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Gauri Lankesh
murder: Pistol of same make as one used in killing of rationalists
Bengaluru: 3 of 4
bullets fired on journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh Tuesday night outside
her residence in west Bengaluru by an unidentified assailant pierced her body
while a fourth missed and its fragments were found in a wall of her home,
investigations by Bengaluru police have revealed. A preliminary analysis of the
four empty cartridges found at the site of the shooting of 55-year-old Lankesh
has determined that a countrymade 7.65 mm pistol, which is commonly available,
was used in the killing. A post-mortem examination carried out Wednesday
morning by doctors at the Victoria Hospital has revealed three entry and three
corresponding exit wounds on the body, sources associated with the forensic
investigations said. “One bullet entered the body from behind the shoulder
region and two bullets hit the abdomen from the front. There are entry wounds
and corresponding exit wounds for each of the three bullets,’’ sources at the
hospital said. 7.65 mm countrymade weapon used for the killing of the journalist
is of the same kind as the weapons used in the killing of rationalist and
Kannada scholar M M Kalburgi, 77, on Aug.30, 2015 at Dharwad, and those used in
the murder of Maharashtra rationalists Govind Pansare, 81, in Kolhapur on Feb.
16, 2015 and Narendra Dabholkar in Pune on Aug.20, 2013.Forensic investigations
of the cartridges and bullets recovered from the unsolved murders of Kalburgi,
Pansare and Dabholkar have revealed that 7.65 mm pistol used to kill Kalburgi
in 2015 was the same gun that was used to murder Pansare the same year. The
forensic probe also revealed that one of two guns used to shoot Pansare was
used to kill Dabholkar in 2013.indianexpress
HRW demands prompt
probe in Gauri Lankesh’s murder
New York:A leading
human rights organisation has called for prompt investigation into the killing
of outspoken Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh, saying the “possibility” that it
is a “politically motivated” shooting needs to be fully probed. Lankesh, known
for her left-leaning outlook and forthright views on Hindutva politics, was
shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bangalore.Human Rights Watch said
Indian authorities should promptly act on the announced investigation into the
killing by unidentified gunmen of Lankesh, an “outspoken journalist” who
“campaigned for democracy, secularism, and civil liberties” and was a vocal
critic of the Hindu nationalism. “The motives for Lankesh’s killing are not yet
known, but the possibility of a politically motivated shooting needs to be
fully and promptly investigated,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director
at Human Rights Watch. “Authorities in India need both to bring Lankesh’s
killers to justice and to protect media freedom and the right to free
expression,” she added.PTI
Gauri Lankesh
murder: UNESCO condemns journalist's death, calls it an attack on freedom of
expression
UNESCO has deplored the killing this week of journalist
and activist Gauri Lankesh, calling it "an attack on the fundamental right
to freedom of expression" and urging the killers be brought to
justice."I condemn the murder of Gauri Lankesh," UNESCO director
general Irina Bokova said."Any attack on the media is an attack on the
fundamental right to freedom of expression of each member of society," she
added.IANS
CBI SP probing
Dhabolkar murder, AAP leader Ashish Khetan on Sanatan ‘hit-list’
Mumbai: Between
June 2016 and July this year, AAP leader and former journalist Ashish Khetan
allegedly received two threat letters from Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha. Khetan
had earlier filed a writ petition in the Delhi court seeking uniform guidelines
or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that could be followed by law
enforcement agencies in the country whenever a citizen is threatened by any
extremist group.Now, sources have told Indian Express that the investigating
officer in the Pune-based rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder case is also
on the “radar” of the right wing group.Nandakumar Nair, the Superintendent of
Police with CB) who arrested Sanatan Sanstha’s Dr Virendra Tawde, an alleged
western commander of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), an offshoot of the Sanatan
Sanstha, in June 2016 for being the conspirator in the Dabholkar murder case
has been identified as a “rakshasa” (demon) by the Sanstha.In its chargesheet
against Tawde filed last year, the CBI had stated that “rakshasa” was a code
used by Sanstha members to address people on their “hit-list”.With the
Karnataka Police probing if the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh had
any link to the murder of three rationalists — Narendra Dabholkar, Govind
Pansare and MM Kalburgi — these threat perceptions have gained prominence.
“Recently, when Sanatan Sanstha lawyer Sajeev Punalekar was questioned by the
CBI in connection with the case, a Sanatan functionary informed Nair that they
were aware of his recent trip to the Guruvayur Sri Vishnu temple in Kerala.
This clearly indicates that the group is monitoring his movements,” said an
official.When asked if the officer has sought any protection from the Maharashtra
police as his office is located in Navi Mumbai, the official said that from the
very beginning, Sanatan addressed him as a “demon”.Indian Express
Ravi Shankar Prasad
trolled by RSS supporters after he condemns PM Modi’s followers on Gauri Lankesh’s
death
Union IT and Law
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took an extraordinary step on Twitter to condemn
those Hindutva supporters, who were expressing happiness over the gruesome
killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh.In his 2 tweets, Prasad minced no words
when he said that ‘Expressing happiness on the killing of anyone is shameful,
regrettable and totally against Indian traditions.’He wrote, “Expressing
happiness on the killing of anyone is shameful, regrettable and totally against
Indian traditions. Social media is not for that. I strongly condemn &
deplore the messages on social media expressing happiness on dastardly murder
of #Gaurilankesh.” Both his tweets were shared and liked for thousands of times
in no time. His condemnation earned him plenty of plaudits from even BJP’s
critics. jantakareporter
#BlockNarendraModi:
PM following Twitter trolls abusing Gauri Lankesh prompts hashtag in protest
New Delhi:The anger
over the killing of Gauri Lankesh is evident on Twitter where a large number of
users have started blocking PM Narendra
Modi's personal handle in protest against him following abusive trolls,
including one who called the Kannada journalist-activist "a bitch"
who deserved to die. Nikhil Dadhich, who claims to be a garment manufacturer on
his Twitter profile, posted a tweet shortly after the Tuesday night murder that
used an abusive reference to the slain journalist. "Ek kuttiya kutte ki
maut kya mari, saare pille ek sur mein bilbila rahe hain" (It took a bitch
to die a dog's death, for all pups to howl in the same tune)," he
said.Dadhich's Twitter account is followed by many political leaders from the
right-wing BJP including Modi, which prompted many to ask why he was following
such people, and demanded an unfollowing and apology. Since Wednesday however,
#BlockNarendraModi appeared on the microblogging site and was the top trend
when this story was written.Most users, while blocking the PM, tagged one Dr
Rakesh Parikh (@drrakeshparikh) who they said came up with the idea. Dr
Parikh's bio on Twitter says he is a "Diabetologist, Clinical Researcher,
Blogger, Social Activist. Ex-Politician - have been active in Anti Corruption
movement and then founder member of AAP".IndiaToday
Photo of man, who
called journalist Gauri Lankesh ‘bitch,’ with Smriti Irani goes viral
I regret my
association with this rogue organisation: Ex-Republic journalist on channel’s
Gauri Lankesh coverage
A journalist
formerly working with Republic TV has expressed her disgust over her
association with Arnab Goswami’s channel because of its coverage on the
gruesome murder of Gauri Lankesh.In a sensational Facebook post, Sumana Nandy,
who previously worked as a news coordinator with Republic TV, wrote, “I have
always been proud of the organisations I have worked with in my extremely small
career in journalism. But today I am ashamed! An ‘independent’ news
organisation is now batting for a rogue Govt . And openly so.
1993 Mumbai blasts
case: Abu Salem spared the gallows by extradition laws; Tahir Merchant, Feroz
Khan get death
24 years after the
deadly Mumbai blasts that left 257 people dead, a special TADA court on
Thursday awarded death penalty to two convicts, life sentences to two others —
including gangster Abu Salem — while giving 10 years in jail to one accused in
the 1993 case.Special Judge GA Sanap pronounced the death verdicts on convicts
Mohammed Tahir Merchant and Feroz Khan for their role in the blasts, said
Special Public Prosecutor Deepak Salve.Besides Salem, the Special Court awarded
life sentence to Karimullah Khan and 10 years rigorous imprisonment to the
fifth convict, Riyaz Siddiqui.A special TADA court had in June convicted six
persons, including mastermind Mustafa Dossa and Salem, in the blasts case. It,
however, let off accused Abdul Qayyum, for want of evidence. This was the
second leg of the trial.The attacks were allegedly carried out by one of
India's most wanted men, Dawood Ibrahim, and his accomplice Tiger Memon to
avenge Muslim deaths during the Hindu-Muslim riots that had rocked Mumbai a few
months earlier.Tiger was awarded the death penalty by a TADA court on 27 July,
2007. He, however, is still in Pakistan as media reports suggest and India is
still clueless about the whereabouts of Dawood. All the 7 accused faced
multiple charges which included criminal conspiracy, waging war against the Govt
of India and murder. The trial of Salem,
Mustafa Dossa, Karimullah Khan, Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan, Riyaz Siddiqui, Tahir
Merchant and Abdul Quayyum was separated from the main case as they were
arrested subsequently. firstpost
Ranchi Rajdhani
Express derails near New Delhi station, 3 accidents in one day
Passengers on board
Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express had a narrow escape on Thursday after the
train got derailed barely 200 metres away from the New Delhi station.Railway
officials said that there were no reports of any injuries or casualties as the
train had slowed down to less than 10km per hour before entering the station.
None of the compartments were affected as only the engine, luggage brake and
generator car were went off the track.It was the third train accident on
Thursday. Earlier in the day seven coaches of the Howrah-Jabalpur Shaktipunj
Express derailed near Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh and two coaches of a goods
train derailed near Khandala, Maharashtra, news agency ANI reported. No one was
hurt. hindustantimes
Hours apart,
Ranchi-Delhi Rajdhani and Shaktipunj Express derail
Triple-talaq option
taken away, man chops off first wife’s nose after remarriage:HT report
Kolkata: A few
weeks ago, Hasu Sheikh would have had no problem telling his first wife to
clear out of their house at Sultanganj in Malda district after marrying another
woman from the same locality. However, with the Supreme Court closing that
avenue on Aug. 22 through a verdict against triple talaq, he found himself
resorting to a simpler – albeit more brutal – way of ensuring that she doesn’t
become an obstacle on his path to renewed marital bliss. Sheikh chopped off
38-year-old Meno Bibi’s nose with a sickle on Wednesday night, 15 days after he
entered into a marital alliance with his second wife. A complaint was lodged
against Sheikh and six others at the Kaliachak police station soon after the
incident. Bibi was admitted to the Malda Medical College and Hospital, where
she is recuperating.According to Nakibuddin Gazi, a neighbour, Sheikh had
entered into an extra-marital relationship with another woman from the same
area about a year ago. Late last month, he married the woman and brought her to
his house much to Bibi’s indignation.The quarrels intensified as the days
passed, with Bibi flatly refusing to give in to their demands that she and her
children leave the house. Sheikh and Afel – the son of his new wife – even beat
her up on a few occasions. “My husband didn’t divorce me. He simply went ahead
and married a woman, ignoring my objections,” she said from her hospital bed.
“He doesn’t want to take care of my children anymore. I want stringent
punishment for him and the others who attacked me.”
Triple talaq case
petitioner proposes Muslim Family Law on lines of Hindu, Indian Christian
marriage acts
New Delhi: A
petitioner in the triple talaq case, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), on
Thursday came out with a proposal for a Muslim Family Law to govern marriages
and divorces in the community on the lines of the Hindu and Indian Christian
marriage acts.The proposed legislation is aimed at ending the practices of
polygamy and giving divorce unilaterally. It also describes 'nikah halala' and
'muta' marriages as "invalid" and seeks to make 'nikah halala' a
punishable offence.PTI
Muslim leaders’
move to nullify impact of SC verdict on triple talaq
Hyderabad:Social
and religious bodies of several Islamic schools of thought converged on the
city on Wednesday under the banner of Sharia Faisla Board to reject Supreme
Court verdict of triple talaq. The board will hold a meeting on Thursday to
decide its future course of action to “nullify the impact of SC verdict”.The
meeting which was attended by 75 religious leaders was of the opinion that the
“Supreme Court judgment on triple talaq was an open interference in the
Shariah”. The board also commented that the judgment, “had raised several
questions on the protection and continuity of Muslim Personal Law in India”. In
a written statement to the media, Tahreek Muslim Shabaan president and board
convener Mohammed Mushtaq Mallik asserted, “Islam has total clarity on all issues
and no one should have doubts about them”, adding those not following the
direction of the religion’s holy book and teachings of the Prophet will
automatically be expunged from Islam.“One cannot oppose Islamic principles and
also be a Muslim at the same time,” Ms. Mallik explained, adding Union Govt should consult “recognised Muslim clerics and
institutions to understand the essence of Shariah”.thehindu
Telangana Waqf
Board advises qazis to be careful while
processing talaq cases
Hyderabad:
Telangana State Waqf Board (SWB) on Wednesday advised qazis to be careful while
processing cases of divorce (talaq) even as it requested them to counsel the
couple so that there are chances of reconciliation.Both hereditary and Govt -appointed
qazis and board officials discussed the issue at a consultative meeting at the
office of the board in Haj House. Timesofindia
Hindu-Muslim couple
move HC alleging harassment by Bajrang Dal activists, Nagpur police
Nagpur :A
Hindu-Muslim couple moved Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court alleging harassment
by Bajrang Dal activist and Nagpur police despite having a legal marriage on
Aug.17. A bench comprising Justice Vasanti Naik and Justice Murlidhar Giratkar
has issued notices to Nagpur police and Principle Secretary (Home) and asked
them to submit their replies within seven days.The petitioner, Mohammad Arif
Dosani, a resident of Vasmath in Hingoli district, has alleged in his petition
that his marriage with Monica Ingle, now Aayat after conversion, had entered
into wedlock following love-affair but the police officers from Imamwada police
station PSI Amol Jadhav and PI Ramakant Dhurve constantly harassed them as well
as his relatives at the instance of Bajrang Dal men, who had gheraoed the
police station on September 1 calling the marriage as love jihad. The
petitioner also alleged that the police would barge in the house of his aunt
Akida Dosani, a resident of Hasanbagh locality of the city and brother-in-law
Zakir Mohammad, a resident of Pinjar in Akola district and sought to harass
them over the marriage.The bench, after hearing the petitioner, issued notices
to the officials concerned, including Nagpur Commissioner of Police K
Venkateshan seeking their response to the allegations made by the petitioner. Indian
express
Muslim outfits
demand resignation of Manipur Deputy CM
Imphal:Muslim
organisations in Manipur have demanded the resignation of Deputy CM Yumnam Joykumar on moral grounds after his son
posted a message on Facebook on Eid-ul-Adha ridiculing the ‘qurbani’
(sacrifice).Political sources said CM N.
Biren Singh, who arrived here on Thursday, may take some concrete steps since
“it is a very serious matter”.A demonstration was also held in Imphal on
Wednesday demanding action against Y. Debajit who wrote “the killings of
animals in the name of qurbani is nothing but a practice to kill human beings”.Debajit’s
post has hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslims, the activists
said.Abdullah Pathan, President of the Manipur Muslim Welfare Organisation,
said: “We had demanded arrest of Debajit within 48 hours.”IANS
Ram Mandir dispute:
Modi Govt to decide if it wants to stay
with Ram or Babur, says VHP leader Pravin Togadia
Agra: Taking a
radical stand on Ram Mandir issue, VHP leader Pravin Togadia announced the
organisation's resolve to build the temple, and said the courts cannot resolve
the dispute.While a recently-concluded 3-day RSS meet in Vrindavan saw the
Sangh not pursuing the Ram Mandir issue, VHP leader Togadia spoke on the
subject at a seminar in Agra. Togadia, who is the international working
president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, addressed a seminar on 'Shri Ram Janma
Bhoomi--Rashtriyata ka Aadhar Stambh', and said courts could not resolve the
Ram Mandir issue in 100 years as this was a matter of faith for over 100 crore
Hindus globally.Pravin Togadia said the Ram Mandir can be built only when a law
is enacted on the same and this is possible when the Govt agrees to it. indiatoday
Those against
resolving Ayodhya dispute are working for Pakistan: Shia Central Waqf Board
A prominent Shia
leader alleged those creating hurdles in the settlement of the Ayodhya land
dispute were working at the behest of Pakistan which was trying to destabilise
India by exploiting religious sentiments over the issue."This (Ayodhya)
dispute is not getting addressed because Pakistan has the biggest hand in it.
Those representing the Muslim community in the Supreme Court on the issue have
direct links with Pakistan and want bloodshed to destabilise the country,"
Syed Waseem Rizvi, chairman of the Shia Central Waqf Board, UP, said.PTI
Yogi Adityanath Govt
to spend Rs 2,500 crore on Ardh Kumbh
mela preparations
Uttar Pradesh Govt led by Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced
it will spend a massive fund of Rs 2500 crore for the preparations of Ardh
Kumbh mela shceduled to be held in 2019, reported All India Radio, the Govt broadcaster.Speaking in Allahabad, Adityanath
said “We are preparing for this event. The land of Prayagraj is important to
us. We want to dedicate this Kumbh Mela to the farmers.” jantakareporter
UP govt asks
madrasas to recommend names for teachers’ award
Lucknow:The Uttar
Pradesh Govt has asked madrasas to
recommend names for the State Teachers’ Award 2016-17. Applications can be
submitted to minority welfare officers in districts from September 11 to
September 29. Minorities Welfare Director NP Pandey said teachers with an
experience of 15 years can send applications for the Rajya Adhyaapal Puraskar.
Differently abled teachers need to have an experience of 10 years.BJP leader
Romana Siddiqui said the party “never discriminated on the basis of caste,
creed or religion. We do not believe in divisive politics”.“A teacher is a
teacher, irrespective of his or her religion. And it is unfair to drag such a
noble profession in the narrow lanes of caste, creed and religion,” she said.UP
minister for minority welfare Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said: “We want to improve
the standard of education in Islamic schools. The Govt is taking various steps to modernise madrasas
by integrating them with ITIs and the skill development mission.”PTI
West Bengal BJP
chief asks party workers to beat up cops
West Bengal BJP
president Dilip Ghosh has asked party workers to beat up policemen if they
refused to lodge complaint against Trinamool Congress workers. Addressing a
public meeting in Howrah, Ghosh said it was a “democratic right in West Bengal”
to assault policemen. A clip of his speech has gone viral on social media.“If
TMC workers can get away by assaulting the police, then why cannot we do the
same? There is no wrong in doing that because it is one of the democratic
rights in West Bengal. Here if you beat up policemen, then you will come to
power,” Ghosh told party workers. indianexpress
Manmohan's pledge
to Jama Masjid Imam under HC Lens
New Delhi: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh’s personal “assurance” to the
Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid in Oct. 2004 that the mosque would not be
declared a protected monument has come under Delhi High Court’s scanner.A
protected monument cannot be used for meetings, receptions, parties,
conferences or entertainment programmes except with special permission from the
Centre.Seeking to inquire into what led to Singh writing a letter to the Shahi
Imam and UPA-1’s decision that the mosque will not be declared a protected
monument, the HC has summoned the entire record of the communication. This is
for the first time that the HC has summoned the entire record from Ministry of
Culture, regarding the decision. The ministry has been directed to produce the
original file in the court pertaining to the decision. The order passed by the HC
also specifically mentions the letter Sigh wrote to Shahi Imam on Oct. 20,
2004.The court’s directions were passed during the resumed hearing of a
petition filed by one Suhail Ahmed Khan who has demanded that the masjid be
declared a protected monument.TOI
Bhagwat backs PM Modi
in condemning cow vigilantes
New Delhi: RSS
Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat firmly backed the Narendra Modi-led Union Govt in its efforts to condemn violence in the name
of the cow, at the coordination meeting with the BJP held last week, despite
voices from the organisation demanding that the Centre should do more to
control cow slaughter.Bhagwat patiently heard RSS members speak on deaths of
people in the hands of those involved in illegal transport of cows and running
slaughter houses and complain about the Govt repeatedly threatening cow vigilante groups
with stern action or going after them with a firm hand. Some of those present
in the meeting told ET that Bhagwat told them it was not right to suspect the
intent of the Govt and that, at times,
political situations demanded certain things of leaders.“He was clear that
those at the helm of the Govt want the
best for the country and as members of the same organisation, we must trust
them and not question their commitment to the country or its culture,” a
participant told ET.
Strong criticism of
govt isn’t defamatory or seditious, says SC, underlines 1962 verdict
New Delhi : The
Supreme Court has asserted that “making a strong criticism of the Govt ” is not
even defamatory, let alone seditious. The court also directed all authorities,
including police and trial judges, to follow its Constitution Bench ruling
which stated that only incitement to violence and public disorder could form
the basis of a sedition charge.A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Uday
U Lalit maintained that it would not be within the fold of criminal
jurisprudence to issue uniform guidelines for registration of FIRs under
sedition charge, but underscored that a larger bench has already provided
necessary safeguards that should be followed by all authorities.“Suppose
somebody makes a strong criticism of the Govt … even a case of criminal
defamation cannot be filed, let alone a case of sedition. Every magistrate is
bound by what we said in the Kedar Nath (case),” said the bench. Indian Express
Indian Army will
breach LoC and strike whenever needed: Lt Gen D Ambu
Jammu: Lt. General
D Ambu, who heads the Northern Command, on Thursday said that the Indian Army
will breach the Line of Control (LoC) and strike against enemies whenever the
need arises in future.When we want to we will be able to breach it (LoC), go
across and strike when we need, Lt. Gen D Ambu was quoted as saying by
ANI.Reacting to the last year's surgical strikes by the Indian Army, he said,
''It was a point we wanted to drive home across that LoC is not a line that
cannot be breached.''Through Army's unprecedented action, we sent a subtle
message that we wanted to convey, he added.Justifying the surgical strikes by
the Indian Army, Lt. Gen D Ambu said, ''A large number of terrorist camps and
launch pads exist across south and north of Pir Panjal, they have not
decreased, so this kind of action is needed.''Praising the efforts of the armed
forces in checking incidents of cross-border infiltration, Lt. General Ambu
said, ''While a lot of attempts are made by terrorists (to infiltrate) every
year, but most are not successful, there has been a sharp decline.''Our brave
soldiers have been foiling their (terrorists) attempts to infiltrate into Kashmir
Valley and elsewhere in the Jammu region, Ambu said.Lt Gen Devraj Anbu was
appointed as new chief of strategically important Northern Command in place of
Lt. Gen. DS Hooda, who retired on November 30, last year. zee news zee news
Will repeat
Surgical Strike When We Need to:Lt General
Bipin Rawat’s
remarks contrary to views expressed by Xi, Modi: China
New Delhi:A day
after Army chief General Bipin Rawat said that ‘warfare lies within the realm
of reality,’ China on Thursday said that his remarks were contrary to the views
expressed by PM Narendra Modi and
President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Xiamen earlier this week. Rawat,
while speaking at a seminar organised by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies in
New Delhi, had said India should be prepared for a two-front war, insisting
that China had started “flexing its muscles”, while there seems to be no scope
for reconciliation with Pakistan whose military and polity saw an adversary in
India.Reacting to his comments, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang
said, “We have noted the statement by relevant people in India, also we noticed
some Indian press remarked that the reports are shocking. As reported by Indian
press…we don’t know whether he was authorised to speak those words or it was
just his spontaneous words or whether his words represented the position of the
Indian Govt .” Indian express
Pak army chief slams
US, India; says will continue to support Kashmir
New Delhi:Days
after BRICS declaration condemning Pakistan-based terror groups, the country's
army chief Qamar Bajwa said Pakistan would "continue to extend political,
moral, and diplomatic support for Kashmiris' right to self-determination",
reported Pakistani media.Bajwa said, on the one hand, that "Kashmir does
not need interference from Pakistan", and then on the other hand, that
Pakistan would continue to support the people of the northern Indian state.His
comments came days after India issued a demarche to Pakistan over the
infiltration of a group of Pakistan-based terrorists from the Jaish-e-Muhammed
who killed eight security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district
last month. The Jaish-e-Muhammed was one of the terror groups the BRICS
countries named.Still, Bajwa said Pakistan will continue to support
Kashmir."India should realise that the peaceful struggle of hundreds of
thousands of youth in Kashmir does not need interference from Pakistan or Azad
Jammu and Kashmir. It is in India's favour that they prioritise political and
diplomatic solutions for sustainable resolution of the Kashmir issue instead of
insulting Pakistan and using force against Kashmiris," said Bajwa, in an
address on Pakistan's Defence Day. Pak army chief then said, referring to
India, that "a neighbouring country...is high on power". He also
blamed India for going nuclear.TOI
NIA carries fresh
raids in Kashmir; total raids now reach at 20 places
Srinagar:NIA on
Thursday raided the houses of two prominent separatist leaders, Agha Hassan
Budgami and Ghulam Nabi Sumji, in Budgam and Anantnag districts of J&K.
Agha and Sumji are prominent leaders of Hurriyat (Geelani). Officials said that
teams of NIA along with local police and CRPF raided the house of Agha Hassan,
a prominent Shia leader and also the leader of Hurriyat led by Syed Ali
Geelani. The teams are conducting thorough searches in the house. Agha is also
the head of Anjuman-e-Shariaan-Shai. The other raid was carried out in the house
of Ghulam Nabi Sumji at Bijbhera in South Kashmir.For the past 3 days NIA has
carried out dozens of raids on the houses of cross-LoC traders, stone pelters
and business men. NIA also arrested a freelance photographer Kamran Yusuf from
Pulwama. While NIA says Yusuf is a stone pelter, his family and friends have
termed the allegations baseless. The raids, termed by separatists as part of
political vendetta, were conducted at 20 places.NIA, today, is conducting
searches at 10 locations — Kashmir Valley: 8, Jammu: 1 and Gurgaon: 1. The
eight locations of Kashmir Valley where searches are being conducted are in
North, South and Central Kashmir.
Journalists protest
in Srinagar after Yousuf’s arrest by NIA
Srinagar
:Journalists from South Kashmir held a protest demonstration at Press Colony on
Thursday against the arrest of Kamran Yousuf by NIA in stone pelting related
cases. Yousuf, a freelance photo journalist, used to cover every incident that
took place in south Kashmir. Meanwhile, his family has denied that he was a
stone pelter.The protesting journalists carried banners of “Kamran Yusuf is a
Journalist, not a stone pelter”, “Free Kamran Yousuf”, “Fair Journalism
persecuted in Kashmir by NIA” and demanded his release. “Kamran was working as
a freelance journalist for three years and was associated with several news
organizations. He was the first to report news from south Kashmir,” said Shah
Irshad, also a journalist from south Kashmir. “At times even police in south
Kashmir had to react to his news stories which would appear on local TV
channels and other media platforms,” Shah added.Shah said that the arrested
journalist was the first to reach any spot whether it was an encounter or a
stone pelting incident. His passion for journalism was such that he would
travel even at night to cover any incident. Indian express
‘Operation all
out’, an offensive to flush out militants to continue till there is complete
peace: J-K DGP
‘Operation all-out’,
an offensive launched by the security forces to flush out militants would
continue till there is complete peace in Jammu and Kashmir, DGP SP Vaid said
here today.Speaking to reporters, the DGP said that the situation in J&K
was “much better” now compared to last year. Yes, the operation will continue,
till we get complete peace in Kashmir, Vaid said when asked whether the
‘operation all-out’ would continue.Asked whether the militants had changed
their strategy in the aftermath of ‘operation all out’ and in the wake of a
suicide attack on district police lines Pulwama recently, he said that if the
militants change tactics, so would the security forces. “In a situation like
this, every one changes their tactics. We will also change, do not worry,” he said.PTI
MP: 24 more
newborns die in Vidisha district hospital
Bhopal:A hospital
in Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh has reported death of 24 newborns -- adding to the
recent spate of infant deaths that took place in different parts of the
country.This is the second such case reported from the state in a week. At
least 36 newborns died in a government hospital in Shahdol in August, according
to officials on Monday.96 newborns were admitted to the Special New Born Care
Unit (SNCU) of District Hospital in August, of whom 24 have died, hospital
authorities said. The infants were “afflicted with several problems”.IANS
Raghuram Rajan:
Demonetisation put new interest burden on RBI as people found ways to convert
black money
New Delhi:The
failure to stop dodgy cash coming back into the banking system after
demonetisation has likely burdened the Reserve Bank of India with additional
interest payments running into tens of thousands of crores, former central bank
governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday.Latest RBI data shows that all but 1%
of the high-value bank notes demonetised have returned to the banking system,
meaning black money hoarders found ways to legitimise their cash that now earns
interests. Rajan estimates this burden could be as high as Rs 25,000 crore a
year.“One of the costs which people haven’t paid enough attention to is (that)
this was money sitting, if you believe it was black money, it was sitting in
people’s safes or in their basement. It wasn’t earning any interest,” Rajan
said, referring to short-term economic costs of demonetisation. hindustantimes
Uzbek woman gang
raped in South Delhi
An Uzbek woman was
allegedly raped by two men in a moving car in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj on
Monday evening. Police have registered a case on the basis of the complaint
filed by the woman. Officers said that they have detained a few people and are
questioning them.A PCR call was made at 11pm on Monday, soon after which police
reached the spot and took the woman's statement. The woman told police that she
went to a mall in Saket and left at 9.30 pm. She boarded an auto from the mall.
Auto, however, broke down when it reached Vasant Kunj and the driver asked her
to board another vehicle. The woman was waiting for another vehicle when
-almost 10 minutes later -three men came in a white car and stopped the vehicle
next to her. They pulled her inside the car and two of the occupants took turns
to rape her, she alleged. Indiatimes
Maharashtra
minister’s daughter, secretary’s son get state scholarship to study abroad
A Maharashtra
minister’s daughter and the son of an IAS officer in his department have made
the cut for a special state scholarship to study abroad, triggering accusations
of fund misuse and questions over conflict of interest.Social justice minister
Rajkumar Badole’s daughter, Shruti Rajkumar Badole, will study at University of
Manchester in UK, while department secretary Dinesh Waghmare’s son, Antariksh
Dinesh Waghmare, will study at the University of Pennsylvania in
US.Incidentally, it is the social justice and special assistance department
that administers the scholarships instituted in 2003 for post-graduate and PhD
courses. hindustantimes
Genocide of Rohingya Muslims
Violence could lead
to exodus of 300,000 Rohingya: UN
As many as 300,000
Rohingya Muslims could flee violence in northwestern Myanmar to neighbouring
Bangladesh, UN officials say, warning of a funding shortfall for emergency food
supplies for the desperate refugees.According to estimates issued by UN workers
in Bangladesh's border region of Cox's Bazar, arrivals since the latest
bloodshed started two weeks ago have already reached 146,000.Numbers are
difficult to establish with any certainty because of the turmoil as Rohingya
escape operations by Myanmar's military.However, UN officials have raised their
estimate of the total expected refugees from 120,000 to 300,000, said Dipayan
Bhattacharyya, who is Bangladesh spokesman for the World Food Programme (WFP)."They
are coming in nutritionally deprived, they have been cut off from a normal flow
of food for possibly more than a month," he told Reuters news agency.
"They were definitely visibly hungry, traumatised."The surge of
refugees, many sick or wounded, has strained the resources of aid agencies and
communities that are already helping hundreds of thousands displaced by
previous waves of violence in Myanmar. Many have no shelter, and aid agencies
are racing to provide clean water, sanitation and food.aljazeera
Rohingya crisis:
365,000 sign petition calling for Aung San Suu Kyi to be stripped of Nobel
Peace Prize
Thousands of people
have signed an online petition calling for the Nobel committee to revoke Aung
San Suu Kyi's peace prize over the Myanmar Govt 's treatment of its Rohingya
Muslims. But the Norwegian Nobel committee has ruled out any such move, saying
only that the work which led to the awarding of the prize was taken into
account.The Change.Org petition has gathered over 365,000 signatures as of
Thursday, reflecting growing outrage over a massive security sweep in Rakhine
state by Myanmar forces after a series of deadly ambushes by Rohingya
militants."De facto ruler of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi has done virtually
nothing to stop this crime against humanity in her country," the petition
says.In Oslo, Olav Njolstad, head of the Nobel Institute, said it was
impossible to strip a Nobel laureate of an award once it has been
bestowed."Neither Alfred Nobel's will nor the statutes of the Nobel
Foundation provide for the possibility that a Nobel Prize - whether for
physics, chemistry, medicine, literature or peace - can be revoked," he said."Only
the efforts made by a laureate before the attribution of a prize are evaluated
by the Nobel committee," he said,and not any subsequent actions.
CPM says Rohingyas
living in India are refugees, urges Centre to not deport them to Myanmar
New Delhi: CPM on
Thursday said the Rohingya who have crossed over to India should be treated as
refugees and not be pushed back or deported.The party also said the Govt should immediately take it up with Myanmar and
Bangladesh to resolve Rohingya issue."The expectations that PM Narendra Modi during his visit to Myanmar
would take up the issue of Rohingyas was belied. Unfortunately, the issue...did
not find place in the talks between Indian PM and the Myanmar leaders," it
said in a statement."The matter should be taken up with the UNHRC and the
International Red Cross and the issue should be raised in other international
fora as well,"it said.IANS
Jamaat urges Govt
of India, UN to help Rohingya Muslims
New Delhi: India's
largest socio-religious Muslim organization has urged the central Govt of the country,UN and international human
rights organizations to help Rohingya Muslims who are facing persecution in
Rakhine area of Myanmar. While expressing deep concern over reported killings
of Rohingya Muslims, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, President, Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind on Wednesday demanded the United Nations, the OIC and various human rights
organizations "to pressurize the Burmese Govt to stop killing their own
countrymen, to restore their citizenship, to remove all restrictions on their
travel and to focus on their social and economic upliftment."Maulana Umari
also urged the Govt of India to talk to
the Burmese Govt on this issue and
pressurize them to restore the constitutional and citizenship rights of the
Rohingya Muslims.Regarding the Rohingya Muslims who have taken refuge in India,
President of Jamaat said:"Indian Govt should continue allowing them to stay in India
as refugees till as time their constitutional and citizenship rights are not
restored in Myanmar."Jamaat leader expressed surprise over the silence of State
Counsellor of Burma and Nobel Peace prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi over killings
of Rohingya Muslims.IndiaTomorrow
Plea in SC
Demanding Immediate Expulsion of Rohingyas in National Interest
New Delhi: A plea
was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday, stating that "accommodating
Rohingyas in India is equivalent to inviting wretchedness, turbulence and
disturbance on Indian soil”. Chennai-based group 'Indic Collective' sought to
intervene and argue the matter pending before a bench led by Chief Justice of
India Dipak Misra. News 18
Kolkata: Students
body stages protest over deportation of Rohingyas Muslims
Kolkata:Islamic
Students Organisation has staged a protest here over the deportation of
Rohingyas Muslim refugees living in India.A large number of people took to the
street, holding placards and raised slogans against the deportation.‘Suu Kyi
break your silence’, ‘Burma killing, worlds most silent genocide,’ ‘Stop Brutal
killing of Rohingyas’ were few of the slogans written on the placard people
carried during the protest.ANI
Sadhvi Prachi:Rohingya
Muslims 'more dangerous' than IS
Controversial
saffron leader Sadhvi Prachi has asked the Govt to take immediate notice of the
entry of Rohingya Muslims into the country from Myanmar and take steps to send
them back to their country.''Rohingya Muslims are more dangerous than even the
Islamic State (IS) terrorists.....they pose grave danger to our security,''
Sadhvi Prachi said in an informal chat with reporters at Muzaffarnagar, about
500 kilometres from here, on Wednesday evening.She expressed serious concern
over what she termed ''infiltration'' by 40 thousand Rohingya Muslims in the
country. ''About 15 thousand of them have already reached Kashmir,'' she
claimed. deccanherald
Manipuri Muslim
body calls for India’s intervention for Rohingya in Myanmar: nagalandpost
Imphal: A Muslim body in Manipur Wednesday called for
India Govt ’s intervention in stopping reported mass killings and human right
abuse against Rohingya Muslims in neighbouring country, Myanmar.Addressing a
news conference at its office in Imphal’s Hatta Golapati president Jalal Sheikh
of All Manipur Muslim Organisations’ Co-ordinating Committee (AMMOCOC) insisted
that India Govt should ask its
counterpart Myanmar Govt to stop
violation of human rights in the country.India Govt should condemn the inhuman act and atrocities
being meted out to the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar, he demanded.
Persecution of
Rohingyas: Activists Try to Protest at Myanmar Embassy in Delhi, Detained
New Delhi: Around
50 people, mostly members of the Social Democratic Party of India, were
detained while trying to stage a protest demonstration outside the Myanmar
Embassy here in New Delhi on Thursday. They wanted to protest against the
recent killing of Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.The
protesters were taken to the local police station as no public protest is
allowed in the high-security area of embassies in the national capital.The
protesters demanded the United Nations to take action to save Rohingya Muslims.
Some of them also demanded withdrawal of Nobel Peace Prize from Myanmar leader
Aung San Suu Kyi.IndiaTomorrow
Suu Kyi on Rohingya
crisis: Our biggest challenge, unreasonable to expect us to solve it in 18
months
New Delhi:Myanmar’s
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday that it is a ‘little
unreasonable’ to expect her Govt to
solve the crisis in conflict-prone Rakhine state in just 18 months. In recent
weeks, Suu Kyi and her administration has been chastised by human rights
advocates and global media for merely watching on as over 1 lakh Rohingya
Muslims fled Rakhine for neighbouring Bangladesh in the event of an army
crackdown.“This is the biggest challenge we have had to face. It is a little
unreasonable to expect us to solve the issue in 18 months…the situation in
Rakhine has been such since many decades. It goes back to pre-colonial times,”
Suu Kyi told news agency ANI.Suu Kyi said her administration’s resources are
‘not as complete and adequate as we would like them to be.’“It is our duty to
take care of our citizens and we will try our best…we want to make sure that
everyone is entitled to the protection of the law,” Suu Kyi told ANI. “We have
to decide how to differentiate terrorists from innocents. You in India would be
well versed with this.”In her first public comments on the crisis, Suu Kyi was
quoted Wednesday saying in a call with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan
that global sympathy for the Rohingya was being fuelled by “a huge iceberg of
misinformation calculated to create a lot of problems between different
communities and with the aim of promoting the interest of the terrorists”. But she
said her Govt was committed to protecting all the people of the western state. indianexpress
Turkey first lady
visits Rohingya refugee camp
Turkey's first lady
and foreign minister are visiting Bangladesh to learn why about 164,000 ethnic
Rohingya Muslims have fled from neighboring Myanmar in the past two weeks.First
lady Emine Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visited a refugee camp
housing more than 50,000 people and talked with residents, including a young
person with a bullet injury, about ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Bangladesh officials also briefed them on how they are attempting to provide
shelter, food and health care to the huge numbers of refugees. The first lady
told reporters that Turkey will do everything possible to help the Rohingya,
and that her husband, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, would take up the issue
at this month's UN General Assembly meeting.Many of Rohingya have said they are
fleeing violence by Myanmar soldiers and Buddhist mobs in Rakhine.UN refugee
agency says 164,000 Rohingya have flooded into Bangladesh since violence
erupted in Myanmar on Aug. 25.The revised refugee number confirmed Thursday by
UNHCR spokeswoman Vivian Tan was likely to go up further, with thousands still
crossing the border every day.New fires are burning in a Myanmar village that
had been abandoned by Rohingya Muslims, and where schoolbooks with text from
the Quran were seen ripped and left on the ground. That intensifies doubts
about Govt claims that members of the
persecuted minority have been destroying their own homes.Journalists on a Govt -controlled
trip saw the fires Thursday in Gawdu Zara village in northern Rakhine state,
from which some 146,000 Rohingya have fled since ethnic violence erupted about
two weeks ago.AP
Iran prepares aid
for Myanmar Rohingyas
Tehran: Iran’s Red
Crescent said today it has prepared an aid package for Myanmar’s Rohingya
Muslims as they flee a crackdown by security forces.“An emergency, food, life
support and hygiene package has been prepared by the Red Crescent to be sent to
Myanmar,” said head of the organisation Morteza Salimi, according to the ISNA
news agency.PTI
Children, teenagers
among wounded Rohingya in crammed Bangladesh hospital
Bangladesh:Mohammed
Idrees, a 10-year-old Rohingya boy, does not remember how he landed at the
hospital in Bangladesh with a part of his right ear blown off.But he says he
won't return to his home country, neighbouring Myanmar, until there is
peace.Idrees is one of around 60 badly injured Rohingya Muslims admitted to the
hospital in Chittagong since violence flared in Rakhine state in the northwest
of Myanmar in late August.Around a third of the total injured are teenagers or
younger, including a six-year-old boy.Reuters
WORLD
Israeli authorities
set to triple size of settlement in East Jerusalem
Israeli authorities
are set to advance plans to triple the size of a settlement in the heart of
occupied East Jerusalem, according to reports Thursday.The Jerusalem Planning
and Building Committee will consider on Sunday a plan to approve 176 new
housing units for Nof Zion, a Jewish settlement in Jabel Mukaber.The news was
first reported by Israel’s Channel 1 on Wednesday night. According to Israeli
media reports, “the agenda item was not listed in publicly available filings,
though authorities may be seeking to avoid attracting attention to the issue”.
Nof Zion currently consists of seven apartment buildings containing 91
residential units, and was first established in 2004. middleeastmonitor
Al Jazeera Israel
head banned from seminar on freedom of speech: middleeastmonitor
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the removal of
Al Jazeera‘s Jerusalem Bureau Chief Walid Al-Omari from a panel of speakers at
a state-sponsored event on freedom of speech. Govt Press Office (GPO) announced the decision in a
Facebook post yesterday, stating: “PM instructed that legal steps be taken to deny
press passes of all Al Jazeera journalists working in Israel and to close their
offices in Israel.”
Syrian opposition
has not won the war, insists UN envoy
The UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said on Wednesday
that the Syrian opposition has not won the war against Bashar Al-Assad.
Speaking to reporters, he added that while the Syrian opposition “must accept
it has failed to win the civil war… the Govt cannot simply announce victory.”According to
de Mistura, “For the opposition, the message is very clear: if they were
planning to win the war, facts are proving that is not the case. So now it is
time to win the peace.”Asked if he was implying that Assad had won, he said
that he is not the one who records the history of the conflict. “Victory can
only be if there is a sustainable political long-term solution. Otherwise
instead of war, God forbid, we may see plenty of low intensity guerrilla
activity going on for the next 10 years, and you will see no reconstruction,
which is a very sad outcome of winning a war.” middleeastmonitor
Catalonia passes
law for October 1 independence vote
Catalonia's
parliament has passed a law paving the way for an October 1 referendum on
whether to declare independence from Spain - a vote fiercely opposed by the
central Govt in Madrid. The so-called
"referendum bill" was adopted on Wednesday by the regional
parliament, which is controlled by pro-independence parties, with 72 votes in
favour and 11 abstentions. Politicians who oppose independence for the wealthy
northeastern region of Spain left the chamber before the vote.After the law
passed, separatist legislators sang the region's anthem, "Els
Segadors", which recalls a 1640 revolt in Catalonia against the Spanish
monarchy.Xavier Garcia Albiol, the head of Catalan branch of the conservative
Popular Party, accused the separatist politicians of wanting to cause Spain's
"biggest institutional crisis" since a failed coup attempt in 1981
when armed civil guards took over parliament. Aljazeera
Mansour,
14-year-old Indian boy in UAE is youngest pilot to fly single-engine plane
Dubai: A
14-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in the UAE has become one of the youngest
pilots to fly a single-engine aircraft, according to a media report.Mansour
Anis, a class IXth student at Delhi Private School in Sharjah, received a
certificate for his first solo flight from an aviation academy in Canada last
week, Gulf News reported.His solo flight was about 10-minute-long during which
he taxied the aircraft from the parking bay to the runway, took off for a
flight of about 5 minutes and landed back, the report said.PTI
FLASH: VIEWS & NEWS
PM Modi concludes
Myanmar trip with visit to Bahadur Shah’s grave, puja at temple
Centre must lead
fight to protect what the killings have violated:Rights to life, belief,
expression:RajmohanGandhi
The killing of
Gauri Lankesh is the silencing of a free, unafraid voice:Nandana Reddy
Institutions must
uphold the rights of citizens against society and state:Apoorvanand
The murder of Gauri
Lankesh:Mrinal Pande
This is the moment,
perhaps, to ask why India’s world ranking on press freedom is falling:Shailaja
Bajpai
In India, Another Govt
Critic Is Silenced by Bullets:Jeffrey
Gettleman, Hari Kumar, New York Times
Behind BJP’s
Pursuit of a Uniform Civil Code Is a Deep-Rooted Resentment of Minorities:Sten
Widmalm
One Murder Has
Revealed the Faces of Many Murderers: Ravish Kumar
Modi did in Myanmar
what he used to do in India: Deplores ‘violence’ against security forces, no
word on plight of Rohingyas
There is Method in
the Targeted Murders of Regional Free Thinkers: Sidharth Bhatia
Uniform code will
hurt harmony, minorities argued to make a case for personal law:Vaibhav
Purandare,TOI
‘Chinese like to
tell us: Remember, our GDP is five times yours’: Shyam Saran, India’s foremost
diplomats
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