
WhatsApp post, Yadav had also commented against Asaduddin Owaisi.Baihar police
station in-charge Zia-ul Haque, who was suspended along with a junior official,
claimed that Yadav was not assaulted, only slapped once. “There was a scuffle
because Yadav was not cooperating,” Haque said. “When he was brought to the police station
he fled and hid in a medical store. We eventually nabbed him. Are we not
supposed to act against accused? Are some people above the law?”RSS, on the
other hand, alleged that Haque had entered the organisation’s office in Baihar
and beaten up Yadav, a zilla pracharak, in the presence of other activists and
dragged him out.Haque, for his part, said, “They raised slogans like ‘Send him
to Pakistan’ and demanded that I be cut into pieces,” Haque said.Police action
against the RSS activist caused tension in the town, about 75 km from the
district HQ of Balaghat. RSS activists and other right-wing organisations
wanted police officials not just booked for attempted murder but was also
immediately arrested. Balaghat SP Asit Yadav said attempt-to-murder case was
registered against ASP Rajesh Sharma and Haque. indianexpress
No need to exaggerate
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's significance: Vice President Hamid Ansari
Vice President Hamid Ansari
on Monday said there was no need to exaggerate the significance of the OIC by
asking it to rein in Pakistan from indulging in cross-border terrorism
activities against India. Ansari, who is on a 5-day visit to Nigeria and Mali,
was asked by reporters accompanying him whether India would take up this issue
with these two West African nations which are members of the Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC). "The facts of the case are clear. Cross-border
terrorism activities are encouraged by state agencies or state agencies- groups
sponsored and that is detrimental to peace anywhere in the world," he
said, without naming Pakistan."You talk to OIC members individually and
they say they know about it (the issue)," he added. PTI
Muslim leaders warn CM
Fadnavis of agitation similar to Marathas for reservations
Mumbai: Congress leader
Arif Naseem Khan today asked the Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to “come
clean” on his stand on reservations for Muslims, warning of agitation similar
to that of the Maratha community. The Maratha community has been taking out
huge ‘silent marches’ across the state to press its demands including
reservations in jobs and education. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party president Abu
Asim Azmi said he had called a meeting of all Muslim leaders including
legislators across the party lines on quota issue. “If Marathas are protesting
for their right of reservation, it is time for the Muslim community to unite
andPTI
Muslim MLAs join hands to
demand reservation
Now OBCs, Muslims, Dalits
to hit streets to press their demands
Former bureaucrat BK
Bansal, son commit suicide
New Delhi: Ex-Director
General Corporate Affairs B K Bansal and his son Yogesh on Tuesday committed
suicide at their residence in east Delhi's Madhu Vihar, two months after
Bansal's wife and daughter allegedly committed suicide, police said
today.Bansal (60) and Yogesh (30) were founded hanging in their flat by their
maid, and had also left a suicide note, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East)
Rishipal Singh said.TOI
Muslim clerics up against
Uniform Civil Code
Hyderabad: Muslim clerics,
religious and political figures late on Sunday night came down heavily against
any attempt at introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC).At a well attended public
meeting "Against UCC and Protection of Sharia Conference" in Khilwat
grounds, organised by the Seerat-un-Nabi Academy, a religious organisation,
speakers said that the Muslim community will not accept an imposition of the
UCC. Former member of Rajya Sabha Obaidullah Khan Azmi, who was active during
the Shah Bano controversy, was invited to speak. Addressing the gathering, he
accused the right wing organisations of dividing the country. " British
left. But they left behind the RSS," he said adding that Muslims could
expect little from the Narendra Modi govt . He lashed out against the slogans
of gharwapsi and love-jihad.Maulana Fazlullah Qadri, prominent cleric from the
Islamic seminary Jamia Nizamia, described oral triple talaq as a "bandooq
ki goli" (bullet). He said that divorce is frowned upon in the scriptures.City
president of the Jamiat-e-Ulama Hind, a pan-India socio-religious organisation,
said that the move to impose UCC, is an "old trick". This, he added,
will be opposed. timesofindia
Indian Muslim Officer
becomes Commander-In-Chief of the Southern Command – Entire village celebrates
An entire village and
members of a family in the southern Indian state of Kerala are euphoric over
the assumption of duty by Lt. Gen. PM Hariz as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
of the Southern Command of Indian Army.Banners congratulating the ‘Great Son of
the Village’ were raised in the village of Kuttikadavu, Cheruppa, 16 km from
the city of Kozhikode, after news about Hariz assuming command of the largest
geographical formation of the Indian Army recently.Lt. Gen. Hariz took over the
post from Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat, who has proceeded to Delhi to assume duties of
Vice Chief of Army Staff, Saudi Gazette newspaper reported.Speaking to the
newspaper, many family members and neighbors of Lt. Gen. Hariz said that his
new position gave them big joy and excitement, and they are proud of his
dedicated service at such a senior level in one of the largest armies in the
world. siasat
Agra: 50 booked for
attacking duo seeking marriage nod
Lucknow: As Many as 50
unidentified men were booked for rioting after some lawyers and members of
alleged right-wing organisations attacked a police team in a Agra court on
Monday.Police said a couple — a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl, both adults —
reached the court on Monday to enquire about the procedure of getting married.
At the court, a relative of the girl saw the two together and informed her
family, said sources. Following this, some alleged right-wing activists reportedly
arrived at the court and caught hold of the couple.As police were called in,
the mob thrashed the boy inside the court. As the policemen tried to save him
and take him to the police jeep, the mob pelted stones on them.Jeep was also
damaged. Police later resorted to lathicharge to disburse crowd.indianexpress
Not a single case of
forcible conversions to Islam: Dakshina Kannada police clarifies
Mangaluru: A senior police
officer in Dakshina Kannada district brushred aside the rumours of existence of
a so called ‘conversion racket’ in Sullia taluk.The Dakshina Kannada district
unit of the BJP recently demanded the police to take stringent action against
those who indulge in religious conversion activities.Sanjeev Matandoor,
President of district unit of the BJP alleged that the conversion groups with
the blessing of political parties forcing youths to embrace Islam, reports The
Hindu.Superintendent of Police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase rubbished the
allegations and said that so far not a single complaint of ‘forced conversion’
was filed from any youth.Organisations like VHP and Bajrang Dal made mere
allegations about some groups indulging in forcible conversion and they are
being inquired into, he said. siasat
HC asks police to file
status report on plea against Kanhaiya
Urdu Academy invites
applications from Urdu writers and poets for awards
Sanction obtained to
prosecute Subramanian Swamy for allegedly writing ‘inflammatory’ article
World
Jordan signs $10bn gas deal
with Israel: Israeli radio
Jerusalem: Jordan and
Israel have signed an agreement allowing Jordan’s National Electricity Company
to purchase natural gas from Israel’s Leviathan gas-field, Israeli public radio
reported Monday."With this deal, Israel will supply Jordan with about 45
billion cubic meters of gas -- worth a total of $10 billion -- over the coming
15 years," the broadcaster reported.In a Monday statement, the Jordanian
gas firm confirmed it had signed an agreement with US energy concern Noble
Energy for the supply of roughly 40 % of its natural gas needs from Israel’s
Leviathan gas-field. Anadolu Agency
Kuwait denies intelligence
cooperation with Israel
Kuwait’s foreign minister
and First Deputy PM Sheikh Sabah Khaled
Al-Sabah denied on Monday any intelligence cooperation between his country and
Israel, Kuwait News Agency, Kuna, reported.In a response to a question by a
Kuwaiti lawmaker, the minister said Kuwait has not changed its position towards
Israel, noting that reports circulated by the Israeli press were completely
“false.”Al-Sabah stressed that Kuwait’s policy regarding the Israeli occupation
is based on a joint Arab position. He noted that when the Israeli PM spoke at the UN General Assembly last week,
only a few low-level Kuwaiti officials remained in the hall. middleeastmonitor
Israel razes 2 Palestinian
homes in East Jerusalem
Israeli municipal
authorities on Tuesday demolished two Palestinian residential buildings in East
Jerusalem.Ahamad Abu Al-Hawa, the owner of the two buildings, said that Israeli
bulldozers razed the houses in Jerusalem’s Al-Tour neighborhood on claims of
being built without permits. Anadolu
Israel police target
Palestinian Balad party in arrests
Ban on face veils advances
in Swiss parliament
Switzerland's lower house
of parliament narrowly backed a ban on face veils on Tuesday, echoing moves by
neighbouring France and other European nations to tighten controls in the wake
of Islamist militant attacks.The plan by right-wing politician Walter Wobmann -
who led a successful campaign to outlaw new minarets in 2009 - still has to
pass through the upper house and the govt before it becomes law.But it joins a list of
measures championed by populist and right-wing movements that have polarised
the Alpine nation, and drawn some criticism from abroad, including most
recently a referendum ordering curbs on immigration from the EU. reuters
Pak lawmakers adopt
landmark Hindu marriage bill
Islamabad: In a historic
move, Pakistan's parliament has passed the much-delayed bill to enable the
country's minority Hindu community to register their marriages.The first ever
national law was passed yesterday after the draft was presented in the lower house
or National Assembly by minister for human rights Kamran Micheal.The Nation
newspaper reported that the law bill sets the minimum age for marriage for
Hindus at 18. The minimum legal age for marriage for citizens of other
religions is 18 for men and 16 for women.PTI
Wahhabism even more evil
than Israel: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah
The head of the Lebanese
resistance movement of Hezbollah says he considers the radical ideology of
Wahhabism to be even more pernicious than the Israeli regime.Sayyed Hassan
Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah, made the remark during his
annual meeting with Muslim eulogists and the people responsible for
commemoration ceremonies during the Lunar month of Muharram, Lebanon’s Al
Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday. press tv
Aleppo civilians pay the
price as bombardment continues
Rescue workers in Aleppo
struggled to help hundreds of wounded Syrians trapped in a massive
Russian-backed govt air offensive as the
bloody battle to recapture the key city entered its fifth day. Dozens of air
strikes hit rebel-held areas of the northern Syrian city on Monday with the
UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying at least 12 people,
including 3 children, were killed. More than 280 people have died in the city's
rebel-held east since the offensive began on Thursday after a ceasefire ended
with at least 400 people wounded - including 61 children - on Sunday alone, a
doctors' group said.The Syrian govt offensive to recapture all of Aleppo - with
Russian air support and Iranian help on the ground - has been accompanied by
bombing that residents describe as unprecedented in its ferocity.Only 30
doctors now remain in Aleppo's east, where residents are in dire need of
medical and surgical supplies to treat the wounded among a trapped population
of 300,000. aljazeera
'If we lose this
generation, we lose Syria'
US says Russia, Syria
targeting Aleppo civilians
Turkey congratulates
Russian PM over election victory
Iraq’s governing
Shia-Kurdish alliance at risk after dismissal of Kurdish minister
US polls: Race, jobs, Iraq
dominate feisty Clinton-Trump debate
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