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Supreme Court allows quota in SC/ST employees'
promotion until Constitution bench adjudicates on issue
New Delhi: Supreme Court (SC) today permitted
the Centre to provide reservation in promotion for SC/ST employee as per law
until the issue is adjudicated by its Constitution bench. At the same time, the
SC didn't clarify which law to follow.Centre told the bench that it was bound
to give promotion to its employees, and that promotion has virtually come to a
standstill after orders passed by various high courts."I'm govt and I have
to give promotion to my employee," said Additional Solicitor General
Maninder Singh to the SC.Then the SC said the promotion can be proceeded with
as per 'a law'."We can say that you can go ahead with promotion as per law
and we won't mention what is (the) law," said the top court.In April,
Union minister and BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan, who has emerged as the Govt 's
key spokesperson on Dalit issues, told reporters that the Govt will move the apex court for the repeal of its
directions which, he added, have halted the reservation for these communities
in promotion.TOI
50,000 foreigners won’t make it to final NRC
draft: NRC coordinator
Guwahati: Assam National Register of Citizens
(NRC) coordinator on Monday said the names of 50,000 foreigners and their
family members would not figure in the final draft to be out on June 30. This
is in contrast to claims made by minority outfits that lakhs of people,
including declared foreigners, family members and ‘doubtful’ voters, will be
left out of the final NRC which is being updated to find out the number of
illegal migrants from Bangladesh settled in Assam after the cut-off date of
March 24, 1971. “We usually desist from giving numbers on how many people will
be included or will be left out of NRC before anything is finalised. But a
misinformation has been created. This is why I am compelled to quote the
figure,” NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela said.TOI
‘Constitution is in danger, minorities fear
for their safety’: Goa’s Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao
Panaji: The Archbishop of Goa and Daman Filipe
Neri Ferrao has said that the Constitution was in danger and needed to be
protected, and the country’s minorities were living in fear, in his annual
pastoral letter released on Sunday. Ferrao’s strongly worded remarks come two
weeks after Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto said that the country was witnessing a
“turbulent political atmosphere”. News agency IANS quoted Ferrao as saying in
the letter: “Today, our Constitution is in danger, (it is a) reason why most of
the people live in insecurity. In this context, particularly as the general
elections are fast approaching, we must strive to know our Constitution better
and work harder to protect it.”He said in recent times a “new trend” was
emerging in the country “which demands uniformity in what and how we ear,
dress, live and even worship. Human rights are under attack and democracy
appears to be in peril”.Also commenting on the kind of development taking
place, Ferrao said in the letter: “Various minorities fear for their safety.
People are being uprooted from their land and homes in the name of development.
The first victim of development is poor person. It is easier to trample upon
the rights of the poor because those who will raise their voice for them are
very few."TOI
Goa archbishop: Constitution in danger, human
rights being trampled in name of development
Delhi’s Court accepts bail plea of 9 ISIS
suspects
New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala House Court has
accepted bail plea of 9 alleged ISIS suspects arrested from various states of
India for hearing. Legal Aid Committee of Jamiat Ulama Maharashtra which is
providing legal aid to the accused informed this. General Secretary Legal Aid
Committee Gulzar Ahmed Azmi told this to the press persons.On the direction of
president Jamiat Ulama Maulana Syed Arshad Madani free legal aid will be
provided to the accused. Noted lawyer advocate MS Khan filed the bail petition
of accused Sohail Ahmed, Mohammed Aleem, Abu Anas, Najmul Huda, Mohammed Afzal,
Moinuddin Shareef Khan, Syed Mujahid, Mohammed Obaidullah Khan, and Mohammed
Asif in NIA Court. Special judge Tarun Sherawat accepted the bail petition for
hearing. The case will be heard after 3 weeks.NIA has booked cases agents the
ISIS suspects for allegedly involving in illegal activities.
1993 blasts: Have nothing to do with blast
says accused
Mumbai:Days after the arrest of Ahmed Khalid
Kamal Shaikh, an absconding accused in the Mumbai 1993 serial blasts case, CBI
claimed that he had given a confession statement before a magistrate. Shaikh
was arrested on May 31 by Ahmedabad ATS at Valsad in Gujarat, and his custody
had been handed over to STF, CBI.On Monday, Shaikh was produced before the
special court by the CBI, which claimed that on Saturday, he had shown his
willingness to make a confessional statement before a magistrate.Accordingly,
he was given 24-hour time and had been produced before the chief metropolitan
magistrate’s court on Monday and his confession was recorded. Before the
special court, where he was produced by CBI for his custody, Shaikh told the
court that he had not said anything about his role in the blast.“I have not
accepted anything about the blast. I have nothing to do with the blast,” Shaikh
told the court. Confessional statement was submitted before the special court
in a sealed envelope. Shaikh’s advocate Farhana Shah, submitted an application
before court that he was retracting from confession.indianexpress
JK terror funding case: 3 accused convicted by
Delhi court
New Delhi: Delhi's Patiala House Court has
convicted three out of four people in 2011 terror funding case and sentenced
them for the period already undergone. District Judge Poonam Bamba convicted
Mohd Sadiq Ginai, Ghulam Jeelani Liloo and Farooq Ahmed Dagga, who had pleaded
guilty, under the various provisions of UAPA.The trio was allegedly running a
hawala (illegal money transfer) racket to fund the Mujahideen (HM) in J&K .
In 2011, NIA had filed the charge sheet against trio, indicting them for
collecting more than Rs 4.57 crore from Pakistan through hawala channels within
three years for funding terrorist activities in the Valley.ANI
Nagrota terror attack: Third accused held by
NIA
Srinagar/New Delhi: NIA on Tuesday announced
the arrest of a third accused in connection with terror attack at the Nagrota
Army camp in J&K in Nov.2016 in which 7 soldiers were killed.Ashiq Baba of
Alochibagh locality in Srinagar was arrested by NIA in a joint operation with J&K
Police. IANS
Official figures say 62% of land claims made
by tribals were rejected by Maharashtra
More than 62 % of claims filed by tribals for individual land
titles in Maharashtra under the Forest Rights Act have been rejected, according
to data compiled till March 31, 2018, by the state’s Tribal Development
department and accessed by Indian Express.Records show that of 3,59,745 claims
for Individual Forest Rights (IFR) submitted under the law that came into force
in 2006, 2,24,874 claims, or 62.5 % , were rejected in a three-tier process
involving local bodies. These include 51,348 claims rejected by Gram Sabhas,
1,70,126 by Sub-Divisional Level Committees (SDLCs) and 3,390 by District Level
Committees (DLCs). Of the appeals filed by IFR claimants, only 41.37 % were accepted by DLCs, including claimants
rejected previously and those who sought amendments in acreage granted.Records
show the Govt processed 3,35,660, or 93 %
, of the IFR claims it received. Of the 1,10,786 claims accepted, land titles
have been distributed to 1,10,589 claimants covering 2,60,271.52
acres.Implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest
Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act was the central demand of the
nearly 40,000 adivasi protestors who undertook a “long march” of 180 km from
Nashik to Mumbai in March. Their agitation ended with CM Devendra Fadnavis assuring that his Govt would resolve their grievances regarding
pending claims and appeals within six months.indianexpress
Tribal Patthalgadi leader Yusuf Purty, aides
booked on sedition charge in Jharkhand
Ranchi:Police has registered an FIR against
Yusuf Purty, self-styled leader of “patthalgadi”, and his associates under the
charge of sedition for announcing the setting up of a separate bank in the
presence of villagers in Murhu police station area of Jharkhand’s Khunti
district. Purty, who has been involved in several patthalgadi cases, held the
public meeting to announce a “gram sabha bank” on Sunday in his native village
Uduburu. Patthalgadi is a traditional practice among tribals in which they put
up stone slabs with names of their ancestors. But of late, it has taken the
form of a protest, with patthalgadi supporters urging people not to allow Govt officials and police to enter their areas.
They have also said that they intend to run their own schools and set up an
“adivasi board”. They have argued that Constitution has given them the right to
maintain their own systems in Scheduled Areas. The administration, however, has
alleged that patthalgadi supporters are backed by people involved in illegal
cultivation of opium. Also, some of the self-styled leaders, including Purty,
are believed to be nursing political ambitions.According to the police, Purty,
his associate Balram Samad and some others, have been booked under charges of
sedition and other IPC sections. indianexpress
Dalit Boys as Young as 12 Languish in Yogi's
Jails on 'Attempt to Murder' Charges
Meerut: “Whenever I go to ask about my son who
has been arrested, policemen turn me away saying ‘Chamaars are having too much
fun’,” says 62-year-old Dharmvir Singh, a resident of UP’s Meerut district. “My
son Sachin is a student at St. Devashram. He is 15. The police arrested him on
April 2 and passed him off as a 20-year-old.” Dharmvir cries as he recounts his
tale. He is one of three children against whom the police in Adityanath’s Govt have filed an array of serious charges,
including attempt to murder and dacoity, in the wake of April 2 Bharat Bandh
called by various Dalit outfits against the Supreme Court’s order banning the
automatic registration of cases for alleged harassment of Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes. During the bandh, violent incidents including police firing
were witnessed across several states, especially in UP and MP. 3 children,
their families allege, were picked up at random by a constabulary bent on
making an example of Dalits.Dharmvir Singh’s wife, 60-year-old Rameswari, is a
domestic worker. They have 3 sons who work as labourers but only the youngest,
Sachin, lives with them. For the past 2 months he has been languishing in
jail.thewire
Sohrabuddin Encounter Case: Senior Rajasthan
cop declared hostile
Ahmedabad/mumbai:In the Sohrabuddin Shaikh and
Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter case, a senior police officer from
Rajasthan was declared hostile Monday after he claimed that 2 CBI officials had
coerced him to give a false statement. The officer was 62nd witness to not
support the prosecution in the case from among 91 witnesses examined so far. Officer
is also the fourth witness from Rajasthan police claiming to have been
pressured by CBI.Officer, Bhawar Singh currently DSP of Rajasthan, was the SHO
of Hathipole police station in Udaipur in 2005 and was the investigating
officer of the amid Lala murder case, where Tulsiram and Sohrabuddin were named
as absconding accused.The main contradiction of the officer with the
prosecution case was that while CBI claims Tulsiram was arrested by Rajasthan
police on Nov.26, 2005, the officer claimed on Monday that it was on Nov.29,
2005. CBI claims Tulsiram was abducted along with Sohrabuddin and his wife
Kausarbi on Nov.23, 2005 and while Sohrabuddin was killed in an alleged fake
encounter on Nov.26, Tulsiram was taken to Rajasthan but was shown arrested
only on Nov.29 to ensure there is no suspicion of 2 cases being
connected.indianexpress
No Desire for War, But Don’t Mistake Peace
Push as Weakness: Pakistan Army Tells India
New Delhi: Pakistan’s DG ISPR Major General
Asif Ghafoor said that despite the agreement of peace along the border, India
had continued to violate the terms. Addressing a press conference, Ghafoor said
Pakistan responded after India targeted innocents. “We understand that they
need time to implement it but then media in India made it look like the
violation happened from Pakistan. When the firing hits our post, we don’t
respond. But when it hits our civilians, we are compelled to respond,” Ghafoor
said. On May 29, DGMOs of India and Pakistan agreed to "fully
implement" the ceasefire pact of 2003 in "letter and spirit"
forthwith to stop border skirmishes in J&K.The two military commanders
reviewed the prevailing situation along the LoC and IB in J&K during a
conversation over the special hotline.Ghafoor also said that Pakistan’s want
for peace should not be construed as their weakness. He added that India needed
to understand and realize where they want to go. “We are two nuclear powers, there
is no space for war,” he added. “We might not respond to the first bullet with
due respect to the ceasefire agreement. But if there is a second bullet that is
fired, we will retaliate,” the chief of the military’s media wing further said.
News18
Kathua rape-murder case: Prosecution withdraws
application seeking transfer of accused
Chandigarh :The prosecution in the Kathua
rape-murder case Monday withdrew its application seeking transfer of the
accused from Kathua to Pathankot District Jail during pendency of the case
after the Punjab Govt did not accede to J&K
Govt request for it.Sources said the
jail authorities in a written submission told Pathankot District and Sessions
Court that the district jail is only a sub-jail and it is not feasible to keep
the accused there. Pathankot jail is a “small jail” and does not have the
requisite infrastructure to hold the accused, the court was told after which prosecution
withdrew the application. Meanwhile, J&K Govt issued a notification for appointment of
another Special Public Prosecutor in the case.
Punjab Govt is learnt to have
allowed its Pathankot District Attorney JK Chopra to assist J&K’s Special
Public Prosecutor Santokh Singh Basra in the case after J&K Govt ’s request
for it on May 25.indianexpress
J-K interlocutor underlines: For talks, need
to cool tempers first
New Delhi:Dineshwar Sharma, Centre’s
interlocutor for J&K , has said sentiments have to be addressed and the
level of violence in the Valley has to be brought down before any political
dialogue can be initiated.A former IB director, Sharma, who is credited with
advocating the amnesty programme for Kashmiri youth booked for stone-pelting
and for persuading the Centre to announce the Ramzan ceasefire, in a recent
conversation with Indian Express, said: “The biggest challenge in Kashmir today
is to calm down the sentiments of the people, particularly youth.”“ Other issues
which need priority attention are how to prevent local youth from joining
militancy; how to ensure the return of youth who have already joined; convince
the youth that violence and gun will not bring solution to any problem but will
only add to the miseries…; and, how to restore harmony between people of
different communities living in all 3 regions of J&K.”He made these remarks
days ahead of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to J&K — it starts
June 7 — during which he will review, among other scenarios, the suspension of
security operations for Ramzan.indianexpress
A cult has been born: Ex- J&K police chief Kuldeep Khoda on rising militancy
New Delhi: Ex-J&K police chief Kuldeep Khoda has warned of a
"cult" being born in the state with more educated youths getting
enthused to join militancy and picking up the gun becoming an "attractive
and glamorous" option.The "dimensions and dynamics" of terrorism
are changing, Khoda, the longest and amongst the most successful police chiefs
of the state, has said in a blog.Examining the reasons for increasing number of
youths joining militancy, he said, "When political grid is inactive, even
if security grid gets results, common man on many occasions becomes a victim of
favoritism and nepotism. Frustration of common man with the system he is in,
has to find an exit route." PTI
J&K : Families say two dead militants
their own
Srinagar :2 families from south Kashmir have
claimed that their sons were among five militants killed by Army while foiling
an infiltration bid on May 26. Militants were buried at a village near LoC as
their identities were not ascertained.The families went to Tangdhar, where the
duo were buried, and identified them as their sons from pictures recorded by
police. On Sunday, the family of Mudasir Ahmad Bhat from Parigam village of
Kulgam claimed that one of the deceased was their son. According to them,
Mudasir, a physical education teacher, went missing a year ago. Another family
from Lajoora in Pulwama said their son Sheeraz Ahmad was among those killed. A
videographer, Sheeraz, was missing since Sept., they said.indianexpress
Tharoor to face trial in Sunanda case, summoned
on 7 Jul
A special court in the Patiala House Court in
New Delhi has taken cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Delhi police
against MP Shashi Tharoor for abetment to suicide and committing cruelty on his
wife, Sunanda Pushkar.The court has summoned Tharoor on 7 July.thequint
Removal of ex Waqf Board chairman: SC issues
notices to govt, Rajasthan Waqf Board
The apex court on Monday issued notice to
Rajasthan Govt and Rajasthan Waqf Board
(RWB) on the plea challenging removal of former RWB Chairman Syed Abu Bakar
Naqvi by the Rajasthan High Court.The next hearing of the case will be held in
the third week of July. The HC had removed Naqvi from the post of Chairman
stating that Rajasthan Govt had violated
certain provisions of Waqf Act 1995 while nominating Naqvi for the post of
Chairman.India Legal Bureau
Minorities commission to probe Meghalaya
violence
New Delhi:
National Commission for Minorities will send a member to the Meghalaya
capital Shillong to investigate the clashes between residents of the city's
Punjabi Line area and Khasi drivers of state-run buses, the panel's chief said
today The panel has decided to send its member Manjit Singh Rai from Punjab to
Shillong to assess the situation, said NCM chairperson Syed Ghayorul Hasan
Rizvi.PTI
India services PMI comes down in May;falls to
3-month low
New Delhi : India’s services sector activity
contracted for the first time in 3 months in May as new business orders
stagnated and cost pressures intensified amid higher fuel prices, said a
monthly survey.The seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity
Index fell to 49.6 in May from 51.4 in April, indicating a marginal contraction
in business activity, following a two-month period of growth.The index had last
slipped below the 50-point mark, that separates expansion from contraction, in
Feb.“Performance of the service sector was disappointing in May, as output dipped
into contraction for the first time in three months,” said Aashna Dodhia,
Economist at IHS Markit, and author of the report.As per the survey,
competitive demand conditions and a broad stagnation in new orders were the key
factors behind a decline in output across the service sector in May.“India saw
the slowest improvement in the health of the overall economy since February in
May, whilst the latest survey showed the effects of higher global oil prices as
the private sector recorded the most marked input cost inflation for three
months,” Dodhia added.Headline seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Composite PMI
Output Index -- that maps both the manufacturing and the services sector --
fell from 51.9 in April to 50.4 in May.Meanwhile, speculation is rife that
RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may hike the key interest rate for the
first time in over four years. PTI
Indian shares extend fall; RBI decision in
focus
Vegetable, milk prices soar in several states
as farmers remain divided over protest
Mumbai/Chandigarh/Jaipur:A farmers’
organisation in Punjab called off its protest on Monday after a scuffle between
protesting farmers and milk suppliers in several parts of the state on day four
of the Goan Bandh (village blockade) even as prices of vegetables, fruits and
milk continued to soar in several cities like Delhi, Mumbai and
Chandigarh.Balbir Singh Rajewal, president of a faction of Bharatiya Kisan
Union (BKU), said there were reports of fracas between protesting farmers and
milk suppliers in Amritsar, Faridkot, Mohali, Moga, Gidderbaha and some other
places in the past two days. “I have never supported any violent stir. There
was no support from the state Govt and
the situation was going out of hand at some places. We do not want any
clashes,” he said, justifying the decision to call off the agitation in the
state.HT
Saudi bans produce from Kerala over Nipah
virus scare
Saudi Arabia has banned frozen and processed
fruit and vegetable imports from Kerala amid concerns over the deadly Nipah
virus outbreak. Nipah virus itself can cause encephalitis – a dangerous
swelling of the brain – and common symptoms vary from none to elevated fevers,
cough, headache, shortness of breath and confusion, Gulf News reported on
Monday.On May 29, UAE banned imports from Kerala.UAE officials announced that
100 tonnes of fruit, vegetables and fresh produce that was to be imported from
Kerala was prohibited from entry.IANS
Ban proposed on obscene depiction of women on
Net
New Delhi:Ministry of Women and Child
Development has proposed to ban obscene depiction of women on the Internet and
on SMS/MMS by amending the Indecent Representation of Women Act, 1986. Ministry
has also suggested that stricter punishments be awarded for such crimes on par
with those recommended under IT Act, 2008.“Ministry has proposed amendment in
definition of the term to include digital form or electronic form or hoardings,
or through SMS, MMS, etc.,” according to an official statement released on Monday.thehindu
World Environment Day: Tamil Nadu to ban
plastic bags, bottles
Every year, June 5 is observed as World
Environment Day to raise awareness and increase Govt action on the pressing issue. This year, the
theme is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ with focus on single-use or disposable
plastic.India is the host to this year’s World Environment Day.On Environment
Day, Tamil Nadu has decided to ban single use plastics such as polythene bags
and bottles. The decision was announced by CM in the Assembly. The ban will come to effect
from next year and essential goods such as milk, oil and medicines have been
exempted from the ban.State has already banned manufacture and use of plastic
bags below 51 microns.The Hindu
Assam:Jyotish held for posting communally
sensitive, pro-Pak comments from neighbour Ali’s Facebook ID
Guwahati:Police in Assam arrested a trader on
Monday on charges of posting communally sensitive and pro-Pakistan comments
from the Facebook account of his neighbour to spite him.The comments praising
Pakistan and derogatory remarks about Assamese and Hindus posted on poultry
shop owner Ahedul Ali’s page had led to tension in Sorbhog town in Barpeta
district, 145 km west of Guwahati on Sunday night.“The nature of the comments
led some people to burn down Ali’s shop. Police swung into action swiftly and
detained Ali,” informed Violet Baruah, SP Barpeta. On questioning, Ali revealed
that he wasn’t technologically savvy and denied posting any offensive
comments.Investigations by police about the IP address from where the comments
were posted led them to Jyotish Nath, a footwear shop owner, whose
establishment was close to Ali’s poultry shop. On questioning, Nath revealed
that he had opened Ali’s Facebook account some months ago and was aware of the
log-in id and password.“Nath said he had enmity with Ali over money and other
personal issues. On Sunday, he accessed Ali’s account and posted the comments
to target him, said Baruah.HT
Muzaffarnagar riots case: Non-bailable
warrants against Balyan, Sadhvi Prachi
Muzaffarnagar:A court here has issued
non-bailable warrants against ex Union minister Sanjeev Balyan, VHP leader
Sadhvi Prachi, BJP MLA Umesh Malik and two others for not appearing in the
court in connection with a case related to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar
riots.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ankur Sharma issued the non-bailable
warrants and asked to accused to be present in court on June 22.Bijnor MP
Bhartendu Singh, UP Minister Suresh
Rana, and MLA Sangeet Som, were also accused in the case.PTI
Cooch behar gram panchayat: CPM member’s uncle
killed in ‘attack by TMC’
Kolkata :A CPM gram panchayat member on Monday
accused the ruling TMC supporters of killing his 48-year-old relative in an
attack on him and his supporters in North Bengal’s Cooch Behar district two
days earlier.Atabul Islam, who won a Jamaldaha Gram Panchayat seat last month, said
Ramzan Miya was killed in the attack while he was on his way to file a police
complaint against the intimidation he has been facing. “As I am the only
opposition member elected to Jamaldaha Gram Panchayat, TMC workers have been
putting pressure on me to leave the area. As I was on my way to lodge a written
complaint with Mekhliganj Police Station along with my family members and party
workers, people led by TMC leader Rathin Ray Dakua, who lost the election to
me, attacked us with a sharp weapon,’’ he said.“My father Safiruddin and my
uncle were seriously injured. My uncle died on the way to a hospital and my
father is in a critical condition. I somehow escaped unhurt,” Islam said. He
later filed an FIR against 23 people. TMC denied Islam’s allegations. “It was a
family dispute. It was not a political clash. CPI (M) is trying to give it a
political colour,”TMC’s leader Udayan Guha said.indianexpress
Ayodhya priests hold iftar for city Muslims in
a temple near Babri site; Muslim offers
namaz on temple premises
Lucknow:In a surprising move, Hindu priests
organised a ‘Roza Iftar’ party at the 500-year-old Saryu Kunj temple adjacent
to the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya which witnessed
participation by a large number of Muslims from the twin towns of
Ayodhya-Faizabad on Monday. The Ayodhya priests projected the iftar as an
effort towards spreading the message of peace and harmony between the two
communities with no political involvement. “Ours is an apolitical event and the
intention is to send out a message of peace to the world out there,” said
Mahant Jugal Kishore Sharan Shastry, chief priest of the Saryu Kunj
temple.After offering Iftaar and Maghrib prayers on the temple premises on a
white sheet arranged by the temple management, traditional dates and sweets
were distributed among Rozedaars by the priests of different temples of Ayodhya
who had descended on the Saryu Kunj temple on the occasion. While Mahant
Raghusharan Das called it an effort to bridge the gap between two communities,
the members of Muslim community heaped praise on their Hindu brethren claiming
that despite being a minority in the temple town they never felt threatened
even in the worst of time. “Of course not because of any political party but
the understanding between the two communities on the ground in Ayodhya,” said a
Muslim man who had come from Faizabad.In a related development, RSS affiliated
outfit Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) that held an iftar party in Mumbai on
Monday will hold iftar parties in UP from Friday onwards. MRM’s first party in UP
is scheduled for June 8 in Bareilly, June
9 in Lucknow, June 11 in Unnao and June 12 in Kanpur. It will also hold
parties in Kolkata on Tuesday, followed by a series of such gatherings in
various districts of Kashmir from Wednesday onwards. newindianexpress
Ayodhya temple hosts iftar for city Muslims
Discourse on welfare should build up during
Ramzan: Indresh Kumar
Mumbai: Ramzan is the month of purification
and hence discourse on welfare should build during this month, said senior RSS
leader and patron of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) Indresh Kumar as he addressed
a gathering at the state guest house here on Monday.The program that is being
seen as the efforts of outreach to the minority community by the RSS, was
organized by the department of minorities affairs and waqf of the Maharashtra Govt
. Officially termed as the "dialogue session" was attended by members
of Islamic organizations and foreign consulates in large numbers. Opposition
parties including the Congress and NCP had raised objection to such a program
in association with the RSS body (MRM) being organized at the state guest
house. Referring to the controversy, Indresh Kumar said, "It is ironical
that the people who blame RSS for being anti-Muslim, oppose even an effort to
build a dialogue."Kumar also blamed the established way of discourse
during Ramzan. "Instead of vote bank politics, we should focus on
discussing welfare of minorities," he said and praised Maharashtra
minister of minorities affairs Vinod Tawde for taking lead in organizing the
conference. Tawde, while speaking at the ocassion said that the Govt has taken a view that the issue of minority
welfare needs to be handled with an approach that goes beyond schemes and
focuses on integration." Dignitaries from various sectors including
members from at least consulates of Iran, Israel, Hungary, Turkey, Singapore
and US participated in dialogue and Iftar party. newindianexpress
RSS involvement in Maharashtra Govt ’s Iftar
party fuels ‘misuse’ charge by Congress, NCP
Hindus make evening snacks for their Muslim
brothers during Ramadan in Ajmer
Ajmer: In the Ajmer city of Rajasthan, the
members of Madare Shah Akhada were seen busy preparing evening snacks for their
Muslim brothers who were yet to return after devoting Namaz. For years, it has
remained a tradition among the businessmen of this locality to perform Roza or
fast during the month of Ramzan and observe 'Roza Iftar' at the evening along
with their Muslim brothers. ANI
Late by 3 yrs due to injuries, HC lets Muslim
girl topper join CISF
New Delhi: The Delhi high court has made an
extraordinary intervention to allow a Muslim girl from an orthodox family a
shot at working in India’s Central armed police forces, saying she could become
a shining example for her community, and for women in general.A bench of
Justices Hima Kohli and Pratibha Rani recently ordered the Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF) to induct Noor Fatima three years after she emerged as one
of the all-India toppers in the Central Armed Police Force examinations in 2015
but was bedridden due to a series of injuries.Fatima, who faced great
resistance from her family which wanted her to get married immediately rather
than work, had moved court when CISF refused to allow her to join after she
missed the deadline due to injuries.TOI
54% Indians are physically inactive, shows
ICMR study
Physical inactivity is increasingly leading to
a high disease burden and deaths, posing a major threat to productivity and
contributing significantly to health expenditure. One in five adults, and four
out of five adolescents (11-17 years) globally, do not get enough physical
activity. This physical inactivity is costing $54 billion in direct healthcare,
a latest report by the World Health Organisation shows.While the UN agency
report does not contain India-specific data, a report by Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR) shows physical inactivity is very common in India with
54.4% people found inactive during a study by the Govt agency. TOI
Man held for abducting 4-year-old Ghaziabad
boy says he never had the child, made fake ransom calls
Ghaziabad:One of the two men arrested by the
Ghaziabad police 18 months ago for the alleged abduction of four-year-old
Mohammad Zaid, said on Monday that they never had the child in their custody.
Zaid’s body was found on Sunday, in a wooden box on his neighbour’s roof in
Sahibabad. Even in its charge sheet, the police had hinted that the accused –
Aftab and Irfan – may have tried to extort ransom money from the boy’s father
under false pretences, rather than being the actual kidnappers.Zaid went
missing on the evening of Dec.1, 2016 from outside his house in Sahibabad’s
Shamshad Garden locality.His father Nazar Mohammad, who runs a barber shop,
started receiving ransom calls on Dec.12, 2016 and the callers asked for Rs 8
lakh. Aftab was arrested by the police on Dec.21, 2016 in connection with the
calls. His accomplice, Irfan, was apprehended two days later.HT
3 poll officers get notice for lapses in MP
bypoll voter lists
Election Commission (EC) has initiated
disciplinary action against three electoral registrations officers (EROs) for
alleged lapses in preparation of voter lists for Mungaoli and Kolaras bypolls
held in MP in Feb. An ERO is responsible for preparing the electoral roll for
an Assembly seat and, usually, the area SDMs or ADM acts as the ERO for a
constituency.According to EC sources, showcause notices were issued to the
concerned EROs seeking their explanation on why electoral rolls for Kolaras had
more than 12,000 incorrect entries, including dead, shifted and duplicate voter
names, while 1,500 such names were found on those for Mungaoli.indianexpress
As Interpreter Reads Answer, Modi is Accused
of 'Scripted' Interview Again
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at PM Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul
Gandhi on Monday accused him of giving scripted interviews and said it would be
an “embarrassment to us all” if he did take “real” questions.“The first Indian
PM who takes ‘spontaneous’ questions that the translator has pre-scripted
answers to! Good that he doesn’t take
real questions. Would have been a real embarrassment to us all if he did,”
Gandhi said on Twitter.Gandhi was referring to an interview Modi gave at
Nanyang Technological University in
Singapore on June 1 during his recent visit to the city-state.thewire
AMU shuts down 29 distance learning centres
across India
AGRA: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has
closed down 29 of its 35 academic centres for distance learning across the
country as they failed to comply with regulations laid down by the UGC in
2017.The director of Centre for Distance Education, prof Mohd Nadeem Ahmad
Ansari, confirmed the news and said that only five distance learning centres of
the university, which fulfilled UGC regulations, were still functional.
However, he added that these too would need a fresh approval from UGC to keep
running. These centres are in Moradabad, Tamil Nadu, Badayun and two of them
are in Bihar.UGC had recently made NAAC accreditation a must for institutes
offering distance learning courses as well as for open universities.TOI
WORLD
Amnesty: US-led coalition's Raqqa offensive
killed hundreds
Hundreds of civilians were killed during the
US-led coalition's military offensive to remove ISIL, group from its self-styled capital in Syria
last year, a human rights organisation has said.In a new report published by
Amnesty International on Tuesday, 112 civilians belonging to four families in
Raqqa were interviewed who recalled the horrors they witnessed and family
members killed during 4-month-long joint US-coalition and Kurdish-backed SDF
offensive from June 6 until Oct.12, 2017."When so many civilians are
killed in attack after attack, something is clearly wrong, and to make this
tragedy worse, so many months later the incidents have not been
investigated," said Donatella Rovera, Senior Crisis Response Adviser at
Amnesty International. "Victims deserve justice," she added.68-page
report, titled War of annihilation: Devastating Toll on Civilians, Raqqa -
Syria, includes field investigations from Amnesty International researchers who
visited 42 coalition air attack sites across the city.While British and French
Coalition forces carried out tens of thousands of air strikes,US was
responsible for more than 90 % of the air strikes, and admitted to firing
30,000 artillery rounds, the report said."Coalition's claims that its
precision air campaign allowed it to bomb IS out of Raqqa while causing very
few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny," Rovera said."On
the ground in Raqqa, we witnessed a level of destruction comparable to anything
we've seen in decades of covering the impact of wars."Families interviewed
lost 90 relatives and neighbours between them. One family lost 39 family
members from the unrelenting aerial bombardment.aljazeera
Turkey, US agree on plan to remove YPG from
Syria's Manbij
Turkey and the United States agreed on a plan
on the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters considered "terrorists" by
Ankara from the northern Syrian city of Manbij. The agreement was reached
during a meeting between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, DC, on Monday.The two sides
agreed on a joint work to end a bilateral dispute over the presence of the
People's Protection Units (YPG) troops in Manbij.aljazeera
Qatari FM dismisses reported Saudi threats
over S-400 deal
Qatar's foreign minister has dismissed reports
of threats of military action by Saudi Arabia over Doha's plans to acquire the
Russian-made S-400 air defence system, saying Qatar's decision to buy weapons
is a "sovereign" one.The threats, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
said on Monday, violates "international law and all the international
norms"."The purchase of any military equipment is a sovereign
decision that no country has anything to do with," Al Thani told Al
Jazeera.
Qatar: 'Purchase of military equipment is
sovereign decision'
Al Jazeera is taking a look at the causes and
effects of the Gulf crisis one year after an air, sea and land blockade was
imposed on Qatar by four Arab countries.Saudi Arabia and its allies Bahrain,
Egypt and the UAE cut ties with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting
"terrorists" and being too close to Saudi Arabia's archrival Iran.
Qatar has denied the allegations.On June 1, French daily Le Monde reported that
Saudi Arabia had threatened military action against Qatar if it acquires the
Russian-made S-400 air defence system.aljazeera
Jordanians vow to continue protests, demand
'new approach': aljazeera
Jordanians have vowed to continue protesting
after resignation of the country's PM , broadening their demands to include a
complete overhaul of the Govt 's system and approach. protests began last week amid anger over an
income tax reform bill and price increases. PM Hani al-Mulki resigned on Monday, a move seen
by many as an attempt by the kingdom to defuse the outrage over the economic
policies. But protesters are expected to again take to streets later on Monday
for fifth consecutive day,demonstrators and organisers say, calling for a
"new approach" to how the Govt operates.
Rohingya say Myanmar targeted the educated in
genocide
Bangladesh:The
last time Mohammed Hashim saw his brother alive, he begged for his life, his
arms bound behind his back as soldiers marched the 35-year-old teacher away.It
was Aug. 26, the day after Rohingya Muslim separatist attacks on military
outposts in the group’s homeland in western Myanmar. In their wake, Myanmar’s
military and local Buddhists would respond with a campaign of rape, massacre
and arson that has driven about 700,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh.But more than
a dozen teachers, elders and religious leaders told AP that educated Rohingya
were already subject to systematic and widespread harassment,Soldiers targeted
the educated so there would be no community leaders left willing to speak up
against the pervasive abuse.It’s an old tactic, according to those who study
genocide and often a precursor to killing.“My brother apologized and pleaded
with the military not to kill him; he showed them his ID card and said, ‘I’m a teacher,
I’m a teacher.’ But the Govt had planned
to kill our educated people, including my brother,” Hashim said.After the Aug.
25 attacks, soldiers in Maung Nu village, the site of a massacre, asked
villagers- “Where are the teachers?”Rahim, a 26-year old high school science
and math teacher who was known to many soldiers because he taught their
children at the local battalion school, saw the military coming and fled.“I
knew I was dead if I got caught. They were hunting me,” said Rahim,Interviews
with about 65 refugees in a September report by UN Human Rights Office of the
High Commissioner indicate that “the Myanmar security forces targeted teachers,
the cultural and religious leadership, and other people of influence in the
Rohingya community in an effort to diminish Rohingya history, culture and
knowledge.”AP
Malaysia appoints ethnic Indian non-Muslim as
new attorney general
Malaysia’s king has approved the appointment
of an ethnic Indian lawyer as the new attorney general, amid protests from
Islamic groups that the job must be held by a Muslim. A palace statement says
Sultan Muhammad V has approved terminating current Attorney General Mohamad
Apandi Ali and replacing him with Tommy Thomas, the first minority to hold the
post in 55 years.Groups representing ethnic Malays, who make up two-thirds of
Malaysia’s 31 million people, have demanded the top legal job be given to a
Muslim to protect the status of Islam as the official religion.The statement
has said the king urged all Malaysians to ensure that Thomas’ appointment
doesn’t “create religious or racial conflict as every Malaysian should be
treated fairly regardless of race and religion.”PTI
Ethiopia lifts state of emergency imposed in
Feb
Ethiopia has lifted the state of emergency in
the East African country, imposed in Feb.following the abrupt resignation of PM
Hailemariam Desalegn after months of
protests.Parliament approved a bill on Tuesday to end emergency rule two months
earlier than planned, state-affiliated Fana reported.aljazeera
Far-right party faces hurdles in forming
Slovenia parliament
Former Slovenian PM Janez Jansa's far-right anti-immigrant party
won nearly double the seats than its closest opponent in parliamentary
elections but faces major hurdles in forming a new Govt .Slovenian President
Borut Pahor said he will offer Jansa's SDP a mandate to form a Govt after his party won 25 out of the 90
parliament seats up for grabs."I am not obliged to award the mandate to
the relative winner of the election, but I will do so because I strongly
believe in democracy," Pahor was quoted in news reports as saying.Jansa's
main opponent, Marjan Sarec, and his party won only 13 seats.aljazeera
Dozens of civilians are killed as violence
continues in Derna, Libya
The northeastern Libyan city of Derna is
witnessing violent outbreaks between the city’s Protection Force and the Karama
Forces led by Khalifa Haftar in the latter’s attempt to move forward and
control several neighbourhoods in the last remaining opposition stronghold in
eastern Libya.According to local Libyan media, the Karama Forces are bombing
residential areas with the support of the controlled Emirati Air Force, which
targeted a number of sites in the centre of the country.The same sources
reported the disruption of Libyana and Almadar Aljadid mobile network operators
in the city.Libyan TV channel Alnabaa quoted a source from Tobruk Medical
Centre confirming the arrival of more than five injured members of Karama
Forces to the centre due to the violence.middleeastmonitor
Iran could unleash new refugee wave, Netanyahu
tells Berlin
Berlin:Iran's activities across the Middle
East threaten to drive another wave of refugees to Europe, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said after talks with
German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Netanyahu, on a tour to persuade European
countries to follow the U.S. administration of Donald Trump in tearing up a
nuclear non-proliferation deal with Iran, said the country was using proceeds
from eased sanctions to finance conflict.Iran wanted to expand and deploy
Shi'ite militias it commanded to convert Muslims from the Sunni branch of
Islam, he said at a joint news conference with Merkel."This will inflame a
religious war, and the consequences will be many more refugees and you know
exactly where they'll come," he added.Reuters
NEW & VIEWS FLASH:
Jews, Muslims find a common enemy in defending their religious freedom - a misguided effort to ban circumcision in Denmark:DANIELLA GREENBAUMJUN
https://www.businessinsider.in/Jews-and-Muslims-find-a-common-enemy-in-defending-their-religious-freedom-a-misguided-effort-to-ban-circumcision-in-Denmark/articleshow/64456393.cms
New Age Militancy – Kashmir Youth Need Policies Encouraging Change, Not Surrender:Tara Kartha
https://thewire.in/rights/kashmir-militancy-surrender-policy
How RSS icon MS Golwalkar misrepresented Nehru’s words to justify the Hindutva project of ghar wapsi: Ajaz Ashraf
https://scroll.in/article/881409/how-the-rss-guru-ms-golwalkar-twisted-nehrus-writings-to-justify-the-hindutva-project-of-ghar-wapsi
Jews, Muslims find a common enemy in defending their religious freedom - a misguided effort to ban circumcision in Denmark:DANIELLA GREENBAUMJUN
https://www.businessinsider.in/Jews-and-Muslims-find-a-common-enemy-in-defending-their-religious-freedom-a-misguided-effort-to-ban-circumcision-in-Denmark/articleshow/64456393.cms
New Age Militancy – Kashmir Youth Need Policies Encouraging Change, Not Surrender:Tara Kartha
https://thewire.in/rights/kashmir-militancy-surrender-policy
How RSS icon MS Golwalkar misrepresented Nehru’s words to justify the Hindutva project of ghar wapsi: Ajaz Ashraf
https://scroll.in/article/881409/how-the-rss-guru-ms-golwalkar-twisted-nehrus-writings-to-justify-the-hindutva-project-of-ghar-wapsi
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