Evening NEWS DIGEST
16 Nov. 2016: 15 Safar 1438: Vol: 8, No:37
Terming illegal and unjustified
ban on IRF, Zakir Naik’s counsel to move tribunal against Centre move
Mumbai:Following the
Centre’s ban on Zakir Naik’s NGO, the Islamic Research Foundation, for 5 years,
the counsel of the preacher, has asserted that it is an ‘illegal and
unjustified’ ban and added that they will move the tribunal against the order.
Naik’s lawyer, Mubin Solkar, told media, “So far, we have not been served with
any such kind of notification under Section 3 of the UAPA. We are clear that
this ban is not justified at all and is an illegal ban, because, the provision
of the UAPA has been wrongly invoked in this case. According to us, it is a
clear misuse of the provisions of UAPA.”He further said that in order to
declare an organisation as unlawful, it has to reveal, highlight and promote
the offence under Section 153A, that is promoting enmity on grounds of religion
which the IRF has not done.“IRF since its inception has promoted peace and
harmony, charitable, sociable and humanitarian activities. This ban is wholly
unjustified. So, even if this notification is issued, it does not normally take
effect unless it is confirmed by the tribunal,” he added.A confident Solkar
said he is sure that the tribunal would cancel the ban. On Tuesday, Centre
banned the IRF for 5 years and asked law enforcement agencies to maintain a
strict surveillance on activities of all establishments of the organisation. The
decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security after Naik was found to
deliver provocative speeches.ANI / indianexpress
Will rehabilitate IRF
students: Maha Edu.Minister
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Education Minister Vinod Tawde assured the students of a school run by Zakir
Naik-promoted Islamic Research Foundation that the Centre's decision to ban the
NGO would not "adversely affect" them."Ban on IRF will not
adversely affect students studying there. Measures for rehabilitation will be
instated," he said in a tweet.newstodaynet
IRF & police yet to get
notification of 5-year ban
Zakir Naik saga: IRF ban
marks end of an eventful story for Dongri preacher: firstpost
Zakir Naik’s IRF banned for
5 years under UAPA
Mahatma Gandhi, Pt Nehru, believed
Jews had legitimate claim for Israel; India looking forward to intensify
partnership with Israel: Prez Mukherjee
New Delhi:India is looking
forward to intensify partnership with Israel for “mutual benefit” and both the
countries should work collectively to respond to global challenges, President
Pranab Mukherjee has said. He also said that India needs to develop several
sectors including homeland and cyber security in which Israel has “proven
capabilities”. Speaking at a banquet hosted in the honour of visiting Israel
President Reuven Rivlin at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mukherjee said challenges of
21st century call for a coordinated response from the global community. Terming
as “historic” the visit of Israel President, as it came after a gap of 20
years, Mukherjee said Rivlin represents the people who Indians admire, with
whom Indians feel a strong and unique bond as both are ancient civilizations
that have made significant contributions to humanity.“To effectively respond to
global challenges, including climate change, we will need to collectively work
for efficient solutions. We must leave our children a world that is better,
cleaner and healthier. A world that is at peace, where diverse people live and
flourish side-by-side in peace, respectful of each other’s beliefs and in total
harmony with each other. I am confident that together, India and Israel can
realise this important goal,” Mukherjee said.He said as the two nation
celebrate 25 years of diplomatic relations next year, India looks forward to
further intensifying partnership for mutual benefit and good of the world. Lauding
Israel’s accomplishment, Mukherjee said,“Your leadership, past and present,has
inspired your people to overcome unspeakable tribulations and emerge stronger.
Through sheer hard work and determination, you have built a highly progressive,
confident and self-reliant nation. Your passion for innovation and your
entrepreneurial spirit has earned you the title of a ‘Start Up Nation’.” Mukherjee
said “Both our peoples gained independence after World War II. Mahatma Gandhi,
the Father of our Nation, had believed that the Jews people had a legitimate
claim for Israel. Pandit Nehru, too, believed in this. He had said, in 1950 and
I quote, ‘Israel is a fact’.”PTI
Pakistan's Sartaj Aziz Says
He's Visiting India Next Month, Could 'Defuse Tension'
Islamabad: Sartaj Aziz, who
functions as Pakistan's Foreign Minister, said he will travel to India early
next month for a conference, describing his visit as "good opportunity to
defuse the tension." Despite hinting at a possible detente, Aziz said
there was no meeting scheduled with Indian officials. "It's early to say.Depends
upon the situation," he said to a Pakistani TV channel.Aziz is the adviser
to Pak PM Nawaz Sharif on foreign affairs; his trip to India would be the first
by a senior Pakistani official since in Uri camp attack in Sept. NDTV
Online ads on pre-natal sex
tests: SC cracks whip on Google, Yahoo, says must act in 36 hrs of complaint
New Delhi: Cracking down on
online advertisements on pre-natal sex determination tests, Supreme Court today
directed the Centre to form a nodal agency to address complaints pertaining to
sex-determination kits being sold online.The Supreme Court's order came on a
public interest litigation filed against leading search engines Google, Yahoo
and Microsoft. Once brought to the attention of the nodal agency, the request
to remove content will be forwarded to the search engines, who will now have to
act within 36 hours.Earlier the SC had directed the companies running these
search engines to hold rounds of consultation with the govt on how such
advertisements can be controlled online.Google, Yahoo and others told the SC
that they were mere aggregators and it was difficult for them to monitor all
online content.india today
CURRENCY
crunch
DNA: SBI writes off loans
of Rs 7,016 crore owed to 63 wilful defaulters
New Delhi: With efforts to
recover its dues hitting a virtual dead-end, State Bank of India (SBI) seems to
be have started a clean-up of its balance sheets by writing off loans worth
about Rs 7,016 crore owed to it by more than 60 of its top 100 wilful
defaulters. While 63 accounts in the list have been fully written off, 31 have
been partially written off and 6 have been shown as non-performing assets
(NPAs), reveal documents accessed by DNA. As on June 30, 2016, SBI has written
off Rs 48,000 crore worth bad loans. The documents, however, don't specify the
entry time of these "write-offs''.India's largest public sector bank has
dropped the money, mostly wilfully defaulted, into a specially created dustbin
for 'toxic loans' called Advance Under Collection Account (AUCA), technically
known as a write-off. Information on the bank's clean-up comes a week after the
govt said it was targeting black money
hoarders by demonetizing high-value currency notes, a move that has seen
millions queue up outside banks across the country to exchange their money.Now,
loans given to Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines, which heads the wilful
defaulters' list with outstanding dues of almost Rs 1,201 crore, and 62 others
will not be shown in the bank's balance sheet.Following the defunct airlines in
the top 20 write-off list are KS Oil (Rs 596 crore), Surya Pharmaceuticals (Rs
526 crore), GET Power (Rs 400 crore) and SAI Info System (Rs 376 crore). Most
of these write-off accounts are those of wilful defaulters.SBI has put all such
accounts into AUCA, says its internal report seen by this correspondent.
"The main advantage which the bank will have by transfer to AUCA is that
banks gross NPAs amount and net additions in NPAs during the quarter will be
reduced to the extent of the amount of transfer to AUCA. It will bring down
gross advance by the same amount," the reports states. SBI did not send
any reply to several emails and reminders sent by this reporter. Questions sent
to top 5 "write-off" companies also didn't get any reply. DNA exclusive
SBI writes off Rs 7,016
crore loans owed by wilful defaulters, including Vijay Mallya’s defunct
airlines
Birla, Sahara Documents
Link ‘Gujarat CM’, Other ‘CMs’ to Alleged Payments in 2012, 2013-14
New Delhi: Sahara Group and
an Aditya Birla Group company allegedly made massive payments to prominent BJP
and Congress politicians in 2013-14 and 2012 respectively, according to a set
of documents bundled along with an application in a pending writ petition filed
by advocate Prashant Bhushan.Bhushan’s 2015 petition against appointment of CVC
and vigilance commissioner is currently pending in the Supreme Court.The
allegations over payouts to politicians made in the application, filed on
Tuesday, have been cited by Bhushan as proof of
KV Chowdary’s unsuitability for the post of CVC. The application alleges
that he did not pursue the matter in his earlier job as head of the income tax
department when junior officials first unearthed evidence of wrongdoing. Sahara
payments were allegedly made to well-known political leaders. Among the entries
against which large sums of money are listed are ‘CMs’ of Gujarat, Delhi,
Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in 2013-14. The Wire is not in a position to
confirm whether these entries in the documents Bhushan has filed refer to the CM
s of those states. Bhushan’s application calls for a probe into the sizeable
set of documents allegedly seized by the income tax department (IT) and the CBI
during a search operation of Hindalco Industries’ offices in 2013 and a raid of
Sahara India group offices in Delhi and Noida in late 2014.On Tuesday, The
Hindu first reported the existence of these documents.Alleged payments made to
politicians, for reasons not immediately known, are detailed in the form of
Excel sheets and cryptically-worded emails in these documents.Records of the
Aditya Birla Group seized during the 2013 raid apparently “revealed that a
payment of Rs. 7.08 crore was made during the period from 09.01.2012 to
02.02.2012 under the heading ‘Project-J-Environment & Forest’ ”.Bhushan has
alleged that both CBI and income tax department buried serious evidence of
corruption against prominent politicians. He said that the documents recovered
during CBI raids on Sahara group(2014) and Birla group (2013) show that the
corporates may have paid bribes – running into crores – to politicians in
exchange for various favours, which are presently unknown. the wire
NGO moves SC for probe into
'bribes' paid to politicians by business houses
Appraisal report after
raids: Birla text message shows payoff to ‘Gujarat CM’ in 2012: Kejriwal
Demonetisation woes?
Really? Check out Mukesh Ambani’s lavish party thrown for niece’s wedding
New Delhi:Reliance
Industries Limited chairman and managing director Mukhesh Ambani hosted a
grand, star-studded party at his home in Mumbai. Reportedly, the party was a
pre-wedding celebration for his niece Isheta Salgaocar, who is getting married
next month to Neeshal Modi, younger brother of ‘diamong king’ Nirav Modi. Going
by Instagram posts of many celebrities, the party at the Ambani’s lavish home
Antilla had a really long guest list including several Bollywood celebrities.
As per a report by The Quint, at least 500 guests made it to the party on
Saturday. indianexpress
Income Tax dept sends
warning note to religious & charitable trusts, societies
New Delhi:Income-Tax dept.has
started sending notices to societies and trusts, including religious and
charitable trusts, asking them to inform it about cash balances as on Nov.8,
the day the govt announced the decision
to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.Sources said more such notices will be
sent in the coming days. While the move is being dubbed as a “preventive
measure”, sources in the I-T department said the govt has decided to take
“strictest possible action” against those who are found to have violated the
law.The notices are being sent under Section 133(6) of IT Act, 1961, which
empowers I-T authorities to compel banks and other authorities to furnish
information which could be useful in connection with any pending proceeding or
enquiry.“Submit cash balances as per your books of accounts of all institutions
being run by you as on 31-03-2016 and as on close of 08-11-2016 to this
office,” says a notice.The reason for seeking the information is mentioned in
the notice itself. “In the backdrop of this demonetisation of old currency
notes, the department is also aware of the pressure or temptation that may be
there on trusts and societies to accommodate others,” says the notice. Stating
that all deposits made in banks after Nov.8 “shall be part of scrutiny by the
department after 30th Dec.2016”, the notice also advises the management of such
institutions not to deal with Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, “by either accepting
cash or paying in cash for any of your activities after Nov.8, 2016”. “There
are indications that some persons and/or organisations have prevailed upon
managements of some trusts and societies to accept their currency notes of high
denomination and show the same as cash in hand. This is a much abused way to
turn black money into white. indianexpress
33 Demonetisation Deaths In
7 Days: Hospital Casualties, Suicides, Heart Attacks, Even Murder
As demonetisation completed
a week, the death toll has reached 33. These are confirmed death reported in
the national media. The number of unreported deaths may be higher. 4 days
before his daughter's wedding, Sukhdev Singh died of heart attack in Tarn Taran,
Punjab. Surjit Kaur, wife of the deceased, said, "Nobody was accepting the
money we had saved for daughter's marriage. My husband was tense due to this.
He had complained of chest pain and died." Sumit, a 17 year old son of a
BSF jawan in Bulandshahr, UP, committed suicide as his mother won't give him
small denomination notes. A 2-year-old unwell child died in Sambalpur, Odisha,
as an autorickshaw drivers refused to take the family to the hospital for want
of smaller denomination notes.Family had now-illegal Rs.500 notes.
Lakshminarayana, 75, collapsed and died while waiting in a long queue for over 2
hours at an Andhra Bank branch Secunderabad, Telangana. He had gone to deposit
Rs 1.7 lakh. The bank didn't have a separate queue for senior citizens. In
Aurangabad, Bihar, an elderly man, Surendra Sharma, died while waiting in a
bank queue. Halke Lodhi, a farmer in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh,
committed suicide as he didn't have money to buy fertiliser and seeds in time
for the Rabi sowing season. "Had he got money from the bank in exchange of
his old notes, he would not have committed suicide," said his relative
Bhupendra Lodhi. Aziz Ansari, a 60 year old factor worker in Meerut, died of a
heart attack in a bank. It was his third day of trying to exchange currency
notes. Raghunath Verma, a 70 year old retired school teacher in Jalaun, eastern
UP , died at a bank queue. His son Ravi said, "We needed Rs 2 lakh for the
marriage expenses. My father went to the bank for 3 days. He had spoken to the
bank manager many times asking him to help with the withdrawal and exchange.
Manager did not listen to him. He even fell on the manager's feet on
Saturday." Rizwana, a 24 year old woman in north-east Delhi hanged herself
to the ceiling fan with her dupatta as she was upset about not being able to
exchange currency for 3 days.Shabana, a 20 year old woman in Shamli (UP)
committed suicide. Huffington Post
Demonetisation: 33 deaths
since govt scrapped Rs 500, Rs 1000
notes
UP: Farmer kills self,
family blames cash crunch ahead of daughter’s wedding
UP: Retired teacher dies
after standing in bank queue for 8 hours
UP govt will accept old Rs
500, 1000 notes for land registration till Nov24: Akhilesh
Lucknow: After joining chorus
of cries criticising PM Narendra over
the tectonic step of demonetisation, UP CM
Akhilesh Yadav has announced a relief
measure for farmers in the state saying that old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes will
be accepted for land registration till Nov.24th.This announcement came after
Akhilesh called on the Centre to to at least keep the farmers out of the
currency scrapping move as they needed the money to purchase fertilisers and
seeds.ANI
Mamata, Shiv Sena, AAP seek
President's intervention against demonetisation
New Delhi: TMC supremo and
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and
leaders of three other parties including Shiv Sena on Wednesday sought
President Pranab Mukherjees intervention over the problems faced by people
following the "financial calamity" unleashed by the demonetisation
move. Joined by the leaders of National Conference, AAP and BJP ally Shiv Sena,
Banerjee and 40 of her Trinamool MPs marched to Rashtrapati Bhavan demanding rollback
of demonetisation of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.However, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal gave the march a miss, with MP
Bhagwant Mann representing the party.Dubbing demonetisation as a "big
black scheme", Banerjee said the currency spike decision has led to the
deaths of around 20-30 people across the country and resulted in a loss of Rs 2
lakh crore to the GDP."This is a big black scheme, today there are no
vegetables in the market, no milk for babies and no medicine for the sick and
the ailing. Around 20-30 people have already died, many of them due to
stress," said Banerjee. She also called for a probe into the rise of the
banks' non-performing assets(NPAs)."In last 6 months, nonperforming assets
(of banks) have increased substantially, there should be a probe into this.
Even the govt 's income declaration scheme did not attract a single
paisa," she claimed.IANS
Mamata, Shiv Sena join
hands, march to Rashtrapati Bhavan
Live: Govt selectively
leaked information & BJP units withdrew money before announcement, alleges
Cong.
Chaos, long queues continue
at banks; most ATMs run out of cash
Banks start using indelible
ink to check repeat money exchange
‘Rollback Demonetisation’,
Say Eminent Citizens
Demonetisation slices off
Rs 1.43 lakh cr from realty, auto, consumer stocks in 4 sessions: ET
Raghuram Rajan preferred
other ways over demonetisation to tackle black money
Mumbai:Even as the govt defends the demonetisation exercise amid
growing opposition, it has emerged that ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan didn’t
think much of it. He said there are other ways of tackling black money.In
August, at annual Lalit Doshi memorial lecture, Rajan said, “I am not quite
sure if what you meant is demonetise old notes and introduce new notes instead.
In past,demonetisation has been thought of as a way of getting black money out
of circulation. Because people then have to come and say “how do I have this 10
crores in cash sitting in my safe and they have to explain where they got the
money from.It is often cited as a solution. Unfortunately, my sense is, clever
find ways around it.”HT
Dont need ID copies to
exchange old notes:RBI
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of
India and head offices of most commercial banks have not asked banks to collect
photocopies of customers' identities for exchange of old currency notes.TOI
PM Modi, please take note:
These countries tried demonetisation and failed
No ID proof, Muzaffarnagar
riot victims bank on friends to exchange banned notes
Meerut: Haji Dilshad and
his family have fallen on hard times ever since leaving their home in the
aftermath of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots but now, the Kairana resident is
finding it difficult to meet even his basic expenses. Dilshad is one of the
riot-displaced persons who don't even have basic documents in place. That is
why he cannot go to the bank to deposit old currency notes. Instead, he
exchanges them for valid notes from fellow riot victims who have managed to
open bank accounts."TOI
OTHERS
Looking at reform of family
laws across religions, not uniform civil code: Justice BS Chauhan:
New Delhi: Clearing the air
on the controversy surrounding the Law Commission of India’s recent
‘Questionnaire on Uniform Civil Code’, Chairman Justice BS Chauhan has said the
commission’s aim is not to recommend imposition of a uniform civil code but
look at reform of family laws across all religions, mainly with gender justice
in mind. “We are looking at the codification and reform of all family laws. We
are not looking at a uniform civil code. People have misconstrued it (the
questionnaire) as one law for everyone. It doesn’t mean that everyone must
follow the Hindu ritual of saptapadi (7 steps around the fire) for their
marriage to be valid,”he said. “Gender discriminatory practices such as maitri
karar, nata pratha and polyandry among Hindus also need to be examined,” said
Chauhan.He clarified that the commission is not opposed to triple talaq as
outlined in Shariat but is against the practice where the word is uttered
thrice by the man immediately, ending the union. “We are not concerned with
triple talaq that is done as per the Shariat over a period of a few months,
allowing time for reconciliation and mediation and observation of iddat period.We
are only against practice of instantaneous and spontaneous talaq.” Validity of
the latter practice, known as talaq-e-bidat, is currently being examined by the
SC while hearing the Shayara Bano petition. indianexpress
No hearing of Triple Talaq
case in SC yesterday
Hyderabad: There was no
hearing of Triple Talaq case of the Muslims in Supreme Court yesterday. The
parties were not intimated to this effect. For the past few days, rumours were
making rounds that the hearing of Triple Talaq case in Supreme Court has been
scheduled for 15th Nov.which was not true.In fact, 15th Nov.was the last date
of receipt of responses of questionnaires of Law Commission. This triggered the
rumours. Advocate of Jamiatul Ulema informed that this case was not scheduled
for hearing in Supreme Court yesterday. Such rumours should be avoided.Siasat
Exclude Nagaland from UCC: Nagaland
Tribes Council
Dimapur: Nagaland Tribes
Council has urged the chairman of Union Law Commission to exclude the State of
Nagaland from the purview of Uniform Civil Code in his recommendation to Union Govt
so that the inalienable provisions of Article 371A of the Constitution of India
remain undisturbed.In a representation to him on Tuesday, NTC president
Lendinoktang Ao and general secretary Nribemo Ngullie pointed out that Nagaland
is wholly a tribal State which came into being under Constitution(13th
Amendment)Act, 1962, following an agreement arrived at in July 1960 between Govt
of India and erstwhile Naga People’s
Convention. easternmirrornagaland
Don't leave me until I find
Najeeb: Mother's passionate call to students
New Delhi: "What do I
say? I have no words. Please stand with me. I will thank you all when Najeeb is
back. Please don't leave me," said missing JNU student's mother Fatima
Nafees while addressing hundreds of students gathered at JNU on Tuesday to mark
one month of Najeeb's mysterious disappearance from hostel room. MSc
biotechnology student went missing on 15th Oct, days after his scuffle with and
alleged subsequent assault by some members of Hindu-right students group ABVP.JNU
Students Union and other students groups have since been holding protest
demonstration inside and outside JNU demanding the safe recovery of Najeeb, who
had got admission in JNU just two weeks before his disappearance. indiatomorrow
Protest marks a month since
Najeeb went missing
Police raise reward to ₹5
lakh for info. on Najeeb
New Delhi: Delhi Police has
raised the reward from ₹ 2 lakh to ₹ 5 lakh for anyone providing information
that could help locate JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing from the
university for over a month now.The force had initially announced that it will
give ₹ 50,000 to anyone providing information about Najeeb and had later
increased the amount to ₹ 1 lakh and then to ₹ 2 lakh.A senior police officer
said the amount has been increased to ₹ 5 lakh. huffingtonpost
Malkangiri encounter: No
evidence of crossfire at site
Hyderabad :A fact-finding
team of 26 research scholars has concluded that there was no evidence of
retaliatory firing at the spot of the alleged encounter in Malkangiri district
on Oct. 24,when 30 Maoists were killed.The team, comprising students from 12
universities from across India, questioned the version of Andhra Pradesh and
Odisha Police regarding the alleged encounter. After a visit to the site last
week, the team said that the police had burnt all the belongings of the Maoists
at the spot and mutilated the bodies. The number of deaths is not 30 but 32,
and 11 tribals are still missing, they said. indianexpress
Bhopal: Outfits seek
SC-supervised probe in encounter
Bhopal: A public meeting
was held and a candle march was taken out by political parties, organisations,
social workers and intellectuals here on Tuesday demanding judicial probe, under
supervision of the Supreme Court, into police encounter of 8 undertrials. In
the public meet,it was claimed that the statements of police related to encounter
were contradictory, which generate suspicion about the role of the govt. Media reports
also put the relevance of encounter under question. It was alleged that the govt
is not only trying to cover up the matter but CM , along with the ruling party
and organizations linked to RSS are trying to get communal polarization done
and fulfill their vested interests. Among others, representatives of CPI, CPM,
CPI(ML),Janwadi Lekhak Sangh, Progressive Writers’ Association, Bharat Gyan
Vigyan Sabha and others took part in the meeting.Those who addressed the
gathering included Badal Saroj, Dr. Anil Sadgopal, Madhuri, Shailendra Shaili,
LS Herdenia, Dr Sunilam and Abdul Jabbar. free press journal
Bhopal's SIMI activists
might have survived if they were not Muslims: Ex- IPS officer VN Rai
Known for calling spade a
spade, writer and former IPS officer Vibhuti Narain Rai has said that he sees
no hope for justice to the victims of the recent Bhopal encounter of eight SIMI
activists.In his session at the ongoing Chandigarh Literature Festival 2016
while discussing his book Hashimpura May 22, Rai drew parallels between the
happenings at Hashimpura and the recent one at Bhopal.Pointing at the communal,
casteist and gender bias of the police, he also said that 8 SIMI victims would
have had more chances of survival had they been non Muslims. Rai has also taken
a strong view on the security forces, particularly the Army, getting away with
killings in the name of patriotism and on the plea that questioning them would
demoralise the forces. catch news
4 witnesses turn hostile in
Mecca Masjid blast case
Hyderabad: NIA probing the
2007 Makkah Masjid bomb blast case was dealt a blow on Tuesday after four
important witnesses turned hostile. The prosecution witnesses, hailing from
Indore in Madhya Pradesh, identified as Akash Singh, Praful Methi, Pavan Sule
and Swapnil Joshi denied that they had given statements to the NIA in the past.The
four appeared before the designated NIA Courtcum-fourth additional metropolitan
magistrate judge in Nampally and also denied knowing the two accused -Devender
Gupta and slain Sunil Joshi -who are said to be RSS workers. It was during
cross examination by NIA counsel that the four witnesses also denied that the
accused had used their mobile phones.TOI
'Sold like cows and goats':
India's slave brides
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/11/cows-goats-india-slave-brides-161114084933017.html
Thousands of girls and
women in India are sold into marriage and often face a lifetime of abuse and
hardship.The first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer
was a man in his 70s.Marriage and a baby quickly followed. But, three years
later, the man died and Muklesha was again put up for sale.This time, her buyer
was a horrific abuser."He didn't feed me. He'd take me to the fields and
stuff my mouth with mud and then beat me," shesays.Muklesha is one of
thousands of India's slave brides - girls and women sold into marriage, often
destined for a lifetime of abuse and hardship, as this 101 East documentary
reveals. In India, sex-selective abortions and female infanticide, due to a
preference for male babies, has created one of the most severe gender
imbalances in the world. Now, the shortage of women is generating a dangerous
demand for brides among men desperate to marry, especially in states like
Haryana, which has one of the country's worst gender ratios. Traffickers are
stepping in to meet this demand, kidnapping women from other states and selling
them to men in Haryana.I couldn't run away or bring my life to an end. There
was nobody whom I could ask for help. A survey of 10,000 households in this
northern state found more than 9,000 married women had come from other states.
Al Jazeera discovered that some women living in villages in Haryana have been
sold as many as 3 times.aljazeera
Kashmir unrest: Normal life
remains disrupted in valley
Srinagar:Normal life
remained affected in Kashmir Valley for the 131st consecutive day on Wednesday
due to the unrest triggered by the killing of Burhan Wani in July. PTI
Kashmir: Shelling forces
thousands to flee their homes
After 14-yrs, Maharashtra
to conduct survey on Wakf land
Maharashtra govt has
decided to conduct a survey of Wakfland in order to ascertain encroachment on
Wakf properties.Survey is going to be conducted after a gap of 14 years and is
expected to be completed in the next two years. Maharashtra has around one
lakh-acre of Wakf land. HT
Rahul Gandhi gets bail in
RSS defamation case
World
Assad says Trump a natural
ally if he fights 'terror'
Damascus: Syria's Bashar al-Assad said in an interview
aired on Tuesday that Donald Trump will be a "natural ally" if the US
president-elect fulfils his pledge to fight "terrorists".In his first
reaction to Trump's election victory last week, the Syrian president struck a
note of caution and said he was unsure the American billionaire would be able
to keep his word and step up the fight against jihadists."We cannot tell
anything about what he's going to do, but if... he is going to fight the
terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, natural ally in that regard with
the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries," he told
Portugal's RTP state television.Asked about Trump's campaign comments
suggesting the US should focus more on fighting the ISIS, Assad said he would
welcome such a move but was cautious."I would say this is promising, but
can he deliver?" said Assad. AFP
With Trump's victory, Assad
has been given free rein in Syria: Michael Petrou, for CBC News
Muslim girl's hijab ripped
off in front of students in US
Chicago: A Muslim student's
hijab was allegedly ripped off and her hair pulled down by a classmate at a
school in Minnesota, the latest in a series of assaults and threats reported
against headscarf-wearing women in the US following Donald Trump's win.The
incident took place at Northdale Middle School in Coon Rapids, Minnesota,
prompting Anoka-Hennepin School District to launch an investigation into what
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling an assault.PTI
Noam Chomsky: Trump's
election will accelerate global warming and humanity's 'race to disaster'
Islamophobe Frank Gaffney Joining Trump Team,
Considers Himself Great Friend of Israel
Rohingya Advocates Say
Myanmar Deaths Exceed 100
Bangkok : Advocates for
Myanmar's Muslim ethnic Rohingya community said Wednesday that more than 100
members of the minority group have been killed in recent govt counterinsurgency sweeps in the western state
of Rakhine.Ko Ko Linn of the Arakan Rohingya National Organization said that
according to villagers, at least 150 people had been killed by security forces
since Saturday. Independent verification of both army and activists' claims is
difficult because the govt has restricted access to the area."The reason
why the international news agencies and aid groups are not allowed to go there
is because the military is trying to cover up what they are doing there, the
killings and other things," Ko Ko Linn said by phone. "They are
lying."Nay San Lwin, a blogger based in Europe who has closely monitored
Rohingya developments since 2012, said reports from a network of activists in
Rakhine said that more than 100 bodies had been discovered by villagers, some
covered by hay or burned.AP/abc
Hundreds of Rohingya flee
Myanmar army crackdown to Bangladesh - sources
Northern villages on run
after Tatmadaw kill 'hundreds'
Rockets rain down on
Rohingyas, children thrown into fire in front of mothers: Myanmar Observer
Blame game heats up over Rohingya town fires
Turkey names new envoy to
Israel in reciprocal move
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161116-turkey-names-new-ambassador-to-israel-in-reciprocal-move/
Turkish President Tayyip
Erdogan named a new ambassador to Israel today, reciprocating a move by Israel
a day earlier.Israel and Turkey said in June they would normalise relations – a
rapprochement driven by prospect of lucrative Mediterranean gas deals as well
as mutual fears over security risks in the Middle East. middleeastmonitor
Israel names first
ambassador to Turkey since 2010
Israel storms Palestinian
neighbourhoods in Jerusalem
Israeli settler group looks
to evict Palestinian families
Russia, regime pounding
Syria’s Aleppo: Local sources
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