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OCT. 2019: 06 Safar 1441: Vol: 12, No: 29
INDIA: J&K ISSUE
'Elections
are Futile': NC Demands Release of Political Leaders, May Boycott Kashmir’s
Local Body Polls after meeting detained Farooq, Omar
Srinagar: National
Conference (NC) may boycott Block Development Council (BDC) polls in Kashmir
which are scheduled to be held on Oct.24. This was hinted by NC delegation
which met party president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah in
Srinagar on Sunday.The delegation, led by NC provincial president Jammu
Devendra Singh Rana, met 3-time CM and incumbent Member of Parliament Farooq
Abdullah at his Gupkar residence. He has been placed under detention here since
August 5.The octogenarian leader Farooq and his wife Molly came out to greet
the delegation on their arrival at his residence on Sunday. This was also the
first time, after he was booked under PSA, that senior Abdullah was captured on
camera as he flashed a victory sign towards the reporters who had gathered
outside his residence.Later, the delegation, which had got permission from
Governor Satyapal Malik to visit the Abdullahs, had a meeting with Omar also,
who is in solitary confinement at a Govt guest house in Srinagar.“We met the
leaders and inquired about their health,” said NC’s MP from Anantnag, Hasnain
Masoodi. “There is no political atmosphere in J&K right now and talking
about or participating in elections is futile,” Masoodi said.NC leader Devendra
Singh Rana, who is also brother of senior BJP leader and union minister
Jitendra Singh, said that both the leaders are doing fine. Rana, after the
meeting, told the reporters that for any political process to begin, the
leaders of the party need to be released.“There is anguish on the developments
taking place in Valley, particularly the lockdown. To start the political
process and to revive the democracy in J&K, we request the Govt to release
the political detainees who have no criminal record,” Rana said.On party's
participation in BDC elections, Rana said, "There is a complete lockdown.
If the political process has to start, then these members have to be released.” news18
Detained
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's party members to meet her tomorrow
Srinagar:A delegation of PDP from Jammu will
be allowed to meet detained party chief Mehbooba Mufti tomorrow. J&K
administration consented to meeting today, shortly after a team of ex National
Conference MLAs visited party leaders Farooq and Omar Abdullah for first time
since their detention 2 months ago.ndtv
India
protests after China’s envoy in Pakistan says working to help Kashmiris
New Delhi :Days before
Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to visit India for an informal summit
with PM Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram on Oct. 11-12, India lodged a “strong
protest” with China through diplomatic channels Saturday over controversial
comments made by Chinese ambassador to Pakistan on Kashmir. The Sunday Express
has learnt that India has also “sought clarification” over what is seen as a
departure from Beijing’s stated position on J&K.Chinese ambassador in
Islamabad Yao Jing said Friday that China would stand by Pakistan for the
resolution of the Kashmir dispute. “We are also working for Kashmiris to help
them get their fundamental rights and justice. There should be a justified
solution to the issue of Kashmir and China will stand by Pakistan for regional
peace and stability,” he said, according to Pakistani daily, The Express
Tribune.Yao, who has served in New Delhi as deputy chief of mission earlier,
said this at a dialogue on CPEC hosted by Karachi Council on Foreign Relations.
Delhi views his comments as a departure from Beijing’s position which has
always maintained that the issue of Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India
and Pakistan, and the two countries must resolve this dispute bilaterally.
Yao’s statement is also seen by Delhi as interfering with India’s “internal
matter” and “not keeping in spirit” with the proposed visit by Xi. This also
comes just after Chinese Vice Minister Luo Zhaohui, who was Chinese envoy to
India, raised the issue of the Himgiri military exercises in Arunachal Pradesh
with Foreign secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale. Meanwhile, Chinese Embassy
spokesperson Ji Rong also disputed Saturday a report in media that 150th birth
anniversary celebration of Mahatma Gandhi was held in Indian Embassy premises
in Beijing because the relevant local authority denied permission for it to
take place in its chosen venue at Chaoyang Park of Beijing.indianexpress
'Rights
of Kashmiris Must be Respected': Elizabeth Warren 2nd US Prez candidate
to raise concern
Washington:In a sign of
growing disquiet in US congress over the situation in Kashmir, Senator and
leading Democratic candidate for the presidential nomination Elizabeth Warren
has expressed concerns over the continuing restrictions there, joining fellow
senators and rivals Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris and other lawmakers. Trump
administration, which was a major concern for New Delhi after the president offered
to mediate Kashmir dispute between India and Kashmir and repeated it despite a
clear and unequivocal rejection, has since reverted to the default US position
of letting India and Pakistan resolve it bilaterally.But, notably, it has also
continued to raise concerns about the restrictions in Kashmir and has sought
“rapid action” towards normalization. “US-India partnership has always been
rooted in our shared democratic values,” Senator Warren wrote on Twitter
Saturday. “I’m concerned about recent events in Kashmir, including a continued
communications blackout and other restrictions. The rights of the people of
Kashmir must be respected.” Warren is a leading candidate for the party’s
nomination, having surged in polls in recent weeks to overtake Senator Bernie
Sanders. She is now a close second to Former Vice-President Joe Biden, trailing
frontrunner 24% to 26.2% in the RealClearPolitics aggregate of polls.Warren’s
tweet on Kashmir also came close on the heels of a Democratic senator, Chris
Van Hollen, telling Washington Post in New Delhi Friday that he had been denied
permission by to visit Kashmir. HT
No
Taliban fighter would try to enter Kashmir once US left Afghanistan, want its
peaceful solution:
Taliban leader Shaheen
Taliban leader Shaheen
New Delhi: Suhail
Shaheen, a key member of the negotiation team of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
or as the political wing of Taliban calls itself, spoke exclusively to Sunday
Guardian on the failed US-Taliban peace talks, the role of India in Afghanistan
and why India as a regional power should revisit its stand vis-a-vis Taliban
and Kabul.He sought to allay the concerns of the Indian security apparatus and
stated that no Taliban fighter would try to enter Kashmir once US troops left
Afghanistan as was being discussed by people in India. Shaheen, who has been a
journalist and editor of a Kabul-based English paper, is expected to play a
crucial role in the future administrative set-up that is likely to come up in
Afghanistan. Shaheen said," India supports the Kabul administration and
opposes Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban). It is more appropriate for
India, as a regional power, to maintain its neutrality in the Afghan issue.
India should stand with the people of Afghanistan at least on moral grounds in
their struggle for liberation as Afghan people did stand with Indian people in
their struggle of liberation from the colonial claw of Britain in the mid-20th
century. Rulers go but people remain. We are the people." He added,
"after the end of occupation and formation of an all Afghan-inclusive
Islamic Govt in the country, we will solely focus on reconstruction and
development of our ruined country. For that, we want to have good relations
with all countries of the world, including the regional countries and seek
their assistance for a new Afghanistan. Of course, we will play our own role to
contribute to peace and stability of the region. So, there is no question of
our fighters turning toward India. It is an unfounded fear. As for the Kashmir
issue, we want its peaceful solution. sundayguardianlive
Kashmir
is internal issue of India: Maldives ex-Prez
Days after 57-member
Organisation for Islamic Cooperation issued a tough statement criticising India
for continuing restrictions in J&K, Maldivian parliamentary speaker and ex
president Mohamed Nasheed distanced the island nation from the statement. When
asked as a member of OIC, do you align yourself with recent critical statements
issued over India’s actions in Kashmir, Nasheed said, "India is biggest
functioning democracy, and it has the rule of law. There is nothing for us to
comment on, as it has happened through Indian Govt processes; it is an internal
matter for India. Our President has issued a statement saying that. The
Maldives cannot be with OIC on this issue. None or very few OIC countries are
democracies and we don’t think they should be commenting on human rights in
India, which is a democracy."thehindu
PoK:
Thousands of JLKF marchers head towards LoC to protest abrogation of Article
370
Islamabad: A large number
of people from PoK are marching towards LoC on Sunday to protest India's move
to scrap the special status of J&K. PM Imran Khan on Saturday warned the
protesters not to cross the LoC, saying anyone crossing LoC to provide
humanitarian aid or support for Kashmiris will "play into the hands of the
Indian narrative."The marchers, mostly youngsters, reached from
Muzaffarabad, the capital of the PoK, to Garhi Dupatta on Saturday where they
stayed for overnight. They are moving on the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar Highway. Protest
march has been organised by JKLF. A local JKLF leader Rafiq Dar told the media
that UN Military Observers Group for India and Pakistan had also contacted
them.He said UN was urged to persuade India and Pakistan to not use force
against peaceful protestors.The protesters have announced to cross LoC. They
are expected to reach Chakothi where they will be stopped by authorities, sources
said. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged US Senator Chris
Van Hollen, to visit areas on the 2 sides of LoC to see the ground
situation.Hollen, along with US Charge d’ Affaires Ambassador Paul Jones,
travelled to Multan on Saturday afternoon to meet with Qureshi, FO said. Qureshi
appreciated Senator's leadership role in proposing an amendment to Senate
Department, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2020
that explicitly expresses concern about "humanitarian crisis in
Kashmir."PTI
J&K
: Cancer patient held under PSA: cops cite ‘threat’, kin ask how
Srinagar :The family of a
cancer patient from Kulgam in south Kashmir, who has been detained under PSA
and sent to jail in Bareilly, UP, has moved J&K High Court seeking release
of their son on medical grounds.The police dossier on Parvaiz Ahmad Palla, 33,
from Matibugh village in Kulgam, calls him a “threat to safety and security of
general public and sovereignty of the nation”. According to a letter from Dr
Tanveer A Rather, additional professor head of Nuclear Medicine dept. at
Srinagar’s SKIMS, Palla is on “regular follow-up for further management of the
disease and has to attend outpatient services on regular basis”. His family had
earlier submitted letter to then Kulgam DM. Palla was detained from home in the
Valley on August 6, booked under PSA a day later, and moved to Bareilly jail in
UP. His family, however, questions how he can be a threat when he is living on
“life-saving drugs”.
indianexpress
Kashmir
situation normal, people happy with Article 370 abrogation:Union Minister
Javadekar
New Delhi: The situation
in J&K is "normal" and the people there are "happy"
over the abrogation of Article 370 provisions as they will now get benefits and
entitlements on par with citizens of rest of the country, I&B minister
Prakash Javadekar has said.He also asserted that there have been no
restrictions on media and that all newspapers are being published in the Valley
without any difficulty.PTI
Convention
calls for removing restrictions in J&K, objects to Amit Shah's fear-mongering
on NRC
New Delhi:A National
Convention organised in Delhi for the removal of restrictions and the
restoration of democratic freedoms in the Kashmir valley at the Gandhi Peace
Foundation on Saturday called for removal of restrictions in Kashmir.Speakers
at the convention also strongly objected to Home Minister Amit Shah,s
communally-charged fear-mongering on the issue of NRC. Calling citizenship a
fundamental right, speakers at the convention said that it cannot be
trivialised and made into an election issue. The Convention on Freedom and
Dignity was jointly organised by SIO, UAH, APCR, Fraternity Movement, PUCL
Delhi, ICLU, PVCHR and the Samvidhan Bachao Sangharsh Samiti. The session was
addressed by Adv HR Choudhary of Assam, Nadeem Khan (United Against Hate),
Labeed Shafi (President, SIO) and others.india tomorrow
Magsaysay
Award winner Sandeep Pandey, his colleagues denied entry into Srinagar
New Delhi:Ramon Magsaysay
Award winner Sandeep Pandey and 3 other social activists were denied entry into
Srinagar and were forcibly sent back from Srinagar International airport on
Friday.They were detained at Srinagar airport on Friday morning and sent back
by the next flight.Pandey was accompanied by his human rights activist friends
Praful Samantra of Lok Shakti Abhiyan, who is also associated with National
Alliance of Peoples Movement(NAPM) and Lohia Academy, Bhubaneshwar, Faisal Khan
of Socialist Party(India) and national convener of Khudai Khitmatgar, and Javed Mallik, also
from Khudai Khitmatgar. Pandey and his team were on a mission to have a
peaceful interaction with the local people in Srinagar. ``But they were served
orders not to venture out of the airport and bundled back to New Delhi by the
next available flight, leaving them totally dejected and humiliated’’,said
Pannalal Surana, national president of Socialist Party(India). indiatomorrow
ECONOMY
Over
50% Indians feel job scene getting worse as consumer confidence drops to 6-yr low:RBI
Survey
New Delhi: Indian
consumers' confidence in the overall economic situation and employment scenario
dropped to a six-year low in September, according to RBI's latest monetary
policy.Both the current situation index and the future expectations index recorded
declines, the RBI said in its consumer sentiment survey report. The Current
Situation Index(CCI) dropped to 89.4 in September from 95.7 recorded in the
July round of survey, RBI data, released on Friday, showed. Of the total
respondents, 47.9 % said the general economic situation had worsened and only
33.5 % thought the situation had improved. About 53 % expected the situation to
improve in one year. A total of 52.5% felt the employment situation had
worsened and 33.4% said the situation would only get worse in the coming year. “Respondents
perceived an increase in the price level over the last one year and a majority
of them expect prices to rise further in the coming year; as a result,
sentiments on overall spending as well as essential spending remain strong,
though sentiments on discretionary spending weakened,” said the survey. The
survey was conducted in 13 major cities, among 5,192 households.News18
India
has 150 million drivers and only 8,000 want electric cars: Report
Hyundai Motor Co.
launched India’s first electric SUV this summer with a quirky TV commercial
urging millennials to “Drive Into the Future.” A few months later, the
automaker finds itself on a lonesome road.In a nation of about 150 million
drivers, only 130 Kona SUVs were sold to dealers through Aug. That slow pace is
emblematic of the difficulties carmakers face in establishing an electric
foothold in the fourth-biggest auto market, even with committed Govt support.Bloomberg
OTHERS
Govt
amends rules for 'no appeal' NRC cases: Now DMs can refer case to Foreigners’
Tribunals if NRC excluded person chooses not to file appeal
New Delhi: Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) has yet again tweaked Foreigners’ (Tribunals) Order, 1964 to
include a provision whereby DMs can forward a case to a tribunal for its
opinion in case an applicant – not included in the final NRC of Assam – choose
not to file an appeal. This is in addition to the May 30 amendment to the Order
which had empowered DMs to seek an opinion from a Tribunal on any applicant she
deems necessary, even if that person is included in the final NRC. According to
the May 30 amendment, they are to file an appeal within the stipulated 120 days
at the nearest Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT), a quasi-judicial body, to claim that
they are Indian citizens. Non-inclusion of names in the final NRC doesn’t
immediately deny one’s citizenship. To know the status, an applicant has to
approach FTs, and can be followed by appeals in the higher courts. Latest MHA
amendment has made it clear that the process would be mandatory for those left
out of final NRC.The citizenship cut-off date for NRC update process in Assam
was carried out as per the exclusive date set for the border state – March 24,
1971. The FTs are to give an opinion based on Foreigners’ Act, 1946 and Passport
Act, 1967. According to a TOI report, MHA inserted the provision into the order
on Oct.5. The report, quoting an MHA official said, “Under Foreigners
(Tribunals) order amended on Saturday, for sub-para 6, following has been
substituted: ‘In case no appeal is preferred… DM may refer to the Tribunal for
its opinion the question as to whether the person is a foreigner or not’.”It
said that the new provision would “leave no scope for non-determination of
status of those left out of NRC”, “irrespective of whether the aggrieved party
approaches the tribunal”. Last month representative bodies of Assam’s Gorkha
community, widely considered to be BJP voters, declared at a press meet in
Guwahati that those from the community who are not in final NRC would not file
an appeal in FTs. Leaders demanded amnesty based on a 2018 MHA notification
which reportedly said that members of Gorkha community fulfilling any of the
conditions laid down in Article 5 of the Constitution shall be considered
Indian citizens, and not be referred to an FT. Many Bengali Hindu organisations
in Assam have also demanded that the Centre bring in a provision to grant them
amnesty from filing an appeal in the Tribunals. This community also forms a
large portion of the BJP’s voter base in the state. Of the more than 40 lakh
people who were excluded in the draft NRC that was released in July 2018, only
31.2 lakh had chosen to reapply for inclusion in the final NRC. The Wire
Govt
amends rules for 'no appeal' NRC cases
Citizenship
Amendment Bill all set to be reintroduced in next Parliament session
New Delhi: Centre will
reintroduce Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in coming session of Parliament,
expected in Dec. The Bill, when passed, seeks to provide Indian citizenship to
persecuted minorities—Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians and
Parsis—from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, after their stay in India for
7 years, instead of 12 years at present. This will be applicable to those who
came to India before 31 Dec.2014. The contentious Bill, which had triggered
massive protests in Assam and the rest of Northeast, was passed by Lok Sabha on
8 Jan., but the Govt did not table it in Rajya Sabha as it did not have the
required numbers in Upper House to pass it, leading the Bill to lapse with the
end of the term of 16th Lok Sabha in May.Currently, Citizenship Act, 1955
treats such persons as “illegal migrants” and disentitles them from applying
for Indian citizenship. sunday guardian live
BJP’s
Lok Sabha poll mascot in Bengal commits suicide out of NRC fears
One of BJP’s popular Lok
Sabha poll campaign mascots in West Bengal, Nibash Sarkar, whose images as
dressed up as Hanuman became viral across various social media platforms in run-up
to 2019 polls, committed suicide in his village of Hanskhali on Friday, Oct. 4,
allegedly out of fear of being excluded in NRC process. BJP national president
Amit Shah, during a recent visit to Kolkata, had reiterated that NRC will be
extended to the entire country and all illegal immigrants will be thrown
out.Sarkar had actively campaigned for BJP’s Ranaghat Lok Sabha seat candidate
Jagannath Sarkar in 2019 election. After preliminary investigation, the police
said he consumed some kind of a pesticide. The police added that he was rushed
to the Shaktinagar District Hospital and he died on his way there.Though Nibash
Sarkar’s own family members said NRC fear was not responsible for his death,
National Herald spoke to Dipak Roy, a neighbour. “You see a lot of these people
are actually migrants from Bangladesh. And they are panicking at the word of
NRC as it has left as many as 12 lakh Hindus out of the list in Assam. They are
panicking but what can they do? They simply do not have papers. So did not
Nibash. I am born here. I grew up here. I know everyone here. Even BJP’s
candidate Jagannath Sarkar is a migrant.”nationalheraldindia
Gandhian
activist Prasanna calls NRC ‘unjust law’
Bengaluru: As the state Govt
is mulling over NRC like system in the state, noted theatre director, writer
and a Gandhian activist Prasanna hit out at the Govt and called such a system
‘an unjust law’.“I know how draconian this law can become to innocent tribals,
poor rural citizens and the minorities. Further, I fail to understand a law
that can separate one Indian community from other communities legally,” he
said. Prasanna stated that as a mark of protest, he will not register under the
law, whenever it becomes operative in the state. According to him, such a law
is against the constitution and is also against ‘dharma.’ Prasanna, who is
launching an indefinite hunger strike from tomorrow for protection of ‘sacred
economy’ said, “In a situation where economy is collapsing, where lakhs of
people are losing their jobs everyday, where climate change is looming large
over us, one wonders, is this really necessary for our Govt to be doing?”newindianexpress
'Stateless'
, 20-minute documentary on NRC
On July 8 this year,
59-year-old Ambar Ali, a daily wage labourer from Sunbari village in Assam,
jumped in front of a running train. His 21-year-old son, Hazrat Ali, wife Hazra
Ali, and daughter believe that the Indian Govt is responsible for Ambar's
death. "My husband had been running from pillar to post to get our names
in NRC," rues Hazra. "He couldn't bear the fact that our entire
family had been excluded from the draft list that was released in Dec.2017. So
he killed himself,"55-year-old widow continues, teary-eyed, as she is
interviewed for Stateless, a documentary on NRC. Produced by Students Islamic
Organisation of India (SIO), 20-minute film is directed by 26-year-old
Azharuddin Pilakodan. "Since its inception 36 years ago, SIO India has
been working towards highlighting issues related to religious minorities and
human rights. We have cadres across the country, and also in Assam; these
people know the ground reality and understand the woes of the people. So, they
approached us to make this film," says Fawaz Shaheen, the national
secretary of SIO India.This is not the first film produced by SIO India.
Pilakodan, a Mysuru University journalism graduate, says, "In 2016,
Karnataka chapter of SIO India had announced that it would make a film on
people illegally detained by the police on charges of terrorism. Titled,
Unsolved Stories of the Unheard, this documentary was my directorial
debut." Tapping into similar socio-political issues, SIO India has also
made documentaries on Delhi-based Mohammad Amir Khan, who was picked up by the
police in 1997 and jailed for 14 years after being falsely branded a
terrorist.This is not the first time that the SIO has made a film on the Assam
imbroglio. In 2018, the organisation made State of Doubt, which gave an
overview of the problems faced by the people of Assam in the light of the NRC.
mid-day
How
does Article 370 affect common man in Haryana? BJP raising it, NRC… shows they
don’t know ground issues: New Congress state Chief Selja
Appointed Haryana Congress
Committee chief just a month before the state goes to polls, Kumari Selja has
her task cut out — from handling the faction-ridden party and senior leaders
such as former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. In an interview to the Indian
Express, Selja said, "Listen to
what the CM Manohar Lal Khattar is saying. One of the things that he referred
to (at a speech after the abrogation of Article 370) is that now you will be
able to get girls from Kashmir. Now, if this is how they are going to explain
Article 370 to the people of Haryana, then it’s a very sorry state of affairs.
It reflects their mindset, the RSS’s mindset.Secondly, how does Article 370
affect the common man in Haryana? It may be a national issue… but I think even
that is behind us now. BJP needs to answer for things happening on the ground.
They are not talking about the issues affecting people of Haryana. And,
suddenly, they bring in Article 370, NRC. This shows that they do not really
have a grasp of the real ground issues."indianexpress
Will
Waive Farm Loans If Voted to Power in Haryana: New Congress Chief Selja Kumari
Congress will announce a
loan waiver for the poor and farmers in the state if voted to power, Haryana
Congress chief Kumari Selja has said. She said Congress would not announce its CMial
candidate ahead of the elections and the same would be decided by the party
high command after the polls. The state Congress chief said the loan waiver
promise would be part of the manifesto for Oct. 21 Haryana assembly polls and
the document would be unveiled soon, she said.PTI
"Overdue
Hug From Sheikh Hasina Ji": Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Meets Bangladesh PM
Congress General
Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said she received a hug that was
"overdue" from Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina whom she met today in New
Delhi."An overdue hug from Sheikh Hasina Ji whom I have been waiting to
meet again for a long time. Her strength in overcoming deep personal loss and
hardship and fighting for what she believed in with bravery and perseverance
is, and always will be a great inspiration for me," Priyanka Gandhi
tweeted. Congress leader also posted a photo of her hugging Ms Hasina with Former
PM Manmohan Singh standing beside them. Bangladesh PM today met several
Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Anand Sharma. During the half-hour
meeting, the leaders discussed bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh, reported
ANI.
Amid
day-to-day hearing of Ayodhya case, UP CM Yogi Adityanath says 'very good news'
awaits all
Gorakhpur: Amid the
day-to-day hearing of the title suit over the 2.77 acre of disputed Ram
Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land by the Supreme Court, UP CM Yogi Adityanath has
hoped a "very good news" awaits all. Adityanath expressed the hope
while exhorting people to take inspiration from Lord Ram, but without
elaborating further."We are Ram bhakts. There is a lot of strenght in
bhakti. I feel we will soon get to hear very good news," the CM said
without elaborating or mentioning Ram temple. We need to take inspiration from
Lord Ram and contribute in nation building, he said.PTI
UP:
Tension in Shamli village after youth kills monkey
Meerut: There was a
considerable tension in a Shamli village on Saturday after a monkey was killed
by a youngster along with his 2 brothers - belonging to the minority
community.An FIR has been filed by the forest department under relevant
sections of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 that attracts 6 months of imprisonment
and a fine.Local Bajrang Dal activists became active following the incident
which took place in Aabdanagar village of Jhinjana town.Circle officer Kairana
Pradeep Kumar said, “An FIR has been filed against 3 brothers Asif, Hafiz and
Anees who had allegedly surrounded the monkey and shot at with one of 4
licenced weapons belonging to the family.”“The monkey succumbed to injuries
during treatment. We buried the simian after conducting a post-mortem. We have
also filed an FIR on behalf of the dept,” Narender Kumar Pal, forest ranger,
Jhinjana region said. Presence of some right-wing activists led to tension in
the village comprising a mixed population.TOI
Highway
blocked after mob lynching incident in Jharkhand
Lynching of a suspected
child lifter in Kodarma led to a massive protest by the people, who laid a
seige to the Ranchi-Patna national highway on Sunday, blocking traffic for
several hours.The relatives of the lynched man along with other people blocked
Ranchi-Patna national highway at Koderma district demanding arrest of the
accused. The highway was cleared only after senior police officials reached the
spot and assured the protesters of action against the accused. Due to blockade
hundreds of vehicles got stranded for hours. On Friday evening, Sunil Kumar
Yadav was brutally thrashed by a mob on suspicion of being child lifter. He
died in the hospital during treatment on Saturday. His brother Dileep Kumar
lodged an FIR in which he accused three railway officials of killing his
brother. IANS
In
Alwar, 2 arrested for forcing Muslim couple to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Alwar: 2 men were
arrested on Sunday morning on charges of forcing a Muslim couple to shout Jai
Shri Ram and outraging the modesty of the woman in Alwar around midnight on
Saturday, the police said. 2 were produced before a judge on Sunday, and
remanded in judicial custody till Oct.18, the police added.The police said a
Muslim couple from Haryana was waiting at Alwar bus stand on Saturday when
around 11.30pm, two men on a motorcycle came and began harassing them.
“According to FIR, they forced the couple to chant Jai Shri Ram and one of the
men flashed before the woman,” police said.The men have been identified as
Vansh Bhardwaj, 23, and Surendra Mohan Bhatia, 32. Bhatia, the police said, was
drunk. “We got his medical examination done,” police officer said.HT
DMK
Demands Withdrawal of Sedition Case Against Celebrities
Chennai: DMK president
M.K. Stalin has demanded that PM Narendra Modi take steps to withdraw the FIR
filed in Bihar against the celebrities who protested mob lynching. The party
said the withdrawal of the charges will “protect democracy and basic features
of the Constitution”.Condemning the sedition charge against the celebrities,
the leader of the opposition in Tamil Nadu said “labelling them as anti-nationals”
for writing an open letter to Modi, voicing concern over growing incidents of
mob lynching, was “unacceptable.”“How can seeking to uphold the basic tenets of
the Constitution like tolerance and communal harmony be construed as
anti-nationalism?” he asked in a statement.Targeting the PM over the issue,
Stalin alleged that the Govt led by him at the Centre got involved in acts
against freedom of expression, which was “unacceptable.”PTI
Bihar
floods: JD(U) hits out at Giriraj Singh for criticism, calls him habitual
offender
JD(U) has criticised Union minister Giriraj Singh
after he said that the party’s chief and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar had handled the
floods in the state inefficiently, Hindustan Times reported. Singh had on
Friday said that “a leader should accept praise as well as blame”, holding
Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi responsible for the water-logging in
several districts of the state.“He [Giriraj ] is not even comparable to a speck
of dust on Nitish Kumar’s feet,” PTI quoted JD(U) spokesperson Sanjay Singh as
saying. “One does not become a leader just by chanting the name of Mahadev [the
deity Shiva] every now and then.” The spokesperson was hinting at Union
minister’s habit of using the deity’s name during speeches.scroll
Showing
identity cards to go home, say tribals living in Mumbai's Aarey
MUMBAI: Tribal
communities living inside forest land in Mumbai's Aarey, where at least a
thousand trees have been razed and many more are still to be cut to make way
for a car shed for the Mumbai Metro, have appealed for support in the fight to
save their homes and the environment. "My wife has been arrested. She has
planted 100s of trees in the area. Is planting trees and saving them an
offence?" Prakash Bhoir, a resident of one of the villages, asked NDTV.The
Aarey Colony, one of the city's greenest neighbourhoods, is home to five lakh
trees, 27 tribal villages and various animal and bird species. On Friday,
Bombay High Court cancelled four petitions seeking to stop the Mumbai Metro
Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) from cutting down nearly 3,000 trees in the
colony to build a car shed and offices for Metro Line 3.The process to raze the
trees began mere hours later, leading to protests from activists who took to
the streets in an attempt to stop the cutting. Several were detained with
police cases being filed against 38 people and 29 others being arrested.On
Saturday morning, Police also banned any gathering of four or more people. The
move has affected local tribal communities, who are now being subject to
security checks every time they leave and return home,ndtv
WORLD
Iraq
PM pledges reform as rights group says 105 killed
Iraq has been rocked by
days of protests, as thousands of mostly young men have been demonstrating in
different parts of the country against corruption, unemployment and poor public
services. The number of people of killed during the five days of violent
protests in Iraq is now 105, according to the country's Observatory for Human
Rights. Govt has officially designated those killed as "martyrs,"
granting their families a special set of benefits. Iraqi PM Adel Abdul Mahdi's
cabinet issued a series of reforms after an "extraordinary" session
overnight in response to the sweeping anti-Govt rallies. The cabinet issued a
decree including more than a dozen planned reforms, including land
distributions, military enlistment and increased welfare stipends for needy
families, AFP reported.The top UN official in Iraq denounced the violence
during protests that has killed nearly 100 people across the country and
wounded thousands of others, saying it "must stop".aljazeera
Iraq:
Baghdad governor sacked amid protests
Baghdad Provincial
Council on Sunday voted to dismiss governor Falah al-Jazairi amid protests in
the Iraqi capital, according to local media and Anadolu Agency.58-member
council voted unanimously to remove al-Jazairi from his post, Al-Iraqiya TV
said. According to the report, the provincial council will accept applications
within days from candidates for the position.
Voting
under way in Tunisia's parliamentary election
Tunis:Voting is under way
in Tunisia where nearly 7 million people are eligible to vote in the
parliamentary election, a legislative race expected to end with no clear
winner.Polls opened on Sunday at 8am local time in the presence of local and international
observers, including regional experts and diplomats.This is the second such
vote since the 2014 adoption of Tunisia's constitution following the overhrow
of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali three years earlier. Ben Ali, who ruled over the for
24 years before the civilian uprising in 2011 forced him to flee, died last
month in Saudi Arabia. While Tunisia is often referred to as the only success
story to come out of the Arab Spring, the elections are being held against a
backdrop of spiralling food prices, inflation and more than 15%unemployment.Preliminary
results will be announced on Oct. 10 and official results on Nov.17. The
assembly will then be given two months to choose a PM and form a new Govt.aljazeera
Tunisian
Prez-hopeful boycotts parliamentary polls
Tunisian presidential
front-runner Kais Saied has boycotted the country’s parliamentary poll,
according to an electoral campaign organiser today. “Saied has decided to
boycott polls,” Sami al-Aydi said.He argued that presidential candidate opposes
holding the parliamentary poll on the closed-list electoral system. Saied, a
former law professor, secured 18.4% of votes in the first round of presidential
election held 3 week ago, followed by media mogul Nabil Karoui, who won 15.6%
of votes. A runoff vote will be held on Oct. 13.MEMO
Muslim
Brotherhood demands Kuwait to stop handing over its members to Egypt
Cairo :Muslim Brotherhood
in Kuwait has demanded local authorities to cease handing over its detained
members to Egypt.The party urged Kuwait to instead to allow the them to “safely
depart Kuwait to any other country”.The statement was issued days after Kuwait
handed over to Cairo Khaled al-Mahdi, a member of the youth leadership in the
Brotherhood. He has been sentenced to ten years in jail by Egypt.It accused
Kuwait of abandoning the policy of neutrality on divisive regional issues, said
the statement.Moreover, it said that the Brotherhood was an “important part of
the Kuwaiti political scene.”Asharq Al-Awsat
North
Korea calls off Nuke talks with US in Sweden
Working-level nuclear
talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have broken
off, North Korea's top negotiator has said, dashing prospects for an end to
months of stalemate.The talks, at an isolated conference centre on the
outskirts of Stockholm, were the first such formal discussions since US
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in June and
agreed to restart negotiations that stalled after a failed summit in Vietnam in
Feb. North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong Gil, who spent much of
the day in talks with a US delegation, cast the blame on what he portrayed as
US inflexibility, saying the other side's negotiators would not "give up
their old viewpoint and attitude"."The negotiations have not
fulfilled our expectation and finally broke off," Kim Myong Gil told
reporters outside North Korean embassy, speaking through an interpreter. On
Sunday, China's President Xi Jinping and North Korea's leader exchanged
messages to reaffirm neighbours' relationship on 70th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic ties. China is North Korea's only major ally.Xi,
who has met Kim Jong Un 5 times in the past year, said they had "reached a
series of important consensus, leading China-North Korea relations into a new
historical era", Xinhua said.aljazeera
China
pulls out of Iranian gas field development project
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191006-china-pulls-out-of-iranian-gas-field-development-project/
China’s national
petroleum company CNPC pulled out of developing phase 11 of the country’s giant
South Pars gas field, Iran’s oil minister said on Sunday.Bijan Zangeneh told
reporters that the CNPC dropped the project, meaning that Petropars would
develop the project alone.“The fate of the South Pars Phase 11 has been
determined and Petropars will continue developing the project alone,” Zangeneh
was quoted as saying by Shana, Iranian Oil Ministry’s news outlet. In 2015,
National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a contract with a consortium of
Total, CNPC International, and Petropars to develop the offshore project in
Persian Gulf waters.Following the US’ withdrawal from the nuclear deal in May
2018, some foreign companies left Iran, among them were Total, which also had
pulled out of the contract.middleeastmonitor
Trump
impeachment: Second whistleblower emerges
A second whistleblower
has come forward in the impeachment case against US President Donald Trump,
according to lawyers representing the first one.Mark Zaid told ABC News the
second person was also an intelligence official and they had spoken to the
inspector general.The White House has not commented. President Trump has
repeatedly rejected the original complaint.No details have been released about
the second whistleblower's claims.However, Mr Zaid said the person had
first-hand knowledge of allegations associated with the phone call Trump made
with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 25 July.The impeachment inquiry
stems from the call, which was flagged up by the initial whistleblower in
August.bbc
Ailing
Pervez Musharraf to make a comeback in Pakistani politics
Islamabad:Pakistan’s
former military ruler Pervez Musharraf is set to return to the politics by
reviving his party after remaining inactive for over an year due to his
deteriorating health, according to media reports on Sunday.General (retd)
Musharraf, 76, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is facing the
treason case for suspending the Constitution in 2007, a punishable offence for
which he was indicted in 2014. A conviction for high treason carries the death
penalty or life imprisonment.Musharraf, the founder of the APML, took a
backseat from political activities last year because of his deteriorating
health.He will address his supporters in Islamabad on Sunday via a video link
on the occasion of the party’s foundation day, Geo TV and The Express Tribune
reported.PTI
Air
pollution exposure increases violent crime rates: Study
Washington : In a new
study, scientists have found that dirty air not only makes us sick but also
aggressive.The study set to publish in the 'Journal of Environmental Economics
and Management' found strong links between short-term exposure to air pollution
and aggressive behaviour in the form of aggravated assaults and other violent
crimes across continental US. The researchers cross-analysed three highly
detailed data-sets: daily criminal activity from the National Incident-Based
Reporting System; daily county-level air pollution from 2006-2013 collected by
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency monitors; and daily data on wildfire smoke
plumes from satellite imagery provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's Hazard Mapping System.Researchers found that 56 % of violent
crimes and 60 % of assaults occurred within the home which is an indication
that many such crimes are tied to domestic violence.ANI
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BJP
ministers doing their best to prove Imran Khan right, Modi needs to act:
Tavleen Singh
NRC+CAB:
Another Divisive Weapon of the Sangh Parivar:Subodh Varma
The
Intriguing Case of a Massive Slowdown in the Auto Sector:Gurbachan Singh
UP
NRC: Police Check ID Proofs Of 150 Families In Lucknow
BJP
plans to weed out 'foreigners' across India amidst utter chaos over NRC in
Assam: Nava Thakuria
Amit
Shah sounds the whistle – Muslims to be targeted again in India with another
NRC:Swati Chaturvedi, Gulf News
Why
factories leaving China aren't going to India: Irene Yuan Sun, Bloomberg
Explained
| Who gets to own the Nizam’s millions?
India-US
trade deal: Legacy issues, political compulsions, complexity in policies
prevent striking of even a 'limited' deal: Sreemoy Talukdar
PMC
Bank scam and the undeniable BJP connection:Kumud Das
Gandhi
on cow, ram rajya and Hinduism:Charu Gupta
In
Kashmir, boys aged 14 and 16 held under dreaded Public Safety Act and sent to UP
jails:Safwat Zargar
Uncovering
secrets of mystery civilization in Saudi Arabia: Sylvia Smith,BBC
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