Evening NEWS DIGEST
22 Nov. 2016: 21 Safar 1438: Vol: 8, No:42
Ruling parties hold their
ground in Lok Sabha and assembly bypolls
New Delhi: BJP and
Trinamool Congress won 2 Lok Sabha seats each, claiming it was a vindication of
their stand on demonetisation, as ruling parties in 6 states and Puducherry won
the byelections, retaining most of the assembly seats. Counting for the Nov. 19
by-elections in four Lok Sabha constituencies and 10 assembly seats across six
states and one Union territory began on Tuesday morning. The polls were the
first real test for NDA govt following the Centre’s decision to demonetize Rs. 1000
and 500 banknotes. Bypolls were conducted for 3 assembly constituencies in
Tamil Nadu, 2 in Tripura, one each in Assam, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and
Arunachal and Union territory of Puducherry. Lok Sabha seats contested were
Lakhimpur in Assam, Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh, and Coochbehar and Tamluk
Parliamentary seats in West Bengal. hindustantimes
Bypolls results 2016: No
surprise across 7 states, ruling parties hold sway
By-Poll results: Ruling
parties hold forte in MP,WB,Tripura, Puducherry, TN
TMC sweeps W.Bengal, AIADMK
in Tamil Nadu, BJP takes MP seat
Bypoll results:BJP takes
Assam,MP, TMC sweeps Bengal
DEMONETISATION
Why Devanagari numerals on
notes, Madras HC questions govt
New Delhi: Petitioner contended
that the usage of ‘Devanagari’ numerals is against the Indian Constitution and,
therefore, asked the court to declare the newly-introduced Rs2,000 notes as
‘invalid’. In what may give the opposition parties further ammunition to target
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Madras High Court has questioned the ruling
dispensation on what authority it has printed ‘Devanagari’ numerals on the new
Rs 2000 currency notes along with the regular English numerical.On Monday,
Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had posed this question to the Centre
while hearing a PIL filed by KPT Ganesan, a Madurai resident. He had also
demanded a reply from the Finance Ministry on the same. Citing Article 343 of
the Constitution, the petitioner argued that only international form of Indian
numerals can be used for official purposes of the Union. He also contended that
the usage of ‘Devanagari’ numerals is against the Indian Constitution and,
therefore, asked the court to declare the newly-introduced Rs 2,000 notes as
‘invalid’.According to Ganesan, the Official Languages Act, 1963 doesn’t allow
any provision for the use of Devanagiri numerals. He also pointed out that even
the President didn’t give the nod for any such usage of Devanagiri. indian
express
Rs 2000 notes: Madras HC
asks under what authority Centre used Devanagari numerals?
4 lakh in fake Rs.2000
notes seized in Odisha, 1 held
Bhubaneswar: In 2 separate
incidents, Odisha Police arrested a youth on charge of circulating fake Rs.
2,000 notes and recovered Rs. 4.8 lakh stocked in the newly-introduced
denomination post Centre's demonetisation move. Madhusudan Meher of Jharsuguda
was arrested while he was trying to use the fake currency at petrol pump in
Sunarimunda, a senior police officer said. The petrol outlet staff handed him
over to the cops."The note is a colour photocopy of an original Rs. 2,000
currency. A case has been registered at Jharsuguda police station and
investigation is underway," SDPO of Jharsuguda, Bijay Nanda said.Meanwhile
in Bolangir district, police seized over Rs. 12 lakh from the house of a
recruitment agent of migrant labourers, popularly known as 'dadan sardar' on
charge of stashing huge amount of cash.The police raided the house of
Khirasagar Bag, a dadan sardar at Tingra village under Saintala police station
limits last night and seized Rs. 12,75,900, Bolangir SP Asish Singh said.PTI
70 people have died due to
demonetisation, lodge a case against PM Modi: Congress
Senior Congress leader
Sanjay Nirupam has appealed the nation to register a case against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi under Section 302 of IPC for the death of 70 people
across the country. Mumbai Congress president said:"For the past two
weeks, the entire nation, especially Mumbai people are suffering a lot, after
demonetisation. People are facing a lot of trouble and to support them, from
today Mumbai Congress has started the discussion on demonetisation. And through
this medium, I would like to appeal to PM Narendra Modi that this
demonetisation scheme was launched hastily without thinking about the pros and
cons on the public." Catchnews
Parliament: Blame PM Modi's
absence for interruptions in LS and RS, says Opposition
Anil Bokil, man who
suggested demonetisation to PM Modi, slams implementation of policy
New Delhi:Anil Bokil,
founder of Arthakranti and part of the team that suggested the demonetisation
move to curb black money, has slammed the implementation of the policy,
reported the Mumbai Mirror. Bokil said the government used his advice
selectively. He also told the news outlet that he will be meeting Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. PMO, however, did not confirm the meeting.He
claimed the proposal that he presented to the Prime Minister in a July meeting
had a comprehensive plan on how to announce and implement the scheme. The govt,
he claims, picked up on only two out of the 5 points he had presented, as a
result of which the policy now can neither be rejected nor accepted happily.
indian express
Rs 2,000 notes found on
militants killed in encounter in Kashmir’s Bandipora: HT
Srinagar: 2 freshly minted
Rs 2,000 notes were found on the 2 militants who were gunned down on Tuesday in
an encounter by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district.A
cache of arms and ammunition were recovered, in addition to Rs 15,000 in cash —
2 Rs 2,000 notes and the remaining in Rs 100 notes.According to an Indian Army
spokesperson in Srinagar, a joint operation was launched by the army and the
local police based on specific information in Hajin in north Kashmir’s
Baramulla district. The encounter ended after the 2 militants were gunned down
and a combing operation was carried out.Preliminary reports suggest the duo —
both believed to be foreigners — belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, police said, but
their identity is yet to be ascertained.In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
surprise announcement on Nov.8 on scrapping of high denomination banknotes, he
cited as one of the key targets of the denomination drive militants allegedly
funded by counterfeit Indian currency from Pakistan.HT
Bombay HC prima facie finds
inconsistencies in 2 RBI circulars regarding demonetisation
Bombay High Court has
sought the RBI’s response in a petition that challenges a circular issued by central
bank on Nov.14. More importantly, the division bench headed by Justice AS Oka
observed that prima facie there were inconsistencies between 2 circulars
issued. Primary circular that was issued notifying demonetisation of 500 and
1000 rupee notes was issued on Nov.8,however another circular was issued on
Nov.14. Circular prohibits district co-operative banks from allowing exchange
or deposit of old 500 and 100 rupee notes. The petition filed by Solapur
District Central Co-operative bank says that by prohibiting district central
co-operative banks from either providing the facility to exchange discontinued
currency notes with new ones,or allowing account holders to deposit
discontinued currency notes the centre has exceeded its own powers. It is also
the petitioner’s contention that under Section 26(2) district co-operative
banks come under the purview of the primary notification, which means these
banks should have been able to exchange old notes for new ones and accept
deposits of the old notes. However, by this Nov.14 circular centre has
circumvented the authority of RBI. Livelaw.in
Usha Ramanathan offers the
most radical hypothesis of the note ban yet
Dark days are coming to
India, as non-performing government will impose fascist rule: Markandey Katju
Dear Modi Ji, Note Ban
Scheme is a Clever Ploy to Bail Out Banks:Anirban Saha
Demonetisation resulted in
chaos &loss of trust in govt: Lawrence Summers, ex-chief economist of World
Bank
Demonetisation in a booming
economy is like shooting at tyres of a racing car: economist Jean Drèze
UP: Ailing 4-year-old dies
as father waits in queue to get money for treatment
Is demonetisation BJP's
Waterloo in the making? Data certainly suggests so: By Sandipan Sharma
Amid Dollar Shock, Rupee
Sinks, Seen Hitting 70 Now; Nifty Below 8,000 - NDTV
Demonetisation:It was
supposed to be just an inconvenience but now there are signs of serious
economic distresss
IT raid on Janardhana
Reddy: It was just a little drama directed by Modi
Gujarat: Man ends life over
fund shortage ahead of daughter’s wedding
Shiv Sena makes U-turn: Now
sides with Modi on ‘historic demonetisation move’
OTHERs
Lead, heavy metals have
been found in soft drinks:Govt
New Delhi: Lead and other
heavy metals like Cadmium and Chromium have been found in the samples of five
different soft drinks manufactured by two major multinational companies in
India, Rajya Sabha was informed today."Samples of 5 different cold drinks
— Sprite, Mountain Dew, 7UP, Pepsi and Coca Cola — were selected by the
stratified sampling method and the samples were submitted to National Test
House (in Kolkata) for testing," Minister of state for health Faggan Singh
Kulaste said in a written reply.Apart from lead, other heavy metals like
Cadmium and Chromium were also found in the samples (due to leaching of toxins
from the bottles in which they were packaged), he said replying to a question
on whether the government commissioned study by Drug Technical Advisory Board
had found five different toxins in aerated drinks produced by two major
multinational companies in India.PTI
Maharashtra asks schools to
conduct Art of Living programmes
Mumbai: After Patanjali
yoga, the state’s education department seems to be endorsing programmes by Sri
Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living.In a recent circular, the education inspector
of south Mumbai region asked schools to hold workshops for students interested
in yoga, meditation and reducing stress, after taking consent from Parent
Teacher Association (PTA). The circular issued by BB Chavan, education
inspector (south) and deputy director of education, Mumbai region, states,
“Schools and junior colleges should take permission from their PTA to conduct 2
programmes by Art of Living — Bal Chetna and Nav Chetna.”It adds that only
interested students should be roped into the workshops.“Taking part in these
programmes shouldn’t be made compulsory for any student,” said Chavan. But,
school principals have objected to department promoting a private agency.“I
find it strange that the government is recommending private programmes,” said
Meera Isaacs, principal, Cathedral and John Connon School, Fort. She refused to
comment further until she received the circular.Freny Mehta, principal,
Alexandra Girls English Institution, Fort, echoed her sentiments.“We should
have the freedom to invite whichever organisation we want to hold workshops in
our school. The department shouldn’t make anything compulsory and we don’t even
have time for such programmes,” said Mehta.HT
NIA raids 2 more premises
of banned IRF
Mumbai: On the fourth day
of its crackdown on banned Islamic Research Foundation, the NIA today carried
out raids and search operations at two more premises of Zakir Naik's outfit. So
far, raids have been carried out at 20 premises in last four days, an NIA official
told PTI.A team of NIA officials is deciphering 'hate' speeches of Naik by
listening to audio and video records, he said.NIA has seized some incriminating
documents and some files in today's search operation also, said the
official.The analysis of documents on financial transactions of IRF including
foreign funding and documents related to property details of Naik is in
progress, he added.PTI
Kashmir HC Bar Association
denounces ban on IRF
Srinagar: Kashmir High
Court Bar Association denounces the five year ban imposed on Dr. Zakir Naik’s
Islamic Research Foundation and raiding of his academic institutions and
describes the same undemocratic, arbitrary and malafide, the sole purpose of
which is to victimize and punish Dr. Zakir Naik for propagating and preaching
Islam. kashmirwatch
3 soldiers killed on LoC,
body of one mutilated; Army says retribution will be heavy
Srinagar: 3 soldiers were
killed and body of one of them was mutilated at Machil sector in Jammu &
Kashmir’s frontier district of Kupwara on Tuesday. While Army said the jawans
were killed close to the Line of Control in “action”, sources said there was a
possibility the action may have been carried out by BAT (Border Action Team)
with support of Pakistani Army. “Three soldiers killed in action on LC in
Machhal. Body of one soldier mutilated, retribution will be heavy for this
cowardly act,” Army northern command said in a tweet. Tribune
'Your Media Has Wounded the
Valley', Kashmir Youth Speak Out: Seema
Mustafa
Investigate custodial death
of Minhaj Ansari: Home Ministry to Jharkhand govt
Over 2 months after the
brutal custodial death of Minhaj Ansari, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has
taken cognizance of the matter asked the government of Jharkhand to investigate
the case.Home ministry was acting on a complaint filed by Ziyaullah, Jharkhand
convenor of Association For Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).In its order
dated Nov.4, Principal Secretary(Home) asked the Government of Jharkhand
"to investigate the matter and intimate the action taken" to the
complainant and the Home Ministry.In his complaint to the NHRC dated Oct.14,
APCR had said, "Deceased was beaten up to his unconsciousness and then
taken to local government hospital for treatment. Due to severe internal injury
and fractures, he was shifted to Dhanbad Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad.
On 07/10/2016 doctors at Dhanbad Medical College referred him to RIMS, Ranchi
for better treatment. On 09/10/2016, he was declared dead at RIMS,
Ranchi," he further said in the complaint.TCN
Mohsin Shaikh killing:
Father writes to PM Modi, demands ban on Hindu Rashtra Sena
Aggrieved by the
non-fulfilment of promise from central government of providing reparation and
the slow speed of trial against 22 members of Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) even
after more than two and half years after Mohsin Shaikh was brutally murdered by
members of HRS in Pune, his father has written a letter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. On June 2, 2014, 24-year-old Mohsin Shaikh, a resident of Solapur
district in Maharashtra who was working as a manager in an IT firm in Pune, was
assaulted and killed by the members of HRS when he was returning from a
Mosque.The incident had taken place only a week after Narendra Modi took the
Prime Ministerial oath in New Delhi.On Monday ,Sadiq Shaikh sent a 2-page
letter to Modi urging him to consider recommendations of National Commission
for Minorities that was submitted by it to the government after its visit to
Pune in the aftermath of the sporadic violence under taken by the Hindu
radicals in June 2014 resulting into death of his son.Among other demands,
Shaikh has asked for banning HRS and hearing of the case in a fast track court
to avoid tardiness. TCN
So far 68 supporters of
ISIS arrested in India: Govnt
New Delhi:NIA and state
security agencies have so far arrested 68 ISIS supporters in various parts of
the country, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday.“NIA and state security agencies
have so far arrested 68 ISIS supporters/sympathisers,” Minister of State for
Home Hansraj Ahir said replying to a written question. Minister said a total of
50 people have been arrested by security agencies during current year of whom
11 belonged to Maharashtra, 11 belonged to Telangana, 7 belonged to Karnataka,
4 from Uttarakhand, 6 from Kerala, 1 from Delhi, 2 from West Bengal, 1 from
Rajasthan, 2 from Uttar Pradesh, 1 from Madhya Pradesh, 1 from Jammu and
Kashmir, 1 from Bihar and 2 from Tamil Nadu.PTI
2008 blasts accused produced
via video before Kerala court: timesofindia
Ahmedabad: For the first
time 28 accused of July 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts were produced before the
special court for trial of NIA cases at Ernakulam, Kerala, through video
conferencing arranged by National Informatics Center on Monday morning at the
district collector office in Ahmedabad. The accused are facing a trial for
allegedly being part of the training camp organized by SIMI, in Dec.2007 in the
jungles of Wagamon in Kerala.TOI
Court frames charges
against IS suspects:PTI
New Delhi: A special court today charged 5 suspected
ISIS operatives with conspiracy to carry out terror acts in the national
capital and adjoining regions during Ardh Kumbh in Haridwar. According to court
sources, District Judge Amar Nath framed the charges under the sections of IPC
and anti-terror law UAPA against the accused. The charges were framed against
Akhlakur Rehman, Mohd Azeemushan, Mohd Meraj, Mohd Osama and Mohsin Ibrahim
Sayyed. The accused are at present in the judicial custody. The court has now
fixed December 15 for the next date of hearing. PTI
Amity signs MoUs with
Israeli Universities during "Israel-India Academic Summit"
New Delhi: Standing true to
its academic excellence, Amity was selected to participate in the
"Israel-India Academic Summit" which was organized in New Delhi
during the State visit of the President of State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin to
India.During the Summit, top Israeli Universities and selected Indian
Universities were invited for interaction and signing of agreements of mutual
cooperation.ANI
Visit to Chabad House was
must, says Israel President
UK, India tech firms call
for Israel-style tech hub: Times of Israel
3,000 policemen, volunteers
to ensure smooth 69th Tablighi Ijtema in Bhopal
Bhopal;3000 strong police
force would be deployed at the 69th world Islamic congregation, Tablighi Ijtema
in Bhopal to ensure that it is organised in a smooth manner without any
untoward incident. The police force would also be accompanied by nearly 3,000
volunteers of the organizing committee of the event to see that the devotees
don’t face any problem.The 69th Tablighi Ijtema would be organised from Nov.26
to Nov.28 at Eintkedi village located at Berasia road, which is about 8-10 kms
away from the city. The Ijtema which is one of the biggest Islamic
congregations in the world would be attended by more than eight lakh devotees
including devotees from more than 25 countries including USA, Canada, England,
South Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Sri Lanka, Phillipines and others. Hindustantimes
Coverage of SIO’s rally for Najeeb
Mothers of Rohith, Najeeb
march in protest organised by SIO, demand justice
New Delhi: Students and
social activists accompanied by mothers of former Hyderabad University scholar
Rohith Vemula and missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed participated in a ‘Sansad
March’ against “threats” to India democracy in the present times. The
protesters marched from Mandi House to Jantar-Mantar and raised slogans
demanding justice to Rohith, who had committed suicide in January, and recovery
of Najeeb, who disappeared from his hostel on Oct.15 after a brawl with ABVP
members the previous night, last month. Rohith’s mother Radhika and Najeeb’s
mother Fatima Nafees addressed the gathering and appealed the “peace-loving
people” of the country to stand in solidarity to meet the challenges of the
present times.The march organised by Students Islamic Organisation of India
(SIO) was also aimed at seeking justice to the people including minority
community members and tribals killed in various parts of the country. “Several
incidents act as witness to the fact that there are some miscreants present in
society who enjoy sympathy of people in power. They spread communal hatred,
assault the Dalits, Adivasis, target Muslims, kidnap and kill innocents and
propagate lies. This is challenging the internal security and law of the land,”
Laeeq Ahmed Khan Aqil, national secretary of SIO said.Several social and
political activists including Shezad Poonawala, John Dayal, Ashish Khetan and
Navid Hamid also addressed the gathering.PTI
Mothers of Rohith, Najeeb
march towards Parliament along with hundreds
Delhi: Rohith Vemula,
Najeeb Ahmed’s mothers stage protest, demand justice
Students Islamic
Organisation seeks action against Najeeb's assaulters
Students Islamic
Organisation seeks action against Najeeb's assaulters
World
Now Egypt court overturns Morsi's
life sentence
Egypt's deposed president
Mohamed Morsi has had a life sentence overturned by the country's Court of
Cassation, which ordered a retrial in the case that revolves around accusations
of espionage with Palestinian group Hamas.Morsi, Egypt's first democratically
elected president, had a death sentence overturned by the same court last week
and a retrial was ordered.Morsi's lawyer, Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud, told AFP
that the sentences against several Muslim Brotherhood officials, who stood
trial alongside Morsi on charges of spying for Iran and Hamas, were also
overturned. Explaining the recent ruling, Yehia Ghanem, Al Jazeera's Middle
East analyst, said "from a judicial point of view, the court of cassation
is the least politicised court in the country"."The authorities in
Egypt established a special judicial district three years ago to deal mainly
with cases of what they call 'terrorism', or espionage and other charges that
are politicised," Ghanem said. This district is where Morsi and thousands
of others have been tried, Ghanem adde, and "any opposition in Egypt is
now tried under 'terrorism'". "The trial itself failed to come up
with any evidence to substantiate the charges."Morsi's trials, and the
trials of thousands of other opposition figures and civilians over the last 3
years, have been criticised heavily by rights groups, including Human Rights
Watch and Amnesty International. aljazeera
Egypt court quashes Morsi's
one of the 2 life sentences
Hamas hails Egypt court
overturning Morsi life sentence
Egypt seizes funds of 46
for alleged Brotherhood links
Cairo: Egyptian authorities
on Monday seized the funds of 46 individuals and 5 companies with alleged links
to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, according to a govt commission. The
move brings the total number of people whose funds have been seized for alleged
links to the Brotherhood to more than 1,370 over the last three years and the
number of companies and NGOs with alleged links to the group to 1,125. Anadolu
320 killed in Syria's
Aleppo in 6 days of bombing
Aleppo: Syrian regime and
Russian aircraft have killed more than 320 civilians in eastern Aleppo over the
last six days, a civil defense official said.Spokesman Ibrahim Abu Laith said
322 people had been killed and 1,050 injured since Russian warplanes stepped up
their bombing campaign against the city. At least 82 children and 63 women had
been killed in attacks that saw regime and Russian aircraft target opposition-held
areas with cluster bombs, barrel bombs and vacuum bombs. Anadoldu agency
UN says nearly 1 million
Syrians besieged; US names, shames commanders
The number of besieged
Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, UN aid
chief told the Security Council on Monday, as US named 13 Syrian military
commanders it accused of killing civilians.Some 850,000 of those people are
besieged by government forces, the UN said, while the rest are trapped by Daesh
militants and other armed groups.“There is nothing subtle or complicated about
the practice of besiegement. Civilians are being isolated, starved, bombed and
denied medical attention and humanitarian assistance in order to force them to
submit or flee,” UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien told 15-member council during a
monthly briefing. middle east monitor
Death toll among Iran's
forces in Syrian war passes 1,000
More than 1,000 soldiers
deployed by Iran to Syria to back the government side in its civil war have
been killed, an Iranian official said, underlining Tehran's increasing presence
on front lines of the conflict.It was a major increase in the reported death
toll from just four months ago, when the Islamic Republic announced that 400 of
its soldiers had died on Syria's battlefields.Iran has been sending fighters to
Syria since the early stages of the more than five-year-old war to support its
ally, President Bashar al-Assad, against rebels and Islamist militants
including Islamic State trying to topple him.Reuters
Fears grow in east Aleppo
as govt forces close in
68,000 Iraqis displaced
since launch of Mosul offensive: UN
Arbil, Iraq:More than
68,000 people have fled their homes since Iraqi forces launched a huge
offensive against the Islamic State group in and around Mosul last month, UN
said Tuesday.The figure increased significantly over the past week as forces
battled deep into the densely populated city, but it falls short of pre-offensive
predictions.“68,550 people are currently displaced and in need of humanitarian
assistance,” the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs said in a statement.OCHA said the aid response to the offensive
launched against the jihadists on Oct.17 was growing in complexity, with
varying needs for different categories of civilians.AFP
85,000 flee homes amid
Mosul fight: Iraqi Red Crescent
Muslims, Christians, Jews
raise call to prayer together in Nablus
Protesting against the
Israeli ban on the Muslim call to prayer, hundreds of Muslims, Christians and
Jewish Sumerians yesterday raised the Muslim call to prayer together in Nablus’
main square, the Safa news agency reported.Residents, representatives of
Palestinian factions and followers and representatives of all three
monotheistic religions attended the protest, under the slogan “minarets will
never be silenced”. All of the participants raised the athan (call to prayer)
together. Activist Mazen Al-Danbak, who called for organising the protest a
week ago, said: “This protest sends a message to the Israeli occupation telling
it to stop playing with our holy sites, as well as sending a message to the
world asking it where it is regarding these flagrant violations against holy
sites.”“We tell the occupation to leave our land and we insist that it will not
be able to silence the minarets and will not stop them calling Allahu Akbar.”
middle east monitor
Bulldozers to raze
Palestinian village in Israel
Israeli government has
announced plans to demolish Umm al-Hiran, a Bedouin village in the country's
southern Negev region that is home to Palestinian citizens of Israel. Israel
Lands Administration (ILA), a governmental body that administers public land,
said it will begin razing the village on Tuesday. At least 30 residents will be
displaced. At time of publication, ILA had not replied to Al Jazeera's request
for comment. Israeli government plans to build a Jewish village for families
linked to illegal settlement movement in the occupied West Bank in the place of
Umm al-Hiran, while forcibly transferring Palestinian villagers to planned
townships in Negev desert.aljazeera
From presidents to mad
dogs, Israel is an apartheid state: Yvonne Ridley
Trump's 'extreme' Muslim
registry plans revealed by potential cabinet minister
Details have emerged of
what a plan for a Muslim registry under Donald Trump might look like, after
they were revealed - apparently accidentally - by one of his potential cabinet
members.Kris Kobach is considered the front runner to head up the Department of
Homeland Security when Mr Trump forms his administration in January next
year.So some say it is ironic that he was photographed as he arrived for a
meeting with the President-elect with a supposedly confidential strategy
document visible under his arm.A cynic would call it a deliberate ploy to get
attention for the "Kobach strategic plan for first 365 days", which
is how the document is headed.The proposals involve restarting a post-9/11 era
security programme called Nseers (the National Security Entry-Exit registration
system), which meant men from certain Muslim-majority countries were subject to
additional checks and monitored during their time in the country. Independent UK
Trump's Anti-Muslim Agenda
Caught on Camera: Muslim Registry, Political Tests, Presumed Guilt
Plans for ‘extreme vetting’
accidentally revealed by Trump candidate
Erdogan:Anti-Trump protests
'disrespect to democracy'
ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan
on Monday denounced a wave of protests in the U.S. after Donald Trump was
elected president.“All that was done in opposition to Trump in Europe and
across the United States is a disrespect to democracy,” Erdogan told
Israeli-based Channel 2 in an exclusive interview.“First and foremost, those
who believe in the ballot need to have respect” for the results, the president
said.“If they don’t, then this means they don’t understand democracy, they
can’t tolerate it and they don’t have respect for it.”Hours after the results
showed a stunning victory for Trump, protests began in dozens of cities against
the president-elect and continued for days.Erdogan said he and Trump spoke via
telephone on the first night after his election. “We agreed that there are a
lot of things we are going to do between Turkey and the United States,” he
said. Anadolu agency
US man abuses Muslim
driver, calls him ‘terrorist’
Muslim women take self
defence classes after spike in Hijab grab attacks in US
Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem from
'Azad Kashmir' Regiment likely to be named next Pak army chief
New Delhi: Lt Gen Ishfaq
Nadeem Ahmed, currently serving as Multan Corps commander and a key player in
counter-terrorism operations, is expected to be named the next Pakistan Army
chief, according to a media report on Tuesday. With the current chief, Gen
Raheel Sharif, set to retire on Nov.29, the process has begun for Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif to choose his successor. Ahmed is reported to be among
the four senior-most generals who were being considered for the post.The
influential Dawn paper quoted unnamed aides of the prime minister as saying
that Sharif had already made up his mind about the next army chief but he has kept
his cards close to his chest.“Though the prime minister is the only person who
definitely knows who the next army chief will be, the word in political circles
is that Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem (Ahmed), who is currently serving as Multan corps
commander, will be named the army chief,” the report said.Lt Gen Ishfaq,
belongs to the Azad Kashmir Regiment, had previously served as Chief of General
Staff. He was appointed to that post by Gen Sharif. Earlier Ahmed had drawn up
the blueprint for Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the army’s campaign against terrorism,
during his stint as DMGO. Gen Sharif formally began his farewell visits to army
units on Monday, ending widespread speculation that he could be given an
extension and paving the way for the civilian government to name his
successor.HT
Hundreds of Rohingya cross
into Bangladesh, fleeing unrest
Dhaka:Hundreds of Rohingya
have arrived in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar,
community leaders said today, many with horrific tales of troops killing and
burning villages.Bangladesh says it has prevented hundreds more from crossing
into the country, despite pleas from the United Nations to open its border
after up to 30,000 Rohingya were displaced by violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine
state. Bangladeshi troops have intensified patrols along the 237-km border, but
Rohingya community leaders estimate that 1,000 people have still managed to get
in over the last week.Most are hiding out in camps for the 32,000 legally
registered already living in southeast Bangladesh, fearing repatriation if they
are found by authorities.AFP
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