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Pune Bhima Koregaon case: Police arrests 5 rights
activists, raids 4 others' homes across India
Mumbai/New Delhi:Pune Police is reported to
have launched simultaneous raids at the homes of several people in Mumbai,
Delhi, Ranchi, Goa and Hyderabad, including activists, priests, writers and
lawyers.Human rights advocate Sudha Bharadwaj’s home was raided and she was
taken into custody this morning, sources told The Wire. According to the
panchama, Bharadwaj has been charged under Sections 153a, 505, 117 and 120 of
the IPC and several sections of UAPA. Orders for the arrest came from Swargate
police station, Pune, according to the police, and 5 policemen from Pune were
part of the team that went to her house. The police were at her home from 5:30
am today and all electronic devices were seized.Sources told The Wire that the
police took away Bharadwaj’s laptops, mobiles and a pen drive, as well as a
diary with empty pages, and Bharadwaj expressed concern that these could be
tampered with. Bharadwaj’s daughter said that the police asked both of them to
write down their email and social media passwords. When Bharadwaj’s daughter
later tried to access her social media accounts, she reportedly found that they
had been blocked. Vernon Gonsalves has also reportedly been arrested.
Gonsalves’s family has claimed they don’t yet have clarity on why he has been
taken into custody. Varavara Rao was arrested from his home in Hyderabad this
afternoon and taken to Nampally court. His family has alleged that their house
was ransacked by a team from the Pune police.Rao’s nephew Venugopal, editor of
Veekshanam Telugu magazine, told TV channel Sakshi, “This is an attempt to
stifle voices that talk about murders of Dalit and Adivasis in areas like
Gadchiroli. There is a cooked up story that V.V. Rao was connected with an
assassination attempt on PM Narendra Modi. There is no truth to it. Apart from
V.V. Rao, his two daughters and son-in-laws have been targeted. They do not
have any connection with V.V. Rao’s politics. Central Govt , Maharashtra Govt ,
aided by the Telangana Govt , are engaging in intimidation to stifle democratic
voices.”Gautam Navlakha was arrested from his home in Delhi at around 2 pm
today. The police wanted to transfer him to Pune, but a habeus corpus petition
was filed in the Delhi high court. The high court has said that it will hear
the case tomorrow morning, and placed Navlakha under house arrest till then.Arun
Ferreira was arrested from his home at around 3:15 pm. “I am been arrested in
the same case as [Sudhir] Dhawale and [Surendra] Gadling. I will be taken to
Pune now,” he said while being arrested.Police constables had been stationed
outside Ferreira’s house in Thane. Around 15 officers from the Pune police
landed up at Arun Ferriera’s place around 6 am. Ferreira, who stepped out
briefly around 2 pm, told The Wire that he was then still under interrogation.
“The police is inquiring and the process is still on. I can’t say anything
concrete right now,” Ferreira said. Ferreira, his wife Jennifer, his son and
mother-in-law were home when the Pune police reached their residence.According
to Ferreira’s family, the police told him to cooperate and said that they would
only be carrying out search raids. Only around 3 pm, he was told that he would
be taken to Pune. His wife’s laptop and pen drives have been seized, and the
entire family’s bank details have been noted, they told The Wire.The panchnamas
say that the arrested individuals will be taken to Pune later today. Among
those whose residences were raided, according to sources, were Susan Abraham,
journalist Kranthi Tekula, Father Stan Swamy and Anand Teltumbde. A relative of
Varavara Rao confirmed that his daughter Anala and son-in-law K.V. Kurmanath’s
house had also been raided, and their laptops and hard drives seized. A
relative of Abraham’s said, “Susan and Arun are defending accused in Bhima
Koregaon violence of last Jan.” Dipak Nikam, inspector, crime branch Pune, led a
team of eight Maharastra police accompanied by the local Ranchi police to the
residence of Father Stan Swami with a search notice written in Marathi. Nikam
said there is an organisation called Elgar Parishad which is suspected to have
links with the Dalit movement in Maharastra, and the Vishambagh police suspects
that Swami has links with Elgar Parishad.When The Wire spoke to Swami, he said
he has never heard of, let alone have links with, any organisation called Elgar
Parishad.Those arrested for the Bhima Koregaon violence included human rights
lawyer from Nagpur Surendra Gadling, Dalit rights activist and journalist
Sudhir Dhawale, former PM Rural
Development fellow Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson and associate professor from Nagpur
University Shoma Sen.A number of activists and political leaders including
Swami Agnivesh, Teesta Setalvad, Jignesh Mevani, Shehla Rashid and Sanam
Sutirath Wazir had issued a statement condemning the police action.”The arrests
should be seen in continuation with the recent attacks on pro-justice voices
such as Swami Agnivesh, Umar Khalid and many other student activists from Delhi
to Lucknow. A BJP lawmaker from Karnataka even advocated the murder of “intellectuals.”
The wire
Bhima-Koregaon Clash: Police raid activists
5 held in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence
Elgaar Parishad event: Raids at homes of
activists with ‘Maoists links’ across India, several arrested
Maoist plot to kill PM Modi: Varavara Rao,
Gautam Navlakha and others arrested
Delhi HC stays transit remand of Gautam
Navlakha
New Delhi:Activist Gautam Navlakha who was
arrested by Maharashtra Police from his residence in South Delhi’s Nehru
Enclave on Tuesday afternoon, got a reprieve from the Delhi High Court.The
court rejected the transit remand of the activist, sought by Delhi Police
(Special Cell) SWAT team. Navlakha moved the Delhi HC soon after the police
obtained orders from the local court.The HC said he will be put under house
arrest till it hear the case on Wednesday morning.“The situation in this
country is such that anyone can be arrested for speaking against the
establishment’, she said.Navlakha’s associate, said Sahba Hussain, an associate
of Navlakha. thehindu
Govt creating atmosphere of fear: Amnesty on arrests
New Delhi;Amnesty International, a rights
group, has urged the Centre to protect freedoms instead of "creating an
atmosphere of fear", in response to arrests made across India in
connection with the Bhima Koreagaon probe." Maharashtra police have
launched raids on rights activists across the country," Amnesty India
said. "This crackdown raises disturbing questions about whether these
people are being targeted for their activism." Amnesty also said the five
people who were arrested in June in connection with the violence in Bhima
Koregaon "have a history of working to protect the rights of some of
Indias most marginalized people".India Today
‘BJP Govt s resort to repressive methods to
suppress all voices of dissent’: Ex-Jharkhand CM
Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren was among the
first politicians to condemn the police raids at the homes of human rights
activists in multiple cities across the country on Tuesday. “As the General
Elections 2019 draws closer, [BJP Govt ] at the Centre and respective BJP state
govts [Govts] have now resorted to repressive and unconstitutional methods to
suppress all voices of dissent,” Soren wrote on Twitter. “This is condemnable
and displays their dictatorial nature.”
UN spl officer on freedom of expression to
visit India next yr
UN
Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of
opinion and expression, David Kaye, is planning to visit India next year and
has written to India’s Permanent Representative to UN in Geneva. Kaye, a
professor of law at University of California, Irvine, School of Law, has been UN
Special Rapporteur since August 2014. He has asked Modi Govt for a visit in
keeping with the mandate of his office, and communicated his intention on July25,
according to information. An expert on international human rights law, his
research and writing focus on accountability for serious human rights abuses
and the law governing use of force. He has collaborated with local and national
Govts, major international NGOs as well as those at grassroots, international
organisations, and academic institutions around world.
NRC row: SC orders re-verification
of 10 % people excluded from the draft
New Delhi:Raising doubt over Centre’s proposal
to allow a claimant to change his legacy document for inclusion in the draft
National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a
detailed report from the NRC co-ordinator, Prateek Hajela, as to why those who
want to be included in NRC draft list have to give fresh additional documents.The
SC also ordered re-verification of 10% of people excluded from draft NRC in
Assam. The court said that the re-verification will be a sample survey for its
satisfaction. The court also deferred the scheduled date of August 30 for
receipt of claims and objections to the draft NRC, as it pointed out certain
contradictions in the Centre’s Standard Operating Procedure for the filing
them.Out of 3.29 crore applicants, 2.89 crore were found eligible for inclusion
in the complete draft of NRC, that was released last month. indianexpress
Assam NRC: Supreme Court defers receipt of
claims, objections from August 30
Jharkhand HC quashes ban on Popular Front Of
India
Jharkhand High Court has quashed State Govt’s
notification passed under section 16 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908
declaring the Popular Front of India (PFI) unlawful.Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay
opined that the notification seemed to have been issued in “haste and in an
imprudent manner being totally oblivious to the absence of congealed materials
to declare PFI as an unlawful association”. The Court noted that the State had
issued the notification on the basis of inputs that some PFI members had left
for Syria to join ISIS. It, however, opined that the allegations were vague and
therefore quashed the notification, observing, “The State has faulted on the
decision-making process itself. Sound reasoning and rational basis should have
formed the backbone of the impugned notification. Even if in the interest of
security the reasons were not mentioned the State was not prevented to apprise
this Court of any substantive material, investigating agency may have collected
indicating the involvement of PFI in subversive activities. Neither has such
material been brought to the notice of the Court not the counter affidavit
highlights such instance which would be supportive of the decision of the State
Govt for issuing the Notification dated
21.2.2018.”The Court was hearing a petition filed by Abdul Wadud, general
secretary of PFI, challenging the notification as well as the proceedings
initiated against him and other members of the organization pursuant to the
notification.He had submitted that the aim and object of PFI is to “protect
national integration, communal harmony, peace, progress and prosperity amongst
the people, irrespective of the community to which they belonged, as also to
establish social order, freedom and justice for all, to work for the welfare
and progress of the weaker sections of the society, to protect dignity and life
of the members of marginalized part of the society, to check the menace of
casteism and communalism and to rain voice against the violation of human
rights and to protect the unity and solidarity of different social groups.”He
had then asserted that PFI had raised its voice against the leader of a
political dispensation of the State, which resulted in several members of the
organization being arrested and assaulted. He had, therefore, challenged the
notification issued by the Home Department on Feb.21, 2018, declaring the PFI
as unlawful under section 16 of the Act. Livelaw.in
HC quashes ban on Popular Front of India in
Jharkhand
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/hc-quashes-ban-on-popular-front-of-india-in-jharkhand/articleshow/65564588.cms
Iraq's top Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani issues
fatwa over Ayodhya dispute,says 'Waqf land can't be used for temple'
Lucknow: 26-year-old Ayodhya land dispute has
now reached the world forum. Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Ali
al-Sistani, who is considered a religious authority among Shias around the
world, has issued a fatwa, pointing out that the Waqf properties can’t be
handed over for construction of temple or any other shrine.Al-Sistani, who
heads one of the most revered Shia seminary at Najaf in Iraq, was replying to a
query posed by an educationist Dr Mazhar Naqvi from Kanpur.Sistatni’s opinion
assumes significance in the wake of repeated statements by UP Shia Waqf Board
Chairman Waseem Rizvi to hand over the disputed land at Babri Masjid site in
Ayodhya for the construction of a temple. The cleric has argued that the mosque
was constructed by a Shia ruler, and hence, the Waqf property belongs to the
community.News18.com
Maldives calls India envoy after tweet by Swamy
to invade
New
Delhi :With barely a month to go for elections in Maldives, tension between New
Delhi and Male has escalated following a tweet by BJP Rajya Sabha MP
Subramanian Swamy, calling for “invading” the island nation if the polls are
“rigged”. Sources said that Maldives Foreign Secretary Ahmed Sareer summoned
Indian High Commissioner Akhilesh Mishra Sunday and conveyed Male’s
“displeasure” at Swamy’s tweet. The Maldives Govt has also submitted a demarche to the Indian Govt
, where it expressed shock at the statement.The meeting between Sareer and
Mishra took place at around 11 am local time in the Maldives foreign ministry.
This was followed by a meeting with ambassadors from seven countries, who were
briefed by Govt about the upcoming elections in Maldives on Sept.23.On Aug. 24,
Swamy had tweeted: “India should invade Maldives if rigging of election takes
place”.IndianExpress
Genital Mutilation Causes Irreparable
Physical, Emotional Damage to Dawoodi Bohra Girls: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said
the female genital mutilation (FGM) of minor girls of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim
community leaves a "permanent emotional and mental scar" on them and
the practice may be held as violative of dignity of women as prescribed in the
Constitution.A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M
Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud referred to constitutional schemes as
interpreted by the apex court over a period of time and said "the fact
that the practice is essential religious practice does not make it
constitutional"."You just cannot inflict any kind of injury to
another person," the bench said, adding that for husbands, young girls
should not go through all this. "This
kind of mutilation leaves a permanent emotional mental scar on small girls. You
snip her genitalia," the bench said. Senior advocate A M Singhvi,
appearing for a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim group, said if this practice, which is an
essential religious practice, is questioned then somebody may challenge the
male circumcision in Muslims and there would be no end to such judicial
scrutiny.He said the petition be referred to a larger Constitution bench as it
pertained to religious practice as was the case with the Sabarimala temple
where menstruating women are denied the entry.He also referred to the triple
talaq judgment and said the present petition also raised the "substantial
question of law" pertaining to Articles 25, 26 and 29 of the Constitution
which deal with the freedom of religion and protection of religious rights of the
minorities.PTI
SC Allows Girl To Stay With Her Parents While
Hearing “Husband’s” Habeas Corpus Plea
In an inter-faith marriage case, the Supreme
Court bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra on Monday while hearing the habeas corpus
plea of a man, who claimed to have converted his religion from Islamism to
Hinduism to marry a Hindu girl, allowed the 22-year-old Hindu woman to stay
with her parents after she expressed her desire not to stay with her husband.To
a court’s query whether she is under any pressure from her parents, Anjali Jain
categorically answered that she was not willing to stay either with her husband
or in the hostel, but wanted to go with her parents.She even admitted that she
had married 33-year-old Mohd Ibrahim Siddiqui in February this year.She told
the bench that she married him after he induced her to take the step and now
she is not willing to stay with him.After recording her statement, the bench,
also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, allowed Anjali to go
with her parents and modified the Chhattisgarh High Court order directing her
to be lodged in a hostel in Bilaspur.On the issue for annulment of marriage,
the court left the issue to the girl saying as she is a major and could take a
decision and the marriage issue is not before the court.The counsel for
Siddiqui requested the court to send her for examination of mental status which
was declined by the bench.The petition filed by Siddiqui challenges a judgment passed
by the high court on 30 July, when the high court had refused to allow his plea
for reuniting him with Anjali.livelaw.in
Murder case of Unnao rape victim’s father:
Autopsy of witness fails to ascertain cause of death, viscera sent for testing
Lucknow:Unnao police on Monday sent
32-year-old Yunus Khan’s viscera samples to the Lucknow Forensic Science
Laboratory (FSL) for testing after a post-mortem could not ascertain the cause
of death.Yunus was a witness in the murder case of the father of a teenage girl
who was allegedly raped in the district last year. BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar
had been arrested on April 13 this year on charges of raping the girl at his
residence in June 2017. The girl’s father had died in judicial custody on April
9. CBI had chargesheeted the MLA’s brother Atul Singh and four others on
charges of murder.On Saturday evening, the Unnao district administration had
exhumed the body of Yunus, who was buried on August 18, amid protests by his
family and some local residents who claimed it was against Sharia law.“After
the body was exhumed, it was sent for post-mortem Saturday night. Autopsy was
conducted by a panel of three doctors. The procedure was videographed. Doctors
could not ascertain the cause of death. They have preserved the viscera for
further examination,” said SDM, Hasanganj (Unnao), Suraj Kumar Yadav.“After
autopsy, the body was again buried at the same place following all rituals on
Sunday. Yunus’s family members were present. No one protested over it,” added
Kumar.indianexpress
Moradabad: Truck with remains of sacrificed
animal set ablaze, driver assaulted
Lucknow: A mini-truck carrying the remains of
slaughtered animals was set ablaze and its driver beaten up allegedly by a
group of men in Moradabad on Sunday, police said. “On Sunday evening, the truck
carrying bones and other remains of animals sacrificed on Bakrid was attacked
at Bholanath colony in Moradabad. At around 9 pm, we were informed by local
residents that a group of men on motorcycles had attacked the truck and beaten
up the driver. We rushed to the spot to find the truck on fire. The flames were
doused by a fire tender,” informed SHO of the Katghar police station, Sanjay Garg.
“Driver, Wasim Ahmad, had run away after being rescued by some local residents.
The assailants too had escaped after seeing the police team.The driver later
came to the spot and informed us about the matter. He claimed that the
assailants had initially entered into an altercation over the truck hitting a
motorcycle and later got angry after finding that the truck was carrying animal
remains.”Katghar Circle Officer, Sudesh Gupta, however, claimed, “According to
our investigation so far, the mini-truck was damaged and the driver was
attacked over an altercation between them after the truck hit one of their
bikes. An FIR has been lodged against unidentified accused under.”He said they
have sent the animal remains to the veterinary department for testing.indianexpress
Muslim women in burqas tie rakhis to cows in a
BJP-organised event in Lucknow
While the country is celebrating Raksha
Bandhan in their usual way, by tying rakhi onto their brother’s wrist, BJP
leader Bukkal Nawab from UP has announced totally different plans for this
Raksha Bandhan. As per the announcement made by BJP leader Bukkal Nawab, all
the Muslim women from the district will celebrate Gau Rakhsha Bandhan on
Sunday.In the following event, BJP leader said that the women belonging to
Muslim community will be tying rakhis to cows at Lord Shiva temple near Kudiya
Ghat in Rumi gate area in Lucknow.The following event is particularly aimed at
encouraging Muslims to protect cows. Commenting on the Gau Raksha Bandhan,
BJP’s Bukkal Nawab said that for him, cow protection is important and his top
priority. He further added that the time to save their holy cows has come.newsx
Women tying rakhis to police officers
un-Islamic: Cleric
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/women-tying-rakhis-to-police-officers-un-islamic-cleric/articleshow/65567833.cms
Meerut: A day after UP police officials got
women residing in their areas to tie rakhis to them under the #RakhiWithKhaki
campaign, which was launched on Raksha Bandhan in the state, a Muslim cleric
held it against the girls, saying the act of tying the threads on wrists of
cops was against Islam. “It is compulsory for Muslim women to wear a purdah and
even if they don’t want to do that, it is against Islam for any woman to touch
a man, which she has to, while tying a rakhi. Hence, I condemn this act of
Muslim women tying rakhis on the wrists of police officers,” said Ahmed Goud, a
cleric and a resident of Deoband. “Raksha Bandhan is a festival of Hindus and
is celebrated with great enthusiasm in the country. The festival became the
talk of the town after women tied Rakhis on the wrists of police officers here.
I believe that in spite of taking steps for the progress of the country, we are
treading on a path which is controversial. As far as religion is concerned,
each individual should follow his own. Trying to follow some other person’s
religion is unacceptable and will result in a clash of thoughts,” added Goud. TOI
Jamiat take up relief works on war-footing in
Kerala
New Delh: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) has begun
relief work on a large scale in Kerala which was severely hit by the worst
flood of the century.Relief materials and food-kits were distributed to the
affected-people of Kerala. Maulana Madani leader of JUH announced Rs 10 million
as an interim relief from Jamiat and its units. He also announced Rs 15 lakhs
for the flood-hit coastal district
Kodagu (Korag) in Karnataka.A meeting with office bearers was also conducted
wherein extensive plans were made to carry out the relief work regarding the
repairing of damaged houses, removing
mud, restoring electricity and plumbing etc.It was also decided to distribute
household requirements including utensils to those 2,000 families once the
survey was done. Relief work for the second phase would be to restore
electricity and water supply by hiring electricians, plumbers and carpenters.
Maulana also informed that 100 volunteers from Karnataka, 50 each from Tamil
Nadu and Bihar would reach the Kerala state soon and begin the relief work.
Besides Maulana Mahmood Madani, the delegation was comprised of office-bearers
of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala Jamiat units and other members.twocircles
Kerala floods: Telangana Jamat-e-Islami
targets to collect Rs. 5 crore for the victims
https://www.siasat.com/news/kerala-floods-jamat-e-islami-targets-collect-rs-5-crore-victims-1398666/
Hyderabad: Jamat-e-Islami of Telangana region
has fixed a target of collecting Rs. 5 crore to be given to the victims of
Kerala floods. So far, it has collected Re. 1 crore from the Masajid on last
Friday.It may be mentioned that Jamat-e-Islami has been attending to relief work
in Kerala in a phased manner. The organization lamented the attitude of the
Central Govt.for allocating meager funds and also for refusing to accept
foreign donations. The decision not to accept foreign funds is against human
values. Organization also condemned the propaganda of various other
organizations for not helping the flood victims of Kerala on the pretext that
they consume beef. It said that such feelings are inappropriate. It may be
mentioned that a team of doctors under the banner “DARE” is actively helping flood
victims in Kerala. The organization appealed to philanthropists to send in
their donations to its head office located at Chattabazar, Hyderabad.siasat
In flood ravaged Kerala, people from all
faiths celebrated Eid in Alappuzha church
Mangaluru: Even as Kerala was reeling under
intense floods, members of a church cooked and shared meals with those stranded
in rehabilitation camps to mark Bakrid celebrations. Not that communal amity
was missing in Kerala but the floods further united even religious institutions
and people from different faiths.A doctor, originally from Mangaluru, who is
part of the rehabilitation operation explained to TOI the underlying beauty of
life that the flood ravaged state brought out."There were people from all
faiths in the church premises, a relief camp at Chengannur in Alappuzha
district, who despite all the tension celebrated Eid with utmost joy,"
said Dr Prathvimraj B U, who has specialised in community medicine.Dr
Prathvimraj said there were a few Muslims in the relief camp, including one of
his students Neswin who described this year’s Eid the best of his life.
"Though kanji and payar (gruel and bean) and not biryani made for the
feast meal, this was my best Eid ever," Neswin said. timesofindia
Half a dozen injured in Baghpat communal clash
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/half-a-dozen-injured-in-baghpat-communal-clash/articleshow/65567861.cms
Meerut: 2 days after similar clashes in
Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat witnessed communal violence late on Sunday night, in
which six people got injured, one of them seriously. Incident occurred in
Kashiram colony of Baraut region of the district. As a result, many residents
had to take refuge in other localities. Heavy police force was rushed to the
spot to contain the spread of violence. “There is a park in the locality where
a few families of a particular community stay and offer their prayers. On Sunday
night, a few youths from another community were passing through the area and
one of them stepped onto the mat while a person was offering prayers. This led
to altercation that escalated into stone pelting,”said Ismail, an eyewitness.
According to Baraut CO,“Timely intervention of police prevented further
escalation of the violence. The situation is under control and force is
deployed in the area. Both groups have lodged police complaints against each
other.”TOI
Communal tension in Cuttack district
Bhubaneswar: A heated altercation between 2
youths over a trivial matter triggered communal tension at Narendrapur under Nemala
police station in Cuttack district on Monday.The local administration deployed
police forces in the area to prevent the situation from worsening further after
locals and workers belonging to the Bajrang Dal blocked the road by burning
tyres. Sources said the two youths of two communities had the heated argument
over overtaking of motorbikes on the road. One of them approached a few youths
at Kakudiapada and they attacked another youth at his home injuring a woman and
a minor boy.Soon after the news spread, locals along with the Bajarang Dal
workers blocked the road and gheraoed the minority community slum at
Kakudiapada.Later, police forces led by DSP Alok Ranjan Ray rushed to the spot
and tried to bring the situation under control.dailypioneer
Internet services suspended in Shahjahanpur
after communal violence
Shahjahanpur:Following the violence between 2 communities
in Banda area of Shahjahanpur on Saturday, the district administration
suspended internet services in the district on Monday from 6 am to 2 pm.DM
Amrit Tripathi said, “Internet services were suspended as a preventive step to
maintain peace in the area. Provocative audio and video messages were getting
shared on social media sites. The rumour about the death of an injured girl
could have disrupted the peaceful environment.”A WhatsApp group adminisrator
was also booked along with 2 group members by police for sharing provocative
messages. Earlier, police had booked 300 people for rioting and other offences
after communal clashes.A peace committee meeting was held between people of
both the communities under the leadership of DM and senior superintendent of
police S Chinappa, where both the parties were advised to maintain peace and
ignore the rumours on social media sites.Rapid action force, PAC and local
police officials were marching in Banda on Monday. Several shops in the market
opened but people mostly preferred to stay at home.TOI
W Bengal: Muslim youth lynched in Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar: Despite the Centre’s advisory and
the state police’s claim of an increased vigil, the lynching of strangers is
continuing on one pretext or the other.In the latest case in Bengal, a Muslim
youth has been beaten to death by a mob on the suspicion of being a thief. His
friend, who too has been assaulted severely, is battling for his life in the
hospital bed. This latest lynching has taken place at Chilkirhat village in
Cooch Behar district. The village is barely 1-km south of the district HQ.Every
Monday, a haa is held at Chilkirhat. Traders and people from nearby villages
come here to buy and sell their produce, etc. During the haat today, some of
those present nabbed two youths on the suspicion that they were planning to
steal bicycles from the market.In no time, a mob assembled at the spot and
started assaulting the two youths. The assault went on for nearly 30-minutes
until a police team from Cooch Behar town rushed in.Police rescued the 2 youths
in a critically injured state and admitted them to MJN Hospital in the district
headquarters. There one of youths succumbed to the injuries.By speaking to his
injured friend Musa Rehman, police found out that deceased was Abu Sajad.
newsmen.in
2 persons sentenced to life imprisonment in
Lucknow blast case
Lucknow: A special court in Lucknow has given
life imprisonment to two men for their role in bomb blast in court premises of
Lucknow in 2007.On August 23 Special Judge Babita Rani found guilty Mohammed
Tarique Qasmi and Akhtar Wani for their role in the blast. The quantum of
punishment was announced Monday.Tarique Qasmi is a resident of Azamgarh and
Akhtar is from Ramban in J&K . Both men were charged with 115, 120B, 121,
122, 124A and 307 of Indian Penal Code, 3, 4, 5 sections of Explosive act and
section16, 18, and 20 of UAPA. Defence lawyer Mohammed Shoaib told
IndiaTomorrow.net over the phone that he is yet to receive the judgment and the
verdict will be challenged in High court after going through it.IndiaTomorrow
Bombay HC: Conclude 2008 IM e-mail case in one year
Mumbai: Bombay high court (HC) has directed
the sessions court to conclude Indian Mujahideen 2008 e-mail sending case in
one year. 23 accused were arrested in 2008 Ahmedabad blast under charges of
criminal conspiracy including Techie Mansoor Peerbhoy. A division bench of
Justice S.S. Shinde and Justice Mrudula Bhatkar was hearing an appeal filed by
the state against the order of MCOCA court.asian age
SC Judge recuses from hearing plea of Malegaon
blast accused Purohit
New Delhi:
A Supreme Court Judge on Monday recused from hearing a plea by Malegaon
bomb blast case accused Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit for a judicial probe
into his alleged abduction and torture by investigating agencies.As the matter
was called, a bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Uday
Umesh Lalit directed for the listing of the matter before another bench as
Justice Lalit recused himself. Blaming the then UPA Govt for his implication in an alleged terror plot
and eight-year-long incarceration for "personal political gains", the
petitioner contended that as a consequence a "source network developed
meticulously by him and other officers of the Indian Army was demolished".IANS
No Maharashtra proposal to ban Sanatan
Sanstha: MoS
New Delhi : Days after the arrest of members
of the fringe Hindu group by Maharashtra ATS, the Union Home Ministry said that
neither has the Devendra Fadnavis Govt sent any fresh proposal for a ban on Sanatan
Sanstha so far, nor has it sought transfer of the probe to the NIA.It is
alleged that members of the Sanstha had links to the recently busted terror
plot that had plans to carry out attacks in Mumbai, Pune, Satara, Solapur and
Sangli. Some of their associates were allegedly behind the murders of Narendra
Dabholkar and journalist Gauri Lankesh.Minister of State (Home) Hansraj
Gangaram Ahir said, “Maharashtra Govt has not sent us any proposal for any ban on
the group (Sanatan Sanstha). Nor has the state Govt sought central help or transfer of
investigation to NIA. However, we are aware about the developments and a close
watch is being maintained.”indianexpress
Delhi govt reconstitutes Waqf Board; AAP MLA
Amanatullah Khan named as member
New Delhi : Delhi Govt reconstituted the Delhi Waqf Board and AAP MLA
and its former chairman Amanatullah Khan is among those named as its
members.Speculations are rife that Khan may make a comeback as the chairman of
the board. Delhi govt’s revenue department today issued a notification
reconstituting the Board with the approval of Revenue Minister Kailash
Gahlot.Last year, Khan, MLA from Okhla, was elected as the member of the board,
but the lieutenant governor’s approval for his appointment was awaited. According
to the notification, Khan was appointed as a member of board. Also, Himal
Akhtar, a member of the Delhi State Bar Council, was also appointed as member
of the board.The notification also said Choudhary Shareef Ahmed has also been
appointed as an elected member.Those who have been appointed as nominated
members of the Board are Razia Sultana,Naeem Fatima Kazmi and Amjad
Tak.“Members of the Delhi Waqf Board shall meet on Sept.4 at 5pm in the
conference hall of the office of secretary (revenue)…to elect one member,
amongst themselves as the Chairperson of the said Board,”notification stated.Delhi
Waqf Board had been dissolved in 2016 over allegations of corruption. financialexpress
Land allotted for rebuilding minority school
demolished 40 yrs ago: HC told
New Delhi: Delhi High Court was today informed
by the DDA that it has allotted land to the AAP Govt for constructing building for a minority
school which has been functioning from tents since its demolition over 40 years
ago during the Emergency. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and
Justice V K Rao was told that a plot of 4,000 square metres has been allotted
by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for the construction of the school in
Old Delhi.It noted that the competent authority had in principle granted
approval for constructing the secondary school at Eidgah at Quresh Nagar in the
walled city.The bench disposed of the petition after the petitioner expressed
satisfaction over development. The court, which was hearing a PIL seeking
reconstruction of the school building, had expressed concern after it was told
that the minority institution has been functioning from tents since its
demolition on June 30, 1976 during the Emergency. PIL filed by civil activist
Firoz Bakht Ahmed had contended that the state of affairs at the Qaumi School
was "sad and pitiable" as it was functioning from the ground of the
Eidgah at Quresh Nagar in Old Delhi after its building was demolished.PTI
Hyderabad: Waqf land attached to 400-year-old
masjid encroached
Hyderabad: Around 14 acres of valuable waqf
land attached to a 400 year-old Masjid and graveyard in the heart of the city
is slowly eating up by illegal encroachers. Residents said to inform Mohammed
Saleem, the Chairman of Waqf Board that acres of land has already been
encroached upon at the graveyard at ImamPura near Ziaguda and have been
increasing over the years in the area.The Telangana State Waqf board officials
were informed many a times and become an ongoing problem but the board failed
to safeguards the land which is under encroachment.The land is being registered
under waqf borard.The graveyard organizing committee approached the local MLA
for the construction of a boundary wall. A letter is also forwarded to the
Minority Welfare but no concrete action has been taken yet.Telangana State Waqf
Action Committee Minority Welfare demanded stringent action against these
encroachments. siasat
SC extends stay on Gujarat HC order on
minority schools
Ahmedabad: In a relief for schools run by
minority educational institutions in Gujarat, the Supreme Court on Monday
extended the stay on the Gujarat high court's order that all schools must
obtain certificates for minority status from a competent authority. The HC last
month had also ordered that such minority schools must give admission to poor
children in class 1 on 25% of seats under the provisions of Right to Education
(RTE) Act. The schools cannot deny admission under RTE without a certificate of
minority status from a competent authority, which is National Commission for
Minority Education Institution(NCMEI) or the state education department. Some
of nearly 400 litigant schools had approached the apex court against the HC
order. During the hearing, the SC bench of Justice S A Bobde and Justice L
Nageswara Rao commented that NCMEI Act provides that it's not mandatory for a
minority institution schools to obtain declaration certificates. It is only in
the case of a dispute that the school is required to obtain such a certificate
from NCMEI, said petitioner schools' advocate Saurabh Patel. After extending
the stay earlier granted by HC on its own order, the SC has posted final
hearing on Sept. 6. There is likelihood that similar matters from Karnataka and
Orissa may be attached to this case, advocate Patel said. TOI
Dr Hamid Fayaz elected chief of J&K
Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e-Islami J&K has elected Dr.
Abdul Hamid Fayaz as Ameer-e-Jamaat of
the largest socio-religious party of the state. Sources in the party said that
Fayaz got 79 votes out of the total 160 casted, “ Ghulam Mohammad Bhat the
present Amiri Jamaat got 35 votes,” he said. Born in 1957 Fayaz has a PHD in
Islamic studies and hails from south Kashmir’s Shopian district. He joined the
Islami Jamiat-e- Talaba in 1978 and served as Ameer- Zillah for district
Shopian, he has also been General secretary of Jamaat-e- Islami. the
kashmirwala
Mumbai: Muslim doctor leaves home citing debt,
untraceable after 3 days
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/doctor-leaves-home-citing-debt-untraceable-after-three-days/articleshow/65569309.cms
Mumbai: 3 days after he left home citing
financial crisis and debt, Dr Irfan Matiyat, a well-known medical practitioner
from Bhendi Bazar, remains untraceable.JJ Marg police said it had formed three
teams to track him. Police said Matiyat had left behind a note threatening to
end his life.Matiyat's family, which resides in Bhendi Bazar, is distraught.
"My father left home around 4 am on Saturday while we all were
asleep," said Uzma, Matiyat's second daughter, who is studying to be a
dietician at SNDT Women's Univeristy.Matiyat is known for his generosity toward
the poor. In his note, Matiyat states he is unable to face people who might
come asking for money."He would give small loans to the poor without
charging anything extra. However, some people who took money have delayed
payment causing a financial crisis," said a source. "Abbu has left
behind his Aadhar card, passport, mobile phone and Pan card at home," said
Uzma. TOI
Taj Mahal: Supreme Court asks pollution
control board, UP Govt for steps to
preserve monument
The Supreme Court sought detailed suggestions
from Central Pollution Control Board, UP Govt and petitioner MC Mehta on steps
that can be taken to preserve the Taj Mahal, ANI reported. UP Govt had earlier submitted a list of polluting
industries, but withdrew the list, calling it incorrect. However, Justice Madan
Lokur criticised the Adityanath Govt, observing that if their information about
the industries was incorrect, their vision document could also be wrong.scroll.in
Punjab Assembly clears bill making sacrilege
of religious text punishable with life imprisonment
New Delhi:Amid uproar over Justice Ranjit
Singh commission report that indicted ex CM Parkash Singh Badal in the 2015 Guru Granth
Sahib sacrilege case, the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill allowing
amendments to CrPC and IPC to make sacrilege of all religious texts punishable
with life imprisonment. This comes a year after the same bill was returned by
the Centre on the plea that it could not single out a religion. The new bill
provides for insertion of Section 295AA to IPC to provide that “whoever causes
injury, damage or sacrilege to Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Srimad Bhagwad Geeta,
Holy Quran, and Holy Bible with the intention to hurt the religious feelings of
the people, shall be punished with imprisonment for life.”Earlier on Monday, Justice
Ranjit Singh (Retd) Commission of Inquiry, which probed incidents of
desecration of Guru Granth Sahib and the related police firing at Kotkapura and
Behbal Kalan, indicted Shiromani Akali Dal patron and former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal for being “in the loop”
about the decision taken to use force on the protesters in Kotkapura.indianexpress
SP walks out from UP Assy over BJP dismissing
cases against Muzaffarnagar riot accused
Lucknow:The principle opposition Samajwadi
Party members on Tuesday staged a noisy walk-out from the UP Assembly protesting BJP Govt 's move to
withdraw cases against the accused in the Muzaffarnagar riot cases.The treasury
bench also faced some embarrassment when the members drew the Chair's attention
to the discrepancies in the reply of the Minister on the number of communal
incidents in the state. While replying to a question of SP member Sanjay Garg
during Question Hour, State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna
said that communal riots were reported only from Bijnore and Etah between Jan.
2017 to July 31, 2018.UNI
Aadhaar cards misused to carry out big ration
scam in UP, finds probe
Lucknow:A massive scam in Public Distribution
System (PDS) has surfaced in UP revealing that the owners of ration shops have
been misusing Aadhaar Cards to siphon off subsidized ration meant for the poor
and selling it on high rate in open market.
A probe found out that hundreds of Aadhaar cards have been used over
1.80 lakh times to carry out a very large-scale corruption in the state.The
probe ordered by Alok Kumar, Commissioner,Food and Civil Supplies, revealed
that hundreds of tons of ration, meant for distribution among the card holders,
was sold by PDS shops owners in open market. Alok kumar said that so far the
department has detected anomalies in ration shops in 43 out of total 75
districts in the state.“Orders have been issued to register FIRs against PDS
shops owners involved in the ration scam. The probe is still on and many more PDS
shops are under the scanner. We will cancel licences of PDS shops after
registering criminal cases against those involved in the scam,” Kumar quated as
saying by DNA. Probe reveals that PDS shop owners hired technical operators to
change registered data. They used to change the Aadhaar details of ration cards
holders in Point of Sale (PoS) electronic machines which are used for biometric
authentication and fed new Aadhaar numbers of people who they wanted to be
benefitted. After conducting transaction from unregistered Aadhaar card the
shop owners used to restore the original data so that no corruption can be
easily detected.caravandaily
WORLD
UN accuses Saudi-UAE alliance of possible war
crimes in Yemen
United
Nations has accused the Saudi-UAE military alliance of committing possible war
crimes in Yemen, adding there was "little evidence of any attempt...to
minimise civilian casualties. "In a damning report on Tuesday, the UN said
air attacks had caused the most direct civilian casualties in the war, and a
blockade of Yemeni ports and airspace may have violated international
humanitarian law.The alliance, which has been at war with Houthi rebels since
March 2015, has repeatedly denied allegations of war crimes, and claims its
attacks are not directed at civilians.However, data collected by Al Jazeera and
the Yemen Data Project, has found that almost one-third of the 16,000 air raids carried out in the country
have hit non-military sites.The attacks have targeted weddings and hospitals,
as well as water and electricity plants, killing and wounding thousands.The
charity Save the Children has estimated that an average of 130 children die
every day from extreme hunger and disease - a crisis brought about by the
conflict."The group of experts has reason to believe the Govt of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, are
responsible for violations of human rights,"said Kamel Jendoubi, the chair
of Group of International and Regional Eminent Experts on Yemen.aljazeera
Report: Saudi's King blocked public listing of
Aramco
For the past two years, Saudi Arabia has
prepared to place up to 5% of its national oil company on the stock market.
Officials talked up the Saudi Aramco initial public offering (IPO) with
international exchanges, global banks and US President Donald Trump.The planned
listing was to be the cornerstone of the kingdom’s promised economic overhaul
and, at a targeted $100bn - the biggest IPO ever. It was the brainchild of
32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, the heir
apparent of world's largest oil exporter.But after months of setbacks, international
and domestic legs of the IPO were pulled.The reason: MBS's father King Salman
stepped in to shelve it, 3 sources with ties to Govt insiders told Reuters news agency.The decision
came after the king met with family members, bankers, and senior oil
executives, including a former Aramco CEO, said one of the sources, who
requested anonymity. Those consultations took place during Ramadan, which ended
in the middle of June.King's interlocutors told him IPO, far from helping the
kingdom, would undermine it. Their main concern was an IPO would bring full
public disclosure of Aramco's financial details, the sources said.aljazeera
Hamas: Between unity with Fatah and a deal
with Israel
On Saturday, a Palestinian Authority (PA)
delegation departed for Egypt to discuss reconciliation with Hamas and the
ongoing negotiations with Israel for de-escalation in Gaza. This visit comes
after weeks of tensions between Ramallah and Cairo, marking the lowest point in
relations between the two in recent years. Reports have been circulating that President
Mahmoud Abbas has become increasingly angered by the Egyptian Govt, fearing its
alleged role in the "deal of the century" and its disregard for
Ramallah's interests in Gaza. Egypt has been given the green light by the US
and Israel to lead efforts to reconcile Fatah and Hamas and form a unity Govt
meant to usher the PA back into power in the Gaza Strip. It has also been
mediating in de-escalation negotiations between Israel and Hamas, which Fatah
views with suspicion. But given the increasing hostility and intransigence in
relations between the 2 main Palestinian factions, it paradoxically appears
that the Palestinians are more ready to conclude a truce with the Israelis than
reconcile with each other. aljazeera
Catholic priest calls for civil disobedience against
PA
Senior Roman Catholic priest Monsignor Manuel
Musallam has called for resistance against the Palestinian Authority and the
Israeli authorities in occupied Palestine and abroad, Shehab.ps reported on Monday.
He called specifically for acts of civil disobedience in the occupied West
Bank.The veteran activist and member of the Islamic-Christian Committee to
Protect Holy Sites told Shehab that the Palestinian resistance should establish
an army and announce obligatory service across Palestine and in the diaspora.
Protest tents, he added, should be erected in front of the office of PA
President Mahmoud Abbas to “scream” in his face.“He [Abbas] must not be let go
while Gaza is suffering,” explained Monsignor Musallam. “He and PLO must be
compelled to lift their sanctions on Gaza.” This, he suggested, could not be
achieved peacefully, but through massive demonstrations and civil disobedience.
“The problem which Fatah does not recognise is that the Palestinian people are
not ruled by a single faction. Palestinians must choose their leadership from
all Palestinian factions.”MEMO
Iranian parliament refers Rouhani to judiciary
Iran's parliament has referred President
Hassan Rouhani to the country's judiciary after he failed to impress
legislators with his explanation of his Govt's handling of Iran's economic
struggles. Rouhani was summoned by parliament on Tuesday for the first time
since taking power five years ago to answer questions on a range of economic
issues, including unemployment and inflation.In voting after the session, which
was broadcast live on state television, MPs expressed dissatisfaction with four
out of five of Rouhani's responses. The leader has been under intense pressure
since US President Donald Trump withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal between
Iran and several world powers, worsening an economic crisis and sparkings a
series of domestic protests.In Tuesday's session, he blamed Iran's economic
woes on an "American conspiracy" and urged parliament to support his
cabinet."There is an anti-Iran group sitting in the White House that is
planning a conspiracy against us," Rouhani said. "But together we
will tackle this phase. Parliament has already impeached Rouhani's labour and
economy ministers this month and the president replaced the head of the central
bank, amid concerns about the sharp depreciation of the national currency,
which has lost more than half of its
value since April.aljazeera
Khamenei’s aid issues death threat against
Rouhani
A close ally of Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei
has accused President Hassan Rouhani of “treason” and threatened to traitors,
Arabi21 reported.According to the site, Iranian news group said the threat had
come from Mansour Ardi. Ardi spoke at a gathering in Tehran prior to Eid
Al-Adha and described Rouhani and the late Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashem
Rafsanjani as “traitors”,threatening to kill traitors.MEMO
Ennahda rejects plans to amend inheritance law
Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has rejected the
initiative of President Beji Caid Essebsi regarding equality of inheritance
between females and males, Anadolu has reported. The announcement came in the
closing statement of 21st session of Ennahda’s Shura Council held in Hammamet
over the weekend.“Ennahda rejects any project which is incompatible with the
Constitution and the Qur’an,” said Council Chairman Abdul Karim
Al-Harouni.President Essebsi plans to submit a draft law to parliament covering
equal inheritance between men and women. It is an initiative that has caused
sharp divisions within Tunisian society. According to Al-Harouni, the movement
views such a change as being incompatible with the Tunisian Constitution and
the country’s Muslim identity.“Tunisia is a civil Muslim state, which adheres
to the instructions of the Constitution and Islamic provisions,” he explained.MEMO
Egyptian opposition calls for release of ex
diplomat
An opposition coalition of left-leaning and
secular parties in Egypt has called for the immediate release of a former diplomat
who was arrested after calling for a referendum on President Abdel Fattah
el-Sisi's Govt .Maasoum Marzouk was arrested on Thursday along with two others
and ordered to remain in custody for 15 days pending an investigation into
terror-related charges. Marzouk and the other detainees - economist Raied
Salama and Yehia al-Qazzaz, a geology professor - were accused by state-run
media of cooperating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, which Govt designated
as a "terrorist" group in 2013. aljazeera
Pakistan condemns blasphemous Dutch cartoon
contest
Pakistan's senate has unanimously passed a
resolution condemning an anti-Islam cartoon contest planned by a far-right
Dutch politician - one of the first actions taken by the assembly since last
month's general election. Senators in the upper house of parliament formally
protested on Monday the announcement by Dutch opposition MP Geert Wilders to
hold a Prophet Muhammad caricature competition in the Netherlands later this
year. In his first address to the senate in the capital, Islamabad, newly
elected PM Imran Khan vowed to take the issue to the UN General Assembly in
September, calling it a "collective failure of the Muslim world".
"Very few in the West understand the pain caused to Muslims by such
blasphemous activities," said Khan."Our Govt will raise the matter in
the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and get the countries there to come up
with a collective policy that could then be brought up at international forums.
This should have been done a long time ago."I understand the Western
mindset as I have spent a lot of time there. They do not understand the love
Muslims feel for the Prophet." aljazeera
Blasphemy incidents collective failure of
Muslim world:PM
Russia postpones Afghanistan peace conference
Russia has postponed a multilateral
Afghanistan peace conference that was scheduled to take place in Moscow next
month.The meet was scheduled to take place on September 4. Russia invited 12
countries to the conference. While Kabul and the US turned down the invitation,Taliban
said they were willing to attend.On Monday, President Ghani spoke with Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "to iron out the differences and ensure
talks with the Taliban happen in presence of the Afghan Govt ", senior
Afghanistan president official said. aljazeera
Facebook bans Myanmar's Military Chief, Others
Facebook has said that it was removing several
Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram
account to prevent the spread of “hate and misinformation” after reviewing the
content.It is the first time a country’s military or political leaders have
been banned, according to Facebook spokeswoman Ruchika Budhraja. Facebook also
said it removed dozens of accounts for engaging in a campaign that “used
seemingly independent, news and opinion pages to covertly push the messages of
the Myanmar military.”Reuters
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