Evening NEWS DIGEST (EARLY)
14 Feb.2017: 16 Jamadiul Awwal 1438: Vol:8, No:116
No need to stand during
national anthem when part of a film: Supreme Court, modifying earlier order
Modifying its earlier
order, the Supreme Court has now said that audience need not stand when the
National Anthem is played as storyline in a film, newsreel or documentary. The
apex court also said it is not mandatory to sing the anthem in cinema halls. On
Nov.30, the apex court had ruled that cinema halls across the country must play
the national anthem before the screening of a film and people should stand up
as a mark of respect.The court also directed that the national flag should be
shown on screen when the anthem is played."People must feel this is my
country and this is my motherland," a bench of justices Dipak Misra and
Amitava Roy had said while stressing that it is the duty of every citizen of
the country to show respect to the national anthem and the flag. outlook/pti
No one is obliged to stand
up when national anthem is played as part of a Film, documentary:SC
Supreme Court Convicts V K
Sasikala In DA case; Can't Contest Elections For 10 Years
AIADMK General Secretary VK
Sasikala was convicted by the Supreme Court which set aside the Karnataka High
Court verdict acquitting her in the 19-year-old disproportionate assets case
that also involved late Chief Minister J JayalalithaaThe apex court restored in
toto the judgement and the findings of the trial court in Bengaluru which had
held guilty all the accused including Sasikala's two relatives, VN Sudhakaran
and Elavarasi.The two-judge bench comprising Justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy
directed Sasikala and the two relatives to surrender forthwith to the trial
court in Bengaluru and serve the remaining part of four year jail term. The
verdict disqualifies Sasikala from becoming a legislator, and consequentially she
can't be chief minister either.The bench read the operative portion of the
voluminous judgement saying that "according to the materials and evidence
place on record, we set aside the judgement and the order of the high court and
affirm in toto the judgement and order the trial court convicting the accused
persons." PTI
Sasikala DA case verdict
Live: Panneerselvam expelled from AIADMK, Palaniswami named CM candidate
The Supreme Court convicted
AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala in a disproportionate assets case on
Tuesday, delivering a blow to her chances of becoming the Tamil Nadu chief
minister. The court found the 61-year-old and two others guilty in the
21-year-old corruption case and asked Sasikala to surrender. The judgment bars
Sasikala from holding a public office and contesting elections for at least
next 6 years, strengthening the hand of caretaker chief minister O
Panneerselvam, who has been locked in a bitter power struggle with her. Watch
this space for live updates from Tamil Nadu and Delhi on a day of hectic
political and legal activities.Panneerselvam expelled from primary membership
of AIADMK by Sasikala camp, Edapaddi Palaniswami named CM candidate after meeting
of AIADMK MLAs at Golden Bay resort
DA case verdict:
Palaniswami or Jaya’s nephew? Spotlight on who will be Sasikala’s pick for CM job
Rohith Vemula's SC Certificate
To Be Cancelled By Andhra Govt
The Andhra government has
reportedly decided to cancel the Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate of Rohith
Vemula, the student of the University of Hyderabad who committed suicide last
year. It has issued a show-cause notice to Rohith's mother Radhika, asking her
to furnish documents within two weeks to prove she is Dalit, failing which they
would cancel both their SC certificates.The district collector of Guntur,
Kantilal Dande, told Hindustan Times that Rohith and his mother had obtained
the SC certificate "fraudulently" and that they actually belonged to
OBC."This is nothing but a concerted attempt to dilute the case and save
the skin of the Vice-Chancellor and BJP Ministers," Radhika told The
Hindu, adding that she was born into an SC family and later adopted by another
family.
Only 5% Of Women In India
Choose Their Husbands, 80% Need Permission To Visit A Health Centre
How much control do Indian
women have over different aspects of their lives? Not much, according to Indian
Human Development Survey (IHDS), conducted by University of Maryland and the
National Council of Applied Economic Research in 2004-2005 and 2011-2012.Only
4.99% of women in India had sole control over choosing their husbands, while
79.8% of women needed permission to visit a health centre, according to the
2012 IHDS survey, showing little change since IHDS survey in 2005, when 5%
reported having sole control over choosing their husband, and 74.2% reported
needing permission to visit a health centre.IHDS survey in 2012 covered over
34,000 urban and rural women between the ages of 15 and 81, in 34 Indian states
and union territories.Overall, 73% of the women surveyed reported that their
parents or relatives alone chose their husbands, while as few as 5% of women
reported to have had sole control over choosing their husbands.A similar survey
for men has not been conducted.Almost 80% of women said they had to seek
permission from a family member to visit a health centre. Out of these women,
80% said they needed permission from their husband, 79.89% from a senior male
family member, and 79.94% from a senior female family member.Further, 58% of
women reported that they needed permission to visit the local kirana (grocery)
store, compared to 44.8% in 2005.
65% Indian women are
literate, 5% have control over choosing their husband: report
Delhi crime data: Rape
every four hours, murder every day
DELHI: Crime in Delhi
increased for the third straight year and three out of every four cases
registered in 2016 went unsolved, official data released on Monday showed.The
numbers, released by Delhi Police as part of an annual disclosure, cement the
national capital’s reputation of being a dangerous city — particularly for
women who made a distress-call to helplines every 9 minutes on an average.Of
the 2,09,519 cases reported last year, 1,53,562 cases — or 73.29% of them —
could not be cracked. In 2015, the proportion of cases that were unsolved was
72.78%.Allegations of crimes against women — a molestation complaint every two
hours, a rape case every four hours — remained staggeringly high. But rape
cases were fewer in 2016 compared to the year before when 2,199 cases were
registered. Last year, 2,155 rape cases were filed.
BJP IT Cell member arrested
for being ISI agent hated Kejriwal, was follower of Tarek Fatah
BJP IT Cell member, Dhruv
Saxena, who was recently arrested by Madhya Pradesh ATS, was a follower of
suspected Pakistani agent, Tarek Fatah, and hated Delhi chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal. A cursory look at his Facebook timeline explains the extent of hatred
he harboured for Kejriwal and other Indian elected representatives. His social
media posts also highlighted his admiration for the RSS’s poster boy and suspected
Pakistani agent, Fatah.On 28 Jan, Saxena had posted a photo of the Republic Day
event slamming Vice President Hamid Ansari for not saluting India’s tricolour
while the national anthem was being played. This despite the fact that there’s
no requirement to salute the national flag during the national anthem. Few
months ago, he had done his best to drum up the support for Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s demonetisation announcement by sharing series of videos. It was
during this time that he also posted a video of Fatah, where the controversial
Pakistani was seen hurling insults at Delhi chief minister, his West Bengal
counterpart, Mamata Banerjee and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar
Abdullah by passing disparaging comments on the latter’s look.
Irom Sharmila Claims BJP
Offered Her ₹36 Crore To Contest Manipur Election On Party's Ticket
IMPHAL -- In what may bring
embarrassment to the BJP ahead of the Manipur Assembly polls, social activist
Irom Sharmila has revealed that she was offered ₹36 crore to contest the
elections on the saffron party's ticket."Just after my fast, I met a BJP
leader who suggested that I will need lots of money depending on current system
of politics. He said I will need on an average ₹36 crore for fighting the
election, if I have that amount I need to produce it, if not the Centre will
give it," she told reporters.
Modi govt ‘sponsors’
Karachi Lit Fest, another U-turn in foreign policy towards Pakistan
Indian government led by
the BJP on Monday was condemned by its political rivals for its another
‘U-turn’ on its foreign policy towards Pakistan.Congress’s Manish Tiwari
slammed the Centre’s Narendra Modi government after it emerged that the
government’s flagship cultural body, Indian Council for Cultural Relations’
(ICCR), was one of the sponsors of the just concluded Karachi Lit Fest.Tiwari
termed the development bankruptcy of foreign policy under Narendra Modi
government.He told Times Now, “It’s another example of complete and absolute
bankruptcy of the Modi government when it comes to their policy towards
Pakistan. Strangely, this sponsorship of Karachi Lit Fest by the ICCR, which is
the government of India entity for all intents and purposes comes on the same
day when the Unites States of America has denied a visa to the deputy
chairperson of the Pakistani Senate.”
Over 50% Saudi jobs meant
for Indians shifted to Bangladesh, Pakistan in Modi govt
New Delhi: When Narendra
Modi made his maiden visit to Saudi Arabia last year, it was widely hailed as
another masterstroke by the Indian prime minister with commentators dubbing his
act as ‘Modi scoring big with befriending Saudi.”Modi’s supporters in media and
outside argued that by befriending Saudi, Modi had effectively neutralised the
influence of India’s arch-rival, Pakistan. However, the latest data shows that
50% Saudi jobs meant for Indians shifted to Pakistan and Bangladesh under Modi
as India’s prime minister.The Narendra Modi government had come to power on the
promise of creating two crore jobs early but half of its tenure has passed and
the unemployment rate is continuously increasing. This has been admitted in the
Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh.
Shot in the eyes: Kashmiri
girl tells her story
There are some things about
Oct.31, 2016, that Ifra Shakour says she will never forget. And then there are
the hours that she was unconscious.She remembers hunching over school books,
cramming for her eighth-grade exams. She recalls hearing bursts of tear gas
shells coming from the local market. And she definitely remembers that feeling
of dread when she realised that her little brother wasn't home."I asked my
mother what was happening outside," the 14-year-old told Al Jazeera in
this 101 East documentary. "I didn't know what was going on. I closed my
books and went out." Ifra only made it to her front gate. The last thing
she saw were two uniformed policemen running towards her."When I saw them,
I got scared. That's why I ran," she told Al Jazeera."They caught me
by my hair and dragged me. And then they beat me with their baton on my arm.
But still they weren't satisfied so they shot me with a pellet gun."
WORLD
Senate Republicans are
worried Donald Trump is mentally ill, says Democrat Senator Al Franken
Republican senators are
concerned President Donald Trump is mentally ill, Democratic Senator Al Franken
has claimed. Minnesota senator told CNN's State of the Union the worries of
"a few" Republicans comes from "the way that we all have this
suspicion" that Trump "lies a lot."He added: "He says
things that aren't true. That's the same as lying, I guess."Franken cited
Trump's evidence-free claim he would have won the popular vote in the
presidential race if not for three to five million immigrants in the country
illegally voting for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.Trump is also said
to have told some senators in a private meeting at the White House that he and
former Republican senator Kelly Ayotte would have won in New Hampshire if it
had not been for voters bussed in from other states.
IS Chief Baghdadi Targeted
In Air Strike, Says Iraqi Military: Reuters
The Iraqi airforce carried
out a strike on a house where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was
thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military said on Monday,
without making clear whether he had been hit.In a statement, it said Iraqi
F-16s had targeted the house in western Iraq on Saturday. It published the
names of 13 IS commanders it said had been killed in the air strike, but the
list did not include Baghdadi.3 other IS positions in western Iraq were
targeted in the same wave of air strikes, killing 64 fighters, the statement
said.The military said Baghdadi moved last week in a convoy from Raqqa, in
Syria, to the region of al-Qaim, on the Iraqi side of the border, to discuss
with commanders "the collapse happening in Mosul and to chose a successor
for him".US-backed Iraqi forces have completed the first phase of the
campaign to retake Mosul, removing the militants from the eastern side of the
city last month.An Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary force is also
battling the Sunni militants west of Mosul, trying to prevent their escape to
Syria.
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