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28 May 2019:
22 Ramazan 1440:Vol: 11, No:212
INDIA
SC refuses to direct UP police to further
probe Hapur lynching case
NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused
to direct the Uttar Pradesh Police to file a supplementary charge sheet in the
2018 Hapur lynching case.A Vacation Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan
Gogoi, however, allowed the petitioner, Samaydeen, who survived the mob attack
by cow vigilantes, to approach the trial court and bring to the court's
attention any evidence or further witnesses who wish to make crucial statements
under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.The court’s order came on a
petition filed by Samaydeen, who was brutally assaulted by a mob accusing him
of transporting and butchering cows. Qasim Qureishi, a 45-year-old meat trader,
died of his injuries after he took a severe beating along with Mr. Samaydeen
from the mob on June 18, last year. Samaydeen had moved the apex court for a
direction to the State Police to file a supplementary charge sheet. He had
alleged that the probe was not going on in a proper manner.In August last year,
while admitting the petition, the Supreme Court had refused to buy the Uttar
Pradesh Police’s version that the Hapur lynching of two men by cow vigilantes,
leading to the death of one of them, was a “road rage” incident which turned
fatal.Instead, a Bench led by then CJI Dipak Misra had ordered the Inspector
General of Police, Meerut division, to conduct a separate enquiry into the
incident and file a report with the SC.thehindu
Hapur lynching: SC asks victim's brothers to
place statement before trial court
PIL filed by BJP leader in Delhi HC for
population control in India
New Delhi :A PIL was moved in the Delhi High
Court on Tuesday seeking directions to the Centre to implement population
control measures on the ground that population explosion was the root cause
behind rise in crimes, pollution and dearth of resources and jobs in the
country. The petition by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who is also a
lawyer, has sought implementation of recommendations for population control
made by the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution
(NCRWC) headed by Justice Venkatchaliah.“ NCRWC, after making immense efforts
for two years and elaborate discussion, had suggested addition of Article 47A
in the Constitution and formulation of Population Control Law.“Till now the
Constitution has been amended 125 times, hundreds of new laws have been
enacted, but population control law, utterly required for country, is not made,
though it will curtail more than 50 per cent problems of India,” the petition
said.It also sought an order from the court declaring that the Centre “may set
two-child norm, as a criteria for government jobs, aids and subsidies, and, may
withdraw statutory rights viz. right to vote, right to contest, right to
property, right to free shelter, right to free legal aid”, for not complying
with it.The plea claims that the population of India has “marched ahead” of
China, as about 20 per cent our population does not have Aadhaar and therefore
not accounted for, and there are also crores of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis
living illegally in the country.indianexpress
BJP MP Giriraj Singh supports Baba Ramdev’s
remark on population control
New Delhi :Union minister and firebrand BJP MP
from Begusarai, Giriraj Singh, on Tuesday endorsed Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s
statement on population control whereby voting rights and other government
services should be made unavailable to third or higher children. Coming out in
support of Baba Ramdev, BJP MP thanked the yoga guru for raising voice on
population control legislation. Taking to Twitter, Singh further said that
population control laws are necessary for growth and development of the
country.indianexpress
Hijab-clad student in Bengal college 'harassed'
by Jai Shri Ram chanting men
A 23-year-old hijab-clad student of a medical
college in north Bengal was allegedly threatened and intimidated by a group of
10-12 men chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' inside the institution campus on
Saturday."I along with a friend around 10 PM were returning from the
canteen after dinner when we saw a group of 10-12 men standing on the road. We
were walking on our own but after noticing my attire they started shouting 'Jai
Shreei Ram' while pointing fingers at us. Later they started thumping their
feet to intimidate us. We immediately ran away to save ourselves," said
the final-year medical student.The student maintained that she had never seen
the accused in the college campus earlier. The local police initially refused
to take her complaint but later asked her to remove the word 'threatened' from
FIR, she said. FIR, though, was finally filed the next day with word
added."I am a hijab-wearing Muslim, I always wear this attire.I have never
faced such harassment in my life. There was no one in the street that day to
save us. Is this how we have to live now?"she added.new indian express
Eminent Pune doctor Gadre accosted by gang in
New Delhi, asked his religion, forced to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Pune: Eminent gynaecologist and noted author
Dr. Arun Gadre was reportedly surrounded by a gang of youths in New Delhi’s
Connaught Place area and asked his religion while being forced to chant ‘Jai
Shri Ram’.While the Pune-based Dr. Gadre did not file a police complaint regarding
the incident which occurred on the morning of May 26, he confided to a close
friend of his.“He [Dr. Gadre] was staying at YMCA near Jantar Mantar as he was
due to deliver a lecture organized by Indian Medical Association at Bijnor the
next day. When he left for his morning stroll, he was accosted by a gang of
five-six youth near the Hanuman Temple in Connaught Place. They surrounded him,
asked him what religion he was and finally demanded that he chant ‘Jai Shri
Ram,” said senior journalist, Anant Bagaitkar, to whom Gadre later narrated the
incident. Bagaitkar further said that Gadre, who had a bypass surgery recently,
was “shocked and scared”. Issuing a late evening response on reaching Pune on
Monday,Gadre downplayed the incident as “trivial”.Dr. Gadre, who has worked
with the renowned Dr. Prakash Amte, has worked for the promotion of the
patient’s rights, universal healthcare and social regulation of the private
medical sector.the hindu
Post-poll survey:when Left moved right in West
Bengal
It took almost 40 years since its inception in
1980 for BJP to truly reach West Bengal. In the 17th Lok Sabha election, BJP
not only arrived in West Bengal but almost conquered it. The result is
spectacular for BJP. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, it won only two seats and
secured about 17% of the votes. In the 2019 election, besides bagging 18
parliamentary seats out of 42, it also raised its vote share to 40%. On both
accounts it closely matched the ruling Trinamool Congress, which secured 22
seats (a loss of 12 seats compared to 2014) with a vote share of 43%. The
Trinamool managed to maintain its south Bengal bastion while the BJP made big
inroads into the northern and western parts of the State. Since BJP is a
relatively new entrant in the map of competitive politics in West Bengal, the
saffron mandate raises a number of pertinent questions. Lokniti’s post-poll
survey data might hold some answers.It appears to be a highly polarised
verdict; since the Trinamool and BJP almost equally shared a mammoth 83% of the
votes polled, they relegated the Congress party and the Left to the point of
near irrelevance. Such moments often imply churning and volatility. The survey
shows that about two-fifths of the traditional Left voters shifted to BJP and
about one-third to TMC. Similarly, 32% of old Congress voters moved to BJP and
29% moved to TMC.The moot question, however, pertains to the nature of
polarisation. Given the much-publicised Hindutva agenda of BJP and the alleged
Muslim appeasement of the Trinamool, the issue of communal polarisation
immediately crops up. This gets bolstered by the fact that among the sampled
Muslim electorate, there was overwhelming support for the ruling Trinamool. And
not just Hindu upper castes, but also OBCs, SCs and STs voted for BJP in large
proportions. thehindu
Rahul Gandhi’s offer to resign will be
suicidal for forces battling Sangh Parivar: Lalu
RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav has said
Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s offer to step down from the post will be
suicidal for the party and the social and political forces battling the Sangh
Parivar, The Telegraph reported. Sangh Parivar is an umbrella term used for
associations affiliated to the Hindu nationalist movement.The former Bihar
chief minister is a prisoner and is undergoing treatment at a hospital in
Ranchi at present.Yadav said BJP will distort Gandhi’s resignation if it
happens. “It will amount to falling into BJP’s trap,” Yadav said. “The moment
someone else beyond the Gandhi-Nehru family replaces Rahul, the Narendra
Modi-Amit Shah brigade will paint the new leader as a ‘puppet’
remote-controlled by Rahul and Sonia Gandhi. This will play on it till the next
general election. Why should Rahul give such an opportunity to his political
detractors?”He said Opposition parties need to introspect on their failure
against the “communal and fascist forces”.“The reason for the defeat is not far
to seek,”Yadav said, pointing out that Opposition had failed to build a
national narrative.Lalu said the Opposition parties were at a disadvantage
because they failed to project one leader. “All across northern, eastern and
western India, they fought it as though it were a state election,”Yadav
added.“They failed to synchronise their strategy and actions.Ppeople were
looking for a national alternative, which the Opposition parties – fighting in
a disoriented manner in their respective states – failed to provide.”He said Opposition
parties should have nominated Gandhi as their PM candidate, considering
Congress’s nationwide presence. “There was nothing wrong for the regional
parties to bargain for more seats but they should not have done the strategic
blunder of not projecting someone who has a national perspective as the Prime
Minister candidate.” Yadav said the Opposition failed to present a united
picture. “It was not the battle of Modi versus Mamata didi or Modi versus
Mayawati and Akhilesh or Modi versus Tejashwi,” the veteran politician added.
“It was the battle between a fascist order and the marginalised people,
unemployed youths, distressed farmers and persecuted minorities all across
India.”He advised the Opposition to keep working on strategies in their
respective states.scroll.in
Gujarat: More than 15 MLAs will leave Congress
soon, claims Alpesh Thakor
Thakor Kshatriya Sena founder and Gujarat MLA
Alpesh Thakor on Tuesday said more than 15 state legislators will quit the
Congress soon, reported ANI. “Wait and watch, more than 15 MLAs are leaving Congress,
everyone is distressed,” he said. “More than half of the MLAs are
upset.”Congress and its allies won 77 seats in the Gujarat Assembly election in
2017 while BJP bagged 99 out of 182 seats. However, the Opposition’s tally
dropped to 74 after Thakor and two other lawmakers quit the Opposition party on
April 10, a day before the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections.“It was our
decision and the voice of my conscience that we don’t want to be here,” Thakor
told ANI. “My organisation voiced their opinion that we need not be there where
we don’t have respect and there’s no talk of their rights.”Thakor’s comments
come at a time when speculations are rife that he might join the BJP.scroll.in
Just the first phase: BJP after defection of
MLAs, councillors from Trinamool Congress
3 MLAs, 2 from Trinamool Congress and one from
CPI(M), joined BJP at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.
According to BJP’s national general secretary Kailash Vijayavargiya, apart from
these 3, around 50 to 60 councillors, are slated to join the saffron brigade
during the day, adding that such joinings will continue in future too.“Like the
elections were held in seven phases in West Bengal, joinings in BJP will also
happen in seven phases.Today was just the first phase,” said Vijayvargiya. MLAs
who joined BJP include Subhranshu Roy, son of BJP leader Mukul Roy, and Tushar
Kanti Bhattacharjee, both from TMC. The third leader who joined BJP is Devendra
Roy from CPI(M).BJP leader Mukul Roy said 17 out of 24 members of the
Kachrapara Municipality,17 out of 24 members of Halisahar Municipality and 29
out of 31 members of Naihati Municipality also joined BJP.indianexpress
Rajasthan's Troubles Reach Rahul Gandhi's
Doors, State's Top 2 In Delhi
Jaipur: Rahul Gandhi may be insisting that he
wants to quit as president of the beleaguered Congress - but that isn't buying
him any me time.Several Congress leaders including Rajasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot went to Rahul Gandhi's home this
morning but reportedly could meet only his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The
Congress had wrested the desert state from the BJP in December, only to see its
gains being purged in the general election that has just concluded.The results,
declared on May 23, marked a phenomenal re-election for Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and a 52-seat crisis for the Congress. On Saturday, Mr Gandhi told his
party's top leaders at a session of the Congress Working Committee (the CWC)
that he is done with chief-ing it. Ms Vadra, his younger sister, spoke ardently
in his defense, stating it was unfair to hold one person responsible for the
party's downward spiral. Mr Gandhi, dissecting the Congress' nationwide clang,
spoke sharply of party leaders who put their sons' interests first, choosing to
campaign for their children and ignoring the needs of the party in key
states.ndtv
Ghulam Nabi Azad, Venugopal rushed to
Karnataka amid Congress-JD(S) rift
New Delhi :Congress on Tuesday rushed senior
party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and AICC general secretary in-charge of the
state KC Venugopal to Bengaluru to quell discontent within the Congress-JD(S)
coalition. This comes amid speculation over the continuation of the year-old
fledging JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka. Amid reports that two
Karnataka Congress MLAs, Ramesh Jharkiholi and K Sudhakar, met BJP leader S M
Krishna on Sunday at his residence, PTI reported that Azad and Venugopal were
sent to Karnataka to placate the disgruntled state leaders. Azad and Venugopal
are likely to hold discussions with the top leaders of the party in the state
in order to sort things out.Jharkiholi and Sudhakar are among the seven-eight
MLAs identified in the Congress as being opposed to JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy
continuing as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.The duo was among the six Congress
MLAs who had travelled to Mumbai in February, allegedly at the behest of the
BJP and its state chief B S Yeddyurappa, in an attempt to topple the coalition
government.indianexpress
OBCs, STs and upper caste Hindus swayed it for
NDA: IANS-CVOTER Analysis
New Delhi :NDA got maximum support from the
OBCs, followed by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs), according
to the IANS-CVOTER analysis of the voting pattern in the General Election
2019.Among the social groups, 47.1 per cent of OBCs voted for the NDA against
43.2 per cent STs and 39.5 per cent SCs. NDA got overwhelming support across
broad spectrum of social strata.In comparison, UPA got maximum 30.1 per cent of
ST votes followed by 29.8 per cent of SC and 25.4 per cent of OBC votes.A
dissection of religion-based voting pattern show that the NDA's largest support
base was upper caste Hindus as 51.6 per cent of the community voted for the
Modi-led coalition. The UPA, on the other hand, got 40.8 per cent share of the
Muslim votes. Data shows that 45.7 per cent Christians and 38.2 per cent Sikhs
voted for the NDA.IANS
NDA likely to get Rajya Sabha majority by Nov
2020; Manmohan set to lose his seat next month
NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA is likely to get
majority in Rajya Sabha by November next year which will complete BJP’s
domination of Parliament and clear the way for the Narendra Modi government to
push some key legislations which have been stalled in the upper House where the
numbers favoured the opposition benches in NDA’s first term. At present, NDA
has 102 members in Rajya Sabha while Congress-led UPA has 65. Parties not
aligned to either block have 73 in the House where support of 123 is needed to
cross the half-way mark. Ten seats will fall vacant in 2019 and 72 in 2020.
Fifty-five of the 72 seats will fall vacant in April, five in June, one in July
and 11 (including 10 from Uttar Pradesh) in November next year.
Pak downplays India's decision not to invite
Imran for PM Modi's inauguration; pitches for dialogue
Pakistan has tried to downplay India's
decision not to invite Imran Khan for Narendra Modi's swearing-in on Thursday,
saying the Indian Prime Minister's "internal politics" does not
permit him to extend an invitation to his Pakistani counterpart.The government
on Monday announced in New Delhi that it has invited leaders from BIMSTEC
countries to Prime Minister Modi's inauguration, leaving out Pakistan, which is
not a member of the regional grouping.BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) comprises Bangladesh, India,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal. Reacting to reports that India
has not invited Pakistan Prime Minister Khan to Prime Minister Modi's
inauguration, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said a meeting for
the sake of dialogue to find a solution to the Kashmir issue, as well as
Siachen and Sir Creek disputes, would have been a significant measure instead
of attending the swearing-in ceremony."His (Modi's) entire focus (during
the election campaign) was on Pakistan-bashing. It was unwise to expect that he
can get rid of this narrative (soon)," Qureshi was quoted as saying by
Dawn news."India's internal politics did not permit him to extend an
invitation," he said.PTI
Bangladesh PM Hasina will not attend Modi’s
swearing-in ceremony
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will
not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony on May 30 as she
will be on a three-nation visit at the time, Dhaka Tribune reported. Bangladesh
President Mohammad Abdul Hamid will attend the event. Hasina had missed Modi’s
oath-taking ceremony in 2014 too as she was travelling.Hasina will be visiting
Japan, Saudi Arabia and Finland this week. However, she may stop over in Delhi
for a few hours to meet the prime minister on her way back to
Bangladesh.scroll.in
Gautam Gambhir defends statement condemning
alleged attack on Muslim man in Gurugram
BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir has
defended his statement condemning an alleged attack on a Muslim man in Gurugram
on Saturday. The cricketer-turned-politician faced severe criticism on Twitter
for his comments. “It is easier to say the truth rather than hide behind the
froth of falsehood,” Gambhir said.Earlier, the BJP leader called the alleged
attack deplorable and sought exemplary action from Haryana authorities.
Gambhir’s tweet generated more than 4,500 comments. Many asked him why he was
“being selective” by responding to an attack on member from a minority
community. “My thoughts on secularism emanate from honourable PM Narendra
Modi’s mantra ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas [development for all, with
all, and earning everyone’s trust]’,” responded Gambhir. “I am not limiting
myself to Gurugram incident alone, any oppression based on caste/religion is
deplorable. Tolerance and inclusive growth is what idea of India is based
on.”scroll.in
10 die after drinking hooch in UP
Lucknow:At least ten people, including four of
a family, died after drinking spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki
district late on Monday night, locals and police said, following the death of
66 in a similar incident in the state.The district administration has, however,
confirmed the deaths of only five people, including four members of the same
family in Raniganj village. Locals claimed five others have died in Amrai,
Tatehra and Akohara villages of the district as well.Villagers also said the
victims drank country-made liquor from an authorised shop of the excise
department.Several people have been admitted in the Barabanki district hospital
after their condition deteriorated.HT
Jharkhand: 15 security personnel injured in
attack by suspected Maoists
15 security personnel were injured after
suspected Maoists detonated an improvised explosive device buried under a dirt
track in Kuchai block in Jharkhand’s Seraikela Kharsawan district on Tuesday
morning, PTI reported. After the blast, the suspects opened fire at the
personnel.IGP Ashish Batra said 2 of the injured are in a serious condition,
PTI reported.The security personnel were on a special anti-Maoist operation
when the incident took place. The area where the attack occurred has been
cordoned off and a search operation has been initiated to search for the
suspects who fled the site.
J&K: Hindutva groups protest against
arrests of two youths after violence in Bhaderwah town
Activists of BJP and Hindutva organisations
staged a protest in Bhaderwah town in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on
Monday, demanding the release of two youngsters who were arrested for their
alleged involvement in a stone-pelting incident, PTI reported.The police had
arrested the two people – a barber and an autorickshaw driver – on Monday
afternoon after they were found to be allegedly involved in the violence that
broke out on May 16 following the death of a man in a shooting
incident.Shopkeepers in Seri Bazaar in Bhaderwah town downed shutters by 6 pm
and gathered at Laxmi Narayan Chowk to protest against the arrests, reported
Greater Kashmir. The protest was jointly called by activists of the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad, RSS and the local BJP unit.A curfew was imposed in Bhaderwah
town on May 16 after a man identified as Nayeem died after he was shot by
alleged cow vigilantes.scroll.in
Poor Muslim Boy Dies in UP Allegedly After
Hospital Denies Ambulance
Lucknow:A 9-year-old poor Muslim boy died in
the lap of his helpless parents who was carrying him to home after district
hospital allegedly denied him an ambulance in Uttar Pradesh’s
Shahjahanpur.Afroz was brought to the district hospital in Shahjahanpur with
high fever, where he was referred to Lucknow for special treatment. But his
parents were denied the ambulance for carrying him to Lucknow hospital.Boy's
paraents alleged that even they offered all money what they had at that time
yet they were not provided with the ambulance. “We told the ambulance driver
and other staff to take all the money we have but they refused to provide us
with the facility. There were three ambulances parked in the premises. I do not
know why we were denied one,” Afroz’s father said.Unable to afford a private cab,
Afroz’s parents began walking carrying their child. The boy’s mother said he
died on the way home.Caravan News
Jharkhand: People Continue to Die of Hunger,
Officials in Denial Mode
Ranchi: While Digital India, bullet trains and
space missions make news in Delhi, Jharkhand has a different problem — hunger.
Starvation, an unfortunate reality of the 21st century, has emerged as a silent
killer in the state. But, for the government, there is nothing called
starvation deaths.As the administration continues to deny the starvation
deaths, NewsClick travelled across Jharkhand to understand how starvation has
afflicted the entire state. From Giridih to Godda to Dumka to Rajmahal, hunger
destroying families was clearly visible.Motka Majhi, a tribal belonging to the
Maal Pahadia community breathed his last in the state allegedly because of
hunger on May 22. Maal Pahadia is one of the 75 tribal groups which has been
categorised as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). The PVTG are the
most marginalised sections of the Scheduled Tribes in India.Majhi, a
50-year-old daily wage labour, was residing in Uper Rengani village in the Jama
block of Dumka. According to Hindi daily Dainik Jagran, he had not been getting
work since the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).For a
fortnight, Majhi had been surviving on Taadkun (toddy palm) fruit. Following
his death on May 22, Manjhi’s wife Alawati Devi and son Sunil Manjhi performed
his last rites. Majhi is survived by two other sons, who are poor daily wage
labourers.The Hindi daily also quoted villagers as saying that there was no
ration in his house when Majhi died.newsclick.in
7 Men Charged For Allegedly Raping Dalit Teen,
Setting Her On Fire In UP
Muzaffarnagar:A 14-year-old Dalit labourer was
allegedly raped and set on fire at a factory in Muzaffarnagar. Police on
Tuesday said the owner of the brick kiln and 6 others were charged for the
incident.The girl, who worked at the brick kiln at a village in Muzaffarnagar
district, was found dead on Saturday. Her parents filed a complaint in the
matter at Kotwali police station, SHO Anil Kapervan said.The officer added that
seven people, including the owner of the factory, were charged for allegedly raping
the girl and setting her afire.The post-mortem report suggests that the girl
died due to burn injuries and suffocation, the SHO said.PTI
AMU VC Should Resign If He Can’t Curb Dissent
Against BJP on Campus, Says BJP MP
New Delhi: Just days after being re-elected as
BJP MP from Aligarh, Satish Gautam, has sparked a controversy by stating that
if people continue voicing opposition to BJP at AMU, Vice Chancellor Tariq
Mansoor will have to resign.Speaking to Hindi newspaper, Amar Ujala, Gautam
said: “This is not fair that while crores of voters have stamped approval on
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s skilled leadership, students of the university
make derogatory remarks against him. Those who use inappropriate words against
BJP leaders and target Smriti Irani were being welcomed in the varsity. It will
be not tolerated any more. Either the Vice Chancellor puts an end to these
activities or resigns.”Last week a symposium on the ‘Role of AMU in Nation
Building’ was held on the varsity organised by AMUSU, where Bhim Army chief
Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravan was invited to attend as a guest speaker. It
has been alleged that derogatory slogans against Modi were raised during the
programme. Reacting over the BJP lawmaker’s remark, AMUSU president Salman
Imtiaz told Newsclick, “BJP MP Satish Gautam is a habitual offender who thrives
on anti-Muslim rhetoric. This is unfortunate that he is threatening the Vice
Chancellor of AMU for not stopping people from expressing dissent against Modi.
He must know that AMU is a Central University and not an RSS shakha. AMU, like
all Indian universities, will continue to teach students democratic means of
opposing authoritarianism and fake ‘nationalism’.”Soon after winning the
election, Satish Gautam said on May 25 that the Jinnah portrait continued to be
hung in the students’ union hall and his first priority after taking oath would
be to remove the portrait from the university and that it would be to sent to
Pakistan.Newsclick
Kerala Muslim body calls May 30 a 'black day',
retracts statement later India
Kerala
Muslim Jamaath Council on Monday said that the May 30 -- when Narendra Modi
will take oath as the prime minister for his second tenure -- will be marked as
a "black day" across the state, only to retract its statement later
in the day.Jamaath Council president M Pookunju had said that the body has
decided to call for a state of mourning on the day when Modi takes oath to
become the prime minister of the country. Pooknuju further said that the
Muslims of the state are now in danger and their security is in question.
However, when his remarks kicked up a major storm, Pooknuju retracted his
statement and told Times Now that the council has only passed a resolution to
offer prayers every day during the holy month of Ramadan. Times Now
"Seniors Humiliated Her On
WhatsApp": Husband Of Doctor Who Killed Self
MUMBAI: Protesters including the parents of a
26-year-old doctor, who was allegedly driven to commit suicide by her seniors,
staged a demonstration today outside a state-run hospital in Mumbai where she
had worked.Payal Tadvi, who worked a Gynacologist at BYL Nair Hospital,
allegedly ended her life after facing caste slurs from three of her senior
colleagues. Ms Tadvi's husband Salman and mother Abida Salim demanded
"strictest action" against three women doctors -- Ankita Khandelwal,
Hema Ahuja and Bhakti Mehare."She was picked on for being lower caste and
was ragged quite a bit by her seniors. The seniors said they will not let her
study. They used to humiliate her on WhatsApp too," her husband Salman said.
Members of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and other Dalit and tribal organisations
are also taking part in the protest."We want the government to intervene.
The police are not taking any action. It is possible that Payal was murdered by
3 women doctors," Salman was quoted as saying by news agency
PTI.Expressing solidarity with protesters, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad
said he would visit Maharashtra if needed to "fight for justice for our
younger sister.ndtv
Kolkata: 3 mosques to make provisions for
women
Kolkata:Two heritage mosques in Kolkata are
making provisions, including separate entries, special halls and washrooms, for
Muslim women to offer namaz on the premises through the year.Authorities of the
Nakhoda mosque and Tipu Sultan mosque are creating separate halls and washrooms
for women after a written request by the Bengal Imam Association.Imam Shafique
Qasmi of Nakhoda Masjid — popularly known as Badi Masjid — confirmed the letter
and said plans were afoot. “Yes we have received the letter. Many women still
come and offer namaz at one corner of the masjid but now the managing committee
is making better arrangements for women. There are three entrances to Nakhoda
Masjid and none of them is exclusive for women. A separate place for women to
perform ablutions, offer namaz and take rest are planned within the masjid,”
said Qasmi.indianexpress
WORLD
Iran hits out at US after Trump nuclear
weapons comment
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
has hit out at the United States after President Donald Trump said Washington
was not looking for "regime change" in Iran but was only interested
in preventing Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.In a Twitter post on Monday,
Zarif insisted Iran was not seeking nuclear weapons and accused the US, which
has recently beefed up its military presence in the Middle East, of causing
regional tensions and "hurting the Iranian people".Iran's Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "long ago said we're not seeking nuclear
weapons - by issuing a fatwa (edict) banning them", Zarif tweeted. aljazeera
Nechirvan Barzani elected head of Iraq's
Kurdish region
Iraqi Kurdish parliament has elected Nechirvan
Barzani, the nephew and son-in-law of veteran leader Masoud Barzani, as
president of the autonomous region.The deputy leader of the Kurdistan
Democratic Party (KDP) won 68 votes from the 81 members present in the 111-seat
chamber on Tuesday, an AFP news agency correspondent reported.Last year, the
KDP emerged as the largest bloc in the parliament following the September 30
election with 45 seats.The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of late Iraqi
president Jalal Talabani, a bitter rival of the powerful Barzani clan, had
called for a boycott of the vote, along with the New Generation
Movement.aljazeera
Israel moves towards election rerun as
coalition talks stall
Israel has moved closer to holding a new
general election despite a national vote last month, as Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu struggles to form a coalition government ahead of a Wednesday
deadline. The parliament on Monday passed a preliminary motion to dissolve
itself. If the bill gets final approval in a vote scheduled on Wednesday, then
Israel would be forced to hold a new election.Netanyahu, who heads the
right-wing Likud party, has until 21:00 GMT on Wednesday to put a government
together, after being delegated the task by President Reuven Rivlin following
the April 9 election.In a televised address following the initial vote in
parliament, Netanyahu pledged to continue pursuing coalition talks and said a
new vote would be unnecessary and costly."A lot can be done in 48
hours," he said. " Voters' wishes can be respected, a strong
right-wing government can be formed." aljazeera
Israel and Syria exchange fire amid soaring
regional tensions
Israel has carried out a rocket attack in
Syria's Golan Heights region, according to Syrian state news and the Israeli
military."An Israeli missile targeted Tel al-Shaar in Quneitra," the
Syrian news agency SANA said, adding that a "military vehicle was targeted
and there are wounded."Israel's military confirmed the attack in a
statement posted on social media on Monday, saying it had been in retaliation
for anti-aircraft fire at an Israeli fighter jet earlier on Monday. aljazeera
Egyptian security forces commit war crimes in
Sinai: HRW
CAIRO:Egyptian security forces have committed
widespread abuses against civilians in restive northern Sinai peninsula, some
of which amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, urging
other nations to halt military assistance.Egypt’s ground and air forces have
been fighting Islamist insurgents in Sinai for years, in a conflict fuelled by
wider Middle East dynamics and a history of state neglect and oppression of the
poor and isolated region.The report accused security forces of arbitrary
arrests including children, disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings,
collective punishment and forced evictions.While there was no immediate
reaction from the Egyptian government, it has in the past responded to
accusations of rights abuses by saying strong security measures were needed to
curb Islamic State and other jihadists on its soil.New York-based HRW said its
134-page report was researched from 2016-2018 and based on interviews with 54
North Sinai residents and former government and military officials, as well as
official statements and satellite images.Reuters
Sajid Javid, son of bus driver, bids to be UK
PM
London:Sajid Javid, who entered politics in
2009 after giving up a lucrative career in banking and rose fast in the
Conservative party, on Monday announced his candidature in the election for the
next party leader and prime minister, joining eight others in the race.Son of a
Pakistan-origin bus driver, Javid, 49, is the home secretary in the Theresa May
government. He previously held the role of Culture secretary, and later as
Business secretary interacted with leading Indian companies, including the Tata
group.Announcing his bid on twitter, Javid referred to the party’s poor
performance in the European elections and said they made it “all too clear”
that the government “must get on and deliver Brexit to ensure there is renewed
trust in our democracy”.He said: “We must bridge divides to heal communities,
reminding us of our shared values as a United Kingdom, and we must strengthen
our society and economy so that everyone can benefit from the opportunities
which a prosperous nation provides.”Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson
remains the favourite to win the election. Besides Javid and Johnson, the other
7 contenders so far, all current or former cabinet ministers, are: Andrea
Leadsom, Esther McVey, Michael Gove, Dominic Raab, Rory Stewart, Jeremy Hunt
and Matt Hancock.HT
Sudan protesters begin two-day strike to
pressure military
Protesters in Sudan started a two-day general
strike on Tuesday to pile pressure on the ruling army to hand over power to a
civilian government.The strike left hundreds of airline passengers stranded at
Khartoum airport on Tuesday morning after opposition group Alliance for Freedom
and Change requested Sudanese pilots to participate.Leaders of the umbrella
protest movement and army generals who seized power after ousting President
Omar al-Bashir last month, have so far failed to iron out differences over who
should lead a new governing body - a civilian or soldier. Aljazeera
UK Muslim body urges for probe into Tory
Islamophobia
LONDON :Britain’s largest umbrella body of
Muslim organizations has urged the country’s equality watchdog to formally
investigate alleged Islamophobia within the leading Conservative Party.“We have
today written to the EHRC to formally request an investigation into whether the
Conservative Party has breached its Equality Act obligations Islamophobia,” the
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said on Twitter.The MCB’s call for a probe came
following the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it has launched
an investigation into whether the opposition Labour Party “unlawfully
discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are
Jewish.”The MCB previously wrote two letters to the Conservative leader and
Prime Minister Theresa May to probe the Islamophobia allegations within her
party.AA
EU leaders to meet in Brussels to decide on
top EU jobs
BRUSSELS;EU leaders are set to meet in
Brussels on Tuesday for an informal summit to discuss the outcome of the
European Parliament elections and start the nomination process for the top EU
jobs.Top jobs to be filled this year include president of the EU Commission and
Council, high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy, and president of the European Central Bank.There is disagreement
between member states on particularly how to elect the new president of EU
Commission.Each of the eight political groups in the European Parliament
nominated candidates for the presidency of the EU Commission.The
Spitzenkandidat process was implemented after the last European Parliament
elections.AA
Flash: views & NEWS
A hundred years after the birth of Hindu nationalism,
Narendra Modi’s victory embodies its original vision: Vinay Sitapati
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lok-sabha-elections-hindu-nationalism-rss-5751372/
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British Colonialism, Come to Be Known as 'Veer'?Pavan Kulkarni
Note to the minority: Welcome PM Modi’s
resolve to win over their trust: Faizan Mustafa
Tension Brews in Naya Bans, Muslims ‘Forced’
to Migrate:Abdul Alim Jafri
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India's Muslims? Sudipto Mondal
UP’s Mahagathbandhan is Not Down and Out;Ajaz
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