Evening NEWS DIGEST
01 March.2017: 01 Jamadiul Akhir 1438: Vol:8, No:129
PIL for change in Muslim
inhertance law: Delhi HC seeks Govt reply
New Delhi:Delhi High Court
today sought the govt s response on a plea to amend the Muslim personal law on
inheritance alleging that Muslim women were discriminated on issues relating to
sharing of property.A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita
Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the govt and directed it to examine the issue regarding
alleged discriminatory practice in the Muslim law with regard to inheritance.The
court asked the govt to submit its
response before May 15, the next date of hearing.The court was hearing a plea
by a social organisation -- Sahara Kalyan Samiti-- which has sought equal
inheritance rights for Muslim women. The petition, filed by advocates Raghav
Awasthi and Shoumendu Mukherji, alleged that Muslim women in India have been
discriminated as far their rights of inheritance are concerned, in comparison
to their male counterparts.It said that the discrimination based on customary
law as well the present statutory law was violative of their fundamental right
to equality enshrined under Articles 14, 19, 21 and other relevant provisions
of the Constitution.The plea contended that Article 13 of the Constitution
includes personal laws, including Muslim personal laws. "It is erroneous
to assume that personal laws are excluded from the ambit of judicial
examination," it said. The plea states that a bare perusal of the law
shows that a wife shall receive 1/8th of the property of her husband on his
death if they have children. In case there are no children borne out of the
marriage, she is entitled to 1/4th of the property.A daughter shall receive
half of the share of a son.In stark contrast, the men shall receive 1/4th of
the property of his wife on her death if they have children. In case there are
no children borne out of the marriage, he is entitled to half the property. A
son shall receive double the share of the daughter, the plea contended.
"Thus, it is
clearly perceivable that women under the present Islamic law in force are, by
the mere factum of their being women in the nature of a wife or a daughter, are
only entitled to half of the share of their male counterparts," it added.
PTI
Jamia dropped my name from
speaker’s list on Triple Talaq: Shazia Ilmi; varsity denies
Delhi: BJP leader Shazia
Ilmi on Wednesday accused Jamia University of putting “pressure” on organisers
of an event to drop her name from a panel of speakers for a seminar on triple
talaq, a charge denied by the varsity.According to Ilmi, she was invited by RSS
supported Forum for Awareness of National Security (FANS) to speak at a seminar
on “Triple Talaq” and the university had pressurised the organisers to change
the subject to “Muslim’s women’s empowerment: Issues and challenges” and drop
her name from the speaker’s list.The forum, which has RSS ideologue Indresh
Kumar as its patron, confirmed the sequence of events even as Jamia Millia
Islamia authorities rubbished the allegations.“ Event was not organised by the
university or any of its department. The auditorium was rented out to the
organisers and in such events the varsity has nothing to do with either the
subject or choice of the speakers. It was not our prerogative,” a Jamia
spokesperson said, denying allegations of pressurising the organisers. Programme
convenor Shailesh Vats, however, said, “We had finalised the speakers and the
subject but then we were advised by the university to make some changes saying
the atmosphere in the universities is not conducive to have such a discussion.”PTI
BJP leader Shazia Ilmi
barred from speaking on triple talaq at Jamia Millia: india.com
SC to hear Shayara Banu’s
plea in triple talaq case: ANI
New Delhi: Supreme Court
will on Wednesday hear the triple talaq case filed by Shayara Banu.38-year-old
Shayara Banu stirred a hornet's nest after she moved the SC to challenge the
triple talaq under Muslim personal law, under which a man simply has to utter
'talaq' thrice to divorce his wife.Shayara has also challenged in the apex
court the concept of nikah-halal. She also wants to outlaw polygamy within a
Muslim marriage.
‘Denied’ divorce, man kills
wife in Hoshiarpur’s Pandori Baba Das village
Jalandhar:A man allegedly
bludgeoned his wife to death on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday in
Hoshiarpur’s Pandori Baba Das village, after she ‘refused’ to grant him a
divorce.The victim has been identified as Paramjit Kaur. The accused, Bajinder
Singh, has been arrested by the police on charges of murder. indianexpress
With June visit, Modi will
be first Indian PM in Israel
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will visit Israel by the middle
of this year, the first by any Indian PM to the Jewish nation.The visit is likely to
take place sometime in June. Govt sources said the visit would “take place this
summer”, with preparations already having commenced as both sides are working
out the dates for the visit along with other details. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is also likely to visit
India by the end this year.The two nations on Tuesday unveiled a logo in the
capital to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties. Speaking on the occasion, MEA’s
secretary (economic relations) Amar Sinha said although both the countries have
cooperation in the defence and the security sectors, “conscious” efforts are
being made to make it a “multi-dimensional relationship”, and not merely
“unifocal”.Israeli ambassador Daniel Carmon said the two sides are working on
“every possible area of cooperation”. In the past 13 years, India has bought weaponry
and defence platforms worth billions of dollars from Israel. Sinha said the two
countries have planned a series of events to celebrate the silver jubilee of
the diplomatic relationship this year. It has been decided “at the highest
level”, to create joint coordination committee to plan out the activities. This
includes visits by business delegations, academic fora. Sinha said Israel is
located in an area of great concern and interest to India.ASIAN AGE
In a first, PM Modi likely to visit Israel this year
India only country where
Muslims live without fear: Palestinian Ambassador
Kannur: Palestinian Ambassador to India, Adnan Abu
Alhajia, today said India is the only country where the Muslims live without
fear.Alhajia, while inaugurating a function in the memory of former Union
Minister E Ahamed, organised by UAE KMCC Founders Organisation at Chamber hall
here he said, "I have realised that there is no other country that
protects the minority community like India. Ahamed was always struggling to
maintain secularism and at the same time he spoke for the development of
Muslims.""Late Ahamed gives a message to Palestinian and Arab
countries that India is the only nation where the Muslim community lives
without fear of life," he said.Earlier, Alhajia visited the Juma Masjid
and offered prayer "Khabar Siyarath", as a honour to Ahamed.UNI
JNU Internal Inquiry Finds
ABVP Member Guilty Of Assaulting Missing Student Najeeb
After the mysterious
dissapearnace of the JNU student, Najeeb Ahmed, a proctorial enquiry conducted
by JNUfound ABVP member Vikrant Kumar guilty of assaulting Najeeb Ahmed during
a brawl over a month ago, a day after which Ahmed went missing.“In the
proctorial enquiry, Vikrant Kumar has been found to be involved in hitting
Najeeb Ahmed and using derogatory language with provocative behaviour on Oct
14. This is an act of indiscipline and misconduct,” an official order read.
Vikrant has been asked to explain why disciplinary action should not be
initiated against him.ABVP has, meanwhile, come out in Vikrant’s support and
accused the university administration of being “biased” in conducting the
enquiry.JNU students and teachers have been agitating against the university
administration and Delhi Police for their failure to locate the missing
student. INDIATIMES /PTI
Delhi Police claims
'peaceful protest' carried out by JNU students; varsity denies
New Delhi:Delhi Police on
Wednesday said that a peaceful protest was being carried out by the students in
the JNU.However, university authorities alleged that the protestors were
blocking the administrative block in the campus.When the matter came up for
hearing before the Delhi High Court today, the police submitted a report
stating that the students were holding a protest 50 metres away from the
administrative block. "V-C, teachers and staff of JNU are using the
administrative block without any hindrance. Everything is smooth there and even
there is over 300 officials from the JNU security," the Delhi Police
counsel told the High Court.ANI
A year on, Delhi Police
lack evidence to charge ex-JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar for sedition: Report
New Delhi: Delhi Police
have reportedly not found any comprehensive evidence to pursue its sedition
case against former JNU president Kanhaiya Kumar. On Feb.9 last year, Kanhaiya was
jailed on charges of sedition, along with JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban
Bhattacharya, who are currently out on bail. The police, however, are likely to
indict Khalid and Bhattacharya, according to a draft charge-sheet accessed by TOI.The
charge-sheet draws evidence from forensic reports of nearly 40 video clips that
prove anti-national slogans were raised at JNU, Delhi, last Feb. Delhi Police
have proof that Khalid had ‘anti-India’ posters designed to voice support for
Afzal Guru. Videos capture around 140 protesters raising ‘anti-India slogans’,
of which nine “outsiders”, from Kashmir, have been identified. Their statements
were recorded by police in exchange for immunity.The charge-sheet does not cite
Kanhaiya Kumar as a participant of the event, but says he did nothing (as JNUSU
head) to stop students sloganeering. TOI reports that police will leave it up
to the court to decide if charges need to be framed against Kanhaiya. In his
defence, Kanhaiya, speaking to India Today, said he was not the permitting
authority to allow or disallow an event. “The administration – (proctor or vice
chancellor) issues permission for an event and not the JNUSU president. I don’t
have the authority to allow or disallow events on campus,” he said.The final
charge-sheet, filed under Section 121 A (sedition) and criminal conspiracy,
will be submitted to the Delhi High Court after it is authorised by the police
commissioner. indianexpress
Probe gives Kanhaiya clean
chit: Recap of what happened inside JNU last year
JNU sedition case: No
chargesheet against Kanhaiya yet, clarifies Delhi Police
Ramjas does a JNU: Video
shows 'Kashmir maange azadi, Bastar maange azadi' slogans raised in college: IndiaToday
New Delhi:In an aggressive
re-run of the JNU controversy, a video of allegedly seditious slogans raised
last week by students by protesting students at Delhi University's Ramjas
College has surfaced.In the short video accessed by India Today TV, a motley
group of students can be heard shouting 'Kashmir maange azadi', 'Bastar mange
azadi' among other such slogans. The incident occurred on Feb 22.
Haryana Minister Anil Vij:
Those supporting Gurmehar Kaur are pro-Pakistan, should be thrown out of
country
New Delhi:Haryana Minister
Anil Vij on Wednesday waded into the controversy surrounding Delhi University
student Gurmehar Kaur, alleging that that those backing her campaign against
RSS-affiliated ABVP are pro-Pakistan. He went on to add that such people should
be thrown out of the country. “People supporting #GurmeharKaur blaming war for
her #Kargilmartyr father are Pro #Pakistan should be throughnout of #India
(SIC),” Vij tweeted. Kaur, daughter of an army officer who was martyred
fighting militants in J&K, withdrew from her ‘Students against ABVP’
campaign after receiving rape threats online. She filed a complaint with Delhi
Commission for Women and, subsequently, an FIR was registered by city police.On
Tuesday, Haryana wrestlers Babita Phogat and Yogeshwar Dutt also targeted Kaur
for expressing solidarity with students who were allegedly assaulted by the
ABVP. indianexpress
It’s Kiren Rijiju again,
minister tweets video of jawan attacking Afzal sympathisers, JNU
New Delhi: In the middle of
a storm over campus violence in Delhi University , minister of state for home
Kiren Rijiju posted a jawan’s video on Twitter on Wednesday, giving a fresh
twist to the nationalism debate.In the video, the soldier -- identified as
Shriram Gorde -- slammed sympathisers of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal
Guru, a section of JNU students and critics of the Indian army’s Sept.29
surgical strike in PoK.The video tweeted by Rijiju had come up in the public
domain.HT
2 ABVP members arrested for
Ramjas college violence
New Delhi: 2 ABVP activists
have been arrested here on charges of attacking AISA members at Delhi
University, the police said on Wednesday.A police statement said Prashant
Mishra, President of the Students Union at Sri Venkateswara College, and
Vinayak Sharma, also from the same college, were taken into custody on Tuesday
night.IANS
JNU to DU: the embers of
student protests refuse to die
Ramjas violence: PIL
against policemen for alleged assault on students
NEET registrations to end
today; future of health science aspirants from Urdu-medium colleges uncertain
Mumbai:Registrations for NEET
2017 end today — though the ambiguity over whether health science aspirants
from Urdu-medium junior colleges can sign up remains unaddressed. Members of
the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) had requested the CBSE and the Medical
Council of India (MCI) to postpone the deadline for NEET registrations by a few
days, to accommodate students from Urdu-medium junior colleges. The fate of
these students hangs on a petition, which the Supreme Court will hear on March
3.Last week, the Supreme Court refused to hear an urgency motion filed by SIO,
pleading with the court to include Urdu as a language in which students can
appear for NEET.“CBSE has excluded Urdu from NEET. Maharashtra state board,
too, will not conduct a separate medical entrance test for courses other than
medical and dentistry. This means students from Urdu-medium junior colleges
cannot apply for health science courses,” said Mohammed Ali Shaikh,
representing SIO, Maharashtra. HT
NIA quizzes Zakir Naik's
sister for third time about her role in his companies
New Delhi:NIA grilled Zakir
Naik's sister Nailah Naushad Noorani at its HQRS in Delhi. Questioned for the
third time, she came to NIA accompanied by her husband. Nailah is a director
and additional director in 5 private companies linked to Naik including Harmony
Media Pvt Ltd which is under probe.Nailah, however, has told investigators that
she is only a symbolic director, but the real reins are in the hands of her
brother Naik, who is currently abroad. An officer of the ATS speaking to India
Today said, "She has told us that she is being used as a rubber stamp.
While she is well read and educated, her role is limited to signing documents
and papers related Naik's IRF and companies associated with it."India
Today
Child trafficking key
accused says BJP leader assured her of resolving 'all problems' in running home
Kolkata:The names of BJP's
national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and West Bengal women’s wing
president Roopa Ganguly have been mentioned by the key accused in a child
trafficking case.Chandana Chakraborty, who ran a child care home in north
Bengal, said that Juhi Chowdhury, a general secretary of State BJP’s women’s
wing, perhaps spoke to Vijayvargiya and Ms. Ganguly to “resolve some issues”
about the child care home.Ms. Chakraborty told journalists in Siliguri before
being produced before a local court, “I have not spoken to anyone [central BJP
leaders]. Juhi spoke to them and perhaps to Roopa Ganguly and Kailash
Vijayvargiya. I was sitting in another room when she spoke to them,”Ms.
Chakraborty said she approached Ms. Chowdhury for “some help” and she assured
her of “resolving all the problems” about running the child care home.Meanwhile,
Mr. Vijayvargiya accused the Kolkata Police of “being controlled by Trinamool
Congress. “They [the Kolkata police] keep conspiring against us. They have
already targeted our party leaders Joyprakash Majumdar and Sishir Bajoria. Now
they are conspiring against me,” he said. The child trafficking racket was
busted by the State’s CID.last week and Ms. Chakraborty and one of her
associates were arrested. Within a few days, one more person was arrested in
connection with the case.the hindu
Cong moves minority panel
seeking action against Sakshi Maharaj for ‘hate speech’
New Delhi: BJP MP Sakshi
Maharaj has again courted controversy, blaming Muslims for rise in India’s
population and suggesting that no land should be allotted for graveyards. Irked
by Maharaj’s comments, the Congress filed a complaint to National Commission
for Minorities (NCM) against BJP leader, accusing him of spreading communal
hatred.Congress leader Shehzad Poonawala sent a petition to the NCM for
immediate action against BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj for making yet another hate
speech against Muslims in violation of model code of conduct.In his petition to
the NCM, Poonawala, said it should “Direct the Election Commission of India to
take necessary steps against the BJP for these remarks made by Shri Sakshi
Maharaj as it violated various provisions of the Representation of People’s
Act, 1951 and the model code of conduct.”ht
As violence rises 5-fold in
5 years, friendships and politics turn communal in UP
At 5 am, Khatun Begum (50)
wakes up in the loft above her pink-walled shop on the banks of the Saryu
river, in Faizabad district, UP. In the soft glow of twilight, she tucks the
pallu of her cream silk sari round the waist, wraps a scarf over her head, and
spreads out a mat westward towards Mecca. With her arms on her chest, she bows
her head in prayer to Allah, while the husband and two children sleep in a
little longer.A feet away, as the sun emerges, Seema Chaudhari (43) grabs a
plastic tumbler before the morning puja. As she heads out, Begum catches up
with her. Friends for 14 years, the two women groggily make their way to the
river, grumbling about the din from last night’s neighbourhood wedding.Begum
and Chaudhari live in the main market in the contested arena of Babri
Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi site, where the destruction of a 16th-century mosque in
1992 sparked some of India’s worst nationwide riots. Considered to be one of
Hinduism’s seven holy centres, the region is now peppered with temples flooded
by Hindu devotees. As the legal dispute, which began in 1950, enters its 24th
year in the Supreme Court, the saffron-tinted market of 100-odd shops and
adjoining homes–selling scarves, prayer beads, toy maces and other religious
paraphernalia–make do without regular electricity (since the area is
contested), stealing it from outside the market area and using public toilets
meant for pilgrims. The saffron-tinted market at Ayodhya has 100-odd shops
selling scarves, prayer beads, toy maces and other religious paraphernalia. hindustantimes
UP pols: For Mayawati,
getting Muslims is the answer but they ask questions
Gorakhpur:One of the
curiosities in this election in UP, which does not seem to have a wave, and in
which every moving part must be tracked specifically and separately, has to do
with BSP chief Mayawati’s bid for “Muslim vote”. BSP gets a share of the Muslim
vote in every UP election but this time, Mayawati is openly asking the
community for its “ek tarafa” or one-sided vote. This time, more than in any
previous election, BSP chief has been pointed in her invitation to the
community. At her rally here in Gorakhpur on Sunday, she reiterated her main
message of a strong and firm administration that would not brook any “arajakta”,
“apradh”,“danga”, (anarchy, crime, lumpenism) and put an end to “asuraksha” and
“terror” (insecurity and fear). But 10 min into her nearly hour-long speech,
she interrupted her more general appeal to her audience to speak directly to
Muslims:“SP is divided into camps. the Shivpal camp and the Akhilesh camp,
which are trying to defeat each other’s candidates.” She insinuated BJP-SP
intimacies — PM Modi, she pointed out, attended a wedding programme in Mulayam
Singh’s family. And therefore, “Muslim vote, especially, will go waste and more
than that, will benefit the BJP, if the community does not vote unitedly for
the BSP, whose Dalit base is united”. indianexpress
MP:Right-wing group stops
marriage in Church, forces couple to postpone event
Bhopal: Members of a
right-wing group barged into a Church and stopped a marriage in Shivpuri
district in Madhya Pradesh.As the ceremony was disrupted, the police also
reached the Church.But the marriage could not be solemnised due to the
hooliganism.The couple later agreed to postpone the marriage. Now, the wedding
would be as per Arya Samaj rituals and would be solemnised in Indore. This
incident occurred in a church in Shivpuri.Avnish who belongs to Ujjain was
marrying the girl who hails from Shivpuri. As Avnish's family was not happy
with the wedding, he decided to come to Shivpuri for marriage at the girl's
place.The girl is Christian. As a right-wing group got wind of the
inter-religious marriage, they entered the Church and forced the couple to
postpone the event. The bride pleaded but it was of no use. The police had reached the spot but took no
action. Instead groom had to explain why his family members were not present.
The couple later said that they would marry as per Arya Samaj rituals. The
marriage would now be solemnised in Indore. NewsBits.in
Maharashtra: At ‘funeral
procession’ of EVMs, candidates allege BJP behind tampering of machines
Pune; Hundreds participated
in a footmarch organised by several candidates from various political parties,
who lost in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) polls, blaming their loss on
Electronic Voting Machines. The foot march, described by the organisers as a
‘funeral procession of EVMs’, started from Balgandharva Chowk and ended at the
Vaikunth Crematorium in Navi Peth, where the participants carried out a
symbolic cremation of props representing EVMs.The participants carried posters
and hand-held hoardings, alleging that the elections were rigged. A public
meeting was also held in Sambhaji Garden at J M Road. Soon after the results
were declared on Feb.23 — in which the BJP got a full majority — defeated
candidates from various parties including the NCP, Congress, Shiv Sena and MNS
started to blame their loss on the EVMs. They also held a meeting to plan on
Sunday to plan the next course of action, where some bigwigs such as NCP’s
Nilesh Nikam, who lost from University-Wakadewadi (Panel 7), Congress’s Datta
Bahirat, who lost from panel 14, and NCP leader Balasaheb Bodake, as well as
RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar, were present. indianexpress
Ishrat encounter case: CBI
opposes Gujarat DGP Pandey’s discharge petition
Ahmedabad:CBI has opposed
the discharge application of Gujarat’s DGP PP Pandey, who is an accused in the
Ishrat Jahan encounter case. CBI has stated that Pandey, in-charge police chief
of state, has been chargesheeted for conspiracy to be read with murder and
other offences and, therefore, his application “be rejected in the interest of
justice”. CBI, however, has not challenged Pandey’s bail, stating that the grounds
for his bail and his discharge are different.CBI filed its reply in response to
Pandey’s discharge plea before the special court on Tuesday. indianexpress
Cop accused of killing
Muslim youth in custody in Jharkhand finally booked for murder
Nearly 5 months after
Minhaj Ansari, a 22-year-old mobile shop owner and a resident of Tarpar Tola,
Dighari, Jamtara was brutally murdered in police custody, SHO of Narayanpura
police station-Harish Pathak-has finally been booked for murder under the
Section 302 of the IPC.Association for Protection of Human Rights, which has
been helping the family of Ansari since the incident, said this was a small
victory in the fight for justice. Family had been demanding to book the police
officer under Section 302 since Ansari’s death, but in the initial report,
Pathak-who was suspended immediately-was booked.In the aftermath of incident,
APCR had written to SHRC, NHRC and the state govt asking them to intervene in ensuring justice
to Ansari’s family. Commenting on the news, Ziaullah of APCR said, “APCR will
soon have a meeting on this issue and decide the future course of action in
this case.”TCN
Jharkhand: 300 Muslim
families speak out, return dowry in silent protest
Latehar:A silent
and unique social transformation is sweeping the Muslim community in
Jharkhand’s Palamu region, with hundreds of families returning dowry they had
taken during their sons’ weddings.Over the last one year, around 800 families
came out in the open about accepting dowry and have subsequently returned the
money. To date, over Rs 6 crore in cash has been returned to the brides’
families.This process kicked off once Haji Mumtaj Ali, a native of Pokhari
village in Latehar, launched a campaign against dowry in April last year.
Following his footsteps, the community elders waged a war against dowry, a social
evil plaguing the lives of thousands of families, especially the poor. ‘Maulvis’,
too, resolved not to solemnise ‘nikah’ where any exchange of dowry was
involved. “The success of our campaign against dowry is astounding. So far,
over 800 grooms’ families in Latehar and Palamu districts have returned Rs 6
crore in cash to the brides’ families. More importantly, the marriages are now
being solemnised without any exchange of money,” said Ali, who was busy
preparing for a massive community meeting at Daltonganj on March 7.“The war
against dowry will eat up poor families like cancer till it is completely wiped
out. There are still a few families who are yet to give up the evil practice.
Earlier, the Muslim community did not pay dowry, but of late, dowry has become
a part of marriages, in the process badly hampering the sanctity of this sacred
bond,” Ali said.“We will also devise a strategy during the next meeting to
tackle such families,” he said.HT
Pepsi, Coke boycott call by
traders in TN:TOI
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Traders
Association's call to shopkeepers to boycott US soft drink brands Pepsi and
Coca Cola and sell only local brands evoked a partial response on Wednesday.The
association took the decision to boycott Coke and Pepsi during the
pro-jallikattu protests in the state in January as US-based NGO People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was responsible for the Supreme Court ban
on the bull-taming sport. "PeTA was responsible for the ban on jallikattu.
That is why we decided to boycott American soft drinks in the state starting
March 31," said an official of the traders' association.The association
said the two US companies were drawing plenty of water, and this has affected
water sources of people and crops.Most small traders in North Chennai, Trichy
and Salem stopped selling Pepsi and Coke in response to the boycott call. In
Salem, shopkeepers stopped selling Aquafina too, a drinking water brand from
PepsiCo.
Will kill lawyers who
defend IS suspects: Hindu outfit
Rajkot: A lesser known
right-wing outfit in Jamnagar has issued a brazen threat to murder lawyers and
their families who defend the two arrested ISIS suspects in the court.On
Tuesday, Pratik Bhatt, who calls himself the Gujarat president of Hindu Sena,
issued an open threat to lawyer Imtiyaz Koreja in Jamnagar."All advocates
have refused to defend them. But a lawyer named Imtiyaz has shown his
willingness to fight their case. But Hindu Sena openly threatens to eliminate
Imtiyaz and his entire family (if he goes ahead to be become the defence
counsel). Imtiyaz would be alone responsible for his life. We urge lawyers to
refrain from defending the accused otherwise Hindu Sena will counter them,"
Bhatt said in Jamnagar. Bhatt even threatened to set Imtiyaz's house ablaze.
Bhatt even issued a press note regarding the threat. Despite such a brazen
threat, the Jamnagar's B-division police only detained Bhatt and released him
after sometime. Sources said that the outfit has barely any local standing too
and Bhatt, an advocate himself, is close to VHP and Bajrang Dal. Imtiyaz could
not be contacted despite several attempts.TOI
Parties, separatists in the
Valley slam return of pellet guns
Srinagar:Outgoing CRPF
Director General K Durga Prasad’s remark that pellet guns will be used in the
Valley, though with certain tweaks, has evoked sharp reactions from mainstream
political parties as well as separatists in Kashmir. While the NC said
continuity of pellet guns “hasn’t come as a surprise”, the Congress called the
decision “unfortunate”.NC spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu said: “At that time
when we were in power it was told officially to us that these pellet guns are
not fatal. In last year’s turmoil it has been proved that these pellet guns are
fatal,”he said, adding that it is time for all parties to unanimously take a
stand against their use. Indian express
Are Army’s own ‘informers’
abetting rise in terror attacks in Kashmir Valley?India TV News
The steep rise in
infiltration bids and terror activities in Kashmir in the past few months,
especially after the killing of Hizbul Burhan Wani, has left security forces in
a state of flux. With February alone accounting for two encounters between
militants and security forces – first in Bandipora on Feb. 14 and the other in
Shopian on Feb.23 – in which 6 jawans lost their lives while several others
were left injured, one of the reasons behind the apparent failure of the
security establishment in thwarting such attacks appears to be their own
informers.
Firing of professor will
hurt Ashoka, says university faculty body as three staff exit over Kashmir
petition
New Delhi:Ashoka University
claimed it did not coerce 2 managers and one professor to leave the university
for signing a Kashmir petition along with 85 students. But two emails by the
university’s Faculty Council, an elected body representing all Ashoka teachers,
say otherwise. Mathematics professor Rajendran Narayanan; Saurav Goswami,
deputy manager of academic affairs; and Adil Mushtaq Shah, programme manager of
academic affairs, signed a petition in July 2016 condemning the violence over
Hizbul militant Burhan Wani’s death and calling for a plebiscite in
J&K.Narayanan resigned from the university’s mathematics department citing
“ethical reasons” on Dec15. Goswami and Shah resigned on Oct.7, 2016, sparking
a debate over curbs on freedom of speech on campus.Faculty Council emails show
that the Governing Body of Ashoka, which includes V-C Rudrangshu Mukherjee, had
discussed the sacking of Narayanan in a meeting on Aug 1, 2016 and this
proposal was communicated to the Faculty Council on Sept.20. indian express
Congress RS MP Haji Abdul
Salam passes away at 69
Imphal:Congress
leader and Rajya Sabha member Haji Abdul Salam passed away last night following
a brief illness, family members said. He was 69.PTI
Probe CJI for Kalikho Pul's
suicide, his widow petitions Vice-President Ansari
In 13 Pics This Assam Man
Tells How The Militants Who Killed His Father Became Part Of Ruling BJP
A Daughter Silenced, Does
Only One Person in India Have the Right to ‘Mann ki Baat’? OM THANVI
Price of non-subsidised LPG
hiked by Rs 86 per cylinder
WORLD
Russia, China veto UN
sanctions on Syria over gas attacks
Russia and China today
supported the Syrian govt by vetoing a
UN resolution that would impose sanctions on 21 Syrian individuals,
organisations and companies allegedly involved in chemical weapons attacks in
the war-ravaged country.Russia had said the vote on the resolution, drafted by
France, Britain and the US, would harm UN-led peace talks between the warring
Syrian parties in Geneva, which began last week. 9 council members voted in
favour, Bolivia voted against, while Egypt, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan abstained. British
UN Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told the council before the vote: “This is about
taking a stand when children are poisoned. It’s that simple. It’s about taking
a stand when civilians are maimed and murdered with toxic weapons.” Middleeastmonitor
Thousands fled west Mosul
in past 10 days, officials
At least 26,000 Iraqis have
fled west Mosul in the past 10 days after security forces launched a major push
to retake it from ISIL, the minister of displacement and migration said.The
drive to retake the west of Mosul began on Feb.19, after Iraqi troops retook
the city's eastern side from the ISIS group in the previous month.Jassem M.
al-Jaff announced that field teams received "26,000 displaced people from
[west] Mosul during the past 10 days", a statement from ministry said.But number
who have fled is only a small fraction of 750,000 people who are believed to
have stayed on in west Mosul under ISIL rule.
Two Iraq Shia militia
leaders killed west of Mosul in a week
A military commander in Iraqi
Shia paramilitary organisation, Popular Mobilisation Forces were killed in
clashes with Daesh in the area of Tal Afar, west of Mosul.middleeastmonitor
Israeli report exposes its
failure in 2014 Gaza offensive
The report of Israeli state
comptroller released accused Israeli PM Netanyahu, ex-Defence Minister Moshe
Yaalon and other ministers and officials of failing to counter Hamas
effectively during a major offensive on Gaza in 2014. Israeli comptroller
Joseph Shapira said in his report: “There are big differences between the
information from the Shabak and Aman – 2 Israeli intelligence agencies –
regarding Hamas’ tunnels in Gaza that led to failure in the last war on Gaza.”middleeastmonitor
Trump to Work With Muslim
Allies to Defeat IS: Excerpts
Washington: President
Donald Trump is pledging to work with Muslim countries to fulfill his campaign
pledge to defeat the Islamic State group.According to excerpts from a planned
speech to a joint session of Congress, Trump will dismiss the jihadist group as
"a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and
Christians, and men, women and children of all faiths and
beliefs.""We will work with our allies, including our friends and
allies in the Muslim World, to extinguish this vile enemy from our
planet," Trump is expected to say, according to the excerpts.AFP
State provocation led to
Myanmar 'genocide':Rohingya
Ankara:A violent security
crackdown among Rohingya community in response to attacks on police was
orchestrated by the govt, a group representing the Muslim minority has said.Hla
Kyaw, chairman of European Rohingya Council (ERC), said killings of police in
Rakhine State, where most Rohingya live, on Oct.9 was organized by military
intelligence as justification for repressive measures against Rohingya. AA
Quiet Qadian erupts in joy
after Ahmadi’s Oscar feat: HT
There was a ripple of
excitement in Qadian — a quiet border town of Punjab and the headquarters of
the Ahmadiyya community — as news about an Ahmadi actor being awarded an Oscar
came streaming through. Mahershala Ali, won the best supporting actor Oscar for
his portrayal of a drug dealer in ‘Moonlight’. A convert since 1999 with a
Christian minister for a mother, Ali joined the minority Ahmadiyya community, a
sect seen as heretical by other Muslims, in 2001.Qadian is an important
destination for the community as every year in December, Ahmadis from 35
countries congregate here for a 3-day annual convention.Maqbool Ahmad, a
journalist in Qadian and his wife Tahira, who is from Pakistan, are thrilled
with Ali’s Oscar feat. Tariq Ahmad, the official spokesperson of the Ahmadiyya
community, welcomed the Oscar, saying it was praiseworthy. Islamic seminaries
in India, like the Deoband, also don’t recognise the community as Muslim.Pak
Constitution does not recognise Ahmadis as Muslims. hindustantimes
Islam will overcome
Christianity to become most popular religion in world by 2070:, research shows
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