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14 March. 2017: 14 Jamadiul Akhir 1438:Vol:8, No:141
After Rohith Vemula now JNU
Dalit scholar found dead; his FB post reveals, he was unhappy over inequality
at university
Just a few days after
writing a fiery Facebook post on being 'denied equality' on campus, JNU student
was found hanging from the ceiling. Muthukrishnan Jeevanantham, 27, also known
as Krish Rajini to friends on Facebook, allegedly committed suicide at his
friend’s place in Munirka Vihar, South Delhi. "A PCR call was received at
5.05 pm yesterday that a person had locked himself in a room at a house in
Munirka Vihar," Police said.According to police, no suicide note was found
from the spot.A South Korean IT professional and friend of Muthu Krishanan told
DNA, "He had come to his friend’s house this afternoon to have food. He
said he wanted to sleep and went to a room and locked himself in."Muthu
Krishanan was from Tamil Nadu's Salem district. He completed MPhil from the
University of Hyderabad (UoH) in 2015 before joining JNU for PhD. On his last
Facebook post, on March 10, he complained about inequality that 'marginals'
faced in the institution. "There is no Equality in M.phil/Phd Admission,
there is no equalitiy (sic) in Viva–voce, there is only denial of equality,
denying prof.Sukhadeo thorat recommendation, denying Students protest places in
Ad – block, denying the education of the Marginal's. When Equality is denied
everything is denied," he wrote.Krishnan was an active member of the
protests post Rohith Vemula's death. Vemula had also committed suicide blaming
discriminations in Hyderabad University. In a 2016 blogpost, he wrote:"I
did not want to hurt her by recalling Rohith’s memories. I remembered myself
with Rohith. I met Rohith 6 times. The first time, I met Rohith at the
south-campus shop com during a protest rally from the north campus. He was
wearing a light gray color shirt, while me and prashanth was in a black shirt. He was enthusiastically
raising slogans. That time I wondered why I never raised slogans. May be the
language barrier, I told myself. But I was amazed with his leadership
skills."JNU Students Union (JNUSU) is alleging that Krishnan was targeted
for his association with the movement seeking justice for Rohith Vemula and
depression made him take the extreme step. Indiatimes.com
TN Parties Join Hands with family's
Demand of CBI Probe Into JNU Student's Death
New Delhi: A 27-year-old Dalit
MPhil scholar of JNU allegedly committed suicide here on Monday.A native of
Salem, Muthukrishnan's family is shattered and shocked. The family refuses to
buy the 'suicide' theory. Muthukrishnan's father, Jeevanantham, demanded a CBI
probe into the events leading to his son's death and called his death a
'murder'.Political parties joined the chorus demanding a thorough probe into
the death of the deceased.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister expressed condolences on
the death of Muthukrishnan. In a statement, he said all efforts to bring the
body back to his native place will be arranged by the govt of Tamil Nadu. TN
Govt also announced a solatium of Rs 3 lakh to the family. AIADMK Deputy
General Secretary TTV Dinakaran demanded a judicial probe into Muthukrishnan's
death. O. Panneerselvam said: "I am deeply saddened. My condolences to his
family. There should be a proper investigation and it should be revealed as to
why he died and what he did. Only then will there be justice for the
student."The Opposition too too demanded a CBI inquiry into the death of
the JNU student. CNN-News18
Father demands CBI probe
into Muthukrishnan's death
JNU student suicide:
Muthukrishnan actively participated in Rohith Vemula protests; all you need to
know
JNU scholar death case
should be handed over to the CBI, demands M K Stalin
Parliament passes Enemy
Property bill
New Delhi:Successors of
those who migrated to Pakistan and China during partition will have no claim
over the properties left behind in India, with Parliament on Tuesday passing a
bill to amend a 49-year-old law. Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation)
Bill, 2016, which amends the Enemy Property Act, 1968, was passed by voice vote
in Lok Sabha, incorporating the amendments made by the Rajya Sabha last week.
Lok Sabha had passed the bill earlier but certain amendments were introduced to
it in the Rajya Sabha, on the recommendations of a Select Committee. Those
amendments had to be approved by Lower House, which was done on Tuesday. RSP
member NK Premachandran had moved a statutory amendment seeking to introduce
clarity with regard to those properties which had already been acquired by the
heirs of the ‘enemy’ property owners, a reference to nationals of Pakistan and
China. According to the bill, “Enemy property” refers to any property belonging
to, held or managed on behalf of an enemy, an enemy subject or an enemy firm. Govt
has vested these properties in the Custodian of Enemy Property for India, an
office instituted under the central govt. After the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, Enemy
Property Act was enacted in 1968, which regulates such properties and lists the
Custodian’s powers.PTI
Jammu: Right-wing groups
try to evict Rohingya refugees
Jammu:Abdul Kareem and
Zahida Begum run a small corner store in Bhatindi, an affluent residential area
of Jammu city. When they arrived here in 2012, after fleeing massacres in
Myanmar's Rakhine state, the residents of this mainly Muslim neighbourhood of
the largely Hindu city rallied around them, offering the young couple a space
from which to run the shop.Now they live in a cramped room beside the shop with
their three sons, aged two, six and eight. The children do not attend school,
although they say they are hoping to send the oldest one this year.The family
are Rohingya Muslims - one of the world's most persecuted ethnic groups - but they
say people here have been kind.India has been receiving Rohingya refugees from
Myanmar since 2008. They arrived in large numbers during 2012, when
anti-Rohingya persecution intensified in neighbouring Myanmar.According to
figures shared by Development and Justice Initiative (DAJI), a NGO that works
with UNHCR, and based on UNHCR data, there are an estimated 10,000 Rohingya
refugees living in India. Approximately 5,700 live in and around the city of
Jammu, although some sources claim the number could, in fact, be much higher.
But in early Feb,the Rohingya refugees started to notice billboards appearing
around the city. "Rohingyas, Bangladeshis quit Jammu," they declared,
asking residents to "Wake up...save history, culture and identity of
Dogras," referring to the Hindu-majority community of Jammu.J&K
National Panthers Party, a right-wing Hindu political party, whose leader,
Harsh Dev Singh, has made public statements about a conspiracy to engineer
"demographic changes" in the region, is behind the billboards. His
theories have found some resonance in a state fractured by the politics of
demography; where a general mistrust exists between residents of the
Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley and those of the southern Jammu region, where
Hindus form two-thirds of the population."There is alarm among the general
masses [in the city]," Singh told Al Jazeera about the presence of the
Muslim Rohingya refugees.Last month, a member of the BJP, Hunar Gupta,
petitioned the Jammu High Court, seeking the identification and deportation of
Rohingya refugees.Aljazeera
Kashmiri girl who wanted to
see her sister’s marriage left partially blinded by pellets
Pulwama:For Mohammad Akram
Mir, 55 a farmer, marriage of his elder daughter married felt like a dream come
true. The dates were set for Nov.2016 and the shopping had started months
earlier. But more than Akram, it was his 16-year-old girl Azra Jan who could
not control the joy of watching her elder sister get married. She had bought
two dresses for the occasion and had planned to put henna on her hands.But
weeks before the planned marriage, a tragedy struck the Mir family. On Oct.31,
as other family members went to a nearby town to buy clothes and jewellery for
the bride, Azra waited at home in Rahmoo village. And, as we have shown in
earlier stories (which can be read here and here), this was a day when the
village youth were pelting stones at the security forces following the death of
over 100 protesters in the previous months. Azra could hear the tear gas
shells, pellet guns, stun grenades and pepper gas grenades being fired and
lobbed in the main Rahmoo market.By 3 pm that day, the intensity of tear gas
shelling had increased manifold. Azra saw security forces barging into the
neighbouring home, vandalising property and beating residents. Feeling threatened
as she was alone in the house, she came out and tried to run towards the main
road. It proved to be a costly mistake.The moment she stepped out, pellets hit
her chest and face as they were raining over her village that day. twocircles
POLLS AND
POLITICS
Kejriwal joins Maya chorus
against EVMs, wants paper ballot in Delhi MCD polls
Delhi;Amid growing chorus
questioning reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs), Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has directed chief secretary
MM Kutty to write to the state election commissioner asking him to hold the
upcoming municipal elections through ballot papers.“State govt recommendation
comes following requests from several political parties to hold local body
polls through ballot paper, as is done in many states,” an AAP functionary
said.The state election commission is likely to announce later today the date
for election to the 3 municipal corporations likely in April this year.Delhi
Congress chief Ajay Maken also wrote to Kejriwal earlier today demanding the
use of ballot papers instead of EVMs. “Serious doubts have cropped up in the
minds of voters as to the free and fair nature of electoral process. We demand
that these elections should be held using the traditional ballot system,” he
wrote.Following the landslide victory of BJP in UP assembly polls, BSP supremo had openly
questioned the reliability of EVMs.Though AAP leadership has desisted from
attributing the party’s loss in Punjab to faulty EVMs,Kejriwal retweeted former
co-worker Prashant Bhushan’s tweet targetting BJP on the issue on
Tuesday.“Those who screamed “democracy at risk due to EVMs” while in
opposition, are now celebrating “democracy by EVMs”, once in power,” Bhushan
tweeted. HT
For MCD election in Delhi,
use ballot paper, not EVMs: CM Kejriwal to Election Commission
Not just Mayawati, BJP's
own LK Advani raised doubts about EVM (after losing elections)
Concerns about EVM fraud
can’t be brushed aside, BJP leaders were first to highlight vulnerability:Abhishek
G Bhaya
Delhi municipal polls on
April 22, EVMs to be used
New Delhi: Delhi Municipal
Corporation elections will be held on April 22 and counting for the same will
be done on April 25.Meanwhile, state Election Commissioner SK Srivastava said
that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) would be used in the upcoming municipal
corporation elections in Delhi.Delhi CM Kejriwal
had written to the Election Commission not to use EVMs and rather conduct the
polling through ballot system.ANI
SC refuses to stay
Parrikar's oath-taking ceremony, orders floor test
New Delhi: Supreme Court today
refused to stay the swearing in of BJP's CM candidate Manohar Parrikar and ordered a floor
test in the Goa Legislative Assembly on March 16.SC was listening to a petition
filed by the Congress challenging the Goa governor's decision to invite the BJP
to form govt in the coastal state.A
special bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar said in its ruling, "You
(Congress) don't have the numbers and that's why you didn't claim to form
govt...You haven't demonstrated before the governor that number is in your
favour."Dismissing the Congress party's petition, the top court then
directed Goa governor Mridula Sinha to hold floor test at 11 AM on March 16 and
made it clear that the only business of the House would be the holding of floor
test after swearing in of the members.TOI
Governor appointed Parrikar
as CM without giving us a hearing:Digvijay
New Delhi:Irked by the
appointment of Manohar Parrikar as the CM of Goa and the invitation to BJP to form govt in the state, Digvijay Singh, general
secretary of AICC, Tuesday expressed anguish over repeated delay from Governor
house on giving an appointment to Congress party.“We had sought an appointment
from her excellency at 10:30am today. But we have been told by Raj Bhavan that
she will only meet us at 1.30pm. Well, it’s her discretion but we would have
been much happier if she had met us earlier.” Singh claimed that Congress had
sought a meeting with the Governor from the evening of March 12, and it has
repeatedly been stalled. “We had also sent a letter to the Governor’s office on
the night of March 12 saying we need an appointment to stake claim.” indianexpress
BJP stealing mandate in
Goa, Manipur with money power, alleges Rahul Gandhi
Goa Forward Party chief
resigns in protest against support to BJP
Goa Forward Party
president, Prabhakar Timble, has resigned from the party minutes after the
newly elected MLAs extended support to the BJP to form the govt in the state.Vijai Sardesai had earlier
confirmed that he along with other two MLAs had decided to extended their
support to BJP with Manohar Parrikar as the new CM .Timble told Janta Ka Reporter,
“I’m not happy with this decision and, therefore, I am resigning from the
party’s president post.” jantakareporter
Live: Parrikar sworn in as
Goa CM , 9 ministers take oath
Manohar Parrikar sworn in
as CM of Goa. 9 MLAs also sworn in as
ministers. BJP gets 2 berths apart from Parrikar, while allies GFP get 3, MGP 2
and Independents 2. livemint
Manohar Parrikar sworn in
as Goa CM
Manipur Governor invites
BJP to form govt, oath ceremony tomorrow
New Delhi: Manipur Governor
Najma Heptullah has invited the BJP to form govt in the state."BJP CM and council of
ministers to take oath tomorrow in Imphal," ANI said.Amit Shah and Union
minister Jitendra Singh will attend the swearing-in ceremony, the news agency
said. timesofindia/ANI
After Parrikar in Goa, why Modi
will prefer Rajnath as UP CM
Under BJP govt., social
fault lines have grown, impacting economy: Chidambaram
Chennai:India cannot
achieve economic growth in the long term if it excludes the minorities and
marginalised sections of society from the political process, veteran Congress
leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram has cautioned.He was delivering
the first annual lecture of The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on
“Will India Script an Uninterrupted Growth Story?” here on Monday.Chidambaram
pointed out that the BJP had not fielded a single Muslim candidate in the
recent Assembly elections in UP, despite the community constituting 19.3 % of
the population in the State.“Is it possible to ensure long term economic growth
by excluding from the political process the largest community or women or the
Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes,” he asked. thehindu
BJP closes electoral
college gap, Modi keeps suspense alive over next President: hindustantimes
New Delhi:PM Narendra Modi has inched closer to getting a
person of his choice as the country’s next President. A three-fourth majority
in UP fills much of the deficit that the
BJP had to get its nominee occupy the Raisina Hils. Will that cheer up BJP’s
two senior leaders, LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who now have a largely
ceremonial role in party’s Margdarshak Mandal? Advani and Joshi, both, were
Modi’s mentors in Delhi and Ahmedabad. During his initial days in Delhi, Modi
would spend most of his evening taking lessons from Joshi. When Joshi unfurled
the tricolour at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk in 1992, he had Modi by his side. It was
Modi’s first tryst with the limelight. The credit to send Modi to Gujarat to
take over as chief minster goes to Advani who also stood by him in his days of
crisis.Will Modi now offer guru dakshina to his mentors? BJP leaders have their
fingers crossed but there is underlying feeling that it would be unlikely.“Lagta
nahi hai” is the common refrain of BJP leaders on the possibility of the two
veterans becoming country’s President and Vice- President.Election for a new
President is due in July when Pranab Mukherjee completes his five-year term.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari ends his second term in August.Many names and
theories are doing the rounds in BJP circles about who will occupy the top two
seats.From a Dalit to a woman and a tribal to a RSS choice; the guessing game
is far from over.Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Jharkhand governor Draupadi
Murmu,Bihar governor Ramnath Kovid, Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand
Gehlot, I&B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj and nominated Rajya Sabha member Narendra Jadhav-BJP leaders’ guess list
is just growing. Some don’t even rule out a second term to incumbent Pranab
Mukherjee.
Reservation row in Haryana:
Jat protesters observe ‘Black Holi’; burn effigies of PM Modi
Rohtak:Jat protesters in
Rohtak and adjoining districts on Sunday burnt effigies of BJP leaders,
including PM Narendra Modi and Haryana CM
Manohar Lal Khattar, and observed ‘Black
Holi’ at the ongoing dharnas to press for their demands, including reservation
and withdrawal of cases against the community youths in connection with last
year’s stir.Visibly upset with the BJP’s spectacular victory in UP assembly
elections, All India Jat Aarakshan Samiti (AIJASS) president Yashpal Malik, who
hails from UP and had been maintaining that BJP will not get Jats’ support in
the state, said the saffron polarised the electorate on communal lines and secured
the Jat votes as well. hindustantimes
OTHERS
27 Indians Reportedly
Missing In Saudi, ATS Probes
Domkal: ATS of Maharashtra
has launched an inquiry into the disappearance of 27 Murshidabad-based pilgrims
in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah. The probe was initiated after a Mumbai-based travel
agent alerted the ATS that the pilgrims neither reached their hotel nor come
back on their expected date of return. ATS has also duly informed the centre
about the missing persons.Among the 27 people who left for Jeddah is
44-year-old Sekh Nuruzzaman, a resident of Murshidabad's Domkal, who was
supposed to return on Feb.22. His travel agent says that while Nuruzzaman left
for Haj Umrah but did not return."Mumbai ATS called me and asked for
information, which I shared. I have given them passport information, visa
details, contact details of their team leader," says the travel agent to
NDTV, on condition of anonymity. But, interestingly, none of the local police
stations in West Bengal's Murshidabad have any complaints regarding people
going missing in Saudi Arabia. Even Nuruzzaman's wife says that he is working
in Jeddah and calls her regularly to check on his family."I don't know
what he is doing there. The next time he calls, I will ask him and let you
know. Whenever he calls, he tells me he is fine. I am sure he is not involved
in anything illegal," she says. Local police sources say that Murshidabad
sends thousands of people to different parts of Saudi Arabia as labourers, many
of whom never return."This is why there are no missing complaints,"
they say.NDTV
Ex-judges express concern
over UAPA’s ‘draconian’ provisions
Mumbai:“On May 1, 1956,
freedom fighter Jayaprakash Narayan had written a letter to the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru. JP had written that 95% of
the Muslims in J&K do not want to be part of India, and it is unfair for
India to rule Kashmir. If he were alive today, he could be arrested under the
UAPA, for talking about secession,” said former High Court Judge Hosbet Suresh
at a seminar in Marine Lines on Saturday.The seminar organised by People’s
Movement against UAPA saw participation of a number of victims, former High
Court judges, and police officers, who voiced their opinion against the
anti-terrorism law. UAPA was enacted post 26/11 attacks. Pointing out the
‘draconian’ provisions, KP Mohamed Sheriff, vice-chairperson of National
Confederation of Human Rights Organisations, said, “Under Section 43(d) of the
Act, there is no anticipatory bail or bail after arrest. One can be detained
without a charge up to 180 days. The trials conducted are in-camera closed-room
ones. There are provisions for secret witnesses. How can you ensure a fair
trial under such a law? Even though thousands are languishing in jails, there
is a conviction rate of only 1.8%.”Kamal Faruqui, convener of the event, said
the law acts as a tool for discrimination against the Muslims. Another member EM
Abdul Rehman accused the judiciary of discrimination. Arun Ferreira, an
advocate who was arrested under the UAPA, said the police are given a free hand
under the law. The hindu
WhatsApp talaaq:
Petitioners want uniform civil code
Hyderabad:On a day when the
Hyderabad High Court accepted the case filed by two women from the city, who
were pronounced triple talaq by their husbands residing in the US through
WhatsApp, the women said Sharia was misused in their case.One of the
petitioners, Mehreen Noor told Express, “My husband Usman Quraishi typed talaq
thrice for no fault of mine. I have not even been able to talk to him ever
since then. I do believe in Sharia but in my case it is being misused.” “This divorce in violation of Article 14 and
21 of our Constitution and also violation of Muslim Personal Law Board and
dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act. Hence, I will go by the uniform civil code
to seek justice, she pointed out.”Meanwhile, seconding her stand, Mehreen’s
sister-in-law Syeda Fatima, whose in-laws stated that their son Syed Fayazuddin
has pronounced triple talaq to her, said, “After admitting me to hospital for
delivery in January, 2016, my husband did not come to see me once. Meanwhile,
my in-laws told my husband that I went with the child to my mother instead of
coming to him,” she said.“This is how they infuriated him against me and he
left for the US without meeting us. Now, my in-laws say that he divorced me and
sent me a notice. I have not received any such notice,” she added. “I am tired
of different Muslim scholars and clergies coming up with different
interpretations of Sharia to solve our case,” she added. New Indian express
WhatsApp talaq case:
Hyderabad HC asks state how it is protecting Muslim women
HC notices to govt, hubbies
on talaq via WhatsApp
I will not accept triple
talaq, says woman from Pune
Pune;A 21-year-old woman
from Mominpura in Ghorpade Peth has embarked on a battle against the practice
of ‘triple talaq’ .The woman was married to a 26-year-old man in Hadapsar on
May 24, 2015. She said her husband sent her a legal notice, on Feb.22 this
year, stating he has ended their relationship by giving her a ‘triple talaq’ on
Feb.10. “I have replied to this legal notice though our lawyer, saying I do not
accept this triple talaq,” she said while speaking to The Indian Express.On
March 7, the woman lodged a complaint of physical and mental harassment against
her husband and seven others, including her in-laws, at the Wanavdi police
station under sections 377, 498 (a), 323, 504, 506,109, 342, 34 of IPC. She
also alleged that her husband was forcing her to have unnatural sex.“We had gathered
at a relative’s place for a discussion to settle the dispute… not for triple
talaq. Believing that things would improve, I had also purchased new clothes
and sweets for my daughter before going for the discussion….I have decided to
fight against the injustice done to my daughter.I have contacted Pune Police
Commissioner Rashmi Shukla on WhatsApp. We hope that she will help us. We want
police to take strict action against the accused,” said the complainant’s
father. The woman and her father have also sought help from the Muslim
Satyashodhak Mandal (MSM), a NNGO fighting for the rights of Muslim women. Indian
Express
BJP posting bail for Hindus
arrested for rioting in Bengal
In the past 6 months, the
BJP in West Bengal has arranged for the bail of approximately 150 Hindus who
were arrested in clashes with Muslims in various parts of the state, much to
the frustration and astonishment of CM Mamata Banerjee.Bengal has witnessed several
clashes between Hindus and Muslims over the past few months, but almost every
such clash has been hushed up by the state and/or under-reported by the media,
for fear of leading to further flare-ups. But the atmosphere is still tense in
several areas, where the police is on tenterhooks and fears clashes. huffingtonpost
4 Muslims thrashed,
stripped, paraded by saffron activists
Hubballi: 4 Muslim youths
stripped, thrashed black and blue and paraded by a group of Hindutva activist
for allegedly circulating an ‘inflammatory’ video clipping.According to report
published in Deecan Herald, the incident happened on Saturday in Nargund town
of Gadag district.Police sources said the video clipping was recorded seven
months ago and was recently circulated to members of a right wing
organisation.This infuriated members of Hindutva outfit who arrived at
tailoring shop where the victims worked.The attacker men, a group of around 40
stripped Khaja Sab Malasamudra (26) and 3 others, including two minors,
thrashed them all the way to Nargund police station.Gadag Superintendent of
Police K Santosh Babu said with the help of the video, they were able to
detained three main accused.“The footage is clear enough to identify the attackers,
and based on this we have arrested the three main accused” adding that search
is on for the remaining attackers and also Jamal, who recorded the
objectionable video. The leader of both the communities do not wish to register
a complaint.The injured are being treated at Karnataka Institute of Medical
Science, Hubballi and Nargund taluk hospital. siasat
Communal tension in Amethi
during Holi:UNI
Amethi: Communal tension prevailed in Piparpur police
station area of the Amethi district today during the celebration of Holi
festival. Clash took place between 2 communities over spraying of colour in
Ramganj village. However Police took control of the situation and used mild
'lathi-charge' to disperse the rioting mob who were pelting stones on each other.
Seven people received minor injuries in the clash, sources informed.
‘Children Bank of India’ notes worth Rs 9.90L
surface in Hyderabad, man held
Hyderabad:Hyderabad Police
arrested on Tuesday a man who was allegedly trying to deposit Rs 9.90 lakh in
fake currency notes bearing the name of “Children’s Bank of India”.Malkajgiri
police arrested one Yousuf Shaik from Moula-Ali area of the city after he was
caught by Allahabad Bank staff while allegedly trying to deposit fake currency
in the denominations of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500.This comes weeks after fake Rs 2000
banknotes bearing the imprint of the “Children Bank of India” were dispensed
from ATMs in Delhi and UP.According to the police, Shaik allegedly came to the
Allahabad Bank branch near Radhika Theatre at AS Rao Nagar soon after the bank
opened at 10.30 am. He quietly handed over a few bundles of notes to the bank
cashier to deposit the same in his savings bank account. There were in all 400
notes of Rs 2,000 denomination and 380 notes of Rs 500 denomination, amounting
to a total of Rs 9.90 lakh, police said. hindustantimes
Note ban will not help
India in corruption fight: US-based economist Srinivasan
New Delhi: Noted US-based
economist TN Srinivasan has cast serious doubts on the efficacy of the cash ban
move, saying it will not help in fighting the menace of black money. Srinivasan
of Yale University, who at one point taught RBI governor Urjit Patel,
emphasized that the govt needs to come out with a "well thought-out"
policy to combat corruption. "There was and is no well thought-out
anti-corruption policy to combat corruption. Rooting out corruption and
increasing transparency through a policy such as demonetization as implemented
in India are unlikely to come about," Srinivasan, Samuel C Park Jr
Professor Emeritus of Economics, Yale University said.PTI
WORLD
European court rules
employers can ban women from wearing Islamic headscarves and religious symbols
European Court of Justice
has ruled that companies can ban employees from wearing the Islamic headscarf,
but only as part of prohibitions including other religious and political
symbols.It is the first case of its kind amid a series of legal disputes over
the right for Muslim women to wear the hijab at work.“An internal rule of an undertaking
which prohibits the visible wearing of any political, philosophical or
religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination,” the court said in a
statement. “However, in the absence of such a rule, the willingness of an
employer to take account of the wishes of a customer no longer to have the
employer's services provided by a worker wearing an Islamic headscarf cannot be
considered an occupational requirement that could rule out discrimination.”
Luxembourg-based court found that a headscarf ban may also constitute “indirect
discrimination” if people adhering to a particular religion or belief, such as
Muslims, are put at a particular disadvantage.But indirect discrimination is
permissible if it is “objectively justified by a legitimate aim”, such as a
company's policy of neutrality, provided that the means of achieving it are
appropriate and necessary.Independent
Human rights groups say EU court
decision on Hijab will further alienate Muslim women
Human rights
campaigners and Muslim women have condemned a ruling by Europe’s top court that
it is lawful for employers to ban workers from the “visible wearing of any
political, philosophical or religious sign”, including the hijab.
Muslim couple sues US’
United airlines after being kicked off flight
Washington:A Muslim couple
has sued US’ United Airlines for forcing them off a flight last year after they
sought help with a child booster seat, alleging that they were discriminated
against based on faith. Mohamad and Eaman Shebley, of northern Chicago suburbs,
alleged that they were preparing to take off on a flight from Chicago’s O’Hare
International Airport to Washington DC when they were suddenly kicked off.The
Shebleys filed the lawsuit on Friday in a federal court through attorneys with
the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in
connection with the March 20, 2016, incident aboard the SkyWest flight,
operating as United Express from Chicago to Washington. An attorney for the
couple said they think “inherent bias” prompted flight crew members to kick the
Shebleys off the United Flight after Eaman asked for assistance with a child
booster seat.PTI
Trump gives CIA authority
to carry out drone strikes
Washington:US President
Donald Trump has reportedly given CIA necessary authorisation to carry out
drone strikes against terror groups, a move that could have implications for
Pakistan. This is a change from the policies of the previous Obama
Administration under which the Department of Defence was authorised to carry
out such strikes and the CIA used drones to gather intelligence information,
The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.PTI
UN: Syria jets deliberately
hit Damascus water supply
UN investigators have
accused Syria's air force of deliberately bombing water facilities in December
on the outskirts of Damascus, a war crime that cut off water for 5.5 million
people in and around the capital.Rebels had controlled the springs of the Wadi
Barada valley, northwest of Damascus, since 2012 and faced a major offensive by
Syrian govt forces and their allies, despite a ceasefire deal. The rebels
withdrew at the end of Jan. UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry
on Syria on Tuesday said it had found no evidence of deliberate contamination
of the water supply or demolition by armed groups, as the Syrian govt maintained
at the time.Commission said there were no reports of people suffering water
contamination on or before Dec23, when Syrian air force hit Ain al-Fijeh spring
with at least 2 air raids."While the presence of armed group fighters at
(the) spring constituted a military target, the extensive damage inflicted to
the spring had a devastating impact on more than five million civilians in both
govt and opposition controlled areas who were deprived of regular access to potable
water for over 1 month," report, which based its conclusions on interviews
with residents and satellite imagery, as well as publicly available information,
said."Attack amounts to the war crime of attacking objects indispensable
for the survival of the civilian population, and further violated the principle
of proportionality in attacks."Meanwhile, Syrian opposition said it would
not attend a third round of Syria talks on Tuesday in Astana, leaving little
hope for a breakthrough in ending conflict.aljazeera
Iraq forces hit stiff
resistance in Mosul's Old City
Iraqi forces battling ISIL
faced tough resistance from snipers and mortar rounds on Monday as they tried
to advance on Mosul's Old City and a bridge across the Tigris River in their
campaign to retake it.Progress was slowed by heavy rain but units were only 100
metres from the Iron Bridge that connects the Old City with the eastern side of
Mosul, military officials said. Since starting the campaign in October to push
the ISIL out of its last stronghold in the country, Iraqi forces with US-led
coalition support have recaptured eastern Mosul and about 40% of the city's
west. aljazeera
Malaysian politician,
Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali seeks to defend Zakir Naik by intervening in lawsuit
Kuala Lumpur: Perkasa
president Datuk Ibrahim Ali today announced plans to defend both Dr Zakir Naik
and Islam by intervening in a lawsuit seeking the arrest and deportation of the
Muslim preacher from Malaysia.Ibrahim said he applied today to be a party to
the lawsuit by 19 human rights activist, claiming that the court case affected
the “rights and interests of Muslims to hear and obtain knowledge directly
through the talks and sermons presented by Dr Zakir Naik”.Speaking at the High
Court here, Ibrahim noted that Perkasa’s goals include the strengthening of
Islam as the religion of the federation. Ibrahim said Perkasa’s 700,000-strong
members are mostly Muslims except for some Bumiputera members from Sabah and
Sarawak, and that they therefore have the right to come to court as Malaysian
citizens to defend Dr Zakir.themalaymailonline
Protests against
Palestinian Authority in Ramallah
Hundreds of Palestinians
yesterday held a protest against the Palestinian Authority security agencies
and their suppression of a protest on Sunday near Ramallah’s court during which
demonstrators were attacked with tear gas.The participants chanted slogans
against the Palestinian Authority and its security forces, and called for the
security coordination with Israel to be stopped. middleeastmonitor
Study: 89% of Arabs believe
Israel is a threat to the region
Russia appears to deploy
forces in Egypt, eyes on Libya role -sources
Russia appears to have
deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with
Libya in recent days, US, Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that
would add to US concerns about Moscow’s deepening role in Libya.T
Hosni Mubarak to be
released this week
Spain's Moriscos: a 400
year old Muslim tragedy is a story for today:Matthew Carr, author of Blood and
Faith
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