Evening NEWS DIGEST
24 Nov. 2016: 23 Safar 1438: Vol: 8, No:44
Demonetisation organised
loot, legalised plunder; will lower GDP by 2%: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi:After 5 days of
confrontation, Rajya Sabha today saw resumption of debate on demonetisation
briefly during which ex-PM Manmohan Singh led the opposition attack, saying the
step was a "monumental management failure" which would lead to dip in
GDP growth by at least 2 % .Singh termed demonetisation as "a case of
organised loot and legalised plunder".As PM Narendra Modi attended the
House, the opposition and the ruling side came to an agreement to do away with
the Question Hour and resume the debate, which had been left incomplete on
Nov.16.Leader of the House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the PM will also participate in the debate.Modi
attended the House during Question Hour as Thursday is the day of questions
listed against the PM's name.Debate was resumed during the Question Hour, from
12pm to 1pm, after which the House went into lunch break. When it met again at
2pm, PM was not there,prompting the opposition parties to demand his presence
again as they wanted him to listen to all the speakers.Earlier speaking during
the debate, Singh said, "These measures convinced me that the way the
scheme has been implemented, it's a monumental management failure."Singh
said the decision will result in decline of GDP by 2%, which was an
"under-estimate and not an over-estimate".He said he agreed with the
objectives of the scheme to demonetise currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 as
spelt out by PM but he wished to highlight the problems that the common people
and poor have been subjected to by the move."It is not my intention to
pick holes what this side or other side does. But I sincerely hope that the PM
even in this late hour will help find us practical and pragmatic ways to
provide relief to the suffering of the people of this country," the former
PM said. India today
Demonetisation:Economists,
experts back Manmohan's prediction of GDP slowdown
Demonetisation is organised
loot, legalised plunder and monumental management failure: Manmohan Singh
Manmohan's dramatic
intervention in parliament against demonetisation might be a game changer
PM calls Cabinet meet, may
review 200% penalty on high deposits
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi
has called a Cabinet meet today night, possibly to discuss the penal 200% tax
that is keeping away the scrapped Rs 500 and 1000 notes from entering the
formal system.The meeting, summoned at a very short notice, comes amid reports
of high tax penalty terrifying people from putting their cash savings into the
formal banking system.PTI
Govt says no toll charges
till Dec 2; Rs 500 notes to be accepted till Dec 15 thereafter
New Delhi:Union Minister of
Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has today said that
the toll suspension has been extended till Dec.2 midnight across all national
highways in the country. On the other hand, Transport Ministry in a statement
said that Rs 500 notes will be accepted as toll charge at National Highways
till Dec.15 even after the exemption is withdrawn. financialexpress
Demonetisation: Govt
extends toll exemption till Dec 2, will accept old Rs 500 notes till Dec 15
Today is last day for
exchanging old Rs 500, Rs 1000 rupee notes: What you must know
Now, Demonetisation set to
cost 400,000 jobs
New Delhi: Industry is
staring at temporary job losses due to demonetisation, as production gets hit,
especially in labour-intensive sectors like textiles, garments, leather and
jewellery. As many as 4 lakh people, mostly daily wagers, may have either lost
their jobs or shunned work temporarily due to the lack of payment so far, and
the number is only going to grow if the cash crunch persists, senior industry
executives said on condition of anonymity.They,however, added that this
estimate is based primarily on anecdotal evidence and that a clearer picture
will emerge in the weeks to come.Interestingly, Engineering Export Promotion
Council (EEPC) vice-chairman Ravi Sehgal said even though some of the labourers
have bank accounts, they are unwilling to accept direct payment through the
banking channel for fears that if the amount exceeds R50,000 (a year), they
could lose their below poverty line status and consequently be stripped of
various subsidy benefits. In a meeting with commerce and industry minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, various export promotion councils warned of lower
production. Some of them said many factories had cut down on production by half
from the pre-demonetisation level due to the liquidity crisis, said an industry
executive present in the meeting.They sought up to a tenfold hike in the cash
withdrawal limit from the current R50,000 a week to be able to conduct certain
necessary business transactions. Roughly a fifth of the almost 32 million
people employed in the textile and garment sector who are paid wages either
daily or weekly are hit.financial express
Student returns from bank
and kills himself, elderly man dies in queue
Unable to withdraw money
for exam fees, teen hangs himself
J&K: Carried 30 km by
father for want of cash, ailing boy dies
Demonetisation:3-yr dies in queue; driver flees with Rs 1.37 crore
cash
Fools’ paradise, planted
stories: Shatrughan on demonetisation, app survey
In Cash Crunch, RBI Chief
Urjit Patel 'Missing'
Rupee hits all-time low of
68.86 against US dollar
PM Modi app survey had
‘manufactured questions, fabricated answers’: Congress
Congress has alleged that
the survey, conducted via an official app of PM Narendra Modi, to gauge public
opinion on demonetisation comprised “manufactured questions and pre-fabricated
answers by blind bhakts”. “Modi Govt manufactures yet another lie through self
serving survey on DeMonetisation. You can’t fool people of India through such
gimmicks (sic),” party’s spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted.PTI
Housing prices to drop up
to 30%, wiping Rs 8 lakh crore in value
KASHMIR
& SOUTH ASIA
UK’s Foreign Secretary
calls for end to Kashmir violence during Pak visit
Islamabad: British Foreign
Secretary Boris Johnson called for an end to violence in Kashmir during a visit
to Islamabad on Thursday, warning tensions between India and Pakistan are
holding the region back from becoming an "incredible boomzone". Johnson,
who said he was visiting Pakistan for the first time, spoke a day after at
least 9 people were killed in Pakistani-occupied Kashmir when a civilian bus
was hit by cross-border fire.The deadly incident, which came after months of
dangerous tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, saw Pakistani and Indian
military officials speak via a special hotline, according to the Pakistani
military, which said it reserves "the right to respond".Johnson
warned former colonial power Britain could not act as a mediator in nearly
70-year-old dispute over Kashmir, saying it must be up to India and Pakistan to
find a "lasting solution" that allows for Kashmiri
self-determination.He also voiced concern over recent incidents "on both
sides" of the de facto Kashmir border, LoC. "Look at the incredible human potential
of Pakistan and its neighbours... and then imagine what the future could be
like if this was sorted out. What an incredible boomzone it could be." PTI
Pak surgical strikes will
be remembered for generations: Raheel Sharif warns
New Delhi: Pakistan’s
military leadership upped the ante in a war of words with India on Thursday,
with army chief Gen Raheel Sharif saying any surgical strike by Pakistan would
not be forgotten by Indians for generations to come.Air force chief Sohail Aman
too warned India against escalating a dispute over Kashmir into full-scale
war.Sharif, who is on a farewell tour of army units before his retirement on
Nov. 29, was quoted by The Express Tribune as saying that “if Pakistan were to
launch surgical strikes, India would not be able to forget it for generations
to come”.“India will be teaching its children about Pakistan’s surgical strike
if the latter took such measures. Pakistani troops are capable of teaching
Indian forces a lesson,” he said.Sharif’s remarks, made while addressing a
‘jirga’ of tribal elders in Khyber semi-autonomous region, were also an
apparent riposte to the surgical strikes carried out by Indian troops along LoC
in September.HT
After India’s retaliation,
alarmed Pak reaches out to UN
New York: Alarmed by the
escalation of tension with India along LoC, Pakistan on Thursday asked the UN
to act before the situation snowballed into a “full-fledged crisis.”Pakistan’s
Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi met the Deputy UN Secretary General Jan
Eliasson and the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary General Edmond Mulet and she
alleged that the situation along the LoC posed a “grave threat to international
peace and security.”Ms. Lodhi, according to a statement issued by the Permanent
Mission of Pakistan to the UN, in her meeting with the world body’s officials
alleged that escalating tensions on the LoC “was a deliberate attempt” by India
to “divert the attention of the international community from the gross human
right violations being committed” by it in Kashmir.UN Department of Peace
Keeping Operations was separately asked to mobilise the UN Military Observer
Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to effectively monitor LoC and the
Working Boundary as a step to help deescalate tensions between India and
Pakistan, the statement said.PTI
Amidst firing, Pak DGMO
calls up Indian counterpart
102 deaths to internet ban,
Kashmir completely alienated from India?
Srinagar: A group of 25
activists belonging to various organisations from across the country visited
Kashmir between Nov. 11 to Nov.20.Their objective was to understand the ground
realities and what exactly transpired in the Valley over the past 4 and a half
months since the killing of Burhan Wani. According to the fact-finding
committee, since July, as Kashmir was rocked by a series of protests and direct
confrontation ensued between protestors and army men, the Valley has been
completely alienated from India. "In the last 135 days, over 102 unarmed
civilians have been killed by the Indian Army, J&K Police and central
paramilitary forces. More than 15,000 people have been injured by armed firing
and in pellet firing and shelling, of which around 7,000 are cases of severe
injury. A majority of those who have been killed are young and many are minors.
This information has been documented by the media," stated the report
compiled by the activists. Some of the activists, who visited Kashmir for nine
days, include Medha Patkar (Narmada Bachao Andolan), Kavita Krishnan (All India
Progressive Women's Association), SP Udaykumar (Peoples Movement against
Nuclear Energy) and Gautam Mody (New Trade Union Initiative), to name a few.
The report in the end stated, "We also conclude that the actions of BJP govt
at the centre and the PDP-BJP govt in
J&K are acts of vengeance aimed at forcing the peoples of Kashmir into
subjugation by using every possible force available to govt for breaking the people's resolve for a
democratic settlement to achieve their aspirations.""As representatives
of diverse peoples' movements, trade unions and other organisations in India,
and as India's citizens, we can say without reservation that the actions of the
Indian state in Kashmir amount to profound violation of democratic and human
rights."
Modi has completed
Kashmir’s alienation: Team of 25 activists say after visiting valley
Over 200 terrorists active
in J&K, govt tells House
New Delhi:Govt informed Parliament that around 200 terrorists
were active in J&K out of which 105
had infiltrated into India from Pakistan this year. In a written reply in Rajya
Sabha, minister of state for home affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said 105
terrorists had infiltrated into India till Sept. this year. "As per
available inputs, nearly 200 terrorists are active in the state of J&K ,"
he said. timesofindia
Kashmir: India lost Valley, politically and
emotionally
Pune:Addressing the growing
disconnection between Kashmir and the rest of India, Yashwantrao Chavan
National Centre of International Security and Defence Analysis (YCNISDA),
Centre For Advanced Strategic Studies (CASS) and Savitribai Phule Pune
University (SPPU) jointly organised a ‘Pune Dialogue on Kashmir’ at Yashwantrao
Chavan Academy for Development Administration (YASHADA) on Wednesday.Speakers connected
with the Kashmir issue from military, social service and academic circles were
a part of this one-day dialogue. Air Vice-Marshal Kapil Kak (Retd) set the theme
for the dialogue, stating,“Kashmir is too proud of their past to accept
radicalisation. But yet, they are psychologically and emotionally disconnected
with the country.”Recounting his experiences of studying in Kashmir during his
college days, chief guest Wasudeo Gade, V-C of SPPU said,“Somehow,people in
Kashmir do not consider themselves a part of India. In my opinion, we need to
understand their feelings.”Senior journalist Dr Shujaat Bukhari who initiated
his short address stating that he wanted to make a strong statement, said,
“India has lost Kashmir, politically and emotionally.”Claiming that the new
generation of Kashmir is “completely anti-India”, the journalist added that
unfortunately every Kashmiri is viewed as a terrorist.“No, every Kashmiri is
not a terrorist. Tourists who come to Kashmir know the place better than most
Indians. Indian civil society and masses have the right to know what is
happening on the ground in Kashmir. I urge everyone who hasn’t been there, to
go there. Why do you want to depend upon 9pm primetime war rooms for
information?,”he urged.indianexpress
Time to think out of box on
Kashmir: Top Army officer
90% of Kashmiri people want peace: Ravi
Shankar
Sri Sri launches dialogue
forum in J&K for peace
ZAKIR
NAIK
NIA to probe overseas IRF
members as part of Zakir Naik case
NIA is all set to widen its probe against IRF
and its founder Dr Zakir Naik by investigating members of the organisation both
based in India and abroad. The development comes after NIA officially contacted
banks asking them to freeze accounts of the banned IRF and Naik.According to a
senior NIA official, the probe agency is currently preparing a list of
individuals associated with IRF who might offer more information about the
funding of the organisation which was recently banned by govt of India. NIA is
now looking to prepare a comprehensive list of IRF members specially those who
are not based in India.“The funding of the proscribed organisation has to be
explored further. IRF has received funds from abroad ever since its inception,
and the NIA probe will focus on the money trail as well,” said the senior NIA
official. Agency is also contemplating to get a red corner notice issued if
Naik avoids refuses to join the investigation. dnaindia
Now, Zakir Naik stares at
another FIR:TOI
Zakir Naik's IRF might have
funded 300 people, many visiting IS areas, claims NIA: firstpost
Zakir Naik's banned IRF
might have funded at least 300 people, some of whom travelled to the Islamic
State areas of Syria and Iraq, according to the New Indian Express. Firstpost
NIA teams recovers 500 CDs
from Harmony Media office
Police to book Zakir Naik
for ‘inciting enmity’
Don’t shutdown Mumbai
school linked to Zakir Naik’s NGO: Abu Azmi
OTHERs
Kerala: 4 RSS men held for
killing converted Faisal
Malappuram: 4 RSS workers
were taken into custody by the police on Wednesday in connection with the
murder of Faisal, who had converted to Islam recently. Their arrest will be
recorded on Thursday. 4, including close relatives of Faisal, were being
quizzed about their alleged associates who murdered him early on Saturday. CCTV
visuals retrieved from a nearby shop in the street, where Faisal’s mutilated
body was found, helped the police in the investigation. A car and two bikes
were seen passing through the area close to the time of the murder. The police
have identified one of the vehicles. Faisal’s mother Meenakshi’s statement pointed the needle of suspicion at Sangh
Parivar organisations and their involvement in the murder which was reportedly in retaliation
for Faisal’s and his family’s recent conversion to Islam. Meenakshi had alleged
that her son-in-law, an RSS worker, had helped the killers and covertly
passed information on Faisal’s movements
prior to the murder. Meenakshi had also
said that her son’s conversion was on his own volition and that she had no
reservations against his decision. Deccan chronicle
Malappuram: RSS in police
crosshairs over converted youth’s murder
‘Earlier verdict emboldened
right wing forces to carry out another similar murder’
Kozhikode: The
prosecution's failure to get the accused in the Yasir murder case in Malappuram
convicted seems to have emboldened the right wing forces to carry out another
similar murder. Faizal, the neo-covert in Kodinhi, was murdered in the same way
Yasir was killed in 1998. Yasir, whose earlier name was Ayyappan, was a
part-time temple employee in Tirur before his conversion along with his wife
and children in 1990. Later, Yasir is said to have converted around 40 families
in the area to Islam.Yasir was murdered, allegedly by RSS activists, on August
18, 1998. The trial court had acquitted all the accused in the case but the
high court found 6 of them guilty and awarded life imprisonment. The Supreme
Court acquitted the accused in the case on July, 2016. There are many in
Malappuram who believe that had the prosecution succeeded in getting the
accused in the Yasir case punished, the possibility of the Faizal murder could
have been averted. "Of course, the prosecution's failure was a morale-booster
for the Sangh Parivar," said a Muslim leader. timesofindia
RAF to be deployed
permanently in Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Mewat region
Rewari: Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that a battalion of the Rapid Action Force(RAF)
will be deployed permanently in Haryana’s Muslim-dominated Mewat soon to ensure
communal harmony.Rajnath Singh was addressing the ‘Shaheed Samman Rally’
organised by Union Minister of State for Urban Housing, Planning and Poverty
Alleviation Rao Inderjit Singh at HUDA ground here.Rao, who is also an MP from
Gurugram, had demanded permanent deployment of RAF along with a training centre
for anti-riot troopers in Mewat in view of communal tension in the region. Addressing
the rally, Singh said that all countrymen, be it Hindus or Muslims, should
contribute in making a strong, proud and independent India. Siasat
‘Muslim women need security
education’: Dravidian, Left, Muslim, Dalit parties oppose uniform civil code
Chennai: Dravidian, Left,
Muslim and Dalit parties, including Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, might have
opposed BJP’s attempts to enforce the Uniform Civil Code, but there seems to be
a broad consensus – barring the Islamic parties – that there needs to be a
reform of the Muslim personal law from within. Even as they underlined that a
multi-ethnic, multi-religious country cannot have a ‘one-size-fits-all’ law,
the parties only disagreed with the BJP’s effort to reform — even if it means
adopting a Uniform Civil Code – because it must come from within the Muslim
community and not imposed by a party driven by Hindutva.At a recent conference
organised by VCK in Chennai where Left, Dravidian and Muslim outfits came
together to oppose UCC, DMK leader K. Kanimozhi had also echoed similar
sentiments underlining the contradiction in BJP-RSS combine, which she alleged,
has scant regard for women’s rights and equality, advocating women empowerment
and equality for Muslim women.Fathima Muzaffer, convenor, Sharia Protection
Forum For Women, say that Muslim women do not need UCC but security,education
and economic empowerment, prominent lawyers such as Bader Sayeed, who is also ex
AIADMK MLA, say that this is primarily an issue about gender justice. Poet
Salma, an outspoken member of the community, said that this was BJP’s effort to
steer attention away from their failures.Opposing any move to enforce a UCC,
Ms. Muzaffer said that ‘talking about a civil code is just a waste of time’.
“Muslim women need security, education and economic empowerment, not uniform
civil code,” she said. the hindu
Triple talaq happens but
refrain from uttering it in one go, Sunni clerics to tell Muslims
Bareilly: As both the
Centre and Muslim organisations debate over what is seen as the tyranny of
triple talaq, clerics at the Dargah Aala Hazrat said they will discourage
husbands from uttering the 3 angry words in one go and instead ask them to say
it only once so that there is scope for arbitration and an eventual
reconciliation before a couple decide to part ways. Islam, they said, does not
sanction divorce in one sitting and demands both time and patience in the hope
that the husband and wife will reunite. The clerics will also tell followers
that the Quran leans more towards safeguarding marriages than dissolving
them.Thousand gathered at the Urs-e-Razvi on Thursday will be asked to refrain
from instant divorce, often viewed as un-Quranic and patriarchal. timesofindia
Signature campaign against
UCC in Kuwait by Tamil Islamic associations
Quran burning: Muslim body
wants culprits arrested in 15 days
Madikeri:District Muslim
Youth Federation Hakattur unit secretary Altaf has urged police to arrest those
accused of burning Qur’an at a masjid in Igurul, Somwarpet, within 15 days. He said miscreants also set lawyer
Padmanabha’s car on fire. He said MLA MP Appacchu Ranjan was indulging in
“caste politics” while MP Shobha Karandlaje had issued an “irresponsible”
statement that mosque had been abandoned. He challenged BJP’s claim that Kodagu
was its stronghold and asked the legislators to declare that they were not
dependent Muslims’ vote in the upcoming Assembly elections. They said they
would stage a protest in front of deputy commissioner’s office if the accused
were not arrested within 15 days. He said in spite of attacks on mosques in
Kushalnagar, Kandakkare, Titimati,
Hakattur and other places, police had not arrrested any suspects. deccan herald
17 held after clash over
playing music
Greater Noida: 17 people
were arrested on Wednesday after a clash between two groups in Dadri on Tuesday
night. The clash took place over a marriage programme around 9 pm in
Jarcha.Police said the marriage of a local resident, Gullu, was scheduled to be
held in Dhaulana village. "When procession reached near a mosque in Jarcha
village, some people from the mosque asked them to stop the music," said a
police officer. The participants in the marriage procession refused to stop the
music and the 2 groups clashed. TOI
Every 3nd child in
Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat victim of sexual abuse: NGO report
New Delhi:Every second
child in the western states of Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh
has been subjected to one or more forms of sexual abuse, a report compiled by
NGO Plan India states. The report on “Children in Difficult Circumstances” also
says that Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Jharkhand
and West Bengal accounted for a whopping 61 % of total human trafficking
crimes.An average 48% of children who went missing in these states remained
untraced.In the northern states, child marriage remains a grave concern. In
Rajasthan, 57.6% of women in the age group of 20-24 years were married before
the age of 18, the highest in the country.PTI
‘6 rapes in capital
everyday, 60% Delhiites feel unsafe’
New Delhi -- Around 60%
people in Delhi do not feel safe in the city while 64% while commuting in the
national capital, according to a survey by an NGO.According to a 'whitepaper'
on "State of Policing and Law and Order in Delhi", released by NGO
Praja Foundation, about 67% people do not feel secure for women, children and
senior citizens in their own locality, while 25% people do not inform police
after an incident.A total of 2,075 cases of rape were reported in 2014 which
increased to 2,338 in 2015 even as the survey stated that six rapes happen in
the capital everyday.PTI
Muslims in Rajasthan
village donate abandoned graveyard land for temple: HT
Jaipur: Muslims in
Rajasthan’s Sikar district have donated land to help build a Hindu temple.
Muslims in Kolida donated 2 bighas or 34,848 square feet of land from their
abandoned graveyard to the village’s Meels, who belong to Jat community. Meels
have constructed a temple of local goddess Surjal Mata at the cost of about Rs
50 lakh on the land.“Muslims had donated 1 bigha land 10 years ago and we had
made a small temple. About two years ago, we started expanding the temple and
grew short of land. The Muslims then gave another half a bigha at that time.
Some 6 months ago, they gave the remaining half bigha too,” Shivpal Singh Meel,
a former sarpanch of the village, said.HT
ATS takes help of IIT
students to crack whip on ISIS cyber threat, deradicalise 24 youths: indiatoday
Mumbai: In a shocking
revelation, sources in the Maharashtra ATS have told India Today that this year
alone nearly 24 youths from Maharashtra were stopped from leaving country and
going to join ISIS. Many of the youths are from Mumbai said the ATS source. indiatoday
Inscriptions glorifying
killed men in Bhopal encounter as martyrs removed
http://www.oneindia.com/india/inscriptions-glorifying-simi-men-killed-encounter-removed-2271748.html
Khandwa (MP): The
inscriptions on the graves of 5 men killed in an alleged encounter in Bhopal
last month, which implied at glorifying their acts and described them as
martyrs, have been removed, police said today."We raised the issue with
the elders of Muslim community who got the inscriptions on the graves
painted," DSP Mahendrasingh Sikarwar said.Some inscriptions which tried to
portray the deceased as Islamic martyrs and some other things written on the
graves in Urdu and Hindi were whitewashed last night, sources said. PTI
Gravestones of SIMI-linked prisoners read 'martyr' http://www.sify.com/news/gravestones-of-simi-linked-prisoners-read-martyr-news-others-qlyruddifebbi.html
JNU missing student case:
Police stop protest march by kin and students to Parliament
New Delhi: JNU students and
family members of missing student Najeeb Ahmed on Wednesday tried to march to
Parliament from Mandi House demanding justice but were stopped mid-way by
police.Alleging that her son has been held captive, Najeeb's mother Fatima
Nafees said she has been "assured" of support by UP CM in finding her
son. JNUSU head Mohit Pandey said,"you (police) have seen him in Aligarh
and Dharbhanga but you are still unable to find him. It has been 38 days since
he is missing and yet he is untraceable".PTI
Find Najeeb in a day or I'm
going to UP cops: Mother to Delhi Police
Shashi Tharoor gives notice
on Najeeb missing case
NIT Calicut’s hostel warden
tells girls ‘not to roam with boys’ in circular, withdrawn after outrage
We will name Lokpal if you
don't: SC to govt
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has said that it could very well act on its own if the govt and
Parliament fail to pass an amendment to the 2013 law which would allow the
selection of the Lokpal chairperson and members. timesofindia
World
Israel to build 500 new
settler homes in East Jerusalem
Israel has announced plans
to move forward with the construction of 500 homes for Jewish settlers in
occupied East Jerusalem, the first such move since US presidential poll.
"This morning, the local planning and building committee made the decision
to advance [plans]... for 500 units in Ramat Shlomo," the Ir Amim
anti-settlement NGO said, referring to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish settlement near
Palestinian neighbourhood of Shuafat. Plans had been on hold since 2014, Ir
Amin said. Jerusalem municipality said the "plans in question are not new
and were approved years ago". More than 200,000 Israeli settlers now live
in communities in East Jerusalem, which Israel has occupied along with the rest
of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and parts of Egypt and Syria since 1967 war. aljazeera
Israeli demolition orders
target Lod and Haifa
Israeli forces demolished 3
buildings belonging to a Palestinian family in the city of Lod in northern
Israel early today, while demolition orders were delivered to Palestinian homes
in the Haifa district. Sources told Ma’an that Israeli forces and border guards
facilitated the demolition of the three buildings which belonged to Shaaban
family in northern Lod neighbourhood of Karm Al-Tuffah without prior
notice.Witnesses said that Israeli police evacuated the women and children and
demolished the buildings as they watched. middleeastmonitor
Man whose father saved Jews
from Nazis asks Israel to take his name off 'ethnic cleansing' memorial
The son of a Dutch couple
who hid Jewish people from the Nazis during the Holocaust has asked for his
father’s name to be removed from a monument built on the site of a destroyed
Palestinian village.Erik Ader, whose parents, Bastiaan Jan and Johanna Ader,
are believed to have helped at least 200 Jews escape during World War II, said
he considered the monument to be an abuse of his father's memory and that his
family name has been exploited to cover up "an act of ethnic cleansing” of
Palestinians. independent
Myanmar wants ethnic
cleansing of Rohingya - UN
Myanmar is seeking the
ethnic cleansing of Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN
official has told BBC. Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine
state, forcing many to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, says John McKissick of
UN refugee agency. Govt of Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been conducting
counter-insurgency operations since coordinated attacks on border guards in Oct.
Rohingya, who number about 1 million, are seen by many of Myanmar's Buddhist
majority as illegal migrants from Bangladesh.BBC
Rohingys: 'They set our
houses and mosque on fire'
Rohingya Muslims flee
Myanmar amid deadly attacks
Egypt's Sisi expresses
support for Syria's military
Egyptian President Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi says he supports the Syrian military - a position at odds with
his country's Gulf benefactors such as Saudi Arabia. aljazeera
China asks Xinjiang
residents to surrender passport
Beijing: China has ordered
all residents in its Muslim-majority Xinjiang province to surrender their
passports in a bid to "maintain social order" and prevent them from
moving abroad, days after the Communist nation tightened rules to suppress
religious freedom in the restive region. Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has
tightened passport regulations, requiring all residents to hand in their
passports to local police for examination and management, state-run Global
Times reported on Thursday.PTI
Dutch politicians debate
ban on Muslim headwear
Dutch politicians on
Wednesday debated a limited ban on face-covering headwear worn by some Muslim
women that would outlaw veils in places such as schools, hospitals and on
public transportation.Only a few hundred Muslim women in the Netherlands wear
concealing full-face coverings, but successive govts have still sought to ban
the garments, following the example of other European countries such as France
and Belgium.Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk said Dutch proposal did not go as
far as the complete bans in those countries. He called the legislation
"religion-neutral", but conceded the debate about people wearing
veils on Dutch streets had played a major role in the proposal.AP
Hundreds evacuated as
bushfires near Israel's Haifa
Hundreds of Israelis fled
their homes on the outskirts of the country's third city Haifa on Thursday with
others trapped inside as firefighters struggled to control raging bushfires. "We
evacuated three neighbourhoods and there are people who are stuck," fire
department spokesman Kayed Daher said. "Fire is still burning and the
flames are approaching a gas station." "No injuries have been
reported so far," police said. Cyprus, Russia and Turkey were among
several countries to send help, including aircraft, to put out the fires. World
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