Evening NEWS DIGEST
08 Nov. 2016: 07 Safar 1438: Vol: 8, No:30
Won’t impose yoga on
anyone: Supreme Court rejects PIL to make it mandatory in school curriculum
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has said that it will not impose yoga on anyone and refused to entertain
a PIL seeking to make it mandatory in the school curriculum."Go and
persuade people to take up yoga. If people want, they will pick it up
themselves. It is for the govt and
academicians to decide what should be included in the school curriculum,"
a bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice LN Rao
said.Petitioner and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay had engaged 2 senior advocates —
MN Krishnamani and V Shekhar — and later jumped into the arguing arena himself
in an attempt to convince the bench to seek answers from the Centre. But the
bench refused to entertain the petition while permitting the petitioner to
intervene in a pending petition filed by advocate JC Seth on the same issue
that will be taken up for hearing on Nov.29.At the beginning of the hearing,
the CJI made light of Upadhyay’s petition by asking Krishnamani, “In this
polluted atmosphere, are you racticing yoga?Can you name an ‘asana’?
Krishnamani named ‘pranayam’ as one yoga but the bench was unimpressed. To test
the senior advocate’s knowledge in yoga, CJI asked, “What is the last asana
done after a yoga session?” Krishnamani failed to answer it. CJI said it was ‘shavasana’,
one which everyone who does yoga loves to do as it is relaxing. Finding
Krishnamani’s knowledge on yoga limited, the CJI said,“You are espousing a
wrong cause.”
Can’t impose yoga in
schools: SC
NCW demands ban on
‘unconstitutional’ triple talaq, polygamy in affidavit to SC
New Delhi:National
Commission for Women has demanded a ban on instantaneous triple talaq or
talaq-e-bidat and polygamy in its affidavit to Supreme Court on the grounds
that these practices are against the rights of Muslim women. “Triple talaq
(talaq-e-bidat), nikah halala and polygamy are unconstitutional because they
compromise the rights of Muslim Women (or of women who are married into the
Muslim community) to their disadvantage, which is detrimental to them and their
children. Therefore, these practices should be strictly prohibited,” reads the
affidavit.The affidavit adds that the Commission supports the stand taken by
Centre in the Supreme Court last month. “National Commission is herein
supporting the stand taken by the Union of India and is adapting the affidavit
filed by them.” NCW said that its submission before the court comes in the
backdrop of several complaints made to it by aggrieved Muslim women. “The
Commission is partaking of a large number of cases relating to women who have
been at the receiving end of the practice of unilateral talaq.”NCW is a
respondent in a case in SC on triple talaq and submitted its affidavit. PTI
Uniform civil code only
step by step: Law Commission Chairman
New Delhi: Law Commission
Chairman B S Chauhan, a retired Supreme Court judge, has stressed that the
Uniform Civil Code (UCC) should come step-by-step from the people instead of
knocking out the personal laws applicable to people of various religions for
centuries in one shot. He said the commission won’t impose its views on the
stakeholders in a report sought by the Centre on a directive last year by the
Supreme Court, pointing out that even Article 44 of the Constitution is in the
form of a suggestion and not a directive or mandatory injunction as it says
“the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code
throughout the country of India.” Even the recommendations of the law
commission, a statutory authority created through an Act of Parliament, are not
binding on the govt , he noted.free press journal
UP: Youth held for posting
objectionable content over tripple Talaq
on Whatsapp
Sambhal:A youth was
arrested for posting objectionable content against women on Whatsapp here,
police said today.The youth was arrested after an FIR was registered against
him for circulating objectionable contents related to women on Whatsapp, they
said.The content was related to Triple Talaq, they said. FIR was registered
against the accused on the basis of a complaint by Imam Mohammad Nazim.PTI
Triple talaq & polygamy
ruin lives: National Commission for Women tells Supreme Court
Madurai: Muslims stage
protest against uniform civil code
Kolkata getting ready for
mega rally against Centre anti-personal laws bid on Nov.20
Kolkata: Kolkata is set to
host a mega rally of Muslim leaders from across the country to drum up support
for their battle against the Centre’s bid to do away with personal laws and
replace them with a Uniform Civil Code.While the organisers of the 3-day
conclave, culminating in a public meeting on Nov.20, told HT that the turnout
could well cross quite a few lakhs, around 350 delegates are to attend the
convention and the meeting at Park Circus Maidan. They include prominent
national level leaders of community like MP Asaduddin Owaisi and Jamiat
Ulema-i-Hind president Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madani. Rooms in more than 70
hotels have already been booked for the delegates. Giant screens will be put up
in different parts of the city as the meeting ground won’t be able to
accommodate more than 1.5 lakh people at the most. Incidentally, quite a few
leaders of the state’s ruling party are expected to share the dais on the
occasion, which is likely to turn into a major show of power by the minority
community.HT
BJP to start movement
against ‘injustice’ faced by Muslim women in Kolkata
BJP complains against
Bengal ministers over ‘triple talaq’
Amid the raging debate over
‘triple talaq’ across the country, BJP West Bengal wing complained to the
National Commission for Women (NCW) and state commission against WB education
minister Partho Chattopadhyay for an alleged comment in support of the system.2
other ministers — state urban development minister Firhad Hakim and minister of
state (independent charge) Siddiqullah Chowdhury — have also been named.Mumbai
Mirror
Police close FCRA case
against Zakir Naik’s IRF
Mumbai: With no complaints of
cheating or duping of funds so far against the IRF, the NGO run by Dr Zakir
Naik, the Mumbai Police has closed its probe in the case. “For us to probe the
irregularities, we require a complaint. In the IRF case, the Rs 60 crore
donation which has been found to be suspicious, no one has come forward to
lodge a complaint that they have been cheated or the money was fraudulently
obtained by IRF. In the absence of a complainant, we have closed the case,” a
senior official from the State Home Dept.said. A probe was ordered by the
Maharashtra Govt after reports appeared of two terrorists in the July Dhaka
bombings being inspired by Naik. “During the probe, we came across one local
bank account in which over Rs 50-Rs 60 crore had been transferred from middle
eastern countries. This account allegedly belonged to a relative of Naik. When
probed deeper, we found out that funds were subsequently transferred to the
accounts of Naik’s wife, his children and even some of his close relatives,”
said the official from the State Home Dept., who spoke on the condition of
anonymity. Agencies had also identified 4 shell companies allegedly controlled
by Naik and his family. Indian Express
Mother of missing JNU
student meets Rajnath; Sister rubbishes all claims that he was mentally
unstable
New Delhi: The mother of
missing student of JNU Najeeb Ahmed today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who
assured her of his intervention to find out the youth who has been untraceable
since Oct.15.Fatima Nafees and other family members urged the Home Minister to
trace Najeeb, a student of School of Biotechnology in JNU and a native of
Badaun in UP .The Home Minister gave a patient hearing to Najeebs mother and
other family mothers and listened to all their grievances, official sources
said.Singh told them that Delhi Police has set up a special team to pursue the
case and he was personally taking stock of the progress in the probe.Home
Minister assured the family all kind of assistance, the sources said.Najeebs
sister Sadaf rubbished allegations that he was mentally unstable and said
efforts are being made to "defame" him instead of tracing
him."He had cracked university exams, he is a studious child. Do you think
a person studying at such a prestigious institution can be mentally unstable? I
request (all) that please dont defame him. He had sleeping problems that
children who are studying often have due to pressure. He had no other
problem," she said. His mother claimed that she had spoken to Najeeb on
the night of brawl and that she was sure that he did not leave the campus on
his own.PTI
JNU student Najeeb was
emotionally disturbed:Cops
JNU students protest at
Delhi Police headquarters:IANS
People are fuming at this
photo of a JNU student being ‘manhandled’ by Delhi Police
8 special teams formed to
investigate missing JNU student case: Delhi Police
SC decides to wait till Dec
5 as govt reviews NDTV India telecast ban
New Delhi: The ball is now
in the govt 's court as the Supreme Court on Tuesday refrained from hearing
NDTV's petition against a 1-day telecast ban on Nov.9, now put on
hold."What is there now? We have read in the newspapers that the ban is
already put on hold," Justice AK Sikri, the lead judge in the Bench also
comprising Justice NV Ramana, remarked. Both NDTV counsel and senior advocate
Fali Nariman and Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi confirmed the position to the
Bench.The court did not issue notice or indulge further in the case, which had
come up for hearing as a mentioning matter. The court posted the matter for
Dec.5. the hindu
NDTV ban on hold until we
examine its submission:Govt
New Delhi:Ministry of I&B
put on hold its decision to take NDTV India off air for a day on Nov.9 after
the TV channel made a “representation in this regard”. The order came after 4
NDTV officials, including its co-founder Prannoy Roy, met Union Minister for
I&B M Venkaiah Naidu. It is learnt that I&B Secretary Ajay Mittal and
PIB DG Frank Noronha were also present at the meeting. Order by Director
(Broadcast Content) Neeti Sarkar stated:“Channel has made representation in
this regard,which is under examination. Pending such examination, it is hereby
ordered that operation of the said order be held in abeyance till further
orders.” Sources said Prannoy Roy, at the meeting with Venkaiah Naidu,
requested that the I&B order be put on hold. He was said to have pointed
out that NDTV’s point of view had not been fully appreciated in the right
perspective by the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) which recommended the ban.
Sources said Naidu acceded to the request till disposal of the appeal and had a
detailed discussion with Roy on different aspects of NDTV India’s coverage and
IMC recommendation. Earlier, representatives of Editor’s Guild of India, Indian
Women’s Press Corps, Federation of Press Clubs, Delhi Union of Journalists,
Press Club of India and senior journalists from several media houses called for
a united fight for freedom of the press. indian express
DU professor Nandini
Sundar, JNU professor booked for tribal
man’s murder in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Delhi University
(DU) professor Nandini Sundar has been booked along with a professor of JNU and
others on charges of murder of a tribal villager in the insurgency-hit Sukma
district of Chhattisgarh, police said Tuesday. “An FIR was lodged against DU
Professor Nandini Sundar, Archana Prasad (JNU Professor), Vineet Tiwari (of
Delhi’s Joshi Adhikar Sansthan), Sanjay Parate (Chhattisgarh CPI (Marxist)
State Secretary) and others along with Maoists for the murder of Baghel based
on the complaint of his wife on Saturday,” Inspector General of Police (Bastar
Range) SRP Kalluri told PTI. They were booked under sections 120 B (criminal
conspiracy), 302 (murder), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 and 149 of IPC at
Tongpal police station, the IG said, adding, “strongest possible action will be
taken against those guilty after the investigation”. Though the case was
registered on Saturday, the matter came to light late Monday evening.PTI
Centre's plan for a hot
winter in Kashmir
Equipped with the
information that unprecedented terror turbulence can hit J&K as the snow melts next year which may spiral
the situation out of hand, the Centre has evolved a 4-pronged action plan to
restore normalcy.To be executed between winter months – from Nov.to Feb.– the
execution of the action plan will be monitored directly by small team under
PMO, highly placed sources said. There is a strong apprehension in security
establishment that lack of governance and absence of administration during long
period of unrest has helped create situation that has potential to put the
Kashmiri society on the path of Talibanisation. “Burning down of schools on a
massive scale across the valley is one indication of what Pakistan supported
terror groups are planning to do.This is an unprecedented development in
Kashmir that has never happened before.In all over 120 govt buildings have been burnt down or damaged of
which at least 27 are school buildings,” added sources. According to the plan,
the Army and the Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police aided by
central armed police forces (CAPFs) have been tasked to neutralise or apprehend
all the 300 odd terrorists and militants present in the valley. DNA
Attempt to ban triple talaq
will be counter-productive: Qamarul Islam
Kalaburagi: All-India
Tahafuz-e-Shariat Conference organised by All India Muslim Personal Law Board
(AIMPLB) and Milli Council here criticised the moves of the Union govt on the triple talaq issue and the uniform
civil code.Qamarul Islam, ex Minister and a member of AIMPLB, said that
interference in the Muslim personal law would not be tolerated.Accusing the BJP
govt at the Centre of hatching a
conspiracy to impose the uniform civil code in the name of ensuring social
reforms and gender justice. Mr. Islam warned that the Union govt ’s attempt to
ban triple talaq and impose the uniform civil code would prove
counter-productive. the hindu
MP violence: Police report
names RSS leader, ‘so cases couldn’t be filed’
Petlawad (jhabua): A 4-page
report prepared by Petlawad police on last month’s communal tension in the town
accuses RSS zila sah karyawah Akash Chouhan and his father Mukut of trying to
“polarise Hindu voters” to win the upcoming Petlawad nagar panchayat elections.
“They want to cause communal violence and win the election by polarising Hindu
voters. By their untiring efforts, the police foiled their attempts to cause
violence,” says the report, signed by subdivisional police officer Rakesh Vyas
and submitted to Jhabua SP Sanjay Tiwari. Blaming the Chouhans for the communal
tension in Petlawad from Oct.12 to 14, and for other instances, the report adds
that they could not register the cases “from [an] administrative point of
view”, “due to their [the Chouhans’] RSS background”.Says the confidential
report, “Uprokta sabhi ghatnaon me apradh panjibadhha hona the. Lekin inki RSS
prushtha bhoomi ke karan prashashanik drushtikon se aparadh panjibaddha nahin
kiye ja sake [In all these incidents, criminal cases were to be filed. But due
to their RSS background and administrative point of view, criminal cases could
not be filed].”The report adds that quick police action prevented riots, and
that “95 % of public” have backed it.SP Tiwari denied knowledge of the report
against Chouhan. However, he admitted that RSS functionary was an accused in
the attack on SDOP Vyas’s vehicle on Oct.13.Quoting PM Modi’s statement against cow vigilantes, the
police report also accuses 28-year-old Chouhan of running an organised gang of
100-150 whose members move on motorbikes extorting “entry (money)” from drivers
of vehicles carrying cattle, threatening to report the matter to the police if
turned away. Indian express
32 Indian peacekeepers
injured, child killed in east Congo explosion: UN
Kinshasa:An explosion
killed a child and injured 32 Indian peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo city of Goma on Tuesday, the UN mission there said.The blast
hit the peacekeepers while they were out on a morning run in the western Goma
neighbourhood of Keyshero, the mission added. The cause was not immediately
clear.Ismael Salumu, an imam at a nearby mosque, said three peacekeepers were
killed. “We just heard the explosion and the cries. We then ran over to see,”
he told Reuters.bout 18,000 uniformed UN personnel operate in Congo, where
millions died in regional conflicts between 1996-2003 and dozens of armed
groups continue to operate.Reuters
Bengal records more Muslims
in govt jobs: thehindu
Kolkata: TMC govt in Bengal
and the Left Front are both claiming credit for a rise in the percentage of
Muslims in govt service in the State.A recent census conducted by the State
administration showed a rise in the percentage of Muslims in govt jobs, but employee numbers are drastically
down overall. Of 3,31,249 govt employees
in Bengal, 18,991 are Muslims, making up 5.73 %. Muslim population is a little
over 27% as per 2011 Census.Nearly a decade ago, during the Left Front regime,
the Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee report on social, economic and
educational status of Muslims created ripples. Committee report said there were
4.7%Muslims (Groups A and B) and 2.1 % in (Groups C and D) in govt jobs, averaging about 3.4% . The number of
Muslims with govt jobs is a politically
sensitive issue for both the Left Front and TMC.
Delhi’s Muslim areas have
higher school dropouts
New Delhi:50% of the
children living in Delhi’s Muslim dominated area Jamia Nagar drop out of school
at various age groups, this number is more than double as compared to the
drop-out rate of children in entire Delhi. Among those who are attending
school, 79% of the children do not get proper education due to lack of
facilities. Fact that has been revealed in a report by IOS, a think-tank that
deals with minority issues, is shocking as Jamia Nagar is considered better
than other Muslim localities in terms of the socio-economic strata.Jamia Nagar
is a part of a larger Muslim-majority area “Okhla”, which officially has a
population of around 1.2 lakh.Reason, according to report is the inadequate
number of govt schools and lack of awareness among people. There are three
municipal corporation-run primary schools and two govt -run senior secondary
schools. The number is clearly inadequate in light of the population, the
report says.The survey was conducted recently in 14 areas in Jamia Nagar
including Zakir Nagar, Abul Fazal Enclave, Shaheen Bagh, Okhla Vihar, Batla
House and others by professors from IOS. This number is much higher than the
overall drop-out rate of the entire Delhi, which was 21.57 % in the year
2014-15.DNA
Rape accused Bijnor imam
surrenders in court, he says 'was framed in a false case':TOI
Bijnor: 2 months after
being on the run, rape-accused Bijnor cleric Maulana Anwar-ul Haq surrendered
in court on Monday. He was later taken into judicial custody for 14 days and
sent to jail.The cleric reached the court of CJM around 11:30 am and
surrendered.He was accompanied by a large number of supporters, and a heavy
police force was deployed in and around the court premises. Talking to media persons, the imam said,
"I was framed in a false case. I am innocent and believe in the judicial
system. I hope I will get justice soon.”On Oct.3, police had announced a cash
reward of Rs 5,000 for information on the absconding imam of Bijnor’s Jama
Masjid.
SC defines Delhi pollution
as ‘dreaded’, ‘severe’ and ‘disaster’, seeks Centre’s response in 48 hours
The Supreme Court on
Tuesday defined pollution in Delhi as “dreaded”, “severe” and “disaster”, and
sought a response from the Centre on its policy to tackle pollution by
Thursday. The SC noted down the suggestions submitted by Sunita Narain, Environment
Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) and other parties concerned and asked the govt
to come up with a Common Minimum Programme in 48 hours on how to tackle the
situation.The court is likely to pass a detailed order after govt ’s response. Indian express
Pollution can cripple NCR
economy, tourism to be hit: Assocham
Congress slams Rajnath for
‘maa ka doodh’ remark at UP rally
New Delhi:Congress on
Tuesday took strong exception to Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s reported “maa ka
doodh piya hai” remark at a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh and said it is sad that
the one responsible for national security is using “pathetic and provocative”
language. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Home Minister
was issuing open threats for votes.“Rajnath Singh’s coarse, crude language
tells us that BJP will stoop to the lowest common denominator for votes. Should
HM Rajnath Singh have indulged in such pathetic, pedestrian and provocative
language & open threats for soliciting votes?” he tweeted. “RajnathSingh is
responsible for national security. But he has no compunctions in intimidating
fellow Indians for votes. Sad and shameful,” he said in another tweet.At a poll
rally on Monday in Kairana, whose BJP MP Hukam Singh had raised the issue of
Hindu migration, Singh was reported to have said, “Those using muscle power to
terrorise people…hum dekhenge ki usne kitna mas ka doodh piya hai.”PTI
In divided Kairana, Rajnath
pitch: Dekhenge, kitna ma ka doodh piya
Hindu Mahasabha to contest
all UP seats, focus campaign on temple, gau raksha
ID cards for cow
vigilantes, funding: Hindutva high on Haryana govt agenda
New Delhi;On the outskirts
of Gurugram, hidden by the glitzy-face of development — imposing, glazed
buildings and sprawling farmhouses along blacktop roads — stands a
weather-beaten board with the name Shri Gopal Goshala.A pointer on this board
coaxes you to enter what seems like an outback of the Aravalli range.A few
hundred metres into the wilderness, you are greeted by a pasture-like scene
with mooing cows and lush greens. This is Shri Gopal Goshala, spread over eight
acres of land and home to over 700 bovines in the suburb of Gurugram. Goshala
(cow shelter), set up in 1996 by VH, affiliate of RSS is run entirely on
donations.HT
Muzaffarnagar: 2 sentenced
to 5 yrs jail for cow slaughter
Muzaffarnagar:A court in Muzaffarnagar
has sentenced 2 persons to 5 year imprisonment for slaughtering cows in Shamli
district in 2007.Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar on Monday
convicted Israil and Monu and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 each on them.According
to govt lawyer Javed Ali, Israil and
Monu were arrested during a raid and cow meat was seized from their house in
Azizpur village under Jhinjhana police station of Shamli district on August 20,
2007.PTI
Rajasthan plans cow welfare
fund, to ask staff to donate
Jaipur: Rajasthan will soon
have a CM’s Cow Welfare Fund, Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said on Monday.
The announcement came after the HM chaired a meeting of the cabinet
sub-committee that made the recommendation, among several others, on cow
welfare.Kataria said the CM’s Cow Welfare Fund or Mukhyamantri Gau Sanrakshan
Kosh will be funded by introducing 10% surcharge on mandi tax, by reserving 5% of corporate social responsibility funds and
levying 5% surcharge on temple trusts under
Devasthan Department of the govt , which has an annual revenue of Rs 5 crore or
more.Besides,every govt employee will be “requested” to give Rs 1-3 daily,
based on their pay scale, for donation to the welfare fund. indianexpress
In Rajasthan, 40 bulls wed
cows in grand ceremony
Karnataka Hindu
organisations slam BJP, Sangh Parivar for opposing Tipu Jayanti
Hubballi: Samata Sena and
other organisations have urged the State govt to register cases against those
trying to disturb communal harmony by making attempts to prevent Tipu Jayanti. Office-bearers
of various organisations, including Gurunath Ullikashi, Premanath Chikkatumbal,
Pitambarappa Bilar, condemned in strong terms those opposing Tipu Jayanti.
Gurunath Ullikashi alleged that the BJP and members of the Sangh Parivar were
trying to project Tipu Sultan, who fought against the British, as anti-Hindu
and were trying to disrupt Tipu Jayanti for the sake of gaining political
mileage out of it.He said that historical records proved that Tipu Sultan was
not anti-Hindu but was against the oppressors.He was a freedom fighter who
fought against the British and records indicate that he gave donations to Hindu
temples, including the Shrungeri Sharada Peetha.the hindu
BJP keeps protest against
Tipu Jayanti going in Belagavi; leaders taken into preventive custody
3 High Commission officials
in Pak leave for India: report
Islamabad:3 Indian High
Commission officials out of the eight accused by Pakistan of being members of
Indian intelligence agencies, left for India on Tuesday, according to a media
report. Geo News, quoting sources, reported that three officials — First
Secretary commercial Anurag Singh, Vijay Kumar Varma and Madhawan Nanda Kumar
left for Dubai from Islamabad on a morning Emirates flight.PTI
India slams UNSC for taking
months to consider ban on Masood Azhar:PTI
UN: India has strongly
criticised the Security Council for taking months to consider sanctioning
leaders of groups it has itself designated as terror entities, in an obvious
reference to the “technical hold” on India’s bid to get Masood Azhar banned by
the UN. Asserting that the Security Council is stuck in its own “time warp and
politics”, India’s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin
yesterday slammed the Council’s inability to sanction leaders of terrorist
organisations.
Pakistan slams demand for
new permanent UN Security Council seats as 'hunger for power'
New Delhi: Even as India
continues to push for a permanent seat at the UNSC, Pakistan firmly opposed its
expansion saying it will only "satisfy the hunger for power and privilege
of a few (of) those who want it", Dawn reported."Adding more
permanent seats to UNSC will only serve to satisfy the hunger for power and
privilege of a few and not address issue of representation," said Maleeha
Lodhi, Pak envoy to the UN.TOI
CWC raises issue of NHRC
appointment
New Delhi:BJP-led NDA govt ’s
decision to appoint party vice-president Avinash Rai Khanna as a member of NHRC
came up for discussion at the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday,
with some members arguing that the first-ever appointment of an active
politician to the rights body should be opposed. Sources said members spoke
about govt’s standoff with judiciary, and appointments to other institutions.
CWC passed a resolution expressing “deep concern and alarm over the continuing
and deliberate attack on the independence of the judiciary and the delay in
appointments of judges to the higher judiciary, which has adversely affected
the judicial delivery system”. Indianexpress
Kolkata: Clerics demand
allowance hike, residence
Kolkata:Criticising the
Trinamool Congress for not keeping its poll promise, hundreds of Muslim clerics
on Tuesday organized a rally here demanding a hike in their allowances and
residential apartments for Imams as promised by the ruling party during
elections “CM had started giving an honorarium to Imams and Moizzins of Rs
2,500 and Rs 1,000 respectively. We believe that the amount, which was already
too small, had no appreciation in over 5 years now.The prices of essentials and
vegetables have increased over years,”Md Kamruzzaman, leader All Bengal
Minority Youth Federation said. indianexpress
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BHOPAL
KILLING
Bhopal encounter: Probe
body will favour RSS, BJP version, says ex-advocate general
Indore:Ex-MP advocate general
came down heavily on CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan for appointing Justice (retd) SK
Pandey to probe Bhopal jailbreak and SIMI encounter. He said the move was aimed
at helping RSS and BJP propaganda about the killings. "Your selection of
Justice SK Pandey is neither fair nor impartial, but tainted to help the
propaganda of RSS and BJP about the encounter," senior advocate and former
advocate general Anand Mohan Mathur said in a letter to the CM ."As far as
I know, and this can be verified from various sources in Jabalpur, Indore and
Gwalior that Justice Pandey has been a sympathizer and supporter of RSS and
BJP, therefore, Justice Pandey will not be an impartial judge of inquiry under
the Inquiry Commission Act," he said. Mathur's allegations came at a time
when right wing activists staged a protest near his house on Monday against his
plans to form a human chain in Indore after jailbreak demanding appointment of
a Supreme Court Judge to head the encounter. The activists accused Mathur of
backing SIMI activists by attempting to form the human chain at Regal Square
here on Nov.5. But Mathur and his fellow protestors were stopped by the police.
Mathur referred to the police action in his letter and said due to repression
of govt and arrest of large number of his fellow protestors, the chain could
not be formed. The human chain was planned to push for appointment of Supreme
Court judge to probe the encounter because '8 prisoners, who are citizens of
India, have been killed by your administration'.He also accused PM Modi of
controlling print and electronic media. Mathur also demanded that FIR lodged in
encounter case and the post-mortem reports should be made public. Information
about the circumstances in which the head constable was killed should also be
revealed. "People of Madhya Pradesh want and answer from you so that
neither the FIR nor the post-mortem report could be manipulated," Mathur
said.TOI
Right-wing activists protest
at ex-AG’s residence
Indore:About 200 right-wing
activists gathered at senior advocate Anand Mohan Mathur’s residence on Monday
evening and shouted slogans against him for questioning the govt on the alleged encounter of the 8 men.Mathur
was briefly put under house arrest on Saturday for trying to hold a demonstration
to protest against the encounter, whose veracity has been questioned by many
individuals and groups. A number of social activists were also intercepted by
police from reaching Indore’s Regal Square, site of the protest.Several lawyers
and activists have come out in support of Mathur, ex advocate general,
condemning gagging act by police and compared it with the days of emergency.HT
Bhopal encounter: It is
just another judicial commission, says opposition
Govt issues notification
for judicial inquiry into encounter
Bhopal:MP govt has issued a notification for judicial inquiry
into the jailbreak and alleged encounter of eight SIMI operatives, 4 days after
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan made the
announcement. Justice (retd) SK Pande will head the one-man inquiry commission
in Bhopal.HT
Bhopal jail cells can’t be
unlocked from inside: Ex-prisoner on jailbreak
A former inmate of the
Bhopal jail from where 8 men reportedly escaped hours before being gunned down
in an encounter late last month has contested police claims that the prisoners
had unlocked the cell from inside with makeshift keys. Mohammed Khalil, 40, is
the nephew of Mohammed Aqeel Khilji, one of the 8 men killed. Khalil said he
was imprisoned in the same barracks of the jail for five months between Oct.
2013 and March 2014.”I was in B block, A sector – where SIMI activists were
lodged before they reportedly escaped,” he told HT.HT
Curb on movement of
remaining alleged SIMI men, heating food inside the cells
Bhopal:Under pressure,
Bhopal Central Jail authorities have put all the inmates under a strict
regimen, a week after eight SIMI men were gunned down following their escape
from the high-security prison.Jail officials, many of whom have taken charge
recently, are adhering to the jail manual religiously not wanting to leave any
room for mistakes. According to sources, not only the remaining 21 SIMI
operatives, but all the other prisoners have been put under a strict
regimen.“Senior officers check the cells of non-SIMI inmates also,”a source
said, adding that mobility of nine SIMI operatives in Block B has been totally
restricted.Restrictions have also been imposed on bringing in food items.“They
(inmates) cannot bring in huge quantity of food at one time,” source said,
stressing that the jail manual is being adhered to at every step.Authorities
have put a complete ban on heating of food inside the cells. Reportedly, the
slain men had made keys for the locks of their cells by heating plastic tooth
brushes with rotis.“No one could ever imagine that the SIMI cadres were burning
the extra rotis to heat plastic tooth brushes to make keys,” the source said.HT
CM slammed for ‘hastily felicitating’ cops
involved
Encounter:Judicial panel to
probe if shooting was justified
OTHERS
India share in global
social science research less than 2%
A comprehensive study of social science
research has found that India has mere a 1.6% global share in 16.6 lakh
articles published in reputed journals worldwide in the period between
2009-14.China, on the other hand, had a share of 5% in same period among the
160 countries which were part of the study.
Now, Islamic State to be
called ‘Daish’ in govt records:TOI
New Delhi: Union home
ministry intends to replace the nomenclature "Islamic State" with
"Daish" in all official communications pertaining to the global
terrorist organisation. The reason cited by a senior home ministry official is
that calling the dreaded jihadi outfit 'Islamic State' is like giving
legitimacy to its claim of representing a "borderless Islamic State"
encompassing Muslims across the world.TOI
World
After midnight vote, Trump
ahead of Clinton 32-25 in New Hampshire in US Presidential poll:TOI
New Delhi: In a traditional
midnight vote held in three tiny towns in the state of New Hampshire,US
Republican candidate Donald Trump came out ahead of Democratic opponent Hillary
Clinton in US Presidential elections, reported USA Today. After the three towns
voted at midnight, Trump was ahead 32-25. The three towns, Dixville Notch,
Hart's Location and Millsfield, have fewer than a 100 people.In Dixville Notch,
Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump 4-2. In the slightly larger town of Hart's
Location, Clinton won 17 votes to Trump's 14. And in Millsfield, Trump won
decisively, with 16 to Clinton's 4.
Meet Saleha Abedin, mother
of Clinton’s aide Huma
US presidential elections
2016: What if Donald Trump does not accept the outcome?
US election 2016 live blog:
Record turnout in early voting
Israel says 'no' to Middle
East peace meet in Paris:
Islamic finance nears final
standard for gold-based products :Reuters
Myanmar's Rohingya brace
for more attacks in Rakhine
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