Evening NEWS DIGEST
02 Oct. 2016: 29 Zil Hajj 37: Vol:7, No:170
Avoid war, hold dialogue to
resolve disputes: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind urges to Govt
New Delhi: Condemning the Uri terror attack, an
Islamic body today urged the Centre to take all possible steps to avoid war
with Pakistan and suggested that the two sides hold dialogue to resolve the
disputes. Addressing a press conference, office-bearers of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
(JIH) also flagged concerns over alleged slow pace of probe in the Mewat double
murder and gangrape incident as it claimed that the handling of the case
indicates the Haryana govt is “shielding” culprits. It also hit out at the BJP govt
in Assam over its anti-illegal immigrant drive, alleging that the members of
the Muslim community there are being harassed in the name of the initiative.
“We strongly condemn the (Uri) terror attack and death of the soldiers. (But)
both India and Pakistan must show wisdom and sincerity using path of dialogue
and consultation in order to resolve their issues.”“War is not a panacea for
our problems. India must take all steps to avoid war with Pakistan,” JIH
president Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari told reporters, according to a
statement. He also asked the govt to devise ways to curb breach of security
“like it happened in the Uri incident”. Further targeting the Haryana govt over
the Mewat incident, he alleged that the handling of the case suggests the
Manohar Lal Khattar dispensation is “trying to shield culprits and side with a
particular community”. JIH secretary general Muhammad Salim Engineer, who also
briefed the press, voiced concerns over Assam government’s anti-illegal
immigrant drive and claimed many community members have been put in jail
without proper probe. Indian express/PTI
Avoid war, hold dialogue to
resolve disputes: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to Centre: deccanchronicle
Avoid war, hold dialogue to
resolve disputes: Muslim body to centre : indiatoday
Muslim body urges against war
with Pakistan: newsx
Avoid war, hold dialogue to
resolve disputes, urges Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: The Statesman
Muslim body urges against war
with Pak: greaterkashmir
Muslim body urges India to
avoid war against Pakistan: indiatvnews
Avoid war, hold dialogue to
resolve disputes: Muslim body to Govt: deccanherald
Avoid war with Pakistan,Muslim
body Jamaat-e-Islami Hind tells India: IANS
Jamaat Urges Govt of India to
avoid war with Pakistan
India never attacked any
country, nor covetted any territory: PM Modi
New Delhi:India has never
attacked any country, nor has it ever coveted anyone’s territory but made
supreme sacrifice fighting for others, PM Narendra Modi said on Sunday.“India
has not attacked anyone. It is neither hungry for any territory. But in the two
World Wars (in which India had no direct stake), 1.5 lakh Indian soldiers had
laid down their lives fighting for others,” the PM said.PTI
India snubs UN for saying
didn’t ‘observe’ LoC firing
New Delhi: In A sharp
response, India on Saturday dismissed claims by the UN that the UN mission
monitoring the ceasefire “has not directly observed” any firing along LoC. Responding
to a question on the “surgical strikes” conducted by India targeting terror
launch pads in PoK, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson Stephane
Dujarric said at a daily press briefing that UN Military Observer Group in
India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) had not “directly observed” any firing. “They are
obviously aware of the reports of these presumed violations and are talking to
the relevant concerned authorities,” he said.Dismissing these remarks, India’s
Permanent Representative to UN Syed Akbaruddin said the facts on the ground do
not change whether somebody has “observed” it or not. indianexpress
UN chief offers to mediate
between India, Pakistan
Surgical strikes: UN says
'no firing observed', India trashes claim
Will take some days to
bring back soldier in Pakistan custody: Parrikar
Pune: Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar said on Sunday that the standard mechanism at level of DGs of
Military Operation (DGMO) of India and Pakistan has been ‘activated’ to bring
back the soldier who was captured by Pakistan after he had ‘inadvertently
crossed LoC. Parrikar was asked about the efforts being made by the Indian govt
to bring back Indian Army soldier of 37 Rashtriya Rifles who has been captured
by the Pakistani forces after he, according to Indian authorities,
‘inadvertently crossed the LoC.’He replied, “There is a standard mechanism at
the DGMO level, which has been activated.” He also said that the soldier had
nothing to do with the surgical strike carried out by special forces along LoC. indianexpress
India will carry out more
surgical strikes if its security challenged: Parrikar
Dehradun: India will carry
out more cross-border surgical strikes if its security is challenged, Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday, stepping up the attack on
Pakistan.He said, “Missions like the Thursday's surgical strikes on terror camps
could be done again if the security of the country was challenged or
jeopardised.” zee news
Army Chief meets Special
Forces behind strikes, takes stock of border situation
Just wait and watch, says
Rajnath on footage of Army's surgical strikes across LoC
New Delhi: The valour
displayed by Indian soldiers to the entire world by the manner in which they
carried out 'surgical strikes' against terror launch pads across the Line of
Control has made the country proud, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.PTI
‘Drama exposed’: Pakistan
media questions India’s surgical strikes across LoC
Islamabad: A visit to areas along the Line of Control
arranged for journalists by the Pakistan Army dominated the front pages of
newspapers in that country on Sunday,with military officials saying there was
“no evidence” of India’s surgical strikes.Urdu Daily Jang, country’s largest
circulated newspaper, led with the headline “India’s drama exposed”, while the
headline of another paper, the right-wing Daily Ummat, screamed “Bharat’s lies
and falsehoods exposed”. English newspapers too led with the same story. The
Express Tribune headlined its report, “Journalists flown to debunk Indian
myth”.Journalists were shown different points at the LoC and given a briefing
by the Inter-Services Public Relations, after which many reported that they
were satisfied, based on their interviews with local residents and military
officials, that no surgical strikes had taken place as claimed by India.Other
commentators focussed on the larger picture. In his column on Sunday in the
influential Dawn newspaper, human rights defender IA Rehman wrote that PM Nawaz
Sharif has perhaps done all that he could to draw the international community’s
attention to the Kashmiri people’s ordeal.Sharif and members of his large
entourage spoke of the situation in Kashmir to whoever they met in New York on
the sidelines of UN General Assembly. By all accounts offered by Pakistan’s
media, the Kashmir mission, carried out with unusual vigour, went off well —
this despite a slight slip while drafting the press release on the meeting with
US secretary of State John Kerry, and the attempt by Pakistan’s enemies to
sabotage its efforts by attacking the Indian military camp at Uri, Rehman
wrote.Rehman added, however, “But was the world listening?” He said the
question is unavoidable in view of, among other things, the world community’s
decision some years ago to delete the Kashmir issue from the list of its
concerns. The article was extensively shared online.HT
Incursions impossible, Pak
military insists
Pak army flies media to LoC
to 'prove' no surgical strikes by India
Japanese report questions
India's claim of conducting surgical strike on Pakistan soil
NDA govt creating war
hysteria for UP polls: Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh
Budhlada:Punjab Congress
chief Amarinder Singh on Sunday disapproved of the evacuation of people from
the border areas of the state, alleging BJP-led NDA govt at the Centre is
creating “unnecessary war hysteria and tension” with an eye on UP Assembly
elections. “Our army is staying at peace time zones and our villages are being
uprooted. Punjabis are being made scapegoats for next year’s UP polls, as BJP
has been unable to establish any foothold there so far,” he claimed. “When
there are not even remote signs of war, why uproot poor farmers and that too at
a time when their crops are ready for harvest?” Amarinder asked. Asserting that
as of now, there are no signs of war which would necessitate their relocation
or evacuation to safer areas, he appealed to villagers along the border areas
not to leave and said he will join them soon. Amarinder claimed that there were
no troop movements on the either side of the border after the surgical strike by
the Indian Army on terror launch pads across the LoC.PTI
Explain urgency behind
evacuation from border villages in Punjab: Amarinder Singh
'Get out, the Pakistanis
are coming': For lakhs along the Punjab border, war has already begun
Noida: Muslims hold rally
in support of Army, burn Sharif’s effigy
Noida: A group of Muslims
held a rally in support of India and the Army after Friday prayers in Dankaur
village of Greater Noida. Holding placards and banners, they marched in the
village and expressed their support to the country.Local people also raised
pro-India and anti-Pak slogans and burnt Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's
effigy.Nasir Hussain, a local resident, said that usually people suspect the
loyalty of Muslims in a situation like war with Pakistan. Local Muslims offered
prayer and then conducted a rally from Tauliyan Masjid to the village. Around
200 people joined the rally and visited different spots and market areas and
returned to the same spot. The people also burnt the effigy of Nawaz Sharif.TOI
Surgical strikes: Muslim
community leaders offer prayers, celebrate Indian Army’s success
Pak’s friend China blocks
Brahmaputra tributary
New Delhi: Days after India reviewed its use of
water under the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, China announced that it had
blocked a tributary of the Brahmaputra to facilitate work on one of its
"most expensive" hydropower projects in Tibet.While the announcement
by China's official news agency Xinhua in an article might be intended to only
give India a scare, the development is sure to raise hackles here as diversion
of Brahmaputra waters remains an emotive, volatile issue in India's northeast,
particularly Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Lalho project on the Xiabuqu river, a
Brahmaputra tributary, at Xigaze in Tibet entails an investment of $740
million. Govt sources said they were still checking if this would have any
impact on the flow of water into India.Beijing doesn't have a pact with any of
the lower riparians. India and China did sign an MoU in 2013 but Indian
officials said Beijing has not always been open about sharing hydrological
data.TOI
China snubs India again,
blocks move to ban Masood Azhar at UN
New Delhi: China on
Saturday extended its technical "hold" on JeM chief Masood Azhar for
a further 3 months in the UN Security Council's 1267 committee.The
"hold" is on an international move to ban the JeM leader by UN.JeM as
an organization is already on the proscribed list. But in March this year,
China put a technical "hold" on the move to put sanctions on Azhar.
The resolution to ban him was co-sponsored by the US, UK, France and India,
with 14 other countries acquiescing. China was the only one to block it with a
technical hold. In the past 6 months, India has lobbied with China to lift the
hold. Confirming in Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang
said, "China always maintains that on the listing matter, 1267 committee
should stick to the main principles of objectivity, impartiality and
professionalism, base its judgments on solid evidence and decide upon consensus
among the members of Security Council," he said in a written reply to a
question.He added, ""There are still different views on India's
listing application. Extended technical hold on it will allow more time for the
committee to deliberate on the matter and for relevant parties to have further
consultations."TOI
Night raids by security forces
send Kashmir youth into hiding; Official sources say about 6000 arrested so
far
Srinagar: By day, the Kashmir
Valley is in the grip of an uneasy calm. But at night, raids by security forces
looking for youths supporting the militant cause are causing widespread fear. Even
as the valley remains shut for the 86th day, a semblance of normality has
returned, barring some parts of south Kashmir, the epicentre of a seemingly
unending unrest.More people and vehicles are seen during the day and no major
incident of violence has been reported from south Kashmir for over a week. The
outward calm, however, seems to melt away after sunset.Residents here and in
south Kashmir say that night-time raids by security forces have forced scores
of youths to go into hiding.The night raids are being conducted jointly by the
police and paramilitary forces, almost daily, in the south, central and north
Kashmir areas.Police have reportedly arrested thousands from different parts of
Kashmir, but no official figures were available.Residents in south Kashmir's
Achabal area said police personnel in civilian dress come to the town at night
and enter houses. A resident said they are very rough with anyone who opposes
them.Reports of the night-time raids have also come from Kupwara, Sopore,
Budgam, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Srinagar.A resident of Kulgam town said that
security forces raided his house looking for his son. Official
sources said that over 3,500 youths had been arrested in south Kashmir, about
1,500 in north Kashmir and around 1,000 in central Kashmir in recent weeks.IANS
Youth injured in J&K
protests dies
Srinagar: A youth injured in
last month’s protests in the Valley succumbed to his injuries on Saturday,
taking the toll of civilians killed in the region since July 9 to 88.Muzaffar
Ahmad Pandith, who was hit by pellets at Chek-e-Kawoosa in Narbal area of
Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sept.14, died at SKIMS on
Saturday. Clashes erupted at Kaimoh village in south Kashmir on Saturday after
Armymen, who reached there following inputs on the presence of a terrorist,
were not allowed to enter the hamlet. indianexpress
Ex-sarpanch shot dead in
Pulwama in J&K
Srinagar:Militants on Sunday
shot dead ex village headman affiliated to opposition National Conference in
Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said.“Gunmen shot dead Fayaz Ahmad
Bhat at his home at Kandizal in Kakapora area of Pulwama district this
afternoon,” a police official said.PTI
Day 86: Kashmir continues to
remain shut; fresh clashes reported
Nepal regrets postponement of
Saarc summit, urges members not to aid cross-border terror
New Delhi: Nepal on Sunday urged Saarc member
states to ensure that their territories are not used by terrorists for
cross-border terrorism, as it announced the postponement of the 19th Saarc
Summit."To achieve peace and stability in the region, Saarc member states
must, among others, ensure that their respective territories are not used by
terrorists for cross border terrorism," Nepal said, without naming
Pakistan.Nepal, which is the current chair of Saarc, expressed regret over the
fact that regional environment is not conducive to host the 19th Saarc Summit+
as of now. The summit was to be held in Islamabad in the month of Nov.
"Nepal will initiate necessary consultation on successfully holding the
summit with the participation of all member states, the country's foreign
ministry said in a press statement. timesofindia
Nepal to talk with SAARC
members to press for holding summit
Environment not conducive to
host SAARC Summit: Nepal
SAARC pull out result of
Pakistan’s protest on war crimes trial: Sheikh Hasina
‘Islam zindabad’: Balloons
with 'message' in Urdu for Modi found in Punjab
Gurdaspur: 2 balloons with a message, written in
Urdu and purportedly addressed to PM Modi, were found at Ghesal village in
Dinanagar which had witnessed a terror attack last year, police said on
Saturday.Police got the message, written on a piece of paper and pasted on the
yellow-coloured balloons, translated. It read: "Modiji, Ayubi ki talwaren
abhi hamare paas hain. Islam zindabad."The balloons were first seen by a
villager near his house yesterday and when he found the note written in Urdu,
he handed them over to the police.PTI
Balloons with message in
Urdu found in 3 Punjab districts
Rebel Baloch leader Dilshad
thanks India for support at RSS-backed seminar
New Delhi: Rebel leader Mazdak Dilshad Baloch on
Saturday thanked India for its support to the Baloch cause, saying it meant
that they were “no longer alone”. Participating in a seminar on ‘Baloch
Nationality’ at the RSS-backed India Policy Foundation (IPF), he told the
gathering, which included journalists, former diplomats and retired armed
forces officers that theirs was “the strongest movement of Balochistan; it is a
grass root movement run by Baloch people not by any Khan or tribal
leader”.Emphasising the importance of Indian support to Baloch movement, he
said: “You do not know how alone we were. But now, we are not alone.” IPF also
released a booklet titled “Balochistan - What the world needs to know” edited
by Prof Geeta Bhatt of Delhi University.IANS
RSS think tank takes up Baloch
issue
OTHERS
Bihar becomes dry state again,
Nitish Kumar enforces new law to ban liquor:PTI
Patna:2 days after the Patna High Court quashed
its order on prohibition, Bihar govt on Gandhi Jayanti Sunday came out with a
new law banning liquor with more harsh provisions like arrest of all adults in
the event of recovery of the contraband in their house. The govt notified the
Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 to ensure that the ban on sale and
consumption of alcohol including Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) as well
spiced and domestic liquor continued in the state.At a special Cabinet convened
on Sunday, CM Nitish Kumar and other members of his Cabinet took a pledge that
the govt would continue with prohibition which is “ushering positive social
change” in the state.Besides retaining many provisions of the previous one, the
new liquor law has some more stringent provisions including enhancing duration
of imprisonment, hiking amount of fine, arrest of all adults in case of
recovery of liquor bottle from a house and collective fine on a place in case
of habitual violation of prohibition. CM told reporters that the new liquor
law, brought into force from today, would be a real tribute to the Father of
the Nation when the state is readying to observe centenary celebration of
Gandhiji’s Champaran Satyagraha against British rule from the state in early
2017.
Nitish issues new liquor law
with harsher provisions: PTI
Bihar liquor ban: Nitish govt
to approach SC against Patna HC order
Watch: UoH dalit scholar,
expelled along with Rohith Vemula, refuses to accept PhD degree from VC Appa
Rao
New Delhi:In a video which has
surfaced on social media, one of the four PhD scholars, who were expelled from
University of Hyderabad along with Rohith Vemula, is seen refusing to accept
the PhD degree from VC Appa Rao as a sign of protest.The incident occurred
during the 18th convocation ceremony of the university and the video was
uploaded by one Ilas Ul Haque, another student at the UoH. The student who is
seen refusing to accept his doctorate degree is identified as A Sunkanna.PhD
scholar Rohith Vemula had committed suicide in January this year leading to
protests by students who alleged Dalit students were discriminated against in
the University.Vemula’s suicide gave rise to a massive outrage across the
country following which VC Appa Rao had to step down from his office. A case
was also registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities)
Act.However, he resumed office after two months in March. The student, A
Sunkanna told The News Minute that he had not planned this in advance and decided
only when he saw VC Appa Rao was presenting the degree to students.The video
has been shared more than 2,700 times and viewed by around 14,000 people so
far. INDIAN EXPRESS
BJP leader surrenders in
Bijnor riots case
Meerut: One of the prime accused in the Bijnor
violence, Aishwarya Chaudhary, a local BJP leader, surrendered to police and
was sent on judicial remand on Sunday.Chaudhary, who is an advocate, was
accused of provoking and instigating Sansar Singh and his supporters, which led
to the clashes and killing of three members of a Muslim family in Peda village
of Bijnor on 16 Sept.Chaudhary, the Bijnor district president of the Adhivakta
Sangh, an RSS-affiliated lawyers' body, was also accused of being present at
the site of violence. He was on the run for last fifteen days. He is also the
district president of the advocates' union. His association with BJP is evident
from the billboards hung in Bijnor.According to the ADG (Law and Order) Daljit
Chaudhary, Aishwarya was leading the mob. Police claimed to have photographic
evidence pointing to Aishwarya's active participation in the communal violence
which put western UP on the boil, potentially risking another Muzaffarnagar
like riots.The police said that the 17 accused who were arrested so far have mentioned
Aishwarya's involvement during their interrogation. the hindu
Do not discriminate between
Savarkar, Godse: Mahasabha
Meerut: On the day father of the nation Mahatma
Gandhi was born, the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha on Sunday hailed his
killer Nathuram Godse and asked BJP not to discriminate between Vinayak Damodar
Savarkar and Nathuram Godse. Hindutva outfit established a bust of Godse in its
office in Meerut and observed Gandhiji's birth anniversary as “dhikkar diwas
(day of shame and disgust)”.National vice president of the Hindutva outfit
Pandit Ashok Sharma organised a puja before establishing the memorial for
Godse.Declaring Godse for “hero” of the country, Sharma said, “We expected that
the BJP govt will understand the contributions of Nathuram Godse, like it
appreciates that of Savarkar. But it appears that out of political opportunism
the political party does not have the courage to accept the legacy of
Godse.”“If the Modi govt praises Savarkar and garlands his photo in the
Parliament house every year, then it will have to also acknowledge the
contribution of Godse. It can not discriminate between Godse and Savarkar
because both come from the same ideological stream which RSS and BJP is so
scared to accpet out of political opportunism,” added 72-year-old Pandit Sharma
who is an old time Hindu Mahasabha activist. the hindu
On Gandhi Jayanti, Hindu
Mahasabha unveils statue of Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma
Stir over land issue in
Jharkhand's Hazaribagh: 4 killed as protesters clash with cops
Hazaribagh (jharkhand): A clash between police
and people protesting against a project of the NTPC claimed 4 lives and left
more than 20 injured in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district Saturday. 4were killed
when police opened fire to control the crowd, which had turned violent. Three
victims have been identified as Abhishek Rai (17), Mohammad Mehtab Ansari (30)
and Ranjan Ram (17). The fourth has been identified as Rajesh, but police are
yet to gather information about his family.The incident occurred when a mob
attacked a police party escorting local Congress MLA Nirmala Devi, said police.
Nirmala Devi is leading the protest against the project at Chirudih village in
Barkagaon. The NTPC was allocated a coal block in Barkagaon in 2004 to set up a
power house. Local villagers have been demanding higher compensation and jobs
in the coal mining projects at Pakri-Barwadih in Barkagaon.
Hazaribagh clash: Jharkhand CM
should quit, demands Congress
4 Jharkhand villagers killed
in police firing over NTPC land issue
5 killed many injured in
police firing in Jharkhand
Muslim organisations blame
police for violence in Coimbatore
Coimbatore: Federation of Islamic Organisations
in Coimbatore has blamed the police for the violence that took place in the
district after the murder of Hindu Munnani leader C. Sasikumar on Sept.22.
Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, the representatives of Tamil Nadu
Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, Popular Front of India, Jamat-e-Islami Hind,
Manithaneya Jananayaka Katchi, Jamyathu Ahlil Koran Valhathees, Manithaneya
Makkal Katchi, Social Democratic Party of India, Indiya Towheed Jamath, WPI,
Indiya Manavar Islamia Amaipu and Campus Front of India said that had the
police been more careful the violence could have been avoided.Within hours of
Sasikumar’s murder, crude explosives were hurled at mosques and thereafter
during the funeral procession, commercial establishments and houses of Muslims
were attacked.This pointed to the failure of the police that dealt with
communal incidents. Anticipating violence, should they have not deployed riot
control police to prevent the damage to properties worth several crores.Bodies were
all for the arrest of murderers of
Sasikumar and the rule of law had to prevail. thehindu
Communal tension in UP’s
Bulandshahr district
Lucknow: Communal tension was reported from UP’s
Bulandshahr district after dirty water was thrown at a temple on the first day
of the Hindu festival of Navratri, police said. More than a dozen people were
injured in stone-pelting from both the sides as according to locals, when the
priest was cleaning the temple for Navratri puja,a person from a neighbouring
house threw dirty water and spilled garbage around it.Senior officials
including the DM and the SSP reached the site of the clash and pacified the
irked mobs.Thereafter, both the sides have retreated but tension continues in
the area, an official informed IANS, adding that the incident took place at
Deoli village in the morning.The officials said that a verbal spat broke out
between the two sides who came to blows sooner and pelted stones at each other.
The priest of the temple was injured in the incident.
Communal tension grips
Bulandshahar: UNI
NHRC report on Kairana faces
flak for being 'prejudiced and communally charged'
Civil society activists have condemned a recent
report published by the NHRC into allegations of persecution of Hindu families
in Kairana in UP as being “prejudiced
and communally charged”, and demanded that the premiere human rights body
withdraw the report.On Sept.21, NHRC had published a report enquiring into
allegations made by BJP MP Hukum Singh in June that 346 Hindu families had been
persecuted and driven out of the Muslim-majority town in the previous two years.The
allegations were reported as false by the district and state administration who
stated that a door-to-door survey showed that majority of the 346 people named
by Hukum Singh had migrated for economic and other reasons. Newspaper dailies
including The Indian Express, The Hindu, HT had also reported the claims of
communal persecution to be false.The civil society activists tore into the
commission's report for “blaming desperate riot victims for criminality without
citing any credible and independent evidence” at a time when UP is due to have assembly elections soon.The
activists include Harsh Mander of Aman Biradari; Akram Chaudhury and Afkar
India who work in Shamli; Madhavi Kuckreja and Mamta Verma of Sadbhavana Trust,
Lucknow and Farah Naqvi, an activist in Delhi. scroll.In
PFI to hold conference for
spreading communal harmony
New Delhi: Capping its month-long nationwide
campaign to spread the message of communal harmony, a city-based NGO today said
it will hold a conference here on Monday to "stop the politics of
hate".PFI had started the drive on Sept.1 on the theme of Stop Politics of
Hate and various programmes such as conferences, street corner meetings
exhibitions were held."We will hold a huge public gathering National
Peoples Conference at Talkatora Stadium on Oct.3 to mark the conclusion,"
a PFI official said. PTI
Modi trying to divide Muslim
community: PFI
Court extends judicial custody
of 16 IS suspects till Oct25
New Delhi: A special court has
extended till Oct.25 the judicial custody of 16 suspected ISIS
operatives, arrested from across the country on charges of recruiting and
financing people to join the terror outfit. During the proceedings, District
Judge Amar Nath passed the order after he was informed by the NIA that it has
supplied the copies of deficit documents, including statements of protected
witnesses in the case, to the accused, sources said.The court had recently
denied interim bail to one of the accused Syed Mujahid, saying his liberty
“shall impact the security of the State”.PTI
Patidars, dalits, OBCs,
Muslims feeling alienation in Gujarat Model: Magsaysay awardee Nikhil Dey
Ahmedabad: Ramon Magsaysay awardee and rights
activist, Nikhil Dey on Saturday said that the communities like Patidars,
dalits, OBCs and Muslims are feeling alienation in Gujarat which has been
hailing as the model state.On recent agitations of Patidar, OBC and Dalits, Dey
said, "I do not think Gujarat model is some great model. Firstly, the idea
of Gujarat had a model at sometime. But Gujarat has huge communal strife now. Though
it had achieved economic growth but there is a social
disharmony.""Even the so called well off community- Patidars, they
are also feeling sense of alienation. Dalits, Muslims, Patidars and OBCs are
also feeling alienation, something seriously needs to be thought about
it," Dey said.Dey hailed the recent dalit agitation calling it peaceful,
innovative and being led by young people.TOI
Maratha protests: parties
adopt ‘wait & watch’ approach
Muslims stage demonstration in
Aurangabad for reservation: UNI
Bhushan, Yogendra form new
‘Swaraj India’ party
World
Syria's east Aleppo facing
inhuman 'savagery': UN
Geneva: Civilians under bombardment in Syria's
rebel-held east Aleppo are facing "a level of savagery that no human
should have to endure," UN aid chief said on Sunday. Stephen
O'Brien, who heads UN humanitarian office (OCHA), issued a fresh plea
to ease the suffering of some 250,000 people besieged by a Russian-backed
Syrian govt offensive to retake the key city.In a statement, O'Brien called for
"urgent action to bring an end to their living hell."Syrian Bashar
al-Assad is battling to reclaim Aleppo, once the country's economic powerhouse.
Diplomatic efforts to stem the bloodshed have failed."The healthcare
system in eastern Aleppo is all but obliterated," O'Brien said, after the
largest hospital in the rebel-controlled area was hit by barrel bombs on
Saturday. "Medical facilities are being hit one by one," he added.AFP
Syrian army advances as
'Aleppo carnage' sparks fury
Syria: Barrel bombs destroy
Aleppo’s largest hospital
Aleppo: The largest field
hospital in opposition-held Aleppo city was destroyed Saturday by barrel bomb
attacks carried out by Syrian regime forces, according to local civil defense
sources. A regime helicopter dropped barrel bombs on the hospital in al-Sakhour
district, leaving it along with a number of ambulances totally destroyed, the
sources, who spoke anonymously due to security concerns, said. According to the
sources, regime forces targeted aid teams that were helping evacuate the
hospital. Marwan Salim, Aleppo-based activist, said number of people were
reportedly killed and injured in the attack. Anadolu
Syria's war: Aleppo hospital
bombed again
Aleppo hospital raid: Ex-Assad
classmate speaks out
Aleppo airstrikes ‘war
crimes’: Arab League
Arab League called on international community to
intervene to stop bloodshed in northern Syria’s Aleppo city. spokesman Mahmoud
Afifi denounced ongoing aerial bombardment of hospitals and civilians in
Aleppo. Anadolu
Arab states call on UN to
intervene to stop Aleppo assault
Germany: Hundreds call for end
to bombings in Aleppo
Putin threatens Obama with
'repercussions' if US jets attack Syrian govt aircraft bombing Aleppo hospital
Syria conflict: Besieged areas
of Aleppo a 'living hell'
More than 1,000 Iraqis killed
in September: UN
A total of 1,003
people were killed in violence across Iraq last month, according to UN
Assistance Mission for Iraq. Anadolu
After France & Belgium,
Bulgaria bans Islamic veils
Sofia: Bulgaria on Friday
banned wearing Islamic veils in public that cover the face, joining a small
number of EU countries as the debate on religious freedoms rages across Europe. Parliament
approved the law that “bans wearing in public clothing that partially or
completely covers the face”, referring to the burqa or the more common
niqab.Infringements carry fines of 200 leva, rising to 1,500 leva for repeated
offences. Bulgaria’s mostly centuries-old Muslim community, dating back to
conversions during Ottoman times, makes up around 13% of the population, mostly
in Turkish minority. AFP
US: Muslim man on way to
deliver Friday sermon punched
Egypt detains reporters
conducting street interviews
Egyptian police arrested
3 opposition journalists who were conducting street interviews indowntown Cairo
about President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi's request for small donations of spare
change to fund development programmes, officials say.aljazeera
Erdogan condemns US Congress
9/11 law
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemned
Saturday a US Congress vote to override Barack Obama’s veto of a bill allowing
9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, saying he expected the move to be reversed as
soon as possible. Relations between Ankara and Riyadh have
tightened considerably in the past months as they pursue joint interests in
Syria. Erdogan had on Friday hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naiff for
talks at his palace.“The allowing by the US Congress of lawsuits to be opened
against Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 attacks is unfortunate,” Erdogan said in a
speech for the opening of parliament.The visit by Saudi Crown Prince to Ankara
was the latest sign of the burgeoning relationship between Turkey and Saudi. middleeastmonitor
Turkey visit renews bond of
brotherhood: Crown Prince
9/11 law ‘toothless’,
politically-driven: Saudi experts
Israel 'campaigns to change
the status quo at al-Aqsa'
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