Evening NEWS DIGEST
16 Jan.2017: 17 Rabius
Sani 1438: Vol:8, No:90
Akhilesh gets Samajwadi
Party cycle, father Mulayam loses battle of symbol
New Delhi; UP CM Akhilesh Yadav on Monday won the Samajwadi
Party symbol the cycle from his father Mulayam Singh Yadav as the Election
Commission assigned the popular emblem to him. The Election Commission said the
group led by Akhilesh Yadav is the Samajwadi Party and thus entitled to use the
‘Bicycle’ symbol. The EC decision could be a big setback for 77-year-old
Mulayam Singh Yadav who founded the party 25 years ago.Mulayam had earlier said
he will accept whatever decision the Election Commission takes on the
contentious poll symbol issue.The faction war in the ruling Samajwadi Party of UP
had reached the Election Commission with Mulayam Singh staking claim over the
‘cycle’ symbol after he was deposed from the post of president by the group
headed by his son Akhilesh Yadav on Jan.2. The faction headed by Akhilesh too
approached the EC to assert their right over the symbol, which is crucial for
the upcoming Assembly polls. indianexpress
EC also acknowledges
Akhilesh as national president of Samajwadi Party
Mulayam: Will fight against
Akhilesh if he doesn’t listen to me
New Delhi:It seems there is
no end to the feud in the Samajwadi Party with Mulayam Singh again saying he
may fight against his son Akhilesh in UP Assembly polls if needed. Days after ruling
out any difference within the party and saying that Akhilesh will be the
party’s CM candidate in UP, SP patriarch accused his son of having a negative
approach towards Muslims and said he will fight against his son if he does not
heed to his advice“I always advocated interest of Muslims. When I ensured
appointment of a Muslim as state’s DGP, Akhilesh did not talk to me for 15
days. He did not want any Muslim on this post. It gave an anti-Muslim
message.”SP founder alleged that Akhilesh had a “negative approach” towards
Muslims and that he was playing in the hands of Ramgopal Yadav, who was working
“on directions of BJP”.“I will live for Muslims and die for them also.If it
come to Muslims’ interest, I will also fight against him (Akhilesh)”,he said.indianexpress
Mulayam : Akhilesh has
'negative approach' towards Muslims, I may contest against him
UP Election 2017: Mayawati
will be the biggest beneficiary of an Akhilesh-Mulayam split: firstpost
Ambedkar ‘bigger leader’
than Mahatma Gandhi: Owaisi
Sambhal (UP):Terming B R
Ambedkar a “bigger leader” than Mahatma Gandhi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi
has said it was because of the secular and class-free Constitution given by the
Dalit icon which has ensured justice in society.Owaisi’s remark came during an
AIMIM rally in Sambhal on Sunday as he continued his poll campaign in the
politically crucial UP.“Ambedkar is a bigger leader than Mahatma Gandhi ... had
Ambedkar not given a secular and class-free Constitution, the level of
injustice in the country would have been much more and RSS people would not
have left any opportunity to spoil the situation,” Owaisi said.HT
Muslim women can act as
guardians of properties gifted to their children: HC
Madurai: In a significant
ruling, the Madras High Court has held that Muslim women can also accept
properties gifted to their minor children and act as guardians of those gifts
in certain special circumstances though the principles of Muhammadan Law do not
explicitly confer such a right on them.Justice RMT. Teekaa Raman passed the
ruling while dismissing an appeal suit preferred in 2007 against the dismissal
of a partition suit between a Muslim family by an Additional District Court in
Dharmapuri in 2006. Judgement was reserved in the principal seat of the High
Court and delivered at its Bench here.“Where there was no other guardian of the
property or person of the minor and the mother was the only other person who
could look after the interest of the minor, acceptance of the gift by the
mother is not illegal or invalid,” the judge said.As per Muhammadan Law, Hiba
(gift) is conferring of a right of property without an Ewaz (exchange). ‘Hiba’
literally means donation of a thing from which the receiver may derive benefit.
Since Muhammadan Law views the law of gifts as part of the law of contract,
there must be an Ijab (tender), Qabul (an acceptance) and Qabza (delivery of possession).
Muhammadan Law also makes a distinction between guardian of the person,
guardian of the property and guardian for the purpose of Wilayat-ul-Nikah
(marriage), in case of minor girls. Section 359 of the Principles of Muhammadan
Law said the father, an executor appointed by his father’s will, the paternal
grandfather or the executor of the latter’s will were entitled to be guardians
of properties of a minor child in the order in which they were mentioned and
Section 348 defined a minor as one who had not completed 18 years of age, he
said. thehindu
Bhopal: Muslims call for
end to Haj subsidy, urge global tenders
Bhopal: A section of
Muslims in the state capital are calling for scrapping Haj subsidy, at a time
when Govt appointed committee is looking into the efficacy and viability. The
subsidy is given by Union Govt to Haj pilgrims.It is in the form of discounted
air fares on flights operated by the national carrier. A citizen can go on
pilgrimage to holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia through All India
Haj committee or book his travel through private operators. Last year, the Haj
committee charged Rs 1.85 lakh and Rs 2.15 lakh for a green category, per
pilgrim. Compared with it private operators charged barely Rs 10,000 more in
some cases.Given the diminishing margins of cost of Haj pilgrimage and
political parties taking credit for the 'subsidy', many Muslims are demanding a
total end to it."For long there is a demand for an open and transparent
global tender. It would make Haj feasible for many more people. Subsidy in the
present terms by Govt should be stopped," said Bhopal Qazi,Syed Mushtaq
Nadvi. Haj committee officials admit that airline cost is more than a ticket
flight due to the arrangements and other offsite costs. "Haj committee has
opted for global tender. It is easy to state that cost of airline ticket is
higher during the pilgrimage. We need to understand the cost incurred by
airline for operating empty one-way flight and booking a charted airplane is
always more expensive," said official seeking anonymity.TOI
Demonetisation & ECONOMY
Cash withdrawal limit from
ATM hiked to Rs 10,000 per day,current a/c limit raised to Rs 1 lakh per week
New Delhi: In a major
relief for the common man post the demonetisation move, RBI on Monday raised
the cash withdrawal limits from ATM to Rs 10,000 per days from the existing Rs
4,500.The hike in withdrawal limit comes with immediate effect, RBI said in a
statement. However, cash withdrawal through cheque for saving bank accounts
have been retained at Rs 24,000 per week. RBI also hiked the cash withdrawal
from current accounts to Rs 1 lakh per week from the existing Rs 50,000.As per RBI
statement, the limit on withdrawals from ATMs has been enhanced from the
current limit of ₹ 4,500/- to ₹ 10,000/- per day per card (It will be operative
within the existing overall weekly limit).The limit on withdrawal from current
accounts has been enhanced from the current limit of ₹ 50,000/- per week to ₹
1,00,000/- per week and it extends to overdraft and cash credit accounts also, RBI
further stated.However, there are no changes in the other conditions with the RBI
stating that the relaxations as provided in our circular dated Nov.28, 2016
will continue. zeenews
RBI raises ATM withdrawal
limit to Rs 10,000 per day from current Rs 4,500
ATM withdrawal limit raised
to Rs 10,000 per day with immediate effect, says RBI
Only 3 free ATM withdrawals
might be allowed per month, as Govt pushes for cashless economy
If you thought not being
able to withdraw as much as you wanted to from ATMs was painful, here's some
more worry coming your way. The Govt is
considering a proposal to reduce the free withdrawals by more than half to just
3, instead of the nearly 8-10 now, including from banks where one has accounts.
This proposal, floated by bankers, was discussed in the pre-budget
consultations with the finance ministry, and the feeling was that this is one
of the ways to push digital, said people familiar with the matter. "A
proposal to bring down free ATM transactions to 3 per month has been discussed
with the finance ministry, and this is one of the measures being considered to
disincentivise use of cash," a senior banker said on the condition of
anonymity. "Those free transactions were decided during a different era, but
things have changed now and we need to change with that," another private
banker said."If only 3 free transactions are allowed, then people will be
inclined to shift to digital transactions."indiatimes
Cutting free ATM
withdrawals to three being considered
RBI has no data on scams in
cooperative banks post demonetisation: RTI
RBI has admitted that it
has no details of any irregularities or scams in the exchange of the
demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 by the cooperative banks, a
reply under RTI revealed on Monday. Prominent RTI activist Anil Galgali had
sought information under the RTI on extent of irregularities committed by state
cooperative banks between Nov.8 andDec.10, 2016, and alleged corruption by
officials.“However, according to its reply under the RTI, RBI does not seem to
have any data to justify its conclusion of widespread irregularities and
scandals in exchanging the old currency notes vide state and district
cooperatives banks across the country,” Galgali said,showing terse RBI
communication.IANS
Demonetisation effect:
Govt, RBI to bring tougher norms for co-op banks
Modi’s Post-Demonetisation
Politics Presents a Confusing, Contradictory Picture: By MK Venu
IMF says demonetisation a
big dampener, cuts India’s growth to 6.6% from 7.6%: financial express
IMF today cut India's
growth rate for the current fiscal year to 6.6% from its previous estimate of
7.6% due to "temporary negative consumption shock" of demonetisation,
days after the World Bank also decelerated India's growth estimates.
GST rollout deferred to
July 1, Council reaches consensus on dual control: thehindu
Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley on Monday declared that the rollout date of the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) has been deferred to July 1 and that the GST Council had reached a
consensus on the crucial issue of dual control.He said that 90 % of GST taxpayers with up to Rs. 1.5 crore turnover
would be assessed by the States and those above Rs. 1.5 crore would be assessed
by both the States and the Centre on a 50:50 basis.GST will subsume a host of
indirect taxes levied by Centre and the States, including excise duty, VAT,
service tax, entry, luxury and entertainment levies. Parliament passed the
landmark constitutional amendment in August last and more than half of State
legislatures ratified it by mid-Sept.
India 60th in inclusive
development index; ranks below China, Pakistan
Davos:India has been ranked
60th among 79 developing economies, below neighbouring China and Pakistan, in
the inclusive development index, according to a WEF report.WEF’s ‘Inclusive
Growth and Development Report 2017’, released today, said that most countries
are missing important opportunities to raise economic growth and reduce
inequality at the same time because the growth model and measurement tools that
have guided policymakers for decades require significant readjustment.
Inclusive Development Index(IDI) is based on 12 performance indicators. In
order to provide a more complete measure of economic development than GDP
growth alone, the index has 3 pillars — Growth and Development, Inclusion and
Intergenerational Equity, and Sustainability. Lithuania tops the list of 79
developing economies that also features Azerbaijan and Hungary at second and
third positions, respectively. While India is placed at 60th spot, many of neighbouring
nations are ahead in the rankings. China is ranked at 15th position, Nepal
(27th), Bangladesh (36th) and Pakistan (52nd).PTI
OTHERS
India’s NSG membership
can’t be Obama administration’s farewell gift: China’s dig at US
Beijing:Membership of the
exclusive NSG is not a “farewell gift” for the outgoing US administration to
hand out to India, China said on Monday in an acerbic reaction to an American
official blaming Beijing for blocking New Delhi’s entry to the bloc that
controls nuclear trade.China’s strong reaction came within hours of US
assistant secretary of state Nisha Desai Biswal’s remarks blaming Beijing and
indicating that it wasn’t ready to budge anytime soon from its position of
opposing New Delhi’s application.“Regarding India’s application to NSG, regarding
non-NPT countries admission to NSG, we have made our position clear before so I
will not repeat it. (I) just want to point out that NSG membership shall not be
some kind of farewell gift for countries to give to each other,” foreign
ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. hindustantimes
India must rethink
opposition to Chinese investment in Lanka:China’s state media
India should rethink its
opposition to Chinese investments in Sri Lanka and join the port development in
the island nation instead of feeling “jealous”, China’s state media said. “It
is understandable that the cooperation has left some Asian countries vigilant
as media reports suggest that an 80% share of the port, which sits on an
important trade route, and land for an industrial zone will be leased to China
for the next 99 years,” an article in Global Times referring to Sri Lanka’s
decision to hand over the Hambatota Port to China. Also there was public
agitation over the land given to China to industrial zone in
Hambatota.“However, joining the project would be better than standing aside and
being jealous,” article said.HT
A ‘serial rapist’ of 800
girls arrested by Delhi police, women activists demand hanging
New Delhi: Little girls
begging for help amused Sunil Rastogi, Delhi Police said about the alleged
serial rapist arrested in the capital on Saturday. Emboldened by the fact that
the families of the victims did not approach the police, Rastogi allegedly
thought he could get away with anything. Accused paedophile, is a tailor by
profession. The accused, who wore the same set of clothes – a ‘red jacket’
(which he considered lucky), used to come from UP’s Rampur district to Delhi by
train and look for lone minor girls, kidnap and take them to under-construction
buildings or isolated locations, rape them and then flee the city. The rapist
nearly targeted 800 children over the last 13 years not only in Delhi but even
in UP and Uttarakhand. According to Delhi Police, paedophile Rastogi, claimed
to have attempted assault on more than 2,500 minors. Sunil Rastogi was arrested
on Saturday on the basis of tip off, DCP(East) Omvir Singh said.“The accused
told police that he used to target minor girls. Whenever he would find any
minor girl going to home from school, he used to mislead her on the pretext
that her father had sent some clothes or some other articles to give her and
take her to an isolated place,” he added.During interrogation, he confessed he
committed the alleged offences and also revealed he committed similar offences
with other girls in New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, Ghaziabad (UP), and Rudrapur
(Uttarakhand), said the officer. Following the arrest of serial rapist Sunil
Rastogi, accused of assaulting and raping minor girls, the women’s rights
activists on Monday demanded strict punishment and immediate hanging of the
culprit. Meanwhile, a special investigations team has been set up that will
look for other minor victims who have been targetted by Rastogi in the past
since the police suspect that most some his crimes went unreported.Afternoon
voice
Tried to assault 600 girls:
38-yr-old arrested for ‘raping’ minors in Delhi
Shocking: Paedophile
arrested in Delhi for rape; admits ‘targeting’ minor girls across 3 states
Meghalaya sex scam:
Guest-house owned by Home Minister’s family under probe
Shillong:A Guest-house
owned by the family of Meghalaya Home Minister H D R Lyngdoh is being
investigated in what the officials fear could be a wide-spread sex racket
involving several influential people. On Jan.6, Independent MLA Julius Kitbok
Dorphang was arrested in Guwahati after a hunt of three weeks. Police officials
confirmed that a 14-year-old, who filed an FIR on December 16, has said that
she was taken to the guest-house, Marvelene’s Inn, located in posh Shillong
locality Rilbong, several times to “serve clients”.She has alleged that
Dorphang raped her “at least on 2 occasions”, once at a guest-house at
Motinagar in the city, and another time at a resort in Umiam, about 12 km from
here.Indianexpress
NIA questions J&K govt
employees in connection with terror funding case
New Delhi; Furthering their
probe into allegations of terror funding taking place through cross-LOC trade
routes, NIA questioned employees of the Trade Facilitation Centres (TFCs) in J&K.
NIA sources said investigators, in the past week, questioned several Govt employees posted at TFC in Uri area however
officials did not divulge details on whether the sleuths have been able to find
anything incriminating. Sources said NIA sleuths have taken possession of
documents related to cross border trade, particularly the import of California
Almonds (badam giri), and were currently examining the same for further leads.
The probe agency in December last year had registered a case under sections of
UAPA to probe allegations that "large scale terror funding has been taking
place using cross- LOC trade route". NIA believes that a percentage of
profits in lieu of cross border trade is used to fund militancy in the
valley.DNA
50 Indians in Islamic
State’s Afghanistan camp: IB
The Interpol has been alerted
after Intelligence Bureau officials found that at least 50 persons from India
had allegedly joined the Islamic State in Afghanistan. The IS camp in Nagrahar
in Afghanistan is said to have at least 2,000 recruits from different parts of
the world. However, Indian agencies are hot on the trail of Shajeer Abdullah,
from Kerala, believed to be the prime recruiter for the IS in Kerala.Out of
these 2,000, the IB suspects that there may be 50 Indians. The intelligence has
already confirmed that the 21 persons who went missing from Kerala are part of
this camp. Agencies say that the recruitment had taken place through social
media. The social media account of Shajeer Abdullah from Kerala had come under
the scanner. Abdullah, who is also in Afghanistan currently, is said to have
used the social media to radicalise and recruit youth from Kerala. His posts
had called for a 'Holy War against the infidels'. He goes on to state that in
order to serve Islam correctly, one needs to be part of the IS. oneindia.com
Kerala writer, booked for
insulting national anthem, claims attack by Sangh Parivar member
Malayalam writer Kamal C
Chavara, who was booked for insulting the national anthem in December last
year, has alleged he was attacked by a member of the Sangh Parivar on Sunday in
Kunnamangalam near Kozhikode in north Kerala, a day after he burnt his book in
public.Chavara, who is also a theatre activist, said the incident took place in
a bar where the attacker approached him asking whether he was the one who had
burnt his book on Saturday. When he said yes, the assailant slapped him and
pushed him to the floor without any provocation, he said.HT
Rohith’s brother Raja, an
aspiring scientist, now turns auto driver
Vijayawada: The life of
26-year-old Raja Vemula, the brother of Rohith Vemula has changed after his
brother’s untimely death. The post graduate from Puducherry University is now
driving a goods autorickshaw between Guntur and Tenali to earn livelihood and
meet additional expenses. “Many people offered me a job, including Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal. But if I take up the job from politicians, I will be forced to
toe the line with them, which my brother hated. Now that I am on a mission to
seek justice and also spearheading a movement, I will try for a job later,” he
said.Raja said the need for money increased as he and his mother were involved
in hectic travelling addressing rallies and meetings all over the country on
the unfortunate incident (of his brother’s death). “I am not finding it
difficult to work as a driver. I need to stay close to my mother and help her,”
he clarified.Raja, who did M.Sc in Applied Geology, wanted to become a
scientist and he is keen on pursuing his dream. “My brother’s death came as a
bolt from the blue. It will take some time to regain semblance.” the hindu
To Honour Rohith Vemula's
Memory, His Brother Refuses To Join Politics, Becomes An Autorickshaw Driver
Dalit bodies join hands to
commemorate Vemula’s death
JNU protest lectures to
begin on Jan 18: the hindu
New Delhi: The schedule for
the lecture series on social justice titled "Democracy and Social Justice:
Access and Equality" to be organised between Jan.18 and Jan.25 at Freedom
Square in JNU has been released.JNU Teachers' Association has chosen to
“reclaim Freedom Square” which has now become a spot where public meetings have
been banned by the administration.The lectures scheduled to be held between 4pm
and 6 30pm will include topics such as “Crisis of democracy and the question of
rights” by Bezwada Wilson, “New grammar of caste by Ashwini Despanede and
Adivasis and the politics of the Right by Archana Prasad will be held on the
first day. Other speakers scheduled to speak include Sohail Hashmi and Madhu
Prasad on “JNU's deprivation points system-history and politics”, Yogendra
Yadav on “UGC, university autonomy and social justice” and Rajani Tilak on “Caste
and gender intersection in the idea of social justice” among others.
CN Rao at Jamia Hamdard
Convocation:‘To excel in science, we need hard work, funds for varsities’
New Delhi: Bharat Ratna
Awardee scientist CN Rao on Sunday said India needed to work harder to make a
mark for itself in global academic standards and educational institutions
required more funding than they’re getting to achieve this feat. Speaking at
the 12th convocation of Jamia Hamdard University at the Siri Fort Auditorium,
Rao said, “The world is facing huge challenges in science, especially in the
field of energy. The way we are managing and planning energy are both outdated.
We need to make hydrogen an energy source instead of oil so that there is no
carbon dioxide and no pollution. But how do we make this?”“These days, people
have found that through artificial photosynthesis it is easy to produce Hydrogen.
More important than this are the environmental problems associated with energy.
The carbon dioxide produced in India today or any other part of the world is
thousand times more than it was 20 years ago. Universities should venture into
these challenging areas. In medicine too, very few antibiotics are being
produced because everything that is produced becomes drug-resistant. We have to
produce new drugs in the next few years to get rid of this drug resistance,” he
said.indian express
Mumbai: Philanthropist’s
kin says Saifee Hospital canteen came up on family-built graveyard
High Court asks state to
investigate, following a petition by Ali Akbar, great grandson of Sir Adamjee
Peerbhoy.The great grandson of Sir Adamjee Peerbhoy -- a renowned Bombay
businessman and philanthropist who donated land to set up the Saifee Hospital
at Charni Road -- has alleged that the hospital encroached on the graveyard
where Peerbhoy’s wife and several of his relatives were buried.In a petition to
the Bombay High Court, Ali Akbar Peerbhoy said the graveyard was “illegally
taken over” in 2012 after more than 1,000 graves were exhumed, and today, the
area is occupied by the hospital’s canteen. The HC’s division bench of Justices
Abhay Oka and Anuja Prabhudesai has now asked the state Govt to investigate.
“The concerned department of the state Govt should initiate legal action if hindrance has
been caused to the graveyard,” the court said last month.Ali Akbar said he
didn’t want to hurt his community’s sentiments, hence spoke to the current
Syedna, Mufaddal Saifuddin, but the hospital trust wasn’t willing to
listen.Mumbai Mirror
57 Indian Billionaires Own
Wealth Equal to Bottom 70% of Country’s Population
Davos: In signs of rising
income inequality, India’s richest 1% now hold a huge 58% of the country’s
total wealth – higher than the global figure of about 50%, a new study showed
on Monday. The study, released by rights group Oxfam ahead of the World
Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting here – which is attended by the rich and
powerful from across the world – showed that just 57 billionaires in India now
have same wealth (US $216 billion) as that of the bottom 70% population of the
country.Globally, just eight billionaires have the same amount of wealth as the
poorest 50% of world population.The study said there are 84 billionaires in
India, with a collective wealth of US $248 billion, led by Mukesh Ambani (US
$19.3 billion), Dilip Shanghvi (US $16.7 billion) and Azim Premji (US $15
billion). The total Indian wealth in the country stood at US $3.1 trillion.The
total global wealth in the year was US $255.7 trillion, of which about US $6.5
trillion was held by billionaires, led by Bill Gates (US $75 billion), Amancio
Ortega (US $67 billion) and Warren Buffett (US $60.8 billion). thewire
8 men own as much wealth as
half world: Oxfam
Cow only animal that inhales,
exhales oxygen:Raj.minister
Jaipur:Rajasthan Education
Minister Vasudev Devnani has said cow is the only animal that inhales as well
as exhales Oxygen. He made the claim while speaking at the Hingonia Goshala during
an event organised by Akshay Patra foundation Saturday.The minister underscored
the ‘scientific significance’ of the cow. indianexpress
Misuse of high-end
antibiotics rampant: Docs
An American woman in her
70s who contracted an infection while being treated for a thigh bone fracture
in India 2 years ago died recently. Tests on her wound specimen at CDC Atlanta,
which houses one of world's most advanced laboratories, later confirmed the
presence of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (NDM) -a superbug. Tests showed no
drug available in the US would have cured the infection.Finding has jolted
medical professionals who see it as a sign of a post-antibiotic era, triggered
by, among other factors, pill popping for common conditions.“Misuse of high-end
antibiotics for common health conditions is rampant in hospitals and among
people. When this happens, the bacteria starts to build a barrier along its
cell wall or enzymes to fight them. Some groups, for example the Klebsiella
pneumoniae, may get the right barrier or enzyme.These are called
superbugs," said Sumit Ray, vice chairperson of critical care at Ganga Ram
Hospital. He added that superbugs were not uncommon but pan-resistance was an emerging
phenomenon with "catastrophic consequences". WHO has already called
for action across Govt sectors and societies to fight antibiotic resistance.
TOI
As Army Chief Rawat warns
of clampdown on airing grievances on social media, another video surfaces
New Delhi: Despite Army
Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat’s warnings of a crackdown against soldiers using social
media to put out their grievances, a third video has surfaced on the Internet
in which an Army jawan is seen singing songs highlighting the difficulties faced
by troops on the border.According to The Hindu, the video features a Sikh
soldier singing to a group of colleagues in Punjabi; unlike soldiers in the
earlier videos who expressed their grievances through self-made videos. In the
video, the soldier sings about the tough conditions they live in, about the
quality of food they get compared to those who “go to Taj [hotel] in cities”
and about the lack of sanctioned leaves.“It has been 10 months now, I am not
getting days off; all the tears have fallen from her eyes. One who is married
to us, she feels neither married nor unmarried,” The Hindu reports the soldier
in the video posted on Facebook as saying. indianexpress
After divorce, Nida seeks
Sushma Swaraj’s help against Aala Hazrat family
Bareilly: Nida Khan, former
wife of Aala Hazrat seminary head's nephew, has now written to Union minister
Sushma Swaraj for help.In her letter to Swaraj, Nida narrated her ordeal to the
minister. She said that due to pressure of the clerical family, police officers
are not helping her. "Sheeran Raza Khan had threatened to throw acid on my
face and he has still not returned things which my family had given him in
dowry. When I told police officers about Sheeran's warning, his family tried to
implicate my father and brother in a fake rape case. Sheeran and his family are
levelling fake allegations against me and my family," the letter
stated.She has asked for a CBI inquiry in the case.In June last year, Nida had
moved court demanding an FIR against her husband and in-laws for allegedly
assaulting her and causing a miscarriage. Police in their final report gave a
clean chit to the accused, after the couple was divorced. TOI
SC agrees to hear plea to
bring WhatsApp under govt regulations
A plea before the
Supreme Court demanded an option of “do not share” for WhatsApp users who did
not wish to share information with Facebook. ‘You can choose to walk out of
WhatsApp if you want to protect your privacy’, the Supreme Court on Monday told
two law students who had challenged a Delhi High Court order upholding the
company’s 2016 policy to share user information with Facebook as a violation of
citizen privacy."What is disturbing here is you want to continue using this
private service and at the same time want to protect your privacy... You can
choose not avail of it [WhatsApp], you walk out of it,” Chief Justice of India
JS Khehar said.Senior advocate Harish Salve said WhatsApp, an instant messaging
and call service with 155 million users, has become a "public utility
service" like telephone calls.. thehindu
SC asks govt to reply to
plea on privacy in WhatsApp, FB
Nagpur:Sharp increase in
Muslim aspirants for BJP tickets
Golden Temple Committee
gifts silver chandelier to Ajmer
WORLD
At least 37 dead after
Turkish cargo jet crashes into Kyrgyzstan village
A Turkish cargo jet has
crashed near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport, killing at least 37 people, most of
them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747 as it tried to land in
dense fog, Kyrgyz officials have said.According to airport’s administration,
the plane was supposed to make a stopover at Manas, near the capital city,
Bishkek, on its way from Hong Kong to Istanbul. It crashed when trying to land
in poor visibility at 7.31 am. The plane ploughed on for a few hundred metres
through the Dachi Suu village, home to hundreds of families. It shattered into
pieces and damaged dozens of buildings. Plumes of smoke rose above the crash
site, with some mudbrick buildings razed to the ground and others pierced by
parts of the plane.Reuters
At least 37 killed after cargo
jet crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Istanbul nightclub attack
involved an intelligence organisation: deputy PM
Ankara: The mass shooting
at an Istanbulnightclub on New Year's Eve was carried out professionally with
the involvement of an intelligence organisation, Turkish DeputyPM Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.“It appears the
Reina attack is not just a terrorist organisation's act, but there was also an
intelligence organisation involved. It was an extremely planned and organised
act,” Kurtulmus said.Reuters
'Shelling kills civilians'
in Syria's Wadi Barada area
Troops allied to the Syrian
Govt have shelled a village in a rebel-controlled area near its capital
Damascus, killing at least seven civilians, according to a monitoring group.The
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said shells hit
al-Reem banquet hall in the village of Deir Qanun on Sunday.The incident
occurred in the Wadi Barada valley, which is the main source of water for
Damascus. aljazeera
Saudi Arabia: Attacks by
Russia, Assad’s army on Syrian opposition boost Daesh
Russian-backed Syrian
army’s continuous raids against the Syrian opposition would boost Daesh’s
“expansion” operation, Chief of Saudi Arabia’s General Staff Abdulrahman Bin
Saleh Al-Bunyan warned on Sunday.During the anti-Daesh coalition meeting held
on Sunday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Al-Bunyan demanded “not to engage”
Shiite militias in the war against the terrorist organisation.On Sunday, the Conference
of Global Coalition against Daesh opened its activities in Saudi Arabia in the
presence of Chiefs of General Staff of fourteen countries participating in coalition. middleeastmonitor
Moving US embassy to
Jerusalem will have ‘serious consequences,’ warns France
Moving the US embassy from
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which is one of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign
promises, is a “provocation” that would result in “serious consequences,”
warned France at yesterday’s peace summit in Paris.Some seventy countries,
including key European and Arab states as well as the permanent members of the
UNSC, were in the French capital on Sunday for a meeting that Israeli PM Benjamin
Netanyahu has rejected as “futile”. Britain attended as an “observer” but not a
full participant. middleeastmonitor
Israeli raids at Al-Aqsa increased
by at least 250% in 2016
Egypt'sSinai residents
accuse state of extrajudicial killings
Egyptians in El Arish, a
city in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, are accusing the Govt of the extra-judicial killing of 10 youths by
security forces.The Egyptian interior ministry, which heads the security
forces, said on Friday that members of an armed group opened fire at the
security personnel as they approached their hideout in an abandoned house.It
also described those killed as "terrorists".However, residents of El Arish
said six of those named by the ministry had been detained months ago by
Egyptian authorities.On Saturday, the residents held a meeting and demanded a
judicial trial of anyone who took part in the alleged killings as well as the
release of youths detained without charge. aljazeera
Court rejects Red Sea
islands transfer to Saudi Arabia
A top Egyptian
court has issued a final ruling rejecting a Govt plan to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea
islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal that had provoked outrage among Egyptians and
prompted rare protests.Cheers broke out in Cairo courtroom as the judge read
out verdict confirming Egyptian sovereignty over Tiran and Sanafir and saying
that Govt had failed to provide evidence
that the islands were Saudi.aljazeera
Zardari to attend Trump’s
inauguration in UP: Report
Karachi: Pakistan’s former
President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald
Trump in the US on Jan.20. Zardari, co-chairman of PPP, was invited to the
Jan.20 ceremony by US Govt which he
accepted. He will leave for the US on Jan.17, Daily Times reported.PTI
Bill introduced in US
Congress to designate Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization: By Abdus
Sattar Ghazali, The Milli Gazette Online
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