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'Economies are destroyed more easily than they
are built': Modi's policy flip-flops are harming 'Make in India' drive
Surprise policy shifts risk undermining PM Narendra Modi's flagship 'Make in India'
initiative, which aims to create millions of jobs and boost growth, industry
executives say.The new comes after India's apparent U-turn over a locomotive
deal with General Electric, signed in 2015. GE won a $2.6 billion contract to
supply 1,000 diesel locomotives - biggest direct investment in India by a US
firm and the first deal awarded to a foreign firm after India allowed 100%
investment in its railways - as part of efforts to overhaul its creaking,
colonial-era infrastructure.But the railways ministry said last week it
wouldn't need diesel after all - hoping to save on fuel and maintenance costs -
and suggested GE might want to make electric engines instead.Electric engines
are usually used for passenger trains, while diesel is used for freight. Around
25-30 % of India's locomotives are diesel-engined.The policy shift could cost
New Delhi millions of dollars in compensation - GE is already building a
factory for the diesel locos - but executives and investors say it is also an
important test for a Govt that needs
foreign investment to create jobs and reboot growth ahead of a 2019 general
election.'GE case is very important symbolically because they have been among
the earliest and most committed investors,' said Amitabh Dubey, a political
analyst at research firm Trusted Sources.'People will be watching to see how
this plays out, particularly because the railway contracts were initiatives
that the Govt pushed consciously and
worked very hard to get these people in.'To then turn around two years later
and change your strategy will bother a lot of people,' he said.GE has already
shipped its first diesel locomotive to India and is completing a factory in the
state of Bihar. It has created around 1,000 jobs at the plant and a maintenance
shed, and 5,000 jobs in the supplier network.FDI into India topped $60 billion
in fiscal 2016-17, almost double the levels before Modi came to power in
2014.But after increasing by more than 20 % in the first two years of the Modi Govt
, FDI growth was less than half that rate in the latest financial year, hit by
tax changes and a shock move to withdraw most of India's banknotes overnight.In
another example of shifting goalposts, India this month blindsided the auto
industry by almost doubling the maximum levy on luxury cars and sport-utility
vehicles (SUVs) - just weeks after first setting the rate as part of a major
tax change.Rahil Ansari, head of Audi India, said sudden shifts affect
companies' ability to plan ahead, and could force changes.'This is bound to
adversely impact sales, by possibly a double-digit reduction, and will reduce
revenues for the company, dealers and perhaps also tax revenue for the Govt ,'
he said.Rival Mercedes-Benz also said the luxury car industry has been at the
receiving end of arbitrary policies, and a hike in levies would affect its
future expansion plans under the 'Make in India' initiative.'Additionally,
slowdown in GST tax collection dented sentiment and investors expected that GST-led
disruption is likely to extend and will hurt earnings for the next few
quarters,' said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services Ltd.
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Sinha: Can’t blame UPA govt for poor economic
situation, we also got opportunity
New Delhi:A day after he criticised the
BJP-led Govt ’s poor handling of the economy in a stinging Op-ed in the Indian
Express, ex-finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said that Govt cannot
blame the previous UPA regime for the country’s current dismal economic situation.
“We can’t blame the previous Govt because we also got the opportunity.” Sinha
also said that when he was the party’s spokesperson before 2014, they used to
call the country’s economic situation under UPA Govt as ‘policy
paralysis’.“Before 2014,I was party spokesperson when it came to economic
affairs, and we used to call UPA situation then ‘policy paralysis’,” he added.indianexpress
'Sought Meeting With PM Modi, Still Waiting A
Year Later,' Says Yashwant Sinha
If Yashwant Sinha Is Wrong, Then Prove It:
Shiv Sena's Challenge To BJP
New Delhi: Shiv Sena today dared the Central Govt
to prove that the remarks of former
finance minister Yashwant Sinha on the state of the economy were wrong and
wondered what punishment awaited BJP leader for going public with his views.It
also claimed that many BJP leaders were afraid of speaking against the
dispensation, fearing that they would have to face "unknown dangers"
if they did.PTI
Raj Thackeray to back those targeting for
writing against Modi govt
Mumbai:MNS chief Raj Thackeray has announced
that his party would extend support to those who have been targeted by the
official machinery for writing against PM Narendra Modi’s Govt .Thackeray, who launched
his Facebook page last week, in his posts put out in Marathi and English put
out an email address asking people to connect with him and post instances of
harassment by the police."…When the citizens express their dissent and
disappointment via various social media platforms, their right to freedom of
thought and expression will be muffled?By sending them notices via police? Is
questioning the failed policies of the PM supposed to lead to a law and order situation?
Then what about the damage done by rolls?"Thackeray wondered in his post.
MNS chief hit out at BJP, for what he said, was “a completely misleading media
campaign…tricking the common man with deceit and misinformation”. He went on to
say that those criticising the Govt were humiliated and trolled.Thackeray also
called demonetisation a blunder. "Innumerable people lost their jobs.
Inflation reached its peak. All this happened and no one could question the Govt
? PM has gone to proclaim that he is the
‘servant’ of the public and public his king. If this is the case, then doesn't
the king have the right to question on non-performance," Thackeray asked. tribuneindia
Rajasthan: Cong ‘beats’ BJP 13-12 in panchayat
bypolls
Jaipur:Ruling BJP won 12 seats and an
Independent candidate won the Balotra seat in Barmer unopposed. While results
for 25 seats were declared on Monday, the Barmer result came on Wednesday. State
BJP chief Ashok Parnami, however, pointed out that his party had retained all
its seats and that the people are happy with the state Govt ’s work.While the
BJP and the Congress shared two zila parishad seats in Pratapgarh, parties won
11 and 12 seats, respectively, in the bypolls to elect 24 panchayat samiti
members. Panchayat samiti polls were held in Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Chittorgarh,
Churu, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Sawai
Madhopur, Sirohi, Sriganganagar and Udaipur districts.An upbeat state Congress
president Sachin Pilot said the results reflect the BJP Govt ’s anti-farmer
policies in the state. He said BJP had made several promises before and since
the Assembly elections, in Dec. 2013, but has in effect misled the people after
coming to power.“BJP Govt’s policies have broken the back of people. Prices of
petrol and diesel have seen an unprecedented rise while demonetisation and GST
have badly affected not only farmers but even small businesses,” Pilot
said.BJP’s Parnami said people have rejected the Congress, and exuded
confidence that the BJP will win the upcoming by-elections in the state.Bypolls
to Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha seats and Mandalgarh Assembly constituency are
coming up, after the death of the sitting MPs and a legislator.indianexpress
BJP will lose in Gujarat, MP: RSS Survey
A bad phase for the BJP has started in the states
of Gujarat and MP. It may win 100 or even less seats in the coming Assembly
elections in MP. The survey conducted by RSS has stated that the Congress may
win 120 or more seats in Madhya Pradesh while BJP will hardly manage 57-60
seats. The survey indicates at least 10% decrease in the BJP’s vote share. RSS
survey shows that the Congress is in quite a strong position in Gujarat. RSS
has handed over the report of this survey to the BJP president and the PM.RSS
conducted this survey in Gujarat to gauge the pulse of the voters but the
results shocked even the RSS. They show a definite decrease in the vote share
of BJP by 8 to 10 %. nationalheraldindia
Gujarat: Names of 3,000 Muslim voters deleted,
says MLA
Gandhinagar: Congress leader Gyasuddin Shaikh,
MLA from the Dariapur seat in the city, on Monday complained to the chief
electoral officer (CEO) of Gujarat, alleging that the names of 3,000 voters
belonging to the Muslim community were deleted in his assembly constituency, on
the instructions of the BJP-led state Govt.Presenting details of the booth-wise
deletion of voters, Shaikh said that certain officials, who take instructions
from BJP leaders, have deleted the names of voters living in 3 pols. Sheikh
demanded legal actions against the officials and that the names of the voters
be reinstated. District collector Avantika Singh Aulakh denied there had been
any such deletion and stated that 1,042 applications for transfer of names from
one seat to another were submitted in the constituency. Of those 1,042 applications,
599 were approved and deleted from the Dariapur list. "Representation by
MLA alleging that 3,000 names were deleted is not true," said a statement
from the district collector. timesofindia
In Ranchi, Rs 100 crore midday meal money sent
to wrong account
Ranchi:An amount of Rs 100 crore meant for
midday meal (MDM) scheme across Jharkhand remained deposited wrongly in the
account of a construction company, allegedly due to a lapse on part of a State
Bank of India (SBI) official in Ranchi. Sources said the money remained parked
in the wrong account between August 5 and Sept 19. The bank has returned the entire amount to
the MDM account and has launched an internal inquiry into the matter. SBI
officials said at least Rs 70 crore has been recovered, and efforts are on to
recover the remaining Rs 30 crore. The official responsible for the anomaly — a
deputy manager with SBI’s Hatia branch, which is the treasury branch — has been
suspended, SBI deputy general manager (Ranchi zone) D K Panda said. “We also
reached the CBI unit in Ranchi and got a formal complaint lodged,” Panda said.
“In fact, after the amount got credited into the construction company’s
account, it was rerouted to around seven or eight other accounts of the
company.” Confirming that the amount has been returned, a senior official of
the state Education department said, “MDM was not disrupted anywhere due top
this.”The official said a decision would be taken about lodging an FIR after
consultation at senior level. indianexpress
Mumma, I’m not a terrorist: DPS student Arsh
attempts suicide after being abused by teachers
Kanpur:
A student of Delhi Public School (DPS), Kalyanpur in Kanpur who attempted
suicide by consuming sleeping pills and phenyl on Saturday, alleged harassment
by his teachers. Kalyanpur student is hospitalised in a critical condition.The
student identified as Arsh blamed the school management saying that the
Principal and teachers in school used to insult him for being a Muslim.His bags
were checked on suspicion of having a gun. Objectionable words were also used
against him and he was left isolated is school on instructions of the
teachers.The victim said that the teachers made it difficult for him to survive
in school as he directed students to not talk with him.In his suicide note,
Arsh, resident of Swaroop Nagar in Kanpur, made some serious allegations
against four teachers, including school principal.“I joined the school two
months back. No one talked to me because teacher asked them not to. Teachers
and students targeted and taunted at me,” student said. “His bag was checked
and he was told he has gun in his bag, so it’s being done. Students were asked
to stay away from him. He was depressed,” victim’s mother said.Based on a
complaint filed by her parents, Kanpur DSP said that case has been registered
against Delhi Public School and the action will be taken based on probe. siasat
Kanpur: DPS student attempts suicide after
'harassment' by 4 teachers
Kanpur's DPS student attempts suicide, alleges
harassment from teachers and principal in note
Ashok Chavan writes to Rajnath seeking safety
of Ravish Kumar, Rajdeep Sardesai: indianexpress
In a letter addressed to Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Ashok Chavan expressed concern over the safety
of senior journalists Rajdeep Sardesai and Ravish Kumar who have been allegedly
receiving death threats on social media. In the letter, the former CM of
Maharashtra refers to the buzz on social media websites regarding the alleged
threats given to the 2 TV journalists by “a section of netizens who disapprove
the views expressed by them in their respective programs.”Calling it a
dangerous trend, Chavan cited murders of other journalists like Gauri Lankesh
and rationalists like Narendra Dabholkar, MN Kalburgi and Govind Pansare as a
direct attack on the fourth pillar of the democracy.“These murders are a
shameful chapter in the history of independent India for all of us as duly
elected representatives of people sitting in the parliament,” letter said.
2 yrs after Ikhlaq lynching, 4 of 60 Muslim
families left in Bisada
Noida:Of the 60 Muslim families of Bisada, the
UP town where a man was lynched by a mob on suspicion of consuming beef, only
four are left — the rest have now shifted to Nai Abadi, 6km away. The families
moved to the Muslim-dominated area in Dadri in March soon after state assembly
elections, in which BJP registered a landslide victory.The remaining four families,
with 27 members, also plan to relocate but have stayed due to financial
constraints.“Many of our relatives managed to sell their house and shifted to
Nai Abadi. Some of them locked their houses and have been living in rented
accommodations. No one has shown interest in buying our property and we do not
have the money to get a new house or to live on rent,” said 30-year-old Shahid,
a carpenter who lives in Bisada.He said there has been no communal incident in
the town in the past two years, but tension has prevailed ever since Ikhlaq’s
lynching. Shahid says the incident has created a deep divide between the two
communities.The families also say that the death of Bisada’s prominent resident
Vineet Sisodia, a lawyer, has also hit them hard. Sisodia died on Saturday
after prolonged illness. He had helped Muslim families after the lynching
incident.HT
BJP worker spills beans on plans to spread
communal terror in WB; says arms, bombs being stored:
Tracing the person addressed in the internal
messages leaked by members of Hindu Samhati on which National Herald had
carried a story earlier, NH investigative team contacted Santosh Kumar whose
Facebook profile describes him as Convenor, BJP Trade Cell, South 24 Paraganas
(W) and Observer at BJP, West Bengal, through the help of a right wing
source.He confessed to his involvement in planning and executing terror
activities in written correspondence with this source and accepted that there
were indeed plans to create communal disturbances after Shastra Puja on
Vijayadashami. This year, a team consisting of some senior leaders has been
formed which will be carrying out violent activities in different parts of
Bengal, he said. Earlier, members of this group were responsible for attacking
Tiljala mosque after which the Muslims were forced to stop their daily prayers
for 2 days, he added. Though a shadowy group, he claimed it has the support of
many members of the party.Most of the people named in the list hold prominent
positions in the party. From general secretary of district BJP units to leader
of its Mahila Morcha, leaders from almost every wing of BJP found a place on
this list disclosed by Santosh Kumar. The pictures of some of these people
named by Santosh reveal a strange relationship between them and the BJP
leadership in the state and the Centre. One or more of them are seen in
photographs with BJP’s national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, Union
Minister Smriti Irani and Roopa Ganguly, BJP MP from West Bengal. Why are these
prominent national faces of the BJP clicking pictures with people who are named
by their fellow party colleague of trying to foment communal trouble in the
state?In the conversation, Santosh claimed Dilip Ghosh, West Bengal state
president of BJP, is well aware of these attacks on the mosques. nationalheraldindia
Pro-Hindutva Facebook page uses fake video to
stir communal tension in Punjab: jantakareporter
A fake video posted by a prominent Facebook
page managed by a prominent right-wing Hindutva group has gone viral. The
Facebook page ‘I Support Ahit Doval’ posted a video claiming on 25 July that
was from Punjab, where a group of Sikhs had chased away few Muslims, who were
staging sit-ins and chanting pro-Pak slogans.The caption read, “Few Muslims were
staging dharna in Punjab and chanting pro-Pak slogans. This angered two Sikhs,
who took out their swords. This prompted all the peaceful people to run away
from the scene. Don’t forget to share the video if you liked it.”The video has
since then been viewed by 3.2 million people.The video is indeed from Punjab
and the ‘I Love Ajit Doval’ page woners have deliberately lied to cause
communal tension in what’s a been a peaceful Punjab. The incident took place in
June. 2 Sikhs wielding swords were NOT ruining after Muslims as implied in the
video post by ‘peaceful people.’ They were chasing away Shiv Sena workers, who
had taken to streets protesting against Khalistani supporters. One of their
placards said ‘Khalistan Murdabad’ as they chanted Aatankwad murdabad (Down
with terrorism).It’s, therefore, utterly mischievous for the right-wing
Hindutva group to circulate the video claiming that Muslims were chanting
pro-Pak slogans. The news was also reported by Punjab local news outlet, 5AAB
Today Channel.You can watch the full video here. Interestingly, ‘I Love Ajit
Doval’ has more than one million likes on its Facebook page and most of its
content are either communally divisive in nature or related to pornography. jantakareporter
‘I was raped every night for 8 months, baba
Siya Ram supplied school girls to politicians’
UP police have arrested a self-proclaimed
godman, Baba Siya Ram Das, for allegedly raping a teenage girl repeatedly.The
fake godman allegedly confined the girl illegally for over 8 months and raped
her on several occasions. According to the victim, she was raped by other
disciples of the fake godman as well.Cops said that the victim was allegedly
sold by her relatives to a female disciple of the baba for Rs 50,000. The
victim was initially taken to Lucknow and then to Mishrikh-based ashram where
she was raped by him. According to the victim, Das also filmed an MMS of her
and threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed about the happening
to anyone. From Mishrikh, she was taken to Agra-based ashram where she was
allegedly raped by other men every night during her 8-month stay.The baba raped
her again when she returned to Mishrikh. She, however, got hold of his mobile
phone and called the police from the ashram.Baba Siya Ram Das has also been
accused of running a sex racket through a girls’ school owned by him. The
victim has alleged that the students of the school were not only raped, but
also supplied to politicians and bureaucrats. zee news
He kissed…asked me to sleep in his room, said
Fiji woman, about BHU hospital head
New Delhi:Among the faculty appointments that
BHU V-C GC Tripathi tried to push through at a meeting of its Executive Council
Tuesday was the regularisation of Dr OP Upadhyay’s appointment as Medical Superintendent
of Sir Sunderlal Hospital on university campus. One of EC members objected,
saying Upadhyay had been convicted of sexual harassment by a Fiji court.The
order, accessed by the Indian Express, records what a 21-year-old Fiji woman,
who brought the charge against Upadhyay, said in her testimony before a
magistrate at Nasinu in Jan.2013:“He (Upadhyay) held my hand and insisted I
should see the house. When we reached his room, he said I should come and sleep
in his room. It was in Indian Hindi. He held my shoulder… rubbed my thighs… and
kissed my cheek again.”This incident took place on Aug.25, 2012, months after
Upadhyay moved to Fiji on deputation as Advisor to the V-C of Fiji National
University (FNU). indianexpress
BHU violence: Will resign, if asked to proceed
on leave, says V-C Girish Tripathi
New Delhi:Amid the controversy that has
unfolded over the alleged sexual harassment of a student in the BHU, varsity V-C
Girish Chandra Tripathi on Thursday said that he will tender his resignation if
he is asked to go on a leave.Tripathi, whose tenure ends on Nov. 30, also
maintained that the HRD ministry has not directed him to proceed on a leave.
“So far, nothing of this sort has been communicated to me. I have been in touch
with the HRD Minister (Prakash Javadekar) right from the day of the incident
and have briefed him about the situation as well as the measures taken. But if
am I asked to go on leave, I will resign,” Tripathi said.He justified his refusal
to go on a leave, citing his contribution in improving the functioning of the
varsity. “Having done so much, it will be insulting to go on leave two months
before my tenure comes to end. I will prefer quitting,” the Vice-Chancellor
said.Meanwhile, the routine process of shortlisting Tripathi’s successor has
been initiated by HRD ministry.Ministry officials, however, stated that the
appointment of a new VC is completely “coincidental” to the timing of the
unrest in the university. indianexpress
BHU V-C nudged to go on leave as Govt sets
ball rolling for successor
BHU Lathi-charge: Silence of PM who always
speaks for women's rights is surprising, says Jamaat
New Delhi: While condemning the police
lathi-charge on the girl students of BHU, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Wednesday
expressed surprise on the silence of PM Narendra Modi on this incident in his own
constituency. "We condemn the inept
handling of the protesting girl students of BHU. The way girl students were
lathi-charged by the police and security staff is particularly
condemnable," said Muhammad Salim Engineer, Secretary General of
Jamaat.While questioning the silence of PM Modi, who has been loudly speaking
for rights of women including Muslim women, Jamaat leader said: "We are
unable to fathom why this BHU mishandling has not yet been condemned by the PM.
He should be the most concerned about it as it occurred in his constituency of
Varanasi which he visited recently.""In the past, our PM has loudly
spoken on rights of women, including Muslim women, form various platforms.
Therefore, his silence on the lathi-charge on women students in his own
constituency is beyond comprehension," he said and demanded time-bound
enquiry into the incident and punishment to the guilty. IndiaTomorrow
Jamaat-e-Islami Condemns Inept Handling Of
Protesting BHU Girl Students: caravandaily
UGC Allocates About Rs. 90 Crore For AMU
New Delhi: UGC has approved an allocation of
nearly Rs. 90 Crores for AMU for the next 3 years. The allocation has been made
under the "Capital Assets" on the recommendation of an expert
committee constituted by UGC "to assess the financial requirement of
various central universities"."Consistent efforts of the VC, Prof.
Tariq Mansoor have borne fruits. He had submitted a proposal, in pursuance of
which the UGC has informed him through a letter regarding the above
allocation," said a statement from AMU. ndtv
Railways asks AMU to pay Rs 50 lakh for
special trains during campus unrest in 2009
Agra: North Central Railways has asked the AMU
to pay up Rs 50.26 lakh for providing special trains to ferry students
following wide scale unrest in the university due to a murder of a student in
2009.The special trains were asked for by the AMU after the university was shut
down due to students protests over the murder of Sahnawaz Alam, a BSc third
year student on Oct.25, 2009. Alam was shot after an altercation over parking
at a restaurant near the Aligarh railway station. Although the accused was
immediately arrested, the killing sparked off an agitation by a small group of
students, leading to the closure of the university for 31 days. AMU was closed
on October 30 and re-opened on Dec.1.AMU authorities are obviously not willing
to foot the bill and have requested the railways to "waive off" the charges
as university had demanded trains in "Emergency" situation and the
institute doesn't have a budget for the same.University registrar, Prof Javaid
Akhtar told TOI that a letter was received on July 16 from DRM, North Central
Railways asking them to pay the bill. He said that it was not known as to why
the bill has been raised when the students had paid for their travel in the
train. timesofindia
2 AMU students beaten up, colleagues gather at
railway station create ruckus
Summary: Students started gathering at Aligarh
Railway station demanding action against the mentioned fellow passengers.
AMU Proctor , Mohsin Khan said that he
had also received information on the incident and immediately reached the
railway station. Both students are doing MBA from Murshidabad campus of AMU. He
said both of them have been detained at Hathras railway police and are being
questioned. Vishwas and his wife had then allegedly beaten them. AGRA: Over 500
students gathered at Aligarh Railway station on Wednesday night after receiving
a WhatsApp message by two of their fellow students that a family travelling
with them in Kalka Express had allegedly beaten them and threatened to throw
them off from the train.According to the police, two AMU students, Aadil and
Nisar, boarded the Kalka express from Murshidabad on Tuesday night. Nyoooz.com
As NIA questions Kashmir University research
scholar, students allege move as a fear tactic
Srinagar: Weeks after NIA arrested a freelance
photojournalist Kamran Yousuf on allegations of instigating stone pelting, the
agency summoned Kashmir University scholar Aala Fazili to its HQRS in New Delhi
on Monday.The summoning of the research scholar has received a huge backlash
from the student community in the Valley as hundreds of them came on streets to
register their protest. Students in Kashmir University on Wednesday, hit the
roads demanding an immediate stop to the questioning of research scholar and
threatened to lock down the university if it continued.Hundreds of students
from different departments boycotted the classes and marched across the campus
raising slogans in support of Aala and against NIA. The students also demanded
the intervention of VC into the matter.A similar protest was organised by the
students of Islamic University in Awantipora. Students carried placards and
demanded an immediate stop to the questioning of the research scholar.All J&K
Student Union (AJKSU) has also condemned
the summon to a student.TwoCircles
Kashmir terror funding : NIA summons
independent MLA Engineer Rashid for questioning
New Delhi:Independent J&K MLA Sheikh Abdul
Rashid has been summoned by NIA for questioning in connection with the case of
funding terror activities in the Valley. Popularly known as Engineer Rashid,
J&K MLA is the first mainstream politician to be summoned by the agency in
the case, officials said.Rashid has been called for questioning on Oct.3.
Court extends custody of 7 Kashmiri separatist
leaders till Oct. 17
New Delhi:A court in Delhi has extended till
Oct.17 the judicial custody of 7 Kashmiri separatist leaders arrested in a
funding case.During the in-camera proceedings, District Judge Poonam Bamba
extended judicial custody of Aftab Hilali Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam,Ayaz Akbar
Khandey, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate, Nayeem Khan,Altaf Ahmad Shah,
Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, and Bashir Ahmad Bhat. greaterkashmir
Aliah University no longer under Minority
Affairs department,Muslims fear it will
impact minority enrollment
West Bengal Govt ’s decision to transfer the
control of state-owned minority institution Aliah University from Minority
Affairs and Madrassa Education Dept (MA&ME) to Higher Education Department
has not gone down well with the community. Muslims claim that the decision will
have far-reaching consequences and the community will slowly witness poor
representation in admission in Aliah University.It is referred that the order
has been issued in wake of large-scale protest by students in the campus which
has brought academic activities to a stand still.Mamata Govt on 8 Sept issued a circular. The circular justifies its
decision stating that the Govt “desires
overall improvement and uplift in the functioning of the said university in
academic as well as administrative matters” under Higher Education Dept and
therefore taking it from the Department of Minority Affairs and Madrasa
Education.Muslims in West Bengal comprises 27% of the total population.
Minorities are provided 17% reservation for recruitment and enrolment at
educational institutions.TwoCircles
ED probes Iqbal Kaskar link with Zakir Naik’s
organisation:ASIAN AGE
Mumbai:ED on Tuesday registered a case against
Iqbal Kaskar, brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, and two of his
associates for allegedly laundering extortion money abroad, part of which was
suspectly rerouted to India as donation to Zakir Naik’s IRF. Kaskar and his
associates are currently in the custody of Thane police. Alleged revelation by
Kaskar during interrogation by IB include money from Pakistan — stated to be
from Dawood — making its way as donations to Naik’s IRF. “Link between the
money sent out of India and donations to IRF will also be probed by us. We have
information of several benami properties of Kaskar. Dawood’s link with this is
being looked into hence we have mentioned others in our case,” said a senior ED
officer, requesting anonymity. Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) was
registered against Kaskar, Asrarali Sayyad and Mumtaz Shaikh, who were arrested
by the Thane crime branch in two separate cases of extortion on Sept 18.
Sources in the ED said that the case comes amidst information of Kaskar owning
several benami properties in Mumbai and Thane region, which were extorted from
property developers. Asian Age
Centre using NIA to malign us: PFI leader
Bengaluru: Popular Front of India (PFI)has
accused the central Govt of running a
“systematic campaign” to smear the image of the organisation and using the NIA
to link “every other case to PFI and frame its members in fabricated cases and
falsely book them under UAPA”.Terming PFI a social organisation working for the
empowerment and upliftment of Muslims, raising issues faced by the Dalits and
Christians, PFI state president Mohammed Saqib said that the Centre is making
several attempts to defame PFI through false propaganda and stifle its
activities through “anti-democratic and anti-constitutional measures”.“NIA is
systematically picking up local criminal issues and somehow trying to connect
them to the PFI and its members, right from the case of an assault on a Kerala
professor over a blasphemous post to alleged ‘dangerous training camps organised
by PFI’, non-existent love jihad case involving Dr Hadiya (Akhila) and PFI’s
role in her conversion to the killing of RSS man Rudresh. NIA’s claims and
accusations against PFI and its attempt to link PFI to all these cases have
fallen flat in the High Courts,” Saqib pointed out.PFI is planning to hold
country-wide mega-conferences with the slogan, “We Also Have Something to Say”,
to resist the central Govt ’s move to suppress the organisation. Deccan
Chronicle.
Khandwa jail break: SIMI chief sentenced to 3
yrs jail
Bhopal: The chief of SIMI, Abu Faisal and
Sarafat Ali, have been sentenced to 3years imprisonment each by the CJM Court
in Bhopal, in connection with the Khandwa jail break. A fine has also been
imposed on both of them.ANI
Meerut:Bajrang Dal Activists Stop Hindu-Muslim
couple From Registering Their Marriage At Court
New Delhi: In yet another case of moral
policing, Bajrang Dal activists on Wednesday created ruckus at a Meerut court
and stopped a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy from getting their ‘interfaith’
marriage registered.According to the reports, the 19-year-old boy, who hailed from Shamli and the
19-year-old girl, a Greater Noida resident were in court to get their marriage
registered, when the right-wing activists, barged into the premises and tried
to attack the boy.Reportedly, a police team had to be called in to control the
situation. The cops took the couple away in their van to protect them from
being heckled. This left the activists furious leading to a scuffle with the
policemen, forcing them to use mild force to disperse them. Dheeraj Shukla,
station in-charge, Civil Lines Police Station said,”Police from Faridabad,
Haryana, arrived and took the couple away. It appears that the girl’s family
had filed an abduction case against the youth earlier.Girl was a college
student in Faridabad.”Earlier on Sunday, right-wing groups had targeted a
married couple from Bihar staying in a Hapur.india.com
Dharamsala activists oppose demad to allot
land for mosque in Mcleodganj
Dharamsala:Activists in Dharamsala have expressed
their anger over Congress-led Himachal Govt's move to allot a piece of land for
the construction of a mosque in the scenic town of Mcleodganj. The move ahead
of the state assembly elections has not gone down well with the locals in the
region.During a press conference organised on Tuesday, prominent activists
claimed that the state Govt is willing to fulfil the demand raised by some
Kashmiri traders in this regard."Congress Govt should not compromise the security of the
state for votes. Most of the Kashmiri residents in Mcleodganj are not voters
but they are here for business only.Their presence in the region has remained
under scanner of security agencies.Local businessmen are already opposing them
as they are denting their business prospects and diverting tourists to
Kashmir" said Sanjay Sharma, spokesperson, Himachal Pradesh Cricket
Academy (HPCA). Timesofindia
Aurangabad: Silent march in support of
Rohingya Muslims
Aurangabad: Hundreds of people, united under
the banner of Jamaat-E-Islami Hind, held a silent march to express solidarity
with Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar on Friday.In a memorandum submitted to
Aurangabad divisional commissioner, the protesters demanded refuge for them in
India till their constitutional, citizenship and civil rights are restored in
Myanmar."We have serious concerns over crime against humanity in the wake
of atrocities against Rohingyas in Myanmar. The atrocities have forced them to
flee their homes. We appeal to the Govt and the international community to put
pressure on the Myanmar regime for protecting the identity of Rohingya and stop
atrocities against them," a member of Jamaat said.A group of around 21
various religious, social and political organisations were part of the silent
march. Prevailing upon UNSC for sending peacekeeping missions to Myanmar, in
order to stop injustice against Rohingya and building pressure on Myanmar Govt are
some of the key demands raised by the protesters."We also request the
Centre to talk to the Myanmar Govt on the issue and force them to restore
constitutional and citizenship rights of Rohingya community. Also, peace loving
nations and human friendly countries should take strict notice of this barbaric
act and should break diplomatic ties and relationship with Myanmar," he
added. Muslim Numainda Council, Jamia Islamia Kashiful Uloom, Jama Masjid,
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Maharashtra Muslim Awami Committee, All India Imams
Council, Khidmat-e-Hujjaj, Md Qaisar Iqbal Siddiqui, Raza Academy, MIM,
Samajwadi Party, Ameer Markaz Uloom e Sharia, Muslim Personal Law Board,
Al-Hira Educational & Welfare Society, Jamiat Ulema Marathwada,
Majlis-Ul-Ulema, Happy To Help Foundation, Late Farhan Education & Welfare
Society, Anjuman-e-Khademul Masoomin, Muslim Youth Forum Marathwada, K K Group
and Azad Yuva Brigade were among the organisations that participated in the
rally. Timesofindia
Mumbai: Maulanas to approach PM on Rohingya
issue
A group
of maulanas on Wednesday resolved to meet PM Narendra Modi on the issue of
Rohingya Muslims staying in India. The meeting that was attended by Maulanas
from different parts of the city was held in Bilal Masjid near Grant Road
Station."It is a humanitarian issue. Rohingya should be allowed to stay in
India," said Mufti Abdul Sattar, one of the people who attended the meet.
Speakers voiced that when India has welcomed refugees in the past like those
from Sri Lanka, Tibet and Bangladesh, it should be open to Rohingya."If we
are open to Hindus, we should be open to Muslims too. If Rohingya are returned
to Myanmar, the Indian Govt should also
ensure their safety there," said Sarfaraz Arzoo, a journalist who, too,
was one of the speakers. "We decided we will meet the PM on the issue. India has always been known for
humanitarian causes. The humanitarian work that happens here does not happen
anywhere else in the wolrd," said Maulana Moin Ashraf, who organised the
meet.
Tarun Tejpal, charged with rape today by Goa
court, in 4 year old pending case
A court in Goa today charged former Tehelka
editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, of sexually assaulting a junior female colleague
in the elevator of a hotel in north Goa during an event nearly four years ago.
As reported by Indiatoday.in, Tejpal, 54, has pleaded not guilty to all the
charges.“Charges are framed and have been explained to Tarun Tejpal. He has
pleaded not guilty to rape charge as well as charges under sections 341, 342,
354 A&B, 376 sub section 2,” Public Prosecutor Francisco Taviera said.Tejpal’s
lawyers earlier had seeked to defer the framing of the charges, but the court
had rejected the request. The Bombay High Court had also rejected Tejpal’s plea
earlier this week, to stop the framing of charges till it decided on his
petition to drop the case against him. jantakareporter
Constable Suspended Over Anti-Modi Facebook
Post in Bangalore
Bangalore: A police constable, Sameel has been
suspended by Bangalore police for sharing a Facebook post against PM Narendra
Modi. Action was taken against Sameel by SP P Rajendra Prasad on the complaint
of a RTI activist BS Nandakumar of Makkanduru village. The complaint accused
Sameel of attempting to provoke communal tension.Reports say that Sameel had
shared the post he had received from some others against the PM. “Have you seen
protests by Armymen earlier? Have you heard of such things? Does the Modi govt
need more shame than this one? Is it not enough that you (`neenu’ in Kannada)
have become PM?“ the shared message said as per a report in TOI.india.com
AIADMK case: Election Commission rejects TTV
Dhinakaran’s plea for more time to file affidavits
New Delhi:Election Commission has rejected a
plea of sidelined AIADMK leader TT V Dhinakaran to grant 15 days additional
time to submit affidavits in the party symbol dispute case and said the hearing
would take place on October 6 as scheduled. The poll panel had last week set Sept
29 as the deadline for all parties
concerned to submit documents ahead of the hearing. “EC has rejected the request
of Dhinakaran for extension of time for submission of documents and hearing.
Therefore, the hearing will be held on October 6 as scheduled,” an EC official
said at New Delhi.The commission has directed all involved in the dispute to
submit the list of general council members and central executive committee
members of the party as on Dec.5, 2016.PTI
Many scramble to collect free Ramzan ration
coupon, 2 die in stampede
Bengaluru:A marriage hall in the city
outskirts witnessed a stampede on Thursday as hundreds jostled to obtain
coupons for free ration during next year’s Ramzan, leading to the death of 2
elderly people, police said. People from Bengaluru and neighbouring districts
had gathered in large number at the venue responding to a message circulated by
one Syed Asif on WhatsApp asking Muslims to collect coupon for free ration next
Ramzan. They began queueing up in front of the marriage hall since 4 am.The
number swelled to thousands as hours passed. A stampede ensued as people
jostled to collect coupons, police said. Deceased have been identified as
Rehmatunnisa (70) from Chintamani in Tumakuru district and Anwar Pasha (60)
from Chittur in Andhra Pradesh. Police said they have arrested Asif for poor
management of the event.PTI
Convert can inherit father’s property:Gujarat
high court
Ahmedabad: In a landmark judgment, the Gujarat
high court has ruled that a Hindu woman who married a Muslim — and renounced
her Hindu faith to embrace Islam — is entitled to inherit her father's
ancestral property according to the Hindu Succession Act. In an order signed on
Wednesday, Justice JB Pardiwala interpreted Hindu inheritance laws and
concluded, "The Hindu Succession Act does not disqualify a convert (from
inhering ancestral property). It only disqualifies the descendants of the convert."The
high court ordered the state revenue authorities to enter the woman's name in
the list of heirs. The authorities had earlier held that the woman had
renounced her Hindu religion voluntarily, and so did not have any right to a
share in her Hindu father's property. The case concerns Nasimbanu Firozkhan
Pathan (nee Nainaben Bhikhabhai Patel)from Vemali village in Vadodara. She
renounced Hinduism and embraced Islam on July 11, 1990, before marrying
Firozkhan on Jan.25, 1991, according to Muslim rites and rituals. Nasimbanu's
father, Bhikhabhai Patel, passed away in 2004 leaving behind sizeable parcels
of land in the village. When she staked her claim and applied for entering her
name in the list of heirs, her sister and brother opposed her on the grounds
that she was not eligible to inherit the property because she had converted to
another religion. timesofindia
Plea seeking police job under BC (Muslim)
category dismissed
Madurai bench of the Madras high court has
dismissed the plea of a converted Muslim youth seeking police job.One Abdul
Rahman from Madurai had sought a direction to the chairman of the Tamil Nadu
Uniform Services Recruitment Board to treat him as backward class (Muslim) and
to give appointment in the police department.Tamil Nadu Uniform Services
Recruitment Board held a recruitment drive to fill up the post of grade II
police constable, grade II jail warden and firemen.A division bench of justices
K Kalyanasundaram and S S Sundar, which heard the plea dismissed it after the Govt
told that the youth did not produce
necessary community certificate claiming BC (Muslim) during recruitment
process. At the time of submitting his application, the petitioner submitted a
community certificate, as per which he belongs to Hindu kallar community that
comes under BC category, the Govt said. timesofindia
Mumbai: Awami Vikas Party opposes movie
depicting maulanas in poor light
Mumbai: Muslim organisation Awami Vikas Party
has raised objection on upcoming Marathi movie ‘Halal’ based on triple talaq.
The party claimed the film portrays the character of Maulana wrongly and the
film may create law and order situation if it is released. However, Rajan Khan,
the writer of the novel on which the film is based, said that the producer has
made some changes in his original novel while making the film.Halala, the novel
of well-known Marathi writer Rajan Khan was published in 2014, and Amol Kagne
has produced the film based on it. After screening the film twice before the
censor board, it has been given the green signal to release on October 6 across
the state.Samsher Khan Pathan, president of Awami Vikas Party, which works for
the upliftment of Muslim community raised objection to movie. “Maulana is the
religious guru of Muslim community and we have great respect towards him. But
in the film, the character of Maulana is defamed by the producer and the
director of the film,” said Khan.freepressjournal
WORLD
Iraqi Kurds overwhelmingly back split from
Baghdad
Iraqi Kurds have voted overwhelmingly in
favour of a split from Iraq, according to regional officials, as tensions
soared between Erbil and Baghdad following a contested referendum. Electoral
commission officials on Wednesday told a news conference in Erbil, capital of
the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, that 92.73 % of the
3,305,925 people who cast ballots voted "Yes" in Monday's poll.
Turnout was put at 72.61 percent.Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid, reporting from
Erbil, said the announcement was in line with people's expectations in the
region."There's a lot of satisfaction among people, and the Yes vote was a
given for everybody," she said. Masoud Barzani, head of the Kurdish KRG
has said the vote will not lead to an immediate declaration of independence and
should instead open the door to negotiations. aljazeera
Iraq's PM vows to use law to control Kurds
Iraq's PM says his Govt will use the "tools offered by the
constitution and the law" amid rising tensions following a referendum that
saw over 90% of Iraqi Kurds support a split from Baghdad.Haider al-Abadi's
comments on Thursday came after calls by some in Iraq's parliament to deploy
troops to Kurdish-dominated area. "We will impose our federal authority
all over Iraq, including Kurdistan region, as per the power of the constitution
and law," Abadi told parliament."We are not making a threat. Some
people have threatened us in this region and some has resorted to force to
impose a status quo in these regions," he added."We will surprise
them because we talk less and our actions are louder than words. aljazeera
Rights group condemns attacks on Syrian
hospitals
A human rights group has accused Russia and
the Syrian Govt of mounting the
"worst string of attacks" on hospitals in Syria since April despite
an agreement on "de-escalation" zones. New York-based Physicians for
Human Rights (PHR) said it believes either Russian or Syrian Govt jets were behind
at least five air strikes on three hospitals in Syria's rebel-held Idlib
province. 3 facilities came under fire on the same day, Sept 19, and two of the hospitals were bombarded
again separately days later, PHR reported. aljazeera
Syria: UN told of air strikes against
civilians, hospitals
12 Afghan security forces killed in Kandahar
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/12-afghan-security-forces-killed-kandahar-170928082318895.html
At least a dozen Afghan security forces were
killed when a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed Humvee blew himself
up in Kandahar province.Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadly assault
on the Govt and police headquarters in Maroof district that also wounded
several others."Twelve security forces were killed and four others were
wounded," Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durrani said. Durrani said Taliban
attackers had been "defeated".A border police commander in Maroof, which
borders Pakistan, gave a slightly higher toll, telling AFP that 14 security
personnel had been killed and 8 wounded in the attack that happened late
Wednesday.Taliban spokesman Qari Yusouf Ahmadi said the Taliban captured Maroof
for a few hours and after removing weapons and other items left the district. aljazeera
Sri Lankan monks protests violently against
Rohingya Muslims, UNHCR alarmed
UN raised concerns for the safety of Rohingya
Muslim refugees who were attacked by Buddhist monks and hardline nationalists
in Sri Lanka forcing them to flee a U.N. shelter in the capital Colombo.The
refugees, who were detained in April along with two suspected Indian human
traffickers in a boat off Sri Lanka’s coast, are now in a camp in southern Sri
Lanka to ensure their security after the incident in the capital.In Tuesday’s
incident, the Sri Lankan monks and nationalists stoned the shelter, prompting
its 31 Rohingya occupants – mainly women and children – to flee for their own
safety, witnesses said. No injuries were reported. newdelhitimes
'As a Buddhist I am ashamed at what has
happened': Sri Lanka calls monks who attacked Rohingya 'animals'
Sri Lankan Govt has slammed a group of radical
Buddhist monks who attacked Rohingya refugees as 'animals', pledging action
against police who failed to protect them.Rajitha Senaratne, a cabinet
spokesman, said the Govt condemned
Tuesday's storming of a UN safe house where 31 Rohingya refugees, including 16
children and seven women, had been given shelter.'As a Buddhist I am ashamed at
what happened,' Senaratne told reporters.DailyMail
UN: 'Egregious' sexual violence reports emerge
from Rohingya
The head of the UN's migration agency said
he's "shocked and concerned" about reports of sexual and gender-based
violence among new Rohingya arrivals in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.The
International Organization for Migration's DG William Lacy Swing made the
comments on Wednesday as Rohingya refugees who escaped a military crackdown in
Myanmar accused the army of raping women and girls. aljazeera
Over 500,000 Rohingya refugees have entered
Bangladesh since August 25: UN
Netanyahu on settlements: 'We're here to stay,
forever'
Israel has hosted a lavish ceremony marking 50
years of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights. PM Benjamin
Netanyahu vowed the settlements will never be removed, even though they are
illegal under international law."There will be no more uprooting of
settlements in the land of Israel," he said at the ceremony, held in a
settlement in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem."It's not the way to make
peace." aljazeera
Egyptian court hands fresh life sentence to
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie
Cairo:An Egyptian court sentenced top Muslim
Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to another life term in prison on Thursday in
the latest example of a crackdown against Islamists since the army overthrew
President Mursi.The sentence relates to violence that broke out in 2013 after
the army toppled Mursi in the wake of mass demonstrations against him. Mass
life and death sentences have been common since then in what rights groups call
an unprecedented crackdown.15 others were sentenced to life in prison in the
same case on Thursday while 77 were given 15-year sentences with hard labour.
Only 38 of those sentenced on Thursday were present at court while the rest
were sentenced in absentia.The judgement can be appealed in a higher court
within the next 60 days.Those sentenced on Thursday included former members of
parliament and members of the Freedom and Justice Party.Reuters
Handover Quran and prayer mats or face
punishment, Chinese authorities tell Muslims in Xinjiang: IINA
Xinjiang: Chinese authorities in the
northwestern region of Xinjiang have ordered ethnic minority Muslim families to
hand in religious items including prayer mats and copies of the Holy Qur’an to
the authorities, Radio Free Asia (RFA) has learned. Officials across Xinjiang
have been warning neighborhoods and mosques that ethnic minority Uyghur, Kazakh
and Kyrgyz Muslims must hand in the items or face harsh punishment if they are
found later, sources in the region said."Officials at village, township
and county level are confiscating all Qur’ans and the special mats used for
prayer," a Kazakh source in Altay prefecture, near the border with Kazakhstan
told RFA on Wednesday."Pretty much every household has a Qur’an, and
prayer mats," he said. Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for exile World Uyghur
Congress group, said reports have emerged from Kashgar, Hotan and other regions
of similar practices starting last week."We received a notification saying
that every single ethnic Uyghur must hand in any Islam-related items from their
own home, including copies of the Qur’an, prayers and anything else bearing the
symbols of religion," Raxit said."They have to be handed in voluntarily.
If they aren't handed in, and they are found, then there will be harsh
punishments," he said.
Trump canceled Eid dinner at White House but
will continue Diwali dinner tradition
New Delhi: It's US President Donald Trump's
first Diwali in the White House and carrying on with the Obama-era tradition,
he will host a dinner on the occasion for 200 Indian-Americans at 1600,
Pennsylvania Avenue.Indian-American community in the US hopes that Trump will
address some visa-related issues with community members during this dinner.In
fact, the community is hoping Trump will also consider their request that he
address a rally in Chicago for around 15,000 Indian Americans, said Shalabh
Kumar, Trump supporter and founder of the 'Republican Hindu Coalition'.In June,
Trump famously ended a decades-long White House tradition of celebrating Ramzan
with an 'iftar' dinner, so there were some apprehensions in the Indian-American
community whether the Diwali dinner too would be canceled. timesofindia
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