Evening NEWS DIGEST
04 Oct. 2016: 02 Muharram 1438: Vol:8, No:02
Egypt police shoot dead
Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Kamal, Yasser Shehata; Org terms it extra judicial murder
Cairo: 2 leaders of Egypt’s
Muslim Brotherhood group were shot dead by Egyptian security forces south of
Cairo, the country’s interior ministry said. In a Tuesday statement, the
ministry said Mohamed Kamal, 61, was killed along with Yasser Shehata in a
shootout late Monday in Cairo’s Bassateen neighborhood after a police raid on
their apartment. The ministry claimed Kamal was the founder of the
Brotherhood’s armed wing and blamed him for a spate of attacks on security
forces, including last year’s assassination of prosecutor-general Hisham
Barakat. But London-based Brotherhood leader Mohamed Soudan cast doubts on the
circumstances of Kamal’s killing.“Authorities announced the death of Kamal and
Shehata shortly after local media reported that they had been arrested,” Soudan
said . “This means that both leaders had been liquidated,” he said. Muslim Brotherhood’s social media accounts
reported Monday that Kamal had disappeared, but did not provide any more
information. Egypt has been roiled by
turmoil since the military deposed Morsi, the country’s first freely elected
president, in a 2013 coup. Anadolu Agency
Senior Brotherhood leader
Mohamed Kamal killed in Egypt
Egypt says it killed senior
Muslim Brotherhood leader Kamal in shootout: Reuters
Muslim Brotherhood terms Extrajudicial
Murder of Guidance Bureau Member by Military Junta
INDIA
Ready to face any inquiry,
says AMU VC after HRD ministry seeks Prez's nod for inquiry against him
Aligarh: VC of AMU has said
he was "prepared to face any inquiry", a day after reports emerged
that the HRD ministry is mulling high-level probe into alleged financial and
administrative irregularities committed by him."Allegations of financial
and administrative irregularities are untrue and have been designed to sully my
image by vested interests",VC, AMU, Lt Gen (retired) Zameer Uddin Shah said."I
am however fully prepared to face any such inquiry if and when it is
instituted," he added.When asked whether NDA govt was targeting him for
championing the cause of the university s minority character against the
policies of the Modi govt , the VC denied it. "The charges against me are
being levelled by some vested interests to jeopardise and prejudice the ongoing
case against my appointment in the apex court," he said.He alleged that
the same "vested interests" which were instrumental in filing the
case challenging his appointment, are also responsible for current controversy.
According to university sources, Shah today wrote to the HRD Ministry seeking
clarifications regarding the purported inquiry on the grounds that such reports
have undermined his position as the head of the institution. According to media
reports HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has sought the President’s approval to
initiate an inquiry against vice-chancellors of AMU and Allahabad University.PTI
HRD ministry seeks
President's nod for inquiry into complaints against AMU VC
AMU, Allahabad University
VCs under HRD scanners
Muslim outfit seeks FIR
against Vanzara for dubbing Madrassas as factories of terrorism
Hmedabad: A Muslim group
has approached Vejalpur police against retired IPS officer D G Vanzara
demanding that he should be booked for spreading communal hatred and for
hurting their religious sentiments in his speech in Godhra last
week.Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Hind's Abdul Latif Shaikh has filed a criminal
application seeking invocation of Section 153A and 295A against Vanzara for
dubbing Madrassas as factories of terrorism. Vanzara had called for the closure
of madrassas because he said that education imparted here had influenced
separatists in J&K. The complainant has stated that the madrassas are run
according to the Shariah of the Prophet and are involved in teaching of Islam,
which is a religion of peace. Vanzara, who is an accused in fake encounter
cases, has deliberately uttered such words so that it hurts sentiments of
people and his statement causes hatred towards Muslims.TOI
Graveyard land leased,
Muslims stage protest in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Muslims protested
against the WAKF board that allegedly leased their graveyard land to a private
coloniser at Haibowal Kalan.The protesters alleged that a land mafia was trying
to grab the land for private use. Asrar Tareen, president of Kafan Dafan Muslim
Welfare Society said, “WAKF board members in collusion with administration have
leased out around 4.418 acres on Balloke Road. There is a nexus in place to
please a few officials in the govt department and members of land mafia.”“WAKF
act states that graveyard land cannot be leased out for any other purpose, but
violating the act guidelines, authorities are leasing the land. The Punjab and
Haryana High Court has issued stay orders on September 27, against construction
on said land. But we want that the land be freed completely,” Tareen added. hindustantimes
KASHMIR ISSUE & SUOTH ASIA
Surgical strikes: Row
deepens as politicians bicker over ‘evidence’
New Delhi: A political
slugfest has erupted over India’s surgical strikes on terror launch pads across
the LoC, with leaders from different political parties trading barbs over its
veracity. Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Tuesday termed the operation
“fake”, provoking stinging criticism from BJP even as his own party said that
it “totally dissociates” from his remarks. He went on to demand ‘some evidence’
to prove that the strikes did take place. As the row over Nirupam’s comments
erupted, the party dissociated itself from the incident, saying it had taken a
serious note of those.Union minister Uma Bharti slammed politicians seeking evidence
of the strikes and said, “Those leaders who say that if Pakistan is demanding
evidence about surgical strike, they should be given the evidence, such people
should take the citizenship of Pakistan.”On Tuesday, speaking to a TV channel,
Congress leader P Chidambaram said, “Having taken political ownership for the
cross-border action and having publicised it so much, it is only to be expected
that people will demand that the video be released,” he said.“Having thought
through the consequences, let the government respond to the demand for
releasing videos,” he said.On Monday, Delhi chief minister Kejriwal too stirred
a controversy when he, after praising PM Modi for the strikes, asked for the
release of proof of the operation to ‘expose’ Islamabad.Union urban development
minister Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday responded to calls for release of evidence
and said, “No one has any question about surgical strikes except the Congress
and the chief minister of Delhi. I want to tell them they should not worry about
the evidence. It will be presented.”HT
BJP playing politics over
surgical strike issue: Kejriwal
Rejecting BJP’s criticism,
Delhi Cm Arvind Kejriwal today accused it of playing politics over the
anti-terror surgical strike and said why was the party “scared” when he had
only asked the PM to counter the false propaganda by Pakistan. Maintaining that
AAP believes that surgical strikes did take place, Kejriwal said that in his
video message yesterday he had only appealed to PM Narendra Modi to give a
befitting reply. Indian express
Everyone wants surgical
strikes against Pakistan, but not fake ones: Mumbai Congress chief Nirupam
Surgical strikes: Row
deepens as politicians bicker over ‘evidence’
Nirupam calls surgical
strikes by Army against Pak ‘fake’
Surgical strikes: Only
called for proof to counter Pakistani propaganda, Arvind Kejriwal clarifies
Pak hands over dossier to
US on rights violations in Kashmir
Islamabad: Pakistan has
handed over a dossier to the US on grave human rights violations by India in
Kashmir and sought the countrys intervention in the matter. Pakistans
Ambassador to US Jalil Abbas Jilani yesterday met with US Special
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Olson at the
State Department and handed over a dossier containing information on the
"gross human rights violations" by the Indian security forces in
Kashmir, Foreign Affairs Ministry said here.Jilani said that the international
community, especially the US, should take note of the "inhuman and
degrading treatment" being meted out to the innocent civilians in
Kashmir.US, being a permanent member of the UNSC, should impress upon India to
immediately end the "state-sponsored terrorism", the Ambassador was
quoted as saying by the Ministry in a statement.It was also emphasised during
their meeting that the right to self-determination was granted to the people of
Kashmir by the UN which "could not be unilaterally denied by India",
according to statement. Jilani further underscored that the international
community must ensure that India as a member of the UN, should allow access to
international human rights and humanitarian organisations to assess the factual
situation in Kashmir. PTI
As Sharif continues to rake
up Kashmir internationally, US says its position on the issue hasn't changed
Kashmir shut for 88th
consecutive day, life remains paralysed
Srinagar:Kashmir Valley
remained shut for the 88th consecutive day on Tuesday and life remained
paralysed as authorities made heavy deployments of security forces in Srinagar
and other areas. Officials said sufficient deployments of the CRPF and state
police were made here as well as all district headquarters to maintain
peace.Separatists called for protests by women across the valley on
Tuesday.Women were asked to assemble and occupy city squares, market places and
traffic inter-sections to register peaceful protests.IANS
Woman separatist leader Andrabi
held in Kashmir
Srinagar: Elusive woman
separatist leader Asiya Andrabi was arrested by police here on Tuesday.The
chief of Dukhtaran-e-Millat outfit was nabbed from Basant Bagh area of the city
this afternoon, a police official said.PTI
National Conference
delegation meets Jammu and Kashmir Governor against mass repression
Srinagar:A delegation of
opposition National Conference on Tuesday met Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN
Vohra and sought his intervention in safeguarding the rights of people in the
Valley against “harassment and mass repression” under the garb of law and order
measures.1-member delegation led by former minister Sakina Ittoo apprised the
Governor about “unprecedented mass arrests, slapping of Public Safety Acts, destruction
of paddy harvest, nocturnal raids and large scale harassment of civilians
across the Valley.”PTI
Cops may book more than 100
govt employees for Kashmir protests
New Delhi: J&K police
are in the process of booking more than 130 state govt employees under the stringent PSA on charges
of directly and indirectly instigating the present unrest in the Valley.Most of
these employees participated in stone pelting security forces following the
killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani on July 8. More than 90 people have
died in clashes with security forces and over 10,000 security personnel injured
in the stone-pelting incidents after Wani’s killing.HT
Pakistan, India can’t
remain in this phase, need to come out, says Pak envoy Abdul Basit
New Delhi:In first remarks
after India announced that it had conducted surgical strikes against terror
launch pads along the LoC, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit said Monday
that the two countries need to “talk to each other, break the ice”. Basit said,
“If India is ready, Pakistan will be willing. But if India is not ready, we can
always wait. India has to make up its mind.” Seeking to lower the temperature,
the Pakistan envoy said “war is not really a solution to our problems” and
there is “no room for conflict in a nuclear environment”. indianexpress
Congress slams its leader Nirupam
for calling surgical strikes 'fake'
BJP slams Kejriwal, P
Chidambaram's comments on surgical strikes
When NSA Ajit Doval
outlined India's new Pak strategy- defensive offense - perfectly: TOI
Army wants 6 months to
smash terror infrastructure in PoK
Those seeking proof of
surgical strike should take Pakistan citizenship: Uma Bharti
BJP claims Kejriwal
‘making’ headlines in Pakistan: Here’s how Pak media reported his remarks
OTHERS
Over 30 per cent of
extremely poor children live in India: World Bank-UNICEF report
United Nations:India is
home to over 30 per cent of almost 385 million children living in extreme
poverty, the highest in South Asia, according to a new report by the World Bank
Group and UNICEF. The report ‘Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children’ said
children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty.In
2013, 19.5 per cent of children in developing nations were living in households
that survived on an average of $1.90 a day or less per person, compared to just
9.2 per cent of adults.Globally, almost 385 million children were living in
extreme poverty.The report said sub-Saharan Africa has both the highest rates
of children living in extreme poverty at just under 50 per cent, and the
largest share of the world’s extremely poor children, at just over 50 per
cent.PTI
RBI cuts repo rate by 25
basis points
Mumbai:RBI has reduced the
key policy rate or the repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25 per cent in the fourth
bimonthly policy review announced on Tuesday.This is the first rate decision
made by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the bank, which is headed by RBI
Governor Urjit Patel and comprises six members.“Six members voted in favour of
the monetary policy decision,” the RBI said in a statement.The committee had
noted that the sharp drop in retail inflation reflected a downward shift in the
momentum of food inflation, the RBI said.the hindu
Muslims too, make plans to
push for reservation
Mumbai:With Maratha morchas
getting massive response, Muslims are now gearing up to intensify their
struggle for reservation by forming multiple committees and undertaking protest
morchas.In a meeting at Haj House on Tuesday, which was attended by around 200
Muslim outfits and NGOs, a Muslim Reservation Coordination Samitee was formed
to plan the programme. Another committee of eminent people and religious
leaders is already in place to intensify the agitation. They have coined a new
slogan ‘One Mission—Muslim reservation’. The first protest march will be held
at Mumbra on Friday. Congress leader Hussain Dalwai said, “We are inspired by
the way the Maratha agitation is being carried out. We will undertake a similar
movement to demand reservation for Muslims.”HT
Kin of Dadri lynching case
accused continue sit-in
Lucknow : Women relatives
of 16 persons arrested in the Dadri lynching case continued to stage their
sit-in for the third day on Monday to demand the arrest of Jan Mohammad, a
brother of deceased Mohammad Akhlaq who was beaten to death by a mob.Activists
of many local organisations joined the women protesters at a temple in their
native village Bishada in Gautam Budh Nagar district of UP to support their
demand.The protesters led by Sadhvi Hari Siddhi demanded that Jan Mohammad, an
accused in a cow slaughter case, be arrested immediately. They accused police
of acting under state govt pressure in the case.IANS
I could have been an MP
from Malegaon, instead my life was ruined by false terror charges: Dr Farogh
Dr. Farogh Makhdoomi, who
was wrongly arrested in the Malegaon blasts case, spent 5 years in jail before
he was discharged from the case along with 8 other Muslim youth.Before his
arrest, he was earning a good income, but during the five years, the torture
and the harassment he underwent meant that he now suffers from short-term
memory loss. Dr Makhdoomi went on to file more than 700 RTIs during his stay in
the jail, and is now fighting for compensation. He spoke with Twocircles.net
about his trials and tribulations.TCN
I am out of jail, but I
feel I am in a bigger jail now: Syed Wasif Haider
Dr Wasif Haider was working
with a US multinational in 2001 when his life changed forever. In his own
words, he was kidnapped by the police, and for the next eight years, he
remained in jail on charges of being a part of a rioting team which fired up
Kanpur ADM Chandra Prakash Pathak and thereby killing him, along with
conducting the Kanpur bomb blasts in 2000. Haider successfully fought against
all 11 charges, and although he has been out of jail for quite some time now,
there is little indication that his life will ever be the same again. Haider
continues to remain jobless as no one wants to hire him; his children remain in
fear that something might happen to their father, and his family remains
largely ostracised. In Delhi to attend the ‘Peoples’ Tribunal on Acquitted
Innocents’, Wasif speaks to Twocircles.net about his sufferings, and his hopes
from the future.TCN
30 member IS module in
Kerala named Ansar ul Khilafa identified, claims mathrubhumi report
Kannur/Kochi:Islamic state
module in Kerala has been identified to be a 30 member strong trained group
actively recruiting youth for terror activities. The group named Ansarul-
Khalifa has been under the watch of intelligence and NIA for some time now has
also been planning terror operations in the state. The group had planned to
crash drive a lorry into the Jamaat-e-Islami conference that was held at Kochi.
The failure of this plan is what opened the doors to the NIA to track down and
arrest them. The team had also planned the assassination of four senior officers
in the state including an SP rank officer.mar al Hindi alias Mansid who was
arrested from Kanakamala at Kannur the other day was the administrator of one
of these groups. The group had also discussed the attack on the Jamaat
conference over the same group. The operation was called off following
suspicion regarding a mole in the group. The group then fell silent all of a
sudden. Thereafter, the suspicious group members decided to meet in person at
Kanakamala which was snooped upon by the NIA leading to their arrests. mathrubhumi
‘Assault’ on RSS man in MP: SIT begins probe,
no arrest yet
Bhopal: A SIT formed by the
Madhya Pradesh govt to probe the alleged
attack on RSS pracharak Suresh Yadav in Baihar town of Balaghat district on
Sept.25 has started recording statements of witnesses but no arrest has been
made so far.BJP govt had cracked the
whip against junior and senior police officials in connection with the
incident.In his late 20s, Baihar Zila Pracharak Yadav is recuperating in a
private hospital in Jabalpur owned by a former RSS functionary. He is likely to
be discharged soon from Jamdar Hospital as his condition was reported to be
better. indianexpress
RSS allowed to take out
route marches, cadres shouldn’t indulge in unlawful activities: Madras HC
Chennai:Imposing
conditions, the Madras High Court on Tuesday permitted the RSS to take out
‘route marches’ at 14 places in Tamil Nadu in November after its counsel
submitted it would take out processions on Nov.6 or 13 instead of this month in
view of the civic polls in the state.The court said the RSS cadres should not
indulge in any unlawful activities during the rallies and not raise any slogans
that will affect the sentiments of others, adding, police could impose any
other condition required as per law.Allowing the RSS plea, the court also said
the cadres must maintain ‘dress code’ (full pant) during processions. PTI
World
UN rights chief warns
Russia over Syria raids
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/rights-chief-warns-russia-syria-air-raids-161004100701127.html
UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein warned Russia on Tuesday over the use of
incendiary weapons in Syria's besieged rebel enclave of eastern Aleppo, and
said crimes by one side did not justify illegal acts by the other.Hundreds of
civilians have been killed or injured in air strikes since the collapse of the
latest ceasefire and Syrian govt's announcement last month of a Russia-backed
offensive to retake Aleppo. Repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure,
including hospitals, have drawn international condemnation - and accusations of
war crimes. Zeid said that the situation in Aleppo demanded bold new
initiatives "including proposals to limit the use of the veto by the
permanent members of the Security Council", which would enable the UN body
to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court
(ICC)."Such a referral would be more than justified given the rampant and
deeply shocking impunity that has characterised the conflict and the magnitude
of the crimes that have been committed, some of which may indeed amount to war
crimes and crimes against humanity," he said in a statement. According to
Fadela Chaib, spokeswoman for the World Health Organization, at least 342
people, including 106 children, had been killed in eastern Aleppo between Sept.23 and Oc.t2. A further 1,129
people, including 261 children, had been wounded. aljazeera
UN rights chief proposes
Security Council veto limit
Seven killed in Aleppo bomb
attack on hospital
Aleppo:At least 7 people,
including two medical staff, were killed Monday in a bunker-busting bomb attack
on the largest field hospital in an opposition-held area of Aleppo province, a
local defense official said.Ibrahim Abu Lays said a Russian warplane dropped
bombs on the hospital in the opposition-held Sahor district in Aleppo, besieged
by the Bashar al-Assad regime.aa
Syria army gains more
control in Aleppo after US drops Russia talks
Aleppo:Syrian regime forces
advanced against rebels during intense street battles in the heart of Aleppo
today, after US abandoned talks with Russia aimed at reviving a ceasefire
deal.UN rights chief appealed for action to halt the “ghastly avalanche of
violence” unfolding in Syria’s second city, which is reeling from some of the
most brutal fighting in 5-year conflict.AFP
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham: Abu
Faraj killed in US air strike
A US-led coalition air
strike has killed a senior leader of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the former Syrian
branch of al-Qaeda, the group has announced, shortly after Pentagon said it
targeted him near Idlib.Ahmed Salama Mabrouk, an Egyptian also known as Abu Faraj,
"was martyred after a coalition air strike in the west of Idlib
province", Jabhat Fateh al-Sham said in a statement on Monday on the
Telegram app. Aljazeera
OIC calls emergency meeting
on Aleppo Sunday
US, Russia should not clash
on Syria: Turkish def. minsiter
Turkish Defense Minister
Fikri Isik said Tuesday that Ankara wished Russia and the U.S. would not
confront each other on the crisis in Syria.The U.S. suspended Monday its
cooperation with Russia over maintaining a cease-fire agreement to end violence
in Syria. Speaking to journalists in the Turkish parliament, Isik said:
"We wish Russia and the U.S. would not oppose [each other]."World
Bulletin
How many times has Islamic
State chief Baghdadi been ‘injured’ or ‘killed’?HT
New Delhi: Islamic State’s
secretive chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is fast becoming like the proverbial cat
with nine lives. Every few months, there are reports of him being “seriously
injured” or even “killed” in an airstrike or attack by forces opposed to his
dreaded terror group. The latest is a report from Iraqi news agency WAA, which
said that a lunch prepared for Baghdadi and three IS leaders in Nineveh
governorate of Iraq was poisoned. This left four men suffering from “severe poisoning”
and they were “transferred to an unknown location under strict measures”.As
expected, this report was repeated round the world, triggering speculation once
again about the fate of Baghdadi, the target of a manhunt by the US and its
allies.HT
Islamic State chief
Baghdadi poisoned during feast, say reports
Turkey purges 13,000 police
officers over failed coup
Turkey has suspended almost
13,000 police officers for their alleged links with the US-based Muslim cleric,
Fethullah Gulen.The latest wave adds to the 100,000 or so govt workers dismissed or suspended since July's
failed coup.Gulen denies the govt 's accusation that he or his supporters orchestrated
the coup.The govt in turn rejects claims
it is using the coup as an excuse to get rid of its opponents.It insists those
without proven links to the coup will be freed.More than 2,500 officers whose
suspensions were announced on Tuesday were police chiefs, said Turkish national
police in a statement. bbc
Turkey extends emergency by
90 days
ISTANBUL: Turkish Deputy PM
Numan Kurtulmus says a three-month-long
state of emergency, declared after Turkey’s failed military coup, has been
extended by three more months. Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting
Monday, Kurtulmus said the state of emergency will be extended for another 90
days from Oct. 19. AP
Putin to attend World
Energy Congress in Istanbul
ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Russian
President Vladimir Putin will attend the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul
due between Oct. 9 and Oct. 13, according to Russian Presidential Adviser Yuri
Ushakov.Ushakov announced Tuesday that Putin will meet Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan on Oct. 10. Anadolu agency
Fighting rages in
Afghanistan's Kunduz for second day
Afghan forces say they have
regained control of Kunduz city centre from the Taliban, but heavy fighting
continued in and around the provincial capital for a second day.Mohammad Qasim
Jangalbagh, Kunduz's police chief, told the AFP on Tuesday that hundreds of
Taliban fighters were killed in the clashes and that the group was
"cleared" from the centre of the city. The ambitious assault on
Kunduz came almost exactly a year after the Taliban briefly captured the city
in one of its biggest successes in 15 years of fighting.The attack in Kunduz,
as well as Taliban gains in areas of Helmand and Uruzgan where they also
threaten provincial capitals, has underlined the group's growing strength and
exposed weaknesses in the govt , which is meeting foreign donors in Brussels
this week to try to secure billions of dollars in extra aid. Aljazeera
California signs law to
address Sikh, Muslim students bullying
San Francisco:Amid growing
incidents of bullying and discrimination against Sikh-American, South Asian and
Muslim students in the US, California state has approved a new law to provide a
safer school environment for children from the minority communities. California
Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2845 also known as the “Safe Place to Learn
Act,” seeks to address bullying of South Asian, Muslim, and Sikh-American students
as well as those mistaken to belong to those groups. “This is a landmark bill
for California that will curb bullying and discrimination in the classroom,”
said Harjit Kaur, Community Development Manager for the Sikh Coalition.PTI
Iraq urged to setup JASTA
style law to sue US
Iraq’s parliament has been
urged to put in place a law similar to the US’s American Justice Against
Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) to allow its citizens to prosecute American
forces and seek compensation for the damage done following the US invasion of
the country in 2003.In a statement, Secretary-General of the Arab Project in
Iraq, Sheikh Khamis Al-Khanjar, said Iraqis have the right to sue the United
States because the UN Security Council resolution 1483 considered the American
and British forces in Iraq occupiers. middleeastmonitor
UK announces crackdown on
immigration, decision to hit Indians
London:UK today unveiled
plans to further its crackdown on immigration through "work and study
routes" from non-EU nations, in a move expected to make it difficult for
British firms to hire professionals from countries like India.Home secretary
Amber Rudd told the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham she will
be looking at a range of options to cut migration.PTI
Nobel physics prize awarded
to David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz for topology work
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