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10 April 2019: 04 Shaban 1440:Vol: 11, No:172
INDIA
SC rejects preliminary objections by govt, to
examine Rafale review pleas on merits on the basis of published documents
In an unanimous judgment,the Supreme Court today
decided to hear the review petitions on the Rafale fighter aircraft deal on
merits on the basis of the documents published in the media, including The
Hindu, on the disparity in pricing details of the 36 jets, objections raised by
the Indian negotiating team to parallel negotiations conducted by the Prime
Minister's Office, among others. The Bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi dismissed
the preliminary objections raised by the Union government claiming privilege
over Rafale documents and projecting the publication of the documents as part
of a conspiracy following the leak of these defence purchase records from the
Ministry of Defence.Attorney General KK Venugopal submitted that review
petitions were based on “stolen” Rafale documents, which are not admissible in
evidence.“We deem it proper to dismiss the preliminary objections to hold and
affirm that the review petitions will be adjudicated on their merits on the
basis of the relevance of the three documents whose admissibility was
questioned by the respondents [govt]),” CJI Gogoi read out the operative
portion of the judgment that he and Justice S.K. Kaul wrote.CJI Gogoi added
that Justice K.M. Joseph had concurred with them in a separate judgment.“He has
also reached the same conclusion but in a different manner,”CJI said. The dates
of hearing the review petitions would be fixed later.The case was reserved on
March 14. The review petitions were filed against a Dec.14, 2018 judgement of
the SC upholding the 36 Rafale jets deal.The govt wanted the court to refrain
from examining the documents. It claimed that the documents were unauthorised
photocopies of the originals kept in the Ministry of Defence and sneaked into
the public domain.thehindu
SC Rejects Centre's Objection That Rafale Deal
Documents Are 'Privileged'
SC decision on Rafale review pleas: Defence
Ministry says incomplete presentation of facts
New Delhi:In response to the Supreme Court
decision on Rafale deal case review petitions, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has
said the petitioners were using documents with the intention of presenting a
“selective and incomplete picture” of internal secret deliberations on a matter
relating to national security and defence.thehindu
‘A victory for India’: Opposition parties
welcome SC’s decision to hear review pleas in Rafale deal
Opposition parties today hailed the Supreme
Court’s verdict in the Rafale deal case. The SC agreed to hear review pleas
challenging an earlier judgement dismissing a CBI inquiry into the deal, and
dismissed the Centre’s objections to the petitions.Congress President Rahul
Gandhi said the Supreme Court had accepted that there is some form of
corruption in the Rafale deal and that the “chowkidaar” had got “chori”, or
theft, done, ANI reported.Congress asserted that the judgement was a victory
for India.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the judgement today
showed that Modi has committed theft in the Rafale deal. Kejriwal alleged that
Modi betrayed the Indian Army and tried to fool the SC to hide his crime.BSP
chief Mayawati tweeted that the Modi government’s attempt to hide corruption in
the Rafale deal had failed. She demanded that the prime minister apologise to
the country and that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman resign.CPIM leader
Sitaram Yechury claimed that BJP has compromised national security. “Modi and
his government have compromised national security for corruption & cronyism
in an important defence deal,” he tweeted.scroll.in
Order Stopping PM Biopic Applies To NaMo TV
Too: Poll Commission Sources
New Delhi: NaMo TV, 24-hour channel promoting PM Narendra Modi and the
BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls that begin tomorrow, may also face the
restrictions that the Election Commission applied to a glorifying biopic of the
Prime Minister earlier in the day, stopping its release, sources told NDTV. The
channel had mysteriously showed up on satellite TV networks late last month,
drawing protests from the opposition. Stopping the release of "PM Narendra
Modi" till national elections are over, the Election Commission said that
any film "which has the potential to disturb the level playing field
during the elections should not be displayed in electronic media",
effectively banning the screening of the film, just a day before its release,
coinciding with the start of elections. "That any poster or publicity
material concerning any such certified content, which either depicts a
candidate (including prospective) for furtherance(or purported to further) of
electoral prospect, directly or indirectly, shall not be put to display in
electronic media in the area where MCC (Model Code of Conduct) is in
operation,"Election Commission's order had said.Sources in the poll body
told NDTV that the directive also applied to any channel like NaMo TV.ndtv
Election watch: EC bans release of ‘PM
Narendra Modi’ biopic till end of polling
Pakistan PM Imran Khan sees better chance of
peace talks with India if BJP wins election
Pakistani PM Imran Khan said he thinks there
may be a better chance of peace talks with India if PM Narendra Modi’s Hindu
nationalist BJP wins the general election due to begin there on Thursday.Khan
said that if the next Indian government were led by the opposition Congress
party, it might be too scared to seek a settlement with Pakistan over disputed
Indian-controlled Kashmir, fearing a backlash from the right. “Perhaps if the
BJP - a right-wing party - wins, some kind of settlement in Kashmir could be
reached,” Khan told a small group of foreign journalists in an interview.This
was despite the massive alienation that Muslims in Kashmir and Muslims in
general were facing in Modi’s India, said Khan.“I never thought I would see
what is happening in India right now,” said he.Khan said Indian Muslims he knew
who many years ago had been happy about their situation in India were now very
worried by extreme Hindu nationalism.He said Modi, like Israeli PM Benjamin
Netanyahu, was electioneering based on “fear and nationalist feeling”.BJP’s
pledge this week to propose stripping decades-old special rights from the
people of Jammu and Kashmir, which prevent outsiders from buying property in
the state, was a major concern, though it could also be electioneering, Khan
said. Khan did appear to offer India an olive branch, saying that Islamabad was
determined to dismantle all Pakistan-based militias in the country, and that
the govt had full support from Pakistan’s army for the programme. Those to be
dismantled include groups involved in Kashmir.Khan said Kashmir was a political
struggle and there was no military solution, adding that Kashmiris suffered if
armed militants from Pakistan came across the border, leading to Indian army
crackdowns .Khan said there was still the possibility if the polls turn against
Modi in the next few weeks that India could take some further military action
against Pakistan.Reuters
Opposition questions PM Modi: Why is Imran
Khan batting for you?
New Delhi :Opposition on Wednesday lashed out
at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over comments made by his Pakistani counterpart
Imran Khan that if the BJP is voted back to power, then there are better
chances of India-Pakistan peace talks and settling Kashmir issue with India.
Seizing on Khan’s remarks, the opposition parties, including the Congress and CPI
(M), said a vote for PM Modi is a vote for Pakistan. Congress also said
Pakistani premier Khan’s remarks reflect that Pakistan has “officially allied”
with Modi, reports PTI.Congress’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala launched
a blistering attack on Modi over Khan’s comments. “Pak has officially allied
with Modi! A vote for Modi is a vote for Pakistan!” Surjewala tweeted.“Modi ji,
first there was love for Nawaz Sharif and now Imran Khan is your dear friend,”
he added in a tweet in Hindi. The truth is out in the open, Surjewala
claimed.CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury also lashed out at Prime
Minister Modi over Khan’s remarks, saying now it was known who Pakistan wants
as PM.“Pakistan has been the only issue of Modi’s election campaign, where he
has scurrilously tried to link it to opposition. Now we know who Pakistan
actually wants as PM, the only Indian PM to have invited ISI to a military
base, and the only one who went to Pakistan uninvited,” he said.indianexpress
‘Don’t vote for BJP’: Uttarakhand farmer
writes in his suicide note before consuming poison
A 65-year-old farmer in Uttarakhand allegedly
committed suicide owing to heavy debt burden on Monday, just days before the
first round of voting on April 11 for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections.A
resident of the Haridwar district, Ishwar Chand Sharma reportedly held the
government responsible for his death.“BJP government has destroyed farmers in
five years. Don't vote for them otherwise, they will make everyone sell tea,”
the deceased farmer wrote in his suicide note, as per TOI.Haridwar goes to poll
in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 11.nationalheraldindia
LS: First phase voting in 91 seats across 20
states tomorrow; Gadkari, Owaisi among key candidates
The country will witness the first phase of
polling for a total of 91 Lok Sabha seats spread over 20 states and Union
Territories on April 11. There are total 543 parliamentary constituencies
across the country and the Lok Sabha polls will be held over 7 phases, through
May 19, followed by the counting of votes on May 23. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will be looking for a second term while the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress will
try to unseat him. Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP was part of the NDA then.Congress
was reduced to just 44.The poll predictions of prominent agencies have
predicted that BJP-led NDA will manage re-election and the Congress
individually will again fail to cross the 100-mark. Even aspirations of
non-BJP, non-Congress parties to have a Third Front govt at Centre will go in
vain. They are expected to win around 130 Lok Sabha seats.NewsX
Want Ram temple at the spot where Babri mosque
stood:Ex-Himachal CM, Cong leader Virbhadra Singh
Shimla: Former Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra
Singh Tuesday said he favours the construction of a Ram temple at the same spot
where the Babri mosque stood in Ayodhya and accused BJP of lacking the
willpower to build it.The veteran Congress leader's view is at variance with
his party which has said it would abide by the judicial verdict on the issue.
The Congress leader also said, "Islam came to India later. The mosque was
built after demolishing the temple in Ayodhya."PTI
Gujarat MLA Alpesh Thakor quits Congress
New Delhi:In a further jolt to the Congress in
Gujarat, Radhanpur MLA Alpesh Thakor resigned from the party on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena, an outfit floated by him,
decided to sever its ties with the Congress.Thakor, who had joined the Congress
in the run-up to the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections, had hinted that he might
quit the party last month amid rumours that BJP had offered him a ministerial
post. Reports had said that though Thakor was keen to contest from Patan Lok
Sabha seat, the Congress fielded former MP Jagdish Thakor.The development comes
after two Congress MLAs — Jawahar Chavda and Parsotam Sabariya — resigned from
the party in March. Chavda was inducted as a Cabinet minister in the Vijay
Rupani government after he joined the BJP.indianexpress
Rajasthan has sent only one Muslim candidate
to Lok Sabha since 1952
JAIPUR: Only one Muslim candidate from
Rajasthan has made it to Lower House of Parliament twice since the general
election to the first Lok Sabha in 1952.While 13 Muslim candidates from the
state have contested on Congress ticket, only one Muslim has been a BJP
candidate in the last 16 Lok Sabha elections.Ayub Khan holds the distinction of
being the only Muslim candidate who has been elected twice to the Lok Sabha
from the state from the Jhunjhunu parliamentary seat in 1984 and 1991 on the
Congress ticket.Khan, who contested elections four times from the same
constituency, served as the minister of state for agriculture in Narasimha Rao
govt. Before entering into politics, Khan had been a 'Risaldar',a mid-level
rank in cavalry and armoured units of the Indian Army. He was hounoured with
the gallantry award for his valour in the 1965 war with Pakistan.As per 2011
Census, Rajasthan has nearly 10% Muslim population.This time Rafiq Mandelia is
Congress' candidate from Churu. Commentator Sikandar Niyazi said the Muslim
candidates face many problems like lack of resources to take on the other
candidates. The seats of the candidates from the minority community are
repeatedly changed and it is also a reason that they are not able to galvanise
support for themselves, he said.PTI
Another Gujarat riot survivor to contest
election
Another survivor of 2002 Gujarat communal
riots will contest in the general election. Imtiyaz khan Pathan, 42, is a key
witness in the Gulbarg Society massacre case as well in the case stemming from
the complaint filed by Zakia Jafri, alleging a larger conspiracy. Jafri is the
wife of Ehsan Jafri, a former Congress MP, who was killed in the
massacre.Pathan has filed his nomination on an Apna Desh party ticket to fight
for the Kheda Lok Sabha seat. "It has been 17 years since the Gulbarg
massacre occurred, yet justice has not been delivered," Pathan said.
"Such horrors should not happen to any community. Fighting cases in courts
is not the same as representing our agony in the Parliament." Pathan lost
10 members of his family in the Gulbarg Society killings on Feb.28,
2002.Incidentally,Pathan’s elder brother, Firozkhan Pathan, is also contesting
in 2019 general election. He is fighting as an independent candidate for
Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat.TOI
Supreme Court rejects Lalu’s bail plea in
fodder scam cases
The Supreme Court today dismissed the bail
petition of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in three fodder scam cases, reported
Bar and Bench.On Tuesday, CBI had opposed the bail plea, claiming that Yadav
may get involved in political activities during the Lok Sabha elections if he
is granted bail. CBI said Yadav has been admitted to a hospital for the last 8
months, but has been carrying out political activities from there.scroll.in
NIA questions Hurriyat's Mirwaiz for 3rd day
New Delhi:NIA questioned Hurriyat Conference
Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for a third consecutive day today in connection
with a terror funding case, an official said. As the investigators were not
satisfied with the answers given by Farooq during his earlier questioning, he
was again called on Wednesday to clarify on matters related to funding to his
Awami Action Committee as well as Hurriyat Conference, officials said. He
appeared before agency at around 11a.m. Sources said this is the last day of
Farooq's questioning and he will leave Delhi for Jammu and Kashmir in an
afternoon flight.According to informed sources, NIA team has asked him about
details of his bank accounts, movable and immovable properties and his
relatives residing in India and abroad and their businesses. Farooq was
accompanied by other separatist leaders, including Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone
and Maulana Abbas Ansari.NIA yesterday had also summoned Naseem Geelani, son of
separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, in connection with the case.So far, the
agency has arrested Aftab Hilali Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam, Ayaz Akbar
Khandey, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate,Nayeem Khan,Altaf Ahmad Shah,Raja
Mehrajuddin Kalwal and Bashir Ahmad Bhat alias Peer Saifullah. Altaf Ahmad Shah
is the son-in-law of Syed Ali Geelani.IANS
Delhi court sends Yasin Malik to NIA custody
till April 22
A Delhi court today sent JKLF chief Yasin
Malik to the custody of NIA till April 22. NIA had sought Malik’s custody to probe
in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and militant groups
in Jammu and Kashmir.Malik had been shifted from Kot Balwal Jail in Jammu to
Tihar Jail in Delhi on Tuesday.scroll.in/PTI
J&K: JRL calls for valley wide shutdown
tomorrow, on polling days in respective areas
Srinagar:Joint Resistance leadership (JRL) has
called for a complete shutdown on April 11 against the “so-called”
parliamentary elections and against NIA aggression which includes the shifting
of JKLF chairman Yasin Malik to Tihar jail Delhi under the pretext of
questioning by NIA, rigorous questioning of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at NIA HQRS in
Delhi.kashmirreader
J&K High Court gives state, Centre 10 days
to respond to plea against highway restrictions
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked the
state administration and the Centre for a response within 10 days to petitions
filed against the restrictions on civilian vehicular movement on Jammu-Srinagar
National Highway, PTI reported.Petitions have been filed against the government
order by bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal, and leaders from NC and the
PDP. A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan
refused to grant an interim stay and scheduled the next hearing for April
19.scroll.in
NIA arrests Kerala IS suspect on arrival from
Qatar
New Delhi: NIA has arrested a resident of
Kerala in connection with an Islamic State related case. The accused person,
Shaibu Nihar a resident of Kozhikode was arrested upon his arrival at the
Calicut Airport from Doha, Qatar. Nihar was arrested on the basis of the
disclosures made by another accused in the case, Hamsa UK.He had told NIA that
Nihar along with other accused persons were working in Bahrain and attending
classes at Al Ansar Salafi Centre. oneindia
Muslim Youth Denied Job at Noida Company
Citing Religious Identity
New Delhi:26-year-old Saeed Ansari has to go
back to his village and work as an apprentice with his father’s carpenter’s workshop.
Saeed was in Delhi seeking better work opportunity, but after being denied a
job with Oppo Mobile Company in Greater Noida’s Kasna area, on the basis of his
religious identity, he has no other option but to go back.Saeed hails from
Beesalpur village which falls in MP Varun Gandi’s constituency – Pilbhit, Uttar
Pradesh. According to him, he and Azad Ansari were part of a group that went
through a series of interviews and HR process for the position of a machine
operator at the mobile company. All of the candidates from the group barring
him and Azad got the job.Saeed had worked before with the company for a period
of 5 months. According to him, they had earlier been hired on a contractual
basis and following which they got a break of two months, with a promise of
being hired again.“On February 9, the contractor had called us with the news of
rejoining the company. Following which, we all were interviewed. They also gave
us a card and said that we will receive a call within 2 to 4 working days. We
waited for the call for 20 days. When we did not get the call then we contacted
the contractor and met him on. He told us that company no longer hires
Muslims,” said Saeed. Saeed, a post-graduate in Urdu also has a degree in
polytechnic. He, however, added that he was not directly denied the job by
citing his religion. He remembered that when he went to ask about his joining,
he was first asked his name and then asked to step aside, stating that his case
is different.caravandaily
BJP MLA, 4 security men killed in Maoist
attack in Dantewada
Raipur: A BJP MLA, Bhima Mandavi, and 4 other
accompanying him in a convoy of vehicles were killed when Maoist rebels triggered
an IED in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar on Tuesday, two days before the region votes in
the first phase of the general election.IED was detonated when the convoy was
passing through Shyamagiri hills in south Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district at
about 4.30 pm, the police said. The Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, where
Left-wing insurgents are active, votes with 90 other parliamentary wards on
April 11 in the first phase of the general election staggered over seven
phases. Mandavi’s convoy was heading towards Kuwakonda in Dantewada district
from the Bacheli area, about 450 km from state capital Raipur. Along with
Mandavi, the MLA from Dantewada, a driver indentified as Danteshwar Maurya and
three security personnel, district force troopers Chhagan Kuldeep, Somdu Kawasi
and Ramlal Oyami, were killed in the blast, police said.HT
10 Women Workers Die Under Mound of Mud in
Telangana
Hyderabad: 10 women working under the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme were buried
alive and another injured when a mound of mud caved in on them at a village in
Narayanpet district of Telangana on Wednesday, police said.The incident
occurred at Tileru village around 11:15 am when 12 women labourers were sitting
at the work site to have lunch, they said, adding rescue efforts were on.Under
the MNREGA scheme, the women were engaged for digging earth as part of trench
work, a senior district official told PTI.According to eye-witnesses, a mound
of earth fell on them and they were buried under six to eight feet of mud.PTI
Gujarat: Minority prof passed over for HOD
post at VNSGU
Surat: Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
recently appointed a reader to the post of head of the department (HoD), but in
the process sidelining a senior professor, a decision that is now creating
turmoil in the region’s academic circles. Senior academicians who have raised
eyebrows at the varsity’s decision, has termed it as bias towards the minority
community.M G Timol, professor in Mathematics and the senior-most teacher in
the department was not given the post of HOD. In his place, reader Dilip Joshi,
was made HOD recently. However, Timol was promoted to professorship under
career advancement scheme (CAS), while Joshi had been appointed in the
department as a direct recruitment. Senior academician Suryakant Shah said,“Current
rulers have taken religious hatred up to a worrisome level, even in academics.
In case of mathematics department, varsity authorities seem to have sidelined
the senior professor only because he is from the minorities.” Shah has been
fighting for teachers’ rights for years.TOI
Suleman bakery case: Search for tape-recorder
to examine witnesses: Indian express
Mumbai:Along with the search for witnesses to
an incident that took place over 26 years ago, the trial of seven policemen
accused of killing 9 Muslim men at Suleman Usman Bakery during the 1993
communal riots faces an additional challenge — finding a tape-recorder, that
Pydhonie police claims it has been unable to find.On Tuesday, the recording of
evidence of two witnesses, both policemen who in 2001 had heard audio cassettes
containing wireless messages from the control room on Jan.9, 1993, the day of
the incident, and transcribed them, had to be deferred for want of a
tape-recorder.The sessions court judge asked the police why the tape-recorder
had not been arranged despite the prosecution knowing that the witnesses
pertained to the tapes, and these would have to be heard in court. An officer
from Pydhonie police claimed that a cassette tape-recorder was not found easily
these days. He also told the court that cassettes were not in “running
condition”. The court, however, directed the police to arrange for a
tape-recorder and summon the two witnesses only after that.
‘Deeply regret’ Jallianwala Bagh massacre,
Theresa May tells British Parliament
British PM Theresa May today expressed regret
for 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre by British troops in Amritsar but stopped
short of a full apology.“We deeply regret what happened and the suffering
caused,” Ms. May told te British parliament, as India prepares to mark the
100th anniversary of the killings. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition
Labour Party, called for “a full, clear and unequivocal apology”.April 13, 1919
Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in which British troops opened fire on thousands of
unarmed protesters, remains an enduring scar from British colonial rule in
India.Colonial-era records show about 400 people died in the northern city of
Amritsar when soldiers opened fire on men, women and children in an enclosed
area, but Indian figures put the toll at closer to 1,000.AFP
Indian couple charged with spying on Germany’s
Sikh community, Kashmir movement
An Indian married couple accused of spying on
Germany’s Sikh community and ‘Kashmir movement’ have been charged with
espionage, German prosecutors announced on Tuesday.They named the suspects only
as 50-year-old Manmohan S. and his wife Kanwal Jit K., 51, in keeping with
German privacy rules for defendants. “Manmohan S. agreed by Jan.2015 at the
latest to provide information about Germany’s Sikh community and Kashmir
movement and their relatives to an employee of the Indian foreign intelligence
service Research & Analysis Wing,” they said in a statement.His wife joined
him in monthly meetings with the Indian intelligence officer between July and
Dec.2017, and in total couple were paid 7,200 euros for their work.PTI
WORLD
Israel elections: Netanyahu set for record
fifth term as PM
Israel's incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu is on course for a record fifth term, election results show.Netanyahu
has an advantage as nearly all right-wing parties have declared their support
to the Israeli leader, Israeli media reported.The Likud party with the help of
other right-wing parties are likely to muster enough support to get a majority
in the 120-seat parliament, known as Knesset."It is a night of colossal
victory," Netanyahu, 69, told supporters at Likud headquarters. ikud party
and the centrist Blue and White party led by Netanyahu's main rival Benny Gantz
tied at 97 percent of votes counted. The two main parties won 35 seats apiece.Likud,
which gained five more seats compared with the 2015 elections, needs 61 seats
to form the government.Netanyahu and his main challenger Gantz were quick to
claim victory in the elections."The skies may look overcast ... but they
cannot conceal the sun of hope that we have brought to the Israeli people and
society," Gantz, 59, wrote in an open letter.United Torah Judaism, Shas,
Yisrael Beitenu, Right-wing Union and Kulanu are parties from the right-wing
bloc that have passed the 3.25 percent threshold to enter Knesset, obtaining 30
seats combined.This places the right-wing bloc in a 10-seat lead over the
left.In the centre-left bloc Labor, Meretz and the Arab parties of Hadash-Ta'al
and Balad-Ra'am obtained 20 seats.However, their total of 10 Knesset seats is
lower than in the 2015 elections, when the Arab joint list won 13, making them
the third-largest faction in the 20th Knesset.aljazeera
Airbnb to allow listings from illegal Israeli
settlements
Home-sharing platform Airbnb has announced it
will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank
from its rental listings to end lawsuits brought by the hosts.Israeli lawyers
filed a class action suit against Airbnb in November immediately after it said
it planned to remove from its rental listings Jewish settler homes in the West
Bank "that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and
Palestinians".On Tuesday, the company said the agreement settled all legal
actions brought by hosts and potential hosts who went to court."Airbnb
will not move forward with implementing the removal of listings in the West
Bank from the platform," the San Francisco-based company said in a news
release."We will continue to allow listings throughout all of the West
Bank, but Airbnb will take no profits from this activity in the
region."aljazeera
Muslim Brotherhood backs Jordan king’s stance
on Jerusalem
The Muslim Brotherhood group said it was
“fully” supporting Jordan King Abdullah II’s recent statements which slammed
the “Israeli escalations in occupied Jerusalem”.In an official letter, the
group explained that it rejected the US’ new peace plan which has been dubbed
the “deal of the century” and what it described as “the continued illegally Israeli
annexing of Palestinian lands.” “The group [Brotherhood] is aware of the
dangers Jordan faces, which require the strengthening of the internal national
front,” the letter read.“With the Jordanian people’s integrity, faith and
loyalty, the group is certain that Jordan will be able to overcome the current
crises firmly and triumphantly,” it added.On 22 March, King Abdullah reaffirmed
his country’s stance regarding Jerusalem, saying that the holy city was a “red
line” for him and for the Jordanian people.MEMO
German police raid aid organisations for
alleged links to Hamas
German police raided charities alleged to
provide support to the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. Around 90
properties in ten states were searched in raids carried out across Germany
today, targeting charities suspected of providing “financial and propaganda”
for the Islamist group.The interior ministry said that the main targets of the
raids were WorldWide Resistance-Help and Ansaar International. They are accused
of collecting funds for Hamas, which the EU has proscribed as a terrorist
organisation.“Whoever supports Hamas under the guise of humanitarian aid
disregards fundamental values of our constitution and discredits the commitment
of many aid organisations,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said. MEMO
'Out with system': Algeria protesters reject
interim president
Police in Algeria's capital have fired tear
gas and water cannon at thousands of students protesting against the
appointment of a new interim president who is a part of the ruling order they have
been seeking to remove. The demonstration in central Algiers on Tuesday took
place as parliament officially confirmed upper house Speaker Abdelkader
Bensalah as acting head of state for the next 90 days to replace Abdelaziz
Bouteflika, who resigned last week under pressure from the weeks-long,
youth-led protests.Footage showed security forces moving in on the
demonstrators shouting "out with the system", dousing them with
pepper spray, shooting from a water cannon and using batons to break up the
crowd. Bensalah's appointment is in accordance with Algeria's constitution but
the protesters who drove Bouteflika out after 20 years in office are
unsatisfied with the move because he is a key ally of the former president and
a seasoned establishment insider.Naming a new interim president allows the
country to organise elections. Bensalah, who cannot run in the polls, does not
have the support of the opposition parties, which abstained from Tuesday's
session in parliament. Bensalah is one of the three figures appointed by
Bouteflika to key posts that protesters are demanding leave, dubbing them the
"3 Bs". The others are Noureddine Bedoui, appointed last month as the
head of government, and the chief of the Constitutional Council, Tayeb Belaiz,
who would replace Bensalah in the case he resigned.aljazeera
Civilian casualties rise in Syria's Idlib
UN says there has been an alarming rise in
civilian casualties in Syria's last opposition-controlled province.It says 90
civilians, half of them children, were killed in March. The bombardment of
Idlib by Syrian govt has intensified, despite a ceasefire.The opposition blames
the government and says it has been targeting residential neighbourhoods and
markets.aljazeera
Khashoggi family denies financial settlement
with govt
Riyadh:The family of murdered Saudi journalist
Jamal Khashoggi has denied any financial settlement with Saudi authorities.
“Currently, the trial is taking place and no settlement discussion had been or
is discussed,” the family said in a statement on Twitter on Wednesday. “The
people who committed and were involved in this crime will all be brought to
justice and face punishment,” it added. Last week,Washington Post said that
Saudi had paid compensations to the family of the renowned journalist, citing
that each of his children had been given houses in Jeddah worth as much as $4
million as part of a preliminary financial settlement. Anadolu
Bosnia: Historical mosque comes under racist
attack
Serbia:A historical mosque in Bosnia and
Herzegovina was vandalized with with spray-painted symbols of Nazis and extreme
Serb nationalists late Tuesday.The Arnaudija Mosque was come under racist
attack when the assailants spray-painted Nazis' swastika, and "4S” symbol
of extreme Serbian nationalist, meaning "Only the unity saves
Serbs".Located in the Banja Luka city of Republika Srpska (RS) entity in
northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, Arnaudija Mosque was completely demolished
by Serb forces during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995.Anadolu Agency
New Zealand passes gun law reform in wake of
Christchurch attack
New Zealand's parliament has voted
overwhelmingly in favour of legislation to ban semi-automatic and
military-style weapons.The changes were first proposed by Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern just days after a gunman carried out an indiscriminate shooting
spree in two Christchurch mosques, killing 50 Muslims.aljazeera
Libya: UN evacuates refugees, postpones peace
talks amid violence
United Nations has evacuated 150 refugees from
a detention centre in Tripoli, as fierce clashes for control of the Libyan
capital led to the postponement of a peace conference planned for next week. n
recent days, forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar have advanced on
the city, the base of the country's internationally-backed government.At least
47 people, including nine civilians, have been killed in the fighting since the
launch of offensive on Thursday, WHO said.aljazeera
Trump praises Sisi as critics reiterate
concern for human rights
US President Donald Trump, welcomed Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to White House on Tuesday, saying a lot of
progress had been made with Egypt in terms of "terrorism".Trump, with
Sisi at his side, also told reporters that the two had important things to
discuss military issues and trade."I think he is doing a great job,"
Trump said as he sat down for talks with Sisi in White House."We have
never had a better relationship between Egypt and US than we do right
now."aljazeera
Bangladesh SC sets June 18 for Azhar, Qaiser’s
appeal hearings
In Bangladesh, the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court has set June 18 for the appeal hearings of convicted in a war
crime case, Bangladesh Jamaat Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, and former
Jatiya Party state minister, Syed Md Qaiser. The appeals were filed challenging
a tribunal verdict that sentenced both Azhar and Qaiser to death. They also prayed to the Appellate Division to
acquit them of the charges claiming that they are
innocent.dhakatribune/thedailystar
Brexit: Theresa to make plea for 30 June delay
at EU summit
EU leaders will meet at 17:00 BST for an
emergency summit in Brussels to decide whether to offer UK another delay to
Brexit.Theresa May wants to postpone the UK's exit beyond this Friday, until 30
June.But EU is expected to offer a longer delay, after European Council
President Donald Tusk urged the other 27 leaders to back a flexible extension
of up to a year - with conditions.Tusk added that "neither side should be
allowed to feel humiliated".Leaders will begin arriving at the summit from
16:00.Mrs May is travelling to Brussels following her weekly clash with
opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister's Questions in House of Commons.That
head-to-head followed five days of talks between the government and Labour
officials aimed at breaking the Brexit impasse.bbc
Flash: views & NEWS
Delhi-NCR: Most Muslims read Hindi papers
despite "anti-Muslim bias, hostile editorial policy, lack of coverage
Lotus has grown a thousand brand extensions
while EC is busy looking for old-school posters, cutouts, leaflets and
hoardings: Ali Khan Mahmudabad
In Western UP, Mahagathbandhan Will Use
'Kairana Model' to Try and Oust BJP:Banojyotsna Lahiri
What the Rohith Vemula stir taught Dalit
students:Dhrubo Jyoti
In Shaukat Ali's Humiliation, Identity Is
Reduced to a Single Denominator:Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Moradabad: As Imran Pratapgarhi, Dr Hasan
Wrestle for Muslim Votes, BJP’s Singh Stands to Benefit
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