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OCT. 2019: 16 Safar 1441: Vol: 12, No: 38
INDIA : Babri Masjid land case
Hearing
concludes: SC reserves verdict, asks all parties to submit written note within
3 days; closed door meeting likely tomorrow on mediation report
Supreme Court today
reserved the judgment in the Ayodhya land dispute case, concluding 40-day-long
marathon hearing. A written note is to be submitted in the next 3 days. Supreme
Court has finished hearing all arguments in the Ayodhya case one hour before
the set deadline. According to latest reports, the SC bench hearing the case
will sit in chambers tomorrow and a closed door proceeding is likely on the
cards to discuss the mediation panel report. News18 reports the bench will take
a call on the way forward in the case. Questioning the Hindu parties' claim,
senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who is appearing for the Muslim side, said, how
can the Hindu side make claims from an illegal act, since they are relying upon
all illegal acts, including 1855. He said that the Hindu side relies upon
statements made by people in year 2000. "Even if we assume that you had
title, what do we say? That then over time we have title by adverse
possession," he says. In response to the claim that Waqf Board has no
right since there was no Mutawalli, Dhavan submits that Uttar Pradesh Muslim
Waqfs Act is the operative act and it stated that the board has the right to
take steps to get back the Waqf's properties. Reading parts of a document
relied upon in Suit 4 which has been objected to by CS Vaidyanathan claiming
that there is contradiction in translation, Dhavan said that what Jilani had
placed before Allahabad High Court was a transliteration from Persian
introduced by Justice Agarwal.He further argues that Mishra's arguments are not
based on knowledge of land revenue, to which Mishra interjects saying his books
on land revenue have been used as references for PhDs. Dhavan questions how can
the Hindu side make claims from an illegal act, since they are relying upon all
illegal acts, including 1855. He said that the Hindu side relies upon
statements made by people in year 2000. "Even if we assume that you had
title, what do we say? That then over time we have title by adverse
possession," he says.Mentioning that the Sultanate was established in
1200s, Dhavan says that Babur was a conquered and that when Islam came to
India, it was a very attractive religion in terms of equality. "My plea is
not a plea of title alone. It is of Waqf. My plea is not adverse possession, it
is an alternative plea," Dhavan says.Addressing the submission by Ranjit
Kumar that Gopal Singh Visharad's legal heirs were not substituted in Suit 4,
Dhavan submits that there was no such obligation. He submits that the son of a
litigant cannot claim to have succession in a suit filed for rights of worship.
Referring to the 1992 demolition of the mosque, Dhavan submits, "The
building that was destroyed was of Muslims. The right of its reconstruction,
its restoration can only be with the Muslims."He ends his submissions with
"Saare jahan se acha hindustan humara, hum bulbule hain iski, ye gulsitan
humara. Hindi hain hum, watan hai hindustan humara. This is the spirit of our
Constitution,my lords." firstpost
SC
likely to pronounce verdict between 4-17 Nov
Waqf
board dismisses reports of withdrawing appeal
UP Sunni Central Waqf Board today dismissed
reports that it had agreed to withdraw its appeal in the Ayodhya case. Chairperson
of Board, Zufar Farooqi, responding exclusively to TOI, said there was “no
truth” in the reports which had suddenly started doing the rounds since early
Wednesday morning, even as the apex court continued to hear the closing
statements in the case.TOI
Waqf
Board will drop Babri Land claim if other mosques are guaranteed protection
The primary Muslim litigant
in the title dispute case has informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to
drop its appeals in the matter – and its claims to the land on which the
historic Babri Masjid stood for centuries before it was demolished by Hindutva
activists and leaders in 1992 – provided the Centre is willing to guarantee
that all other places of worship in India will be protected from similar
encroachment.“Settlement has been filed. I cannot say more now,” a source
familiar with the proceedings said today morning.The court, however, continued with its hearings, and at the end
of the day’s proceedings said it was reserving its judgment.The surprise
development came on the last day of the hearings scheduled by the five
judge-constitution bench of the SC. According to informed sources, Sunni Waqf
Board and some but not all of the Hindu litigants have signed the settlement
proposal, which has been submitted via 3-member mediation panel that the court
had set up earlier this year.Significantly, VHP-backed Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas has
not accepted the terms of the settlement. Besides firm safeguards for all other
mosques in India, settlement envisages the renovation of 22 existing mosques in
Ayodhya, permission to build another mosque in lieu of the Babri masjid at some
other location, and the possibility of worship in a number of historic mosques
which are currently under the care of Archaeological Survey of India. The Wire
Dhavan
explains why he tore Mahasabha’s maps inside SC, says ‘Islam is extremely
attractive faith for people in a caste-ridden society’
Senior Supreme Court
advocate Rajeev Dhavan has defended his decision to tear the documents and maps
submitted by Hindu Mahasabha saying that CJI Ranjan Gogoi had allowed him to do
so. Dhavan said that he ‘wanted to throw the pages away’ but CJI told him that
he could tear them. “And I tore them, so I’d say it was with the permission of
court,” Dhavan said.CJI agreed with him stating that he indeed had allowed
Dhavan to tear the pages.To which Justice SA Nazeer commented, “It’s widely
reported.” Dhavan, who is representing Muslim petitioners, said that the Babri
Masjid should be restored at the site where it stood before its demolition on 6
Dec.1992. Dhavan also said that Islam was ‘an extremely attractive faith for
people living in a caste-ridden society.’jantakareporter
NBSA
issues advisory regarding Ayodhya matter
News Broadcasters
Standard Authority (NBSA) has issued an advisory for coverage of Babri Masjid case.
NBSA has advised to not speculate court proceedings, ascertain facts of
hearing, not use mosque demolition footage, not broadcast NSE-1.61% any
celebrations and ensure that no extreme views are aired in debates.ANI
Ayodhya
mediation panel files settlement doc in SC
Ayodhya mediation committee today filed a
settlement document in the Supreme Court. A source said the settlement reached
in talks have been filed in the court. The filing of the settlement coincides
with the last day of hearing by the Ayodhya Bench. Details of the settlement
are confidential and not known. thehindu
How
Babri Masjid Action Committee was born
Ram
Temple Construction Will Begin From Dec.6: Sakshi Maharaj
On the last day of the hearing in Babri Masjid
land dispute in the Supreme Court, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has announced that Ram
temple construction will begin in Ayodhya from Dec.6.Incidentally, Dec.6 was
the date when Babri mosque was demolished in 1992. "It is logical that
temple construction should begin on the date when the structure was
demolished," Sakshi said.IANS
Weeks
before Ram Temple final verdict, RSS meet
As the Babri Masjid
dispute hearing draws to a close, the RSS focuses on -- what's next? The ideological
mentor of the RSS has called a meeting in Haridwar to primarily discuss on this
and much more, staring Oct 31.The high-level meeting is not just any meeting.
This takes place once in every 5 years. Though the Sangh has not said in clear
terms, but sources say Ram Mandir will be the top agenda when Sangh chief Mohan
Bhagwat meets his top ranking deputies including Bhaiyaji Joshi, Dattatreya
Hosebole and Krishna Gopal.The importance of the meeting can be gauged from the
presence of all the pracharaks of all organisations affiliated to the Sangh
till Nov.4. A source said, passing a resolution on Ram Mandir cannot be
dismissed as well.IANS
INDIAN ECONOMY
India
slips to 102nd place on Global Hunger Index, Pak, Nepal, Bangla, Lanka far
better at feeding their citizens
India has been classified
as a country with ‘serious’ levels of hunger according to this year’s Global
Hunger Index (GHI), slipping from 95th rank in 2010 to 102nd in 2019. The
country with the severest problem of hunger at rank 117 is Central African
Republic.GHI calculates levels of hunger and undernutrition worldwide. 4
indicators for the index are undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting
(weight for age) and child mortality. The annual report says among 117
countries ranked, 47 countries are in ‘serious’ and ‘alarming’ hunger levels
and one in ‘critically alarming’. India’s dismal performance on hunger is
directly linked to the high levels of child undernourishment. Neighbouring
countries like Nepal (73rd), Sri Lanka (66th), Bangladesh (88th), Myanmar
(69th) and Pakistan (94th), although all in the ‘serious’ hunger category are
better at feeding its citizens than India, according to this index. China
(25th) has moved to a ‘low’ severity category and Sri Lanka is in the
‘moderate’ 70.Another shocking statistic is, when it comes to infants aged six
months to 23 months, only 9.6 percent of them in India are fed a "minimum
acceptable diet". This means that less than 10 percent of the infants in
India are properly fed.The child wasting rate in India stands at 20.8 percent
which, according to the index, is the highest wasting rate of any country
studied for GHI report. The child stunting rate, at 37.9% , has also been
termed as very high.The report also mentions the central govt’s Swachh Bharat
program, saying open defecation is being practiced despite the construction of
new toilets and it highly jeopardises the population’s and children’s health. “Even
with new latrine construction, however, open defecation is still practiced.
This situation jeopardises the population’s health and consequently, children’s
growth and development as their ability to absorb nutrients is compromised,” report
reads.news18
India’s
Global Hunger Index score shows a serious problem when it comes to children
‘Under
stress’, 3 PMC Bank depositors die within 24 hours
Over 3 weeks after the
RBI moved against PMC Bank for various irregularities, and imposed a curb on
withdrawals, 3 of the cooperative bank’s account-holders, including a
51-year-old who had lost his job with the defunct Jet Airways in April, died
over the last 24 hours in Mumbai.2 of the deaths have been attributed to heart
attacks with families and friends claiming that they were under “severe
stress”. 3rd death was that of a 39-year-old doctor, who was “suffering from
depression” and committed suicide, police said. Former Jet Airways senior
technician Sanjay Gulati died after having a meal at his home in Oshiwara
Monday night while Fattomal Punjabi (59) collapsed around Tuesday noon at his
electronics shop in Mulund’s Sindhi Colony.indianexpress
India's
fuel demand dips to lowest in over 2 years
India’s fuel demand
slipped to its lowest in over two years in Sept.2018 after a fall in diesel and
industrial fuel consumption negated the rise in petrol and LPG sales. Consumption
of petroleum products in September dropped to 16.01 million tonnes, its lowest
since July 2017, from 16.06 million tonnes in same month last year, according
to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).Diesel, the most
used fuel in the country, saw demand drop by 3.2% to 5.8 million tonnes, while
naphtha sales were down by a quarter to 844,000 tonnes.PTI
Sitharaman
blames Manmohan, Raghuram for high NPAs of PSU banks, says banks had worst
phase under UPA rule
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman today hit out at former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former RBI
governor Raghuram Rajan by holding them responsible for bad loans in state-run
banks. She blamed Manmohan Singh and Rajan for putting public sector banks at
the worst phase. Addressing at the Columbia University, Sitharaman alleged that
the combination of Singh and Rajan responsible for issuing a massive amount of
loans in PSUs during the UPA rule.The recent attack comes just after Rajan
blamed Modi-led government of vision for framing new policies to keep the
economy intact. He had also said BJP government failed to achieve economic
growth.Sitharaman has been witnessing severe criticism over the economic
slowdown in the country. Since taking over as the Finance portfolio, she has
announced several policies to boost the economy. Recently, she announced the corporate
tax cut on companies who have a turnover up to Rs 400 crore to 25 percent.
Sitharaman also announced Rs 1.45 lakh
crore fiscal stimulus by slashing corporate tax to 22 percent which was earlier
30 percent.newsx
J&K ISSUE & SOUTH asia
Produce
orders related to shutdown and detentions of leaders in Kashmir: SC to Centre
The Supreme Court today
asked the Centre to produce orders concerning the shutdown and detentions in
Jammu and Kashmir, reported Bar and Bench. 3-Judge Bench of Justices NV Ramana
with R Subhash Reddy and BR Gavai was hearing a petition filed by Kashmir Times
Editor Anuradha Bhasin challenging the restrictions placed on media and
communications in the Valley. The bench asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
that why the orders concerning the imposition of restrictions in Jammu and
Kashmir were not placed on record.“Is it done purposefully?” the Court asked.
Mehta argued that the petition by Bhasin originally prayed only for the lifting
of the curbs in the region. “The situation on the ground is changing gradually.
The petitioner has now expanded the scope of the prayer to seek production of
the orders also,” he argued. Advocate Vrinda Grover, arguing for Kashmir Times
editor, objected to this submission to say that the petition seeks production
of these orders as the first point of prayer so that the validity of the
decisions can be examined. The court acknowledged and agreed with Grover’s
submission on this. Solicitor General Mehta, however, said, “We will place on
record these orders but nobody can seek an appeal on executive orders
concerning the national security, especially not the petitioners.” The bench
then said that if the Centre wished to not divulge reasons for not placing any
order on record, an affidavit detailing the reasons is to be filed. The court
will hear the matter next on Oct.25.indianexpress
J&K:
Militants kill migrant labourer from Chhattisgarh in Pulwama; 2nd such
attack on non-locals in 2 days
A migrant worker from
Chhattisgarh was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district
on Wednesday, barely 2 days after another non-local was murdered in the Valley
by unknown miscreants in broad daylight. The police refrained from revealing
the name of the victim, who was a brick kiln worker, CNN-News18 reported. The
victim had apparently stayed put at his job due to financial constraints, even
after the government had appealed to all non-locals to exit the Valley before
it struck down the semi-autonomous status of the state.This is the second such
incident reported from the Valley after the government announced the revival of
some of the communication channels. On Monday, a driver of an apple truck was
killed and an orchard owner was assaulted in Sindhu Shirmal village of south
Kashmir’s Shopian district, apparently in an attempt to dissuade people from
resuming trade activities and normal life.
Truck driver hailed from Rajasthan.firstpost
‘ Pak
to remain in grey list till Feb 2020 in FATF’; Pakistan Govt rejects reports
Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) has decided, in principle, to keep Pakistan in its Grey List till
Feb.2020, directing Islamabad to take extra measures for complete elimination
of terror financing and money laundering, according to media reports today.In a
meeting in Paris on Tuesday, FATF reviewed the measures that Pakistan has
already taken to control money laundering and terror financing, reported Dawn
News.The Paris-based task force has urged Pakistan to take extra measures for
complete elimination of terror financing, it quoted Aaj TV. FATF will take a
final decision on Pakistan's position in Feb. 2020. A formal announcement about
the interim developments will be made on Friday, which is the last day of
FATF's ongoing session, the report said.However, Pakistan's Finance Ministry
spokesperson Omar Hameed Khan rejected the reports of the country remaining in
the Grey List, saying "it is not true and nothing before Oct.18 (can be
confirmed)". The FATF has decided to give respite of four months to
Pakistan to help her implement remaining recommendations of the task force, Aaj
TV reported. If Pakistan continues in the 'Grey List', it would be very
difficult for the country to get financial aid from IMF, World Bank and EU.news18
India
will replace Malaysian palm oil imports, says trade body after Mahathir said
India 'invaded Kashmir'
India, the world’s top
palm oil buyer, is shunning purchases from Malaysia after the Southeast Asian
nation’s prime minister criticized its policy in Kashmir, sparking the latest
trade spat in the region.Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad last month
told UN that India “invaded and occupied” Kashmir. Since then, many Indian
buyers of palm oil have started shifting to Indonesian supplies amid concern
that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will curb purchases of the vegetable oil from
Malaysia.“India will replace Malaysian palm oil imports by buying more from
Indonesia and increasing edible oil supplies from Ukraine,” said Bipul
Chatterjee, who heads CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics and
Environment in Jaipur, India. “It’s the first time ever that India has used its
heft as a trade partner to express unhappiness about a political statement.” The
spat is the latest regional diplomatic dispute to impact trade flows. “China
and US often use trade ties as a means of power,” Chatterjee said. “It seems
India has also entered the game where trade is not just trade, it is also a
weapon.”“This is a reaction from traders so we cannot react to their personal
decision,” Mahathir told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today, referring to Indian
buyers avoiding Malaysian palm oil. “If the government launched a boycott or
something like that, then we will have to work diplomatically perhaps to reduce
the kind of action that they have taken.”Malaysia will seek a diplomatic
solution if India restricts imports of some products, Mahathir added. Bloomberg
JK
Police arrest Hyat Ahmad Bhat
Jammu and Kashmir Police today
arrested Hyat Ahmad Bhat, who is believed to be the brain behind the unrest in
Soura on the outskirts of the city immediately after the Centre withdrew the
state's special status. Terming it an important development, the police said a
swift operation was launched by a team led by a deputy superintendent of police
in the Anchar area on the outskirts of the city to nab Bhat.After being nabbed,
he was interrogated as he is alleged to be the brain behind the violent protest
in the area, which has remained out of bounds for security forces since August
5.The police alleged that Bhat was "instrumental" in mobilising
miscreants in and around Jenab Sahib Soura on Srinagar-Leh highway.PTI
‘Azadi’,
‘Burhan Wani’ written on apples from Kashmir; fruit sellers threaten boycott
Kashmir apples with
messages like 'We want freedom', 'I luv Burhan Wani' and 'Zakir Musa come back'
written on them were found in boxes bought by fruit sellers in Jammu and
Kashmir's Kathua district, prompting police to probe the matter. The fruit
sellers on Wednesday threatened to boycott apples from Kashmir if the
government fails to take action.The fruit sellers opened the apple boxes
purchased from the wholesale market here only to find the messages written on
the apples with black marker.Led by president of Kathua wholesale market Rohit
Gupta, fruit sellers here held protests and raised anti-Pakistan and
anti-terrorist slogans.PTI
Kashmiri
students announce boycott of annual Sir Syed celebrations in AMU over situation
in J&K
Kashmiri students in AMU today
said they will boycott the annual Sir Syed day celebrations, including a
traditional dinner tomorrow, to express their anguish over the situation in the
valley following the revocation of the state's special status.There are about
1,300 Kashmiri students studying in AMU currently. Talking to reporters here,Sajad
Rathar, a Kashmiri student leader and former vice president of AMU students'
union, said, "When the rest of world is celebrating the 202nd birth
anniversary of Sir Syed, we are living in pain."news18
EDUCATION & INSTITUTIONS
UP
Headmaster Suspended After VHP Complains of Iqbal's Iconic Song Sung in
Assembly
A headmaster of a government primary school in
Uttar Pradesh has been suspended after VHP workers complained that he was
making students recite a “religious prayer,”reported Indian Express.The
“prayer” in question is the iconic Urdu poem Lab pe aati hai gua, also known as
Bachche ki dua, which was written in 1902 by Muhammad Iqbal, who also wrote
Saare jahaan se achchha. The poem is frequently sung in schools across India
and deals with the subject of god guiding one from darkness to light.VHP
workers’ complaint against the Pilibhit headmaster Furqan Ali, led to a full
blown inquiry by the Bilaspur block education officer Upendra Kumar, who found
that the former was making students sing it in the morning assembly.The fact
that the song is written by a Muslim poet and uses the word “dua” – the Urdu
word for supplication – and ‘rabb’ and ‘Allah’ for god might have contributed
to VHP’s and the administrations anxiety over it.Though Pilibhit DM Vaibhav
Srivastava said that the headmaster had been suspended “because he was not
getting the national anthem sung,” both BEO Kumar and Bisalpur’s basic shiksha
adhikari Devendra Swarup refuted his claim. They said that not only was national
anthem regularly sung at the school, the complaint was solely that ‘a song sung
in madrasas’ was being sung at the school. The headmaster has said that
students frequently sing patriotic slogans like Bharat mata ki jai in assembly
too. Ironically, poem in dispute is a part of govt prescribed Urdu syllabus and
contains verses on contributing to the homeland.Although this incident took
place in a government school, the saffron rightwing has long since had its eye
on madrasas, with plans afoot to severely regulate their curriculum. Despite
the wide prevalence of religious celebrations of other faiths in a government
school student’s curriculum, there has been a growing attempt to sideline even
vaguely Muslim religious practice in under the current dispensation. thewire
VHP
complains about school poem by Iqbal, Pilibhit headmaster suspended
Muslim
elite 'promote' English, regional languages: Just 0.8% enroll in Urdu schools
A new report, “A New
Agenda For Education Of Indian Muslims in 21st Century”, claiming to be
independent and non-sponsored, has said that the ascendancy of regional
languages and English, both in education and in general use, has seen a
corresponding decline of Urdu, which is particularly sharp among school-going
Muslim children. Pointing out that the number of people declaring Urdu as their
first language has declined in 2011 to only 4.2% of Indian population,
suggesting that only about 30% of Muslims declared Urdu as their first
language, the report, authored by Dr John Kurrien, says that even Maharasthra,
which has the largest proportion of students studying in Urdu medium schools,
only 6.7% get enrolled in Urdu medium sections.Pointing out that even 6.7%
figure is misleading, the report says, “Less than 2% of all students were
enrolled in ‘complete’ Urdu medium schools, i.e. those that had all the
sections/ stages from primary to higher secondary”, adding, “The proportion of
Urdu enrollment in other incomplete 38 schools which had only secondary or
higher secondary sections or both, was also very limited, ranging from 1.1% to
5.6%. Enrolment in Urdu medium schools for the country as a whole is far worse,
says the report, noting, “While the total proportion of students in Urdu medium
sections is 2%, only 0.8% of all Indian students are enrolled in Urdu medium
schools which have all four schools stages/sections from primary to higher secondary.”
In Karnataka, the report further quotes a Students Islamic Organisation of
India (SIO) study of 55 madrasas, stating, about 50% of the madrasas offered
Kannada as a subject, pointing out, “Many madrasa students immersed in
religious instruction in Arabic and Urdu would find it far more difficult than
regular students to cope with academic requirements when they transition to
mainstream educational institutions.”counterview
Where
Is Najeeb? Massive protest held on 3rd anniversary of his mysterious
disappearance
New Delhi:This evening 3
years ago, a 22-year-old first-year postgraduate student had a scuffle with a
group of students in his room at a hostel in Delhi’s premier JNU. He made
frantic calls to his mother at home in Badaun district. She reached JNU next
morning but only to find his belongings in his room and one of his slippers on
the stairs of the hostel. Her son Najeeb Ahmed was not there. Najeeb remains
untraced, dead or alive, till date. On 3rd anniversary of his mysterious disappearance
today, a huge protest demonstration was held near Parliament House in Delhi and
in several other cities across the country. Besides hundreds of students from
various colleges and universities in Delhi, including JNU, Delhi University,
Jamia Millia and AMU,eminent persons, including celebrated writer Arundhati
Roy, Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Prof Apoorvanand and Lok Sabha MP
Kunwar Danish Ali were present at the protest demonstration. They also
addressed the gathering.More importantly, 3 women were on the stage on whose
joint call this event was organized. They were Fatima Nafees, mother of Najeeb,
Shaista Parween, widow of mob-lynching victim Tabrez Ansari, and Kavita
Lankesh, sister of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh. Rajani Singh, widow of slain
inspector of Bulandshahr Subodh Kumar Singh, was also scheduled to be among
them but she could not make it to the event.“We are here to commemorate 3rd
anniversary of Najeeb’s disappearance.It is the bad luck of India that we are
holding such anniversary on several occasions. One anniversary is on the
disappearance of Najeeb which we have been observing for the last 3 years.
Another is for Tabrez Ansari, Subodh Kumar Singh and Gauri Lankesh. Why are we
holding such anniversaries? What is its need and what is the compulsion? There
is only one reason behind this. In none of these cases, the government and
probe agencies have any interest in ensuring justice to the victim families,”
said Prof. Apoorvanand while addressing the massive gathering. Many youth
leaders and rights activists including Nadeem Khan, Umar Khalid and Wali
Rahmani, Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan also spoke on the occasion.
India Tomorrow
AMU
students hold peaceful protest seeking justice for Najeeb
Aligarh: A group of
students of AMU and members of Student Islamic Organisation (SIO), staged a
peaceful protest in the campus on Tuesday to demand justice for JNU student
Najeeb. Over 1,000 shirt tags, reading “Let us not forget #WhereisNajeeb” and
“I am Najeeb. Three years of forceful disappearance”, were distributed in
campus with a request for students to wear them for a day. SIO secretary Talha
Mannan said this was a message to the government and saffron outfits that “we”
are not scared, and will continue to fight fascism just like Najeeb. SIO
president Obaidur Rehman Naufal said Najeeb’s disappearance was not just an
accident, but a planned conspiracy to create a fear among minority community
students. “Our organisation always stands against such issues and will fight
such forces,” said Naufal. Addressing the peaceful protesters, Naufal said the
main reason behind Najeeb’s disappearance was that he belonged to the minority
community and was studying in a prestigious higher educational institute. “If we
really want to express our anger, then every person of the community should
obtain higher education,” he said, adding this will defeat the purpose of those
who don’t want them to get educated.TOI
NCERT
to revise 14-years-old curriculum framework, set up committee by month-end
NCERT is planning to
review 14-year-old National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in accordance with a new
national education policy (NEP) and set up a committee for the
purpose.According to NCERT Director Hrushikesh Senapaty, the council is going to announce a
committee by the end of this month which will revisit the NCF to bring it on
lines of the new education policy. NCF has been revised four times so far – in
1975, 1988, 2000 and 2005. The new proposed revision will be the fifth of the
framework.“We are just waiting for the new education policy to be finalised and
a committee for reviewing NCF will be announced by month-end. The committee,
however, will keep NEP as the base of revision. Ultimately the textbooks will
be revised as per the new framework,” Senapaty told PTI.“It has been over 14
years since the last framework was revised. We did review the textbooks in last
2 years but once the new education policy is in place, the curriculum framework
will need thorough revision,” he said.The council is also undertaking a survey
in 6 blocks to analyse the quality of primary education available and the areas
that need change.“The blocks that have been identified for the preliminary
survey are in Shillong, Mysore, Rajasthan, Bhopaland Orissa. A team of NCERT
officials is visiting each of the block and conducting the survey. Once the
finding are received, the survey will be conducted in more areas and the
findings will also be reviewed for the new curriculum framework,” Senapaty
said.indianexpress
Will
not vacate office following eviction notice from varsity administration: JNUSU
JNUSU today said it will
not vacate its office following an eviction notice by university
administration. Dean of Students (DoS), professor Umesh Kadam, had sent a
notice to the students' union on Tuesday asking them to vacate it. JNUSU was
not notified last year due to non-compliance with Lyngdoh Committee Report and
the matter is sub-judice. Newly-elected union is yet to be notified, he said in
the notice."To prevent misuse of property, it is decided by the Competent
Authority of the University that the said room shall be locked immediately and
the same may be handed over to JNUSU after notification of the same,"
according to the notice.PTI
OTHERS
As air
quality worsens, Delhi shares NASA images of crop burning nearby
Delhi government shared NASA
satellite images depicting "largescale stubble burning" in the
national capital and its adjoining areas on Tuesday, a day when the region's
overall air quality slipped to "very poor" levels.In a letter to
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Environment Minister Kailash Gehlot
claimed that stubble burning in neighbouring states through Nov has
"always contributed significantly to higher PM2.5 levels" in the
national capital. The claim came a day after SC-mandated Environment Pollution
(Prevention and Control) Authority said that local sources of pollution in
Delhi, UP and Haryana are the primary reasons for poor air quality that plagues
the national capital every winter.Stubble burning is a post-harvest practice
aimed at clearing fields.ndtv
After
Savarkar, BJP may propose Bharat Ratna for Godse: D Raja
Mumbai :Slamming
Maharashtra BJP for mooting Bharat Ratna award for V D Savarkar, CPI general
secretary D Raja on Tuesday said the ruling party may even propose the honour
for Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse. The election manifesto of
Maharashtra BJP, released on Tuesday said the party will ask the NDA government
at Centre to confer India’s highest civilian award on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar,
popularly known as Veer Savarkar.“This is biggest irony of our times that while
we are all celebrating the birth centenary of Gandhiji, the BJP is seeking
Bharat Ratna to Savarkar, who was an accused in his assassination case,” Raja said.“The
day may not be far off for BJP to demand Bharat Ratna to Gandhiji’s assassin
Nathuram Godse. This is part of their agenda,” he said.PTI
‘PM
Modi Should Focus More on Women Than Cows’: Vikuonuo Sachu, Miss Kohima
Vikuono Sachu, second
runner-up of Nagaland’s Miss Kohima Contest, has been creating a buzz after her
reply in question-and-answer round floored the audience. On 5 Oct., Miss Kohima
2019 contestant, Sachu, during the personal interaction round, was asked, “If
PM of our country Modi invites you to chat with him, what would you say?”
18-year-old, without mincing her words replied, “If I were invited by PM, I
would tell him to focus more on women instead of cows.” Her reply went viral on
social media and many took to Twitter to appreciate girl for her
straightforward answer.thequint
RSS
shakhas growing at fastest rate since 2010, getting younger too: Vaidya
Bhubaneswar: The growth
of RSS has been the fastest-ever since 2010 with nearly 20,000 new shakhas (RSS
camps) added over the last 9 years, a senior RSS office-bearer said on
Wednesday.“Since 2010, we have added 19,584 new shakhas, the highest growth in
the history of RSS. We have now over 57,000 shakhas in the country. Though it
is not easy to organise a shakhas considering the paucity of time that people
have, we added about 6,000 new shakhas between 2010 and 2014. This is about
1,500 new shakhas every year,” said Manmohan Vaidya joint general secretary to
stress the Sangh’s growth when the BJP was out of power.HT
‘Am
accused of stealing goats and hens’: Azam Khan breaks down in tears at poll
rally
Rampur:Senior SP leader
Azam Khan turned emotional and broke down into tears while addressing an
election rally in Rampur, stating that he has been now been accused of stealing
goats and hens.Khan was addressing an election rally here on Monday for
upcoming by-polls.“I have been slammed with IPC 307 (attempt to murder). My
self-respect proved too costly for me, my friends. Now, the accusation that I
have stolen goats and hens will also remain with me!” said Khan.“O God! Why
didn’t you kill me at that very moment if I had ever committed such a crime?”
he rued.HT
tURKEY SYRIA OPERATION
'Turkey
can never declare ceasefire in north Syria': Erdogan ahead of US delegation's
visit to Ankara
Turkish President Tayyip
Erdogan dismissed a US proposal to broker a ceasefire in northern Syria and
said he was not worried over US sanctions, in comments published in Turkish
media today.He also said Syrian army's entry into the flashpoint northern
Syrian city of Manbij was not a "very negative" development for his
country as long as the region is cleared of Syrian Kurdish fighters."They
tell us 'to declare a ceasefire'. We can never declare a ceasefire,"
Erdogan told journalists on a flight back from Azerbaijan."US Vice
President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel today to
Ankara to press Turkey to halt its offensive against Syrian Kurdish
fighters,"Donald Trump said. "It is not possible for us to declare a
ceasefire" until Turkey clears the "terror organisation" from
its border, Erdogan said, referring to the Kurdish forces.AFP
"Cannot
Keep Track" Of Donald Trump's Tweets, Says Turkey President
US
trained SDF for possible Turkish operation
U.S. forces trained SDF,
a rebranded version of the YPG terror group, for a possible operation by
Turkish forces in northeastern Syria, Foreign Policy magazine reported Tuesday.
Citing a U.S. Army officer who worked with the group, the magazine said SDF was
taught sophisticated battlefield tactics, including how to build a network of
tunnels beneath key towns in northeast Syria as a contingency against a Turkish
military campaign. The officer told Foreign Policy that the group started to
work on tunnels after Turkey seized Afrin, Syria in 2018.The officer also said
US troops conducted several rehearsals with SDF on how to coordinate in case of
a Turkish operation as well as training to build a "defense in depth,"
a military strategy that seeks to cause a delay to an attacking force. Ex-US
Army officer who also worked with SDF confirmed the "group built tunnels
as a contingency" against Turkey, said the report.Anadolu
Putin
invites Erdogan to Russia amid Syria offensive
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the
conflict in Syria in a phone call with Tayyip Erdogan and invited the Turkish
leader to visit Russia soon, the Kremlin said.Putin invited Erdogan "for a
working visit in the coming days". "The invitation was
accepted," Putin's office said in a statement late Tuesday.AFP
No
'Major' Breakout of IS Militants in Syria; US
US is not aware of any
"major" escape of Islamic State extremists since Turkey launched its
assault on Syrian Kurdish fighters holding the prisoners, an official
said."We haven't seen any major successful breakout so far of the
detainees," the senior administration official told reporters on condition
of anonymity.However, the official said that anywhere between 50 and 150 wives
and children of Islamic State prisoners had escaped in the chaos after Turkish
forces attacked last week."We don't know where they went. That's one
significant event there," the official said.AFP
Hamas
defends Turkey’s right to protect its borders, supports Syria territorial
integrity
Hamas expressed its
appreciation of Turkish stances on the Palestinian issue and support for the
rights of the Palestinian people.In a statement on the situation in
north-eastern Syria, Hamas said: “The movement understands Turkey’s right to
protect its borders, defend itself and remove threats to its national security
against the tampering of the Zionist Mossad in the region, as part of Israel’s
efforts to undermine Arab and Islamic world national security.”Hamas affirmed
Syria’s territorial integrity on its entire land and national borders calling
for a prompt resolution of disputes and differences in the region and between
countries to defend the nation’s causes, especially the Palestinian one, most
importantly Jerusalem, which is under continuous aggression by the occupation
forces and Israeli settlers, primarily targeting Al-Aqsa
Mosque.middleeastmonitor
Israel’s
chief rabbi calls for protecting Kurds
Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief
Rabbi David Lau called for Israel to prevent a potential genocide against Kurds
in north Syria, Israeli Channel reported.According to Safa news agency, report
added Lau told President Reuven Rivlin during a meeting that it is a “duty” to
help the Kurds as much as possible in order to prevent a genocide before it is
too late.Safa reported PM Benjamin Netanyahu saying: “Israel strongly condemns
the Turkish invasion of the Kurdish areas in Syria and warns of ethnic
cleansing against the Kurds by Turkey and its agents.”He added: “Israel is
ready to offer humanitarian assistance for courageous Kurdish people.”MEMO
WORLD
Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa to observe Sukkot
Jerusalem:Hundreds of Jewish
settlers forced their way into Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
on Wednesday, to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, according to a Palestinian
agency."Around 400 settlers backed by Israeli police stormed Al-Aqsa
compound since early morning,"Religious Endowments Authority, a Jordan-run
agency responsible for overseeing the city's Muslim and Christian holy sites,
said. According to it, Israeli police detained a Palestinian
girl inside the complex, but without specifying the reason for the arrest. Sukkot
is a week-long holiday, which started Sunday evening and will continue until coming
Sunday. Anadolu
Anger
as Israel official attends Morocco conference
Moroccan
anti-normalisation activists have expressed their anger as a former Israeli
interior minister attended an international symposium in Marrakech and gave a
presentation, a move the activists described as a “crime of penetration”.Ex-Knesset
member Meir Sheetrit attended World Policy Conference, which was held last
weekend in Marrakech. The event was attended by ministers and officials from
Moroccan and all over the world, according to Al-Quds Al-Arabi. Morocco
Observatory Against Normalisation with Israel said the presence of Sheetrit is
a “new Zionist crime of penetration”, denouncing conferences in Morocco that
allow current and former Israeli officials to attend.MEMO
Palestinian
parliament calls for Saudi to release Palestinian prisoners
First Deputy Speaker of Palestinian
Parliament Ahmad Bahar called on Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz to release
Palestinian prisoners held in the kingdom.During a meeting with the families of
the prisoners, Bahar said that Palestinian prisoners in Saudi jails have not
violated the country’s rules.Abdul Majeed Al-Khodari, brother of Mohammad
Al-Khodari who was detained in April, said the families of the prisoners had
formed a popular body in order to start organising activities in support of the
prisoners. middleeastmonitor
Salman
Ouda’s relative detained after tweeting support for Palestine
Saudi Arabia has arrested
young activist Abdel-Aziz Al-Ouda over a tweet in support of Palestine,
Abdullah Al-Ouda, son of detained prominent preacher Salman Al-Ouda, revealed
.“The family was shocked by the detention of Abdel-Aziz Al-Odah over a tweet in
support of Palestinian cause,” Abdullah tweeted.“This detention discloses the
wicked intentions regarding the detention and crackdown campaigns [in Saudi ].
Even tweeting in support of Palestine and defending it [became
illegal].”Twitter users in Saudi Arabia showed their support for Abdul-Aziz and
led to his name trending in the kingdom.“#Saudi activist Abdul Aziz al-Odah was
recently arrested by the Saudi authorities for tweeting in support of
#Palestine,” Shujaat Ali Quadri tweeted.MEMO
Will
Imran’s Saudi-Iran tour ease tension in region?
Pakistan's Prime Minister
Imran Khan's visits to Iran and Saudi Arabia to help facilitate talks between
the regional rivals have ended with no set commitments for dialogue although
Tehran reiterated its readiness to come to the negotiating table.Khan met Saudi
King Salman and Crown Prince MBS in the Riyadh.This followed a trip over the
weekend to the Iranian capital Tehran to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
and Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei. aljazeera
Qatar
denies support for Brotherhood, Nusra
Qatar has denied that it
offered support for Muslim Brotherhood, Nusra Front or any other organizations,
stressing that these allegations "do not make sense."
Nigerian
Prez vows crackdown on abusive Islamic schools
Nigeria's president has
ordered a crackdown on abuse at Islamic schools, after a second police raid in
less than a month revealed men and boys subjected to beatings, abuse and
squalid conditions.Nearly 300 had been held captive at a school in the Daura
area of Katsina, the home town of President Muhammadu Buhari, where police said
they discovered "inhuman and degrading treatment" following a raid on
Monday to free the remaining students.Late last month, police freed hundreds
from similarly degrading conditions in neighbouring Kaduna state. aljazeera
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Muslim
bodies' surprise support to the Modi government's action on Article 370:Ziya Us
Salam
Not
just Hindu versus Muslim: Ayodhya dispute has several parties battling each
other in court:Sruthisagar Yamunan
Collegium’s
actions show that NJAC which was struck down four years ago is back, with a
vengeance:Madan B Lokur
'JJ
Committee Neither Applied Mind, Nor Reviewed Report on J&K Minors'
Detentions':Mahtab Alam
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