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340 children die in
UP govt hospitals in 1 month; 1256 deaths in 2017 & 61 child deaths in 72
hours at Gorakhpur Hospital; Yogi kicks up controversy
Lucknow: Facing
flak from different quarters, UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday kicked up a
massive controversy amid reports of the death of 340 children, mostly new born
at 2 state govt hospitals, including the dreaded BRD Medical College hospital,
within a span of one month. 61 children, mostly newborns, have died in the last
72 hours at the hospital in Gorakhpur where 70 infant deaths were reported 3
weeks ago, from various causes including oxygen shortage repoted NDTV. In the
last 24 hours, 19 children have died at the BRD Medical College, 4 of
encephalitis. The rest were babies who died in the hospital's neo-natal
intensive care unit. According to the
official records, as many as 42 children, including 16 new borns, died at the
BRD Medical College hospital. ''25 children died within 24-hours on Tuesday
alone,'' said a senior hospital official in Gorakhpur. The official said that
290 children have died at the medical college hospital in the month of August
so far. The tally was expected to rise given the track record of the
hospital.Reports of children's death were received from another Govt hospital in state's Farrukhabad district,
about 300 km from here. Official records revealed that as many as 49 children,
including 30 new borns, have died at the district hospital in Farrukhabad in
this month so far.Health officials here claimed that all these children had
been critical. ''A majority of children are brought here in critical
condition...as a result, many of them die,'' said a district health official in
Farrukhabad. Yogi, meanwhile, triggered a huge controversy by his remarks amid
the death of children. Speaking at a function Yogu virtually lambasted the
people for ''blaming'' Govt for all their ills while ''shirking'' their (people)
own responsibility.''There may come a time, when the people will abandon their
children, when they reach the age of one or 2 years, seeking the Govt to take care of them,'' he said. He said that
the people these days only wanted to shift the blame on to the Govt and did not discharge their duty.''The remark
is unfortunate....it will only embolden the officials,'' said a senior
Samajwadi Party leader here on Wednesday.Barely a few days back UP health
minister Siddharth Nath Singh had drawn flak for his remarks over the death of
30 children at BRD Medical College allegedly owing to shortage of oxygen.
According to BRD hospital records, this year till Monday at least 1,250
patients have died in the encephalitis and newborns' ward.Many of the patients
told NDTV that it is because of inadequate and ill-equipped medical facilities
in their hometown that they have to travel to BRD College. Deccanherald . NDTV
61 child deaths in
72 hours at BRD hospital, 'number may go up'
1256 deaths at BRD
in 2017, 296 kids die in Aug:Official
Gorakhpur: At BRD 61
children die in 3 days
36 children die in
last 48 hours at BRD hospital
Muslim bodies urge
followers not to perform sacrifice on roads to avoid complains from other
communities
Ahead of
Eid-ul-Azha, a number of prominent Muslim organisations and leaders have urged
the followers of Islam to avoid offering animal sacrifice on roads, maintain
hygiene, exercise restraint and not give a reason to people of other
communities to complain.However, they have exhorted the Muslims to perform
"qurbani" (animal sacrifice) notwithstanding the difficulties arising
out of "a particular situation" as it is an important
"sunnah" (tradition of the Holy Prophet). "This time, due to a
particular situation you may encounter certain difficulties in procuring and
sacrificing the animal for qurbani. Just because of difficult circumstances,
you should not become negligent of this important responsibility," various
Muslim bodies have said in a statement."Do not offer the qurbani on the
roads, footpath and pathways, rather perform it in open spaces. Kindly ensure
the highest level of cleanliness and hygiene," the joint statement, issued
by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind(JUH), All India Muslim
Majlis-e-Mushawarat and All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and
Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadees, read."Do not give a chance by your actions and
behaviour for any kind of complaint to your neighbours especially those
belonging to other faiths. You should not allow relations to become strained
and must exercise maximum self-restraint. You should not take the law in your
hands under any circumstances," it said.The leaders including AIMPLB
President Maulana Rabey Hasni Nadvi, JIH President Maulana Jalaluddin Umri, JUH
leadre Maulana Mahmood Madani and Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi have
suggested forming a committee of elders in every area to ensure the
"process of qurbani passes off smoothly under their
supervision".Times Now/ IANS
Muslim bodies urge
followers not to perform Bakrid sacrifice on roads: HT
Muslim bodies urge
followers not to perform sacrifice on roads: business standard
Muslims 'anxious'
around Qurbani time, say clerics who met UP DGP for peace assurance
Lucknow: Ahead of
Eid-ul-Azha, a section of Muslim clergy on Tuesday said the community is filled
with anxiety over the matter of fulfilling their religious duty of qurbani
(sacrifice) on the festival. The concern, said clerics, arose from the number
incidents of cattle vigilantes taking law in their hands, primarily against the
minority community, across the country in the recent past.To be assured there
is law and order around the festival, a delegation met DGP Sulkhan Singh in
Lucknow on Tuesday.Led by Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, the delegation
demanded there neither be obstruction in the movement of sacrificial animals
for the festival, nor any lapse of law and order.The delegation also comprised
president of Jamat-e-Islami eastern UP and its secretary Mohammad Naim and
Shahid Ali, respectively, besides All India Sunni Board president Maulana
Mohammad Mushtaq and Sajjadanasheen of Dargah Shahmina Shah,Sheikh Rashid Ali
Minai."DGP assured us the festival and sacrifice ritual will be carried
out as per tradition and strict action will be taken if animals banned for
slaughter are reported to have been sacrificed. He also told us all police
officers have been given orders to ensure peace," said the Imam of
Eidgah.TOI
Bombay HC asks
police about steps to check illegal cattle slaughter
Mumbai: Bombay High
Court has directed the Mumbai Police to inform it about steps taken to check
the illegal slaughter of cattle and sale of beef in the city. A bench of
Justices R M Savant and SS Shinde yesterday also directed DCP, Zones I and III,
to file their respective affidavits on an “action plan”, or steps they proposed
to take to clamp down on illegal slaughter houses or meat shops.The bench was
hearing a writ petition filed by a city resident alleging that “beef was being
sold openly in areas such as Nagpada, Agripada and Dongri” in the city.
Petitioner Arun Kabadi claimed in his plea that even though he had made several
complaints to the police in this regard, they had failed to take any
action.Kabadi’s lawyer Raju Gupta told the court that in March this year,
another bench of the HC had directed the DCPs of zones I and III to take
cognisance of the petitioner’s complaints, and to take “appropriate action”
against the illegal meat shops. The bench had also asked the police to take the
help of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Health department to check the
alleged illegal sale of beef in the areas concerned.“However, the police has
failed to take the requisite steps and many meat shops and slaughter houses
continue to operate without valid licences. Several of them also continue to
sell beef despite the ban on the same by the state Govt ,” the petitioner said.
The police, meanwhile, told the court that since the March order, it had
imposed fines on 53 meat shops that were found to be operating without valid
licences in the areas mentioned by the petitioner.PTI
RSS-backed MRM
demands ban on animal slaughter during Eid al-Azha, terms it 'murder of
animals':TOI
Lucknow:Upbeat
after Supreme Court stay to triple talaq, RSS-backed Muslim Rashtriya Manch has
demanded ban on animal slaughter this Eid al-Azha. Joint coordinator of the
Manch, Khursheed Agah said that sacrificing of the animal during Eid is a
superstition.Raising question on the tradition, Agah said that when sacrifice
was not allowed in Islam why then sacrifice of animals is done during Bakrid.
With reference to Ayodhya dispute, he said if one reads Holy book of Quran one
will find that it is clearly mentioned that Muslim cannot offer prayers where
there is dispute.Citing the Islamic verses, UP east coordinator Raja Raees said
that when in Islam it is clearly mentioned that even Ibrahim didn't sacrifice
any animal then why Muslims go for sacrifice. This is not sacrifice but murder of
animals, Raees further said. Quoting Rasool, Raees said: "Plant, trees,
animals and birds are all God’s creation, hence one should be sympathetic
towards them."Condemning cow slaughter,Awadh prant's Hasan Kausar said
that Islamic verses clearly mention that cow milk is pure and flesh a disease
if eaten. Eating beef thus is against the tenets of Islam, he said.
Noida officials do
a cleanliness survey ahead of Eid
Noida authority
additional CEO Rakesh Kumar Mishra, along with a team of health department
officials, on Monday inspected Jama Masjid in Sector 8 to ensure cleanliness of
its premises ahead of Eid on Sept.1.Officials also conducted an inspection to
check the level of cleanliness in many Muslim-dominated areas, including sector
6,7, 8, 31 and Nithari village, ahead of Eid festivities.They also interacted
with residents in these areas and discussed civic issues faced by them.HT
UP Islamic Centre
of India Asks Muslims to donate 10% of Eid-ul-Azha Budget to Help Flood-hit in
UP
Lucknow: The
Islamic Centre of India has asked Muslims in UP to donate 10% of their Eid-ul-Zuha budget to
help those affected by floods in the state.The flood situation in UP is grim
with almost 25% of the state affected. A large number of people have been
displaced by the flood. Students of Darul Uloom Farangi Mahal are busy
collecting food items and packing them so that they could be sent to the flood
hit areas of UP .They have collected essential items like rice, pulses, grams,
jaggery, sugar, tea leaves, biscuits, vegetables and so on for the flood
victims. News18
Haryana imposes ban
on sale of meat in Thanesar, Pehowa municipality areas
Chandigarh:Haryana Govt
in the state on Tuesday banned the sale
and purchase of meat and meat products in Thanesar and Pehowa municipality
areas and also declared Kurukshetra as a holy city.The state Govt has notified to prohibit the sale and purchase
of meat and meat products in Thanesar and Pehowa municipality areas
completely.Urban local bodies’ minister Kavita Jain said the CM Khattar approved the proposal to this effect
and a notification in this regard has been issued. She said that in 1971,
municipal council, Thanesar had approved a proposal to impose a complete ban on
sale of liquor and meat. Haryana Govt has decided to establish, “Haryana State
Financial Services Limited”, a non-banking financial company (NBFC) for
management of surplus funds. Manohar Lal Khattar has approved a proposal in this
regard, an official spokesperson said.hindustantimes
Bharatiya Mahila
Andolan demands Govt to frame gender just personal law
New Delhi: The
women's rights group, which was one of the petitioners against Triple Talaq in
the Supreme Court, has demanded that the Centre bring in a codified personal
law which is gender just and based on the Quran. "The community needs a
codified law, a comprehensive legislation which also covers issues of age of
marriage, divorce, polygamy, halala, muta, inheritance, mehr etc.The state
cannot escape its responsibility towards a Quran based gender just legislation
which is mandated by the constitution of the country. The SC has done its job
now it is the state's turn," said Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan. PTI
Female circumcision
is an established practice in Islam: Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyyathul Ulema
Kozhikode: Female
circumcision is an established practice in Islam, says Sunni Yuvajana Sangham,
(SYS) a feeder organization of Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyyathul Ulema.Working
secretary of the SYS Abdul Hameed Faizi Ambalakkadavu said that circumcision is
Sunna in Islam."It is mandatory for the male while it is optional for the
female,"he said."Female circumcision is a boon for women and gives a
pleasurable experience for men. In Islamic practice, the organ is not
completely cut as in female genital mutilation, but only a small portion is
removed," he said.According to Faizy, authoritative books in the Shafi
Madhab, which Sunnis in Kerala follow, the female circumcision is an accepted
practice."The book by Ibn Hajer al-Haytami, which we follow to issue
fatwas and `Fathul Mueen' by Sheikh Sainudeen Makhum contain references to
female circumcision," he said.SYS leader said the practice was not widely
prevalent in Kerala now because of the dearth of experts."There should be
women experts to do the procedure," he said. TOI
15 die in
Maharashtra rains, Met dept says worst is over as bus, trains and flights
resume in Mumbai
Mumbai:Though the
intensity of rain lessened and water levels started receding, at least 12 more
people were killed since the first three deaths were reported overnight.Mumbai,
a city of 20 million people, was brought to its knees on Tuesday after heavy
rainfall left large swathes under water, disrupting flights and trains and
forcing thousands of people to spend the night at offices and railway
platforms.Several people were also injured by falling trees and wall collapse,
police said, a day after the city recorded 298mm of rainfall, the highest in a
day in August since 1997.The downpour flooded tracks of all three suburban railway
system — Central, Western and Harbour lines —that carries more than seven
million commuters every day.However, vast areas of the city remained under
water for the second day running and vehicles remained stranded on waterlogged
roads.Schools and colleges are closed in response to a call by authorities.HT
Mumbai: Rains, flooding
forces millions from their homes as death toll tops 1000 across India, Nepal Bangladesh
Mumbai rains:
Religious places open doors for those stranded
Mumbai: Akhtar Raza
realised he may never reach home on Tuesday night until he read one of the
forwarded messages from Jamat Raza-e-Mustafa and randomly called a member for
help. Volunteer Mohammed Ahmed (34) immediately rode his bike from Ghatkopar to
Saki Naka to pick Raza up and drop him at his home in Kurla. “Cars and buses
are getting stranded. But on a bike it is easier to navigate,” Ahmed said. Like
Ahmed, another volunteer, Worli resident Aarif Khan(29) was answering calls
through the day from strangers stranded in waist-deep water. He took seven
people home on his bike, one by one. “A group of five tourists from Ahmedabad
who had come for Lalbaugcha Raja’s darshan were stuck in Worli. They had missed
their train to Ahmedabad. I asked Madina masjid to accommodate them. In such
times, nobody looks at religion,” Khan said over the phone, not long after
dropping off a couple in Bawla Masjid, Worli, for an overnight stay.Mosques,
gurdwaras and temples in the city opened their doors to stranded people of all
faiths through Tuesday and also for the night. Diocesan Pastoral Center,
opposite Mount Mary church in Bandra, provided free food and stay to people
stranded in that area.In the 3-storey Chishti Hindustani Mosque in Central
Mumbai’s Byculla, over 500 people from CST railway station and nearby areas
came to take shelter on Tuesday night, all belonging to various religious
groups.Donors pooled in to arrange a simple dal-chawal dinner for everyone.“We
arranged 20 tempos to get people from different locations till the mosque,” the
maulana added. People from as far as Kalyan, Borivali and Thane spent the night
at the mosque — Hindus, Christians and Muslims, all damp and tired, sharing the
same space. “Everyone is helping everyone here. So many volunteers turned up at
the mosque. Nobody is asking a person’s name before helping,” said volunteer
Tejas Ojha, a Byculla resident.In Govandi’s Shia mosque in Lotus Colony, over
15 people took shelter in the late evening hours.TOI
Defending Article
35A not an ‘anti-national’ act: Omar
Jammul:Extending
his party’s campaign for safeguarding Article 35A of the Constitution to the
border district of Rajouri, NC working president Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday
that defending the provision cannot be an “anti-national” act. “Defending the
Constitution of India, of which Article 35A is an integral part, cannot be
anti-national,” the former CM told party
workers in Darhal in Rajouri.Coming down heavily on the BJP, Omar asked how
could fingers be raised at the National Conference for opposing the
“clandestine moves” of repealing Article 35A, which is a constitutional
guarantee to the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh for preserving their
distinct identity and dignity, irrespective of religion or caste.PTI
Siwan acid attack
case: Patna High Court upholds life sentence of Mohammad Shahabuddin
New Delhi: Patna
High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of former RJD MP Mohammad
Shahabuddin in the 2004 Siwan acid attack case.3 brothers — Rajiv, Satish and
Girish Roshan — were killed in a property dispute case. While Satish and Girish
were drenched in acid and shot dead, Rajiv was killed when he was returning
home on a motorcycle. “Shahabuddin was eyeing our property, which we resisted.
I have paid the price with the life of three sons. I have been killed thrice,”
their father Chandrakeshwar Prasad told Indian Express in 2016.In 2004, Raj
Kumar Sah, a close aide of the former Siwan MP, had abducted the 3 brothers
from their home and shop. Girish and Satish were eventually killed, but Satish
managed to escape. Sah and two other associates were also held guilty of
murdering the two brothers.Indian Express
Defence ministry
slashes army flab; 57,000 soldiers to move to combat roles
The army currently
deploys more soldiers on non-combat administrative and supply chain duties than
in the trenches in wartime.On Wednesday, to increase what the defence ministry
terms the army’s “teeth to tail ratio” by putting a larger percentage of
soldiers on the frontline, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley ordered 65 reforms to
the structure of the military.He says the 65 reforms must be completed by
Dec.31, 2019, involving “redeployment and restructuring of approximately 57,000
posts of [soldiers] and civilians.” business-standard
No need for
multiple statements on sensitive Doklam issue: Govt
New Delhi:Defence
Minister Arun Jaitley refused to interpret the significance of resolution of China-India
face-off at Doklam, saying it was a “sensitive” issue and that the Govt had already conveyed its position. External
Affairs Ministry has already articulated Govt’s stand on the issue, he told
reporters at a briefing. “Given the sensitivity of the issue, there is no need
to make multiple statements,” Jaitley said when asked whether the resolution of
Doklam standoff was a big achievement for India.Jaitley, who also announced Govt’s
decision to carry out major reforms in Army to enhance its combat capability,
said the exercise had nothing to do with any specific incident and had been going
on since much before Doklam.He was responding to a question that whether the
reform process was undertaken keeping in view Doklam incident. PTI
3 SIMI members get
life for bid to murder BJP youth wing activist in 2009: indianexpress
Bhopal: 3 SIMI
members were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Bhopal special
court for attempted murder of a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activist in
Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa town in 2009. While BJYM chief Pramod Tiwari had
escaped unhurt, BJYM activist was critically injured in the attack that took
place on the night of January 2, 2009. There were 7 accused in the murder case,
but 4 of them were killed in an alleged encounter near Bhopal last year.Like
all other cases involving MP’s SIMI activists, this case was also shifted to
Bhopal and the accused were produced in court through video conferencing.
Besides Abu Faisal — who was the key conspirator in the attack and is facing
trial in other terror-related cases — Abdullah Hussain and Raquib were
sentenced to life imprisonment for attempt to murder Dubey. The trio were also
sentenced to 10 years in jail for the attempt on Tiwari’s life by Special Judge
Girish Dixeet. Both the sentences will run concurrently.Defence lawyer Zeenat
Anwar said that the trio was acquitted under sections related to sedition,
promoting enmity between religious groups and UAPA, as charges under these
sections could not be proved. Akeel Khilji, Zakir Hussain, Amjad Khan and
Mehboob were among the SIMI members who were killed in an alleged encounter on
Oct.31, 2016. indianexpress
Court frames
charges against Yasin Bhatkal, 8 others:PTI
New Delhi: A Delhi
court put Yasin Bhatkal and 8 others on trial in two cases related to the 2010
Jama Masjid blast.Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma said there was
enough evidence against them and framed the charges. The accused persons
pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The court issued production warrant
against accused Azaz Saikh, who could not be produced from a Mumbai jail where
he is lodged. Besides Bhatkal, the others put on trial include Gauhar Aziz
Khomani, Gayur Ahmad Jamali, Mohd. Adil, Mohd. Irshad Khan, Mohd. Aftab Alam,
Kamal, Assadullah Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rehman. Another accused Mohd. Qateel
Siddiqui died during pendency of the case, said the advocate who appeared for
the accused.
Lieutenant Purohit
dons Army uniform: indianexpress
New Delhi:
Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit, who was recently granted bail by
the Supreme Court in the 2008 Malegaon blast case after spending nine years in
prison, on Wednesday donned his Army uniform.Army had earlier said that Purohit
will join a unit after his release from jail but will not be given any active
duty. The reinstatement will be with certain conditions, the details of which
will be finalised after the Army headquarters studies the SC order on the
conditional bail.
I object to the use
of term saffron terror. There is no colour to terror: Home Secretary Mehrishi
New Delhi: On his
last day in office, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi spoke to Indian Express
on a range of issues, including love jihad, violence in Haryana after Gurmeet Ram
Rahim’s conviction in rape cases and the crackdown by NIA on terror funding.
Condemning the violence in Haryana that claimed 38 lives, Mehrishi said the
breakdown of law and order is dynamic and unpredictable.“Sitting in Delhi, we
cannot say anything. It is for state Govt and CM (of Haryana) to take action if there
were any lapses,” said Mehrishi who leaves for Jaipur tomorrow. Reacting to the
allegations against Hindu outfits for spreading saffron terrorism, the outgoing
home secretary said, “I object to the use of term saffron terror. There is no
colour to terror. It is for the court to decide on the role of those involved.”
His remarks hold significance in view of the release of Sadhvi Pragya and Lt
Colonel Purohit in the Malegaon and Samjahuta blasts cases, both termed as
incidents of saffron terrorism.Indian Express
Kerala conversion,
marriage: Ex-SC judge turns down request to oversee NIA probe
Bengaluru:Ex-Supreme
Court judge RV Raveendran has turned down the request to supervise the NIA
investigation into Kerala resident Hadiya’s conversion to Islam and her
marriage with a Muslim named Shefin Jahan. An SC bench comprising ex-Chief
Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud had asked Raveendran to oversee
the probe on Aug. 16.“It is a matter between the court and myself,’’ Raveendran
said while confirming that he had turned down the request. Sources said that
Raveendran has stated that he would not be in a position to oversee the probe.
NIA will now approach the court to appoint another judge.The SC had initially
considered appointing former judge KS Radhakrishnan to supervise the probe. But
it reconsidered the choice after Jahan’s lawyers suggested that someone from
outside Kerala should be appointed to ensure a fair investigation. Indianexpress
Manmohan Singh had
backed CBI in Dera Chief case: investigation chief
Bengaluru: The
chief investigating officer in the rape case against Dera chief Gurmeet Ram
Rahim Singh has revealed that ex-PM Manmohan Singh had ignored political
pressure and given CBI a free hand."The then PM Manmohan Singh stood by
the CBI and ordered us to go by the law. He went through the statement made by
two Sadhvis before a judge and did not succumb to pressures from Punjab and
Haryana MPs. After a lot of pressure from these MPs, Manmohan Singh had
summoned the then CBI chief Vijay Shanker to his office to discuss the case
against Gurmeet Singh. After seeing the victim's statements before a judge,
Singh backed us," said M Narayanan, retired DIG of CBI, who was the chief
investigating officer in the rape case against Dera chief.News18.com
Dera violence:
Punjab and Haryana High HC wants SIT to monitor cases
Chandigarh:Punjab
and Haryana High Court has ordered the constitution of Special Investigation
Teams for monitoring cases registered for the incidents of violence in Punjab and
Haryana on the day Dera Sacha Sauda chief was convicted in a rape case and
restrained the two state Govt s from cancelling any FIRs without its
permission. indianexpress
Custodial death in
Shimla rape-murder case:CBI takes IGP Zaidi, others to Delhi for interrogation
Shimla: IGP Zahur H
Zaidi and seven other policemen of Himachal Police, arrested in connection with
the custodial death of an accused in the rape and murder case of a schoolgirl
in Shimla’s Kothkai, are being taken to New Delhi for interrogation.Zaidi and
others, part of a SIT probing the rape and murder case, were arrested by CBI on
Tuesday. They were produced before the Shimla district court, which sent them
to CBI custody till Sept.4.Suraj Singh, a 29-year-old labourer from Nepal
arrested by SIT along with 5 others on July 13, died in police custody days
after his arrest. Suraj’s wife has accused the police of framing her husband.On
July 4, a 16-year old girl had gone missing while she was on her way back home
from school at Mahasu in Kotkai, over 50 km from Shimla. Two days on, her body
was found dumped in the forest at Halaila village. SIT headed by Zaidi was set
up 3 days later following widespread protests across the state.Later, on July
19, the Himachal Pradesh High Court ordered a CBI probe into the incident after
protests over the incident continued unabated. CBI registered two separate FIRs
— one on the rape-murder of girl,and the other on the custodial death.Beside
Zaidi, other policemen who have been arrested are DSP Theog Manoj Joshi; SHO of
Kotkhai police station Rajinder Singh; ASI Deep Chand Sharma, who was the
investigating officer in the rape-murder case; head-constables Mohan Lal, Suraj
Singh and Rafiq Ali;and constable Ranjit Singh. indianexpress
Cabinet clears hike
in GST cess to 25% on mid, large size cars
Mid and large sized
cars, luxury vehicles, hybrids as well as SUVs are likely to cost more as the
Cabinet cleared the issuing of Ordinance to raise GST cess on them to a maximum
of 25% , from 15 % at present. Car prices had dropped by up to Rs 3 lakh
following the implementation of the GST from July 1 and the ordinance is being
seen as an attempt to rectify the anomaly where rates of certain common use
items had gone up but luxury cars were costing less under the new
regime.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the ordinance, or an executive order,
will amend the GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 to raise the maximum rate
of cess. PTI
RBI on
demonetisation: 99% old notes back, but 8.9 crore Rs 1000 notes missing
New Delhi: RBI on
Wednesday confirmed that 8.9 crore old Rs 1,000 notes out of 632.6 crore have
not been returned post the note ban last Nov. This means all but 1.4% of the
old Rs 1,000 notes have come back into the banking system. As per the data
released by the RBI, old notes worth Rs 15.44 lakh crore were there in the
market, out of which 15.28 lakh crore have been received by bank.Govt had announced demonetisation of Rs 1000 and Rs
500 note on Nov.r 8, 2016 to flush out black money from the market. Govt replaced old Rs 500 notes with new ones, but
no replacement for Rs 1000 notes has been made. Instead, a new Rs 2,000 note
was introduced post note ban. Besides, new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes, the RBI has
also printed new Rs 200 notes.RBI said there were as many 588.2 crore of Rs 500
notes, both old and new in circulation as of March 31, 2017. As of March 31,
2016, there were 1,570.7 crore Rs 500 notes in circulation. indianexpress
Aadhaar deadline
extended till Dec 31: Centre tells SC
New Delhi:The
Supreme Court has said it will resume hearing the Aadhaar case in the first
week of November, after Attorney General KK Venugopal informed the SC that the
Centre will extend the deadline to furnish Aadhaar details to avail benefits of
various social welfare schemes till Dec.31.A bench headed by Chief Justice
Dipak Misra said there was no urgency to hear the matter after AG told the
bench that the Centre will extend the Sept.30th deadline. indianexpress
Tension in
Muzaffarnagar after clash: indianexpress
Tension Prevailed in
Sikhera, Muzaffarnagar district Tuesday, a day after the area witnessed arson
and a man receiving a gunshot injury.While Surendra (24) — who was shot in his
right leg — is stated to be out of danger, one of the accused, Uttam (20) from
the Jat community, was arrested Tuesday.“On Monday afternoon, Mohammad Zaki of
Bhatoda village was returning home on a motorcycle when 5 youths of another
community from neighbouring Mogpur village started following and making
objectionable remarks against him,” said ASP (City) Omveer Singh.“Zaki stopped
his vehicle midway and called up his father. His father arrived at the spot and
both entered into a heated argument with the youths. In the meantime, villagers
from Bhatoda joined Zaki and his father. The youths too called people from
their village… Both groups entered into a clash and indulged in brick-batting,”
he added.
Right-wing goons
strike in J&K, beat tribal man mercilessly
Rajouri: A
septuagenarian tribal man Lal Hussaina, a resident of Gundha village of Keri,
was thrashed by a group of so-called cow vigilantes in Rajouri district of J&K
on Saturday, August 26 when he was going
to deposit money in a local bank. Hussain has told media that there was a youth
with a cow walking in front of him and the mob might have mistaken that it was
his cow. He further said that he doesn’t have any cows, only two buffaloes. He
had some sheep and goats, but he sold these about a fortnight ago for Rs 1.5
lakh and was on his way to the bank to deposit the money.He has claimed that
the mob has taken cash and cell phone before throwing him into a drain.“I had
walked about eight kilometres when I noticed a youth with a cow… I started
walking faster to meet him, but some people suddenly came from behind the
bushes and started beating me with sticks… I fell unconscious,’’ he told the
Indian Express. During investigation, one alleged assailant was arrested and
the search for others is on. TwoCircles
Aligarh's Muslim
group announces 300 Muslim students to get scholarships on PM’s birthday: thehindu
MEERUT: A total of
300 economically backward Muslim students would be awarded the Narendra Modi
Scholarship on the PM ’s 67th birthday on Sept.17, the Forum for Muslim Studies
and Analysis (FMSA) announced on Tuesday.The scholarship was constituted by FMSA,
an Aligarh-based group of Muslim intellectuals, in May last year.Jasim
Mohammad, director of the FMSA, said: “PM
is concerned about the problems of the minority community. I constituted
the scholarship in his name because it will empower the minority community
educationally. Once empowered, these students will make our country proud.” Thehindu
WORLD
UN chief: Israel
settlements big hurdle to 2-state solution
Antonio Guterres,
UN secretary-general, has lashed out at Israel's illegal settlement activity,
calling it a "major obstacle" to achieving a two-state solution and
peace with the Palestinians. "There is no plan B to the 2-state
solution," he said on Tuesday after meeting Palestinian PM Rami Hamdallah in the West Bank city of
Ramallah."A 2-state solution, end to occupation, creating conditions to
end the suffering of the Palestinian people are the only way to guarantee that
peace is established," Guterres added.His remarks came a day after Israeli
PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to never
uproot any settlements from the West Bank - just days after a White House envoy
was in the region trying to restart peace talks with the Palestinians.In
response to Netanyahu's comments, Guterres told reporters on Tuesday that both
Israel and the Palestinians should refrain from taking any action that could
undermine the prospects for a peaceful agreement."We believe that
settlement activity is illegal in the international law and it's an obstacle
for peace, we are obviously in a disagreement of what was said," Guterres said.
aljazeera
UN chief Guterres
to visit Gaza strip
UN chief Antonio
Guterres' next stop will be Gaza. He has been pressing the Palestinian
Authority to lift some of the restrictions that have been imposed on the Strip.UN
says that the rivalry between Fatah and Hamas affects social services in the
area. Aljazeera
Israel gives Hebron
settlers official settlement status
Jerusalem;Israeli
settlers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron will now be considered
residents of an “official” settlement, altering previous agreements regarding
their status, according to an Israeli Govt statement issued Tuesday.Israeli
daily Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman
had upgraded the entire area's status, making it eligible to receive the same
services that Israeli authorities provide to other West Bank settlements.Anadolu
Israeli embassy
reopens in Cairo
Israel has returned
its diplomatic staff to Egypt some eight months after its embassy’s closure, AP
reported yesterday. Whilst the Israeli Foreign Ministry refused to comment on
the issue, airport officials anonymously informed reporters that Israeli
Ambassador David Govrin flew back to Cairo last night with eight staff members.
A large security motorcade escorted the diplomats to their offices in Giza. middleeastmonitor
Nearly 20,000
Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from Myanmar
At least 18,500
Rohingya Muslims, many sick and some with bullet wounds, have fled into
Bangladesh over the past 6 days amid renewed fighting in western Myanmar.The
figures from the International Organization for Migration(IOM) on Wednesday
came amid increasing concerns by the international community.Foreign Govt s and
organisations fear Rohingya villages are being subject to collective punishment
after an armed group on August 5 attacked police posts and an army base in
Rakhine state.The attacks - in which at least 110 were killed - were claimed by
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a group which was formed by Rohingya
living in Saudi Arabia after a bout of serious communal violence in 2012,
according to the International Crisis Group.In the days following the attacks,
the Myanmar army has burned down areas of Rakhine state and fired on civilians,
according to rights groups and witnesses."As of last night, 18,500 people
have come across" from Myanmar's Rakhine state, Chris Lom, the IOM's
Asia-Pacific spokesman, told AFP. aljazeera
UK calls for UN
meeting on Myanmar violence: aljazeera
UK urged the UN
Security Council to convene to discuss reports of mass civilian casualties
after raids by Myanmar security forces against Rohingya fighters."UK
requests #UNSC meeting on situation in Burma tomorrow. Need to address
long-term issues in #Rakhine, urge restraint by all parties," Matthew
Rycroft, UK anvoy to the UN, wrote on Twitter.
ISIL evacuation
deal angers Iraq
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/isil-evacuation-deal-sparks-iraqi-outrage-170830065558848.html
Iraqis have
denounced a Hezbollah and Syria-backed deal allowing fighters from the ISIL
group to evacuate a Syrian-Lebanese frontier region towards the Iraqi
border.Hundreds of fighters started leaving the area on Monday, heading by bus
for Syria's eastern province of Deir Az Zor, which borders Iraq and is the only
Syrian province still under ISIL control.Haider al-Abadi, Iraq's PM, said on
that the deal was "unacceptable" and an "insult to the Iraqi
people".He said Iraq was battling the fighters, not sending them to
Syria.In the meantime, Lebanon's President Michel Aoun officially declared
victory over ISIL on Wednesday.Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from
Beirut, said that Aoun had several reasons to wait a few days to declare
victory despite the ceasefire being announced on Sunday."Even after the
armed operation was over the army still had to go into the areas it had cleared
to make sure there was no weaponry left behind," Jamjoom said. "They
had to make sure the places were safe potentially for civilians to
return."Lebanese soldiers are now stationed at the border area where ISIL
was, which is around 300 square km. aljazeera
'Gates of Hell' -
Iraqi army says fighting near Tal Afar worse than Mosul: Reuters
Baghdad: Iraqi
forces battling to retake the small town of al-’Ayadiya where militants fleeing
Tal Afar have entrenched themselves, saying on Tuesday the fighting is
“multiple times worse” than the battle for Mosul’s old city.Hundreds of
battle-hardened fighters were positioned inside most houses and high buildings
inside the town, making it difficult for Govt forces to make any progress, army officers
told Reuters.Iraqi Govt troops captured
the town of Mosul from Islamic State in June, but only after eight months of
grinding urban warfare.But one Iraqi officer, Colonel Kareem al-Lami, described
breaching the militants’ first line of defence in al-’Ayadiya as like opening
“the gates of hell”.Tough resistance from the militants in al-’Ayadiya has
forced the Iraqi forces to increase the number of air strikes, as well as bring
in reinforcements from the federal police to boost units from the army, air
force, Federal Police, the elite US-trained Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) and
some units from the Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).Up to 2,000
battle-hardened militants were believed to be defending Tal Afar against around
50,000 Govt troops last week.
Daesh attack forces
Iraq forces to retreat
5 Hashd fighters
killed in Iraq’s 'liberated' Tal Afar
NINEVEH, Iraq:5
Hashd al-Shaabi fighters were killed -- and three more injured -- by two
roadside bombs that went off in Iraq’s recently-liberated Tal Afar district on
Tuesday, according to a local security source. Anadolu
US admits using
military base in UAE to strike Syria, Iraq
US military is
using an air base in the UAE to target sites in Iraq and Syria, military website
DoD Buzz reported. Al Dhafra Air Base, approximately 20 miles south of the
capital Abu Dhabi, is being used to counter the threat from Daesh in Syria and
Iraq. US and UAE forces have created a special Air Combat Command unit at the
base, known as the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.The unit functions its own
intelligence analysis and control centre known as “Kingpin”.Military.com spoke
to members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing this summer with strict
guidelines not to disclose sensitive information. Not much else is known about
the US functioning of the air base. middleeastmonitor
Civilian death toll
rising in Syria’s Raqqa, NGO warns
Istanbul:At least
27 civilians were killed within the last 48 hours in Syria’s Daesh-held city of
Raqqa amid fierce airstrikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition, according to
a local citizen-journalist group.Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS),
which monitors human rights violations and war crimes in the city, said Tuesday
on social media that the U.S.-led coalition had carried out 133 air raids in
the city over the last two days, resulting in an undetermined number of
civilian deaths.“17 civilians in an apartment complex in Raqqa’s White Garden
district were killed by the air raids,” RBSS tweeted, noting that ten members
of a single Syrian family had been among those killed. Anadolu
Civilians feared
killed in air raid on Taliban base
An investigation
has been launched into air raids targeting a Taliban base that resulted in the
deaths of at least 13 civilians, including women and children, in the western
province of Herat, according to Afghan officials.The raids, targeting a prison
and command base run by the fighters in the Bakhtabad area of Shen Dand
district, also hit nearby houses late on Monday evening, Jilani Farhad, Herat
provincial spokesman, told Al Jazeera."We have sent an investigation team
into the area to find out the damages it has caused."Farhad said the raids
were most likely carried out by Afghan forces, but media reports suggested it
was the US forces who conducted the raids. aljazeera
Indian role in
Afghanistan will hamper regional stability: Pak Parliament
New Delhi:
Pakistan’s Parliament on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s criticism
of the country for sheltering terrorists and condemned the US administration’s
efforts to “provide more space to India in Afghanistan”.National Assembly or
lower house of parliament unanimously passed a resolution that also rejected
the assertion by Gen John W Nicholson, the top US commander in Afghanistan,
that the top Afghan Taliban leadership is based in Peshawar and Quetta.The
resolution described the remarks by Trump and Nicholson as “hostile and
threatening” and asked the Govt to
consider the postponement of all official visits between the two countries. The
Govt should also frame economic policies
to deal with situations that could arise from the cutting off of US aid, it
said. Foreign minister Khawaja Asif read out the resolution adopted by the
lawmakers, which said: “National Assembly of Pakistan unanimously rejects the
unacceptable targeting of Pakistan by US President Trump in his statement on 21
august 2017 on Afghanistan and South Asia.The resolution added, “Given India’s
known support to terrorism and its destabilising policies in the region, this
House condemns attempts by the Trump administration to provide more space to
India in Afghanistan and considers it a move highly detrimental to regional
stability, and (a) complete failure to understand existing ground realities and
emerging challenges in the region.” The resolution also condemned what it
described as “repression” of the people of J&K and reiterated Pakistan’s “continued
diplomatic, political and moral support for their struggle for
self-determination”.hindustantimes
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