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Meira Kumar is Opposition’s pick to fight NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind in
presidential election
New Delhi: The opposition parties on Thursday chose former Lok Sabha
speaker Meira Kumar as their candidate to take on NDA’s presidential nominee
Ram Nath Kovind for the next month’s election.Born in Bihar’s Arrah district,
Meira Kumar is the daughter of prominent Dalit leader and former deputy PM
Jagjivan Ram, and freedom fighter, Indrani Devi. Meira Kumar, like Kovind,
belongs to the Scheduled Caste.In 2004, Meira Kumar was inducted into the
Manmohan Singh cabinet, as minister of social justice and empowerment, in
Congress-led UPA Govt . She then assumed charge as the Union minister for water
resources in UPA Govt in 2009. Meira
Kumar was elected Speaker of Lok Sabha in 2009, becoming the first woman
speaker of the country. She served as the speaker till 2014.The candidature of
Meira Kumar, a Dalit leader from Bihar, could put JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar in a
spot after his party announced on Wednesday that they would support Kovind. Bihar
CM , who skipped the opposition meeting today, may now have to find a
justification to back Kovind, who is from UP , and not the former Lok Sabha
Speaker. HT
No question of going back to NDA: JD(U)
Patna:A day after backing Ram Nath Kovind’s candidature for the
president’s post, the JD (U) on Thursday said that there was no question of
going back to the National Democratic Alliance and it continued to be an
integral part of the united Opposition.“The decision to back Kovind’s
candidature is an isolated incident... we’ll never go back to the NDA-fold
again,” the JD(U) national spokesperson K.C. Tyagi said over phone from Delhi.PTI
Presidential elections: Will appeal Nitish to rethink, won’t break
alliance, says Lalu
New Delhi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday urged his alliance
partner and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to
rethink his decision to support NDA’s presidential election nominee Ram Nath
Kovind. After the opposition meeting
that deliberated upon former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar as the candidate for
the presidential elections, Yadav said, “Nitishji called me and said that it is
his personal decision. I would appeal to him to rethink. Won’t break the
alliance.”indianexpress
Did Ram Nath Kovind say “Islam and Christianity are alien to the
nation”? Altnews
Sedition charge dropped against 15 arrested in MP for celebrating
Pakistan win
Bhopal: MP Police on Thursday dropped sedition charges against 15 people
arrested in Burhanpur district for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory in
the ICC Champions Trophy final, raising slogans in Pakistan’s favour and
bursting crackers. Following a complaint and an FIR, police found during
investigation that these people should be booked under section 153A of IPC and
not under 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) and 124A (sedition),
Burhanpur SP RRS Parihar told HT over phone.“So we have dropped these charges
and booked them for disrupting communal harmony in the area,” he said from
Burhanur, around 350 km from state capital Bhopal.Section 153A is imposed for
“promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place
of birth, residence, language, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance
of harmony”. Sources said the action followed outcry from several sections of
people on how such serious charges could be slapped for cheering for another
team during a cricket match.They said Shahpur area, where the incident
allegedly took place, also happens to be the home turf of state BJP president
Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan.As Muslims are in substantial numbers in the area, BJP
didn’t want to annoy them or get in their bad books, the sources added.hindustantimes
MP: Men held for sedition after cheering Pak, families write to
President
Kin of youth arrested in MP on sedition charges demand probe by
independent agency
Sedition charges on 5 in Bikaner, many booked across India for
celebrating Pak win
Bikaner/ Thiruvananthapuram: 5 people were slapped with sedition charges
in Rajasthan on Wednesday for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s shock victory
over India in the Champions Trophy final in London, police said.They were among
at least three dozen people, including 3 minors, booked in three different
states over similar allegations.Critics accuse the BJP-led Govt at the Centre of allegedly misusing the harsh
law to target anyone suspected of showing dissent. Muslims organisations say
the community is often targetted on trumped-up charges that doubt their
patriotism.Police said the 5 people of Bikaner were first arrested on lesser
charges after residents of the Subhashpura area accused a group of Muslims
youth of beating drums and shouting “Pakistan zindabad” slogans to celebrate
the neighbouring country’s shock victory on Sunday. They were arrested and
remanded in judicial custody.However, the right-wing Hindu Jagran Manch and
other organisations submitted memoranda to the district collector and SP,
demanding stringent action against the accused.HT
Those cheering Pakistan can go there: Minorities panel chief Ghayorul
Hasan Rizvi
New Delhi;National Commission for Minorities chairman Ghayorul Hasan
Rizvi has said that those who support Pakistan by celebrating their sporting
achievements should cross the border and go to that country, “or better still,
be deported there”.Rizvi made the comments while attending an iftar party in
Meerut on Tuesday. He said, “I was asked about people, including those in
Kashmir, who celebrated Pakistani win (in the Champions Trophy final). I said
these are people whose mind and heart are actually in Pakistan, just their
bodies are here, so they too should go there. Or better still, they should be
deported across the border.”Rizvi’s comments were in response to reports of
celebrations in Kashmir following Pakistan’s victory over India in the final.
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani had congratulated Pakistan on the win,
while Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had tweeted, “Fireworks all around, feels like an
early Eid here.IndianExpress
Kerala youth did burst crackers but it was not to celebrate Pakistan’s
victory, says panchayat head
2 days after Pakistan defeated India in the Champions League final,
residents of Kumbadaje, a sleepy village in Kerala’s Kasargod district woke up
to the news that the police had filed cases against 23 young men for allegedly
celebrating Pakistan’s win.The men were charged with unlawful assembly,
rioting, intent to cause riot and under the section relating to “negligent
conduct with respect to explosive substance”.Sub Inspector Ambadi of Badiyadka
police station said cases have been registered against Razak Chakkula, Mashood
and Siraj and 20 other “unknown persons” based on the complaint filed by a
local BJP official named Rajesh Shetty.He said the police are now trying to
ascertain the veracity of the complaint. “There is no eyewitness to the
incident,” Ambadi said. “It is not clear whether the crackers were burst to
celebrate Pakistan’s victory or for some other purpose. Moreover, no one heard slogan
shouting.” Fathimath Suhara is president of the grama panchayat of Kumbadaje.
It has no history of communal violence but the BJP is determined to change
that, alleged Suhara, and Shetty’s complaint is proof of that. “I enquired
about the incident in my personal capacity,” she said. “It is true that a group
of youngsters burst crackers that night. But it was not to celebrate Pakistan’s
victory. Youngsters in Kasargod get together on Ramzan nights and start
bursting firecrackers a few days before Eid.”Suhara added, “It is a lie they
raised anti-India slogans. The BJP is trying to vitiate the atmosphere and
polarise the society communally.”She also claimed that one of the accused men,
Razak Chakkula, “was not even present” in the village when the incident supposedly
took place. “He is working in the Gulf,” she said. scroll
No bail for Karnataka men caught bursting crackers after Pak cricket win
Bengaluru: 3 men arrested in
Karnataka's Kodagu district for bursting crackers to celebrate Pakistan's victory
in ICC Champions trophy, have been accused of attempting to hurt religious sentiments. The police said
they will not get bail, since the offence comes under a non-bailable
section.The arrests in communally-sensitive Kodagu were made on Monday after two
BJP workers lodged a complaint with the police. A senior police officer of
Kodagu, Rajendra Prasad, said the men had been bursting crackers on the highway
between Kushalnagar and Sontikoppa. "There was a possibility of it leading
to communal tension so they were arrested," he said. The men - Zaheer, Riyaz, Abdul Sammad-- are
currently in jail. A fourth man, Muneer, is absconding. NDTV
Section 144 in Mangaluru for 5 days after SDPI activist hacked to death
in broad daylight
Mangaluru:After the brutal murder of an SDPI activist in Dakshina
Kannada district’s Bantwal on Wednesday, the Mangaluru City Police have imposed
prohibitory orders under section 144 within the city limits as
well.“Prohibitionary orders have been imposed in Mangaluru limits too from June
22 to June 27 midnight,” Mangaluru City Police Commissioner T R Suresh said.The
top cop said that the orders were issued in the wake of the tensions prevailing
in Kalladka and nearby regions despite the existence of prohibitory orders in
the area.“Prohibitory orders were issued in Bantwal till June 21 after communal
clashed between the two communities, which took place on June 13. Despite this,
an SDPI activist was hacked to death. To ensure that communal violence does not
erupt, prohibitory orders have been imposed in Mangaluru city limits as well,”
Commissioner Suresh added.More than three people cannot assemble together in
public places, the Commissioner said.On Wednesday, tension erupted in Bantwal
taluk after a 30-year-old SDP) leader, Kalaai Ashraf, was hacked to death by 6
assailants near an engineering college at Benjanapadavu, located 23 km from
Mangaluru. SDPI Ammunje zone president Kalaai Ashraf, an auto driver, was on
his way to buy beedis when the assailants attacked him, Dakshina Kannada police
said.“Ashraf ran into a nearby house for refuge but the attackers dragged him
out and hacked him up with machetes,” a senior police official said.“Ashraf was
going to buy beedis after the SDPI’s Foundation Day Programme, when he was
attacked by the assailants. Statements of the eyewitnesses have been recorded
but the culprits are still absconding,” P Harishekaran, IGP (Western Range), who
is arrived in Bantwal, told media persons.After news about Ashraf’s death
spread, SDPI workers gathered in large numbers to protest in bantwal and police
had to resort to lathicharge to disperse the crowd. thenewsminute
Bhopal: 21 alleged SIMI activists kin submit memo, evidences to NHRC
Bhopal: Counsel representing kin of 21 alleged SIMI activists, who are
lodged in Bhopal Central Jail, handed over a memorandum and submitted
evidences, on Wednesday.NHRC team has come to look into complaints of relatives
of SIMI suspects. Their relatives alleged detainees are being tortured, not
given ample food and water, denied medication and forced to chant anti-Islamic
slogans.The statements of advocates were also recorded by the NHRC team. On
June 20, NHRC officials recorded statements of some of the alleged SIMI
activists and their kin on the first day of 3-day investigations in Bhopal
Central Jail."Apart from giving statements, we also submitted a memorandum
in which we provided the NHRC with all orders given by court and the
applications moved by the alleged SIMI activists before the court since April
last year. The undertrials are being kept in solitary confinement, which is not
legal. Not only human rights, but even legal rights of these people are being
violated," alleged advocate Sahid Ali, who is representing some of the
accused. Another advocate, who is representing the accused, advocate Parvez
Alam said, "We first requested the NHRC to record our statements in the
absence of officials, to which the NHRC representatives agreed. We gave our
memorandum along with supporting documents and were assured by the NHRC to
investigate the issue and submit its report." timesofindia
NHRC team starts recording statements of SIMI suspects
‘Kidnapped’ by police, presented as an IM operative: Story of Saddam
Hussein, a scrap dealer from Bhatkal:TCN
Saddam Hussein has a unique, albeit unwanted record: he remains the only
Bhatkali who has been arrested from Bhatkal for terror-related charges. He was
a scrap dealer from Bhatkal, who, according to eyewitnesses, was abducted by
police in plain clothes and taken away. His family, which can barely make ends
meet, has met him just twice in over two years and given that his trial is yet
to begin even after 30 months, it seems that the pain of the family is far from
over. In the third of the nine-part series, Amit Kumar meets the family of Saddam
and spoke to them about how they were coping without their breadwinner.On
January 8, 2015, Saddam Hussein, a 25-year-old scrap dealer, left home early
morning with a friend to buy a few things. His cousin was supposed to get
married in ten days and it was a joyous occasion for him and his family. Less
than three weeks ago, his wife had given birth to their third child, a
daughter, and although money was tight he had all the reason to be upbeat. His
home in Sherguli, Bhatkal was connected to the main road via a 200-metre long
mud track and he asked a friend to offer him a lift. The friend agreed and
together, about two minutes later they reached the main road. A white Sumo was
waiting there, and one of the occupants asked Hussein for directions. He took a
step towards the car and even before he could indicate which way to go, they
caught hold of his hand, pulled them inside and were off. His friend was left
stunned.
Pathankot Airbase Ex-Chief resigned before inquiry began
Air Commodore JS Dhamoon, who was the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Pathankot
airbase commanding officer when four terrorists attacked it on 1 Jan.2016,
resigned from the air force just before the much-delayed Court of Inquiry (CoI)
formally got underway in March 2017.This assumes significance in the backdrop
of reports in a section of the press that Dhamoon resigned after the CoI
indicted him for security lapses at the airbase that led to the attack in which
seven security personnel, including a NSG lieutenant colonel, were killed in
the gun battle that lasted nearly 20 hours. thequint
Maharashtra: BJP MLA compares Dalits with pigs, courts controversy: indiatoday
Mumbai:BJP MLA from Dombivli, Ravindra Chavan, was seen drawing
comparison between Dalits and pigs in a video clip from an inaugural function
by the Smart City Program in Thane. The comparison went awry and has the landed
the BJP leader in big trouble after the video went viral on social media.The
opposition did not let go of the opportunity and vehemently criticised the BJP
MLA and demanded an apology.While speaking at the function at Kalyan in Thane, Ravindra
Chavan went on to embarrass the CM Devendra Fadnavis with his weird
comparison. Chavan while addressing the
crowd cited the example of Abraham Lincoln narrating a story where Lincoln
picked up a piglet from a drain and cleaned. Chavan went to state that
similarly PM Narendra Modi and CM Devendra Fadnavis too are working hard to
uplift dalits. The bizarre comparison has angered many. Dalit organisations
have demanded an apology from the MLA.
Shia Waqf Board to move HC against Yogi Govt’s dissolution order
Lucknow: A week after the Yogi Adityanath Govt gave its nod for the dissolution of Shia and
Sunni Waqf Boards in the state, members of the Shia Waqf Board have decided to
move the High Court against the decision. While two members have already
resigned from their posts, the others held a meeting called by the Shia Central
Waqf Board President Waseem Rizvi in Lucknow, where they decided to challenge
the Govt order. The members had been
nominated by the Akhilesh Yadav Govt .Maulana Azim Hussain Zaidi, member of the
Board, says that it is unconstitutional to remove nominated members before the
term of the board ends.Rizvi alleged the action was retribution by the Govt .
“This is a reaction of the action I took on Mohsin Raza, who is now a Minister
of State in the current Yogi Adityanath Govt . We received complaints against
Mohsin Raza and found that he has sold waqf properties and enemy
properties.”News18.com
Yogi Adityanath booked after nude picture of tribal women shared on his
fanpage:TCN
An Adivasi woman from Assam, Laxmi Orang, has filed a case against Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Aditynath and Ram Prasad
Sarma, Lok Sabha MP from Assam for sharing her nude photo on social media. The
image was taken ten years ago during a protest in Guwahati.The photograph in
question was shared over a facebook page of Yogi Adityanath which is being
managed by his supporters. The original post claimed that a ‘Hindu woman’ was
stripped naked by Congress workers when she raised slogans in support of BJP
and PM Modi. The post claimed that the
event happened in Bengal and it also asked readers to ‘share it widely’.Laxmi
Orang, the tribal women in the photograph. filed the complaint in the court of
sub-divisional judicial magistrate court under various sections of IPC and IT
Act. The original photo was taken during an agitation by All Adivasi Students
Association of Assam (AASAA) at Beltola in Guwahati on November 24, 2007.
Adityanath’s Facebook page shared the photo with misleading text without
blurring the face and the private parts of the women. Moreover, Lok Sabha MP
Sarma was booked for sharing the same post on his social media page.Laxmi told
media, “Yogi Adityanath, without knowing any fact, commented in the social
media that the rally was on behalf of the BJP and the Congress workers attacked
it.”Moreover she told Press Trust of India, “When PM Narendra Modi is campaigning for Beti Bachao,
Beti Padhao at the same time his party CM (Adityanath) is doing this type of work. Is
this democracy?”
UP Cop Asks 37-YO Gang Rape Victim To Have Sex With Him Before
Registering FIR
A 37-year-old woman, who had been raped by two men earlier this year,
had gone to the investigating officer (IO) at Rampur's Ganj police station for
help. She said her rapists are roaming around freely and she fears for her
life. She begged for her tormentors to be arrested.The officer instead
allegedly asked her to first have sex with him before he takes action against
the accused. When the woman refused, there was another shock waiting for her.
The sub-inspector, Jai Prakash Singh, filed a closure report. Helpless and with
nowhere to go, she then approached the officer again, only this time recording
her conversations with him. TOI has a copy of the recording. Armed with
evidence, she went to the SP on Wednesday, who has now ordered an inquiry
against the IO.The rape survivor told TOI, "My ordeal began soon
afterwards. Whenever I approached SI Jai Prakash Singh seeking arrest of the
accused, he would say he first wanted to have sex with me. He even called up on
my mobile phone and invited me to visit him in his room alone. When I turned
him down, he filed a closure report in the case a fortnight
ago."indiatimes.com
Jhansi tense after 2 men killed by gunmen belonging to another community
In Jhansi, communal tension
flared up after two persons belonging to a community were shot dead by gunmen
from another community on Tuesday night. Heavy police force reached the spot
and somehow defused the situation after assuring early arrest of the accused.
Reports said that Sabbir (40) of Sahiryar Gate area of Kotwali police station
area had a money-related dispute with Bihari, a resident of Orcha area of
Jhansi. The dispute took an ugly turn on Tuesday night, when Bihari alongwith
Nanda and other aides accosted his rival and opened indiscriminate fire killing
Sabbir and 25-year-old Naushad. The perpetrators later fled the scene of
crime.The news of killing of Sabbir and
Naushad spread and hundreds of members of their community gathered and raised
slogans against the police. Later senior officers rushed to the site and got a
case registered and pacified the residents by assuring early arrests. The
police raided several places to nab the killers. dailypioneer
Darjeeling unrest: Sikkim CM Chamling extends support for separate
Gorkhaland state
In a fresh development, Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling on Thursday extended his
support for a separate Gorkhaland state even as the GJM-sponsored shutdown in
Darjeeling hills entered the eighth day today. In fact, on Tuesday, Sikkim’s
ruling party SDF had extended its support to the demand for a separate
Gorkhaland. In a meeting conducted by the SDF leadership earlier on Tuesday, it
was decided that they will extend support for a separate state at the same time
expressed its opposition to the “illegal, undemocratic and unconstitutional”
acts committed in Darjeeling. indianexpress
‘Gorkhaland agitation turning into mass movement, hill parties not in
control’
Darjeeling: The call for a separate Gorkhaland state, comprising the
northern hills of West Bengal, is fast turning into a people’s movement as
thousands from all walks of life are joining the agitation spontaneously and
demanding for a “final push”.The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which started
the agitation and remains at the forefront, appears to be giving in to
aspirations of the common people. And, nobody is quite sure how the movement
will develop in the coming months.Ajit Lama, a tea garden worker, whose daily
life points to the hand-to-mouth existence that people in this region face,
said hundreds of people are carrying their own water and food from home every
day just to join the rallies.“Common people from far-flung areas are spending
their hard-earned wages to join rallies. After watching one movement after
another fail over the past few decades they are now determined to give the
final push,” the 45-year-old resident of Nehore Balasan, about nine km from Sonada,
said.“They have not been asked by any political party or leader to do so,”
added Lama. hindustantimes
In veiled attack on Pakistan, India raises question of terror funding at
UN
In a veiled reference to Pakistan, India has asked the UN member states
to find the source from where the “anti-Govt elements” in Afghanistan were getting weapons,
training and funds to fight one of the biggest collective military forces in
the world.“We see a growing tendency of treating violence in Afghanistan as a
routine occurrence. Brutalities by terrorist and criminal networks are ignored
under the label of anti- Govt elements
or a consequence of a civil and political conflict. In doing so, we appear to
be failing in asking some crucial questions,” India’s Permanent Representative
to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said on Wednesday.PTI
UN has a ‘responsibility’ to resolve Kashmir issue: Pak
Islamabad:Pakistan said on Thursday that the UN has a “responsibility”
to resolve the Kashmir issue, days after UN chief Antonio Guterres stated that
he is engaged in bringing about an Indo-Pak dialogue to resolve the matter.
Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria, at his weekly briefing, said
Kashmir is an “internationally recognised” dispute and is outstanding on the UN
Security Council agenda.“UN has a responsibility by virtue of these UN Security
Council Resolutions to resolve the issue and call upon India to immediately
stop bloodshed of Kashmiris,” he said. Zakaria lamented that the relevant UN
Security Council Resolutions on the Kashmir dispute, which promise Kashmiris
their right to self-determination in accordance with their wishes and
aspirations, remain unimplemented.PTI
Poonch encounter: Pakistan forces attack Army patrolling party, two
jawans killed; intruders gunned down
New Delhi:2 Army jawans were killed in an attack on patrolling party by
Pakistan’s Border Action Team along with the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu
& Kashmir, according to an Army official. The official said that two
intruders were killed in retaliatory firing. The operation is underway. This
happened hours after 5 militants were killed in separate encounters with the
security forces in Kupwara and Pulwama. 3 local LeT militants were gunned down
by security forces in the early hours today in Kakapora area in Pulwama
district in South Kashmir. The encounter between the militants and forces began
at around 6 pm on Wednesday evening. indianexpress
1 dies in security forces' crackdown on Pulwama protesters hurling
stones: thehindu
Srinagar:After the killing of three local Lahkar-e-Taiba men in an
encounter at Kakapora on Wednesday night, clashes broke out between locals and
security forces in parts of Pulwama on Thursday. One person was killed in
security forces’ action on Thursday against demonstrators who pelted stones in
protest against the killing of 3 local LeT members in south Kashmir’s Pulwama
district on Wednesday night. Their charred bodies were recovered on Thursday
morning.Preliminary reports said clashes broke out between locals and security
forces in parts of Pulwama as the encounter at Kakapora ended. The protesters
resorted to pelting of stones and the security forces, in an attempt to chase away
the protesters, used force.The deceased was declared brought dead at a local
hospital.
Muslim-majority Arab countries join yoga day celebrations
Cairo/Dubai: Muslim-majority countries Egypt and the UAE joined the
world in celebrating the third International Yoga Day with a large number of
people performing yogic asanas which have gained popularity in the two Arab
countries over the years.In Egypt, the most populous Arab country, a large
number of people gathered before Iftar at the Baron Palace, a distinctive
historic Indian-inspired mansion in Heliopolis, to practice yoga with
professional trainers.In his speech during the celebration, India's Ambassador
to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya thanked the local authorities and Ministry of
Antiquities for their support in organising the event.PTI
Yoga Day : Mumbai’s minority institutes hold yoga sessions for students
not on fast for Ramzan
Mumbai:Even as many students in the city started their day with a yoga
session on Wednesday, some Muslim minority institutes either skipped the Yoga
Day celebrations or asked students to perform basic exercises as they were
fasting for the holy month of Ramzan. Some of the institutes conducted yoga
sessions for students who were not fasting. With students keeping fast, schools
and colleges were worried the physical exertion could lead to dehydration, they
said.Nasheman Urdu School in Bhandup held a morning session only for students
who were not fasting. Husnara Khan, principal of the school, said, “We
celebrated Yoga Day with a morning session as per Govt directions. Students not fasting took
part.”Anjuman-i-Islam Girls’ High School at Kurla saw students perform basic
yogasanas. indianexpress
Wanted for rioting, UP neta shares yoga stage with minister, DM, SSP: timesofindia
Bareilly: Facing non-bailable warrants (NBWs) for their alleged role in
communal clashes, BJP Saharanpur MP Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma's brother Rahul
Lakhanpal and the party's city president Amit Gagneja performed yoga sitting
near UP agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi, the district magistrate, SSP
and other officials at Ambedkar stadium in the city on Wednesday. This came
even as UP has launched a campaign to bring all those with NBWs against them to
jail.On the occasion of the third International Yoga Day, around 5,000 people
performed yoga at Ambedkar stadium in Saharanpur where Shahi, who is also
in-charge of the district, participated. Divisional commissioner Deepak
Agrawal, district magistrate Pramod Kumar Pandey, SSP Babloo Kumar and other
senior police and administrative officials were present at the venue.
Unable to buy books, uniform, indebted farmer’s son Arbaz kills self
Mumbai: The last thing the 13-year-old Arbaz Nabilal Attar wanted before
ending his life were new textbooks and school uniform.Arbaz hanged himself from
a tamarind tree as his father, a debt-ridden farmer in Osamanabad district of
Maharashtra, was unable to buy him new textbooks, notebooks and school uniform,
police said.The incident took place at Bavi village in Vashi tehsil on June 20,
police said.Arbaz, a class 9th student, had told his father Nabilal Mohammad
Attar that he needed new notebooks, textbooks and school uniform at the start
of new academic year.As Nabilal expressed inability because of lack of funds,
an upset Arbaz went to the family’s farm and committed suicide by hanging
himself from a tamarind tree, police said. indianexpress
Gujarat: 9 held for rioting in Valsad town
Surat: 2 groups from different communities clashed over a petty issue in
Nana Parsiwad of Khadki Bhagda in Valsad town. 9 people were arrested and produced
before court that granted them bail.The clash was reported around midnight on
Tuesday. Members of the two groups attacked each other allegedly with swords,
iron rods and wooden blunt objects. Both the groups lodged complaint against
each other early on Wednesday. Police booked the accused for unlawful assembly
and rioting.Police said Prakash Patel alias PC and four associates attacked
Sadiq Shaikh (34), a resident of Nani Pardiwad in Khadki Bhagda. Shaikh was
talking on the phone near his residence when Prakash, who was playing carom
with others, asked him to talk slowly. It led to an argument and ultimately
they attacked each other with weapons. Two persons suffered minor injuries and
were hospitalised for treatment. After discharge police arrested them.Prakash
(50), an auto-rickshaw driver, also lodged a complaint against Sadiq and his
two associates Riyaz and Azmat. Prakash claimed that when he asked Sadiq to
talk slowly over phone the latter used abusive language. When Prakash asked him
to stop, Sadiq attacked him along with his friends. timesofindia
Delhi teen Umar Sheikh killed after stunt goes wrong on KTM bike that
family gave as gift
Performing stunts on his new KTM Duke bike claimed life of a 15-year-old
boy and left his 19-year-old neighbour critically injured in northeast Delhi’s
Shastri Park on Sunday evening.Police said eyewitnesses told them that the
teenager was performing stunts when he lost control and the two fell off. They
were taken to a nearby hospital where the rider succumbed to his injuries
during treatment on Monday.A police officer said that the boy’s parents had
purchased the bike only a fortnight ago. His neighbours told police that a
youth in the boy’s neighbourhood had purchased a KTM bike a couple of months,
which costs more than Rs 1.5 lakh in India. The boy liked the motorcycle and
wanted to get one for himself. He had been requesting his family members to get
him a similar racing bike too. And because of his persistence his family got it
for him as a gift, said police. hindustantimes
Striving against casteism, SIO holds iftar with Chakliyar community
Calicut: The state council of Students Islamic Organization conducted
iftar meet at Muthalamada Ambedkar colony in solidarity with the Chakliyar
community, where casteism is practised against the lower castes in every nuance
of daily lives. Rupesh Kumar, famous novelist and activist, in his inaugural
address stated that their struggle for equality and acceptance has helped bring
more discriminations in limelight. He asked the Govt to take adequate steps immediately to bring
forth the educationally and socially backward communities.Chakliyar community
which consists of 133 families reside at Ambedkar colony in Muthalamada of
Palakkad district. They have been struggling to ward off the caste
discrimination and untouchability for years. Casteist events by the upper cases
of Ambedkar Colony had created a media furore 15 years ago and led the Govt to take steps to curb down the inhumane
practices. However the latest incidents prove that they are not stories of
bygone years. They continue to haunt the downtrodden even today. The upper
castes and lower castes use different taps to draw water and even use different
glasses in a tea shop.Milli Gazette
25 Muslim families of Tripura barred from entering mosque after joining
BJP
Agartala: CPI-M in Tripura was accused of stopping the entry of a few
Muslim families to local mosque in remote location of South Tripura under
Shantirbazar sub-division after they joined in BJP recently, which triggered
tension in the locality ahead of Idul-Fitar. However, district administration
today said they have also been informed about the incident but no formal
communication is yet to reach from the deprived family. If anybody is found
interfering other's right of religion for whatever issue, the administration
will take appropriate step to secure citizens' fundamental right, said DM of
South Tripura C K Jamatia. Meanwhile, BJP Minority Morcha President Md
Jasimuddin stated that the matter was informed to SP (South) detailing the
threats and intimidations by the CPI-M cadres. He said about 200 minority
people of 25 families residing in Madhyatilla hamlet of Shantirbazar had
deserted CPI-M and joined in BJP last month despite strong prevention from the
ruling party cadres. "The families were initially warned for social
isolation and stop Govt facilities.
Later, they were stopped from offering MGNREGS work and other Govt facilities as soon as they joined BJP.
Finally, a week ago CPI-M party mobilised muslim religious leaders to stop
those families there," Jasimuddin alleged.UNI
Allowing mosquitoes to breed akin to culpable homicide, Delhi HC slams
MCD, asks why can’t you clean Delhi
New Delhi:The Delhi high court rapped the city’s municipal corporations
on Wednesday, saying “heads must roll” for not clearing garbage and allowing
mosquitoes that spread dengue, chikungunya and malaria to breed.Letting
vector-borne diseases to shoot up is equal to penal offences such as culpable
homicide, said a bench of acting chief justice Gita Mittal and justice C Hari
Shankar.The court was hearing two petitions, seeking directions to the
corporations to prevent spread of mosquito-borne diseases. The corporations
listed preventive measures against mosquito breeding before the onset of
monsoon. But the court was unimpressed.“You are giving excellent fiveyear plans
with lots of chai and samosa ... First, set your house in order. See if your
staff are doing their job,” the bench said.The bench order came after it
watched a TV news report inside the courtroom on the corporations’ failure to
keep the city clean. The report contradicted the civic agencies’ affidavit
about their cleanliness drive, which the court described as hogwash.The HC
directed additional solicitor general Sanjay Jain to take action against
corporation officials.“This is a callous disregard of the rights of the
citizens ... Take action against the officers who are responsible... and it
can’t be the safai karamcharis on the ground,” the bench said. City of over 20
million grapples with thousands of cases of dengue and chikungunya during the
monsoon season. The worst outbreak was in 2010, when dengue killed eight and
affected more than 6,000 people.Chikungunya, an illness that causes high fever
and joint pain, is less deadly.Dengue symptoms are similar but the disease
causes severe complications and sudden death from uncontrolled bleeding.
Half of Delhi’s 1,000 water bodies vanished due to garbage dumping,
encroachments
WORLD
Israel calls for Saudi Arabia ties and state visits
Israel's intelligence and transportation minister has called on Saudi
Arabia's King Salman to invite PM Benjamin Netanyahu to Riyadh to establish full
diplomatic relations. Speaking at a conference in Herzliya on Thursday, Yisrael
Katz also asked King Salman to send newly appointed crown prince Mohammed bin
Salman to Tel Aviv after describing shared interest in countering rival
Iran."I call upon Salman, the King of Saudi Arabia, to invite the PM of Israel, Netanyahu, to visit Saudi
Arabia," Katz said the annual Herzliya Conference, where Israeli leaders
present national strategy initatives."We saw what a wonderful host you can
be ... when President Trump was there. You can also send your heir, the new
one, Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He's a dynamic person. He is an initiator. And
he wants to break through."Exactly this way ... they know who Iran is.
They know we have to create an access vis-a-vis Iran. You can send him for a
meeting in Israel and I promise you, he's going to be a very welcome
guest," Katz said.Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's defence minister, also
called for establishing "full diplomatic and economic relations" with
Arab states.In his speech at the conference, Lieberman said a peace deal must
be reached with what he referred to as "moderate Arab Sunni
countries" before a peace agreement could be made with the
Palestinians."The only light at the end of the tunnel is a complete
regional agreement," Lieberman, who has previously advocated paying
Palestinians to leave Palestine, said. "Full diplomatic and economic
relations. Not under the table, but on the table."I saw research on what
the result of a regional agreement and full economic relations would mean
between Israel, the Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia. This would mean an
additional revenue of $45bn for Israel. That's the potential. We have to
clearly say what our priorities are." Mustafa Barghouti, who heads the
Palestinian National Initiative, said it was unlikely that Saudi Arabia or
other Arab countries would follow suit."I don't think Saudi Arabia or
other Arab countries will accept to normalise relations with Israel,"
Barghouti said." aljazeera
Israeli Ministers to Saudi King: Invite Netanyahu to Riyadh
Israeli Minister: There are covert ties between Israel, Saudi
Israeli Minister of Communications Ayoob Kara has revealed that Tel Aviv
and Saudi Arabia have been in indirect talks to launch diplomatic relations,
Arabi21 reported. Reporting the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon, Arabi21 said
that the Israeli minister also expected his country to forge full diplomatic
relations with all Arab states, starting with Saudi Arabia.“There is a very
good possibility to have relations with the countries we call the Saudi
coalition,” Kara told the Israeli newspaper. The Israeli minister expressed his
joy as the official Arabic behaviour “shows that the Palestinian issue is the
third priority on the agenda of the Arab world.”He noted that Saudi and the
other countries impacted by it are “interested in encountering Iran and the
Sunni terror,” giving these two issues priority over the Palestinian cause.Kara
also revealed that American mediators are currently working to propose a
framework for the overt diplomatic relations between Tel Aviv and Riyadh.
Amongst the plans are ways to allow Israeli businessmen and firms to work
inside Saudi, Kara explained. middleeastmonitor
Promotion of bin Salman dubbed ‘soft coup’ by Iran
Iran’s state media has criticised changes to regional rival Saudi
Arabia’s royal line of succession announced on Wednesday calling them a “soft
coup.”The move sparked critical coverage in Iran, where state TV ran a headline
calling the move a “soft coup”.The semi-official news agency Fars dubbed it a
“political earthquake” and wrote that Nayef had been “ousted”. dawn
Turkey, Saudi discuss efforts to end Qatar rift
Turkish President ayyip Erdogan
has spoken with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and its new crown prince over the
phone and they agreed to increase efforts to end tension related to Qatar,
sources from Erdogan's office said.Turkey has offered support to Qatar after
Saudi Arabia and several other nations severed ties with Doha over accusations
of funding terrorism and fomenting regional instabilityErdogan spoke with the
Saudi leaders on Wednesday evening and "agreement was reached on
increasing efforts towards ending tension in the region related to Qatar",
the sources said in a statement. aljazeera
Saudi deports Qatari camels, sheep after diplomatic feud
At least 12,000 Qatari-owned camels and sheep have been ordered out of
Saudi Arabia as both sides in the Gulf diplomatic crisis refuse to back down.
Temporary shelters, water and food have been set up for 7,000 camels and 5,000
sheep forced to trek back to the kingdom across the desert border, Qatari
newspaper The Peninsula reported on Tuesday, while website al-Raya put the
figure at 25,000. Ministry of Municipality and Environment said that more
permanent accommodation was being prepared.Qatar is home to around 22,000
camels, which are raised for racing as well as for meat and milk, but many
herdsmen in the tiny kingdom rent pastures in much larger neighbouring Saudi
Arabia.The latest move from Riyadh has triggered angry reactions among Qatari
farmers. independent
UAE running 'informal detention centres' in Yemen, Eritrea; children
among detainees: HRW
Beirut: UAE runs at least 2 "informal detention facilities" in
Yemen and has reportedly transferred detainees to a base in Eritrea, HRW said
on Thursday.UAE is a key member of a Saudi-led military coalition that entered
Yemen's conflict in 2015 to battle on the Govt 's side against Iran-backed
Huthi rebels.HRW said UAE officials appeared to have "moved high-profile
detainees outside the country" including to a base in Eritrea.The rights
group said it had documented 49 cases, including those of four children, who
had been "arbitrarily detained or forcibly disappeared" - at least 38
of them by UAE-backed forces. The group said the UAE also runs detention
facilities in southern provinces home to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and
a local affiliate of the Islamic State group. Children are among those detained
in the centres, it said. WHO estimates more than 8,000 people have been killed
in two years of conflict in Yemen, which also faces a deadly cholera outbreak
and the threat of famine.AFP
Trump's senior adviser & son-in-law Kushner meets Abbas, Netanyahu in bid to restart
talks
US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner
has held meetings with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House
said.Kushner, accompanied by Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, is
attempting to broker a deal to restart negotiations between Israel and
Palestine, which were frozen since US-led talks collapsed in 2014.Kushner
travelled to Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday for talks with
Abbas where, according to Abbas' spokesperson, all major issues at the heart of
the conflict were discussed. "Kushner and Greenblatt discussed with
President Abbas priorities for the Palestinians and potential next steps,
acknowledging the need for economic opportunities for Palestinians and major
investments in the Palestinian economy," a White House statement said. Aljazeera
US-led army says ISIL blown up Mosul mosque where al-Baghdadi declared
caliphate but ISIL blames US air raid
The landmark Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its leaning minaret have
been blown up, with the Iraqi army blaming ISIL for its destruction and the armed
group accusing a US-led coalition air raid. In recent days Iraqi forces have
pushed deeper into the last remaining areas held by the ISIL group in the centre of Iraq's second-largest
city. "Our forces were advancing toward their targets deep in the Old City
and when they got to within 50 metres of the Nuri mosque, Daesh committed
another historical crime by blowing up the Nuri mosque," Staff Lieutenant
General Abdulamir Yarallah, the overall commander of the Mosul offensive, said
in a statement late Wednesday.In a statement on its Amaq website, ISIL blamed
US aircraft for destroying the mosque.Grand al-Nuri Mosque was where ISIL's
leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made a rare appearance in June 2014 and gave a
speech while standing at a pulpit to proclaim the creation of a
"caliphate".Iraqis lovingly call the minaret Al-Hadba, or "the
hunchback". The mosque is named after Nuruddin al-Zanki, a noble who
fought the early crusaders from a fiefdom that covered territory in modern-day
Turkey, Syria and Iraq. The mosque was built in 1172-73, shortly before his
death, and housed an Islamic school.Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith, reporting from
Erbil, said Iraqis were expressing their anger and outrage over the bombing on
social media."This is one of Iraq's most important, historical symbols.
Enormous anger here," Smith said.Iraqi forces earlier on Wednesday said
they had started a push towards the mosque. aljazeera
Khamenei ordered missile strikes on IS targets in Syria- Guards
Beirut:Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered weekend
missile strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, Revolutionary Guards said,
contradicting a previous report that they were authorised by the country's
security council.The Guards fired six mid-range surface to surface missiles
from western Iran into Syria's Deir al Zour province on Sunday night, the first
attack of its kind carried out by the Islamic Republic in years.The Guards
statement, published on Wednesday by Sepah News, ran counter to a statement by
President Hassan Rouhani who said earlier that the strikes were authorised by
the Supreme National Security Council, which includes the heads of the three
branches of Govt as well as the head of
the Guards and other ministers.Reuters
Muslims 'absolutely' the group most victimized by global terrorism,
researchers say
This week's terrorist attack targeting people leaving a London mosque
after Ramadan prayers is part of a wider phenomenon, in which Muslims are the
most affected by terrorism around the world, researchers told ABC News.While attacks
by Muslims against non-Muslims in Europe have dominated headlines recently,
researchers from National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses
to Terrorism (START), a research and education center at the University of
Maryland, believe that Muslims are in fact the most likely victims of terrorism
worldwide.START Executive Director William Braniff and his team studied the
causes and human consequences of terrorism, compiling details about attacks
like the one that took place in London on Monday. What they found is that —
although they did not always have information about the religious beliefs of
the victims — Muslims were the most affected overall."In the Middle East,
Muslims are the most likely victims of both terrorism and counterterrorism
efforts," Braniff told ABC News.
"Unlawful" sukuk threaten Dubai's Islamic finance
ambitions:Reuters
Dubai/Sydney; Dubai's ambitions to become a global hub for Islamic
finance may have been dented by the decision of Dana Gas to declare $700
million of its Islamic bonds "unlawful", and thus suspend payments on
the debt.Building on its success in conventional banking, Dubai announced in
2013 a drive to promote sharia-compliant business in the financial industry and
other sectors.The city state wants to become a centre for sukuk issuance,
challenging the global dominance of Malaysia, as well as a centre for other
Islamic financial transactions and Islamic finance scholarship.These goals
could become harder to achieve if the Dana Gas case is not resolved in a way
that reassures a broad spectrum of investors that the UAE' sukuk market is
safe.UAE company is arguing that since its sukuk were issued in 2013, they have
become invalid under UAE law "due to the evolution and continual
development of Islamic financial instruments and their interpretation". Some
investors fear this approach could make sukuk in general more risky, by
allowing issuers to avoid honouring their obligations simply by claiming
religious standards had changed.
UNICEF: 5m children need urgent humanitarian aid in Iraq
More than 5 million children are in urgent need of aid in Iraq, the
United Nations said on Thursday, describing the war on Daesh as “one of the
most brutal” in modern history.“Across Iraq, children continue to witness sheer
horror and unimaginable violence,” UNICEF said in a statement.“They have been
killed, injured, abducted and forced to shoot and kill in one of the most
brutal wars in recent history.”International organizations estimate that more
than 100,000 civilians, of whom half are children, are trapped in extremely
dangerous conditions in the Old City centre, the last district still under the
militants’ control in Mosul. middleeastmonitor
US calls for UNSC to blacklist Hamas: middleeastmonitor
American Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley asked the UN Security Council
to blacklist Hamas, accusing it of being a “terrorist” organisation that puts
the lives of people “at risk”. Briefing the council on the situation in the
Middle East, Haley said: “Hamas is one of these forces of terror.”She dedicated
most of her briefing to prove that Hamas is a terrorist organisation that puts
the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis at stake."Hamas remains a
terrorist organisation bent on Israel’s destruction… Its goal is to defeat
Israel by force. It will use all the resources it can to continue the
fight," she said. Calling for the UNSC to act against Hamas, she said:
“This Security Council must stand up to condemn Hamas’ terror. Hamas represents
yet another regional threat that this council far too often ignores.”She added:
“Security Council must unite to say that enough is enough. We need to pressure
Hamas to end its tyranny over the people of Gaza. We should condemn Hamas in
this council’s resolutions and statements.”
Hamas slams US call for UNSC to list it as a ‘terror organisation’
Atleast 29 killed as car bomb hits Afghan security forces waiting for
salary
At least 29 people were killed Thursday when a powerful car bomb struck
a bank in Afghanistan’s Lashkar Gah city as people were queueing to withdraw
salaries, the latest bloody attack during the holy month of Ramadan.At least 50
wounded people were rushed to hospital after the bombing at New Kabul Bank
which upturned vehicles, left the area littered with charred debris and sent a
plume of smoke rising in the sky.No group has claimed responsibility for the
brazen attack, but it comes as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide spring
offensive despite Govt calls for a
ceasefire during Ramadan.“The blast killed 20 people and left 50 others
wounded, both civilians and military officials,”Govt spokesman Omar Zwak said, warning that the
toll could rise.HT
US: Thousands attend slain Muslim teen Nabra Hassanen’s funeral in
Virginia
Thousands of mourners left their cars as traffic overflowed and walked
more than a mile to reach Wednesday’s funeral of a 17-year-old Muslim girl
whose beating death, blamed by police on road rage, has some in her community
fearing for their safety. Nabra Hassanen was remembered as a shining example of
kindness and openness during the services, where about 5,000 people gathered to
show their solidarity.“There is nothing like losing a child, especially in the
way that we lost Nabra,” said Imam Mohamed Magid, the leader of the All Dulles
Area Muslim Society. He said he sought to comfort the victim’s mother by telling
her that a person who dies is such a manner “will enter paradise, with not any
question asked.”AP
Central African Republic: 100 killed in fierce clashes
Some 100 people were reportedly
killed in intense fighting that broke out Tuesday in the Central African
Republic (CAR), local media and officials said Wednesday.The Central African
Republic’s news agency, Le Nouveau Centrafrique (LNC), said 110 people had been
killed in clashes between the Christian militant group Anti-balaka and a
faction of former Seleka fighters, a collection of mainly Muslim rebel groups.
FLASH: NEWS & VIEWS
Saudi's New Crown Prince Is Good News for Israel,US; Bin Salman agrees
with US on Russia, Assad, Iran and ISIS, he's also met with top Israeli
officials:Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
The end of Kanpur’s leather industry and the slow collapse of the city’s
economy: Sharjeel Usmani,TCN
‘Cow economics’ are killing India’s working class:Afroz Alam, HoD
Pol.Science Dept, MANUU
US: Don't tell me Nabra Hassanen, Muslim girl who was kidnapped outside
a mosque and murdered, was a victim of road rage:Azmia Magane
Not a masterstroke: BJP picked Kalam for president after 2002 riots,
Kovind after attacks on Dalits: Ajaz Ashraf
Amartya Sen interview: The President should be a voice for sanity and
fairness
Abbas has joined the siege of Gaza, but with what objectives and
results?Mahmoud Al-Ajrami, Felesteen,
What Killed Half a Million Indians?Pranay Sinha, Scott K. Heysell, NYT
Web links: Muslims are using social media to build solidarity networks
and counter Hindutva Can they be effective, though?Aparna Kalra
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