Evening NEWS DIGEST
20 Nov. 2016: 19 Safar 1438: Vol: 8, No:40
Sharia banking: RBI
proposes interest-free ‘Islamic window’ in banks
New Delhi:RBI has proposed
opening of “Islamic window” in conventional banks for “gradual” introduction of
Sharia-compliant or interest-free banking in the country.Both the Centre and
RBI are exploring the possibility of introduction of Islamic banking for long
to ensure financial inclusion of those sections of the society that remain excluded
due to religious reasons.“In our considered opinion, given the complexities of
Islamic finance and various regulatory and supervisory challenges involved in
the matter and also due to the fact that Indian banks have no experience in
this field, Islamic banking may be introduced in India in a gradual
manner.“Initially, a few simple products which are similar to conventional
banking products may be considered for introduction through Islamic window of
the conventional banks after necessary notification by the govt .“Introduction
of full-fledged Islamic banking with profit-loss sharing complex products may
be considered at a later stage on the basis of experience gained in course of
time,” the RBI has told Finance Ministry in a letter, a copy of which was
received in response to an RTI query filed by PTI. “It is
also our understanding that interest-free banking for financial inclusion will
require a proper process of the product being certified as Sharia compliant
will be required both on the asset and liability side and the funds received
under the interest-free banking could not be mingled with other funds and
therefore, this banking will have to be conducted under a separate window,” it
said.The central bank’s proposal is based on examination of legal, technical
and regulatory issues regarding feasibility of introducing Islamic banking in
India on the basis of recommendation of the Inter Departmental Group (IDG).RBI
has also prepared a technical analysis report which has been sent to the
Finance Ministry.“In case it is decided to introduce Islamic banking product in
India as suggested, RBI would require to undertake further work to put in place
the operational and regulatory framework to facilitate introduction of such
products by banks in India,” the letter said.PTI
RBI planning interest free
Islamic banking windows
‘Fatal political error’ not
to bring Babri Masjid under Centre’s control: Chidambaram
Mumbai:Senior Congress
leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said it was a “fatal political error” on the
part of the Narasimha Rao govt not to
bring Babri Masjid under the Centre’s control despite mounting evidence that it
was under threat. The former Finance Minister said he would not brush aside the
incident as a mere judgemental error and that as a result of the incident, PM Rao lost the trust of the rank and file of the
party.“A lot of people had warned Narasimha Rao… mosque was under threat. Our govt
had issued a statement that under no circumstances would we allow the mosque to
be demolished. If necessary, we would station the military, the paramilitary
forces,” he said during a panel discussion on ‘Narasimha Rao: he Forgotten
Hero’ at the Tata Literature Live festival in Mumbai. He said the threat to the
mosque was not sudden and neither was it a spontaneous action on part of
‘karsevaks’.“Stones were being carried from as far as Rameshwaram and they were
travelling by trains. Whole trains were being booked. Everybody knew that lakhs
of people would assemble. Threat to Babri Masjid was a real threat which had
been there from at least 1987-88,” he said. Chidambaram said that Rao should
have moved the paramilitary forces and the army and should have made it
absolutely clear that the Babri Masjid area was under control of the Central govt
.“But the failure to position the paramilitary and (failure) to say that the
area was under the control of the Central govt was a fatal political error, and
the consequences since then for the country have been disastrous,” he said.PTI
JNU proctorial inquiry
finds ABVP member guilty of assaulting Najeeb
New Delhi:A proctorial
inquiry by JNU has found ABVP member Vikrant Kumar guilty of assaulting Najeeb
Ahmed during a brawl following which the latter went missing over a month ago.
Najeeb (27), a student of School of Biotechnology and a native of Badaun in UP ,
went missing on Oct.15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with the
members of ABVP, including Vikrant, night before.JNU had ordered a proctorial
inquiry into the incident. “In the proctorial inquiry, Vikrant Kumar has been
found to be involved in hitting Najeeb and using derogatory language with
provocative behaviour on Oct.14. This is an act of indiscipline and
misconduct,” an official order read.Vikrant has been asked to explain why
disciplinary action should not be initiated against him. ABVP has, meanwhile,
come out in Vikrant’s support and accused the university administration of
being “biased” in conducting the inquiry. “Proctor has taken deposition of
those students into account who were not even present there. Not only the
inquiry is biased but even the administration is siding with the left-dominated
students union,” Saurabh Sharma, ABVP member and ex-JNUSU member said.JNU
students and teachers have been agitating against the university administration
and Delhi Police for their failure to locate the missing student. PTI
ABVP's Vikrant Kumar
assaulted Najeeb Ahmed before he went missing: JNU probe
JNU missing student row:
Hidden agendas in student politics have eclipsed Najeeb: Saurabh Sharma
Protesters take up missing
JNU student’s cause
Najeeb not spotted in here:
Aligarh police
‘Sender’ of letter on JNU
student does not know how to read or write
Over 115 killed, over 200
injured as Patna-Indore express train derails in Kanpur
New Delhi: Over 115
passengers were killed and more than 200 injured, nearly half of them
grievously, in the worst train accident in recent years when 14 coaches of the
Indore-Patna Express derailed here in Kanpur rural area in the wee hours today
due to suspected rail fracture. The disaster took place just a little after
0300 hrs when the passengers were jolted out of their sleep as the Patna-bound
train jumped the tracks, badly damaging four ordinary sleeper coaches in which
hundreds were trapped. As railway personnel assisted by those of army, NDRF and
state police carried out the search and rescue operation, the number of
casualties kept on increasing by the hour. By evening, 110 bodies were
recovered and taken to Mati mortuary in Kanpur rural. PTI
CURRENCY crunch
Bank account violators to
face 7-yrs jail: IT dept
New Delhi: Warning people
against depositing their unaccounted old currency in someone else's bank
account, the tax department has decided to slap charges under the newly
enforced Benami Transactions Act against violators that carries a penalty,
prosecution and rigorous jail term of a maximum 7 years. In a related
development, official sources said that the department has detected over Rs 200
crore in undisclosed income after it conducted over 80 surveys and about 30
searches in cases of suspicious usage of the scrapped currency. About Rs 50 crore
has also been seized in these operations since November 8, they said, across
various states. "Already some instances have been reported in this regard
and the department is set to issue notices under the Benami Act," the
sources told PTI. "Such an arrangement where a person deposits old
currency of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 in the bank account of another person with an
understanding that the account holder shall return his money in new currency,
the transaction shall be regarded as benami transaction under the said Act.
"The person who deposits old currency in the bank account shall be treated
as beneficial owner and the person in whose bank account the old currency has
been deposited shall be categorised under this law as a benamidar," a
senior official explained. Benami Act, the official said, provides that the
benamidar, the beneficial owner and any other person who abets or induces the
Benami transaction, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a period
ranging from 1-7 years. "The benami amount in the bank account deposited
post de-monetisation will be seized and confiscated and the accused will also
be liable to fine which extends upto 25 % of the fair market value of the
benami property," official said. PTI
Depositing unaccounted
cash: Income Tax department warns violators will face max 7 year jail
Demonetisation: I-T dept
turns heat on NGOs, firms for deposits over 2.5 lakh
Surgical strike again: Modi
govt begins survey of benami properties
New Delhi: BJP govt has
begun the survey of benami sampatti (anonymous property) in the country.Those
found guilty may get jail term for 7 years, plus their property may also get
confiscated.To track anonymous properties, govt is scanning lands near major highways,
properties in VIP areas, industrial plots, commercial flats and shops.ABP News
Cash up to Rs 2.5 lakh for
'Shaadis' only next week; can't swipe debit cards at 17,500 petrol pumps
New Delhi/Mumbai: 2 recent
measures announced by the Modi govt to ease cash flow failed to have the
desired effect because of rollout hurdles. For those with weddings planned in
the family, Thursday's decision to allow a one-time cash withdrawal of Rs 2.5
lakh was supposed to come as a breather but now it is clear that this will kick
in only next week as the rules for implementing this measure are yet to reach
lenders. The move to allow debit cards to be swiped at select petrol pumps to
get Rs 2,000 has also run into implementation hurdles. PNB DM Usha
Ananthasubramanian said on Saturday that wedding disbursals would have to wait
till RBI specified rules. "In absence of operational guidelines from RBI,
we are unable to allow withdrawal of Rs 2.5 lakh for marriage purposes,"
she said. It's the wedding season and the delay has hit many families hard. As
for the move to allow pumps to dispense cash, the problem is that only 3,000
pumps across the country have card swipe machines from SBI that also allow for
cash withdrawals. The remaining 17,500
pumps that were to extend the cash withdrawal service have card swipe machines
from HDFC, ICICI Bank and Citi Bank. These banks will take time to upgrade the
software in their machines to offer a 'cash' option for disbursal. If these
banks speed up the upgrade, it can help increased supply of cash. Of course,
there has to be enough cash for them to dispense. The other issue is that the
number of pumps that are supposed to offer the cash-dispensing service is too
small — roughly a third of 56,190 fuel stations in the country — to meet the
huge demand. ET
Only 3% against
demonetisation; 51% say implementation good, claims a survey: India Today
New Delhi:In a survey
conducted by a citizen engagement social platform, only 3% people opposed the
very idea of demonetisation of high value currency to fight black money. Others
were not against the govt move.Survey
was conducted by LocalCircles, citizen engagement social platform,which sought
responses from over 9,000 people from across 200 cities of the country.Around
51% of respondents in survey found the implementation of demonetisation measure
a good step. About 24% people explicitly termed it poor. Another 25% called
implementation average. According to LocalCircles survey,79% people said that
they wouldn't mind inconvenience caused by demonetisation move.Another 18% said
that though govt decision caused pain but they still supported it. Only 3% said
that they were against this step of govt.
'Come See Our Villages,
Then You Will Know': Angry Farmers On Notes Ban
Exports fell by 45% despite
Modi's 30 foreign trips: Cong
New Delhi: Congress today
sought to take the sheen out of PM Narendra Modi's frequent foreign tours,
alleging India's exports have dropped by a whopping 45% despite him completing
30 foreign visits during his 18-month tenure. PTI
Keep Rs 5 cr cash ready to
pay our staff: LS, RS Secretariats to bank
Currency Ban Is Not Backed
by the Law: Indira Jaising
At Azadpur mandi, wealthy
agents getting coolies to double up as cash mules to exchange old notes
Demonetisation effect:
Unbanked villages, small businesses badly hit as currency crisis continues
Demonetisation effect:
Massive layoffs, Tamil Nadu construction workers have no cash or food
Rs 11 lakh collected for
liver transplant become pieces of paper
Bhopal: An amount of Rs 11
lakh collected by a man from his relatives and friends for liver transplant has
turned into just pieces of papers as a Delhi hospital has refused to accept the
sum in the old currency notes following demonetisation. Hari Krishna Gupta, BJP
head, Lidhora town in Tikamgarh district said he is a victim of his own party's
decision. "If the transplant doesn't take in next 5 days, I will
die", he said with great difficulty in speaking. timesofindia
Modi's demonetisation of
old 1000 and 500 rupee notes, a blunder in every imaginable way: Amit Varma
Cash deposits by
housewives, workers too will face tax scrutiny: Finance ministry
Across the Aisle:
Demonetising notes or demonising cash? P Chidambaram
Families with weddings left
in lurch as banks refuse Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal
Demonetisation may not end
black money:Kanishka Singh
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE VS PERSONAL LAWS
AIMPLB forms women wing; to
launch all-India Muslim women helpline toll free call centre in 8 languages to
counsel women on family disputes
Kolkata: In a first, All
India Muslim Personal Law Board today decided to form a womens wing to look
into burning issues such as talaq, even as it passed a resolution in favour of
triple talaq. The resolution passed at the AIMPLBs 3-day convention, which concluded
today, stated that govt was infringing into the personal laws of Muslims. Women
wing would also deal with other issues like family disputes and education, AIMPLB
secretary Zafaryab Jellani told a press conference after the convention. It
decided to launch an all-India Muslim women helpline, a toll free call centre
in Urdu, English and 8 regional languages to counsel and guide Muslim women on
family disputes to go to the Darul-Qaza. "It has been decided for the
first time that we will form a women wing to go into issues concerning Muslim
women and an all-India Muslim women helpline, a toll-free call centre in Urdu
English and 8 regional language," Kamal Farooqi, a member of AIMPLB
said."It seems that the govt is
bringing up this isssue of Triple Talaq and Uniform Civil Code ahead of UP
polls in order to communally polarise people and reap political
dividends," he said.PTI
Now, app to help respond to
law panel
Hyderabad: A city-based
techie has developed a smartphone app for AIMPLB. Called simply ` AIMPLB', the
app was in built a single sitting and has reportedly been downloaded 10,000
times in the 2 days since launch.According to app developer Syed Khalid
Saifullah, who met Maulana Rahmani in Delhi and floated the idea earlier this
week, the facility enables users to take photos of signed proformas relating to
`triple talaq' which can be sent to Law Commission of India.The move to a
digital platform comes after lakhs of Muslims in the city expressed support for
board's decision to boycott the law commission's questionnaire on Uniform Civil
Code."Access to app servers in Hyderabad has been given to AIMPLB
officials in New Delhi.The app is available for Android phones only , not on
Apple devices as of now," Saifullah said.Talking of the process, he said
that once a photograph of the signed proforma is taken, it reaches AIMPLB
office in New Delhi. The board will then send it to the President, PM, Law
Ministry and Law Commission of India. timesofindia
Bengal govt against uniform
civil code: Minister
Kolkata: Accusing PM Narendra
Modi of trying to interfere in the religious rights of the Muslims, West Bengal
Minister for Mass Education Siddiqullah Chowdhury today said that the state govt
was opposed to uniform civil code."A few days ago during our party's
meeting at CM Mamata Banerjee's residence, she said that she had received a
letter from the central govt seeking state govt's opinion on Uniform Civil
Code. "She had immediately replied to the central govt stating that Bengal will never implement the
Uniform civil Code in the state," Chowdhury said while addressing a rally
by AIMPLB.PTI
TMC with Muslim clerics on
talaq:TOI
Uniform code pushed for the
love of majoritarianism: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Chennai: The push for
uniform civil code by the Hindu rightists stems neither from the love of
uniformity nor equality but from the love of majoritarianism, said Gopalkrishna
Gandhi, ex-Governor of W. Bengal at a seminar. newindianexpress
Reforming Islamic law possible
if Ulema is taken on board: Faizan
Mustafa V-C of NALSAR
Chennai: Faizan Mustafa,
V-C of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, said on Saturday that since the
Quran is a source of law — and not the law itself — it offers the possibility
of liberal interpretations by Ulema, thereby providing scope for
reform.Professor Mustafa was speaking at a national seminar on ‘Muslim Personal
Law in the Present Context’, organised at the JBAS College for Women,
Teynampet. The programme was organised by the Southern India Education Trust,
Islamic Forum for the Promotion of Moderate Thought and Majlis Legal Centre for
Women & Children.“If something is based on human speculation, there are
chances of providing it a liberal interpretation. There are chances of making
it consistent with constitutional morality and constitutional doctrines of
equality,” said Prof. Mustafa.Several speakers at the event pointed out that
the Quran does not describe triple talaq, but a 3-step process that involves
reconciliation efforts. Divorce, if given, will take up to a year.Prof. Mustafa
went on to say that even if the Supreme Court holds an instance of divorce
through triple talaq invalid, whereas Ulema and the families concerned consider
it valid, it will not serve the purpose. “That’s why, for any reform in
personal law, we need to take the Ulema on board. We have to tell the Ulema
that they have the power to give liberal interpretations (of the Quran),” he
said.Speakers at the event included Justice Akbar Ali, Retired Judge of the
Madras HC, Magsaysay Award winner TM Krishna; novelist Ms. Salma, Prince of
Arcot Nawab Mohammad Abdul Ali, A. Faizur Rahman, Secretary General of Islamic
Forum and I.S. Parveen Sultana, Assistant Professor at JBAS College. Flavia
Agnes, Director of Majlis, said that the Hindu code bills have led to the
institutionalisation of brahmanical rituals like the kanyadaan, which can be
imposed on other Hindu castes. She asserted that the Uniform Civil Code will
not end social evils, adding that Muslim women should be able to approach the
courts to fight for their rights. the hindu
Uniform Civil Code: Naga
Baptist church says no
Dimapur: Nagaland Baptist
Church Council (NBCC) has made it clear to the Law commission that Nagaland
will stand in total opposition to the proposed uniform Civil Code for natural
reasons that such a code will only create ‘further animosities.’ NBCC issued a
statement on Saturday stating that the uniform Civil Code seeks to impose a
universal civil code by codifying the cultures and religious practices of the
majority. It amounts to violation of the fundamental rights of the marginalized
minority peoples, the NBCC stated. easternmirrornagaland
NBCC oposses uniform civil
code
ZAKIR
NAIK
NIA finds data on Peace
TV's links with UAE firm:TOI
NIA, which raided offices
and residences in Mumbai linked to Zakir Naik, has collected data going back
several years showing financial transactions between a UAE firm and a local
programming house which made content for his channel Peace TV. "Recovered documents
relate to various activities including financial transactions and property
details of Naik and IRF," said an NIA release.According to sources, a lot
of content was seized during raids at office of the programming firm, Harmony
Media Pvt Ltd, which an NIA officer said would be examined over time. The
official indicated that some IRF office-bearers and associates may be arrested
in days to come, depending on the outcome of the investigations. "However,
no immediate arrests are expected in connection with Saturday's raids," he
stated. Sources said though chances of Naik coming back to India were slim, in
the event of his refusing to cooperate in the inquiry, there is always the
option of getting the court to declare him a proclaimed offender. "Once he
is declared a proclaimed offender, his properties in India can be
attached," said an officer.Fund flow of Rs 54 crore was noticed during an
MHA inspection of IRF in 2014, from Naik's UAE-based Global Broadcasting
Corporation to Harmony Media Pvt Ltd, over seven years. There were payments for
content creation for Peace TV too, which is broadcast from UAE. timesofindia
IRF Ban: Govt notice based
on conjecture not evidence
Mumbai: Ministry of Home
Affairs, govt of India issued
notification to ban Dr. Zakir Naik founded IRF with immediate effect shows
decision is taken more so due to apprehension of influencing youths towards
radicalization than on the basis of any hard evidences of any such influence.
4-page notification cites 5 cases - 2 recent cases registered under sections of
UAPA against Arshi Qureshi, office bearer of IRF and 3 FIRs registers against
Naik in 2012 under section 153- A of IPC. However, notification lacks any case
against Dr Naik under UAPA. The present cases cited against him arises out of
one purported posting on his Facebook account that allegedly was in derogatory
in nature. Such case cannot in itself amount to attract ban on the organization
that he heads.On the contrary, there are many people of other NGOs who have
more stringent cases registered against them than these but they continue to
enjoy favour of the govt. One such example for instance is VHP leader Vinay
Katiyar.What notification specifically says is the 'apprehension' that the govt
has of youth getting radicalized if IRF
is not banned with immediate effect. To satisfy its strong apprehension,
notification mentions some out of context quotes of Dr Naik, which he has
clarified multiple times, from his long speeches. One of the lawyer having
decade-old experience in handling UAPA cases says on the condition of
maintaining anonymity, "this is the weakest ground that the govt used for
banning any organization. No organization can be banned on the basis of
apprehension but strong evidences are needed to prove that its continuation is
a threat to the country, which in this case is absilolutely not there. This ban
will not stand before tribunal if IRF challenges."TCN
IRF says their schools are
being targeted
OTHERs
People flock markets in
Kashmir Valley as separatists suspend agitation:PTI
Markets in Kashmir were
abuzz with activity for the second consecutive day on Sunday as the separatists
have suspended their agitation for the weekend after more than four months of
continuous shutdown. Shops, business establishments and fuel stations were open
and markets witnessed huge rush.People thronged the weekly flea market, locally
called the Sunday market. Public transport was plying normally, while
inter-district connectivity also improved, officials said.PTI
Team of journalists visits
Kashmir, to release report on situation
Srinagar:A 4-member
delegation of Delhi-based journalists, which was in Kashmir to assess the
situation in the aftermath of the unrest following the killing of Burhan Wani
in July, today concluded its visit and will release a report next month. “Four
of us have come here as an independent group of journalists. This is not a
political mission. This is not for any kind of mediation between New Delhi and
Srinagar. We thought of trying and bringing out a comprehensive report by
speaking not so much to those in authority, but more to the people of
Srinagar,” senior journalist Seema Mustafa said.Mustafa, who is the Director of
the Centre for Policy Analysis, headed the delegation. She said the delegation
met a cross-section of people, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and held detailed
discussions with them on the situation in the Valley.PTI
J&K: violence giving
rise to psychiatric disorders
Dowry death presumption
must be backed by cruelty proof, says Supreme Court: PTI
New Delhi:The presumption
of culpability against an accused in a dowry death case under the Evidence Act
would be “activated” only when there is a proof that a deceased woman had been
subjected to cruelty for demand of dowry, the Supreme Court has ruled.The
provision to secure convictions in dowry death cases was inserted in Evidence
Act,which provides that instead of presumption of innocence, the accused would
be presumed prima facie guilty in such homicides if a woman dies within 7 years
of marriage and there is proof of cruelty.
Muslims hold key to
electoral outcome in UP
Lucknow: Muslim voters, who
account for nearly 20% of UP’s population, can make or mar the electoral
prospects of key political parties vying for the top slot in the upcoming
Assembly elections. While divided Muslim votes translate to gains for BJP, consolidation
will change the poll arithmetic as minorities play a crucial role in at least
125 of 403 constituencies, which will go to polls in early 2017.Samajwadi Party
chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s decision to revoke expulsion of his estranged
cousin and senior party leader Ram Gopal Yadav might once again bring the
political spotlight back on BSP.PTI
More lives lost in the name
of religion than political ideology: SC Judge
New Delhi: Supreme Court
judge, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, on Sunday, said he had wanted to write a
children's book on the “gems” from each religious faith practised in India. “As
a lawyer, I found there were many misgivings felt by communities about each
other. I wanted to write a book on the gems of each faith and get it to the
children. Children ask questions at home, they are inquisitive... I felt at
least they should learn about each other's faith for a better tomorrow,”
Justice Nariman, only the fifth judge in the history of the country to be
directly made a Supreme Court judge from the Bar, said.Justice Nariman said he
contacted the NCERT, which was unenthusiastic about the idea.“How will there be
unity among us unless we first learn to fraternise? Fraternity is a cardinal
value of our Constitution. There will be fraternity only if we know something
about the other person... Only fraternity will lead to unity,” Justice Nariman
said. the hindu
My religion is nobody
else's business:CJI TS Thakur
“Why would he come to India
if he was a terrorist?” asks family of ISIS suspect arrested in Sikar
On Nov.16, Jameel Ahmed was
arrested by ATS from Sikar on charges of helping the Islamic State raise funds
for their terror activities. His family spoke with Twocircles.net and narrated
their versionTwo months ago, Zubair Tinara, a 46-year-old resident of Fatehpur,
noticed something curious. 2 men had enquired about the location of Jameel
Ahmed, his wife’s brother, at a local shop. They claimed to be his school
friends. That was not the curious part; but the same people asked the same
question to a different shopkeeper later in the day, claiming to be from a
local police station. Worried, Zubair went to local police station to check if
there was an issue.“Nothing like that.No complaints against Jameel,” he was
informed. Zubair nevertheless thought it was best to check with Jameel, who had
been living in Dubai for the past twelve years.“Are you sure Jameel? Is
everything okay? Is there any issue, please tell me,” asked Zubair.TCN
To wipe out ‘terror tag’,
slain SIMI men’s lawyer wants trial to go on
Bhopal:Lawyer for 7 of the 8
suspected SIMI men killed in a controversial encounter following their alleged
jailbreak in Madhya Pradesh wants to keep his dead clients alive before the
court.Lawyer Parvez Alam wants the trials to continue to prove that his clients
were not “terrorists”. In normal course, trial is closed against an accused
after death. Alam will request a Bhopal court not to close the trial against 3
of his clients in a case which was in an advanced stage. He intends to take the
same route in other cases against his clients, whose killing by the police on
Oct.31 was questioned by opposition and activists after the emergence of
purported encounter videos. HT
Probe encounter deaths:
Petition
Mumbai: Mehmooda Bi, mother
of Khalid Ahmed, one of the under trials killed in Bhopal encounter, filed a
petition in Jabalpur high court seeking SIT probe into the encounter. Ms Bi has
said she does not have faith in state machinery as several Supreme Court
guidelines have already been violated as far as the Bhopal encounter is
concerned. ASIAN AGE
NIA washes hands of SIMI jailbreak
probe
NIA has quietly washed its
hands of controversial Bhopal jailbreak case, saying the state govt has already
launched ‘too many inquires and probes’ into incident. “We have told Union home
ministry that since state govt has already ordered too many probes and judicial
inquiries, there was no need to involve the NIA in the matter. We have, in
fact, listed all these inquiries while tendering our opinion to the home
ministry,” said NIA official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.HT
W.Bengal: Undertrial dies
during treatment at SSKM, kin allege ‘police excesses’
Kolkata: Family of an
undertrial who died during treatment at SSKM hospital early Saturday raised a
protest, alleging that police excesses were the reason for the death. According
to sources, Fardeen Khan (19) was arrested by New Alipore police on Nov.7 under
Section 379 of IPC .indian express
Modi is right to support
Balochis:Afghan ex-prez Karzai
New Delhi:Narendra Modi is
right to support the aspirations and issues of the people of Balochistan, said
Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan.HT
Increased chance of
Pakistan using nukes against India: Ex-NSA Shivshankar Menon
New Delhi:Painting a bleak
picture, ex-NSA Shivshankar Menon has said the likelihood of tactical nuclear
weapons being used by Pakistan against India has increased.Menon told India
Today TV that Pakistan’s tactical nuclear weapons will be devolved to lower
ranking officers at the battlefield level. “These are younger officers in an
army that is increasingly religiously motivated and less and less professional
and that has consistently produced rogue officers and staged coups against its
own leaders, which means that the likelihood of such tactical nuclear weapons
being used against India has increased,” he said.indian express
Don't use law to ban beef
consumption, says Goa CM
Panaji: Goa CM Laxmikant
Parsekar has said that if beef is part of someone's cuisine, the law should not
be used to ban its consumption, adding that as the political head of the state
he respected the sentiments of the minorities on the issue. He said the BJP
will come around to accepting this view in the days to come, adding that the
cultural and culinary habits should not be meddled with.Even RSS in Goa did not
contradict his views on the subject, CM said while speaking during 'Walk the
Talk', a popular talk show broadcast on Saturday."If one thing is a part
of his (someone's) cuisine, I should not oppose it. Finally, it is his
discretion. He is not compelling me. He is not forcing me... when it is a part
of somebody's cuisine, I cannot use law against it. I will not do that,"
Parsekar said on beef controversy. Asked how he tackled the beef issue as CM of
Goa, where Christian and Muslims account for more than 30% of the state's
population, he said it was natural for him to respect the sentiments of the
minorities."It was just natural for me. I did not tackle it in a political
manner. My feeling was: We (should) respect each other's sentiments, each
other's feelings, "he said.Asked if BJP should accept and acknowledge his
views on tolerance vis-a-vis beef-eating at the national level, he said:
"In the days to come.""My view has not been contradicted by any
RSS volunteer or official (so far)," he said. IANS
Conflict of interest? Trump
meeting with Indian businessmen raises questions
New Delhi: President-elect
Donald Trump last week met three Indian real-estate investors who are
constructing a luxury apartment complex in South Mumbai under the Trump brand.
The meeting took place at Trump Towers in Manhattan, New York. He took time out
from planning his transition to the Oval office to meet with the businessmen. A
spokeswoman for Trump said it was a routine courtesy call and the three flew
from India to congratulate Trump on his victory. “It was not a formal meeting
of any kind,” Breanna Butler, a spokeswoman for Trump Organization, told
Washington Post.Sagar Chordia, Atul Chordia, and Kalpesh Mehta are building a
Trump-branded luxury apartment in south Mumbai and their meeting has now raised
doubts over Trump’s ability to separate his business interests from the White
House. Indianexpress
Indian-American woman’s car
attacked after miscreants mistook her bandana for hijab
San Francisco:A 41-year-old
Indian-American woman has been racially attacked in the US state of California
after a bandana on her head was mistaken as a hijab, the latest in a series of
assaults following Donald Trump’s win. Nicki Pancholy was on her ‘peace walk’
when on return she found her car window shattered, her purse gone and a note
calling her a “Hijab wearing b****,”and asking her to “get the f— out.”Pancholy
is not Muslim, nor does she wear a hijab. She is a Rajasthani and has been
battling Lupus, which caused hair loss, and put the bandanna on her head as
protection from the sun. PTI
Planning Commission former
official Syeda Hameed denied UK visa
Urdu not on PMO’s website,
is it another attempt to do away with anything Muslim: Janta Ka Reporter
Urdu not on PMO’s website,
is it another attempt to do away with anything Muslim
World
Battle for Aleppo: 'All
hospitals are destroyed'
All medical facilities in
Syria's rebel-held Aleppo have been destroyed, health officials and opposition
activists have told Al Jazeera, as another day of ferocious govt bombardment on the besieged city left dozens
of people dead.Air raids, barrel bombs and artillery fire killed at least 56
people on Saturday, volunteers with the White Helmets group told Al Jazeera.
The rescuers, who operate in rebel-held parts of Syria, said they had been
pulling bodies, including those of children, out of the rubble. Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights,group monitoring the war, reported a lower death
toll of 27 civilians. aljazeera
Aleppo family of 6 killed
in 'chemical attack': CNN
French foreign minister
calls for renewed Syria talks
Regime kills dozens in
brutal Aleppo bombardment
UN says civilian casualties
in Mosul ‘overwhelming’
Mosul: Mounting civilian casualties from fighting in
eastern Mosul between Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Daesh are overwhelming
the capacity of the govt and international aid groups, UN said.Nearly 200
wounded civilians and military personnel were transferred to hospital last
week, the highest level since the campaign to push the extremists out of their
last major stronghold in Iraq began on 17 Oct.said Lise Grande, UN humanitarian
coordinator for Iraq. middleeastmonitor
9 Iraqi troops killed in
Mosul clashes
Nineveh: 9 Iraqi forces
were killed on Sunday in clashes with Daesh militants amid an ongoing offensive
to recapture Mosul, according to an Iraqi officer. The casualties occurred when
Iraqi forces advanced into Adan neighborhood, a Daesh bastion in eastern Mosul,
caption Azzam al-Obeidi, an officer in Iraq’s anti-terrorism forces, told Anadolu
Agency. “Govt forces were met with
fierce resistance from the militants, who used car-bombs and snipers to hinder
the advancing forces,” he said. According to al-Obeidi, 9 govt forces were
killed and 21 others in deadly clashes with Daesh. Anadolu Agency
Iraqi troops face stiff
resistance from IS in eastern Mosul
Sri Lankan Muslim body
objects to Minister’s statement about local Muslims joining ISIS
Colombo: Muslim Council of
Sri Lanka (MCSL) has strongly objected to the statement made by Minister of
Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe in Parliament on Friday, saying that 32 Sri
Lankan Muslims had left the country to join the ISIS in Syria.MCSL President NM
Ameen said the Minister's statement implied that 32 Muslims had joined the ISIS
recently, when actually he was only repeating a story which had appeared more
than a year ago in July 2015. "We strongly object to this misplaced
statement. The facts given by the Minister were reported in the media more than
a year ago when a Sri Lankan combatant died fighting with ISIS," Ameen
said.“There have been no new reports of any others getting involved since this
was reported last year," he pointed out. Newindianexpress
Hillary Clinton's Popular
Vote Lead Over Trump Now Exceeds 1.5 Million Votes
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clintons-popular-vote-lead-donald-trump-now/story?id=43667918
It's been nearly 2 weeks
since the Nov.8 general election, but the results have not remained static as
ballots continue to be counted. While the number of votes for both
president-elect Donald Trump and his former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton
continue to increase, the gap is widening, with Clinton expanding her popular
vote lead over Trump.According to new figures released by AP on Saturday,
Clinton received more than 1.5 million votes than her Republican rival.As of
Saturday, Clinton had received 63,390,669 votes, while Trump received
61,820,845 votes -- a difference of 1,569,824, according to AP. Rounded off to
whole numbers, that translates to 48 % vs. 47 percent.A day earlier, on Friday,
the vote difference was less, with Clinton getting 62,894,931 and Trump getting
61,580,333 -- a difference of 1,314,598, according to AP. ABC news
Israel's Muezzin Bill seeks
'Judaisation of Jerusalem'
Nazareth - Palestinian
politicians in Israel have found an unexpected ally inside the government
against a new bill banning mosques from using loudspeakers to broadcast the
call to prayer.The so-called Muezzin Bill - named after the person who calls
Muslims to prayer - was approved by a ministerial committee on Sunday, on the
grounds that it is needed to reduce "noise pollution" from mosques.A
first vote in the Israeli parliament on the legislation - due on Wednesday -
had to be delayed, however, after a small Jewish religious party raised
objections.Yaakov Litzman, the health minister, was reported to be concerned
that the legislation's current wording, which refers simply to "houses of
worship", might also cover synagogues. Sirens are often used to announce
the start and end of the Sabbath. Palestinian leaders in Israel fear the
setback will prove short-lived. The bill has widespread support from within the
government, including from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."This bill is
the ugly product of Islamophobia that has come to dominate Israel," said
Thabet Abu Ras, of the Abraham Fund, which promotes better relations between
Israel's Jewish and Palestinian citizens."Now the government will try to
reframe the bill to satisfy the Jewish religious parties so that it can
proceed." Aljazeera
Israel plays with fire by
anti-Adhan bill: Hamas chief
Muslim prayer call ban
blasted as 'an attempt to erase the religion'
Australian Christian church
hosts Muslim prayers
A West Australian church may be the first in
the nation to include Muslim parishioners in its community.A search for somewhere
convenient for Friday prayers has led to an unusual joining of two
communities.Every Friday, St Paul’s Anglican church in Beaconsfield, just
outside Western Australia’s port city of Fremantle, hosts Muslim prayers in its
community hall. Fittingly, hall was the original church.The enterprise began
shortly after Imam Faizel Chothia knocked on door of Reverend Peter Humphries.Chothia
said he had been trying to find somewhere convenient for Muslim workers to pray
in the Fremantle area with little success. sbs
Egypt’s Brotherhood says no
reconciliation with Sisi
Egypt’s embattled Muslim
Brotherhood group has rejected any reconciliation with the regime of President
Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi.In a Sunday statement, the Brotherhood said it will not
give up legitimacy – in reference to president Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted by
Sisi, a former army chief, in a 2013 coup.“There is no compromise on the rights
of the martyrs and injured, the detainees’ right to freedom and the people’s
right to honorable life,” it said.The statement was released one day after the
Brotherhood’s deputy supreme guide, Ibrahim Munir, said Saturday the group was
ready “to hear all viewpoints” from people of wisdom for reaching
reconciliation “that includes Morsi and takes into consideration the crimes
committed by the coup”.World Bulletin
Egypt jails 3 anti-coup TV
presenters for ‘false news’
An Egyptian court on
Saturday slapped three anti-coup TV presenters with a 3-year jail term each in
absentia for spreading false news.Egyptian authorities accuse Mohamed Naser, a
presenter at the Mekameleen satellite channel, and two other colleagues of
incitement and spreading false news.The presenters, for their part, say they
expose human rights abuses committed by Egypt’s military-backed
authorities.World Bulletin
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