Evening NEWS DIGEST
21 Dec.2016: 21 Rabiul
Awwal 1438: Vol:8, No:68
INDIA:MEDIA ON TERROR
CASES
Punish my son if he's
guilty, but I don't know who is Yasin Bhatkal: mother
Hyderabad: After Yasin
Bhatkal was sentenced to death for the 2013 Hyderabad blasts, his mother
claimed that his real name was Mohammad Ahmed Sidibapa, and not Yasin Bhatkal. “We
have petitioned the High Court thrice in past against branding my son Mohammad
Ahmed Sidibapa as ‘Yasin Bhatkal’ but nothing happened,” she said according to
a report. We do not know who is Yasin Bhatkal.My brother’s name was Mohammad
Ahmed Sidibapa and we do not know why my brother was named Yasin Bhatkal,” Abdul
Samad, a close relative of Yasin was also quoted as saying.However, Yasin’s
mother Rehana Begum added that if he had indeed committed the crime, he should
be punished, because ‘nobody is bigger than the country’.On the other hand,
Yasin’s father Zarar Sidibapa, who was taken ill after hearing the news, was
too grief-stricken to speak. Maqdhoom Colony of Bhatkal showed no signs of
grief on hearing of the judgement, said the report. Some people said they felt
sorry for the family, but did not recognise Bhatkal as he had left the place 20
years ago. Deccan Chronicle
Bhatkal:Family to approach
HC against NIA court verdict
Twin blast convicts refuse
to wear prison uniform
NIA court verdict awarding
death sentence to 5 Muslim youth is a travesty of justice: CLMC
Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee
expressed grave concern over the death sentence awarded to 5 Muslim youth who
were accused in the Dilsukhnagar blast case, and said it was based on an unfair
trial.“This committee slams the way trial is conducted without providing any
proper legal assistance. There are many errors in conducting trial, the
foremost is NIA constituted a fast track court in Cherlapally high security
prison. The access to the court for the advocates, media and people was
restricted. It was conducted in hasty manner by avoiding due course of law,”
the committee said.Hyderabad-based organisation added that conducting the trial
in the four walls of a high security prison and awarding the death sentence to
5 Muslim youth by showing them as guilty of terror charges and responsible for
Dilsukhnagar bomb blasts is nothing but travesty of justice. twocircles
Sentenced to death over Dilsukhnagar blasts: Family defends
Aijaz Shaikh say ‘he is innocent, has been framed’
Pune:Family members of
Aijaz Shaikh, who was sentenced to death in the Dilsukhnagar blasts case, have
said that they believe he is innocent. They are now looking at various legal
options to challenge the court’s ruling.Aijaz, 28, is among the 5, who were
sentenced to death on over the 2013 bomb blasts at Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, in
which 18 persons were killed.“It is a ruling by the court and we respect it,
but we are not satisfied with it. Right now, we are looking for legal options
to challenge this ruling. We have faith in our judicial system and we believe
that my brother is innocent. He has been framed,” Aijaz’s elder brother Imtiyaz
Shaikh told Pune Newsline.Aijaz is married and has a child. According to his
family members, Aijaz’s wife and child live with her parents.After his arrest
by the Delhi Police in Sept. 2014, Aijaz’s family members had defended him,
saying he was a “secular” person who had many non-Muslim friends. Anjum
Inamdar, a member of the state committee of the AIMIM who has defended Aijaz
since his arrest, said, “Aijaz’s only fault is that he is the brother-in-law of
Mohsin Chaudhary. This is yet another case of an innocent Muslim youth being
framed by investigating agencies in India. Since 2001, these agencies have
framed several Muslim youths. In cases such as Malegaon blasts or the Ajmer
Sharif terror attack, where re-investigations were conducted, it was proved
that Muslim youths were not involved. We have been demanding re-investigation
in all terror cases since 2001.” Inamdar added, “We are with the family of
Aijaz and will extend all possible legal help to them.” indianexpress
NIA court decision to be
challenged
Varanasi: While Gulami ka
Pura locality of Azamgarh largely remained calm, a few people outside the
locked house of Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi alias Tabrez, one of 5 accused in
Hyderabad twin blasts to be sentenced death penalty by a NIA court on Monday,
looked tense. Asadullah's family has remained incommunicado but his
sympathisers have hinted at challenging the court order. It seemed that his
family had anticipated the court decision and chose to leave home to avoid
interaction with anyone on this issue.Asadullah's father Javed Akhtar is a
reputed orthopedic surgeon of Azamgarh. For this reason, his friends started
calling him doctor and Haddi. Akhtar was present in his clinic at Brahmsthan
town but avoided interaction with reporters.President of Rashtriya Ulema
Council Maulana Aamir Rashadi, however, said the decision of NIA court would be
challenged in higher court. "I have talked to Asadullah's father and we
have decided to challenge this decision as NIA court has taken decision on the
basis of chargesheet of same agency," alleged Rashadi, adding Asadullah
had been falsely implicated.Ex-SIMI head Shahid Badra said this decision of NIA
court would be challenged as in many past cases the decisions of session court
had been quashed by the high court and the accused were acquitted.TOI
Owaisi Hints at Communal
Bias in Hyderabad Blasts Case Sentencing
NIA questions Zakir Naik’s
kin
New Delhi: Probing Zakir
Naik's terror connections, NIA has questioned his sister Nailah Naushad
Noorani, his brother-in-law Naushad Noorani and his friend and associate of 21
years in IRF, Manzoor Shaikh, apart from several other relatives and
colleagues. Sources said among others who were questioned by NIA in last few
days were Naik's personal assistant Aslam, his office accountant Ismail Patni
and his friend and colleague Amit Gazdar.Sources told TOI that Nailah, who is
said to be director and additional director in 5 private companies linked to
Naik — Harmony Media Pvt Ltd, Longlast Constructions Pvt Ltd, Right Property
Solutions Pvt Ltd, Majestic Perfumes and Alpha Lubricants Pvt Ltd — was asked
about the funding of the firms.Manzoor Shaikh, sources said, was questioned
about Naik's connections in India, funding pattern of IRF and also about his
controversial speeches. TOI tried to contact Naik's family members and aides
but they couldn't be reached.TOI
Zakir Naik's money trail-
His family has the answers
NIA to interrogate ISIS
suspect held from Kullu:HT
Even as Kullu police is
interrogating ISIS suspect Abid Khan alias Abu Mohammad, NIA team is likely to
visit the state to interrogate the suspect.Khan was sent to 5-day police remand
on Sunday. Police has been interrogating him on various grounds and gathering
information. “Police also interrogated the local chapel priest Kamlesh. Sources
said Khan, who was living here as Paul C Neo, was sent here by a priest in
Bangalore.“Both the suspect and Kamlesh have been cooperating. NIA has complete
information about the arrest and soon a team will visit here,” he added.Khan
had been converted into Christianity in Bangalore and living here with a name-Paul
C Neo.However, his identity proofs bore his original name.Already fluent in 5
to 6 languages, Khan was learning Hebrew language in Kullu, which is mostly in
practice in Israel.
DEMONETISATION
RBI withdraws Rs 5000
deposit limit for KYC-compliant accounts
New Delhi:In a sharp U-turn
by RBI, the restrictions imposed on bank deposits exceeding Rs 5000 in old
notes have now been withdrawn by the central bank. In a circular issued to
banks on Wednesday, RBI said it was revoking the restrictions after reviewing
the case. On Monday, RBI announced that deposits in old notes will be limited
to Rs 5000, and those exceeding the sum will come under scrutiny.“Tenders of
specified bank notes (SBN) in excess of Rs. 5,000 into a bank account will be
received for credit only once during the remaining period till Dec.30,” RBI
said.It said that customers would have to answer questions such as why they
couldn’t deposit the demonetised currency so far. Only after receiving a
satisfactory reply would the bank credit the amount to the individual’s
account, RBI said. It also added that deposits less than Rs 5000, but
cumulatively exceeding the limit, will also be duly scrutinised. And the money
deposited would be only credited to KYC complaint accounts, it said. RBI set
Dec.30 as the deadline for making the deposits. indian express
India’ changed norms 126
times since Nov 8: Congress on RBI U-turns
New Delhi:With the RBI
withdrawing its earlier notification on Rs 5,000 cash deposit limit for
KYC-compliant accounts, Congress criticised the central bank for “changing the
norms 126 times” since PM Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of old Rs 500
and Rs 1,000 notes. indianexpress
Demonetisation: Customers
in spot as banks say no to deposits above Rs 5,000 despite finmin directive
Finance minister Arun
Jaitley's clarification on Monday late night that banks will take more than Rs
5,000 deposits from customers without questioning if the amount is deposited in
one go seems to have fallen flat as bankers are refusing to take such deposits
without a written declaration, say various news reports. According to TOI,
bankers are following the RBI's notification issued on Monday in letter and
spirit which has given rise to the difficult situation.RBI and the finance
ministry on Monday morning put out notifications saying customers will be
allowed to deposit old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes worth more than Rs 5,000 only
once before 30 Dec. Even then, they will have to satisfactorily explain to two
bank officials why the deposits were not done earlier. firstpost
More pain for public as
many banks refuse to accept deposits above Rs 5,000
Is RBI the biggest failure
of demonetisation?
I-T dept. raids BJP leader Waswani
for allegedly laundering huge sums of black money
Bhopal:Sushil Vaswani, the
BJP leader has been raided by the Income Tax department in Bhopal for allegedly
exchanging large amounts of old currency notes with new ones through the
Mahanagar Nagrik Cooperative bank.He was once a bus conductor in the now
defunct MP Road Transport Corporation. But that was much before Vaswani made it
big in MP BJP politics.He now owns three hotels and several other posh
properties in Bhopal.The raid was simultaneously conducted at 12 different
locations in Bhopal on Tuesday that includes his house in the Bairagarh
township and the 3 hotels he owns in various parts of Bhopal.Vaswani is also
the founder director of the Mahanagar Nagrik Cooperative Bank that was
inaugurated by a top BJP leader in 1992. Apart from a senior BJP minister Uma
Shankar Gupta, senior RSS leader Shashi Bhai Seth are also among the directors
of this bank through which the disproportionate exchange of old and new currency
notes has allegedly happened.Vaswani also enjoyed a minister of state status in
the BJP govt when he was appointed the
chairman of the MP Housing Corporation. india today
Chandrababu’s says his
comments on demonetisation distorted
A day after making critical
remarks on demonetisation, Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday
said his comments were “distorted” and that he has been supporting the
exercise. He, however, said that the problems arising in the aftermath of
demonetisation “continue” as “we are going (about them) in the current manner”.
Ineidna express
Whoever planted the idea of
demonetization didn't know elementary economics: Chidambaram
Poll panel lists 200 parties
that exist mostly on paper, will send it to Income Tax for action
New Delhi; Election
Commission of India (EC) will soon write to the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) informing it about its decision to delist 200-odd political parties. A
list containing details of the delisted parties will also form part of communique
that EC will send to CBDT in “the next few days” for action. These political
parties, many of which, EC officials suspect, could be nothing but
money-laundering operations, are parties which have not contested any election
since 2005 and exist mostly on paper.“This is just the beginning. We expect to
weed out all non-serious parties. There are many that don’t even bother to file
Income Tax returns or, if they do, they never send a copy to us,” said a
source.EC data shows there are currently 7 National Political Parties, 58 State
Parties and a whopping 1786 Registered Unrecognised Parties. indianexpress
OTHERS
PM Modi took bribe from
Sahara India 9 times in 6 months, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice-president
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made a sensational revelation by saying that PM Narendra Modi had been bribed nine times over
a course of 6 months by employees of the Sahara India, according to notes in
their diaries. This could well be the tremor Gandhi was talking about last
fortnight, saying there would be an earthquake if he was allowed to speak in
Parliament. Speaking at Mehsana in Gujarat — a state where assembly elections
are due next year — Gandhi also said records of this monetary exchange to the
tune of Rs 40.1 crore have been lying with Income Tax (I-T) Department for more
than two years, but no action had been initiated. He called for an independent
enquiry into the allegations. Gandhi told the rally: "Employees of the
Sahara group wrote in their diaries nine times in 6 months that they had given
money to Modi [when he was CM of
Gujarat]. I-T department raided the Sahara group on Nov.22, 2014."He
added:"The proof has been lying with them for 2 and a half years, and no
action has been taken in this regard. An independent enquiry must be initiated
into this." IB Times
Modi received Rs 40 crore
from Sahara before he became PM: Rahul Gandhi
PoK, Kashmir, Pakistan, Bangladesh
belong to India, says RSS's Indresh Kumar; also slams Personal Law Board
Agra: Taking on ex-J&K CM
Farooq Abdullah for his recent comments questioning India's claim over PoK,
senior RSS functionary, Indresh Kumar said not only PoK but Kashmir, Pakistan
and Bangladesh too belong to Hindustan, as they were carved out only in 1947. Launching
a scathing attack on Farooq, Indresh, who was talking to media on sideline of
RSS's Muslim Manch Sammelan, said, "he (Farooq) should not forget that
even his entire family property is the property of Indian ancestors, as Kashmir
had no existence prior to the partition". He warned that such provocative
and divisive statements would not be tolerated. It may be recalled that while
addressing a rally in Chennab on Nov 25 Farooq had taken a dig at India's
claims over PoK and stated, "Is this your fathers' property". He had
also stated, "PoK is presently under Pakistan occupation. It is not the
personal property of India so that it could make a claim over it like an
inherited property of forefathers." After Abdullah,
Indresh took on another prominent Muslim leader and president of Asaduddin
Owaisi over his opposition to chanting 'Bharat Mata ki jai'. He said, "God
should give some sane sense to Owaisi, as despite his opposition people had
started chanting the slogan". He said he had advised Owaisi to shun
"violence and hardline" if he wanted to attain some stature outside
Hyderabad."Whosoever opposesthe philosophy of One India One people will not
be able to last", he said. Talking to media, Indresh, while referring to
opposition from a section of Muslims against triple talaq, said, "such
people must realize they have to respect the laws of the country they live in.
India is a secular country and Muslims cannot have laws for themselves."He
said that Muslim Personal Law Board was trying to impose 2 nation theory by
claiming that they should have a separate set of rules according to their
religion. "The time has gone when they could again try to divide
Bharat", he said adding that all Maulanas, Imams and MPLB (Muslim Personal
Law Board) members should note that their two nation theory would not work.Indresh
also announced the Manch would collect money for divorced (triple talaq) women
and the same would be used for their welfare. TOI
Massive rally marks merger
of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen factions: thehindu
Kozhikode: With several
contentious issues between them remaining unresolved, the two major factions of
Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) officially cemented their relationships by
holding a massive rally on Kozhikode beach on Tuesday.The reunification of the
KNM led by TP Abdulla Koya Madani and the breakaway faction Kerala Naduvathul
Mujahideen (Markazu-DHAVA) led by Hussain Madavoor after their 14-year split
saw thousands of activists taking part in the much-awaited historic event.As
many as 10 resolutions, including call for unity of the Mujahids for the
empowerment of the Muslim community and against superstitions and rituals, were
adopted at the rally. It also exhorted the activists to resist the designs of
the imperialistic-Zionist forces to create an atmosphere of anti-Islam
globally.The merger also resulted in a new organisational structure coming into
being after a general council meeting held at the Mujahid centre in the
morning.
Missing JNU student: Delhi
Police to conduct lie detector test on Najeeb Ahmed’s friend
New Delhi:Delhi Police will
on Wednesday conduct a lie detector test on missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s
room partner Kazim. Crime Branch unit of the Delhi yesterday entered into its
second day of search operations at the JNU campus. More than 600 police
personnel have been deployed at the University for the searches including the
District Commissioner of Police and a dozen other senior cops.Crime Branch team
on Monday reached the JNU to begin its probe into missing student Najeeb
Ahmed’s case.ANI
Anthem Row: For Kerala
director, old rivalry, new chapter
For Kamal, 59, director of the International
Film Festival of Kerala that ended last week, controversy is not new. What
upsets the Left-leaning director is that Sangh Parivar activists refer to him
by his given name — Kamaluddin Mohammed Majeed — whenever there is a
controversy. The latest run-in has been over playing the national anthem at the
film festival. Police picked up a dozen delegates who had failed to stand up
when the anthem was being played before a show. “We asked all delegates to
stand up for the national anthem. But the police action at the theatre was
unfortunate. Police didn’t inform us about the move,” said Kamal, appointed
chairman of festival organiser Kerala State Chalachithra Academy by LDF govt.
BJP youth wing Yuva Morcha targeted Kamal, advising that “Kamaluddin Mohammed
Majeed” move to Pakistan.“Over the years in the film industry, I have been
known as Kamal,” said the popular director, who has made mainstream Malayalam
films for 3 decades now.“Even my parents used to call me Kamal. I don’t
remember ever being called Kamaluddin at home. I don’t know what they [BJP]
meant by calling me Kamaluddhin. Why cant they address me as Kamal even if they
want to criticise me?” indianexpress
Kerala Police go back on
sedition, UAPA cases against writer, activist Kamalsy Prana
National anthem arrests: Is
Kerala's Left struggling to hold its own against rightwing politics?
Insult to national anthem
is not sedition:Justice Srikrishna
Maharashtra: 3 lakh Muslims
take out silent march in Beed, demand quota
Mumbai: Over 3-lakh Muslims
turned up in Beed Tuesday to take part in a rally seeking reservation in job
and education for the community.The rally was the fourth in a series of silent
marches planned across Marathwada by the Muslim Aarakshan Sangharsh Kruti
Samiti, an umbrella organisation of all political, social and religious
organisations run by the community. The protesters held placards also demanding
no interference in Muslim Personal Laws, no targeting of innocent Muslims in
the name of terror and immediate search operations to find missing JNU student
Najeeb Ahmed. The 3-hour march ended with the handing over of a memorandum to
the deputy collector of Beed. Nearly 1,000 policemen were deployed to provide
cover to the march covering a distance of 3 km. The next two marches will be
held in Osmanabad and Parbhani.
Ahead of Mumbai Municipal
polls: 25,000 Muslim youths likely to join BJP next week
Mumbai: Ahead of the
elections to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), BJP is making all
attempts to woo Mumbai’s Muslims to enhance its tally in the civic body. Nearly
25,000 Muslim youths are likely to join the BJP next week, claims the party.
According to BJP leaders, these Muslim youths are from areas such as Malvani, Bandra
(W) and Bandra (E), Mohammed Ali Road, Madanpura, Kurla, Govandi and other
areas who will join the party at a function to be organised next week. The
function is likely to be organised in South Mumbai.“PM Narendra Modi had said he wanted to see a
computer in one hand and Quran in other hand of the Muslim youths, which is why
they are attracted to BJP. The community is seeing the work in last 2 to 3
years by BJP govt,” said Haider Azam, vice-president of BJP’s Mumbai
unit.indian express
Hong Kong scraps
visa-on-arrival for Indians: Here are the new guidelines
New Delhi:Before the start
of the holiday season, Hong Kong’s decision of scrapping visa-free 14 day stay
for Indians has come as a shocker for many. With free visa on arrival facility,
Hong Kong had been a popular tourist destination for Indians. The new
guidelines, however, now underline that from Jan.23, people traveling from
India to Hong Kong will have to register online in advance to avail the
visa-free 14 day stay.indianexpress
Contrary to reports, Lt Gen
Praveen Bakshi opted for operational Commands multiple times
Chandigarh:Contrary to the
reports that Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi. GOC-in-C Eastern Command, who has been
passed over for promotion as Army Chief, has only served in the deserts of
Rajasthan, details of his career profile emerging now show that he had on
multiple occasions asked for operational Commands. The Indian Express spoke to
several senior Army officers who are known to Lt Gen Bakshi and who have had a
parallel career trajectory as him and who are familiar with the efforts he made
to ensure a well rounded service profile.“When he was approved for the rank of
Lt General Bakshi had met and requested the then Chief of Army Staff, General
Bikram Singh, to be allotted an operationally committed Corps in the North East
which could be 3 Corps or 4 Corps. However, his request was not acceded and he
was instead given the Command of 9 Corps which is headquartered in Yol in
Himachal Pradesh,” said a senior officer. indianexpress
Meerut tense, RAF, PAC, out
as missing Muslim trader’s body recovered from drain
Meerut: Police force from
three districts as well as contingents of RAF and PAC were deployed in a tense
Meerut after police recovered the mutilated body of a Muslim businessman from a
drain near Kankerkhera region of Meerut. Naeem Gaddi, 42, had been missing
since Dec.12 and his family had alleged that he had been abducted.Soon after
his body was found, violence hit parts of the city leaving two photo
journalists injured and their cameras broken. According to police sources,
Gaddi was allegedly murdered by his own partner's nephew Abhishek Sharma.
Section 144 imposed in
‘communally sensitive’ Meerut till Jan 31
Naroda Patiya case: Gujarat
High Court allows free case papers to six victims
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court
on Tuesday allowed 6 victims of the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre to get case
papers running into over 1.25 lakh pages free of cost from the registry of the
court.The victims had filed a petition earlier this month to get the case
papers free of cost after the registry demanded Rs 1.18 lakh printing cost from
them. Victims Fatimabibi Sheikh, Farzanabanu Pathan, Dilawar Saiyed, Jannatbibi
Sheikh, Ishrat Jahan Saiyed and Ruksana Qureshi moved the application through
advocate K N Shashtri, seeking copies of the case papers without any
charges.During the hearing, a division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and A S
Supehia asked SIT lawyer if the victims, who have also filed appeal petitions
against 11 persons who were acquitted, can be given the papers free of cost. Indian
express
India should ‘shun enmity’
and join CPEC: Pak General
Islamabad:In a surprise
move, a top Pakistani General has invited India to join the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor, saying New Delhi should “shun enmity” with Islamabad and
jointly reap the benefit of the multi-billion dollar project. Lieutenant
General Aamir Riaz, Commander of the Southern Command which is based in Quetta,
yesterday said this while speaking at an award distribution ceremony at
Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters.PTI
Law permitting backdoor
acquisition of property stirs controversy in J&K
Srinagar: It's a law
ostensibly meant to aid the recovery of debts but could result in the back-door
acquisition of property by non-Kashmiris in J&K. Little wonder then that
it's stirred a hot debate in the state, where only Kashmiris are permitted to
acquire property.J&K govt contended in the High Court that the
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of
Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act that parliament passed in 2002 wasn't
applicable in the state due to its special status under Article 370 of the
Constitution.The ruling came in 2015 on a challenge to a State Bank of India
decision to enforce the act to recover its dues from a defaulter. The Supreme
Court overturned this last week.Passed by Parliament in 2002, it states:
"If borrower of financial assistance makes any default in repayment of
loan or any installment and his account is classified as non-performing asset
by secured creditor, then secured creditor may require before expiry of period
of limitation by written notice to the borrower for repayment of due in full
within 60 days by clearly stating amount due and intention for
enforcement.""Where he does not dischage dues in full within 60 days,
then without intervention of any court or tribunal secured creditor may take
possession (including sale, lease, assignment) of secured asset, or take over
management of business of borrower or appoint manager for secured asset or
without taking any of these actions may also proceed against guarantor or sell
the pledged asset, if any," the act says.IANS
J&K : Backdoor
acquisition of property under Sarfaesi Act stirs controversy
Ex- Kashmiri sarpanch
killed in custody: Wife
Srinagar: The family of a
former sarpanch, who the police and the Army say was killed in an encounter on
Dec.1 in south Kashmir, has filed a petition before the High Court complaining
it was a “custodial killing.”The wife of Sajad Ahmad Malik, 36, accused the
police of implicating him in a “false and frivolous” case.“Despite the court
granting bail, the deceased was not released by the Dooru police station and
was kept in detention. He was murdered by the local Station House Officer in a
fake encounter in Anantnag,” reads the wife’s petition. According to the
police, Malik participated in anti-govt street protests and was killed “after
he decamped with a policeman’s rifle”.thehindu
China sticks to its stand
on Masood Azhar despite NIA charge sheet
Beijing: India's move to
charge sheet Masood Azhar in the Pathankot terror attack appears to have not
made much impact on China as Beijing today said any move by New Delhi to bring
about a UN ban on the JeM chief must be in line with rules and procedures laid
down by the Security Council. "On the question of listing in the 1267
Committee, I have expressed the Chinese position many times," Foreign
Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told PTI in response to a question on NIA
listing Azhar, the head of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad, as
terrorist in the charge sheet on the attack on an air force base in Pathankot
in January this year. PTI
Maharashtra: Mujeeb an
independent wins council president post on Ashok Chavan turf
Mumbai:A 46-year-old
headmaster of an Urdu school has unsettled ex-CM Ashok Chavan, having wrested control of the
post of president of Mudkhed Municipal Council. Mudkhed is the former
constituency of Chavan and was seen as his turf over the last 15 years. Mujeeb
Jahagirdar Ansari’s win, perceived as a sign of the growing alienation of
Nanded’s Muslims from Chavan, is even more bitter for the former CM because his party, the Congress, has won 15 of
the 17 seats in Mudkhed council.The present polls for 212 municipal councils
and nagar panchayats are first to be held after the Maharashtra govt decided to
revive the process of direct elections for municipal council presidentship with
a view to make the civic body’s administration more effective and efficient.indianexpress
BJP using UCC to destroy
Muslim identity: Karat
Kannur; Accusing the BJP of
using the issue of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as a weapon to obliterate the
identity of Muslims in the country, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat
has said that the fundamentalist position insisting that instant and arbitrary
triple ‘talaq’ is ordained by Islam will help communalists create a communal
divide in the country. Addressing a seminar on ‘Uniform Civil Code and the
Left’ organised by the coordination committee of minority cultural groups loyal
to CPI(M) here, Karat said BJP govt was
trying to conflate and combine the issue of the misuse of the instant and
arbitrary use of triple talaq with the enforcement of the UCC. Alleging that
the Sangh Parivar had a planned agenda to demonise the Muslim community, he
said the attempt was to portray Muslims as alien to the Indian mainstream.the
hindu
Quality reporting and quick
reporting; lessons from Allahabad HC’s triple talaq verdict: Arunima
Bhattacharya
Triple Talaq great system,
flawed practice:Dr CP Muneer Keyi
A.G.Noorani's the code vs
the Talaq:A Critique, By Umair Azmi
Madras HC directs govt to
crack down on Shariat courts Read Order
India tops UK to become 6th
largest economy of the world
WORLD
Russian envoy's killer had
protected Erdogan: Report
Istanbul: The young Turkish
policeman who killed Russia's ambassador to Ankara this week had provided
security for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 8 times since the July 15 failed
coup bid, a report said on Wednesday.Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, pumped nine
bullets into ambassador Andrei Karlov at an art exhibition centre on Monday
evening, before he himself was killed by Turkish police.Altintas, a member of
the Ankara anti-riot police for two-and-a-half years, had been on duty at eight
events attended by Erdogan since July, the Hurriyet daily said.At such events
he was part of the second wave of Erdogan's security after the personal
bodyguard team of the president, wrote Hurriyet's writer Abdulkadir Selvi,
known for his contacts in the ruling elite.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut
Cavusoglu told US counterpart John Kerry in a phone call on Tuesday that Turkey
believed the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who it blamed for the July 15
coup bid, was behind the assassination plot.Hurriyet's Selvi said that on the
day of the July 15 coup, Altintas had called in sick to the police. But it was
not clear what he did that night.AFP
Mystery deepens over assassination
of Russia envoy in Turkey
Moscow, Ankara present
united front post Russian envoy's murder
Aleppo evacuation will be
complete 'in days'
The evacuation of
Aleppo should take no more than two days, Russian and Turkish foreign ministers
say, following a rare breakthrough and show of unity by world powers over Syria
that allows UN monitors to observe the operation.A total 37,500 evacuees have
so far left the war-torn Syrian city and the goal is to complete all
evacuations by Wednesday, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish foreign minister, wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.The evacuation
of of Aleppo would be complete in a maximum of two days, Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, said.
Zurich Mosque Attacker
Suspected of Links to Occult, Not Terror
A man, who opened fire on
people praying in an Islamic center in Zurich before killing himself, isn’t
suspected of ties to terrorism, according to the police.“There were certain
indications that the perpetrator may have had an interest in the occult,”
Christiane Lentjes Meili of the Zurich police said in a press conference on
Tuesday. “There is no indication of a link to terrorism or to Islamic
State.”24-year-old man, who had a Swiss passport, entered the central Zurich
mosque on Monday afternoon and injured three people. Bloomberg
Berlin attack part of global
jihad against Christians:Trump
Washington: US
President-elect calls the assassin of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov to
Turkey a “radical Islamic terrorist”. US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday
termed the terror attack in Germany a part of a global jihad against Christians
and called the assassin of the Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov to Turkey a
“radical Islamic terrorist” even as the Obama administration condemned the
incidents in a more measured tone. thehindu
Algeria’s Justice & Development
Front, Ennahda to merge
Algeria’s Justice and
Development Front and Ennahda movement signed a merger agreement yesterday.The
head of the Justice and Development party, Abdullah Jaballah, signed the
agreement on behalf of his party with Mohamed Douibi, secretary-general of the
Ennahda movement in Algiers.Jaballah said during the signing ceremony: “I hope
the governing authority in the country will not consider this project a
threat.”“The merger is not a threat to anyone, but aims to serve the community
and the state,” he said. middleeastmonitor
Egypt and Saudi Arabia halt
cooperation agreements
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have
halted or delayed the implementation of a majority of the agreements signed
between the two countries, Lebanon’s Al-Khabar has reported. Citing a
diplomatic source, the newspaper said that apart from agreements signed with
Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, a majority of investments supported by figures
associated with Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed Bin Salman have been completely
halted after Saudi Aramco stopped supplying oil to Egypt. middleeastmonitor
Israeli ambassador backs
Trump pledge to move US embassy to Jerusalem
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