Evening NEWS DIGEST
13 Dec.2016: 13 Rabiul Awwal 1438: Vol:8, No:61
'Situation is apocalyptic':
Aleppo citizens send 'death bulletins' pleading for help as Assad's forces
'shoot 82 civilians in their homes'
Aleppo citizens have posted
harrowing 'death bulletins' pleading for help from the outside world as Syrian govt
forces sweep through the city.Terrified
residents have filmed themselves describing their plight in the besieged city
with one doctor calling the situation 'apocalyptic' and another saying: 'This
may be my last video'.It comes as president Bashar al-Assad's forces were
accused of shooting 82 Aleppo civilians in their homes and as the UN described
a 'complete meltdown of humanity' in the war-torn city. There are reports that
11 women and 13 children were among those killed in 'on the spot' shootings in besieged
Syrian city while 100 unaccompanied children are feared trapped in a building under
heavy attack. Reports emerged as Syrian troops were poised to recapture all of
the country's war-torn second city. Rights group Amnesty International has
described global inaction over the siege as 'shameful'. International Committee
of the Red Cross warned Tuesday that thousands of civilians were at risk 'as
front lines close in around them in eastern Aleppo.UN chief Ban Ki-moon
expressed alarm over reports of atrocities against 'a large number of
civilians, including women and children' in Aleppo, his spokesman Stephan
Dujarric said Monday.Meanwhile UNICEF Regional Director Geert Cappelaere said
in a statement: 'According to alarming reports from a doctor in the city, many
children, possibly more than 100, unaccompanied or separated from their families,
are trapped in a building, under heavy attack in east Aleppo.'DailyMail
Pro-govt forces slaughter
at least 82 civilians including women, kids closing in on Syrian Aleppo city:
UN
Mass killing reported in
Aleppo as Syria troops near victory
Slaughter of Aleppo is
being recorded in real time on Twitter, by its own victims
Aleppo civilians killed in complete
meltdown of humanity:UN
Message from Aleppo:
'Tomorrow will be too late for us'
Last messages from Aleppo
as Syria regime massacres women and children
Reports of children burned
alive and mass executions in the street as Aleppo falls to Syrian Army
Aleppo rebel commander says
US, Turkey must save civilians
‘People burned alive in
their homes’
Civilians killed on spot as
battle for Aleppo nears end
Emergency Commons debate as
Aleppo civilians executed, children trapped under bombardment: Telegraph
MPs have called on
the British govt to pursue a ceasefire in Aleppo, where 100 children were
trapped in a building under heavy attack and some 80 civilians are thought to
have been executed. Humanitarian help is desperately needed in the wartorn
Syrian city, Commons heard in an emergency debate. Britain is
"complicit" in the suffering faced by thousands of Syrians, ex-Conservative
minister Andrew Mitchell warned.
INDIA
Chief Vigilance Officer
names Union Minister Rijiju, relatives in
Arunachal’s Rs.450-crore hydro project scam
New Delhi: Union Minister
of State for Home Kiren Rijiju; his cousin, a contractor in Arunachal Pradesh,
Goboi Rijiju; and several top officials of North Eastern Electric Power
Corporation (NEEPCO), including its Chairman and Managing Director, have been
named in a 129-page report by the PSU’s Chief Vigilance Officer that alleges
corruption in the construction of 2 dams for 600 MW Kameng Hydro Electric
Project, one of the biggest hydro-electric projects in Arunachal Pradesh.The
report by CVO Satish Verma, sent to the CBI, CVC and the Ministry of Power in
July this year, alleges an “elaborate conspiracy” involving contractors, NEEPCO
officials and the West Kameng district administration to defraud NEEPCO and the
govt of funds that “may extend up to Rs
450 crore.” West Kameng, the site of the project, falls in Arunachal West, the
Minister’s parliamentary constituency.CBI has made two “surprise checks” but no
FIR has been registered yet.Verma, a Gujarat IPS officer, was pulled up by
NEEPCO for “unauthorised absence,” and transferred to the CRPF in Tripura soon
after his report. He attributes the “absence” to his investigation.At the heart
of the conspiracy, Verma’s report says, are several fake and inflated bills by
contractors to allegedly siphon off money in the name of transporting rocks
needed for the dam construction. Not only was the transportation cost decided
arbitrarily, the report says, but many transport challans and records provided
by the contractor, Patel Engineering Limited (PEL), were found to be fake. For
example, thousands of tonnes of rocks were found to have been carried to the
project site, at least on paper, on scooters, bikes and cars even as several
registration numbers provided by PEL were found to be non-existent, the report
says. In some cases, the same vehicle number or the same driver appeared many
times on different challans claiming to have begun the journey from different
quarries situated 70 km away on the same date just half an hour apart. indian
express
Sack Rijiju, order probe:Opposition
to PM; BJP defends minister
New Delhi:Taking note of a
report in The Indian Express and calling it “a clear case of misuse of official
position”, the Congress and AAP Tuesday demanded the sacking of Minister of
State for Home Kiren Rijiju after his name and that of his cousin figured in a
report of the Chief Vigilance Officer of the NEEPCO that alleged corruption in
the construction of 2 dams for the Kameng Hydro Electric Project in Arunachal.indianexpress
IPS officer alleges
vendetta by Rijiju’s relative for reporting Rs.450-crore scam
Rijiju named in Arunachal
hydro project scam involving more than Rs 450 crore
Congress demands sacking of
Rijiju over alleged power project scam
‘Threatened to kill us':
Movie turned nightmare for Chennai residents who refused to stand up for
national anthem
On Sunday, a group of 8
persons, including 3 women, were inside Chennai's Kasi theatre for a screening
of the film 'Chennai 28-II', a coming-of-age sports comedy. What was slated to
be regular movie watching experience, turned into a nightmare for these eight
after a mob of 20 people attacked them for not standing up when the national
anthem played before the film was to begin.Among the group was a social worker,
a freelance writer and a college lecturer who took the decision to defy, on
grounds of principles, a Supreme Court order of 30 November that made it
mandatory for cinema halls across India to play the national anthem before a
film's screening."Almost an hour later, as the movie was about to resume
after the interval, a man grabbed Viji (a freelance writer) by his shirt and
sought an explanation for not standing up. He kept threatening he would kill
us. Some 20 people seated near him joined him. We asked him to call the police
if he had a problem with what we had done. But he grabbed my hand and pushed
me. Nobody in the hall came to our support," social worker Sreela M told
the Indian Express.The horrifying incident of reckless crowd vigilantism
happened during the intermission. Sreela said their decision stemmed mainly out
of their belief that "this (being made to stand up during the national
anthem) was not the way to show patriotism."20 people who assaulted 8 soon
started to abuse the women, an official said. Sreela said a police officer at
MGR Nagar police station gave them a lecture on patriotism.huffingtonpost
J&K govt orders
compensation to Burhan Wani's family
Srinagar: ammu and Kashmir govt
has ordered compensation of Rs 4 lakh to
the family of slain militant Burhan Wani for his brother's mysterious killing
in April last year.However, his father Muzaffar Wani, a school teacher, refused
to accept the compensation, alleging that his elder son, Khalid, was killed by
security forces in "cold blood".Pulwama District Deputy Commissioner
Muneer ul Islam in a notification on Monday ordered the monetary relief for the
next of kin of those persons who died or suffered injuries in militancy-related
incidents. Compensation was ordered for at least 17 families of the south
Kashmir district. The Wanis figure at the serial number 9 on the notification,
offering them either Rs 4 lakh as compensation or a govt job.Khalid, 25, who was studying economics at
the Indira Gandhi National Open University, was killed on April 14 when he had
allegedly gone to meet his brother Burhan, hiding in a forested area of Tral,
some 40 km from here.The state police had alleged that Khalid was an
over-ground worker of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit. They said he and
three of his friends were stopped by security forces on their way to the forest
to meet Burhan. But they didn't, triggering a shootout in which Khalid and one
of his associates were killed.The family alleged that Khalid's body bore
torture marks and accused the security forces of killing him in custody.His
father said there was not even a single bullet mark on Khalid's body and all
his teeth had been damaged with a "broken nose and skull".The senior
Wani told the media on Tuesday that "no compensation can bring" his
son back.IANS
Kashmir: Govt 'clears'
compensation for Burhan Wani's brother killed by army
India's unfolding education
crisis: Govt schools short of 1 mn teachers
18% positions of teachers
in govt -run primary schools and 15 govt in secondary schools are vacant nationwide,
according to data tabled in the Lok Sabha by the HRD Minister on Dec. 5, 2016. Put
another way, one in 6 teaching positions in govt schools is vacant, a collective shortage of a
million teachers. These figures represent average vacancies nationwide; some
states have filled all posts; in some, more than half are vacant. States with
lower literacy rates appear to have larger shortages of teachers. Up to 55% of
India's 260 million schoolchildren attend govt schools, according to 2015-16
education data. Among 36 states and union territories, Jharkhand has the most
acute secondary school teacher shortage: 70 govt (38 govt at the elementary level).Half of all secondary
school teacher posts in UP are vacant, as are a third in Bihar and Gujarat.
reasons for shortageof teachers are lack of regular recruitment, not clearing
position, bungled deployment of teachers, lack of specialist teachers for
certain subjects, and small schools, which cause available teachers to be
thinly spread. Of 6 million teaching positions in govt schools nationwide,
about 900,000 elementary school teaching positions and 100,000 in secondary
school - put together, 1 million - are vacant.IANS
US envoy on religious
freedom meets Naqvi, Uniform Civil Code, to interact with minority community
leaders
New Delhi: A top US
diplomat on international religious freedom today discussed issues concerning
minority rights in India including 'triple talaq' and Uniform Civil Code during
his meeting with Minority Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here. US Ambassador at
Large for Religious Freedom David Saperstein, who is currently visiting India,
also met Munu Mahawar, Joint Secretary (Americas) in the External Affairs
Ministry apart from interacting with some minority leaders. During his meeting
with Naqvi, another source said, the US diplomat talked about various reports
which mentioned change in the reservation policy vis-a-vis minorities by Modi govt
. "Not only was he told about the various initiatives taken by the govt for
the rights and upliftment of minorities, it was also conveyed to him that these
reports don't present factual position in India," the source said, adding
the issues including 'triple talaq' and UCC were also discussed.On his
interactions with minority community leaders, Saperstein, who will also visit
Mumbai and Bangalore, tweeted, "Had deeply meaningful conversations with
community leaders on religious life in #India. Appreciate their insights. PTI
NIA court convicts Yasin
Bhatkal, 4 others convicted in Hyderabad blast case:PTI
In the first ever
conviction of banned IM cadres in a terror case, a special NIA court here
convicted Mohammed Ahmed Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal and 4 others for their
involvement in Feb.21, 2013 twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad. NIA
special court convicted Bhatkal and others under various sections of the Indian
Penal Code, Arms Act and UAPA. Besides Bhatkal, the others convicted were
Asadullah Akthar of UP, Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas of Pakistan, Tahseen Akhthar
of Bihar and Aizaz Shaik of Maharashtra. All of them are in judicial
custody.Alleged key conspirator, Riyaz Bhatkal, believed to be operating from
Karachi, is still at large.The court will announce the sentences for all the
accused on Dec.19.In its charge sheet, the NIA claimed that the IM had hatched
a conspiracy to wage a war against India and decided to carry out bomb blasts
in Hyderabad to create terror in the minds of people and further its
activities.
Post Bhopal jailbreak: SIMI
undertrials in single cells, new locks everyday
Bhopal: Since the October
jailbreak leading to the killing of 8 alleged SIMI undertrials, Bhopal Central
Jail has isolated its remaining SIMI undetrial and tightened security to the
extent of changing locks on these cells everyday.A Madhya Pradesh jail
department document, accessed by The Indian Express, lists a series of new
steps implemented in a jail that still has 21 prisoners charged with SIMI
links:The new security measures have led to allegations about torture, with
SIMI operatives having reportedly complained to visiting relatives.Advocate
Parvez Alam, who represents some of the SIMI members, told The Indian Express
that the prisoners have not been allowed to bathe and been kept in one cell,
given only one quilt and food only once a day. The advocate alleged that family
members talk briefly to the undertrials separated by a glass wall, through the
intercom, with scores of security officials crowding them. Jail authorities had
allegedly not allowed Alam to meet his clients despite a court order last
month. Quoting the jail manual, the court had said that a lawyer could meet his
clients in jail. A contempt plea filed by the advocate is expected to come up
for hearing this week.In another move, which goes beyond the Bhopal jail,
authorities have barred relatives starting this week from carrying food and
other items of personal use for all undertrials lodged in 121 jails in Madhya
Pradesh. Govt justified the order citing instances of some relatives passing
blades and marijuana to undertrials.All SIMI undertrials in MP are in Bhopal
Central Jail, shifted for administrative and security reasons. They used to be
regularly produced in the district court. This has since been stopped for
security concerns; undertrials are now being produced before the trial judge by
videoconferencing. Indian Express
Post Bhopal Jailbreak: SIMI
Undertrials in Single Cells, New Locks Everyday
After MP jailbreak, CISF to
audit three more MP prisons:TOI
JNU’s Azadi Chowk is now
behind grills, so is students’ right to protest
New Delhi:The authorities
at the JNU recently built an iron grill at the ‘Freedom Square’ or ‘Azadi
Chowk’, a ground that has often functioned as the epicenter for students to
hold protests. It was the same place where JNU’s Kanhaiya Kumar gave his speech
earlier this year, rallying enthusiastic support. However, now JNU
administration has placed an iron grill at its side entrance, arguing that due
to space limitations, the place will be allocated to the administrative block.
The gate had been put overnight on Sunday. Affronted, the institute’s student
union, JNUSU has raised concerns, commenting that the institute is conceitedly
taking away its “spaces of protests”. JNUSU’s general secretary Satarupa
Chakraborty said, “This indicates how the JNU V-C is using cheap tactics to
prevent students from raising their voices.” indianexpress
Najeeb Ahmad still missing:
Is the JNU student union failing to lead the movement?Shishir Tripathi
Light Combat Aircraft to
get radar; US, Israeli, European companies to bid for tender
New Delhi: India is set to
initiate a major international competition to acquire new age radars for its
indigenous combat planes in the coming weeks, the winner of which is likely to
gain a strong foothold for future domestic projects. Sources have told ET that
an expression of interest for a new set of AESA (Active Electronically Scanned
Array) for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk 1A is set to be floated shortly,
with top global aviation firms expected to participate. The govt had recently
cleared an order for 83 of the LCA Mk 1A jets.The competition would be the
largest international contract for AESA radars that are the heart of modern
combat jets. These new radars give much more range and engagement potential to
fighters, enabling them to engage targets from a distance without getting
detected. AESA radars can track and direct weapons to multiple air and ground
targets simultaneously.The first Indian Air Force aircraft with AESA radars
will be the Jaguar fighter that is being upgraded to the DARIN 3 version. The
first Jaguar with the new radar is expected to fly in January. The contract to
equip 58 Jaguars with AESA radars had gone to Israel’s ELTA, making it the
frontrunner for the LCA Mk 1A project as well.ET/TOI
Child born out of rape
entitled to compensation: Delhi HC
New Delhi:A child born out
of rape is entitled to compensation, independent of any such relief granted to
the mother, the Delhi High Court has ruled. The verdict to this effect, in
which a man has been sent to jail for his entire “natural life” for raping his
minor step-daughter, was delivered after the court noted that there was no such
provision under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act or
under the Delhi govt ’s victim compensation scheme.PTI
DEMONETISATION
Senior RBI official
arrested for 'illegal currency exchange'
New Delhi: A senior central
bank official is one of nine men arrested in Bengaluru by the CBI, for
allegedly exchanging Rs 1.50 crore of banned currency notes.Sources in CBI said
the RBI official was K Michael, a special assistant with the Bengaluru branch.
However, no official confirmation of his name or designation was made available
immediately. Other 8 people, sources said, were middlemen who allegedly got
money converted for a fee. Nearly Rs 1 crore was found in the raids that were
conducted over the past few days. "They charged between15%to30% for
conversion," a source said.TOI
FM hints at low tax rates
due to demonetisation, digi-payments
New Delhi :Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley on Tuesday hinted at lower direct and indirect tax rates in the
future as demonetisation results in higher tax revenues from unaccounted wealth
coming into system.He also warned of a “very heavy price” that unscrupulous
elements will have to pay for amassing large amounts of cash unlawfully, saying
agencies are keeping a close eye on cash accumulations.PTI
BJP legislators used own
PAN in land buys: JD(U)
Patna: JD(U) intensified
its attack on the BJP for buying many pieces of land in Bihar before announcing
demonetisation. It claimed on Monday that the BJP's PAN, issued by the
Income-Tax Dept., was not used in 10 of 31 land deals even though the BJP
claimed it had bought these tracts because it wanted to build party offices in
different districts. JD(U) released a list of 10 purchases of land in which the
personal PANs of three BJP legislators — Lalbabu Prasad, Sanjiv Chaurasia and
Dilip Kumar Jaiswal — were used.JD(U) national general secretary Shyam Rajak
and state spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said senior Bihar BJP leaders, like former
deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and Leader of the Opposition in the assembly Prem
Kumar, had claimed that land in different districts was purchased by the BJP on
the instructions of party national president Amit Shah using party funds. If
these claims are to be believed, JD(U) leaders said, then BJP legislators
should not have used their own PAN cards to make the purchases.TOI
Demonetisation biggest scam
of the year, must be probed: Chidambaram
New Delhi:Ex-Finance
minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday hit out at the Union govt terming the demonetisation move as the
“biggest scam of the year” and demanded that it be investigated. “It has broken
the back of poor people, a case of khoda pahad nikli chuhiya,” Chidambaram
said, adding that “not even a national calamity would have caused so much
suffering”. Indianexpress
Owaisi calls PM Modi
‘tyrant’, says banks, ATMs not running in Muslim localities
Hyderabad:Hitting out at
the govt over demonetisation, AIMIM
president Asaduddin Owaisi Monday accused PM Narendra Modi of being a “tyrant” and alleged
banks and ATMs in Muslim dominated areas in the city were not functioning.
“Every family is in distress today…I cannot withdraw my money. Who made this
law,” the Hyderabad MP said, addressing a public meeting on the occasion of the
birthday of Prophet Muhammad ‘Milad-un-Nabi’. PM should remember that those standing in queues
now to withdraw their money would stand in queue again to vote against him (in
the elections), Owaisi said.PTI
Hiring in telecom sector
falls by 40% as cost pressure goes up
OTHERS
Muslim organizations
protest Assam's minister Sarma’s anti Madrassa directive
Silchar: Different Muslim
organizations of Barak Valley have formed a joint platform named as ‘Madrasa
Suraksha Action Committee’ in order to voice their protest against Himanta
Biswa Sarma’s directive to keep madrasas open on Friday. A broad based
Committee representing the representatives of different minority organizations and
All Assam Madrasa Students’ Association (AAMSA) was formed at a meeting on
Sunday at Badarpur. This Committee would prevail over the Education Minister to
take back the directive and in the event of his refusal to do so it has
threatened to launch statewide agitation. sentinelassam
Maharashtra: Communal
tension erupts in Malkapur, curfew imposed
Nagpur: Communal tension
erupted in Malkapur town of Buldhana district when police tried to stop an
illegaltembeing taken out through a locality dominated by members of a community.
Malkapur is about 356 kms from Nagpur and lies on the Mumbai-Howrah railway
line.The community had the required permission for their religious procession.
The rallyists, however, took out a motorcycle rally. Moreover, the approved
procession route did not include Baradari and Salipura, localities dominated by
one community. In spite of this, the rally took the unapproved route. When the
rallyists raised some objectionable slogans, the police personnel posted on the
route tried to stop the rally. The rallyists pelted stones on them. Then local
residents retaliated by pelting stones on the rallyists.The route of the
religious procession had been a point of contention between the two communities
since last few days. Last year too, the Eid rally passing through some
localities had created tension. This time a new route was allowed and the main
procession passed through this route without any incident. It was the illegal
rally that created trouble.Superintendent of police Sanjay Baviskar said in the
evening that normalcy had been restored and police were arresting the rioters.
The police had rounded up around 25 people till the filing of the report but
had not booked anybody. TOI
Karnataka: Communal clash
shuts down Hosapete
Hosapete (Ballari
dist):Tension prevailed in the town as two communities clashed over tying flags
for the Hanuma Jayanti and Eid-e-Milad celebrations on Monday.Flags and banners
were put up at the Chittawadgi Circle on the eve of Hanuma Jayanti, on Sunday
night. Members of the other community tried to tie flags for Eid-e-Milad,
resulting in a war of words between the two groups. When the two groups almost
came to blows, local residents intervened and brokered peace.On Monday morning,
two women from different communities had a fight over the issue. People from
the two groups gathered there and a clash broke out. Police rushed there and
dispersed the crowds.An uneasy calm prevailed in Gangavathi in Koppal district
on Monday, following Sunday’s clash between two communities over tying buntings
for their respective festivals.A mob threw stones on the car belonging to District
Superintendent of Police K Tyagarajan. More than 70 people have been injured in
the two days of violence in the town. A total of 15 two-wheelers, eight petty
shops, at least four goods carrier vehicles have been damaged in the violent
incidents.
Basic literacy rate among
Telangana Muslims high
Hyderabad:Muslims in
Telangana have higher average of basic literacy rate than the national average,
but they fare worse than all other communities in case of graduate and
postgraduate education. Their dropout rates are also among the highest. According
to the Sudhir Commission that went into the socio-economic and educational
conditions of Muslims in Telangana, their literacy rate is better than the
State and national average and only Christian and some other religious minority
groups have better literacy. The Commission report said that literacy rate
among Muslims is 76.89 govt compared to
the State average of 66.46 govt and
national average of 74.04 govt .Literacy among Muslims is also high compared to
Hindus (64.64 p.c.), Scheduled Castes (59 p.c.) and Scheduled Tribes (50 p.c.).
The gender gap in literacy rate among Muslims is also low (10.38 p.c.) compared
to SCs (18.10 p.c.), STs (20.10 p.c.) and Hindus (18.12 p.c.). thehindu
Maratha Seva Sangh
organises communal harmony rally as part of Eid ul Milad celebrations
Solapur: In view of Eid Ul
Milad, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Maratha Seva Sangh
organised a “Aman Sandesh” rally on Monday in the city in association with
Chhatrapati Shivaji Muslim Brigade, Jijajau Brigade and the Sambhaji
Brigade.The main objective behind holding this rally was to spread the
teachings of Prophet (PBUH) and humanity and communal harmony among countrymen.
The rally began in the city centre place and covered a number of
Muslim-dominated areas. The rally, which received a good response from all
sections of the society, saw the participation of nearly 200 activists from
various organisations. twocircles
Espionage case: Delhi
Police question MP Munawwar Saleem whose assistant was arrested
New Delhi:Delhi Police’s
Crime Branch last week questioned Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Munawwar
Saleem in connection with an alleged espionage ring busted in October. His
personal assistant, Farhat Khan, was arrested last month for allegedly
procuring “confidential” defence forces documents. Police sources said Saleem
was called and questioned at Crime Branch’s Chanakyapuri office for several
hours last week. “He was asked about his connections to his PA Farhat Khan and
was also given a questionnaire. He did not respond to any of the questions,” a
senior police officer said. He added that the Crime Branch had sent a notice to
Saleem to join the probe after Farhat’s arrest. indianexpress
Maulvi, living on Prez
Estate for 42 yrs, detained by cops
Delhi :A terror alert on
Saturday evening led the police to a mazar inside a forest at the Bodyguard
Lines, opposite President Estate, where a 70-year-old maulvi had been staying
for the past 42 years.The maulvi, Gazi Norool Hassan, who claims to be a
preacher and a teacher to former president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, was detained
on suspicion by the police and questioned for over seven hours.He was later
released after he furnished documents including his passport, ID card, voter
card, a valid electricity connection and other address proofs to the
police.According to sources, on Saturday night, a patrolling van spotted Hassan
scaling the wall of Bodyguard Lines, going inside the forest.Unaware of a mazar
inside the forest, which could be someone’s home, the personnel reported the
matter to higher authorities. Hours later, a team of personnel reached Hassan’s
door asking him to accompany them to the police station for questioning.HT
Ahmadiyya converge in
Qadian for annual congregation; extends support to Uniform Civil Code:PTI
New Delhi; Ahmadiyyas from
over 50 countries are expected to participate in the 125th annual congregation
of the community to be held in the last week of this month at Qadian in Punjab.
Thousands of Ahmadiyyas including those from Pakistan are expected to arrive at
Qadian for the spiritual ‘Salana Jalsa’. A large delegation from Indonesia will
also participate in the event scheduled on Dec.26-28.Ahmadiyya leaders also expressed
their opposition to instantaneous triple talaq and extended support to Uniform
Civil Code for the country. “As far as Uniform Civil Code is concerned, we go
by govt. We feel Ahmadiyyas will not face any problems if it is implemented,”
its spokeperson Tariq said in reply to questions by reporters.PTI
If Yatra, RSS marches are
facilitated, why ban Islamic functions? Hurriyat
Srinagar: Angry over govt not allowing a religious conference at
Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani’s residence here, pro-freedom
leaders on Monday questioned the govt that if Amarnath Yatra and RSS marches are
facilitated, why an Islamic function is disallowed by using force. Tehreek-e-Hurriyat
had organised a Seerat conference on Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), birth
anniversary of Prophet (SAW), at Geelani’s Hyderpora residence where Hurriyat
Conference (M) chairman Miwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik
were also invited to address besides various other religious clerics of
Kashmir. greaterkashmir
Yusuf Falahi of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat
arrested in Srinagar
Anantnag:Police on Tuesday
arrested the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat District president Shopian who had evaded arrest
during past five months of uprising in Kashmir.An official said that Mohammad
Yusuf Falahi, a resident of Molu Chitragam, was arrested from Natipora area of
Srinagar.Police had raided his home in Shopian on several occasions during past
five months. He was declared a proclaimed offender and was wanted in several
cases, said the official. greaterkashmir
FIR against IISc director,
faculty over Dalit atrocity
Bengaluru: Sadashivnagar
police registered an FIR against the director of the Indian Institute of
Science (IISc) and four faculty members for allegedly orchestrating a sexual
harassment complaint against a male Dalit faculty member and subsequently
dismissing him without an inquiry. timesofindia
Gujarat man's Pakistani
wife not allowed to enter Kutch
Ahmedabad: Altaf
Paleja has a home in Bhuj, in Gujarat's Kutch district, but when his Pakistani
wife Sidra visited him, they were compelled to stay at a hotel in Morbi.Owing
to the countries' strained relations, India has denied the Pakistani national
entry to the border district of Kutch, where Paleja's family is based. When
Sidra and her family visited India eight months ago, they were granted visas on
the condition that they would choose any place but Kutch to stay.TOI
Warring Muslim groups in
Kerala have joined forces to fight the govt on Uniform Civil Code:TA Ameerudheen
WORLD
HRW accuses Myanmar army of
burning Rohingya houses
Human Rights Watch on
Tuesday accused the Myanmar army of burning hundreds of houses in the Rohingya
Muslim minority villages where a massive military offensive has been ongoing
for over two months.The rights group, with the help of satellite images, said
1,500 houses were burnt by the army in the northern Rakhine state, EFE news
reported.IANS
Syrian Observatory reports
suspected gas attack in IS area near Palmyra:Reuters
Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said there had been a suspected gas attack in Islamic State-held
territory near Palmyra on Monday, amid heavy aerial bombardment of the same
area which together killed at least 53 people.Citing local sources near the
site of the attack in eastern Hama province, northwest of the ancient city of
Palmyra, the Observatory said there were cases of suffocation and that dozens
had been wounded during heavy rocket fire on the area. Dead included 28
children, the Observatory said.Local sources had reported seeing dead bodies with
no visible injuries, said the Observatory, a British-based group that monitors
the war in Syria through a network of contacts across the country. Ahmad
al-Dbis, of the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM), said
about 86 people had died, and about 250 were injured in the attacks on Monday.
103,000 displaced by Mosul
Op
Mosul:More than 103,000
people have been displaced since the start of the military campaign to restore
the city of Mosul from Daesh, the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration
revealed today.In a statement, Minister Jassim Al-Jaff said that about 2,470
more civilians had fled their homes in northern Iraq today. “This takes the
total number of displaced people to 103,362 since the operation began,” he
said. middleeastmonitor
UNICEF: One child dies
every 10 minutes in Yemen
More than 400,000 children
are at risk of starvation in Yemen, with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent
care, according to the UN children's agency UNICEF.New figures indicate that
hunger among children has reached an "all time high," with at least
462,000 suffering from severe acute malnutrition - a drastic increase of about
200 govt since 2014.In a report published on Monday, UNICEF said at least one
child dies every 10 minutes because of malnutrition, diarrhoea and
respiratory-tract infections. aljazeera
Putin ready to meet Donald
Trump 'at any moment'
Moscow: Russian President
Vladimir Putin says he is prepared to meet President-elect Donald Trump at any
time.When asked by journalists about the possibility of arranging a meeting
with Trump, Put said "we are ready at any moment. There are no problems
from our side,'' according to an interview transcript released by the Kremlin
on Tuesday.AP
Trump’s pick for top US
diplomat has close ties to Russia
ExxonMobil CEO Rex
Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the State Department,
has close ties to Russia through years of deal-making that will serve as
valuable experience — but also raise concerns.AP
UK's Forest Hill stabbing:
Attacker shouted 'I want to kill a Muslim' while chasing passengers
A knifeman reportedly
stabbed a passenger on a train at Forest Hill station before chasing people
outside shouting "I want to kill a Muslim". Attacker allegedly
shouted: "Who is a Muslim? I want to kill a Muslim."A 38-year-old man
from London has been arrested on suspicion of GBH following "serious
incident", British Transport Police confirmed.They said they were treating
the incident as a "serious hate crime" but said there was "no
suggestion of wider terrorist aspect".
An eyewitness told The Daily Mirror: "The man came running out of
the station with a knife and everybody started running and screaming.independent
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