21 NOV.
2019: 23 Rabiul Awwal 1441: Vol: 12, No: 63
INDIA: Maharashtra
Govt Formation
Sena-NCP-Congress letter to be given to Governor on
Saturday: Sanjay Raut
Mumbai:
After weeks of negotiations, Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress seem to have cleared
the obstacles that hindered 3 parties from joining hands and forming govt in
Maharashtra. Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut said letters of support from the MLAs of
all three parties will be handed over to the Governor on Saturday. A joint
meeting of Sena, NCP and the Congress will take place in Mumbai to finalise the
alliance. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and NCP's Sharad Pawar are likely to join
the meeting for discussions on power sharing.Congress's top decision-making
body met at party chief Sonia Gandhi's home to discuss the possibility of being
part of the government in the state. Sources say Sonia Gandhi was advised to
"go ahead" with Maharashtra alliance, despite her reservations, and
told that the "greater enemy, in order to fight communalism, is the
BJP". Final talks may take place in Mumbai.Sena's Sanjay Raut, who has
been the face of the party over the last weeks, later gave a rough timeframe,saying
the state could have a govt after the negotiations are over in "2 to 5
days". NDTV
Complete unanimity between Congress-NCP, will meet Sena
tomorrow to finalise alliance: Chavan
New
Delhi: Congress-NCP combine today said the two parties have completed their
discussion on all issues related to government formation in Maharashtra and
will now hold talks with the Shiv Sena in Mumbai on Friday to "finalise
the architecture of the alliance". Congress and NCP will hold
deliberations with its pre-poll allies ù Peasants Workers Party (PWP),
Samajwadi Party (SP), Swabhimani Paksh, CPI(M) ù in Mumbai before meeting Sena.
Top Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Jairam Ramesh and Mallikarjun Kharge, its
state leaders Prithviraj Chavan, Balasaheb Thorat and Naseem Khan, and NCP
leaders Praful Patel, Supriya Sule, Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil and Nawab Malik
were part of the meeting." NCP and Congress have completed discussions on
all issues. There is complete unanimity on all issues," Chavan said after
another meeting today.news18
Unanimity between NCP, Congress on all issues, next
meeting with Shiv Sena, says Prithviraj Chavan
Maha
Govt on weekend? Sena, NCP, Congress hint
NRC
Congress, AASU against scrapping of Assam NRC,
confusion reigns in state
Stirring
the failed NRC process again, home minister Amit Shah has announced that a NRC
process will be carried out all across the country and at that time the process
would be done once again in Assam too.Hours later Assam Finance Minister and
BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma had said, “The state government cannot accept
this NRC. People who should not have been included in the list have made
it.”This has raised the hackles of everyone in Assam including that of All
Assam Students’ Union, which had spearheaded the movement in 1980s and is a
signatory to the 1985 document that provided for "detection, deletion and
deportation" of illegal foreigners from Assam.AASU leaders were upset that
Sarma had rejected Assam NRC. “AASU has not rejected the updated NRC.We want
that the updated citizens’ register must be only re-examined and rectified. We
have gone to the Supreme Court and the hearing is on Nov. 26. The current CJI
SA Bobde will hear it,” stressed Dipankar Nath, president of AASU.“Who gave
Biswa Sarma the right to reject NRC? Who has taken the decision in this regard?
And on what capacity has he rejected the updated NRC. It was the Supreme Court
which ordered the process. Sarma is simply politicising the issue,” underscored
Gogoi.AASU president pointed out, “It was only in Assam that NRC was first
carried out way back in 1951. The present updation of NRC is based on 1951 NRC
and electoral roll up to 1971. So NRC exercise in Assam is definitely different
in comparison to the other States of the country where no NRC has ever been
carried out.” Slamming BJP for its decision to restart NRC, Opposition leader
in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia said, “BJP wants to keep NRC issue simmering
in order to further its agenda of polarisation along religious lines. The party
wants to use the nation-wide NRC as its new weapon for the political
polarisation. They want people to forget real issues of unemployment, economic
distress and poverty. Once this happens, people will all be working to ensure
they are citizens of the country.”Outlining the BJP’s political agenda, Saikia
underscored that the Modi government wants to carry out NRC process without
supervision of the SC so that a section of genuine citizens from the religious
minority community can be excluded and a section of illegal migrants from the
linguistic minority community can be inducted in NRC.“They will keep raising
this issue. Ahead of MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan elections, govt said there
were 40 lakh “ghuspetia” (dog whistle for illegal Muslim immigrants), but after
the process it has become clear that there are only 19 lakh and many of them in
that are also genuine citizens. So, number will reduce drastically. This does
not suit their purposes,” explained Saikia. Opposition leader has also urged AASU
to strongly oppose the latest move of Modi government. Elaborating on the
confusion in Assam, human rights lawyer Aman Wadud said, “There is no clarity
what will happen to current NRC. HM also said people excluded will be given
free legal aid. If current NRC is scrapped, why should excluded people file
appeal?There is a lot of ambiguity.”nationalheraldindia
BJP receives jolt from ally in Bihar as Prashant
Kishor protests against Amit Shah’s NRC plan
Union
Home Minister Amit Shah's NRC plan, evoked strong reactions from one of his
party’s most-trusted allies, the JDU, in Bihar.Without mincing words, JDU
leader Prashant Kishor wrote on Twitter, “15 plus states with over 55% of
India’s population have non-BJP CMs. Wonder how many of them are consulted and
are on-board for NRC in their respective states!!”jantakareporter
Congress slams Centre over NRC, accuses it of
creating difference in society
Leader
of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today hit out at BJP-led Centre
over NRC, accusing it of attempting to create a difference in the society on
communal lines."The issue of NRC should not be exploited in a partisan and
communal way. When the country is reeling under a severe economic crisis, the
government has been devising various ways and means such as NRC to deflect the
attention of the common people. I think the government is hell-bent upon on
dividing our society on communal lines," he told ANI. Chowdhury said there
should be clarity from the government regarding NRC."What does NRC means?
How will it affect our country? What should be the outcome? All issues (on NRC)
need to be discussed when govt brings legislation in the House," he
said.ANI
Citizenship of all of us is now in shadow of doubt:
activists
New
Delhi:Over Home Minister Amit Shah assertion to implementing NRC across the country, rights activists see this
as the government’s disenfranchisement programme aimed at stripping residents
considered “illegal immigrants” of their citizenship rights.Rights activists
say the central aim behind this process appeared to be to turn the nation into
a Hindu Rashtra. “The government has a one-point agenda to convert India into a
Hindu nation,” said Shabnam Hashmi, a prominent civil society activist. “They
did this in Assam, and they want to do this across India. What happened in
Germany in 1930s would now happen here.”Assam has already shown that proving
citizenship meant a huge ordeal to the people. “Assurance of the home minister
is empty rhetoric,” Prof Apoorvanad who teaches Hindi at Delhi University said.
“All of us are now doubtful citizens,” he said.For Apoorvanand, the
announcement has not come as a shock or surprise. “NRC was on their agenda and
it has now been formally announced on the floor of the house. The statements
made during election campaigns were not mere rhetoric but a statement of their
intent to redefine citizenship.”caravandaily
Owaisi slams BJP, says nation-wide NRC will put
people through hardship
Continuing
his opposition to BJP-led NDA govt’s plans to conduct controversial NRC across
the country, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi today said that the proposed exercise
was against the people particularly the minorities and the weak.In a tweet,
Owaisi said that the Modi government want all the Indians to stand in long
queues and prove their nationality, adding that those fail to produce documents
will be detained. Lashing out at the Central government, the Hyderabad MP said
that such people will be left at the mercy of babus. He asserted that NRC like
exercise was never conducted in any part of the world which put people in
trouble.NewsX
Bangladesh envoy rubbishes ‘Bangladeshi
Infiltration’ theory
New
Delhi:Outgoing Bangladesh high commissioner to India, Syed Muazzem Ali,
rubbished “Bangladeshi infiltration” theory, and said this was being used by
certain political parties in India for domestic political consumption. To
buttress his point, the envoy said, “Bangladeshis have more than double the per
capita income in comparison with the entire northeast of India. So why come
here?” He said NRC is an internal matter of India, and this was what New Delhi
had told Dhaka.In an interview, Muazzem Ali spoke on a range of issues
including the Rohingya refugees, just as he has completed a 5-year stint as
Bangladesh’s envoy in New Delhi and is getting set to leave New Delhi for Dhaka
soon. Ali was asked about Dhaka’s stand on alleged illegal Bangladeshi
migration issue, in the backdrop of the recent NRC exercise in Assam which
rendered almost 1.9 million inhabitants there ‘stateless’. He maintained that
New Delhi never raised this issue with Bangladesh government and it “always
told us that this is an internal matter of India.”Caravan Daily
J&K & SOUTH ASIA
Answer each and every question raised on Kashmir
restrictions: SC to J&K admin
Hearing
the petitions challenging the restrictions placed in Kashmir, the Supreme Court
today told the Jammu and Kashmir administration that it will have to respond to
each and every question raised on the situation following the abrogation of
Article 370.A bench headed by Justice NV Ramana told Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for the administration, that petitioners challenging the
restrictions have argued in detail and he will have to answer all
questions.“Mehta you have to answer each and every question raised by petitioners
who have argued in detail. Your counter-affidavit does not help us to come to
any conclusion. Don’t give the impression that you are not giving enough
attention to the case,” said bench, comprising Justices R Subhash Reddy and BR
Gavai.Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora, while making her submissions for
intervenors, cited Hong Kong High Court order lifting government ban on
protestors wearing face masks. “The situation in Hong Kong was far worse, far
more adverse than what we had in Kashmir. There were daily protests,” she
said.To this, Justice Ramana said, “The Supreme Court of India is far more
superior in upholding the fundamental rights of the citizens.” Subsequently,
Justice Gavai asked Arora whether Hong Kong faced an issue of cross border
terrorism. To this, she replied, “if it was really an issue of cross border
terror, restrictions would have been only in selected areas and not the entire
state.”At the outset of the hearing, the top court clarified that except for
one petition it does not have any detention matters pending before it. “We are
not hearing any detention matters with regard to Jammu and Kashmir. We are
currently hearing two petitions filed by Anuradha Bhasin and Ghulam Nabi Azad
which are on restrictions in freedom of movement, press, etc,” it said, adding
that only one habeas corpus petition is pending. indianexpress
Pakistan, with China, tries to put 4 Indians on UN
terror list:HT report
Officials
in national security agencies and South Block are now convinced that Pakistan
has embarked on a tit-for-tat designation of Indian nationals as terrorists
under UNSC’s 1267 Al Qaida sanctions committee as a response to India’s
success, with assistance from US and France, in having got Masood Azhar
designated as a global terrorist on May 1.Last week, Pakistan, with support of
UNSC permanent member and its all-weather ally China moved 1267 Al Qaida
sanctions committee to designate two Indians global terrorists after accusing
them of past terror attacks in Balochistan and Peshawar, and even registered
FIRs against them. This takes to four the number of Indians labelled terrorists
by Pakistan. All 4 persons were evacuated by Indian security agencies from
Afghanistan, with the last one being flown out of Kabul on Nov.18. HT has
reported on three of the cases. 4th is that of AP resident Appaji
Angara, who was working as a software developer in a bank in Kabul. While
Angara was moved out of Kabul as early as Jan.18, Pakistan accused him of a
terrorist attack on Mall Road in Lahore on Feb.13, 2017, along with
Jamat-ul-Ahrar(JuA), a splinter group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.In the
dossier submitted to 1267 committee, Angara has been accused of the attack on
Army School in Peshawar on Dec.16, 2014, in collaboration with JuA, and a
bombing in Warsak colony in Peshawar on Sept.2, 2016. Residence address,
passport number and personal details of Angara are being withheld by HT.Earlier
this week,HT reported Pakistan’s effort to designate Gobinda Patnaik
Duggivalasa.Odisha-born Duggivalasa, 54, was hurriedly evacuated from Kabul by
Indian security agencies on November 18 after he was accused of a terror attack
on Siraj Raisani, a Pakistani politician, on July 13, 2018 in Mastung,
Baluchistan in which 160 persons were killed.
Hope they don’t fall victim to propaganda, says
India as it seeks access to 2 arrested by Pak
New
Delhi:Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today asked Pakistan to provide
consular access to two of its nationals — Prashant Vaindam and Dhari Lal — who
were arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province for allegedly crossing the border
illegally. MEA also sought their repatriation without any harm.“We hope 2
Indians don’t become victims of Pakistan propaganda. Both should be repatriated
without any harm,” MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.indianexpress
Indian Couple On Trial In Germany For Spying On
Sikhs, Kashmiris
Berlin:
An Indian couple accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities in Germany
went on trial on Thursday on charges that carry a sentence of up to 10 years in
prison.The suspects were charged in March and have been named only as Manmohan
S., 50, and his wife Kanwal Jit K., 51, in keeping with German privacy rules
for defendants. Their trial was being held in a court in
Frankfurt."Manmohan S.agreed... to provide information about Germany's
Sikh community and Kashmir movement and their relatives to an employee of
Indian foreign intelligence service Research & Analysis Wing,"
prosecutors said in a statement earlier this year. His wife joined him in
monthly meetings with Indian intelligence officer between July and Dec. 2017, and
in total the couple were paid 7,200 euros.AFP
Farooq Abdullah nominated to 21-member
Parliamentary committee on defence
New
Delhi :Detained Lok Sabha MP and ex J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah has
been included in 21-member Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry
of Defence. 81-year-old was detained under stringent PSA at his Srinagar
residence on Aug 5.Other committee members include former defence minister and
NCP chief Sharad Pawar and controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur. Abdullah’s son
and ex chief minister Omar Abdullah and another ex-chief minister Mehbooba
mufti were also detained along with over 5,000 others across the state. He was
slapped with the stringent PSA on September 17 on the eve of a SC hearing on a
habeas corpus pertaining to his detention filed by MDMK leader
Vaiko.indianexpress/PTI
After 3 months, Pak partially restores postal
exchange with India
Ludhiana
:Nearly 3 months after Pakistan unilaterally stopped postal exchange with India
in the wake of abrogation of Article 370,DG of Pakistan Post has issued orders
to restore the service, but only “to the extent of letter mail and Express Mail
Service (EMS) documents”. India Post, however, says that it is yet to be apprised
of any such decision. The development from Pakistan comes days after India shot
off a letter to Universal Postal Union (UPU), a UN agency that regulates global
postal exchange across the globe with its headquarters at Bern in Switzerland,
apprising them of “unilateral” decision taken by Pakistan on Aug.23 “without
serving any prior notice” and “defying UPU norms”.indianexpress
Terror-crime nexus an existential global threat:
India at UN
New
York:Calling for zero-tolerance approach against terror organisations and their
financial activities, India on Tuesday said that the international community
needs to be ahead of new trends and technologies which can be achieved by
working together to tackle the menace "bereft of double
standards".Speaking at third high-level special event of UN and Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO) titled -- 'Cooperation to promote peace,
security and stability: preventing the linking of terrorism with organised
crime and its financing through drug trafficking' here, India's Permanent
Representative to UN, Syed Akbaruddin highlighted the nefarious activities of
terror outfits designated by the world body including the IS, LeT and Jaish.ANI
Uzbekistan Home Minister meets Amit Shah; sign
agreement to counter terror
ndia
and Uzbekistan after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s successful visit to
Tashkent on Wednesday held wide ranging talks to strengthen security and
counter-terror partnership.Uzbekistan's Internal Affairs Minister Pulat
Bobojonov on Wednesday felicitated Home Minister Amit Shah here by presenting
him traditional dress of the Central Asian nation. The facilitation took place
after a Home Minister level meeting between India and Uzbekistan to discuss
security partnership.ET
Regret, relief as 145 US deportees land at Delhi's
IGI airport with hands and feet tied
New
Delhi: The first feeling Ravinder Singh, 25, had on touching down at Delhi was
a sense of relief over his wrists and legs being untied before he stepped out
of the chartered plane at IGI Airport on Wednesday morning. But he soon sobered
up when he remembered the money his father had spent both on getting him to the
United States and then trying to get him freed from a detention camp for
illegal migrants there.It was a bittersweet moment to be back on home soil for
Singh, a resident of Kaithal in Haryana. Sharing his mixed feelings were the
other Indian detainees — 142 men and three women — who had been deported by the
US for staying in the country without proper documents.It was a humiliating
return journey for the group, trussed up as they were like common criminals
during the flight from Arizona to Delhi, via Dhaka.TOI
Case against AMU prof, husband: SSP asks officer
how FIR was lodged
Lucknow
:Aligarh Senior SP, Akash Kulhary, has asked the station officer how an FIR was
registered against an assistant professor of AMU and her husband on charges of
promoting enmity for their Facebook posts.An FIR was registered against Huma
Parveen, an assistant professor in Mass Communication department of AMU, and
her husband Naeem Showkat, who belongs to Baramulla in Kashmir, at Gandhi Park
police station in Aligarh on Tuesday on a complaint filed by Akhil Bharat Hindu
Mahasabha leader Ashok Pandey, who had accused the couple of uploading “several
objectionable posts” related to Kashmir and mocking Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.Notably, the complainant, Ashok Pandey, was arrested and jailed earlier
this year, on charges of promoting enmity after a video of him and other
workers of Hindu Mahasabha recreating the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi went
viral on social media on Jan.30.They were observing the day as ‘Shaurya Diwas’
and were seen shooting Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait with an air gun. “I have asked
on what basis FIR lodged was lodged against AMU assistant professor and her
husband. I have spoken to SO and he told me that he had received a complaint of
around 22 pages of the Facebook posts of the assistant professor and her
husband. I have also asked CO on what basis was the FIR lodged when it did not
come to me or any senior officers. We are conducting an investigation. If the
content (of the social media posts) is found to be worthy of (imposing) IPC section
153A, then we will file the chargesheet. Else, we will file the final report in
the case,” SSP said.“If complainant (Pandey) has filed a false complaint, then
we will lodge a case against him under IPC section 181,” SSP said, adding that
they have not issued a notice to either the assistant professor or her husband
yet. indianexpress
No Kashmiris please; housing discrimination in
Delhi’s Muslim majority areas: Caravan
magazine
On
12 Aug, a 23-year-old Kashmiri student in Jamia Nagar, a locality in Delhi, was
asked to vacate his 3-bedroom flat along with 2 of his flatmates who are also
Kashmiri. He had been residing there for two years. While the landlord told him
that this was for conducting house repairs, the student suspected that he was
being evicted because he is a Kashmiri. His inability to find another rented
accommodation in Jamia Nagar over the next few weeks confirmed his fears that
the problem was his Kashmiri identity. On 5 Aug, the government read down
Article 370 of the Constitution. Ever since the escalation of the conflict in
Kashmir in 1980s, ordinary Kashmiris living in mainland India have often faced
threats and harassment. Many of mainland India’s residents have viewed
Kashmiris with distrust. In the past, Kashmiris have suspected that they have
been denied housing in Delhi because of their identity. After 5 Aug, as Kashmir
became a national flashpoint that divided opinion across the country, similar
patterns seemed to repeat On the
condition of anonymity, several Kashmiri Muslims spoke to me about their recent
challenges in finding rented accommodation in Delhi.
BABRI MASJID CASE
Babri Masjid demolition case: CBI court indicates
trial may conclude within a month
New
Delhi: CBI has dropped 3 people from the list of witnesses it had lined up
against ex Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh in the Babri Masjid
demolition case.CBI has "discharged" them from the list because they
were "unwilling to depose and support the case of the prosecution",
people with direct knowledge of the matter told ET . The agency informed the
special CBI court in Lucknow about this last week, the people said. The court
has verbally indicated that it might conclude the trial within a month, before
the winter break in December, they added. So far, 8 witnesses have deposed
against Singh in CBI court.ET on Nov.11 reported that CBI had produced half a
dozen witnesses until then to substantiate its charges against Singh. Of 348
witnesses examined so far in the Masjid demolition trial, one has turned
partially hostile, said sources.ET
SC verdict on Ayodhya issue to be presented to Ram
Lalla Virajman by lawyers’ team on Nov 24: Report
Ayodhya:Lawyers,
who represented Ram Lalla Virajman in the long-drawn battle over the Babri
Masjid title dispute case, will now present a copy of the Supreme Court verdict
to Ram Lalla at Ram Janmabhoomi temple on Nov 24. Senior VHP leaders will
accompany the team of lawyers.The lawyers will also be honoured at a function
which will be a major celebration in Ayodhya after the court verdict that came
on Nov.9.According to sources, team of about 2 dozen senior lawyers including
Keshav Parasaran, 93, will first attend the felicitation programme and then
visit the makeshift temple at Ram Janmabhoomi where they will present the copy
of the SC verdict to the deity. They will also visit the Hanuman Garhi
temple.IANS
Centre aims to strike a balance between wishes of
Nirmohi Akhara and VHP
New
Delhi: Centre is aiming to balance out the wish lists of VHP and the Nirmohi
Akhara in the constitution of a trust to build the Ram temple, for which it
will bring out a gazette notification soon as per the Ayodhya Act, 1993.irmohi
Akhara, which the Supreme Court said should be assigned “an appropriate role in
the management” of the proposed trust, has sought an appointment with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to put forth its view. “We want achche se achcha (best
possible) post in the trust – of chairman or the secretary. We have sought a
meeting with the PM,” Mahant Dinendra Das of the Akhara told ET.Talks from VHP
side with the government are being led by its national vice president Champat
Rai. The organisation wishes that leaders of its Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas
(RNB), such as chief Nritya Gopal Das, be given prominent positions in the new
trust. VHP also wants the government to adopt its model for the temple, along
with the construction material and funds collected so far by the RNB for the
temple.“It is likely to be a government trust. Government’s representatives
will be on it along with religious leaders, including from the RNB and Nirmohi
Akhara,” a government official told ET, speaking on condition of anonymity. A
representative from the DigambarAkhara and Gorakhnath Math may also find a
place on the Trust. economic times
Tauqeer Raza opposes review petition but backs AIMPLB's
move to deny 5-acre alternative land
Bareilly:
A prominent Muslim cleric has slammed All India Muslim Personal Law Board
(AIMPLB), for its plan to file a review petition on Supreme Court verdict in
Ayodhya case. “AIMPLB is functioning as a political board. Muslims in India
have accepted the court order and filing a review petition is dragging the
matter for political benefits. When board had earlier stated that they will
accept the court order, there is no point of filing review petition in the
court. We oppose their decision as it will only affect the atmosphere of the
country,” said Barelvi cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan.He added, “The order of
apex court states that there is no evidence that mosque was built after
demolishing temple. The court also condemned the demolition of mosque which
goes in the favour of minorities of the country. During the trial of the case,
court had given time for settlement. We had tried for settlement in the matter
but a few litigants had opposed it and claimed that they would accept court
order.”“Then why they are not accepting the court judgment?” asked Khan, who is
also national president of Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC), a regional political
party.However, Khan claimed that 5-acre alternative land, which will be given
for constructing mosque, should not be accepted for free.“A mosque cannot be
built on donated land or on land which has been illegally occupied. It is
responsibility of the board to deny 5-acre alternative land considering
Shariat. The board should accept land only if it pays a price for it after
completing registry formalities. We cannot construct mosque on land donated to
us.”TOI
Rift in Sunni Waqf Board over review plea on Ayodhya
verdict: Report
Lucknow: Sharp differences have emerged among members of Uttar Pradesh
Sunni Central Waqf Board over the filing of a review petition in the Supreme
Court against the verdict in the Babri Masjid title dispute case. Members are
questioning Board chairman Zufar Faruqi's decision of not going in for a review
of the Supreme Court verdict.Senior member Abdul Razzaq Khan said: "How
can the chairman take a decision without holding a meeting? It may be his
personal view, but the Board decision will be taken only after the meeting,
which is scheduled to be held on Nov.26."Another member, Imran Mabood
Khan, also an advocate, said they favoured going for a review. "If All
India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is going for a review in SC, then the
Sunni Waqf Board should also take into account the sentiments of the Muslim
community, even if there may not be much hope," he said. Board will meet
in Lucknow on November 26 to decide its strategy after the SC verdict. Board
chairman Zufar Faruqi has consistently said since the day of the verdict that a
review petition will not be filed.Three other members -- Abrar Ahmad, Mohammad
Junaid Siddiqui and Adnan Farrukh Shah -- are backing Faruqi on the issue. 2
dissenting members of the Board, Abdul Razzaq and Imran Mabood Khan, have also
said that the offer of 5-acre land for a mosque should not be accepted. Abrar
Ahmad also agreed with the two on the five-acre land offer.NDTV/IANS
Nagpur lawyer Mukul Phadke booked for ‘offensive’
WhatsApp post against Muslims on Ayodhya issue
Nagpur
:A Nagpur lawyer has been booked for sending an offensive post about the
Ayodhya issue on a WhatsApp group and also putting similar content on
Facebook.According to the police, the complaint against Mukul Phadke was lodged
at Sadar police station by Adil Mohammad Shafi Mohammad, who is a member of the
same WhatsApp group of lawyers,called Pristine Lawyers.“On Nov.12, Phadke wrote
an objectionable post hurting the sentiments of Muslim community and aimed at
creating communal tension. When I checked his Facebook page, there was
objectionable content about Muslims there too,” Mohammad said in his complaint.Police
Inspector Mahesh Bansode of Sadar police station said, “We are looking into the
matter. If the offence is established, the accused can be
arrested.”indianexpress
Ayodhya verdict: Mahmood Madani led Jamiat won’t
file review petition for ‘possibility of further damage’
New
Delhi: Jamiat Ulama today said that it will not file a review petition
challenging the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict delivered on Nov. 9.
ANI/TOI/OTHERS
INDIAN ECONOMY
India becoming $5 trillion economy by 2025 ‘simply
out of question’: Ex-RBI Governor C Rangarajan
Ahmedabad
:Claiming that India will need another 22 years of sustained growth to become a
“developed country,” former RBI governor C Rangarajan today said that at the
current growth rate, India becoming a USD 5 trillion economy by 2025 is “simply
out of question.”“People are talking about USD 5 trillion economy.Today India’s
economy is about USD 2.7 trillion and we are talking about doubling this. The
required rate of growth of the economy to achieve the level of USD 5 trillion
by 2025 is in excess of 9 percent per annum. Reaching USD 5 trillion by 2025 is
simply out of question. You have lost two years. This year it is going to be
six percent growth and next year also it will be probably about seven percent.
Thereafter the economy may pick up,” said Rangarajan. “Interesting thing is,
even if you reach USD 5 trillion, the per capita income in India will grow from
the current level of USD 1800 to USD 3600. Even then, India will be called
low-middle income country,” said the economist who was awarded the Padma
Vibhushan in the year 2002.“In order to become a high middle income country,
per capita income has to USD 3800 which will take another few years…The
definition of a developed country is one whose per capita income is USD 12000.
It will take 22 years for India to grow at 9 percent per annum to reach there.
The task before us is highly daunting. We need to get out of the current
slowdown as quickly as possible,” he told the gathering at Ahmedabad Management
Association.“Highest rate of growth that we have seen in India, is between
2005-06 and 2007-08, when the annual average rate of growth of the economy was
9.4 percent…In 2008-09, the growth rate fell down because of the international
financial crisis. But in 2009-10 and 2010-11, once again the growth rate picked
up and went beyond 8 percent,” he said.Stating that the economy was currently
experiencing “slowdown”, the economist said economic growth has slowed down
from 8.2 percent in 2015-16 to 6.8 percent 2018-19.indianexpress
Modi govt gives go-ahead to biggest privatisation
drive; to sell stake in BPCL, SCI, Concor
In
the biggest privatisation drive ever, Union Cabinet has approved sale of
government's stake in blue-chip oil firm BPCL, shipping firm SCI and onland
cargo mover Concor as well as decided to cut shareholding in select public
sector firms below 51 per cent to boost revenue collections that have been hit
by slowing economy. CCEA approved sale of government's entire 53.29 per cent
stake along with transfer of management control in the country's second-biggest
state-owned refiner BPCL after taking out Numaligarh refinery from its fold,
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters here. It also approved the
sale of an entire 63.75 per cent government holding in Shipping Corp of India
(SCI) and a 30.8 per cent stake in Container Corp of India (Concor). The
government currently holds 54.80 per cent in Concor and will retain 24 per cent
stake post sell-off but without any veto powers or management say,
Disinvestment Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said.PTI
6 bank unions call for Dec.10 dharna before
Parliament
New
Delhi:6 bank employee unions have said they will stage a dharna in front of
Parliament on December 10 against the proposed merger of several public sector
banks, to stop 'anti-people’ banking reforms, to ensure the recovery of bad
loans and several other issues.The unions are All India Bank Employees
Association, All India Bank Officers' Confederation, the All India Bank
Officers Association, Bank Employees Federation of India, Indian National Bank
Employees' Federation and Indian National Bank Officers' Congress. “Experience
of mergers in the country and across the globe has clearly shown that no
benefit accrues to any of the stakeholder,” the unions said in a joint
statement. “On the other hand, in the name of rationalisation of branches, a
large number of branches would be closed affecting the common man. Millions
would be affected as employment - both direct and indirect - would take a
hit.”thehindu
OTHERS
Malegaon blasts
accused Pragya Thakur nominated to Parliamentary panel on defence;
Congress slams
New
Delhi :BJP Lok Sabha member Pragya Singh Thakur has been nominated to the
Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Defence. Bhopal MP, who
is an accused in the Malegaon blasts case, defeated former chief minister of MP
and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in Lok Sabha polls earlier this year.She
was granted bail by Bombay High Court on health grounds in April 2017 after
charges against her under MCOCA were dropped by NIA. She is currently under
trial for multiple charges under UAPA. 21-member parliamentary consultative
committee is headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Slamming Centre,
Congress said the move is “an insult to our nation’s defence forces and to
every Indian”.“Pragya, a terror accused & Godse fanatic has been nominated
by BJP govt. to be a member of the Parliamentary Panel on Defence. This move is
an insult to our nation’s defence forces, to our nation’s esteemed parliamentarians
& to every Indian,” Congress tweeted.indian express
Modi govt is targeting JNU because it never
produced right-wing leaders: Shiv Sena
New
Delhi: Narendra Modi government is targeting JNU as it hasn’t produced anyone
with a right-wing mindset, the Shiv Sena said Thursday in an editorial in its
mouthpiece Saamana.Titled ‘Suppression on Delhi streets’, the editorial said it
was unfortunate that the government, under the garb of maintaining law and
order, is trying to crush all voices of dissent. “Since JNU has produced many
experts and politicians, but none from the right-wing and, hence, this alone
should not be used as an excuse to violently suppress the students of this
university who are raising their voice for their rights,” it said. The Sena
mouthpiece also criticised the role of Delhi Police, which comes under the
jurisdiction of the central government, for the lathi-charge on the protesting
JNU students. The editorial stated that it is problematic that even
visually-impaired and physically challenged students were detained during the
protests. “The police that beat up such people cannot be the custodian of law
and in the service of citizens,” it added.
DUSU head, others detained during pro-JNU protest
New
Delhi: Several students, including top members of RSS student wing ABVP and the
DUSU, were detained after a scuffle between protesters and security personnel
near the Parliament Street police station on Thursday during a march to HRD
Ministry to oppose the proposed JNU hostel fee hike.Among the detained students
were Delhi University Students Union President Akshit Dhaiya, and ABVP's state
Secretary Siddharth Yadav.Delhi Police had imposed prohibitory orders in the
area and put up triple layer of barricades. Some protesters, however, climbed
over the barricades and scuffled with the security personnel, who comprised
CRPF personnel along with Delhi Police.The protesters raised slogans against
JNU administration and HRD Ministry who, according to students, had
unilaterally imposed fee hike on the students.TOI
Mumbai: Students protest JNU fee hike
Mumbai:
Students and activists from various educational institutions and organisations
in the city on Wednesday staged a protest at Kalina campus of University of
Mumbai (MU). The students protested the recent fee hike at JNU and also
expressed solidarity with Fathima Lateef, an IIT-Madras student who recently
committed suicide after allegedly facing discrimination.The students stated,
they oppose the commodification of education. “This protest is not just for
JNU, it’s against a ploy to commodify education and to let a few super-rich to
sell it to only those who can afford it,” said Ayush Jindal a second year
commerce student.The agitating students also stated that the incidents of fees
hike and Fathima’s suicide are indicative of the shrinking space for students
from marginalised sections including poor, Dalits, tribals and minorities.They
demanded the government to roll-back the fee hike and ensure that education
remains accessible and affordable for all. The students also demanded immediate
probe into the death of Fathima, which the protestors termed as ‘institutional
murder’.“We demand an impartial enquiry on Fathima’s death which is an
institutional murder,”said Rafid Shahab of Students islamic Organisation of
India(SIO).freepressjournal
After JNU, MANUU Students Protest Fee Hike, Raise
Other Issues
Hyderabad:In
the immediate aftermath of the protest by students of JNU in Delhi over hostel
and other fee hikes, students at Moulana Azad Urdu National University (MANUU)
here are raising a clamour over issues relating to fee hike and inadequate
health, transport, water and Wifi facilities for students.“Hostel fees have
been hiked. We are facing a water shortage in all departments for the last 2
months. Internet connections are not steady, and this impacts students’ studies,”
said Umar Faruq, president of MANUU students union.He said: “In order to raise
these issues, around 300 students held a protest at the administration building
for two hours Tuesday, and dispersed after the Registrar met them and promised
to sort out the issues soon.”Caravan Daily
Solidarity march in BHU in support of a ‘Muslim’
scholar
A
group of students on Wednesday evening led a solidarity march in Banaras Hindu
University in support of a ‘Muslim’ assistant professor whose appointment in
Sanskrit faculty is being opposed by some students on grounds of his religious
identity.Under the banner of Joint Action Committee, BHU, a common platform for
non-ABVP student groups, the students held up banners and placards declaring
their support for Firoz Khan, who was appointed on November 5 but has been
unable to teach in Sahitya (literature) department of the Sanskrit Vidya Dharm
Vigyan Faculty due to the protests.“We are with you,” and “Language has no
relationship with religion,” read some banners at the rally in support of Khan,
held from Lanka gate to Ravidas Gate near the central varsity campus. Those
supporting Khan demanded that the university ensure his security and take
responsibility for him, while allowing him to start teaching.thehindu
Uttar Pradesh tops chart in PDS corruption, Bihar
comes 2nd
NEW
DELHI : As many as 807 complaints of corruption in the public distribution
system (PDS) were received across the country till Oct.31, of which Uttar
Pradesh reported maximum number of complaints, Union Minister of State for
Consumer Affairs, Raosaheb Danve-Patil has said.In a written reply to a
question in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Minister said that UP has topped the
list in PDS corruption cases with 328 complaints, while Bihar comes next with
108 complaints.Significantly, UP has hit headlines many times earlier for PDS
scams. In 2014, a Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court directed CBI to
investigate the land of the then cabinet minister of the state, Raghuraj Pratap
Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, in a multi-crore food grains scam in the state.Delhi
ranks third in corruption cases in PDS with 78 complaints been received.
Whereas West Bengal has received 48 complaints in such cases.IANS
#BharatRatnaForTipu trends as netizens debate
Mysore ruler’s legacy
A
fiery debate broke out on Twitter on Wednesday as the hashtag
#BharatRatnaForTipu trended, with well over 30,000 tweets as of Wednesday
evening. Tipu Sultan, the Mysore king who ruled between 1782 and 1799 has left
a divisive legacy in India. Though revered by some as an anti-colonial hero who
beat the British in the Battle of Pollilur and who managed to slow down their
advance, he is also reviled by those who see him as a bigot who oppressed and
forcibly converted the Hindus—Kodavas in particular.While Tipu’s legacy has
long been debated, the topic has reached the public of late in particular after
BJP govt in Karnataka scrapped the celebration of Tipu’s birth anniversary
shortly after coming to power. Later, the state’s education minister ordered a
report to look into removing Tipu from textbooks in the state. Recently, on Nov.7,
Karnataka High Court directed the state government to reconsider its decision
after hearing a PIL that challenged it. Mahila Congress tweeted in praise of
Tipu,remembering him for his "valour and resistance" against East
India Company. After that, hashtag #BharatRatnaForTipu started to trend several
hours later..Islamic scholar Mufti Yasir Nadeem shared several tweets in praise
of Tipu, using hashtag. He also called for other Mughal rulers, including
Aurangzeb and Shah Jahan, to be recognised.theweek
Rs 429 crore paid to 2002 Gujarat communal riots
victims between 2007 and 2011: MHA
Victims
of 2002 communal riots in Gujarat have cumulatively been paid compensation of
Rs 429.46 crore, the Union government said in a written submission in Rajya
Sabha. The information was provided in response to a question by MP Hussain
Dalvi, who sought to know whether it was a fact that while over 2,000 cases
were registered during 2002 Gujarat riots, most were blocked and closed and it
was only when the Supreme Court got involved that a few cases were reopened and
placed under court-monitored special investigation teams.MP further sought
information on whether the government planned to reopen cases of Gujarat riots
for investigation, the details of the number of people who died, atrocities
against women during the riots and details of compensation and rehabilitation
provided to the victims and their families.In a written response to these
questions, G Kishan Reddy, minister of state (MOS), ministry of home affairs
said that public order and police are state subjects.TOI
Haren Pandya murder case: SC rejects review pleas
of 9 convicts
The
Supreme Court has dismissed the pleas filed by nine convicts, who were awarded
life term for murdering former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003,
seeking review of its verdict holding them guilty.The review petitions did not
mention any error apparent on the face of record in its July 5 this year
judgement, the apex court said."We have perused the review petitions and
record of the appeals and are convinced that the order, of which review has
been sought, does not suffer from any error apparent warranting its
reconsideration. The review petitions are, accordingly, dismissed," said a
bench of justices Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran.In its July 5 verdict, the top
court had set aside the Gujarat High Court judgement acquitting 9 accused the
murder case.Pandya was home minister in the then Modi-led Gujarat government
and was shot dead on March 26, 2003 near Law Garden in Ahmedabad.PTI
Elgaar Parishad case: Prosecution gives cloned
copies of ‘seized electronic data’ to 3 accused
Pune
: 9 activists and lawyers arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case were produced
before a special court in Pune on Wednesday and three of them were given cloned
copies of the data purportedly recovered from the electronic devices seized by
the investigators from the accused.The prosecution handed over the cloned
copies in two hard disks to the three accused: activist Sudhir Dhawale of
Mumbai, lawyer Surendra Gadling from Nagpur and activist Rona Wilson from
Delhi.However, Gadling and another accused Arun Ferriera, who is also a lawyer,
raised objections, saying there was no mention of ‘hash values’ on the document
given by prosecution along with the hard disks.Special Judge S R Navandar asked
them to accept the hard disks and submit their objections in “black and white”
before the court. He said “all objections will be decided” on, and also asked
the cyber expert present in the court to assist him, as well as the prosecution
and the accused in the case. The next hearing in the case is on Dec. 4.indianexpress
WORLD
Trump impeachment inquiry: US House Intelligence
Committee to inquiry official
Members
of US House Intelligence Committee will question an official from US embassy in
Ukraine today as they seek to learn more about a phone call in which he says he
overheard President Donald Trump ask about the status of an
"investigation" into a political rival. The public impeachment
hearing marks the last scheduled day of marathon sessions by the Democratic-led
House Intelligence Committee focused on whether Trump wrongfully pressured
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate former Vice President
Joe Biden, a Democrat bidding to face Trump in 2020 election.David Holmes told
legislators in a closed-door testimony that he heard Trump's voice on a July 26
phone call with Gordon Sondland, US ambassador to European Union, in which the Republican
president asked about Ukraine's willingness to carry out an unspecified
investigation."So, he's gonna do the investigation?" Trump asked
Sondland, referring to Zelenskyy, according to Holmes's previous
testimony." He's gonna do it," replied Sondland, according to
Holmes.Sondland added that the Ukrainian president would do "anything you
ask him to", Holmes said.Holmes's account ties Trump directly to an effort
to get Ukraine to launch an investigation, though his recounting of the overheard
telephone call does not explicitly cite the Bidens. In his November 15
closed-door testimony, Holmes said that after overhearing Sondland's phone
conversation with Trump at an outdoor restaurant in Kyiv, he asked the
ambassador if it was true that the president did not care about
Ukraine.Sondland on Wednesday testified he could not remember precise details
of the call Holmes overheard, but said the president's mention of
investigations did not strike him as significant at the time. aljazeera
Trump
impeachment inquiry public hearings
Trump hopes Afghan prisoner release prompts
ceasefire
US
President Donald Trump has said he hopes release of 2 Western prisoners held
hostage by Afghan Taliban this week could help pave the way to an end to the
war in Afghanistan.Trump thanked Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for his support
in securing release of US citizen Kevin King and Australian Tim Weeks as part
of a prisoner swap reportedly involving 3 Taliban commanders. "Let's hope
this leads to more good things on the peace front like a ceasefire that will
help end this long war. Proud of my team!" Trump said.aljazeera
‘Trump officials quietly negotiating with Taliban’
Syria: Idlib IDP camp hit by deadly missile attack
killing 22 civilians
At
least 22 civilians have been killed in Syria's northwest region as
Russian-backed government forces continued air raids and shelling in the last
rebel-held territory in the war-torn country, according to volunteer medics.At
least 16 people were killed and scores wounded when a ground-to-ground missile
struck a camp for displaced people in the village of Qah on Wednesday, said
Ahmed Yarji, a spokesman for Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White
Helmets.Among those who lost their lives were 10 children and three women,
Yarji told Al Jazeera.The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) said in a
statement that the two missiles exploded 25 metres away from its maternity
hospital, injuring four of its staff members.aljazeera
Rights group: 11 killed in Israel air strikes on
Syria
Observatory
for Human Rights said that 11 people, including seven non-Syrians, were killed
in Israeli air strikes on military positions in Damascus and its surroundings
on Tuesday night.The observatory said the attack targeted and destroyed weapons
and ammunition storage facilities belonging to Iran’s elite Al-Quds
Force.Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Avichay Adraee said on
Twitter that Israeli warplanes “raided dozens of military targets belonging to
the Iranian Quds Force and Syrian Army inside Syrian territory, including
surface-to-air missiles, headquarters, weapons depots and military bases, in
response to yesterday’s rocket fire from Syria towards Israel.”MEMO
Jordan cancels interfaith conference due to
Israel’s participation
Jordan’s
Interior Ministry has cancelled the “Interfaith Peace” conference scheduled to
begin today because Israeli representatives were due to take part.e Governor of
Amman, Saad Shehab, announced the cancellation of the conference “Interfaith
Peace”, which was organised by United Initiative for Religions Working in
Jordan.The participation of an Israeli delegation in the conference had led to
calls for it to be cancelled with activists saying religion was being used to
normalise relations with the occupying power.middleeastmonitor
Dutch parliament resists European court ruling on
labelling Israel settlement produce
Dutch
parliament passed a motion on Tuesday objecting to a recent European court
ruling concerning the labelling of produce made in Israeli settlements,
reported Times of Israel.According to the report, the motion – approved 82-68 –
calls on the Dutch government to resist the European Court of Justice ruling,
on the basis that Israel is supposedly being unfairly “singled out”. Israel’s
Ambassador to Netherlands, Naor Gilon, thanked Dutch parliamentarians for their
support, expressing hope that Dutch leaders “will adopt their own
recommendation and not implement a discriminatory resolution”.middleeastmonitor
Israel detains Jerusalem governor, again
Israeli
police today detained Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith, according to
eyewitnesses.The detention came after police raided Ghaith’s residence in
Jerusalem’s Silwan neighbourhood, the eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency.Ghaith
has been detained several times in recent months as part of Israel’s ongoing
violations against Palestinian officials, activists and institutions in
occupied Jerusalem.The reason behind the detention remains unclear and the
Israeli police have yet to issue an official statement.MEMO/Anadolu Agency
Hamas: US ‘legalisation’ of settlement ‘political
massacre’
Hamas
chief Ismail Haniyeh said that US’ announcement that it no longer considers
Israeli settlement illegal “is political massacre”.Haniyeh said: “The decision
announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo related to Israeli settlement is
a dangerous political massacre which greenlights bloodshed and crimes carried
out by the occupation.” Middleeastmonitor
Tunisian Post issues commemorative stamp in Arabic
entitled “Al Quds – the Capital of Palestine”
Tunisian
Post has issued a commemorative stamp, in Arabic, entitled “Al Quds –Capital of
Palestine”. Issuance of new postage stamp came to stress ”Tunisia’s firm stance
in supporting Palestinian cause and international efforts to reach a just and
comprehensive peace which would end the Israeli occupation and enable the
establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its
capital.” middleeastmonitor
Anita Anand becomes Canada’s first Hindu minister;
Trudeau retains Harjit Sajjan, Navdeep Bains
In
a first, a Hindu woman lawmaker has been inducted into Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet of 37 ministers.Anita Anand, a former law professor at
the University of Toronto, joins three Sikh MPs Navdepp Bains, Bardish Chagger
and Harjit Sajjan in the Cabinet.Anand has been handed over the Public Services
and Procurement portfolio which oversees public spending including the purchase
of military hardware, according to the Toronto Star.Anand is a legal academic,
lawyer, researcher, and mother of four children. She was born and raised in
rural Nova Scotia before moving to Ontario in 1985, according to her profile on
the PM of Canada website.indianexpress
3rd Israel election looms after failure
to form govt
Israel
moved closer towards holding a third election in less than a year on Wednesday
after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main challenger failed to form a
government. Benny Gantz's announcement that he would not meet a midnight
deadline following Netanyahu's own failure to put together a coalition in Oct
deepened political deadlock at a time of mounting security and economic
concerns.aljazeera
Suu Kyi to contest Rohingya genocide case at World
Court
Yangon:
Aung San Suu Kyi will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to
contest a case filed by Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide against its
Rohingya Muslim minority, her government said. Over 730,000 Rohingya Muslims
have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s
military, which U.N. investigators say was carried out with “genocidal intent”.
Buddhist majority Myanmar denies accusations of genocide. Gambia, a tiny,
mainly Muslim West African state, lodged its lawsuit after winning the support
of the 57-nation Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Only a state can
file a case against another state at ICJ.“Myanmar has retained prominent international
lawyers to contest the case submitted by Gambia,” the ministry for state
counselor Suu Kyi’s office said in a Facebook post.Reuters
Iraqi protesters killed in fresh clashes in Baghdad
At
least two protesters have been killed and dozens of others wounded after Iraqi
protesters and security forces clashed near two key bridges in the capital,
Baghdad, security and medical sources said on Thursday.The cause of death in
both cases was tear gas canisters aimed directly at the head, sources told the
Reuters News Agency.One protester was killed near Sinak bridge and the other
near the adjacent Ahrar bridge, police said.Hospital sources told the agency
that some of the wounded protesters had injuries sustained from live ammunition
and others were wounded by rubber bullets and tears gas canisters.
Bolivia unrest: At least 8 killed in clashes
As
security forces and supporters of ex President Evo Morales clashed at an El
Alto fuel plant, at least 8 people were killed.This has exposed deep rifts
between Morales's mostly indigenous supporters and the interim government of
President Jeanine Anez, who has called for new elections.His supporters want
Anez to step down and government to withdraw a supreme decree that says army
and police will not be held accountable in what it referred to as their effort
to impose security.aljazeera
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