Evening NEWS DIGEST
07 Nov. 2016: 06 Safar 1438: Vol: 8, No:29
NDTV India Ban Put On Hold By Govt
NEW DELHI: The one-day ban on NDTV's Hindi channel, widely protested by the media, has been put on hold by Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu.The decision comes after the Supreme Court agreed to hear NDTV's appeal tomorrow against the ban.NDTV
New Delhi: 23 days after
JNU student Najeeb Ahmed went missing, his mother Fatima Nafees was on Sunday
dragged on the road by the Delhi Police as she resisted her detention during a
protest near the India Gate. "Najeeb's mother was manhandled by the Delhi
Police. Beaten up and dragged into the police van. Later, she was taken to
Mayapuri police station," JNU Students Union member Satarupa Chakraborty
said. "The police blocked all the ways to India Gate and detained the
peaceful protesters from the National Archive to different police
stations," she added."Police have detained us and have brutally
beaten us and have broken our mobile phones. Many protesters have been detained
and are being taken to different locations. They openly threatened us that they
will shoot us, saying that we have been hiding Najeeb for the last 23
days," JNUSU president Mohit Pandey said.CM Arvind Kejriwal also reached Mandir Marg
police station, where Najeeb's mother was kept, and said, "Had police have
taken such efforts in finding Najeeb as they are taking in stopping protesters,
they would have found him long back.""I was hit in the leg and on the
shoulder while my aunt got hurt in the hand. This is a shameful act. We went
there for a peaceful protest and they did this to us," said Najeeb's
sister Sadaf Musharraf. Earlier on Sunday, Kejriwal along with a delegation of
JNU students on Sunday met President Pranab Mukherjee and submitted a letter to
him seeking his intervention in the case."I met President Mukherjee to
seek his intervention on Najeeb. He assured of all support and said he will
seek a report from MHA and JNU administration,"Kejriwal tweeted.DNA
Missing JNU student
Najeeb’s mother wants CBI probe; says cops ‘manhandled’ her
Mother And Sister Of
Missing JNU Student Najeeb Detained And Released After Protest March
DCW notice to top cop over
misbehaviour by policemen with JNU students
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a
notice to Police Commissioner, seeking an explanation for the alleged
misbehaviour by policemen with female students of JNU during a protest. “I have
received a complaint from a girl regarding alleged groping and physical abuse
by a police officer during a peaceful protest for missing JNU student Najeeb
Ahmed at India Gate. A picture which clearly shows a policeman groping her was
displayed today in the newspaper,” DCW chief Swati Maliwal said in the letter
issued to Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Verma.“Complainant has also informed
the commission that there were no female police personnel deputed there and
when the girl students objected to this, the policemen abused the students,
passed sexist comments and forcefully dragged the girls to a bus which too did
not have any female policeperson,” she added.PTI
Instead of Justice,
Najeeb's Mother is Dragged and Detained by Cops
JNU football team wears
missing student Najeeb Ahmad’s name on jerseys
Mother dragged on road; I
was hit in leg and shoulder: Najeeb's sister
JNU missing student case:
No report sought by President on Delhi Police, says MHA
New Delhi:A day after Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal met President Pranab
Mukherjee to express concern over what he called the high handedness of Delhi
Police in handling the JNU students union protest and Police's inability to
find Najeeb Ahmed for 24 days.Less than 24 hours later Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) denied that the President had sought a report from the ministry. MHA also
clarified that, they have not a sought a report from Delhi Police.Though
sources pointed out that Delhi Police had been given a free hand, they said
there were a few anomalies like shortage of women constable, who should have
been present to deal with women protesters and even Najeeb's mother.Though no
report would be sought, officials may unofficially seek answer to some of the
questions.indiatoday
Police action draws ire at
rally for Najeeb
HC extends relief to JNU
students till 24 Nov:IANS
New Delhi: Delhi High Court
on Monday extended the relief granted to JNU students against university’s
decision holding them guilty of indiscipline in the Feb.9 event. Justice
Sanjeev Sachdeva scheduled the hearing on pleas filed by the JNU students —
Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban and others — for Nov.24 due to paucity of
court’s time today.“It (hearing) will take some time. I have to go through the
charges against all the students. I will have to look at the videos,” said HC.
NDTV moves SC against govt
order to go off air on Nov.9
News network NDTV has
approached the Supreme Court against a controversial central govt notice ordering its Hindi channel, NDTV India,
off the air for a day, one of the group’s top directors tweeted on Monday. NDTV
India was asked to go off the air on Nov.9 after govt said the channel revealed
sensitive details during its coverage of a militant attack on the Pathankot
airbase.This was the first time a channel was asked to stop broadcasting over
concerns about national security.But the order has been widely panned with
activists, journalists and opposition politicians accusing BJP-led govt of singling out NDTV and muzzling free speech.Many
of them have also dubbed the order a return of the “Emergency-era” blackout of
television channels.But govt has defended the action, saying many other
channels were banned in the past and that free speech couldn’t be absolute or
override national security.HT
NDTV ban uncalled for,
reverse it immediately: Press Club, NBSA other Media outlets march in protest
New Delhi: The protest
meeting representing various media organisations resolves that the decision of
the Inter-Ministerial Committee of the I&B Ministry, to take NDTV India off
the air for a day is arbitrary and violates the fundamental principles of
freedom of expression as enshrined in our Constitution.The meeting resolves
that the govt immediately quash the order as the decision amounts to uncalled
for censorship and is in utter disregard of already established redress
mechanisms - Press Council of India and National Broadcasting Standards
Authority(NBSA),which have been specifically constituted to look into such
issues, including if any. ndtv
Journalists to march in
protest against ban on NDTV
NDTV India ban: MP, Zee
News owner Subhash Chandra calls for ‘lifetime’ ban on channel
New Delhi:The controversy
over the unprecedented decision of an inter-ministerial panel to take ‘NDTV
India’ off air for a day refuses to die down with Essel Group chairman Subhash
Chandra Goel saying that a lifetime ban should have been imposed on the
channel. Rajya Sabha MP in a scathing attack on the channel concerned said he
felt that even the court will berate it for playing with the country’s
security. In a series of tweets, he also criticized those who were likening the
incident with the “emergency” era. He alleged that during UPA tenure, Centre
was considering to slap a ban on Zee channel. He also accused the intellectuals
and Editors’ Guild of keeping mum then. financial express
Zee News owner Chandra
wants life-ban for NDTV
Sudarshan News owner yet to
be held in rape case:HT
Noida: Police are yet to
arrest Suresh Chavhanke, owner and editor-in-chief of Sudarshan News Network, 3
days after an FIR was lodged against him for rape, attempt to murder, and
fraud. FIR also names Narain Sai, son of self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu,
for attempt to rape.On Wednesday, a former employee of the Sudarshan channel
had filed an FIR in the women’s police station in Noida alleging that Chavhanke
had raped her and attempted to have unnatural sex with her on Oct. 20. She also
accused Narain Sai of attempting to rape her in Sept.2013.The victim further
claimed that Chavhanke had been sexually exploiting her since 2013 on the
promise of marriage and had also taken cash and jewellery worth Rs. 27 lakh
from her.The police have booked Chavhanke under 11 sections of IPC including
charges of rape, attempted unnatural sex, attempt to murder, forced
miscarriage, criminal intimidation, cheating and outraging the modesty of a
woman. While Sai is currently in Surat jail in a previous case, the police are
yet to arrest Chavhanke. Anju Tevatia, investigating officer of the case, said
that the police have not yet completed the investigation. “We are still
investigating the case. The decision to arrest Chavhanke would be taken only
after that,” she said.
Ndtv INDIA could succeed in
challenging ban if it were to dispute validity of cable Tv code rules
‘Democracy’s darkest hour’
to ‘well deserved’: Who said what about NDTV India ban
Govt’s blackout of TV news
channels dangerous for democracy
BHOPAL KILLING
Umbrella body of MP Muslim
organisations to visit families of slain Bhopal prisoners:HT report
Bhopal:A group of Muslim
elders and leaders from Bhopal will soon visit families of 6 SIMI men from the
state killed by police in an alleged encounter, along with two others, on
Oct.31. The other 2 men shot dead in the “gun battle” were from Gujarat and
Maharashtra. 5 men namely Amjad Khan,Mohammad Aqeel Khilji,Mehboob Guddu, Zakir
Hussein and Mohammad Saliq alias Sallu, were from Khandwa.Other from the state,
Abdul Majid, hailed from Mahidpur town in Ujjain. Group would pay visits to
Khandwa and Ujjain to console the bereaved families and interact with them,
said Masood Ahmed Khan, secretary of the Madhya Pradesh unit of the
Coordination Committee for Indian Muslims (CCIM). He said they were also
exploring legal options so that “victims of the encounter get justice.” Many
Muslims groups in Bhopal, including the MP unit of the CCIM, too alleged the
encounter was stage- managed and demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the
Supreme Court.The visit of the Muslim elders assume significance in the wake of
a SC guidelines that states: “If the family of any victim finds that all the SC
guidelines have not been followed or there exists a pattern of abuse or lack of
independent investigation or impartiality by any of the functionaries, it can
make a complaint to the Session Judge having territorial jurisdiction over the
place of incident”. Case pertaining to the encounter, observers said, could
take a new turn based on the stand the families take during their meeting with
the Muslim leaders. On Friday Muslim groups were denied permission by Bhopal
administration to hold a public meeting at Iqbal Maidan. Later several members
of the community gathered at Tarjume Wali mosque and demanded justice for the
“boys.”They also announced to hold a massive meeting over the incident soon.
Slain men’s lawyer demands
HC-monitored probe:PTI
Clues to Bhopal jailbreak
‘inside job’: Moulds, CCTV off
Bhopal: Moulds fashioned to
match keys to locks, a knife found near a drain and non-functioning CCTV
cameras that cover Block B of Bhopal’s Central Jail. These are some of the
pointers that have led senior police officers in Madhya Pradesh to admit that
the jailbreak of 8 activists of the banned SIMI last Monday was a result not
just of lax policing, but of insider help and complicity. Hours after the
jailbreak, the 8 were gunned down in an encounter in Acharpura about 12 km
away, with audio clips suggesting that the police were instructed to “finish
them all”, and videos that show personnel shooting at bodies on the ground.A
senior police officer saod, on the condition of anonymity, that the extent of
“inside help” involved in the jailbreak was “staggering”.When contacted, MP
Home Minister Bhupendra Singh said it was “impossible to escape without inside
collusion” and alleged that the jailbreak was facilitated by “funding from
outside”.“The first indicator of foul play is the non-functioning of the 3 CCTV
cameras that point to where the undertrials were lodged in Block B. “There are
around 50 cameras in the jail, most of which are working, but these three being
off together is far too much of a coincidence. They had been turned off,” said
the senior officer.Each of these cameras had a residual memory of 7 days, and
had been switched off for longer, resulting in a complete lack of any video
footage of the area for the past week, he said.“One of the 3 cameras was brand
new, installed a few months ago when Rs 20 lakh had been left over after three
other jails in the state had cameras sanctioned for them. We put it in Block B
because of the presence of those accused under UAPA and terror cases. That,
too, was turned off,” said the officer. indian express
Judicial inquiry commission
formed to probe encounter
A Judicial Inquiry
Commission was formed on Monday under retired Judge S.K. Pandey to investigate
the Bhopal encounter. 3 months are given to submit its report. A PIL was also
filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court earlier on Thursday on the issue
demanding judicial probe into the incident. ANI
Bhopal encounter: Just
another assignment but yet to get order, says Justice Pande
Rewards for Bhopal
encounter cops off
OTHERS
SC asks Centre, 6 states to
reply to PILs on cow vigilantism in 4 weeks: indianexpress
New Delhi:The Supreme Court
on Monday asked the Centre and six state govt s to file replies on PILs related
to cow vigilantism within a period of four weeks. The ruling came three weeks
after the SC had agreed to examine acts of cow vigilantism and had asked all
the states and Central govt to reply to the PILs on August 21.A number of PILs
were filed by activists and political leaders across the country demanding
action against growing violence in the name of protecting cows. Congress leader
Tehseen Poonawalla filed the plea in SC alleging that ‘gau rakshaks’ were
spreading hatred against certain sections of the society like Muslims and
Dalits.
SC dismisses review plea
challenging Amit Shah’s discharge in Sohrabuddin case
New Delhi: Supreme Court
has dismissed a plea seeking review of its decision upholding the clean chit
given by subordinate courts to BJP President Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin
Sheikh fake encounter case. SC rejected the plea of activist Harsh Mander
challenging the order by which it had dismissed the appeal against the
discharge of the BJP leader in the case by the Bombay High Court upholding the
trial court order. "We have perused the review petition and the connected
papers. We do not find any error in the order impugned, much less an apparent
error on the face of the record so as to call for its review.”"The review
petition is accordingly dismissed," a bench of Justices S A Bobde and
Ashok Bhushan said in its order of Oct.19.PTI
SC will hear PILs on Delhi
pollution, smog on Tuesday
New Delhi:The Supreme Court
is scheduled to hear PILs filed in regard to the pollution and smog in the air
in Delhi. The top court wants the presence of lawyers representing the Centre
and the Delhi govts along with officials of civic bodies.
India, China discuss
terror, economy; no word on NSG, Masood Azhar ban
New Delhi:India and China
have agreed to maintain the pace of their high-level exchanges in counter-
terrorism and other fields after “friendly and open” discussions between their
National Security Advisors. NSA Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang
Jiechi, State Councillor, concluded their discussions in Hyderabad yesterday in
a “friendly, open and cordial environment”, it was officially stated here on
Saturday. Ministry of External Affairs said their discussions covered a wide
agenda spanning bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual
interest. It was Yang’s third visit to India in the last two months. “The two
sides agreed to maintain the pace of high-level exchanges in political,
economic, defence and counter-terrorism fields.“They also agreed that the
forthcoming high-level engagement in counter-terrorism is yet another
manifestation of growing convergence of views of 2 countries on this pressing
challenge facing international community”, it said. However, there was no
official confirmation on whether the two sides discussed contentious issues such
as China blocking Indian’s entry into NSG as also stopping Indian efforts to
get JeM chief getting banned by the UN.PTI
Ahead of Vienna NSG meet,
China says no change in its stand on India's bid
NIA probe in terror fund on
suspicion of links with separatists draws blank
New Delhi: NIA's probe into
2 bank accounts in Kashmir on suspicion of links with separatists has drawn a
blank. However, given the ongoing unrest in the Valley the agency will wait for
some time before filing a closure report, officials said. The agency had
registered a preliminary enquiry in August following intelligence inputs that
the two bank accounts in J&K Bank's Kupwara and Tral branches may have been
used to finance the unrest that erupted in the valley after militant Burhan
Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces on July 8. The probe has
not revealed any direct links of the bank accounts with the unrest in Kashmir
or with separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son Nayeem Khan, who was
summoned by the NIA in connection with the probe in August, a senior NIA
official said. "As of now, we have no new leads into the case, but we
would like to wait for some more time before filing a closure," said the
NIA official, who did not wish to be identified. The bank account under scanner
at the Kupwara branch was in the name of a local trading firm while the second
account in Tral near Phulwama has recently been changed to a cash credit
account to avail bank loans. These accounts caught the attention of the
authorities due to unusual high remittances, the NIA said after initiating a
preliminary enquiry. Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference said the agency was
"terrifying and maligning" the family. It said the NIA had been given
the task to drag "fabricated cases" to Delhi to "pressurise the
separatist leadership". economic times
Hurriyat to meet
‘stakeholders’ on future course of protest in Kashmir
Srinagar: Kashmiri
separatist leaders have called a meeting of all “stakeholders” on Tuesday to
decide the course of the agitation in the Valley, with sources saying they give
relief to education and trade in the next protest calendar.The Hurriyat
Conference leaders will meet at the house of Syed Ali Geelani, the leader of a
hardline faction of the separatist conglomerate. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who heads
a moderate faction, and Yasin Malik met Geelani on Sunday.Traders,
educationists, transporters, civil society members, religious, social and
political organisations, bar association and people from other walks of life
were called for Tuesday’s meeting, a statement issued by the three leaders
said.Separatists have been issuing a weekly shutdown calendar but there are
growing calls to look for alternative ways of protest.HT
Geelani, Malik, Mirwaiz
hold joint meeting at Hyderpora
Uniform code will lead to
mutiny:Thowheed Jamath leader
Trichy: The country will
see an uprising similar to the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny if uniform civil code is
introduced as it is an attempt to break its integrity, according to Tamil Nadu
Thowheed Jamath.The organisation's state president, FM Althafi, said that
Muslims would take to the streets in the upcoming days in protest against the
move and the movement would be spread nationwide. He was addressing a public
rally opposing a uniform civil code which was also attended by a large number
of women and children at Uzavar Santhai ground near Thennur on Sunday.TOI
UCC should be based on
Quran: AIMPLB lady member
Allahabad: All India Muslim
Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member Rukhsana Nikhat Lari on Sunday said if govt is adamant on enforcing Uniform Civil Code
(UCC), then it should be based on Quran."Everytime before elections they
talk about implementing this thing (UCC) despite the fact that the Constitution
provides equal opportunity to all citizens, including Muslims, to follow
religion and belief of their choice. I want every woman to come out of their
houses to oppose Modi govt 's agenda of imposing the code on Muslim community
on the garb of triple talaq issue," she said at a conference organised to
mobilise community members by Personal Law Committee and Jalsa-e-Tahaffuz at
Mazidia at Islamic Inter College.TOI
RSS' female wing says
opposition to triple talaq needs to come from within Muslim community
New Delhi: RSS' female
wing, the Rashtra Sevika Samiti, wants the practice of triple talaq among the
Muslim community to end, though the voices of change need to come from within.
Second in command of the world's largest body of Hindu women volunteers Seetha
Annadanam told this to Mail Today in an exclusive interview. The 'Pramukh
Karyavahika' or the general secretary of the Samiti said the organisation had
been discussing the problem as part of its discussion and also at the shakhas
which she claimed had been attended by a large number of women from the largest
minority group of the country. Just as the RSS, the samiti too is organised on
the lines of local shakhas. indiatoday
Campaign against triple
talaq at one sitting planned
Hyderabad: All India Muslim
Personal Law Board executive committee member Maulana Syed Khaleel-ur-Rahman
Sajjad Nomani on Saturday said that the Muslim panel is deliberating on a
massive campaign to discourage the pronouncement of single-sitting oral triple
talaq even as he maintained that the form of divorce remains valid."It
(oral triple talaq in one sitting) is not just a sin, it is a crime," the
eminent Muslim cleric said at the Madrassa Ashraf ul Uloom in Saidabad. timesofindia
Mumbai: Muslim ulema launch
signature campaign against Uniform Civil Code
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila
Andolan survey contradicts census data on Muslim divorces, tripple Talaq: TOI
Mahagathbandhan in UP:
Prashant Kishor meets Mulayam Singh for 2nd time
Lucknow: Congress' poll
strategist Prashant Kishor on Sunday met Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh
Yadav here, triggering speculation of a 'maha-gathbandhan' (grand alliance)
ahead of the upcoming UP Assembly polls.The marathon meeting, spread over two
sessions and kept under wraps, came a day after top leaders of
socialist-leaning parties attended SP's silver jubilee meet here -- a move seen
as an attempt by Mulayam to forge an alliance ahead of the assembly polls
hardly a few months away.There was no official word from either side as to what
transpired at the meeting.State SP President Shivpal Yadav said he would tell
the media when such a development took place.PTI
Northeast student asked to
pay Rs 300 at Delhi Jama Masjid, Kiren Rijiju assures her of action
Delhi: In yet another case
of discrimination against the people of north-east, Niyang Pertin, a Delhi
University student along with her batchmates including a German national were
denied entry into the iconic Jama Masjid on Oct.31. However, instead of letting
it go, she chose to take the matter live on social media. Pertin, who studies
at the university's Faculty of Law, wrote an open letter on Facebook tagging
the PM and the Delhi CM on the issue.She recorded her sentiments about the
incident from the large entrance of Jama Masjid itself and posted it on her
Facebook page, prompting swift response from scores of students and above all,
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju.Rijiju took note of the
Facebook post and assured Pertin for a follow up on the incident."Meanwhile,
the DCP MS Randhawa said, "We have met the girl and recorded her
statement. We are enquiring the matter and will take appropriate legal action
if we find something wrong." DNA
Only SC can decide on Ram
Temple: Khaliq Ahmad, petitioner in Babri Masjid case
Khaliq Ahmad Khan is the
nominee of Maulana Mehfuzur Rahman, one of the petitioners in the Ram
Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid case. He is a resident of Faizabad and is the
convener of the local Hilal committee. He is also an executive member of the
All India Milli Council which is against changes in the Muslim personal law.
Khan said, "Even the Supreme Court cannot pave the way for a Ram temple
till it decides the title suit which is about who owns the land where Babri
Masjid stood before it was demolished by right-wing mobs in 1992. 1961 claim of
Sunni Central Board for the title was not decided by the court. Instead, in
2010, the Allahabad HC divided the land into 3 parts, thereby converting it
into an award suit. But we don’t want an award, we want the ownership to be
decided and we will abide by the decision of the SC." economictimes
India, UK to sign over
1-billion-pound biz deals during Theresa May visit
New Delhi:India and the UK
will ink more than GBP 1 billion of business deals during the three-day visit
of British PM Theresa May, who is here
on her first bilateral outside Europe since assuming office in July. Describing
her talks with PM Narendra Modi as”good
and productive”, May said as leaders, they both were working to improve the
livelihoods of their citizens – creating jobs, developing skills, investing in
infrastructure and supporting the technologies of the future.PTI
Kerala govt changes stand again,
bats for letting women of all age groups enter Sabarimala temple
New Delhi:Left Democratic
Front-led govt in Kerala on Monday told
the Supreme Court that it is willing to allow the entry of women inside the
sanctum sanctorum of Sabarimala temple. The apex court has set the next hearing
on February 20.The Supreme Court was hearing the petition seeking the entry of
women into famous Sabarimala shrine. indianexpress
No questions please, we are
patriots: P Chidambaram
World
FBI: No charges against
Hillary Clinton over emails
FBI Director James Comey
has told Congress a review of new Hillary Clinton emails has "not changed
our conclusions" from earlier this year that she should not face
charges.Comey sent the letter on Sunday, just two days before the US
presidental election. It followed one he sent last week saying agents would be
reviewing newly discovered emails that may be connected to Clinton. aljazeera
FBI warns of terror attack
in New York on US poll Day eve
New York:Authorities in New
York have been placed on high alert after receiving intelligence of a possible
terror attack by Al-Qaeda militants on the eve of the Presidential elections.
Authorities in New York have been put on high alert after intelligence inputs
about a possible terror attack by Al-Qaeda militants in the city on the eve of
the US presidential elections next week, media reports said. US intelligence
officials alerted joint terrorism task forces of the threat, which also
included Texas and Virginia though specific sites targeted for Monday in the
three states were not mentioned, The New York Post reported, citing a federal
source.pti
US poll: Special ‘havan’
organised in Mumbai for Donald Trump’s victory
New Delhi: With election
day in US just two days away, a special ‘havan’ called ‘Shaasan praapti yagya’
was organised at Saidham temple in Mumbai by trustee Ramesh Joshi for
Republican nominee Donald Trump’s victory. Trump, who recently lauded Hindu
community for its “fantastic”contribution to American culture, has Hindu
right-wing groups, both in India and the US, pitching for him.Speaking to
indianexpress.com, Joshi said the 3-hour long event was organised at the behest
of NRIs who visited the temple in the last two months and asked him to hold a
‘yagya’ for Trump. indianexpress
Ahead of US elections,
Hindu Mahasabha members pray for Donald Trump's victory; conduct havan in UP
Meerut: While the eyes of
the world are fixed on the US presidential elections, with many hoping for and
others dreading a Donald Trump victory, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha members
prayed for Trump's victory and conducted a havan in this regard at their office
on Meerut's on Monday.Pandit Ashok Sharma, national vice president of the
outfit, said, "The thinking and political policies of Donald Trump bear a
striking resemblance with that of Nathuram Godse. With the outlook Trump has
against radical Islam terrorism, world peace will prevail only if he comes to
power." timesofindia
Donald Trump accuses IBM of
moving jobs to India
Washington: Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump today accused US tech giant IBM of laying off
500 workers in Minneapolis and shifting their jobs to India and other countries
as he warned of levying a 35% tax on companies doing so if he is
elected."IBM laid off 500 workers in Minneapolis and moved their jobs to
India and other countries. A Trump administration will stop the jobs from
leaving America, and we will stop the jobs from leaving Minnesota," Trump
said in his speech yesterday in Minneapolis, as part of efforts to woo voters
in Minnesota state which has been a Democrat stronghold.PTI
President Assad laughs and
says he sleeps fine when asked about all the children killed in Syria
President Bashar al-Assad
laughed and said he sleeps fine when he was asked during an interview about all
the children killed every day in Syria.Assad also said the deaths of hundreds
of thousands of civilians is “the fault of terrorists” and said “we are talking
about war, not charity”.During an interview with the Sunday Times, Assad was
asked if he sleeps at night with all the children being killed in Aleppo and
other parts of Syria.He reportedly laughed and replied: “I know the meaning of
that question. I sleep regular, I sleep and work and eat normal and do
sports.”He also shrugged when asked how he felt about all the killing. “It’s
the fault of terrorists and we are talking about war, not charity” he said.“In
war you always have innocents hurt or killed. What do you do? You do your best.
Terrorists are still in Aleppo and use civilians as human shields.”He added: “We
can’t just stand still and say, ‘Don’t destroy the city’. More important than
the city are the people, so we have to do the best for them.” The Independent
UK
IS hits back in Mosul, but
faces new Raqqa front:Reuters
Baghdad/Ain Issa:Islamic
State fighters targeted Iraqi troops with car bombs and ambushes in Mosul,
stalling an army advance in their north Iraq stronghold, but faced attack on a
new front on Sunday when US-backed rebels launched a campaign for the Syrian
city of Raqqa. Jihadists have lost control of 7 eastern districts of Mosul to
Iraqi special forces who broke through their lines last Monday. Officials say
the militants are now sheltering among civilians in those neighbourhoods and
targeting soldiers in what one called the world’s “toughest urban warfare”.
3-week Mosul campaign has brought together a force of around 100,000 soldiers,
security forces, Shi’ite militias and Kurdish fighters, backed by a US-led
coalition, to crush the Sunni jihadists.Across the border, US-backed Syrian
fighters announced on Sunday the start of their own campaign, called Euphrates
Anger, to recapture Islamic State’s Syrian bastion of Raqqa. Syria Democratic
Forces (SDF) is an alliance of Kurdish and Arab armed groups which has seized large
swathes of territory along the Syria-Turkey border from Islamic State and
pushed to within 30 km of Raqqa.But the prominence within SDF ranks of Kurdish
People’s Protection Units, or YPG, has raised questions over its suitability as
a force to capture the predominantly Arab city. Turkey, which has battled
Kurdish separatists for 3 decades, regards the YPG as anathema and Western
officials have said the Raqqa operation should be fought mainly by Arab
forces.Washington says the battle for Raqqa will “overlap” with the assault on
Mosul, in part because of concerns that any delay would allow Islamic State to
use it as a base to launch attacks on targets abroad.France also wants a
coordinated campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.“Mosul-Raqqa can’t
be disassociated because Islamic State and the territories it occupies span
that area,” Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. Baghdadi, however, has
told his followers there can be no retreat in a “total war” with their enemies,
and the militants in Mosul have been waging a fierce and brutal defence.They
have deployed waves of suicide car bombs, as well as mortar attacks, roadside
bombs and sniper fire against the advancing troops, and officers say they have
also left behind fighters among residents of districts taken over by the
army.“That’s why we are carrying out the toughest urban warfare that any force
in the world could undertake,” said Sabah al-Numani, spokesman for Iraq’s elite
Counter Terrorism Service (CTS). Militants also targeted the troops with car
bombs, sometimes waving white flags as they approached, he said.Major General
Maan al-Sadi, a CTS commander, told state TV IS fighters had launched more than
100 car bombs against his forces in the east, which is just one of several
fronts in the Mosul offensive.IS news agency Amaq released footage on Sunday of
captured or destroyed military vehicles, including the burnt wreckage of a
Humvee it said was taken in the eastern district of Aden. Fighters shouted
“Allahu Akbar” and unloaded ammunition and communications equipment.
US-backed Syrian alliance
declares attack on IS in Raqqa
Israel’s ruling party used
Facebook to track ‘antigovt ’ journalists
Jerusalem: Israel’s ruling
Likud party used Facebook to track the activities and posts of certain
journalists it perceives as antigovt , a member of the party, which is headed
by PM Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a
public debate on Saturday. Likud parliamentarian David Bitan, who serves as
chairman of the govt coalition, told the
gathering that he and some friends had been following the Facebook pages of
journalists hired recently to set up a new public broadcasting service.“We went
and we checked the Facebook pages of these people. We saw what they are writing
and I will tell you that we are talking about people who are leftist. They want
to impose their own agenda on the new channel,” he said in the forum.Bitan has
been leading a crusade recently against the establishment of the Israel Public
Broadcasting Corporation. The new public TV and radio channel, which was slated
to launch in the coming months, was approved by the govt in 2014 to replace the country’s antiquated
Israel Broadcasting Authority.Washington
82 Israeli settlers storm
Al-Aqsa
Dozens of Jewish settlers
today stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy protection from Israeli security
forces, Quds Press reported. According to the news agency, 82 Jewish settlers
stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque via the Israeli-controlled Al-Maghrebi Gate under
Israeli police protection. Israeli police confiscated the identity cards of
some of the Palestinian worshipers as they entered to perform the morning
prayer and prevented others from entering during the incursions. middleeastmonitor
Egypt's oil minister makes
rare trip to Iran for oil talks after Saudi suspension:Reuters
Muslim Brotherhood welcomes
British report criticising govt review
UK: Govt Review into Muslim
Brotherhood criticised by senior MP committee
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