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Centre may modify cattle trade rules: Buffaloes likely to be removed
from govt’s ‘no slaughter’ list after protests
New Delhi: Centre is understood to be having a rethink on its order
restricting the sale of animals, including cows and buffaloes, for slaughter
following the stiff opposition from some states, including Kerala. Govt is
likely to exempt buffaloes from the ‘no slaughter’ list, an official said on
Monday.“We have received some representations over the list of animals included
(in the new cattle slaughter rules). We are working on it,” AN Jha, secretary
in the union environment ministry said. The environment ministry, on May 26,
modified the rules to prevent cruelty to animals, making it mandatory to ensure
that cattle are not bought or sold for slaughtering. The list of animals that
cannot be bought or sold for slaughter through cattle markets includes cows,
bulls, buffaloes, heifers, calves and camels. However, a day after notifying
the modifications, the ministry said that the animals for the purpose of
slaughtering could be procured directly from the farmers at their respective farms.
After notifying the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (Regulation of Livestock
Markets) Rules-2017, the ministry clarified that the aim was to regulate the
animal market and prevent cruelty to animals.To ensure the rules are
implemented, undertakings would have to be taken in the market by the ‘District
Animal Market Monitoring Committee’ at the district level and the ‘Animal
Market Committee’ at the local level.Ever since the notification of the
modified rules, there have been widespread protests against the new norms in
various states, especially Kerala. Youth Congress activists took to the streets
in the state,but caused outrage by publicly slaughtering an ox during one such
protest.The state’s ruling CPI-M held over 300 “beef festivals” across Kerala
where cooked beef was served.IANS
Centre to modify regulation on cattle slaughter, may exempt buffalo
Centre will examine representations regarding controversial Rules
relating to sale of cattle
Cattle trade ban to halt beef exports, lead to job losses
New Delhi: Govt’s ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter threatens $4
billion in annual beef exports and millions of jobs if the Govt does not revoke the stoppage decreed last
week, according to two industry officials.In the latest setback to the
Muslim-dominated meat industry, PM Modi’s Govt decreed animal markets will only be able to
trade cattle for agricultural purposes such as ploughing and dairy production. The
ban is likely to further alienate Muslims, who make up 14 % of India’s 1.3
billion people, and raise communal and religious tensions. Hindu hardliners and
cow vigilante groups have been increasingly asserting themselves since Modi’s
Hindu nationalist Govt came to power in
2014.Most of India’s beef comes from water buffalo rather than cows, which are
considered holy by Hindus, but local cattle traders and slaughterhouses have
repeatedly come under attacks from activist groups that oppose the meat
trade.“In the garb of the order that prohibits the trading of cattle at
organised markets, the Govt has tried to
impose a ban on the meat industry,” Abdul Faheem Qureshi, head of the Muslim
All India Jamiatul Quresh Action Committee, told Reuters. Reuters
Cattle slaughter economy: How ban on sale of cattle for killing may
affect industry, employment
Cattle ban to put Meat Products of India in crisis:director
Kochi: Amid a public outcry over the Centre's notification banning sale
of cattle for slaughter, a PSU in Kerala fears that its business will be badly
hit for want of raw materials. Meat Products of India Ltd (MPI), a meat and
meat products manufacturing company in Ernakulam district, sources materials
mainly from AP, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and if the rule is strictly
implemented, there would be no movement of livestock including buffaloes, said
one of its top officials. Ironically, Centre's move has come when MPI enhanced
the capacity of its plant spending Rs 31.5 crore, Shaju Jacob, one of the
directors of MPI said."The new rule will put MPI in a crisis. Sourcing
livestock will be a big problem," Jacob said.PTI
New rules on cattle trade: Centre handed over death certificate, say
leather exporters
Kolkata: Leather exporters here on Sunday said the Centre’s decision to
ban sale of cattle from animal markets for slaughter will adversely affect the
industry. Representatives of Council of Leather Exports, CLA Tanners
Association and Indian Leather Products Association also threatened to move
court if the decision was either not revoked or amended.“If the Centre does not
immediately withdraw or amend the notification then we will approach the
court,” said Imran Ahmed Khan, general secretary of CLA Tanners Association.
The exporters also threatened to hit the streets and informed that they would
approach CM Mamata Banerjee over the issue. According to data provided by the
leather exporters, the centre’s decision would hit close to 35 million people
involved in the leather sector and also hit 22 million people involved with the
meat industry. Exports to decline by 50% from USD 7 billion to USD 3.5 billion
and will cripple the leather industry because of such a decision of the Centre.
indianexpress
New cattle slaughter rules are 'anti-farmer', will hurt economy: Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind
New Delhi:Criticising the new cattle slaughter rules, Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind (JIH) termed it ‘anti-farmer’ and said it will ‘damage the country’s
economy’.JIH Secretary General Muhammad Salim Engineer said, 'We feel that the
new rules for cattle slaughter are completely anti-farmer, anti-people and will
hurt India’s economy. Govt is surreptitiously trying to impose a countrywide
ban on the slaughter of cattle by issuing the order via Ministry of Environment
as it knows that it cannot impose a total ban on beef consumption directly.By
equating slaughter with cruelty and criminalising the natural process of
culling of old, infirm and unproductive cattle and buffaloes, the Govt has hit
the dairy farming industry as according to experts, nearly 40% of their income
is through the sale of unproductive cows. Another important aspect that is
being ignored is that only 30% of slaughtered cattle is used for meat
consumption.’ UNI
New cattle slaughter rules anti-farmer,to hurt economy:JIH
New Cattle Slaughter Rules Are Anti-Farmer, Will Hurt Economy:
Jamaat-e-Islami
Mamata challenges Modi Govt's cattle slaughter ban, calls it
unconstitutional
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has challenged the new legislation
brought by Central Govt to implement ban
on cattle slaughter.In a press conference in Kolkata, West Bengal CM said that
Centre's move is unconstitutional. She said that West Bengal will neither
accept it nor are they bound by it. She said it is a move by Modi Govt to
demoralize and destroy the federal structure of the county. She branded it as
direct encroachment to federal structure. According to Mamata Banerjee, it is
unnecessarily bulldozing and imposing of Centre's writ on the state. Mamata
Banerjee said that the law is very clear as per constitution and the Centre has
no right to dictate terms to states with respect to List 2 of 7th Schedule.
She said that they will challenge the law constitutionally.dnaindia
New cattle slaughter rule can destroy federal structure:CM
Kerala cow slaughter: Congress distances itself, Rahul Gandhi says it’s
‘barbaric, thoughtless’
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi condemned on Sunday the
slaughter of a cow by his party’s youth activists in Kerala, terming the
incident “barbaric and completely unacceptable” in the wake of a political
tug-of-war.Youth groups of the state’s ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and
Congress-headed UDF opposition killed the animal in Kannur in public view on
Saturday evening, cooked its meat and distributed it during a “Beef Fest” to
protest against the BJP-led central Govt ’s new rules on cattle trade that ban
the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets. Congress
and other Opposition parties have been fierce critics of the Centre’s NDA Govt over
self-styled cow protectors, but Gandhi’s condemnation made it clear that his
party was distancing itself from the incident. Kannur Police in north Kerala
booked some Youth Congress activists, who were charged under the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act 1960.But Youth Congress worker Rijil Makulti, accused of
the cattle slaughter, said: “We don’t regret our act. This was done as part of
our protest.”Kerala govt, for its part, suggested it could bring in a law to
counter the central Govt rules. hindustantimes
Why are seculars silent on Kerala beef festivals: UP CM
IIT Madras students organise beef fest inside campus to protest Centre’s
new rules on cattle slaughter
New Delhi : Around 50 students of IIT Madras participated in a ‘beef
fest’ inside the campus to protest the Centre’s recent decision to ban trade of
cattle for slaughter in animal markets, news agency ANI reported. indianexpress
DMK leader Stalin to lead protest in Chennai against Centre’s new rules
on cattle slaughter
New Delhi: DMK working president M K Stalin will lead a protest on
Wednesday in Chennai against the Centre’s recent decision to ban trade of
cattle for slaughter in animal markets, news agency ANI reported. Earlier, the
DMK scion had called for repealing the beef ban law, saying it infringes on the
right of every citizen to make their food choices. He had also asked the BJP Govt
to recuse itself from “endangering the
pluralism by instituting monolithic laws”. indianexpress
New cattle trade rules whimsical, will impact livelihood: Bengal
Congress
Terming Centre’s new cattle trade rules “whimsical”, the West Bengal
Pradesh Congress on Monday said it will adversely impact the livelihood of
millions associated with meat industry and allied sectors.“We think that by
suddenly coming up with such rules, the Centre is hampering the livelihood of
millions of poor Indians. It will also adversely impact the country’s meat
industry of approximately Rs 1 lakh crore,” Congress state unit President Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury said.IANS
Meghalaya BJP leader promises cheaper beef, debate rages over cattle
trade ban
Guwahati: A BJP leader from Meghalaya has said the party would make beef
cheaper if voted to power in the northeastern state which is a due for assembly
election next year.Bernard Marak’s promise comes at the time when BJP-led union
Govt is facing severe criticism for its recent directive banning sale and
purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter. “Consumption of beef is a
routine thing among Garo people, most of who are Christians. But the prices are
very high as there is no regularisation. If elected, our party will regularise
sale, which will bring prices down,”Marak said. There would be no ban on
consumption of beef in the state, said Marak, who is the president of the
party’s Tura city unit in Garo Hills.Marak’s views on bringing down the price
were his own and not those of the party, state BJP chief Shibun Lyngdoh said.
HT
RSS' Muslim affiliate to campaign against cattle slaughter in Bengal
Kolkata: RSS affiliate Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) is, for the first
time in Bengal, launching awareness campaigns to make the community aware of
cattle slaughter.There are nearly 300 MRM workers active in Bengal and all of
them have decided to become part of this campaign to save cows during iftars in
June at Muslim dominated districts including Murshidabad, Malda, North and
South Dinajpur. Idea to start a campaign was talked about at a RSS meeting in
Haridwar, after which RSS pracharak Indresh Kumar, who also mentors MRM,
started planning the drive.News18.com
Cow-Politics of BJP Govt is Not Acceptable to Nagas: Nagaland's NPCC
https://www.northeasttoday.in/cow-politics-of-bjp-govt-is-not-acceptable-to-nagas-nagaland-congress/
BJP Govt imposing nationwide ban on sale of cow/cattle
for slaughter by taking shelter under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,
1960 is a blatant display of their communal and divisive agenda which is not
acceptable to Nagas, according to a statement issued by the Media Cell of the
Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC).“Giving legal cover to their
divisive agenda is fraught with dangerous ramifications. The rise of cow
vigilantism and violence against beef consuming people has created huge fault
lines within the society like never before”, the statement said.NPCC haS
alleged that “BJP-RSS indulging in cow politics is just a ploy to cover up
their failures after promising acche din to the people. Three years into power,
PM Modi and his bhakts are still behaving like opposition. Other than cow
politics, BJP is only busy in celebrating and inaugurating Congress led UPA
projects nationwide”. northeasttoday
Ban on cattle slaughter insult to Christians, Muslims: Manipur Cong
Shillong: Manipur Congress has said Centre’s ban on sale of cattle for
slaughtering was a direct attack on Christians and Muslims.The ban of cattle
slaughter was against Muslims and Christians and a challenge to the two
communities by the BJP-led NDA Govt at
the Centre, said Congress spokesperson and sitting MLA Md Fajur Rehman. nagalandpost
Cattle trade rules go against 1960 law as Animals Act does not impose
curbs on sale of cattle for slaughter or sacrifices
OTHERS
‘Isn’t this our country?’ Why Indian Muslims feel shaken and ‘harassed’:
HT spl report
Kishanganj/Bareilly/Deoband: Anam Nisha is a first-year student in the
department of chemical engineering at the Rohilkhand University in Bareilly.
The daughter of a mechanic, her parents battled hostile relatives,
uncomfortable with sending a girl to college, and decided to educate her— she
will become the first engineer in her family. Nisha has made friends with her
classmates, a majority of Hindus. But something changed during the 2017
elections in UP.“I did not feel this earlier. But in this election, among our
friends, this feeling of being Hindu and Muslim sharpened. In discussions, our
friends made us feel we were different.” She says the BJP had created this
‘division’.Mohammed Tanweer, a final year student from Gorakhpur, nods. “When
the PM came and said kabristan and shamshanghat, we felt uncomfortable. Look at
issues being raised everyday. It makes us sometimes ask — do we have the wrong
name?” No generalisation about a community as large and diverse as Indian
Muslims can be entirely accurate. Yet, in the course of meeting dozens of young
Muslims, from west UP to the eastern most edge of Bihar, it became clear that
Nisha and Tanweer are not exceptions. Muslims are shaken, disturbed, and
worried. Firoze Ahmad is an assistant professor in the AMU’s campus in
Kishanganj, in Bihar’s Seemanchal. “Muslims have begun avoiding public
gatherings because anything you say can be misconstrued. On social media, as
soon as you say something, you are immediately branded anti-national,
terrorist, and of course Pakistani,” he says. A survey conducted by the
well-regarded Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in 4 states — Gujarat,
Haryana, Odisha and Karnataka — gives a clue into the mindset that leads to
these labels. Only 13% of Hindus saw Muslims as ‘highly patriotic’, even though
77% Muslims saw themselves as ‘highly patriotic’.When asked what, specifically,
was bothering him, Firoze Ahmad says, “Look at the hate campaigns. When they
say love jehad, raise triple talaq, talk of gau raksha, want ghar wapsi, who
are they targeting? There is a common pattern. They want to ignite new debates
with Muslims as the target group.” Shadab Khan is pursuing an MBA in the
campus. “This nationalism discourse has created a gulf. If I say I love
Barcelona, I am a nationalist. But if I say I love Pakistani player Shahid
Afridi, I become an anti-national. This has percolated down to every college,
every street, every social media conversation.”Across age groups and regions,
most Muslims blamed BJP and the Sangh parivar, but they were as critical of the
media. Back in Bareilly, Heeba Roshan, a second year student of chemical
engineering, noted, with a laugh, “There would have been far more peace, and so
much less insecurity, if we all stopped TV news.” And all of this is leading to a question that
Khan — the Kishanganj student — asks bluntly, “I have always felt Indian. But
today, I am being forced to ask myself — is this my country?”HT
UP: 3 Muslim youths attacked while returning from “taraweeh”, 1 died
Gonda: In Sahibganj area of Gonda district in UP , a violent incident
occurred yesterday when 3 Muslim youths who were returning after offering
“Taraweeh” prayer were attacked by miscreants with sharp weapons.One of the
victims died and others were rushed to hospital. According to the preliminary
report, the victims are identified as Pappu Mistry, Arman and another Muslim.
During the attack by miscreants, all the three received serious injuries.They were
rushed to hospital immediately. However, Pappu Mistry succumbed to injuries
while the condition of the other two youths is very serious.After the incident,
a large crowd gathered at hospital and the area became tense. SP, Umesh Kumar
Singh and other police officials reached the hospital.It may be mentioned that
this incident took place after the visit of CM. siasat
Malegaon: Cow vigilantes thrash meat traders on suspicion of possessing
beef
New Delhi: A group of cow vigilantes thrashed two meat traders in Malegaon
area on suspicion of possessing beef. The incident that happened on Friday saw
the men assaulting and abusing them. The whole incident was captured on mobile
camera and made available by news agency ANI. In the video, one of the
assailants was seen slapping the victim and demanding him to say “jai Sri Ram”.
They were later heard talking about taking the victims to the police station.In
Maharashtra, it is illegal to slaughter bulls and bullocks after the state Govt
introduced a ban in 2015. However, it is
not illegal to possess meat from the animals. Indian express
Don’t take Allah’s name, say Jai Shri Ram instead: Hindutva terrorists
to Muslims traders: Janta ka reporter
In yet another shocking incident of Hindutva terrorists traumatising
Muslim victims, a group of right-wing goons have mercilessly thrashed a Muslim
boy for allegedly possessing beef in Maharashtra. Video of the incident has now
gone viral on social media platforms.In the video, which was reportedly shot in
Maharashtra’s Malegaon district on 26 May, a group of Hindutva terrorists are
seen mercilessly thrashing a young man for allegedly possessing beef, which can
be seen lying on the floor. The victim defends himself by clarifying that the
meat on the floor is of buffalo, but to no avail.Attackers also get enraged on victim
pronouncing Allah’sname in desperation.
Saharanpur caste violence: Too scared to work for Thakurs, Dalits get
squeezed for jobs
Saharanpur: Not so long ago, Om Veer, a Dalit labourer and Amarpal
Singh, a Thakur landlord were dependent on each other for work. But today,
these two residents of Shabbirpur village do not want to even meet each
other.Two clashes in twenty days have widened the caste fault lines between the
2 communities in Shabbirpur -- the epicentre of the Thakur-Dalit clashes in
Saharanpur district of western UP .“We used to work for Thakurs in the farms.
Now, we are too scared to even venture near their houses. Even they will not
give us work,” said Om Veer, 30.Unwilling to work for Thakurs, Dalits, like
Veer have lost jobs. Upper caste Thakurs like Amar Pal don’t want to hire them
anymore. Prior to strife, the Thakur landlords would easily employ Dalit
labourers from the village itself. Today, they struggle to hire outsiders.“We
don’t even look at them, forget giving them work” Veer’s employer Amar Pal
said. “Our men used to work in their
fields for the longest of time. But, divide has widened, the hatred
intensified. We may be attacked again,” said Kamla Devi, 55 one of the affected
Dailt woman inside her half-burnt house. She was discharged from hospital after
15-day treatment this week.Villagers said the situation had started returning
to normalcy between two arsons on May 5 and May 23.“We had started mingling
with them (Dalits) before May 23. But everything has changed now. Working with
them seems out of question,”said irrigation dept employee Ashok Kumar, a Thakur
alleging Dalits torched his cow shed that day.The village adopted by
Saharanpur’s BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal is home to 4000 people comprising 40%
Dalits and an equal proportion of Thakurs .Amid uneasy calm, fear looms large
among the Dalits who are picking up the broken pieces of their lives. Thakurs,
it seems, have found reason to further establish their supremacy.HT
Bridge over Yamuna river breaks internet barrier in riot-hit Saharanpur
Modi Govt only ‘inaugurated,
renamed’ projects of UPA : Shiv Sena
Mumbail: The Shiv Sena, a key ally of the BJP, today said the Narendra
Modi Govt only “inaugurated and renamed”
the projects started by the previous UPA dispensation and nothing new, barring
demonetisation, has been achieved in its three years in office.The Sena, a
constituent of the NDA Govt , also asked if the common man and farmers, who
were among the worst hit by demonetisation, were part of its third anniversary
celebrations.Apart from the note ban, nothing new has been done by the Govt ,
the Sena said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. “Some important
and big projects were started by the previous Govt and they were just being inaugurated and
renamed with vigour,” it said, citing the examples of the Bhupen Hazarika
Dhola–Sadiya bridge in Assam and the Chenani-Nashri tunnel in J&K .PTI
Hoardings in Kanpur depict Modi as ‘modern day Dhritarashtra’ of
Mahabharata
Kanpur: Hoardings projecting PM Narendra Modi as ‘modern day Dhritarashtra’
have been put up in Kanpur wherein Congress has targeted the BJP Govt at the Centre on its third anniversary.In the
epic Mahabharata, Dhritarashtra is the blind king who ignored the follies of
his sons which lead to the destruction of his clan, Kaurava by the
Pandavas.“Modi sarkar, teen saal bemisaal, janta pooch rahi sawaal,” read one
such hoarding, with 10 questions addressed to the NDA-led BJP Govt .In the
billboard, PM Modi is seen sitting on a throne with a lotus. On the other side
of the poster, CM Yogi is portrayed as a Hindu saint, sitting cross-legged on
the floor and carrying a staff with lotus flower attached to its upper end.PTI
Haryana Archaeologists Discover: ‘Bones from cooked meat found at
Harappan site’
Chandigarh : Archaeologists from Haryana Govt have claimed to have found bones from cooked
meat at an ongoing excavation in one of the oldest “Harappan sites” in Kunal,
which they say could provide clues to the dietary habits of that time. Bone
samples are yet to be tested, but the archaeologists involved in the excavation
say they may belong to Nilgai or breeds of cattle, including
buffalo.”Examination of the samples will reveal clues to what type of animals
the people of that era used to keep at their homes, and what their food habits
were,” said a senior official of Haryana Archaeology and Museums Department.“We
found burnt bones at the spot. It appears that people at this site were
non-vegetarian. But the question that needs to be answered is whether they used
to eat the meat of domestic or wild animals,” said the official. Sumita Mishra,
principal secretary, Haryana Archaeology and Museums Dept, said they have decided
to send 3 types of samples — soil, bones and charcoal — from the site for
testing.Indian Express
Opposition slams Army Chief’s ‘dirty war’ comment on Kashmir
New Delhi: Army Chief Bipin Rawat’s remarks defending the use of human
shield in Kashmir evoked on Monday strong reaction from opposition parties but
a CPM MP drew flak for doubting the “capability” of General.Union Urban
Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu, however, defended Rawat and said he
“totally agreed” with his statements and that the army should take any possible
action as is the demand of the situation. Opposition parties criticised Army
Chief’s statement that his men were fighting a “dirty war” which needed
“innovative methods” to combat it. They said he should refrain from making
political statements on internal matters.CPI leader D. Raja said it was
“unfortunate” that Army Chief had become a subject matter of a political
controversy. “Why is the army chief talking about the Kashmir situation,” Raja
told IANS. “It is not a law and order or a security issue; it is not an issue
where the army can find a solution. About Rawat’s remarks, CPM leader Mohammad
Salim said it was not the “voice” of the Indian Army which he had been hearing
since his childhood. “This is not the voice which we can defend as Indians,”
Salim said. But Salim himself came under attack when he said that if the Indian
Army chief had termed the use of human shield as innovative, then “his capacity
and understanding of the Indian society and his definition of innovativeness
were questionable”. JDU leader KC Tyagi asked General Rawat to “refrain from
making political statements on internal matters”.He said that while it was fine
if the army did not engage with separatist organisations like the Hurriyat, it
should not shy away from establishing a dialogue with the people of Kashmir.Congress
spokesperson Sanjay Jha said the “Kashmir problem” could not be seen
“singularly from the prism of law and order” but required continuous dialogue
and a “human touch” with the disconnected youth.“When young students in their
teenage years become stone-pelters, then the problem is much larger than
branding them as potential threats.IANS
The new hardline in the Valley: South Kashmir their roots, new militants
tap into local anger: Muzamil Jaleel's story
Redwani (south Kashmir):Most parts of the Valley wore a deserted look
Sunday as authorities imposed restrictions while a large crowd turned up in
Tral in south Kashmir for the funeral of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar
Bhat, killed in a gunbattle Saturday.It is here in south Kashmir where the
seeds of the new local crop of militancy that has been spreading across the
Valley lie scattered across a cluster of villages. J&K Police records
reveal that among the 282 militants active in the Valley, 112 are from south
Kashmir. And 99 of these 112 militants here are “local”. Local estimates say
there are at least 20 more in the “local” count, with some yet to declare their
affiliation and new recruitment reported almost every week. These local militants
fall into three broad categories: young protesters who take up arms after being
jailed; militants before the 2008 summer unrest who returned to the fold after
prison terms; and, those motivated by religion who see Kashmir as part of the
global jihad. For the first two groups, the goal is political, the motivation
is to “make Kashmir part of Pakistan”. It’s the third group, whose numbers are
not known, which has emerged as a shadow force since the killing of Burhan Wani
last July —22-year-old was from Tral in Pulwama. Following the lead of Zakir
Rashid alias Moosa, the Hizbul Mujahideen commander who replaced Wani after his
killing before renouncing the outfit recently, the third group has taken
positions contrary to those of the United Jihad Council (UJC), the militant
leadership in Pakistan, and the separatist Hurriyat in Srinagar.On April 7,
more than a month before Moosa threatened separatists with death, a follower of
this ideology asked villagers near the grave of a militant in Pulwama not to
wave “un-Islamic” Pakistani flags. He described the “struggle” in Kashmir as “a
fight for Islam” and asked villagers to raise slogans in favour of Taliban.
Official sources say he was one of 2 new recruits from Srinagar not affiliated
to Hizb or LeT.There are, however, several common links that connect this new
band of militants:* They operate jointly across outfits without ideological
differences coming in the way.* They do not possess formal arms training, and
arrange weapons and finances locally.* Their actions are driven by local issues,
they are prepared to die.*They announce their entry into militancy by posing
for a picture with gun and make it public.Indianexpress
Curfew in Kashmir valley amidst shutdown call
Srinagar; Curfew, restrictions and a call for shutdown by separatists
crippled normal life in Kashmir on Monday, two days after popular Hizbul
Mujahedeen militant Sabzar Bhat was killed in an encounter in south
Kashmir.Officials said curfew was imposed under police station areas in
Srinagar city and restrictions were imposed in several other parts of districts
like Shopian, Kulgam, Pulwama, Badgam, Ganderbal, Bandipora, Kupwara and
Baramulla.Valley’s joint separatist leadership had called for a shutdown on
Monday due to which most shops and business establishments remained shut while
public transport stayed out of roads.Separatists have called for a March to
Tral on Tuesday. hindustantimes
3 Kashmiri separatists questioned by NIA:PTI
New Delhi; 3 Kashmiri separatists have appeared before NIA here for
questioning in connection with a case related to the funding of terror and
subversive activities in J&K.NIA sources said Farooq Ahmad Dar alias ‘Bitta
Karate’, Nayeem Khan and Javed Ahmed Baba alias ‘Gazi’ of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat
have arrived here for questioning by NIA sleuths. Dar, Ahmed and Khan were
asked to bring certain bank and property documents,besides other papers, before
NIA team that had questioned them here for4 consecutive days earlier this
month.
Kashmiris demanding right to self determination stage demonstration in
front of White House
Washington: On Saturday, hundreds of Kashmiri diaspora took out a
protest rally in Washington and protested outside White House demanding UN–
assured “right of self-determination” for the conflict-ridden region in India
and Pakistan.Raising slogans of: “Kashmiri Lives Matter Too” “Kashmir in Pain:
India in Shame” “Indian Forces: Out of Kashmir” “Demilitarize Kashmir” “UN
Implement Resolutions on Kashmir” “Stop Forced Disappearances and Torture in
Kashmir,” the marchers held candle light vigil on the sidewalks of White
House.TwoCircles
Did Operation Parakram provide safe passage to Osama from Afghanistan?DNA
India
New Delhi: Was the Indian military mobilisation between 2001 and 2002,
otherwise known as 'Operation Parakram', a distraction to allow the besieged Al
Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to run away from the Tora Bora mountains in
Afghanistan? Two British authors, Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, known
for their specialisation in investigative work have made startling claims in
their forthcoming book The Exile. They say the attack was choreographed to
incite India to create a war-like situation. They have also detailed, hitherto,
unknown contacts between the hardcore Sunni Al Qaeda leaders and the Shiate
Iran.In an exclusive interview with DNA, Levy says his investigation revealed
that the US paid the Pakistani Army to assist in closing the back door of Tora
Bora — a plan devised by Bob Grenier, the CIA station chief in Islamabad.
"Only a war or war-like state could have seen these six battalions
redeployed," he said. While confirming Indian intelligence claims that the
JeM attack on Parliament was a planned sortie, conducted with the logistical
assistance of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the author said prior to the attack, complex
secret negotiations were on between Al Qaida and US officials. Till Dec.11,
both sides were in talks over a surrender deal through Ibn Sheikh al-Libi, a
Libyan commander who had been with Bin Laden from the start, opening Khaldan,
one of the first Mujahideen training camps set up with the CIA during the
1980s. He asked for an extension to the deal in a communication on Dec.11 and
12, but on Dec.13, the day Indian Parliament was attacked, there was no word
from the caves. In a few days, all 6,000 Pakistan troops moved out, leaving the
anvil wide open. Soon, there was no trace of the Al Qaeda chief and his
commanders. According to an estimate, the military build-up cost India US$3.4
billion and Pakistan US $1.4 billion. Even without fighting an actual war,
India lost 789 soldiers while laying mines and exchanging gunfire.
Shashi Tharoor defamation case: ‘Bring down the rhetoric’, Delhi HC
tells Arnab Goswami
New Delhi:Delhi High Court has issued notice to journalist Arnab Goswami
and his newly-launched channel Republic TV over Congress leader Shashi
Tharoor’s defamation plea. “Bring down the rhetoric. You can put out your
story, you can put out the facts. You cannot call him names. That is uncalled
for,” Justice Manmohan said while issuing notice. The court also sought their
replies by Aug16, the next date of hearing.On Friday, MP had filed a civil
defamation suit against Goswami and the TV channel, seeking damages and
compensation of Rs 2 crore for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him
during a news broadcast related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. indianexpress
ICSE results 2017: Pune’s Muskan Pathan tops Class 10th exam, aspires to
become a doctor: indian express
Pune: Pune girl Muskan Abdullah Pathan who emerged as the national
topper at Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) Class 10 examinations
says the news has taken her by complete surprise. Unable to come to terms with
the fact that she has grabbed All India Ranker number one rank by scoring
99.4%, the girl said she scoured all available websites to confirm if she
indeed is the top ranker.An aspiring medical student whose mother Shakira
Pathan is a doctor and father Abdullah is a software engineer, she has already
enrolled in a tutorial for preparation of NEET entrance which is 2 years later.
W.Bengal Madhyamik results: 5 Muslim students feature in Top 10 list
In an extremely positive news for the Muslim community in West Bengal
and the country, 5 Muslim students feature in the Top 10 list of the West
Bengal Madhyamik Examination for 2017, which were released on Saturday. The
students, who come from modest backgrounds, secured their positions among over
10 lakh students(4.73 lakh male, 5.87 female students) who appeared this
year.Mozammel Haque from Parpur village of Bankura district and a student of
Bankura Zilla School secured the joint second rank in the exams. after he
scored 689 out of 700.TwoCircles
CBI takes custody of Shahabuddin over journalist’s murder
New Delhi: CBI on Monday took custody of former RJD MP Mohammed
Shahabuddin in connection with murder of Bihar-based journalist Rajdeo Ranjan,
an official said.Shahabuddin is now lodged in the Tihar Jail in New Delhi.Ex-MP
was, on May 26, named one of the 10 accused in the murder of Ranjan, who hailed
from Bihar’s Siwan district, by the Central Bureau of Investigation.BI is
preparing to file a chargesheet on the basis of evidence collected by it,
official sources said. hindustantimes
Safdar Nagori, 9 others permanently shifted to Bhopal jail
Ahmedabad:In compliance with the order of a special CBI court in Bhopal
that had sentenced Safdar Nagori and 9 others currently lodged in Sabarmati
Central Jail to life imprisonment in Feb.2017, jail authorities have shifted
the convicts to Bhopal. Special CBI court had also sentenced another person in
the same case, but he was already in Bhopal jail.In the Bhopal case, Nagori and
10 others were found guilty of waging war against the nation."They were
sentenced for collecting arms, ammunition, explosives with the intention of
waging war against the nation," said a senior police official. "Munroz,
the 11th accused sentenced to life imprisonment by the court is already in
Bhopal jail in connection with a case," said a crime branch
official.Nagori, the son of a police officer, is known to be a member of the
banned outfit SIMI, and is an accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts in
Ahmedabad. Crime branch sources said the suspects have been shifted to Bhopal
as they have been sentenced there. "Here they are undertrials, and will be
brought whenever required in the court," said a police officer. The nine
others who have been shifted to Bhopal from Sabarmati Central Jail include
Safdar's brother Kamruddin Nagori, Hafiz Hussain, Shivli and his brother
Shaduli, Amil Parvez, Karnataka doctor Ahmed Baig, Kerala-based Ansar and
Khandva-based Kamran.TOI
Bhopal: Security in tizzy as SIMI chief, 9 other members shifted to
Bhopal jail
No automatic denial of bail for terror accused: Law Panel
There should be no
"automatic denial" of bail to a person accused of being involved in
terror acts, Law Commission has cautioned indicating that evidence should be
given priority. In its report on 'Provisions relating to bail', the panel has
warned that "mere classification of an act as an act of terrorism should
not result in the automatic denial of bail or reversal of the burden of
proof". The report, submitted to the law ministry last week, pointed to
the provisions in UAPA wherein the period of detention without bail can be
extended.It indicated that evidence against the accused should play an
important role and people against whom there is shaky evidence should be
granted bail before charges are pressed.PTI
1993 Mumbai blasts case: final verdict against 7 accused on June 16
Mumbai: A special designated TADA court, presided by Justice G.A. Sanap,
on Monday said it would give the final judgment involving seven persons for
their involvement in 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, on June 16.The accused are
Abu Salem, Mustafa Dossa, Karimullah Sheikh, Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Taklya,
Abdul Qayyum, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan, and Riyaz Siddiqui. On March 12, 1993,
12 bombs went off at several locations in the city, killing 257 people, and
injuring 713, while destroying property worth Rs. 27 crore. A single charge
sheet was filed against 129 persons, out of which 100 were convicted. In
Sept.2006, 20 were awarded the life sentence, while a further 12 were awarded
the capital punishment. In 2013, 10 of 12 who were awarded capital punishment,
had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Abu Salem, extradited from
Portugal, is accused of transporting and distributing arms and ammunitions. thehindu
Mumbai blasts: Verdict against Abu Salem on June 16
Allahabad HC issues notice to BJP minister Satya Pal Singh Baghel over fake caste certificate case
Allahabad: Allahabad High Court has issued notice to UP minister Satya
Pal Singh Baghel on a petition alleging that he got elected from an assembly
constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes though he belonged to Other Backward
Classes. A single judge bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi passed the
order on the petition of Rakesh Babu, who has challenged Baghel’s election from
Tundla Assembly segment of Firozabad district.Babu was the BSP candidate and a
two-time MLA from Tundla, who lost to Baghel by a huge margin of more than
50,000 votes. In his petition, Babu has pointed out that Baghel was formerly
heading the BJP’s OBC front in UP and alleged that he had contested from Tundla
by submitting a fake caste certificate to claim SC status.PTI
Rampur molestation case: 4 prime accused arrested, search on for others
New Delhi: 4 prime accused in Rampur molestation case have been
arrested, ANI reported Monday. “All 4 prime accused have been arrested, three
were arrested last night, search is on to catch the other accused,” said Rampur
SP Vipin Tanda.That incident took place on May 22 in UP’s Rampur district when
a group of men accosted two women on a deserted road. The incident was caught
in a video which went viral The shows a man pulling the dupatta of one of the
women and picking her up. It shows the other men also molesting the woman. The
second woman pleads the men to let them go but they refuse to do so.Police
claimed to have identified 14 people from the video. On Sunday first prime
accused Shehnawaz, 20, was arrested from the district in Kuwakhera village.
Shehnawaz was sent to judicial custody by court. All the others were also
residents of the same village.indianexpress
BJP-RSS new enemies of Naxalite movement, say leaders
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-rss-new-enemies-of-naxalite-movement-say-leaders-4678690/
Kolkata:They have failed to establish a class-less society and their
rousing slogan “China’s chairman is our chairman” is no longer heard, but the
ideals and the struggle of the Naxalites are still relevant, prominent Naxalite
leaders say. Only the character of the enemy has changed – from feudal lords to
BJP-RSS, so insist former Naxalites like Vervara Rao and Santosh Rana as well
as present-day leaders like Dipankar Bhattacharya.They said that 50 years might
have passed since the uprising began, but their ideals still remained
relevant when the BJP-RSS Govt was bent on “dividing the country and society
on religious lines”. “We had fought against feudal lords and a bourgeois system
to create a class-less society. We did not achieve success, but our objectives
are more relevant in the present context when a BJP-RSS Govt is trying to divide the country and society on
religious lines,” former Naxal leader Vervara Rao said.PTI
Amroha Muslims barred from own mosque, threatened with demolition, ‘war’
Amroha: Muslims in an Amroha village were allegedly prevented from
praying at a mosque by local authorities following objections raised by the majority
community. After the leader of an RSS-affiliated farmers' organization turned
up and warned both police and Muslims not to step into the mosque or there
would be violence, all 500 Muslims of the village, their leaders said, have now
decided to move somewhere else.Sakatpur village under Saidnagli police station
has been simmering over the structure for the past three days. Amroha
superintendent of police (SP) Santosh Mishra told TOI that, according to land
records, no mosque existed in the village till 2016, when one Noor Mohammad
built a structure. "Outsiders started religious studies. Over time, it
became a mosque and people started gathering there for prayers, to which those
of the majority community has objected," he said.After a panchayat on
Thursday, the administration announced that local Muslims were not to pray at
the mosque On the evening of the same
day, according to officials, information was received that RSS-affiliated
farmers' group Bharatiya Kisan Sangh's (BKS) leaders Sukram Pal Rana and Madan
Pal had arrived from Baghpat and with their supporters had warned the district
administration that if the Muslims were not prevented from offering Friday
prayers at the mosque, the majority community would convene a mahapanchayat and
"declare war" on the Muslims."Rana also threatened that the
majority community would demolish the mosque, and if anyone, whether it is
police or the minority community, tried to stop the mob, they would be cut into
pieces. The speeches and slogans of Rana were spread on social media in
villages around here, and the law and order situation deteriorated over the
last two days," said SHO of Saidnagli police station Rakesh Kumar
Singh.Police have registered an FIR under sections related to attempted murder,
assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging their duty
and promoting enmity between communities against Rana, Madan Pal and 17 village
residents, including 12 unidentitied persons.Despite the increased presence of
police personnel in the village, Muslims of Sakatpur are now thinking of
leaving."We have not been allowed to enter the mosque by the police. Now
in the month of Ramzan, where will we offer prayers?"Amroha SP Mishra said
Muslims earlier used to pray at the mosque in Ujhari village, 6 km away."We
had earlier requested that only Muslims from the village be allowed to pray at
the mosque here in Sakatpur. This was rejected. Now we have been warned of
bloodshed if we step into the mosque. So we have decided to emigrate from the
village. We have been openly warned to leave here and go to Pakistan,"
said Rahmat Ali, another resident. timesofindia
Offering namaz at Amroha village:
UP police book 5 Muslims for
promoting hatred
5 persons, including 3 women, were booked in Amroha district on Saturday
evening for allegedly promoting enmity between religious communities through
their “false” statements about harassment at Sakatpur village. FIR was lodged
at Sadnagli police station against Ahmed Ali, his brother Rehmat Ali, Tahiba,
Zareena and Sahjahan — all residents of Sakatpur village — under IPC section
153-A. No one has been arrested so far. Over the last 2 weeks, police said,
there were some tense moments in the village with some objecting to Muslims
offering prayers in a hall, owned by Ali and once a school for religious studies,
that was not recognised as a mosque. An inquiry into the matter by the district
administration and police found no mention of a mosque in the village in its
revenue records. Thereafter, Ahmed Ali, was told to not allow anyone other than
his family to offer namaz there. indianexpress
Construction of Ram temple important for existence of Hindus:
Subramanian Swamy
Hyderabad:BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said the
construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya was a matter of faith for Hindus
and that there could be no compromise on this issue. He was addressing a public
talk on ‘Building Sri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya Through Legal Framework’ organised
by Virat Hindustan Sangam here.“The Ram temple issue is very important for our (Hindus)
existence and identity and there can be no compromise on this. I would like to
tell you that Ram Mandir will be built at any cost and it will be built at the
place where he (Lord Ram) was born and where ‘pran prathistha puja’
(consecration) has taken place. “In a petition filed in the Supreme Court, I
had said it was my fundamental right to pray to Ram. It is our faith that Ram
was born there and hence the ‘mandir’ (temple) will come up only at that
place…no one can question it,” said Swamy.PTI
Those close to PM Modi are working against UP CM Yogi Adityanath,
alleges AAP
Lucknow:Attacking BJP Govt in UP over the law and order situation, AAP alleged
that those “close to” PM Narendra Modi
were working against CM Yogi Adityanath.
AAP’s broadside alleging that Aditynath was unable to rein in his own party MPs
came as it made clear its intention to fight the upcoming civic polls in the
state. The party, which did not contest the recent Assembly polls in UP, is
reeling under a string of setbacks, including defeat in Delhi civic polls, its
“disappointing” performance in Punjab and Goa elections and revolt by senior
leader Kapil Mishra.“Yogi Govt has
proved to be a failure on law and order front. Murder, loot, dacoity and rape
have increased fourfold. If he (Yogi) wants to maintain law and order, he
should control BJP leaders,”AAP national spokesman Sanjay Singh said.“There is
a common talk within the BJP that those close to Modi are running a
‘non-cooperation movement’ against Yogi Govt ,” he told PTI.PTI
Was there a 2nd assassin of Gandhi: PIL in SC questions
New Delhi :Was there a second assassin of Mahatma Gandhi? Though the
police went by the theory that three bullets were fired upon him, was there a
fourth bullet also which was fired by someone apart from Nathuram Godse? These
questions are among several which have been raised in a petition before the
Supreme Court with a plea that there is a compelling need to uncover the larger
conspiracy behind the murder of Mahatma by constituting a new Commission of
Inquiry.The petition also raises questions about the investigation into
Gandhi’s murder suggesting whether it was one of the biggest cover-up in
history and also whether there was any basis to blame Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
for his death? The petition by Dr Pankaj Phadnis, a researcher and a trustee of
Abhinav Bharat, Mumbai, has claimed that Justice JL Kapur Commission of Inquiry
set up in 1966 had not been able to unearth the entire conspiracy that
culminated in the killing of Gandhi.Phadnis has also questioned the three
bullet theory relied upon by various courts of law to hold the conviction of
accused, including Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte,who were hanged to death on
Nov.15,1949, while Savarkar was given benefit of doubt due to lack of evidence.
indianexpress
Delhi: Kotla Mubarakapur, a piece of history that lies uncared for:DNA
As one walks in the dingy lanes close to one of the city's posh areas,
garbage can be seen strewn across the streets as well as a crumbling structure
which was once revered by the Sultan Muizuddin Mubarak Shah Sayyid of Sayyid
Dynasty royalty. The tomb and the mosque built in 15th century are among the
oldest structures in the city, but like a majority of the heritage structures,
these also stand neglected. They are surrounded by heaps of garbage and have
visible graffiti marks drawn by visitors. The original architecture on the
walls and the inside of the tomb are still intact, however, houses have now
cropped up and the population in the area has ruined the structure, marks of
which are quite evident on the walls."We moved here decades ago. But,
nobody comes here so we use the space inside and around it," said a local
on the condition of anonymity. "It is a good space to play cards and smoke
some hookah," added another.Every day a group of men play cards inside the
monument, they sip tea and pass the hookah pipe among them. While they discard
tea cups and biscuit wrappers in the premises, one of the gates is used to dry
clothes. DNA also found a huge pile of fevicol and gum tubes dumped inside.
Najma Heptulla appointed new Jamia Chancellor
New Delhi: Manipur Governor and former minority affairs minister Najma
Heptulla has been appointed as the chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia.Jamia V-C
Talat Ahmad confirmed the development, saying she has been appointed for a term
of 5 years. Heptulla succeeds Lt Gen (Retd) MA Zaki who completes his 5-year
term this month. Heptulla, who has been a five-time member of the Rajya Sabha
and its deputy chairman for sixteen years, served as the minister of minority
affairs in PM Narendra Modi's Cabinet
before being appointed as the governor of Manipur.PTI
If parliament doesn’t bring Uniform Civil Code, judiciary should. India
is ready: Jurist NR Madhava Menon
At a time when the country is awaiting the verdict in Triple Talaq case
from the Supreme Court, prominent jurist Professor N. R. Madhava Menon has
called for Universal Civil Code, saying that personal laws are not beyond
constitutional scrutiny as they are subject to Fundamental Rights of
individuals. Menon, a former member of the law commission who is regarded as
father of modern legal education in India, tells News18’s Debayan Roy that if
the Parliament does not do its bit to bring UCC, the judiciary should do it on
a case by case basis. News18.com
WORLD
Millions of Yemenis face hunger during Ramadan
While Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan with special meals and tasty
treats, millions of Yemenis are suffering from an acute lack of food as the
country's 2-year war rages on. According to aid agencies, 17 million people do
not have enough to eat, in what UN calls the "largest humanitarian crisis
in the world".Typically, people shop throughout Ramadan, but Yemeni
storekeepers have nothing to celebrate."Sales are the lowest from years
past. Every year is worse than before," Yahya Hubar, a shopkeeper in Hodeidah,
a coastal city in western Yemen, told Al Jazeera.More than two million children
are acutely malnourished in Yemen, where a child under five dies every 10
minutes of preventable diseases, according a report by UNICEF published in
December.In addition, the country is facing a cholera outbreak, which so far
has infected more than 29,000 people. As many are scrambling to get their hands
on food necessities, no longer are people talking about the special foods
prepared and enjoyed during the festive Ramadan month."Our situation is
very hard. We haven't been paid for several months. Essential needs are hard to
get and the prices are high. We're looking at goods we can't buy," Nabil
Ibrahim, another Hodeidah resident, told Al Jazeera. AlJazeera
'US-led air strikes' kill civilians in Syria's Raqqa
At least 13 people have been killed in suspected US-led coalition air
strikes on ISIL-held city of Raqqa and suspected rocket attacks fired by a
Kurdish group fighting ISIL, a monitoring group has said. Some of the deaths in
the northern city on Sunday evening resulted from air strikes blamed on the
US-led coalition, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on
Monday.The death toll also included civilians killed in rocket attacks by the
Ghadab al-Furat group on Sunday, the Observatory said. aljazeera
Descendants of Saudi Wahhabism founder distance themselves from
Qatar:Reuters
Descendents of the founding father of Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi brand of
Islam have sought to distance themselves from Qatar's ruling family, according
to a statement published on Sunday, in a further sign of a rift among Gulf Arab
states.In the front-page statement, Saudi Arabia's Okaz newspaper said that 200
descendents of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab demanded the renaming of a Qatar mosque named
after the 18th-century cleric even though most Qataris practice Wahhabism. The
demands come after Qatari state media last week published purported remarks by
the emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, criticising Gulf rhetoric against
Iran and US foreign policy.Qatar denied making the comments, saying its news
agency had been hacked, but Saudi Arabia and UAE allowed their state-backed
media to continue running the story, angering Doha.Although the statement in
Okaz did not mention Qatar by name, the statement referred to "the emir of
one of the Gulf states" who had built a mosque named after Ibn Abd
al-Wahhab, claiming that the cleric was his great grandfather. Qatar's state
mosque, opened in 2011, is known as Sheikh Mohammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab
mosque."We,therefore, demand that the name of the mosque be changed for it
does not carry its true Salafi path," the statement said, according to
Okaz.Other Saudi papers have carried similar reports.Qatar's ruling al-Thani
family traces its history to Najd, the central and northern part of Saudi
Arabia where Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was from, but it is not clear whether there is a
direct family link to him. Rift has also prompted authorities in Saudi Arabia
and the UAE to block the main website of Qatar-based al Jazeera TV, which
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi see as critical of their govts.
UAE minister warns Gulf alliance faces a major crisis
Israeli cabinet meets in tunnel beneath Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli cabinet held its weekly meeting yesterday in a tunnel underneath
Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, local media have reported. PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that the meeting was
held in the tunnel “to mark the liberation and unification of Jerusalem.”He
described the tunnel as being underneath the Western Wall, known to
Palestinians and Muslims as Buraq Wall.Next month marks the 50th anniversary of
the 1967 war during which Israel took control of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and
East Jerusalem. Posting pictures of the cabinet meeting on his Twitter account,
Netanyahu said that “important decisions” would be taken by the Govt .“The
budgets allocated for the development of Jerusalem will be increased,” he
announced. middleeastmonitor
Israel approves new settlement in West Bank
Israel’s Civil Administration’s High Planning Committee approved on
Sunday the building of a new settlement in the occupied Palestinian West Bank
for the evacuees of the Amona settlement, Quds Press quoted Israeli media. Amona
was an unauthorised Jewish Israeli settlement near the West Bank city of
Ramallah. Owners of the land on which the settlement was built won a battle in
Israeli courts that led the occupation Govt to evacuate it 3 months ago. Middleeastmonitor
Head Palestinian Islamic courts bans divorce during Ramadan
The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to
grant divorces over Ramadan, fearing the month-long fast could spark rash words
that would be regretted later.Judge Mahmud Habash said he based his ruling on
"the experience of previous years" when he found that the
dawn-to-dusk fast and ban on cigarettes, which began on Saturday, tended to
lead to frayed tempers and sharp tongues."Some, because they have not
eaten and not smoked, create problems" in their marriages, he said in a
statement, and they can make "quick and ill-considered decisions".
According to the Palestinian Authority, 50,000 weddings were celebrated in the
occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 2015, but more than 8,000 divorces
were also registered.Endemic unemployment and poverty are said to be major
contributing factors.There is no civil marriage or divorce in the Palestinian
territories, where only religious courts have those powers. aljazeera
Copts blame Sisi for deadly attacks
In the wake of Friday’s deadly attack that claimed the lives of 23 Copts
and wounded more than 50 others in the Upper Egypt city of Al-Minya, Egypt’s
Christians have blamed President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for not making enough
effort to protect them, Rassd.com reported on Sunday.A number of factions and
public figures issued a statement on Saturday accusing the Sisi regime of not
taking pre-emptive measures to protect the Coptic community. “The ruling regime
is a partner in the massacre of the Monastery of Saint Samuel,” they alleged.
The signatories accepted that terrorism is a global phenomenon unacceptable to
everyone, but noted that other countries take pre-emptive steps to try to
prevent such attacks, whereas Egypt does not.Meanwhile, the Director of the
Egyptian Union Organisation for Human Rights, Najib Gabriel, blamed the
governor of Al-Minya for the attack and called for Sisi to intervene
immediately to stop such attacks against the Copts. “The killing of more than 100
Copts in less than five months is unbearable,” he insisted. middleeastmonitor
Egypt blocks financial newspaper website, widening media blackout:
Reuters
Egypt has blocked the website of one of its most prominent financial papers,
paper's owner said, expanding a media blackout initiated last week to curb what
authorities called support for terrorism and fake news. Egypt blocked access to
a number of news websites including Al-Jazeera and Huffington Post Arabic on
Wednesday after similar actions by its Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE.The
censorship of Al-Borsa, a widely read financial newspaper that generally steers
clear of politics and reflects the views of a largely pro-state business
community, suggests a more expansive attempt to control private media
coverage.The website of Al-Boursa's sister publication, English Daily News
Egypt, was also blocked, a statement by parent company Business News
said."These papers express their
strong condemnation for the ongoing Govt campaign to restrict them," it
said.
Pak SC rejects petition of Nawaz Sharif's son against Panamagate JIT
Pakistan's Supreme Court has rejected PM Nawaz Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz's petition
against two members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked to probe the
Sharif family's offshore assets. 3-member bench, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal
Khan, heard Hussain Nawaz's petition against the alleged bias of Amer Aziz and
Bilal Rasool, who represent the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Securities
and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), respectively, in the six-member
JIT, Geo News reported.ANI
Hardliner Raisi claims voter fraud in Iranian presidential polls: Reuters
Defeated hardline candidate Ebrahim Raisi has complained of voter fraud
in Iran's presidential election and called on the judiciary and the election
watchdog to investigate, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday. Allegations,
likely to stoke up Raisi's conservative supporters,were among his strongest
since losing the bitterly contested May 19 vote to incumbent Hassan Rouhani by
a margin of 57% to 38. "Tampering with the numbers of people's
participation is inappropriate. Not sending ballots to centers where the Govt's
opponent has a chance of getting votes is very inappropriate," Raisi was
quoted as saying. dnaindia
Nearly 85,000 flee region under Philippines martial law
Zamboanga City: Around 85,000 people have been forced to leave their
homes as an ongoing military operation against Daesh-linked terrorists in
Marawi City entered seventh day.The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Govt ’s crisis management center recorded a total of 84,460 internally
displaced persons.They are either staying at designated evacuation centers or
at their relative’s houses in nearby towns, Humanitarian and Emergency Action
and Response Team’s focal person Myrna Jo Henry told Anadolu Agency.He said
there are at least 3,717 stranded individuals in the city, while 59 persons
have gone missing.According to ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, the incursion of
the local terror group Maute and some elements of the Abu Sayyaf into Marawi
has inflicted immense sufferings to residents in the city.
FLASH: NEWS & VIEWS
Unusual attention being devoted to triple talaq is politically motivated
& waste of resources:Abusaleh Shariff, Syed Khalid
How Savarkar Escaped Conviction For Gandhi’s Assassination: Pavan
Kulkarni
Kashmir human shield debate: General has it wrong: HT editorial
Man killed for objecting to public urination: The lynch mob has lost
control: Angshukanta Chakraborty
Govt wants you to believe its
cattle slaughter rules are about cruelty. They aren’t: Rohan
Venkataramakrishnan
Why A Uniform Civil Code Will Be A Disaster For India: Ajaz Siddiqui
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