Evening NEWS DIGEST
4 Feb.2017: 6 Jamadiul Awwal 1438: Vol:8, No:107
28 accused including BJP
leader acquitted by local court in Gujarat riots case as witnesses turned
hostile
Ahmedabad All 28 accused in
a post-Godhra riots case have been acquitted by a Gandhinagar court citing lack
of substantial evidence after all the witnesses turned hostile during the
course of the hearings. Prominent among the acquitted is Govind Patel, chairman
of Kalol Nagrik Sahakari Bank and ex-general secretary of BJP’s Gandhinagar
district unit. All the accused were already on bail since long. Those acquitted
have been identified as Natwar K Patel, Mahesh V Prajapati, Manu A Prajapati,
Babu T Prajapati, Vijay B Patel, Vinod S Patel, Ramesh D Mochi, Nitin R Patel,
Ashok G Patel, Shailesh R Patel, among others. Most of the accused are from
Paliyad village while three are residents of Ahmedabad.They were accused of
arson, rioting and damaging property of minority community at Paliyad village
in Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar district on Feb.28, 2002.Apart from damaging
property, they were also accused of damaging some portion of a dargah in
Paliyad during an attack by a mob of around 250 locals of the village,
including the 28 accused named by police in the FIR.While pronouncing the
judgment on Jan. 31, Kalol Additional District Judge BD Patel had noted that
charges against the accused could not be proved as all the witnesses turned
hostile by claiming that they were unable to identify the accused who were part
of the mob.During the previous arguments, defence lawyer Bhavesh Raval informed
the court that the accused have already paid for the damages incurred by the
minority community under the compromise formula to establish harmony.Lawyer of
one of the victims, on condition of anonymity, told Mirror: “The acquittal of
the victims has come after a settlement was reached. My client has now relieved
me from the case.” Pune mirror/ indian express
Court acquits 26 accused in
2002 post Godhra riots, says ‘probe cannot be said to be proper’
28 acquitted by Gujarat court after witnesses
turn hostile
Court Acquits 26 In Gujarat
Riots Citing 'Lack Of Evidence'
Gujarat Riots Case: 28 Accused Acquitted by Kalol
Court
Gujarat Tiffin Blast case:
Kin of terror accused, acquitted after 13 years, were ostracised
Ahmedabad:Mohammed Yasin’s
family had a thriving business of carry-bag manufacturing at Popatiawad in
Ahmedabad’s Dariapur. Around 30 women were employed at their manufacturing unit
until 2003 when arrest of Yasin’s brother, Hanif, on terror charges ruined the
business.“The business collapsed in no time. People from my own society stopped
talking to us. We were treated like terrorists. The coming years took a toll on
us and my mother passed away. Hanif’s wife, Yasmin, too, died,” Yasin said.Hanif
was arrested on charges of making bombs at manufacturing unit. He was
incarcerated for 13 years before the Supreme Court found him innocent and
acquitted him. “His elder daughter was only 12 then. She is now 26. We have
been trying to find a suitable match for her. But we have been unable to find
one due to this case,” Yasin said. “The whole family had to live with the
terrorist tag for 13 years. What kind of justice is this?”Hanif is likely to be
released along with Habib Hawa from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Central Jail on
Saturday. The court separately ordered release of Anas Machiswala and Kalim
Ahmed, considering their 13 years in prison as punishment. Gujarat HC had
sentenced Machiswala and Ahmed to life in prison for planting bombs in buses to
avenge 2002 anti-Muslim riots. indianexpress
Terror undertrial out on
bail picks up the pieces, starts practice as lawyer in Mumbai
Mumbai;For Mohammed Atik,
it is a new beginning. The computer engineer, who was employed with a leading
IT company, was arrested by the Mumbai Police crime branch in 2008 on charges
of being an alleged member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM). Now 4 years after his
release on bail in 2012, 33-year-old Atik has donned a lawyer’s robe and is
slowly picking up the threads of his life.“When I was in prison, my first worry
was to get bail. I used to think all my problems will be solved once I am
released. But, when I came out on bail, I realised my problems have become more
serious,” Atik said. Atik was one of 23 accused held by the crime branch while
investigating emails sent allegedly by IM members to media houses before a
series of blasts in Gujarat on July 26, 2008. While the prosecution has not
claimed that these accused were part of the conspiracy on the serial blasts,
the allegations are limited to the emails which were sent. As for Atik’s role,
the prosecution does not claim that he is the person who had sent the email but
claims that he was a member of an organised crime syndicate and of the IM, on
the basis of his alleged association with some of the accused in the case,
according to the confessions of some of his co-accused.While granting bail to
Atik in 2012, the Bombay High Court observed that he deserved to be released on
bail, having spent four years in prison without the trial commencing. The court
had also observed that there was no prima facie evidence to show that Atik had
taken part in achieving the objectives of an organisation by unlawful means or
violence. indianexpress
Convicted by Gujarat High
Court, SC acquits 4 Muslim men after 13 years in prison
14 years a ‘terrorist’: The
story of two Muslims acquitted of all charges in 2002 Ahmedabad blasts case
Gujarat Tiffin Blast
Acquittals After 14 Years: Anyone Accountable?Seema Mustafa
2002 Ahmedabad Tiffin blast:After
13 years in jail, SC acquits Muslim youths
NIA court grants bail to two
associates of Zakir Naik’s IRF accused of attempting radicalisation of Kochi
youth
Kochi: NIA Court on Friday
granted bail to two Maharashtra natives, who were associated with Zakir Naik’s
IRF and accused of attempting to radicalise a youth from Kochi and instigating
him to join Islamic State (IS). Arshid Qureshi alias Arshi, the guest relation
officer with IRF, and Rizwan Khan, a maulavi from Kalyan, were granted bail
after NIA failed to file a charge-sheet in the case and the duo completed 180
days in judicial custody. NIA Court ordered the two to execute a bond of Rs 2
lakh each with two solvent sureties. They are serving judicial custody in
another NIA case related to radicalising a Keralite in Mumbai.Once they
complete the judicial custody in the case, they have been asked to appear
before the NIA unit in Kochi. They have also been asked to surrender their
passports and not to influence any witnesses in the case. The duo is accused of
forcing Palarivattom-native Ebin and his sister to convert to Islam and
instigating the former to join IS. They were arrested by Kerala police with the
assistance of Mumbai Police in July 2016. newindianexpress
Patna: 3 ISI suspects sent
to judicial custody till Feb 17
Patna:A special NIA court
on Friday sent three ISI suspects arrested last month for their role in
triggering train derailments to judicial custody till Feb 17. Special judge
Manoj Kumar Sinha sent the trio to judicial custody after they were produced in
his court in Patna. Motilal Paswan, Mukesh Yadav and Umashanker Patel were
arrested from Bihar’s East Champaran district on Jan.17. During the course of
investigation, Paswan admitted playing a role in the derailment of Indore-Patna
Express near Kanpur on Nov.20, 2016 in which around 150 passengers were killed.
After their arrest, East Champaran Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana had
claimed the trio had confessed to having worked for a Nepalese contact
suspected to be connected with the ISI.PTI
Govt forms panel to improve
Haj policy, look into subsidy issue
New Delhi The Centre has
formed a 6-member committee to give a report on ways to improve India’s Haj
policy and also look into issue of subsidy to the pilgrimage in light of 2012
Supreme Court order on gradually reducing and abolishing it by 2022. Ex-Consulate
General of India (CGI), Jeddah, Afzal Amanullah has been appointed as convener
of the high-level panel, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs
(Independent Charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in New Delhi on Saturday. Bombay
High Court judge (retd) SS Parkar, ex-Haj Committee of India chairman Qaiser
Shamim, former Air India CMD Michael Mascarenhas and Muslim scholar-chartered
accountant Kamal Faruqui are also part of the panel, which will have the
Ministry Joint Secretary J Alam as member secretary. Among other, the committee
will figure out whether the pilgrims can travel to Saudi Arabia paying less in
the absence of the subsidy.“The experts committee has been formed and it will
give us report in a month or two on how India’s Haj policy can be improved, how
the pilgrims can get maximum concessions and how Haj can be managed better,”
Naqvi said.He said that panel will speak to all the stakeholders concerned
before finalising and submitting its report.“There are several issues relating
to Haj subsidy. Some people are of the view that it should go, some say it
should be there. Some have suggested the system at AIR India should be changed.
The SC has given its verdict.“Hence, the experts committee has been formed to
look into these aspects. It will speak to all the stakeholders and soon, we
will figure out some way,” he said on asked about the issue of floating global
tender for air travel to Haj.According to sources, panel will examine
implications of various directions of the apex court with regard to the
existing Haj policy, and suitable amendments in it.The committee will also
review the effectiveness of Haj Committee of India’s management of pilgrims’
accommodation and air travel.PTI
CBI files chargesheet
against Teesta in FCRA case
Mumbai: CBI filed a
chargesheet against activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and their
company for alleged violation of foreign funding rules on Friday. Setalvad, who
spearheaded a campaign seeking justice for Gujarat's riot victims, described agency's
action as "vindictiveness".Setalvad and Anand's statements that
$290,000 received by their publishing firm, Sabrang Communications and
Publishing Pvt Ltd (SCPPL), from Ford Foundation were "consultation
fees" and not a grant received in violation of the FCRA are being refuted
by CBI's Economic Offences Wing (EOW). CBI has cited IT returns of the
foundation that show it had received tax benefits in the US by listing the sum
as a "grant". timesofindia
Ford Foundation officer
connived with Teesta Setalvad’s company for fund grant: CBI
ASSEBLY
POLLS & POLITICS
Punjab, Goa Assembly
elections 2017: 70% polling in Punjab, Goa sees highest turnout at 83%
New Delhi:Voting ended in
Punjab and Goa today for the 2017 Assembly elections, with Goa witnessing a
high turnout of 83 percent. This year’s turnout in Goa broke last election
record of 81.7 %. The two states are the first of the five to go to polling
ahead of UP , Manipur and Uttarakhand which are being held simultaneously in
the months of Feb.and March. The counting of votes for all five states will
begin on March 11. Voting for 40 seats in Goa began at 7.00 am and Punjab,
which has 117 assembly seats, an hour later. Till 5 pm, 83% had cast their vote
in Goa and 66% in Punjab. indianexpress
Vote decisively for secular
candidates, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind asks people
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind on Saturday appealed to people to choose good candidates with clean
character in assembly elections in 5 states and ignore calls of the politicians
seeking votes on the basis of religion and caste divisions. Without naming any
party or alliance, Jamaat asked people in 5 states to defeat communal forces
who are making attempts to divide the society.“The people of the country should
thwart the attempts of communal forces aiming to divide the electorate in assembly
elections in Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and UP by coming out in large numbers and voting
decisively for secular candidates with clean character,” said leaders of Jamaat
while addressing their monthly press conference here on Saturday.“The divisive
forces are trying to create communal polarization in different parts of the
country so that they will be able to attract voters on emotive issues and not
on the basis of serious concerns and problems being faced by the common people
like demonetization, poverty, corruption, inflation, unemployment…”, said
Jamaat.“The electorate must ignore the calls made by politicians seeking votes
on the basis of religion and caste divisions. They must not succumb to the
propaganda of hate-mongers and should reject the candidates who want to win elections
on the basis of money and muscle power,” it said. “Jamaat-e-Islami Hind appeals
to all to defeat communal-fascist powers. Secular vote should not be divided.
This is not just for Muslims but for all people to choose good candidates,”
said Jamaat's Secretary General Mohammad Salim Engineer while addressing press
conference at Jamaat's HQRS in Delhi.Replying to a question on the SP-Congress
alliance in UP,Syed Jalaluddin Umari, President of Jamaat, said: “Though
Samajwadi Party (SP) did not fulfill all its promises but this is the time to
check fascist forces.”“A majority of Muslims seemed to be in support of
SP-Congress alliance. But there are such consistencies in UP too where the
candidates contesting election from BSP and RLD are better,” he said.IndiaTomorrow
Jamaat cautions against
split of secular votes in state polls; Urges defeat of communalism: caravandaily
Jamaat asks voters to
reject communal forces in polls: theindianawaaz
UP will give triple talaq
to SP, Congress & BSP: Owaisi
Lucknow:UP will give “triple talaq” to SP, Congress and
BSP, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday, dubbing PM Narendra Modi and UP CM Akhilesh Yadav “2 sides of the same coin”.
“There is no difference between Modi and Akhilesh…Both make a fool of people in
the name of development… UP will give triple talaq…to SP, Congress and BSP,” he
said in Lucknow.PTI
UP Assembly elections 2017:
BSP gets support from Muslim outfit Gharib Nawaz Foundation
New Delhi: Gharib Nawaz Foundation chairman Maulana Ansar
Raza on Saturday came out in full support of BSP and accused the Samajwadi
Party of cheating Muslims of UP. Lashing out against Samajwadi Party for not
taking up the issues pertaining to Muslims and ignoring their affliction,
Maulana Raza openly came out in support of Mayawati’s BSP amid the ongoing
election phase.Urging all Muslims and Hindu brothers to galvanize support and
vote for BSP, he asked all to vote for BSP in UP Assembly elections 2017. Not only this, he
also accused SP of not presenting the Kairana report properly before the
authorities. newsnation
UP : Hindu youths form
‘Trump Sena’ to support BJP, stop Hindu migration
New Delhi:In a bid to
support BJP and stop Hindu migration from western UP , some Hindu youths have
formed a group called ‘Trump Sena’. The group has been inspired by US President
Donald Trump’s decision to bar immigration from Muslim countries harboring
terrorists. On Saturday, it showed its first support at BJP President Amit
Shah’ rally at Pilkuwa, Hapur, on Friday. Pilkuwa, falls under Dhaulana
assembly seat in Hapur district from where BJP has fielded its four-time MP, Dr
Ramesh Chand Tomar. indianexpress
'I lost my home in Muzaffarnagar
riots. I will vote for Akhilesh'
Muzaffarnagar: Mohammed
Hashim, 27, still hasn't moved into a house of his own, over three years after
the Muzaffarnagar riots. He can't recall the month, but it was the night
between 7th and 8th in Kakda village some time in 2013. His family realised
their house had been set on fire, they woke up and ran to Muzaffarnagar town,
and from there to his relatives in Navla village."I went back to our house
in Kakda the next morning and saw everything there had been looted. They didn't
leave a single thing," he says. The arsonists were Jats and Sainis he
says, even claims to have seen two people from the Saini community amongst the
arsonists. "I knew them, they were our neighbours."The holy book in
the mosque, he says, was desecrated, and buffaloes tied in its premises. Now it
is locked, no Muslims live in Kakda. huffingtonpost
Husband jailed for rioting,
wife Suchi Chaudhury gets BJP ticket for UP election
Ram temple construction in
Ayodhya to start soon:Adityanath
Raipur:BJP MP Yogi
Adityanath on Friday said the hurdles on the path of construction of Ram temple
in Ayodhya will be gradually removed and its construction will start “soon”.
“Chhattisgarh was Lord Ram’s ‘nanihal’ (his mother Kaushlya’s maternal home).
According to ‘jyotishi manyata’ (astrology), when the Lord will settle at his
‘nanihal’, it would automatically pave the way for the construction of a (Ram)
temple (in Ayodhya).MP from Gorakhpur was speaking to reporters on sidelines of
inaugural ceremony of a Ram temple constructed on VIP Road in the outskirts of
state capital Raipur. Chhattisgarh governor Balramji Das Tandon and CM Raman Singh, among others, were present on the
occasion.PTI
OTHERS
Jodhpur university files
police complaint against JNU prof for Kashmir mention
Jaipur: Registrar of Jai
Narain Vyas University in Jodhpur has filed a police complaint against JNU
professor Nivedita Menon over her alleged remarks about Kashmir and the Indian
Army during a speech on campus that triggered protests by ABVP members leading
to a shutdown in the university Friday. Confirming the move, the university’s
vice-chancellor RP Singh quoted Menon as saying that Kashmir was not an
integral part of India and that soldiers worked for their livelihood and not
the nation. Menon denied the charges and said that an “unnecessary controversy”
had been created “based on rumours”.“The university registrar filed a
complaint, along with a report of what happened. We will be conducting an
inquiry based on which we will decide whether to file an FIR or not,” Jodhpur
Police Commissioner Ashok Rathore said. A professor at the School of
International Studies at JNU, Menon had been invited by the JNVU’s English
department to deliver a lecture Thursday on the topic, ‘History reinterpreted:
nation, individual and culture’.Indian Express.
Clashes mark shutdown
against death sentence to Kashmir youth: kashmirreader
Srinagar: Fierce clashes
erupted between youth and govt forces in
Nowhatta area of old city and north Kashmir’s Sopore town after Friday prayers
amid a shutdown called by the resistance leadership.As soon as Friday prayers
ended at both the places, youth took to streets and staged protests against the
death sentence awarded to a south Kashmir youth by a Bengal court.The joint
resistance leadership had called for protests today against the life sentence
awarded to Muzaffar Ahmad Rather of Kulgam district.
J&K: Security forces
gun down two militants in Sopore
Srinagar: 2 suspected
militants were killed in an encounter with security forces on a highway in the
Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday, security
officials said. Local reports said one of the militants was a local commander
of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit and the other was a foreigner. Police officials
said they were trying to confirm the identities. Police also did not confirm
the reports of injuries to at least two cops in the shoot-out. hindustantimes
Abdul Basit set to become
Pakistan’s new foreign secretary: Reports
Pakistan’s High
Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit is set to become the country’s new foreign
secretary, media reports said on Saturday. Nawaz Sharif govt has “in principle”
decided to appoint Basit as the country’s new foreign secretary, replacing
Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry who has been designated as Pakistan’s ambassador to US, The
News reported.PTI
Pak hopes to resume talks
with India after assembly polls
washington:Pakistan hopes
that there will be a better environment to pursue peace talks with India after
the state assembly elections in the neighbouring country, a senior minister has
said. “We are hoping that by March these state elections will be over and maybe
then there will be a better environment to pursue peace talks with India. But
we are totally committed,” Pakistani minister of planning and development Ahsan
Iqbal told a gathering in Washington. Responding to a question at US Institute
of Peace, a top American think-tank, Iqbal rued that Pakistan is an election
issue in the state assembly elections in India.“This is a bit unfortunate that
they’re taking, you know, strong positions along the electoral cycle. I think
we should be mature enough to think beyond that was India and Pakistan have to
live together, we cannot change our geography, and we must now, think in terms
of peace,” Iqbal said.PTI
Kashmir: Army officer
booked for rape, abetment to suicide in ex-wife’s death case
Jammu:An Army Major was
booked on Friday for raping and abetting the suicide of a female colleague in
industrial town of Bari-Brahmana in Samba district in December last year. The
former husband of the woman was also booked on charges of blackmailing. No
arrests have been made so far.Major Anita Kumari, 36, who served the Army
Supply Corps at Bari-Brahmana in Samba district, 15km from Jammu, was found
dead at her official residence on Dec.15 last year.HT
Top Indian diplomat re-appointed
to UN Inspection Unit
New York: Achamkulangare
Gopinathan, a top Indian diplomat, has been re-appointed by the UN General
Assembly to the Joint Inspection Unit, the only independent external oversight
body of the UN system.Gopinathan, along with Sukai Prom-Jackson of Gambia, Jean
Wesley Cazeau of Haiti and Nikolay Lozinskiy of Russia were appointed members
of the Joint Inspection Unit for a 5-year term beginning Jan.1,2018.Joint
Inspection Unit is the only independent external oversight body of the United
Nations system mandated to conduct evaluations, inspections and investigations
system-wide.PTI
Lack of jeera, onions in
dal reason behind BSF jawan’s Facebook post: panel
New Delhi: Lack of ‘jeera’
(cumin) or onions in ‘tadka’ or tempering for dal prompted BSF jawan Tej
Bahadur Yadav to post videos of the meal, preliminary findings of the BSF court
of inquiry say.Yadav’s Facebook videos from a border base in J&K triggered
a countrywide debate on the living conditions of those securing our borders.
Yadav, who was subsequently brought to his battalion’s headquarters in Rajouri,
had alleged that the poor quality food, including watery dal without ‘tadka’
and burnt chapatis, was a result of pilferage of supplies by senior officers.
The outrage generated by viral video ensured it was probed by a court of
inquiry headed by a DIG of the paramilitary.Inquiry looked into the supply of
items such as cumin, garlic,ginger and onion,which are required for ‘tadka’.HT
Days after crackdown, Hafiz
Saeed renames JuD to Tehreek Azadi J&K
Islamabad: Jamaat-ud-Dawa
has rebranded under the new name of 'Tehreek Azadi J&K ', just days after
its chief Hafiz Saeed was put under house arrest and a crackdown launched on
the organisation's activities. He had indicated about a week before his arrest
that he might launch Tehreek Azadi J&K (TAJK) to "expedite the freedom
of Kashmir".The rebranding shows that Saeed had got a wind of the official
plans and had already worked out how to resurface and survive after the
clampdown on his ostensible network of JuD and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation
(FIF).Official sources confirmed that the two organisations have started
activities under the name new of TAJK and were planning to organise events on
Feb.5, which is observed as 'Kashmir Day' in Pakistan.PTI
China denies putting
pressure on Pak for Saeed’s arrest
Beijing; China on Friday
signalled that it had not imposed any pressure on Pakistan to put Hafiz Saeed
under house arrest. However, Beijing has decided to send a top diplomat to
Islamabad following his detention.Asked to comment on news reports from
Pakistan that China had imposed pressure on Islamabad which led to the Saeed’s
house arrest, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang stated that eijing
supported international cooperation on counterterrorism with Pakistan, provided
it is conducted with Islamabad’s consent. Lu confirmed that a Vice-Foreign
Minister Cheng Guoping, who is in charge of counter-terrorism, will “shortly”
travel to Pakistan to “discuss counter-terrorism efforts”. thehindu
Govt rules out tax
incentive beyond Rs 2 lakh for 2nd home
New Delhi: Ruling out
rollback of the proposal to restrict tax incentive for second home to Rs 2 lakh
per annum, revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Saturday said there is no point
in subsidising purchase of second property by those who have surplus
funds.Moreover, he added that the tax incentive for second home loan borrower
is being "virtually misused."Citing limited resources, he said it is
prudent to subsidize first-time buyer and not the second property owner who is
not staying in that but earning income from the second unit.The Finance Bill
2017 has restricted set-off of loss towards second home against other heads of
income up to Rs 2 lakh under Section 71 of the Income Tax Act.PTI
Personal income tax base
must be up before corporate tax cut: revenue secretary Adhia
Marital rape brought under
law will put family system under stress: Union minister
New Delhi: The entire
family system will be under great stress if marital rape is brought under the
law, a parliamentary panel, which deliberated the issue of making amendments to
Section 375 of IPC that defines rape, has observed.Citing NCRB data, Union
minister of state for women and child development Krishna Raj said in the Lok
Sabha that 700 cases pertaining to rape by live-in partners or separated husbands
were filed in 2015.However, she reiterated govt stance against bringing marital rape under law.“Dept-Related
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs presented its 167th Report on
Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2012 on Mrch1, 2013. PTI
MP: Girl’s suicide triggers
communal tension in Harda
Harda: Prohibitory orders
were clamped in the town after communal tension following stone pelting at a
Masjid on Friday. Situation was reported to be tense but under control till
filing of the report. As per the police, people of a particular community took
out a rally and staged protest against the suicide by girl after harassment by
youths of another community. During the protest, they pelted stones at masjid.
This led communal tension. Many were stone pelting. Police swung into action
and imposed Section 144 in city. A class 11 girl committed suicide due to
continuous eve teasing. She hanged herself on Wednesday. The girl student was
distressed by eve-teasing while her father made a complaint against the boys
Salman and Farooq. Police have arrested 7 accused and registered a case against
10 people. Freepressjournal
Law commission has no
mandate for consultation on Uniform Civil Code: JD(U)
New Delhi: JD(U) leader
Sharad Yadav criticized the Law Commission for initiation consultation on
Uniform Civil Code without having comprehensive discussion and consensus on the
issue.Raising the matter in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour, Yadav said that Law
Commission has written to all state CMs including Bihar CM seeking views on UCC.Yadav said that it is
beyond Commission’s mandate as the Constitution provides for moving towards
such step only when there is a consensus. “The constitution provides people of
all religions freedom to practice their traditions and practices.Law commission
without any discussion is going ahead with consultation process. Law commission
is going beyond its mandate,” said Yadav.
Kerala CM writes to Modi,
raises concern over 'treatment' to E Ahamed by RML Hospital
New Delhi: Kerala CM Pinarayi
Vijayan has written to PM Narendra Modi
requesting an enquiry into Former Union Minister E Ahamed's death, saying the
situation should've been handled in "humanitarian" way.In the letter,
Vijayan asserts that the protocol of treatment provided to Ahamed by the Ram
Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital and the treatment of the late politician's family
by the hospital administration have raised serious concerns."Needless to
say that the situation should have been handled in a humanitarian way. To allay
the apprehensions of his family, colleagues and the people of Kerala, I request
that the entire matter may kindly be enquired into. I would also like to
suggest that steps may be taken to avoid such incidents in the future,"
Vijayan said.ANI
Ahameds death: PAC chief
slams Centre
Kochi:Raking up the issue
of the death of IUML leader E Ahamed at a Delhi hospital, Chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee of Parliament KV Thomas today alleged that the govt
wanted to keep his body there till the budget was presented and said it was not
only an "insult" to the late MP but also to the Muslim community..PTI
Cleric approaches Delhi HC
to halt 'Fatah Ka Fatwa'
New Delhi: An obscure
Mullah from Delhi, who was previously close to the RSS has moved writ petitions
to the Delhi High Court, asking the courts to intervene and halt all future
episodes of the hugely popular new TV series ‘Fatah Ka Fatwa’ that airs on
Saturday and Sunday nights on ZeeNews.Maulana Ansar Raza who heads the ‘Gareeb
Nawaz Foundation’ NGO filed a PIL on Jan. 25th asking the courts to seize all
material related to ‘Fatah Ka Fatwa’ from the premises of ZeeNews, alleging
that the show’s host Tarek Fatah “abuse literally the majority of the country
citizen (sic) especially against the Hindu community which will spread riot
like situation.”India Samvad
Cash transfer gets thumbs
down, less than 60% cash reaches beneficiaries
Who is Anubhav Mittal, the
prime accused in Rs 3,700-cr Noida online trading scam?
Nagaland violence: Why the
anger? Tribals allege quota rule hits tradition, state’s status: indianexpress
How the Right-biased media
is trying to paint Kerala as a communal warzone: Meen Aviyal
Jallikattu and the Bovine
Underbelly of Indian Nationalism: Sadanand Menon, the wire
WORLD
Kuwait denies reports entry
visa ban of ‘some nationalities
Kuwait: Kuwait Friday
categorically denied media reports that it planned to stop issuing entry visas
for some nationalities, affirming that issuance of visa was a "sovereignty
matter."
The foreign ministry "categorically denies these claims and affirms
that these reported nationalities (which he did not mention) have big
communities in Kuwait and enjoy full rights," Sami Al-Hamad, Assistant
foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, said. Al-Hamad said citizens of those countries mentioned by social
media visited Kuwait regularly through direct commercial flights.Businesspeople from Kuwait and
those countries are bound to commercial relations, he explained."State of Kuwait believes
that granting of visa is a sovereign matter, and is not linked to terrorism or
violence or nationality or faith," he said. Kuwait News Agency
In another attempt,US Judge
blocks immigration ban
A federal judge in
Washington state declared Friday that he would temporarily block enforcement of
President Donald Trump's controversial ban on entry to US, and govt authorities
immediately began taking steps that would allow those previously affected to
travel, according to a US official familiar with the matter.The ruling from Judge
James Robart was broader than similar ones before it, and it prompted officials
to immediately communicate with airlines. At the same time, though, White House
said the Justice Dept would "at the earliest possible time" file for
an emergency stay of the "outrageous" ruling from the judge. Minutes
later, it issued a similar statement removing the word
"outrageous.""The president's order is intended to protect the
homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect
the American people," White House said.The Washington Post
US judge temporarily blocks
travel ban nationwide
US slaps sanctions on Iran,
ticks off Israel, goes after Russia
Trump administration has
announced new sanctions against Iran, naming 25 entities and individuals
connected to the country’s ballistic missiles programme and talked tough on
Russia and Israel, veering its foreign policy closer to the mainstream than
before. Administration had put Iran on notice earlier, after it conducted a
missile test, and President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter, “Iran is playing
with fire - they don’t appreciate how ‘kind’ President Obama was to them. Not
me!”
Trump’s supporters will be
his first victims: economist
Airlines to board nationals
barred under US Muslim ban
London: Thousands protest against
Trump’s refugee ban
Canada PM Among Thousands
Attending Funeral of Quebec Mosque Shooting Victims
'Hundreds of Rohingyas'
killed in Myanmar crackdown: UN
Myanmar's security forces
have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down
villages since October in a campaign that likely amounts to crimes against
humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing, according to the United
Nations."The 'area clearance operations' have likely resulted in hundreds
of deaths," a report from the UN's human rights office said, referring to
a military crackdown launched in the
wake of an attack on a military post. aljazeera
28 female Bangla Jamaat activists
put on 2-day remand
A Dhaka court on Friday
placed 28 female activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, arrested from the
city's Mohammadpur area, on a 2-day remand in a case filed under the Special
Powers Act, reports UNB.Metropolitan magistrate Md Delwar Hossain passed the
order after officer-in-charge of
Mohammadpur Police Station Md Shafiqul Islam, also investigation officer of the
case, produced them before the court seeking a seven-day remand, said General
Recording Officer of the court sub-inspector Nizam Uddin. prothom
UN lifts sanctions on
Afghan warlord Hekmatyar: Reuters
UNSC has dropped sanctions
against Afghan strongman Gulbuddin Hekmatya .Afghan govt requested the move as part of a peace deal
with Hekmatyar and his militant group, Hezb-i-Islami, in Sept.The deal was
criticised by some Afghans and human rights groups for the pardon it granted to
Hekmatyar and many of his fighters. Afghan govt welcomed the UN’s decision made
on Friday as a “a major step toward peace and stability in Afghanistan,” said
Mohammad Akram Khpalwak, a political advisor for President Ashraf Ghani.hindustantimes
US says Israeli settlements
'may not be helpful'
59 IS militants killed in
northern Syria: Turkish military
Turkey, US-coalition jets
'kill 47 ISIL fighters'
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