Evening NEWS DIGEST
12 Oct. 2016: 10 Muharram 1438: Vol: 8, No:09
India to lead global beef
sector volumes despite rise in Hindu sentiment, says report
The rise of nationalistic
Hindu sentiment notwithstanding, India’s beef sector will continue to be one of
the country’s bright spots of agribusiness and will continue to lead the global
beef trade in volume, according to Fitch group firm BMI Research. “India
specialises in the production of cheap and abundant buffalo meat and will
continue to lead the global beef trade in volume, amidst increasing demand for
inexpensive meat in Asia and the Middle East,” BMI Research said in a
report.However, India’s reliance on illegal trade routes to China makes the
sector vulnerable to a potential crackdown on smuggling, it added.The report
noted that after more than a year since the implementation of a ban of cow
slaughter and consumption in the Indian state of Maharashtra on growing
opposition to cow meat nationally, the country’s beef sector remains one of faster
growing agribusiness markets.“India’s beef sector will continue to be one of
the country’s agribusiness bright spots despite the rise of nationalistic Hindu
sentiment,” it said.Low local consumption of beef has also allowed the country
to record very large exportable surpluses, as only 50 per cent of production is
consumed locally, compared with 80 per cent in Brazil, according to the
report.“We forecast beef meat production to grow at a steady 4 per cent
annually over 2016-2020, to reach 5.1 million tonnes at the end of that
period,” BMI Research said in the paper.India, which overtook Brazil as the
world’s largest beef exporter in 2014, will maintain a head start over its
competitors in terms of exportable supply in the coming years as the country
will record a surplus of 2.2 million tonnes on average over 2016-2020, compared
with 2 million tonnes for Brazil and 1.5 million tonnes for Australia, the
report said.Looking ahead, beef production growth will be mainly driven by the
domestic growth in the dairy sector and by steady demand in the international
market, BMI Research said.Paper highlighted that a significant part of India’s
beef trade is done through illegal channels, as live cattle is exported to
Bangladesh (prohibited by the Indian government) and frozen meat reaches China
via Vietnam (which is prohibited by China). Therefore, it said, India’s beef
market is at a high risk of a change in trade regulation or a crackdown on
illegal trade. indianexpress
Start Looking For a New VC:
HRD Ministry to AMU
New Delhi: Union HRD
Ministry has kicked off the process to find a replacement for AMU Vice
Chancellor Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah seven months before the expiry of his
term, the manner of its actions raising concerns whether the institution’s
minority status could be at risk.The ministry has written a letter to the
university to initiate the process to find a replacement for Shah and also
reminded it about the need to adhere to a clause of the UGC, which a few,
including Shah, fear could undermine some of AMU’s distinctiveness. Shah
confirmed to News18 receipt of the ministry’s letter and said he had sought
legal opinion on the ‘UGC Regulations 2010’ that stipulates that V-C of any
central university should have 10 years of teaching experience besides being an
academician. “We are seeking legal advice on the adoption of UGC Regulations
2010, which we want to be examined first.We want to know if it is going to
jeopardise our minority status, which is a very sensitive and important issue
for us,” he said. Shah clarified AMU had no problems with the regulation, which
is a general instruction for all central universities.“We are only examining if
it will prejudice our stand or not,” he said. AMU has a “distinct process” to
select the VC and the university was working on constituting a new selection
panel for the next Vice Chancellor, which would be over by Nov., he
said.News18.com
Talaq & uniform civil code
Ahle Hadees opposes triple
talaq but sounds caution: Indian Express report
New Delhi: As the triple
talaq matter being heard in the Supreme Court picks up momentum, with the
Centre filing an affidavit calling for it to be struck down on the grounds of
gender justice, there is disquiet among members of the All India Muslim
Personal Law Board and significant sections of the Muslim community.A reclusive
but influential section, Ahle Hadees, known as one among the more austere Sunni
sects, said to take “textbook positions” on the interpretation of Islamic
practice has made it clear that it sees triple talaq done in one sitting as
“not right” but has questioned the government’s motives. The general secretary
of the Ahle Hadees, Maulana Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi, in a rare interview, said:
“We oppose the idea of triple talaq. This is not in keeping with the Quran and
hadees (practice/sayings connected with the Prophet). We treat talaq said
thrice in one go as one utterance only and taking full cognizance of how the
Quran frowns upon divorce and advocates measured and patient attempts at reconciliation
and the presence of proper ‘panches’ or wise counsel givers in the process, we
are opposed to this form of talaq.”Maulana Mehdi, though, is categorical in his
view that “the Centre and Courts should not interfere in personal matters of
religion.”“It is a right under our Constitution to practise our own respective
religion,” Mehdi said. “We are uneasy with the way the Centre’s argument is
framed, to make it a contest between Islam and the Constitution, where Islam is
made out to be out of line with ideas of equality and gender justice. This is
wrong… Islam is not anti-women, Islam also allows Khula (where the woman is
free to seek divorce).” Maulana Mehdi, though, pedals back from any criticism
of the Board and says he is of the view that “at a time like this, as the
Personal Law Board represents all of us, no attempt must be made to break
ranks.”The chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Syed Jalaluddin Umari, echoed
this. Underlining that all major Muslim organisations and a vast majority of
the Muslim community stand solidly behind the Board, Umri said: “The problem of
triple talaq and polygamy has been blown out of proportion with the sole motive
of portraying Muslims as being patriarchal and misogynistic. The percentage of
polygamy amongst Muslims is negligible. It is not mandatory for Muslims to
practice polygamy but permission to have more than one wife does exist, albeit
under certain conditions’’.indian express
Jamaat decries Govt stand
on triple talaq:freepressjournal
Centre’s opposition to
triple talaq goes against freedom of religion, says Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: scroll.in
Govt infringing on rights
of Muslims,says JIH:greaterkashmir
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
opposes government 'bid to impose common civil code': Times of India
Govt's stand on 'triple
talaq' infringement on rights, says Muslim Body: NDTV
Government's Stand On
'Triple Talaq' Infringement On Rights of Muslims: The Statesman
Muslim org slams govt over
triple talaq:deccanherald
Anti Tripple Talaq &
polygamy activist Moots New Marriage Act, AIMPLB Trashes Idea
As the debate over Triple
Talaq heats up with the Centre telling Supreme Court that the practice violates
fundamental rights, a Muslim women body has gone a step ahead and demanded a
new Muslim Marriage Act on the lines of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Shaista
Ambar, head of All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board, threw her weight
behind Centre’s affidavit last week in the apex court that the concept of
Triple Talaq violated fundamental rights. She told News18 that what the
community needed was a new Muslim Marriage Act that should be based on Quranic
principles of marriage while aligned with the law of the land. Ambar said she
had written to the then President of India Pratibha Patil as early as 2009 on
the need for such a law.Ambar’s suggestion for a new Act was rubbished by All
India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), a co-litigant in the Triple Talaq
case that has been arguing that it is part of Sharia law and is as inevitable
part of Islam.AIMPLB member Zafaryab Jilani said Ambar’s demand was “illusory”
in nature. “If the act prohibits polygamy, then how can it be based on the
Quran? Moreover, there are varied sects of Muslims in India…how will the law
take into account Shia, Sunnis, Ahle Hadees, Hanafi, Hanbali, etc?” he
asked.News18.com
No mention of triple talaq
in Quran, claim women groups
Aimplb To Continue To
Defend Triple Talaq
Any injustice done to women
in name of Islam not correct: Heptulla backs Govt stand on Triple talaq,
polygamy
New Delhi: The practice of
‘triple talaq’ is being given an “un-Islamic” interpretation by certain
quarters, Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla said today.Asserting that Islam was
“not a religion of inequality”, she told PTI that the practice of ‘triple
talaq’ was being “wrongly interpreted”, as the concept of one-time ‘triple
talaq’ does not exist.Refraining from commenting on the stand taken by the Modi
govt urging the Supreme Court to abolish the custom, she said “this is not an
issue where I can answer in affirmative or negative that I agree with the
Centre’s stand or not. I can only give my views on the issue and what I feel
about it.” Regarding abolishing of the practice of polygamy in Islam as has
been done in Hinduism, Heptulla said people should think about it and any
injustice done to women in the name of Islam was “not correct”.“Those who are
misusing Islam and not treating women equally are wrong. I believe in what I
say. Even a woman, on certain conditions of cruelty, injustice and other
reasons, can seek dissolution of marriage but nobody speaks about it.PTI
KASHMIR
ISSUE & SUOTH ASIA
Manohar Parrikar rejects
Congress’s claim, says no surgical strikes conducted in the past
New Delhi: Rejecting
Congress’s claim of conducting surgical strikes across LoC during the UPA rule,
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that there was no such Army operation in
his knowledge. “I’m Defence Minister for two years, and from whatever I have
learnt, there’s no surgical strike anytime earlier. What probably they are
quoting are what is called as action taken by Border Action Teams.” Indian express
Parrikar lying unabashedly
about surgical strikes: Congress hits back at Defence Minister
New Delhi:Congress
responded sharply to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's categorical assertion
that the Congress's claims of carrying out surgical strikes were false. It
demanded an apology from Parrikar, saying Congress governments had backed
surgical strikes by the Army during the wars India has fought in 1947, 1962,
1965 and 1972."Blinded by political vote-garnering out of the blood and
sacrifice of our soldiers, Mr Parrkiar is unabashedly lying. By claiming that
no surgical strikes have been carried out before, Mr Parrkiar has insulted the
armed forces and the sacrifices made by their personnel," said Congress
spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.TOI
Earlier cross-LoC strikes
had different goals: Ex-NSA Shankar Menon
Operations across LoC were
not publicised in the past, before the Sept.28 strikes, because they were not
aimed at domestic constituencies, former National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar
Menon has said. However, in the first comments made by a senior member of the
UPA PMO on the issue, Menon also said he had no regrets about not announcing
previous strikes, as they had different “goals” in mind.“Covert operations were
not announced to the country because the primary goal was to pacify LoC and cut
down infiltration and ceasefire violations, not to manage public opinion at
home. By keeping operations covert rather than overt, it was made possible for
the Pakistan Army to climb down and for a temporary peace to be
re-established,“ Menon said in written replies to The Hindu. Menon said the
term “surgical strikes” was a misnomer for the cross-LoC attacks, as it was a
“cold war era” term that referred specifically to operations aimed at taking
out the leadership of an adversary.“What we and Pakistan have been doing is not
[surgical strikes], and the use of the term leads to confused thinking about
cause and effect. What we have been doing is tactical, covert (until now), and
is designed to keep or restore the peace on the line...”he said.The Hindu
Pakistan seeks bigger South
Asian alliance to counter India’s influence in SAARC
Islamabad: Pakistan is
looking for a possibility of creating a greater South Asian economic alliance,
so that it can counter India’s hold on the eight-member SAARC, diplomatic
observers said. The idea was pitched by parliamentary delegation from Pakistan,
during its five-day visit to Washington last week. The Dawn quoted Senator
Mushahid Hussain Syed, saying in one of his interactions with the media, “A
greater South Asia is already emerging. This greater South Asia includes China,
Iran and the neighbouring Central Asian republics.” Hussain described China-Paki
Economic Corridor as the key economic route linking South Asia with Central
Asia. He pointed out that Gwadar port, would be the nearest warm water port,
not only for China, but, also for the land-locked Central Asian states. He added
that they want India to join this arrangement as well but Indians are unlikely
to accept it as they are comfortable with the advantage that SAARC provides to
them.ANI
Pampore encounter: 56-hour
gunbattle comes to an end, 2 militants killed
Srinagar: 56-hour gunbattle
between security forces and militants holed up in a government building at
Pampore on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway ended this afternoon with both
the ultras hiding there shot dead.As there were reports of two to three
militants present in the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) complex,
the security forces had to search all the 50 rooms of the building before
calling off the operation, an army official said. "We have recovered
bodies of two militants and the search operation at the EDI building in Pampore
has been almost completed," the army official said.While one militant was
killed on Tuesday evening, the other militant was shot dead by the security
forces on Wednesday, the official said. PTI
J&K Jamaat urges Jammu
Muslims to forge unity
Srinagar:Expressing its
serious concern over the rallies carried out by RSS in Doda and Kishtwar,
Jama’at-e-Islami J&K said it was a well-planned act to trigger communal
discord in the region.In a statement JeI said that PDP for the lust of chair
had sold everything before RSS and BJP and other communal parties who are
waiting for a time to effect a genocide of Muslim populace in the region. “Their
sole aim is to make Jammu and Kashmir a hindu rastra and that is why they not
only in Kishtwar, but earlier in Doda and Jammu also, marched with weapons and
batons in public in order to create fear among Jammu Muslims and incite
passions. During the regime of BJP, J&K witnessed immense communal divide
by inciting passions, trouble and communal tensions.” “BJP evacuated Gujjar
community from their land and shelters and even harassed them by invoking 1947
repetition by BJP Minister Chowdhary Lal Singh in recent past. This proves the
ill intention of these communal and frenzy parties who are hell bent to harass,
intimidate and maim Muslims for ideological hegemony.” greaterkashmir
Pak. delegation pulls out
of S. Asian Jaipur Sufi Festival
Jaipur: In yet another
fallout of India’s deteriorating relations with Pakistan, artistes and authors
from the neighbouring country are set to give a miss to the South Asian Jaipur
Sufi Festival beginning here on Friday.About 25 leading figures in the fields
of arts, literature, theatre and Sufi mysticism from Pakistan were invited to
the prestigious event.The event will be organised by the Foundation of SAARC
Writers and Literature, in collaboration with the External Affairs Ministry and
Rajasthan Tourism. The foundation is spearheaded by Punjabi writer Ajit Cour. Ms.
Cour told The Hindu that the ongoing tension between the two countries has
forced the Pakistani participants to pull out of the event. “As a strong votary
of good cultural ties between the two nations, I can only regret over the
decision of my Pakistani friends,” she said. thehindu
Chinese experts back Pak on
Uri attack, says no evidence to prove Islamabad’s role
Beijing: Rallying behind
Pakistan countering India’s allegation on terrorism, Chinese experts have said
that there is no evidence of Islamabad’s involvement in Uri attack and also
dubbed India’s move to completely seal its border with Pakistan was a “very
irrational decision” and would complicate Indo-China relations further, a state
media report on Tuesday."India is making a very irrational decision, since
no exhaustive investigation has been conducted after the Uri incident, and no
evidence proves Pakistan is behind the attack," the Global Times quoted Hu
Zhiyong, a research fellow from the official think-tank Institute of
International Relations of the Shanghai Academy, as saying. Indiatvnews
China's dam-building in Brahmaputra
could spell crisis for India
OTHERS
Zakir Naik linked Peace
International School converted minors to Islam? Claim media reports
Kochi: Police team
investigating the alleged links of Peace International School in Kochi with IS
accused, has found that 6 students at the school were radicalised and converted
to Islam. According to sources privy to investigation, the school authorities
had even radicalised non-Muslim members of the management committee. At
present, out of the 300 students, only two are non-Muslims.“Contents of the
textbooks recovered from the school exhort the students to lay down their lives
for Islam.A lesson in the textbook meant for Class II students asks a question-
What Suzanne and Adam would do for religious conversion? Besides, the book
contains many lessons, aimed at radicalising the students. One lesson asks ‘Why
Islam wins the battles? The answer is Islam wins the fights because it is a
sacrifice for Allah,” said an officer. However the police officers refused to
disclose more details about the students and management committee members, who
were converted.A police team led by Kochi Range IG S Sreejith has launched a
probe into the syllabus and activities of the school following information that
missing persons from Kerala, who reportedly joined the IS, were linked to the
institution. newindianexpress
School’s textbooks prepared
by Islamic centre team: The Hindu
'What advice will you give
if your friend becomes Muslim?' asks Class II textbook: India Samvad
Case against school: Salafi
groups accuse cops of anti-Muslim bias
Kozhikode: The decision by
cops to register a case against the management committee of the Peace
Educational Foundation in Kochi has drawn criticism from the Salafi groups in
the state who alleged discrimination by police.The slapping of terror charges
on individuals and institutions engaged in propagation of religion was highly
condemnable, said Ithihadu Shubbanil Mujahideen (ISM), the youth wing of the
Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen.The state committee of the ISM, which met here on
Monday , said the attempts to denigrate an institution by spreading fabricated
stories of religious conversion cannot be accepted."The police should end
invoking terror charges on the basis of religion. It is unbecoming for a
democratic society to defame an institution only on the basis of some report
prepared by officials and not after a detailed investigation," ISM said.
It added that the tendency of sending youths behind the bars after charging UAPA
on the basis of some hearsay is a dangerous trend. It is the duty of the
government to ensure that UAPA is not used indiscriminately against minorities,
including Muslims. "It is not desirable to spread the misunderstandings in
the name of textbooks that teaches only religion," ISM said.Kerala
Nadvathul Mujahideen (Madavoor) faction said the police's decision to single
out Muslim institutions, as the NIA does, should be condemned.Kerala government
should not try to implement the agenda of the Sangh Parivar, it said. The KNM
also registered protest against political parties that are branding all the
Mujahid organisations as extremists. "It is not right to accuse the entire
movement for the irresponsible stand of a few individuals," it said.TOI
Muslim forums allege
discrimination by police
6 Kerala IS accused,
closely following Zakir Naik, MM Akbar but hardly influenced by them: NIA
New Delhi: 6 men who were
arrested from Kerala on Oct.2, have told their interrogators that though they
closely followed Zakir Naik and another Kerala-based preacher, M M Akbar, their
speeches did not have much influence on them. Investigators found several video
clips on the mobile phones and laptops of the 6 accused containing the speeches
of Naik and Akbar. Both preachers have been accused of radicalising. A senior
NIA spokesperson said all 6 accused were Salafis (followers of the puritanical
form of Islam) and this was the common thread that brought them together.“They
were closely following the speeches of Naik and Akbar but told us that they
were hardly influenced by them. They said the preachers spoke not only about
Islam but other topics as well and theirs was one of the many speeches they
[the group] followed,” said a senior home ministry official.NIA said the
accused were inspired by the IS and had assembled at a hilltop in Kannur to
plan attacks against key politicians in Kerala and Tamil Nadu when they were
apprehended. the hindu
World’s 500 ‘Most
Influential Muslims’ for 2016-17: Despite facing flak in India Zakir Naik still
among ‘Honourable Mentions’
There is no change in the
listing of 500 ‘Most Influential Muslims’ of the world as far as Indian Muslims
are concerned. As like in last year’s listing, same two dozen personalities
from India feature in the list for this year.However, what is noticeable in the
listing prepared by Oman-based ‘Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre’
(RISSC), an independent research entity affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt
Institute for Islamic Thought, is that Dr Zakir Naik’s name appears under the
dignitaries regarded as ‘Honourable Mentions’.It reflects that the forceful
vilification campaign run by the Indian media against Dr Naik after the July
Café terror attack in Bangladesh, had no impact on his reputation across the
world. He is still regarded praiseworthy in the Muslim world.Dr Naik’s name is
listed under two heads – ‘Preachers & Spiritual Guides’ and ‘Honorable
Mentions’. It gives his details as:Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic
Thought is an international Islamic non-governmental, independent institute
headquartered in Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This is
the 8th year that the RISSC has released such a list. The publication selects
Muslim individuals from a range of categories of influence, 13 in total. Among
the top 50 in this list, there are only 2 known figures from India, a country
with second largest Muslim population: Barelwi leader Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan
and Maulana Mahmood Madani. Twocircles
130 'radicalised' people on
NIA watch list: DNA
New Delhi : After arresting
over 50 suspects for conspiring to set-up terror modules inspired by the IS or
for providing material support to the militant group, the NIA has identified
another 130 radicalised individuals, believed to be in contact with the
accused. This watch list is a "preemptive measure" by the agency to
track and monitor these individuals.IS does not have a direct presence in India
and has also not claimed any attacks in India. Several conspiracies and plans
have been foiled due to efforts of NIA and the state police. et, authorities
have noticed a trend of a sizable population getting attracted to and
supporting the IS ideology.The individuals on the watch list have not
participated in any incriminating activities till now. They are, however,
active on the social media and have made efforts on ground to gather support
for IS, officials said. "They've tried to gather support for IS online and
offline and enroll other members. They themselves, however, have refrained from
joining any module,'' they added.The decision to put these individuals under
surveillance was taken recently, after a few names cropped up frequently during
interrogations. Consequently, the NIA wrote to police authorities in nine
states – Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal, Jharkhand and Haryana – asking them to monitor these supporters.
NIA arrests 5 suspected
terorrists in Bihar:IANS
Patna: NIA has arrested 5
suspected terrorists, including 2 Pakistanis, from India-Nepal border in
Raxaul, Bihar, police said."NIA has recovered a map of important places of
Patna from the arrested suspects," a police official said.Police has to be
very careful and cautious and must have proper intelligence network .According
to police, a team of NIA and IB officials have been interrogating them to know
more about their plan.
15.2% of Indians are
undernourished: Global Hunger Index
New Delhi: Like most of its
south Asian neighbours, India has a “serious” hunger problem with 15.2% of its
citizens undernourished and 38.7% of under-five children stunted, said the
Global Hunger Index report released by the Washington based International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Tuesday. According to the report’s global
rankings for 2016, India, which ranked 97 among 118 developing nations, fares
worse than all its neighbours such as China (29), Nepal (72), Myanmar (75), Sri
Lanka (84) and Bangladesh (90), except for Pakistan (107).Also, India’s global
hunger index or GHI score of 28.5 is worse than the developing country average
score of 21.3. While countries like Brazil and Argentina have a GHI score of
less than 5 and ranked the best among developing nations, nations like Chad and
Central African Republic fare the worst with a score of 44.3 and 46.1,
respectively.The global community is not on course to end hunger by the UN
Sustainable Development Goal deadline of 2030, IFPRI said in a statement while
releasing the report.It added that if hunger declines at the same rate as it
did since 1992, more than 45 countries, including India, Pakistan, Haiti,
Yemen, and Afghanistan, will still have ‘moderate’ to ‘alarming’ hunger scores
in the year 2030, far short of the goal to end hunger by that year.However, the
report highlighted some bright spots, like 20 countries, including Rwanda,
Cambodia, and Myanmar, who reduced their GHI scores by over 50% each since 2000
(India’s GHI score fell by 25.4% during this period), and the fact that no
developing country for which data was available was in the “extremely alarming”
category. livemint
Gujarat Una effects: Over
300 Dalits convert to Buddhism including 216 in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Over 200 people
from the Dalit community from Gujarat converted to Buddhism in 3 separate
events organised by Buddhist organisations here on the occasion of Vijaya
Dashmi, organisers said. Another 90 from the state converted to Buddhism in
Nagpur, taking the total to over 300 Dalits. According to organisers, though
conversions are carried out every year on Vijaya Dashmi, this year the numbers
were high on account of the Una Dalit flogging incident. “As many as 140 Dalits
converted to Buddhism at an event organised by Gujarat Buddhist Society in Dani
Limda locality of Ahmedabad yesterday to mark Vijaya Dashmi,” Ramesh Banker, a
member of Gujarat Buddhist Academy, which organised the event here, said.65
people from the community converted to Buddhism at a separate event organised
in Kalol in Gandhinagar district, while 11 more converted in Wadhwan in
Surendranagar district. Some of them also embraced Buddhism at an event
organised at Kalol. A total of 65 persons converted at this event, P G Jyotikar
of Buddhist Society of India, said.“Most Dalits prefer this day for conversion,
as Ambedkar himself converted to Buddhism on this day in 1956. The reaction to
the Una Dalit atrocity incident was evident in response we received from the
converts,” Jyotikar said.While a total 216 Dalits converted to Buddhism at
events organised in the state, around 90 more from the state converted to the
religion at Nagpur, where Dalits from all over the country gather for
conversion, Banker claimed. “With this, more than 300 Dalits in the state converted
to Buddhism,” he claimed.“Buddhism is a humanist religion that offers equality
to fellow Buddhists without any stratification of caste that we see in
Hinduism, and therefore, we converted to Buddhism. Equality provides more
opportunity to an individual to grow,” said Arvindsinh Chauhan.“Atrocity on
Dalits takes place everywhere in the country because of inequality in Hinduism.
We converted to Buddhism because in this religion everybody is considered
equal,” she said.PTI
Mansa incident: Murdered
Dalit youth’s chopped limb found, three arrested: Indian Express
Ludhiana:Two days after the
brutal murder of Dalit youth Sukchain Singh Pali, Mansa police has recovered
the chopped limb from the fields of one Rajinder Singh of village Gharangna in
Mansa district on Wednesday. 3 of the 5 accused – Hardeep Singh, Balbir Singh
and Sadhu Singh – were arrested, confirmed SSP Mansa Mukhwinder Singh. The
remaining are yet to be arrested.The limb was sent to the hospital mortuary,
but the family refused to get the postmortem done. Aside from demanding the
arrest of culprits and placing murder charges, the family also demanded Rs 20
lakhs compensation, job for a family member and inclusion of SC/ST act in this
case.
‘Rein of terror’ unleashed
against Dalits in Punjab: Amarinder Singh
Gurdaspur: Punjab Congress
chief Amarinder Singh on attacked the SAD govt over killing of a Dalit youth in
Mansa, alleging that a “reign of terror” has been unleashed against the community
in the state.“Dalits in the state are feeling extremely insecure and fear for
their safety under the SAD rule,” he said.The former Chief Minister expressed
shock and concern after a 20-year-old Dalit youth, who was allegedly involved
in illegal liquor trade, was brutally killed and his leg chopped off allegedly
by a rival group of liquor smugglers in the district.PTI
Students burn effigy of PM
Modi, Amit Shah at JNU campus dubbing them as ‘Ravana’
New Delhi: A section of JNU
students chose the visages of PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah to
represent the demon king Ravana and burnt his effigy.The act might backfire on
them considering the university administration’s decision last week to order a
proctorial inquiry into the effigy-burning of the Gujarat govt and
‘gau-rakshak’ (cow vigilantes) and to issue show-cause notices to the students
concerned.Members of Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India
(NSUI) celebrated Dussehra last night by burning the effigy of Modi as Ravan,
claiming that it was a protest against the Centre’s “failure” in honouring its
promises and the continuous attacks on various educational institutions across
the country.PTI
Denying sex to husband for
long period ground for divorce: Delhi High Court
New Delhi; Denying sex to
husband for a long time without any justification amounts to mental cruelty and
is a ground for divorce, Delhi High Court has said. Verdict came on a petition
by a husband seeking divorce, complaining that his wife had subjected him to
mental cruelty by not allowing him to have physical relations for 4-and-a-half-years
though she was not suffering from any physical disability.While allowing husband’s
appeal, the high court granted a decree of divorce to him noting that the wife
in a trial court had not specifically denied the allegation.“In view the
foregoing discussion, we are of the considered view that the husband has fully
established that he was subjected to mental cruelty by the wife by denying sex
to him for a long period despite living under the same roof, without any
justification and though she was not suffering from any physical disability,” a
bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani said.PTI
Patriarchy Couldn't Stop
This 14-Year-Old Muslim Girl From Becoming A Wushu Martial Arts Champion
World
Syria's war: Russian air
raids kill 56 in Aleppo: aljazeera
At least 56 people have
been killed over the past 24 hours in the Syrian province of Aleppo as Russian
air raids resumed over the countryside, sources said.The deaths from raids in
Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr and Fardous neighbourhoods, as well as Ar-Rasheeqa
city, were the results of the heaviest Russian bombardment in days on the
city's rebel-held sector, people in the city said. Dozens were also wounded.Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights reported a lull in fighting on Wednesday.
"Silence is taking over Aleppo city. So far no gunshots or air strikes
have been heard, since the air strike[s]," monitor said. Al Jazeera has
seen a letter signed by at least 62 countries, including Saudi Arabia and
Qatar, calling on the UN Security Council to prevent further deaths from a
"calculated campaign".
ISIS reduces prayer
frequency 5 to 3 in Nineveh due to 'a state of war': ibtimes, Reuters
In a surprising move, the
Islamic State group has reduced the number of times a Muslim resident of
Nineveh in Iraq has to pray from 5 to 3, with the outfit's internal panel even
issuing a fatwa in this regard. Defaulters will have to face severe punishment.
According to a local news outlet:"Isis has issued a decree in Nineveh to
lessen Muslim ritual prayers from 5 to 3 times a day, due to what it calls a
state of war.
AK Party to bring
constitutional reform proposal to parliament soon, PM Yıldırım says
Istanbul; PM Binali Yıldırım
said on Wednesday that AK Party will soon bring the proposal for constitutional
change to the parliament, which includes the presidential system.Speaking at AK
Party's Extended Provincial Chairpersons meeting in Ankara, Yıldırım said that
the party will give people the last say on the issue:"Whether it is passed
by 330 votes or 367 votes, we will take the results to the people." DAILY
SABAH
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
sent feeds that helped police track minorities in, report says: Washington post
A powerful surveillance
program that police used for tracking racially charged protests in Baltimore
and Ferguson, Mo., relied on special feeds of user data provided by Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram, according to an ACLU report Tuesday.The companies
provided the data — often including the locations, photos and other information
posted publicly by users — to Geofeedia, a Chicago-based company that says it
analyzes social media posts to deliver real-time surveillance information to
help 500 law enforcement agencies track and respond to crime. Social media
companies cut off Geofeedia’s access to the streams of user data in recent
weeks after ACLU discovered them and alerted the companies about looming public
exposure.
France's Hollande admits
'problem with Islam'
Paris: President Francois
Hollande speaks of "a problem with Islam" in French society, in
excerpts published today of a book in which he also suggests that immigration
needs to be curbed. "There is a problem with Islam because Islam requires
(holy) sites and recognition," Hollande told two journalists from Le Monde
newspaper for the book which will be published tomorrow."It's not Islam
that poses a problem in the sense of its being a religion that is dangerous in itself,
but because it wants to assert itself as a religion in the (French)
republic," he is quoted as saying in "Un president ne devrait pas
dire ca", which translates as "A president shouldn't say this".
AFP
Islam is an infection,
wearing Burqa is a crime: French presidential candidate Bruno Le Maire
China targets parents with
religion rules in Xinjiang:Reuters
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