26 June 2019:
21 Shawal 1440:Vol: 11, No:230
INDIA
1 Lakh more excluded from Assam citizen list
ahead of July deadline
Guwahati:Over 1 lakh people more have been excluded from the draft
National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam.The additional draft exclusion
list published today names 1.02 lakh people whose names figured in the draft
citizens' list that was released in July last year. These names were
subsequently found ineligible for inclusion. Assam citizens' list is being
updated for the first time since 1951 to account for illegal migration into
Assam from neighbouring Bangladesh. The people who have been excluded will be
informed individually through letters to be delivered at their residential
addresses. The list of names dropped today can be accessed on the National
Register of Citizens' website. The excluded people will have the chance to file
their claims at the designated NRC help centres by July 11. Over 40 lakh people
were were not named in the draft citizens' list published on July 30 last year,
creating a huge controversy. Lakhs of them have applied for re-verification.
The draft list included the names of 2.9 crore people out of the total 3.29
crore applications. NRC in Assam is being updated under the Supreme Court's
monitoring. The final NRC, a list of Assam's residents, will be published on
July 31.A person whose name is not part of the NRC can approach any such
tribunal with a certified copy of the rejection order received from the NRC
authorities along with the grounds for appeal.NDTV
Assam NRC publishes 1.02 lakh names in
‘additional draft exclusion list’
Asked if NRC will be extended, Centre refrains
from direct answer, presents Assam details
Union govt on Tuesday did not give a direct
answer on whether the NRC will be extended beyond Assam.In response to a
question, the Home Ministry said the provisions under which NRC was being
conducted in Assam, without mentioning whether it will be applied anywhere
else.This comes days after President Ram Nath Kovind mentioned in his address
to the joint sitting of Parliament on June 20 that NRC will be implemented in
areas affected by infiltration. indian express
NRC exercise became necessary because of Rajiv
Gandhi's Assam Accord: Modi
On a day in which over 1.02 lakh names were
additionally excluded from the draft National Register of Citizens, PM Narendra Modi said Congress must take credit
for the exercise under way in Assam and his Govt was only following the rules
laid out by the Supreme Court."On one hand, you claim we don't give you
credit. Why don't you take credit for this,"Modi asked Congress, while
replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to President’s address in Rajya
Sabha today.The Hindu
PM Modi: Jharkhand lynching has pained me, but
unfair to insult state
In his first remarks on the Jharkhand assault
case, PM Narendra Modi has said the mob
lynching of a Muslim youth on the suspicion of theft has pained him but added
that insulting the entire state was unfair.“The lynching in Jharkhand has
pained me. It has saddened others too,” PM Modi said while replying to the
debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Rajya Sabha. “But,
some people in the Rajya Sabha are calling Jharkhand a hub of lynching. Is this
fair? Why are they insulting a state. None of us have the right to insult the
state of Jharkhand,”PM added.Modi further said whether it is Jharkhand, or West
Bengal or Kerala, incidents of violence should be treated in the same manner
and perpetrators of violence get a lesson that the entire country is one on
this issue.Tabrez Ansari died days after he was attacked by a mob, which
accused him of theft and allegedly forced him to chant “Jai Shri Ram” and “Jai
Hanuman”.Opposition parties have been stepping up attack on BJP over the
incident, with Congress president Rahul Gandhi calling the incident “a blot on
humanity“.indianexpress
From Jharkhand lynching to AES deaths: Top
quotes of PM Modi in Rajya Sabha
‘Minorities safer under Modi’: BJP’s response
to lynching allegations
New Delhi:Minorities have never been more safe
in the country than under PM Narendra
Modi, BJP leader KJ Alphons said in Rajya Sabha today amid opposition
references to lynching cases.Speaking on the Motion of Thanks on President’s
address, he said Modi is “more democratic” than anyone before him.5 years back
it was said that Christians will be beaten up and churches will be burnt once
BJP comes to power, he said.“Have you seen any Christian being beaten up or any
church being burnt (since BJP came to power)”he asked.
Govt not interested in stopping lynch mobs;
need collective efforts to check violence: Muslim Leaders
New Delhi:The gruesome lynching of 24-year-old
Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand, and a series of hate crimes against Muslims in the
name of cow across the country have set off a debate on the fate of Indian
Muslims under the Modi Govt. Ever since he became the PM of India in 2014, crimes of these sort have
witnessed a steep rise. Since the new NDA Govt came to power after registering
a landslide victory in the 2014 elections, the attacks on Muslims in the name
of religion have been a regular feature, according to Muslim leaders. These
incidents have been completely unchecked because the Govt does not want to stop
them, they said urging Muslim organisations and activists to exert collective
efforts to deal with the situation.Asaduddin Owaisi, outspoken Hyderabad MP and
President of AIMIM, said that these incidents are not going to stop because the
ruling party, BJP, and its parent organisation RSS have long pursued an agenda
of spreading hatred against Muslims.Dr SQR Ilyas, President of the Welfare
Party of India, said that the perpetrators of these crimes are enjoying a kind
of tacit support from BJP Govts. If the Govt wanted, it could have stopped such
attacks very easily.The Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission Dr Zafarul Islam
Khan also concurred with the view that the BJP Govt is not serious about
stopping these hate crimes against Muslims. “These attacks were stopped during
the elections. But when the election got over, it has started happening again.
These are all pre-planned and someone is definitely orchestrating these
attacks. The continued happenings and no action against the perpetrators are a
clear evidence of the fact,” he said. caravandaily
Nationwide protest for justice to Tabrez
Jharkhand assault victim had head injury, went
undetected: Post-mortem team
Saraikela-kharsawan: Death of 22-year-old
Tabrez Ansari, days after he was attacked by a mob that accused him of theft in
Jharkhand, was “in all possibility” caused by a brain haemorrhage triggered by
a head injury that was not detected by the doctor on duty at a local hospital,
team that conducted the post-mortem said. Ansari, who was in judicial custody
after the attack in Saraikela-Kharsawan district on June 18 during which the
mob allegedly forced him to chant “Jai Shri Ram” and “Jai Hanuman”, died last
Saturday after he complained of nausea, vomitting and chest pain, and fell
unconscious. “There was an injury on right frontoparietal region, which was
left undetected by the doctor at the Sadar Hospital who was on night shift and
treated Ansari (who was brought in at 7 am on June 18 after attack). There is a
possibility that this led to effusion or oozing of blood from the skull leading
to haemorrhage. This could be a possible cause of death,”said Dr Bariyal
Mari,Deputy Superintendent,Sadar Hospital.indianexpress
Jharkhand lynching: Tarbez Ansari's father had
met the same fate 15 years ago
Jharkhand lynching: Community leaders demand
swift, stringent action against perpetrators
Saraikela :Enraged at the lynching of Tabrez
Ansari in Jharkhand, Muslim community leaders have demanded that lynching
should be treated on a par with terrorism and the perpetrators should get the
strictest possible punishment.“Lynching is no lesser crime than terrorism. It
is going on across the country, especially in Jharkhand, where 13 to 14 people
have lost their lives. However, the Central Govt is unconcerned,” said Hafiz
Anwar, Secretary of civil society body Jamilulumahind. Members of the body
visited Tabrez’s village.the hindu
West Bengal: 3 Muslim Men Pushed Off Moving
Train For Not Chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'
3 Muslim men were allegedly pushed off a
moving train by a group of people in West Bengal's South Parganas district
after they refused to chant "Jai Shri Ram" on Tuesday. Mannah Mullah,
one of victims, was travelling with six others from Canning in South 24
Parganas district in West Bengal to Hooghly. A group of men barged into their
compartment and forced them to chant "Jai Shri Ram." When Mullah and
his fellow travellers refused, men started thrashing them. Recalling the
ordeal, Mullah told ANI that he wanted to chant the slogan he was asked to, but
couldn't as the mob was continuously thrashing him."Seven of us were
attacked by a group of people. Although I tried to chant 'Jai Shri Ram', I
could not because they kept beating me. They, then, pushed me off the train
with two more people," he mentioned. A similar incident had come to light
last week when a Muslim man, Mohammad Momin, was allegedly attacked by 3 people
in New Delhi's Rohini area after he refused to chant 'Jai Shri
Ram'.outlookindia
Bengal madrasa teacher thrashed, pushed off
train for not chanting Jai Shri Ram
121 cases of mob violence since 2015; 66 %
cases in BJP ruled states: Data
New Delhi: The mob lynching of a man in
Jharkhand is not the first such incident in this year reported NDTV. Referring
to the data from website ‘factchecker.in’, this is the 11th incident of the
hate crime this year. So far, there have been four deaths and 22 people were
injured in mob violence.Over the last decade, in total 297 incidents of hate
crimes have taken place in the country in which 98 people have been killed and
722 were injured.The data indicates that while 66 % cases took place in BJP-ruled states, 16 % cases were reported in Congress-ruled
states.Also, 28 % cases were related to
cattle theft or slaughter and in 58 % of
the cases, the victims were Muslims.6 incidents were reported between 2012 and
2014, while 121 incidents of mob violence over cattle theft have taken place
since 2015.deccanchronicle
MP likely to become first state to frame law
against cow vigilantism
Bhopal:Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh is likely
to become the first state in the country to legislate against cow vigilantism.
The Govt proposes to amend the anti-cow slaughter Act to make those indulging
in violence or those caught for violating the law or damaging property a
punishable offence.Sources said that the punishment could be three years for
the first offence and 5 years for subsequent offences. The cabinet is likely to
clear the amendment at its meeting today.Currently, such offences are dealt
with by IPC and CrPC sections.The Supreme Court in July 2018 said “horrendous
acts of mobocracy” cannot be allowed to overrun the law of the land and issued
a slew of guidelines to deal with mob lynching and cow vigilantism, besides
asking the Centre to consider enacting a new law to sternly deal with such
cases. The apex court had issued a slew of directions to the Centre to provide
“preventive, remedial and punitive measures” to deal with such offences.indian
express
Congress alleges 'irregularities' in
appointments at Delhi Waqf Board, demands CBI probe
New Delhi:Delhi Congress has alleged
"irregularities and nepotism" in contractual appointments to various
posts of the Delhi Waqf Board and demanded a CBI probe into it.7 "close
relatives" of Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan were among the candidates
appointed to 33 posts advertised in Feb, alleged Delhi Congress spokespersons
Jitender Kochar and Harnam Singh, and party leader Parvez Alam.Khan, an AAP MLA
from Okhla, rejected the charge, saying he was filling the vacancies which had
been pending for a long time and hampering the functioning of the Waqf
Board."Such people who are involved in corruption are being removed from
the Waqf Board and recruitment is being done as per rule," he said.PTI
Punjab & Haryana HC agrees to hear Kathua
convict’s appeal
Punjab and Haryana High Court has admitted the
appeal of Tilak Raj, a former police officer and convict in the Kathua gangrape
and murder case, for further hearing and stayed the recovery of fine during
pendency of the appeal.Raj was sentenced to 5 years in prison by the Pathankot
Sessions Court on June 10 for destruction of crucial evidence in the case. The
court had also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict.His counsel Sanjeev
Patyal Tuesday argued before the court of Justice Rajbir Sehrawat that he has
been “falsely implicated and wrongly convicted” under Section 201 of Ranbir
Penal Code.“The prosecution story is highly improbable and is a cock and bull
story.The learned trial court has committed grave legal error by convicting and
sentencing the appellant,” read the appeal, adding the conviction is “based on
mere conjecture and surmises”. Raj’s petition is the first against the
conviction to be filed and admitted in the HC. Another convicted police
officer, Anand Dutta, has also filed an appeal against his conviction but it is
yet to come up for hearing.indianexpress
Balakot air strikes planner is new R&AW
chief, Kashmir expert appointed IB chief
New Delhi:PM Narendra Modi has appointed Samant Kumar Goel
as the next chief of India’s external spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing
(R&AW) and Arvinda Kumar as the Director, Intelligence Bureau. PM Modi, as
chairman of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, also cleared the
empanelment of 1986 batch IPS officer in the rank of Director General.Both are
Indian Police Service officers of 1984 batch with Goel belonging to Punjab
cadre and Kumar, to Assam-Meghalaya cadre.The 2 officers will take over this
month-end when the extended tenure of IB chief Rajiv Jain and R&AW
secretary Anil K Dhasmana ends. Jain and Dhasmana were appointed in Dec.2016
and were given a six-month extension as the country moved into election mode.By
Wednesday evening, Appointments Committee of the Cabinet also issued the orders
appointing the two officers on a two-year term. Anil Dhasmana’s term expires on
30 June while Rajiv Jain will step down a day earlier, on 29 June.Goel heads
operations for the external intelligence agency.The senior police officer was
instrumental in planning the February 2019 Balakot air strikes and the 2016
surgical strikes carried out after the attack at Uri brigade, the two strikes
that have defined the NDA Govt’s approach to counter terror emanating from the
neighbouring country. Goel has handled Punjab militancy at its peak in the
1990s and is a Pakistan expert. A mild-mannered police officer, Samant Goel has
impeccable integrity, said a senior R&AW officer. Arvind Kumar has been
closely involved in tackling left-wing extremism at the Intelligence Bureau.
The special director-rank officer is also the intelligence agency’s Kashmir
expert and has been closely involved in formulating and executing the Centre’s
approach on terrorism in the valley.HT
Centre counters J&K governor on Pulwama
attack, denies intel failure
New Delhi :Minister of State for Home G Kishan
Reddy on Wednesday told Parliament there was no intelligence failure in the
Pulwama attack.The minister’s assertion counters J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik’s remarks following
the incident on Feb.14, where he said the attack was partly the result of an
intelligence failure, especially due to the fact that security forces could not
detect the loading and movement of the explosive-laden vehicle.When asked
whether intelligence failure was one of the reasons for the Pulwama attack,
Reddy said, “J&K is affected by terrorism sponsored and supported from
across the border for the last three decades. However, owing to the policy of
zero tolerance towards terrorism and sustained action against the terrorists by
the security forces, a large number of terrorists have been neutralized during
the past few years.”indianexpress
Editor of Kashmir daily arrested in nearly 3-decade
old terror case
Srinagar : Editor of a local Urdu daily has
been arrested here in a nearly 3-decade-old terror-related case, officials said
on Tuesday.Ghulam Jeelani Qadri, editor of 'Daily Afaaq', was arrested late
Monday night in a case that was registered in 1990 under section 3 of TADA.He was
arrested on a non-bailable warrant issued by the then chief judicial magistrate
on Oct.15, 1992.The law under which Qadri has been arrested deals with
intention to overawe the Govt as by law established or to strike terror in the
people or any section of the people or to alienate any section of the people or
to adversely affect the harmony amongst different sections of the people does
any act or thing.He was arrested from his residence in Balgarden area of the
city, Qadri's family said."It was nearly midnight when police came to
arrest Qadri sahib. No reasons were given before taking him away, a police
official asked him when is the election," a relative said.Kashmir Editors'
Guild, of which Qadri is a member, has moved court to seek bail.Various journalist
bodies, including Kashmir Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ), has condemned
the midnight arrest of Qadri, alleging it seems the aim of the Govt's move was
to muzzle the voice of local press.PTI
So far 155 arrested in IS cases: Home Ministry
New Delhi: A total of 155 members and
sympathisers of Islamic State (IS) have been arrested in the country so far,
the Home Ministry said Tuesday.Some instances of individuals from different
states joining the IS have also come to the notice of central and state
security agencies, it said.NIA and the state police forces have registered
cases against IS members and sympathisers, and have arrested 155 accused from
across the country so far, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy
said in a written reply to Lok Sabha."IS is using various internet-based
social media platforms to propagate its ideology.Cyberspace is being closely
watched in this regard by agencies concerned and action is taken as per the
law," Reddy said. PTI
Karnataka Rights Body Recommend Probe into
Alleged Custodial Torture of Muslim Youth
Bengaluru:Karnataka State Human Rights
Commission on Wednesday has recommended that the Criminal Investigation
Department launch a probe into the alleged police brutality that led to the
death of an under-trial prisoner, Fairoz, in January earlier this year. The
death of 19-year-old Fairoz had raised suspicion about whether he was tortured
inside Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru, where he was lodged.
According to a report published on thenewsminute.com, the KSHRC Chairperson,
Justice DH Waghela, has also recommended that Karnataka Govt pay a compensation
of Rs 10 lakh to Fairoz’s family.“The state Govt should entrust the
investigation into the criminal case in respect to the death of Syed Fairoz to
the Criminal Investigation Department for carrying out further and proper
investigation under supervision of an officer not below rank of SP for
expeditious filing of investigation report in the court,”Justice Waghela noted
in his order, while referring to inordinate delay in the probe carried out by
Parappana Agrahara Police officials.Caravan
Pune court acquits 2 criminals charged with
murder of Qateel Siddiqui inside Yerawada jail in 2012
Pune: 7 years after Qateel Siddiqui, suspected
in a terror case, was strangled to death inside a high-security cell of
Yerawada jail in Pune, a court has acquitted the two notorious criminals —
Sharad Mohol and Alok Bhalerao — who were charged for the June 2012
murder.Siddiqui (27), a native of Darbhanga in Bihar, was at the time facing
charges in the terrorism cases in Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. On the morning of
June 8 in 2012, Qateel was allegedly strangled to death with a drawstring
inside the high security ‘Anda’ cell of the Yerawada Central Jail in Pune,
according to the police at the time. Notorious gangsters Sharad Mohol (35) and
his aide Alok Bhalerao (29), who were lodged in the same cell at the time, were
charged for the murder. The two were in jail for the murder of another
notorious gangster in Pune.During the trial, six key witnesses in the case
including some inmates of the jail at the time, turned hostile leading to
dilution of prosecution’s case. On Wednesday, the court of Additional Sessions
Judge SH Gwalani acquitted Mohol and Bhalerao of murder charges.When contacted,
Qateel’s elder brother Afroz Siddiqui said, “If these two gangsters are not
guilty, then who are the killers of my brother? We will not stop fighting for
justice for my brother. We will approach the high court.” indianexpress
Karnataka: NIA arrests missing suspect in
blast case
Bengaluru :A suspect in 2014 Burdwan blast
case who had been missing was arrested by NIA in Karnataka’s Dodaballapur
region on Monday night and was sent in transit on Tuesday by a local court for
production in a Special NIA court in Kolkata in 5 days’ time.The case involves
a bomb blast that occurred in a house in the Khagragarh locality Burdwan town
on Oct.2, 2014, in which two people engaged in preparing IEDs were killed.The
accused was identified as Habibur Rehman Sk alias Habibur Sk alias Sheikh alias
Habibur Kabore Shaik, a resident of West Bengal. Meanwhile, STF of Kolkata
Police has arrested 4 persons, claiming that they are members of JMB. Of 4
arrested, 3 are Bangaldesh nationals,police said.indianexpress
Indore: Kailash Vijayvargiya’s son attacks
govt official with cricket bat, arrested
Bhopal:BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of BJP
general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, was caught on camera attacking a
Municipal Corporation officer with a cricket bat in Indore on Wednesday. BJP
MLA has been arrested and a case was lodged under sections 352, 294, 506, 323,
143, and 144.In the video, Akash can be seen thrashing members of the
anti-encroachment team that had reached to pull down a dilapidated house in Ganji
Compound locality. Armed with a cricket bat, the young legislator was seen
chasing and beating up the staff that was on a drive to demolish dangerous
properties in view of the monsoon. video shows Akash threatening the staff to
leave the area within ten minutes or face consequences. MLA had been called by
residents of the area. Despite repeated attempts, Akash, his father and another
Indore MLA Ramesh Mendola, a close confidant of the senior leader, were not
available for comments. indian express
Implement pending schemes, Muslims urge Gehlot
Jaipur: A group of minorities have called upon
CM Ashok Gehlot urging him to allocate funds for implementation of schemes
pending since latter’s last tenure at the secretariat on Monday. The members
have demanded that the Govt should allocate at least 5% of the total budget for
its minority population. They also urged the Govt to pay the revised rent on
Waqf Board properties which would increase the income of the board. Quyum
Akhtar, state president of Milli Council Rajasthan has reminded the CM of the
announcements of hostels and soft loans for minorities that were made in their
previous term. “Since the Govt lost to BJP, most of the schemes were abandoned.
I have urged CM to allocate funds for the construction of the remaining
hostels. Along with opening skill centres in Muslim stronghold to make both men
and women employable,” said Akhtar. The community members shared their concern
with CM that the enrolment of Muslims in secondary and senior secondary classes
has reduced to almost half of their actual population of 9.89%. TOI
TMC MP Mahua Moitra: India moving towards
fascism, signs everywhere if you open your eyes
In her maiden speech in Parliament, Trinamool
Congress MP Mahua Moitra warned that prevalent signs suggest that India is
moving towards fascism. During the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the
President’s Address in Lok Sabha, the Krishnanagar MP said, “Only if you would
open your eyes, you would see that there are signs everywhere, that this
country is being torn apart.”Quoting freedom fighter Maulana Azad, and poets
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and Rahat Indori, ex investment banker spoke about
dissent, religious freedom, and media control, besides other issues. She said
that the Constitution which each member of House has “sworn to protect” is
“under threat today”. “Of course you may disagree with me, you may say achche
din are here,” she said, pointing to the Treasury benches, “but then you are
missing signs”.indian express
Police Threatens to Kill Muzaffarnagar Riots’
Witness Ikram, Alleges Family
Muzaffarnagar:Social Activists and family
members of Ikram has alleged that the local police has threatened to eliminate
him, as he is one of the witnesses of Muzaffarnagar riots. This is being done
in order to mount pressure and discourage him from giving his account of the
murder that he had witnessed during the 2013 riots. According to Ikram’s
daughter Salma, a team of police arrived at their residence in Budhana’s
Safirpur Patti on 12 June, asking about her father. On being asked the reason
for inquiry regarding Ikram, police said that he is being summoned by CO of
Budhana, Vijay Prakash. Ikram, who was upstairs at that time, was dragged by
his collar by the police outside.Salma said that when they asked and opposed
the police’s behavior, her sisters and mother were brutally thrashed by the
cops. They also went to the extent of opening fire at that time, which caused
the gathering of local people, who in turn opposed the police’s action.
Following the protest by local people, the police did not arrest Ikram, but
took two other men with them, but released them later.Ikram had migrated from
his native village in Muhammedpur, Ajay Singh to Safirpur Patti after their
home was set ablaze by the rioters in what was one of the worst communal riots
in the country. He was a witness to the burning down of his home as well as to murder
of Raees which happened during riots. caravandaily
Mike Pompeo pledges close cooperation with
India but trade, defence issues unresolved
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to
reduce heightened trade tension with India on Wednesday, promising a renewed
focus on negotiating improved trade and investment ties between the two
nations.But Pompeo, on a visit to India, gave few specifics of how they would
overcome disputes on issues ranging from access to Indian markets for leading American
companies to New Delhi’s demands for foreign firms to store Indian data in the
country, and exports of steel and aluminum to US.The 2 nations are “friends who
can help each other all around the world,” Pompeo told a joint news conference
with Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar after they met.The current
differences were expressed “in the spirit of friendship”, he added.The disputes
have led to higher trade tariffs by the two countries and created unease over
the depth of their security alliance.In particular, the sudden introduction of
new e-commerce rules for foreign investors in Feb angered the Americans because
it showed New Delhi was prepared to move the goalposts to hurt two of the
largest US companies, discount retailer Walmart, and Amazon.com Inc.Walmart
last year invested $16 billion to buy control of Indian e-commerce firm
Flipkart.Reuters
India sticks to S-400 from Russia, gives up
Iran’s oil after S Jaishankar’s meeting with Mike Pompeo
Pakistan among nations backing India for 2-yr
UNSC term
55 countries of Asia-Pacific group, including
Pakistan, have unanimously endorsed India’s candidature for a non-permanent
seat of UNSC for a 2-year term. India’s permanent representative at UN Syed
Akbaruddin thanked the countries for the massive support.“A unanimous step.
Asia-Pacific Group @UN unanimously endorses India’s candidature for a
non-permanent seat of the Security Council for a 2-year term in 2021/22,” Syed
Akbaruddin tweeted.Akbaruddin’s tweet also included a video thanking these
countries for endorsing India’s candidature.“Asia-Pacific Group endorses India
for Non-Permanent Seat of UNSC. 55 countries, 1 nominee - India for
non-permanent seat of UNSC Term 2021-2022,”video accompanying Akbaruddin’s
tweet said.Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam were among the countries
which supported India.The election for 5 non-permanent members of 15-nation
UNSC for the 2021-22 term will be held around June next year.HT
India-Pak clash over Nizam’s funds in UK
London:A decades-old legal dispute between
India and Pakistan over around 35 million pounds belonging to the Nizam of
Hyderabad at the time of Partition in 1947 and deposited in a London bank
account has reached an important stage in UK High Court.Nizam’s descendants,
Prince Mukarram Jah – the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad – and his younger
brother Muffakham Jah, have joined hands with the Indian Govt in the legal
battle against Pakistan Govt over the funds lying with NatWest Bank plc in
London.The dispute revolves around 1,007,940 pounds and 9 shillings that were
transferred in 1948 from the then Nizam of Hyderabad to the high commissioner
in Britain of newly-formed Pakistan.That amount has since grown into millions
as the Nizam’s ancestors, supported by India, claim it belongs to them and
Pakistan counter-claims that it is rightfully theirs.“His Exalted Highness
Nizam VIII and his younger brother have waited decades to receive what their
grandfather gifted them. Pakistan has blocked access for 70 years and we hope
the recent trial will mean a final resolution at last,” said Paul Hewitt,
partner at Withers law firm, which is representing the Nizam’s ancestors, now
in their 80s, in Royal Courts of Justice in London.The two-week trial, presided
over by Justice Marcus Smith, has been presented with arguments from both sides
in the case listed as – The High Commissioner for Pakistan in UK versus seven
others, including the Nizam’s ancestors, the Union of India and President of India.The
judgment in the case is expected in an estimated six-weeks’ time.The judge has
been asked to determine the “central question” of who exactly is the
“beneficial” owner of the funds belonging to the late Nizam Osman Ali Khan.PTI
IMA Jewels scam: Drawn to ‘halal’ firm, its
founder ‘who spoke of god’, 40,000 investors left in lurch
Bengaluru :An elderly investor in ponzi scheme
company I Monetary Advisory – which has left over 40,000 investors stranded
after its founder went underground on June 8 – blames politicians and religious
leaders from the Muslim community for the scam.“People trusted the company
because its founder Mohammed Mansoor Khan was seen in the company of political
leaders at various events. In messages religious leaders said the company’s
investment schemes were in line with our beliefs. People flocked to invest in
IMA because of these factors,” said Mohammed Akram, 70, an investor who has now
approached the police to atleast recover his principal amount of Rs 12 lakh
from the sunken firm.A series of companies running ponzi schemes, targetting
mostly middle class Muslim investors – with hard earned money from small
businesses or jobs in the middle east – with promises of huge returns on
investments have crashed in Bangalore in the last few years.Firms like Ambidant
Marketing, the Ajmera Group, Hira Gold, Injaz International have all come under
the scanner of tax, banking and police authorities amid complaints of fraud.
Karnataka Govt and police have acted against these firms under the Karnataka
Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishment Act, 2004,
after complaints of defaults on payments and reports against them from agencies
like the RBI. indianexpress
Arif Khan: Narasimha Rao said if Muslims want
to stay in gutter, let them
New Delhi:During his speech in Lok Sabha
Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi quoted a
former Congress leader as having said that it was not the duty of their party
to uplift Muslims and “if they want to lie in the gutter let them be”. He did
not name the leader. But soon, the phones started ringing at the residence of
Arif Mohammed Khan, a former 4-time MP who was a Minister of State in Rajiv
Gandhi Govt until 1986 when he resigned over its stand on the Shah Bano
case.Khan said he took “a minute or two” to recall that comment. “I think what
he (Modi) did was right because it exposes the intention behind all those
actions, which were basically meant to divide the society,” he said.Narrating
the events that followed his resignation, Khan said there was an effort by the
Congress leadership to persuade him to remain on board.“Many people met me that
day. And I gave the same argument. First Arun Singh, then Arun Nehru, then (M
L) Fotedar, then three senior ministers under whom I had worked as a junior
minister. They showed a lot of affection and tried to persuade me. And finally
Narasimha Rao came. Rao told me, ‘You are so young, bright, such a good
speaker, your career is ahead of you, how can you resign?’ Then, he told me
that even Shah Bano has changed her stance, which was right as she had issued a
statement.”“I said I am not Akbar’s Birbal. Then, he (Rao) told me that you are
being foolhardy. He was not being rough or crude with me, he was very gentle.
But then, he told me, ‘Try to understand. We are not a party of social
reformers. If the Muslims want to remain in the gutter, let them be. Why you
should resign?’,” Khan said.indian express
Owaisi attacks PM over Muslims in gutter
comment
AIMIM
chief, Asaduddin Owaisi has lashed out at PM Narendra Modi for diverting
attention on mob lynching victims. Owaisi said PM can remember Shah Bano’s case
but not the names of Tabrez Ansari, Akhlaq and Pehlu Khan who were victims of
mob lynching. Questioning Modi’s nature of administration where ministers had
garlanded the murderers of Alimuddin Ansari, Owaisi said PM Modi could give
reservation to Muslims if he had no control over his ministers’ disgusting
speech. He said there’s a big difference between the BJP’s work and word. It
seems, Modi wants to follow the steps of ex PM Narasimha Rao who was
responsible for demolition of Babri Masjid, he said.newsx
Online readers didn’t polarise during LS
polls: Study
Unlike other partisan news audience around the
world, India’s online news readers did not polarise into separate audience
bubbles during the recent Lok Sabha elections. Instead, Indian online news
consumers appear to have overlapping and diverse consumption patterns across
the political spectrum, according to an Oxford study accessed by Indian
Express. Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism researchers compared online
audience behaviour between 37 digital-born outlets and 64 legacy media outlets,
38 of which were regionally-focused.They collected election-related Facebook
posts (66,000 from 78 news outlets) and tweets (63 million from 73 news
outlets) between April 11 and May 19, as well as Web traffic statistics for 101
outlets between January and March this year.They chose organisations with
highest online performance. Indian Express
Ayodhya’s amity saga: Hindus gift burial
ground to Muslims
Faizabad: Hindus have donated their land to
Muslims for a burial ground in Belarikhan village under Gosaiganj assembly
constituency here, the unique show of harmony prodded by none other than local
BJP MLA Indrapratap Tiwari. Land had been a bone of contention between the two
communities for years until now. Surya Kumar Jhinkan Maharaj, a local seer,
signed the registered deed for 1.25 bissas of land along with eight other
shareholders on June 20 to bury the dispute forever. “Land belonged to Hindus
as per records. It is beside a graveyard and sometimes, Muslims buried their
dead on the land. There were disputes and tension. But now, we have settled the
matter,” Jhinkan Maharaj told TOI.TOI
WORLD
US pushes Bahrain economic plan in absence of
Palestinians
Trump administration is seeking support for an
economic plan it says will be a foundation for Israeli-Palestinian peace but
which Palestinians and many others dismiss as pointless without a political
solution.Today, as a US-led peace conference was under way in Bahrain, PLO
reiterated its rejection of the $50bn plan, saying the proposal's lack of
political vision guarantees its failure.The statement said US wanted to sell a
"mirage of economic prosperity" which would only perpetuate the
Palestinians' "captivity".It accused the White House of using the
workshop as cover for Israel's efforts to achieve normal relations with Arab
states and grow its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.At the
opening panel session of Bahrain conference, IMF managing director, Christine
Lagarde, said that fund's experience in conflict-riven countries showed it can
be a struggle to generate economic growth in such an environment. Lagarde told
the conference that growth in West Bank and Gaza had to be "job
intensive". aljazeera
Oman to open embassy in occupied West Bank
Oman will open an embassy in the occupied West
Bank city of Ramallah, the sultanate's foreign ministry said. The decision
announced on Wednesday was made "in continuation of the sultanate's
support for the Palestinian people" it said."A delegation from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs will travel to Ramallah to initiate the opening of
the embassy," the foreign ministry said, without providing further
details.Hanan Ashrawi, a senior official in PLO, welcomed the move."I hope
the embassy will help in educating the Omani Govt on the real nature of the
Israeli occupation," Ashrawi said at a news conference in Ramallah.Oman's
announcement coincided with the second and final day of a United States-led
economic "workshop" in Bahrain, the supposed first step of US
President Donald Trump's so-called "deal of the century" proposal for
resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.aljazeera
Rights group: illegal ‘admissions committees’
enforcing segregation in dozens of Israeli communities
Dozens of Israeli communities are using
‘admissions committees’ to filter potential residents, in violation of the law.According
to legal rights centre Adalah, the “committees in Israeli Jewish towns can
reject potential residents based on ‘social suitability’, essentially enforcing
de facto housing segregation between Jewish and Arab citizens”.The role of
admissions committees is actually authorised by law for communities of up to
400 households, but a recent Knesset report revealed that at least 24
communities in the Galilee and Negev regions are operating the committees
despite having grown larger than 400 households.Writing to Israeli officials,
Adalah “emphasised its principled and resolute opposition to the existence of
admissions committees – in general – as a mechanism of discrimination and
humiliation”.However, the organisation continued, “as long as this
discriminatory mechanism continues to operate, its terms must be guaranteed”,
and the Knesset report “clearly reveals that the authorities in these 24
communities are acting without authority and in violation of the rule of law”.middleeastmonitor
New settler-run ‘tourist projects’ further
linking Silwan with West Jerusalem
A “recent burst” in settler-run ‘tourism’
projects around Jerusalem’s Old City is further linking the west of the city
with Silwan in the occupied East, reported NGO Ir Amim on Tuesday.According to
the organisation, the uptick in “touristic settlement projects” is part of an
“intensifying belt of settlement activity in and around the Old City”. “Blurring
the Green Line”, Ir Amim added, “these projects are being implemented around
the vicinity of the planned cable car recently approved”.Together, these
developments will “create a more seamless link between West Jerusalem and
particularly Silwan and divert tourist traffic from its traditional routes via
Jaffa and Damascus Gates”. middleeastmonitor
Egypt arrests 8 over Muslim Brotherhood
allegations; Amnesty described arrests as chilling
Egyptian authorities arrested eight people on
Tuesday, including secular activists and a former member of parliament, on
allegations that they plotted with the Muslim Brotherhood to undermine the
stability of the country. The arrests are the latest in a crackdown that began
in 2013 and has mainly targeted Islamist groups, but also extends to secular
critics of the regime.Those arrested on Tuesday include Ziad Al Eleimy, a
lawyer and former parliamentarian who acted as a spokesman for main youth
alliance that was at the forefront of the country’s 2011 revolution. Hossam
Mones, a leftwing activist, and Omar al-Shenety, economist and businessman,
were also among those arrested.The interior ministry said secular activists
were “provocateurs” who entered into a conspiracy named the “Hope Plan”
alongside exiled Brotherhood leaders, aimed at “toppling the state and its
institutions”.Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the
top or side of articles. News reports on Tuesday suggested that Mr Eleimy and
other detained activists had met political parties and opposition members of
parliament to explore the possibility of running in elections next year.Amnesty
International described the arrests as “chilling” and called on the Egyptian
authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release the detainees.“Their
detention is solely based on the peaceful exercise of their human rights,”
Amnesty said. “In the meantime, the Egyptian Govt must ensure that those
arrested are protected from torture and other ill-treatment, and must allow
them access to lawyers, as well as contact with their families.”Financial
Express
In Egypt, chilling wave of arbitrary arrests
as authorities intensify crackdown: amnesty
Egypt refuses to treat senior Brotherhood prisoner,
even at his own expense
A security source in Egypt has revealed that
the Interior Ministry is refusing to treat the Deputy Supreme Guide of the
Muslim Brotherhood, at his own expense and despite his deteriorating health
condition, New Khalij has reported. Businessman Khairat El-Shater is said to be
suffering from colon cancer in Al-Aqrab Prison south of Cairo and is in
desperate need of urgent medical care.The Egyptian authorities have been
accused of medical negligence by denying political prisoners of access to
adequate and appropriate treatment. However, Cairo denies the allegations and
claims that all prisoners are offered free health care.According to TV
presenter, El-Shater has received “medical care” costing Prison Authority 20,000
Egyptian pounds every month. Moussa, who
is known for being very close to Egypt’s security agencies and politicians,
claimed that, “[El-Shater] leaves prison once or twice a month because he is
hallucinating [sic] about having cancer. He asks his test to be processed in
private labs and he gets what he wants.” The senior Brotherhood official has
been held at the notorious Al-Aqrab Prison since the military coup in mid-2013
and faces several charges, notably “communicating with Hamas”. .middleeastmonitor
SLanka police overturn local council ban on
Muslims
Colombo : Sri Lanka's police Tuesday stepped
in to prevent a local council from banning Muslim traders from a weekly fair in
another backlash from the devastating Easter attacks blamed on Islamic
extremists.The local Govt body had ordered minority Muslims not to participate
in the farmer's market in the town of Dankotuwa, 47 kms north of the
capital."We got a court order against Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Saba (council)
because we can't allow this Islamophobia," local police official told AFP
by telephone. He said the local council chairman representing a political party
affiliated to former president Mahinda Rajapakse ordered Muslims to stay away,
saying their presence could trigger violence in the region. Police said there
was no basis for Tuesday's action by council when communal tensions had eased
and the region was returning to normality after several days of anti-Muslim
riots last month."We have asked courts to take action against the council
chairman for causing tension between communities," he said adding that a
hearing has been scheduled for Friday.AFP
Khashoggi killing: UN rapporteur presents
report
Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on
extrajudicial executions, is presenting her report on the killing of Jamal
Khashoggi.Callamard's presentation before the UN Human Rights Council in the
Swiss city of Geneva started at 13:00 GMT today and will be followed by a news
conference.In her 100-page report, which was made public on June 19,Callamard
says that Khashoggi's killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October
last year constituted a premeditated extrajudicial killing for which Saudi
Arabia's leadership was responsible.The report also concluded that Saudi
Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, should be investigated regarding the incident. aljazeera
Gambia's ex Prez Jammeh 'handpicked' women for
rape, abuse
Ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh
"handpicked" women to rape or sexually coerce by offering cash, gifts
and other privileges, international rights groups alleged.In a statement
released today, HRW and Swiss NGO TRIAL international said three women accused
Jammeh of rape and sexual assault while he was in office between 1996 and
2017.Jammeh's administration was notorious for its brutality and corruption,
but it was the first time that sexual abuse of women was extensively and
publicly documented.aljazeera
Uganda strains as thousands flee violence in
DR Congo's Ituri
About 7,500 people fleeing violence in the
eastern DR Congo have arrived in neighbouring Uganda since the beginning of the
month, adding pressure on already overstretched facilities. More than 300
people crossed the border every day since June 1, escaping a wave of resurgent
inter-ethnic conflict in the DRC's Ituri province, which has killed at least
160 people over the past two weeks, UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic said in a
statement on Tuesday. aljazeera
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It is unlikely that Emergency will return, but
eternal vigilance is the price for freedom: Coomi Kapoor
How the international Press stood by Indian
democracy during Emergency:Arun Anand
Modi Govt lies in Parliament on ‘One Rank, One
Pension’:Ashlin Mathew
To Sanjiv Bhatt, a Man Who Displayed the
Highest Courage:Harsh Mander
Why CJI Gogoi's Proposal to Increase the
Supreme Court's Strength Is Misplaced:The Wire Analysis
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stress need to be vigilant for democracy
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