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Venkaiah rejects 'untenable' impeachment
motion against CJI, says it undermines judiciary's independence
Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu today
rejected the impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra by seven opposition
parties.“The motion presented by the MPs indicates a mere suspicion, conjecture
or an assumption in the Prasad Education Trust case. The same does not
constitute proof beyond a reasonable doubt required to make out a case of
proved misbehavior,” says the order by Naidu.The order said the conversation
between third parties with dubious credentials cannot themselves constitute
material evidence against CJI. "Going through the allegations mentioned in
the notice, I am of the view they are neither tenable nor admissable. Allegations
emerging from case have a serious tendency of undermining the independence of
the judiciary," it added.On Sunday, Naidu had cut short his visit to
Hyderabad and returned to the national capital to set in motion the process of
consultations after an impeachment notice was filed against CJI.news18
“This is an internal matter to be resolved by SC
itself”: Why VP Naidu Rejected Motion For CJI’s Impeachment?
Vice-President has no power to reject CJI
impeachment notice:Prashant Bhushan
After Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu rejected
the notice to impeach CJI Dipak Misra, eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan tweeted
that Naidu does not possess the powers to do so and can only check if the
notice is procedurally correct."What!! VP Naidu rejects impeachment motion
against CJI signed by 64 RS MPs! On what grounds? He has no power to say that
charges are not made out. That's for the inquiry committee of 3 judges. He only
has to see if it's signed by 50 MPs & possibly if charges are of
misbehaviour," Bhushan tweeted.Several other political leaders also voiced
their concern over the matter. Congress leader PL Punia said that his party
will talk to legal experts and decide on its next move."This is a really
important matter. We don't know what was the reason for the rejection. Congress
and other opposition parties will talk to some legal experts and take the next
step," he said.Congress leaders Kapil sibal, Randeep Surjewala, Vivek
Tankha and KTS Tulsi are scheduled to hold a press conference later today over
Naidu rejecting the impeachment notice.indiatoday
CJI impeachment notice rejected: Cong calls it
fight between ‘forces rejecting’ & ‘voices rescuing’ democracy
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on
Monday hit out at Rajya Sabha chairperson and Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu for
rejecting the impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and
said he was not surprised by the latter’s decision. Singhvi said, “Expectedly,
Sh Naidu rejected imp’ment motion. Unexpectedly, he did so within one day of
returning from outstn. Hopefully, the alacrity was not intended to render
infructuous calls for CJI to stop Admn work.“The reaction came minutes after
Naidu rejected the notice saying it lacked ‘substantial merit’. Seven
Opposition parties, led by the Congress, had sought the impeachment of CJI
Dipak Misra accusing him of corruption, misusing his authority and failing to
protect the independence of the judiciary. Leaders of the seven parties met
with Vice-President Naidu last week and handed over a notice bearing signatures
of 64 MPs and seven former MPs, who recently retired. Trinamool Congress and
the DMK were not part of the move.indianexpress
Congress criticises Naidu’s move to reject
notice seeking CJI removal
CJI impeachment: Kapil Sibal says will not appear
in court of CJI Misra from today
Senior advocate and Congress leader Kapil
Sibal said he will not appear in the court of CJI Dipak Misra, whose removal he
and 63 others have sought, for the remainder of the judge’s term. Sibal, who
has a roaring practice in the Supreme Court and many important matters in CJI’s
court,said,“I will not appear in the CJI’s court from tomorrow onwards… till he
retires, because that is consistent with the highest standards of my
profession.” Sibal clarified, “If he (CJI) continues (in office) till he
retires, and if an inquiry is set up, till he recuses. We believe in
maintaining standards.”Sibal said this when asked why his colleague at the Bar,
former minister P Chidambaram and some other party leaders had not signed the
notice for the motion which had been presented to Rajya Sabha Chairman M
Venkaiah Naidu. “We did not even ask Chidambaram to sign because there are
cases pending and I am there his counsel,” Sibal replied. He added, “In fact,
it is a great loss for him because I cannot appear anymore in that court.” indianexpress
CJI impeachment: We had two choices: to let
rot fester… or (to) address it, says Kapil Sibal
VHP man says he cancelled cab ride because his
driver is Muslim, Ola reiterates their 'platform is secular'
Recently, a post by a Twitter user Abhishek
Mishra, who claims in his bio to be associated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad
went viral after he claimed that he had cancelled his Ola cab ride because the
driver was Muslim.The verified Twitter user, who claims to be a “Hindutva
Thinker’, and is followed by major establishemnt figures including Defence
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Power
Minister Piyush Goyal and Culture Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma, wrote on Twitter:
“Cancelled @Olacabs Booking because Driver was Muslim. I don't want to give my
money to Jihadi People.” He later defended himself writing that it was ‘freedom
to choose’.He further wrote: “People starts attack on me. Can I have no right
to choose? If they can run a campaign against Hanuman ji poster on cab, defamed
Hindus and Hindus god in Kathua incident then they must be prepared for
reply.”His tweet was condemned by a host of Twitter users including the likes
of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and Delhi Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee.
Shashi Tharoor wrote: “I remember an India where people who thought this way
would have been ostracized rather than admired &"followed". We
need to #BringIndiannessBack.”Many users also asked Twitter to suspend him for
the ‘hate speech’, asked Ola to ban him, while others asked him to boycott cars
and automobiles since they used petrol/diesel from Saudi Arabia.dnaindia
"Cancelled Ola Cab As Driver
Muslim": Man Followed By Ministers On Twitter
Haryana: 14-yr-old girl belonging to minority
community kidnapped, gang-raped near temple
Chandigarh: A 14-year-old girl belonging to a
minority community was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by four boys in a
village in Yamunanagar district.The incident occurred on April 17 when the girl
was sleeping at her home and her parents had gone to Jathalana mandi for work.4
accused barged into her house and took her to a dharamshala where they took
turns to rape her. Later, the accused dumped the girl outside her village in
the morning.The entire incident came to the light on Saturday evening, when
girl’s parents informed the Jathlana police about her ordeal. Girl's mother
said that all the accused are from the same village and they had threatened her
daughter of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anybody.
Inspector Sheelawanti of Women Police Station said that a case of POCSO Act,
kidnapping and gang-rape has been registered against the accused."Soon
after receiving the complaint, the girl was medically examined. She is
confirmed to have been subjected to abuse. Rest we have rushed the police
parties to check possible hideouts of the accused," she said."Let our
teams arrest the accused only then we shall be in the position to elaborate
upon their role. Secondly, as far as place of occurrence is concerned, this was
an old dharamshala building and had a small temple, This place was hardly used
by villagers, hence accused apparently took her there," she said. Notably,
the incident comes just two days after an 8-year-old tribal girl was allegedly
raped by her uncle in a village falling under the Narnaund police station of
Hisar.
In Haryana, teenager gang-raped; they smashed
her head and left her unconscious
Haryana: Minor sexually assaulted in
Yamunanagar
Man who fought polls on BJP ticket held for
sexually assaulting minor girl in train
A man associated with BJP leader was arrested
for sexually assaulting a minor in a train running between Thiruvananthapuram
and Chennai.Prem Anand, an advocate, was arrested by the Erode Railway Police
under POCSO Act after the minor girl complained about Anand's assault. Anand
was the BJP candidate for RK Nagar constituency of North Chennai in 2006.Police
said that the alleged victim shouted and woke her parents up, after which they
complained to authorities. Anand, however, threatened the family of dire
consequences, claiming he had big clout in the BJP and was connected to several
RSS leaders.The railway police was, however, firm and promptly arrested
him.indiatoday
6-year-old raped, strangled, left to die in
Odisha school
Bhubaneswar: A 6-year-old girl was raped,
strangulated and left inside a school campus at Jagannathpur village in Cuttack
district on Saturday, with the accused presuming her to be dead, police said on
Sunday.The girl had gone to purchase biscuits in her village but when she did
not return after some time and there was a power cut, her family members along
with some villagers set out to look for her."After a frantic search for
over an hour, the girl was found lying unconscious and without clothes inside
the school campus with blood oozing from her head and mouth," the police
said.She was immediately rushed to a nearby private nursing home from where she
was shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Salepur sub-divisional
police officer P K Jena said.PTI
Sometimes rapes can't be stopped, why make a
"big deal":Union Minister
New Delhi:
As the nation seethed over the gangrape and murder of an 8-year-old
child, Union minister Santosh Gangwar stepped into controversy today, saying
while such instances were unfortunate, they cannot be stopped sometimes and one
"should not make a big deal out of it". "In such a huge country,
if one or two such cases are reported, one should not make a big deal out of
it," the minister said. "Such incidents are really unfortunate, but
sometimes it is difficult to control these cases... Govt is active," added
the Gangwar, the junior minister in finance department.ndtv
Jamaat welcomes govt move for death penalty to
rapists
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has welcomed the
government’s move to bring an ordinance awarding death penalty to those
convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. The Secretary General of
Jamaat, Muhammad Salim Engineer said: “we welcome the government ordinance
awarding death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12
years. We support Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 as it allows the
setting up of new fast-track courts and installation of special forensic kits
in all police stations and hospitals to expedite investigation in rape cases.
Jamaat feels that capital punishment is necessary to deliver justice to the
victim and also act as a deterrent for such heinous crimes. It has been
demanding death penalty for every rapist irrespective of the age of the
victim’’. He said: “we demand a complete ban on alcohol and pornographic
videos, as they too aid and abet the growing incidents of crime against women.
Jamaat had taken a similar position at the time of Nirbhaya gang rape and recommended
capital punishment for the rapists in its submission to Justice Verma Committee
that was constituted to recommend amendments to the Criminal Law so as to
provide for quicker trial and enhanced punishment for criminals convicted for
rape.” theindianawaaz
Nirbhaya’s father: Ordinance a show for 2019
election, hang all rapists
Although the Modi government is patting itself
on the back for bringing an amendment in POCSO law provisioning for death
penalty for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12 via an
ordinance on April 21, the government’s decision has been termed as political
by the father of the Delhi gangrape victim. Nirbhaya’s father said the
government has taken this decision keeping in mind the next general elections
in 2019.Nirbhaya’s father said there was no point in making a provision for
death sentence only in case of rape of a child below 12 years. He held that a
rape is a rape, whether it is of a child or of an adult. He demanded life
imprisonment or death sentence for all rape convicts.Nirbhaya’s mother too
demanded that life sentence or death penalty be given to all those convicted of
rape. She said, “A provision has been made to give death penalty for rapists of
girls below 12 years of age. This is a good step but what about those girls who
are older? There is no more heinous crime than rape, there is no larger pain.
Every rapist should be hanged.”nationalheraldindia
DCW Chief Maliwal ends hunger strike on day
10, expresses gratitude to the govt
Delhi Women’s Commission President Swati
Maliwal ended her hunger strike after 10 days on Sunday. Swati said, “I was
fighting alone but then I was supported by people across the country. I think
this is a historical victory in independent India. I congratulate everyone on
this victory.”Earlier, Swati had announced to end her hunger strike on Saturday
hours after the Union Cabinet approved an ordinance to give stringent
punishment, including the death penalty, to those convicted of raping girls
below 12 years. Swati, who was sitting on a hunger strike at Rajghat since last
10 days, told her supporters on Saturday, “Our demands were made in the Cabinet
meeting yesterday. I wholeheartedly thank the central government. Today I will
end my fast at 2 o’clock.”jantakareporter
Around 650 academics across world slam Modi over
his ‘prolonged silence’ on crimes against women
New Delhi: Around 650 academics belonging to
academic institutions of repute in India and abroad have written a
strongly-worded letter to PM Narendra Modi over the recent brutal rapes,
political patronage to the culprits and his ‘prolonged silence’ over them.In
the open letter on Saturday, 637 academics told the PM Modi that his statements
on the “monstrous crimes” of Kathua and Unnao had been “wholly inadequate,
platitudinous” and they gave “non-specific assurances of justice” for the
victims.“We send you this letter… so that we are not guilty of silence; and so
that callousness and cowardice might finally draw the line at the broken body
of a little girl and the rape of a young woman”, the academics said in the
letter.The signatories to the letter include academicians and scholars from
universities across the globe including New York University, Brown University,
the Harvard, the Columbia and prominent IITs, among others.Caravan News
After Tiranga rally for Kathua rape accused,
now Tiranga Yatra for Ramgarh lynching convicts
Ranchi: In a sign of a growing dangerous
pattern to offer Tiranga cover to accused of rape or lynching, a Tiranga rally
was taken out in Ramgarh town of Jharkhand in support of the cow vigilantes who
were awarded life sentence by a fast-track court for lynching of a 45-year-old
Muslim man.Earlier this month, a similar Tiranga rally was taken out in Kathua
of J&K in support of the accused of brutal gang-rape and murder of an
eight-year-old local tribal girl. The rally was organized after the police
filed charge-sheet in the case. A group of right-leaning lawyers had also
forcibly tried to block the prosecution team to file the charge-sheet in the court.Three
things are common in the 2 Tiranga rallies. One, the organizers got support
from local BJP leaders. 2, they were demanding CBI/NIA probe into the incidents
saying wrong people were implicated in the case by the local police. Third, in
both J&K and Jharkhand, BJP is in power. About two weeks after the court
judgment, some local saffron groups, including Hindu Samaj Party and Ramgarh
Yuva Sangh, under the leadership of former BJP MLAs, launched a protest
demonstration in support of the accused in Ramgarh town.On 10th April, hundreds
of BJP supporters took out a Tiranga yatra to demand either a CBI or an NIA
probe into Ramgarh lynching case. Caravan News
Christian missionaries a threat to unity of country:
BJP MP
Claiming that Christian missionaries are a
threat to the unity and integrity of the country, BJP MP Bharat Singh has
accused the Congress party of working on their directives."Christian
missionaries control the Congress. Sonia Gandhi, the mother of Congress
president Rahul Gandhi works on the directions of these missionaries. These
missionaries are a threat for the unity of the country," Singh said while
talking to reporters here yesterday. Singh also alleged that the democracy in
the north eastern states of the country has "weakened" due to
"conversion of people there into Christianity." " North-East is
under the influence of Christian missionaries. Democracy has weakened due to
conversion of people into Christianity there. The conspiracies hatched by these
missionaries are threat for the country," he added.PTI
Constitutional status will help:National
Commission for Minorities to seek Constitutional status from govt
New Delhi: National Commission for Minorities
(NCM) will soon seek more powers by asking for a constitutional status in order
to protect rights of minority communities more effectively. If the NCM gets
constitutional status, it will be able to act against errant officials who do
not attend hearings, follow its order or are found guilty of dereliction of
duty, said NCM chairman Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi.As of now, only National
Commission for Scheduled Castes and the National Commission for Scheduled
Tribes have constitutional status, giving them powers to act against
officials.“We are going to write to the government to give us constitutional
status to deal with the problems. Officers don’t attend hearings, and we are
not able to safeguard minorities the way we want. The panel should get rights
like the commissions dealing with issues relating to SCs and STs,” Rizvi said,
adding that he was also going to write to the chief secretaries of states next
week to take action against officials who do not attend hearings.At present,
the NCM has powers to summon officials, including chief secretaries and
director generals of police, but has to rely on departments concerned for
action against erring officials. newindianexpress
1308 women to perform Haj without male
guardians: Naqvi
Mumbai:A total of 1,308 women from the country
will, for the first time, perform Haj without the company of a 'mahram' or male
guardian, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.The
minister was in the city to participate in a training programme organised for
Haj pilgrims."A total of 1,308 women have applied to go for Haj without a
'mahram'. These women have been exempted from the lottery system and will be
allowed to proceed to perform Haj," he told reporters.The minister said
that it was the first time that women from India would be going for the
pilgrimage without a male guardian.PTI
Ram Temple case: New VHP chief for govt
stepping in if SC gives ‘adverse order’
New Delhi:VHP Working President Alok Kumar,
who took over from Praveen Togadia recently, has said that in case the Supreme
Court gives “adverse” ruling on Ram Temple, they will ask the Centre to step
in, as the temple “has to be constructed at Lord Ram’s birthplace”. He said,
“We are looking forward to the court decision. We expect it soon and we will
win.” But, he added, in case the verdict is “adverse”, since Supreme Court is
treating it as a “land dispute”, Parliament has the power to make adequate laws
to acquire the property and give it for Ram Temple. “We have merit in our case
and we hope to win. But assuming an adverse order, people of this country will
ask the government to legislate.”Kumar said the Supreme Court’s judgment on
SC/ST Act has caused discontent among Scheduled Castes. “I believe this Act
should not be diluted. I am satisfied that the government has opted for a
review,” said Kumar.“We have been working on several issues since 1964 (when
VHP was formed), such as social harmony, establishing family values, and Ram
Temple; they all continue to be relevant,” said Kumar. “But priorities might
have changed. Right now, the priority is to work towards social harmony. We are
pained how the situation is being exploited by certain groups.”indianexpress
Rohingyas face displacement again in Delhi camp
fire
New Delhi: Tasleema does not remember the last
time she lived somewhere she could call home. As she fled Arakan in Myanmar to
Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and finally arrived in New Delhi, Tasleema, a member
of the besieged Rohingya community, found that she was always on the move.A
fire in the only Rohingya camp in Delhi has displaced her again.At least 44
shanties housing Rohingya refugees in southeast Delhi's Sarita Vihar were
gutted in a fire early last Sunday. It left 226 Rohingyas, including 100 women
and 50 children, homeless once again. Tasleema, 23, was among the 75,000
Rohingyas, the majority of them Muslims, displaced by two waves of violence
between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine in 2012.Thousands of people fled
Myanmar then to take refuge in neighbouring countries, including India."I
have been on the move since I was 17. My children have been born as refugees
and they are growing up seeing one problem after another," she told
PTI.The fire that broke out because of a short circuit in the electrical wiring
system in the camp spread rapidly and razed it to the ground.No casualties were
reported, but the refugees lost all their belongings, including their UNHCR
refugee cards which help prevent arbitrary arrests, detention and
deportation."The fire spread fast as many of our tents had plastic
coverings and the houses that had gas cylinders burst, spreading the fire
further," Abu Fazal, another resident of the camp, said.Refugee Amina
Begum noted how they had made peace with their situation and were trying to
rebuild their lives, but the fire not only destroyed their shanties but also
their hope of finally burying the horrors of the past.It is like we have been
pushed six years back from where we started," Amina, 28, said.Children in
the camp still look for their belongings in the charred debris every day since
the fire, she added.The men sleep outside and the women inside some 20
makeshift tents covered with dupattas, clothes and mosquito nets.NGOs
representatives said the camps lacked basic services such as sanitation,
healthcare, education facilities or drinking water and after the fire the
living condition in the shelter had further deteriorated."Children are
especially vulnerable to mosquitoes and diseases and the makeshift camp is
further increasing their vulnerability," said Syed Azhar, national
secretary of the Students Islamic Organisation of India, one of the groups
seeking to provide aid to the refugees."The refugees had their own small
society inside with small grocery and tailoring shops. Now they have to start
from scratch," Azhar said.PTI
Mecca Masjid blast case verdict: CBI failed to
produce basic evidence against Aseemanand
Hyderabad: CBI, which investigated the Mecca Masjid
blast case before the NIA took over in April 2011, failed to produce even basic
evidence to prove its case against Swami Aseemanand. It failed to show that
Aseemanand and Shaik Abdul Kaleem, to whom he allegedly confessed in prison,
were in the same jail at the same time. Also, it failed to give the date on
which Aseemanand expressed his desire to confess before a magistrate.The
verdict by NIA court judge K Ravinder Reddy on April 16, acquitting all the
accused, reveals glaring loopholes in the CBI’s case.The judge also observed
that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Devender
Gupta, another accused, was communal because he was an RSS pracharak. CBI also
failed to validate Call Data Records as the investigation officer did not
examine the service providers. The prosecution also could not explain why the
investigating officer was in a hurry to record Aseemanand’s confession before a
court in New Delhi when he could have done so in Hyderabad.indianexpress
Masjid blast case verdict: Court questioned
NIA’s claim that Aseemanand confessed
Malegaon blast case: Trial to be conducted by
new judge
Mumbai;The trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast
case will be presided over by additional sessions judge V S Padalkar. A Union
Home Ministry notification issued last week announced his appointment on the
recommendation of the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.In December 2017,
the previous judge S D Tekale was transferred to Uttan’s Maharashtra Judicial
Academy, in what authorities claimed was a routine transfer. In the same month
before his tenure ended, he passed an order on the discharge applications filed
by all accused, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad
Purohit. He was presiding over the case since 2015. Since the past few months,
the case is being heard as an additional charge by other judges till the
notification was in process with only formal dates being given.indianexpress
Simultaneous elections: Constitutional changes
major hurdles, says Law Commission chairman
New Delhi:The Chairman of the Law Commission
of India, former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice (retd.) BS Chauhan
believes that the biggest legal challenge in holding simultaneous elections is
the need for major constitutional amendments. He said he was still grappling
with the vexed issue of the Tenth Schedule, containing the anti-defection law,
which can’t be made redundant to give assemblies or Parliament a fixed
full-term.Justice Chauhan said the reference from Law Ministry to start working
on points of law over a proposal for ‘simultaneous elections’ came to him “a
few days ago”. But he emphasised that “we have been working on this as an
academic exercise ever since Law Day on November 25, 2017, when the Prime
Minister brought this up in his speech as the way forward.”Chauhan said that
“we have not gone into the desirability of the exercise… That would be for
politicians and others to decide; we are just trying to sort out the legal
aspects… About four constitutional amendments and then amendments to the RPA
(Representation of the People Act) would be needed too.”indianexpress
Congress’ ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign: reaches
out to Dalits over dilution of SC/ST Act, targets BJP
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is set to
launch a ‘Save the Constitution’ national campaign today against the BJP-led
government under PM Narendra Modi for “systematically destroying the Indian
Constitution and attacks on the Dalits”.In a statement, the Congress has said,
“BJP-RSS combine is set to dismantle the social security available for
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections. RSS ideology
attacks the basic structure of Indian Constitution.”indianexpress
Ahmedabad: Muslim, Dalit outfits to hold Jan
Akrosh Rally
Ahmedabad: To protest against the recent rape
horrors in the country, various Muslim and Dalit organizations will come
together to hold the Jan Akrosh Rally in Shahibaug on Monday evening. These
organizations include Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM) led by Jignesh
Mevani, Alpsankhyak Adhikar Manch, Dalit Muslim Ekta Manch, and Hamari Avaaz
Hamara Adhikar forum. The rally is likely to turn massive as the organizers
started spreading the word on various social media platforms. People from
across the state are likely to participate in the rally.Jignesh Mevani,
independent MLA from Vadgam and convener of RDAM, said that the public rally
was the need of the hour because PM Narendra Modi and other top leaders of the
ruling BJP were silent over the horrors. He said, “Shockingly, the BJP is
either ruling or is in alliance in those states. This speaks volumes about the
deteriorating law and order situation in the BJP-ruled states. So we will hold a
rally to wake up the sleeping government.”Kaleem Siddiqui of Dalit-Muslim Ekta
Manch said that the rally is an attempt to show unity between Muslims and
Dalits. “Every moment of each passing day, someone somewhere is holding a
protest against the horrors,” said Siddiqui. He said that a march will be
organized from Namaste Circle in Shahibaug to RTO circle. “People are
registering their protest through candlelight marches and with slogans against
the regime,” he said. “It has become necessary to give expression to this
akrosh.”TOI
Owaisi slams Centre over watch on Muslim youth
AIMM
chief Asaduddin Owaisi questioned the motive of the Union Home Ministry in
gathering information on the reasons of Muslim youth drifting towards banned
organizations like the Islamic State. Addressing a public meeting at Udgir in
Maharashtra, Owaisi sought to know why only Muslim youth are kept under
surveillance as counter radicalisation measures. There are about 17 crore
Muslims across India and of these around 10.5 crore are youth, according to
latest census. “If 60 of them - including 30 to 40 persons who were living
abroad and joined the ISIS - are
radicalised, why the government considers it is important to keep the entire
community under surveillance? I ask the government, why there is no
surveillance by Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalization (CTCR) division of
the Union Home Ministry on the cow vigilantes. It is important to know how they
are getting radicalised to such an extent that they are killing people in the
name of cow slaughter and beef,” he asked. He further asked, “Are the acts of killing
women, distributing swords and even ministers killing people not
radicalisation? Radicalisation can happen anywhere. You have to remove the
hatred against us.If you want to know how youth get radicalised, then you have
to investigate who were the persons who carried out the blasts at Ajmer Shrine
and Mecca Masjid." Deccan Chronicle
Sensational revelations by Election
Commission’s longest serving legal counsel SK Mendiratta, AAP lashes out at panel
SK Mendiratta, the longest serving legal
counsel of the Election Commission, has confessed that ‘2 or 3 decisions’ by national
poll body has dented its reputation.79-year-old Mendiratta, who’s been with the
EC for 53 years, said that the poll panel had not consulted him before
recommending the disqualification of 21 AAP MLAs to the President earlier this
year.“One of the reasons I decided to come today was to remove that impression.
I was not consulted on the opinion given to the President (on the office of
profit complaint against AAP MLAs), or on the announcement of elections in
Gujarat and Himachal, or when the Karnataka (poll) announcement was made,”
Mendiratta said. He also added that ‘Before that, for all the general
elections, I was consulted.’He said, “Previously, whenever we issued an order
or gave some opinion, we always thought — and it was also my advice to the
Commission — that we were handling all these things in a quasi-judicial
capacity. And that if an order was issued in quasi-judicial capacity, no
authority should go to the court to defend it. That the order should defend
itself. Whenever in the past such questions arose, and they asked for my
opinion, I said no, let the court decide it. This time I can’t say why they did
this, who advised them and who appeared (in court)… It was definitely a
deviation from the past.jantakareporter
J-K govt orders closure of coaching centres in
Kashmir, triggers anger
Srinagar:J&K govt decided to shut coaching
centres across Kashmir for the next three months, triggering talk that the move
is aimed at keeping students away from street protests. “The order will be
issued by tomorrow,” said state education minister Altaf Bukhari.The minister,
however, insisted that student protests did not guide the decision. Bukhari
announced the decision in Srinagar after chairing a meeting of education
officers and principals of higher secondary schools.Schools and colleges across
the Valley have seen repeated closures over the last couple of months following
protests over the death of civilians during gun battles between security forces
and holed up militants. Disruptions were also witnessed this month as students
protested over the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.
Parents of several students alleged that the govt was taking revenge on
students.HT
Kasganj violence: SIT to file first
chargesheet today
Lucknow:A SIT, formed to probe the January 27
communal violence in UPs Kasganj, will
file its first chargesheet in the case on Monday. The violence was triggered a
day after 22-year-old Abhishek Gupta was killed during a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ to
mark the Republic Day.indianexpress
WORLD
Afghanistan: 62 dead in voter registration office
blast
Kabul:A Sunday morning suicide bombing in the
Afghan capital Kabul killed over 60 people trying to register for fall
elections, officials confirmed.Waheed Majroh, spokesman for the Ministry of
Public Health, said that 62 people had been killed and over 100 were
injured.“More than 20 women and children are among the dead," he
added.According to Humayon Mohtaat, head of the population census directorate,
the attack on a voter registration office took place in Dasht Barchi, western
Kabul, outside the protected diplomatic and governmental "green
zone".Jawed Hassan, an eye witness, said a large number of civilians,
including women and children, had gathered to get identity cards for the
upcoming elections due to a shortage of application forms on Saturday.Registration
began last week for long-awaited local and parliamentary elections, set for
Oct. 20.Anadolu
Thousands rally in Pakistan's Lahore for
Pashtun rights
Islamabad: Thousands of people have attended a
rally in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore demanding basic rights for ethnic
Pashtun citizens and others.Manzoor Pashteen, the leader of Pashtun Tahafuz
Movement (PTM), addressed protesters on Sunday, calling for an end to enforced
disappearances, extrajudicial killings and other alleged rights abuses committed
by Pakistan's military in its war against the Taliban."Pakistan's
constitution says that if anyone has committed a crime, arrest them and bring
them before the courts within 24 hours," said Pashteen."But thousands
of Pashtuns have been killed extrajudicially."aljazeera
What's behind increased killings of Muslim
clerics in Yemen?
At least 25 Muslim clerics have been murdered
in southern Yemen in the past two years.Most of those killed are said to be
supporters of the President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his allies.It points to
growing rivalries between UAE-backed armed groups and Hadi's forces in the
south.aljazeera
Air strikes pound insurgent enclave close to
Damascus
Air strikes pounded a insurgent-held area near
Damascus on Sunday, footage broadcast by Syrian state TV stations showed, as
the Syrian government stepped up efforts to wipe out the insurgency’s last
foothold near the capital.Thick clouds of smoke rose from the al-Hajar al-Aswad
area and the sound of jets could be heard in broadcasts from the area just
south of Damascus that is controlled by militants from the Daesh and Nusra
Front groups.UNRWA, UN agency that cares for Palestinians, said two Palestinian
refugee civilians – a father and son – had been killed in their home in the
adjacent Palestinian camp of Yarmouk.Thousands of homes had been destroyed in
Yarmouk in the last four days of fighting, Chris Gunness, UNRWA spokesman,
said.middleeastmonitor
Syria: Qalamoun fighters arrive in Aleppo
after evacuation deal
In northern Syria, rebel fighters from the
Qalamoun area have arrived in northern Aleppo as part of one of the evacuation
deals negotiated by regime ally, Russia.Many of the fighters belong to the
armed group Jaish al-Islam.aljazeera
Israel hints it could hit Iran’s ‘air force’
in Syria
Israel released details on Tuesday about what
it described as an Iranian “air force” deployed in neighbouring Syria,
including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these
could be attacked should tensions with Tehran escalate.Iran, along with
Damascus and its big-power backer Russia, blamed Israel for an April 9 air
strike on a Syrian air base, T-4, that killed seven Iranian Revolutionary
Guards Corps (IRGC) members. middleeastmonitor
‘Palestinian protesters face 'injuries of
unusual severity'
Palestinian protesters in Gaza who have been
shot by Israeli soldiers have suffered what medical charity Doctors Without
Borders calls “devastating injuries of unusual severity”. Medical help group
says it has treated more patients this month than in the whole of 2014 when Israel
launched its last war in Gaza.At least 39 Palestinians have been killed and
hundreds wounded in 4 weeks of protest against Israel’s blockade.aljazeera
Gaza: Mother mourns sons killed by Israeli
forces
4 framed pictures of 4 men hang on the wall in
the middle of Nawal Abu Hajeela's living room in Shujayea neighbourhood in the
Gaza Strip.3 are marked with the words "the heroic martyr" before
their names."Those are my sons who were killed," Nawal, also known as
Umm Iyad, said.Her oldest son, Iyad, was 41 years old and father to four
children when he died after a battle with cancer a year ago.Her three other
sons were killed in attacks or armed operations against Israel. aljazeera
FLASH: VIEWS & NEWS
First step towards dealing with the horror of
Kathua is calling hate crime by its name:Nandita Rao
Amid outrage over Kathua, four rape cases
lodged in single day in UP; victims in three are children
How Mossad carries out assassinations:by Ali
Younes
From Shopian firing to plea against Section
377, Supreme Court to have busy week:HT
Common Prophets of the Jews, Christians,
Muslims and Hindus by Bharat Jhunjhunwala: Review— By Sumit Paul
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