Evening NEWS DIGEST
2 Feb.2017: 4Jamadiul Awwal 1438: Vol:8, No:105
Modi Govt’s Budgetary
Allocation for MNREGA is barely 1% Increase not 25%
New Delhi: The finance
minister claimed that this year’s Budget allocations for Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) were a new “record”, at Rs 48,000
crore. But is this really a substantial increase? And, more importantly, is it
enough? 2016-17 Budget had allocated Rs 38,500 crore for the scheme; if you
compare this year’s number to that, you see an increase of 25%. But what these
numbers (that Jaitley proudly announced) hide is that 2 supplementary
allocations were made in the last year, making the final allocation Rs 47,500
crore. The increase in this year’s allocation, then, is of a mere Rs 500 crore,
or 1%.Highlighting this point, People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG,
which includes activists such as Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey and Annie Raja) has
issued a press release that attempts to explain why this changed allotment
isn’t really a considerable increase at all and why MNREGA would need higher
allocations to function smoothly.THE WIRE
BUDGET 2017: The rise in
allocation to MGNREGA is not 25% but just 1%, say activists
Proposed political funding
reforms ‘inconsequential’: ADR
New Delhi:Govt’s proposed
reforms in political funding are “inconsequential” as they will continue to
remain opaque while the proposal to limit cash donations at Rs 2,000 is flawed
in terms of accountability, disclosure and political will, according to
think-tank ADR. Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) keeps a close tab on
elections as well as related topics, including on finances of political
parties.A day after the government proposed a slew of measures to make
political funding more transparent, ADR said complete transparency in the
finances of political parties has still not been adopted in the Budget
2017-18.PTI
Budget ‘very disappointing’
for minorities: Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief
Asaduddin Owaisi has said that the union budget is “very disappointing” for
minorities.He said the budget looks hardly inspiring, with “nothing worthwhile
for any section the society and for every sector of the economy”.MP from
Hyderabad pointed out that though minorities account for 20 percent of the
country’s population (24.17 crores out of 121.08 crores), they were allocated
only Rs 4,515 crores in the budget which envisages total expenditure of Rs
21,46,735 crores. The outlay for minorities comes to just 0.21% though they
account for 20 percent of the population, he said.IANS
Budget offers nothing for
poor, marginalised: Mayawati
Lucknow;BSP chief Mayawati
on Wednesday flayed the Union Budget and said that it had nothing for the poor
and weaker and marginalised sections of society.In a statement issued here, she
said that while people were looking for relief measures post-demonetisation,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley “disappointed” them.“Small relief given in income
tax will neither offset the problems of the people nor wash away the blots on
BJP-led NDA govt,” the statement said.IANS
Farmers cheated by budget,
nothing on changing strategy for creation of jobs: P Chidambaram
New Delhi:Ex-Union Finance
Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed Union Budget 2017 today
saying the farming community has been cheated. He also said the budget has
absolutely nothing on changing strategy for creation of jobs. Speaking to the
media, the Congress leader criticised the government’s demonetisation move,
terming its ‘reckless’.”Now I don’t know what more disruptive and reckless
measures are there in the armoury. Wish government meets our growth rates of
8.5% in UPA-1 and 7.5 per cent overall. All the best to them, but they aren’t in
position to do so,” he said.indianExpress
Chidambaram terms budget
damp squib, but praises Jaitley’s ‘moderation’
RSS affiliates say Union Budget
doesn’t compensate those hit by demonetisation
Outfits affiliated to the
RSS have said the Union Budget does not suitably compensate those who lost jobs
as a consequence of demonetisation and there is little hike for health and
education sectors.The criticism came from Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and the
Swadeshi Jagran Manch, affiliates of the saffron fountainhead that is also the
political mentor of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.“Budget presented by the
finance minister failed to address the objective of budget as declared by
finance minister. The said objective of the budget (was) Transform, Energise
and Clean India with the approach of poverty alleviation,” BMS, RSS’s labour
arm, said. It found the allocation for MNREGA inadequate keeping in view
unemployment caused by demonetisation and migration from urban areas to
villages. hindustantimes
Union Budget 2017 is a
total miss on banking reforms, economy will pay a price for it: Dinesh
Unnikrishnan
Union Budget 2017 has
commendable steps but banks, health, education major misses:Amit Kapoor,Chirag
Yadav
E Ahamed passes away: Why
death did not deter govt on Budget day
New Delhi:Hours after exUnion
minister and Lok Sabha MP from IUMLE Ahamed died in hospital after suffering a
cardiac arrest in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, there was a long suspense on
Wednesday morning over whether the government would stick to schedule and
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Budget.With Congress and the
Left, among other opposition parties, demanding that Budget presentation be
postponed, confusion prevailed this morning almost until Jaitley tweeted, at
10.19am,“Watch me live presenting the Union Budget 2017 at 11am, Feb.1, 2017.
Armed with favourable inputs from legal experts, and two past precedents, the
Modi govt is learnt to have made up its mind early morning to go ahead with the
Budget. Being Basant Panchami, the day was considered “very auspicious”.
Jaitley referred to it in his Budget speech at least twice. In conclusion, he
said, “…There is no other day which is more appropriate for this than today.”
indian express
OTHERS
UN report blames Pakistan
for delay in resolution of Indus water issues with India
New Delhi: Pakistan has
neglected to resolve trans-border water issues and delayed presenting the cases
of dispute with India to the Water Commission related to the Indus Waters
Treaty, a UN Development Programme (UNDP) report said. The report titled
"Development Advocate Pakistan", released in Pakistan, said,
"Pakistan's negligence in conducting a sound analysis of trans-boundary
water issues and delays in presenting the cases of dispute with India to the
Indus Water Commission or the World Bank on the issues related to the Indus
Waters Treaty have caused the issues to linger on and remain unaddressed." timesofindia
Hafiz Saeed detention:
Islamabad says India involved in terror activities in Pakistan
In a sharp reaction to
India’s demand for “credible crackdown” on Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan said on
Thursday India should look at its own “involvement” in fomenting militancy on
Pakistani soil before pointing fingers at others.Foreign Office spokesperson
Nafees Zakari, at his weekly briefing, was asked to comment on the Indian
reaction to Pakistan’s action against Saeed. Zakaria reacted by saying that
India should look at its own role in militancy in Pakistan rather than pointing
a finger at Islamabad.“India itself has been involved in terrorist activities
in Pakistan,” he said.Zakaria also claimed that “Indian brutalities against
Kashmiris” were going on.He said last year three boys had inadvertently crossed
the border from Narowal area in Punjab and were still in an Indian jail,
despite efforts to bring them back.“We contacted the Indian government over the
matter, but so far they have not responded,” he said.PTI
‘Requisite political will’
needed to take action against Saeed: India
India has dismissed
Pakistan’s demand for “concrete evidence” against JuD chief Hafiz Saeed in the
26/11 case, saying the required proof is already available in that country as
the entire conspiracy was hatched there and all it needs to find is “requisite”
political will to take action.External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas
Swarup also said India would not go by the claims or statements made by
Pakistan about the steps taken to check terrorism but by what happens on the
ground.PTI
Hindu protestors demand to
release Saeed:Pak Today
Jamaatud Dawa (JuD)
demanded the govt reverse its order placing their chief Hafiz Saeed under house
arrest during protests organised in different parts of the city on Wednesday.
Members belonging to the Hindu community also joined the JuD’s protest at
Karachi Press Club on Wednesday.JuD leader Dr Muzamil Qureshi said that they
condemn the house arrest of their leader and that the govt has acted on
international pressure.A member of the Hindu Panchayat from Thar, Bano Bheel,
said that Saeed may be a terrorist for India or United States of America.
However, for the people of Thar, he has proven himself to be a great
philanthropist, he said.
JuD forcing Hindus in
Pakistan to protest against ‘detention’ of Hafiz Saeed: Financial Express
Soldier who complained of
food quality detained, tortured by BSF: wife
Rohtak/New Delhi: A
soldier, whose video complaining of poor food and arrangements at a camp went
viral last month, has been detained by the Border Security Force, his wife
alleged today.BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav’s wife Sharmila told HT that she
received a call from him on Jan.31, informing her that his voluntary retirement
had been cancelled and he was kept under arrest by the force.In an audio
conversation purportedly between Yadav and his wife, he is heard telling her
that his life was in danger and his seniors were torturing him.“I know too many
wrongdoings of these officials. That’s why they are doing these things with me.
Please do something and take my message to public. Jai Hind,” Yadav is heard
telling his wife in the alleged conversation, which was recorded by Sharmila.HT
Pune Muslim techie murder
case: Place all evidence against Hindu Sena chief Desai, says Bombay HC to Govt
The Bombay High Court
Wednesday asked the state to place before it all adverse evidence against Hindu
Rashtra Sena chief Dhananjay Desai along with the 1,800-page chargesheet still
to be filed in the murder of IT professional Shaikh Mohsin in Pune, in June
2014.The court was hearing a revision application filed by Desai, an accused in
the murder case, seeking discharge in this case along with other charge of
attempt to murder. Desai has challenged a Pune sessions court’s order of June
2016 rejecting his plea for discharge. Mohsin’s brothers are also likely to
file an intervention application against such discharge. Desai had also filed
an application for bail which will be referred back to the HC Bench that had
rejected his bail plea earlier.Mohsin was allegedly killed by members of a
radical Hindu outfit, the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS), soon after a meeting of the
outfit in Hadapsar, Pune, on June 2, 2014. Recently, Justice Mridula Bhatkar
had granted bail to 3 of the accused in this case.indian express
Ishrat encounter case:
Gujarat HC notice to govt, CBI
Ahmedabad: Gujarat high
court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government and the CBI in
response to a petition filed by IPS officer and former investigator in the
Ishrat Jahan encounter case, Satish Verma.Verma has been requesting for a copy
of chargesheet in the encounter case, and he has approached the HC after he was
denied access to the second chargesheet filed by the CBI in Feb.2014. 4
officers of the Central IB, including then special director of the IB Rajinder
Kumar, were held accused accused of murder and conspiracy in this case. To a
question on the locus standi of Verma in this case, his advocate Rahul Sharma
submitted that the killing of four persons by the crime branch sleuths was a
crime against the society, and in such cases every citizen has a right to
access to documents. He cited a Supreme Court judgment in support of his
argument.Verma has argued in his plea that since it is a case of encounter and
cops have been charged with criminal conspiracy, no prosecution consent is
required. This contention has also been substantiated with SC observations.Next
hearing on this matter is on March 29. TOI
Sadhvi Pragya, upon
acquittal in Sunil Joshi murder case: ‘One nationalist can’t kill another
nationalist’
Bhopal;“Truth has
prevailed. One nationalist can’t kill another nationalist. It was a conspiracy
hatched by 4-5 leaders to defame the nationalists and saffron.’’That is how
Sadhvi Pragya Singh reacted to the verdict in the Sunil Joshi murder case in
which she and seven others were acquitted by a Dewas court. Her bail plea in
the Malegaon case will come up for hearing on Feb7. indianexpress
UP ATS arrest 3 alleged ISI
operatives out of Delhi coaching centre
UP Police have nabbed three
alleged ISI agents who operated six hi-tech illegal telephone exchanges at a
Delhi 'FIIT JEE' coaching centre through which they used to coordinate with
their handlers in Pakistan to plan possible attacks in India. They also made
calls to military officials in J&K posing as their seniors in order to get
defence secrets from them.ATS of UP Police arrested the accused last week after
a tip-off about at least six telephone exchanges being run in Delhi, which were
in operation since last year. The accused were identified as Gulshan Sen of
Mehrauli in Delhi and Shyam Babu and Shivendra Mishra of Sitapur in Lucknow.ATS
head Assem Arun told IANS that the accused used to run the telephone exchanges
at a 'FIIT JEE' centre in Punjabi Bagh, which they used as a front for their
activities. Sen ostensibly worked as a technical head of the coaching centre.
IANS
ATS raids coaching centre
Spy ring: UP ATS raids
Uttam Nagar coaching centre
Ransom calls to JNU student
Najeeb kin: Accused says got uncle’s contact from Facebook
New Delhi: A 19-year-old
man, who was arrested last month for allegedly making ransom calls to the
family of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad, has told interrogators that he got
the contact details of Najeeb’s uncle from a Facebook page set up to help trace
the student. The accused, Mohammad Shamim, was arrested by a Crime Branch team
of the Delhi Police on Jan.20 after he made multiple calls to his uncle. He had
said over the phone that Najeeb was in his custody, and had demanded Rs 20
lakh, before eventually settling on Rs 15 lakh for Najeeb’s “safe release”,
police said.During probe, Shamim told police he had never seen Najeeb in his
life. “He told police he saw photographs of Najeeb in newspapers and social
media. He also got to know that police had announced a reward on his release.
He went to the JNU website, from where he found a Facebook page dedicated to
finding Najeeb. He got his uncle’s phone number from there,” police said.indianexpress
Hurriyat leader Geelani
hospitalised after chest pain
Srinagar: Hurriyat leader
Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a
hospital in Srinagar after he complained of chest pain late last night, a close
aide of the separatist leader said on Thursday. 87-year-old complained of
uneasiness and chest pain and was admitted to SKIMS Hospital for treatment, he
said.Doctors at the hospital said Geelani has been admitted to the ICU and his
condition is stable. He stayed back in Kashmir this season and did not follow
his annual practice of shifting to Delhi during winter to escape the
cold-related health complications.PTI
CBSE’s new guideline: Do
yoga and flaunt your love for the country; it will get you more marks
Practicing yoga or showing
patriotism will earn marks for class 10 students of the CBSE from next academic
year.In its notification issued on Tuesday, the board said that students will
be given grades for the co-scholastic activities such as yoga, martial arts,
sports and NCC.The notification said the students can opt for any of these
under health and physical education category."Students should be provided
opportunities to get professionally trained in the areas of their interest.
Indigenous sports, yoga and NCC must be encouraged in the schools to create a
sense of physical fitness, discipline, sportsmanship, patriotism, self-sacrifice
and health care", said CBSE notification. It also said that the grading
will be reflected in the mark sheets and the marks will be awarded by the
physical education teacher.The board which has 18000 schools affiliated to it
will give 80% weightage to written test and the remaining 20 % to school's
internal assessment.Last year, the board had brought back compulsory class 10
board exams and had asked schools affiliated to it to conduct three periodic
written tests in an academic year. Notably, CBSE has earlier started giving
five marks for neatness of notebooks. southlive
Dayanidhi Maran, brother
Kalanithi let off in Aircel-Maxis deal by court; setback for CBI, ED in crucial
2G case
New Delhi:In a huge
embarrassment for CBI and
Enforcement Directorate, a Delhi
court today dropped corruption charges against former Union Minister Dayanidhi
Maran and his brother Kalanithi in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.CBI had alleged
that Dayanidhi Maran, as minister in the UPA-I govt, used his influence to help
Malaysian businessman TA Ananda Krishnan buy Aircel by coercing its owner
Sivasankaran to part with his stake.However, special judge OP Saini discharged
Maran,his brother Kalanithi Maran, Kalanithi's wife Kavery Kalanithi, South
Asia FM Ltd (SAFL) Managing Director K. Shanmugam and 2 companies – SAFL, Sun
Direct TV Pvt Ltd (SDTPL) in two different cases linked to the deal. IndiaToday
Aircel-Maxis case: All
charges against Maran brothers dropped
Ram temple issue in BJP
manifesto draws flak from opponents in Mathura
Mathura:The building of Ram
temple in Ayodhya which was brought up by BJP in its manifesto for the UP elections
has drawn sharp criticism from political opponents in Mathura with the Congress
alleging that the party is “cashing in” on the issue.“BJP recollects temple
issue only during the elections, since it wants to cash in on it,” Pradeep
Mathur, the Congress candidate from Mathura assembly constituency said.Mathur
said people will not be misguided anymore as they had figured out that it was a
“jumlewali” party.BSP candidate, Yogesh Dwivedi, accused BJP of using the Ram
temple issue as a trump card in the assembly polls, starting from Feb.11.“Why
the BJP has not raised the temple issue in over two and a half years, even
though the party is having its government at the Centre....BJP considers Ram
temple as a trump card to win the elections,” he said.RLD candidate from
Goverdhan constituency Kunvar Narendra Singh said, “Temple issue has been
raised again through election manifesto by BJP simply to cash in on religious
feelings of the people through votes.”PTI
Hindu Jagarana Vedike
activist held for pelting stones at mosque, stabbing auto drivers
Udupi: A Hindu Jagarana
Vedike (HJV) activist held for killing a Muslim auto driver and pelting stone
at a mosque.Based on the CCTV footage, the accused identified as Ankit Poojary,
is an active member of HJV who also faces charges in more than a few communal
cases in Vittal has been arrested.In a report published in Daijiworld, Ankit,
(28) from Kumpala, Mangaluru pelted stones at Noorul Islam mosque at Adi-Udupi
in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The crime was captured on CCTV
installed outside the mosque.Before damaging the mosque, the accused picked up
quarrel with an auto-rickshaw drivers, Haneef and his relatvie Shabbir. 54-year-old
Hanif, a resident of Doddanagudde was on his way to home when Poojary allegedly
stabbed him to death. siasat
Udupi: Man arrested on
charge of murder, throwing stones at mosque
Hyderabad:Islamic center
under conflicts, lady approached HC claiming the land
Hyderabad: Wakf land
belonging to Dargah Hazrat Husain Shah Wali located at Manikonda was earmarked
for the established of Islamic Cultural and Convention center. It is reported
that a woman and five others filed a petition in the High Court claiming ownership
on this land. Justice A Rajasekhara Reddy issued stay order on their petitions.
HC issued notices to Collector of Hyderabad and Wakf Board to submit their
replies.Wakf Board officials informed that the said women had already
approached the court earlier but the judgment was given in facour of Wakf
Board. Now that Govt decided to established Islamic Cultural and Convention
Center, the land has come under a conflict which is worrying the Dept. of
Minorities Welfare.It is indicated that many individuals have been claiming
ownership on this land since 2006. Siasat
Trump 'Muslim-Ban' woes:
Kashmiri athlete denied US visa citing 'current policy'
New Delhi: The ripples of Donald
Trump's ban on citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering the US,
has started infiltrating Indian shores as a Kashmiri athlete was denied visa to
participate in an International world championship to be held in New York,
despite full documentation. Embassy turned away the athlete on account of
'current policy', refusing to entertain any questions further.Tanveer Hussain,
a 'slow shoe- running' champion was selected to represent India in one of the
world championships to be held in New York on 25th Feb. But in spite of
complete documentation, he was held back by the embassy citing 'current policy'
which weren't in his favour.ANI
We Must Stand Behind Muslim
Sportspersons in the Wake of Trump’s Travel Ban: Priyansh
Toxins in litchi kill
children in Bihar
Chennai:Scientists from the
US and India have found that consumption of litchi fruit and skipping evening
meal can result in very low blood glucose level and acute encephalopathy,
seizures and coma, and causes death in many cases.An unexplained illness in
children aged 15 years and younger in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, which claims many
lives in May-June, has been solved. Scientists from the US and India have found
that consumption of litchi fruit and skipping evening meal can result in very
low blood glucose level (less than 70 mg/dL) and acute encephalopathy that
provokes seizures and coma, and causes death in many cases.The results were
published in journal Lancet Global Health.Children in Muzaffarpur frequently
spend the day eating litchis and some skip the evening meal. Skipping evening
meal, by itself results in low blood sugar levels during the night. This is
particularly so in the case of young children as they have limited hepatic
glycogen reserves. Hypoglycin A and methylenecyclopropylglycine (MCPG), which
are naturally present in litchi fruit, make the condition worse. The toxins
block enzymes involved in normal glucose metabolism and this results in an
inability to synthesis glucose leading to acutely low level of blood sugar. The
build-up of other metabolic by-products could also have an adverse effect
(encephalopathy) on the child. These two cause death in many children.The study
shows the modifying effect of skipping the evening meal on the impact of these
toxins. thehindu
‘Killer’ litchi the cause
of mysterious disease plaguing children of Muzaffarpur
Top Scientist, Economist in fray for AMU VC post
New Delhi: Renowned
economist Dr. Abusaleh Shariff and leading Biomedical research scientist Dr
Shahid Jameel have emerged as the contenders for the post Vice Chancellor at
the prestigious AMU. The university’s highest decision making body AMU Court
will meet on Saturday to elect 3 names from the five names proposed by the
Executive Committee.The university has shortlisted five names from a list of 30
eminent people whose bio data were screened for the top post. Among them,
according to sources, Dr. Abusaleh Shariff and Dr Shahid Jameel have emerged as
the most valued having high credentials and international acclaim.
Dr. Abu Saleh Shareef appointed
Professor of Maulana Azad Chair in Urdu University
Hyderabad: Prof. Abu Saleh
Shareef has been appointed as Professor of Maulana Azad chair at MANUU. On the
recommendations of this committee report, UGC started Maulana Azad Chairs in 6
universities. The objective of this chair is to promote the mission of Maulana
Azad. siasat
Violence spreads in
Nagaland capital Kohima, Home Ministry to send central forces
New Delhi;Violence erupted
across Nagaland’s capital Kohima on Thursday over women reservation in Urban
local bodies polls. The escalating violence, which has already left two people
dead and several others injured, prompted the Home Ministry to send central
forces to contain the law and order situation even as curfew and Section 144
continue to remain imposed in Dimapur and Kohima districts.Youths armed with
spears and machetes took to the streets to protest against the state
government’s decision to hold polls on Feb.1 despite an earlier deal to
postpone the election by 2 months. Meanwhile, the Nagaland government has
decided to withhold the election process to 12 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). indianexpress
‘Witches’ of rural India
are just women with money, land and no male ‘protectors’, say social workers
The year started on a
sombre note for the Indian woman with mass molestation of young women in Bengaluru
on New Year’s eve. And while this incident has (rightfully) generated outrage
by virtue of occurring in one of India’s 4 cosmopolitan metros, in rural India,
a steady stream of quiet crimes have been going on against women.On Dec.30,
2016, an elderly woman was accused of being a witch in Bihar CM’s home district
of Nalanda. A group of people got together, blackened her face, chopped off her
hair and beat her with sticks. The local police arrested one man who has
confessed to the crime. Not all such cases end with the perpetrator being
brought to justice. In fact, many women accused of being witches are often
burnt alive or hacked to death after being sexually assaulted. A bulk of witch
killings take place in the hinterland, where caste hierarchies determine one’s
fate. Simple things such as having money, owning land or sending your children
to school can invite accusations of witchcraft. dnaindia
E Ahamed laid to rest at
Kannur Jumma Masjid with full state honours
Kannur (Ker): Former Union
minister and IUML President, E Ahamed, who passed away at Delhi early
yesterday, was laid to rest at the City Jumma Masjid here today with full state
honours. The body, covered with the national flag, was brought to the Masjid
for the burial around noon and hundreds had converged to pay their last
respects to the leader. outlookindia
WORLD
Kuwait bans visa for 5
Muslim counties, including Pak
Kuwait: Kuwait has
suspended the issuance of visas for nationals of Syria, Iraq, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Iran.After Donald Trump's executive order banning 7
Muslim-majority countries last Friday, the Kuwaiti govt has told would-be
migrants from the five banned nations to not apply for visas, as it is worried
about the possible migration of radical Islamic terrorists, Sputnik
International reported. Under the executive order signed by Trump, refugees
from all over the world will be denied US entry for 120 days while all
immigration from so-called "countries with terrorism concerns" will
be suspended for 90 days. The countries included in the US ban are Iraq, Syria,
Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.IANS
Kuwait visa ban: Pakistan
rejects report, says no restriction on Pak nationals
New Delhi: Today media reports
claimed that Muslim-majority country Kuwait has banned issuing of visas to
travellers from 5 countries. According to reports, tourism, trade, and visitor
visas were restricted for travellers from 5 counties following an order from
the Kuwaiti Govt to enforce a “blanket ban” on possible migrants. The govt had
asked the migrants not to apply for visa as Kuwait City in the wake of any
possible radical Islamic terrorist activity from the migrants, ANI reported. However,
Pakistan had rejected the news of visa ban imposed on its citizens by Kuwait. Pakistan-based
Geo New reported Pakistan’s ambassador to Kuwait, Ghulam Dastagir, as saying
that West Asian country hasn’t ordered a visa ban on Pakistani citizens.
Dastagir said that the news on social media about the ban was “baseless”. financialexpress
UN chief calls for lifting Trump’s
travel ban on Muslims
UN: President Donald
Trump’s order to bar travellers from 7 Muslim-majority countries is not the
best way to protect America from terrorists and can spread “anxiety and anger”,
UN chief Antonio Guterres has said and called for lifting the ban. “In my
opinion this is not the way to best protect the US or any other country in
relation to the serious concerns that exist about possibilities of terrorist
infiltration. I don’t think this is the effective way to do so. These measures
should be removed sooner rather than later,” Guterres said.PTI
Apple considering 'legal
options' against Muslim ban
Apple CEO Tim Cook is
apparently planning to take legal action against President Donald Trump's
immigration order. While talking to The Wall Street Journal, Cook said he was
trying to appeal to "very, very senior people in the White House" in
order to get the travel ban on seven Muslim countries reversed. indiatimes
Apple, Google, Facebook, others
to jointly draft a letter protesting Trump's Muslim ban
Evangelical Christian leaders
send letter to Trump condemning Muslim ban
US: Judge orders halt to
Trump's ban for immigrant visa holders
Vatican expresses ‘concern’
on Trump’s wall, travel ban
Trump rips into Australian
counterpart Turnbull, calls refugee deal 'dumb'
US President Donald Trump
ripped into his Australian counterpart in a phone call last week, reports said,
castigating an Obama-era refugee deal he later described on Twitter as
"dumb". The Washington Post said Trump abruptly cut short the fiery
conversation after criticising the agreement to re-settle people kept in
Pacific camps, sparking a war of words with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull on Thursday after the report surfaced. Aljazeera
Trump reportedly wants to
focus US extremism fight on Muslims, not white supremacists
CAIR florida sues Trump over
travel ban
Muslim cop sues NY police,
says colleagues called her ‘terrorist’: Report
New York:A 38-year-old
hijab-wearing police officer has sued the New York Police Department (NYPD),
saying that fellow officers bullied her by calling her “terrorist, Taliban” and
while others tried to tear the headscarf off her head, a media report said today.Danielle
Alamrani, who joined the department in 2006, converted to Islam a year
later.According to a new lawsuit, she started getting harassed, bullied, and
even beat up, when she began wearing a hijab to work in 2008.Once she started
going to work in head garb, Alamrani’s fellow officers retaliated by calling
her names like “terrorist” and “Taliban” and telling her “that she should not
be a police officer”, she claimed in a lawsuit filed in the Manhattan federal
court.PTI
'We are your friends and
America is your country too!': Texas community extends support to local mosque
"Your kindness in the
face of such a wave of hatred is true compassion":Islamic Centre of Waco
responds to the love received from their community.In the midst of challenging
times, particularly for minority groups, in the US, Islamic Centre of Waco in
Texas highlighted the warmth they received from their local community.On
Jan.27, Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily barring nationals
from seven Muslim-majority countries including Syria, as well as putting a
four-month hold on allowing refugees from entering US. The move, which Trump
claims will help protect Americans from terror attacks, unleashed protests
across the country. Dnaindia
HRW: Shia militias holding
Mosul refugees in black sites
A major international human
rights organisation has accused Iraqi government-sponsored Shia jihadists of
illegally detaining and then forcibly disappearing refugees in and around Mosul
at black sites,some of whom later reappeared on Iraqi TV stations belonging to
Shia militants as alleged Daesh militants. HRW, Popular Mobilisation Forces
(PMF), officially part of the Iraqi military and a predominantly Shia jihadist
body backed by Iran, have been detaining men and “screening” them, despite not
being licensed to do so. middleeastmonitor
IS using drones to throw bombs, track Iraqi troops:AP
First the tiny drones buzz
overhead to observe Iraqi soldiers. Then, the Islamic State group’s flying
machines return to drop a small explosive device to sow panic among security
forces — or deadlier still, to help guide a suicide car bomber to a target. And
the innovations are expected to keep coming since IS has been spending freely
on technology, even as their fighters face intense pressure from coalition
forces, according to Iraqi military officials.
Anti-Semitic crimes at
all-time high in UK: report
London: Anti-Semitic hate
crime in the UK increased by more than a third last year, with incidents now at
a record high, a new report revealed on Thursday.The report issued by the
Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors anti-Semitism, recorded 1,309
incidents in 2016 — surpassing the previous high of 1,182 in 2014, the BBC
reported. CST said recorded incidents last year had increased by 36 per cent on
2015.More than 3-quarters of all recorded incidents took place in Greater
London and Greater Manchester, where the two largest Jewish communities in the
UK are located.IANS
China tests missile with 10
nuclear warheads: Report
Beijing: China has
reportedly tested a new version of a missile that can carry up to 10 nuclear
warheads, signalling a major shift in its nuclear capability as Beijing gears
up for a possible military showdown with the US under Trump Presidency.The
flight test of the DF-5C missile was carried out last month using 10 multiple
independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs, the Washington Free Beacon
reported.PTI
28 female 'Bangladesh
Jamaat activists' detained in capital
The police detained 28 women for their alleged
involvement in Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from a house in Mohammadpur’s
Tajmahal Road of the capital on Thursday.Police said that many pamphlets of
Jamaat -Shibir, money receipts of fund collection and other documents related
to the political party have been found from the house. All of them have been
taken to Mohammadpur police station for interrogation. Prothom alo
Knesset allows members to
enter Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israel’s parliament, Knesset,
has decided to allow its Jewish members to enter the Muslim holy site of
Al-Aqsa Mosque in cooperation with the police, Moheet.com reported. Media
reports said that the Knesset took the decision after pressure from right-wing
blocs. middleeastmonitor
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