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PM Modi, council of ministers to take oath at
7 pm on Thursday
New Delhi:President Ram Nath Kovind will
administer oath of office and secrecy to PM Narendra Modi and his council of
ministers at 7 pm on Thursday.“The President will administer the oath of office
and secrecy to the Prime Minister and other members of Union council of
ministers on May 30 at 7pm,” said a communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. President
Kovind had appointed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on Saturday, minutes after
leaders of the 40-member national coalition NDA called on him after electing
the PM as the coalition’s leader.Standing at the forecourt of Rashtrapati
Bhavan, PM Modi said that his government wouldn’t waste a moment to get down to
work for the people. “President today gave me a letter designating me as the
Prime Minister… The country has given me a huge mandate and the mandate comes
with the expectations of the people,” Modi had said.BJP-led NDA swept Lok Sabha
elections winning 349 of the 542 seats for which polls were held and garnered
almost 45 per cent of the votes across the country.HT
Modi to be sworn in as PM on May 30
Minorities made to live in fear, we must end this:
PM to party
New Delhi: After an election season seen to be
replete with polarising themes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday
that minorities had long been made to live in fear by those who believed in
vote-bank politics and that this deception needs to end to take everyone along.
Emphasising the need to win the trust of all sections, the Prime Minister said,
“We have worked for ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’, now we have to strive for
‘sabka vishwas’.” Reiterating the importance of coalition politics, Modi said
BJP has a majority on its own with more than 300 MPs but he wants to see NDA
become stronger as alliances are important to fulfil regional aspirations. “BJP
is 300 plus but we shall work together with the NDA partners in future,” Modi
said, and added, “The credit for good work will go to all allies and I will own
up in cases of blemish.” He floated the slogan of NARA — national ambition
regional aspiration — saying that a balance between the two will be key to the
country’s progress and it can’t be accomplished without the support of the
regional parties. Modi’s outreach to minorities comes after sharply polarised
electioneering where the candidature of Pragya Thakur, an accused in the
Malegaon bombing case, against Congress leader Digvijay Singh heated the poll
arena. Similarly, poll rhetoric in states like West Bengal saw Trinamool and
BJP going at each other over contentious issues like illegal migrants and the
NRC. Perhaps looking to bring down the
political temperature and also indicate that polarisation cannot be a permanent
state of affairs, the Prime Minister told a meeting of NDA MPs called to elect
him leader that “unfortunately, the minorities of this country have been kept
in fear, used in elections”. “We have to end this cycle,” Modi said, calling
for winning the trust and confidence of minorities, as he also said that the
politics of alliances is a reality and important to fulfil regional
aspirations. He invoked the spirit of 1857’s first war of Independence, saying
all communities had joined hands for Independence and a similar movement should
be started for good governance now. In his over-75-minute address, Modi also
gave several directions to MPs, including asking them to shun “VIP culture”.
TOI
Puncture myth of fear among minorities… those
who opposed are also ours: PM Modi
Post results, Muslim bodies urge community to
not worry
Lucknow:A day after BJP-led NDA’s landslide
win in the Lok Sabha elections, two Muslim religious outfits have urged upon
the members of the community to not take the defeat of the ‘so-called secular
forces’ personally and expressed hope the new government at the Centre would
adopt an inclusive approach.“Elections are fought between political parties,
who win and lose. Communities should not feel threatened. The public mandate is
respected in a democracy. We urge all to look forward and hope for peace,
communal harmony and progress of the nation,” said the All India Muslim
Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in a statement.Asking Muslims to not worry,
organisation’s general secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani said the coming days
could pose some problem but the community should face the same with courage and
be optimistic.“Muslims should maintain courage, passion and encourage others to
meet the situation. Our elders had decided to remain in this country with some
objective. Earlier too, we have faced several critical situations and this time
too we will tide over it,” the cleric said in an open letter.The Jamaat-e-Islami
Hind (JIH), another Muslim religious body, which has a significant following in
Uttar Pradesh, also expressed hope that the newly-elected members of Parliament
and the ruling class would work for the welfare and development of all Indians
irrespective of their caste, class and religion, and execute their
constitutional duties seriously and honestly.“We hope that now that the
elections are over, the surcharged atmosphere that was created during the
elections and differences, if any, would be forgotten and the elected
representatives would discharge their duties in the best traditions of this
country,” said Syed Sadatullah Husaini, the national president of the JIH.HT
'New govt should work for all Indians':
Minorities' organizations on Lok Sabha poll verdict
Jamaat hopes Modi Govt will be more
responsible in second term
If you care for minorities, ensure Muslims
aren’t lynched: Owaisi jabs Modi
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi lashed
out at the Prime Minister for his “minorities made to live in an illusion of
fear” statement and said if Modi really cares about minorities then he should
ensure that Muslims are not lynched by cow vigilantes.“As given in our
Constitution, Right to Life is for human beings and not animals. I am sure that
if PM realises it, then fear among minorities will go away,” said Owaisi.He
also cited an incident of Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni wherein three youths were
thrashed, allegedly over suspicion of possessing beef.“If Prime Minister
seriously believes that minorities live in fear then will he stop all
mob-lynching gangs who in the name of cow killing, lynch Muslims, beat them,
take out their videos and demean Muslims. What happened in Madhya Pradesh is an
example,” he said. Intensifying his attack, he questioned the Prime Minister
over mob-lynching cases.“If PM agrees minorities live in fear he should know
people who killed Akhlaq were sitting in the front bench of the electoral
public meeting,” Owaisi remarked. “If Muslims seriously live in fear can the
Prime Minister tell us, out of the 300 odd MPs, how many Muslim MPs he has in
his own party who got elected from Lok Sabha? This is the hypocrisy and
contradiction which the PM and his party are practicing from last 5 years,”
AIMIM chief said. ANI
India is not Hindi speaking states alone: DMK
chief
Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin has said no
single state can be ignored by the government at the Centre and asserted India
was not Hindi speaking states alone. Buoyed by his party's performance in the
Lok Sabha election, the Dravidian party chief for the first time said his party
would take the initiative to oppose the BJP -albeit without naming it
explicitly- in other states by working with outfits in those regions."DMK
will take constructive measures to replicate the Tamil Nadu model (of propping
up secularism and DMK's victory in polls) in other states as well by
coordinating with forces committed to communal harmony," he said in an
open letter to party cadres.On a day when PM Narendra Modi was elected leader
of NDA, Stalin said this was the time to support and embrace people of all
identities, states, adding "the days that Hindi speaking states alone was
India has vanished."The future was all about "constructive politics that
centred around the states," DMK chief said."No single state can be
ignored whichever party took over reins of power at the Centre," Stalin
asserted. DMK's voice will reverberate in Parliament and State Assembly to
protect the people's interests, he said.DMK has won 23 seats and the front
(SPA) led by it has won 37 of 38 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in
Puducherry (Congress) as well.DMK will continue its "journey of
victory," to protect people's interests, he said.The people's verdict in
Tamil Nadu showed that Dravidian movement-a reference to the DMK and a pointer
to Dravidian ideology which includes secularism and social justice- can never
be decimated, he said.As regards AIADMK's jibe that despite a good showing in
the polls, DMK's goal has not been realised, he said it was a "reflection
of the frustration of ruling party and political rivals." newindianexpress
Foreign nations involved in ensuring BJP's
victory, won’t say more in nation’s interest: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee claimed that foreign nations were behind the BJP-led NDA's historic
victory in the Lok Sabha polls and also alleged that the EVMs were programmed
in the favour of the saffron party. Banerjee also said the Trinamool Congress
lost 5-6 seats by slender margins, mainly because of postal ballots."There
is some suspicion in the minds of the people. We also have a suspicion. In
constituencies where we have lost by less than one lakh votes, we have doubts.
Some programming was done in many machines involving one lakh votes," IANS
quoted her as saying.On EVMs, the West Bengal CM said that they were programmed
and she knew about this from the last 3 months as she was getting such
information from bureaucratic circles."There is the hand of foreign
nations also. I don't want to say more in the interest of the nation. I am prepared
to be completely isolated. But as long as I live, I will utter the unpleasant
truths," she added. In a press conference today she also said that she was
willing to resign from CM’s post and expressed her desire to continue with the
party president post. She also clipped wings of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee
and all the charges of districts under him were taken back. Attributing the
poor performance of TMC in Lok Sabha polls she blamed Hindu-Muslim polarization
and division of votes.She further said that the party fared badly as an
“emergency situation” was created and claimed that Central forces were acting
against her and the party.In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, BJP
made huge inroads in West Bengal and managed to win 18 out of 42 seats while
TMC got 22.Times Now
People of Jammu, Ladakh want removal of
Articles 370, 35A: BJP
J&K unit of BJP on Saturday claimed that
the people of Jammu and Ladakh regions want immediate removal of Article 370
and Article 35A of the Constitution by voting for the party.It also said the
National Conference’s claim that it will form the government on its own in the
state after the assembly elections is “hollow“.BJP retained Udhampur, Jammu and
Ladakh parliamentary seats, while NC swept the polls by winning all the three
seats — Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag — in the Valley.On Friday, NC
president Farooq Abdullah had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot remove
Article 35A and Article 370 despite huge majority.“Let him be as powerful as he
(Modi) likes, he cannot remove Article 370 and Article 35-A,” Mr. Abdullah had
said, adding “our right of Article 370 and Article 35A should be protected.
This is very important for us. We are soldiers of this country, not
enemies“.Article 370 grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits
Parliament’s power to make laws concerning the state. Article 35A empowers the
state assembly to define “permanent residents” for bestowing special rights and
privileges on them.BJP state spokesperson Brig (Retd) Anil Gupta said, “Abdullah
and the NC leadership does not have the mandate of the people of Jammu and
Ladakh to make tall claims about Articles 35A and 370 because the people of
these two regions want immediate removal of these articles as is evident from
the mandate given in favour of their removal.” PTI
Half of BJP’s additional MPs from SC/ST
constituencies
New Delhi: BJP has increased its Lok Sabha
tally from 282 in 2014 to 303 in 2019 and interestingly nearly half of its
additional members (10 of 21) have come from reserved (SC/ST) constituencies,
showing its expanded reach among Dalits and tribals. An analysis of the
reserved seats shows that the party has won 77 of 131 such constituencies this
time as compared to 67 in 2014. This is significant in view of the dominant narrative
about the ruling party’s estrangement from Dalits and tribals. BJP has, in
fact, increased its tally in both SC and ST seats while Congress — the second
top claimant of reserved constituencies — lost 3 such seats. Despite marginally
increasing its overall Lok Sabha tally from 44 to 52, Congress saw a dent in
reserved constituencies where it got only nine seats this year as compared to
12 in 2014. Former UP CM Mayawati-led BSP, which used to get maximum of the 17
SC seats in the state till pre-2014 polls, could get only two such seats this
time. Dalit-centric party could not open its account in other states where it
fielded candidates on reserved seats. As far as a total of 84 SC seats are
concerned, BJP won 46 this time as compared to 40 in 2014 with bulk of them
coming from UP (14), West Bengal (5), Karnataka (5), MP (4) and Rajasthan (4).
Similarly, it increased its tally of ST seats from 27 in 2014 to 31 in 2019.
After BJP, Congress got the distant second position. TOI
‘Third child should not be allowed to vote’:
Ramdev on population control
Haridwar:Yoga guru Baba Ramdev asserted that
in order to contain population growth, the government should bring in a law
whereby third-borns should be bereft of voting rights. He also batted for a
pan-India ban on manufacturing, sale, and purchase of liquor.“India’s
population should not be more than 150 crores in the next 50 years as we are
not prepared or ready to bear more than that.This is only possible when the
government makes a law that third child would not be allowed to vote, neither
contest election nor he/she enjoys any type of privileges and facilities given
by the government,” Ramdev said while addressing a press conference here on
Sunday.“Then people will not give birth to more children, no matter which
religion they belong to,” he added.He also demanded a complete ban on
cow-slaughter and said that it is the only way out to reduce the conflict
between cow smugglers and “gau rakshak”.“There should be a complete ban on cow
slaughter and it is the only way out to end the conflict that we see between
cow smugglers and ‘gau rakshak’. For those who want to eat meat, there are
several other types of meat which they can eat,” he said.Further, he pressed for
a country-wide ban on liquor.ANI
Chidambaram appeals to Rahul to not resign,
claims party workers in South India will 'commit suicide'
New Delhi: P Chidambaram got emotional while
appealing to Congress president Rahul Gandhi not to step down from his post,
claiming that the party's cadres in the southern states will commit
suicide.During the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held on Saturday,
all leaders urged Rahul to continue as the party president, even as he remained
firm on his decision to resign, sources said.Addressing the media after CWC
meeting, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Rahul has been authorised
to restructure the party following its dismal performance in the recently held
general elections.ANI
Smriti Irani Attends Funeral Of BJP Worker
Shot Dead In Amethi
Amethi: A former village head in UP's Amethi,
who worked closely with BJP leader Smriti Irani during her Lok Sabha campaign,
was shot dead early this morning. Ms Irani reached his village this afternoon
to attend his funeral.Surendra Singh, a BJP worker, was attacked at his home;
he died later at a hospital in Lucknow where he was taken for treatment, said
police. Police said an old enmity may have led to the killing but have not
ruled out a political motive.Surendra Singh was the former head of Baraulia
village. He quit the village head post to participate in the BJP election
campaign.ndtv
Pak PM Imran Khan congratulates Modi over
phone, expresses desire to work together
Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday called up PM
Narendra Modi and congratulated him for his electoral victory in the 2019 Lok
Sabha elections, said the Ministry of External Affairs.Ministry of External
Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted that Khan and Modi spoke about the
neighbourhood first policy. “Recalling his initiative in line with his
government’s neighbourhood first policy, PM Modi referred to his earlier
suggestion to the Prime Minister of Pakistan to fight poverty jointly,”MEA
said. “He stressed that creating trust and an environment free of violence and
terrorism were essential for fostering cooperation for peace, progress,and
prosperity in our region.”Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad
Faisal also tweeted about Modi and Khan’s phone conversation, saying that Khan
expressed desire to work together for the welfare of the people. “Reiterating
his vision for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia, the Prime Minister
said he looked forward to working with Prime Minister Modi to advance these
objectives,” Faisal tweeted.
Pakistan says it is ready to hold talks with
newly elected Indian government
Will attend Iftar 100 times: Mamata over
Muslim appeasement allegations
Showing scant regard for BJP's constant
criticism that she was appeasing Muslims, Mamata Banerjee indicated that she
would continue to attend 'Iftaars' as the community votes for her Trinamool
Congress. Banerjee, who was addressing the media, made the potentially
controversial comment while inviting the media to attend an Iftaar party
organised by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation towards the end of the
month."I am going to the Iftar party. You all also please come,"
Mamata Banerjee said."I appease Muslims, no? I will go there a hundred
times. 'Je goru dudh dei tar lathio khete hoi; (if a cow gives milk, one has to
be prepared for its kicks also)," she said.The Muslim community voted for
Banerjee's Trinamool in the recent elections, where a lot of Hindu votes
shifted to the BJP which came up with best performance in Bengal taking 18
seats.indiatoday
Muslim representation increases to 27 in 17th
LS
New Delhi: Muslim representation in 17th Lok
Sabha has increased by 5 taking the community's tally to 27 from 22 in the
outgoing Lok Sabha with BJP getting its lone Muslim face as Saumitra Khan, who
won from West Bengal against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool
Congress.Most of the winning candidates are from opposition parties while only
one candidate of the BJP which won 303 out of 542 seats across the country,
could make it to the Lower House.Saumitra Khan is the lone BJP MP in the
current Lok Sabha while Mahbub Ali Kaiser is the LJP winning candidate from
Khagaria in Bihar. Both will be representing ruling NDA in the Lok Sabha.The
highest number of Muslim MPs in the Lok Sabha was in 1980, when 49 members of
the community were elected.The BJP had fielded Mafuja Khatun from Jangipur, a
constituency where 61.79 per cent of the population is Muslim. She was third
while the winner was Trinamool's Khalilur Rahaman. The seat was earlier
represented by Congress's Abhijit Mukherjee, son of ex President Pranab
Mukherjee. Abhijit was second garnering 2,55,836 votes.Most of the elected
Muslim candidates belong to Congress (5) and Trinamool Congress (5), followed
by Samajwadi Party (3), BSP (3) and the J&K National Conference (3).Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal, which have a considerable Muslim population, are
sending six MPs each from the community. BSP candidates Afzal Ansari from
Ghazipur, Fazalur Rahman from Saharanpur and Danish Ali in Amroha, and
Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan from Rampur, Shafique Rehman Barq from Sambhal and
S.T. Hasan from Moradabad made their way to the Lok Sabha. Bihar will have two
MPs from the community. Besides Kaisar while another is Mohammad Jawed of the
Congress, who won from Kishanganj. 3 Muslim candidates won from Kerala, while
two from Assam will also be in 17th Lok Sabha.Mohammed Faizal of NCP won lone
seat in Lakshadweep.Congress' Mohammad Sadique also won Faridkot seat from
Punjab. IUML candidate K. Navas Kani won from Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu.MIM
will have two candidates in Parliament - party chief Asaduddin Owaisi from
Hyderabad and Imtiaz Jaleel from Aurangabad in Maharashtra. IANS
MIM’s new MP: Imtiaz Jaleel darts his journey
from journalism to Parliament in five years
51-year-old Jaleel’s darting from journalism
to politics Maharashtra, came as a surprise in 2014 when he declared that he
was leaving his profession of 23 years to join politics. His announcement
became a hot talking point because he was not joining just any political party
but Hyderabad based MIM.siasat
Muslim family in UP names newly-born son Modi
Gonda :BJP supporters call it the "New
India" that wipes away caste and religious boundaries. And offering proof
is a Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district who has named their
newborn son Narendra Damodardas Modi.The child was born on May 23, the day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP returned to power with an overwhelming
majority. The infant's mother, Mehnaaz Begum, wanted to name her son after the
Prime Minister and stood her ground in face of expected opposition from her
family.The newborn's father Mushtaq Ahmad, however, supported his wife and the
baby was named after Modi. The baby's grandfather Idris said that the family
agreed to the name because of their admiration for the Prime Minister.IANS
Nearly 50 per cent MPs in new Lok Sabha have
criminal records
The chances of winning for a candidate with
declared criminal cases in the Lok Sabha 2019 is 15.5 per cent whereas for a
candidate with a clean background, it is 4.7 per cent. This is due to the fact
that the 17th Lok Sabha will have close to half of its new MPs with declared
criminal cases.Out of the 539 winners analysed in Lok Sabha 2019, 233 MPs have
declared criminal cases against themselves. This is an increase of 44 per cent
in the number of MPs with declared criminal cases since 2009.As per the
self-sworn affidavits submitted by the candidates at the time of filing
nominations, the new Lok Sabha has surpassed the previous 2 in electing MPs
with criminal records.Out of 542 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in
2014, 185 (34 per cent) winners had declared criminal cases against themselves
while out of 543 winners analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2009, 162 (30
per cent) had declared criminal cases against themselves. This time its close
to half. Among the political parties, NDA ally JDU has the highest percentage
of MPs with criminal records.msn.com
CBI Alerts Airports To Stop Ex-Kolkata Top Cop
Rajeev Kumar From Flying Abroad
New Delhi: Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev
Kumar should not be allowed to leave the country, the Central Bureau of
Investigation or CBI has said in a lookout notice to airports and ports in
connection with its probe into the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal. Mr
Kumar is accused of destroying evidence related to the Ponzi scheme when he was
heading the probe.On Thursday, the Supreme Court had refused to entertain Mr
Kumar's plea seeking extension of protection from arrest in the multi-crore
Saradha chit fund scam. The former police commissioner was granted protection
from arrest for a seven-day period which ended on May 24."As the Supreme
Court's seven-day period ended on Friday and no court has given anticipatory
bail to Kumar yet, CBI is free to proceed for custodial interrogation of Kumar.
A formal summon to be issued to Rajeev Kumar shortly asking him to join the
probe," a top official of the CBI told NDTV, requesting not to be
named.ndtv
3 Muslims, Including a Woman, Thrashed by Gau
Rakshaks in MP, Made to Shout Jai Shree Ram in MP
Bhopal:In a shocking incident, three Muslims
including a woman were thrashed by self-proclaimed gau rakshaks over rumours of
carrying beef in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh.The self-proclaimed gau rakshaks had
gotten a tip off that two Muslim youths and a woman, who were travelling in an
auto, were carrying beef.The cow vigilantes — Baghel, Yogesh Uike, Dileep
Namdev, Rohit Yadav and Shyam Lal— had assaulted three persons, including a
woman, who were identified as Dilip Malviya, Sama Ansari and Tausif Khan, reports
IANS.The victims allege they were forced to say slogans of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ by
the accused.A video showing the goons descending on the youths with sticks has
gone viral. In the video, the gau rakshaks held the youths to a tree one by one
and beat them up mercilessly as the onlookers stood by. In the video, posted on
the social media by the main accused Shubham Baghel on Friday, the cow
vigilantes with saffron gamchha (towels) around their necks are beating two
persons with sticks.The goons are also heard shouting at the youths to repeat
‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans while forcing one of the youths to beat the woman who
was accompanying them.After a video went viral on the social media in which
five people are seen beating two persons for carrying beef in the Seoni
district of MP, the police on Saturday arrested and jailed the five.Former
chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti as well
as AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the incident.Owaisi said, “This is how
Muslims are treated by Vigilantes created by Modi voters.”Caravan News
MP: Govt Arrests Victims Brutally Thrashed by
Cow Protectors in Seoni
Bhopal:Under the ruling of Congress government
in Madhya Pradesh, the police arrested victims who were brutally thrashed by
the cow vigilantes over suspicion of carrying beef in Seoni on 22 May. The
police first arrested the victims of violence and 2 days after the incident
happened, then it arrested the violence accused when the video was uploaded on
social media. Police arrested the victims Tausif Khan, Anjum Ansari and Dilip
Malviya after it was informed about the suspicion of carrying beef. They were
sent to judicial remand. It said that it had seized the beef from the
victims.According to Bhopal-based journalist Shams Ur Rehman Alavi, the
incident of violence which happened on 22 May was first tried to be covered up.
When the video of the incident was uploaded to social media, then only the
police swung into action against the accused.Caravan News
Muslim man beaten up in Gurugram, told to
remove skullcap and chant Jai Shri Ram
Gurugram:A Muslim man was beaten by a group of
men at Jacubpura in Gurugram on May 25 night after he was told to remove his
skullcap and chant Jai Shri Ram. No arrests have been made so far. Mohammad
Barkat, 25,was returning to his shop around 10 p.m. on Saturday after offering
prayers at Jama Masjid in Gurugram when a group of about half a dozen men
allegedly accosted him outside a sweet shop and told him to remove his skull
cap. “One of the men called me with an offensive word and told me that skullcap
was not allowed in this area. When I told him that I was returning from a
mosque, he slapped me. He also asked me to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Jai
Shri Ram. When I refused, he threatened to feed me pork,” Barkat said. He had come
to Gurugram earlier this month to learn tailoring. Barkat claimed that the man
allegedly picked up a stick and hit him and also abused him. When Barkat tried
to push the man and run away, the man allegedly tore his shirt. As Barkat
started crying, the men left. 4 of them drove away in a motorcycle and two just
walked away into one of the alleys in area.A case has been registered on
charges of promoting religious hatred, causing hurt, criminal intimidation and
unlawful assembly, among others, at City Police Station in this connection. Thehindu
Adivasi Professor Arrested For Facebook Post
On Right To Eat Beef
New Delhi:Jeetrai Hansda, a professor at the
Government School and College for Women, Sakchi, in Jharkhand was arrested on
Saturday. A lawyer from the team handling Hansda’s case told HuffPost India
that a complaint was filed against him in June 2017 based on a Facebook post he
had written.However, he was finally arrested yesterday. The lawyer, who did not
want to be named, said he suspected the arrest was made after the elections
were over so that the BJP did not anger the Adivasis and lose their votes
before the polls.BJP won 12 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand this year,
same as 2014. The govt at the state is also led by BJP under Raghubar Das.A
diary was filed against Hansda’s Facebook post in 2017 and after
‘investigating’ the complaint, inspector Anil Kumar Singh of Sakchi police
station lodged FIR. Hansda’s lawyer said that though he was asked to appear in
the police station, he wasn’t arrested back then. He was only arrested
yesterday and continues to be in police custody. Hansda had also moved for
anticipatory bail, which was rejected.Hansda is a prominent Adivasi activist
and theatre artist and his Facebook post asserted his community’s right to eat
beef. FIR lodged at Sakchi police station in Jamshedpur, stated that Hansda had
written a Facebook post asserting that the adivasi community in India has had a
long tradition of eating beef and ceremonial cow sacrifice. It is their
democratic and cultural right to consume the meat, he said. The post also said
that they oppose India’s laws on eating beef and that his community also
consumes peacocks, the country’s national bird. He also expressed his
unwillingness to follow Hindu customs.He was booked for insulting religious
feelings and attempts to promote enmity between groups of people. Shortly after
the complaint was filed against Hansda, Dasmath Hansdah, the chief of Majhi
Pargana Mahal, a body that works for the preservation of adivasi traditions
wrote to the vice-chancellor of Kolhan University. The arrested professor was
employed in a college under the university. The letter attempted to educate V-C
about adivasi traditions that Hansda wrote about and against which, allegedly
ABVP filed a complaint. The letter said, “We have come to know from local
newspapers that you plan to expel Jeetrai Hansda on the basis of complaints for
communal organisation ABVP.”huffingtonpost
Dabholkar murder: lawyer, aide remanded to CBI
custody
A day after advocate Sanjeev Punalekar,
counsel for the fringe right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanshtha, and his aide Vikram
Bhave were arrested by the CBI in connection with the murder of eminent
rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, a special court on Sunday directed the accused
to be remanded to CBI custody till June1.Punalekar and Bhave had been alleged
by the probe agencies to have participated in the murder conspiracy, especially
in tampering with evidence and in aiding and abetting Sachin Andure and Sharad
Kalaskar, named by agencies as the assailants of the rationalist. Earlier in
the day, CBI brought the two from Navi Mumbai and produced them before the
special court a little after noon amid robust police deployment. Arguing for a
14-day custody, CBI’s counsel submitted before the court that the agency needed
time to probe the specific nature of the duo’s roles in the conspiracy and the
aid given to 2 sharpshooters in destroying the evidence. After the arguments,
the court remanded them to 7-day custody. Sachin Andure’s arrest in August last
was the second major one in the case.In June 2016, CBI had effected its first
breakthrough by arresting Virendra Tawde, an ENT specialist and activist of the
radical Hindu Janajagruti Samiti [a splinter of the Goa-based Sanatan Sanstha]
from Panvel near Mumbai.thehindu
Mumbai: Medical student commits suicide after
casteist slurs by seniors
Mumbai:Had the authorities acted swiftly and
shown sensitivity, my daughter would have been alive today," said Abeda
Tadvi, mother of Dr Payal Tadvi, a postgraduate student of gynaecology who
committed suicide on May 22 after being allegedly tortured by three of her
seniors. Hours before Dr Payal died, she told Abeda she was unable to bear the
torment from the trio, who have been absconding since they learned about her
suicide. A case has been registered against them, which includes sections from
SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Dr Payal and the absconding seniors were
post graduate students of the Topiwala National Medical college, which is
attached to the BYL Nair hospital. Dr Payal was taunted about her caste and her
admission to the course through the reserved quota. Her parents decided to act
on it. Abeda said, "We had started reporting this to the officials
concerned. We had even met a lecturer and the hostel warden, who had called
these three seniors and asked them not to behave this way with Payal.Abeda
filed an FIR against the seniors, identified as Dr. Hema Ahuja, Dr. Bhakti
Mehar and Dr. Ankita Khandelwal. The parents are demanding strict action
against the accused trio. "We come from the tribal category;my daughter
had worked tremendously hard to get a seat in MBBS and PG courses. She was very
hardworking and sensitive and it was her dream to work as a gynaecologist in
rural areas. But all of those dreams have gone in vain," said Salim.MID
DAY
Gujarat: Dalit couple attacked, thrashed by
over 200 Upper caste men over FB post in Vadodara
In a shocking incident, a Dalit couple was
allegedly attacked by a mob of 200-300 upper caste people. The incident took
place in Mahuvad village in Padra taluka of Vadodara on Monday, after the
husband allegedly posted on Facebook that government does not allow the village
temple to be used for Dalit wedding ceremonies. The police have filed the case
against the 11 person and the mob while the victim who posted on Facebook was
also charged for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups.The
incident came to light on Thursday when Dalit women identified as Tarulataben
Mackwana filed an FIR against 11 people and mob of 200-300 people at Vadu
police station for attacking her house, thrashing her husband, pelting stones
and threatening them over his Facebook post.Tarulataben in her complaint stated
that the mob was armed with pipes, sticks and other weapons, arrived at her
house and shouted abusive words at the couple. They also allegedly slapped her
when she stepped out of her house to confront them and then barged into the
house and dragged her husband Pravin out of the house and allegedly beaten her.
In her statement she also stated that the men threatened her husband to delete
the post otherwise couple had to face the consequences. Though the incident
took place on Monday but the victim filed the complaint on Thursday after a
failed attempt to arrive at a compromise by both the communities. 11 people
named in FIR.catchnews
Meghalaya HC Sets Aside Former Judge's Order
Suggesting India Become a 'Hindu Rashtra'
New Delhi:
A division bench of the Meghalaya high court has set aside a
controversial order passed by the former chief justice of the court, Justice SR
Sen, which included his observation that “India should have been declared a
Hindu Rashtra” after Partition.Justice Sen, now retired, made that observation
on Dec.10, 2018, while passing a judgement in response to a petition by Amon
Rana seeking a directive to the state authorities to issue him a domicile
certificate required to apply for a job in the Army. At that time, protests
across the Northeast against the Modi govt’s attempt to bring an amendment to
the Citizenship Act, 1955 to facilitate Indian citizenship to a certain groups
of foreigners on religious grounds was at fever pitch.Justice Sen touched upon
the subject while disposing off the case in favour of the petitioner and
reportedly stated that“Pakistan declared themselves an Islamic country and India
since was divided on the basis of religion should have also been declared a
Hindu country but it remained a secular country.”Stating that many residents
face difficulties in getting a domicile certificate from the authorities and
that it needed close examination, he also referred to lakhs of people left out
of the final draft NRC in Assam. Calling it “defective,” he contended that
while many foreigners became Indian, “original Indians” were left out of it.
The Wire
Zakir Naik got dubious donations from unknown
‘well wishers’:ED report
New Delhi :Zakir Naik, who is being probed by
the Enforcement Directorate for money laundering, received crores of funds from
unidentified “well-wishers” from several Middle East countries over the years
for his speeches that were allegedly used to incite “terror activities”. IRF,
Mumbai-based charity trust promoted and controlled by Naik, “allegedly received
funds in the form of donations and zakat (a form of alms giving in Islam) from
domestic as well as overseas donors from countries like UAE, Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Malaysia among others,” PTI quoted the ED as
saying.According to ED probe report, IRF maintained various bank accounts in
which funds from the donors were deposited. “These bank accounts are held with
Citi Bank, DCB Bank Ltd and Union Bank of India,” it said.The agency said its
probe found that the total quantum of funds received in the bank accounts of
IRF, from 2003-04 to 2016-17, is to the tune of Rs 64.86 crore.“The donors
remain unidentified as their names in the receipts are mentioned as ‘well-wishers’.
As the donations are made by cash, only the names of the donors are mentioned
on the receipts without disclosing their contact details, which raises
suspicion of being bogus or sham entries,” the ED report said.“Out of these
funds, a majority of the funds were utilised for organising ‘peace
conferences’, purchase of capital equipment, payment of salaries and other
miscellaneous expenses. An annual event ‘Peace Conference’ was held by the IRF
under leadership of Naik,”ED said. indian express
Documents Stolen, Hard Disk Left Behind in
Rafale Break-in: Report
Several documents were stolen during the
break-in at Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale Project Management Team office in
France – that took place on Sunday, 19 May –according to a report by The Hindu.
However, a crucial hard disk was left behind by the culprits, who accessed
three rooms.“There were documents, disks with information and a crucial hard
disk. The hard disk is intact,” a defence source told The Hindu. The source
also added that it is unclear if the hard disk was accessed by the culprits.IAF
has identified the likely information that would have been leaked from the
nature of the documents taken. The exact nature of the missing documents is yet
to be determined, the report said. They may be related to supply protocols,
routine communications and weapons-related details but do not include price,
the report said, quoting sources.The Quint
No question of FIR registration or CBI probe
into Rafale deal: Centre to SC
New Delhi :The Centre has told the Supreme
Court that there was no question of either registration of an FIR or
investigation by CBI in the Rafale fighter jets deal as the apex court had
already concluded that there was no reason for intervention by it on the
“sensitive issue”.The Centre, which sought dismissal of petitions seeking
review of the Dec.14 last year verdict which gave a clean chit to the
government on procurement of 36 fighter jets from French firm Dassault, said
CAG report “belied” the main arguments of petitioners regarding alleged
“exorbitant price” of the jets.In its 39-page written submissions filed in the
top court, the Centre has said that petitioners and former union ministers
Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie and activist advocate Prashant Bhushan have not
made out any ground which would justify review of the “well reasoned” Dec.14
judgement last year.“Especially, once this court had come to the conclusion
that on all the three aspects i.e., the decision making process, pricing and
Indian offset partner, there is no reason for intervention by this court on the
sensitive issue of purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircrafts by Indian
Government, there is no question of either registration of FIR much less any
investigation by CBI,” the government said.A three-judge bench headed by Chief
Justice Ranjan Gogoi had on May 10 reserved its verdict on the pleas seeking
review of the Dec.14 judgement in the Rafale case.PTI
Modi govt starts showing results, bans terror
outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
New Delhi: Within 24 hours of victory in
elections, Modi-led govt has banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and
its all affiliates. According to the ministry of home affairs, JMB and its
formations like Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen India or Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan
and their manifestations have committed acts of terrorism, promoted acts of
terrorism and have engaged in radicalisation and recruitment of young people
for terrorist activities in India. “Investigations have also revealed JMB’s
plan of making permanent bases within 10 km along Indo-Bangladesh border in the
districts of States of West Bengal, Assam and Tripura and plans of spreading
its network in South India with an overarching motive to establish Caliphate in
Indian subcontinent,” MHA said.citytoday.news
Kerala: Alert issued for coast after
intelligence input about IS-linked boat
Kerala Police issued an alert for the state’s
coast based on an intelligence report that a boat carrying people affiliated to
the Islamic State group had left Sri Lanka and was headed in the direction of
Kochi, The Hindu reported.In a May 23 directive, Additional DGP of Coastal
Security Tomin Thachankary said the group had left Sri Lankan coast under
“mysterious circumstances”. The heads of 72 police stations along the state’s
coastline have been ordered to increase their security and alert fisherfolk and
residents to be vigilant.The intelligence input, which said that there were 15
terrorists in the group, came from Sri Lanka, PTI reported. scroll
Brother-in-law Can Also be Ordered to Pay
Alimony Under Domestic Violence Law, Rules SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that
even a brother-in-law can be ordered to pay maintenance to a woman under the
domestic violence law.According to a bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud,
there is no immunity to any “adult male person” if he happens to be in a
domestic relationship with aggrieved complainant. Domestic Violence Act, said
the top court, was widely worded so as to include every male member in a
domestic relationship. “The substantive part of Section 2(q) of the Act
indicates that the expression “respondent” means any adult male person who is,
or has been, in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person and against
whom relief has been sought.The proviso indicates that both, an aggrieved wife
or a female living in a relationship in the nature of marriage, may also file a
complaint against a relative of the husband or the male partner, as the case
may be.news18
WORLD
Iran will defend itself against any
aggression: Zarif
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
says Tehran will defend itself against any military or economic aggression and
calls on European states to do more to preserve a nuclear deal his country
signed with them.Speaking in a news conference in Baghdad with his Iraqi
counterpart Mohamed Ali al-Hakim on Sunday, Zarif said his country wanted to
build balanced relations with its Gulf Arab neighbours and that it had proposed
signing a non-aggression pact with them.Iraq is willing to act as an
intermediary between its neighbour and the United States, al-Hakim said, adding
that Baghdad does not believe an "economic blockade" is fruitful - a
reference to US sanctions.aljazeera
Europe's voters elect new parliament as
nationalism mounts
Pivotal elections for European Union
parliament reach their climax on Sunday as the last 21 nations go to the polls
and results are announced in a vote that boils down to a continent-wide battle
between Eurosceptic populists and proponents of closer EU unity.Right-wing
nationalists who want to slash immigration into Europe and return power to
national governments are expected to make gains, though mainstream parties are
tipped to hold onto power in 751-seat legislature that sits in both Brussels
and Strasbourg.Leading challenge to the established order is Italy's interior
minister,Matteo Salvini, head of the League party, who is assembling a group of
like-minded parties from across Europe.aljazeera
Afghan forces mistakenly kill a family during
raid
An Afghan security forces raid against Taliban
fighters in eastern Nangarhar province mistakenly killed a family of six,
including a woman and two children, on Friday. The forces, who mistook the
family for Taliban fighters when they were driving out of the area after the
night attack in Sherzad district, opened fire on their vehicle killing all of
them, said Attahullah Khogyani, the provincial governor's spokesman. "At
least 10 insurgents were also killed in the raid," he said.Several
villagers on Saturday carried the victims' bodies in a procession in the
provincial capital of Jalalabad to demand justice.aljazeera
3 killed by military gunfire at Pakistan
rights protest
Islamabad: At least three people have been
killed and more than 15 wounded after gunfire erupted near a Pashtun Tahaffuz
Movement (PTM) protest against enforced disappearances in the northwestern
Pakistani region of North Waziristan. This is the latest flare-up of tension
between the country's powerful military and the rights group.Gunfire occurred
at the protest led by two PTM leaders, who are also members of parliament, near
a checkpoint in the Khar Qamar area of North Waziristan on Sunday morning, the
military said in a statement.There were conflicting reports on who initiated
the violence, with PTM activists telling Al Jazeera that soldiers fired on
unarmed protesters, while the military said the protesters "assaulted"
the post, led by Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir, both elected members of the
National Assembly from the area in a general election last year.aljazeera
Saudi's Jizan airport targeted by Houthi
drone: TV
Yemen's Houthi movement launched a drone
attack on military hangars in Saudi Arabia's Jizan airport near the Yemeni
border, the group's al-Masirah TV reported on Sunday. There was no immediate
confirmation from Saudi authorities or from a Saudi-Emirati-led coalition that
has been battling the Houthis in Yemen. aljazeera
Opposition rallies to 'save' Israel from
Netanyahu
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/opposition-rallies-save-israel-netanyahu-190525201915378.html
Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on
Saturday night to protest against PM Benjamin Netanyahu's emerging coalition
agreements, which opposition leaders said would constitute the end of country's
democracy. Netanyahu, who has until Wednesday night to form a new coalition
following the April 9 elections, has so far failed to accommodate the clashing
demands of his future government partners, primarily over the issue of drafting
ultra-Orthodox men into the military.While no agreements have been presented so
far, there was speculation that coalition members would have to agree to
measures that would weaken the judiciary, which is seeking to put Netanyahu on
trial.Netanyahu has until October to face a pre-trial hearing after Attorney
General Avichai Mandelblit announced in February his intention to indict the
leader on charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.Thousands of people on
Saturday night waved Israeli flags and signs with slogans such as "One
people, one law". aljazeera
Long wait for families of Bangladesh forced
disappearance victims
Nearly 2 dozen people gathered on a rooftop in
Shaheenbagh, a sleepy neighbourhood in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, have one
thing in common: all of them have loved ones who have been missing, some for
years. With vacant eyes that betrayed strain and weariness, each person at the
gathering - mostly women and children - held a photograph of their loved ones
who disappeared. The meeting on Wednesday was organised by "Mayer
Daak" ('Mothers' Call' in Bengali), a group that represents the families
of the victims of forced disappearance of opposition members and activists.
Mayer Daak has been conducting such gatherings for nearly six years, apart from
organising public rallies including one held on Saturday, where family members
formed a human chain to press the authorities to find their family
members.aljazeera
Sri Lanka freezes bank accounts of 41 suspects
after Easter attack
Colombo: Bank accounts of 41 suspects in Sri
Lanka having links with the outlawed Islamist extremist group National Thawheed
Jammath (NTJ), according to a media report. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara
said that the suspects are under the custody of the Terrorist Investigations
Department(TID) and the CID.The accounts have a total amount of ₹134 million
(USD 759,335) which was in addition to ₹14 million (USD 79,333) seized from the
possession of the suspects at the time of their arrest, Gunasekara said. Meanwhile,
CID has also launched an investigation into assets worth ₹7 billion (USD 30
million) belonging to the suspects, he said.PTI
Flash: views & NEWS
Violence Against Dalits,Muslims Reported From
Across India:Sumedha Pal
Modi Victory and Road Ahead for Muslims: AIJAZ
ZAKA SYED/ Caravan Daily
A forgotten heirloom:Arabu-Tamil
relations:Nahla Nainar
Pragya Wins, Atishi Loses: This Is New India,
Rue ‘Liberals’:THE QUINT
For Bengali Muslims Whose Names Are in the
NRC, the Struggle Isn't Over Yet:Jyotirmoy Talukdar
Did the BJP fight the just-concluded elections
on the plank of inclusiveness? I doubt it:
P Chidambaram
Why Zakir Musa, Voice of a New Extremism in
Kashmir, Survived as Long as He Did:Shakir Mir
How RSS Turned the Wind in Favour of BJP Four
Months After Losing MP Assembly Polls:Kashif Kakvi
Bihar: BJP’s victory comes at the cost of
minorities and backward castes:Ashlin Mathew & Zaheeb Ajmal
‘EVMs deceived me. 4 of my votes were stolen,
went to either Modi or Congress party’:Anju Agnihotri Chaba
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