*01 Jan 2020: 5
Jamadi-1, 1441: Vol: 12, No: 97
*anti-citizenship act stir*
Centre Okays NPR Trial
Form, Including Parents' Birthplace, for Rollout
New Delhi:National
Population Register (NPR) form, which was used in a trial stage and sought
details like the “place of birth of father and mother” has likely been approved
since the authorities did not receive any adverse feedback regarding it from a
sample set of respondents, according to a report in the Hindu. In 2010, data
for NPR was first collected and it was updated in 2015.It collected details on
15 parameters: name of person,relationship to head of household, father’s name,
mother’s name, spouse’s name (if married), sex, date of birth, marital status,
place of birth, nationality (as declared), present address of usual residence,
duration of stay at present address, permanent residential
address,occupation/activity and educational qualification. Modi government has
proposed that the next phase of NPR be conducted alongside Census exercise
between April and Sept.2020.An estimated 30 lakh people responded to “pretest”
form in Sept.2019, which collected data in 74 districts. According to the
report in the Hindu, the “pretest” form sought additional details on a variety
of parameters including “the place of birth of father and mother, last place of
residence”, along with Aadhaar (optional), voter ID card, mobile phone and
driving licence numbers.Currently, NPR has a database of 119 crore
residents.“None of the respondents gave an adverse feedback. The final form is
likely to remain the same,” an official told the national daily.Another
official stressed that families would be informed in advance about the visit of
an enumerator so that they could keep necessary documents of all the
individuals ready for verification.“If there are 15 members in family, enumerators
would give them a prior notice, so that documents of all are available when field
visit is undertaken. Enumerator will see the documents,” the official said.NPR
training manual says that the existing database would be updated by verifying
the details of all respondents via house-to-house enumeration.thewire
Bangladesh revokes decision of suspending mobile network along India
border
Bangladesh has reversed its order suspending telecom services along the
country’s over 4,000 km-long borders with India, PTI reported Wednesday citing
media reports. According to The Daily Star, authorities sent an email to all
mobile operators on Wednesday, asking them to restore the networks. “Please
reinstate operations of BTSs near Bangladesh-India border sites immediately,”
the email, by Md Sohel Rana, deputy director of BTRC’s spectrum management
division, said.The decision comes two days after the country’s telecom
regulator ordered operators to shut down services along the border with India
citing security reasons. Mobile network coverage was suspended for one
kilometre along the entire border with India “for the sake of the country’s
security in the current circumstances”, officials said in the statement, which
was released on Monday.One official on condition of anonymity told Reuters the
decision was taken out of concern that Indian Muslims might seek to enter
Bangladesh after India introduced the Citizenship Amendment Act which has
triggered violent protests across India. Indianexpress
States rejecting CAA should seek better legal opinion: Law Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Wednesday hit back at states
rejecting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, saying they have a “constitutional
duty” of implementing laws passed by Parliament. These states should also seek
appropriate legal opinion before taking such decisions, he added.Prasad’s
remark came a day after the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution
demanding that the CAA be scrapped.Dismissing the resolution, Prasad referred
to Clause 2 of Article 245 of the Constitution. He said Parliament can make
laws on subjects under the Union List which includes citizenship. indianexpress
Kerala CM says 'assemblies have their own privileges' as Centre slams
state's resolution against CAA
A day after the Kerala assembly passed a resolution against the
controversial CAA, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday rejected BJP's
critisism against it, saying the state assemblies have their own privileges. Hours
after the assembly had passed the resolution demanding the scrapping of the
CAA, union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had hit out at Left government and
said Vijayan should seek "better legal advise"."State Assemblies
have its own privileges. Such actions are unheard of anywhere. But we cannot
rule out anything in the present circumstance as unprecedented things are
happening now-a-days in the country," Vijayan told reporters here when
asked about the breach of privilege proceedings.The Assemblies have its own
special protection and it should not be violated, he said.PTI
AIADMK to implement NPR and CAA in Tamil Nadu
Less than a month after 11 AIADMK MPs in the Sabha, voted to pass the
India Govt’s controversy-ridden Citizenship Amendment Bill, summarily resulting
in the CAA, AIADMK-led Tamil Nadu Government has thrown its weight firmly
behind the implementation of the CAA and NPR.“UPA had implemented BJP’s NPR
amendment in 2010, and the DMK, which was part of the UPA had supported the
amendment,” said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palniswami, hitting out at
the opposition, adding, “DMK and Congress are now objecting to NPR for
political reasons.”cnbctv18
At Delhi's Shaheen
Bagh, anti-CAA protesters ring in 2020 with national anthem, 'inquilab
zindabad', 'azadi' slogans
As the world geared up
to bring in 2020, more than 3,000 people gathered at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh and
Jamia Millia Islamia on New Year’s Eve against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
The protesters decided to walk into the new decade while singing national anthem
and raising 'azadi' slogans.Braving the biting winter cold in the National
Capital, women of all age groups – from a 90-year-old senior citizen to a
mother of a 20-days-old baby – were seen at the peaceful protest. Senior
citizens and children also attended the protest.Tents were pitched and
discussions on the CAA, NRC, NPR, India’s freedom struggle, the Constitution
and the ideologies of the likes of Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar were
discussed.The stage gave a platform to poets, professors, civil society groups,
civic leaders, actors and students, belonging to Jamia, JNU and other colleges
and schools to voice their opinions against the amended Citizenship Act. A band
performance was also held, driving home the central message to save the country
from the legislation passed by the Modi-led central government.‘No-CAA’ and
‘no-NRC’ stickers are now found everywhere, even as protesters chanted 'Azaadi'
and 'Inquilab Zindabad'.Anti-CAA protesters also staged demonstrations at
several other places in Delhi, including Connaught Place’s Central Park and
Saket’s PVR Anupam complex.The protests at Shaheen Bagh have been going on for
over two weeks even as temperatures continue to hover around the single-digit
figure in Delhi. The crowds started swelling around midnight as people from
different parts of the city reached Shaheen Bagh to show their solidarity
including activists like Harsh Mander, Kafeel Khan, Yogendra Yadav, and actor
Zeeshan Ayyub. Protesters were also collecting messages in a cardboard box which
they plan to send to PM Narendra Modi’s office.firstpost/HT
CAA protest: Delhi
Shaheen Bagh’s New Year message: We’re speaking in one voice, politicians
aren’t
Shaheen Bagh Reclaims
the National Anthem
Protesters Usher In
New Year At Delhi's Shaheen Bagh With National Anthem
Art of Resistance:
Ringing in the new year with CAA protesters at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh
Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh
rings in new year with anti-Citizenship Act slogans
How Shaheen Bagh
Ushered In The New Year On A Cold Winter Night In Delhi
India celebrates New
Year's Eve with protests against citizenship law
New year’s eve turns
into ‘Azadi Night’ at Jamia Milia; students, locals protest against CAA
It was different kind
of new years eve at gate number 7of Jamia Milia Islamia , students whose first
preference in Delhi or any other metro is always to go to different pubs in
South Delhi and Connaught Place to enjoy and shake their legs were singing
patriotic songs and demanding Azadi (freedom)from CAA and NRC.Students and
locals started gathering at Jamia to celebrate ‘the Azadi Night’ from 9 pm.
Some locals were distributing biryani and students were busy chanting slogans,
raising banners. Students from various universities continued coming till
midnight and they were so full of energy that they did not mind walking about
half a kilometre from Julena in the freezing night. To ensure smooth traffic,
students divided the single road with a rope so that traffic from both side
could move and student volunteers stood in between to ensure smooth
passage.There were different groups who sang different revolutionary songs like
“Hum Dekhenge, Laazim hai ke hum bhi dekhenge’(we will see and definitely we
will also see). Ankur, whose whole family is into music, sang different
revolutionary songs. Ankur’s son Anshul was full of energy and shouted slogans
while singing songs.Young girls with their relatives or friends came in large
numbers.Students and elders present there appeared to be least affected by the
biting cold. They were shouting slogans and shaking legs on every note of the
songs.At the stroke of midnight when people in the country were bursting
crackers, dancing in pubs or enjoying on roads, the students and the other
present at Jamia were singing national anthem.The banner on the stage read ‘New
Year Resolution’ they just wrote ‘v’ over ‘s’of resolution which made it ‘New Year
Revolution’. At the bottom of the banner was written ‘Azadi Night’ .
nationalheraldindia
Anti-CAA Protestors
Take Mass Pledge at India Gate to Defend Constitution
New Delhi: Scores of
protesters took a mass pledge at India Gate here today to "defend the
Constitution" by opposing the recent changes in the citizenship law.The
strength of protesters as well as visitors, who were out to celebrate the New
Year, led to the iconic monument area getting extremely crowded, causing the
traffic to virtually crawl in adjoining areas.PTI
Anti-CAA protesters in
Odisha brave chilling cold, read Constitution as world celebrates New Year
Bhubaneswar:Several
students and activists in Bhubaneswar, Odisha held protests against CAA even as
the world celebrated New Year on Wednesday night. Hundreds of activists
garlanded the Ambedkar statue at AG Square and marched towards Master Canteen
square holding placards protesting against the CAA. The protesters spent the
entire night in the chilling cold to protest against the CAA.At the protest,
which continued till 6:00 am, students and activists read the Constitution and
raised slogans against PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.Activist
Amiya Pandav criticised Modi and Shah saying that they are trying to divide
society on religious line in the name of CAA and NRC. He said: "We have gathered
here to protest against Modi-Shah duo; against the way they are trying to
divide society on religious line in the name of CAA and NRC.The Constitution is
in danger. The nation is burning." Other activists Sujata Behera said,
"The way Modi-Shah are dividing our secular nation is a matter of concern.
We are protesting against CAA which is non-Constitutional and derogatory in
nature."The protesters say that the implementation of CAA, in combination
with the proposed NRC, will discriminate against the Muslims living in the
country.indiatoday
Kerala: Kochi braces
for massive anti-CAA protests, 2 lakh people may take part; police on alert
Kochi: Islamic
organisations have called for massive demonstrations in this Kerala city on
Wednesday against the amended citizenship law. Protests have been called at
Marine Drive and to ensure law and order, the Kochi Police is deploying nearly
1000 cops at the location. Kochi Police Commissioner Vijay Sakhare said around
two lakh people are expected to take part in the anti-CAA protests in the city
today.“The police personnel will be deployed to prevent any untoward incident
as part of the protest march, in which around two lakh people from across the
state will participate,” the city police chief was quoted as saying by New
Indian Express.timesnownews
CAA: RWA WhatsApp groups
are filling up with pro-govt hate again
New Delhi:“The enemy
is not just on the other side of the border, but inside the house as well,
living like a termite,” read a message that landed in the WhatsApp group of
Resident Welfare Association (RWA) of an East Delhi neighbourhood earlier this
month. “Termite” is the word that BJP leader Amit Shah, now India’s Home
Minister, had used to describe persons living without papers in the country in
an election speech he gave in April.As protests against CAA gained momentum in
Dec, RWA WhatsApp group, meant to coordinate activities and disseminate
information in the colony, has been flooded with hateful messages targeting
Muslims. The activity on these groups is significant as BJP has built a
well-financed misinformation campaign anchored by an in-house propaganda unit,
called Association of Billion Minds, and its so-called IT Cell with a
reputation for sharing fake news. Much of hate speech on WhatsApp groups tends
to mirror the news cycle, and pushes the BJP’s preferred narrative on a given
subject.“The amount of misinformation is directly proportional to the
sensitivity and longevity of the issue. CAA-NRC protests have both those
elements,” said Pratik Sinha, the founder of Alt News, a website dedicated to
exposing false news. “During the Balakot strike, it went on for 3-4 days, but
since the CAA protests are going on and on, the longevity is quite a
bit.”huffingtonpost
Opposition to CAA,
NRC: With 9 rallies in 2 weeks, Mamata seeks to emerge as pivot of protest
Kolkata :In her bid to
checkmate the BJP in West Bengal on the new citizenship law and proposed NRC,
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, who has hit the streets nine times in the last
fortnight, is also trying to emerge as the central political pivot of the
anti-CAA, NRC protest on the national level.Besides promising to give Rs 5 lakh
to the families of the two men killed in the protests in Mangaluru after the
BJP government in Karnataka, withheld the announced compensation, her party
leaders also met the families of those arrested in Lucknow in connection with
the violent protests there and expressed full support to them.Banerjee’s
protest marches and rallies, which have become a recurrent event in the state,
in their sights and sounds highlight Bengali cultural traits with a message of
secularism and unity. Even choices of starting points and endpoints of her
street marches are strategically chosen — like Swami Vivekananda’s ancestral
house, Rabindranath Tagore’s Jorasanko Thakurbari among others.indianexpress
CAA is
unconstitutional, may sow seeds of ethno-nationalism in North East:prominent
analyst Suhas Chakma
As the new year
approaches, the country continues to witness large-scale protests against the
Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens. Critics have
termed the legislation as one that contravenes the secular values of the
Constitution, while the Central government says that it does not apply to
Indian citizens, and is only aimed at giving shelter to persecuted minorities
in neighbouring countries.Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks
Analysis Group, spoke on these issues in detail in an interview with Firstpost.
Chakma, who is also an advisor to the All India Chakma Social Forum, has worked
with Chakma and Hajong migrants, as also with Tibetan, Tamil, Chin and other
refugees recognized by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in India
(UNHCR).firstpost
Hyderabad: Muslims
from across India gather to contest NRC
Hyderabad: 25 leaders
from Muslim communities all over India gathered in Hyderabad to take stock of
the post-CAA situation in the country. They were clear that CAA is not a
problem only for Muslims and that secular and educated Indians must be a part
of the anti-CAA struggle.The elders felt that if the country's people do not
act promptly on the initiatives taken by the union government to divide the
nation on a religious basis, India will witness a new order where citizens will
be denied equal rights and status.
However, they expressed that it is a satisfactory sign that the student
fraternity has come forward and take the responsibility of safeguarding the
constitution and upholding the secular fabric of the country.They were happy
that students are now leading the movement against CAA, NRC and NPR.They
resolved to hold a special session with constitutional experts and eminent
lawyers to ascertain the legal aspects of the amendments carried out in the CAA
and additional points added in NPR and their implications. Prominent among
those who attended the meeting were Moulana Syed Arshad Madani, president of
Jamiat Ulema Hind, Moulana Abul Qasim Nomani, vice chancellor, Darul Uloom
Deoband (Waqf), Moulana Mahmood Madani, general secretary, Jamiat Ulema Hind,
Moulana Gulam Mohammed Vastanvi, former vice chancellor, Darul Uloom Deoband,
Moulana Siddiqullah Chowdhury, minister. West Bengal, Moulana Shabbir Nadwi
(Bengaluru), Moulana Shah Jamal ur Rahman, president, Khatm e Nabuwat,
Telangana and AP, Moulana Hafiz Peer Shabbir Ahmed and Moulana Mufti Gayasuddin
Rahmani.DECCAN CHRONICLE
Pak Poet Faiz Ahmad
Faiz's "Hum Dekhenge" Anti-Hindu? IIT Kanpur Probes
Kanpur: Does Pakistani
poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz's iconic poem "Hum Dekhenge" -- sung as a
protest anthem over decades -- provoke anti-Hindu sentiments: This is the
rather unusual investigation a committee of Kanpur's IIT is currently engaged
in.The matter came under focus after some students held a solidarity march for
their counterparts at Delhi's Jamia Millia University. It was part of the
countrywide student protests triggered by the police crackdown on Jamia
students on Dec.15. Dec.17 march had
started with a reading of the poem and the students were caught on camera, said
IIT-Kanpur's Deputy Director Manindra Agrawal. "Who knows Faiz Ahmad
Faiz?" he questioned. "The video suggests that poem provokes
anti-Hindu sentiments," he added.After a teacher filed a complaint against
the solidarity march, a probe committee was formed to investigate three issues:
Whether the students defied prohibitory orders, the social media posts they
shared ahead of march and if the poem of Faiz is "anti-Hindu".ndtv
'No Time To Celebrate': Students, Locals Continue Anti-CAA Protests In
Assam
The protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) continued
unabated on Wednesday, the first day of 2020, in Assam, with students of Cotton
University in Guwahati staging a sit-in.“This is not the time to celebrate. We
are in a crisis and we are here to express our opposition to the CAA, which is
against the indigenous people of the state and the northeast. We will continue
to oppose until the act is repealed,” said a student.In Guwahati Club rotary,
people from different walks of life gathered to demonstrate against the newly
amended law that has triggered Opposition across India.“We are having a tough
time. We are facing a crisis for our identity and motherland. We want to
clarify this fight is not against any religion or Bengalis. This is to protect
our identity. I pray for a peaceful 2020 without the CAA,” said popular
Assamese actress Barasha Rani Bishoya taking part in the protest.Similarly,
several protest rallies were taken out across the state.outlookindia
Assam submitted recommendations on framing CAA rules: CM Sonowal
Assam government has submitted its recommendations to the Centre
regarding the framing of rules for implementing the Citizenship (Amendment)
Act.Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said this on Wednesday while taking
part in an interaction with the journalists in Guwahati.Sonowal also assured
that his government is committed to protecting the interest of the indigenous
people of Assam.“There is no need to be afraid of the CAA. CAA is a national
Act. We are committed to protecting the indigenous people of Assam,” Sonowal
said.nenow.in
Arunachal: Senior NPP leader quits opposing CAA
Claiming that Citizenship (Amendment) Act will change the demography of
the entire northeast, Nabam Vivek, a senior NPP member of Arunachal Pradesh has
resigned from party.Vivek, a contestant for Doimukh Legislative Assembly
constituency, resigned from primary membership of the National People’s Party
(NPP).Citing NPP national president Conrad Sangma’s “U-turn on the CAB, 2019”
as the primary reason, Vivek tendered his resignation from the primary
membership of NPP. nenow
Fresh protest in Hyderabad against CAA, NRC on New Year’s eve: Six
detained, later released
Hyderabad's Charminar police took as many as six men into preventive
custody after they reportedly raised slogans against CAA and NRC on New Year's
eve.The incident took place within the Charminar police limits on the
intervening night of December 31 and January 1. When the six started raising
slogans at a public space near Charminar area, the police took them into
preventive custody in view of the law and order situation. According to officials, the six have been
identified as Abbas Ali Mohammed Niyamath, Syedd Gofran, Maqbul Ahmed, Maqbul
Gafar and Salar. The officials also added that the men are not associated with
any political parties. The six were released a few hours later.
HC gives permission to hold Million March in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The anti-CAA-NRC group
is all set to hold a ‘Million March’ aginst the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
and NRC on 4 January at Hyderabad’s Necklace Road.Joint Action Committee (JAC)
leaders have announced the date of ‘Million March’ as Saturday, 4 January from
2 P.M. to 5 P.M.Mohammed Mushtaq Malik, who is also the President of the
Tehreek, claimed to have invited Telangana State Chief Minister K Chandrashekar
Rao to lead the ‘Million March’ on Saturday. JAC leaders said that if really
the Chief Minister is against the CAA-NRC-NRIC and promised not to implement
the NPR and NRC in Telangana state the JAC invites him to lead the ‘Million
March’, as other states’ Chief Minister is spearheading their protests too.”
This will gives relief to the people of Telangana as we are still in strain
what if the CAA-NRC implemented in TS. JAC leaders added.Earlier the ‘Million
March’ was postponed as the Hyderabad City Police denied permission to carry it
out. Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said, “There is no
permission for any rally in the city”.siasat
CAA won't impact Goans with Portuguese passports: Official
Panaji: Goans who have obtained Portuguese passports through a unique
law enacted by the Portuguese government for its formal colonials in Indian territories,
will not be impacted by the CAA state Commissioner for NRI affairs, Narendra
Sawaikar said on Wednesday."In fact, they should not worry. The
Citizenship Amendment Act should not have any impact on those people. They have
registered as Overseas Citizens of India. They should not have any
problems," Sawaikar told reporters at the state Secretariat here.IANS
Prof Ilyas Husain appointed as Pro-V-C of JMI
New Delhi: Professor Ilyas Husain has been appointed as
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University in Delhi.He is a
Professor in the Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education of
JMI. The development comes after the University saw vociferous protests against
the newly enacted CAA. (ANI)
*CAA-NRC protests: UP CRACKDOWN*
CAA protests: AMU extends winter vacations for indefinite period
Aligarh : With trouble still brewing and discontent simmering over CAA
and NRC, AMU authorities on Wednesday decided to extend the winter vacations.
The university will not reopen on 6 January, as announced earlier.A university
spokesperson said, "Due to overall prevailing situation, winter vacations
of AMU for students as well as for the teaching staff, have been extended and
the University will not be opening on January 6, 2020. It was decided in a
consultative meeting of the Deans of Faculties, Principals of Colleges and
Polytechnics and other functionaries of the University under the Chairmanship
of AMU Vice Chancellor, Professor Tariq Mansoor held today.""A
detailed schedule for opening of the University in a phased manner, the conduct
of remaining examinations which could not be held in December, 2019,
commencement of classes for the next semester and the duration of the summer
vacations shall be notified by the University in due course of time so that
there is no academic loss to the students," said Mujib Ullah Zuberi,
Controller of Examinations.IANS
PFI rubbishes accusations, says police turned protests into bloodbath
only in Yogi-ruled UP
New Delhi:Aday after Uttar Pradesh Police accused Popular Front of India
(PFI) of playing a key role in triggering violence during the recent anti-CAA
protests in the state, organisation's General Secretary, M Muhammed Ali Jinnah
said the allegations were "absurd" and a "face-saving act"
by the police.Uttar Pradesh DGP OP Singh on Tuesday sent a letter to the state
home department seeking a ban on the PFI, alleging that they fanned anti-CAA
protests across the state.In a statement, PFI said while anti-CAA protests took
place all over the country, it was only in BJP-ruled states that the government
tried to suppress the people's democratic rights to dissent. The organization
said it was only in Uttar Pradesh that the "protests turned into bloodbath
and destruction". Condemning the move and terming it as a face-saving act
by Uttar Pradesh Police, PFI said, "In most of the states the police were
respectful of people's democratic rights to dissent. Only in Yogi Adityanath
ruled Uttar Pradesh, police brazenly turned protests into bloodbath and
destruction."On UP DGP seeking a ban on PFI, the organization said,
"We condemn this move, which is nothing but a 'face-saving act'. We would
like to tell them that their cold-blooded killings and maiming of innocents and
the destruction of properties lay bare to entire world.""Every child
in the country knows what happened. The democratic consciousness of the country
will make them pay for their crimes. The move against Popular Front is yet
another authoritarian step by Yogi Police against democratic activism in the
state," PFI said.It ended the statement saying the organization will fight
against the "political vendetta through legal and democratic means". Meanwhile,
UP IG said the cops have arrested 25 persons affiliated with PFI "for
their involvement in different criminal activities".UP Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday said that PFI had fanned protests
against the against CAA in the state. india today
PFI's role in violence coming forward, Home Ministry to decide on
action: Union minister RS Prasad
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that the
role of PFI is coming forward in violence and the home ministry will decide on
an action against the organisation based on evidence."PFI's role in
violence is coming forward. The Home Ministry will decide on further action
based on evidence. There are many allegations against them including connection
with SIMI," Prasad told reporters here.ANI
After NHRC, now UP
human rights panel issues notice to Yogi govt over CAA protests
Lucknow :Close on the
heels of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issuing notice to Uttar
Pradesh Police regarding the action taken during CAA, UP human rights panel has
also issued notice to Yogi Adityanath govt.Taking a suo-motu cognisance based
on the various media reports, UPHRC chairperson Justice (retired) Rafat Alam
directed the state chief secretary to make a “detailed enquiry of all the
related incidents” and send a report within four weeks.In its order, UPHRC
noted that according to the media reports, several people were injured and
“many died” when the police resorted to lathicharge and firing at rallies and
dharnas (sit-ins) organised by the protesters against the CAA.“Allegations are
raised at certain quarters including the media that these deaths, scores of
injured persons and the consequent violation of human rights, was the result of
police excesses and reckless handling by the police. The Commission finds it a
fit case for an inquiry by taking suo-motu cognisance,” the order bearing Dec.
30, 2019 date stated. business-standard
UP: 12 days after
court’s order, cancer patient assaulted by police during anti-CAA stir yet to
reach hospital
Even after 12 days,
Firozabad jail administration has not been able to take stage-2 cancer patient
Ahmed Nabi, who suffered multiple fractures in alleged police action during the
December 20 anti-CAA stir violence, to district hospital due to lack of
personnel for police escort. On December 24, a special court judge had ordered
the district administration to provide all possible medical assistance to Nabi
who suffered multiple fractures during the alleged police action. Firozabad
jailor Lal Pratap Singh said, "We had written to Firozabad Police Line
reserve inspector (RI) for personnel to escort Nabi, but he failed to provide
any. Nabi had to go under surgery for his fractures, though our jail medical
staff had provided him temporary plaster. He is currently into medical ward of
jail."timesofindia
Week after death of
8-year-old Varanasi boy during CAA protest, family yet to get post-mortem
report
Varanasi: When
8-year-old Mohammad Sageer stepped out of his home to play with friends on 20 Dec, little did his family know
that it would be the last time they would see him. Sageer was killed in a
stampede that ensued when police started lathi-charging people agitating
against the Citizenship Act in Varanasi’s Bajardiha. He was caught in the crowd
that ran amok while trying to escape the police lathis.“He was playing right
outside the home with his cycle. We have no idea when he went to the main
road,” his grandmother Shehnaz Akhtar told ThePrint.At around 6 pm that day,
when Akhtar went out to call Sageer back home, she realised he was nowhere
around. That’s when panic struck, Akhtar said.Sageer’s father, Mohammad Vakil,
told ThePrint he only found out about the incident after he returned home from
work at 9.30 pm.“Someone showed me a picture on their phone of my son lying on
the ground. That’s when I rushed to (BHU) trauma centre,” he said. But when he
reached there, the doctors told him Sageer had died.The family is awaiting
Sageer’s post-mortem report.ThePrint
Varanasi: ‘Not CAA,
but poverty our biggest enemy’
Varanasi:“We don’t
know anything about CAA or NRC...What is it?...Poverty is our biggest enemy,”
says septuagenarian Mukhtar Ahmed, grandfather of Shagir Ahmed — a 9-year-old
boy who died in a stampede caused during the police lathi-charge on anti-CAA
and NRC protesters on Dec.20 in Varanasi’s Muslim dominated Bajardiha locality.
Like him, the majority of residents too are unaware about CAA and NRC. They,
however, admit that there is a feeling fear in the city, especially after these
twin issues were raised.Only 10 days after Shagir’s death, the poor family has
apparently come to terms with the tragedy. On Saturday, Vakil Ahmed (father of
the deceased) went to work as a cook along with his 11-year-old second son
Zahir Ahmed, while his wife Maiser Jahan was at her parents house. Their other 2
sons Nasir Ahmed,12, and Tanzim Ahmed, 6, pass their day exploring some daily
work in neighbourhood shops.Shagir was Vakil’s third son. The children do not
go to school or local madarsa for studies.“If they don’t work what will they
eat?...Everyday we’ve to work and earn to survive – death or no death in the
family...studies are a luxury for our children,” says Vakil’s younger brother
Shakil, who also works as a cook in the locality.Both Vakil and Shakil live
with their ageing parents and seven, now 6, children in a ramshackle house.thehindu
Priyanka slams govt over Varanasi toddler’s plight whose parents were
arrested during anti-CAA protest
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi today slammed BJP govt over the plight
of a 14-month-old girl whose parents were arrested for participating in an
anti-CAA protest defying prohibitory orders, saying it is the moral duty of the
government to allow the child's mother to go home.On December 19, people
gathered in Beniya Bagh area of Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok
Sabha constituency, to protest against the contentious CAA, defying section 144
of CrPC imposed by police.Champak's parents, activists Ekta (32) and Ravi
Shankar (36), who run an NGO, Climate Agenda, were among those arrested in
connection with the protest.PTI
BJP widens campaign to
counter anti-CAA drive in UP
Lucknow:BJP in Uttar
Pradesh is widening the scope of its ongoing campaign to allay apprehensions
about the CAA. The party will now meet protesters and their families and
discuss the issue with them.This comes even as the Yogi Adityanath government
continues its crackdown on protesters and initiates the process of confiscating
their properties in lieu of damages done to public property.The party has asked
booth and sector level functionaries to identify those engaged in protests and
meet them.UP BJP general secretary and in-charge of west UP, Vijay Bahadur
Pathak, said the party's campaign will now reach out to those driven by the
political agenda of the opposition.IANS
*OTHERS*
J&K HC withdraws
ad inviting outsiders to apply for district court jobs
Jammu and Kashmir High
Court on Tuesday withdrew its notification seeking applications from across the
country for recruitment of 33 non-gazetted posts.The vacancies were advertised
on December 26 by HC registrar general Sanjay Dhar, and was the first instance
of government jobs that made candidates from other states also eligible to
apply.The notification had come months after the removal of special status and
bifurcation of erstwhile state into the Union Territories of J&K, and
Ladakh.A notification issued by Dhar on Tuesday stated, “It is hereby notified
for information of all the concerned that the advertisement Notice No. 09/2019
dated 26.12.2019, whereby applications were invited for different posts in
Non-Gazetted category in the HC of Jammu and Kashmir stands withdrawn with
immediate effect.”Informing this to all principal district and sessions judges,
Dhar requested them to ensure that the notification is adequately and
effectively publicised both in Leh and Kargil, in the of Ladakh. The
notification also stated that bank draft submitted by any candidate along with
application should be returned. The administration is learnt to be considering
a 15-year residency clause to allay fears of local residents in matters of
employment and land in both UTs.Opposition parties had criticised the
development, and had said that J&K govt/administration jobs should be
reserved for candidates only from the Union Territories.indianexpress
J&K HC quashes PSA
detention of NC youth head
Srinagar:Jammu and
Kashmir High Court in Srinagar on Tuesday quashed the detention under Public
Safety Act (PSA) of NC youth president from South Kashmir, and directed the
authorities to release him from jail.Ishtiyaq Ahmad Ganie, hailing from Kulgam
district, was booked under PSA post-Aug.5.“Since Detaining Authority has failed
to mention in detention order about the petitioner’s right to make
representation constitute an infraction of a valuable constitutional right
guaranteed under Article 22(5) of the Constitution of India as also of the
right under Section 13 of the Jammu and Kashmir P.S Act, 1978, which renders
the detention order as invalid and deserves to be quashed,” Justice Ali
Mohammad Magrey of the High Court said.indianexpress
PSA on more than 600
people in 2019, says J&K rights body
Srinagar :Jammu and
Kashmir’s top human rights body has said that the government slapped the Public
Safety Act (PSA) against more than 600 people this year, the highest in over a
decade.Releasing its annual human rights report, Jammu Kashmir Coalition of
Civil Society (JKCCS) and Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
has said that 662 people have approached the court for quashing of their PSAs
and the actual number of PSAs in 2019 could be more.“A final list of 635 PSA
cases was compiled for the year 2019 through information gathered from the RTI
filed by JKCCS and APDP in Jammu and Kashmir High Court along with extensive
field work conducted,” JKCCS said in an official release. “We are treating this
data cautiously as we anticipate a more number of cases, which are yet to have
surfaced either in our data collection or any list produced by the state.”The
annual human rights report says 662 people have filed Habeaus Corpus petitions
in the High Court seeking quashing of PSA against them. It says that 412 of
these petitions have been filed post August 5.indianexpress
Post Abrogation of
Article 370: Human Rights Groups Bust Centre's 'All is Well' Claim on Kashmir
SMS on Postpaid Mobiles, Internet Services in Kashmir's Govt Hospitals
Restored after 150 Days
Internet services in all government-run hospitals and SMS facility to
all postpaid mobile phones in Kashmir were restored from the midnight of Dec.31
midnight, PTI reported Jammu and Kashmir official spokesperson Rohit Kansal as
saying."It has been decided to restore internet connectivity to all
government hospitals with effect from midnight of December 31 besides fully
restoring SMS on mobile phones," Kansal told reporters in Jammu.While
landline telephones were gradually restored first, postpaid mobile services
were resumed later. However, prepaid mobile and internet services are yet to be
resumed in the entire Valley.news18
Kashmir Press Club:
‘Internet clampdown has crippled functioning of media’
Srinagar :Kashmir
Press Club (KPC) has said the clampdown on Internet has “severely crippled” the
functioning of the media fraternity in the Valley, and has “adversely affected
the ground reporting and news gathering operations”.KPC statement came after a
meeting attended by all editors’ bodies and journalist associations of the
Valley.“The participants were of the view that the government has deliberately
muzzled the press to control flow of information which has equally impacted the
readers who have right to know facts. Gag has adversely affected the ground
reporting and news gathering operations. It has now become untenable for
journalists and media organisations to operate out of the makeshift media
facilitation centre which is inadequate to accommodate reporters, editors,
photojournalists and video journalists of over 200 publications and scores of
bureaus,”KPC said.indianexpress
Review Internet
Shutdown Policy, Cellular Association Tells Modi Govt
Mumbai:Cellular
Operators Association of India (COAI), the apex body for India’s telecom
industry and considered to be industry’s official voice, has criticised Modi
govt’s policy of internet shutdowns in the wake of country wide protests
against controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.Rajan Mathews, DG of the
association, which includes operators such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and
Vodafone Idea, told HuffPost India that the industry was surprised by the
cavalier fashion in which the government had issued recent shutdown orders, and
called on government to review the policy.huffingtonpost
J-K: 2 soldiers killed
during cordon and search operation in Nowshera
Jammu :2 Indian Army
soldiers were killed late Tuesday night in an encounter with militants along
the Line of Control in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
The soldiers were killed during a cordon and search operation.Confirming same,
Lt Colonel Devender Anand, a defence ministry spokesperson said that the
operation is still underway.Meanwhile, sources said that troops were carrying
out searches in the area around Manawar Tawi in Kalal since Tuesday morning
following inputs about the presence of some militants. The militants appeared
to have sneaked into the area from across the LoC. When the searches were in
progress, militants opened fire on the troops and during a fierce gunfight, 2
soldiers were killed.indianexpress
General Rawat takes
charge as India's first Chief of Defence Staff, says armed forces have always
stayed away from politics
Newly-appointed Chief
of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat today said the armed forces stay far away
from politics and work as per the directives of the government in power,
remarks that come amid allegations that the forces were being politicised.He
also said that his focus as CDS will be to integrate the efforts of the three
services and to work as a team. "I want to assure you, that Army, Navy and
Air Force will work as a team. CDS will keep control over them, but action will
be taken through teamwork,"said Gen Rawat after receiving a Guard of
Honour by 3 services. Asked about allegations that Army was being politicised
and questions being raised by Congress over the creation of CDS' post, he said,
"We stay away, we stay far away from politics. We work on the directives
of the govt in power."PTI
No land identified for
mosque in Ayodhya:UP govt
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh
government on Tuesday denied media reports that it has identified five options
for a five-acre land to build a mosque in Ayodhya as per the Supreme Court
ruling in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case. A section of media had
reported earlier in the day that the state government had identified an
alternative plot outside ‘Panch-Kosi Parikrama’ periphery, the roughly 15-km
route that covers all the important temples and shrines in the present-day
Ayodhya.Denying the reports, additional chief secretary (home), Awanish
Awasthi, said, “The state government has not done anything of the sort.”Media
reports had also said that the UP government, through the Ayodhya district
administration, had shortlisted five places, each with five acres of land
available, and forwarded the proposal to the Union home ministry to finalise
one. However, Ayodhya district magistrate AK Jha denied that the district administration
had made any such move. UP Sunni Central Waqf Board chairman Zafar Ahmad Faruqui said, “I have
not received any information or official communication from either the state or
Centre regarding the allocation of (five-acre) land.”HT
Train tickets to
become costlier as Railway announces price hike
The hike, which will
be implemented in various categories of services provided by Railways, will not
be applicable for suburban train services, which constitutes 66% of Railways’
passengers.The railways also announced a 2 paise/km hike in fares of mail and
express non-AC trains, and 4 paise/km increase in the fares of AC coaches. For
passengers looking to travel in Delhi-Kolkata Rajdhani, hike at the rate of 4
paise/km will be about Rs 58. Reservation fee and superfast charge will not be
changed, and the hike in fares will not be applicable to tickets already
booked.In a statement, railways said the price increase became necessary to
ensure the expansion passenger amenities and facilities at various railway
stations and trains. The railways said fare revision would expedite its
modernisation. Ordinary Non-AC classes: Increase of 01 paisa/km. Mail/Express
Non-AC classes : Fare increase of 02 paisa/km. AC classes: Fare increase by 04
paisa/km. scroll.in
Faced With Mounting Losses, Indian Railways Starts New Year With a Fare
Hike
Modi govt’s New Year
gift: Steep hike in prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinder
On a day when people
celebrated the beginning of a new year, the Modi government increased the
financial burden on consumers by announcing a steep hike in prices of non-
subsidised LPG cylinder.As per the revised rate, a non-subsidised LPG cylinder
will be available for ₹ 714 in Delhi and ₹ 684.5 in Mumbai from January .After
the hike, people will have to pay ₹19 and ₹ 19.5 paise extra in Delhi and
Mumbai respectively for a non-subsidised LPG cylinder.Similarly, in Kolkata and
Chennai prices has been increased by ₹ 21.5 and ₹ 20 per cylinder
respectively.nationalheraldindia
India Will Struggle To
Achieve 5% GDP Growth In 2020: US Economist
New Delhi: India will
"struggle" to achieve 5 per cent GDP growth in 2020 as the
significant deceleration in past few quarters was largely owing to credit
squeeze which is a cyclical problem, said noted American economist Steve
Hanke.Hanke, who currently teaches applied economics at Johns Hopkins
University (USA), pointed out that India experienced an unsustainable credit
boom, and now the chickens are coming to roost with a massive pile of
non-performing loans piled up, primarily at the state-owned banks. "The
slowdown in India is related to a credit squeeze, which is a cyclical problem -
not a structural problem... As a result, India will struggle to make a GDP
growth rate of 5 per cent in 2020," he said.He also noted that India is
already highly protectionist. India, which till recently was hailed as the
world's fastest-growing major economy, has seen growth rate decline to a six-year
low of 4.5 per cent in the September quarter of 2019-20. This has largely been
attributed to the slowdown in investment that has now broadened into
consumption, driven by financial stress among rural households and weak job
creation.PTI
Economic slowdown:
Output of 8 core industries declined 1.5% in Nov., shows data
Output of 8 core
infrastructure industries declined 1.5% in November – the fourth straight month
– compared to November 2018, government data showed on Tuesday. 5 of 8 sectors
– coal, crude oil, natural gas, steel, and electricity – contracted.Coal
production declined 2.5% last month, while crude oil output fell 6% in the same
period. The production of natural gas fell 6.4%, and the output of steel
decreased 3.7%. Electricity generation, meanwhile, fell 5.7% in Nov. In
October, the output of eight core industries had declined 5.8% compared to the
same period last year.scroll
2017 Dera violence: 2 years on, no damages recovered for destruction of
property worth Rs 118-crore
Chandigarh :While UP Govt has issued notices for recovery of damages for
destruction of public property during protests against the amended citizenship
law, the question of whether Dera Sacha Sauda can be made to pay for damage to
property worth Rs 118 crore in Haryana after Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s
conviction in a rape case in 2017, is still pending in the absence of a
legislation on recovery, and because of a pending court case. There was
large-scale violence in Haryana, particularly Panchkula, after Ram Rahim was
convicted in a rape case. In the run-up to the verdict by a special CBI court
at Panchkula, hundreds of Dera followers had gathered outside the court
complex. As the verdict was pronounced, there was mass violence and destruction
to property worth Rs 118 crore as per official estimates. At least 36 people
were killed in Haryana in forces’ action.indianexpress
JNU students’ union
calls for boycott of semester registration process as new hostel manual with
hiked room rent comes into effect
New Delhi: JNU
Students' Union (JNUSU) has called for a boycott of the semester registration
process on Wednesday and asked the vice-chancellor "to have a proper
deliberation and work in the spirit of resolution" of issues. JNU has been
seeing a standoff between the students and the administration over the issue of
hostel fee hike for over 2 months.On Monday, the JNU released a circular saying
that the new hostel manual will be implemented from 1 January, with the hiked
room rent even though the service and utility charges will be taken care of by
University Grants Commission.The union said that the Delhi High Court had
observed in its order on 23 December that the solution to the current crisis
must be found by VC only through dialogue with stakeholders - university
students. The administration held two meetings with JNUSU on 26 and 30 Dec."While
having communicated through informal channels that it would initiate dialogue
with the JNUSU, in a shocking display of their insidious intentions, the
administration brought out a notice that was in complete violation of a
conducive environment where negotiations can further proceed," the JNUSU said.PTI
5 lakh at Bhima
Koregaon’s mega Dalit event near Pune, Internet shut down
Pune: Nearly 5 lakh
Dalits have gathered at Bhima Koregaon 40 km from Pune to commemorate the
Anglo-Maratha battle of 1818, an event that had seen violence 2 years ago and
triggered a police crackdown on community leaders. The state government has
deployed nearly 10,000 at venue and suspended access to Internet as a
precautionary measure, a senior Pune district official said.Pune district
collector Naval Kishore Ram had earlier indicated that the administration would
suspend internet in areas around the event to prevent rumour mongering on
social media. Special IG (Kolhapur range) Suhas Wadke said about five lakh
pilgrims had already gathered at the venue. The total number of pilgrims at the
memorial is expected to rise during the day. Last year, it was attended by 10
lakh people. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and prominent Dalit leader
Prakash Ambedkar were among those who visited the monument early morning and
offered flowers. Several other ministers from the state and central government
are expected during the day for the celebrations. Jan.1 event at Bhima Koregaon
‘Jai stambh’, victory monument of the third Anglo–Maratha battle won by the
British forces, marks the 202nd anniversary of this victory.HT
India will soon have a
Chandrayaan-3, might be pushed to 2021: ISRO chief K Sivan
New Delhi :Months
after India’s ambitious lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 was deemed unsuccessful by
ISRO, its chief K Sivan has confirmed that Chandrayaan-3 project is ongoing,
however, it might be pushed further to 2021. ISRO chief’s comments come a day
after Union Minister Jitendra Singh had announced that India would launch
Chandrayaan-3 in 2020.indianexpress
41 Muslims Crack
UPSC-Conducted Combined Medical Services Exam
New Delhi:As many as
798 candidates have cleared the Combined Medical Services Examination 2019
conducted by the Union Public Service Commission against 919 vacant positions.
Among the successful candidates, there are 41 Muslims.The examinations were
held in 2 parts. The Computer Based Examination (Part-I) was held on July 21,
2019 and Personality Test (Part-II) was held from October to December 2019. The
final results were declared on December 27.caravandaily
Gujarat bypolls: BJP
wins 29 out of 33 taluka and district panchayat seats
Gandhinagar :BJP on
Tuesday won 26 out of 30 seats of taluka panchayats and district panchayats for
which polling was held on December 29. Apart from these 30 seats, BJP had
already won three taluka panchayat seats unopposed earlier, taking its total
tally to 29 out of 33 seats in the bypolls.Out of the total 33 seats, 30 were
of taluka panchayats and three of district panchayats. The State Election
Commission had declared bypolls for 41 taluka panchayat seats and three
district panchayat seats earlier in December. However, the by-election on seven
taluka panchayat seats of Chanasma taluka in Patan district and Mahemdavad
taluka in Kheda district were cancelled following court orders. indian express
IIMs Seek Exemption From SC, ST, OBC, EWS Teaching Quotas
New Delhi: 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), where 90% of the
faculty belongs to the general category, have requested the Ministry of Urban
Development to exempt them from reserving positions in the teaching staff for
members of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes
(OBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).In a letter sent to the Ministry
last week, representatives of these IIMs demanded that they be added to the
list of “Institutions of Excellence” since that would allow them to not
reservation positions for the four categories.A report on the Indian Express
said the IIMs made the request after the Centre issued a directive about a
month ago directing them to provide reservations in faculty positions for SC,
ST, OBC and EWS candidates. They are required to provide 15% reservations in
teaching posts for SCs, 7.5% for STs, 27% for OBCs and 10% for the EWS. The
Wire/ indianexpress
MP honeytrap case:
Money in, accused made ‘deal with victims not to blackmail’
Bhopal :After getting
money from some victims, the accused in the Madhya Pradesh ‘honeytrap case’ had
signed agreements with them, promising not to blackmail them in future and
destroy the videos in their possession, according to the chargesheet filed by
CID in a Bhopal court.The chargesheet refers to one such “rajinama agreement’’
among a Jaipur-based builder and 2 accused — Aarti Dayal and the youngest
accused (name withheld) in the case — after a dispute over money.The
chargesheet does not elaborate on the alleged agreement but mentions details of
the youngest accused person’s visits to Jaipur. Dayal is the youngest accused
in the case.According to the police, at least two more agreements had been
recovered during searches at premises of the accused persons, including Dayal.
Five diaries were recovered from Dayal, which have details of alleged transfers
of government employees and officers, besides land deals, according to the
chargesheet.In one of the diaries recovered from Dayal, code words have been
used to detail monetary transactions and the identity of alleged victims, the
chargesheet states. The police have said that bank cheques worth more than Rs
10.04 crore have been recovered from Dayal.The chargesheet has listed 12
witnesses and named two TV journalists – Veerendra Sharma and Gaurav Sharma –
and Arun Sehlot, who is a builder and owns Raj Express.indianexpress
*WORLD*
US deploys 750 troops
to Middle East after Baghdad embassy attack
US has said it was
sending additional troops to the Middle East, after hundreds protesters stormed
its embassy compound in Iraq, setting fires and chanting: "Death to
America!"Angered by US air raids that killed two dozen militia fighters on
Sunday, supporters of the powerful Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization
Forces) paramilitary group spilled through checkpoints in the high-security
Green Zone on Tuesday, demanding the removal of American troops from
Iraq.Reacting to the attack, US President Donald Trump said he held Tehran
"fully responsible" for the incident, and said the protesters
"will be held fully responsible", he wrote on Twitter on
Tuesday."In addition, we expect Iraq to use its forces to protect Embassy,
and so notified!"Trump later warned in a separate statement that Tehran
would "pay a very big price" after the attack, but when asked later
in the day about the possibility of tensions spiralling into a war with Iran,
Trump told reporters: "Do I want to? No. I want to have peace. I like
peace. And Iran should want to have peace more than anybody. So I don't see
that happening." aljazeera
China took their
parents: Uighur refugee children of Turkey
Istanbul:Having fled a
worsening crackdown on Uighur Muslims in northwest China, some of their parents
thought it was still safe to return occasionally for business and to visit
family, only to disappear into a shadowy network of concentration camps from
which no communication is permitted.Out of just over a hundred pupils at the
school, 26 have lost one parent to the camps, and seven have lost both, says
its head, Habibullah Kuseni.Nine-year-old Fatima has only vague memories of her
homeland – and now, of her father, too.She remembers watching television with
him: She wanted cartoons, but he liked watching the news, especially about
President Tayyip Erdoğan, one of the only
leaders in the Muslim world willing to stand up for the Uighurs and risk
China's wrath.Her father flew back to China from time to time for business
before anyone knew about the camps in the Xinjiang region."And then he was
gone," she says, tears streaming down her face."I thought he would
come back, but he never did."No one has heard from him in 3 years.Exiled
Uighur activists in Nov.released evidence of nearly 500 camps and prisons being
used against their ethnic group in China, saying the overall number of inmates
could be "far greater" than 1 million usually cited.With some 50,000
Uighur refugees in Turkey, there are many more children like Fatima or some
even worse off. Tursunay, 15, hasn't seen or spoken to either
of her parents since July 2017.daily
sabah /AFP
Muslim women detained
in China claim forced abortions
Muslim women who were
detained in northwest China's detention camps have accused authorities of
abusing and forcing them to have abortions.Al Jazeera has spoken to some, and
in Part Two of our special series, Osama Bin Javaid meets ethnic Kazakh women
who say they feel there is nothing they can do to bring their abusers to
justice.aljazeera
At least 31 killed in
Taliban attack on Afghan forces
At least 31 members of
Afghanistan's security forces were killed in a series of Taliban attacks in
three northern provinces, officials said Wednesday.A Taliban member posing as a
police officer helped facilitate an attack that killed nine policemen at a base
along the Mazar Sheberghan highway in the province of Balkh late Tuesday,
provincial council members Ibrahim Khair Andish and Afzal Hadid told DPA.Taliban
spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that insurgents in the Balkh attack had
infiltrated police ranks from a while ago, waiting for a chance to strike.
Though Taliban often exaggerate their claims, the insurgents also on occasion
disguise themselves in Afghan uniforms to get easier access to their targets.
In the province of Kunduz, Taliban members attacked at least 3 checkpoints in
Dasht-e Archi overnight, leaving at least 14 dead and six injured, according to
provincial council members Safiullah Amiri and Fawzia Yaftali.dailysabah
*views, Articles, FEATURES*
Who will police the police? Supreme Court
asked 38 years ago:Krishnadas Rajagopal
Historic Friday for Indian Muslims:Ziya Us
Salam
Hope, Fear, Anger: Will this be decade we
finally come to terms with our reality?Pratap Bhanu Mehta
CAA and NRC introduce a meddlesome officialdom
into a question as fundamental as citizenship:Abhijit Banerjee
Is every Indian mine: That’s the question for
2020 to answer:Rajmohan Gandhi
No, the elderly man pelting stone in Kanpur is
not Muslim cleric from Muzaffarnagar
In Bulandshahr, message to families who paid
'damages' for CAA protests is clear: Cough up and you'll face no
harassment:Jyoti Punwani
India's economic slowdown is a potential
threat to national security: Govt can't afford to take eye off the ball:Rajan
Katoch
CAA, NRC introduce meddlesome officialdom into
a question as fundamental as citizenship:Abhijit Banerjee , Esther Duflo
Why Scheduled Caste Refugees of Bengal Are
Resisting CAA and NRC:Himadri Chatterjee
Why Supreme Court of India won’t strike down
Modi govt’s CAA:Ivan, Akshat Bajpai
A Primer on the Unrest in India:Alok Asthana
Supreme Court in 2019: Justice Gogoi’s Legacy
is CJI Bobde’s Challenge:Rajeev Dhavan
Fragmented Identities: (Re)living the
‘Partition’ Today:Asaf Ali Lone
Pan-India agitation against CAA is setting a
new narrative for 2020:Nitya Chakraborty/IPA
Why Chants Of ‘Allahu Akbar’ In Anti-CAA
Protests Are Neither Non-Secular Nor Problematic:Rishabh Yadav
Colonial roots of Ayodhya verdict:Deepasri
Baul
Innocent, Underage, Injured: Story of Muslims Held After Anti-CAA
Protests in Aurangabad, Bihar: The Wire
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and edited by Anwarulhaq (Released at: 5:27 PM).*
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