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UP Govt biased against Muslims:
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind over Kasganj violence
New Delhi: The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on
Saturday accused the Uttar Pradesh Govt of bias against the minority
communities after many Muslim youths were arrested in a case of violence in the
BJP-ruled state's Kasganj in which one person was killed.JIH Secretary General
Muhammad Salim Engineer demanded a judicial probe into the incident, saying the
Uttar Pradesh Police had let off "the real culprit"."The law
enforcement agencies in Kasganj are having a very biased attitude against the
minorities which is reflected in the substantially high number of arrest of
youths from the Muslim community," he told reporters here."The CrPC
(Code of Criminal Procedure) sections invoked against the arrested Muslim
youths on charges of inciting and committing violence in Kasganj are also very
strict while the real culprits have been let off or charged under very mild
CrPC sections so that they can be bailed out easily."The JIH also
questioned the Yogi Adityanath Govt for
allowing a 'Tiranga rally' on January 26 -- which led to the violence -- saying
it was clear that the people behind the rally had communal agenda "to
vitiate the peaceful atmosphere of the city and create communal strife".A
delegation led by JIH visited Kasganj recently to assess the situation and get
first-hand information from those affected by the violence and arson, he added.IANS
Kasganj: Jamaat Seeks SC-Monitored Probe; Compensation
to Muslim Victims Too: caravandaily
UP Govt biased against Muslims says Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: qatar-tribune
Kasganj violence is a handiwork of few
anti-social elements: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: indiatomorrow
Jamaat demands judicial probe into Kasganj
violence: theindianawaaz
UP Govt biased against Muslims: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
Kasganj riots: New CCTV footage shows Muslims
were preparing for Republic Day when they were attacked
A new CCTV video from Kasganj has surfaced
giving credence to local Muslims’ claims that they were attacked unprovoked as
they began to celebrate Republic Day by hoisting India’s national flag on 26
January.In the video, the local Muslims including some wearing Islamic
skullcaps, are seen preparing for the 26 January function by installing a
flagpole while also decorating the neighbourhood with tricolour ballons. At
8.56 AM, the local residents are seen readying themselves for the Republic Day
function. However, at 9.40 AM, they are seen rushing towards a lane anxiously.
Moments later, some youth are seen emerging out of the same lane causing ruckus
by throwing chairs, placed there for the Republic Day celebration.In the
immediate aftermath of Kasganj communal violence that killed one youth,
attempts were made by a selected few journalists including Rohit Sardana and
Sweta Singh of Aaj Tak, to lay the blame on local Muslims by portraying them as
anti-Indians. Although, they were spectacularly exposed by fellow journalists, new
CCTV video will cause even more embarrassment to Hindutva rumour-mongers
masquerading as journalists in India. When the need of the hour was to report
responsibly and prevent more bloodshed and loss of human lives, some usual
suspects in the Indian media made desperate attempts to fuel tension. India
Today’s Abhijit Majumder was widely condemned for spreading fake news claiming
that another man, identified as Rahul Upadhyay, was killed in Kasganj by
Muslims. jantakareporter
‘Bhagwa’ killed Chandan Gupta in Kasganj,
writes bureaucrat Ashutosh Sharma
Even though a DM in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly
district had to delete his Facebook post where he had asked why raising
anti-Pakistan slogans in Muslim-dominated areas was becoming a
"trend" for some people, a bureaucrat posted at Saharanpur has now
taken to the Facebook and asserted that Bhagwa (saffron flag) killed Chandan
Gupta.Chandan, a 22-year-old college student, was killed in communal clashes
that broke out in the western Uttar Pradesh town of Kasganj after some
anti-social elements “threw stones and opened fire” during an unauthorised bike
rally taken out to celebrate Republic Day.“So this is what Kasganj Tiranga
Yatra was all about. There is nothing new to it. On Ambedkar Jayanti, a similar
rally was carried out in Saharanpur’s Sadak Dudhli village. Ambedkar was
missing from that rally or in other words, he got eclipsed by the Bhagwa. The
same thing happened in Kasganj. Tricolour (national flag) was missing and
saffron (flag of RSS) was all over the rally. The boy who got killed was not
murdered by the people belonging to second or the third community. He was
killed by the Bhagwa itself from behind the veil of saffron, white and green,”
posted deputy director Statistics Department Saharanpur, Rashme Varun on
Facebook.Without referring to Kasganj, DM Raghvendra Vikkram Singh had
signalled to a similar incident taking place in Bareilly last year when
violence broke out during a Kanwar Yatra. “A strange trend has started of late.
Take processions forcibly into Muslim mohallas and shout Pakistan murdabad.
(Why so? Are these people Pakistanis?),” wrote Raghvendra, setting off a fierce
debate on social media as it came a few days after the violence in
Kasganj.Later, he lamented the negative reactions to his post, clarifying that
he was only referring to the law and order problem that had arisen in Bareilly:
“I had hoped there will be an academic discussion but unfortunately it had
taken a different turn. Extremely sad (sic).”The Uttar Pradesh Govt has been under fire over the Kasganj clashes.
Governor Ram Naik described the violence a "blot" on the state
whereas the opposition parties have persistently been targeting Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath over a spurt in hate crimes against Muslims. Nationalheraldindia
Pained by Allegations, Muslims in Agra to Take
Out Tiranga Yatra
Sensational: ANI had flashed fake news
regarding threats to Chandan Gupta’s father
In a shocking revelation, it was found that
the news flashed by the ANI on Thursday night stating threats to Chandan
Gupta’s father was fake. This was revealed by the senior-most police official
of the communally sensitive Kasganj.Janta ka reporter has quoted the
Superintendent of Police in Kasganj, Piyush Srivastava as saying, “I want to
tell you that there’s a media channel called ANI. An individual from that
channel carried a news without taking the official version from us. I would
like to request you that whenever you run any news (related to Kasganj), please
also carry our official version. I’ve spoken to their superiors in Delhi
headquarter on this matter asking them to take action against him. We’ve also
filed a report against him so that such episodes are not repeated.”He observed
that ANI journalist had made some manipulation and the police were informed
that a media person had forced Chandan’s father to make that statement.siasat
1 More Arrested In Killing Of Man In UP's
Kasganj
Bareilly kanwar violence: Police seek govt nod
to prosecute 38
Lucknow:The Bareilly police has written to the
state Govt seeking prosecution sanction
against 38 people, including 35 Muslims and three Hindus, for their alleged
involvement in a communal clash following a kanwar yatra in Muslim-dominated
Khailam village in the district’s Aliganj area last year.The prosecution
sanction was sought last week under IPC Section 153-A (promoting enmity between
groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.,
and acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony). In a recent post on social
media, Bareilly DM RV Singh had referred to this communal clash and had
questioned the “trend” of entering Muslim localities and raising anti-Pakistan
slogans to foment communal trouble. Singh had apologised and deleted the
post.Dharmendra Kumar, the investigating officer of the incident, who was also
station officer of Aliganj police station till he was transferred a week
agosaid the clash had occurred on July 21 last year. Kanwariyas had passed
through Khailam to offer water at a temple — around 7 km from the village —
amid protest by villagers. indianexpress
Attack on J&K students in Haryana: Accused
assaulted 5 other men leaving same mosque, says police
Mahendragarh:A day after 2 students from J&K
were assaulted in Mahendragarh, Haryana, police said the six accused had, the
same day, assaulted five Muslim men as they walked out of a mosque after their
Friday prayers.According to Mahendragarh Superintendent of Police Kamaldeep,
the Muslim men were the “original targets” of the attackers and the two
students had been assaulted “mistakenly”.On Saturday, police said they had
registered two separate FIRs against the six accused: one for allegedly
assaulting Aftab Ahmad and Amjad Ali, the two students from J&K who studied
at Central University of Haryana in Mahendragarh, and the other for allegedly
assaulting five Muslim labourers — Sadik, Sharik, Intazar, Rehman and Aslam —
from Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts in UP. Two of the accused were arrested
on Saturday.“When we came out of the mosque, a group of 10 men came on five
bikes and asked us to remove our skull caps. They also asked two others, who
had their skull caps in their pockets, to take them out. When we refused to do
as they said, they threatened us. They later followed us and assaulted us near
the factory where we work,” Sadik told The Sunday Express. Sadik and the others
have been working in Mahendergarh for five months.On Friday, the two students,
both residents of Rajouri in Jammu, had alleged that a group of at least 10
people had started following them soon after they came out of the same mosque
in Mahendragarh. The J&K Govt had
demanded strong action against the accused, with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti
saying she was “shocked and disturbed” by the incident.Police said the accused
were involved in a fight at three different locations. “The first scuffle took
place at Angoori Devi dharamshala. Two of the accused were on a bike, which
grazed past the five Muslim men who were walking on the congested road outside
the mosque. That led to a scuffle. The accused told us that these students from
J&K were present at the spot, though they were not involved in the scuffle.
After this, the two accused called four more men and this group of six, they
claim, went in search of these Muslim men. At Masani Chowk, they saw these two
Kashmiri students and assumed they were part of the same group and beat them
up. Then they went ahead, saw the five Muslim men near Railway Road and beat
them up. So these are two different incidents, involving the same accused,”
Kamaldeep said, adding that the accused are from neighbouring villages. “One of
them is a BSc student in a local college. Two others, who are in their
twenties, are self-employed,” he said.The students, however, claimed that
police were “distorting the facts” and that the two incidents are not
connected.“I don’t know who these men were. When we were standing near the
chowk, they first snatched my helmet and started assaulting us. We had not seen
these men near the dharamshala, as police have been claiming. If we had
witnessed a scuffle there, we would have definitely noticed these men. We have
no clue about the assault on the 5 other Muslim men. We have no connection with
that incident. Both are separate incidents,” Aftab Ahmad, one of the two
Kashmiri students, told the SP and DM who visited the university on
Saturday.The labourers also said they had not seen any Kashmiri students when
the scuffle took place outside the mosque and later when they were assaulted.
“These students were not present when they told us to remove our skull cap or
when we where assaulted later. These are two separate incidents,” Sadik said.
Kashmiri Students Attack: Were Haryana
Attackers on Assaulting Spree on Friday?
Haryana Police say accused ‘mistakenly’
assaulted J&K students, Muslim men were ‘original targets’
J&K’s Govt approves withdrawal of cases
against 9,730 stone pelters, amnesty to more than 4,000 people
J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday
that her Govt had approved the
withdrawal of cases against 9,730 stone pelters in the state.A report by IANS
said that Mufti told the assembly in a written reply that her Govt had approved the withdrawal of cases
registered between 2008 and 2017 against these people, including first-time
offenders, though withdrawal of 1,745 cases is subject to certain conditions,
based on recommendations of a committee set up to look into the matter. The
chief minister added that her Govt had
also recommended to give amnesty to more than 4,000 people, who are said to be
involved in minor incidents of stone pelting over the past two years, reported PTI.
However, she did not disclose particulars of first-time offenders due security
reasons for them and their immediate families.Mufti said that 3,773 cases were
registered in 2016 and 2017, leading to the arrest of 11,290 people while 233
remained untraced, added IANS report.jantakareporter
Please Don’t Communalise My Son’s Murder:
Ankit’s Father to Press, Politicians
New Delhi: Father of Ankit Saxena, the youth
allegedly killed by father of his female Muslim friend, is very upset with the
way the media has projected the issue. Ankit’s father Yashpal has appealed to
media and politicians not to politicize and communalise the incident.“I had one
son. If I get justice, it’s good. If not, even then I don’t have hatred against
any community. I have no such (communal) thinking. I am unable to understand
why the media is showing this issue in that way,” Yashpal told Delhi BJP
president Manoj Tiwari who had come to meet him Saturday evening.“They (media
persons) come and talk to me so softly and lovingly but show something else on
TV. My relatives, neighbors come and tell me about what is being shown on TV
channels. They are using words like ‘premi’, ‘Muslim’, ‘Mazhab’ and twisting
facts. All are making just stories,” Ankit’s father is seen speaking in a video
captured on mobile.As per media reports, Ankit, a photographer by profession,
and second-year college student Shahzadi, had developed friendship when their
families were living in the same neighborhood in a west Delhi area. It is said
they were about to marry. But girl’s family was against this relationship and
had warned the youth. On Thursday evening, when the girl did not return home,
her family got suspicious that she might have been kidnapped by the youth.
Around 9PM, they confronted him on the street and during the scuffle that
followed, he was allegedly stabbed by the girl’s father. The local police have
arrested girl’s father, mother, uncle and minor brother.In 2-minute video, a
young relative of Yashpal also strongly condemned the way media is dramatizing
the whole incident.“Media is taking it as a joke. They are showing him (Ankit)
as one going on scooter and from behind a Muslim stabbing him. What the hell is
it? Big headlines are flashing like ‘Horror Murder in Delhi,’” says the
relative who addresses Yashpal as ‘Mausa’ (mother’s sister’s husband).Rebutting
a fake point, father said: “Someone said that girl’s mother had called him
(Ankit). All this is false and fake.”The grieved family told people, while BJP
president Tiwari was sitting there, not to come just for photo-op. caravandaily
Model nikahnama to be modified to deter
Muslims from giving triple talaq: AIMPLB
Lucknow:To deter the practice of triple talaq,
the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is all set to introduce a new
provision in its model nikahnama in which the man has to commit that he will
not give triple talaq (instant divorce), a spokesman of the Board said in
Lucknow.AIMPLB has maintained that it against the practice of triple talaq, but
it has opposed the proposed legislation saying it is an interference in Muslim
personal law. The Board has, however, faced criticism for failing to bring
reforms in personal laws."Yes... we are making a provision in the model
nikahnama (Islamic marriage contract) in which there will be a column - I will
not give triple talaq. Once during nikah (marriage), this column is ticked, one
will not be able to give triple talaq," AIMPLB spokesman Maulana
Khalil-ur-Rehman Sajjad Nomani told PTI here.He said that a detailed discussion
on the matter will be held at AIMPLB meeting in Hyderabad from Feb.9.Besides
other social issues, the two-day annual general meeting of the Board is likely
to deliberate on developments in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case. The
Board is also likely to finalise its roadmap for the coming year. "In this
meeting, the campaign being run against social evils such as triple talaq and
dowry will be reviewed. The AIMPLB feels that without social awareness, no
system in the country can succeed."The Board is running a big campaign in
the country. The messengers of the Board will reach every madrassa and mosque
and tell people to stay away from social evils like dowry and triple
talaq," he said.A progress report will also be sought on the work done and
based on this, a plan for the next year will be prepared, he said."Since
the cases of triple talaq happen generally among the less educated, the Board
will work hard in rural areas. Students and teachers of madrassas will be
included as messengers."Their main job will be to spread the message about
evils of dowry and triple talaq. If the need for divorce arises, then one
should first contact and consult a cleric and stay away from triple
talaq," Nomani said.The spokesperson said that this campaign had gained
momentum in the past one year.Nomani said the board was also using various
social media tools in this regard."The AIMPLB is strictly against triple
talaq, but in some circumstances, triple talaq has been recognised. In many
cases, the women themselves seek triple talaq."People, who are not
involved with the (Muslim) society perceive that all the cases of triple talaq
are committed by men. This is completely wrong," Nomani said.PTI
Women condemn President speech on Triple Talaq
Hyderabad: Women representatives from as many
as 13 Islamic organisations in the city on Saturday came together to condemn
President Ramnath Kovind’s recent speech on Triple Talaq and the status of
Muslim women. Pointing to a statement made by the President on January 29 in
which he had said, “Muslim women’s honour was a victim of political upmanship.
Now the country has the opportunity to free them from this situation,” Nasera
Khanam of Jamat e Islami said it has hurt their sentiments. The meeting had
representation from organisations like Jamat e Islami, Tanzeem Binte Haram,
Shariah Committee for Women, Hyderabad, Muslim Women Welfare Association and
Muslim Girls Association. Another participant, Bader Fatima of Muslim Women
Welfare Association, said, “Honourable President in his speech cast aspersions
that Muslim women can’t live a life of self respect and courage without Triple
Talaq law .” They asserted that “the President should advise the Govt to not
hurt the sentiments of the second largest religious community in the
country.”new indian express
President Kovind asked to retract parts of his
speech
Sharad Pawar says no Govt has right to interfere with Islamic laws
related to triple talaq
Aurangabad: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday
said no Govt has the right to interfere
in Islamic laws related to talaq, which have their origin in the Quran.He said
if banning instant triple talaq was about giving protection to women, then
"whatever one intends to do should be done by taking prominent people in
the Muslim community and clerics in confidence"."But talaq is a way
provided by the Quran in Islam. It's a message, and no ruler has the right to
interfere with that," he said at a party rally in Aurangabad.PTI
'Talaq' provided by Quran, no govt has right
to interfere: Sharad Pawar
Muslims opposing Ram temple must go to Pak: Waseem
Rizvi
Faizabad;Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board
Chairman Waseem Rizvi has suggested that Muslims who are against building Ram
temple in Ayodhya “must go to Pakistan and Bangladesh.”The Supreme Court is
scheduled to hear the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute from February 8.Mr.
Rizvi offered Friday prayers at the disputed site in Ayodhya and also met the
chief priest of Ram Janambhoomi, Acharya Satyendra Das.On the occasion, he
said, “Those who are opposing the Ram temple in Ayodhya and want to build the
Babri Mosque there... People having such fundamentalist mentality should go to
Pakistan and Bangladesh. Such Muslims do not have any place in India.”PTI
Social harmony gets fractured wherever Hindu
population drops: Giriraj Singh
New Delhi: Union minister Giriraj Singh
courted controversy on Sunday when he contended that "social harmony gets
fractured wherever Hindu population drops", a veiled attack on the
phenomenon of rising Muslim populace in the country."UN said if this
(population growth) isn't brought under check, in future, 1 out of 10 people
won't have access to potable water. So it's dangerous both to social harmony
and development. Social harmony gets fractured wherever Hindu population
drops," he was quoted as saying by ANI.Over the last few days, the BJP
leader has been appealing to the youth to raise awareness about India's growing
population with the following tweet: "Increasing population is taking away
your livelihood and peace. Increasing population is taking away your share of
development and social harmony."timesofindia
Literally, marriage at gun-point: Over 3,400
grooms abducted in 2017 for 'Pakadwa Vivah' in Bihar
Patna: It may be a cultural shock for many,
but more than 3,400 youths were kidnapped for forced marriage, locally known as
"Pakadwa Vivah" in Bihar last year, official data
revealed."Pakadwa Vivah is rampant in Bihar. About 3,405 youths have been
kidnapped for forced marriage in the state. In most of the cases, Pakadua Vivah
was solemnised at gun point or threats to their life and their families,"
a police official said on Sunday.Last month, the Pakadua Vivah of an engineer
in a village in Patna hit the national headlines when he refused to keep his
newlywed wife since he was abducted and forced to marry at gun point. According
to the data, about 3,070 youths were kidnapped for Pakadwa Vivah in the state
in 2016, 3,000 in 2015 and 2,526 in 2014."In all such cases, either the
youths and their parents have been forced at gun point for Pakadwa Vivah,"
police officials said.Going by the police records, on an average nine Pakadwa
Vivah have been taking place daily in the state.Taking the number of increasing
Pakadwa Vivah's seriously, the state police has asked all the district
Superintendents of Police to be on the alert to check such incidents in the
coming marriage season, known as "lagan" beginning this month.IANS
Banks would pass into foreign hands if policy
not changed: Former RBI Governor
Hyderabad: Former RBI Governor Y.V. Reddy on
Friday said that there was no “crisis” in the Indian banking system, but
cautioned that Indian banks would eventually pass into foreign hands if there
is no review of current policies.The shareholding of foreign entities in the
large private banks in India is over 70% while in the public sector banks, Govt
and LIC hold bulk ownership and
foreigners own majority of the rest of the stake, Reddy said.“We do not have
100 per cent Govt -owned banks. We have public sector banks with mixed
ownership....Our banking system is predominantly owned by the Govt , followed
by foreigners and rest by Indians. I repeat, least by Indians,” he said.“The
share of public sector banking is, and will, come down and under the current
policy, that space will be occupied irrevocably by foreigner-owned banks unless
there is a policy change,” Reddy said, delivering a lecture at the
Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.The current policy of
ownership and governance in banking needs to be reviewed urgently to correct
the outdated and distorted policies, and this should be done before the banking
system passes on to foreign owners, he said.PTI
Delhi ACB launches probe against Congress'
Haroon Yusuf after AAP MLA alleges misuse of waqf board resources
New Delhi: Delhi Govt 's ACB has launched a
probe into AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan's complaints, including one against
Congress leader Haroon Yusuf, alleging corruption in the functioning of the
Delhi Waqf Board, officials said.The anti-graft body has written to the Delhi
Waqf Board, asking it to provided files and papers related to Khan's
allegations, a senior official of the waqf board said.The official said that
the ACB has also handed over a questionnaire to the waqf board based on Khan's
complaints, seeking details of the issues raised.
Karni Sena accepts Padmaavat glorifies Rajput
valour, withdraws protest
After more than a year of launching massive
protests against Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, later christened Padmaavat,
for allegedly distorting history, Karni Sena announced on Friday that it
decided to take back its protest and accepted that the movie glorifies the
valour of the Rajputs. Now, Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena’s Mumbai leader
Yogendra Singh Katar said that on the directions of rganization’s national
President Sukhdev Singh Gogamadi, a few members watched the movie in Mumbai on
Friday, and found that the movie glorifies the valour and sacrifice of Rajput
and every Rajput will feel proud after watching the film.There is no such
objectionable scene between Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khilji and Queen
Padmini of Mewar which hurts the sentiments of Rajputs, he said in a letter,
declaring that the Sena takes back their protest and will help the
administration to release the film in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat as
well as across all cinema houses in India.IANS
Karni Sena expels members who announced
withdrawal of protests against Padmaavat
40 million cows to get Aadhaar-like number at
cost of Rs 50 crore in 1st phase
New Delhi: Just like the 12-digit Aadhaar
number for every Indian, the Narendra Modi Govt is set to assign each of the country’s
milk-producing cows a cheap, unique identity card or UID, first proposed in
2015.Deliverable targets in this year’s Union budget show Rs 50 crore for the
project to cover 40 million cattle.A dairy department official, requesting
anonymity, said the agriculture ministry, which will implement the programme,
has already acquired the UID technology that comes with a cheap, tamper-proof
polyurethane tag containing the cow’s biological details such as breed, age,
sex, height and special body marks. Each card will cost between Rs 8 and Rs
10.Named Pashu Sanjivini, the animal UID scheme is part of a larger programme
for the dairy and fisheries sectors.These sectors are crucial if officials are
to get serious on doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, a target set by the Govt .
Economists say this is nearly impossible from cultivation alone because a
majority of Indian farmers can’t achieve economy of scale as they work on small
parcels of land. HT
Lolage, first petitioner in case of death of
CBI Judge Loya, fears for his life
Nagpur-based RTI activist Suraj Lolage, who is
the first petitioner to approach a court in the case of suspicious death of CBI
Judge BH Loya, says his life is under grave danger. His writ petition filed at
the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on November 17, 2017, has now been
transferred to the Supreme Court, which is continuing hearing on all petitions
in the Judge Loya case on Friday. Lolage was the first to raise questions over
an alleged cover-up-attempt pertaining to Justice Loya’s suspicious
death.Speaking to National Herald, Lolage said that he fears for the life and
security of his family members also.“If I have to die, I will die but before
that I will speak the truth. People died (killed) even when they had not
uttered a single word. It is better to speak and die rather than dying without
speaking,” he said.He said people in Nagpur would silence every voice that raises
question about Loya’s death. When NH asked him which people in Nagpur, he said
everyone knows whose headquarters is in Nagpur.“I received several threatening
calls over the phone,” he complained, while adding that his lawyer-activist
friend Satish Uike is also not safe. Uike received threats in the past and on
June 8, 2016, iron material weighing 5,000 kilos fell on his office roof.
Uike’s life was saved by a whisker, says Lolage, adding that Uike had stepped
out of the office just minutes earlier. After the incident, a complaint was
filed by Uike at Nagpur but no FIR or investigation has been conducted so far.
Since then Uike has gone in to hiding.nationalheraldindia
Loya's family should be questioned whether
they are under pressure: Dave tells Supreme Court
The
Chief Justice of India’s court saw heated exchange of arguments during the
hearing of the PIL concerning the death of Judge Loya.Senior lawyer Dushyant
Dave appearing for the Bombay Lawyer’s Association pointed out various
inconsistencies in the documents submitted by the state of Maharashtra. The
hearing ended for the day with a warning from CJI Dipak Misra, "This
message should go loud and clear, we are only concerned about the death of
Judge Loya, we are not on the other case (Sohrabuddin encounter) at all.”The
warning came in the backdrop of the argument where Dave pointed to the
anomalies in the Sohrabuddin encounter trial. Dave pointed how the judge
presiding over the trial was transferred despite orders from Supreme Court. He
further pointed that the judge who took over after the death of Loya gave
relief to BJP President Amit Shah.
CJI warns Loya petitioners: Not hearing
Sohrabuddin; Loya was hearing Sohrabuddin case when he died
During the hearing in Supreme Court on the
politically-sensitive Judge BH Loya death case, CJI Dipak Misra reprimanded the
petitioners for raising the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, which Loya
was hearing when he died."This message should go out loud and clear. We
are only concerned about death of Judge Loya. We are not on the other case at
all," CJI Misra told the petitioners - Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla,
and Maharashtra-based journalist BS Lone.msn
After floor cleaners, UP govt proposes use of
cow urine to make medicines
Lucknow: After its proposal to make floor
cleaners using cow urine, the UP Govt has decided to give a push to the use of cow
urine in preparing medicines.“The ayurveda department has prepared eight
medicines using ‘gau mutra’ which can prove to be useful in case of liver
ailments, joint pain and immunity deficiency,” dept’s director Dr RR Chaudhary
told PTI in Lucknow on Sunday. “The department, which has two pharmacies (in Lucknow
and Pilibhit) along with other private units, is preparing ayurvedic medicines
using cow urine, cow milk and ghee,” he said.There are eight ayurvedic medical
colleges in the state in Banda, Jhansi, Muzaffarnagar, Allahabad, Varanasi,
Bareilly, Lucknow and Pilibhit. PTI
After miffed Chandrababu Naidu dials Uddhav
Thackeray number, TDP makes this statement on alliance with BJP
New Delhi :It has been quite a difficult time
for TDP and BJP alliance after this year’s Union Budget. However, amid the
growing cracks between the parties, the TDP today decided not to snap ties with
the BJP. But, irked over the BJP’s attitude towards AP, state CM and TDP Chief
Chandrababu Naidu had cried foul in front of NDA’s other allies. According to
TOI, Naidu even went ahead and called up Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray
on Saturday and both the leaders exchanged views on the BJP’s stance towards
partners.Naidu told Thackeray that TDP was sore over the “step-motherly”
treatment meted out by the BJP to its regional friends. TDP leaders are upset
with the saffron party over poor allocation for the state.The TDP has
repeatedly appealed for additional funds and incentives for AP which seems to
have been ignored in the Union Budget. Naidu had also told Thackeray that the
general mood in the TDP is to sever ties with the BJP and contest the 2019 Lok
Sabha and the state assembly polls on its own strength.However, today after a Parliamentary
meeting at Amaravati, TDP decided not to break the alliance with BJP. But said
that they would first raise issues concerning the state with the Centre and try
to get them addressed.financialexpress
Veteran BJP MP from UP Hukum Singh dies
Hukum Singh, a veteran politician and BJP MP
from Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana, died of breathing problems in Noida’s JP Hospital
on Saturday. 79-year-old had been in hospital for a month, Indian Express
reported.Singh was elected an MLA in Uttar Pradesh seven times and has served as
a minister in the state before becoming a Lok Sabha member in 2014.scroll
BJP’s Kairana MP Hukum Singh, seven-term MLA,
dies
4 UP policemen suspended after shooting two
men in Noida; family of victim alleges 'fake encounter'
2 men in Noida Sector-122 were allegedly shot
at by a sub-inspector of the Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday, leading to the
suspension of four policemen on Sunday, media reports said. While one has
sustained injuries on the leg, the other one is critically injured.The family
of one of the victims, Jitendra Yadav said that caste animosity might have been
a cause behind the 'fake encounter', The Times of India reported. The family
also alleged four boys were returning from Bahrampur at around 10.30 pm on
Saturday when the police personnel stopped the vehicle and fired at one of them
without any reason.On Friday, two suspected criminals and as many policemen,
including a station house officer, were injured in an encounter in Gorakhpur. The
incident took place when Maneesh Yadav and Manoj Yadav were escaping after
threatening a village head. Police said that a team was rushed to the spot
after the victim informed that he had been threatened by two people.In the
encounter, Station House Officer, Khorabar, Sudhir Kumar, and sub-inspector, Jhangha,
Sunil Kumar Singh, suffered minor injuries, they said.
Tihar Jail’s poor inmates walk free as Jamiat
deposits fine against them
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind helped release eight inmates of Tihar Jail,
Delhi who were locked down behind bars because they could not pay the fine
imposed on to them.Jamiat deposited Rs 53,000 on behalf of eight prisoners —
all non-Muslims — setting a “humanitarian example at a time when the country is
reeling under the communal tension.”The function was organised in Jail No. 2 of
Tihar on Feb. 2. Ajay Kashyap, DG (Prisons) attended the event as the Chief
Guest of the function. SS Parihar, DIG (P) was also present at the occasion
along with few other officials.In the program, all eight convicts were
immediately released from the jail and were let out for a new beginning of
their free life. DG Ajay Kashyap thanked the Jamiat and its general secretary
Maulana Mahmood Madani for the generosity shown. He also urged Jamiat to
continue their support for such noble cause in the future also.TwoCircles
5 Pakistanis languish in Indian jail despite
completing their terms
New Delhi: The fate of five Pakistani
nationals, languishing in a jail in the national capital, is uncertain as
Pakistan has refused to accept that they are its citizens.According to highly
placed sources, the Pakistani nationals were arrested at different points of
time, and charged under the Official Secrets Act, among other things. They are
keen to return to their country and lead a normal life, but Pakistan is refusing
to accept them as its citizens in order to "hide its anti-India terror
activities and agenda from the global arena".The five suspected Pakistani
spies have been waiting for deportation for the past one year to five years,
even after their family members have acknowledged they are Pakistani citizens,
the sources told IANS.IANS
Mohammad Uyes Inamdar Honored As One of
India’s Youngest CEOs
Mumbai: Mohammad Uyes Inamdar of Pune is known
as ‘Drone Boy’. At the age of 14, it is said, he started his own IT company. On
Sunday in Mumbai, he was honored as one of India’s youngest CEOs.Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis had inaugurated the workshop on ‘Education to
Entrepreneurship’ by ‘Taleem o Tarbiyat’ and NMIMS. Zafar Sareshwala,
businessman and Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, is the
brain behind his Taleem o Tarbiyat series of education events being held in
different parts of the country for the last couple of years.caravandaily
WORLD
Maldives army seals off parliament, arrests
MPs: aljazeera
Security forces in the Maldives have sealed
off the country's parliament and arrested two opposition legislators amid a
deepening crisis over President Abdulla Yameen's refusal to free jailed
politicians.Soldiers in riot gear surrounded the parliament building in Male on
Sunday soon after the opposition petitioned the parliament to remove the island
nation's attorney general and its chief prosecutor. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the
parliamentary leader of the opposition, accused the pair of breaking the law by
failing to act on a Supreme Court verdict overturning "terrorism"
convictions against nine dissidents, including exiled former President Mohamed
Nasheed. The top court's ruling has plunged the Maldives into fresh political
turmoil and dealt a major blow to Yameen, who is accused of corruption, misrule
and rights abuses. He denies the allegations. The verdict also gave the
opposition a majority in 85-member parliament as it reinstated 12 members of
parliament who were stripped of their seats last year.But 2 of the 12 were
arrested at the airport on Sunday, shortly after they returned to the Maldives
after months in exile.
Maldives top court 'in bid to remove'
President Yameen
PLO vows 'to start disengaging from Israel'
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has
said it is taking a series of measures to begin "disengaging" from
Israel, including seeking action against the latter at the United Nations and
the International Criminal Court (ICC).After a long meeting on Saturday
evening, the executive committee of the PLO said it had asked the Palestinian Govt
to "begin devising plans to
disengage from the Israeli occupation authorities at the political, security,
economic and administrative levels ..."According to the official
Palestinian news agency, Wafa, the executive committee also decided to form a
higher committee to implement decisions such as the suspension of the PLO's
recognition of Israel. PLO - an umbrella of major Palestinian political parties
- has been under pressure to change its strategy towards Israel in recent
weeks. aljazeera
Israel ‘legalises’ West Bank outpost after
settler killed
Israel granted legal status on Sunday to a
previously unauthorized outpost in the occupied West Bank in response to a
Palestinian shooting attack last month that killed one of its residents. Israeli
PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision to retroactively authorize the
50-family outpost of Havat Gilad was meant to “allow the continuation of normal
life there.”A Palestinian teenager was killed last night during an Israeli
military raid in Burqin for suspects involved in the shooting. Israeli forces
in the adjacent city of Jenin last month shot and killed a Palestinian gunman
whom they suspected of involvement in the settler’s shooting.Most countries
deem Israeli settlements in the West Bank, land Israel captured in a 1967 war
that Palestinians want for a future state, to be illegal. Israel disputes
this.The decision was approved unanimously by Israel’s cabinet.Palestinian
officials condemned the move.MEMO
Palestinian killed as Israelis raid Jenin-area
village
A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces
in the occupied West Bank during a confrontation sparked by the soldiers. Ahmad
Samir Obeid, 19, was shot in the head after the Israeli army raided the village
of Wadi Burqin, near the northern town of Jenin on Saturday night.He was taken
to the local hospital, where doctors declared his death a short time later. He
is the seventh Palestinian to be killed by Israel this year.aljazeera
Russia steps up Idlib strikes after Sukhoi jet
downing
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/russia-retaliates-idlib-sukhoi-jet-downed-180204064444409.html
Russia has launched a series of air attacks in
the area where one of its fighter jets was shot down by Syrian rebels on
Saturday, leaving dozens of fighters and civilians dead, according to Syrian
activists and Russian officials.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR),
a UK-based monitor of Syria's civil war, said at least 68 attacks hit Idlib
province in the early hours of Sunday morning, following about 35 attacks on
Saturday.It said at least five people had been killed and thousands of
civilians had fled the area to avoid getting caught up in the bombardment. The
White Helmets, an opposition rescue group, reported 21 civilian deaths in
villages surrounding the site of the downed Sukhoi 25 jet, but it was unclear
whether its toll included those on the SOHR tally.The pilot of the Sukhoi was
killed after being ejected from the aircraft by rebel fighters, including
members of the Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham group, commonly known as Tahrir al-Sham.
The group is spearheaded by the former al-Nusra Front, which used to be
al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.aljazeera
US accuses Syria of chemical weapons use in
East Ghouta
US has accused the Syrian Govt of using chemical weapons against its
people.US State Department spokesman Heather Nauert said that reports of
chlorine gas being used against civilians in Eastern Ghouta were "very
concerning"."Russia is making the wrong choice by not exercising its
unique influence. To allow [the] Syria regime to use chemical weapons against
its own people is unconscionable. We will pursue accountability," she
said, writing on Twitter. aljazeera
Defence minister: Saudi, UAE intended to
invade Qatar
Saudi Arabia and the UAE had intentions to
invade Qatar at the beginning of a diplomatic crisis that erupted in June,
according to Qatar's defence minister.In an interview with the Washington Post
on Friday, Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah said his Gulf neighbours have
"tried everything" to destabilise the country, but their intentions
to invade were "[defused]" by Qatar."They have intentions to
intervene militarily," said al-Attiyah. When asked to confirm whether he
thought such a threat still existed today, he responded: "We have
[defused] this intention. But at the beginning of the crisis, they had this
intention."They tried to provoke the tribes. They used mosques against us.
Then they tried to get some puppets to bring in and replace our
leaders."aljazeera
After extracting billions from ‘corruption’
cases, Saudis ‘increase royal family allowances by 50%’
Saudi Arabia has raised some royal family
allowances after extracting billions of dollars from princes, businessmen and
officials held on corruption charges, apparently reliable sources have told
Bloomberg. Two of the sources claimed that the increase amounts to 50 per cent,
with the Govt no longer paying
electricity and water bills for members of the ruling family. A Saudi Govt official denied the claims. Dozens of the
country’s richest men, including billionaire Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, were
among those held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh as part of a massive
crackdown on corruption in early November, before settlements were made with
them under which the state obtained over $100 billion. middleeastmonitor
Afghanistan: Ghani open to talks with armed
groups
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/afghanistan-ghani-open-talks-armed-groups-180203170526617.html
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said his Govt
is open to peace talks with armed groups
who accept peace but said the door was closed to those who cause tragedies like
recent attacks in the capital, Kabul.Two attacks in Kabul that left scores of
civilians dead were claimed by Taliban.An attack on the Inter-Continental Hotel
in Kabul on January 20 and a massive car bombing on a crowded city street a
week later have stoked public anger and stepped up pressure on Ghani's
Western-backed Govt to improve
security.The two attack killed more than 130 people. The recent attacks have
raised fresh doubt about long-running efforts to initiate talks with the armed
fighters.The president's office said on Tuesday the fighters had crossed a
"red line" and peace would have to be won on the battlefield.But
Ghani raised the possibility of reconciliation with some factions of Taliban in
a speech in Kabul."Those who are responsible for this tragedy and do not
want peace, the door of peace is closed to them," Ghani said. aljazeera
France jails Islamic scholar on rape charge,
judicial source says: CNN
Islamic scholar and TV analyst Tariq Ramadan
has been arrested in Paris and charged with rape, a judicial source told
CNN.Ramadan, 55, was arrested on Wednesday, charged Friday and will remain in
custody in France until his next hearing, the source said.The arrest of the
Oxford University professor follows public claims by two women that he
assaulted them in French hotel rooms.CNN has reached out to Ramadan's lawyer
for comment.Ramadan is a Swiss citizen who often has been featured by
international media, including CNN, and whose grandfather, Hassan al-Banna,
founded Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement. Ramadan wrote in an October post
on Facebook: "Unfounded allegations can never take the place of concrete
truth. These accusations are simply false, and betray all the ideals I have
long strived for and believed in."A statement in November by Oxford
University said Ramadan "categorically denies" any wrongdoing.CNN
Tariq Ramadan faces French judge in sex
assault case
Yemen Islah party suspends membership of Nobel
laureate Karman
Yemeni Nobel Prize winner Tawakkol Karman was
suspended from the Islah party allied with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi
after she accused the Saudi-led coalition that backs him in the country’s civil
war of acting as occupiers.Karman won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her role
in Arab Spring protests that ousted authoritarian President Ali Abdullah. More
recently she has ramped up public criticism of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, accusing them of backing a campaign to divide Yemen by supporting
southern separatists against the internationally recognised Govt .Speaking at
the Warwick Economics Summit in London over the weekend, Karman said Saudi
Arabia and the UAE were driven by a “reckless adventurism” when they intervened
in Yemen in 2015 after Iran-aligned Houthi forces drove Hadi into exile.In an
earlier Twitter message, she wrote:"Saudi Arabia and UAE took advantage of
the (Houthi) militia coup in Sanaa to launch a very ugly occupation and an
uglier influence in Yemen."The Islah party, regarded as a branch of the
Muslim Brotherhood, which is viewed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE as a terrorist
organisation, tried to distance itself from Karman and order her suspended from
its ranks.“Tawakkol Karman’s statements do not represent the Islah party and
its policies, and are not in line with the party’s positions,” a statement
posted on Islah’s website said.“Therefore, the general secretary has decided to
freeze her membership according to party’s status.”Karman, who left Yemen after
Houthi militia seized the capital Sanaa in a series of military advances that
began in late 2014, responded on her Twitter account by describing Islah
leaders as “prisoners and slaves” of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.Tensions between
Islah and southern separatists have been rising since Arab countries, including
Saudi Arabia and UAE, announced a boycott of Qatar in June last year over
allegations that Doha backs militants. Qatar denies the charges. middleeastmonitor
Yemen Islamist Party Suspends Membership of
Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman
Boycott election, Coalition tells Egyptians as
candidates withdraw or are blocked
In the absence of any strong opposition
candidate, the upcoming presidential election in Egypt seems closer to being a
formality for incumbent Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. This feeling is strengthened by
the fact that prominent figures and politicians are calling for a boycott of
the election. Predictably, the Govt accuses them of trying to overthrow the
regime.Leaders of the Civil Democratic Movement have raised international
concerns after calling on Egyptians to boycott the elections scheduled for the
end of next month. The opposition coalition described the election as
“absurd”.The Movement was founded last December by eight political parties and
about 150 political figures, including former presidential candidates Hamdeen
Sabahi and Khaled Ali. Prominent opposition figure George Isaac is also
involved. He was one of the founders of the 2004 Kefaya Movement that led
numerous protests against former President Hosni Mubarak before the overthrow
of his regime after the 2011 revolution.middleeastmonitor
Mosque vandalized in Netherlands
A mosque in the Dutch port city of The Hague
was vandalized late Friday, the head of the mosque said Saturday.So far, no
group has claimed responsibility for the act of vandalism, in which a Turkish
flag was crosed with red paint with slogans against Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan also written on it.Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Sinasi Koc, the
head of Ahi Evran Mosque, which is currently under contysruction and belongs to
the Islamic Foundation in Netherlands, condemned the attack.Koc said the attack
was probably related to Turkey’s ongoing Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s
Afrin.“There are those who do not want our unity and solidarity, and those who
want to bring disorder to us. They will not succeed, for Allah is with us,” Koc
said. Anadolu
Mystery shrouds Muslim lawyer's assassination
It has been a year since prominent Muslim
lawyer Ko Ni was assassinated, however, Aung San Suu Kyi is yet to utter a
single word to mark the first death anniversary of the man credited with
enabling her to become the country's state counselor.While the Nobel prize
winner did term the killing "a great loss for the party" a month
after the murder on Jan. 29, 2017, Suu Kyi, who has in recent times faced
strong criticism for her continued silence on the plight of persecuted Rohingya
Muslim community, appears to be not pushing for all the facts of the case to
come to surface by her stony silence.The assassination of Ko Ni continues to be
shrouded in mystery despite the fact that the alleged gunman who pulled the
trigger at Yangon International Airport has been in police custody since late
February 2017 along with three other suspects who supposedly paid him for the
killing.
Oil tanker with 22 Indians goes missing near
West Africa
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI:An oil tanker with 22 Indians
on board has gone missing in the piracy-plagued waters off the Benin coast in
the Gulf of Guinea near West Africa, the Directorate General of Shipping said
on Sunday.No contact has been established with the vessel so far and there have
been no reports of a ransom call, it said.“The region has a history of piracy
and it may be a case of suspected piracy. All communication with the vessel has
been lost, and right now we do not know if a ransom call has been made,” an
official of the Directorate General of Shipping told PTI.PTI
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missing; police acknowledge overwriting in death report copy:Vishwadeepak
Kasganj: The Govt must not allow the Tricolour to become a pawn
in the hands of communal forces: Abdur Rab Khan
The opaque 1%: More transparency is needed for
Indian society to have an informed debate about rising inequality: Lucas
Chancel , Thomas Piketty
How Much More Blood Do TV Anchors Want to See
Spilled?ABHISAR SHARMA
Why are Muslims being arrested when a Hindu
killed a Hindu in Kasganj? SP Leader in Rajya Sabha:sabrangindia
Tensions High in Shopian After Five Civilians
Killed; Families Have Little Hope for Justice: The Wire
Chomsky, Richard Falk Share Outrage Against
OUP Appointment of Myanmar Military ‘Advisor’ To Write on Rohingya
National Health Protection Scheme or
Scam?MOHAN GURUSWAMY
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