09 July 2019:
05 Dhul Qadah 1440:Vol: 11, No:241
INDIA
Ayodhya: SC to hear plea saying mediation
proceedings not moving
New Delhi:The Supreme Court today agreed to
examine a plea of a claimant to the disputed Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land
that the mediation proceedings triggered by the court to heal hearts and minds
is making no headway.In an urgent mentioning before a Bench led by CJI Ranjan
Gogoi, the claimant asked the court to instead list the Ayodhya appeals for
hearing “at the earliest”. The application was made by Rajendra Singh, survivor
of Gopal Singh Visharad who first approached the court in 1950 for a
declaration that “he is entitled to offer worship without any obstruction
according to the rites and tenets of his religion at the birthplace of Lord
Shri Ram Chandra”. Visharad had also sought a “permanent prohibitory injunction
against the removal of the idols of Ram situated at the place of birth”. Appearing
for him, senior advocate P.S. Narasimha claimed that “not much progress” had
been made in the mediation proceedings conducted by an apex court-appointed
panel of mediators, including former top court judge, Justice FMI Kalifulla, as
Chairman; Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior advocate Sriram Panchu, a pioneer in
alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the country.“Despite initial
reluctance in process of mediation, applicant herein wholeheartedly
participated in mediation proceedings conducted by 3 eminent persons appointed
by the court. However, in the 3 meetings participated during a period of five
months, neither any concrete proposal has come from anyone nor any headway is
likely to be made in the process of mediation,” the application said. CJI has
asked him to file his application, signalling the court would examine the
plea.A 5-judge Bench led by CJI Gogoi, on May 10, granted the mediation
committee time till Aug.15 to continue with its efforts to resolve the
prolonged and strife-ridden Ayodhya title dispute. Ayodhya mediation committee
had filed an interim report dated May 7 with the Constitution Bench. The Bench
had sent the Ayodhya dispute for mediation on March 8 in a bid to heal minds
and hearts. It had given the panel an initial deadline of eight weeks.the hindu
Rohingya issue: SC to study Centre’s query on
‘refugee’ status for illegal immigrants
New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed
to examine a “substantial question” put forth by the Union government as to
whether illegal immigrants can even be considered for ‘refugee’ status.A Bench
led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi was hearing petitions filed by 2 Rohingya men against
the govt’s proposed move to deport their 40,000-strong community back to their
native land of Myanmar, where ‘discrimination and possibly summary executions
await them’.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the primary prayers made in the
petitions were to stop any proposed deportation and allow the community rights
under the international law.“But first decide whether they are refugees...
Whether illegal immigrants can even be allowed the status of refugees... This
is the substantial question here,” Mehta submitted.The court said it would
examine the issue and asked the parties and intervenors to complete pleadings
by the next hearing. Rohingya, who fled to India after violence in the State of
Rakhine in Myanmar, are settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, UP, Delhi-NCR and
Rajasthan. Petitions said Centre’s move violated the constitutional guarantee
that the Indian State should “protect the life and liberty of every human
being, whether citizen or not.”Panic struck the refugee community following
media reports of a statement made by then Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju in Parliament that Centre had directed the States to
identify and deport illegal immigrants, including Rohingya. During the hearing,
Justice Aniruddha Bose, on Bench, asked if there were any formal guidelines,
legal norms or policy decisions to determine a refugee. Senior advocate Colin
Gonsalves, for the petitioners, said UNHCR conducted intensive questioning of
the immigrants to determine whether they had fled persecution or if they had
crossed across for sheer economic interests. If the former, they were granted
refugee status.
PIL in SC seeking guidelines to define term
'minority'
New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the
Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Centre's 26-year-old notification
declaring 5 communities-Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsees - as
minorities. Petition filed by advocate and BJP member Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay
has sought to declare as unconstitutional section 2 (c) of National Commission
for Minority Act, 1992, under which the notification was issued on Oct.23,
1993. He has sought direction for laying down of guidelines for defining the
term 'minority', based on state-wise population of a community instead of the
national average. He contended that the notification was violative of
fundamental rights to health, education, shelter and livelihood. It is also
against the equality, justice and secularism, the great golden goals set out in
Preamble to the Constitution, he said. The advocate said he was filing the PIL
on the issue as he did not receive any response on his representation from
Union Home Ministry, Ministry of Law & Justice and National Commission for
Minorities. In his petition, the BJP leader said Hindus, who are a majority
community as per national data, are a minority in several north-eastern states
and in Jammu and Kashmir. PTI
Rajasthan police seek nod from Alwar court to
reinvestigate case against Pehlu Khan’s sons
Jaipur: Rajasthan police has sought permission
from an Alwar court to investigate further the cow smuggling case against the
two sons of Pehlu Khan, who was lynched two years ago for allegedly
transporting the animals illegally.The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in
Rajasthan had faced criticism a fortnight ago after a chargesheet was filed
against Pehlu Khan’s sons, Irshad Khan (25) Aarif Khan (22), and a truck operator,
Khan Mohammad, in the cow smuggling case. Gehlot had then responded that the
police could reinvestigate aspects of the cow smuggling case, registered when
BJP government was in power.Alwar SP Anil Paris Deshmukh said on July 9 that
the police had filed an application in the court of Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate on July 6, seeking permission to further investigate the cow
smuggling case.“Certain aspects will be further investigated. His sons have
said that they were going to sell the animals in Tapukara [in Alwar] and the
truck operator claims that he had sold the vehicle to someone else before the
incident had taken place,” SP Deshmukh said.Earlier, the police had said the
animals were being taken to Haryana. Also, Mohammad could be absolved from the
charges if it is proved that the truck did not now belong to him.PTI
Gujarat: Self-proclaimed gau rakshak assaults
train driver multiple times as train hits cow accidentally
New Delhi:A train driver became the victim of
the ire of gau rakshaks in Gujarat after the locomotive ran over a cow.Loco-pilot
GA Jhala was operating the Gwalior-Ahmedabad superfast on Saturday. When the
train reached near the Sidhpur junction in Patan, a cow jumped on to the
track.While the stationmaster showed a red flag, Jhala ignored the sign and
slammed into the animal.As the loco-pilot contacted railway staff for the
removal of the carcass from the track, a passenger, identified as 28-year-old
Bipinsingh Rajput, on the train started abusing Jhala.According to TOI, Rajput
identified himself as a gau rakshak and started assaulting the loco-pilot.Soon,
a mob of 150 gau rakshaks gathered near the spot and started threatening the
loco-pilot.As the train resumed its journey, Rajput again assaulted Jhala at
two other junctions.When the loco-pilot got down at Mehsana to get help from
the police, Rajput attacked him once again. However, he was taken into custody
by Gujarat Railway Police.Police officers revealed that Rajput was angered by
the fact that railway staff had tried to cut the cow carcass to dispose it off.
"When railway personnel told him they were just removing the dead animal,
he got belligerent and began asking them how they could kill a cow. He then
assaulted the loco pilot," the officer said.India Today
MP: 3 Bajrang Dal activists held for tying 25
cattle movers, forcing them to chant ‘Gau mata ki jai’
Bhopal: 3 Bajrang Dal activists were taken
into custody Monday for allegedly tying and parading 25 persons for
transporting cattle without permit in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh on
Sunday.The police said Vinod Kishanlal, Rajesh Varma and Prince Mehta were
helped by lathi-wielding villagers who used a rope to tie the 25 persons and
parade them from Sanwalikheda village to the Khalwa Police Station while making
them sit-ups and shout ‘Gau Mata Ki Jai’.Inspector Harishankar Rawat told The
Indian Express that the trio has been booked under IPC sections 294 (obscene
acts and songs), 323 (punishment for voluntary causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily
causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 342 (punishment for wrongful
confinement) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common
intention). He said efforts are on to identify other activists and villagers
who were involved in the incident.25 persons, including seven Muslims, have
been booked under the prohibition of cow slaughter act and the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act. The cattle included bulls and calves and have been sent
to a gaushala. The 25 were presented before a magistrate in Harsud who sent
them to judicial custody.indianexpress
Case against Tik Tok influencers for video
asking revenge for Tabrez lynching
Mumbai:An alleged "hate-mongering"
video asking revenge for Jharkhand mob lynching victim, Tabrez Ansari, has
surfaced on social media, prompting Mumbai police to register a case against
unidentified Tik Tok 'influencers', an official said Monday.Meanwhile, in
response to allegations that those featured in video are working in albums of
Zee Music Company, latter has removed the video of 'influencers' from all the
platforms. The short video, released through media application TikTok, shows
five youths saying, "You may have killed that innocent Tabrez, but
tomorrow if his son takes revenge, do not say that all Muslims are
terrorists".PTI
Jharkhand lynching case: High Court asks state
to submit report on Tabrez Ansari’s death
Jharkhand High Court on Monday asked the state
government to submit a report on the death of Tabrez Ansari who was assaulted
by a mob in Seraikela Kharswan district on June 18, PTI reported. The court
asked the state to submit the report on the action taken at the next date of
the hearing, July 17.PIL, filed by Pankaj Yadav, demanded a high-level
investigation into the incident. The division bench of justices HC Mishra and
Deepak Roshan also directed the Ranchi Police to submit a report on July 17 on
the recent episodes of such violence in the district.scroll.in/PTI
Jharkhand: Over 500 Muslims defy Sec 144 in
Ramgarh to protest against mob lynching
A group of over 500 people belonging to Muslim
community gathered in a school in Jharkhand's Ramgarh on Monday to protest
against the rising incidents of mob lynchings plaguing their community even
amid prohibitory orders issued by Ramgarh administration, TOI reported.The
group, under banner of the Mutheda Muslim Mahaj, met at Chitrarpur High School
just off National Highway 23 in Gola Road area, to voice their grievances
regarding violence against their community. They had earlier sought permission
from the district administration for a demonstration rally, which was at first
granted but cancelled later on keeping in mind the incidents of violence that
are increasingly being associated with anti-mob lynching rallies in the state,
the report said.DNA /TOI
Curbing lynching: Certificates to be issued
for cattle transport in UP
Lucknow :In order to curb incidents of mob
lynching, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday ordered the Gau Sewa Aayog
to issue certificates for transportation of cattle.At a meeting of the
Commission held in Lucknow, the Chief Minister instructed that if a person
takes cows from one place to another then “Gau Sewa Aayog should provide him
the certificate and take responsibility of his security arrangements so that
incidents like mob lynching do not happen”, a government spokesperson said.The
chief minister also directed the Aayog officials to stop cow smuggling and
asked them to inspect cow shelters.In order to tackle the problem of stray
cattle, the Chief Minister also directed that if a farmer has two cows and is
not using them commercially, then the government would give him Rs 30 per day
for the fodder of each cow. To undertake this plan, a pilot project in
Bundelkhand region will be launched, the spokesperson said.indianexpress
Yogi Adityanath govt to give Rs 900 for upkeep
of stray cattle in Bundelkhand
Ahmedabad: Dalit youth hacked to death in front
of police team
Ahmedabad :A Dalit youth was hacked to death
on Monday by his in-laws in Ahmedabad’s Varmor village even when he was
escorted by a police team for negotiations with his pregnant wife’s parents,
who belonged to an upper caste.The deceased, identified as Haresh Kumar
Solanki, a native of Kutch, had sought help from a Women’s helpline called
Abhayam in order to convince his father-in-law to let his two months pregnant
wife Urmila sinh to return with him to Kutch. According to Bhavika, a woman
counselor with 181 Abhayam helpline, who was in Varmor with the deceased youth
on Monday evening, as many as eight persons attacked Haresh with swords,
sticks, knives, and rods while he was sitting in the government vehicle outside
the house of his in-laws.Police have named eight persons as accused of the
murder of Solanki in the first information report with Dashrathsinh Zala,
father of Urmila, as prime accused.“The victim had sought the help of 181
Abhayam teams in order to convince his in-laws to let his wife go back to Kutch
with him. A woman constable was present with him at the spot but she was there
to negotiate with the parents of the woman. We have made multiple teams to nab
all the accused who remain on the run as of now. Accounts of eyewitnesses have
also been taken into consideration so that the accused can be arrested at the
earliest,” said PD Manvar, deputy superintendent of police, SC/ST Cell,
Ahmedabad Rural.According to Bhavika, she received a call around 12 pm on
Monday from Haresh regarding counselling of his wife’s parents.“I received a
call from Haresh who asked me to reach Mandal bus stand around 4 pm on Monday
so that a team could reach Varmor village with him to talk to Dashrathsinh and
others. He said that his wife Urmila is two months pregnant and after marriage,
she has been staying at her parents’ place.indian express
Bill to tag individuals as 'terrorist'
introduced in LS, Oppn protests
New Delhi :A bill which seeks to allow an
individual suspected to have terror links to be designated as a 'terrorist' was
introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday even as the opposition said the provision
could prove to be draconian.Opposing UAPA Bill,2019, NK Premchandran (RSP)
claimed that in the name of tackling terror, fundamental rights of an
individual cannot be foregone. He said there is no clarity on government's
claims that NIA finds it difficult to deal with such individuals at present. He
said the House should not be kept in the dark on difficulties being faced by
the anti-terror agency. Shashi Tharoor (Cong) described the amendment bill as
"hastily brought". He said there were several provisions in laws in
place to go after individuals.Tharoor also accused the government of failing to
take up pre-legislative consultation before brining in the bill.He said late
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also opposed to such a provision and the BJP-led
government should keep in mind the views of the veteran leader.Minister of
State for Home G Kishan Reddy, who introduced the bill on behalf of Home
Minister Amit Shah, said when the UN can name Hafiz Saeed as a terrorist, why
can't India do the same with such people.Asserting that the govt believes in
"zero tolerance" towards terrorism, the minister said a provision is
needed to designate "individual terrorist" in the law.Amendment to
Schedule 4 of UAPA will allow NIA to designate an individual suspected to have
terror links as a terrorist. As of now, only organisations are designated as
'terrorist organisations'.PTI
Indian Newspaper Society asks govt to roll
back customs duty on newsprint
New Delhi:Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has
asked the Union government to withdraw the 10% customs duty imposed on
newsprint, uncoated paper used for printing newspapers and lightweight coated
papers used for magazines, pointing out that it has imposed an “unbearable
burden” on the industry.It also highlighted the issue of inadequate
availability of some kinds of newsprint, and total unavailability of some
others in the country, creating the need for imports.In a statement issued on
Monday, the officiating secretary general of the Indian Newspaper Society Mary
Paul said: “Publishers of newspapers and magazines are already reeling under
severe financial pressure due to many factors like lower advertisement
revenues, higher costs and digital onslaught from technological giants. Small
and medium newspapers will go into deeper losses and many of them will be
forced to close down.”HT
"No Longer Acceptable": Trump's New
Tweet Attack On India Over Tariffs
US President Donald Trump lashed out at India
once again on Tuesday, saying that the country "has long had a field
day" with tariffs and it was "no longer acceptable". Mr Trump's
tweet was the latest in what many analysts have called a fledgling trade war
that have seen the two major economies clash over import tariffs on each
other's products.The comment comes just before India and US are set to resume
their bilateral trade talks, with senior officials of US Trade Representative (USTR)
visiting New Delhi next week. It also follows talks between Donald Trump and PM
Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Japan.Last month Trump had
demanded India withdraw retaliatory tariffs imposed by New Delhi, calling the
duties "unacceptable" in a stern message that signalled the alarming
deterioration of trade ties between the two nations.ndtv
RSS role in ‘nation-building’ now a part of
Maharashtra varsity’s syllabus
Nagpur: The history of RSS and its role in
‘nation-building’ have been included in syllabus of a university based in
Nagpur, where the Sangh has headquarters. The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj
Nagpur University has included RSS history in the second year BA (History)
course.While the third section of the syllabus has details about the role of
RSS in nation-building, the first section speaks about the establishment of the
Congress party and the rise of Jawaharlal Nehru and the second section dwells
on issues like the civil disobedience movement.A source close to the
development said the move is part of efforts to make students aware about ‘new
trends’ in history.PTI
In CBI crackdown on corruption, nationwide
raids at 110 locations in 30 cases
New Delhi:CBI is conducting searches at 110
places across 19 states in its probe on cases of corruption and criminal
misconduct.“In a nationwide action, CBI is today conducting searches at around
110 places in 19 States/ Union Territories. CBI has registered around 30 separate
cases relating to corruption, criminal misconduct and arms smuggling etc,” said
a CBI official.Searches were being conducted in various cities including Delhi,
Bharatpur, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar, Pune, Jaipur, Goa, Kanpur,
Raipur, Hyderabad, Madurai, Kolkata, Rourkela, Ranchi, Bokaro, Lucknow and
other places in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,
Haryana, Andhraby Pradesh, Karnataka and Bihar.HT
Kartarpur Corridor construction work on track:
sources
India on Tuesday reiterated that construction
work for the Kartarpur Corridor project that will allow pilgrims here to access
the famed gurudwara on Pakistani territory was on track. Giving a detailed
description of the work under way, sources said a passenger terminal building,
a four-lane highway and other amenities were being built at a fast pace.The
response came after The Tribune paper carried a report suggesting that India
was lagging behind, whereas Pakistan had completed 70% of the work.“A 4-lane
highway connecting zero point of the Kartarpur corridor up to National Highway
354 is being constructed by the National Highway Authority of India. Nearly 45%
of the work has been completed. The road is scheduled to be completed by 30
September 2019,” said the source.thehindu
New twist to Karnataka crisis: Speaker rejects
resignation of 8 MLAs for not being in ‘proper format’
Bengaluru:Days after 13 Congress-JD(S) MLAs
submitted their resignation from the Assembly pushing the Karnataka coalition
on the brink of collapse, Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar Tuesday rejected letters of
eight such legislators for not being in order and asked them to send letters as
per the correct format.“I have to make a conscious decision. Every step I take
will become history, so I can’t be committing a mistake. Future generations
should not look at me like an accused,” Kumar said. The Speaker also asked 5
MLAs whose resignations are in order to meet him personally on Friday and
Monday. Meanwhile, his office is also examining the letter of suspended
Congress MLA Roshan Baig who submitted his resignation earlier in the day. Questioned
on whether the Congress legal cell had written to him that the resignations
should not be accepted, Kumar said he has not seen the letter yet. “I left the
office on Saturday. I came only today. Whichever cell has written, I have to go
through it now,” he told journalists at the Vidhana Soudha. “Whether I will
decide it today or in the next two hours, doing it 2 years later, these are all
irrelevant questions to me. I have to respond to the sentiments of the
people.”indian express
Temple Statues Reinstalled In Delhi's Hauz
Qazi Days After Communal Clash
NEW DELHI: Days after a communal clash in
Delhi Hauz Qazi area, the statues at the temple which was vandalized were
reinstalled today. On July 1, a minor scuffle between two individuals over
parking took a communal turn; 17 people were arrested in the case.As part of
the reinstallation process, a procession was carried out in the area, followed
by several rituals at the temple. The procession had several chariots carrying
statues of various Gods and were escorted by bands playing music. Some chariots
also had artists dressed up as Shiva.Right wing groups such as Bajrang Dal and
Vishwa Hindu also participated in the procession with saffron flags.The procession
was organised by the peace committee of the area which comprises of both Hindus
and Muslims.But all was done under heavy security deployment of the Delhi
Police and the CRPF. Nearly two kilometres area around the temple was cordoned
off and no vehicles were allowed. The area was kept open only for
pedestrians.Muslims in the area offered support by serving food to
participants.NDTV
Pragya’s motorcycle, used in Malegaon blast,
brought to trial court
Mumbai :LML Freedom motorcycle, allegedly used
to plant explosives for a blast in Malegaon that killed six persons and injured
101 on Sept.29, 2008, made its first appearance before the trial court
Monday.Registered in the name of accused Pragya Singh Thakur, who is out on
bail and has since been elected BJP MP from Bhopal, the motorcycle was found in
a damaged condition at the blast site. Witness, who had conducted the spot
panchnama, identified two motorcycles — an LML Freedom and a Honda Unicorn —
and 5 bicycles shown to him Monday as the same that he had seen at the blast
site in 2008.Part of the muddemal or articles which form evidence in a trial,
the two motorcycles and five bicycles, seized from the blast site at Bhiku
chowk in Malegaon, were examined by the Forensic Science Laboratory and later
sent to the Maharashtra ATS which had investigated the case
earlier.indianexpress
Raj Thackeray meets Sonia Gandhi, discusses
EVM issue, Maharashtra political situation
MNS chief Raj Thackeray met Congress
parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi and discussed the issue of EVMs and the
political situation in Maharashtra where assembly elections are scheduled to
take place later this year.Thackeray met Gandhi at her residence at 10 Janpath
here, sources said. The two leaders mainly discussed the EVM issue, but they
also exchanged views on the political situation in the state in view of the
upcoming assembly polls in the state, they said.PTI
Hurriyat can’t tell govt when to talk: Ram
Madhav
Jammu :BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on
Monday said Hurriyat Conference is not in a position to dictate to the
government on the dialogue process.Responding to a statement by PDP chief
Mehbooba Mufti, asking Centre to hold talks with Hurriyat leaders as they are
willing to participate in the dialogue process, Madhav said, “Hurriyat is not in
a position to dictate to Govt of India on when to hold talks and when not to
hold talks.’’He said that the government and the then Union Home Minister had
made such an offer to the separatists nearly two years ago when Dineshwar
Sharma, former IB chief, was appointed Special Representative to engage with
all stakeholders in the Valley.“Hurriyat was not willing to come forward to
talk (then). They cannot decide and dictate the time for holding talks to the
Government of India. It is the prerogative of Union Home Ministry to hold talks
within the ambit of the Constitution of India,’’ he said, adding, “rest GoI
will decide’’.He also said that as far as the BJP’s view is concerned, those in
support of terrorists and separatists cannot be entertained. indianexpress
Will oppose any move to abrogate Article 370,
35A: JD(U)
Srinagar :While the BJP has been harping on
abrogating Article 370, its NDA ally JDU has said they will oppose any move to
abrogate or tinker with the special constitutional position of Jammu and
Kashmir.“It is a very serious issue. JD(U)believes that Article 370 should
remain intact and there is no tinkering with 35A,” JD(U) secretary general K C
Tyagi, who is leading a team of his party members on a three-day visit to the
Valley to prepare for Assembly polls, said. “While being a part of NDA, we will
oppose any move to abrogate Article 370 or 35A.”Tyagi called for talks with all
stakeholders before any decision on the special constitutional position of the
State. “First, they (Centre) should try to create a consensus within NDA on
35A,” he said. “After that they should talk to all the stakeholders, whether
National Conference, PDP, BJP or any other party.”indianexpress
Rights violations in contested Kashmir
continue unchecked, UN report says:Reuters
Srinagar:Tensions in Kashmir after a deadly
suicide bombing earlier this year are having a severe impact on human rights in
the region, a UN report released on Monday said.The report, by UN Human Rights
Council, says that arbitrary detentions during search operations by Indian
troops are leading to a range of human rights violations.Despite the high
numbers of civilians killed in the vicinity of gun battles between security
forces and militants, “there is no information about any new investigation into
excessive use of force leading to casualties”, it said.The report was also
critical of special legal regimes used by India in Kashmir, saying
accountability for violations committed by troops remains virtually
non-existent.The report says that in nearly three decades that emergency laws
have been in force in Jammu and Kashmir, there has not been a single
prosecution of armed forces personnel granted by the central govt in a civilian
court.It called for the repeal of special powers protecting troops from
prosecution. In response, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said
the report presented a “false and motivated narrative” on the state of the region.
Burhan Wani death anniversary: Shutdown in
Valley, Amarnath convoy movement suspended
Srinagar:With a complete shutdown observed in
Kashmir Valley to mark third death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen militant
Burhan Wani, the administration suspended the movement of a convoy of nearly
5,000 pilgrims, who had to leave Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas for the
Amarnath shrine on Monday morning, in view of strike call by the Joint
Resistance Leadership. Authorities also imposed restrictions in several parts
of the Valley to prevent any protest march. Roads in Srinagar and elsewhere
wore a deserted look on Monday with commercial shops and business
establishments remaining shut. Reports of a complete shutdown were also
received from other districts in the Valley and educational institutes across
Kashmir were closed.Train service was suspended for security reasons in the
Valley. Mobile internet services were suspended in several areas of South
Kashmir.Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest.
Police sources said that additional security personnel were deployed at
sensitive spots to prevent protests.A senior police officer said that no law
and order problem was reported from any part of the Valley. “The situation
overall was peaceful,” the officer said.indianexpress
Disabled detainee’s wife clings to ‘last hope’
in Assam’s NRC push
Juria:Of his entire family based in Assam’s
Nagaon district, only Azizul Hoque finds himself out of the National Register
of Citizens. Paralysed in the lower half of one leg, and ailing, the
41-year-old failed to appear for a hearing at a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT), and
has spent the past two years at a detention centre in Tezpur for illegal
migrants.Last week, the Supreme Court issued a notice to Centre and Assam govt
on his appeal. Struggling to keep her composure, his 26-year-old wife Marzina
Khatun, says, “In the last two years, my 4-year-old son and I have gone to meet
him at jail numerous times. Every time we go, he looks at our son and starts
crying. I start crying too. He keeps repeating, ‘Please take me out of here’.
The developments in the Supreme Court have given us some hope. It’s our last hope…
everything else has failed.”Khatun is Hoque’s second wife, the first one
reportedly left as she didn’t want to live with a disabled. Hoque, a resident
of Singi Pathar village, made a living as a hand-cart puller, earning roughly
Rs 200 per day, according to his eldest brother Khairul Islam, a vegetable shop
owner. indianexpress
CISF jawan tagged doubtful voter, in Assam NRC
exclusion list
Guwahati:A Central Industrial Security Force
(CISF) jawan in Assam has been served notice as a ‘D’, or doubtful voter less
than two months after retired soldier Mohammed Sanaullah was declared a
foreigner.The tag relegated Mamud Ali, 47, to additional list of people
excluded from NRC being updated in Assam. This list has 1.02 lakh names that
had earlier passed scrutiny to be in the draft NRC published in July
2018.D-voters are those who have been disenfranchised during electoral roll
revision for their alleged lack of proper citizenship credentials with their
cases pending in one of 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals (FTs) across Assam. But the
notice that Ali received was from the NRC in the Kamrup district service centre
that processed the documents of his family.Mr. Ali is posted at an industrial
unit in West Bengal’s Bankura district. He took emergency leave and rushed back
home in western Assam’s Dalagaon after a panchayat leader sent him the copy of
the notice via WhatsApp.thehindu
Telangana: 40 students fall ill after
consuming hostel food in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: As many as 40 students from the
Telangana Minorities Education Residential School were admitted in a hospital
on Monday after they displayed symptoms of food poisoning here."Of the 40
students admitted, two of them were suffering from diarrhea. The conditions of
the students are stable and one student was discharged from the hospital,"
an official from the Niloufer Hospital said.Reportedly, the students fell sick
after they allegedly consumed food from the hostel.ANI
Activists from Across the Country Demand the
Release of Sanjiv Bhatt
New Delhi:Terming the imprisonment of Sanjiv
Bhatt ‘state repression’, social activists from across the country have
demanded the release of jailed IPS officer at a meeting held here by National
Confederation of Human Rights Organization,(NCHRO). “Because he spoke the truth
before Nanavati Commission about perpetrators of 2002-Gujarat pogrom. It was
the only reason for Modi regime to target him” said Shweta Bhatt, wife of
Sanjiv Bhatt, while addressing the press conference.“It is not the issue of
Sanjiv’s family; it is for all. Today it is Sanjiv; tomorrow anybody among you.
Come on the streets; raise your voice louder for justice”, she appealed the
nation.“There is no iota of evidence, in which Sanjiv was convicted. The
conduct of the case is arbitrary, unjust and unfair”said Adv. K.P. Shareef,
Vice-Chairperson of NCHRO. Deepika S Rajawat, the lawyer of Asifa case in
Srinagar, Abdul Wahid Sait, also attended Press Conference. caravandaily
Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking rules for LGBT
marriage
Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL
seeking directions to the government to frame family laws for LGBT
relationships and form a committee to look into these issues. A division bench
presided by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice C. Harishankar turned down the
plea filed by Tajinder Singh after noting centre's response in the matter
stating that drafting of law was the prerogative of the Legislature. IANS
Aadhaar Ordinance is no longer valid as
Parliament has passed amended law, Centre tells Delhi HC
Centre on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court
that the Aadhaar Ordinance “does not survive” as the Aadhaar and Other Laws
(Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been passsed by Parliament, PTI reported. The court
was hearing a petition challenging the validity of the Ordinance.The amended
law allows the voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity for opening bank
accounts and getting mobile phone connections. The Rajya Sabha cleared the bill
through a voice vote on Monday, four days after it was passed by the Lok Sabha.
WORLD
Afghan talks: Rival sides agree on 'road map
for peace'
Doha:2-day peace talks, attended by Afghan
delegates and Taliban representatives in the Qatari capital of Doha, have ended
with both sides calling to reduce civilian casualties to "zero" amid
the rising death toll in the war-torn country.The so-called intra-Afghan
dialogue, sponsored by Qatar and Germany, between Afghan politicians, civil
society members, including women, and the Taliban is seen as a substantive step
towards peace in Afghanistan."… Committed to respect and protect the
dignity of people, their life and property and to minimise the civilian
casualties to zero," a joint statement released at the end of the talks in
Doha said late on Monday.The statement also pledged to guarantee the security
of public institutions."Ensuring the security of public institutions, such
as schools, religious madrassas, hospitals, markets, water dams and other
working locations," the statement said.Qari Din Mohammad Hanif, a member
of the Taliban delegation, said the group of Afghan delegates which also
included members from the Afghan government, was on the same page on civilian
casualties."Afghan people will be protected, we have always wanted this,
they are never the target," he told Al Jazeera."We have all agreed to
the fact that the civilians should not be affected, war continues, but our aim
is to reduce civilian casualties to zero."The promises came a day after at
least 18 people were killed and more than 180 wounded, including scores of
children, in a car bomb attack claimed by the Taliban which has been running a
bloody armed rebellion since it was removed from power in 2001.The so-called
intra-Afghan meetings, which follow six days of direct US-Taliban talks, also
in Doha, saw the participation of about 50 Afghan politicians and activists,
including 10 female delegates.The gathering was organised in a bid to initiate
direct dialogue between the rival sides that have been at constant war.The
talks were also aimed at sustaining peace after the expected withdrawal of
US-led NATO troops. aljazeera
US, Taliban talks end after rival Afghans
agree on 'roadmap for peace'
Palestinian children’s right to education
denied in Israel prisons
Palestinian children from Jerusalem arrested
by Israeli occupation forces are subjected to “a deliberate policy to de-educate”,
reported prisoners’ rights group Addameer. “Over 800 Palestinian children from
Jerusalem were arrested in 2018”, and the year “ended with at least 41 detained
children from occupied East Jerusalem.” Although, “under international human
rights law, Palestinian children, including those in detention, have the right
to adequate education”, “this right is denied in Israeli prisons”, stated
Addameer. Palestinian children typically get a range of 20 hours a week of
classes, compared to an average of 35 hours in regular schools, organisation
reported.“Most of the time the classes do not meet the level of the child and
at times children do not get any form of education in prison.”MEMO
US Spl Representative : US to reopen PLO
office if talks with Israel resume
US Special Representative for International
Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, has said that the White House is to reopen the
PLO’s office in Washington if Israeli-Palestinian talks resume.In an interview
with the Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam published yesterday, he said: “PLO office
in Washington can be reopened once negotiations are resumed.”“The PLO office
could have been kept open if it was involved in a peace process,” he said,
noted that it was closed “because President Abbas threatened Israel with going
to the ICC.”Regarding the closure of the consulate in Jerusalem, he said: “We
have a responsibility to American taxpayers. If we have a diplomatic mission in
Jerusalem because we have now recognised that Jerusalem is the capital of
Israel, the presence of two diplomatic missions in Jerusalem is a waste of
money from taxpayers.”He added: “What we have done is that we have established
a unit for Palestinian affairs at the embassy, the same group of people who
have the same knowledge of dealing with the Palestinians and are in the same
building.”MEMO
Israel FM flies over Saudi to reach UAE
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz flew
through Saudi airspace with the kingdom’s consent while making his way to an
official visit to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi last week, according to Arab48.Katz
visited the UAE as part of UN Environment Conference and discussed the threat
of a nuclear Iran, amongst other issues. He also presented “Paths for Regional
Peace” initiative to link Israel with the Gulf countries by a railway that
would pass through Jordan.This is not the first time that the kingdom has
allowed flights to and from Israel to pass through its airspace. Last March,
Air India made a journey to Israel by flying over Saudi Arabia for the first
time, reducing travel times by 2.5 hours. This move was been seen as a sign of
thawing ties between the occupation state and the kingdom.middleeastmonitor
Egypt: Al-Sisi appoints top judges after
constitutional amendments
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi swore
in the heads of 2 top judicial bodies over the weekend following constitutional
amendments passed in April that granted the president increased power over the
selection process allegedly as part of his ongoing fight against terrorism.In
June parliament approved two laws granting the president the power to select
heads of the military judiciary and the five other judicial bodies in the
country. Previously the president was only allowed to appoint the most senior
judge and courts selected their own chiefs.Though many Egyptian judges are
pro-regime and have issued death sentences en masse to members of the
Brotherhood and other members of the opposition, including to children, they
are not completely under the president’s command.middleeastmonitor
Egypt sentences 5 convicts to 25 yrs in jail
for spying for Iran
A Cairo criminal court sentenced 5 convicts to
25 years in prison in absentia on Sunday over charges ofspying for Iran.
Another convict, who was present at the cage, was sentenced to 15 years in
jail; meanwhile, all of the convicts were fined US$ 30,000each.A total of 32
sessions of the trial were held secretly since June 2018; however, media
reporters were allowed to attend the final trial. Dozens of Egyptians, who
allegedly belong to the Muslim Brotherhood group, are being tried over charges
of spying for foreign countries and organizations like Turkey, Qatar, Hamas,
and Hezbollah. Egypt Today
Sudan: Opposition coalition says military and
FFC agreement excludes other parties
An opposition alliance in Sudan said that the
Transitional Military Council has “excluded” political parties by negotiating
with Forces of Declaration of Freedom and Change (FFC) only, and not with other
opposition groups. Ali Al-Hajj of the Coordination of National Forces told a
press conference that his alliance had informed the head of TMC, Abdul Fattah
Al-Burhan, that they reject the agreement.Al-Hajj, who serves as
secretary-general of Popular Congress Party, called on the FFC to negotiate
with the parties directly, and exclude the military from the political scene.
He added that the parties were meeting on Monday to discuss the deal.On Friday
morning, the FFC and TMC, which has been ruling the country since the ousting
of President Omar Al-Bashir in April,announced a power-sharing agreement for a
transitional period leading to elections. The deal, brokered by Ethiopia and
the African Union, includes the establishment of a sovereign council that will
lead a transitional period for 3 years and 3 months.MEMO
Yemen's Houthi rebels urge full withdrawal of
Saudi-led coalition
Yemen's Houthi rebels have called for the full
withdrawal of a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE after the
latter said it had begun reducing its deployment in the war-torn
country."We call on the aggressors to withdraw from Yemen, as the Republic
of Yemen rejects aggression, siege and air embargo," Mohammed Ali
al-Houthi, head of Houthi rebels' Supreme Revolutionary Committee, tweeted. "Withdrawing
from Yemen is the ideal decision that must be taken at this time," he
added.
Sister of Saudi Crown Prince faces verdict
over ‘beating workman’ in France
The sister of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,
Mohammad Bin Salaman (MBS), faces a verdict in a French trial pertaining to
allegedly beating a workman who was refurbishing her ultra-luxury apartment in
Paris.Princess Hassa bint Salman is due to go on trial in absentia on charges
of complicity to violence with a weapon and complicity to kidnap an
Egyptian-born artisan who was carrying out repairs at her father’s residence on
the exclusive Avenue Foch in Sept 2016.indianexpress
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