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Kerala Assembly calls cattle ban ‘fascist’, passes resolution to urge
Centre to scrap
New Delhi:In a special session of Kerala Assembly today, the ruling LDF
and opposition UDF came together to oppose the Centre’s new ban on the sale of
cattle for slaughter. Calling the ban ‘fascist’, the House passed a resolution
asking the Centre to withdraw the resolution. The only member to oppose the
decision was BJP’s O Rajagopal.Members of both fronts said the notification was
an ‘intrusion’ into the state’s rights and an ‘infringement’ on people’s food
habits. They agreed the ban was not only “communal” in nature, but also
“anti-working class” and “anti-farmer”. They also alleged the move was an
attempt to corporatise the meat-trading sector. CM Pinarayi Vijayan, who has
opposed the Centre’s ban since it was notified, said the Centre was imposing a
ban based on the political agenda of the Sangh Parivar. Moving the resolution,
he said, “NDA Govt , that has failed to fulfil any of its promises, was raking
up issues such as cattle slaughter to divide the people through communal
polarisation for political gains.” He elaborated on the negative consequences
the ban would have on the agrarian, dairy, leather and meat export sectors.“The
notification is impractical in Kerala where 95%of the population is
non-vegetarian. It is clearly an intrusion into the citizens’ choice of food,”
Vijayan said. CM has written to other states asking them to ‘stand together’
and ‘oppose’ the ban along with Kerala.Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala
described the ban as another ‘surgical strike’ by the Modi Govt, similar to
that of the note ban. He added it was ‘a sign of arrival of fascism’ in the
country.“Modi has transformed himself into ‘abhinava Hitler’ (neo Hitler),” he
said.Speaker claimed there was an ‘indirect interest’ behind the notification. Indian express
Kerala assembly terms cattle trade ban 'fascist', passes resolution
Kerala assembly kicks off cattle debate with beef breakfast
5,000 BJP workers in Meghalaya quit party over cattle rule
Tura:Over 5,000 BJP workers in Meghalaya on Wednesday quit the party
over the Centre’s new rules that aim to prevent sale of cattle for slaughter.
BJP Youth Wing President of Tura city Wilver Greham Danggo, who was among those
who resigned, said it was in protest against the BJP-led NDA Govt’s attempt to
“suppress the tribal and other communities who consume beef”. Danggo said 5 BJP
mandal committees have been dissolved and over 5,000 youth workers had resigned
from the party. “We cannot play with the sentiments of our own people who trust
us and we don’t mix politics with religion as BJP is doing. Any party or
individual that hurts the sentiments of our people will be against us… we will
protect our tribal land,” he said. 2 senior BJP leader in Meghalaya, Bachu
Marak and Bernard Marak, have also quit the party.IANS
'Bible Allows Us to Eat Beef': Mizoram BJP Chief
Beef may be an anathema for BJP
in the rest of the country, but there is nothing to worry about in Mizoram,
state BJP chief JV Hluna has assured people in the state. Amid the crackdown on
cattle slaughter, Hluna said that there is no problem in eating beef in Mizoram
as its consumption is allowed in the Bible.Mizoram has over 87% Christians and
eating beef here is a norm.He said that people should not worry about central Govt’s
notification on cattle ban.“I am aware about recent Govt notification on cattle
ban but I would like to clarify that as per bible eating beef is allowed,” he
said. News18.com
UP BJP leader threatens to embrace Islam on July 1, says upper caste
Hindus being ignored under Yogi regime
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bjp-leader-threatens-to-embrace-islam-under-yogi-regime-2464123
Moradabad: Irked by failure of the Yogi Govt in checking atrocities
being committed against caste Hindus, a BJP leader in communally-sensitive
Moradabad, threatened to embrace Islam next month on July 1. BJP’s Moradabad
City Convener Pawan Agarwal alleged that caste Hindus, particularly the upper
castes, were being harassed, murdered and looted under the Yogi govt.
"Yogi govt's priorities have changed. They are taking upper caste Hindus
for granted. Even party leaders are not safe under their own govt and there is
no one to listen to the plight of upper caste Hindus,” he charged. Agarwal is
an RTI activist and had exposed many district officials in Moradabad who were
involved in corruption during the BSP and Samajwadi Party rules. Recently, he
was attacked and his revolver was looted by assailants.“When I sent a complaint
to CM Yogi Adityanath, the inquiry was
handed over to the same corrupt officials whom I had exposed earlier,” he said.
“I met them and sought justice, but they laughed at me saying I belonged to an
upper caste and their priority is to protect lower caste Hindus and Muslims,”
he alleged.Agarwal claimed that he tweeted to Yogi Adityanath and lodged
several complaints at the CM’s office in this regard but nothing has happened
till date. “My only fault is that I belong to the upper caste. So I have
decided to shun Hinduism and embrace Islam to get protection under Yogi Govt ,”
he warned. “We had high hopes from the Yogi Govt but all our hopes were shattered when it
started ignoring us. If we are not protected under our own Govt , then it is
better we change our religion and embrace a religion which is better protected
under the present regime,” he fumed. Agarwal, however, said that he would
continue to be a member of the BJP even after embracing Islam on July 1, 2017.
“I have worked for the BJP for a long time. I will continue to serve the party
even after changing my religion,” he added.DNA india
Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Arrested from Himachal
New Delhi: Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, 30-year-old lawyer who heads the
Dalit-rights outfit Bhim Army, was arrested from Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh
on Thursday, sources in UP Police said. According to police, a total of 25 FIRs
were registered in connection with the May 9 Saharanpur caste-based clashes and
Chandrashekhar was named as one of the main accused. "He (Chandrashekhar)
was arrested today morning. He was holidaying there (Himachal Pradesh),” said
UP Home Secretary Mani Prasad Mishra.Ravi Kumar Gautam, leader of the Bhim
Army’s youth wing, also confirmed the arrest to News18.com. “Chandrashekhar was
in Himachal Pradesh where he was arrested by a team of UP Police. They came to
Himachal Pradesh in civil dress and took him away.”“We request the
administration to follow the rules and take him for medical examination and
then to court. If the administration tries to skip any step, the central and
state Govt s will be responsible for the consequences. They should withdraw the
false cases….Dalit community will not tolerate this,” he said. News18.com
UP: 50 Dalits tonsure heads to protest against Yogi Govt 's inaction
Kanpur:About 50 members of Dalit Panther tonsured their heads in Kanpur
on Wednesday, to protest against spurt in crime against Dalits under Yogi
Adityanath-led BJP Govt in UP .Led by
its President Dhaniram Panther, members held a demonstration at Shikshak Park
in Kanpur on Monday. They were protesting against atrocities being committed
against Dalits, backwards and Muslims across state.“The law and order is at its
lowest in UP . Fake cases are being slapped on Dalits in Saharanpur and other
places. The ploy of the BJP-RSS is to establish an upper caste monarchy by suspending
the rule of law,” Dhaniram said. dnaindia
Mevani tries to unite Dalits, Muslims over cow slaughter
Ahmedabad:Almost a year after the Una flogging incident hit the
headlines, Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Wednesday addressed a gathering here
in a bid to unite and mobilise Dalits and Muslims by raising the Centre’s ban
on the sale of cattle for slaughter. While the gathering — organised soon after
iftar — was aimed at bringing both the communities together ahead of Assembly
elections in Gujarat, hardly any Muslim attended it.The public meeting was
being organised by Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM), in alliance with
Dalit-Muslim Sangathan, at Behrampura in the city after a gap of five months.“It
will soon be one year of Una Dalit flogging incident. When the incident took
place, the Dalits and the Muslims united and took it as their own fight. That
was a slap on the face of BJP Govt. Let’s unite again and show them our
collective power,” said Jignesh Mevani, addressing the well-attended gathering
on a narrow lane of a residential area. He was referring to last year’s July 11
incident in which a family of Dalits was flogged by alleged gau rakshaks after
they were found skinning a dead cow in Una taluka of Gir Somnath.“It is time
that issues of health, education and employment are taken up by our movement.
Only Dalit rhetoric will not help us. Look at the Govt -run hospitals in the
city — most cater to the Dalits and the Muslims. None of them has enough staff
and proper facilities. Let us demand our right to good health,” he said.
“Access to education continues to be a problem for the Dalits and the Muslims.
Why does a Dalit still pick up a broom and get into the gutter? Modi’s
development model called Gujarat model is actually a modern version of the
Manusmriti in which we continue to do the same thing our forefathers were
forced to do.”“If Modi really has a chhapan inch ki chhati then he should
ensure that the one lakh unemployed youth in the state get jobs. Which Hindu
rashtra are you talking about?For whom is this Hindu rashtra?,” he said.Indianexpress
Delhi: Goons vandalise under-constructed Masjid by shouting ‘jai shri
ram’ slogans
New Delhi:A recent incident happened on Wednesday at Ambe Enclave of
Sonia Vihar in Delhi where some fanatics with the aim to destroy the peaceful
communal scenario take law into their own hands and targeted under constructed
masjid.The video of the incident is shared on Facebook which shows people
chanting slogans of “Jai Shree Ram slogans” climbed the without plastered
structure and deliberately vandalizing it. 25 Muslim families of Ambe Enclave
did not have a mosque therefore a kind-hearted person waqf a 100 sq. feet of
plot for the construction of the mosque so that Muslims does not face
difficulty in offering prayers during the month of Ramzan.The namaz offered for
only 8 days in the under-constructed mosque. The responsible people of the
mosque took police permission to offer Namaz in the mosque, which was even
granted by the police.But on Wednesday afternoon, without any reason, around
one thousand men with “Jai Shree Ram slogans” and demolition tools climbed the
masjid rooftop and reduce it into ruins.On the basis of the complained lodged
by the residents, police registered an FIR in which names of 12 people who were
the leaders of this crowd come forward.After the incident, people from the
Muslim community had clean vandalism and also offered Taraweeh, Ramzan special
night prayers. Police have been deployed outside the mosque to prevent any
untoward incident. Siasat
FARMERS AGITATION
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Condemns Govt’s Inept Handling Of Farmers’ Agitation
New Delhi:Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has condemned government’s inept
handling of the farmers’ agitation in the country and demanded that the
government should take immediate steps to pacify the farmers by accepting their
legitimate demands.In a press note, Secretary General of the Jamaat, Muhammad
Salim Engineer said: “We are appalled by the manner in which the farmers
agitation has been handled in the BJP governed states of Maharashtra, MP,
Rajasthan and Haryana. The death of 5 farmers in police firing in Mandsaur (MP)
is particularly condemnable. It seems that the governments in these states have
been busy in implementing their divisive and polarizing agenda while totally
ignoring the core issues of governance including the long standing problems of
the farmers. Meanwhile we also appeal to the farmer community to avoid
resorting to violence and to protest in a peaceful manner”.Explaining the
farmers’ crisis Engineer said: “After two years of successive drought, last
year the rainfall was normal resulting in a bumper harvest. However a
short-sighted import policy saw a glut in the market with the farmers not
getting their promised Minimum Support Price (MSP). Adding to the farmers’ woes
was the cash crunch because of demonetization and the farmers were left high
and dry with no money in the market and government not ready to buy their
produce at a reasonable price. Thus the farmers were left with no choice but to
protest against the government policies’’. Jamaat has always demanded
interest-free loans to farmers. The government must take this demand seriously
and ensure that farmers do not get caught in the web of money-lenders. In the
short term MSP must be increased preferably at 50% over and above the cost to
farmers. Partial or complete loan waiver should be implemented, he said.Caravan
Daily
War zone Mandsaur: Rioters attack officials, burn vehicles, loot shops
Mandsaur: Ground zero in Mandsaur, the site of Tuesday's shooting of 5
farmers, resembled a war zone on Wednesday as thousands of protesters defied
curfew in Pipliamandi, beat up the collector and policemen, torched warehouses
and vehicles, and looted liquor shops. Over a dozen policemen were injured and
an officer, RB Sharma, was in critical condition.Just about anybody on the street
who was not part of the mob was a target. Many journalists, including from TOI,
were injured in stone-pelting by riotous mobs. The town was cut off from the
rest of the state as chaos reigned in Mandsaur. Among politicians stopped from
entering the town were BJP state chief Nandkumar Singh Chouhan and agriculture
minister Gaurishankar Bisen.Congress ex-MP Meenakshi Natarajan was detained
when she tried to reach Suwasara village.The cops seemed restrained after
Tuesday's deaths, and made feeble attempts to drive away angry demonstrators.
Sources said this may have encouraged the protesters, resulting in a free for
all even as the admin.described them as "instigators and anti-social
elements".The attacks began in the morning as funeral processions heightened
emotions in Barkheda Panth village. Mandsaur collector Swantantra Kumar Singh
went to the protest site to calm sentiments, but was pushed around and slapped.
Even as the collector was being escorted out, a mob set fire to the toll
collection booth and brickbatted policemen. A cotton warehouse was set ablaze
and when 2 fire trucks arrived, protesters smashed the windscreens, forcing the
firemen to flee.Journalists reporting the arson were also targets of
brickbatting, and many of them were injured. More than 22 vehicles, including
trucks, were burned and their smouldering frames lay scattered by the Mandsaur
bypass.TOI
Curfew continues in Mandsaur, farmers say 8 killed
Mandsaur/Indore:Hundreds of angry farmers blockaded roads and attacked
two top officials at Mandsaur in MP as
their leaders claimed that eight people died in police firing a day earlier. Mandsaur
DM Swatantra Kumar Singh and Indore SP O.P. Tripathi were roughed up by a mob
when they reached Barkheda Pant in Mandsaur where farmers were squatting on a
road with the body of one of those killed on Tuesday.Singh and Tripathi wanted
to talk to the farmers in a bid to persuade them to end their protest but the
attempt backfired.IANS
After protests and riots, MP now faces an internet cut, leaving students
in a fix
MP farmers protest: 5 farmers killed in Mandsaur in police firing,
admits Home Minister
Backtracking on his earlier claim, MP Home Minister Bhupendra Singh today
for the first time admitted that the five farmers who were killed in Mandsaur
died due to police firing. “Death of the five farmers was due to police firing.
It has been established in probe. I have said earlier that the farmers may have
died in police firing. I have conceded this earlier, various channels have also
ran it,” Singh said. Indianexpress
Rahul Gandhi released after bail, allowed to meet kin of farmers killed
by police
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who was arrested on his way to
violence-hit Mandsaur, was released on bail today. He agreed to take bail after
the administration allowed him to meet the agitating farmers at the
MP-Rajasthan border."After a long struggle, administration has finally
agreed to allow Rahul Gandhi to meet the families of those who were killed in
police firing," ex-Congress MP Meenakshi Natarajan told reporters outside
the guesthouse in Meemuch where scores of Congress leaders and workers were
being kept after their arrest.IndiaToday
Youth Cong workers stage 'rail roko' as protests spread to J&K: Times Now
Jammu: Farmers’ protests reached the state of J&K as Youth Congress
workers in Jammu protested against the killing of the five farmers in MP’s
Mandsaur. Raising slogans against the MP Govt , the youth Congress workers held
a ‘rail roko’ protest at Jammu railway station’s platform number 1 and
attempted to block trains. Police reinforcements were rushed in and the
protesting crowd was dispersed.The protests that began in Maharashtra have
spread to MP, Rajasthan and Karnataka with farmer unions and political outfits
demanding action against those responsible for the killing of the 5 farmers in MP.
Maharashtra farmer kills himself, says don’t cremate me till CM meets
demand
Pune: Amid the ongoing agitation by farmers in Maharashtra, a cultivator
allegedly committed suicide at a village in Solapur district, leaving behind a
note purportedly stating that he should not be cremated till the CM meets the demands of protesting
farmers.Dhanaji Jadhav, 45, hung himself from a tree near his house at Veet
village in Karmala tehsil last night, Solapur Collector Rajendra Bhosale
said.According to Karmala police, Jadhav’s suicide note, addressed to his
friends, said, “I am a farmer, Dhanaji Chandrakant Jadhav. I am committing
suicide today. Please take my body to the village and do not cremate me till CM
Devendra Fadnavis comes here.”PTI
OTHERS
Modi Govt abandons its goal of training 500 million people in new skills
by 2022
New Delhi: Govt has abandoned its
goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022, in a clear shift in
strategy.Skill development ministry officials, at a press conference in New
Delhi on Tuesday, also refused to spell out a new number that the Union Govt and
its 22 departments and ministries will chase.“We don’t want to chase any
number. Whether it is 150 million by National Skill Development Corporation
(NSDC) and 350 million by ministries—we are delinking it, not attaching any
number,” said Rajesh Aggarwal, DG of training and a joint secretary in the
skills ministry.Skill development minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy agreed. “It will
be demand driven than supply driven,” he said.Skills minister Rajiv Pratap
Rudy: Many of NSDC’s initial loans have turned badThough the ministry did not
give a reason for shifting focus and delinking numbers from the skills mission,
over the years, skill training targets have been missed.Between 2011 and 2015,
Union govt missed the skill training target in three out of four years, barring
2013-14.
Modi Govt Abandons Its Promise of Training 500 Million People To Get
Jobs
‘At current pace,BJP govt will take 1560 yrs to create jobs’
Congress today hit out at the BJP-led NDA Govt at the Centre, on its third anniversary,
accusing it of having failed on all fronts including jobs creation.“BJP Govt has failed on all fronts. Their tall promise
of creating two crore jobs annually too has fallen flat. Every month 10 lakh
youth get added to the queue of the unemployed.“India needs to create 34.35
crore jobs by 2028, that is 3-4 crore jobs every year. At current speed, the Govt
will take 1,560 years to create as many
jobs,” Congress general secretary and ex-Union minister, CP Joshi said at a
press conference.Joshi, who is also a party spokesperson, alleged that BJP only
believed in propaganda, politics of polarisation, false promises and misleading
the public. “Yesterday, ex-PM Manmohan Singh had said that the country’s growth
has slowed down mainly due to demonetisation. Maximum impact has been seen on
the informal sector, the Govt should
tell how many jobs have been lost in this sector,” he said.Asked about the
BJP’s argument that they have not been hit by any scam, unlike the previous
Congress led UPA govt, Joshi said, “you wait for some time, many things will
come out of the closet.”He said the Congress will collect proof on how
corruption was going on and then bring it before the people. Jantakareporter
Discord between RBI and Modi govt rises
Tensions boiled over between the RBI and the govt of PM Narendra Modi as
Asia’s third largest economy faces its weakest growth in two years and record
low inflation.9 months after setting up an independent committee to oversee
interest rates, the govt is openly expressing frustration that the RBI chose
not to ease monetary policy on Wednesday. Economic conditions warranted a substantial
monetary easing, said chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian just hours
after RBI kept its benchmark repurchase rate unchanged as expected at 6.25%."I
think there is a plausible alternative macro-economic assessment,"
Subramanian said at a media conference in New Delhi."Inflation forecast
errors have been large and systematically one-sided in overstating
inflation." Move to keep rates unchanged, amid a dissent within the
monetary policy committee for the first time, followed reports the committee
declined a meeting with the govt."The meeting did not take place,"
RBI governor Urjit Patel told a media conference following the rates decision."All
MPC members declined the request of the finance ministry for that
meeting." Bloomberg
Zakir Musa cited Bijnor alleged Muslim woman rape to stoke communal
passion
Lucknow: Kashmiri jihadi Zakir Musa who used to work as Hizbul
Mujahideen commander, raised the Bijnor rape case while disseminating his
message to his followers. On Tuesday, ATS of UP police went through the voice
recording which had been intercepted by intelligence agencies recently.Musa is
instigating Muslim men by highlighting how a Muslim woman who was fasting was
sexually targeted by police personnel while she had boarded a Chandigarh-bound
train on May 30. The said incident is being probed and the Govt railway police constable who was caught with
the woman is in jail. Police denied the woman was raped, as was
alleged.Inspector general of ATS Asim Arun said, "He cited the Bijnor case
twice in his address. We are keeping a close watch in sensitive towns in west
UP. Social media is being used widely to mislead people and the Bijnor case is
the latest example."TOI
Soldier dies as Army foils another major infiltration, 2 militants
killed
Srinagar: 2 more infiltrators and a soldier were killed as the Army
foiled a 2nd major infiltration near LoC in north Kashmir in the
past 36 hours.A Srinagar-based Army spokesman told The Hindu that alert troops
foiled another infiltration in Naugam sector in Kupwara, over 90 km north of
Srinagar.The Hindu
Indian Army ready to fight on ‘2-and-a-half fronts’, says Army Chief
Rawat: ANI
Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that the Indian armed forces are ready
for a “two-and-a-half front war”, in an interview with ANI. “2-and-a-half
fronts” refer to Pakistan, China and internal security threats.Army chief also
said that the situation in Kashmir would normalise soon, and claimed Pakistan
was using social media to stoke unrest in the Valley. “Pakistan is spreading
disinformation among the youth of Kashmir with doctored videos and messages,”
Rawat said. “This is further supported by some of the people in the Valley who
spread it and glamorise the young boys who have joined terrorist outfits.”He
added that “effective mechanisms are available to diffuse the adverse situation
[in Kashmir]”. Messaging platforms such as WhatsApp have come under increased
scrutiny especially for their alleged role in inciting youth of Valley to join
stone-pelting protests during the Army’s anti-militancy operations. Repeated
mobile internet bans and curfews in the Valley have done little to curb the
protests.
CDRO condemns Army Chief’s statements on Kashmir; terms it as mocking
democratic process
New Delhi: Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations (CDRO),a
coalition of civil and democratic rights
organizations from across India, condemned Army Chief statement of asking
citizens to pick up arms instead of stones and termed it as a means to
facilitate Indian army to use ‘equal’ and ‘proportionate’ force while
exercising self defense which otherwise will be prohibited by International
Law. “General Bipin Rawat’s remarks as mocking the ‘Democratic process’, which
the Indian army, and as its chief, he is expected to defend and uphold,” said
CDRO.The rights body termed remarks in
total disregard for Rules of War as well as utter contempt for the Rule of Law,
authorizing violation of Article 21 of Constitution, and amounts to normalising
lawless war, which is already unleashed by army on the people.TCN
For PM Modi's trip to Israel next month, 80,000 Indian Jews start preps
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will
next month become the first Indian premier to visit Israel - PTI reported that his 3-day visit will begin
on July 4 and he will meet his counterpart, Benjami Netanyahu, same evening. India
is now the largest buyer of Israeli military equipment, while Israel is India's
largest customer after Russia.PM Modi will on July 5 address the Indians in Israel
who have launched a website for his trip. About 80,000 Indian Jews belonging to
four different communities - Bene Israel, Cochinis, Baghdadis and Bnei Menashe
- live in Israel.The 2 leaders have already met twice on the sidelines of
UN-related events. NDTV
Patiya riots: Gujarat HC bench to visit crime spot
Ahmedabad:A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday passed
an order for visiting the scene of the offence in the 2002 Naroda Patiya
massacre case and also warned the media against “any intervention”.The division
bench led by Justice Harsha Devani — hearing a set of appeals of the convicts —
has directed the prosecution lawyers to “maintain total confidentiality about
the date and time on which we would be visiting the scene of offence”.The bench
in Wednesday’s order stated: “Right from the beginning since the matters are
being heard, the learned counsel for the respective parties have been
requesting this court to visit the scene of incident so as to get a better idea
of the manner in which the incident has occurred.” indianexpress
Waqf board to get teeth with judicial powers
Hyderabad: Telangana State Wakf Board is likely get judicial powers with
a proposal being sent to the Govt seeking teeth to Muslim endowments
administrative panel.For several years, Wakf protection activists and others
dedicated to the protection of Muslim endowed have been crying hoarse and
described the board as a toothless organisation, which is not empowered to
remove encroachments from the land parcels the baord is supposed to protect.All
this could change if the proposal is accepted. Advisor to Telangana Govt on
minorities welfare A K Khan said the proposal is being studied by the govt.TOI
Telangana's Mubeen Ahmed shot at after argument in California
departmental store, critical
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old youth from Telangana was shot at allegedly by
an unidentified person in California four days ago, his family members said on
Thursday. The condition of the youth from the state’s Sangareddy district is
stated to be critical.The incident was said to have happened at 6pm on June 4.
The victim, Mubeen Ahmed, went to the US to pursue his masters in engineering
in February 2015 after completing B Tech in electronics and communications
engineering from the state’s Royal Institute of Technology and Science.After
completing his course two months ago he has been working at a departmental
store near California.Victim’s uncle Mufti Aslam Osman said Mubeen was about to
finish his duty at the store and return to his apartment in Fremont, when a few
black persons stormed his place and demanded of him money and his mobile
phone.“Apparently, an argument ensued between him and the miscreants when one
of them opened fire at him, before fleeing the spot,” Osman told HT.“He was
immediately rushed to Eden Medical Centre in Castro Valley. The bullets pierced
into his abdomen and liver,” he added.HT
Raid on NDTV,its promoters is nothing but witch-hunt:WPI
New Delhi: Welfare Party of India strongly criticized the raids
conducted by the CBI at the premises owned by NDTV and its promoters as nothing
but witch-hunt and part of the intimidation tactic followed by the Modi Govt .Party
national president SQR Ilyas in a statement said that the clarification by the
central Govt has nothing to do with the
raids, and it will not satisfy even its own sympathizers.“Selective use of the
investigative agency against leaders of opposition political parties has become
routine now. It is alleged to be the tactic followed to silence them or make
them fall in line,” said Ilyas.TCN
Iftar with a difference organised by SIO: Scarred by lynchings, families
say will give up dairy farming
New Delhi: Generations of Azmath Khan’s family have dabbled in dairy
farming, but that’s about to change now. “I will leave this and move to
farming. Life is more precious, I’d rather leave the profession than be beaten
up again or, worse, get killed,” said the 26-year-old, who was allegedly beaten
by gau rakshaks in Alwar on April 1. Dairy farmer Irshad, who lost his father
Pehlu Khan in the Alwar mob lynching case, agrees with him. On the Centre’s
latest ruling, which bans sale of cows for slaughter, he said, “Centre should
buy old cattle from us and keep them in gaushalas. This way at least we will be
able to make some money. Now, there is fear of transporting even buffaloes, and
this ruling makes it even tougher. I’ll move to farming too.”“It’s been two
months since I lost my father, and no one from Rajasthan or Haryana Govt has visited our home. No one should be allowed
to take law into their hands… we want justice,” he added. The 2 were present at
an Iftar get-together organised by the Students Islamic Organisation of India
(SIO) in Jamia Nagar. Also present at the event were families of Mohd Akhlaq,
who was killed in Dadri over suspicion of cow slaughter, and Fatima Nafees, the
mother of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed. Before the Ramzan fast was broken
with plates full of mangoes, watermelons, pakodas and sherbet, the families
took the stage to recount their stories. “They broke my ribs and nose, I haven’t been
able to get myself treated because I have no money. I can’t work now and I will
not do dairy business anymore,” said Rafiq, 24, who was with Pehlu Khan the day
he was beaten up. In an emotional plea about her missing son, Nafees said, “We
have to protect ourselves; we will keep coming to the streets. I’ve written to
and tried meeting several leaders about my son, but none of the accused have
been arrested.” indianexpress
A get-together of lynch mob victims and a missing student’s mother
Cow vigilantism victims' kin share ordeal at SIO's Iftaar
Akhlaq, Najeeb, Pehlu Khan’s family members share their painful ordeals
at SIO Iftar gathering:TCN
Iftar with Akhlaq,Najeeb,Pehlu
Khan’s Families: The Quint
Burqa-clad girl faces 20-minute security check
Bengaluru:A burqa-clad student who came with her classmates to witness a
Karnataka Assembly session on Wednesday had a horrific experience when the
police asked her to remove the burqa and subjected her to security check for
around 20 minutes.Girl student of Christ Junior College was in tears when the
security staff told her to remove the burqa.“Someone took a video of the police
asking her to remove the burqa,” Christ Junior College Principal Fr. Biju K.
Chacko told IANS. “Police allowed her to enter the assembly gallery only after
the teachers assured them about the girl’s identity,” he said.IANS
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Qatar crisis could have major implications for massive US-UK air base,
analysts say
The prolonged isolation of Qatar by Saudi Arabia and its allies could
see the collapse of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Turkey’s entrance to
the region, with serious implications for US and UK military bases in the
country, analysts have warned. Qatar is home to the giant US Air Force Al Udeid
air base, a key staging area for operations against the Islamic State group in
Iraq and Syria. The base, which boasts one of the longest runways in the Middle
East, is a strategically important facility for the US-led coalition and is
home to 10,000 US personnel.The future of the base was thrown into doubt on
Tuesday when US President Donald Trump took sides in the bitter row among the
Gulf monarchies, which has seen Saudi Arabia and its allies isolate Qatar over
claims it supports extremism.US military authorities have been at pains to
stress friendly relations with Qatar, but Kamal Alam, a visiting fellow at
diplomatic and defence think-tank RUSI, said that Trump’s tweets have put US
military establishment “into a bit of a spin”. 'The longer term implications,
if this becomes a protracted dispute, are huge and with Kuwait and Turkey mediating,
it is largely out of the hands of the US and UK'. He said: “The longer term
implications, if this becomes a protracted dispute, are huge and with Kuwait
and Turkey mediating, it is largely out of the hands of the US and UK.”Alam
added that the “worst case scenario” could be the collapse of GCC or the
exclusion of Qatar from the key regional grouping. “The Saudi Islamic Arab
coalition could fall apart,” he said. “And maybe if this situation continues we
might see the first steps of replacing US protection in Qatar for Turkish
protection.”His comments came as the Turkish parliament moved to fast-track
legislation to allow its troops to be deployed to a military base in Qatar, in
a move that is likely to increase tensions in the Gulf.“It’s unlikely (to say
the least) that Donald Trump realised we are running the entire air war out of
Qatar prior to his tweet,” Andrew Exum, a deputy assistant secretary of defence
for Middle East policy in Obama administration, tweeted.Middle East Eye
Analysis: Why is Turkey deploying troops to Qatar?
Turkish parliament approves troop deployment to Qatar
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/turkey-fast-track-troops-deployment-qatar-170607151127104.html
Turkey's parliament has approved a legislation allowing its troops to be
deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar.The bill, first drafted in May,
passed with 240 votes in favour, largely with support from the ruling AK party
and nationalist opposition MHP.Wednesday's decision is a show of support for
Qatar as it faces diplomatic and trade isolation from some of the biggest
Middle Eastern powers. Turkey is a key ally of Qatar and is setting up a
military base in the country which also hosts the largest US airbase in the
Middle East. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain severed relations with Qatar
and closed their airspace to commercial flights on Monday, accusing it with
financing "extremist" groups.Qatar vehemently denies the accusations.
This is the worst split between powerful Arab states in decades. Aljazeera
Muslim Brotherhood rejects Saudi terror accusations
The Muslim Brotherhood, in its first reaction to the Gulf crisis on
Wednesday, rejected what is said were false accusations of terrorism by Saudi
Arabia.In statement, world's oldest Islamist movement called on the kingdom to
cease its support for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and not to listen
to the rulers of UAE, whom it called corrupt and oppressive." Kingdom's
insistence on backing the obscene putschist (Egyptian) regime, providing it
with financial and political support, attacking the moderate Islamist movement
represented in the Muslim Brotherhood, and accusing it of terrorism, puts the
Kingdom's credibility at stake," Brotherhood said."Do not listen to
the princes of oppression and injustice in the UAE, those corrupt men are a
plague on the (Islamic) nation and the Kingdom both. They are the cohorts of
Zionists and finances of oppression and obscenity," the group said.The
statement came from a Cairo-based wing.Reuters
UAE threatens 'economic embargo' against Qatar
UAE threatened to impose an economic embargo against Qatar while Bahrain
said "any options" were on the table as the crisis in the Gulf showed
no signs of abating on Thursday.The tough talk from the Gulf Cooperation
Council members came on Wednesday despite efforts by US President Donald Trump
and Kuwait's emir to prevent a further escalation of the dispute. UAE Foreign
Affairs Minister Anwar Gargash said there would be more economic curbs on
Qatar, if necessary, and said Doha needed to make ironclad commitments to
change what critics say is a policy of funding armed groups.Gargash later told
France 24 television any further steps could take the form of "a sort of
embargo on Qatar". aljazeera aljazeera
Questions raised over $110bn arms deal to Saudi
Washington DC:President Donald Trump's highly touted deal to sell Saudi
Arabia $110bn in American weapons is coming under new scrutiny in Washington
where politicians are increasingly concerned about the kingdom's conduct of the
war in Yemen and, now, the sudden blockade of Qatar.As details have emerged
about the arms sale, it's become clear the $110bn value Trump claimed is
exaggerated. The new sales are actually just proposed offers and most of the
underlying weapons systems were previously organised under former president
Barack Obama.Congress is poised to vote in coming days on a resolution of
disapproval of a portion of the announced deal. US law provides Congress an
opportunity to veto arms sales to foreign countries. While Republican lawmakers
are likely to support their president, the resolution will draw more than 40
supporters in the Senate, more than previous measures and a sign of trouble for
Riyadh."The $110 billion is definitely inflated, but it's not zero,"
said William Hartung, an arms trade analyst at the Center for International
Policy in Washington."It's very hard to evaluate. They haven't been very
specific about some of the categories they are talking about," Hartung
told Al Jazeera. aljazeera
Palestinian factions condemn Saudi Minister’s statements
Gaza, (PIC);Palestinian national forces strongly condemned in a press
release issued Wednesday the statements made by the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel
al-Jubeir against Hamas Movement. The statement considered al-Jubeir’s remarks
as a serious incitement against Palestinian legitimate resistance, saying that
it only serves the Israeli occupation.Such serious statements only offer a
cover to Israeli crimes, the press release reads. Hamas Movement and all
Palestinian resistance factions are fighting in defense of the nation’s dignity
and holy sites, the statement added. They also called on the Saudi to apologize
to Palestinian people and to stop such statements which distort its role in
support of the Palestinian cause.
Iran weighs whether Saudi was behind attack
Iran's military has vowed to take action against the perpetrators of
Wednesday's double attacks in Tehran, which killed at least 13 people.ISIL says
it was responsible and released a video purporting to show gunmen inside the
parliament building.But the Revolutionary Guard has questioned whether Saudi
Arabia played a role, with officials recently saying that the kingdom had
threatened to “take the war inside Iran”. aljazeera
Tehran attackers were Iranians, death toll raised to 16
The attackers who stormed Iran’s parliament complex and revolutionary
leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine were Iranian nationals who had
joined the Islamic State (IS) group, a top official said. 6 attackers “were
Iranian and joined Daesh from some parts of Iran”, Reza Seifollahi, deputy
secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said. The parliament
attackers were in their early 20s and spoke Arabic, according to a
Revolutionary Guards intelligence official. Authorities also said they had
arrested six suspects, including a woman, since the attacks in Tehran on
Wednesday. The intelligence ministry said there had been a third “terrorist”
team that was neutralised before the attacks started.Authorities also raised
the death toll in the attacks to 16 people killed. State TV reported the
increase on Thursday, citing Ahmad Shojaei, head of the forensic center. hindustantimes
Iraqi Kurds to vote on independence on Sept.25
Officials in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have announced that northern
territory will hold an independence referendum on Sept 25.Masoud Barzani, the
president of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Govt (KRG), announced the vote on Twitter. Hamin
Hawrami, a senior presidential adviser, said on his own Twitter account that
the decision follows a meeting of the major Kurdish political parties in Erbil,
the region's capital.The referendum on whether to secede from Iraq will be held
in the three governorates that make up the Kurdish region and in the areas that
are disputed by the Kurdish and Iraqi Govt s but are currently under Kurdish
military control. aljazeera
PM Theresa May vs Jeremy Corbyn of Labour Party: Britain goes to polls in
heated contest
Polls have opened in the UK for the country's second general election in
little over two years after one one of the most tumultuous campaigns in recent
decades. majority of voters on Thursday are expected to choose between PM Theresa May's Conservative Party and Jeremy
Corbyn's opposition Labour Party.Other choices on offer for the 45.7 million
eligible voters include the Liberal Democrat Party, which wants to reverse a
process for Britain to leave the European Union, or Brexit, and nationalist
parties in Scotland and Wales. aljazeera
67000 settlement units proposed to solve real estate crisis
Israel Council of Settlements (Yesha Council) in the occupied West Bank
has agreed with the Israeli housing ministry to prepare a large settlement plan
to solve the crisis of high real estate prices in the Gush Dan area in the western
part of the occupied West Bank, Quds Press reported. According to the Israeli
news website Ynet News the plan was proposed to the interior committee in the
Knesset on Tuesday and includes the construction of some 67,000 new settlement
units to solve the crisis of high prices.Ynet News said that the Council of
Settlements commissioned a panel of experts to assess the total amount of
vacant land available for construction in the area between the settlement of
Karnei Shomron in the north, through to the settlement of Ariel and up to the
settlement of Modi’in in the west of Ramallah. middleeastmonitor
Fatah accepts 12% land swap with Israel
Fatah Central Committee has accepted a 12 % land swap with Israel, an informed source
revealed to the Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah yesterday.According to the
sources, the issue was discussed in the Central Committee meeting held on 25
May headed by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas.The sources
said that this is far greater than the offer made by the former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in 2008. Olmert requested that the
PA offer 6.3% of the West Bank and East Jerusalem area in return for 5.8% of
Israeli land. In response to the Israeli request, the PA agreed then on a 1.9%
land swap, but the Israeli side rejected this. middleeastmonitor
Knesset calls for permanent annexation of West Bank
A number of far-right Israeli parliamentarians called for the permanent
annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory during a Knesset plenary
session to mark the 50-year anniversary of the 6-Day War on Tuesday. middleeastmonitor
Amnesty International: Ban import of settlement products
The international community must ban the importation of goods produced
by illegal Israeli settlements and must end the millions of dollars
profit-taking that have fuelled massive violations of Palestinians’ human
rights, Amnesty International said.On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary
of the Israeli occupation of West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights, Amnesty has
launched a new campaign calling on other countries to prevent the entry of
goods produced in Israeli settlement into their markets and to prevent their
companies from operating in the settlements or trading in their goods.
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