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21 Feb.2017: 23 Jamadiul Awwal 1438: Vol:8, No:122
Delhi HC stays CIC order
allowing CBSE inspection of Smriti Irani’s academic records
New Delhi:Delhi High Court
on Tuesday stayed the order of Central Information Commission directing CBSE to
allow inspection of Class X and XII records of union minister Smriti Irani. CIC
had last month directed the CBSE to permit examination of textiles minister
Smriti Irani’s XII records, overruling the argument that this was personal
information. CBSE had challenged the CIC order in Delhi High Court.The order
was passed by CIC Sridhar Acharyulu who also gave a similar order with regard
to PM Modi’s degree through correspondence from Delhi University.The office of
Union minister of textiles and the Holy Child Auxilium School, Delhi, from
where she claimed to have passed out, was also directed by the Commission to
provide the roll number or reference number of Smriti Irani to CBSE, Ajmer,
which possesses the records for the years 1991 and 1993 “to facilitate search
from huge records which is yet to be digitized.” Indian Express
Zakir Naik responds to
Enforcement Directorate summons, says ready to give statement via e-facility
Mumbai: Zakir Naik has
responded to the ED summons in connection with a money laundering case and said
he is willing to give statement via any electronic media facility. "My
client is willing and ready to give any statement before you via Skype or any
other mode of electronic media to assist you in your investigation," read
a letter sent by Naik, founder of NGO IRF, through his lawyer Mahesh Mule. Naik
also said that he is an NRI and has not received any summons. He, however,
added that his brother was served the summons on Feb.2, asking Naik to appear
before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Feb.9, and maintained that it could
not be construed as proper service (of summons). Naik has also requested the ED
to wait for the order of UAPA tribunal before asking him any questions about
his now-banned IRF as the ban is being contested. Naik also claimed that he
faces an extremely hostile atmosphere in India and under these circumstances,
conducting a fair probe against him would be impossible. He also sought a few
months' time to appear before the ED in person.
PTI
Money laundering: Zakir
Naik responds to summons, offers to be quizzed on Skype
Huge sum spent on digitally
editing Naik’s speeches: ED
Mumbai: HC reserves order
on Sadhvi Pragya’s bail
Mumbai:The High Court
Monday reserved its order in the plea filed by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an
accused in 2008 Malegaon blasts case, challenging rejection of her bail by the
NIA court. A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Shalini
Phansalkar Joshi, hearing Thakur’s appeal, has asked her counsel, NIA and the
intervenor’s counsel to file written submissions by Feb. 27.While the NIA
had earlier stated that it had no objection to the court granting bail to
Thakur, advocate BA Desai, lawyer of the intervenor (family of blast victim
Nisar Bilal), told the court there was ‘incriminating evidence’ against the
accused. Desai concluded his arguments Monday.He said,“There are reasonable
grounds to believe that accusations are prima facie true and that Sadhvi was
part of several conspiracy meetings prior to the blast.There is voluminous
evidence as well as witness statements to prove this.” Desai added that NIA
taking over the probe from ATS and conducting a fresh probe, instead of taking ATS’s
investigations further, was illegal. He questioned NIA’s probe, which
exonerated Thakur in its supplementary chargesheet. “Prosecutor has not acted
as the agent of justice in this case. The onus is now on the intervenor to
place facts, as the NIA has refused to do it before the court,“said Desai. indianexpress
Rohith Vemula declared
non-Dalit on just 2 of 7 testimonies: HT Exclusive
A new inquiry that recently
declared Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula an OBC and not a Dalit, as certified
by a previous probe, went by the testimonials of only 2 people, rejecting the
views of 5 others interviewed, an HT investigation has revealed.“This report
has been prepared under pressure from the Chandrababu Naidu-led AP govt, which
is a close ally of the BJP and PM Narendra Modi,” said Rohith’s brother Raja
Vemula.Vemula’s suicide, citing alleged caste discrimination last year at
University of Hyderabad, plunged educational campuses across the country into
turmoil with Dalit students demanding stern action against those accused of
abetting his death, including Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and university
V-C P Appa Rao.“Once Rohith is certified a non-Dalit, those in the dock for
allegedly abetting his suicide will not be tried under the more stringent SC/ST
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is a simple game to protect the accused,”
said Jai Bhimrao, the advocate fighting the case.According to official records,
the new inquiry headed by the joint collector of Guntur district interrogated 7
people, 5 of whom said Rohith was a Dalit from the Mala caste. Only 2 said he
was a Vaddera or OBC. The commission went with the minority view.Rohith was
raised by his mother Radhika, who belongs to the SC Mala caste.But Radhika was
adopted by one Anjani Devi, who belongs to the Vaddera OBC community and was
the headmaster of a Govt school in
Guntur.Those who said Rohith was a Dalit included his grandfather
Venkateshwarulu.Radhika and her two surviving children also backed the claim,
besides Anjani Devi.Though she belonged to the Vaddera caste, Anjani Devi told commission
that she had adopted Rohith’s mother from a Mala construction labourer.
Radhika’s lawyers also cited a Supreme Court ruling which clarified that
adoption does not change a person’s caste.Radhika was married to Mani Kumar, a
Vaddera, at a young age. She raised Rohith and her other two children alone
after separating from her husband.HT
Only 2 Testimonies Were Considered
To Declare Rohith Vemula "Non-Dalit", Says Report
Delhi: ABVP protests against Umar Khalid at Ramjas college
turn violent, students-teachers locked inside
Deljhi:ABVP has reportedly resorted to locking students of Ramjas College inside
the campus and stoning after threatening violence against JNU’s Umar Khalid’s
presence at a discussion in the college. The act is allegedly still in
continuation as this article is being written. According to Facebook posts by
Khalid and a few other students of the college, ABVP has surrounded the seminar
room, locking both students and teachers inside. It has been reported that the
right wing students’ party has resorted to throwing stones. Earlier today, ABVP
had disrupted the “Cultures of Protest” conference. The right-wing students’
party was protesting against the presence of JNU’s Umar Khalid. Meanwhile,
Khalid, who was not allowed to attend the conference expressed his views on
Facebook. Khalid informed that ABVP threatened to disfigure his face to make
him unrecognisable. Khalid said that “such open brazennes is
possible only because of the institutional impunity ABVP goons enjoy in
universities”. Khalid later made another Facebook post saying, “Now, Delhi
Police tells the organisers (students and teachers of Ramjas College) that it
will not protect me, or the organisers from any attack by ABVP. And according
to Delhi Police, organisers will be held responsible for any violence by ABVP.
Wow! Such is the state of democracy in our country where attackers are given
complete protection and those facing attacks are held responsible for the
attacks on them.”
Delhi’s Ramjas College
cancels invite to JNU students Umar Khalid, Shehla Rashid
No one happy with probe
into missing Najeeb case: HC
New Delhi:No one appears to
be happy with Delhi Police’ investigation to trace the missing JNU student
Najeeb Ahmed, the Delhi High Court observed on Monday.“No one, be it the
roommate or the family of the student or nine suspected students, appears to be
happy with the manner in which the investigation is being carried on,” a bench
of Justices GS Sistani and Vinod Goel said. The observation
came during the hearing of a habeas corpus plea moved by Najeeb’s mother
seeking a direction to the authorities to trace her son who is missing since
the night of Oct.14-15 last year.Meanwhile, Delhi Police, represented by senior standing
counsel Rahul Mehra, told court that lie-detector tests are going to be
“simultaneously conducted” on Najeeb’s roommate, the 9 students who are
suspects in the case and some others.PTI
World-class institutions:
HRD may dilute UGC’s funding powers: Indian Express report
New Delhi: UGC is expected
to approve the regulations for setting upof 20 world-class institutions at its
meeting scheduled on Feb.22, said sources. If approved, the regulation — titled
‘UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulation 2017 —
will be the first move in the direction of pruning the Commission’s authority.
NDA-II Govt is planning to restructure UGC,
which could include dilution of some of its existing powers and greater
autonomy for recognised institutions.Indian Express has learnt that funds meant
for the 10 Govt institutions recognised
under this programme will be released directly by the HRD Ministry and not
through UGC.
HC seeks govt’s reply on
plea to halt TV show ‘Fatah Ka Fatwa’
The Delhi High Court has sought
the Govt’s response on a plea to immediately halt all future episodes of a TV
series ‘Fatah Ka Fatwa’, alleging that it promoted enmity between communities.
A Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal also
issued notice to the TV channel asking them to respond to the plea.The Bench
asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to place before it whether
there was any substance in the allegation levelled by the petitioner and fixed
the matter for further consideration on May 1. The court issued the direction
during the hearing of a public interest litigation by a UP resident, Hifzur Rehman Khan, who alleged that
TV programme hosted by Tarek Fatah, a Canadian writer and liberal activist,
tried to promote enmity between Muslims and non-Muslims in the country by
giving “baseless arguments about religion”.Asking the court to seize all
materials relating to the programme, the PIL urged that the authorities
concerned be asked to frame guidelines for telecast of such TV shows, alleging
that the host “placed misleading facts” on TV. ‘Fatah Ka Fatwa’ was first aired
on Jan.7. — PTI
Asian Paints withdraws
support to fatah ka fatwa; Patanjali steps forward to support hate campaign: Caravan Daily
‘Fatah Ka Fatwa’ hosted by Fatah
promoting enmity? Delhi HC seeks govt’s reply on plea to halt Zee News show
Bareilly cleric announces
bounty of Rs 10,786 on heads of Tarek Fatah, Subhash Chandra
Bareilly:Bareilly-based
religious organisation All India Faizan-e-Madina Council announced a bounty of
Rs 10,786 on the head of Islamic scholar and journalist Tarek Fatah, a Canadian
national originally from Pakistan. The organization has alleged that Fatah’s
programme telecast on a private news channel was “anti-Muslim” and he, being
the anchor of the programme ‘Fatah ka Fatwa’, had hurt Muslim sentiments.AIFMC
head Moeen Siddiqui Noori also announced a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on the head of
the channel’s owner Subhash Chandra.President of Ittehad-e Millat Council,
Maulana Tauqeer Raza, said he considered it only a kind of gimmick. “Noori has
no credibility among Muslims and he is the only follower of his so-called
organisation. He has been in jail for such craziness in the past. This time
too, just for sake of grabbing headlines, he has made this kind of
statement.”On being asked whether he was not afraid to take the law into his
own hands by making such announcements, Noori said, “What Fatah is doing is
also illegal, but neither does our Govt take action against him nor does the court
send him to jail. So when the law has got deaf ears, I came forward to teach a
lesson to such people.”TOI
India is world’s largest
arms importer: SIPRI
New Delhi:India was the
world’s largest importer of major arms in the last five years and its overseas
procurement was far greater than that of China and Pakistan, a Stockholm-based
think-tank said on Monday.As per latest report of the Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India accounted for 13% of total global arms
import between 2012–16 which is highest among all the countries.The report said
while China was increasingly able to substitute arms imports with indigenous
products, India remained dependent on weapons technology from Russia, the US,
Europe, Israel and South Korea.“India was the world’s largest importer of major
arms in 2012–16, accounting for 13% of the global total,” the leading
think-tank said.PTI
Demonetisation hit our
sales by Rs100 crore: Nestle India
New Delhi: FMCG major
Nestle on Monday said it has taken Rs100 crore hit on sales due to
demonetisation and the sector will take another six months to overcome the
impact of the Govt ’s move to scarp old high value notes.“We took an impact in
November. If you look on overall impact, it would be difficult to put it but
roughly the last quarter I met a loss of about of a billion on sales (Rs 100
crore) because of demonetisation,” said Nestlé India chairman and managing
director Suresh Narayanan.“As far as we are concerned, in November we took a
hit and December was much better. January has been even better and February is
also running fairly good,” he said at a roundtable discussion here.PTI
Rs 1,000 note to be back in
new avatar, but not clear when
New Delhi:RBI and the Govt have firmed up plans to launch a new series of
Rs 1,000 notes shortly to replace the earlier note of similar denomination that
was withdrawn from circulation following the Nov.8 demonetisation announcement,
a senior Govt official has said. RBI,
official said, has already started production of the new Rs 1,000 note.
According to the official, the initial plan was to introduce the new Rs 1,000
note in January but “it has been delayed due to the pressing need to supply Rs
500 notes”.It is not clear when the new note of Rs 1,000 will be officially
introduced into the market. To replace old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 during
demonetisation, RBI had issued new notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 which carried
new designs, better security features and the picture of Mangalyaan on the back
of the notes.Indian Express
Months after note ban,
Centre revives changes to labour law that will affect over 50% of factories
Restructuring labour laws
seems to be back as a priority on the agenda of the Union govt.Soon after it
assumed office, Modi-led NDA Govt had proposed amending Factories Act, 1948, a
law central to regulating work conditions in industrial units. This was one of Union
Govt’s first legislative amendments. However, more than two years later, the
factories amendment Bill has still not been passed as it has not got the
approval of the Rajya Sabha, and there has been slow movement on other proposed
legal reforms such as efforts to codify over 44 labour laws into four
statutes.But recently, the Ministry of Labour and Employment circulated a 2-page
note among central trade unions as a fresh proposal to push amendments to Factories
Act. Govt argues that these amendments are necessary to create new jobs and
make it easy for businesses to grow. However, trade unions and workers’ groups,
whose representatives met labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Feb.14, have
opposed the proposals. Scroll
Palaniswami takes over as
Tamil Nadu CM, orders 500 govt-run liquor shops shut
Chennai:As a caretaker CM ,
O Panneerselvam never sat on the chair of CM J Jayalalithaa. But Edapaddi Palaniswami who
won the trust vote on Saturday, had no such qualms as he occupied CM’s chambers
on Monday and announced a slew of decisions to carry forward the late leader’s
legacy.His first task as CM was to sign five files, each launching a welfare
measure promised by Jayalalithaa in AIADMK election manifesto for 2016 general
elections in Tamil Nadu. Among them was an order to shut down 500 Govt–run wine
shops.This is the second installment of closure of Govt -owned liquor outlets
run by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation after Jayalalithaa issued the
first closure order following her re-election May 2016. Jayalalithaa took that
decision on May 24 last year when she was sworn in as CM for a second consecutive
term.HT
Jat stir: Sedition case
slapped against protester for ‘beheading remark’ against PM Modi
Rohtak: Police has
registered a sedition case against an organising member of Jat dharnas in
Rohtak for allegedly calling to behead PM Narendra Modi within 24 hours if Jat
leader Yashpal Malik asked for it. Sombir, a resident of Jassia village in
Rohtak district was booked under sections 124 A (sedition) and 153 A (promoting
enmity between groups) of the IPC. “If you say, we will behead Modi but won’t
let you down,” Sombir had announced through a microphone addressing a large
gathering, in response to an announcement made by Jat leader Malik. However,
Malik immediately tried to control the situation by adding that their
intentions were to lead a peaceful protest.Sombir has been an active member of
the organising teams of Jat dharnas this year. He was also active during the
dharnas organised in July last year.He had made the statement on Sunday when
the Jat community was observing ‘Balidaan Divas’ in presence of a well-attended
gathering.HT
WB:BJP woman leader charged
in child trafficking case
Kolkata: West Bengal Police
has charged a BJP leader in a child trafficking case involving an NGO, which
allegedly sold infants on the pretext of adoption.Juhi Choudhury, a BJP women’s
wing leader has been named in the FIR by the CID, which has arrested two
officials of NGO Bimala Shishu Griha -- its chairperson Chandana Chakraborty
and chief adoption officer Sonali Mondol -- from Jalpaiguri in north Bengal
since Saturday.The busted child trafficking ring allegedly sold two dozen
children to different parts of India and countries like US and France, CID
sources said.When her reaction was sought, Juhi Choudhury said Chandana
Chakraborty had come to her once with complaints against the state Govt and stated that she was mulling going to
court. “I advised her to approach necessary forums. That was it,” she said.
However, she could not be contacted later for further queries. hindustantimes
Egyptian clerics’ support
for triple talaq may embolden such voices in India:TOI
New Delhi: The
pronouncement of the Al-Azhar seminary in Cairo, seen as an authoritative voice
in the Islamic world, that triple talaq has been undisputed since the era of
the Prophet can play into the debate in India over the controversial method of
divorce among Muslims.The council of senior clerics in Cairo has unanimously
ruled that verbal divorce which "meets all requirements" has been an
"undisputed" practice and rejected Egyptian President Abdel -Fattah
el-Sissi's suggestion for a legislation to ban the tradition.In the backdrop of
the legal challenge to triple talaq in the Supreme Court in India, Al-Azhar
view can arm religious conservatives defending the practice and help them argue
that it is in conformity with Sharia. According to reports, senior clerics at
Al-Azhar, in a carefully drafted statement, said, "Man should document the
verbal divorce immediately to serve the rights of the divorcee and
children."Amid chorus of women organisations demanding that triple talaq
must be abolished and the issue be treated as one of gender justice, the ruling
is a recent example of conservative Sunni thought.When contacted, Jamiat
Ulama-i- president Maulana Arshad Madani reinforced that "triple talaq in
one go is considered to be very bad but if a man resorts to this, it cannot be
denied that divorce has happened." "The personal law has existed for
hundreds of years and we will not accept any law that will interfere with what
is in keeping with Islam," Madani said.AIMPLB member Kamal Faruqui too is
clearly against any Govt "interference" with Muslim personal
law. "There is a proper process of divorce for triple talaq in the Muslim
personal law wherein there is gap period between each talaq pronounced by the
man. In Islam, marriage is a contract and so when the contract is formalised by
way of Nikah, both sides can suggest how they would want their separation to
happen if it does," Faruqui said.TOI
‘Address commonalities of
problems before UCC’
Panaji: Experts on the
subject offered diverse views on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) which proposes to
replace personal laws based on customs and traditions in major communities in
the country.At an Interactive Dialogue organised by Goa Study Group, in
association with the International Centre Goa, former Union Minister for
External Affairs and senior Congress leader Eduaro Faleiro suggested
constitution of a consultative committee by the Centre.This committee, he said,
could comprise of former Supreme Court and high court judges, mainly from the
Muslim community, moderate religious scholars and Muslim women representatives
who could suggest draft amendments to the present Muslim law, which could then
be considered by Parliament. thehindu
2005 Delhi blasts: Tariq
Dar, 3rd accused gets bail in money laundering case
New Delhi: Tariq Ahmed Dar,
who was convicted in the 2005 Sarojini Nagar blasts for having links with the
terror outfit, was granted bail on Monday in a related money laundering case.
Dar, however, has been cleared of terror charges.The court said he has been in
police custody ever since charges were framed against him and even if the case
ends in his conviction, he would have served a large chunk of his sentence by
now. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh said, “He has been in custody in
the present proceedings for about five years and five months out of the maximum
possible sentence of 7 years. I admit him to bail, subject to him furnishing a
personal bond of Rs 25,000.”Judge added, “Directorate of Enforcement reveals
that prosecution of Dar for offences under sections 3 and 4 of PMLA are based
on the same banking transactions relied upon by the prosecution with respect to
his charge under section 17 of UAPA…”He is expected to be released today.indian
express
My son is not involved in
terror activities, says father of Kerala youth arrested for IS links
Ever since the news of her
son’s arrest broke out, Safiya has had little to do apart from waiting for her
phone to ring, and hoping that by some miracle she will receive some good news
about her Mouinudheen Parakkadavath. Mouinudheen was arrested by NIA on Feb.14
for allegedly being part of an IS module. When she attended TCN call at their
residence at Kanhangad in Kasargod district, Safiya was eager to know about her
son. She handed over the phone to her husband Abdulla Theruvath when she
realised that we did not have any good news to convey to her.“We received
information from NIA after he was taken to custody in New Delhi. After that, we
have had no information about him. But the local news is trying to make it
sound like we have deliberately hidden information about our family,” a worried
Abdulla said.Abdulla and Safiya were praying for Mouinudheen after NIA informed
that their son was associated with people connected to the Islamic State. On
Oct2, 2016, 5 youths-Manseed from Kannur district, Swalih Mohammed from
Thrissur district, Safwan P from Malappuram district and Jasim NK and Ramshad
Nageelan from Kozhikode district were arrested by NIA from Kanakamala, a small
hill station in Kannur for allegedly being in touch with IS.Abdulla says that
his son was not involved with any terror activity. “I am sure that my son
wouldn’t be in touch with any kind of such groups. No one from my family has
taken such radical steps and I see no reason why he would do so,” he
says.Twocircles
Bombay HC strikes down
dowry case against UK women
Mumbai: The Bombay high
court on Monday came to the aid of 2 UK nationals—mother and daughter—and
quashed the dowry harassment case registered against them by their estranged
daughter-in-law who lives in Bandra. Foreign nationals cannot be prosecuted
under the Indian criminal law for an offence allegedly committed abroad, a
division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai held. Rashida
Rizvi (58) and her daughter Aabida Rizvi (24), a doctoral student, were
arrested at the Delhi international airport in Jan. 2016 when they were returning
to their home in the UK after attending a wedding in Allahabad. The arrests
were on the basis of a lookout circular issued by Mumbai police after the
daughter-in-law, Sameera Rizvi, lodged a complaint at Khar police station in
August 2015 alleging that she was assaulted and harassed for dowry while living
in her matrimonial home in Bradford. timesofindia
Terrorists killing innocents
won’t get bail, parole:SC
New Delhi: Taking a tough
stand against convicted terrorists, the Supreme Court on Monday said those
lodged in prison for long years for slaughtering people could not be given
parole or interim bail because of family exigencies."If you are involved
in such [a] heinous offence of [the] indiscriminate killing of innocents, you
cannot be seen to plead that you have a family and its responsibilities. The
moment you get convicted in such offences, that is end of your ties with your
family and your family life," court said.This remark came from a bench of
Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul as
they dismissed a petition for interim bail by Mohammad Naushad, who was
convicted by the trial court and the Delhi high court for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar
bomb blast that killed 13 people and injured 38. timesofindia
Court frames charges
against 3 alleged ISIS operatives:PTI
A special court today
framed charges against 3 persons for allegedly hatching a criminal conspiracy to raise funds for
the ISIS and recruiting people for the terror outfit.District Judge Amar Nath
put on trial Sheikh Azhar-ul- Islam (24), Adnan Hassan (36) and Mohammed Farhan
Shaikh (25), for alleged offences of criminal conspiracy. The court listed the
matter further hearing on March 29.PTI
For saying Hafiz Saeed is
threat to country, Pakistan's defence minister is being called 'India's
mouthpiece': TOI
New Delhi: A day
after he said that Hafiz Saeed is a threat to his country, Pakistan's defence
minister is being called "India's mouthpiece" by a variety of
political and religious leaders there who believe Saeed "is a patriotic
leader", reports The News International. The minister, Khwaja Asif, said
yesterday that Saeed, "pose(s) a serious threat to society and has been
arrested in the larger national interest."Asif's statement "makes him
sound like he's India's defence minister, not Pakistan's, said Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Mahmoodur Rasheed, even as he condemned the statement
against Saeed. Rasheed said Islamabad has adopted "a defensive policy as
far as India and the US were concerned," the paper reported. Ex-PM Azad
Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Attique said Govt officials like Asif were
"issuing media statements to appease India." The minister "has
lost control over his tongue" said Jamaat-e-Islami leader Liaquat Baloch. Defence
of Pakistan Council chairman Maulana Samiul Haq said defence minister - who
made the comment while in Germany - "should have "raised the issue of
atrocities being committed by Indian Army in Kashmir."TOI
Centre not for terming
Pakistan a ‘terror state’
New Delhi:Centre will
oppose a Private Member’s Bill moved in the Rajya Sabha recently seeking to
declare countries like Pakistan “terror states.” Independent Member of
Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar had moved Declaration of Countries as Sponsor
of Countries as Sponsor of Terrorism Bill, 2016 to impose legal, economic and
travel sanctions on citizens of countries which promote terror. The Bill came
up for discussion on Feb.3.Home Ministry has written to the Parliament
Secretariat opposing the Bill as it jeopardises international relations under
the Geneva Convention. thehindu
Gulberg Society massacre:
Ahsan Jafri was ‘illustrious’ resident of Ahmedabad’s Chamanpura, says BJP MLA
Gandhinagar:BJP MLA from
Bapunagar Jagrupsinh Rajput Monday termed former Congress MP Ahsan Jafri, who
was killed in the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre, as an “illustrious” resident
of Chamanpura locality in Ahmedabad.Rajput made the remark while paying
tributes to former Gujarat minister and 2-time MP Gabhaji Thakor in the
Assembly. Rajput, also from Chamapanpura area, was one of the persons whom the
family members of the massacre victims had sought to be arraigned as accused in
the case, but the plea was rejected.indianexpress
Messages with Qureshi
personal, innocuous; ex-CBI chief
New Delhi:AP Singh, the first
ex-CBI chief booked by the agency, claimed that the phone messages exchanged
with controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi that have come under scanner are
“mostly personal” and “innocuous” in nature. CBI had named Singh along with
Qureshi and others in an FIR registered last week for allegedly showing favour
to the meat exporter after receiving a complaint from the ED.PTI
Aurangabad: Mughal descendant
wants holding of prayers in ‘Bibi ka Maqbara’ mosque
Official statistics
contradict PM Modi’s claim of more electricity being supplied on Eid than
Diwali:Pratik Sinha
Dear Modiji, after your
recent statements you are no longer the ‘public servant’ PM: Ujjal Dosanjh
WORLD
Somalia food crisis heading
towards famine in matter of weeks; 50,000 children facing death
Somalia is at “tipping
point” and a famine could be declared in a matter of weeks, Save the Children
has warned.An intensifying food crisis in the Horn of Africa is on track to
become “far worse” than the 2011 famine that claimed 260,000 lives, with 12
million people in the area likely to be affected and 50,000 children in Somalia
alone facing death. But the region is in danger of being forgotten as donors
are pulled in too many different directions, a spokeswoman for the charity said.
The warning comes after the UN declared an official famine in parts of South
Sudan on Monday, and follows a report earlier this month suggesting that four
African countries – South Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia – could be heading
towards severe food insecurity later this year. The independent
UN demands action as famine
looms in Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen
Political Islam caused much
bloodshed: Saudi minister
Deputy Minister of Islamic
Affairs in Saudi Arabia Dr. Tawfiq al-Sudairi has expressed his disapproval for
the “political interpretation of Islam” slogan, arguing that it is a
“self-serving interpretation” for religion which resulted in a bloodbath of the
impeccable. Al Sudairi explained, during a seminar held in cooperation with
King Saud University, that political Islam as a theory has influenced a lot of
Muslims’ paths. And it is regarded as the crux of numerous theories and
opinions that have ignited uprisings, were established by its theoreticians and
advocates:Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Abul A'la Maududi, Sayyid Qutb and Hassan
al-Banna.He pointed out that the embracing of political Islam that prevailed in
the corridors of contemporary Islamic philosophy, launching platforms for an
assortment of Islamic movements, resulted in beliefs, creeds, worship and all
Islamic laws, being considered as methods to institute a political system. Al
Sudairi cited Wahiduddin Khan’s statement in his book "Political
interpretation of religion, which was a rebuttal to Abul A'la Maududi. However,
he viewed political aspects as a prime pillar of religion, the goal of the
prophetic message cannot be defined without politics as well as understanding full
meaning of the beliefs and the significance of prayers and other acts of
worship, to sum up, he added “without politics religion becomes void and
unintelligible.’ He regarded Jamal al Din al Afghani as the father of the
interpretation of utilitarian political Islam gained through his connection
with political movements, philosophy, Western contemplation and Masonic
associations which, as a whole, represents Western Philosophy stance from
religion. He considered “al-Afghani” as the inspiration for the political Islam
movements, whose majority members are immensely motivated by his influence,
nonetheless, his elitist rhetoric was not palatable by the ordinary Muslims,
until emerge of Hussan al Banna, founder of “Muslim Brotherhood”, who
transformed al Afghani’s intellectual theories about reform and changes from
its scientific domain to general principles and concepts, to a youthful and
popular movement distant from Ulma’a. AlArabiya
Trump 'is a friend to
everybody':Saudi foreign minister
Gaddafi Son's Trial Unfair,
Should be Sent to ICC: UN
Geneva: Trial of Saif
al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of the ousted Libyan leader sentenced to death in
absentia, did not meet international standards and he should face murder
charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the UN said .Since his
father's toppling in 2011, Saif has been held in Zintan, a mountainous western
region, by one of the factions that began contending for power after Gaddafi
was killed.Reuters
Australia school excuses
Male Muslim students from shaking hands with women
Melbourne:Male Muslim
students at a public school in Australia can refuse to shake hands with women
to adhere to their faith. Hurstville Boys Campus of Georges River College in
Sydney recently hosted an awards ceremony at which female presenters were told
by the principal that some students would not shake their hands because of
their Muslim faith, according to Australian newspaper.PTI
Israel creates fake Jewish
tombs around al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli Govt is cooperating
with Jewish settlement associations to escalate its ongoing Judaization policy
at al-Aqsa Mosque and rest of the Old City in occupied Jerusalem, PIC reporter
revealed. Reporter quoted eyewitnesses as affirming that Israeli associations
started installing fake Jewish tombs around al-Aqsa Mosque.Israeli bulldozers
were seen carrying Jewish tombstones and planting them around the Mosque to
indicate graves, but underneath, there are no bodies, nor skeletons.PIC
IS linked group expands
foothold in south Syria near Israel
Amman:Islamic State-linked
Syrian militant groups on Monday launched a surprise attack on moderate rebels
in southwestern Syria near the Golan Heights near where the Jordanian and
Israeli borders converge, seizing several villages and a large town, rebels and
witnesses said. Rebels said the militants were able to extend their area of
control in territory that forms a natural barrier between Syria and Israel
where the Yarmouk River flows after they overran the towns of Tseel, Sahem al
Golan, Adwan and Tel Jamoua. “In a surprise attack Islamic State made an attack
on positions held by Free Syrian Army FSA groups which no one expected to
happen so fast,” said Colonel Ismail Ayoub, Syrian opposition army defector.Reuters
Seeking to secure Sinai, Egypt
ties with Hamas
After years of strained
relations, Egypt is moving closer to Hamas in Gaza, offering concessions on
trade and free movement in return for moves to secure the border against IS
fighters who have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers in northern Sinai.Egypt
has been at odds with Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, since a crackdown
by Cairo on the armed group's Islamist allies. Egypt closed the border, opening
it only rarely. Dnaindia/ reuters
War on Daesh will be long,
says US secretary of defence during surprise Iraq visit
British Muslim teacher
denied entry to US on school trip
I didn’t think I’d ever
leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit: Edward Price
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