NEWS
DIGEST, EVENING
27 May 2019:
21 Ramazan 1440:Vol: 11, No:211
INDIA
Hate crimes against minorities continue as PM
Modi calls to end fear and discrimination
After winning recently concluded Lok Sabha polls
with a thumping majority, PM Narendra Modi addressed a gathering of
newly-elected ministers and BJP members, setting the tone for the work to be
done in the next 5 years. Modi made a strong reference to the condition of the
minorities and govt’s role to uplift them. While his speech pleased many across the
country, with a section applauding Modi for inclusive politics, the ground
reality remains the same and more often than not, disturbing. On May 22, the
day before counting of votes, 3 Muslims, including a couple, were beaten up by
cow vigilantes in MP. Self-proclaimed gau rakshaks thrashed them after getting
a tip-off that a Muslim couple and one other youth, travelling in an auto, were
carrying beef. On May 26, a 25-year-old Muslim man was assaulted in Gurgaon by 4
unidentified youths for wearing traditional skull cap. "The accused
threatened me, saying wearing cap was not allowed in the area. They removed my
cap and slapped me, while asking me to chant Bharat Mata ki Jai," Alam
said in FIR."As I followed their instruction and chanted Bharat Mata ki
Jai, they asked me to chant Jai Sri Ram which I refused. At this, the youths
picked up a baton from the roadside and began mercilessly beating me. They hit
me at my legs and back," he added.In Jharkhand, Adivasi
professor Jeetrai Hansda was arrested over a Facebook post where he mentioned
the right to eat beef on May 25. He was attending a cultural function near
Sakchi with some friends and staying at a hotel when police came and arrested
him. On May 26, a group of self-styled gau rakshaks entered a dairy in Raipur,
Chhattisgarh and accused people in the shop of cow slaughter and the sale of
beef. They assaulted them and vandalised the shop.Next day, at least 50 men
belonging to BJP-affiliate Bajrang Dal alleged that the dairy owner Qureshi be
arrested on cow slaughter charges.However, police officers said there is no
such evidence. In Gujarat, a mob of 200-300 upper caste people allegedly
attacked the house of a Dalit couple in Mahuvad village on Vadodra, after husband
allegedly put up a Facebook post saying that the govt does not permit the
village temple to be used for Dalit wedding ceremonies. There has been a
significant increase in hate crimes against Muslims in recent years. indiatimes
Youth shot at in Begusarai after he reveals
his ‘Muslim name’
Patna:A youth Mohd. Qasim was shot at in
Begusarai district on Sunday morning allegedly after he was asked his name.An
FIR has been lodged at local Cheria-Bariarpur police station of the district
but the accused has not been arrested yet, said the police.A video of the
injured youth speaking about the incident has gone viral on social media.Qasim,son
of Aghanu Mia of Khanjahanpur Panchayat of ward no. 11, was shot at in Kumbhi
village under Cheria-Bariyarpur police station on Sunday morning allegedly by
Rajiv Yadav of the village. Qasim is a
detergent salesman and he had gone to Kumbhi village on his bike for his
business purposes.“I was stopped by Rajiv Yadav and he asked me my name…when I
told him my name he fired at me and said you should go to Pakistan,” said Mr.
Qasim in the video and FIR lodged at the local police station.“The attacker
Rajiv Yadav was drunk and when he started loading another cartridge in his
pistol I pushed him and fled away,” he added further.Shot in the back, Qasim is
heard saying in the video that “no one witnessing the incident came to his
rescue and somehow” he reached the police station and the police took him to
the sadar (town) government hospital for further treatment.“Yes, Mohd. Qasim
has lodged an FIR in the incident at local Cheria-Bariarpur police station and
has also named one person in the FIR…we are conducting raid to arrest him but
he is at large,” Begusarai Superintendent of Police Awakash Kumar told The
Hindu over phone.thehindu
Raipur: 3 cow vigilantes
arrested for vandalising dairy on suspicion of beef trade, says report
3 men have been arrested
in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur for allegedly vandalising a dairy run by a
Muslim man after suspecting beef was being sold there, Indian Express reported.
Though members of local right-wing groups demanded action against the dairy
shop owner, no case has been filed yet.On Saturday evening, a group of
self-styled “gau rakshaks”, or cow vigilantes, allegedly entered the dairy in
the city’s Gokul Nagar area and assaulted people in the shop, the police said.
“They assaulted [dairy shop owner] Usman Qureshi and his associates at the
dairy and vandalised the premises,” an official told the paper. “We have CCTV
footage of the incident and are investigating based on that.”The next morning,
a group of at least 50 members of right-wing groups, including the Bajrang Dal,
chanted slogans at DD Nagar police station. They demanded that a first
information report be registered against Qureshi on cow slaughter charges. They
accused the police of bias and claimed they had found “bones” behind the shop.
The police said no evidence of cow slaughter had been found yet. A Congress
government is in power in the state. ASP Prafull Thakur said that the 3 people
people who had been arrested were sent to judicial custody. The accused – Ankit
Dwivedi, Amarjeet Singh and Shubhankar Dwivedi – have been charged.scroll.in
Kanhaiya accuses BJP govt
of inaction in cases of violence against Dalits and Muslims
Kanhaiya Kumar, CPI
candidate who lost to BJP’s Giriraj Singh in Bihar’s Begusarai Lok Sabha seat,
has accused the ruling government of inaction in cases of complaints of
violence against Dalits and Muslims.“Recently in Begusarai, one man and woman
were hassled and one Muslim vendor was asked to go Pakistan and threatened that
he would be shot dead,” Kumar alleged in a Facebook post on Sunday. “Here,
culprits have gained courage as the administration does not take action against
them.”Kumar said culprits have the audacity to post videos of such violence
because of the government’s silent support. scroll.in
Gambhir calls attack on
Muslim man in Gurgaon ‘deplorable’, demands ‘exemplary action’
New Delhi:Gautam Gambhir,
former cricketer and East Delhi MP-elect from BJP, on Monday termed the attack
on a Muslim man in Gurgaon “deplorable” and demanded “exemplary action” against
culprits, M. Barkat Aalam has said that he was attacked on his way home on
Saturday night and also forced to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram and Bharat Mata Ki Jai.’indian
express
Combating radicalisation
during Ramzan: In Mumbai, a police outreach to Muslims
Mumbai: This Ramzan,
senior police officers in Mumbai have been reaching out to the Muslim community
with one goal: Publicise the “negligible participation of Indian Muslims in
international terrorist theatres”.Several IPS officers said that they have been
meeting Muslim community leaders at Iftar parties over the last 2 weeks. “We
have been reassuring community leaders of safety in spite of events in Sri
Lanka and New Zealand. The feedback we have received is that there will be no
reactions, no matter what happens elsewhere in the world,” said a senior
Maharashtra police officer.Police outreach comes against the backdrop of the
killing of 51 people at mosques in Christchurch,following last month’s bombings
in Sri Lanka. “After both incidents, we asked maulanas to make appeals to
maintain peace during Friday prayers,”said officer.The move follows
recommendations made at the annual conference of DIGs and IGs of states, UTs
and CAPF last Dec.for utilising “mainstream forces to counter instances of
radicalisation”. “So far, I have been to 2 Iftar parties in South Mumbai to
informally speak to Muslim community leaders and local residents. We are
reassuring Muslims that nothing will happen to them here in spite of events in
neighbouring countries,”said a senior Mumbai Police officer.There are also
instructions to mosques and restaurants, and food stalls serving worshippers
and tourists till the early morning hours, to keep a watch for suspicious
persons, objects and vehicles, and ensure smooth flow of traffic, said police,
adding that community leaders are roped in each time an inflammatory post is
noticed on social media to quash radical talk and rumour mongering.indian
express
Another Muslim man ends
life over NRC, journalist shares harrowing story from Assam
A Muslim man, believed to
be in his early 90s, ended his life in Assam on the prospect of being declared
a foreigner and sent to detention centre. Ashraf Ali’s body was found from a
school campus, close to his hut in Sontoli in Boko, 70 kms west of
Guwahati.Journalist Rohini Mohan took to Twitter to share a heart-wrenching
story of the family’s plight. In a video shared by Mohan, Ashraf Ali’s body was
seen lying on the floor as his mourning family members sat around it in the
light of just a candle flame.In a series of tweets, Mohan wrote, “Reporting in
#Assam on the chaos & fear arnd the govt naming ppl foreigners, we ran into
this funeral. 93-yr-old Ashrab Ali frm Salausuti, Kamrup, drank pesticide yday,
after his #NRC hearing, called coz someone filed an objection against his
inclusion in citizens register.” Ashrab Ali’s name, according to the journalist,
was in the NRC draft list but someone filed an objection prompting the
authorities to call his entire family for a hearing on 23 May. “The objector
apparently didn’t turn up, which is common in Assam today, even though 3 lakh
objections were filed,” wrote Mohan.She added, “His son said that when the #NRC
official took his biometrics, Ashrab was extremely worried this meant that he
has “become a foreigner”. The citizenship of his 2 sons and daughter depends on
his own.”Mohan shared a short video clip, shot by News18 journalist Abdul Kalam
Azad, showed a packet of purple ‘furadan,’ a kind of pesticide, which the
deceased was believed to have consumed to end his life.In the next video shared
by Mohan, the deceased’s daughter Asiya was seen wailing next to her father in
the light of a candle flame.Ali, according to Azad, was the 23rd Muslim to end
his life over the issue till date since 2015 when the updation process started
with most victims belonging to poor families.“This list is not exhaustive. The
list I’ve prepared is based on news reports and personal verification of
incidents, mainly in Brahmaputra Valley. It doesn’t include such incidents, if
any, from Barak Valley,” HT quoted Azad.Mohan quoted Ali’s family members as
saying that the deceased ‘felt shame’ over the prospect of being declared a
foreigner.jantakareporter
Assam: Elderly man found
dead after NRC objection hearing, family claims he committed suicide
RSS cleared the air in
Northeast, Assam on citizenship bill
Guwahati: Widespread
protests in Assam and the rest of the Northeast over the Citizenship
(Amendment) Bill were a worry for the BJP ahead of the polls, but RSS ensured
that the party came out unscathed and with its best performance ever from the region.
BJP increased its tally of Lok Sabha seats in Assam to 9 from 7 in 2014. Across
Northeast India, it increased the count to 14 from eight. BJP-led NDA won 18 of
the 25 seats in the northeast region. Ahead of the elections, RSS cadres across
Assam had initiated mass contact programmes, where it explained to people that
Bill was not inconsistent with the interest of the indigenous people. RSS
distributed around 90 lakh leaflets explaining what the Bill was all about and
why Assam needed it. In the past one year, there was stout resistance to the
Bill, which is aimed at making minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and
Pakistan eligible to apply for Indian citizenship. Assam had witnessed a series
of agitations, bandhs and blockades to protest against the government move.
There were also some organisations, however, supporting the Bill in Assam’s
Barak Valley where the majority speaks Bengali. TOI
Ayodhya temple back in
spotlight: Mohan Bhagwat says ‘Ram’s work’ will surely be done
The issue of Ram Mandir
has returned to spotlight days after BJP stormed back to power with a
super-sized victory in the Lok Sabha elections. In his first remarks after the
declaration of the Lok Sabha elections result, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has
hinted at reviving the campaign for the construction of a grand Ram Mandir in
Ayodhya.Bhagwat said that construction of a Ram temple is “our own work and we
will do that”.“Ram’s work is to be done and will surely be done. Everybody will
have to do Ram’s work collectively,” he said.“India’s becoming of a superpower
(country) will be different from other countries becoming a superpower. Shakti
(power), if Ram uses it, it is another thing, and Ravan using the shakti will
have a different meaning,” he said.Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case is
currently pending before the SC. The top court has favoured the mediation route
for an amicable resolution to the decades-old dispute. Financialexpress
Muslim Clergy React Sharply to RSS Statement
on Ram Temple
LUCKNOW;RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s support for
a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya has evoked a sharp reaction from the Muslim
clergy.Zafaryab Jilani, a member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and
also of All India Babri Masjid Action Committee, one of the petitioners in the
Ayodhya case, said: “RSS chief’s statement is uncalled for at this point of
time when the mediation process is on. Muslims have always said they will
accept the Supreme Court verdict. So why make such statements? More so, at a
time when the Prime Minister has called for instilling confidence.”Maulana
Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, Imam of Eidgah said: “It is not right to make
such statements when the matter is in the Supreme Court. The mediation process
is also on under court supervision.“Muslims are waiting for a decision and the
Hindu leaders should also exercise patience. Such statements will only serve to
create controversy and panic.”Shia cleric Maulana Yasoob Abbas said that since
the matter was sub-judice, leaders of both the communities should refrain from
making statements.IANS
MP govt seeks extension
of SIMI ban
Bhopal: Congress
government in Madhya Pradesh has sought extension of ban on SIMI while a dozen
affidavits have been filed in support of the organisation. A tribunal
constituted by the Union home ministry to decide on the ban is in Jabalpur and
is holding 2-day hearing in MP. MP government presented a list of 22 FIRs filed
against SIMI members across 12 districts in the last 4 years. An officer of the
rank of additional superintendent of police in Khandwa was made a nodal officer
for this purpose. He had submitted his report on an affidavit beffore the
tribunal that seeks a further extention of the ban on SIMI. Meanwhile, “10 to
12 people have submitted affidavits in support of lifting the ban on SIMI on
ground that the organisation has not been involved in any unlawful activities
in the last many years and even those who were arrested have been acquitted by
competent courts,” said an advocate at Jabalpur who helped in drafting
applications for SIMI supporters. The hearing is being held at Jabalpur. MP ATS
had sent letters to SIMI men lodged in Bhopal jail, seeking their
representations against the Centre’s decision to extend the ban on their
organization. However, none of them including SIMI’s former national general
secretary Safdar Nagori, Abu Faisal and 27 other alleged office-bearers of the
banned outfit in Bhopal jail have made their representations. They were asked
to respond through lawyers within a week. This tribunal will ascertain whether
there is sufficient reason to continue with the ban. TOI
Coming 5 ys important
like the period 1942-1947: PM Modi in Gujarat
New Delhi :In his first
visit to his home state after BJP’s massive win in the Lok Sabha elections,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief on the Surat fire
tragedy, in which 22 students were killed, and described the incident as
“heartbreaking”.Addressing a public rally in Ahmedabad, PM Modi said, “Surat
tragedy was heartbreaking. I was in a dilemma whether to attend the programme
or not. One side it was ‘kartavya‘ and on the other side it was ‘karuna‘.
Families who lost their children, lost their future.”Comparing the next five
years to the period between 1942-1947, Modi said his second term as prime
minister would be of “jan bhagidari and jan chetna“. “The coming 5 years will
be very important for India, like the period between 1942-1947,” he said.Modi
also asserted that 2019 mandate was a pro-incumbency vote and a positive
vote.indian express
Budgam helicopter crash |
Feel cheated, says family of sergeant on board Mi-17
Jhajjar:A day after the
Feb.26 Balakot air strike, as Indian and Pakistani fighter jets were engaged in
combat over the Naushera sector in J&K, news filtered in of an Mi-17
helicopter crashing in Budgam. 6 IAF personnel on board and a civilian were
killed; among them was sergeant Vikrant Sherawat. With preliminary probe
findings suggesting that the helicopter was shot down by India’s own
ground-based air defence systems, Sherawat’s family said they feel cheated over
being kept in the dark all these months — IAF officers who brought his remains
home had alluded to a “technical fault”.At their house in Bhadani village here,
Sherawat’s father Sri Krishan, 62, lies on a wooden bed, anguish writ large on
the farmer’s face. “We had the right to know the circumstances in which he
died. We don’t understand the politics. But it could be because of the
elections that the facts were hidden from us. The way the Pulwama attack was
politicised to seek electoral mileage, it seems the matter [friendly fire] was
hushed up to avoid embarrassment to the government in election season,” says Krishna.Sherawat’s
widow Suman said that a week after the incident, she had stumbled upon an
article in a Hindi daily suggesting that the chopper was possibly hit by
friendly fire.Kanta Devi, the late sergeant’s mother, said that a couple of his
Air Force friends from neighbouring villages had also hinted at it, but advised
her to keep silent.The Court of Inquiry probing the incident is expected to
submit its report in the next couple of weeks but until a definitive official
version is shared with them, all the family has is information through the
media.“News reports suggest the senior-most officer among those guilty is being
transferred as punishment. I demand that all officers responsible be given
strict punishment,” said Devi. thehindu
Ratan Tata to attend RSS
function in Nagpur
New Delhi:Bengaluru and
Gurugram are among the top 5 preferred destinations in the Asia Pacific to set
up offices by technology companies because of better business conditions as
well as the availability of engineers and real estate for growth, according to
a report. The report by property consultant CBRE said technology companies
continue to fuel office demand in APAC region, despite the absence of any
principal city or cluster of the same status as Silicon Valley. Technology
sector accounted for 23% of total leasing activity in 2018. The study has
ranked 15 cities of Asia Pacific in 3 categories based on their performance
with regard to business conditions, innovation environment, and cost and
availability. Business conditions and innovation environment were each given a
weightage of 40 per cent while cost, a relatively less important consideration
for tech firms, was given 20 per cent weightage."Leading cities are
Beijing, Bengaluru, Shanghai, Singapore and Gurugram.These cities score highly
in terms of business conditions and innovation environment, as well as
providing costs and availability that are supportive of business growth,"
the report said.These cities are preferred destinations for a wide range of
traditional and new tech companies seeking to establish a base of operations in
Asia Pacific. Hyderabad figures in the list of 5 competent cities along with
Hangzhou,Shenzhen,Tokyo, and Seoul.These cities already host tech industry
sub-sectors and demonstrate solid performance across most categories.
deccanherald
Mahmood Madani sends best
wishes to PM Modi for his polls victory
New Delhi:Jamiat
Ulama-i-Hind congratulated PM Narendra Modi on his second term victory with
huge margin in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. In a letter, Jamiat general
secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani expressed hope that Modi-led NDA government
will pay attention to the development of minorities in terms of education health
and employment.On Saturday, the Prime Minister advised BJP MPs to make attempts
to reach out to the minorities who have been living in an “imaginary
fear”.Welcoming the speech made by the Prime Minister at the Parliament Central
Hall, Madani hoped that the message of
the Prime Minister would be implemented by the government in full earnestness
and promptness across the country.newindianexpress
Owaisi's Dig At Ramdev
Over "3rd Child" Remark Involves PM Modi
New Delhi: Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of AIMIM,
today took a dig at Yoga teacher Ramdev who said that "third child
shouldn't be allowed to vote" as part of suggestions to check
population.Owaisi, in a sarcastic tweet, slammed Ramdev and said PM Narendra
shouldn't "lose his right to vote just because he's the 3rd
kid.""There is no law preventing people from saying downright
unconstitutional things, but why do Ramdev's ideas receive undue
attention?"AIMIM chief, who has also been a constant critic of PM Modi in
the past, asked in the same tweet this morning.He also took a dig at Ramdev
over his Yoga poses. "That he can do a thing with his stomach or move
about his legs shouldn't mean @narendramodi lose his right to vote just because
he's the 3rd kid (sic)," Owaisi wrote on Twitter.PM Modi, the third child
of Damodardas Modi and Hiraba Modi, was born on Sept.17, 1950 in Gujarat's
Vadnagar.Ramdev, at a press conference in Haridwar on Sunday, had said:
"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."He went to
suggest a punitive measure to check population.
Rahul Gandhi insists he
will quit, says Congress has to find new chief: Reports
2 days after Congress
Working Committee ‘unanimously rejected’ party President Rahul Gandhi’s offer
to reign, it appears that the leader is unlikely to change his mind about
stepping down. According to NDTV’s Sunil Prabhu, Rahul Gandhi met with Congress
leaders KC Venugopal and Ahmed Patel on Monday and conveyed that the party
would have to find a new President as he would not give into pressure to
continue in the top post.Telegraph’s Sanjay K Jha also reported that Rahul
Gandhi had insisted that the new President should be from outside Congress’
first family, ruling out the idea of his mother Sonia Gandhi and sister
Priyanka Vadra taking over. NDTV areported that despite their initial
reluctance regarding his resignation, Sonia and Priyanka later agreed with
Rahul. They both were of the opinion that Congress needed ‘a change of guard
and a total reset’. One leader who was present at Saturday’s CWC meeting and
quoted by Telegraph stated that Rahul had, however, made it clear that he would
not be abandoning the party.“The essence of his argument, however, got lost in
the concerns over his resignation. He said I am not going anywhere; I am going
to fight harder. If you believe in my leadership, I don’t need any post to
prove myself,” said the leader, who added that Rahul had said he would carry on
with intense political campaigning while a new party chief looked after the
organisation’s affairs. It was at Saturday’s CWC meeting that was called to
take stock of the poll debacle where Rahul Gandhi took responsibility for the
Congress’ defeat in Lok Sabha polls. Following CWC meeting, Congress leader KC
Venugopal had confirmed to the media that Rahul had presented his resignation.
However, he added, that it had been unanimously rejected by CWC, which had also
requested him to restructure party and go in for a complete overhaul.PTI
3 more Congress chiefs
send resignations to Rahul Gandhi, 6 have quit so far
Chandigarh: 3 more state
Congress chiefs resigned on Monday taking ‘moral responsibility’ for party’s
poor performance in Lok Sabha elections , days after the PM Modi-led NDA swept
to power bagging 352 of 542 seats .These resignations take to six the number of
party unit chiefs who have resigned after the its poor show in the Lok Sabah
elections -- the others being UP party chief Raj Babbar, Odisha’s Niranjan
Patnaik and Ashok Chavan of Maharashtra.Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jhakar
emailed his resignation to Rahul Gandhi taking moral responsibility for losing
to actor Sunny Deol from Gurdaspur though the party did reasonably well winning
8 of the states 13 seats as compared to 3 seats in 2014. The BJP and its ally
SAD won two each.Congress chief in Jharkhand, Ajoy Roy, sent in his resignation
taking moral responsibility for the party’s poor show in the state where they
won just one of the state’s 14 seats.HT
Month After Quitting
Congress, Gujarat MLA Alpesh Thakor Likely to Join BJP
Ahmedabad: Gujarat MLA
Alpesh Thakor, who had quit the Congress ahead of Lok Sabha election, is likely
to join BJP, sources said on Monday.Thakor had resigned from the grand old
party in April after his outfit, the Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena, gave him a
24-hour ultimatum. His party was said to be unhappy with the local party
leadership as their leader was keen to contest from Patan Lok Sabha seat, but
the Congress chose former MP Jagdish Thakor over him.Congress had also ignored
Thakor Sena's demand for ticket to a member of the outfit from Sabarkantha Lok
Sabha seat."Thakor Sena, during the core committee meeting, passed a
resolution to severe ties with the Congress. We have not consulted Alpesh
Thakor before taking this decision," Jagat Thakor, a member of the outfit,
had told reporters in April."After the meet, we told him to make his stand
clear within 24 hours. If he wants to remain with the Congress, then he has to
leave the Thakor Sena. And if he wants to be with us, then he has to resign
from the party and as an MLA," he added. News18
‘Many democratic nations
degenerated into dictatorships’: Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Nehru
Congress President Rahul
Gandhi on Monday said many democratic nations as young as India have
degenerated into dictatorships. He made the comment while paying tribute to
former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary. It was an
apparent jibe at PM Narendra Modi, whom he has described as an “insecure
dictator” in the past.Nehru died on May 27, 1964.scroll.in
Days After Poll Results,
Lalu Yadav Skipping Lunch In Jail, Says Doctor
Ranchi: Jailed former Bihar Chief Minister and
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been skipping lunch and keeps quiet most of the
time after his party suffered a humiliating rout in the Lok Sabha elections in
Bihar.RJD failed to win any seat in Bihar, once its bastion, and Jharkhand.
Despite the Modi wave in 2014, RJD had won four seats from Bihar."Lalu
Prasad's routine has changed in the last two to three days. He is having
breakfast and dinner but not taking lunch," said Umesh Prasad, the doctor in-charge
of the former leader's health at the RIMS in Ranchi.According to doctors, Lalu
Prasad, currently serving a 14-year sentence in Jharkhand in a
multi-million-rupee fodder scam, is given insulin doses 3 times a day. But
since he was not taking his meals on time, the doctors were not being able to
administer the doses as they did earlier. IANS
Lok Rajniti Manch support
Mayawati’s demand to re-conduct polls using ballot papers
Lok Rajniti Manch, a
people’s politics forum have, in their press release, extended their support to
Mayawati in her demand to re-conduct polls.They say that the manner in which
recently conducted Lok Sabha polls has given an unprecedented one-sided mandate
favouring BJP, casts aspersions on electoral process. It appears as if BJP had
managed a grip to control all institutions in democracy to get its desired
results. We demand that to ensure citizens of India continue to believe in democracy,
100% VVPAT and EVMs data be tallied. If irregularity to large extent is found
then as demanded by national leader of BSP Mayawati, entire election be
conducted using ballot paper.Dr. Lubna Sarwath, one of the members of the forum
said,” The entire electoral process itself has been subverted. In the entire
campaign the model code of conduct was broken several times but no action was
taken against PM. Even the district official of Latur complained to Election
commission against Modi but no notice was sent to him. Moreover the complaint
was not even lodged on the Election site where there are nearly 500
complaints.”“PM Modi also made such crude remarks but no notice was issued to
him. The party even received such large amounts that everywhere their
visibility was in-you-face.”“Further, the law clearly states that a criminal
cannot contest elections, but a terror accused has contested elections and even
won. She should be disqualified. ” she added.The press statement further says,
even the counts of EVM VVPAT do not tally.TCN
India, Pak officials
meet, discuss modalities for Kartarpur corridor
Chandigarh :Officials
from Pakistan and India on Monday held a meeting to discuss the modalities for
a corridor linking Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district to
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur across the border.The meeting lasted for
about two hours and a host of issues pertaining to the building of the corridor
were discussed, an official said.The meeting took place at the Kartarpur Zero
Point.The group from the Indian side had officials from the Ministry of
External Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Land Ports Authority of India,
National Highways Authority of India, among others, the official said.PTI
Youths shoot 3 kids dead
over family rivalry
Meerut: Angry at not
being invited to an iftar party, three youths, in their late twenties,
allegedly shot three children of a family dead in Bulandshahr. Bullet-ridden
bodies of the children were found floating in the reservoir of a tubewell on
Saturday, sending shockwaves in the region. Several used cartridges were found
near the crime scene. 3 children have been identified as Abdul (8), Aasma (7)
and Aleeba (8). The victims had gone missing on Friday night.Their bodies were
found in Dhatoori village under Salempur police station, around 15 km from the
spot where they were last seen in Faislabad locality of Bulandshahr. Bodies
have been sent for post-mortem.Avdhesh Awasthi, SHO Salempur police station
told TOI, “All three have been shot dead. Bullet wounds on the bodies show that
they were shot more than once. Bloodstains have been found at various spots
near the crime scene.” SSP Bulandshahr N Kolanchi has constituted four teams to
crack the case and arrest the culprits. He has also suspended 2 policemen,
including SHO of Bulandshahr Kotwali, for negligence. Suspended SHO Dubey, who is yet to be
relieved of his charge, said, “An FIR under IPC section 302 (murder) has been
filed against Malik and two friends Bilal and Imran. Bilal has been arrested
and efforts are on to arrest the remaining two.” Kolanchi said, “Primary
investigation has revealed that Malik was miffed at not being invited to an
iftar party hosted by the family. The children went missing at 9:30 pm on
Friday. No action was taken by the local thana. So, I have suspended station
SHO Dhruv Bhushan Dubey and constable Ashok Kumar with immediate effect.” Hafiz
Alam, father of Aleeba, had organised the iftar gathering where Malik was not
invited. TOI
Saradha chitfund case:
Rajeev Kumar seeks seven days’ time to appear before CBI
Kolkata Senior IPS
officer and former Commissioner of Kolkata Police Rajeev Kumar on Monday sent a
letter to CBI seeking an extended time of seven days to appear before the
agency. On Sunday evening, a group of CBI officers arrived at his residence in
South Kolkata and served a notice to him in his absence asking him to appear
before the agency on Monday.During the day, a group of officers from West
Bengal's CID, which is headed by Kumar, arrived at Central Govt Officers (CGO)
complex in Salt Lake and submitted his letter to the agency. It was learnt that
in the letter, Mr Kumar said that he was on leave due to personal reasons and
sought seven more days to appear before the agency. CBI is keen to question
Kumar in connection with the muti-crore Saradha chit fund case, as he has
served as head of Special Investigation Team probing the case on a day-to-day
basis.thehindu
WORLD
Saudi king invites Qatar's emir to GCC summit
in Mecca
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
has received an invitation from Saudi King Salman to attend the emergency Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on May 30, Qatari foreign ministry said. Deputy
PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
received message while meeting the GCC Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashid
Al Zayani in Doha.Earlier this month, King Salman had proposed holding two
summits in Mecca at the end of May to discuss recent "aggressions and
their consequences" in the region, according to the SPA. The announcement
followed drone attacks on oil installations in the kingdom and attacks on four
vessels, including two Saudi oil tankers, off the coast of the UAE.aljazeera
Trump says US not seeking 'regime change' in
Iran
President Donald Trump has said the US is not
looking for "regime change" in Iran. He said this on Monday after
bilateral talks with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has offered to
broker a dialogue between the two nations."We're not looking for regime
change, we're looking for no nuclear weapons," Trump said at a joint press
conference in Tokyo on Monday, adding that he believed "we'll make a
deal" with Iran.Tensions between Washington and Tehran have risen with the
US deploying troops to the region, but Trump sought to downplay concerns about
military conflict. With Abe at his side, Trump told reporters at Akasaka Palace
that "nobody wants to see terrible things happen".Earlier, Trump
became the first foreign leader to meet Japan's newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito,
on a state visit overshadowed by tensions over trade and policy on North Korea.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greeted Trump at the Imperial Palace in the
Japanese capital as part of a formal welcome ceremony that was broadcast live
on national television.Emperor Naruhito ascended to the throne on May 1,
opening what is called the era of "Reiwa" or "beautiful
harmony". Trump and Abe spent the weekend playing golf, eating out and
watching sumo.aljazeera
Sudan military council chief ends UAE visit amid
meddling warning
The head of Sudan's military council has
concluded a visit to the UAE ahead of a general strike called by Sudan's
protest movement demanding the council hand over power to civilians.General
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan held talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed
bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. According to Sudanese news reports,
Burhan briefed Crown Prince Mohammed on the latest developments in Sudan,
including efforts of the council and political forces to reach solutions to the
country's political crisis. Crown Prince Mohammed tweeted that he
"affirmed the UAE's support in preserving Sudan's security and
stability".aljazeera
Cyprus elects first Turkish Cypriot to
European Parliament
Cyprus has elected a Turkish Cypriot as a
member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the first time on the ethnically
divided island.Niyazi Kizilyurek, a 59-year-old university professor, was among
six MEPs elected in Sunday's vote by the majority Greek Cypriot and minority
Turkish Cypriot communities that are separated by barbed wire.Kizilyurek, who
has been a supporter of the reunification of Cyprus for many years, was on the
ticket of the main Greek Cypriot opposition party, the communist Akel.A Greek
Cypriot party having a Turkish Cypriot running was unique for Cyprus, as was
the stream of 5,600 voters who crossed the UN-patrolled ceasefire line to cast
ballots in the government-controlled south.Akel leader Andros Kyprianou thanked
Turkish Cypriots who worked with the party saying: "Peace in Cyprus cannot
be prevented".aljazeera
Syrian forces pound rebel targets in besieged
northwest
Syrian govt forces pounded positions in the
northwest of the country on Sunday as troops on the ground seized a town
retaken by rebels days before. The
bombardment helped Russian-backed Syrian soldiers capture the small town of
Kafr Nabuda in the north of Hama province, the third time it has changed hands
in the latest offensive, sources on both sides said. Syrian state SANA said
Kafr Nabuda town was taken from fighters led by Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham group.A
spokesman for one of the rebel formations in the area, Turkey-backed National
Liberation Front, confirmed government forces had recaptured Kafr Nabuda after
eight-hours of heavy bombardment, Reuters said.aljazeera
Myanmar Grants Early Release to Soldiers
Jailed for Killing Rohingya Muslims in 2017
Yangon: Myanmar has granted early release to
seven soldiers jailed for the killing of ten Rohingya Muslim men and boys
during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, 2 prison
officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.The
soldiers were freed in November last year, the two inmates said, meaning that
they served less than one year of their 10-year prison terms for the killings
at Inn Din village.They also served less jail time than the two Reuters
reporters who uncovered the killings. The journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo,
spent more than 16 months behind bars on charges of obtaining state secrets.
The two were released in an amnesty on May 6.Win Naing, the chief warden at
Rakhine’s Sittwe Prison, and a senior prison official in the capital,
Naypyitaw, confirmed that the convicted soldiers had not been in prison for
some months.Reuters
Nepal on high alert for general strike after
explosions
Security forces in Nepal have been on high
alert amid a general strike on Monday called by an outlawed communist group
suspected in a series of explosions that killed four people and wounded seven
more in the capital.Two vehicles were burned in Makawanpur district southeast
of the Nepali capital, while schools and main markets remained closed in
Kathmandu, according to local media. Normal life has been affected across the
country as the Maoist splinter group, which calls itself the Communist Party of
Nepal, enforced the strike.There was no immediate claim of responsibility but
police said they suspected involvement of the splinter group, whose pamphlets
were found in a house where one of the explosions took place on Sunday.Police
arrested 12 members of the banned outfit in connection with the blasts,
according to Bishwa Raj Pokharel, a police spokesman. The Maoist splinter group
was banned in March and many of its members were arrested.aljazeera
Sisi regime puts thousands of Egyptians on
death row:
More than 2,440 people have been sentenced to
death in Egypt since President Sisi began a crackdown on opposition after
coming to power six years ago, according to new figures.Most were convicted and
sentenced in mass trials of more than 15 defendants. The campaign group
Reprieve, which compiled the figures, called it a human rights crisis.There
were five trials in which more than 75 people were sentenced to death at the
same time. Among them were at least ten minors. Ahmed Saddouma was 17 when he
was accused of taking part in “terrorist acts” in 2015, and was given a death
penalty in a mass trial last year.thetimes.co.uk
Palestine welcomes Czech move on Jerusalem
RAMALLAH:Palestinian Foreign Ministry on
Monday welcomed the Czech Republic's rejection to relocate its embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem. In a statement, the ministry lauded the Czech "commitment
to international resolutions and international law". On Saturday, Czech
Prime Minister Andrej Babis reiterated rejection to relocate his country's
embassy in Israel, citing that the move would contradict with the stances of
the EU and UN. Last year, Czech
President Milos Zeman promised a relocation of the embassy to Jerusalem during
a speech before the Israeli Knesset (parliament). Israel has been trying to
convince world countries to transfer their embassies from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem.
Israel: Likud’s minister urges bill to
disperse Knesset
Israeli ministers announced that they will
submit a bill to dissolve the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) and call for new
elections unless a government is formed within three days. Likud MK Miki Zohar,
the chairman of the House Committee, tweeted the draft bill earlier in the day
to dissolve the Knesset.The decision to seek the dissolution of parliament
later in the week was made at a meeting of Likud ministers. Zohar told Channel
12.The vote will go for a first and second reading on Monday, while the final vote
will be on Wednesday as the deadline for forming a coalition expires.The move
is an escalation from the Likud to force Former Defense Minister Avigdor
Lieberman to back down from his demand to pass the so called ultra-orthodox
"draft law".Anadolu Agency
Israel releases former Arab MK after 2 years
in prison
Jerusalem :Israeli authorities on Monday
released former Arab member of Knesset (Israel's parliament), Basel Ghattas,
after two years in prison. In April 2017, Ghattas was sentenced to two years in
prison after he was convicted of smuggling cell phones to imprisoned Hamas
members. According to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Ghattas had signed a plea
deal -- following lengthy negotiations between his lawyers and the Israeli
state prosecutor's office -- under which he served two years behind bars. Anadolu
Agency
Flash: views & NEWS
Harsh Mander’s open letter on 2019 results: A
savage summer, a merciless drought
India’s Muslims quiver in the new dawn of an
emboldened Narendra Modi:Michael Safi
Why the BJP’s Hindutva Experiment Failed in
Kerala:Anoop Sadanandan
‘Modi’s win will see India’s soul lost to a dark
politics,’ says ‘The Guardian’ editorial
The mayor who wears a hijab: Cllr Rakhia
Ismail, UK's first Somali-born female mayor
Minorities must repose trust in Constitution,
majority must recognise them as equal stakeholders:Tahir Mahmood
3 Factors That Led to BJP's Impressive Gains
in West Bengal:Deepankar Basu and Debarshi Das
Are Muslims’ indirectly helping in making
India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’?Hem Raj Jain
Congress must realise it can’t fight an
ideological battle through policy:Yamini Aiyar
Are we on the path to a Hindu Rashtra?Ashutosh
Varshney
Spoiler alert: Because we don’t need to know
what comes next: Kaif Siddiqui
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