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INDIA
No review,
pay 2002 riots victim Bilkis Bano Rs 50 lakh compensation in 2 weeks, SC tells Gujarat
Govt
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Monday ordered the Gujarat government to pay a compensation of Rs 50
lakh to Gujarat riots victim Bilkis Bano within two weeks, declining to
reconsider its decision. A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi directed the state
to also provide her a job and accommodation in the next two weeks. Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state government, submitted before the
bench that they sought to seek a review of the April order by the top
court.Responding to a contempt plea filed by Bano, Mehta said the order has not
been complied with since the Gujarat government wanted the court to reconsider
its directive in terms of the precedent it might set.At this, CJI clarified
that the order to pay compensation along with a job and accommodation was in
view of specific facts and circumstances in the particular case."We make
it clear that our order was in view of the particular facts and will not be a
precedent. Now you pay her the compensation within two weeks. We are giving you
two weeks although you may not even need that much time," said the
court.The court had in April directed the state government to pay Bano the
compensation, and also assure her a job and accommodation. It had then said:
“While the state eventually punished the perpetrators of the crime, the victim
was left devastated after seeing human fury at its worst.”The court added:
"Not only was she raped 22 times, her daughter aged 3.2 years was smashed
to death. Ever since the appellant has been living a nomadic life and surviving
at the charity of NGOs. The appellant is now 40 years old and not very well
educated. She has lost her entire family.""We don't have to search
for elaborate principles of law to decide that the victim must be adequately
compensated. Time and again this court has held that quantum of compensation
has to be judged according to the loss suffered," held the SC on its April
order.news18
Ram
Lalla pulls out of mediation on Babri title case
The counsel for deity
''Ram Lalla'' told the Supreme Court Monday that he did not want to participate
in the mediation proceedings to amicably resolve Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid
land dispute case. Senior lawyer C S Vaidyantahan, appearing for deity ''Ram
Lalla Virajman, referred to some media reports on mediation and said that he
did not want to take part in the mediation any further and would like a
judicial decision from the bench.A 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by CJI
Ranjan Gogoi, was hearing decades-old sensitive case on 34th day after
commencing the day-to-day proceedings on August 6 after an earlier mediation
process had failed.On Sept.18, the apex court however said it will continue
with the day-to-day hearing in the case and in the meantime, the parties can
still go ahead with the mediation proceedings to resolve the dispute. The SC
said the hearing in the case was at the fag end and it also wanted the
proceedings to be over by Oct.18."The hearing is at an advanced
stage," said the bench which also comprised Justices SA Bobde, D Y
Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer.The bench also reiterated its resolve
to conclude the hearing by October 18. "We will sit on this Saturday, if
required". The top court which is hearing the Ayodhya case till 5 pm,
instead of 4 pm, on daily basis, asked the counsel for Hindu body ''Nirmohi
Akahara'' that it will allow only one lawyer from its side to argue the
case."We will allow one lawyer from your (Akhara''s) side to argue...we do
not have the time. Don''t you want us to give the order,"the bench asked
the counsel for the Hindu body.The bench then asked senior advocate Rajeev
Dhavan, appearing for Muslim parties, to argue on Friday the appeal filed by Sunni
Wakf Board seeking title over the entire disputed site.PTI/IANS
Koregaon-Bhima:
CJI Gogoi recuses from hearing Gautam Navlakha’s plea
CJI Ranjan Gogoi today recused
himself from hearing a plea filed by civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha
challenging Bombay High Court order refusing to quash FIR lodged against him in
the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.“List the matter before a bench in which I am
not the party”, CJI said.The matter was listed before a bench of CJI and
Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer. Maharashtra government had filed a caveat
in the matter seeking to be heard before any orders are passed.PTI
INX case:
Delhi HC denies bail to Chidambaram
New Delhi :The Delhi High
Court Monday denied bail to former Union minister P Chidambaram in the INX
Media corruption case. Chidambaram, who was arrested on August 21 by CBI
sleuths from his Jor Bagh residence in New Delhi, is now in judicial custody in
Tihar jail till October 3.Justice Suresh Kumar Kait observed that despite the
fact that he being former Union minister, and presently a MP with deep roots in
society and long-standing in the Bar, the “possibility” of him influencing the
witnesses cannot be ruled out.“I am not inclined to grant bail,” the court
said.indianexpress
J&K ISSUE
Supreme
Court postpones all Kashmir hearings, CJI says no time, need to hear Ayodhya
matter
New Delhi: Supreme Court
has postponed the hearings of a bunch of petitions on Kashmir and posted them
for hearing on Tuesday by a Constitution bench. While postponing the hearings
on Monday, CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the court doesn't have time as it also has to
hear the Ayodhya matter on a daily basis."We do not have the time to hear
so many matters. We have Constitution bench case (Ayodhya dispute) to
hear," said CJI.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi referred the
pleas, which also raised issues of alleged restrictions imposed on the movement
of journalists in Kashmir as well as petitions claiming illegal detention of
minors in the Valley, to its five-judge bench.The court has sent the PIL filed
by child rights expert Enakshi Ganguly and Prof Shanta Sinha on the alleged
illegal detention of children in Jammu and Kashmir to a Constitution bench. The
matter will again be taken up on Tuesday along with the other petitions on
Kashmir and abrogation of Article 370. Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad's petition
will also be taken up by a five-judge bench on Tuesday.The SC today also refused to further entertain Rajya Sabha MP
Vaiko's plea seeking production of former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah before
it and said MDMK leader can challenge the detention order under Public Safety
Act. "He (Abdullah) is under detention under PSA," a bench headed by CJI
told Vaiko's counsel.
indiatoday
SC
tags petitions challenging J&K lockdown
Kartarpur
Corridor: Pakistan govt invites Manmohan Singh, not PM Modi for opening
ceremony
Imran Khan-led Pakistan
government has decided to invite Manmohan Singh, instead of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, for the inauguration of Kartarpur corridor.Pakistan Foreign
Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has announced that Imran Khan government has
decided to invite Manmohan Singh to the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor opening
ceremony.Opening of the Kartarpur Corridor holds great importance and value for
Pakistan. And after detailed discussion and consultation, we have decided to
invite former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh as a guest to the opening
ceremony, Qureshi said.Manmohan Singh has the religious faith and is highly
respected in Pakistan. That is why we are going to invite him, Qureshi added.The
Corridor is scheduled to be opened on Nov. 9, as work continues at fast pace at
the zero point.indiatoday
On his
return from US, Imran Khan says 'it's jihad'; tells Pakistanis not to lose
heart over Kashmir issue
Islamabad: Prime Minister
Imran Khan on his return from the US on Sunday said that those standing by
Kashmiris were doing "jihad" and Pakistan will support Kashmiris even
if the world does not.Khan, who focused on the Kashmir issue in his maiden
address to the UN General Assembly, told his party workers at the airport here
that whether the world is with the Kashmiris or not, we are standing with them.It
(standing by Kashmiris) is jihad. We are doing it because we want Allah to be
happy with us, he said. It is a struggle and do not lose heart when the time is
not good. Do not be disappointed as the Kashmiris are looking towards you, he
said.He said "Kashmiris would win if the Pakistani people stood by their
side". Khan on Friday raised the Kashmir issue in his address to the UNGA
and demanded that India must lift the "inhuman curfew" in Kashmir and
release all "political prisoners".In his speech that went on for
about 50 minutes,far exceeding 15-minute limit for UN speeches during General
Debate, Khan devoted half of his address to the Kashmir issue, warning that if
there's face-off between two nuclear-armed neighbours, the consequences would
be far beyond their borders.PTI
India
'invaded and occupied' Kashmir, Malaysian PM says at UN General Assembly
UN: Raising the Kashmir
issue at the UN, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that India has
“invaded and occupied” Jammu and Kashmir and asked New Delhi to work with
Pakistan to resolve the issue. The Malaysian prime minister in his address to
the UN General Assembly on Friday said that there may be reasons for India’s
action in Jammu and Kashmir “but it is still wrong.“He said despite UN
resolutions, Jammu and Kashmir has been “invaded and occupied.” He said, “ignoring UN would lead to others
forms of disregard for UN and the rule of law.”Later, addressing a press
conference in UN HQRS, Mahathir said he had suggested to his Indian counterpart
Narendra Modi to resolve issues over Kashmir through “negotiations” rather than
by “invasion” when Modi told him why his government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s
special status during their meeting in Russia.The Malaysian leader was asked by
a reporter on Friday if he has tried to talk to India and Pakistan to calm down
and restrain themselves. Mahathir said he had a long session with Prime
Minister Modi in Vladivostok during which Modi explained why he took action to
revoke Article 370 in Kashmir. He (Modi) also agreed with me that even India
has solved problems through negotiations, with Bangladesh and others, the
Malaysian prime minister said. Mahathir said he suggested to him that since
India has experience with negotiating to reduce conflict or to eliminate
conflicts why not use negotiations to do so rather than to invade
Kashmir.Mahathir said to this, Modi didn’t commit to anything but I did tell
him that it is up to him whether he would resort to negotiations to settle the
problem of terrorism in the area.PTI
Malaysian
PM shocks India at UN, says Kashmir 'invaded, occupied'
After
Turkey sides with Pakistan, India assures support for Cyprus' territorial
integrity
As Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades met on the sidelines of
the UNGA, India reiterated India's consistent support for the independence,
sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of the Republic of Cyprus. Anastasiades
speaking from UNGA said, according to WION, "Turkey threatens Cyprus that
there will be severe consequences if we proceed ahead with our energy
programme...it threatens neighbouring states and energy companies, with which
we are cooperating and have established conventional obligations". Erdogan
raised the Kashmir issue during his address at the UN, saying it is imperative
to solve the problem through "dialogue on the basis of justice, equity,
and not through collision". theweek
14 US
Congressmen urge PM Modi to restore communication in Kashmir
Indian-American lawmaker
Pramila Jayapal along with 13 other US Congressmen have urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to address concerns over human rights situation in Kashmir and
lift communications blackout. A statement, addressed to Prime Minister Modi,
was issued jointly by Congressmen Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr, Judy Chu, Pramila
Jayapal, Carolyn Maloney, Gerald Connolly, Ilhan Omar, Barbara Lee, Al Green,
Zoe Lofgren, Andy Levin, Mike Levin, James P. McGovern, Jan Schakowsky, and
Katie Porter.“On behalf of thousands of families across the country who have
been unable to contact family in Jammu and Kashmir, we are urging Prime
Minister Modi to lift the communications blackout and address ongoing
humanitarian concerns,” the lawmakers said in the joint statement.The joint
statement, lawmakers said, is in response to imposition of media blackout
starting August 5, leaving millions in Jammu and Kashmir without access to
mobile phones or the internet while many others have been detained.“As a result,
family members in US and elsewhere have had no ability to contact loved ones in
Jammu and Kashmir, leading to concerns about their welfare,” said the
statement, the lead in which was taken by Congressman Cisneros, who is a Member
of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and an Executive Board Member of Congressional
Asian Pacific American Caucus.PTI
'Denounce
What India Is Doing To Kashmiris': Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh
Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh
has come down heavily on the Indian government over the abrogation of Article
370, which accorded special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Singh "denounced what India was doing to the people of Kashmir." Speaking
of communication blockade, Singh said: "They shut down cellphones, they
shut down telephone services, they block the media.""Anywhere in the
world, if the cellphones are being blocked, telephones are being shut down and
if the media is not allowed to go there, I can assure you there are human
rights violations happening," Singh said, to a "yes" chant from
the small crowd in Canada. outlookindia
Amid
lockdown and detentions, J&K announces local council polls October 24
At a time when most
senior leaders of mainstream political parties in Valley are under detention —
250 under J&K Public Safety Act and hundreds under various sections of Ranbir
Penal Code —Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission has announced that
Block Development Council (BDC) elections would be held on “party lines” on Oct.24.“The
counting of votes will be held the same day,” said J&K Chief Electoral
Officer Shailendra Kumar.In BDC polls, panchs and sarpanchs will elect a
chairman, after which District Development Boards will be constituted.indianexpress
Kashmir
living in fear, business in Jammu zero:Azad
New Delhi:Leader of
Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that the situation
in Jammu and Kashmir was worrisome and the economy has suffered since the
Centre’s August 5 decision. Addressing a press conference after his week-long
visit to the state, Azad said: “The atmosphere of J&K is one of fear, and
since it became a union territory, the Centre has been threatening local
administration.” Businesses in both Jammu and Kashmir have been shut for close
to two months now, which has derailed the economy of the state, he
said.“Everything that reaches Kashmir goes from Jammu. So the shopkeepers of
Kashmir town and rural areas are completely dependent on Jammu, therefore, due
to shut down the business in Jammu is zero,” the senior Congress leader
said.Questioning the decision of the Centre to revoke the special status and
bifurcate the state, Azad said that Kashmir has been under siege for over 50
days. “Everything is not okay in both Jammu and in Kashmir, several ruling
party leaders are also not speaking due to fear of their national leaders,”
Azad added.Reacting to the announcement of Block Development Council elections
in the state, Azad said that it will be a mockery of democracy if the block and
district level elections are conducted when political leaders of mainstream
parties in the state have been either detained or under house arrest. He
alleged that the dates were announced after the BJP successfully defected most
local leaders at Panchayat level. “These elections were not allowed during the
Governor’s rule, now that all political leaders have been detained and under
house arrest, the government has announced an election,” Azad said. He demanded
the release of political leaders and that polls be denotified.indianexpress
Home
Ministry set to sanction prosecution of Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi and Masarat
Alam under UAPA
Union home ministry is
set to sanction the prosecution of JKLF chairman Yasin Malik,
Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi and All Party Hurriyat Conference
general secretary Masarat Alam under UAPA for allegedly receiving funds from
Pakistan to carry out terrorist activities and stone pelting in 2010 and
2016.NIA, which arrested the 3 in April, is expected to file a charge sheet in
the first week of October after obtaining the sanction, said officials. TOI
Night
the soldiers came: Allegations of abuse surface in Kashmir: Washington Post
Parigam, India:It was
near midnight when the soldiers came for Yassin Bhat. 25-year-old pulled on
some clothes and stepped into the darkness. Nearby, on the main road, he saw
dozens of Indian army soldiers, Bhat said. One asked him what he thought about
India’s move the day before to revoke Kashmir’s autonomy. Terrified, Bhat
replied that it was a good step. The officer told him not to lie, Bhat
recalled, and ordered him to take off his clothes in the middle of the road. Then,
he said, the abuse began. Several soldiers held him down while others used
thick cables to whip his back and legs. The soldiers then placed on his chest
and genitals electrical wires connected to a battery. He remembers being
immobilized as the current surged through his body.Bhat was one of 19 people
interviewed by The Washington Post across 13 villages in southern Kashmir who
alleged abuses by the armed forces in the days after India launched a crackdown
in the disputed region. Bhat and two other men alleging abuse remain afraid of
retribution but spoke on the record because they wanted their accounts to be
chronicled. Allegations included beatings with rods, sticks and cables,
electric shocks and being hung upside down for prolonged periods. In three
cases, including Bhat’s, The Post reviewed photos and hospital records
detailing the injuries.
OTHERS
Muzaffarnagar
riots: Sixth accused in murder case that triggered 2013 UP riots gets bail
Muzaffarnagar: The
district court has granted bail to Ravindra Singh, one of the 6 accused in
Shahnawaz murder case that triggered communal riots in 2013, claiming over 60
lives and displacing over 50,000 people. The other five accused are already on
bail. Ravindra had been absconding after the court, last year, junked the clean
chit given to these accused by the SIT formed to probe the case. He, however,
surrendered on September 6, 2019, after the court ordered to seize his farming
land, other properties and bank account. Ravindra is the father of Gaurav, one
of the two cousins killed after Shahnawaz’s murder over an alleged incidence of
eve-teasing that triggered the riots. “District judge granted bail to Ravindra
and ordered to summit two guarantors of Rs 1.5 lakh each,” his lawyer Hafiz
Amir said.Shahnawaz’s family, meanwhile, appealed against SIT’s clean chit to
the six accused.Five of them — Prahlad, Bishan Singh, Tendu, Jitender and
Devender — had earlier surrendered and were granted bail, but Ravindra was
absconding till September 6 this year. The seven accused serving life sentence
in Gaurav and Sachin murder case are Muzammil, Muzassim, Nadeem, Jahangir,
Furkan, Iqbal and Afzal.TOI
Dhule
lynching: ‘Not involved in actual commission of crime’, Bombay HC grants bail
to 10 men
Mumbai :Over a year after
five men were lynched by a mob in Dhule, 10 accused men were granted bail last
month by the Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad bench, which observed that it has
not been alleged that they were involved in the actual commission of the crime.
These men had allegedly obstructed a police team from reaching the spot where
the victims were being assaulted.35 men were arrested by the Pimpalner police
on charges, including murder, after 5 men from the nomadic community, Nath
Panthi Davari Gosavi, were lynched on July 1, 2018 at Rainpada in Dhule
district.After suspecting the victims, who were in search of livelihood, to be
child-kidnappers based on rumours on the social media, the accused locked the
victims in the gram panchayat office and assaulted them with iron rods, chairs,
wooden logs and planks.“…The allegations have been made against them
(applicants granted bail) to the effect that they have obstructed the police
party, which arrived at village Rainpada, while entering the gram panchayat
office where those five persons were confined and subjected to continuous
beating by co-accused…there are no allegations about their involvement in the
actual commission of crime,” Justice V K Jadhav said in the order.Other
co-accused, accused of assaulting the victims, had also filed for bail but
withdrew their applications.“It appears that several villagers gathered at the
spot to protest against the police machinery for their inaction to nab the criminals
wandering in the area. These applicants are either farmers or students. They
are easily available for the trial,” court said. While 9 accused — Siddharth
Gangurde, Kishor Pawar, Ajit Gangurde, Raju Gavali, Sukmal Kambade, Rajaram
Raut, Chunnilal Malich, Bandu Sable and Gulab Gaikwad — were granted bail by
the HC, a person named Dipak Gangurde was granted bail by the Dhule sessions
court on grounds of parity with others.indianexpress
'I
chose Islam on my own': Kerala girl refutes 'love jihad' charges after fleeing
to UAE
Dubai:A 19-year-old
Christian girl, who fled to Abu Dhabi and embraced Islam, has rubbished reports
that she has been 'abducted and coerced' into joining a terrorist group and
stressed that she left India on her own free will for love. Ciyani Benny's
remarks came in the wake of her parents filing a missing report alongside a
police complaint in Delhi saying that their daughter has been
kidnapped."This is not true. I have found my true calling and have come to
Abu Dhabi of my own free will. No one forced me. I am an adult citizen of India
and can make my own decision. I embraced Islam on my own,” Ciyani, who now goes
by the name Aisha, told media on Sunday.Ciyani attended classes until 11am on
Sept.18. However, the same afternoon, she took a 2.45 pm GoAir flight to Abu
Dhabi to get married to an Indian man she became friends with on social media
about nine months ago.Her parents, originally from Kozhikode in Kerala, said
they fear their daughter could have been brainwashed and led astray with very
nefarious designs like joining an outfit such as Islamic State (IS) or being
used as a slave.Ciyani has strongly refuted these allegations. On Saturday, she
issued a statement saying that she embraced Islam in Abu Dhabi Court on September
24 of her own free will. "I have accepted this religion and would ensure
that I would live with the same faith, she said in a letter addressed to the
Indian home minister,National Commissions of Minorities and Kerala and Delhi
chief ministers. I have been called by the Indian Embassy and I have stated my
terms that I have come here on my own and would not want to go back," she
said, urging gov to take action against those spreading fake news that she has
been abducted or is part of a terrorist group."They are paranoid. The
other day my family stumbled upon some prayers while rummaging through my
belongings back home. Prayers were in the Arabic script so they assumed that I
was being indoctrinated. The fact is that I have always had a keen interest in
Islam and was studying it long before I met the love of my life, she
said.manoramaonline
Death
sentence commuted: Terrorists like Rajoana can’t be spared, PM playing with
fire, says Beant Singh’s grandson
Ludhiana :Reacting to
reports of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) commuting death sentence of
Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment, the grandson of former CM Beant
Singh and Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu Sunday accused PM Narendra Modi and
Union Home Minister Amit Shah of doublespeak on terror, adding that “Rajoana is
a dreaded terrorist”. Rajoana is one of the convicted assassins of former
Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. “It would be a black day for Indian
democracy and Punjab if reports are true. There won’t be a bigger blot for Modi
and Amit Shah. There was a list of Sikh prisoners which was mutually decided by
Indian government and Punjab government on the basis of their good conduct and
to give relief to those prisoners who are very old now and have none to fight
their cases or bail them out. It was a goodwill gesture on 550th birth
anniversary of Guru Nanak, but as far as Rajoana’s death punishment being
commuted to life imprisonment is concerned, my and Captain Amarinder Singh’s
stand on it is very clear. He is a dreaded terrorist and should not be spared
at any cost. I do not have any issues with release of those prisoners who have
shown good conduct but terrorists like Rajoana cannot be spared,” said MP
Bittu.Bittu further said that doublespeak of Modi and Shah on terrorism now
stood exposed.indianexpress
Chinmayanand
rape case: 80 Congress workers arrested in UP ahead of rally for law student
New Delhi :About 80
Congress workers were arrested and party leaders like Jitin Prasada and Kaushal
Mishra were put under house arrest ahead of a rally protest march that the
party had planned in support of the law student who accused BJP leader and
former union minister Chinmayanad of rape, PTI reported.Called the “Nyay
Yatra”, the 5-day 180-km rally was planned from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow. Senior
leaders of the party were expected to take part in the march.According to SP
(city) Dinesh Tripathi, Congress workers were holding a meeting in front of the
party office at a time when prohibitory orders were promulgated in the city and
80 of them have been arrested. “They had not taken any permission from the
administration. After arrest, they have been taken to Police Lines,” Tripathi
said.Police sources claimed that Prasada, district Congress president Kaushal
Mishra, leader of Congress Legislative Party in UP Assembly Ajay Kumar Lallu
and senior party leader Dheeraj Gurjar were among those arrested and kept at
Police Lines. indianexpress
MHA
yet to give funds, CRPF out of ration money for personnel
New Delhi :The shortfall
is due to a delay in release of nearly Rs 800 crore from Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA). Sources said the force has reminded MHA thrice over the past few
months for payment of ration funds, but it is still pending.CRPF headquarters
on September 13 wrote to all field units that personnel will not get ration
money this month. “As no reserve fund under COR is presently available with
this Dte, therefore it is not feasible to draw ration money allowance from the
pay of September 2019,” the letter said.CRPF and MHA Sunday said the situation
had arisen due to a revision in the allowance and payment of arrears in August.
“On account of revision of Ration Money Allowance made by MHA on 12.7.2019, Rs
22,144 per head Ration money (arrears) was paid to around 2 lakh CRPF personnel
who are drawing RMA in August. In this way CRPF troops have already received an
amount Rs 22,144 as Ration money in July which is equivalent to 6 months RMA…thus
they have sufficient funds for messing,” a statement by CRPF and MHA said.indianexpress
Giving
total control of Assam Rifles to MHA will adversely impact vigil along China
border:Army to Govt
New Delhi:Army has red
flagged Home Ministry’s proposal to take operational control of the Assam
Rifles, saying it will have serious national security implications including
adversely impacting vigil over India’s disputed border with China.Strongly
opposing the move, Army has instead sought overall responsibility of guarding entire
Sino-India border in Eastern sector to effectively deal with any Chinese
transgression, top military sources told PTI. At present, Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) patrols several segments of border.The sources said concerned
over the proposal by the Home Ministry to take operational control of the
nearly 185 years old Assam Rifles, the Army has taken up the issue with Defence
Ministry last week seeking its immediate intervention in the matter.PTI
Govt
may seek Rs 30,000 crore interim dividend from RBI
The government may seek
an interim dividend of about Rs 30,000 crore from the RBI towards the end of
the financial year to meet its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP for
2019-20, sources said.Government finances have come under pressure due to
moderation in revenue collection and a slew of measures taken to lift growth
from a six-year low of 5 per cent in the first quarter of the current
fiscal.“If required, the government may request the Reserve Bank of India for
interim dividend of Rs 25,000-30,000 crore during the current fiscal,” an
official said.The assessment in this regard would be made in early January,
official added.Apart from the RBI dividend, there are other means of bridging
any shortfall, including mop up from disinvestment and higher utilisation of
National Small Saving Fund (NSSF), sources added.In the past, the government
has taken the route of seeking interim dividend from RBI to balance its
account. Last fiscal, RBI paid Rs 28,000 crore as interim dividend. PTI
Modi-Trump
talks ‘fail’ to meet India’s expectations: Cong
Congress has said it was
disappointed over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President
Donald Trump that “failed” to meet India’s expectations despite public display
of bonhomie and friendship at ‘Howdy Modi’ “extravaganza”. Congress senior
spokesperson Anand Sharma hit out at the BJP, saying the “euphoria” over the
Prime Minister’s UN visit is misplaced as there is no cause for celebration and
asked the government to focus on real issues and not deflect by engaging in
“boastful campaign propaganda”. “Congress party notes with disappointment that
the much hyped meeting of Prime Minister Modi with US President Trump has
failed to meet India’s expectations despite the public display of bonhomie and
special friendship at the Houston ‘Howdy Modi’ extravaganza,” he said in a
statement. “There were no tangible outcomes of the visit which would justify
the BJP celebration. Prime Minister was unsuccessful in persuading Trump to
restore Generalized System of Preference for Indian exports to US markets,
withdrawal of reduction in number of H1-B visas for Indian professionals and
steep hike in fee,”he said.PTI
BJP
Haryana drops 7 sitting MLAs, releases its first list of 78 candidates for
Assembly elections
Haryana unit of the BJP
on Monday released its first list of candidates for Haryana Assembly elections.
Reports said wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt will contest from Baroda, ex-hockey
captain Sandeep Singh from Pehowa, wrestler Babita Phogat from Dadri while
Haryana CM ML Khattar will contest from Karnal. As many as 7 sitting MLAs of
the party has been denied tickets.CEC of BJP met under the presidentship of
Union Home Minister Amit Shah. NewsX
Ex-BSF
trooper Tej Bahadur to contest against Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar in
Assembly polls
Sacked BSF trooper Tej
Bahadur Yadav, who had sought to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the
2019 general elections, on Monday said he will contest against Haryana Chief
Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the October 21 Assembly polls.Yadav, who had on
Sunday joined regional political outfit Indian National Lok Dal’s breakaway
faction, Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) led by Dushyant Chautala, said that he
would contest against Khattar from Karnal Assembly constituency.He termed
unemployment a major issue in the state.Dismissed from service after uploading
on social media a video showing allegedly poor quality food served to them,
Yadav had sought to contest against Modi in the Varanasi parliamentary
constituency as a Samajwadi Party candidate. However, the Election Commission
had rejected his nomination papers.HT
Azam
Khan's wife to fight from family hub
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party
on Sunday declared Azam Khan's wife and Rajya Sabha MP Tazeen Fatima as
candidate for byelections in crucial Rampur assembly constituency, relying on
the family's sway over the pocket borough. The party also announced five other
candidates, while extending support to Rashtriya Lok Dal in Iglas assembly
constituency in Aligarh. The party's decision to field Fatima followed a series
of protests launched by the party against 87 cases lodged against the
husband-wife lawmakers and their MLA son. 65-year-old AMU alumna was elected to
Rajya Sabha in 2014. The bypoll was necessitated after Azam Khan's election to
Lok Sabha.TOI
TN:
BJP worker, associate damage SDPI man’s car
Coimbatore: Thudiyalur
police have formed a special team to nab a BJP cadre and his friend for
damaging the windshield of a car owned by the member of a Muslim outfit at
Thudiyalur on Saturday.W Sulaiman, 46, of Railway Station Road at Thudiyalur, a
motorcycle mechanic and the treasurer of SDPI, had parked his car in front of
his house on Saturday night. “His wife Rameela and son S Subair, 19, were
standing in front of the house. 4 people on 2 scooters arrived there and
enquired about Sulaiman. They also abused Subair using dirty words. The gang
then picked up a wooden log and damaged the windshield of the car before
fleeing from the area,”a police officer said.Preliminary inquiry revealed that 4-member
gang and Sulaiman and his party cadres were booked for involving in a clash on
Sept. 6 over a Ganesha chaturthi procession. Thudiyalur police had registered
two cases against the groups. Based on Subair’s complaint, police registered a
case against M Kanagaraj, a BJP member from Anna Colony in Thudiyalur and his
friends D Kodirasu, R Ajithkumar and M Anandakumar, also from Anna Colony.TOI
PFI
Demands Withdrawal of All Draconian Laws
New Delhi:In a bid to
boost the morale and the confidence of minorities, Dalits and other weaker
sections, PFI on Sunday organised a mammoth conference here. The conference on
‘People’s Rights’ made a host of demands including withdrawal of all
legislations and measures which violate people’s rights and deny justice to
minorities and weaker sections. Terming the NRC as conspiracy to target the
minority community, it called upon people to join hands to defeat communal,
fascist and sectarian forces in the country. E. Abubacker, chairman, PFI,
flagged that the country is heading to a disaster ever since BJP government
came to power at the Centre.Mahant Yugal Kishore Shastri from Ayodhya said
“Hindutva terrorism is the real danger to the unity and integrity of the
country not from Muslims or Pakistan.”Criticising the mob-lynching incidents,
Shastri suggested a tit-for-tat tactic to deal with them. The mahant also
criticised govt’s action on Kashmir saying it has alienated the people of
Kashmir further. Echoing similar views, Sikh community representative Prof.Baljinder
Singh slammed the government for the revocation of Article 370 and Article 35A.
He said Article 370 was a bridge between Jammu and Kashmir and rest of India. Maulana
Khalilur Rahman Sajjad Nomani, spokesperson, AIMPLB, said the country is
passing through a critical phase. We need to take up the issues of the
people.Dalit leader Ashok Bharti, said there is a need of unity among
minorities, Dalits and weaker sections for fighting Hindutva forces in the
country. Caravan Daily
Hundreds
turned back as Meghalaya, Mizoram intensify checking post NRC
Guwahati:Hundreds have
been turned back in Meghalaya and scores of inner line permit violators caught
by police in Mizoram on their border with Assam as they strengthened security
at checkpoints after the updated NRC list was published on August 31.“From
Sept.1 to till Sept.26, 1,241 persons were detected without valid documents.
They were directed to bring documents and visit Meghalaya,” Meghalaya’s SP
police (anti-infiltration) Sylvester Nongtnger said.Nongtnger said officials
manning check gates check for NRC status or other valid documents before
allowing people to enter the state.“This is being done to make sure illegal
immigrants do not enter the state,” he said. Police in Meghalaya have also
apprehended as many as 17 Nigerian nationals between September 13 and September
18 who had come illegally via Tripura and Assam after flying to Dhaka.Among
others, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma had also expressed apprehensions that the
over 1.9 million people out of the NRC in Assam may try to enter Meghalaya.A
senior police official in the state said on condition of anonymity that
checking was increased amid these apprehensions and taking into account past
experiences. After 2018 draft NRC list was published, Khasi Student Union had
set up check gates at Assam-Meghalaya border to check NRC status of
visitors.“Instead of the students’ body taking over which may lead to a law and
order problem, it is better that police shored up checking,” said senior
official.In Kolasib, Mizoram district which borders Assam, a two senior
official said strict checking is in place after the state government directive
earlier this month to not issue temporary inner line permit to those who do not
have their names in NRC. Unlike Meghalaya, visitors to Mizoram need an inner
line permit.HT
Bihar
floods:Death toll reaches 29, Deputy CM Sushil Modi, family rescued after being
stuck for 3 days
New Delhi : Battered by heavy rainfall for the past 48
hours in 3 districts of Bihar, at least 29 people have died in the state due to
mishaps caused by the downpour, according toANI. The state capital Patna
continued to be among the worst affected with four-to 6-feet-deep waterlogging
in several areas Monday. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, who was stranded at
his Patna residence, had to be rescued by NDRF.Officials say the state capital
has not witnessed such waterlogging since the 1975 floods. Bihar government has
also asked two helicopters from Air Force for lifting and airdropping food
packets and medicines. The Patna district administration has ordered the
closure of all schools till Tuesday.
WORLD
Oil
prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers: Saudi crown prince warns amid
Iran conflict
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an
interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high
numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would
prefer a political solution to a military one.Mohammed bin Salman, the
kingdom’s de facto ruler, also denied that he ordered the killing of journalist
Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi operatives nearly a year ago, but said he ultimately
bears “full responsibility” as the leader of his country.“If the world does not
take a strong and firm action to deter Iran, we will see further escalations
that will threaten world interests,” the crown prince said. “Oil supplies will
be disrupted and oil prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers that we
haven’t seen in our lifetimes.”Reuters
Amid
Tourism Push, Saudi to Impose Fines for 'Indecent' Clothes, Public Display of
Affection
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has said
it would impose fines for violations of "public decency", including
immodest clothing and public displays of affection, a day after the austere
kingdom opened up to foreign tourists. Interior ministry said it had identified
19 such "offences" but did not specify the penalties, as the country
begins issuing tourist visas for the first time as part of a push to diversify
its oil-reliant economy."The new regulations require men and women to
dress modestly and to refrain from public displays of affection. Women are free
to choose modest clothing," a statement said. AFP
Houthis
announce release of 350 prisoners
Houthi rebels have
announced the unconditional release of 350 prisoners, including 3 Saudi
Arabians, days after the Yemeni group claimed to have captured thousands of
Saudi troops following an incursion into Saudi Arabia, according to Houthi-run
Al Masirah TV.A statement by Houthi National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs
(NCPA) carried by Al Masirah TV said the individuals were on the list of
persons drawn up as part of the prisoner exchange deal agreed in Stockholm in
December.United Nations-brokered prisoner swap, one of the three pillars of the
breakthrough deal, involving some 7,000 detainees on each side had stalled as
the two sides - the Houthis and the Yemeni government - struggled to agree on
its implementation."Our initiative proves our credibility in implementing
the Sweden agreement and we call on the other party to take a comparable
step," said Abdul Qader al-Murtada, head of the NCPA, in the statement
carried by Houthi-run broadcaster."We decided to release 350 prisoners
because nothing from Sweden agreement have been achieved. The release is going
take place today," NCPA statement read.The detainees were taken in Houthi
raids since 2014, when the rebels overran the capital, Sanaa, and much of the
north. UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths - who supervised the
Stockholm agreement- welcomed the offer to unilaterally release a number of
detainees, saying he hoped it would lead to further progress on an agreed
prisoner exchange deal.Iran-linked group said the release of the prisoners was
a gesture of goodwill to Saudi-UAE coalition, which has carried out bombing in
support of the internationally recognised govt of Abd-Rabbu Mansur Hadi since
2015. Houthis recently announced the capture of hundreds of Yemeni loyalist
forces in an August offensive near the Saudi border, but they were not among
those released on Monday.On Sunday,Yemen's Houthi rebels broadcast footage they
said was of a major attack in August near the border with Saudi Arabia,
claiming that three "enemy military brigades had fallen". Houthis say
the attack killed or wounded 500 soldiers and "thousands" of troops
were captured, including Saudi army officers and soldiers, along with hundreds
of armoured vehicles. aljazeera
Erdogan
vows to continue oil, gas trade with Iran
Turkish President Tayyip
Erdogan vowed Ankara would continue to purchase oil and natural gas from Iran
despite US sanctions."It is impossible for us to cancel relations with Iran
with regards to oil and natural gas. We will continue to buy our natural gas
from there," Erdogan told Turkish reporters before leaving New York where
he was attending the UN General Assembly.Despite this vow, Erdogan admitted
Turkey faced difficulty in purchasing oil since the private sector "pulled
back because of US threats", NTV reported.aljazeera
Israel’s
Mossad chief against sharing intelligence with Saudi
Head of Israel’s Mossad
Yossi Cohen is against supplying developed intelligence hardware and software
to Saudi Arabia, close aides told the Jerusalem Post .Cohen previously set the
groundwork for former Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot to publicly announce
a new level of cooperation between Israeli and Saudi intelligence in Nov.
2017.He views such links as not as much about personal trust, but about
overlapping national interests”, especially when it comes to standing together
against Iran, the paper explained.Cohen is, however, against sharing sensitive
Israeli technologies with the Saudis to combat the threat of drones.Arab48 said
it was not clear whether Saudi Arabia has ever requested Israeli intelligence
technology and been refused, but said that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal
Khashoggi had unveiled Israeli-Saudi partnership in the field of intelligence
technology. middleeastmonitor
Abdullah
claims victory in Afghanistan election
Abdullah Abdullah,
Afghanistan's chief executive and President Ashraf Ghani's top rival, has
claimed victory after the first round of voting in the presidential election
over the weekend, though official counting is still under way."We have the
most votes in this election," Abdullah said at a news conference on
Monday."The results will be announced by the IEC [Independent Election
Commission], but we have the most votes. The election is not going to go to a
second round."Senior IEC official Habib Rahman Nang immediately slammed
Abdullah's announcement as premature."No candidate has the right to
declare himself the winner," he said. "According to the law, it is
the IEC that decides who is the winner."Results are not expected until
October 19. Candidates need more than 50 percent of the vote to be declared an
outright winner, or else the top two will head for a second round in
November.The vote held on Saturday saw a low turnout because of the threat of
attacks, a muted campaign and concerns over fraud.aljazeera
Egypt
army kills 6-yr-old in ‘revenge’ attack in Sinai
As anti-government
protests erupted across Egypt for the second week in a row on Friday, Egyptian
military retaliated to a terror attack in North Sinai by killing a six-year old
and his father. Egyptian government has
waged a war on the local Daesh affiliate in Sinai for the last seven years that
locals say is vastly disproportionate and is actually a war on civilians aimed
at forcibly removing them from their land.Locals are regularly disappeared,
extrajudicially killed, hit with indiscriminate bullets and live under a severe
blackout as journalists and human rights workers are not allowed to enter the
peninsula. According to Eid Marzouky, an exiled journalist originally from Bir
Al-Abed who works for Al Jazeera, a green pickup truck carrying 4 militants
approached Toffaha military checkpoint in Bir Al-Abed on Friday, and opened
fire on the soldiers manning the checkpoint. middleeastmonitor
Egyptian
activist Fattah rearrested amid crackdown
Prominent pro-democracy
activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah, who served 5 years in prison in Egypt, has been
rearrested, according to his family and rights groups.The blogger and software
engineer was a leading voice among young Egyptians who initially led 2011
uprising against President Hosni Mubarak. Government critics say his arrest is
part of a wave of crackdowns, the largest since President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
took power. Nearly 2,000 people have been arrested, according to rights groups,
since anti-government protests began in Cairo and other Egyptian cities earlier
this month. The protests were spurred by exiled ex military contractor Mohamed
Ali. aljazeera
Algeria’s
Movement of Society for Peace decides not to nominate a candidate in
presidential election
Movement of Society for
Peace (Algeria’s largest Islamist party) has decided not to nominate its head,
Abderrazak Makri, as a candidate in the presidential election scheduled for 12
December.The decision came after a secret vote of the movement’s Shura Council
at the end of its meeting from Saturday night to Sunday. According to a leader
in the party, who spoke to Anadolu on condition of anonymity for personal
reasons, the majority of council members voted for the option of not entering
the presidential election with a candidate after hours of debate about the
movement’s position on the ballot.According to the same source, the decision
does not necessarily mean giving up this right, and the movement’s leadership
will later announce how the part would deal with this political deadline. middleeastmonitor
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Even
If Data Is Legit, Swachh Bharat Will Have Failed Its Open Defecation Goal:Omair
Ahmad
The
Vacuum of Mainstream Politics in Kashmir:Rekha Chowdhary
The
Sangh's Ideology Against Federalism Underlies the Centre's Move in
J&K:Pritam Singh
After
'Successful' Panchayat Polls in Kashmir Last Year, 61% of Seats Lie
Empty:Mudasir Ahmad
Fruit
and vegetable trade in Kashmir ruined following clampdown; govt scheme fails to
take off:Majid Maqbool
No
End to Suffering of Muzzafarnagar Riot Victims; Justice Remains Elusive: Aas
Mohammad Kaif, TCN
Govt must not
sacrifice rise in farm incomes at altar of short-term consumer interest or to
save RCEP:Harish Damodaran
Bhopal's
Sex-and-Blackmail Racket Has Dealt Kamal Nath a Strong Political Hand:Neeraj
Mishra
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