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Vol: 12, No: 77*
*INDIA-CAB NRC*
Controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to Be Tabled in Lok Sabha
tomorrow
New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah will on Monday introduce the
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to
non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, in the Lok
Sabha.In the afternoon, the home minister will introduce Bill to amend the 6-decade-old
Citizenship Act and later in the day, it will be taken up for discussion and
passage, according to the Lok Sabha’s List of Business for Monday. The Bill has
triggered widespread protests in northeastern states with a large section of
people and organisations opposing the Bill, saying it will nullify the
provisions of the Assam Accord of 1985, which fixed March 24, 1971, as the
cut-off date for deportation of all illegal immigrants irrespective of
religion.thewire
CAB represents Jinnah, Savarkar’s 2-nation theory: Protest in Delhi
against CAB, NRC
New Delhi :Hundreds of people from across Delhi, including students,
gathered near Jantar Mantar here on Saturday to oppose the Citizenship
Amendment Bill (CAB) and the proposal for nationwide implementation of the
NRC.“CAB represents Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s and Savarkar’s two-nation theory, and
will alter the very character of India,” said Yogendra Yadav, president of
Swaraj India, during the protest.Accusing BJP of playing vote bank politics,
Yadav said, “They are tinkering with the Constitution and the very soul and
idea of India. The NRC of Assam excluded both Hindus and Muslims, which goes
against the BJP’s narrow interest. With the CAB, it assures the Hindus that
even if you’re caught in the NRC net, don’t worry, as long as you’re Hindu,
you’ll be kept out of it… “ He added, “Implementing NRC is against all marginal
sections of society… But NRC plus CAB—-that makes sure that it hits only
Muslims.” Congress MP from Kishunganj, Bihar, Mohammad Jawed said that move
would hurt India internationally. “If it is passed, world over the message will
go that a Muslim-hating government is leading this country… The Congress is
very clear —- we do not appease any religion, and have always been with the
weak, poor and the disenfranchised,” he said.On the proposal to implement NRC
nationwide, activist Umar Khalid said, “Assam NRC exercise took Rs 1,300 crore.
If implemented across India, it will take lakhs of crores. And the government
keeps increasing fees for education, and cutting budgets for education and
healthcare.”indian express
Photos: Hundreds Protest Against Citizenship Bill in Delhi
Passage of citizenship Bill will mark victory of Jinnah’s thinking over
Gandhi’s: Shashi Tharoor
The passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament will mark the
definitive victory of Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s thinking over that of Mahatma
Gandhi’s, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday, asserting that
the exercise of granting citizenship on the basis of religion will reduce India
to a “Hindutva version of Pakistan”. Ex Union Minister also alleged that BJP
government wants to single out “one community” and refuses to grant its members
asylum from oppression on the same conditions as other communities.In an
interview to PTI, Tharoor said even if the Bill is passed by both the Houses of
Parliament, he is confident that no bench of the Supreme Court will allow such
a “blatant violation” of fundamental tenets of India’s Constitution to go
unchecked.“It is a shameless performance by a government which as recently as
last year, refused to entertain any discussion on developing a National Asylum
policy, which I had proposed in a Private Members Bill and shared personally
with the then Home Minister, his MoSes and his home secretary,” Tharoor
said. Suddenly, they are going the extra
mile in granting citizenship to refugees, whereas in reality, they don’t even
want to take the basic steps as required under international law to improve the
determination of refugee status or ensure decent treatment of refugees, he
alleged.“All of this makes it abundantly clear that this is merely a cynical
political exercise to further single out and disenfranchise an entire community
in India and in doing so, a betrayal of all that was good and noble about our
civilization. It will reduce us to a Hindutva version of Pakistan,” Tharoor
asserted.“Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Maulana Azad, Dr Ambedkar believed the
opposite, that religion had nothing to do with nationhood. Theirs was the idea
of India and they created a free country for all people of all religions,
regions, castes and languages,” Tharoor
said.The Constitution reflects this basic idea of India which the BJP now seeks
to betray, he alleged.Asked about the contention that religion cannot be the
basis of citizenship, he said BJP has paved the way for Pakistan’s founder Jinnah’s idea of a nation — where religion
would be intrinsic to nationhood — to take root in India and in doing so,
dismember the idea of India that Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel,
Azad, Ambedkar and their contemporaries fought for.He said the Bill also goes
against the historic legacy that Hindus were proud to lay claim to.Referring to
the Muslims, he said BJP government wants to single out one community and
refuses to grant it asylum from oppression on the same conditions as other
communities.Asked about a NRC nationwide as proposed by BJP, he claimed there
is tremendous opposition to the idea because in practice it will cause enormous
social upheaval.PTI
Assam not dustbin for aliens, says AASU as protests against CAB
intensify
Guwahati:Protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill
(CAB) have intensified in Assam ahead of BJP-led NDA government at Centre
tabling it in Lok Sabha on Monday.Student organizations, civil society groups
and opposition parties in Assam have been protesting against the legislation
saying it would lead to influx of religious minorities from Bangladesh and hurt
the interests of indigenous communities.Sit-in protests, rallies and protest
marches have been held in the state since the past week and ministers of
BJP-led coalition in Assam which includes Asom Gana Parishad have been shown
black flags and their effigies burnt.North East Students Organisation (NESO),
which comprises of student bodies from 7 states in the region, has called a
11-hour general strike beginning 5 am against the CAB on Tuesday.All Assam
Students Union (AASU), the state’s biggest student body, has also announced a
series of protests opposing the legislation.“Assam is not the dustbin for
illegal immigrants. BJP at Centre is bent on bringing the legislation based on
its numbers in Parliament. We will not accept it and continue protests,” said
AASU chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya. Congress and AIUDF, the two main
opposition parties in the state, are also protesting against CAB saying it is
against provisions of Assam Accord of 1985.HT
Left parties plan to move amendments to CAB
Left parties, opposed to the Citizenship Amendment Bill that is likely
to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday, have decided to move amendments to CAB.Left
would move two amendments seeking deletion of reference to Pakistan, Bangladesh
and Afghanistan and religions in the Bill and bringing under its ambit refugees
from all neighbouring countries, it said on Sunday. CAB is being opposed by the
Congress as well as other opposition parties, but the government has decided to
go ahead with it. North East Students Organisation (NESO), also opposed to the
Bill, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah
whether the government is for citizens or illegal migrants."From its
attitude and approach it shows the government is for the illegal
migrants," the NESO, which is spear-heading the protest against the
amendment of Citizenship Act, 1955, noted in its letter to Modi and Shah.NESO
has also called for a northeast shutdown on Dec.10.IANS
Union minister heckled in Assam by anti-CAB protesters
Fresh protests in Manipur against Citizenship Bill
A series of fresh protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,
2016 were launched in Manipur’s Imphal Valley today.People came out in large
numbers in many areas and shouted slogans denouncing the Bill. Manipur People
Against CAB (MANPAC) is spearheading protests in the Imphal Valley. Opposition
Congress, Left parties and other political parties have already issued
statements rejecting the Bill. Protestors have announced that all activities
would be suspended from tonight to Dec.11,3 am.newindianexpress
Persecuted minorities of neighbouring nations victims of partition,
India duty-bound to give them citizenship: BJP leader Ram Madhav
NEW DELHI: India is duty-bound to give citizenship to persecuted
minorities from neighbouring countries as they are "victims" of the
decision to divide the country on religious lines, BJP general secretary Ram
Madhav has said while defending the Citizenship Amendment Bill.Responding to
criticism of the Bill from political parties, Madhav said a similar legislation
'Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam)' Act was enacted in 1950 by the then
Congress government led by Jawaharlal Nehru."Let me remind critics of the
Citizenship Amendment Bill, Nehru government had passed a similar bill in 1950
for expulsion of illegal immigrants mainly from erstwhile Pakistan (Bangladesh)
and had categorically said that minorities of East Pakistan wouldn't be covered
under the bill," Madhav told PTI.Asserting that India has always kept its
doors open for oppressed minorities, Madhav said," The persecuted
minorities of the neighbouring countries, which are proposed to be given
citizenship in the bill, are victims of the historical decision to divide this
country on religious lines. And India is duty-bound to give citizenship rights
to these minorities."Madhav, who is party's pointsman for Northeastern
states, said the government and Home Minister Shah held extensive consultations
with various stakeholders from the region to address their apprehensions.PTI
Enemies may use CAB to push own people: R&AW
India's external spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) had
expressed "great concern" over the possibility of the enemies
exploiting the legal framework provided by the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to
push their "own people" into the country. R&AW's concerns were placed
before a Joint Parliamentary Committee, which scrutinised the now lapsed
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 earlier when one of its Joint Secretary
deposed before the panel headed by BJP MP Rajendra Agarwal."Our only
concern has been that the agencies who are inimical to us should not have a
legal framework within which they can exploit our situation and infiltrate
their own people into our own country. That is a matter of great concern for
us," R&AW official was quoted as saying in the panel report placed in
Parliament in January this year.deccanherald
Teesta Setalvad slams Modi government’s NRC move at press conference in
Pune
Pune:Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad has said that Narendra Modi
regime is creating fear among the common people in the name of NRC.She said
that through NRC, the government is targeting the most marginalised communities
like tribals, Dalits and other minorities.She was addressing a press conference
on dangers of NRC which was organised by educationist PA Inamdar.She further
added that social, economic, cultural and ideological fabric of the nation has
been torn apart and the regime wanted to change the secular fabric of the
country.HT
NRC to affect not only muslims, but majority of people: Karnataka KPCC
chief
Karnataka Pradesh Congress committee (KPCC) spokesperson S M Patil
Ganihar on Saturday said that NRC is going to trouble not only Muslims, but
also the majority community if it applied across the country and he called upon
people of all sections of the society to sternly oppose the implementation of
NRC in the country.Ganihar said “Some people have made the wrong assumption
that NRC is meant to target only Muslims in the country. But in reality, it is
going to affect every Indian citizen. NRC being implemented in Assam has
already proved that of among 19 lakh people removed from the list are over 13
lakh are non-Muslims. So, non-Muslims should not assume that NRC will not
create any problem for them”, he said.UNI
*KASHMIR
& SOUTH ASIA*
Resolution tabled in US Congress asks India to end Internet ban, free
detainees, allow global observers to access Kashmir
Even as India hired a second lobbying firm, the country’s troubles on
Capitol Hill show no sign of ending with a new resolution introduced in US
Congress urging it to lift the communications clampdown, release political
detainees and preserve religious freedom in Kashmir expected to pass.The
resolution, introduced in the house on Friday by the first Indian American
congresswoman, Pramila Jayapal, has been co-sponsored by Republican house
representative Steve Watkins from Kansas. New Delhi hopes the resolution will
be undermined by some of the controversies surrounding Watkins – of unwanted
sexual advances and exaggerated claims about his past. This is the second
resolution on Kashmir introduced in three weeks.Earlier on Nov.22, Rashida
Talib introduced a resolution “condemning the human rights violations taking place
in Jammu and Kashmir and supporting Kashmiri self-determination”. Till
Saturday, the Congress’ online database did not show any additional co-sponsors
for Talib’s H.Res. 724.Jayapal’s initiative is more serious as it has
bipartisan backing from Watkins. The text of the resolution, which was uploaded
on Friday, also avoids taking a stand on the wider question of Union
Territory’s status: there is no reference to Kashmir being a dispute, nor does
it wade into the issue of nullification of Article 370.After being introduced
in the house on Friday, H.Res. 745 has been referred to the house foreign
affairs committee. The congressional panel will consider the resolution and
amend the text if required, before it goes to the floor of the house. These
non-binding resolutions are supposed to express the sentiment of the
legislative branch on a particular issue, ranging from Taiwan to Tibet.Indian
diplomatic sources told The Wire that Jayapal’s resolution is likely to be
passed, but with a narrow margin.However, Talib’s initiative, which has been
referred to house foreign affairs subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and
non-proliferation, is not expected to see the light of the day, as per
Congressional sources.Also in departure from Talib’s draft resolution, text of
H.Res 745 includes the Indian govt’s stated arguments for its actions in
Kashmir. The draft resolution states that house “rejects arbitrary detention,
use of excessive force against civilians, and suppression of peaceful
expression of dissent as proportional responses to security challenges”. Further,
it urges India to remember there should be respect for human rights and of
international humanitarian law in actions taken “in pursuit of legitimate
security priorities”. Thereafter, the resolution proposes 6 steps for New
Delhi. These range from lifting restrictions on communication, restoration of
internet access, releasing all “arbitrarily detained people” to allowing
international human rights observers and journalists to access J&K.It also
calls on Government of India to “condemn, at the highest levels, all
religiously motivated violence, including that violence which targets against
religious minorities”. Meanwhile, faced with a possible tumultuous period in US
congress, Indian embassy has hired another lobbying firm with the hope of
having better outreach with Democrats on Capitol Hill.thewire
Internet down, NEET aspirants in Valley struggle to upload forms
Srinagar :With Internet yet to be restored 4 months into August 5
lockdown in the Valley, thousands of students hoping to apply for National
Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for entry into medical courses have been
facing a tough time.While the government has set up Internet kiosks — one at
each of 10 district headquarters — to “facilitate” the applications, students
say these kiosks are too few in number. Over 20,000 students from Kashmir
appeared for the NEET exams last year and sources say the number is likely to
increase this year. Early Saturday morning, Shaista Rashid Bhat, 19, left her
home at Larkipora village in Anantnag district, hoping to submit her NEET form
in Srinagar. But at 4 pm, she was still waiting for her turn at Tourist
Reception Centre (TRC) in Srinagar, where the government has set aside a few
computers for students to submit their NEET examination forms. After waiting in
a queue for 10 hours, Bhat said she was preparing to return home without
submitting her form.By around 4 pm on Saturday, only 73 students had submitted
their NEET forms at this TRC and Shaista’s serial number in the queue was 123.
A poster outsider the centre asks students to keep their documents and
photographs ready in a pen drive. But what perplexes them is the message that
they should keep “a mobile number from outside the state for OTP”. “By snapping
Internet, government has already put us at a disadvantage in comparison to
students from other places,” said Ajaz Rashid, a student awaiting his turn at
TRC.indianexpress
Watch | Tight curbs on Internet in J&K offices
Eviction fear in J&K over ban
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir administration has issued notifications
banning civilian constructions and repairs near the army’s field ordnance
depots in various Valley districts except if they are approved by the army or
top district officials, triggering fear that it could be a prelude to evicting
thousands of residents from their homes. Many people in Jammu and Kashmir
believe the erstwhile state’s special status was scrapped to facilitate the
settlement of outsiders to change the region’s demography. The army and the
Valley administration dispelled such fears and said it was a “country-wide
phenomenon” and an “age-old practice”.The notifications have been issued
following the instructions of the defence ministry and under provisions of the
Works of Defence Act (WODA), 1903, which is applicable in the whole of the
country, they said.An officer said the notifications for Jammu and Kashmir were
issued following the issuance of WODA notifications by the defence ministry on
July 13.telegraphindia
*RAPES & KILLING *
Telangana: Anger in tribal belt over woman's gang rape, murder
Asifabad: Tribal belt in the erstwhile undivided Adilabad district is
manifest with anger and revulsion over the Nov.25 ghastly incident of gang rape
and murder of a 30-year-old Budiga Jangam Scheduled Caste woman deep inside its
Agency area.What is also unusual is that the victim was waylaid in a secluded
place between Yellapatar and Ramnaik tanda habitations in Lingapur mandal of
Kumram Bheem Asifabad district, raped by three timber smugglers and brutally
murdered.“We want a speedy trial as well as death penalty for the
perpetrators,” demanded an irate Mohammed Imtiaz Khan, member Telangana State
Haj Committee from Jainoor as he tried to shake off the anger. “All communities
living in the Agency area are shocked by the incident,” he continued in the
same vein. Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind extended financial help to the
family of the Yellapatar victim. This was done purely on humanitarian grounds
according to people of Jainoor.thehindu
Won't Perform Last Rites Till CM Visits: Unnao Rape Victim's Kin Want
Capital Punishment for Accused
Unnao: The sister of the deceased Unnao rape victim said on Sunday her
family will not perform the last rites unless Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath arrives in her village and assures of strict action against the
accused.The body of the rape victim who succumbed to severe burn injuries in a
Delhi hospital on Friday night arrived in her native village here on Saturday.
Her sister said the last rites would be performed only in the presence of Adityanath.
"I personally want to speak to Yogi Adityanath," she said.The sister
demanded government job for one of the family members and immediate capital
punishment to the accused.When the victim's sister was told that awarding
capital punishment is the job of the court, she asked "Who will make
rounds of court?"Later, when Unnao district administration proposed that
the aggrieved family can meet the chief minister in Lucknow, the family members
rejected the proposal saying they will not go there to meet him. They insisted
that the chief minister come to village and fulfil their demands.news18
‘Come after you get raped’: Now, a woman in Unnao accuses police of
refusing to file her complaint
A woman in Hindupur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district, the same
area where a rape complainant was set on fire last week, has accused the police
of turning her away when she tried to file an attempted rape complaint, HT
reported. The woman claimed that the police had refused to register her
complaint and told her “rape has not happened, come when it happens”.The woman
said three men from from the her village had tried to rape her a few months
ago. “These three men stopped me and started pulling my clothes,” she said.
“They also attempted to rape me.” The complainant said she visited the Unnao
and Bihar police stations in the district for more than three months but no one
paid attention to her case, India Today reported. She identified the accused as
Ram Milan, Guddu, and Ram Babu. “After the incident, I called 1090, they asked
me to call 100,” the woman said. “I called 100. I reported the matter in Unnao,
they [the cops] asked me to report it to the area where the incident happened.”
The woman said the accused often visited her home, and had threatened to kill
her if a complaint was filed.scroll
*ECONOMY*
India in growth recession; extreme centralisation of power in PMO not
good: Raghuram Rajan
New Delhi: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said India is in the midst
of a "growth recession" with signs of deep malaise in Indian economy
that is being run through extreme centralisation of power in PMO and powerless
ministers.Penning down his recommendations to help the ailing Indian economy
out of the ongoing slowdown in India Today magazine, he called for reforms to
liberalise capital, land and labour markets, and spur investment as well as
growth.He also urged India to join free trade agreements judiciously in order
to boost competition and improve domestic efficiency."To understand what
has gone wrong, we need to start first with the centralised nature of the
current government. Not just decision-making but also ideas and plans emanate
from a small set of personalities around Prime Minister and in PMO."That
works well for the party's political and social agenda, which is well laid out,
and where all these individuals have domain expertise. It works less well for
economic reforms, where there is less of a coherent articulated agenda at the
top, and less domain knowledge of how the economy works at the national rather
than state level," Rajan wrote.Stating that previous governments may have
been untidy coalitions but they consistently took path of further economic
liberalisation, he said, "extreme centralisation, coupled with the absence
of empowered ministers and the lack of a coherent guiding vision, ensures that
reform efforts pick up steam only when PMO focuses on them, and lose impetus
when its attention switches to other pressing issues".PTI
Onion price breaches Rs 200 a kg in Bengaluru
Price of onion shot up to a whopping Rs 200 per kg in Bengaluru due to
severe short supply in the market, an official said on Saturday."Onion
price touched Rs 200 per kg in some retail shops of Bengaluru after its
wholesale rate ranged between Rs 5,500 and Rs 14,000 per quintal," state
agricultural marketing officer Siddagangaiah said. As a result, the most common
and staple vegetable was conspicuously missing from the menu in homes and
restaurants across this tech hub.According to Siddagangaiah, skyrocketing onion
prices and the bulb's shortage is expected to last until mid-Jan.Almost 50
percent of the onion production gets lost after factoring in crop loss and
post-harvest loss, leaving only the balance to arrive in the market.IANS
Indian economy is in bad shape, world knows govt is run by incompetent
managers: Chidambaram
Trichy: Global community knows that Indian government is run by incompetent
managers who neither understand the gravity of the economic situation nor do
they have any solution to solve it, ex-Union finance minister P Chidambaram
said on Sunday citing a recent article in the Economist magazine which said the
“economy is incompetently managed and doing badly.”Chidambaram said the sole
focus of the government was to give tax incentives to the corporates while
burdening common man with taxes.“Big corporates have been given tax incentives
by forcefully getting Rs 1.5 lakh crore from RBI,” he said.He said economy was
in a bad shape. “Govt, which has no clue about tackling the revenue deficit, is
planning to increase GST rates in coming GST council meeting,” he said.A man
holding a garland made of onion to welcome Chidambaram in Trichy today. TOI
India's weak economic data turns FPIs from net buyers to net sellers in December
Reversing their buying trend, foreign portfolio investors (FPI) turned
net sellers in December with a net outflow of Rs 244 crore from the capital
markets amid subdued economic data.According to the depositories data, foreign
investors pulled out a net sum of Rs 1,668.8 crore from equities. FPIs,
however, invested Rs 1,424.6 crore on a net basis in the debt segment,
resulting in a total net outflow of Rs 244.2 crore in December so far.FPIs had
been net buyers for two months to November. They invested Rs 16,037.6 crore in
October and Rs 22,871.8 crore in November on a net basis.“FPIs adopted a
cautious approach while investing in Indian equities, on the back of subdued
economic indicators. It has not been a good year for the Indian economy so far
and the recently released GDP number which continued the southward march for
the seventh quarter in a row falling to 4.5% reaffirmed the slowdown in the
Indian economy,” said Himanshu Srivastava, analyst manager research,
Morningstar Investment Adviser India.PTI
*OTHERS*
Delhi factory where 43 died in fire was illegal; Police arrest factory
owner, manager; register case
New Delhi: Most of the 43 labourers who died in the fire that broke out
early this morning in a factory in a congested central Delhi neighbourhood died
of asphyxiation, emergency services personnel have said. A NDRF team,
dispatched to aid the Delhi fire department with rescue operations, swept the
structure with gas detectors and found large amounts of toxic smoke and
hazardous carbon monoxide. NDRF team also found that some windows at the rear
of the building were sealed shut, thereby trapping poisonous gases inside the
already cramped and dimly-lit interiors."We found carbon monoxide (CO).
After this we searched the area manually. The entire third and fourth floors of
the building were engulfed with smoke. CO levels were very high," said
Aditya Pratap Singh, NDRF official. Carbon monoxide is an odourless and
colourless gas that, when inhaled, is harmful to human beings because it displaces
oxygen. Inhalation leads to loss of consciousness, suffocation and
death."There was a room... where most of the workers were sleeping...
which had only a single space for ventilation. The maximum number of workers
rescued was from the third floor. Due to the burning of materials present in
the building CO was formed," NDRF official added.According to Atul Garg,
Director of Delhi Fire Service, building that burned down also did not have the
necessary clearances and fire safety equipment.The massive fire, in the Anaj
Mandi area of the national capital, was reported at 5.22 am. Experts say
factories and small manufacturing units that are set up, often illegally, in
old and overcrowded quarters of big cities and towns; the cost of land is relatively
cheaper. Mohammad Masih, who owns the adjacent building, told NDTV that the
brothers who owned the building had rented it out for workshops - bags,
printing paper and plastic were manufactured there and hundreds of labourers
lived in the building.Delhi Police arrested factory owner Rehan and his manager
Fukran, and registered a case under section 304 of IPC after detaining him.
According to an unidentified elderly man whose 3 nephews were working in the
factory, "My nephews Mohammed Imran and Ikramuddin were inside the
factory. I don't know their whereabouts." CM Arvind Kejriwal has announced
ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each for kin of the deceased.NDTV / indianexpress
2 AMU students booked for demanding ‘Punish those guilty of Babri
demolition’
Two students of AMU have been booked by the police for sharing an
“objectionable” social media post related to the Babri Masjid demolition with a
picture of senior BJP leader L.K. Advani.Talha Mannan and Sharjil Usmani were
booked on a complaint filed by BJP Yuva Morcha district in charge, Prateek
Chauhan. The post was an invitation to a public meeting on Friday at AMU's
Kennedy lawn on the subject -"Punish Those Guilty of Babri
Demolition".Chauhan stated that such kind of a meeting was an effort to
provoke the youth and vitiate the peaceful atmosphere.Anil Samaniya, Circle
Officer Civil Lines, confirmed the development and said that Mannan and Usmani
were booked. He said that the matter was being probed.Meanwhile, AMU proctor
Afifullah Khan, said that Manna is the student of MA Education while Usmani was
an ex student.IANS
NIA charge-sheets 2 TN men for allegedly seeking recruits for IS
NIA has filed a chargesheet against 2 Tamil Nadu natives who were
arrested for allegedly recruiting persons and propagating the ideology of
Islamic State. The chargesheet was filed against 33-year-old Mohammed Azarudeen
H and 38-year-old Shiek Hidayathullah Y at NIA Special Court in Ernakulam. The
duo are residents of Coimbatore in TN and were nabbed by NIA officials in
June.thenewsminute
27 students committed suicide across 10 IITs in last 5 yrs: RTI
27 students across 10 Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country have committed suicide in the
last five years, reply to a RTI query has revealed. As per the data provided by
Department of Higher Education working under Ministry of HRD, IIT-Madras tops
the list with suicides by 7 students during this period.PTI
Karnataka Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to celebrate Masjid Darshan day
Hubballi: Karnataka unit of Jaamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) is launching
Masjid Darshan Day and ‘Prophet Mohammad for All’ all over the state this
month. Jaamat is inviting local leaders and people of other religions to watch
their afternoon and evening prayers. It’s also opening mosques to Muslim women
on such occasions. Mohammed Saad Belgami, state president of JIH, told TOI that
the organisation has launched this initiative across the country. “There is no
fixed date for any unit of JIH to do it. Local units can fix the date after
consulting local mosque management committees. In Karnataka, we’re celebrating
Masjid Darshan Day in 150 places where our units are functioning. It’s already
started in Mysuru, Mangaluru, Bidar, Basava Kalyan and a few other places,” he
said.He said the initiative is aimed to disprove misconceptions. “Our local
units invite all brothers and sisters, who live in our neighbourhood, to
witness prayers on a particular day. We’ll provide refreshments. Apart from
this day, people of other religions can visit mosques after obtaining permission
of the management. Our 10,000 cadres are approaching all 12,000 mosques of
Karnataka in due course of time. Our aim is to ensure accessibility of mosques
for all, irrespective of religion and gender,” he said.MA Shukoor, president,
JIH Koppal unit, said all India president Syed Sadatullah Husaini of Delhi
urged all units of the country to be involved in such activities. “We’re
holding this event at Masjid-E-Ala in Koppal today. We’re inviting Abhinava
Gavisiddeshar Mahaswamiji of Gavimath Koppal and Gurumahant Swamiji of Vijay
Mahanteshwar Math Ilkal. The mosque will be open from 8am to 5pm for all. A
prayer of 20 minutes will be held while one can know the method of prayer and
other rituals,” he said.TOI
Rearing cows diminish criminal mindset of prisoners, claims Mohan
Bhagwat
Pune:RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that experience has shown that
“criminal mindset” of jail inmates decreased when they were given the task of
looking after cows.Such observations and findings should be documented for
proving the cow’s qualities to the world, he said.Bhagwat was speaking at an
event organised by Go-Vigyan Sanshodhan Sanshtha.“Cow is the mother of
universe....it nurtures soil, it nurtures animals, birds and it also nurtures
humans and protects them from diseases and makes the human heart as tender as
flower,” he said.“When jails set up cow sheds and prisoners started rearing
cows, the authorities saw that the criminal mindset of these prisoners started
diminishing, and I am telling you this from experiences shared by some jail
authorities,” he said.“If you want to prove the qualities of the cow to the
world, we have to start doing documentation. We will have to carry out
psychological experiments on prisoners, and assess the changes in them after
they rear cows for a certain time, and findings need to be sourced from
different places,” he said.However, today Hindus are the ones who send cows to
slaughterhouses, he said.HT
Why did Brahmins become vegetarian? Ambedkar asks in this excerpt from
‘Beef, Brahmins and Broken Men'
B.R. Ambedkar’s 1948 work The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They
Became Untouchables? has been re-issued as Beef, Brahmins and Broken Men: An
Annotated Critical Selection from The Untouchables, published by Navayana with
an Introduction by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd. This excerpt is from the chapter
that deals with the conflict between Brahmanism and Buddhism and how it led to
the Brahmins first giving up eating beef, and then turning vegetarian.For
generations the Brahmins had been eating beef. Why did they give up
beef-eating? Why did they, as an extreme step, give up meat eating altogether
and become vegetarians? It was to get one step ahead of Buddhists that the
Brahmins gave up beef-eating, says BR Ambedkar. thehindu
*WORLD*
Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar in world court on Rohingya genocide, set to
make history
The Hague: Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make legal
history when she defends Myanmar in The Hague this week against charges of
genocide targeting the Buddhist state's minority Rohingya Muslims. The tiny
west African state of Gambia, acting on behalf of the 57-nation Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation, will ask the International Court of Justice to take
emergency measures to halt Myanmar's "ongoing genocidal actions".But
in a highly unusual move, the office of Nobel Peace laureate and Myanmar
civilian leader Suu Kyi has said she will lead a team to the UN's highest
court, based in the turreted Peace Palace in the Netherlands.Legal experts said
Suu Kyi would be one of the first national leaders to personally address the
tribunal since it was set up in 1946 after World War II to rule in disputes
between countries.Her plan to appear before the court's judges for the
three-day hearing starting Tuesday was "unprecedented and also very
unwise", Cecily Rose, an assistant professor in international law at
Leiden University, told AFP."States never ever send politicians to lead
legal teams at ICJ," she said. Although Suu Kyi's background was
"impressive, she has no legal qualifications and would be completely at
sea before the court," Rose added. Around 740,000 Rohingya were forced to
flee into camps in Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a violent
crackdown in 2017, which UN investigators conclusions amounted to genocide.The
case will be the first international legal attempt to bring Myanmar to justice
over the crisis, and is a rare example of a country suing another over an issue
to which it is not directly a party.Muslim-majority Gambia's case alleges that
Myanmar has breached 1948 UN Genocide Convention. It is seeking the special
measures pending a future decision by the court on whether to take on the wider
case.Any final judgment could take years.Suu Kyi has said she is heading to The
Hague in order to "defend the national interests of Myanmar".Experts
say Suu Kyi now risks being in the legal firing line herself. "It's highly
unusual for top leaders to go to ICJ themselves to defend their
countries," said Willem van Genugten, professor of international law at
the Netherlands' Tilburg University.ICJ judges have only once ruled that
genocide was committed: 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys
in Bosnia.AFP
Trump tells Jewish-Americans he is Israel's best friend
US President Donald Trump aimed to make inroads in the politically
important Jewish-American vote with a Florida speech in which he declared
himself the best friend Israel has ever had.At a conference in Hollywood,
Florida, the Republican real estate magnate said Jewish-Americans had been
wrong to vote for Democrats under his predecessor Barack Obama."So many of
you voted for people in the last administration," he said. "Someday
you'll have to explain that to me because I don't think they liked Israel too
much."By contrast, Trump said, "Jewish state has never had a better
friend in the White House than your president, Donald J Trump."He was
speaking at a meeting of Israeli-American Council, a non-profit whose funders
include billionaire Jewish-American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife
Miriam - both high-profile Trump supporters. AFP
Israel air raids in Gaza Strip after rocket attacks
Israeli aircraft carried out attacks in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip
early Sunday, hours after three rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave
towards southern Israel.The air raids targeted two sites belonging to the
Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, in northern Gaza with another series
of sorties at a Qassam site west of Gaza City, Hamas officials said.There were
no immediate reports of injuries in Gaza.No Palestinian group claimed
responsibility for the rocket fire, but Israeli army said Hamas was responsible
for any attack "transpiring and emanating" from Gaza Strip.aljazeera
Hamas chief arrives in Turkey as part of foreign tour
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Turkey on Sunday, the
Palestinian resistance group said.The visit is the first leg in a foreign tour
that will also take Haniyeh to Malaysia, Russia, Qatar, Lebanon, Mauritania,
and Kuwait.A Hamas source said Haniyeh and his accompanying delegation arrived
in Istanbul at dawn.The foreign tour is the first by Haniyeh since he was
elected leader of the Palestinian resistance group in 2017.A Palestinian source
told Anadolu Agency on Saturday that Haniyeh had obtained permission from
Egyptian authorities to conduct the tour during his recent visit to
Cairo.Anadolu Agency
Iraq protests: Death toll jumps to 25 in Baghdad attack
Iraqi officials raised the death toll to 25 today after attacks by
unidentified gunmen who targeted anti-government demonstrators near the main
protest camp in Baghdad.Over 130 others were also wounded by gunfire and
stabbings near Tahrir Square on Friday night, the main protest camp in the
Iraqi capital.It was the most violent flare-up for weeks and came a week after
parliament accepted prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation following two
months of huge protests demanding his departure and the overhaul of the country's
political system.Iraq's parliament was to hold an emergency session on Sunday
to discuss the bloodshed.aljazeera
Regime, Russian jets kill 19 civilians in Idlib, Syria
Idlib:Russian and Syrian regime fighter jets on Saturday struck what is
supposed to be a cease-fire zone in northwestern Syria, leaving at least 19
civilians dead, according to the opposition aircraft observatory. The
observatory said Russian jets struck settlements in villages in Idlib, Syria in
the southern Marratinnuman district, while regime forces mounted air and ground
attacks on the town of Kafranbil and other local villages.According to Syrian
opposition Civil Defense (White Helmets), Russian jets killed four civilians in
the village of Al-Bara and eight in the marketplace in the village of Belyun.
Regime airstrikes also left one civilian dead in the village of Bicgas, five
others dead in the village of Bdeite, and one dead in the marketplace in the village
of Tel Mennis.Many civilians were also reported wounded in the airstrikes, and
children were among those killed. The wounded civilians were taken to nearby
health facilities with the White Helmets' help. Notably, in the village of
Bara, Russian jets struck a school, mosque, and bakery.Anadolu Agency
Malaysia’s ruling party makes fresh push for Anwar to take over as PM
Leaders of Malaysia's ruling party on Sunday renewed a push for Anwar
Ibrahim to lead the country, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad dithers on the
timing of the planned power transition he had promised to his former
rival-turned-ally. Mahathir, elected to power in May 2018, had promised to hand
over the reins to Anwar (72), soon after laying the groundwork for a new
administration.But Mahathir has said he may need more time to repair the damage
left by the scandal-tainted government of his predecessor, Najib Razak, while
Anwar grapples with deep-seated factionalism within his own People's Justice
Party (PKR), largest member of the ruling coalition. Hundreds of delegates were
seen holding “Anwar PM-8” placards at Sunday's congress, a year after he was
elected the party's president.Reuters
Japan asked for one sex slave for every 70 soldiers in WW2 to 'prevent
rape, disease', documents show
Tokyo: Japan's army during World War II asked the government to provide
one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to historical documents reviewed
by Kyodo News service that highlight the state role in the so-called “comfort
women” system. 23 documents were gathered by Japan's Cabinet Secretariat
between April 2017 and March 2019, including 13 classified dispatches from the
Japanese consulates in China to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo dating back to
1938, according to Kyodo. The sex slaves issue has been a source of a painful
dispute between South Korea and Japan. The women were from Korea, Taiwan and
Australia, the Philippines as well as Japan.AP
*views, Articles, FEATURES*
CAB a majoritarian exercise to prove Muslims have lesser place in the
‘new India’:Tavleen Singh
In an economy sans economists, ministers resort to ‘bluff’ and
‘bluster’:P Chidambaram
Rajeev Dhavan to argue review petitions by Muslim parties in Ayodhya
case if open hearing takes place
Chhattisgarh: Story of another ‘encounter’ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/story-of-another-encounter-chhattisgarh-6156001/
4 myths about the Citizenship Bill – from fighting religious persecution
to helping NRC-excluded:Shoaib Daniyal
Citizenship Amendment Bill: No Country for Muslims:Aijaz Zaka Syed
Interview | Raising Ayodhya, Kashmir Won't Work in Jharkhand Elections:
Babulal Marandi
Economic Slump: India’s Rickety Bridge Over Troubled Waters:Dev Kar
It’s Recession, agree economists and warn that worse is yet to
come:Tathagata Bhattacharya
Overseas ‘Friends’ of BJP no ‘friend’ of India:Ashis Ray
Next UK parliament may be most diverse with many Indian MPs in contest:PTI
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