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Muslim clerics term UP
govt’s move to make marriage registration mandatory ‘unfair’
Lucknow: Muslim clerics in
UP on Thursday termed as “unfair” state
govt’s decision to make registration of all marriages mandatory. Clerics from
the Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic school came out out strongly against the move,
saying it was “completely unwarranted and unnecessary”.Mufti Abul Qasim Naumani
said while he was not against marriage registration per se, making it mandatory
was against religious freedom. Another cleric, Maulana Ahmad Khijar Shah
Masoodi, said it was unfair to deprive people of govt benefits if they did not
register their marriage.Clerics in Lucknow said the uneducated and poorer
sections among Muslims may find it difficult to go through the registration
process.According to Imam Ali Asgar, it was unfortunate that such orders were
being given although they were a clear violation of one’s religious
rights.“Nikaah” itself is a marriage registration, he added.IANS
AIMPLB, Deoband clerics
express resercations over Aadhaar role in mandatory marriage registeration
Muslims opting for multiple
marriages in UP need to register them separately
Lucknow: Muslims opting for
multiple marriages will have to get them registered separately in UP and the Govt
guidelines do not in any way interfere with practices of any religion, a
top official said today. UP Marriage Registration Guidelines, 2017 were
approved by Cabinet on Aug.1. After notification,Stamp and Registration Dept
will implement it, Renuka Kumar, the principal secretary to Women Welfare Dept,
told PTI. She also made it clear that the guidelines "do not
interfere" in practices of "any religion". "UP govt does
not intend to interfere in the practices of any religion. If any male Muslim is
going to register his marriage, then he will have the option of registration a
maximum of four marriages. For this, he has to fill different registration
forms," she said. However, she added that Muslims opting to marry more
than once will have to get each marriage registered separately. "But, if
any Muslim male has married more than once, then he has to register each of his
marriage. Males from the Muslim community will get the facility of registering
4 marriages, but Hindus and people practicing other religions will be allowed
to register only one marriage," Kumar said. The principal secretary also
said that registering a marriage henceforth will not need the services of a
lawyer. If the marriage is registered within a year of marriage, then Rs 10
will be levied as registration charges, she said. After this, the marriage will
be considered as registered, and a reference number will be given. The marriage
certificate can be obtained on one's personal email id or can be downloaded
from any cyber cafe, she said, adding only the reference number has to be
remembered. PTI
Deendayal Upadhyaya birth
centenary: Triple Talaq seminars dropped, push for Centre’s minority welfare
schemes
Lucknow: Seminars on triple
talaq will not be a part of BJP’s programmes to mark its ideologue Deendayal
Upadhyaya’s birth centenary. Instead, it will move to apprise Muslims of
central Govt schemes for minorities. BJP had asked its alpsankhyak morcha
(minority wing) to organise the triple talaq seminars for two weeks starting
from Sept.1. These were scheduled to preferably be organised in madrasas, where
experts on women’s rights would address Muslim women on their legal rights and
counsel them on empowerment. However, plans changed during BJP national chief
Amit Shah’s visit to Lucknow last week.UP state president of BJP’s minority
wing Haider Abbas ‘Chaand’, said, “Party will hold seminars at district level
to make Muslims and other minority communities aware of schemes being run by
the Modi govt in the Centre for welfare and empowerment of minorities.”Seminars
would be organised from Aug.25 to Sept.20 in all districts and regional
meetings for its preparations will begin from Aug.6,he added. On why the party
decided to drop the planned seminars on triple talaq, he said, “This was
because there is no need to organise seminars on triple talaq now. It is
expected that the Supreme Court judgment in the triple talaq case will favour
the victims. BJP has fought the battle for the rights of Muslim women.” In its
manifesto for UP Assembly polls, BJP had promised to take up the triple talaq
matter. After the win, BJP leaders had claimed Muslim women had backed them as
the party was opposed to the practice.Now, Haider clarified that the UP
election was held on the agenda of development and hence the party will speak
on such issues only. “We have to change the anti-BJP perception that opposition
parties have created among Muslims,” he said.Asked what steps the Yogi
Adityanath Govt took to meet its poll
promise on triple talaq, Haider replied he was not aware about it. indian
express
Bhopal school locked Muslim
students for refusing to make Shivlings
Bhopal: Muslim girl
students were locked up in a classroom after they denied participating in the
‘religious Shivlings aka Shiva Lingams making workshop’.The incident happened
at Kamla Nehru Girls Higher Secondary School in TT Nagar of MP’s
Bhopal.According to The Quint, a religious workshop was organised on 29 July
where students were asked to participate in the making of 2,100 mud Shivlings.
School Principal Nisha Kamranani told the students that if they want good
number in the exam and want to succeed in their life, then take part in this
Shivlinga making workshop with dedication.About 100 Muslim students boycotted
the workshop as it’s against the religious belief.When the girls from the
minority community did not participate in Shiva Lingams making workshop, they
were locked in a different classroom. However, the girls were later released
and allowed to go home.The students said that the respective class teachers
made announcement about the programme a day prior to it but did not mention
about such religion-specific activity. Workshop was held in the presence of
some school officers, puja followed by feast were organised but no attempt was
made to stop such religious activity inside govt school premises.A teacher on
condition of anonymity said, it is not appropriate to conduct such
religion-specific activity in the school premises. Such type of activities will
make students belonging to other
religion uncomfortable. siasat
Bhopal school asks students
to make Shivlings, Muslims protest
INDIA-CHINA,
PAK & J&K
China again blocks UN
terror tag for Jaish’s Masood Azhar
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/china-again-blocks-un-terror-tag-for-jaish-chief-masood-azhar-1732841
UN: China has again extended by three months its
technical hold on the US, France and UK-backed proposal to list
Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a designated terrorist by the United
Nations.China had in February this year blocked the US move to designate Azhar
as a global terrorist at UN. The deadline for China to take action on its
technical hold was till August 2.If China would not have extended the technical
hold, Masood Azhar would have automatically been designated under the UN as a
terrorist.Sources told PTI that hours before the deadline lapsed, China once
again sought a three-month extension until Nov.2 on its technical hold on the
proposal.PTI
Withdraw troops or face
consequences: Chinese diplomat
New Delhi: India must
withdraw its troops on the Doklam plateau or “face consequences”, said a senior
Chinese diplomat in New Delhi on Thursday. The remarks that mark a serious
escalation in rhetoric over the ongoing tensions between the two countries, as
their armies continue a six-week long stand-off near India-Bhutan-China
trijunction off Sikkim. “The crossing of the boundary line by Indian troops
into the territory of China using the pretext of security concerns for a 3rd
party (Bhutan) is illegal,” Chinese Deputy Chief of Mission Liu Jinsong said,
adding that “Troops should be withdrawn immediately, otherwise there will be
serious consequences.” While refusing to elaborate on what the “consequences”
would be, the diplomat said that the Indian action at Doklam was akin to
“intruding into your neighbours house, and demanding the neighbour leave to
ensure your withdrawal,”and quoting Chinese President Xi Jinping added,
“Military option is the fundamental guarantor of sovereignty.”thehindu
China claims India pulled
out most troops from Doklam; govt denies
New Delhi: India has not
pulled back troops from the Doklam face-off with the People's Liberation Army,
sources said, flatly rejecting China's claim that the number of Indian soldiers
at the actual confrontation site had gone down from 400 to just over 40 by
July-end. Chinese foreign ministry, through a 15-page statement with maps,
photographs and documents on Wednesday, seemed to give the impression that the
Doklam crisis in Bhutanese territory near the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction
had finally begun to de-escalate with India backing down from the confrontation
after 45 long days.The statement, which came after NSA Ajit Doval recently held
talks with his counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing, also sought to drive a clear
wedge between India and Bhutan. It said the "illegal action" by
"trespassing" Indian soldiers "not only violated China's
territorial sovereignty but also challenged Bhutan's sovereignty and
independence".But brushing all this aside, Indian sources stressed China
had unilaterally broken the status quo by trying to construct a motorable road
in the Doklam area , which was physically blocked by Indian troops on June 18. timesofindia
Dokalam standoff:
Transgressions by PLA along LAC likely to rise
NewDelhi:Transgressions by
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) across different sectors of
4,057-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) —de facto boundary between India and
China — can increase in the coming months as India remains firm to thwart
Beijing’s designs in Dokalam plateau.With PLA failing to make headway in the
Sino-Bhutan-India trijunction to create infrastructure and claim territory,
there are apprehensions that transgressions by Chinese troops along LAC in
Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh could spike with an aim to create
pressure on India, according to persons familiar with Chinese military
strategy. timesofindia
Opposition to Govt : What
is your road map to deal with 'unusually aggressive' China?
New Delhi: The opposition
on Thursday accused Govt of having no
stable foreign policy and asked it to spell out its roadmap to deal with China
amid the border standoff which it wanted to be resolved diplomatically.During a
discussion on "India's foreign policy and engagement with strategic
partners" in Rajya Sabha, opposition parties said they are with the
Govt in the face of "unusually
aggressive" position adopted by China but wanted the country to be
strengthened further militarily to ward off any threat.The opposition parties
also accused the Govt of spoiling relations with the neighbours and felt that
India should not be isolated in the process of isolating Pakistan." As we
engage with our partner countries, please ensure that there is balance. We
should ensure that we engage with all of them. But we should ensure that there
is strategic balance," said Congress leader Anand Sharma.PTI
Sushma on China standoff in
Rajya Sabha: War not a solution, wisdom is to resolve issues diplomatically
New Delhi: Replying to
opposition’s questions on govt’s foriegn policies in Rajya Sabha, External
Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said it is the first time after Pathankot terror
attack that ‘Pakistan has not gone on a denial mode’. She added that the Indian
govt has given a roadmap for peace and friendship to Pakistan but “one-sided
roadmap can’t function and terror and talks cannot go together.On Dokhlam
standoff, Swaraj targetted Congress party over its vice president Rahul Gandhi’s
meeting with Chinese ambassador. indianexpress
Pak constructing 6 dams in
PoK with China’s help: Govt
New Delhi: Minister of
State for External Affairs VK Singh has
informed the Rajya Sabha that Pakistan is constructing 6 dams on the
Indus river in PoK with China’s assistance and India has made demarches to both
Islamabad and Beijing conveying it is in violation of its sovereignty and
territorial integrity. In a written reply, Singh said that according to the
government’s information, Pakistan is constructing 6 dams on the Indus river in
PoK with assistance committed to those projects by China. “India has a clear
and consistent position that these territories are illegally occupied by
Pakistan and that any collaborative activity there is in violation of India’s
sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said. “Accordingly, we have made
demarches to both Pakistan and China conveying the position. Govt will continue
to maintain this position,” Singh added. indianexpress
Kashmir: After Abu Dujana's
encounter, security forces resorted to 'targetted' civilian firing
Srinagar: 27-year-old
Firdous Ahmad Khan returned home around the time LeT commander Abu Dujana was
trapped in a house, barely a few km from his Begam Bagh village in Pulwama.
Firdous had travelled hundreds of kilometres from Jammu, where he would often
go to sell vegetables. Early next morning, he went out to water his paddy
fields close by, where Dujana was trapped and engaged in a gun battle with the
security forces. He saw that the roads leading to his house were sealed by a
heavy deployment of forces. A security cordon had been laid down in the
surrounding areas since 10:45 pm on Monday. Unaware of the ongoing encounter
operation, Firdous died within few hours of leaving his house as a gun battle
ensued between the forces and the holed-up militants. While the police claim
that Firdous had died because he was caught in the crossfire, his family and
the local villagers deny those claims. His family members say that Firdous was
targetted by the forces and had received a bullet to his hip. He died while
being shifted to a hospital in Pulwama.Firdous's death left his family in a
state of deep remorse. His pregnant wife wailed over his body draped in a
shroud before his burial and had to be admitted to the hospital after she
developed pregnancy-related complications. She now has to take care of their
one-year-old daughter and remains in a state of pathos.On a grille in front of
his house, a banner of many slain militants – including Hizbul Mujahideen
commander Burhan Muzafar Wani – could be seen. Mohammad Shaban Khan, his
father, wept as he blamed himself for his son's death. "My son had come
home only yesterday from Jammu and I only told him to go to the field and water
the paddy," he rued, as he welled up.Sakina Banoo, a 30-year-old woman
from Narbal, was among the at least 10 injured in the firing by security forces
in the village after the encounter on Tuesday. Sakina’s mother, Rashida Banoo,
said that she had gone to a nearby village, where she worked as an Anganwadi
teacher when she was fired upon. A bullet had pierced her leg and she was
immediately shifted to a hospital in Srinagar.Another resident, Ali Mohammad
Khan, said that many were surprised when the forces fired indiscriminately upon
people. "Our village is many kms away from Hakripora, where the encounter
took place... they targetted us as well," said the elderly Khan.firstpost
J&K:2 army men, 2
militants killed in separate encounters
Srinagar: 2 Indian Army
personnel, including a major, and as many militants were killed in 2 separate
gun battles in J&K on Thursday, officials said, in an upsurge of shootouts
in the restive region in the past few months.Major Kamlesh Pandey and sepoy
Tanzin Chhultim were killed after militants fired upon the security forces
during a gun battle in the Zaipora area of Shopian district on Thursday
morning.“Trapped militants escaped after firing on the soldiers,” a senior
district police officer said.“The slain militants were identified as Aaqib
Ahmad Itoo son of Abdul Hamid Itoo resident of Gopalpora and Suhail Ahmad
Rather son of Mohammad Arif Rather resident of Tantraypora Yaripora.Both the
militants were involved in unlawful and anti-national activities,” police said.hindustantimes
2017 most violent year in
J&K with 184 incidents of violence: Govt
New Delhi:A day after Abu
Dujana, ex-Lashkar Commander was killed in a fierce encounter in Hakripora,
Pulwama on Tuesday, Ministry of Home Affairs has declared 2017 one of the most
violent years in the decade.Minister of State for Home Hasnraj Gangaram Ahir
gave a written statement in response to a question asked by Member of
Parliament Naresh Aggarwal. While the trouble torn state had seemingly reached
an abyss with state witnessing strife for 7 months after killing of Burhan Wani
Hizbul Mujahideen commander by security forces on July 8.While 2016 was
believed to be the most violent years in the recent times, 2017 seems to have
surpassed with more incidents of violence.In his statement before the upper
house of Parliament said that about 184 incidents of terror were reported from
J&K till the end of July 2017. There
were about 155 incidents last year during the same period. indiatoday
RSS leader Indresh Kumar
dares Mehbooba Mufti to Revoke Art 370 to test waters
Chandigarh: Senior RSS
leader Indresh Kumar has suggested revocation of Article 370 in J&K as an “experiment” to check whether people
would as a reaction burn the tricolour or unfurl it. Kumar’s comments came days
after J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti said in New Delhi that if the special
constitutional status of J&K was tampered with or the Permanent Resident
Act (35A) – a provision that empowers the state’s permanent residents – is
removed, there would be “no one to shoulder the Indian flag in the Valley.”“
NDA’s partner CM Mehbooba Mufti said
that if Article 370 is touched with, there will be no one to shoulder the
tricolor. I am telling you, I keep telling Farooq (Abdullah), Ghulam Nabi
(Azad), Mehbooba or Geelani (Syed Ali Shah), Shabbir (Shah), everyone see doing
an experiment in J&K to remove
Article 370 to see if people unfurl the flag or burn it. Do it as experiment. I
can request them. They will know the truth and the world would also know the
truth…,” said Kumar, while addressing the media. indianexpress
OTHERS
Elderly Dalit woman
suspected of braid cutting lynched in Agra: IANS
Agra: An elderly Dalit
woman, termed an evil witch involved in cutting hair of women, was beaten to
death near here on Wednesday morning, police said.Family members told police
that the old woman had gone to the field to relieve herself, but lost her way
and entered the Baghaels Mutnai village under Dauki police station, 25 km from
the city, where she was surrounded by a group of men who accused her of coming
to cut the hair of some young girls. Her son Manoj told the police that his mother
had identified herself and kept pleading to be let off, but a group refused to
free her and kept beating her.As news spread, people from her mohalla ran to
rescue her, but she died on way to the hospital.A senior police official said
she was mentally unstable and incoherent, while her grey hair and scary looks
seem to have prejudiced the locals. 2 persons named in FIR have disappeared
from the village. Last 2 weeks, there have been scores of claims of hair
cutting in Agra, Mathura, Bharatpur, and Palwal area, fuelled by social media.
60-yr-old woman lynched in
Agra after rumours she was chopping people’s hair
17-yr Muslim boy stripped
naked lynched after spotted with a hindu girl in jharkhand
New Delhi: In the last few
months, there have been a number of cases of communal violence which triggered
panic in the nation. In the latest, a 17-year-old Muslim boy, native of
Jharkhand, was stripped naked and beaten by a mob because he was found with a
girl from other community. According to reports, a boy named Mohammed Shakir,
belonging to Muslim community was attacked and assaulted by a mob in Bokaro
while a number of people stood there watching the whole incident, refusing to
take a step against mob lynching.The attackers stripped Shakir naked, pushed
him to the ground, groped him and beat him with sticks. However, one person has
been arrested, while a few others have been identified from the video. The
probe is going on. Shakir is admitted in the hospital and his condition is
serious. Meanwhile,Shakir's relative claimed that the attack was a hate crime
as attackers belonged to Hindu community.Bokaro's DSP, Poonam Minz, said,
"the boy was attacked because he was found with a Hindu girl. Police reached
the spot as soon as we were informed, but the time we got there, he was already
badly injured. We rescued him from crowd and admitted him to a hospital.India
Samvad
3 men thrashed by mob in
Bihar on suspicion of carrying beef, arrested
Patna: In a first of its
kind in Bihar, a mob in Bhojpur district led by cow vigilantes on Thursday
thrashed a truck driver and 2 others on suspicion of transporting beef, police
said.They also tried to set on fire the vehicle which was on its way to
Muzaffarpur district. But the police said they foiled the attempt. The incident
occurred in Shahpur near Ara town when the mob stopped the truck on suspicion
that it was carrying beef and caught the 3. All 3 men were arrested after being
rescued from the mob, a police official said. “They will be interrogated
whether they were carrying beef or buffalo meat,” the official said.The
protesters blocked the Ara-Buxar road demanding that the three men be handed
over to them. The police refused to do that. “Tuck driver has confessed that
they were carrying buffalo meat and not cow meat,” the official said.IANS
Cow vigilantes beat up 4
youth in MP, policeman too joins in
Betul/Bhopal: Cow
vigilantes and a policeman thrashed 4 youth in Betul district on suspicion of
being involved in smuggling of cows.The incident took place at Dulhara village,
about 110 kilometers away from the district headquarters of Betul on Friday,
but it came to light when a video clip of the same went viral on social media on
Tuesday. According to sub-divisional officer of police Bhanisdehi Prem Singh
Thakur, Suresh Meena, Mohd Sameer, Roopsingh and Mohd Afzal, all residents of
Rahat village in Harda district, were taking a bath in a river near Dulhariya
village when some villagers thrashed them, levelling allegations of cow
smuggling.The villagers had earlier spotted 18 cattle heads at a tribal’s house
and they assumed these were smuggled by the 4 youth.The hands of the youth were
tied and they were beaten up by cow vigilantes.The policeman who also beat up
the youth is yet to be identified. The cop booked the youth on charges of cow
smuggling and sent them to jail.However, after the video clip went viral on
social media on Tuesday, a report was lodged by village chowkidar against the
cow vigilantes — Shyam, Manak, Sundar Parate and others.However, no arrest has
been made so far in connection with the second FIR. hindustantimes
4 persons beaten up on
suspicion of cow smuggling in MP
Anti-lynching law MASUKA
continues to remain ignored by the Central govt
Maanav Suraksha Kanoon,
popularly known as MASUKA, which is a draft law to prevent mob lynching events
in the country is still waiting for the enaction and approval from the cabinet.
MASUKA was drafted and launched on July 7, but until now no substantial
progress has been registered. The drafting committee showed hope that the
legislation would be made implemented soon but NDA govt continues to ignore the
matter even as the number of deaths due to mob lynching continue to
rise.Shahzad Poonawalla, who is leading the campaign along with Tehseen
Poonawalla, Pankhuri Pathak and others, talked with TCN on the progress.
Poonawalla said, “We have gathered support from at least 11 political parties
until now. The number is likely to increase because the law is not limited to
any particular religion or race. So more groups will join.”A couple of MPs from
the BJP have also extended their support to the MASUKA campaign, but they do
not want to be identified before the voting on the Bill begins. Poonawalla
said, “They have assured us they will talk their party members when the bill
comes on the table.”Moreover, the forerunners of the campaign have also planned
to march to the house of Law MInister to demand implementation of MASUKA before
the end of the parliamentary session. On Aug.15, a countrywide online campaign
is being planned to gather support from various sections of the society.When parliament
was having a discussion on mob lynchings on July 3, Saugata Roy, MP from West
Bengal demanded discussion and implementation on MASUKA in his Lok Sabha
speech. The campaign is yet to see the nod from the union Govt which has not
passed any statement on the issue.TwoCircles
Shimla: Uneasy calm after
communal flare-up over schoolgirl’s rape in Tissa: indianexpress
Shimla: 3 days after
violence first broke out in Tissa over alleged rape of a schoolgirl by a
teacher, normalcy is slowly returning to this remote sub-division in Chamba.
Accused teacher, Tek Chand, was earlier arrested, and police claim that that he
has confessed to sexually exploiting the schoolgirl, who belonged to the Muslim
community.But the rape allegation triggered a communal flare-up in the area,
with school teachers from one community being beaten up on July 29 by a mob,
which included women led by a Congress leader and Haj committee chairman Dildar
Ali Bhat.On Tuesday, Chamba Deputy Commissioner Sudesh Mokhta and local SP
Varinder Tomar held a meeting with representatives of the two communities and
sought their support in maintaining peace in the area. They also promised
action against those responsible for triggering clashes between members the 2
communities. An angry mob had targeted policemen and set shops on fire on
Monday. Anger reportedly stemmed from the incident at Govt Senior Secondary
School, Khushnagar, where some teachers were called by by SDM Hitesh Azad
supposedly at the behest of Bhat and then attacked in the presence of local
admin. A few teachers were singled out for the attack, protesters have
alleged.While police have confirmed the incident, they have denied the presence
of Tissa SDM at the incident site. Kesari Singh, a teacher present there and
accused by women of having a role in the victim’s exploitation, alleged he was
called over phone by SDM and found the mob already there.Later, Bhat, along
with 4 others, was arrested by police on a complaint lodged by the teachers’
union. The union went on a protest threatening revenge against those who
singled out teachers and beat them up, alleging that the incident had given the
issue a communal colour.The last few days have seen clear communal fault lines
emerge in Tissa and Khushinagar, with VHP and political activists – both from
Congress and BJP, attacking police for shielding those who attacked the
teachers.
Shimla rape-murder of minor
girl: Peace returns to Tissa
SIT to probe Assam Muslim
student leader’s killing
Guwahati: AS tension
prevailed in this communally sensitive region of Assam, the Govt of Sarbananda Sonowal set up a SIT to probe
the killing of Muslim student leader Lafiqul Islam Ahmed.All BTC Minority
Students’ Union (ABMSU) demanded a CBI inquiry and immediate removal of the
Kokrajhar superintendent of police over the killing and the Congress has also
called for a probe by the premier investigation agency. Ahmed was gunned down
by 2 motorcycle-borne assailants at a market in Kokrajhar on
Tuesday.newindianexpress
Lucknow University:
lathi-charged at students, protesting against hostel allotment; admin claims
students took them as hostage
Students of Lucknow
University were lathi-charged by the Police on Tuesday after their protests
against the faulty hostel allotment system got out of hand. The police have
arrested nine students and lodged a case against at least 100 students.
University has been facing a lot of heat for the past couple of weeks after the
administration decided to hike the hostel fee of self-financed courses up to 6
times, a decision which was taken back in next couple of days seeing the
protest from every side.On Tuesday morning, University administration started
allocating Acharya Narendra Dev Hostel to the students without putting the list
of qualified students online because of which many students had to return
empty-handed because they did not know of their eligibility for the same.Around
3 in the evening, student leaders and activists reached the Registrar office to
discuss the same.The grievance could not be resolved at the moment, so students
reached the vice-chancellor office to protest against the same. Around 15 past
midnight, police reached the campus with heavy force and started charging at
the students. Moreover, police arrested around nine students and lodged FIR
against 100 students including Vinay Vikram Singh, Prabhat Singh. Vipul Balian,
Manish, Ashish Mishra and Pooja Shukla.TCN
Cow dung can be used to
create bunkers, urine cures cancer, says RSS leader
New Delhi:RSS leader
Indresh Kumar on Wednesday suggested that cow dung could be used to make
bunkers. Calling cow meat "poison" and cow as the "mother of
humanity", Kumar said,"90% of world's population depends on cow milk,
and that is why it is called mother of humanity. Cow keeps poisonous things to
itself and gives milk and gobar (cow dung)"."Dung can also be used
for making bunkers. It is also used as cement by common man for making houses.
It's urine has medicinal properties which treat diseases like cancer," he
added.Kumar also claimed that cow urine has anti-cancer properties.Meanwhile,
BJP minister Meenakshi Lekhi said on Tuesday that cow urine has helped a former
law officer to recover from a serious illness. While stressing on the benefits
of cow urine, Meenakshi Lekhi also asked Govt
what steps are being taken to promote the usage of cow urine. IndiaToday
IIT Delhi gets 50 research
proposals to study benefits of cow urine under SVAROP programme
New Delhi: IIT, Delhi, has
received 50 proposals from different academic and research institutes to study
the benefits of cow urine and milk under SVAROP programme, Govt said on
Wednesday. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, YS Chowdary, Minister of State in
the Science and Technology Ministry, said that at a
brainstorming-cum-consultative workshop held at IIT, concept ideas/proposals
related to SVAROP programme, including the research and development (R&D)
component on cow derivatives, were discussed.PTI
SC allows use of NOTA in
elections to three RS seats in Gujarat, refuses Congress party's plea to
disallow it
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court has allowed the use of the 'None
of the Above" (NOTA) option in the upcoming poll for three Rajya Sabha
seats in Gujarat.It refused a Congress party plea to stay the use of the voting
option.The SC said the use of the NOTA option is a constitutional issue which
needs to be debated. It asked the Election Commission (EC) to respond in two
weeks to the Congress petition disallowing NOTA. The SC then set September 18
as the date to hear detailed arguments on the issue. Since the election in
Gujarat for the RS seats is on August 8, it means legislators will be able to
exercise the NOTA option during the poll.The SC had a day earlier agreed to
hear a plea moved by the Gujarat Congress to remove NOTA. Senior advocate Kapil
Sibal had sought an urgent hearing.In its arguments earlier, the Congress party
told the SC that if the NOTA option is allowed, its MLAs' votes would be
"bought" by other parties to defeat its candidate. It would also
become "a tool for corruption", Congress added.TOI
Income Tax officials seize
Rs 11.43 crore cash during searches on Congress minister DK Shivakumar
New Delhi; Income Tax dept
officials seized cash worth Rs 11.43 crore during searches at properties linked
to Karnataka Energy Minister D K Shivakumar and his associates. The raids had
begun early Wednesday morning in connection with an alleged tax evasion case.
More than Rs 7 crore in cash had been recovered from the minister’s Delhi
residence in Safdarjung.A political storm had erupted when the Eagleton Golf
Resorts in Bengaluru, where Shivakumar was overseeing the stay of the 42
Gujarat Congress MLAs, was among the 60 premises that were searched by tax
officials in connection with the case. The Congress questioned the timing of
the raids and asked BJP why the resort was targeted where the Congress MLAs
were holed up to avoid being poached by BJP in their home state, especially
ahead of Aug.8 Rajya Sabha polls.
LS passes 2 bills extending
CGST, IGST to J&K
New Delhi:Lok Sabha today
passed 2 bills extending Central GST and Integrated GST to J&K, with
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying the step will ensure greater economic
integration of the state with rest of the country. He asserted that special
status of J&K was "never meant to create economic impediment" as
he maintained that GST is in the larger interest of traders and consumers of
J&K . Central GST (Extension to J&K) Bill and the Integrated GST
(Extension to J&K) Bill passed by the House by a voice vote are aimed at
giving effect to the formal amendments required in Central GST (CGST) and
Integrated GST (IGST) Acts by removing the exemption that was carved out for
J&K. PTI
Ahmedabad cops can now keep
beards up to a month
Ahmedabad: A notification
by city police commissioner, A K Singh, has made it permissible for city police
personnel to keep beards up to a month for valid reasons. The police chief has
also directed senior officers to properly verify the reasons before granting
any personnel permission to keep beard. Recently, some police officials from
Zone-7 and Zone-2 had asked for permission to grow beards during the month of
Shravan which is sacred to Hindus. When permission was denied, concerned
personnel had put in leave applications." Senior police officials then
approached DGP Geetha Johri who then directed district police chiefs and police
commissioners to allow police personnel to grow beards subject to conditions. Meanwhile,
Gujarat high court has admitted a petition filed by a Muslim policeman, Sajid
Sabirmiya Shaikh, who had approached the court after the department asked him
to shave his beard. During his 9-month service, the dept did not object to his
sporting a beard, but in Dec.last year he was asked to remove it. Shaikh had
unsuccessfully argued before his senior officials that the right to keep a
beard fell within his fundamental right to freedom of religion. timesofindia
WORLD
Interim PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
may continue as Pak PM for 10-month PML-N tenure
Pakistan’s newly-elected interim PM Shahid
Khaqan Abbasi will likely continue as as premier for the remaining 10-month
tenure of PML-N as the party chief and ousted PM Nawaz Sharif has indicated retaining his
younger brother Shahbaz Sharif in the key province. Nawaz Sharif, who was
disqualified by Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case on July 28, had nominated
his brother Shahbaz Sharif to succeed him after winning a by-election on his
vacant seat in Lahore.Abbasi, 58, was endorsed by Sharif to hold the post for
interim arrangement of 45 days (till mid-Sept) till Shahbaz makes to Islamabad.
“Sharif is holding a high-level huddle of PML-N senior leaders today in Murree
to review his earlier decision to elevate Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif to the
Centre or not,” a PML-N senior leader told PTI. After Abbasi was elected
PM last Tuesday, he said many in the
Nawaz camp suggested that the former retain the position for the remaining term
of the PML-N Govt as Punjab is very
important for the party and cannot be left to an “inexperienced hand”.“PML-N
legislators including Punjab law minister Rrana Sanaullah have conveyed to
Sharif that it will not be a wise move to elevate Shahbaz in the Centre as
there will be no experience hand in the party to run the largest province in
his absence,” he said, adding that the Sharif camp does not want Shahbaz in the
Centre as well. There are also reports that Sharif’s refusal to nominate
Shahbaz’s son Hamza as CM of Punjab has
annoyed him who might choose not to give up the post in the province because of
it.“Nawaz’s daughter Maryam is against handing over Punjab to Hamza while his father
is at the Centre. But Shahbaz appeared too keen to keep both posts in the
family. This is another reason of Shahbaz’s reluctance to leave Punjab to
someone other than his son,” another PML-N insider said. PTI
Israeli settlers raid
Al-Aqsa as 180 Palestine employees denied entry
Some 160 extremist Israeli
settlers raided Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday while Israeli authorities prevented
180 Palestinian employees in the holy site from carrying out their work, Safa
News Agency reported.Israeli police opened Al-Maghrabeh Gate of Al-Aqsa Mosque
for the Israeli Jewish settlers at 7.30am and deployed Special Forces around
the holy side to protect the settlers.One of the Palestinian employees in the
mosque told Safa that he counted 158 settlers flocking to the Sanctuary Yards
in groups who then carried out “provocative” tours around the holy sites.Safa
reported that Israeli police had tightened entry measures for Palestinian
worshipers since the morning when they headed to Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform
prayers and attend Qur’anic lessons.Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar
Al-Kiswani said that Israeli authorities prevented 180 new Palestinian
employees from entering the mosque to carry out their work, without giving a
reason. Al-Kiswani condemned the repeated Israeli raids, stressing that Israelis
do not have the right to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque. He stressed that their entry to
the mosque is considered a “violation of its sanctity”.On Tuesday 1,079 Israeli
Jewish settlers raided Al-Aqsa under intensive security protection to mark Jewish
holiday of Tisha B’av. middleeastmonitor
Hamas unveils
reconciliation drive amid calls for unity
Gaza:Gaza-based resistance
group Hamas unveiled a new initiative on Thursday aimed at ending a decade of
inter-Palestinian political division.Within the context of its new initiative,
Hamas has voiced its readiness to dissolve an “administrative committee” it
established in March tasked with coordinating between Gaza’s public
institutions.Since the committee’s establishment, the Ramallah-based
Palestinian Authority (PA) of President Mahmoud Abbas, led by rival Palestinian
faction Fatah (which is also headed by Abbas), has repeatedly called for its
dissolution.In a Wednesday statement, Salah al-Bardawil, a member of Hamas’s
influential political bureau, promised that -- within the context of the new
initiative -- the administrative committee “would end its emergency mission in
Gaza immediately after the [Fatah-led] unity Govt assumes its responsibilities in the Gaza
Strip”. Anadolu
Israel prevents football
players from leaving Gaza
Gaza City:Israeli
authorities on Wednesday prevented nine players of a Palestinian football club
from leaving the Gaza Strip to participate in the final match of the
Palestinian Cup in Israeli occupied West Bank. Rafah Youngsters team is slated
to play Hebron-based team, Ahly al-Khalil on Friday. Anadolu
Turkey pledges to
'eliminate' anti-China forces, pledge close security cooperation with Beijing
Beijing: Turkey's foreign
minister vowed Thursday to "eliminate" anti-China forces from his
country, signalling a shift in Ankara`s stance towards Beijing`s treatment of
Muslim minorities. The two countries have sparred in the past over Beijing`s
treatment of the mostly Muslim Uighur minority in China`s far western region of
Xinjiang, who have cultural ties with Turkey and speak a Turkic
language."We treat China`s security as our own security," Turkish
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Beijing during a joint
press conference with his Chinese counterpart."We absolutely will not
allow any activities opposing or aimed against China within Turkey or its
territories, and we will take measures to eliminate any media reports aimed
against China."Cavusoglu`s remarks followed a meeting with Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi in which both sides vowed to work together to combat terrorism.
Beijing blames unrest in Xinjiang on Islamist separatists seeking independence
for the region, while Turkey in the past repeatedly expressed concerns about
Beijing`s treatment of the minority -- with Erdogan even accusing Beijing of
"genocide" in the region.But ties have warmed as Turkey has sought to
pivot away from the West and toward Asia, seeing in China a wealth of economic
possibilities.AFP
UN: Saudi-led coalition
undermines aid delivery to starving Yemenis
Saudi-led coalition in
Yemen has prevented the delivery of fuel to UN planes carrying humanitarian aid
in Yemen, the international organisation has revealed.Speaking to reporters in
the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, Director of the UN Development Programme in Yemen
Auke Lootsma said the country is suffering from the worst meningitis and
cholera epidemics in the world in addition to a famine crisis.He described the
situation in the country as “very bleak”.UN operates two humanitarian flights
into Sana’a from Amman and Djibouti, but there is not enough fuel in Yemen for
the planes to make the return trips.“We have difficulties obtaining permission
from the coalition and from the Govt of
Yemen to transport this jet fuel to Sana’a to facilitate these flights,”
Lootsma said.
Assad regime executed
missing Palestinian-Syrian activist
Syrian regime has executed
Palestinian-Syrian activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi, his wife Noura Ghazi
Safadi announced on Facebook on Tuesday.Noura wrote on Facebook that her
husband was executed in October 2015, noting that he was arrested by the Syrian
regime in 2012, one year after the eruption of Syria’s civil war.Without
providing a source for her information, she said that her husband had been
subjected to torture during his lengthy incarceration.Upon hearing news of his
death online, several Syrian activists paid tribute to him, describing him as
an “icon of peaceful opposition in Syria”.On 15 March 2012, the Syrian
authorities reportedly detained Safadi in the Mazza district of Damascus after
ransacking his home and seizing his computer. middleeastmonitor
481 Syrian civilians killed
in Raqqah in July: NGO
Raqqa, Syria;At least 481
Syrian civilians were killed in Syria’s northern province of Raqqah during the
month of July, an NGO reporting from the area has indicatedData from Raqqa Is
Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), which is a citizen journalist movement,
revealed that U.S. coalition forces had carried out 633 air raids in the city
of Raqqah in July, which led to the deaths of 189 Syrian civilians.Another 126
civilians were killed by 440 Russian airstrikes, while 121 others were killed
by artillery shelling carried out by the PYD terrorist group, the Syrian branch
of the PKK -- considered a terrorist outfit by the U.S, the EU and Turkey.
Anadolu agency
Myanmar closes mosque and
seminary in Yangon
Yangon:Authorities closed a
mosque and a seminary in Myanmar’s commercial region of Yangon, said a media
report on Thursday.A local newspaper the Voice Daily claimed that three
buildings were chained shut on Wednesday, after it was found that they were
being used as a mosque and seminary, without official permission, at Kywe Pone
Lay village in Okkan Township, about 100 kilometres north of Yangon.Township
administrator Myo Lwin told the newspaper that the closure was to prevent
problems in Okkan area which had seen an anti-Muslim riot in 2013. Anadolu
agency
Trump, frustrated by Afghan
war, suggests firing US commander
US President Donald Trump’s
doubts about the war in Afghanistan has led to a delay in completing a new
strategy in South Asia, scepticism that included a suggestion that the
country’s military commander in the region be fired, officials said on
Wednesday.During a July 19 meeting in White House situation room, Trump
demanded that his top national security aides provide more information on what
one official called “the end-state” in a country that US has spent 16 years
fighting against the Taliban with no end in sight. Meeting grew stormy when
Trump said defence secretary James Mattis and joint chiefs of staff chairman
Gen Joseph Dunford should consider firing Gen John Nicholson, commander of US
forces in Afghanistan, for not winning the war. hindustantimes
FLASH: NEWS & VIEWS
India’s Muslims Speak Out
in the Time of ‘Gau Raksha’
NIA crackdown on terror
funding in Kashmir has left leaders of both factions of Hurriyat
isolated:Sameer Yasir
EPW must be saved and
resurrected. Is the Sameeksha Trust up to it?Omkar Goswami, Indian Express
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/epw-economic-and-political-weekly-sameeksha-trust-paranjoy-guha-thakurta-4779547/
Nitish's pragmatic choice reinforces a fraught idea — of Hindu consolidation, Muslim peripherality:Ashutosh Varshney, Indian Express
Nitish's pragmatic choice reinforces a fraught idea — of Hindu consolidation, Muslim peripherality:Ashutosh Varshney, Indian Express
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