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4 arrested as Bajrang Dal members names
surface in Bulandshahr violence FIR
Bulandshahr:Police today booked over 70
persons, including some with alleged links to groups affiliated to the RSS, on
charges of mob violence in Bulandshahr, UP , on Monday in which a police
officer and a civilian were shot dead following allegations of cow slaughter.4
persons, Chaman, Devendra, Ashish Chauhan and Satish, have been arrested so
far, said a senior police officer. Five others have been detained and six teams
formed to nab the absconding.The police also filed an FIR against 7 locals, all
Muslims, for alleged cow slaughter on the complaint from one Yogesh Raj,
reportedly a Bajrang Dal member.In the mob violence FIR, the police have named
27 persons, while 50-60 others are 'unknown'. Some of them are allegedly
members of Bajrang Dal. Accused number one Raj's social media profile, and
information though local sources, link him to the Bajrang Dal. He is allegedly
the district convenor of the outfit, which is the youth faction of the VHP.His
family members have confirmed his connection to the Bajrang Dal as well as his
presence at the spot on Monday, but denied that he had any role in the murder,
according to sources in Bulandshahr. A video footage of him arguing with the
police at the spot has also surfaced.A former pradhan of Mahav village, where
the carcasses were allegedly discovered, has also been booked in FIR filed on a
complaint from sub-inspector Subash Chandra at the Syana police station. So are
Shikhar Agarwal, who is allegedly the BJP Yuva Morcha's Bulandshahr city
president, and VHP leader Upendra Raghav, though the police have not mentioned
their identity.It appeared prima facie that Sumit, the youth killed during the
mob violence, was a part of the protesters.A video has surfaced showing Sumit
being shot amid chaotic scenes in a field where youth are running amok with
lathis and charging towards a policeman accusing him of firing the bullet. It
was, however, not clear who shot him. A bullet recovered from Sumit's body has
been sent to forensics to ascertain its calibre. Inspector Subodh Singh was
killed by a .32 bore weapon, police have confirmed, but were not saying if it
was his service weapon or owned by a rioter, said police official.FIR
concerning cow slaughter lacks details. It charges seven persons, identified as
Sudef Chaudhary, Ilyas, Sharafat, Anas, Wajid, Pervez, and Sharfuddin, all of
Nayabas village, under Sections 3, 5 and 8 of UP Cow Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1995 and
Section 295 of IPC. thehindu
Bulandshahr violence a pre-planned conspiracy
by VHP, RSS, Bajrang Dal: UP minister
New Delhi:Claiming that Bulandshahr incident
was a pre-planned conspiracy by VHP, Bajrang Dal and RSS, UP minister OP Rajbhar today raised questions on
the incident being coinciding with Muslim Ijtema event. The minister also
suspected BJP’s involvement in the violence. “This is a pre-planned conspiracy
by VHP, Bajrang Dal and RSS, now police is even naming some BJP members. Why
protest happened on the same day as Muslim Ijtema event? It was an attempt to
disturb peace,” ANI quoted Rajbhar as saying. Indianexpress
Bulandshahr violence ‘pre-planned conspiracy
by VHP, Bajrang Dal,RSS’ to disturb Muslims’ Ijtima: UP minister
Bulandshahr violence: 'CM Yogi only says cow
cow cow, my brother was killed for investigating Akhlaq case'
The sister of a police inspector Subodh Kumar
Singh who lost his life in Bulandshahr violence has slammed UP CM Yogi
Adityanath and said that they don't need any money."My brother was
investigating Akhlaq case and that is why he was killed, its a conspiracy by
Police," said Singh's sister. She also said that her brother should be
declared martyr and memorial should be built. "We do not want money,"
she added.dnaindia
Bulandshahr Violence: Slain Policeman's Sister
Calls His Killing a 'Police Conspiracy'
How many more lives in the name of religion,
asks son of Bulandshahr cop killed in violence
Lucknow: A day after police inspector Subodh
Kumar Singh was killed during clashes in Bulandshahr, his son pleaded not to
spread hatred in the name of religion. After performing the last rites of his
father on Tuesday, Abhishek Singh said: “I have lost my father, but how many
more lives will be taken in the name of religion? Kindly do not spread hatred
in the name of religion.” He also said that his father never differentiated in
the name of religion. Subodh Kumar was the investigation officer in the Akhlaq
lynching case from September 25, 2015 to November 9, 2015. Kumar’s uncle Ram
Avtar Singh has alleged that Subodh was killed as he was associated with the
investigation in the Akhlaq lynching case.According to late Subodh Kumar’s
wife, Rajini SIngh, there were two occasions in the past when he survived
bullet injuries.Demanding justice for her husband, Rajini said that the guilty
should be dealt with sternly. “Justice should be given to him by shooting down
those who killed my husband. My husband had suffered bullet injuries earlier
also but he survived twice. However, this time he was not so lucky,” she said.
news18
Bulandshahr Police exposes fake news peddler
Surdarshan TV’s Suresh Chavhanke for linking police officer’s murder by
Hindutva mob to Ijtima
A group of violent right-wing Hindutva mob on
Monday killed a police officer in UP’s Bulandshahr district. There are reports
that the Hindutva mob killed the officer, identified as Subodh Kumar Singh, by
firing at him. The shocking video of Singh’s dead body lying out of his
official vehicle has gone viral on social media platforms.Among those killed is
also a protester, a member of the stone-pelting mob in Bulandshar. According to
reports, the mob had attacked the local Syana police station. However, pro-RSS
Sudarshan TV’s Suresh Chavhanke, made a desperate attempt to link the Monday’s
violence to the Muslim congregation(ijtima), which concluded today. According
to local reports, more than 50 lakh Muslim devotees had gathered in Bulandshahr
for a 3-day congregation. In a series of tweets, Chavhanke linked the violence
to the peaceful congregation of Muslim devotees. In one tweet, he wrote that
the violence had erupted local residents objected to the alleged slaughtering
of cows in the congregation. He urged his followers to watch Sudarshan TV for
updates on ‘lathicharge, burning, firing and deaths.’His subsequent tweet read,“After
the controversy over Bulandshahr Ijtima, many school children are stuck and crying.
People are stuck in forests, frightened inside their homes. This is what local
residents told Sudarshan TV in live conversations.”No sooner had this known
peddler of fake news post his tweet, Bulandshahr Police took to Twitter to
expose the communal man masquerading as a journalist. The tweet by Bulandshahr
Police read, “Please don’t spread fake news. This incident has no connection
with the Ijtima. The World Ijtima concluded beautifully. The said incident took
place around 40-50 kms away from the place, where Ijtima was organised.
Appropriate actions are being taken against the perpetrators of today’s
violence.”Shockingly, despite being exposed by the Bulandshahr Police, Chauhan,
who enjoys support from BJP, has not deleted his communally charged tweets
carrying fake news. He’s been arrested in the past for stirring communal
tension and was accused of rape by a former woman employee. jantakareporter
Police Refutes Sudarshan News' Claim Linking
Bulandshahr Violence With Islamic Gathering
Bulandshahr violence: Instead of taking care
of UP, Yogi is in Telangana and spewing venom, says Kapil Sibal
New Delhi :Reacting to the killing of a police
officer by a mob in Bulandshahr, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said he is
amazed how a mob killed a police officer investigating the Akhlaq lynching
case. Sibal criticised UP CM Yogi
Aditynath for choosing to attend election campaigns in Telangana instead of
looking after the situation in his state. “Instead of taking care of his state
Yogi is going to Telangana and spewing venom,” Sibal was quoted as saying by
ANI.indianexpress
Bulandshahr violence: Opposition members,
activists slam Adityanath for 'gallivanting' after inspector 's murder
Investigating officer of Akhlaq lynching case
shot dead during mob protest against cow slaughter in
Assam: 40 lakh out, only 7 lakh claims in as
NRC deadline nears
Guwahati :A fortnight to go for the deadline,
Hanif Ali (48), a resident of Majortop village in Kamrup district of Assam, has
not been able to file a claim against his exclusion from the final draft of the
National Register of Citizens (NRC), published on July 30. He has spent the
past month searching for his “actual” grandfather.The final draft NRC had
listed 2.8 crore people, leaving out 40 lakh applicants, with the Supreme Court
fixing December 15 as the last day for them to submit ‘Claims and Objections’.
So far, only around seven lakh claims have been filed — indicating the
difficulty those excluded face in getting onto NRC list.Under ‘Objections’,
people could raise objections to inclusion of a name in the NRC.Hanif Ali,
whose two sons work as tailors in Guwahati, used the ‘legacy’ data of his
grandfather Mokrum Ali, whose name he knew was in the 1951 NRC from Goalpara
district. But during ‘family tree verification’ process, NRC officials found
that the Mokrum Ali whom Hanif Ali listed was a different man with the same
name. Hence, Ali and his 20-member family were left out. While Ali hoped to
give the legacy data of his father Rustom Ali, whose name appears in the 1966
voters’ list, in the Claims round, this has been ruled out following a decision
of the Supreme Court. Standard Operations Procedure of the Claims and
Objections round accepted by the court says that a person cannot use a
different legacy person than the one used during the initial application. Hence
Hanif set out on a journey to trace his ancestors, to a riverine island in
Goalpara district. “I travelled to Tiapara, around 120 km away from Majortop.
After weeks, I found out that my grandfather lived not in 62 Tiapara (as he had
mentioned in the NRC papers) but in 63 Tiapara. I have now found the name of my
actual grandfather in both the 1951 NRC as well as the 1954 voters’ list. This
took time. I will file the Claim soon.”Guwahati-based activist A B Khandekar,
president of an organisation working on citizenship-related issues, slams this
“freeze” on legacy persons.Apart from “freezing of legacy person”, setting the
cut-off date for documents that could be used by a person to establish link to
his ancestors as August 31, 2015, is also hindering filing of Claims — as
testified by many people The Indian Express spoke to across villages. Shoripan
Nessa, an illiterate woman in her 30s and a resident of Hatisala village in
Kamrup, was excluded from the final draft after she tried establishing her
‘linkage’ to her father through a Gaon Bura certificate (a certificate issued
by the village headman) which was disqualified, probably because the headman
did not maintain proper backend data/register. If Nessa now tries to get any
certificate establishing her links to her father from any other local
authority, in all probability — as the SOP stands now — it won’t be accepted.
“The only respite Nessa, and hundreds like her, now have is the ration card,”
says Akram Hussain, the panchayat president of Hatisala-Bhalukabari. But the
SOP mentions that ration cards will be subject to “rigorous scrutiny and only
on veracity may be considered”. Hussain, who is coordinating with multiple NGOs
to help people fill up the Claims form, adds, “There is confusion regarding
which documents to submit afresh. Illiterate, poor people, who comprise a large
percentage of those excluded, do not understand much of the
complexities.”indianexpress
Malegaon blast: Two witnesses examined on
first day of trial at special NIA court in Mumbai
The trial in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case
will continue on Tuesday at a special National Investigation Agency court in
Mumbai, a day after two witnesses recorded their statements, The Hindu
reported.Special Public Prosecutor Avinash Rasal examined the witnesses,
reported the HT. The first witness – a doctor who carried out the autopsy of
four of the six people killed in the blast – told the court that the victims
had multiple injuries on their bodies due to the explosion.A local physician in
Malegaon who had examined an injured person told the court that the person’s
hearing was impaired and he lost his ability to speak because of the blast.
Rasal had earlier submitted that the prosecution would examine medical experts
since some of the accused have not accepted the medical examination reports of
the blast victims and the injured. Cross examination of witnesses was adjourned
because the lawyer of one of the accused, Sudhakar Dwivedi, failed to appear in
court.Special judge Vinod Padalkar penalised him Rs 2,500.scroll.in
In final arguments, CBI asserts that
Sohrabuddin encounter was fake
Mumbai: CBI concluded its final arguments
before special CBI court in Mumbai by saying that the encounter that killed
Sohrabuddin Sheikh and others was fake.Sohrabuddin was killed in 2005 by a
joint team of Rajasthan and Gujarat Police while his close aide Tulsiram
Prajapati was killed in 2006. CBI said that both these encounters were
fake.Public Prosecutor BP Raju representing CBI, said that evidence presented
by the agency before the court suggests that the encounters were fake.Talking
about Sohrabuddin encounter, Raju suggested that a report submitted by Senior
Inspector of Rajasthan Police falsely claimed that Sohrabuddin had links with
Lashkar-e-Taiba and ISI and he was coming to assassinate a "big political
leader". Raju said Kumbh Singh, then a SI of District Special Branch of Udaipur
Police, denied having received such information. He was examined as a
prosecution witness. However, judge SJ Sharma asked why there wasn't a probe to
find out the source of the information.Prosecution pointed out that there were
no blood stains on a ticket which police had claimed was in Sohrabuddin's
pocket at the time of the encounter. Hence, there was doubt whether the ticket
(Surat to Ahmedabad) was really in Sohrabuddin's pocket especially when other
seized items including a driving license were stained with blood.When BP Raju
argued that the ticket was "planted" the court asked whether CBI
interrogate any of the 38 accused about this.indiatoday
Gujarat Riots: SC Adjourns Zakia Jafri’s Plea
Against SIT Clean Chit to Modi Till Jan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has adjourned
till Jan.the hearing on a plea by Zakia Ahsan Jafri challenging clean chit to
then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and others
by SIT for their alleged inaction in the 2002 post-Godhra riots, including an
attack on Gulberg society that lead to the killing of her husband. Zakia, widow
of Congress leader and former member of Parliament, Ahsan Jafri, has challenged
Gujarat High Court order upholding clean chit to Modi and others by SIT. The
bench directed the posting of the matter to the third week of Jan.as counsel
Kapil Sibal told the court that they wanted to file some additional documents
and needed time. newsclick
SC will hear pleas on 22 extra-judicial
killings when Modi was Gujarat CM
Despite opposition by Solicitor General,
Tushar Mehta, the Supreme Court has decided to hear a plea regarding 22 alleged
fake encounters that took place in Gujarat when Narendra Modi was the CM of the
state.Talking to the National Herald, activist Shabnam Hashmi said: “Javed
Akhtar and I had filed an application in the Supreme Court through advocate
Prashant Bhushan in April and demanded a copy of Justice HS Bedi report.”The
committee headed by Justice Bedi—who had replaced Justice MB Shah—to probe
alleged fake encounters, which took place in Gujarat between 2002 and 2007 when
Narendra Modi was CM, was appointed in 2012. The committee submitted its report
to the SC in a sealed cover in March this year.The committee had look into
whether the encounters that included the Ishrat and Sohrabuddin cases, showed a
pattern that people from the minority community were targeted as terrorists.nationalheraldindia
Maharashtra: IPS officer ‘brags’ of filing
false cases against Dalits, Muslims in video
Mumbai : Days after a video, purported to be
of probationary IPS officer Bhagyashree Navtake of the Maharashtra Police
speaking about booking Dalits and Muslims under fake cases went viral, DSP
posted at Majalgaon in Beed was on Monday transferred to Aurangabad
intelligence department.The state home department has also asked Inspector
General of Police Cherring Dorje to probe the veracity of the video and the
claims made in it.In the five-minute clip, a woman in denims and a black shirt
is seen seated on a chair with a group of men on plastic chairs opposite her. Woman
is heard saying she has filed false cases against 21 Dalits who filed
complaints under SC/ST Act at her police stations. She is also heard saying
that she has filed cases under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC
against Muslims, ostensibly so that they are unable to procure bail easily.“I
saw you when you were brought in front of me, but I could not do anything as
there were other policemen. I know you were pleading with me, but if I had
stopped them, they would have objected. And a wrong message would have gone out
that I am supporting you because I am a Maratha, as they have also seen how I
have thrashed 21 Dalits and Muslims in the past six months… I have registered
cases under Section 307 against Dalits, and hence a strong message was sent out
that madam doesn’t spare anyone. If I had spared you, it would have looked like
madam is a Maratha and hence stopped us from assaulting (Marathas),” she is
heard saying. She goes on to disclose her interrogation techniques, including,
apparently, beating up Dalits.indianexpress
Kurian Joseph: Ex-CJI Dipak Misra was
‘remote-controlled by external source’
New Delhi :In an explosive revelation, former
Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph on Monday said ex-Chief Justice Dipak Misra
was “remote-controlled by an external source” that impacted the administration
of justice.However, Joseph refused to divulge on who the “external source” was
and the cases where there was bias.Ex-judge was quick to point out that things
started changing for good during the remaining part of Justice Misra’s tenure
as CJI after the historic press conference by four senior-most judges of the
apex court, of which he too was a part.“The then CJI was working under
influence of some external source. He was remote-controlled by an external
source. There was some influence of some external source that was impacting the
administration of justice,” Justice Joseph told PTI. Joseph retired on Nov. 29. Joseph’s remark gave fresh fodder to the
Congress to allege that the Govt was interfering in the highest levels of the
judiciary. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi demanded separate
parliamentary and judicial inquiries into the matter.Joseph further revealed
that the former CJI wasn’t taking decisions independently. “We are sure that
the CJI was not taking decisions on his own,” he said.
Congress demands inquiries into former SC
judge Kurian Joseph’s charge against ex-CJI Dipak Misra
New Delhi: Congress has said the statement
made by retired Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph on Jan.12 press conference by
four judges against then CJI Dipak Misra only “proved” its allegation that
“Modi’s Govt was interfering with the
judiciary at the highest level.”Apart from a response from the PM, party
demanded separate judicial and parliamentary inquiries into Justice Joseph’s
charge.thehindu
Minority tag a hindrance to career
progression: Justice Joseph
Bhima-Koregaon case: SC asks Maharashtra govt
to produce chargesheet against five activists
New Delhi:The Supreme Court has asked the
Maharashtra Govt to produce the
chargesheet filed against five activists arrested over alleged Maoist links in
the wake of the investigations which followed the Bhima-Koregaon violence.A
bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi said it would go through charges against
Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut and Rona Wilson. The
bench also comprises justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph. On Monday, the bench
asked state Govt counsel, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, to produce the
chargesheet by Dec.8.The bench was hearing an appeal filed by the state Govt,
challenging a Bombay High Court order which had set aside a Pune trial court’s
decision allowing the police time beyond the stipulated 90 days to file the
chargesheet against the accused, who were charged under UAPA. indianexpress
Under fire, NITI Aayog says was told to look
at GDP back series data
New Delhi :Facing Criticism over NITI Aayog’s
presence at the release of GDP back series data by Central Statistics Office
(CSO) last week, Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said his department was asked
to “have a look” at the data before it was released. He also said the Govt was
open to making any improvements if factual and methodological errors were
pointed out in the calculation of data.Many economists have questioned NITI
Aayog’s role in the release of the statistical exercise of CSO, which comes
under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Imple- mentation (MoSPI). “Everybody
knows that until not too long ago, Department of Statistics was part of the
Planning Commission.There have always been close links between the two, simply
because we use data so extensively and we work together.For example, the task
force on employment statistics was chaired by my predecessor.Its
recommendations are now being implemented by CSO. In this case also, when they
were about to release the back series, they asked us to have a look,” Kumar
said in an interview with Indian Express.indianexpress
AMU rejects charge that veg food was being
cooked in oil used for non-veg dishes
New Delhi: AMU has rejected allegations that
vegetarian food was being cooked in oil used to prepare non-vegetarian dishes.
The denial came after a section of vegetarian students alleged that they were
served food cooked in oil that had been used to make non-vegetarian
dishes.Students of Sir Syed Hall (North), in a letter to the vice-chancellor,
alleged that the cooks use the same oil to fry chicken and pooris. They
demanded strict action against the cooks and suggested a separate kitchen for
cooking vegetarian food.The matter came to light on Nov.26 when a student
received a call from the hostel’s dining hall about the bad quality of cooking
oil being used for frying pooris. Following the alert, a group of students
reached the kitchen and found that the oil was blackish in colour and had been
used to fry chicken a day earlier.Bhartiya Yuva Morcha’s city unit chief Nikhil
Maheshwari issued a statement, alleging that the incident was a “deliberate
ploy” to hurt the sentiments of Hindus. Even though there were reports that a
complaint was filed, Inspector said that no such grievance was lodged.AMU
spokesman Shafey Kidwai said an inquiry conducted by the provost revealed that
the allegation was “completely baseless”. He said respect for religious
sentiments of all students was the hallmark of the university’s secular
traditions from the time of its foundation.Kidwai said 4 members of cooking
staff had confirmed to the university that “fresh cooking oil released by the
kitchen stock was used for cooking the entire vegetarian meal”. Refuting
reports that vegetarian food was being cooked in oil used to prepare
non-vegetarian dishes, he said after a group of students lodged a complaint
with the cook, the oil was immediately changed.Ex AMU union head Mashkoor
Usmani said the whole controversy was handiwork of Yuva Morcha and denied any
such incident taking place.indianexpress
Adityanath May Face Legal Action for Hanuman
Remark
Jaipur: Suresh Mishra, President of Sarva
Brahmin Mahasabha, has filed a petition in a lower court here seeking
permission to file an FIR against UP CM
Yogi Adityanath for calling Lord Hanuman a Dailt Tribal.Mishra accused
Adityanath of hurting the sentiments of Hindus by making the statement at an
election rally in Rajasthan. Mishra said the petition had been filed under
Sections 295, 295(A) and 298 of the IPC. The court shall hear the case on Dec11.(IANS)
Babri Masjid Demolition: Narasimha Rao Failed
Muslims But So Did Congress, Says Former PM's Biographer
Speaking to HuffPost India, Santosh Dubey, a
Shiv Sena leader who was one of the main accused in the Babri Masjid demolition
case, claimed that former PM P.V.
Narasimha Rao was involved in the plot to demolish the 16th century mosque in
Ayodhya on 6 December 1992. This was not the first time that a kar sevak or a
leader of the Hindu right had made such a claim. Last year, R.V. Vedanti, a
former BJP lawmaker, told the media that Rao was involved. In 2014, Hindu right
leaders said that same in a film secretly recorded by CobraPost.Vinay Sitapati,
who wrote Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India, a biography of ex
PM and Congress leader which was published in 2016, told HuffPost India there
was "zero" evidence that Rao was involved in the plot. However, he
adds that there is no question that Rao prioritised personal and political
ambition at one of the gravest moment's in India's post-independence history,
and made a serious error of judgement in trying to negotiate with the Hindu
right instead of imposing President's Rule in UP .huffingtonpost
Govt with Owaisi to stage riots on Ram mandir
issue: Raj Thackeray
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray has alleged that the Govt
is planning to stage riots on the Ram
mandir issue.Thackeray claimed that he got a call from Delhi informing about
the designs to stage riots. "I got a phone from Delhi this morning and it
is quite serious. In days to come, there will be riots in the name of Ram
mandir and there are talks with Owaisi for that", he alleged."The
present Govt has no substantial work to
show and they have no option left than to create riots between Hindus and
Muslims", he added.Raj said that the recent verbal spat between UP CM Yogi
Adityanath and AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi were a trailer of what is to
come.During Telangana election rally, Adityanath had hit out at Owaisi saying
that if BJP is voted to power, Owaisi will be forced to flee from Hyderabad
like the Nizam. Hitting back at Yogi, Owaisi had said that India is his
father's country and no one can force him to flee.Attacking Yogi Adityanath,
Raj said, "I always wonder whether he is a CM . Till date, he has never
spoken one word about the state's development. He only talks about hatred
between castes and religion."indiatoday
Build a University at the Disputed Ayodhya
Site: Sisodia
New Delhi: As the Sangh parivar and its
political arm, BJP, raise the volume on their demand for a Ram temple to be
constructed at the disputed Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia has a different suggestion.“Ask
both Hindus and Muslims and if both the communities agree, then build a
university there. Let children of Hindus, Muslims and Christians… Indians as
well as foreigners come and study there together. Ram rajya (reign) won’t be
created through any temple, but through education,” Sisodia told NDTV.thewire
Punjab & Haryana HC says no, school keeps
minority tag
Chandigarh: Even as the Punjab and Haryana
high court has passed a judgment stating that Vivek High School in Sector 38 is
not a minority institute, it continues to call itself so on its website.
Despite being a nonminority school, the institute has not advertised seats it
should offer to economically-weaker section (EWS) students. School authorities
have challenged the HC verdict, and a decision is pending.As per the UT legal
cell, authorities of the Chandigarh administration and legal experts, by
calling itself a Sikh minority school on its website, the school is misleading
parents.Earlier this year on August 17, the high court had decided that Vivek
High School was not a Sikh minority institute. It was in response to a petition
filed by the UT education department challenging the minority status of the
school on the basis that they had made changes to the trust deed for getting
Sikh minority status. “It’s misleading. Till the order is not stayed, the
school is bound to admit 25% EWS students under provisions of RTE Act,” said
advocate Suveer Sehgal, former UT senior standing counsel. Accepting that the
minority status has been declined, chairman of Vivek High School HS Mamik said,
“We have filed an appeal.”TOI
Shiv Sena wants 'compulsory sterilisation' of
Muslims
Mumbai: Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna called for
immediate and stringent measures, including compulsory sterilisation, to
control Muslim population in an editorial on Monday. Referring to a report of
the BSF that the Muslim population had increased in Rajasthan villages which
touch the Pakistan, Saamna said the Centre should initiate immediate measures
to check the trend. Saamna wondered if BJP-led Govt at the Centre would show
the courage, after having taken firm steps against triple talaak, to amend the
civil code to check the rising Muslim population. Meanwhile, Muslim leaders
condemned the suggestion by Saamna that Muslim men should be compulsorily
sterilised, saying it was an attempt to polarise voters before the 2019
elections. "All the surveys show that Muslims' rate of growth has come
down in the recent years," MIM legislator Waris Pathan said.TOI
Modi terms minority reservation act of treason
Hyderabad :PM Narendra Modi has said attempts to provide reservation
to minorities are betrayal with the nation and an insult to the framers of the
Indian Constitution.Addressing an election rally of BJP, he called for
defeating any such move to protect the country's unity.Hitting out at TRS Govt for its move to increase reservation for
minorities to 12%, Modi said he was surprised how the power-hungry were pushing
for religion-based quota for the sake of their family and to save their seats
of power.Stating that the issue of religion-based reservation was discussed in
the Constituent Assembly, the PM said
the great personalities framing the Constitution decided against it in the
interest of the country's unity.IANS
EOW to arrest Nowhera Shaikh in cheating case
Mumbai: Unit I of the Economic Offences Wing
(EOW) is set to arrest Nowhera Shaikh, managing director of Heera Gold Group,
who is now in the custody of the Mumbai Police. Tushar Doshi, DCP, said, “We
have sought her custody and initiated the procedure in court. We have received
complaints from 31 people of being cheated by the group.”A 40-year-old woman
and 30 others, who had invested ₹1.59 crore in the firm, had filed the case
with Nerul police on Nov.13.The complainant, a resident of Kharghar, had
invested ₹2 lakh in 2016 and received returns of ₹6,000 every month, totalling over
₹1.50 lakh. She invested another ₹5 lakh in May 2018 and received ₹8,000 in
Sept, but then returns stopped. A single parent of two, the complainant had
taken a loan of ₹5 lakh to educate her Class XI daughter.The complainant said,
“I invested in the group hoping that I would get a monthly return and use it to
pay my daughter’s fees. After the returns stopped, my daughter had to drop
out.She was attending integrated classes for IIT-JEE and Class XI. Now I cannot
afford the quarterly fees of ₹50,000.I also had to shut down three parlours
owing to the losses.I am totally bankrupt now.”thehindu
Will refund investors in 4 parts, Nowhera
tells court
US-Based Groups Flay Modi for Failure to Stop
Attacks on Religious Minorities
Expressing deep concern over growing attacks
on religious minorities by Hindutva outfits in India, religious freedom
activists based in the US criticised PM Narendra Modi for his failure to stop the
violence.Participating in a recent event titled “Religious Freedom in India: A
Briefing on Capitol Hill”, organised by the Indian American Muslim Council
(IAMC) on the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the activists urged Modi to
condemn such violence against religious minorities as well as take all
necessary measures to curb the rise of Hindutva extremism and punish the
Hindutva groups involved in violence. IAMC is the largest advocacy organisation
of Indian Muslims in the US.In a statement, Katrina Lantos Swett, former Chair
of US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), independent
bipartisan federal commission tasked with defending religious freedom outside
the US, said, “Inflammatory rhetoric and a conception of India’s national
identity increasingly based on religion have contributed to an atmosphere of
intimidation, exclusion, and even violence directed at non-Hindus.newsclick
Criminal cases against MPs, MLAs: SC asks for
special courts in Bihar, Kerala
New Delhi:The Supreme Court today directed the
constitution of special courts in each district of Bihar and Kerala for the
trial of pending criminal cases against present and former MPs and MLAs.A bench
of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph passed the
directions for setting up special courts in every district of the two States
and also sought compliance reports from the Patna and Kerala high courts by
Dec. 14.PTI
Now, Bahraich BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule says
Hanuman was “slave of ‘manuwadi’ people”
Lucknow: Bahraich BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule on
Tuesday, claimed that Lord Hanuman was “a Dalit and a slave of ‘manuwadi’
people,” joining a row which erupted over UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s statement that the deity was
a Dalit.She alleged that Dalits and backwards were being called ‘bandar’
(monkey) and ‘rakshas’ (demon). “Lord Hanuman was a Dalit and a slave of
‘manuwadi’ people. He was a Dalit and a human. He did all for Lord Ram then why
he was given a tail and his face was blackened. Why was he made a monkey?,” Ms.
Phule said.“When he did all for Lord Ram with devotion, he (Lord Hanuman)
should have been made a human and not a ‘bandar’ (monkey). At that time also he
had to face humilation due to being a Dalit. Why can’t we Dalits be considered
humans?” she told PTI over phone.When asked about the Ram temple issue, which
is pending in the Supreme Court, Ms. Phule said the BJP is raking up the matter
as it has no other issues.“The country does not need a temple. Will it end
unemployment and other problems of Dalits and backwards? The temple will
benefit Brahmins, who are only 3%. The money offered in temples are used by
them for their gains and make our community (Dalit) their slave,” she said.PTI
Kashmir would have been resolved if BJP had
not lost 2004 elections, Vajpayee had told Imran Khan
Pakistan PM Imran Khan said war is not a solution to the
Kashmir issue, which can be resolved through talks.In an interview to a group
of TV journalists here, Khan said unless there was a dialogue, various options
on resolution of Kashmir cannot be discussed.When asked about the formula to
resolve the Kashmir issue, Khan said there were two or three solutions, which
have been in discussions.He, however, refused to share more details, saying it
was "too early to talk about them". Khan claimed he was informed by
late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former
foreign minister Natwar Singh during a conference that Kashmir would have been
resolved if BJP had not lost the 2004 Lok Sabha elections."It shows that
there is a solution of Kashmir and both countries were close to resolve
it," the Pakistani PM insisted.Asserting that Pakistan was serious
to develop peaceful ties with all its neighbours, Khan claimed India was not
ready to hold talks with the country due to the upcoming general elections.PTI
Imran On What Ex-PM Vajpayee Told Him About
Kashmir
Kashmir: 10 arrested at suspected
Jaish-e-Mohammad modules in Pulwama, say police
J&K Police has said it had busted two
modules of militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pulwama district and arrested 10
persons, PTI reported. A large quantity of incriminating material was also
recovered, said the police.Four persons were arrested from one module in Tral
for their alleged involvement in militant attacks in the region, and six were
arrested at the second module in Khrew area of Pampore, police said.scroll
J&K: 2 FIRs filed a day after mob in
Kathua torched truck allegedly used for cattle smuggling
J&K Police registered two first
information reports on Tuesday, a day after a mob set a truck on fire in the
state’s Kathua district alleging that the vehicle was being used to smuggle
cattle. Protestors also tried to block Jammu-Pathankot national highway,
prompting the police to fire tear gas shells and use batons to disperse the
crowd, PTI reported.Though no one has been arrested, one person has been “taken
in apprehension”, Senior Superintendent of Police Shridhar Patil said.“We will
first verify his involvement in bovine smuggling. After that, we will take
action in the arson incident.”scroll.in
Govt rejects higher military service pay for
one lakh personnel, army upset
Govt has rejected a long-standing demand of the
armed forces for higher Military Service Pay (MSP) for around one lakh
personnel including Junior Commissioned Officers, military sources told PTI on
Tuesday.They said the Army is anguished over the decision by the finance
ministry, and will seek its review. Around one lakh service personnel,
including 87,646 JCOs and 25,434 personnel from the Navy and Indian Air Force,
will be affected by the decision.The MSP was introduced to the services
recognising their unique service conditions and hardships. “The proposal for
higher MSP for JCOs and equivalent rank of the Navy and IAF has been rejected
by the finance ministry,” said a source.PTI
Won’t contest 2019 polls, says BJP’s Uma
Bharti, 2nd minister to opt out
New Delhi:Senior BJP leader and Union minister
Uma Bharti announced on Tuesday she will not contest the Lok Sabha election
next year and will concentrate on the issues of Ram Temple in UP ’s Ayodhya and
cleanliness of the River Ganga for the next one-and-half years.Her announcement
in Bhopal comes at a time when there is increasing demand from Hindu
organisations to find a legislative solution to the Ram temple issue. Bharti
was one of the most visible faces of the Ram temple movement.The former CM of Madhya Pradesh had said last week that her
party does not have a patent on the Ram temple while calling for all parties to
come together to build the temple in Ayodhya.Hindu groups, including the BJP’s
ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have called for a law or an
ordinance to facilitate the building of a temple at the disputed site. The RSS
has also threatened a 1992-like campaign for its construction.HT
UP: 'Tablighi Ijtema' concludes in
Bulandshahr; lakhs of devotees participates
Bulandshahr: Lakhs of devotees gathered in
Bulandshahr in UP in order to attend the final day of 'Tablighi Ijtema',
bringing the city to a grinding halt. The 'Tablighi Ijtema' is a 3-day Islamic
congregation which began on Dec.1, and ended on Monday. Local media reports
claimed that almost 10 lakhs Muslim devotees, from various parts of the
country, had swarmed to the city in UP to attend the congregation. Several
devotees from Gulf nations, besides several Islamic scholars and preachers,
also attended the three-day function. Most of the roads in Bulandshahr
witnessed heavy traffic jams on Sunday as lakhs of devotees made their way on
foot to Dariyapur village to attend the Ijtema. As per TOI, all of the major
routes from Delhi and other neighbouring cities to Bulandshahr saw a grinding
traffic jam on Sunday.A massive tent was constructed on an 8 lakhs sq. feet
area in Dariyapur to accommodate nearly 10 lakh people attending the mega
event. As per local media reports, Railways also created temporary halts for 12
trains in Bulandhshahr to facilitate easy travel of the devotees. "Almost
all the major passenger and express trains are running over-crowded. Passengers
boarding in and around Bulandshahr forcibly occupied reserve seats in the
trains with no special trains for people visiting in large numbers," a
devotee who returned to Meerut on Sunday, identified as Rafiq Ahmed, told TOI.However,
officials of the local administration claimed that all adequate measures had
been put in place in order to maintain the law and order situation in the city.
Times Now
Bulandshahr villagers open gates of temple for
Muslims to offer namaaz in courtyard
It was
indeed a rare spectacle, at least for the people of western UP , when scores of
Muslims bowed down to offer namaz in the courtyard of a Shiva temple in
Bulandshahr. Setting example of bonhomie amid rising communal rhetoric in the
region, residents of Bulandshahr’s Jainpur village on Sunday afternoon threw
open the gate of Shiva temple for Muslim devotees who couldn’t reach the mosque
on time due to traffic congestion.As a sea of devotees gathered in Bulandshahr
on Sunday to attend the final day of ‘Tabligi Iztema’, a three-day Islamic
congregation, a few men got stuck in traffic near the village at the time of
namaaz. When the Muslim men narrated their tale to the locals, they decided to
take up the matter with the temple committee members. Together, in unison, they
decided to throw open the temple gate for the Muslims. Soon, the Shiva temple’s
water taps were opened for ‘wazu’ and mats were laid for namaz in its
courtyard. “The message of love and brotherhood should spread far and wide.
Some Muslim brothers got stuck in the traffic jam here and it was namaaz time.
Since there wasn’t any other place for them to offer prayers, we opened the
gate of the Shiva temple and asked them to come in,” said Amar Singh, the
priest of the Shiva temple.“So many Muslims were in the city on Sunday for
‘Tabligi Iztema’. When some of them came to us and requested to offer prayers
inside the temple premises, there was no way we could have refused. Love is
prayer and prayer is love, and we just did our little bit,” said Chaudhary
Sahab Singh, a member of the temple management committee. Village pradhan Ganga
Prasad said: “The villagers sat and decided this together. It was decided in
unison to open the temple gate.”TOI
WORLD
Trump writes to Imran Khan, says Taliban talks
fundamental to ‘enduring’ ties; Pak
Welcomes
Washington:US President Donald Trump has asked
for Pakistan’s help with faltering Afghan peace talks in a letter to new PM Imran Khan in which he made clear that
Islamabad’s assistance was “fundamental” to the health of the two countries’
strained relationship, a senior Trump administration official said. US
president wants to end the 17-year-old conflict between Afghan security forces
and the Taliban, who are fighting to drive out international forces and
reestablish their version of strict Islamic law after their 2001 ouster.The
administration official, who did not want to be identified, said on Monday that
Trump requested “Pakistan’s full support” for the US effort to advance the
Afghan peace process and for US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad’s trip
to the region. Trump also said in the letter to Khan that he “recognises that
Pakistan has the ability to deny the Taliban sanctuary on its territory,” the
official said.“The letter also makes clear that Pakistan’s assistance with the
Afghan peace process is fundamental to building an enduring US-Pakistan
partnership,” the official said.Pakistani foreign ministry had a different take
on the letter, saying Trump asked for its “support and facilitation” in
negotiating an end to the war, and offered to renew bilateral ties.Officially
allies in fighting terrorism, Pakistan and the US have a complicated
relationship, bound by Washington’s dependence on Pakistan to supply its troops
in Afghanistan, where the US still has 14,000 troops, but plagued by accusations
Islamabad is playing a double game.Trump appointed Afghan-born US diplomat
Khalilzad as special envoy tasked with pushing through peace talks. Khalilzad
said last month he hoped a deal would be reached by April 2019.But Afghan
Taliban militants said they had not accepted any deadline and said a three-day
meeting in Qatar between their leaders and Khalilzad ended with no agreement. Khalilzad
began an eight-country tour, including Pakistan, Russia and Qatar, to promote
peace and convince the Taliban to join negotiations.US Defense Secretary Jim
Mattis said on Monday that the war in Afghanistan had gone on for long
enough.“We are looking for every responsible nation to support peace in the
subcontinent and across this war in Afghanistan,” Mattis told reporters. “It is
time for everyone to get on board.” “President
Trump has also acknowledged that the war had cost both USA and Pakistan. He has
emphasised that Pakistan and USA should explore opportunities to work together
and renew partnership,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. It
added that Pakistan was committed to playing “a facilitation role in good
faith”.Reuters
Donald Trump writes to Imran Khan, seeks
Pakistan's help with Afghan peace talks; Islamabad welcomes decision
'Afghan war cost US, Pak dearly': Trump now
wants Imran Khan's help to deal with Taliban;
CIA chief to brief senators on Khashoggi
murder: media
CIA Director Gina Haspel will give a
closed-door briefing to leaders of several US Senate committees this week on
the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, US media reported on Monday,
citing unnamed sources. According to Wall Street Journal, the briefing will
take place on Tuesday. Reuters, citing a source familiar with the planned
meeting, said Haspel will brief the Republican and Democratic leaders of US
Senate Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Appropriations.
Reuters source added that Senate Intelligence Committee already had been briefed
by CIA chief. A Senate source also said Senate leaders would also participate
in the briefing, which is scheduled for 11:30am local time. aljazeera
Qatar quits OPEC as Saudis walk tightrope on
oil prices
As ministers from Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other major oil producing countries prepare to
gather in Vienna for a crucial meeting later this week, the cartel is absorbing
yet another hit to its waning influence.The latest blow to OPEC was delivered
on Monday when Qatar announced it is quitting the bloc next month to focus on
LNG production.Qatar is a relatively small oil producer and its decision to end
its nearly six-decade-long membership in OPEC is not expected to have a major
influence on energy prices. Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi
dismissed the notion that the move was driven by Doha's ongoing feud with
OPEC's de facto leader Saudi Arabia. Riyadh has led a land,sea and air blockade
against Qatar since June 2017.Nevertheless, some analysts see Doha's break with
the cartel as deeply symbolic, especially given fact OPEC has in the past
overcome major divisions to coordinate energy policy. "More than anything,
we suspect that Qatar's withdrawal from OPEC has been spurred by its ongoing
dispute with Saudi Arabia and its allies," Jason Tuvey, Capital Economics'
senior emerging markets economist, wrote.aljazeera
If US stops oil, then no oil will be exported
from Gulf: Iran
Geneva: US will not be able to stop Iran
exporting its oil and any move to prevent Iranian crude shipments passing
through the Gulf would lead to all oil exports through the waterway being
blocked, Iran's president said on Tuesday.US has imposed sanctions on Iran and
U.S. officials say they aim to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero in a bid to
curb the Islamic Republic's missile programme and regional influence. "America
should know that we are selling our oil and will continue to sell our oil and
they are not able to stop our oil exports," President Hassan Rouhani said
in a televised speech during a trip to the northern Iranian city of
Shahroud."If one day they want to prevent the export of Iran's oil, then
no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf," he said.Reuters
Israel launches military operation against
'Hezbollah tunnels'
The Israeli forces have launched what they
call "an operation to expose and neutralise" tunnels between Lebanon
and Israel, allegedly dug by armed group Hezbollah.The operation was announced
by the Israeli military on Twitter on Tuesday. Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel
Jonathan Conricus told Reuters that the operation would only take place on
Israel's side of the border and that it would not extend into Lebanon. "We
see the Hezbollah activities as a flagrant and blatant violation of Israeli
authority," he told Reuters.Hezbollah has not responded to the military
operation yet.aljazeera
Iran to mobilise opposition against US
anti-Hamas resolution
Iranian Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif has said
that his country is to oppose and mobilise opposition against a US draft
resolution condemning Hamas and other Palestinian resistance factions, Iranian
media reported yesterday.During a phone call between Zarif and Chief of Hamas
Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh, Zarif said that Iran “will do its best to
unite other Islamic and progressive states at the General Assembly to prevent
the ratification of US-draft resolution, which stands in contradiction with UN
Charter.”On its website, Hamas said that Haniyeh had made several calls to Arab
and Islamic leaders asking them to do their best to undermine the proposed US
resolution.MEMO
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Tulkarem
raid
Israeli forces have killed a young Palestinian
man during a predawn raid in Tulkarem in occupied West Bank. Mohammed Hossam
Abdel Latif Habali, 22, was shot in the head and lower limbs with live
ammunition early today, Palestinian Wafa reported. He was rushed to Thabet
Thabet Hospital in Tulkarem, where he was pronounced dead.Wafa reported that
Israeli forces raided a number of Palestinian homes in several neighbourhoods
and that a crowd gathered in the area. Local sources said Israeli forces fired
live bullets, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas.An Israeli military
spokesperson said that while troops were operating there, "a violent riot
was instigated in which dozens of Palestinians hurled rocks".aljazeera
Rashida Tlaib endorses BDS movement
Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib has become
just the second US lawmaker to express support for the Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. “I personally support the BDS
movement,”Tlaib said in an interview with The Intercept news site.“I want us to
see that segregation and how that has really harmed us being able to achieve
real peace in that region,” said Tlaib, a Palestinian-American lawmaker who was
elected to the US House of Representatives last month.Tlaib, who is the
daughter of Palestinian immigrants, was elected in a Michigan constituency that
is home to a large Arab-American population.She also said she plans to skip a
trip to Israel organised by the American Israel Political Action Committee
(AIPAC) for new US lawmakers, Intercept reported, opting to lead a
Congressional delegation to the occupied West Bank instead.middleeasteye
Sri Lanka Crisis: Rajapaksa Files Appeal in SC
Against Interim Court's Order
Colombo: An appeal was filed on Tuesday in Sri
Lanka’s Supreme Court against a court order that barred Mahinda Rajapaksa from
acting as PM.The Court of Appeal in an interim order on Monday temporarily
halted Rajapaksa and his Cabinet from functioning in their positions in
response to a case filed by 122 legislators against his disputed Govt . The
court set the hearing of the case for Dec. 12 and 13.MP Gamini Lokuge said the
appeal was filed in the Supreme Court against the interim order issued by the
Court of Appeal, Daily Mirror reported. Rajapaksa had said on Monday that he
would appeal against the Court of Appeal’s interim order.“We will not agree
with the interim order issued by the Court of Appeal today suspending the
Cabinet. We will appeal to the Supreme Court first thing tomorrow against it,”
Rajapaksa said in a statement. He said that it was the Supreme Court which has
the power to interpret the Constitution.PTI
Yemen's Govt to swap hundreds of prisoners
with Houthis
Stockholm: Yemen's Govt has said it has agreed to a large-scale
prisoner swap with its adversaries, the Houthi rebels, as part of a
"confidence-building measure", suggesting the warring sides could
come to a ceasefire agreement at peace talks in Sweden later this week.Yemen's
foreign minister, Khaled al-Yamani, said on Tuesday that his Govt had "come to an agreement" with the
Houthis after spending the "past eight to nine months locked in
negotiations"."When we head to the negotiations in Sweden, we will
discuss the operational issues of this agreement, how it can be implemented,
how to exchange the detainees, prisoners, abductees and the forcibly
disappeared," he said.aljazeera
FLASH: VIEWS &
NEWS
A Cowshed and Rs 62 Lakh Mercedes: The Dual
Face of Goa Governor Mridula Sinha:Devika Sequeira
Is the RBI Over Capitalised? Only if You
Compare Apples With Oranges:V.K. Sharma
As Elections Near, Security Forces Have Scaled
Up Anti-Militancy Operations in Kashmir: Mudasir Ahmad
Ex-BJP Leaders Could Be Assets for the BJD or
Congress in Odisha:Priya Ranjan Sahu
Even as Mayawati tries to sideline him, Bhim
Army is expanding: Badri Narayan
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