17 July 2019:
13 Dhul Qadah 1440:Vol: 11, No:247
INDIA
Home minister Amit Shah pitches for nationwide
NRC, says 'infiltrators' in every inch of India will be identified and deported
New Delhi: Once again pitching for National
Register of Citizen to be a nationwide exercise and not just restricted to
Assam, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Rajya Sabha that the Govt will
ensure that all illegal settlers in India are deported as per international
law.The minister was replying to a supplementary query by Samajwadi Party
member Javed Ali Khan on whether NRC will be implemented in other states as
well." Currently, NRC is a part of Assam Accord.Centre – as per its
election manifesto – is dedicated to weaning out illegal immigrants from every
inch of this country. We will make sure that all such immigrants are deported
as per international law," he said. Shah’s statement came on a day when
his ministry informed the House that it was contemplating pushing the July 31
deadline to release the final NRC in Assam further to "maintain
fairness" of procedure.Noting that the Centre has received many
representations for extending NRC deadline in Assam, Minister of State for Home
Affairs Nityanand Rai said a petition signed by about 25 lakh applicants
submitted to Centre and the President demanded extension to correct anomalies. Since
many genuine names have been left out and many bogus names are registered, the
minister said, "So the Govt has requested the Court to extend the time for
this purpose. There will be some delay but the NRC will be implemented properly
without any faults," he said, asserting that the Govt's intention is to
ensure no genuine citizen is left out of NRC.To a query on number of Rohingya
Muslims in India, Rai said, "We don't have an accurate data. They are
spread across the country. Some of them have gone back to Bangladesh. We will
get the data soon."The govt's intention is to ensure no illegal immigrant
is registered under the NRC. Foreigner tribunals have also been set up to curb
illegal stay of foreigners in India, he added.In its manifesto for Lok Sabha polls,
the party had promised to “implement the NRC in a phased manner in other parts
of the country”. He has also said that the Govt would bring a Bill in
Parliament to provide citizenship to “Hindus refugees” left out of the NRC.News18.com
NRC deadline approaching, families stranded in
Assam floods stay home, don’t want to be rescued
Morigaon: For 2 days now, Parvesh Kumar, a
rescuer from NDRF, has been trying to persuade Rina Begum, a resident of
Tulsibari village in Assam’s Morigaon district, to leave her half-submerged
house.Over the last 48 hours, as rescuers shuttle her neighbours from their
marooned homes to dry land, Begum, a 50-year-old grandmother of 4, watched but
remained defiant. “How can we leave our home?” she says, standing in waist-deep
water.Kumar says Begum’s family isn’t the only reluctant one.“There are many
families who are refusing to leave their homes,” he says.“Yesterday, we went to
a very remote area. There were 20 people stuck in one house, but only 7 came
back with us.” The team still gave the villagers their phone number, in case
they changed their mind. Later at night, as the water rose, Kumar got a call.
“When it gets worse, they change their mind usually,” he says.In
minority-dominated areas of Assam, home and land are tangible markers of
identity in a state that is days away from the July 31 deadline for publication
of the final NRC.“This could be one of the reasons that they feel so scared to
leave their homes,” says an official from the local administration. When the
rains came on July 8,Begum did not pay much attention. But by Sunday afternoon,
when 2 embankments in Laharighat and Bhuragaon revenue circles were breached
and the water rose above their waists, Begum and her daughter started stowing
away their paddy on the roof. As did her sister-in-law and niece, in the house
next door.Their husbands, daily wage workers, were in Dibrugarh.Begum’s family
is among 52 lakh people who have been affected by first wave of floods this
monsoon. At least 30 out of 33 districts in Assam are reeling, with 1,47,304
people in 695 relief camps.Many say it’s the worse deluge in more than a
decade.In Morigaon, over 5 lakh people were affected. In Laharighat revenue
circle, where Begum’s home is,1lakh people were affected,with NDRF in action
for past 5 days.indianexpress
Govt notifies top panel to look into Assam
Accord clause on social, cultural identity
Govt has notified a high-level committee that
is expected to look into the implementation of a clause of Assam Accord that
seeks to provide safeguards to preserve and promote social, cultural and
linguistic identity of Assamese people.The committee, headed by retired Gauhati
High Court judge Biplab Kumar Sarma, will also make recommendations on
reservation for Assamese people in the Assembly, and other local bodies.It will
also look into the need for reservation in Govt jobs for Assamese people,
besides recommending measures required to preserve culture and identity of local
people.Intended as part of Clause 6 of Assam Accord, the committee was notified
by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday. The committee was first notified
in January, but its members did not join in protest against the citizenship
amendment Bill.Notably, All-Assam Students Union,among signatories of the
accord, is also demanding rights over land and natural resources for Assamese
people.indianexpress
Parliament passes bill to give NIA more
powers, Opposition fears misuse
Parliament today passed a bill giving more
powers to NIA to probe terrorist acts against Indians and Indian interests
abroad amid Opposition’s reservation over the law that feared NIA can be
misused by the Centre and that it may encroach upon the states’ rights of
policing. The Bill amends NIA Act, 2008 that provides for a national-level
agency to investigate and prosecute offences listed in the scheduled offences,
was passed by Rajya Sabha with a voice vote.Further, the Act allows for
creation of Special Courts for trial of scheduled offences. Defending the bill,
the Govt refuted opposition's allegations of "misuse" of NIA law to
target members of a community, and stressed that people have given the mandate
to the Govt to protect the country from terrorism. The amendments to NIA Act
will allow the agency to probe terrorist acts against Indians and Indian
interests abroad, cybercrimes and cases of human trafficking.Oppostion members
asked Centre to ensure that states' right to policing remains intact and they
should be allowed to assist NIA to probe terrorism cases. Congress member Vivek
Tankha said: "NIA is a policing agency...it is facing challenges and one
day there may be a situation where NIA enactment would be struck down (by
court)."TMC leader Derek O'Brien echoed similar views and said,
"Under section 6, state power is bypassed. The issue of federalism is a
cause of concern. If human trafficking and cyber crimes goes in central list,
then there is big chance of conflict.”PTI
Kulbhushan case: ICJ grants India consular
access, asks Pak to review death
In a victory for India, the International
Court of Justice, in a 15:1 verdict, has granted consular access to Kulbhushan
Jadhav and directed Pakistan to suspend his death sentence. It also requested
Pakistan to review and reconsider the conviction and sentence of Jadhav.
Pakistan’s judge was the lone dissenter.However, ICJ has rejected remedies
sought by India, including annulment of military court decision convicting Jadhav,
his release and safe passage to India.Jadhav, a retired Navy officer, was
arrested allegedly on March 3, 2016, and India was informed on March 25. He was
sentenced to death on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.During
the hearing at ICJ, India pointed out the “egregious violation” of the
provisions of the Vienna Convention by Pakistan by repeatedly denying New Delhi
consular access to Jadhav.indianexpress
Hafiz Saeed arrested by Pak counter terrorism
dept
Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was
arrested Wednesday by Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in
connection with charges related to terror financing, according to Geo
News.Pakistani news channel, citing sources, said the arrest was made when
Saeed was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to appear before an
anti-terrorism court. indianexpress
India pitches to grill Dawood aide in London,
Pak rushes to his defence
New Delhi:India is hoping the UK will approve
its request to interview Jabir Siddiq, aka Motiwala, considered one of Dawood
Ibrahim’s closest aides, because it believes this will help get some insights
into the drugs and extortion operations the main accused in 1993 Mumbai attacks
still runs in the country, and perhaps even provide some proof of the
fugitive’s presence in Pakistan.According to Jabir’s dossier with Indian
security agencies, which has been reviewed by HT, he is the only one of
Dawood’s associates who is a trustee in the Karachi-based Islam Baba Trust,
where Ibrahim, his wife, his son and two sons-in-law are trustees. This trust
is described by Indian national security establishment as a religious front to
manage properties of the D-company. India is also working with US enforcement
agencies to get access to Siddiq – he is currently in Wandsworth jail in
south-west London, awaiting extradition to US on charges of drug smuggling. HT
Israel Aerospace signs $50 million follow-up
deal with Indian navy
State-owned defense contractor Israel
Aerospace Industries said today it signed a $50 million follow-up contract to
provide complementary missile systems to Indian navy and India’s MDL
Shipyard.The deal involves a range of maintenance and other services for
sub-systems of Israel Aerospace’s naval medium range surface-to-air
missile.“This contract is a breakthrough as it advances us from system
development and delivery to looking after the operational needs of our
customers,” said Boaz Levi, general manager of Systems, Missiles & Space
Group at Israel Aerospace.Reuters
SC rules: Rebel Karnataka MLAs can’t be
compelled to participate in trust vote
New Delhi:The Supreme Court today left it to
the Karnataka Assembly Speaker to decide on the resignations of the 15 rebel
Congress and JD(S) MLAs but ordered that they should not be compelled to attend
the proceedings of the state Assembly. The apex court’s order comes ahead of
the floor test that is scheduled to take place in Karnataka Assembly
tomorrow.In an interim order, a bench of CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak
Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said it thought fit to permit the Speaker to decide on
the resignations “within such time frame as Speaker may consider appropriate”.
The bench added that MLAs should be given an option to attend or not to attend
the proceedings of the House. The order came on petitions by MLAs challenging
the action of Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar in not accepting their
resignations. The bench said it was of the view that the Speaker should not
feel fettered by any order and should be free to make a decision. The court
directed that the Speaker’s decision be placed before it as and when it is
taken.A total of 16 Congress and JD(S) MLAs have submitted resignations since
July 6. This means the coalition strength will fall to 101 compared to BJP’s
105 plus 2 Independents in 224-member House. If the resignations are
accepted,13-month-old Congress-JD(S) govt in Karnataka will lose the majority,
paving the way for BJP to stake claim to form govt.Senior Advocate Rajeev
Dhavan, appearing for Kumaraswamy, said what mattered was the motive of MLAs
and Speaker had to take this into account. “Your lordships are not dealing with
individual resignations. But here is a situation where they are hunting in a
pack,” he said, referring to MLAs travelling to Mumbai after political storm
erupted.He said their petition did not disclose any fundamental right that
warranted the filing of a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution.indianexpress
‘Terrible judicial precedent’: Congress on SC
order on Karnataka rebel MLAs
Congress today said the Supreme Court order on
Karnataka rebel MLAs, absolving them of the obligation to attend Thursday’s
floor test, sets ‘terrible judicial precedent’.“SC’s order nullifying Whip and
by extension, operation of Constitution’s Xth Schedule to punish MLA’s
betraying the public mandate, sets a terrible judicial precedent! Blanket
protection to MLA’s, who are driven not by ideology but by far baser concerns,
is unheard-of,” Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted hours after the
SC order.Congress leader also raised two points in the follow up tweet asking:
”Does this mean Court can interfere with the working of the State Legislature
by deciding when a Whip will be enforced.” In the second poser, Congress’s
Communication in-charge asked: “Does this mean abandonment of the ‘Basic Structure’
doctrine of Separation of Powers?”HT
Karnataka: No question of going to Assembly,
say rebel MLAs after SC verdict
Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict which
said 15 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs should not be compelled to take part in
the trust vote which is scheduled to be held in Karnataka Assembly tomorrow, rebel
MLAs who are in Mumbai said there is no question of going back to attend the
floor test. “We honour the Supreme Court’s verdict. We all are together. We
stand by our decision. There is no question of going to the Assembly,” ANI
quoted MLAs as saying.indianexpress
MP govt tables cow vigilantism bill in state
assembly
New Delhi:In a bid to crack down on cow
vigilantism, the Congress Govt in Madhya Pradesh today tabled the cow
vigilantism bill in the state assembly. On June 26, the Govt had proposed a
jail term of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of Rs 25,000-50,000 for those who
engage in violence against anyone booked under the anti-cow slaughter Act.Kamal
Nath govt had cleared an amendment to MP Gauvansh Vadh Pratishedh Adhiniyam,
2004— anti-cow slaughter law passed by previous BJP govt — to include this
provision. Additional Chief Secretary(Animal Husbandry) Manoj Shrivastava had
said that the punishment will increase to minimum one year and maximum 5 years
if a mob is involved in cow vigilantism. In case of repeat offenders, the jail
term will be doubled.The amendment also seeks to punish those who abet cow
vigilantism by providing a jail term of one to 3 years. People who damage
property of those charged under the anti-cow slaughter law will also be
punished.The move had come in the wake of an incident near Kachhiwara, under
Dundaseoni police station in Seoni district, on May 22, when 5 people had
thrashed 3 persons, including a Muslim man and woman, on suspicion of carrying
beef.Earlier, the state Govt had decided to ease rules governing the
transportation of cows to ensure that farmers and traders are not harassed by
cow vigilantes and stopped by police. The Govt also decided to allow trade of
cows between farmers by removing a condition that they could buy bovines only
from bazaars or haats.indian express
Gujarat: Thakor community bans inter-caste
marriages, mobile use by girls in 12 villages
Ahmedabad:Thakor community in 12 villages of
Dantewada taluka in Banaskantha district has adopted a resolution banning
inter-caste marriages and prohibiting unmarried girls from using mobile phones.
The move comes after several inter-caste marriages were reported recently from
the district.The resolution has also laid out penalties for families in which
inter-caste marriages take place. If a Thakor girl falls in love with and
marries a boy from another community, the family will have to pay a fine of Rs
1.5 lakh. If a Thakor boy marries a girl from another community, the fine is Rs
2 lakh.On July 14, a meeting of nearly 800 Thakor leaders, including community
and mohalla representatives and youths, from the 12 villages was held at Jegol
village, where a nine-point resolution was passed and everyone was ordered to
abide by it. Anyone violating any of the nine points will be considered an
offender and punished by the community, the resolution said. The diktat also
says unmarried girls will not be allowed to use mobile phones and the parents
of those found carrying the devices will be held responsible. indianexpress
Modify syllabus over portrayal of gods, riots:
DU academic council
New Delhi:After objections were raised by a
section of teachers over the undergraduate syllabus of English, History,
Science, Political Science and Sociology, Delhi University’s Academic Council
(AC) Tuesday referred syllabus of English and History back to the respective
departments for reconsideration, thereby refusing to pass it as it is, AC
members said.On syllabi for Political Science and Sociology, some AC members
said they too had been sent back for modification,while others claimed they
were passed with “minor modifications”. Student outfit ABVP also protested
against proposed syllabus. National Democratic Teachers’ Front(NDTF) claimed
the story ‘Maniben alias Bibijan’ introduced in the English syllabus, based on
the Gujarat riots, has shown characters from the Bajrang Dal and RSS in a “bad
light” and as “murderers”.Some AC members claimed that later in the day, ABVP
members tried to barge into V-C’s office. They allegedly surrounded V-C lodge
and demanded that HoDs of History and English along with AC member Ghosh be
handed over to them.indianexpress
UP: ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ Recited on UP Road to
Oppose ‘Namaaz’ on Streets
Hathras: Activists of Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) have recited “Hanuman
Chalisa” on the road in UP’s Hathras to oppose ‘namaaz’ on the streets by
Muslims.According to reports, a group of HYV activists sat outside a Hanuman
temple in Sikandrarau area and recited the “Hanuman Chalisa” repeatedly for
over an hour on Tuesday evening. HYV men said that they would continue to hold
recitation of “Hanuman Chalisa” every Tuesday till the Muslims stopped offering
‘namaaz’ on the roads.Ravindra Kumar Singh, a HYV activist, said that by
offering ‘namaaz’ on the roads on Fridays, Muslims were causing inconvenience
to the people since roads remained blocked.“If they stop this practice, we will
also stop otherwise we will make sure that ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ is recited outside
each Hanuman temple on Tuesdays,” he said.Police was silent on the issue. A Police
official said, “There is no complaint and no trouble so our role does not
figure in the matter.”caravandaily
‘Are Muslims ever asked to read Hanuman
Chalisa?’ Hindu girl refuses Ranchi court order to distribute Qurans post bail
Richa Bharti, a young woman had been granted
bail by a Ranchi court after being arrested refused to follow the court’s
orders to distribute 5 Qurans.She had been asked to donate a Quran to the Sadar
Anjuman Islamia Committee and 4 other copies to various schools and colleges.
Judicial magistrate Manish Singh, asked her to donate the copies while granting
her bail. Expressing shock that she had been arrested for a Facebook post, she
told Zee News: “I had posted something and I never realised that Muslims from
my own mohalla would get me sent to jail." Expressing her dissent, she
said: “I am not ready to distribute Qurans. There are lots of Muslims who post
a lot of wrong things. There's no action against them. Like Faizu had posted a
video on TikTok saying if Muslims become terrorists, then one shouldn't blame
them.”Expressing her dissent, she said: “I will not distribute Qurans. Tomorrow
they will say, accept Islam.Has a Muslim ever been asked to Ramayana paath or
Mahabharata paath?"A case was registered against her in Pithoria Police
station when she shared a message on Facebook asking why 'only became
terrorists seeking revenge'. dnaindia
J&K cops overhaul village defence
committees, PDP says Centre design to arm RSS workers
Jammu:The setting up of 7 new village defence
committees recently by J&K Police in areas around Kishtwar town has
triggered a controversy, with PDP describing it as the Centre’s move to arm RSS
workers against a particular community.The decision to overhaul the
anti-militancy grid through setting of new VDCs was taken following militant
activities in the hilly district, 6 years after it was declared militancy-free
by the police, official sources said. VDCs, comprising villagers and police
officers, were earlier set up in the mid 1990s after militancy had spread to
the Chenab Valley area, sources said.Senior PDP leader and former MLC Firdous
Tak has said that 60 new VDC members have been deployed in communally-sensitive
areas and Govt is arming RSS and BJP workers against a particular community
following the killing of a BJP leader and RSS functionary. This will disturb
peace and communal amity in the area, he said, comparing the VDCs to Ikhwan
force — pro-Govt militia groups formed in the Valley in the backdrop of the
militancy of ‘90s.Tak has demanded the Governor’s administration to withdraw
its decision of setting up new VDCs, failing which the PDP will take out a
procession in Kishtwar town and hold a dharna at the SSP’s office on July
19.The hilly district already has 3,251 VDC members— nearly 800 of them SPOs —
who have been provided weapons by the police.indianexpress
J&K separatists reject colonies for return
of Pandits
Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani
has rejected the idea of creating separate colonies for the return of displaced
Kashmiri Pandits.Geelani said they wholeheartedly and sincerely want the
Pandits to return. “But will oppose any move to settle them in separate
colonies as it negates the very fabric of our social, cultural and mutual
bonds.” He said they welcome with open arms anybody displaced from the state
since 1947. Former CM Mehbooba Mufti endorsed Geelani’s stand. “Welcome Geelani
Sahabs statement.Its a sentiment shared by Kashmiri Muslims who want their
Pandit brethren to come back home...” tweeted Mufti.HT
PDP founding member resigns from party, says
it has ‘upended’ after Mufti’s death
Srinagar :Founding PDP member Mohammed Khalil
Bandh today resigned from the primary membership of the party, saying it had
“unpended” after the death of former CM Mufti Sayeed.In a setback to PDP, the
former J&K minister said in his letter that it was not worth continuing
when the basic and founding principles of the party had been compromised.Bandh
said the decision to resign from the post of district president of
militancy-hit Pulwama as well as basic membership of PDP was taken after
thorough deliberations with his workers.PTI
Congress’ Vikramaditya lands in trouble for
tweets on 1931 Kashmir agitation
Jammu:Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh has
landed in trouble over his tweets describing July 13, 1931 martyrs as “rapists,
criminals and looters”. Kishtwar CJM Sudhir Khajuria has ordered SHO Kishtwar
to investigate whether it makes out to be a cognizable offence. Singh is the
grandson of late Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler of J&K.Directing
SHO to hold a preliminary inquiry, CJM ordered that “if any cognizable offence
is made out, SHO Kishtwar police station is directed to proceed in accordance
with law”.The directions came on a complaint filed by district chief of
People’s Conference Sajjad Najjar seeking action against Singh for his
“derogatory remarks” against those killed on July 13,1931,by then Maharaja’s
forces in Kashmir.indianexpress
Over 56,000 acres of land in J&K with defence
departments, wings, organisations: Govt
New Delhi:Over 56,000 acres of land in J&K
is with different defence departments, wings and organisations, and the total
rent paid for it to land owners or the State Govt in the last three years is
more than ₹134 crore, Lok Sabha was informed today.Minister of State for
Defence Shripad Naik, in his written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, gave
details of district-wise total land in J&K with the different defence depts,
wings and organisations. He said the land with different defence departments,
wings and organisations is 18935.474 acres in Jammu, 3757. 845 acres in
Srinagar, 2326.644 acres in Budgam, 2152.83 acres in Anantnag, 3963.03 acres in
Udhampur, and 3529.871 acres in Kargil.PTI
Kathua child rape, murder case: HC to hear
plea of victim’s father tomorrow
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear tomorrow
a petition seeking an enhancement of the sentence awarded to the convicts of
rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu's Kathua in 2018.Justice
Rajiv Sharma said this while during the preliminary hearing of the case today.Connected
matters are scheduled for hearing on that day.The girl from the nomadic
Bakerwal community was kidnapped from Kathua’s Rasana area on Jan.10 in 2018
and found dead on Jan.17.thehindu
As Tiranga TV Implodes, Kapil Sibal, Wife Come
Under Fire from Employees
New Delhi: In a series of tweets, Tiranga TV
consulting editor Barkha Dutt has lashed out at Congress MP Kapil Sibal and his
wife Pramila Sibal – promoters of the channel – accusing them of withholding
the salaries of nearly 200 employees and forcing them to leave without proper
compensation. She also accused the couple of using offensive language against
female staffers of the channel.The channel was initially launched as Harvest TV
in January this year, but the following month its name was changed to Tiranga
TV. Staffers say the channel is likely to go off air soon but is still
broadcasting as of Monday evening.Dutt, who earlier worked at NDTV 24×7 as a
senior editor, levelled serious allegations of violation of labour norms and
misbehaviour against Sibal and his wife.Dutt claimed that a large number of
employees had given up other offers and jobs to join the channel because of an
assurance given by Sibal that they would have a tenure of at least 2 years.The
channel, which was launched a few months before Lok Sabha polls, was primarily
financed by Sibal’s wife. It tried to counter the large time allotted to cover
BJP on most mainstream news channels. While Sibal put in a large amount of
money, and staffers were assured that there was a nearly Rs 40 crore corpus
that would provide at least two years’ salaries, it was not to be.As Congress
fared badly in the polls, Rs 300 crores which were to be generated from various
sources to keep the channel running over a long period suddenly appeared a big
challenge.“The company faced troubles after May 23, day BJP Govt returned to
power; the investors backed off and the current investor refuses to invest
further,” a channel source told Outlook.the wire
Terror detentions: A locked office, and a
neighbourhood left in the dark in Chennai
Chennai:Last Saturday, when they saw their
apartment block on TV and a man being led away, residents of Krishna Apartments
on Poonamallee high road in Chennai were bewildered. They had no clue to what
was happening in their complex. Much later, they found out that the man taken
away, Syed Mohammed Bukhari, was being questioned in an alleged terror case.“On
Saturday,a few men in plainclothes, escorted by a police team, came at 5 am.
There was a search operation and it went on for several hours. Later, we learnt
that one of the men living in the house was being questioned as a terror
suspect. Who knows what the truth is,” a resident said.Bukhari, an
office-bearer of the religious organisation Wahdat-e-Islami Hind, was detained
for questioning by NIA. It arrested 2 others — Hassan Ali Yunusmaricar and
Harish Mohammed, both from Nagapattinam — “based on incriminating facts
revealed during searches and subsequent probes”. On Monday, 2 days after the
search at Bukhari’s residence, 14 persons, deported from UAE and apprehended by
NIA for suspected association with the arrested men, were flown from New Delhi
to Chennai on a special flight.The men were produced before an NIA court which
granted their custody to the agency. Sources claimed that the men were members of
Wahdat. The Wahdat, on its part, has maintained it is a religious organisation
with no connection to radical thought. Established in 2009 in Chennai as a
religious organisation, it had denied links to the banned SIMI. Officers of the
Tamil Nadu police declined to comment on the case, saying they have not been
kept in the loop. indian express
Gather info on RSS netas, Nitish tells Bihar
intel
Patna: Bihar Police Special Branch, the
intelligence wing of the state police which briefs CM Nitish Kumar (who is also
home minister) on sensitive issues, was directed to gather "detailed
information" on the state functionaries of the RSS and its 17 subsidiary
outfits in a letter issued by SP (Special Branch) on May 28, two days before
the swearing-in of the Modi Govt at Centre.The letter had been addressed to all
deputy SPs of Special Branch and asked them to furnish information such as
names, addresses,posts and occupations of RSS office-bearers. JDU leader KC
Tyagi called it a routine issue. TOI
NHRC registered 79 cases of discrimination
against minorities and 672 against SCs in 2018-19
Union Govt has informed Lok Sabha about the
state wise break up of number of cases of discrimination or victimization
against minorities and scheduled castes registered with NHRC for the last 3 and
a half years. In 2018-19, NHRC registered 79 such cases of harassment against
minorities and 672 such cases against Scheduled Castes (SCs).A comparison of
data in the last 3 years also shows that the number of cases of harassment
against in 2018-19 is significantly higher than those in the earlier two years.livemint.com
Chhattisgarh govt to make separate
arrangement, serve eggs at kids’ homes after row
Congress-led Govt in Chhattisgarh has said
‘separate arrangements’ for boiling eggs will be made for children, who want to
eat them during mid-day meals at schools, after its decision triggered a row in
the state. The Govt also said that if parents do not agree upon on the issue of
serving eggs in a particular school, they should be served to the children at
their homes.“The students who are not willing to consume eggs should be
identified by the authorities and separate sitting arrangements should be made
for them,” Govt said. HT
9 killed, 20 injured in UP gunfight between 2
groups over property dispute
Varanasi: 9 people, including 3 women, were
killed and 20 others were injured on Wednesday when a property dispute in
eastern UP’s Sonbhadra district led to a gunfight between two groups.The
shootout at Ubbha village in the district lasted for nearly an hour.A police
officer said trigger for the gunfight was a land dispute. The two groups opened
fire using country-made pistols and also attacked one another with sharp
weapons. Sonbhadra DM Ankit Kumar Agarwal told UP news channel, Bharat
Samachar, that the clash between the two groups involved nearly 100 people. The
village is close to the state’s border with Madhya Pradesh.HT
20-year-old murder case against Yogi dismissed
A special court has given a major relief to UP CM Yogi
Adityanath in a 20-year-old murder case as it dismissed the case. Allahabad
High Court's special court for MPs and MLAs, on Tuesday, dismissed the 1999
case of murder of head constable Satya Prakash Yadav against the CM.Yadav was
the personal security officer of then Samajwadi Party leader Talat Aziz who was
killed in Maharajganj after Yogi and his supporters reportedly opened fire at
Aziz and the supporters.CB-CID probing the case had filed a final report which
gave a clean chit to Yogi Adityanath.IANS
CBI searches ex MP Ateeq Ahmad’s premises in UP
New Delhi :CBI today searched the premises of former
Samajwadi Party MP Ateeq Ahmad and others in Allahabad and Lucknow in a case
related to the abduction and assault of a businessman, officials here said.The
searches are being conducted at six places in the 2 UP cities, they said,
adding that details would be given later.PTI
Akhilesh forms 21-member panel to probe ‘fake cases’
lodged against Azam Khan
Lucknow:Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has
constituted a 21-member committee, led by leader of opposition in Legislative
Council Ahmad Hasan, to probe “fake cases” lodged against party MP Azam Khan in
Rampur.“21-member committee of party legislators led by Leader of Opposition in
Legislative council will reach Rampur on July 20 and probe fake cases
pertaining to encroachment of land of farmers against Khan, who is also the
vice-chancellor of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, and incidents to harass him
by the district administration,” SP chief spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury said.The
committee will submit its report to the party president within three days of
the visit, he said.Based on the findings,SP may try to put pressure on BJP govt
for alleged harassment of Khan.indianexpress
WORLD
Turkish says consulate employee killed in
Erbil
Turkey's foreign ministry says one Turkish
consulate "employee" has been killed in Erbil, the capital of the
Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq.Security sources earlier said that at least 3
Turkish security personnel were killed in the attack.Among those reported shot
dead was Turkish deputy council-general.Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid, citing
security sources, said the incident took place in the upscale neighbourhood of
Ankawa. "They were shot at point blank range by unknown assailants,"Bin
Javaid reported from Iraq's capital, Baghdad. "So far we do not know what
was the motive behind the attack and no one has claimed responsibility but
security forces are saying that these people knew exactly who they wanted to
target and how they wanted to target them," he said. In recent weeks,
Turkey has been carrying out cross-border operations against the outlawed
Kurdistan PKK in the Hakurk region of northern Iraq.PKK has been fighting
against the Turkish state in predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkey since
the 1980s and more than 40,000 people have been killed in the
conflict.aljazeera
Sudan's ruling generals, protest leaders sign
power-sharing deal
Sudan's ruling generals and an alliance of
opposition groups have signed an accord creating a transitional power-sharing
body, after weeks of negotiations aimed at breaking the political deadlock that
has gripped the country since the toppling of President Omar al-Bashir in
April. 2 sides signed the document today after intense overnight talks in the
capital, Khartoum, over the details of an agreement reached earlier this month
to establish a joint military-civilian sovereign council that will rule the
country by rotation. 22-clause accord said the 11-member governing body will
rule the country for just over three years, after which elections will be
held.It will have a total of six civilians, including five from the Forces of
Freedom and Change (FFC) and five soldiers from the Transitional Military
Council (TMC). It will be headed by a general during the first 21 months of the
transition, followed by a civilian for the remaining 18 months.The umbrella
protest movement will nominate PM, who will name a cabinet of 20 ministers,
excluding the interior and defence ministers, the accord said. aljazeera
US slaps sanctions on Myanmar army chief over
Rohingya abuses
US has announced sanctions on Myanmar's
military Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and three other military leaders
due to their role in the "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya
minority.The State Department said on Tuesday it took action after finding
credible evidence they were involved in the violence 2 years ago that led about
740,000 Rohingya to flee across the border to Bangladesh."With this
announcement, the US is the first Govt to publicly take action with respect to
the most senior leadership of the Burmese military," Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo said."We remain concerned that Burmese Govt has taken no
actions to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations and
abuses, and there are continued reports of the Burmese military committing
human rights violations and abuses throughout the country," he added.aljazeera
US House condemns Trump’s ‘racist’ tweets in
extraordinary rebuke
In a remarkable political repudiation, the
Democratic-led US House voted to condemn President Donald Trump’s “racist
comments” against 4 Democratic Congresswomen of colour, despite protestations
by Trump’s Republican congressional
allies and his own insistence he hasn’t “a racist bone in my body.”2 days after
Trump tweeted that 4 Democratic Congresswomen should “go back ” to their home
countries — though all are citizens and three were born in USA — Democrats
muscled the resolution through the chamber by 240-187 over the near-solid GOP
opposition.The rebuke was an embarrassing one for Trump even though it carries
no legal repercussions, but the highly partisan roll calls suggests it is
unlikely to cost him with his die-hard conservative base.PTI
British PM hopeful Boris Johnson said Islam
left Muslim world 'literally centuries behind'
British PM hopeful Boris Johnson has been
accused of “promoting hatred” after penning an essay arguing Islam caused the
Muslim world to be “literally centuries behind” the West. Johnson claimed there
was something about Islam that held back development in parts of the world,
creating a “Muslim grievance” fuelling virtually every conflict.“The more
bitterness and confusion there has been, to the point where virtually every
global flashpoint you can think of – from Bosnia to Palestine to Iraq to
Kashmir – involves some sense of Muslim grievance,” he wrote, in 2006.The
comments were attacked by Tell Mama, an organisation which monitors anti-Muslim
hate, which said he had demonstrated a lack of understanding of the religion.The
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said people would want to know if likely next PM
still believed “Islam inherently inhibits the path to progress and freedom”. independent
Hamas delegation meets Russia officials in
Moscow
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190717-senior-hamas-delegation-meets-russia-officials-in-moscow/
A Hamas delegation headed by Dr Musa Abu
Marzouq met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Bogdanov in Moscow.Abu
Marzouq briefed the Russian official on the political developments of the
Palestinian issue including the US’ “deal of the century”, stressing that all
Palestinian people reject it.Senior Russian official confirmed that Moscow is
interested in following up on the political developments in Palestine and the
region.He stressed that Russia supports the Palestinian rights and rejects deal
of the century, highlighting that Moscow’s absence during the Bahrain workshop
was evidence of this. Russia’s deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov told
the visiting delegation that national unity should be a priority for all Palestinian
factions, expressing his rejection of the “punitive policy” adopted by
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.middleeastmonitor
Jordan appoints new Qatar envoy, two years after
downgrading ties
Jordan has appointed a new ambassador to Qatar, a step
towards restoring normal relations two years after Amman withdrew its
ambassador in solidarity with Gulf Arab allies who severed ties with Doha.Zaid
Al Louzi, a senior Jordanian career diplomat and secretary general of Jordan's
foreign ministry, was appointed as the new ambassador to Qatar on Tuesday.
Ghannouchi, Ennahda’s possible candidate for Tunisian
legislative elections
Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement announced on Tuesday that
its Head, Rached Ghannouchi, could run for the next legislative elections in
Oct.“The movement’s basic law stipulates that its head will be party’s
candidate for the legislative or presidential elections,” Ennahda’s
spokesperson, Imed Khemiri told Anadolu Agency.Khemiri said that the
candidature of the head of the movement at the top of the list of “Tunis-1” for
the legislative elections “is possible yet still not a final decision so
far.”middleeastmonitor
Trump Refuses To Criticise Turkey Over Russia Missile
Deal
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has declined to
criticize Turkey's acquisition of a Russian missile system assailed by the
Pentagon and NATO, making no mention of sanctions Washington had threatened
over the purchase.In his first comments since Turkey began taking delivery of
the S-400 system last Friday, Trump said Turkey was forced into the move by his
predecessor Barack Obama, and that he understood why they opted to buy the
Russian missiles.AFP
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