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At receiving end in one Rajasthan town, Dalits
say may embrace Islam
Hindaun; An 8-feet statue of Bhimrao Ambedkar
marks Jatav Basti, home to several thousand Scheduled Caste families in Hindaun
city, in Rajasthan’s Karauli district. A day after an upper caste mob tried to
attack the settlement, groups of angry men are gathered around the statue
vowing to “convert to Islam” if similar incidents continue.“They checked our
identity cards to make sure we were Dalits before they thrashed us. They were
all from upper castes and didn’t even spare the women,” said Ashwini Jatav,
taking off his shirt and showing his bruised back.The mob, provoked by the
Bharat Bandh held by SC/ST outfits on Monday, attacked houses of two Dalit
politicians — Rajkumari Jatav, the BJP MLA from Hindaun, and the Congress’s
Bharosi Lal Jatav, who represented the seat earlier — located near the Jatav
Basti. The politicians were not at home at the time of the attack.A day later,
a large number of police personnel were deployed near the burnt houses. Hindaun
remained under curfew for most part of the day, with the Internet suspended.
Armed police personnel patrolled the streets where debris of destroyed vehicles
lay around. While Ashwini claimed that many of the assaulters were members of
Hindu fundamentalist groups, police denied this. “At this moment, there is no
evidence to indicate involvement of Hindu fundamentalist groups.Preliminary
investigation suggests there was an anti-Jatav sentiment among other castes who
also accused Jatav community of molesting a few women during Bharat Bandh.We are
investigating all these accusations and counter-accusations,” said Additional DGP,
Law and Order, NRK Reddy.He added that the mob wanted to proceed towards the
Jatav settlement but was dispersed by police. But by that time, they had
already torched the houses of the two politicians.Dalits say they were beaten
up near Station Road, the main road in the city, with several shops on both
sides of the road.Other members of the Jatav community said “anti-social”
elements were behind the violence.In statements given to the local media, BJP
MLA Rajkumari Jatav appealed to people to cooperate in maintaining law and
order. Pushpendra Jatav said while they had participated in the Bharat Bandh,
“ours was a peaceful protest”.“We were specifically targeted by the upper
castes, who united against us… If this goes on, we will have no choice but to
convert to Islam,”said 47-year-old.“We are anyway not counted as Hindus. We are
still ignored,”added Chandramohan Jatav, 40, another resident of the
settlement, Ashwini said they were afraid to talk too much. “If they can burn
the houses of the MLA, who are we?Upper caste people have police,
administration…even most of the media tells their story.”While Monday’s Bharat
Bandh too had seen violence, with protesters uprooting railway tracks and
damaging public property, Nathilal Jatav,a community elder, said they had only
wanted a peaceful demonstration and “anti-social elements” were behind what
happened. Appealing for calm, he added,“There was no intention to resort to
violence or to damage property.”indianexpress
Rajasthan Dalits Threaten To Embrace Islam
Sick of 'upper caste' brutality, angry Dalits threaten
to convert to Islam in Rajasthan's Hindaun
Dalit protests: Sons shot, 2 families in Bhind
struggle to grasp politics, economics
Bhind: Pradeep Jatav’s friends say he was
restless and ambitious — all he wanted was to give his landless
labourer-parents a good life. In Feb., Pradeep, 22, completed a diploma from an
Industrial Training Institute in Gwalior, nearly 100 km from their village,
Mustura, in Bhind district. Some 25 km from Bhind town, the village has acres
of arid land and long queues near Govt tankers, indicating the looming water
crisis in the region with the onset of summer. “He had received a few job
offers but turned them down as they were low-paying. He was waiting for a
better offer,” Ram Naresh, Pradeep’s father, said.On Monday, Pradeep had gone
to the nearby Mehgaon market, where many Dalits had gathered against the
Supreme Court’s recent order on the SC and ST Act.“Around 11 am, Sonu
Baishandar, Mini and Ballu Rathore fired at him from a roof,” FIR lodged after
his death states.Bhind SP Prashant Khare said a case of murder has been lodged
but no one has been arrested yet.indianexpress
After Savitri Bai Phule, another Dalit BJP MP
blasts Yogi govt for ‘ignoring’ him
After Bahraich MP Savitri Bai Phule, another
Dalit parliamentarian has targeted Yogi Govt in UP for allegedly ignoring his pleas for
assistance in a political dispute.In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, Robertsganj
BJP MP Chhotelal accused CM Yogi Adityanath, party state unit president
Mahendra Nath Pandey and party organisation secretary Sunil Bansal of shrugging
off his plea for help against several office-bearers of the Chandauli BJP unit
who had allegedly hatched a conspiracy against his brother.This fresh outburst
has further shocked the state BJP leadership at a time when it is struggling to
deal with Savitri Bai Phule’s “rebellion” in a way that won’t appear
anti-Dalit. UP Govt has planned several programmes in the run-up to Dalit icon
Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birth anniversary on April 14 to drive home the message that
it is working for the welfare of lower caste communities. The recent Bharat
Bandh called by Dalit groups across the country had also hurt the saffron
party.HT
Bhima Koregaon riots: Politically motivated
steps, ‘mishandled events’ led to violence, suggests report by SC panel
Pune: National Commission for Scheduled Castes
(NCSC), which conducted an independent probe into Koregaon Bhima violence, has
submitted its report to President Ram Nath Kovind and Centre.Swaraj Vidwaan, member
of 5th NCSC who acted as an observer while drafting the report, said their
findings indicated that serious “mishandling” of events had led to violent
clashes between Dalits and Marathas during the 200th anniversary celebrations
of Battle of Bhima Koregaon. Vidwaan and other members of NCSC, who were in
Pune on Wednesday, didn’t divulge too many details about the report. “I will
share details of the report at a later stage…it has been submitted to the
President and the central govt.What I can share, though, is that we found clear
indications of politically motivated steps…people being forced to carry out
certain anti-social activities. Many events were poorly handled and they
snowballed later,”she said.Vidwaan had visited Pune in Aug last year, soon
after the 5th commission was constituted in July 2017, and lashed out at Police
over their alleged indifference towards hearing cases filed by members of SC and ST.IE
To Keep Dalits at Lowest Rung of Society is in
DNA of RSS-BJP: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: “I salute to the thousands of Dalit
brothers and sisters who came out on the streets to demand the Modi Govt to protect their rights,” said Congress
president Rahul Gandhi on Monday – the day when tens and thousands of people from
the Dalit community held massive demonstration across the country against an
alleged dilution in the SC/ST Act through an order of the Supreme
Court.Unleashing all-out attack on the BJP, RSS and the Govt of PM Narendra Modi, Rahul said: “To keep Dalits at the lowest rung of the Indian society
is in DNA of RSS-BJP. They suppress anyone who challenges this mindset. As the
Dalit protests turned violent at several places in the country, the Congress
stepped up its attack on the Govt. At least 11 people were killed in the
violence on Monday – at least six of them in the BJP-ruled MP alone.Caravan News
Dalit protests: 5,000
booked, 32 arrested for violence in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad:As many as
5,000 people have been booked for creating ruckus and damaging public and Govt properties here during protests against
“dilution” of the provisions of the SC and ST Act, SSP said. SSP Vaibhav
Krishna said police have lodged reports against 5,000 unidentified and 285
named miscreants under various sections of the IPC.Till now 32 agitators have
been arrested and raids are being conducted to arrest others. Furthermore,
police have identified 43 places in urban and 17 places in rural areas of the
district as highly sensitive where agitators may disturb peace again. Heavy
police forces have been deployed on these points, SSP said. 9 policemen who
were injured during the agitations on Monday are still undergoing treatment,
Krishna said. PTI
37 Dalit & tribals
raped by upper castes, backward castes in 3 yrs
Hyderabad: In the past 3
years, 37 Dalit and tribal women were raped in Hyderabad by accused belonging
to either forward castes or backward castes, according to City Crime Records
Bureau.In rape and murder cases, if the victim is a Dalit or a tribal and the
perpetrator belongs to forward caste or is a BC, by default the SC/ST Act is
added along with rape and murder sections of the IPC, say police.From 2015 to
January 2018, 37 cases of rape were registered along with SC/ST Atrocities Act
and three cases of murder along with the Atrocities Act were booked in
Hyderabad police commissionerate. The list of 37 cases, does not include cases
wherein the victims and accused both belong to SC/ST communities. Ex-Hyderabad
Commissioner of Police Srinivasa Rao in an internal circular issued in February
ordered for quick compensation and close supervision of such cases including a
‘scene of the offence visit’ by a senior officer.TOI
India is nation of most
unemployed in world: Labour Bureau Statistics
According to the Labour
Bureau statistics, India has, today, become the nation of the most unemployed
in the world; in the inclusive growth index we are at number 60 and in this
case, we are far behind our neighbours.On the economic development front,
inequality and increasing unemployment is the biggest challenge for the fast
emerging India. Self-employment opportunities are declining in the country and
jobs are continuously decreasing. But at the same time, another picture is that
India is one of the fastest growing peak economies in the world. At some point
in time, we have managed to climb up 30 places in the 'Business Accessibility
Index'. So the question arises that what is the path of development that we are
going to follow to ensure employment generation and equality for
everyone?Indeed, the pace of increasing inequality in India has reached
historically high levels. The gap between the rich and the poor has increased
alarmingly. This situation is the result of our unemployment growth and
non-public spending on GDP growth path.In the last few decades, most of the
countries in the world have developed their economies, but due to
privatisation, public capital, and resources have been reduced to the hands of
selected few.In India, economic reforms were implemented in 90s. Since then,
there has been an unprecedented creation of wealth in the country.According to
Credit Suisse Global, multinational financial services company, since 2000,
there has been an increase in the value of 9.9 % annually in India, while its
global average has been only 6%.But its benefits have not been found in the
large population of the country. Despite India's share in global assets
(sixth), the average assets of Indians are much lower than the global
average.ANI
Over 5 lakh Indian users’
data may have been ‘improperly’ shared with Cambridge Analytica, says Facebook
In a first revelation,
Facebook has said that data of nearly 5.6 lakh Indian users may have been
“improperly” shared with British political analytics company Cambridge
Analytica (CA). Responding to a notice from Govt of India, a spokesperson for
Facebook said:"We are investigating the specific number of people whose
information was accessed by the app, including those in India."CA’s
acquisition of Facebook data through the app developed by Dr. Aleksandr Kogan
and his company Global Science Research Limited (“GSR”) happened without our
authorization and was an explicit violation of our Platform policies."The
numbers that we have now are that only 335 people in India installed the App,
which is 0.1% of the App's total worldwide installs."We further understand
that 562,120 additional people in India were potentially affected, as friends
of people who installed the App. This yields a total of 562,455 potentially
affected people in India, which is 0.6% of the global number of potentially
affected people.” thehindu
Over half a million
Indian Facebook users may have been affected in data breach
Irani could not have
dared issue such an order without PM’s approval: Yashwant Sinha
New Delhi:“Smriti Irani
could not have dared issue the fake news order without PM's approval. There is
no question that in a Govt where not
even a pin drops without the PM’s approval, Minister could have taken this kind
of advantage of the system,” said former Minister and BJP leader Yashwant
Sinha. Sinha was categorical that there was no way that the order threatening
to strip journalists of their Govt accreditation as punishment for fake news,
could have been passed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting without
PM Narendra Modi’s knowledge.A senior Minister earlier with long experience of
both Govt and the BJP, Sinha said that
the PM took advantage of the order when it became clear that the order had not
worked, and moved in to “ditch” Irani who was merely following orders.In fact,
after the announcement, some TV news channels lauded PM as a “hero.”Sinha,
follows journalist and ex-Minister Arun Shourie, in underlining the fact that
such a major move could not have been taken by Irani without the PM’s full
sanction. “There is no doubt in my mind that the whole thing was thought out by
the PM and it was all done at his
initiative,” Sinha said. But then as the reaction was more than expected, he
decided to leave Irani in the lurch and distanced himself from his own measure,Sinha
added.thecitizen
Delhi: Muslim women flock
Ramlila to protest against Triple Talaq Bill
New Delhi: Thousands of
burqa-clad women carrying placards showing resentments against the proposed
Triple Talaq Bill, gathered at historical Ramlila Maidan, protesting against
the proposed Bill. Speaker Atiya Siddique addressed the gathering and said
Islam has provided complete code of conduct related with socioeconomic system
of life which covers the family system also.“We the Muslim women are very well
protected under our Islamic Shariat Law, compared to other developing family
and social laws. We are comfortable with our Muslim Personal Law, we do not
need any alteration in it, under any circumstances, especially when intensions
are bad,” she said. Other women speakers like Fatima Muzaffar, Dr Asma Zihra
the convener of Women Wing of Personal Law Board highlighted the defects of the
Bill. She said: “We strongly feel that Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on
Marriage) act 2017 was passed in haste in the Lok Sabha; bypassing the
established Parliamentary practices and Rules of Procedure of the Lok
Sabha.“Further, it is extremely surprised that the Bill was processed without
consulting the top religious scholars, intellectuals of the community etc. Even
Muslim women/groups or Women right activists/group that were involved with the
campaign and struggle in favor of Muslim women rights for several decades were
also kept in dark.“We further feel that there was no urgency in bringing forth
such a Bill as the Supreme Court, by a majority, had already held that the
practice of Triple Talaq was invalid and it was wrong for the Govt to cite the minority judgment, which is not
binding, to bring forth the legislation.”Maulana Jalaluddin Umri, president
Jamat Islami Hind in said with this type of Bill/law the chances of abandon
(separated) of married women will be more compare to divorce and remarried
women. In fact, for fear of prosecution, many Muslim men, just like others,
instead of divorcing their wives, may now simply abandon them. In result she
will be deserted vulnerable life (neither with husband nor without husband).
“It is known fact that in Muslim Culture & Society remarriages of women is
common. Divorce should not be seen as end of life for women,” he said.Maulana
Abu Talib Rahmani said according to this proposed bill, if a Muslim husband
says Triple Talaq to his wife he will go to jail, but what will be the status
of wife? “Will she remain his wife or will become a divorcee? Further the
husband will have to pay maintenance amount to his wife and children from jail,
what type of job or business the Govt will provide to him in jail? The jail
provision along with maintenance looks like the Husband is going to some
foreign country for earning.”The peaceful demonstration came to an end with dua
recitation by Secretary AIMPLB Maulana Mohammad Fazlurrahim Mujaddidi.okhlatimes
Muslim women protest
against Triple Talaq Bill in Delhi
Muslim women protest
against Triple Talaq Bill
Muslim women flock
Ramlila demanding revocation of Triple Talaq Bill
Talaq Bill:Muslim women
protest, demand withdrawal
Secular group to file an
intervention application before SC challenging AIMPLB on polygamy, halala
Mumbai; Indian Muslims
for Secular Democracy (IMSD), along with other Muslim outfits will file an
intervention application against the petitions pending before the Supreme Court
seeking declaration of polygamy, nikah halala and all other temporary forms of
marriage as unconstitutional, hence challenging AIMPLB. All these practices
should be abolished as they violate Article 14 (right to equality), Article 15 and
Article 21 (right to life with dignity). Such practices are also contrary to core
values of Islam, said Feroze Mithiborewala, co-convenor, IMSD.The outfits
questioned the male-centric leadership of AIMPLB which had unleashed a
spectacle of thousands of burqa-clad women protesting across the country.The
same maulvis who preach that decent women should neither be seen nor heard in
public today have no qualms in giving them marching orders and are parading
them on streets,said Hasina Khan of Bebaak Collective.UNI
Muslim body announces
boycott of secular group
Milli Shoora, a body
which recently worked with AIMPLB to organise the women's rally against the
draft bill of triple talaq, has reached out to people from the community asking
them to boycott Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand and Hasan Kamaal — members of the
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) group which held a press conference
on Tuesday wherein the members criticised AIMPLB for the rally.They said that
the AIMPLB was giving an impression that the community is always against the
Supreme Court verdict and misleading the community which does not augur well
for it."Although Teesta and Javed had done work on fighting the Gujarat
riots case, they are a dual sword for the community because they are against
Shariat and Islam," said Zubair Azmi, who was one of the people who had
organised Bhendi Bazaar Urdu Festival and is the convenor of Milli
Shoora."The community needs to be careful of them and we have also sent
messages to boycott them. We will be taking meetings and telling people to
boycott them too. They have the freedom to have their views but they are
against Shariat and Islam," said Azmi."I have seen that message. He
is a complete fanatic and had once sent a message that people not attend a Sufi
person's funeral. We were in any case not eager to seek his company," said
Javed Anand, part of IMSD.dnaindia
Kashmiri doctors appalled
at police firing inside Shopian hospital; call for intervention
Srinagar:Doctors
Association of Kashmir has strongly objected to the firing incident inside the
district hospital in Shopian by the Police on Sunday, April 1 when the Valley
witnessed the death of 13 militants, 4 civilians, and 3 army men.“It is a
matter of great shame that police personnel resorted to indiscriminate firing
inside the premises of district hospital when they barged into the hospital to
retrieve a dead body,Dr Suhail Naik, President Doctors Association Kashmir
(DAK) said. He said that in addition to this dastardly act, forces also damaged
the hospital property.“It is sheer luck that none of the staff was injured or
killed in this incident. Doctors and other staff are still in a state of mental
shock and are not able to deliver their duties effectively since this
unfortunate incident,” he said.Dr Naik further said “according to Geneva
Convention, in the war zones hospitals and ambulances are spared but it is very
unfortunate these rules are thrown in the trash in this part of the world and we
are at the receiving end by making us easy targets. Police, the law protectors
are acting as law damages by resorting to such type of hooliganism.”J&K Doctors
Coordination Committee also expressed dismay and expressed concern over the
conditions in which the doctors have to work.TCN
DNA test confirms J&K
nomad minor rape victim kept inside temple
DNA tests of the nomadic
girl raped and murdered in J&K 's Kathua district in January this year have
confirmed that she was held captive inside a temple before being murder, police
officials said on Wednesday.Top sources in the state police Crime branch said
that DNA of hair strands found inside the temple matched with those of 8-year
old Asifa who was raped and subsequently murdered in Rasana village of
Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua."The temple premises were searched for evidence
and clues after one of the accused confirmed the the minor had been held in
captivity inside the temple,"a Crime Branch sourc seaid.The postmortem
report of the victim has already confirmed that she had been sedated before
being raped and murdered.Sanji Ram, a retired official of Revenue Dept.is
believed to have masterminded the heinous crime to create fear among the nomad
'Bakerwal' (goatherd) community in the village so that they could be pushed
out.He is the custodian of the temple where the girl was allegedly held in
captivity.9 accused, including the alleged mastermind Sanji Ram, his son Vishal
Kumar, a police head constable, 2 SPOs and a sub-inspector of police have been
arrested in the case.Members of the Hindu Ekta Morcha have been demanding that
the investigation of the case be handed over to the CBI.nationalheraldindia
Students clash with
forces in Kashmir amid protest over death of civilians
Students clashed with
security personnel in Kashmir on Thursday after authorities reopened
educational institutions after a shutdown following the death of 13 militants,
5 civilians and three soldiers in gunbattles earlier this week.Students took on
security personnel at different institutes in Srinagar, protesting the five
civilian deaths. Scores of female students were among the protestersin the
commercial hub of Lal Chowk.AP reported that security personnel fired tear gas
to stop students from marching at several colleges. Clashes also erupted in
other parts of Kashmir as students hurled rocks at police and paramilitary
soldiers. They also burned a police bunker in Srinagar, the news agency
reported.Thursday’s student protests were reminiscent of similar agitation a
year ago when sporadic clashes between students and security personnel spread
across the Valley after alleged police excess in dealing with students at the
Degree College in Pulwama.HT
5 Muslims accused of
waging war against India acquitted of all charges after 17-yrs, but they may
walk free
Anees Ahmed, Mohammed
Ali, Mohammed Yunus, Sultan Ahmed and Ghyasuddin. All of these men are
residents of Gohalpur. Between Sept.27 and Oct.1, 2001,they attended a
pre-Muharram meeting at a place called Beni Singh ki Tillaya near their village
of Gohalpur. Meeting, conducted just before Muharram that year, was to advise
women to wear Burqa/ Niqaab during the following days and protect themselves.
What followed was a religious congregation like millions conducted across the
country. Among the people in the audience sat the 5 men mentioned above. Since
the speakers used some references from the Quran and Hadith, pamphlets
distributed among the crowd needed to be translated in Hindi/Urdu and the 5 men
were among a number of volunteers who helped with the translation.It is an act
that has seen them stuck in jail since 2008. But to understand how and why this
happened, we must go back to Sept.2001, especially Sept.27. Even before the
then NDA Govt decided to ban India’s largest Muslim student organisation, the
Delhi Police had been investigating SIMI and its members. On Sept.27, 2001,
finally, SIMI was banned by Indian Govt and subsequently, several members of
the organisation were picked up by police across the nation. 17 years later,
all of this seems mostly immaterial and irrelevant. While the Indian state
machinery and the corporate media spent a considerable time telling Indians
just how dangerous SIMI and its members were, the truth is that when it comes
to convictions, Indian Govt has precious
little to offer.TwoCircles
Israeli firms IAI, Rafael
taken off restricted list after closure of corruption case
New Delhi: Israeli
missile firms IAI and Rafael have been officially taken off the restricted list
by the ministry of defence with the closure of infamous Barak corruption cases,
leaving the state owned companies free to transact in the Indian market.2firms
had been put on the restricted list after they were named in a CBI probe into
the procurement of Barak anti-aircraft missiles in 2006. CBI investigated
charges of corruption against former defence minister George Fernandes and arms
dealer Suresh Nanda but had closed the case in 2013 after failing to find
evidence.Even though the closure report of the CBI had been accepted by a
special court in Jan. 2017, both IAI and Rafael continued to remain on the
defence ministry’s restricted list due to bureaucratic procedure that does not
allow an automatic reprieve.In an order issued Wednesday, the ministry said it
had taken off all restrictions on both companies with the approval of defence
minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “In the light of the acceptance of the closure
report…..it had been decided to remove the restrictions and regulations…in
dealing with procurement cases involving IAI, Israel and Rafael, Israel with
immediate effect,” the ministry order said.Despite being on the restricted list,
business dealings have been conducted with both the firms for fairly large
projects. theprint
Bihar Govt to Repair
Riot-hit Mosque, Madrassa; Coalition Partner BJP Questions Move
Patna: A controversy has
erupted in Bihar after the state Govt decided to release funds for repairing a
riot-hit mosque and madrassa in Samastipur and compensate victims of communal
violence in other districts.The home department, headed by CM Nitish Kumar, on
Wednesday allotted Rs 2, 13,700 for repairing Gudri mosque and Jiaul-Ulum
Madrassa which, as the order reads, were damaged in the recent communal
violence. Govt has also released Rs.25 lakh as compensation ‘for those whose
shops were burnt in arson during Ramnavami procession’ in Aurangabad. Similar
arrangement of Rs. 8.5 lakh has been made for compensating six affected people
in Nawada district.Kumar’s coalition partner BJP has questioned the move. Ram
Sumiran Singh, Samastipur district head of BJP, said, “Both communities have
been hit by the violence. This is unfortunate that Govt decided to compensate only a particular
community.”Referring to arrest of 9 BJP supporters, he alleged that the
administration was targeting people in impartial way.News18
Delhi HC asks Govt about
Manmohan Singh’s letter to Jama Masjid Imam
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court in a hearing on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Culture to comply with
its directions to produce a file that apparently contained a letter from former
PM Manmohan Singh. Wherein, he had
assured the Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid that the mosque would not be
declared a protected monument.Petitioner Suhail Ahmed Khan had demanded that
the mosque should be declared a protected monument. His advocate Devinder Pal
Singh said the file appeared to have gone “untraceable”. “How can a file on
such an important issue, where the then PM had something to write, is lost,”
Singh asked.Khan had filed an application seeking the production of the file
around fifteen days back. The HC on August 23, 2017, had summoned the entire
file pertaining to Jama Masjid. The court wanted to know the reason given by UPA
Govt for not declaring the mosque a protected monument.
ET had reported in April
2015 that Archaeological Survey of India had produced Manmohan Singh’s 2004
letter to the imam, Syed Ahmed Bukhari. The court, on Febr.27, gave a week’s
time to the ministry to “disclose the position of the monument and status of
the file”.siasat
HC raps Govt for not
producing MMS letter to Jama Masjid Imam
Ayodhya case: Full faith
in judiciary, say Muslim clerics
Saharanpur; 2 days before
the hearing in the ongoing Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case is set to resume,
two Muslim clerics here said that they have full faith in the judiciary and the
Muslim bodies would respect the apex court's verdict.Mufti Ufti Azhar Hussain
Meiya (Nayab Shahar Qazi) and Hafiz Athar Usmani (General Secretary Majlis
Ettihad-e-Mittal) of Darul Uloom Deoband, one of the largest Islamic seminaries
in the country, also said they could furnish evidence to prove that the mosque
had existed at the disputed site, but they would not do it as the matter was
sub-judice."Like the Hindu organisations, we can furnish proof that there
was a mosque at the disputed site, but such a step will be disrespectful
towards the court, which is yet to decide on the matter," they said.The
clerics also said the central Govt should keep Hindu organisations under check
and stop them from making any provocative statements, especially as the matter
was sub judice and the communal harmony remained undisturbed.ANI
This Kerala professor
says women wearing jeans will give birth to ‘hijras’
A botany professor in
Kerala has triggered a fresh controversy after saying that women who wore jeans
and dressed like men gave birth to transgenders.A report by PTI said that while
speaking during an awareness class for students in Kasaragod in Kerala, Rajith
Kumar said,“…a woman who dresses up like a man. What will be the character of
the child this woman gives birth to? Name of these children is ‘transgender’ or
‘napumsakam’ ‘Hijra’. Already, over 6 lakh trans people have been born in
Kerala.”He did not stop here. He concluded that good children were born to men
and women who ‘lived their lives as men and women.’“ But, when a woman degrades
her womanhood and a man degrades his manhood, the girl child born to the couple
will have the character of a man.Child that she eventually gives birth to, will
be born transgender,” he added.jantakareporter
Aadhaar can do little to
stop bank frauds: SC slams centre
http://caravandaily.com/portal/aadhaar-can-do-little-to-stop-bank-frauds-supreme-court-slams-centre/
New Delhi:The Supreme
Court on Thursday observed that Aadhaar cannot stop bank frauds, adding,
officials seemingly are hand in glove with the fraudsters.A 5-judge
constitution bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra, which is examining the validity
of Aadhaar scheme, said the biometric database is not a solution to effectively
discourage bank scams, as there is no doubt about the identity of the
fraudsters.“The bank knows whom it is giving loan to and it is the bank
officials who are hand in glove with the fraudster. Aadhaar can do little to
stop it,” said the bench. Central Govt has made it mandatory for all financial
institutions, including banks, to verify and link Aadhaar of the customers with
their accounts.The apex court’s observation is significant as it slams the Govt
which is already entangled in the recent
spate of multi-crore financial frauds plaguing the banking sector.caravandaily
Iraq deaths: Delhi HC
denies probe into govt ‘lapses’
New Delhi: Delhi High
Court refrained itself from ordering an investigation into alleged lapses on
part of the Govt leading to the death of
39 Indians held captive by the Islamic State in Iraq.Justice Rajiv Shakdher
said the issue, raised by an advocate through an application in a pending
petition, seeking to quash a Look-Out Circular (LOC) issued against him by the
Intelligence Bureau in order to prevent his movement to Iraq for relief
efforts, was entirely different and not connected to him in any
manner.indianexpress
Blackbuck poaching case:
Salman Khan gets 5 years in prison, Saif Ali Khan, other actors acquitted
Actor Salman Khan was on
Thursday sentenced to 5 years in jail and fined Rs 10, 000 after a Jodhpur
court convicted him for killing 2 blackbucks, an endangered species, in a
2-decade-old poaching case.Fellow actors and co-accused Saif Ali Khan, Sonali
Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari were given the benefit of the doubt and
acquitted along with Dushyant Singh, a resident from the area.Salman was
charged with killing the antelopes protected under the Wildlife Protection Act
while shooting for the film ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ in 1998.The trial began in
chief judicial magistrate’s court in May 2013. At least 28 witnesses from the prosecution
side were produced for examination.Final arguments in the case were completed
in the trial court on March 28, after which chief judicial magistrate Dev Kumar
Khatri had reserved the judgment for Thursday.Salman’s bail plea will come up
in the sessions court on Friday.hindustantimes
Salman to be in same jail
as Asaram, Shambhulal Regar
Opposition may submit
impeachment motion against CJI Misra to Rajya Sabha Chairman today
New Delhi: Two months
after CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury announced plans to move an
impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, opposition
parties led by the Congress are set to submit the motion to Rajya Sabha
Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday.Sources in the opposition told ThePrint
that the requisite number of signatures by Rajya Sabha MPs have been obtained,
and some more parties may join in. An impeachment motion against a judge has to
be signed by at least 50 Rajya Sabha MPs or 100 Lok Sabha MPs. “Barring any
last-minute change of plan, we hope to submit the motion to the Chairman
Thursday, so that he can start the process before the Budget session ends
Friday,” said an opposition MP.Asked if the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, which was
not too keen to back the motion, had finally joined the opposition move, MP
said: “So far, the TMC hasn’t agreed. But we are still tying, and they may do
it tomorrow.”theprint
Bombay HC Protects
Setalvad From Arrest Till May 2
Mumbai:Bombay High Court
on Thursday ordered no arrests of social activists Teesta Setalvad and her
associate Javed Anand till May 2 in a criminal case lodged against them by the
Gujarat police for alleged misappropriation of funds.A bench of Justice Revati
Mohite-Dere gave an interim protection to the duo from arrest till May 2 on
their plea for “transit anticipatory bail,’ filed on Wednesday.While allowing
their plea, the bench asked them to appear the probe agency tomorrow for
recording their statements and later, as and when required.The Ahmedabad Crime
Branch had last week lodged a complaint against Setalvad and Anand, alleging
that through their NGO Sabrang Trust, they had ‘fraudulently’ secured central Govt
funds to the tune of Rs 1.4 crore
between 2008 and 2013.PTI
WORLD
Trump: Saudis need to pay if they want US
troops to stay in Syria
US President Donald Trump has said that Saudi
Arabia might have to pay if it wants continuing US presence in
Syria."We've almost completed that task [of defeating ISIL] and we'll be
making a determination very quickly, in coordination with others in the area,
as to what we'll do," said Trump on Tuesday during a White House press
conference with leaders from three Baltic nations."Saudi Arabia is very
interested in our decision, and I said, 'Well, you know, you want us to stay,
maybe you're going to have to pay'."Trump spoke on Monday with the King of
Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz, over the phone to discuss a range of
regional issues, including a peace plan between Israelis and Palestinians and
opportunities to strengthen the American-Saudi strategic partnership.But the
White House statement of the call, released on Tuesday, did not mention any
discussion about Saudi Arabia's boosting funding for US military efforts in
Syria.Trump's remarks appeared to contradict the rhetoric on Syria from other
top US officials. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and former Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson had pledged an enduring presence in Syria last year. But Trump
reiterated calls to end US presence in the region, after he made similar
statements at an event in Ohio last week.
214 Syria regime chemical attacks against
opposition since 2011:SNHR
Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said
yesterday that Syrian regime forces have carried out 214 chemical attacks
against the opposition since 2011 which killed at least 1,421 people, including
187 children and 244 women without being held accountable.The network issued
the report to mark the first anniversary of the regime’s notorious chemical
attack on Khan Sheikhoun town on 4 April 2017 which left more than 100 people
dead and caused hundreds of injuries.According to the SNHR Syrian regime forces
carried out 33 attacks before UN Security Council resolution 2118 was issued in
2013, and 181 attacks after that resolution.The report explained that “of the
182 attacks, 112 occurred after resolution 2209 of 2015, 56 attacks after
resolution 2235 of the same year and four attacks after the Russian veto on
extending the mission of the joint investigation mechanism in Nov, 2017”. middleeastmonitor
Syria: Govt takeover of Eastern Ghouta near complete
Syrian Govt forces are on the verge of recapturing the
last remaining rebel stronghold in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, according to state
media reports.A Russian military chief announced on Wednesday that it was only
a matter of time until the last rebel "bastion" came under Govt control, the Govt affiliated el-Watan newspaper reported on
Thursday."The militants are being evacuated from Douma, their last bastion
in Eastern Ghouta, and within a few days the humanitarian operation in Eastern
Ghouta must be completed", Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoi
said.aljazeera
Egypt sentences 35 Muslim Brotherhood ‘members’
to life on terror charges
Cairo: Egypt today sentenced 35 alleged Muslim
Brotherhood members to life in prison for allegedly forming "terrorist
cells" to attack security forces and state institutions.The Sohag Criminal
Court in central Egypt sentenced another 155 defendants to three to 15 years on
similar charges, including plotting to kill public figures and security
officials, and joining an outlawed group, a reference to the Brotherhood.The
verdict can be appealed, and 124 suspects who remain at large will be re-tried
once they are apprehended.Also today, an Egyptian military court sentenced 4
suspected Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment on terror-related
charges, a defense lawyer said. Two of the suspects were sentenced in absentia
and they will be re-tried once they are apprehended, Khaled el-Masry said.The
court sentenced two others to 10 years each and acquitted 13, he said. The
charges include plotting militant attacks against the security personnel and
bombing malls in Cairo in addition to belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood
group, he said.AP
Any move to negotiate with Israel will be an
"unforgivable mistake: Khamenei
Any move to negotiate with Israel would be an
"unforgivable mistake", Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
said on Wednesday."Movement toward negotiation with the cheating, lying
and oppressive regime (of Israel) is a big, unforgivable mistake that will push
back the victory of the people of Palestine," Khamenei said in a statement
posted on his official website. In his statement, Khamenei called on the people
of Muslim countries to defeat Israel."With an intense and planned struggle
they should force the enemy to retreat toward the point of demise," he
said.The comments came after Saudi Arabia's crown prince said Israelis were entitled
to live peacefully on their own land.Saudi Arabia does not officially recognise
Israel, but Mohammed bin Salman's comments, quoted in the US magazine The
Atlantic, are a further sign of an apparent thawing in bilateral ties.They come
as mainly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia faces off against predominantly Shia Iran
in a regional power struggle. Tehran and Riyadh back opposing sides in the
conflicts in Yemen and Syria as well as rival political groups in Iraq and
Lebanon.aljazeera
Israel groups call for assault on Al-Aqsa
Mosque
Israeli settler groups have called on their
supporters to take part in an assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque during Passover, Quds
Net News has reported.Sources say that 381 illegal settlers raided Al-Aqsa
Mosque yesterday under the heavy protection of the Israeli military
police.Settlers wore their Talmudic uniform and performed mythical rituals
inside its holy yards.The number of raids by settlers doubled during the
Passover Jewish holiday.middleeastmonitor
Israeli air attack kills Palestinian at Gaza
border
An Israeli air raid killed another Palestinian
protester near the Gaza Strip's border on Thursday, Palestinian health
officials said.Earlier, a Palestinian wounded during last Friday's Land Day
protests died of an injury sustained after being shot in the head by Israeli
soldiers. The death brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the last
week at 21.The mass protests, called "the Great March of Return",
were organised by civil society groups and supported by all political factions
to call for the right of return of Palestinian refugees.aljazeera
Taekwondo official denies Israeli
participation in world championship in Tunisia
President of the Taekwondo Confederation and
Chairman of the Organising Committee of the World Taekwondo Championship, Ahmed
Gaaloul, insists that the claims about the participation of four Israeli
athletes in the tournament, which starts on Friday, are inaccurate. Gaaloul,
who is also a member of the Shura Council of Ennahda Movement, added, however,
that he does not yet have any official confirmation either way from the
Tunisian authorities.In an interview with Quds Press, Gaaloul expressed his
regret that a number of Tunisian activists who are opposed to normalisation
with Israel had raised the issue with him based on apparently incorrect
information. The athletes in question are said to be members of the Israel
Defence Forces.middleeastmonitor
Saudi’s first new cinema in decades to open
April 18
Saudi Arabia’s first cinema in more than 35
years will open on April 18 in Riyadh, the capital, the authorities said on
Wednesday after agreeing with AMC Entertainment Holdings to open up to 40
theatres over the next 5 years. MEMO
Qatar receives invitation to Riyadh Arab
League summit
Qatar has officially been invited to attend
this year's Arab League summit, set to be held in Riyadh on April 15."The
state of Qatar has received the invitation to participate in the Arab Summit,
and will participate, but we have not yet decided the level of
participation", Lulwa al-Khater, a spokesperson for Qatar's foreign
ministry, said.Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman announced earlier in March that
while he would not accept outside mediation in the resolution of the Gulf
crisis, this would not stop Qatar from attending an Arab League summit in Saudi
Arabia.aljazeera
Dawood,Hafiz Saeed & 137 Pak entities on
UNSC terror list
In UNSC's consolidated list of terrorist
individuals and entities, at least 139 are from Pakistan.The list, updated by UNSC
on Tuesday, highlighted the names of terrorists who have lived in Pakistan and
used Pakistani soil for their operations or have been collaborating with terror
groups operating from within Pakistan.It includes names of globally designated
terrorists such Ayman al Zawahiri, Maulana Fazlullah, Hafiz Saeed and notorious
mafia don Dawood Ibrahim and the Haqqanis. TOI
Stop ‘harassing’ Hafiz Saeed, let him do his
‘social welfare activities’: Pakistani court tells govt: indianexpress
A day after JuD chief Hafiz Saeed was named in
UNSC’s terror list, the Lahore High Court has ordered Pakistani Govt officials to not “harass” him and allow him to
continue his “social welfare activities.”Saeed in a petition alleged that Govt was
interfering in his party’s welfare projects because it had bowed down to
pressure from India and the US, Dawn online reported.
FLASH: VIEWS & NEWS
Trump & UAE: Connecting dots:Al Jazeera
investigates connections between Trump administration, UAE, Russia
Kashmir pellet injuries bring back memories of
2016 uprising:Rifat Fareed
Chandrababu Naidu interview:‘You (BJP) wanted
to make me a fool. What was your intention, hidden agenda?’indianexpress
Last 7 Days Alone Portray Status of Dalits in
India:FAIZAN MUSTAFA
Arrest of a ’5-minute Dalit’ Proves Why SC/ST
Act Dilution Will Grossly Impact Real Dalits:RAVIKIRAN SHINDE
An untenable defence:In both religion and law,
polygamy has no place:Tahir Mahmood
Defence Ministry Asks ECHS for Details on
'Theft' of Data of 50 Lakh Ex-Servicemen: Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
Gujarat Dalit’s murder questions Supreme
Court’s dilution of SC/ST Act:RAJIV SHAH
Rajasthan shows why Dalits are so angry: Bhanwar
Meghvanshi
Everyone praised Asansol imam but no one
bothered to report his full statement: Mahdi Hasan Aini Qasmi
Reform in Muslim community: need for a
comprehensive approach:Ram Puniyani
When AIR blacked out ex-prez Rajendra Prasad's
'communal' speech on Somnath Temple
Resilience of Tehran-Islamabad relations could
make Delhi uncomfortable:Christophe Jaffrelot
Marginalisation of Muslims has been
institutionalised by political parties, govts;Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
In the last 4 years, the legal process has
been turned into an instrument of oppression:Kapil Sibal
Year after his death, Alwar
lynching victim Pehlu Khan’s family awaits justice :caravandaily
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