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Pranab Mukherjee to address RSS today, his
daughter sends reminder: by going to Nagpur, you are giving BJP,RSS full handle
to plant false stories
On the day former President Pranab Mukherjee
landed in Nagpur and was received by RSS Sahsarakaryavaha V Bhagaiah, his
daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee took to Twitter to remind him that “by going to
Nagpur, you are giving BJP/RSS full handle to plant false stories…”.Mukherjee
will be chief guest at an RSS event Thursday.Her remarks on Twitter were in
response to reports that she might leave the Congress and contest elections
from West Bengal on a BJP ticket.ABP News had first run the report citing BJP
sources. Sharmistha, who is president of the Delhi Congress women’s wing, took
to Twitter to deny the report. In her first tweet, she said: “In the mountains
enjoying a beautiful sunset and suddenly this news that I’m supposedly joining
BJP hits like a torpedo!Can’t there be some peace and sanity in this world? I
joined politics because I believe in Congress. Would rather leave politics than
leave Congress.”Soon after, came two more tweets addressed to her father, who
has Twitter handle @CitiznMukherjee.In the first, she wrote:“Hope
@CitiznMukherjee realises from today’s incident, how BJP’s dirty tricks
department operates. Even RSS wouldn’t believe that you are going to endorse
its views in your speech. But the speech will be forgotten, visuals will remain
and those will be circulated with fake statements.”Then, she wrote: “By going
to Nagpur, you are giving BJP and RSS full handle to plant false stories,
spread false rumours as today and making it somewhat believable. And this is
just the beginning!”Ex-President is set to address a programme of RSS as a
chief guest today, a decision that has been questioned by some in Congress,
including M Veerappa Moily, who feel the move will give credence to Sangh’s
ideology.Indian Express
Pranab Mukherjee's daughter says his speech in
Nagpur will give BJP, RSS "full handle to plant false stories"
New PIL claims Judge Loya died while on
‘official duty’:National Herald Exclusive
Citing an official letter from the Maharashtra
state govt, Nagpur-based lawyer Satish Uike has petitioned the Bombay High
Court for directions to pay appropriate compensation for the death of late CBI
Special Judge BH Loya, who apparently died ‘on duty’, the petition claims. This
is contrary to earlier reports which said that Judge Loya has travelled to
Nagpur to attend a wedding.Late Judge Loya had died in Nagpur on Dec.,2014,
days after reprimanding the counsel of BJP national president Amit Shah, and
after Judge Loya had ordered Shah to be present in court on the next date
during the hearing of his discharge petition in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged
fake encounter case.But while the family members of the deceased as well as the
state govt had maintained that Judge Loya had travelled to Nagpur to attend the
wedding of a colleague’s daughter, Uike has now claimed that a letter booking a
VIP suite in Ravi Bhawan state guest house in Nagpur, had stated that the judge
would be visiting Nagpur on ‘govt duty’.The letter, a copy of which is in
possession of National Herald, is dated Nov.27, 2014 and is signed by a Desk
Officer Shrimati EM Bhargav in Dept.of Law, Govt of Maharashtra.The letter
reads:"Sir, in accordance to the above subject it is informed to you that
from Mumbai, Honourable Shri BJ (sic) Loya and Honourable Shri Vinay Joshi,
these both District and Session Judges Mumbai, will be staying from the early
morning of 30.11.2014 till 7 am of 01.12.2014 for the government work. It is
requested that for their stay one VIP Air -conditioned suite with two cots be
reserved."nationalheraldindia
Haj pilgrims are not consumers, can’t claim
refund, says apex consumer panel
Haj pilgrims are not consumers, apex consumer
commission has observed while denying relief to a man and his son who claimed a
refund for being provided lower category services by Haj Committee of India in
2008 despite paying for a higher category.National Consumer Disputes Redressal
Commission (NCDRC)said that Haj Committee renders services without any profit
motive.“It would thus be seen that Haj Committee is rendering services without
any profit motive and is collecting only the actual expenses incurred by it on
making arrangements for the Haj pilgrimage,” the commission said.“No fee or
service charges are being collected by Haj Committee of India from the
pilgrims, for rendering its services to them. Therefore, complainants cannot be
said to be the consumer of Haj Committee of India within the meaning of Section
2(1)(d) of Consumer Protection Act,” NCDRC said.The apex consumer commission
was hearing an appeal filed by the Haj Committee of India against Rajasthan
state commission order asking it to compensate Abbas Ali and his son Faiyaz
Hussain, who had applied for the pilgrimage in 2008 and chose Green Category
which was a higher bracket for pilgrims.They claimed that they had deposited Rs
96,940 each for the pilgrimage but when they reached Saudi Arabia, they were
not accommodated in the green category and were kept in lower category –
Azizia’.They approached the district forum seeking refund of Rs 22,362, the
excess amount allegedly charged from them for green category, but their plea
was dismissed.The complainant then moved the state commission which allowed
their appeal and directed refund along with compensation of Rs 10,000 and Rs
5,000 as cost of litigation. Haj committee challenged this order in
NCDRC.indianexpress
Haj pilgrims are not consumers:disputes
redressal body
Israel agents trained India commandos leading
Sikh temple raid:MEMO report
Commandos who conducted one of India’s most
controversial military raids against a militant Sikh group were trained by
Israeli Mossad agents, an Indian paper has reported.Writing for India Today to
mark the raid on one of the most sacred sites in the Sikh tradition, Prabhash K
Dutta claims that the attack known as “Operation Blue Star” was conducted by
Indian commandos trained by Israeli agents when India refused to have any
diplomatic ties with Israel. Commandos who entered the Golden Temple on 6 June
1984, Dutta says, were part of Special Group of the 56th Commando Company of
the Indian Army.They were the only unit of the Indian forces to have received
specialised training.SpecialGroup or SG commandos, as they were called in those
days, had been trained by an expert team of Mossad, Israeli intelligence outfit.34
years on, the operation which led to clashes between Sikh militants and Indian
commandos, continues to divide the nation.Official reports put the number of
deaths among the Indian army at 83 and the number of civilian deaths at 492,
though independent estimates ran much higher. middleeastmonitor
Israel’s invisible hand behind Operation Blue
Star of 1984:Prabhash K Dutta
J&K: Stone pelting cases against minors to
be withdrawn, says Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a
2-day visit to J&K , Thursday said cases against minor stone pelters in the
Valley will be withdrawn. While addressing a Sports Conclave at SK Indoor
Stadium in Srinagar, he said, “Sports can bring a change in your lives.
Children can be misguided easily but we know the truth that is why we have
withdrawn all stone-pelting cases against them.”CM Mehbooba Mufti, who was also present on the
occasion, echoed similar sentiments. “Children from J&K should also be given atmosphere and
opportunity to develop like that of the other parts of the country. So that
stone pelting, bombing and gunning stop and these children get a chance to
grow,” she said.Singh, who is in Kashmir to review the suspension of
anti-militancy operations, said the “fate and face of Kashmir will be changed”,
even as he unveiled a list of projects related to creating employment
opportunities and sports infrastructure to attract youths.“We will help the
youth to be recruited in armed forces. The centre will help the youth of
J&K in finding their way. But I appeal to the young generation of the state
to not indulge in any kind of wrongdoings,” he said. Singh’s visit comes amid
an offer for talks with the Hurriyat Conference. indianexpress
In J&K , Rajnath says Centre will change
'face and fate' of Valley, help misguided youth find their way
New militant recruits not driven by ideology,
most attended govt schools: J&K police
New
Delhi:“The new age militant comes from a middle-class family with all the
ingredients of a normal Kashmiri family. He has Hanafiya inclination and not
Salafi (or Wahabi), has been educated in Govt schools and not madrasas. This militant is not
a child from a broken family. His age is between 15 and 25 years, is unmarried,
has no substantial criminal antecedents and has behaviour as normal as a guy
next door. There is hardly any early indication of him being drifted towards
armed militancy.”This is how a 74-page confidential report — based on a
detailed study conducted by the J&K Police’s CID — has profiled local
youths in the Valley who have become militants.Titled “Radicalisation and
Terrorism in J&K — A Study”, CID says that the aim of the study was “to
gauge the existence and extent of radicalisation in the youth of Kashmir”. The
report is based on an elaborate study of “156 local youths of the Valley who
have joined militancy between 2010 and 2015”.The report says that its findings
are based on the CID’s “extensive intelligence database along with detailed
interviews of family members, friends, neighbours, acquaintances” conducted by
a group of field officers.The report has also debunked the traditional
understanding of Kashmir’s militancy and sought a rethink. “One noticeable
outcome of this study is that this wave of fresh recruitments is not based or
driven by ideology as the surge is only seen in South Kashmir and there too in
identifiable areas. If it would have been ideology driven, then pan-Kashmir
footprints would have been seen,’’ says the report.The report says that opting
for guns “is a youth phenomena” and youngsters “join militancy because of
thrill seeker attitude”.indianexpress
Centre’s unilateral Ramzan ceasefire shows
upward trend in violence:TOI
Srinagar: Centre’s unilateral ceasefire
against terrorists during the holy month of Ramzan has no desired impact as
terror-related violence continued unabated and showed an upward trend in the
last 20 days.The data shows an upward trend in the killing of civilians and
security men compared to last year during the same period. In the last 20 days,
militants killed more than three dozen people including cops and security
forces’ men and threw over 18 hand grenades at various places across Srinagar
city and in parts of south Kashmir, leaving more than two dozen persons and
security men injured, according to official figures.At least 143 people
including 37 civilians, 71 militants and 31 security personnel were killed
since Jan.this year. Out of 143, over 3 dozen people were killed only during
Ramzan ceasefire. Around 40 odd Kashmiri youth joined militant ranks in the
name of Jihad, an official source said.TOI
J-K sex scandal: Ex-BSF DIG among 5 to get 10
yrs in jail
Chandigarh :A CBI court Wednesday sentenced to
10 years imprisonment five men, including ex BSF DIG K C Padhi and former
J&K Police DSP Mohammad Ashraf Mir, convicted in 2006 J&K sex abuse scandal case. Rejecting the plea for
leniency, the court said that the rape of a minor by senior officers could not
be condoned as “public kept faith on them as protectors”. 5 five were taken
into custody and sent to the Burail jail in Chandigarh.Padhi and Mir were fined
Rs 1 lakh each, while the others — Shabbir Ahmad Laway, Shabbir Ahmad Langoo
and Masood Ahmad — were fined Rs 50,000 each. They were sentenced to
imprisonment under Section 376 (rape) of the Ranbir Penal Code by Additional
District and Sessions Judge Gagan Geet Kaur.indianexpress
Bhima-Koregaon violence: Left leader D Raja
terms arrests as 'State's terror against Dalits'
New Delhi: CP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP from
Tamil Nadu Duraisamy Raja termed the arrests made by Pune Police of 3 Dalit
activists Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Jacob Wilson and Surendra Gadling for inflammatory and provocative speeches
at the Elgar Parishad in Pune’s Shaniwarwada fort in January that allegedly led
to Bhima-Koregaon violence as State’s terror against Dalits.Left leader said,
“Dalit leaders have been demanding their due rights in Maharashtra and
everywhere. Instead of understanding their concerns, the state is unleashing
terror against Dalits.” He also added that Prakash Ambedkar, Dalit leader, has
been demanding to withdraw the cases against the activists and they be
released. timesnow
Koregaon-Bhima violence: Arrest of activists,
lawyers denounced
Nagpur ;A group of activists and lawyers has
denounced the arrest of activists Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Sudhir Dhawale and
activist-lawyers Surendra Gadling and Rona Wilson in connection with Koregaon
Bhima Elgar Parishad. Addressing a press conference here, the activists said,
“The fascist RSS Govt s at the Centre and the state have targeted the activists
deliberately to protect the real culprits in the violence following Elgar
Parishad namely Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide.”Group included Sandip
Nandeshwar, Ratinath Mishra, Akshay Samarth, Dinanath Waghmare, Wahid Shekh, SP
Tekade, Jagdis Meshram, Vikrant Narnaware, Anil Kale and NA
Vaidhya.indianexpress
Shillong unrest: National minorities
commission against re-locating Sikhs, says move 'unfeasible'
Shillong: National Commission for Minorities
member Manjit Singh Rai has described as "unfeasible" the move of the
Meghalaya Govt to re-locate Sikh
inhabitants from the Sweepers Lane in Shillong.Sweepers Lane, known to the
local people as Them Metor, is located in the commercial area of Shillong near
Iewduh — one of the busiest markets in the northeast.Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong, however, said the Govt 's intention
is clear as it wants to find a solution and resolve this issue permanently in
the best interest of all concerned.IANS
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind expresses concern over
anti-Sikh violence in Shillong
New Delhi: One of the leading Islamic body
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has expressed concern over violence against the Sikh
community in Shillong, Meghalaya. In a press statement, Mohammed Salim
Engineer, Secretary-General at JIH said, “We are deeply concerned over the
reported violence against the Sikh community in Shillong. The flare-up in
violence against the Sikhs, which are a minority community in Meghalaya, over a
trivial street brawl is highly condemnable and shows that some anti-social
elements have been infected by the communal virus and are trying to divide
people and instigate violence.”“In a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country
like India, it is the responsibility of the majority community to protect the
minorities,’’ said Engineer.He further said, “We wish to remind the Meghalaya Govt
of their moral and constitutional
responsibility. It is their foremost duty to protect the lives and properties
as well as the honor and dignity of the citizens.” Jamaat demanded that the
culprits behind the violence in Shillong should be arrested and punished. “We
appeal to the citizens of Shillong not to fall prey to any rumors and
appreciate the role of Sikh community which has contributed significantly
towards the development of Meghalaya. Peaceful coexistence is the only way
ahead and should be respected and protected by all,”he made an
appeal.twocircles.net
Sunni Clerics Say Darul Uloom Fatwa Against
Iftar at Shia Houses 'Fake, a Conspiracy'
Lucknow: A top Sunni cleric has dismissed
media reports that claim Darul Uloom Deoband issued a fatwa for Sunni Muslims,
asking them to refrain from having Iftar at Shia Muslim houses.Maulana Khalid
Rasheed Farangi Mahali claimed the reports were part of a ‘mischief’, while
Shia clerics said such fatwas could be part of a conspiracy to hamper
brotherhood between both communities.Maulana Rasheed said, “Deoband never
issues such fatwas. It seems to be a case of mischief to disturb the communal
harmony among Shias and Sunnis. Both communities can have Iftar together, there
is absolutely no doubt about that. Deoband is closed during the holy month of
Ramzan, so this raises more doubts about this fatwa. The matter should be
probed thoroughly. Muslims should not pay any heed to such fatwas.”Noted Shia
Cleric Maulana Yasoob Abbas also spoke to News18 and said, “Such things hamper
brotherhood. It seems this was done as a part of a conspiracy to disturb peace
between the two communities. Darul Uloom should probe the matter and punish the
guilty.”Sikandar Ali, the man who claims to have asked Darul Uloom the question
on Iftar at Shia Muslim houses, says he received the fatwa as a response at the
institution.Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom, Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, refused to
comment on the issue.news18
Fatwa asking Sunni Muslims to refrain from
Shia parties, part of international conspiracy: scholars
New Delhi: The recent controversial fatwa
allegedly issued by Darul Uloom Deoband drew flak from all quarters. Imam and
Khateeb of Fatehpuri Shahi Jama Masjid Dr Mufti Mukarram Ahmed, ex-MP Mohammed
Adeeb and Prof Dept. of Urdu Ali Ahmed Fatimi strongly condemned the
fatwa.Mufti Mukarram Ahmed sensed international conspiracy behind the fatwa and
termed it as part of US, Israel and Saudi Arabia planning to hamper
brotherhood. He said, in my opinion, it is not a religious issue but a
political game which is being played to disturb communal harmony among Sunni
Shia Muslims and to promote sectarianism.Ex-MP Mohammed Adeeb threatened to
leave Deobandi sect if such fatwas continue. siasat
Ram Mandir will be constructed in Ayodhya:
Mahant Suresh Das after meeting with CM Yogi
Lucknow: A group of priests who met UP CM Yogi
Adityanath on Thursday said the latter has assured that a Ram Temple will be
built in Ayodhya.We had a dialogue with the CM (Adityanath) about the development of Ram
temple and he has assured us that it will be constructed soon,” Mahant Suresh
Das told reporters here after meeting the CM .Prior to the meeting, Das had
claimed that if the matter of constructing the Ram Temple was not taken up
seriously, there may be a subsequent impact on the 2019 general elections.“Matter
of the (Ram) temple will have to be taken seriously. If this isn’t taken up,
we’ll see what to do in 2019,” he told ANI.freepressjournal
Minorities are suffering in India, Arundhati
Roy slams PM
In an interview with BBC’s Evan Davis,
award-winning author Arundhati Roy has slammed Narendra Modi-led Govt and said minorities in India are suffering
under his leadership.She had appeared on BBC’s flagship show Newsnight on
Monday to talk about her new book Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Referring to
Roy’s book The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Davis had asked, “You mention
Modi, you’re not a fan. He (Modi) does not come out of the book well. Has he
been as bad as you would have feared?”Roy replied, “Yes, because today you’re
looking at a situation where the Muslim community has been ghettoised. You’re
looking at people being lynched on the streets. You’re looking at them being
pushed out of economic activity they participated in earlier, you know meat
shops, leather work, handicrafts, all of this is under assault.”“In India we
are looking at the violence of a community trying to form itself into a nation,
a Hindu nation, and somehow everyone else is a second-class citizen,”said Roy. nationalheraldindia
Archbishops’ letters not directed at any
party, says Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India
Pune:Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India –
the apex decision making body of the Indian Catholic Church – has said that
letters written by the Delhi and Goa Archbishops were not directed at a certain
party and only called for prayers for the country.“They are not directed at
voting for a certain party or against a certain party and are just calls for
the country and its democratic set-up. While political leaders have contacted
me, including those from the ruling party, I have explained to all of them that
there is nothing political about these letters and that we do not wish to
indulge in politics. We are only thinking and praying for the good of the
country,” Father Theodore Mascarenhas, Secretary General of CBCI, said.Anil
Couto, Archbishop of the Delhi Archdiocese, had in a letter in May called for a
prayer campaign for the nation saying that the Constitution is under threat.
Weeks later, a communique by the Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao spoke of
apprehension among the minority community.indianexpress
Churches in India are conspiring with the
Vatican to destabilise the Govt , claims VHP
VHP has claimed that churches in India were
conspiring with the Vatican as “contract killers” to destabilise elected Govt s
and “prop up puppet ones”, PTI reported.Hindutva organisation’s remarks came
after the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Father Filipe Neri Ferrao, wrote a
letter to churches saying the Constitution is in danger. In May, Archbishop of
Delhi Anil Couto had said in a letter to parishes in the national capital that
there was a “turbulent political atmosphere” in the country, and asked them to
“pray for the country”. “Churches in India are in collusion with the Vatican,
and are trying to create an atmosphere of distrust against the present Govt ,”
said Surendra Jain, VHP joint general secretary. scroll.in
Junaid Khan lynching: Faridabad court denies
bail to main accused
A Sessions Court in Faridabad has dismissed
the bail plea of main accused in the Junaid Khan murder case while stating that
the allegations against him are of serious nature and “there is every
possibility for pressurising of the prosecution witnesses” in case he is
granted bail.“The accused cannot take the ground of parity for the reason that
he has been shown as the main accused and the causing of injuries with sharp
edge weapon have been attributed to the present accused,” Additional Sessions
Judge Narendra Sharma said in his order while dismissing the bail plea of
Naresh Kumar, who is facing murder charges in the case.The judge in the order
also mentioned that he has found substance in the prosecution argument that mere
long custody does not make the accused entitled to bail.indianexpress
No love lost between BJP and Shiv Sena as the
latter vows to go solo in 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Hours after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s
meeting with BJP president Amit Shah, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that the
party has passed a resolution on contesting all upcoming elections on their
own. BJP President Amit Shah, in Sampark for Samrthan campaign, had met Shiv
Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in a bid to garner support for the party.A few
hours before the meeting, an editorial was published in Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece
‘Saamana’ saying that the ruling party has lost touch with the public and it
should introspect to find reasons for it. The editorial mocked BJP’s ‘Sampark
Abhiyan’ and had said that party would contest 2019 polls solo. It added that
Palghar bypoll results have shown Sena’s strength to the BJP and that was the
reason behind Amit Shah’s outreach mode.The strongly worded editorial had
claimed that BJP was losing grounds and winds of change were blowing in
Rajasthan and MP, adding that change of Govt was imminent in Maharashtra. The
editorial remarked that BJP makes calculations like a businessman about whom to
stay touch with and whom not to.”BJP President’s outreach is seen as an effort
to gain the trust of allies back after major setbacks in recent bypolls.
According to political experts, BJP is trying to move against a possible united
Opposition, which has been able to defeat BJP in regional elections, Karnataka
being the latest.newsx
Hopeful after SC/ST quota ruling, no ordinance
on atrocity law: Govt
New Delhi:A day after the Supreme Court ruled
that the Govt “is not debarred from
making promotions in accordance with law” till it decides petitions before it,
the Govt said this will not only ensure
quotas in promotion for its SC/ST employees but also allow all such employees,
whose promotions had been reversed in recent years, to be reinstated to the
posts. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice &
Empowerment, said following consultations with the Ministry of Law and
Department of Personnel Training on the implications of the SC ruling, it is
clear that “promotion mein reservation ka raasta khul gaya hai”.“Even though
this is just an interim order, and the matter will be decided by a larger
Constitutional Bench, we will immediately implement it so that reservation can
be made applicable to promotions also. Also, if any of the promotions granted
to SC/ST employees post 1997 were reversed, then they too will get the benefit
of this order,” he said, adding that they will have to be reinstated to their
erstwhile posts.indianexpress
Return journey of NRIs from Saudi begins;
exodus signals grim times
Hyderabad: The trickle of Indian workers
sending away their families from Saudi Arabia is giving rise to fears that it
could turn into a tide in the near future. No official figures are available on
how many non-resident Indians are returning home, neither in India nor in Saudi
Arabia. But, several schools in Hyderabad have reported sudden spurt in the
numbers of admissions of the wards of Gulf NRIs, who have come back from Saudi
in the last few weeks.MA Lateef, Chairman, MS Group of Schools, said so far
over 200 students, mostly girls, who have returned from Saudi, have been given
admission. "Parents are saying that living in Saudi Arabia with families
is becoming increasingly expensive, so many of them are sending them to
India,"Lateef said. Authorities of many other schools concur with Lateef.
They said this year there is a marked spurt in admissions of Gulf NRI children,
especially from Saudi.Head of another chain of schools, Springfield, reported
admission of over 150 Gulf NRI children.Humaira Hyder believes that the
admissions would continue for a few more weeks. "In fact, we are expecting
more students. The parents are in disarray. They say they have little or no
savings. Getting education is a priority which cannot be put off," Hyder
said.Mohammad Ziauddin Nayyar, a social activist who is associated with a
number of schools in the city, said, "What is going on is forced
separation of families which will have a negative impact on the social and
economic fabric."Nearly 30 lakh Indians are engaged in various sectors in
Saudi.Of these, people from Kerala form the largest chunk of 40%, followed by
20 to 25% from Telangana. TOI
All NRI marriages to be registered within 48
hours or passport won’t be issued, says Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi:All NRI marriages solemnised in
India would have to be registered within 48 hours, Union Minister of Women and
Child Development Maneka Gandhi said on Wednesday. As of now, there is no time
frame to register marriages in India. However, a Law Commission report has
recommended that the time limit to register marriages should be restricted to
30 days after which a penalty of Rs 5 per day could be imposed.“NRI marriages
have to be registered within 48 hours, else the passport and visas would not be
issued,” Gandhi said, adding that the WCD Ministry is in the process of issuing
orders to the registrars that details of such marriages should be provided to
it so that a central database can be maintained.PTI
SBI says husband can't use wife's debit card,
court agrees
Bengaluru:A casual act of letting your spouse
or a close relative/friend withdraw money from an ATM using your debit card
could prove costly. This is what a Benglauru woman on maternity leave recently
learnt, albeit the hard way.Banking rules categorically state that an ATM card
is non-transferable and no other person apart from the account holder should
use it. On Nov.14, 2013, Marathahalli resident Vandana gave her debit card with
PIN to her husband, Rajesh Kumar, to withdraw Rs 25,000 from a local SBI ATM.
Rajesh went to the ATM and swiped the card; the machine delivered a slip
showing the money was debited, but the amount was never released. SBI cited the
‘non-transferable’ rule and said the account holder was not the ATM user and
turned down the money claims.TOI
Maldives leader Ahmed Nihan denied entry, Male
raises issue with New Delhi
New Delhi:A prominent leader from the ruling
party in Maldives, Ahmed Nihan, who is considered to be a close aide to
President Abdulla Yameen, was not allowed to enter India earlier this week,
prompting Male to raise the issue with New Delhi. This incident comes amid the
strain in bilateral ties between India and Maldives over the political situation
in the island nation.Describing the incident which took place Monday night as
“unfortunate”, Maldives envoy to India Ahmed Mohamed said, “Maldives foreign
ministry has taken up the matter with Indian ambassador in Male Akhilesh Mishra
on Tuesday, while I have raised it with officials in Ministry of External
Affairs in Delhi Wednesday.”Nihan, who is the parliamentary group leader of the
ruling PPM and majority leader of the current parliament, had to come to
Chennai for medical consultations on Monday night, but was not allowed to enter
the country.indianexpress
Barkha Dutt Threatened; Rana Ayyub, Ravish
Kumar Have Already Received Threats
New Delhi: Days and weeks after two noted
journalists Rana Ayyub and Ravish Kumar received threats and abuses, renowned
TV journalist and writer Barkha Dutt has also received “chilling veiled
threats.” The 3 are among few top media personalities in India who have been
vocal against the politics of BJP and policies of the Modi Govt .“Received
chilling veiled threats and “messages” from powerful people in the
Establishment today that my family and I are under surveillance – and that I
will be smeared & maligned to stop me from starting any new projects,”Dutt
tweeted Thursday noon.As she has been advised to debug her house over the
threats, she wondered if she is living in her own country. “Was advised to get
my house debugged. Is this my country?” she asked.Caravan
Govt Earns Rs 150 Cr Annually From top 5
monuments built by Muslim rulers
New Delhi: Even though it is top in Hindutva
groups’ list of ‘symbols of slavery’, Taj Mahal, the Mughal-era marvel, is the
highest earner among centrally-protected monuments in the country.In 2017-18,
the centrally-protected monuments generated Rs 271.8 crore. More than half of
the amount i.e. Rs 146.05 crore came from top 5 monuments built by Muslim
rulers, four of them by the Mughal emperors.While Taj Mahal alone generated the
revenue worth Rs 56.83 crore, Govt earned Rs 30.55 crore from Agra Fort, Rs 23.46
crore from Qutub Minar, Rs 19.04 crore from Fatehpur Sikri and Rs 16.17 crore
from Red Fort.Except the Qutub Minar, which was built by rulers of the Delhi
Sultanate, the rest were constructed by the Mughals.caravandaily
NEET 2018: Urdu Was Ahead Of Marathi, Kannada
As Medium
NEW DELHI: More students chose Urdu as medium
than Marathi, Kannada and Oriya at the NEET 2018, results of which were
announced on Monday. English was on the top and Oriya at the bottom in the list
of 11 Scheduled languages in which 12.69 lakh students wrote the national
medical entrance test.CBSE conducted NEET for admission to MBBS/BDS courses in
Medical/Dental colleges in India.According to CBSE, 13,26,725 students had
registered for NEET 2018 but 12,69,922 of them appeared for the test. More than
10.6 lakh students had chosen English as medium of examination while 1.46 lakh
students chose Hindi and it was followed by Gujarati which had 57,000
students.Some 1,711 had chosen Urdu as their medium, followed by Marathi with
1169 students and Kannada had 818 students.caravandaily
Mumbai: Young inter-faith couple found dead in
car, cops suspect suicide
MUMBAI: A Muslim youth and his Hindu
girlfriend who had gone missing from their homes four days ago were found dead
in a car outside the Mulund metropolitan magistrate’s court early on
Wednesday.Although no suicide note was found in the vehicle or on their
persons, based on circumstantial evidence and statements of their close
relatives, prima facie, police suspect it to be a case of suicide. Salman Afroz
Khan (26), a Thane resident, dabbled in the garments business and the girl,
Manisha Narayan Negi (21), who lived on Thane -Belapur Road in Navi Mumbai,
worked as a salesgirl in a mall.TOI
Chidambaram: India set to lose Rs 2.3 lakh
crore due to loan write-offs
With Union Minister Arun Jaitley declaring all
those who owed money to banks have been declared insolvent and removed from
their companies under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Congress leader P.
Chidamabaram said that only Rs 1.7 lakh crore is expected to be recovered out
of Rs 4 lakh crore loans involved in the proceedings."Out of Rs 4 lakh
crore loans involved in Insolvency & Bankruptcy proceedings, only Rs 1.7
lakh crore is expected to be recovered," Chidambaram said.
WORLD
Afghanistan announces week-long ceasefire with
Taliban for Eid
Kabul:Afghanistan announced Thursday a
week-long ceasefire with the Taliban for Eid, the holiday that caps off Ramadan,
though operations against other groups including Islamic State will
continue.The ceasefire will last “from the 27th of Ramadan until the fifth day
of Eid-al-Fitr,” President Ashraf Ghani tweeted from an official account,
indicating it could run from June 12-19.It was not immediately clear if the
Taliban had agreed to the ceasefire, which would be the first for Eid since the
US invasion in 2001.“We are checking with our officials regarding the ceasefire
announcement,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP. The surprise move
comes days after a gathering of Afghanistan’s top clerics in the capital Kabul
called for a ceasefire and issued a fatwa against suicide bombings and
attacks.“The Govt of Afghanistan not
only supports the unanimous fatwa announcement by the ulemas (scholars), but
also backs the recommended ceasefire,” he said in a statement released by his
office.“(At) the same time, the Afghan Govt directs all the security and defence forces of
the country... to stop all the attacks on the Taliban, but the operation will
continue against Daesh (Islamic State), Al-Qaeda and other international
terrorist networks.”A ceasefire would bring welcome relief to civilians in the
war-torn country, nearly 17 years after the Taliban regime was toppled.AFP
Afghan Prez announces temporary ceasefire with
Taliban
11 persons, including 5 children killed in
US-led coalition air strike in Syria
An air strike on an area in northeastern Syria
still held by the Islamic State group has killed at least 11 civilians, the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Britain-based monitor said the strike
was conducted early Monday in the south of Hasakeh province by US-led
coalition, which has been battling IS jihadists in the region since 2014.There
was no immediate confirmation by the coalition of the strike, the latest in a
series to have reportedly caused civilian casualties in the area in recent
weeks.The strike “resulted in the death of 11 civilians, including five
children,” Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. “Bodies were only
pulled out on Tuesday due to continuous bombardment.” He said the area targeted
was near the village of Jizaa, one of the very last pockets still controlled by
IS in eastern Syria’s Euphrates Valley.AFP
IS kills 45 pro-regime fighters in east Syria
assault:Monitor
Beirut:An offensive by the Islamic State
jihadist group in eastern Syria has left at least 45 pro-regime fighters dead,
a monitoring group said Tuesday.IS fighters launched the operation Sunday
against Euphrates Valley villages seized last year by Govt forces and their allies, and have retaken four
of them, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The villages are located on
the road between the provincial capital of Deir Ezzor and the city of Albu
Kamal, which lies further south on the border with Iraq.Near those villages is
the small town of Hajin, the single largest populated hub still under the
control of IS jihadists.Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said at least 26 IS
fighters were also killed since “fierce” fighting started on Sunday.Observatory
said the casualties on the pro-regime side were mostly fighters from Shiite
militias present in the area, including groups from Iraq, Afghanistan and
Lebanon’s Hezbollah.AFP
Hezbollah and Iran 'to stay in Syria until it
is liberated'
Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement will
not leave Syria until it is "fully liberated from terrorists", the
Lebanese parliamentary speaker said.Nabih Berri said that Hezbollah's presence
in Syria had stopped the ISIL from reaching Lebanon."If it had not been
for Hezbollah there [in Syria], Daesh would have been here [in Lebanon],"
Berri said, referring to ISIL by its Arabic acronym.aljazeera
Popular Gurdwara, Mosque Set on Fire in UK;
Hate Crime Probe Launched
London: A popular Gurdwara and a Mosque were
set on fire in arson attacks at the same time in English city of Leeds with the
police treating them as hate crimes.Jamia Masjid Abu Huraira Mosque in Hardy
Street, Beeston, was attacked, along with the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha
Gurdwara in Lady Pit Lane, BBC reported on Wednesday.The main door of the
mosque in South of the city centre had been set on fire at about 3.45am (local
time) on Monday. A few minutes later, the door of the Gurdwara was also set on
fire, the report said.Sikh Press Association said a bottle filled with petrol
had been set alight at the doorstep of the Gurdwara, triggering a smoke alarm.
Residents called the fire brigade and the police and the fire was quickly dealt
with, they said.Nadeem Murtuja, interim director of Just Yorkshire which
promotes racial justice, human rights and equality, said such "acts of
hate" were worrying.PTI
Report: Attacks against Muslims rise in France
Hostilities against Muslims in France have
increased including shootings, sexual assaults, arson and the desecration of
places of worship during the holy month of Ramadan, the head of the country’s
National Observatory Against Islamophobia has said.Speaking to Algeria’s APS
news agency, Abdallah Zakri explained that attacks against Muslims are not
new.The organisation revealed in a report last month that the rate of attacks against
Muslims increased by 15 % in the period
from 1 January to 31 March.middleeastmonitor
Amnesty: Gulf families face uncertain future
due to Qatar blockade
The blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, the UAE,
Bahrain and Egypt has torn the social fabric in the Gulf Arab states, hurt
families and individuals and cast a dark shadow over the region, Amnesty
International said in a report on Tuesday.The lives of thousands of families
and individuals in the Gulf is no longer the same, the human rights group
said.“In a region where the social fabric is made up of inter-marriages and
ties across all countries, families from mixed nationalities were ripped apart,
students had to cut short their education, others lost their jobs, and pilgrims
from Qatar were banned from accessing holy sites in Saudi Arabia,” the report
said.MEMO
Data: Israel arrested more than 600
Palestinians in May
Israeli occupation forces arrested more than
600 Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories and besieged Gaza
Strip in May, including 94 children and nine women, human rights groups have
said.middleeastmonitor
Israel-Palestine ministerial meet held in
Jerusalem:report
Israel’s Minister of Finance, Moshe Kahlon,
and his Palestinian counterpart Shukri Bishara, as well as Palestinian Minister
of Civil Affairs Hussein Al-Sheikh held a meeting on Tuesday, according to the
Hebrew Kan Radio.The officials discussed the recent escalations in the besieged
Gaza Strip and Tel Aviv’s intention to support “humanitarian” projects in the
Strip in Kahlon’s office in occupied Jerusalem.They also debated the Israeli Govt
’s decision to deduct part of the taxes Tel Aviv collects on behalf of the
Palestinian Authority and transfer them directly to the Gaza Strip if President
Mahmoud Abbas continues his policy of not transferring the salaries of civil
servants in the enclave.According to Kan Radio, the Palestinian Bank governor
joined the meeting to discuss financial matters.middleeastmonitor
W. Bank Palestinians hurt in clashes with
Israel troops
7 Palestinians have been injured in clashes
with Israeli forces in the northern West Bank,Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC)
reported today. “Our crews provided medical assistance to seven Palestinians
who had been injured near Nablus, including one in serious condition,” PRC said
in a statement. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces had tried to conduct an
arrest campaign in the area, triggering clashes between dozens of Palestinian
youths and Israeli troops who used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse them.
According to the Israeli army, 11 Palestinians were rounded up in overnight
raids carried out across the West Bank. Anadolu
UN slams 'chronic' arbitrary detention in
Egypt
There has recently been a "significant
escalation" in Egypt's crackdown on social dissent, the UN said yesterday,
warning that arbitrary detention in the country had become a "chronic
problem".Since 2013, international human rights groups have criticized
President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's Govt for cracking down on secular and left-wing
activists, as well as those close to the banned Muslim Brotherhood.But UN rights
office warned yesterday of a "renewed campaign of arrests, interrogations
and detentions of activists, bloggers and journalists in Egypt" in recent
weeks. This "appears to indicate a significant escalation in the crackdown
against the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in the
country," spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva. She
said a long line of prominent bloggers, journalists, lawyers and activists were
among those who had been detained in the weeks since Egypt's General Prosecutor
in Feb.ordered prosecutors to monitor social media sites that "spread lies
and fake news."AFP
UN: 46 migrants drown on Yemen’s shores, 16
missing
UN migration agency said that 46 migrants have
drowned and 16 others are being presumed dead as they are still missing in
Yemen’s shores.“Tragedy struck migrants trying to cross from the Horn of Africa
to find employment in Yemen and the Gulf, when their vessel capsized in high
waves as it approached its destination in the early hours of 6 June,” IOM said.MEMO
FLASH: VIEWS & NEWS
Optimism over Pranab Mukherjee addressing RSS
meet is misplaced:Apoorvanand
RSS is hydra-headed monster, seeks legitimacy
by inviting Pranab Mukherjee, writes Congress' Pawan Khera
Karnataka Textbook Encouraging Religious
Conversion? A Fact-Check:ALT NEWS
Renaming Mughal Sarai: Not only Aurangzeb –
all Muslim rulers are suspect in Hindutva India:Shoaib Daniyal
RSS deceived Mahatma Gandhi in 1947. Will it
do any better by Pranab Mukherjee?Ajaz Ashraf
125 years of Satyagraha: Today, on June 7,
Mahatma Gandhi was thrown off a train in South Africa
Arrests in Bhima-Koregaon case show RSS and
far-right now enjoy impunity:Vivek Deshpande
Ban on Pak Scholars Against Open Exchange of
Ideas: Asian Studies Conference Organisers:Devirupa Mitra,
As Cracks Begin to Show, Can Amit Shah Salvage
the NDA Before 2019 Polls?Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
No ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ for Muslims in
Mewat, Haryana: Humra Quraishi
No Aadhar, No Education: But Rohingya Girls
Beat the Odds And Educate Themselves:Ayesha Khan,Tahira Noor
India’s top 5 revenue generating monuments
were all built by Muslim rulers
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