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2016 Bhopal encounter: judicial report gives clean chit to police in controversial deaths
of 8 SIMI men
Bhopal:The single member judicial commission
constituted by Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt to probe the October 30-31, 2016
intervening night Bhopal Central jail-break and death of 8 SIMI men in
subsequent police encounter has given a clean chit to the police.In its report,
commission headed by retired High Court judge SK Pandey has concluded that
"the encounter on October 31, 2016 done by the police was reasonable under
prevailing circumstances. The action of the police was in consonance of the
provision of law under Section 41 and 46(2)(3) of the CrPc. The use of force
resulting in death of the escaped persons was quite inevitable and quite
reasonable under prevailing circumstances."The probe panel also concluded
that the state government should appoint a committee to examine the security
measures to stop repitition of incidents of absconding and escaping of persons
from jail. The department of jail has no institution of its own to impart an
effective training to its officers and staff.The panel further concluded that
on the line of State of Punjab, the MP government should endeavour to provide a
training institute to the jail department. The policy of recruitment of
officers and staff should also be strictly followed. The jail department should
also be made part of the home department so as to maintain better coordination.
Earlier on Monday, the much awaited report of judicial probe panel, was tabled
in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.The judicial probe panel was constituted on Nov.
7, 2016 by the state govt to probe the alleged jail break, their subsequent
death in alleged encounter with police and related issues. Importantly, the
opposition Congress' which in the past had made the jail break and encounter a
major political issue maintained a studied silence over the issue.Kin of the
dead SIMI activists and several other organisations had termed encounter
fake.news18/new indian express
Death of Escaped Persons Inevitable, Reasonable:
Report on SIMI activists’ Encounter in Bhopal
Bhopal jailbreak: Use of force inevitable,
quite reasonable in SIMI activists’ encounter, says report
Article 370 about integration too and we are
working on it: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said
Article 370 is about the constitutional apparatus as well as the integration of
people of J&K with the rest of India. In an interview, Prasad emphasised
that the integration is already happening and he sees a “new narrative” here
with the youth joining IAS and defence services. On article 370, Prasad said,
"It is a part of our manifesto, but not a part of the common minimum programme.
But what Article 370 says, apart from the constitutional apparatus, is
integration. We are bringing Kashmir to greater sense of integration, except a
few vulnerable areas. Recruitment of young people in police and armed forces is
rising. A naval contingent at passing out parade was led by a Kashmiri lady.The
example of Lt Faiz (who was killed by terrorists) and the boldness of
Aurangzeb’s father when he says I will send my other children to the Army. This
is a new Kashmir." On BJP withdrawn from PDP-led government, he said,"The
development of Jammu and Ladakh region was ignored. And there was a lack of
coordination between the police and the armed forces, which could have been
resolved…Much against our wish and that of the forces, we agreed for a ceasefire
for a month. But what did the ceasefire bring? Killing of Shujaat Bukhari and
Aurangzeb. All my secular and liberal friends who raised their voice on human
rights front have maintained a conspicuous silence on the killing of Bukhari
and Aurangzeb, except the Editors Guild. economictimes
Mufti deflates BJP’S charges, says agenda of
alliance was co-authored by Madhav, endorsed by Rajnath
Sardar Patel was adamant, give Kashmir to
Pakistan, take Hyderabad. Nehru saved it: Soz
New Delhi: Saifuddin Soz, former Congress
minister and a prominent Kashmiri politician, has made a startling claim that
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was happy to let Kashmir go to Pakistan in exchange
for Hyderabad and it was Nehru’s insistence that kept it with India.Lord
Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, took Patel’s offer to Pakistan on the
exact day the Indian Army landed in Srinagar to push back intruders from
Pakistan in October 1947, Soz told ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on
NDTV’s Walk The Talk show.“From the very first day Sardar Patel was adamant
that Kashmir should go to Pakistan. In the partition council, he tried his
level best to convince Liaquat Ali to take Kashmir and leave Hyderabad-Deccan,”
Soz said.“There was a fight, Sardar Mohammed Ali and our Reddy were there.
Sardar Patel told Liaquat Ali, don’t even talk about Hyderabad-Deccan. It isn’t
even connected with Pakistan. You leave Hyderabad to us, and take Kashmir.“I
will tell you a very fascinating story,” Soz said. “When our army landed in
Srinagar, the same afternoon Mountbatten went to Lahore. There was a dinner
with Governor of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, and 4 Pakistan ministers.
Mountbatten said, I have brought a message from the strongman of India, Sardar
Patel. Take Kashmir and forget Hyderabad-Deccan, it’s not even connected with
you.”“But as Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan writes in his book,” Soz said, “Liaquat
Ali neither understood history, nor geography.” So, he did not accept the
offer.theprint
Media bodies seek action against J&K MLA
for threatening press
New Delhi: Media organisations on Sunday
demanded strict action against J&K BJP MLA
Choudhary Lal Singh over his "threatening and intimidating"
remarks directed at journalists in the Valley. The Indian Women's Press Corps,
Press Club of India, Press Association and the Federation of Press Clubs of
India said in a statement that Singh, a former J&K Minister, had warned
journalists at a press conference in Jammu to "draw a line". He
openly threatened them with consequences and warned them of a fate similar to
that of Shujaat Bukhari, the Editor of Rising Kashmir who was shot dead less
than a fortnight ago, the statement said.
Bukhari's assassination was condemned by people in general, besides a
number of journalist organisations. IANS
Monsoon Session: Govt wants Sonia Gandhi,
Mayawati, Mamata to back triple talaq bill
New Delhi: Ahead of the monsoon session of
Parliament, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati and
Mamata Banerjee to come out in support of the triple talaq Bill. “Let me make
it clear that the Bill is not with regard to religion, mode of worship or
faith. It has clear linkage to gender justice, gender dignity and gender
equality. SC set it aside as void but still the cases continued. 22 Islamic
countries have banned it. India is a secular country. Why are important leaders
like Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati and Mamta Banerjee backtracking on it when the
issue is purely justice and empowerment of women?” he said.He also said that
the government has an “open mind” on the clause in the Bill that allows a third
party to file a complaint. He sought to know why the Opposition has issues with
the non-bailable clause in the Bill.“That (third party clause) we will take
care. On any third party abuse, I have an open mind… And nonbailable simply
means you will not get bail from a police station. A magistrate will give bail
on terms and conditions,” Prasad said. On why the government has not brought an
Ordinance on triple talaq if it is so serious about the issue, Prasad said, “A
call was taken that let us take it to Rajya Sabha and let us see the attitude
of others. I want to say (to the Opposition), please have an open mind on
triple talaq. It has nothing to do with politics at all. It is only for justice
to women.”TOI
Law Commission to codify personal laws
In what is being perceived as the first step
towards bringing a uniform civil code (UCC) for the country, the Law Commission
is preparing a report on the codification of personal laws. Personal laws cover
matters of property, marriage, divorce, inheritance and succession. Currently,
there are different personal laws for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Parsis and
others. A uniform code will mean a set of common personal laws for all
citizens. The commission is examining the “defects” in the personal laws
followed by various communities to rationalise them. This is likely to pave the
way for a common code. The commission is currently perusing the more than
67,000 comments it received so far to a questionnaire on the issue it posted on
its website. But, with barely 2 months remaining for the term of the 21st Law
Commission under the chairmanship of Justice (retd) BS Chauhan to expire, it is
unlikely to submit the final report on uniform civil code by Augt. It recently
started its public consultations over the subject. ET was the first to report
on May 11 that the commission drew a list of over 30 individuals including
eminent lawyers, politicians, former ministers, religious and political
institutions and NGOs for consultations. As per available information, the
commission held talks with a few Muslim organisations. The discussions will
resume in the first week on July. The commission, as reported earlier by ET, is
also examining the “practical difficulties” which may create a roadblock for
the implementation of a uniform code. economictimes
2 women divorce their husbands in UP through
'Talaq-e-tafweez'
Bareilly: 2 women in UP have given divorce to
their husbands using 'talaq-e-tafweez'. Nisha Hamid divorced Jawed Ansari in
presence of two witnesses at a Bareilly court yesterday, 13 years after their
'nikaah' was solemnised.According to advocate Qazi Juber Ahmad (in whose
presence the divorce happened), Hamid had alleged she was treated badly by her
in-laws. She has even registered a police case in this connection. Hamid had
claimed that Ansari was neither divorcing her nor improving ties with her.This,
she said, prompted her to exercise her right.Advocate Ahmad said a similar case
was also reported from a village under Devrania police station in Bareilly
district.Yasmeen alleged Arbaz had abducted her in 2014 and they were later
married following a panchayat "ruling". After their marriage, she
said, she was harassed by Arbaz for dowry.When contacted, All India Muslim
Personal Law Board member Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali said:
"Talaq-e-tafweez is an arrangement under which the husband cannot give
triple talaq to his wife in one go. Even if he gives triple talaq in one go, it
will not be valid. If a man goes for a second marriage, then the first marriage
will cease to exist.""There is a provision in Talaq-e-tafweez that
the wife can give divorce to her husband, and there is no restriction that only
husband can give divorce to wife. A man can give talaq to his wife after
certain time interval. In the model nikaahnama of the personal law board, there
is a provision of talaq-e-tafweez.But,this column (in the nikaahnama) is filled
only after consent from both the sides.PTI
Gujarat HC awards 10-year RI to 3 convicts in
Naroda Patiya massacre case
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Monday
awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment to three convicts in the 2002 Naroda
Patiya massacre case, observing that their punishment must be consistent with
the brutality of the crime. The three of the total 16 accused were held guilty in
an order pronounced on April 20.A Division Bench of justices Harsha Devani and
A.S. Supehia awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment to the three convicts in
the case — P.J. Rajput, Rajkumar Chaumal and Umesh Bharwad.After their
conviction on April 20 by the same court, the trio had sought further hearing
on their quantum of sentence on the grounds that they were not properly
represented.Pronouncing the sentence, the court gave them six weeks’ time to
surrender before the police.In its order on the quantum of sentence, the court
observed that the crimes committed by them were against society, and their
punishment must be consistent with the brutality with which the crime was
committed.SIT and the state government, in their submissions, sought maximum
punishment looking at the offence. All the three were acquitted by the special
SIT court.However, while hearing appeals, High Court had found them guilty on
April 20, even as it upheld the acquittal of 29 others.PTI
Centre again rejects top court's pick for Allahabad
HC Judges
The Supreme Court collegium's recommendation
for the appointments of two lawyers, one of them a former top court judge's
son, as judges of the Allahabad High Court has been returned for the second
time by the government citing complaints against them.The two lawyers are
Mohammad Mansoor and Basharat Ali Khan. Mansoor is the son of former Supreme
Court judge late Saghir Ahmed.Justice Ahmed had headed a working group formed
by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Centre-State relations with special
reference to Jammu and Kashmir.NDA government had on an earlier occasion
returned the file recommending the two names, citing complaints against the
candidates. But the collegium reiterated its recommendation, terming the
complaints as frivolous.Last month, the recommendation was returned by the
government to the collegium for reconsideration, after keeping the matter
pending for over two-and-a-half years.PTI
Fear sweeps Assam over National Register of
Citizens
Guwahati: Of Assam’s 14 MPs, AIUDF chief
Badruddin Ajmal and his brother Sirajuddin Ajmal did not figure in the first
draft of updated National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on December 31
last.Also missing from the first draft containing 19 million names were at
least 15 of Assam’s 126 MLAs. They included Badruddin Ajmal’s son Abdur Rahim
Ajmal, who represents the AIUDF, perceived to be a pro-minority party, from the
Jamunamukh constituency.Off the list too were Boby Bhuyan Baruah, wife of
separatist Paresh Baruah, who has been operating from neighbouring countries,
including China, for three decades now, and their sons, Ankur and Akash. Baruah
leads the United National Front of Asom-Independent. MPs and MLAs — including
BJP’s Shiladitya Dev and Ashwini Rai Sarkar — and relatives of extremist
leaders would rather wait for the final draft of the Supreme Court-monitored
NRC to be out by the June 30 deadline. “The first list did not have my name
despite my being an MLA for one term and an MP for two. The doors of the
Supreme Court are open, in case the name does not show up,” AIUDF chief said a
few days ago.thehindu
Adityanath wants quota for Dalits in AMU,
Jamia
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday
raised the demand for reservation for Dalits in minority-run institutions like
AMU and Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi.He called on all those “concerned for
Dalits” to raise the issue, reasoning that if institutions like BHU could, why
not minority-run institutes.“One question should be raised to all those who are
saying that Dalits are being humiliated…when would they asked for reservation
for our Dalit brothers in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia,”
he said at a public meeting in Kannauj. “If BHU can give it to Dalits and
backwards then why not in AMU?”Targeting Congress president Rahul Gandhi,
Adityanath told the gathering that Rahul visited temples wherever elections
took place, trying to “prove he is a Hindu”.indianexpress
Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan: Will ask court to quash
FIR
Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan, suspended doctor of BRD
Medical College from Gorakhpur said that he will be approaching court in July
to have the FIR against him quashed. Kafeel, who has been in Mumbai since June
19, was speaking at the Kurla Nursing Home on Sunday, with people who had
gathered to support him. The meet was organised by Students Islamic
Organisation of India, a student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind."In July, I
am thinking of approaching the court. I will cite the High Court order through
which I was given bail. The court said that there is no case against me. I
would ask them to remove my name from the FIR or quash it altogether. I would
also ask them to ensure that I get my job back," said Khan.Khan added that
he is yet to hear from the police about those who had attacked his brother.
"They had said that they will get back in 48 hours. Forget two days, it
has been two weeks and they still say that they have no clue. One of the
reasons is that those heading the probe themselves made another attempt at my
brother's life after he was shot at thrice," alleged Kafeel.Denying that
he is getting into politics, he spoke at length on the need of Muslim youth to
stay away from "hate and violence". "I am not joining politics
because I do not think I am made for it. I am a doctor and I like treating children.
You should not get trapped in hate. A lot of educated people get misled when
fake WhatsApp messages are circulated," said Khan on WhatsApp messages
that look to hurt sentiments of various communities.dnaindia
Is it effect of 'Islamic Kidney', Sushma
abused for issuing passport to interfaith couple
New Delhi: Crossing all the limits of humanity
and basic etiquette, a number of Twitter users, who described themselves as
fans and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday posted hateful
messages against Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.The Twitter
users are angry over Sushma Swaraj for initiating action against an official
who humiliated and refused to issue passports to an interfaith couple. The fans
of Modi however abused the minister for her swift action, and mocked even her
illness while posting hateful and abusive tweets."Biased decision
#ISupportVikasMishra shame on you mam...is it effect of your islamic
kidney(sic)??" Indra Bajpai who uses Twitter handler @bajpai_indra wrote.Sushma
took it on the chin and retweeted the above tweet saying, "I was out of
India from 17th to 23rd June 2018. I do not know what happened in my absence.
However, I am honoured with some tweets. I am sharing them with you. So I have
liked them.""In an failed attempt to appease Muslims you are asking
govt officials to bend rules for them..??? Shame on @SushmaSwaraj and
@BJP4India and shame on us for trusting you as HinduRakshaks", Bhanu
Pratap Jain wrote @bhanu828.ummid.com
NDA ally OP Rajbhar’s SBSP may desert BJP in UP
BJP could lose an alliance partner in Uttar
Pradesh as the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) has thrown hints that it
is unwilling to contest elections with BJP in future.SBSP national president Om
Prakash Rajbhar told this reporter on Monday, June 25 morning that his party is
under no compulsion to continue the alliance. “Hum joota bhi khayee aur jude
bhi rahen— aisa nahi hoga (This is not possible that we remain in alliance,
despite being berated),” he said, adding that everyone knows what is the
quality of governance in UP. SBSP has four MLAs, of whom Rajbhar is cabinet
rank minister in the Yogi Government.It is no longer a secret in Lucknow that
BJP and SBSP enjoys a blow-hot, blow-cold relationship. In fact the
relationship has touched such a nadir that Rajbhar had called a BJP legislator
'cycle chor’ (cycle thies), while the ruling party legislator equated the
minister with a ‘kutta’ (dog)Rajbhar’s reaction came after BJP state president
Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey reportedly called SBSP MLA Kailash Sonkar a ‘chor’,
while inaugurating a function in Ajghara, Varanasi on June 19. Pandey was reportedly
asked by the media why the name of local Sonkar was not included in the
inauguration plaque. The BJP state president reportedly said: "The name of
the local MLA was not written because he is a thief."nationalheraldindia
Shia community support BJP during 2019 Lok Sabha
elections: BJP MLC Bukkhal Nawab
Lucknow: Rashtriya Shia Samaj (RSS) leader and
BJP MLC Bukkhal Nawab has said the Shia muslims are in favour of the
construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya at the disputed site. He said the Shia community would unitedly
support the BJP during the 2019 LokSabha elections and Narendra Modi would
again be the prime minister of India. He said there was no political
organization to represent the Shia muslim even as their share in muslim
population is close to 18 percent. He said so far only the BJP has taken
concrete measures for the welfare of the Shia community. Recalling the measures
taken by the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the BJP MLC said then
BJP led government in Uttar Pradesh lifted 20 year old ban on the religious
process of the Shia community in Lucknow.
He said Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a Shia muslims has been made a Union
cabinet minister by the Prime Minister Modi.
He said the BJP elevated me and Mohsin Raza as MLC and Raza is also a
minister in Yogi Adityanath government. Besides this he said Haider Abbas has
been appointed as the chairman of the UP minority’s commission and Gairul Hasan
Rizvi has been appointed the chairman of the national commission of minorities. He said the chief minister Yogi Adityanath
cancelled the holidays after the birth and death anniversary of several great
persons but he retained the holiday on the birth anniversary of Imam hazrat
Ali. The Shia leader said contrary to the record of BJP, several Shia leaders
including himself were sent to jail by the BSP government headed by Mayawati.
He said during the previous Samajwadi party government the Shia community was
subjected to worst kind of state repression at the behest of the senior
Samajwadi party leader Mohammed Azam Khan. He said during the Congress led UPA
government at the Center the senior
Congress leader Ahmed Patel Rajya sabha MP, helped the land mafia to
occupy the land of the graveyard of the Shia community in Delhi. He said now it’s the high time for the Shia
community to close its rank and give its enblock support to BJP.dailypioneer
Communal clashes might break out in Karnataka
if Haj Bhavan named after Tipu Sultan: BJP leader
Bengaluru :The row over plans to rename ‘Haj
Bhavan’ in Bengaluru after Tipu Sultan, the 18th-century ruler of the Mysore
kingdom, shows no signs of ending with BJP leader K G Bopaiah saying his party
wanted it renamed after late President APJ Abdul Kalam.“Our party leaders,
including B S Yeddyurappa, who is our state BJP president, want Haj Bhavan
renamed after Abdul Kalamji, instead of Tipu Sultan,” he told PTI.Bopaiah, a
former Speaker, fears that communal clashes might break out across Karnataka if
the state government renames Haj Bhavan after Tipu Sultan.BJP leader was
replying to a query on Minority Welfare and Wakf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed
Khan’s June 22 statement that he would discuss with the chief minister the
demand for renaming of Haj Bhavan to ‘Hazrat Tipu Sultan Haj Ghar’.Khan had
said that officials at a recent Haj committee review meeting told him there
were several requests to rename Haj Bhavan, which accommodates Haj pilgrims,
and that he would discuss it with the chief minister.BJP is opposed to the plan
to rename Haj Bhavan, saying it was a building for the entire Muslim community
and not just for Tipu’s followers.PTI
I blame Modi, says Muslim woman who watched
her husband lynched and dragged by Hindu mob in Hapur
Hapur:The last time that Naseem spoke to her
husband, Qasim, they talked about household matters like the daily expenses,
rent, and food for their children. By the end of the conversation, the small
built woman, with a solemn face and wide eyes, had managed to extract 100
rupees for the day's shopping.When Naseem saw her husband again, eight hours
later on June 18, it was in a video that has since traveled from the
hinterlands of Hapur in western Uttar Pradesh to the rest of the country.The
one-minute footage captures Qasim's horrific end at the hands of a mob of Hindu
villagers, who accused him of trying to slaughter a cow in the fields between
the Muslim-majority village of Madurpur and Thakur-majority village of Bhajera
Khurd.Naseem saw her husband, lying in a field after he was beaten, bruised and
bloodied, half-naked, and writhing in pain. The mob surrounding the dying man
refused him water."My world came to an end. I watched him die. I have
watched him die over and over again," she said.35-year-old woman said,
"I did not believe that some unknown men had beaten my husband to death.
We have no enemies. I did not understand it. It was not until I saw the video
that I believed it."Naseem, however, would have no respite from the
horror.huffingtonpost
Even This Image Could Not Move Modi To Warn
Lynch Mobs In Mann Ki Baat
Bringing petrol, diesel under GST impractical:
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
Petroleum is the taxation milch cow for the
central and the state governments and it is unlikely to be brought under GST
any time soon. That's also the view of Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman of Niti
Aayog.Several senior ministers have demanded that petroleum products—basically
petrol and diesel—be brought under the the new taxation regime. But says Kumar:
"It (oil) can't be brought under GST. That's because the total state and
central taxes on petrol put together are around 90% right now."He said,
"I can't see how any state will take a cut so huge as the highest rate
under the GST is 28%. A new GST band will have to be opened up—and that will be
an enormous exercise."While supporting "in principle" the idea
of bringing all items under the new indirect tax system, he said those talking
about doing it now have not thought this through.IANS
Unfortunate that we accept corrupt leaders:
Former Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde
BENGALURU: Former Lokayukta Justice N Santosh
Hegde said if one is content, he will never worry about the Income Tax or
Directorate of Enforcement raids, taking a dig at the recent raids by these
agencies.He was speaking at the ‘Bengaluru Eid Get-Together’ event organised by
Student Islamic Organisation on Sunday. “The Lokayukta report on illegal mining
had named three CMs and indicted them for corruption. One of them was nominated
as the CM candidate. We still accept such things and we also pay the bribe to
get our work done. What does this show? Even society has to be blamed for the
situation we are facing,”Dr Javed Jamil, Deputy Director and Head of Islamic
Studies and Research in Yenopoya University, said communalism was a product of
political fundamentalism. Akbar Ali, member of Zonal Advisory Committee of
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Karnataka and Mohammed Rafeeq, president of SIO Karnataka
also spoke. Newindianexpress
WORLD
Erdogan wins re-election in historic Turkish polls
Istanbul:Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the country's key presidential
vote, electoral officials have said, in a result that will allow him to keep
his seat with increased powers and become Turkey's first executive president. With
97.7 percent of ballots counted, Erdogan received on Sunday more than half the
votes required to secure an outright victory, Sadi Guven, the head of the
Supreme Election Committee (YSK), told reporters in the capital,
Ankara.Earlier, state-run Anadolu news agency had reported that Erdogan's share
of the vote stood at 52.5 percent."Our democracy has won, the people's
will has won, Turkey has won," Erdogan told a crowd of enthusiastic
supporters in the capital, Ankara, thanking the Turkish citizens who cast their
ballots in an election that saw a record turnout of 87 percent.The 64-year-old
also declared victory for the People's Alliance, a bloc between his ruling
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Nationalist Movement Party
(MHP), saying they had won a parliamentary majority in the legislative
elections, also held on Sunday.Before heading to Ankara, Erdogan, who has ruled
Turkey for more than 15 years as prime minister and president, had also
addressed a crowd of cheering, flag-waving supporters from the top of a bus in
the country's largest city of Istanbul.Erdogan's closest rival, Muharrem Ince,
of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), received 30.8 percent
of the votes, according to Anadolu.He was followed by Selahattin Demirtas, of
the pro-Kurdish Democratic People's Party (HDP), at 8.1 percent and debutante
right-wing IYI (Good) Party's Meral Aksener, at 7.4 percent.All three major
opposition parties accused Anadolu of manipulating the results and releasing
them selectively, a claim dismissed by the government.Official results are to
be announced in a few days.In the new era, the presidential office will have
the power to appoint vice presidents, ministers, high-level officials and
senior judges. The president will also be able to dissolve parliament, issue
executive decrees, and impose a state of emergency.On the parliamentary front,
Erdogan's AK Party got 42.4 percent of the votes, while its far-right MHP
secured 11.2 percent.The two parties are predicted to claim 293 and 49 seats in
the 600-member parliament respectively, with almost all of the ballot boxes
opened, according to Anadolu. Erdogan was their joint presidential candidate. A
majority of 360 votes in parliament are required to take a constitutional
change to a referendum in the new executive presidential system.The pro-Kurdish
HDP is set to secure 66 seats after receiving 11.1 percent.aljazeera
Afghan-Taliban peace hopes rises after Saudi King's statement
KABUL: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz's recent statement on
Afghanistan-Taliban ceasefire has added to the growing optimism in Afghanistan
that peace talks with the Taliban could resume.King Abdulaziz on June 20 said,
that he has followed with great interest the truce reached over Eid-ul-Fitr
between the two sides.The High Peace Council welcomed the king's and the Imam
of Kaaba's statement and said it would help the cause. The Kaaba Imam also
prayed for peace and stability in Afghanistan."No doubt, Saudi Arabia has
influence over the Taliban and their foreign supporters, especially Pakistan.
We hope that Saudi Arabia, as the centre of Muslim countries, will put the
necessary pressure on the Taliban so that Afghans will witness a peaceful
future," Tolo News quoted Sayed Ehsan Taheri, the spokesman for the High
Peace Council as saying.Since Saudi shares cordial relations with Taliban, it
can help establish peace in both the regions.Taliban still has not officially
shown any interest in peace talks with the Afghan government.NATO Chief Jens
Stoltenberg on June 21 said the organisation is not going to leave Afghanistan
and that Taliban should know they will not win on the battlefield.A negotiating
group has also been formed in Washington which will work with the US embassy in
Kabul.ANI
Walk or die: Algeria abandons 13,000 refugees in the Sahara
Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the Sahara Desert
over the past 14 months, including pregnant women and children, expelling them
without food or water and forcing them to walk, sometimes at gunpoint, under a
blistering sun. Some never make it out alive.The expelled migrants and refugees
can be seen coming over the horizon by the hundreds, appearing at first as
specks in the distance under temperatures of up to 48 degrees Celsius.In Niger,
where the majority head, the lucky ones limp across a desolate 15km
no-man's-land to the border village of Assamaka. Others wander for days before
a UN rescue squad can find them.Untold numbers perish; nearly all of the more
than two dozen survivors interviewed by AP told of people in their groups, who
simply vanished into the Sahara."Women were lying dead, men... Other
people got missing in the desert because they didn't know the way," said
Janet Kamara, who was pregnant at the time.The migrants and refugees' accounts
are confirmed by videos collected by the AP over months, which show hundreds of
people stumbling away from lines of trucks and buses, spreading wider and wider
through the desert.Two individuals told AP gendarmes fired on them, and
multiple videos seen by AP showed armed, uniformed men standing guard.aljazeera
Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in Sahara Desert in past
14 months
Nigeria: Communal violence leaves 86 dead in Plateau State
86 people have been killed in an attack by herdsmen on six villages in
central Nigeria, local media reported.Another six people were wounded and 50
homes were destroyed in the attacks in the Gashish district of Plateau state,
Channels Television reported citing local police on Monday.President Muhammadu
Buhari had been briefed on the "deeply unfortunate killings,"
according to a post on his Twitter page."The grievous loss of lives and
property arising from the killings in Plateau today is painful and
regrettable," a second post said.aljazeera
Kushner and Greenblatt support Israeli measures at Gaza border, claims
Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that the US envoys currently touring
the Middle East support Israeli measures on its border with the besieged Gaza
Strip, Quds Press reported on Sunday. The Israeli Prime Minister said that
Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt give “absolute support” for the deadly
response to the Palestinians’ Great March of Return protests.“I met with them
[the US envoys] and we discussed the political process and regional issues,”
Netanyahu told his weekly cabinet meeting. “Our discussion mainly concentrated
on the situation in Gaza.”The Israeli leader claims that the shooting of
unarmed protesters — some of them very obviously journalists and medics — helps
to “guarantee the security of Israel and its citizens.” He insisted that this
was made clear in the remarks made by the US administration’s
representatives.middleeastmonitor
Trump slammed for calling to deport migrants without due process
President Donald Trump has said undocumented people entering the US
should be immediately deported without any judicial process, drawing sharp
criticism from rights groups who say such a move would be illegal and violate
the constitution. "We cannot allow all of these people to invade our
country," Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday, as he reiterated his tough
stance on immigration."When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with
no judges or court cases, bring them back from where they came."Our system
is a mockery to good immigration policy and law and order. Most children come
without parents," he said, adding that immigration must be based on
merit.aljazeera
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