14 Jan 2020: 18
Jamadi-1, 1441: Vol: 12, No: 107
*anti-citizenship act stir*
Court slams Delhi Police, says protest a constitutional right, Jama
Masjid is not Pakistan while hearing bail plea of Chandrashekhar Azad
During the bail plea hearing of Chandrashekhar Azad at Delhi’s Tis
Hazari court, Judge Kamini Lau today came down heavilyon the public prosecutor
saying the Bhim Army chief has a “constitutional right to protest.” “What is
wrong with dharna? What is wrong with protesting? It is one’s constitutional
right to protest,” she asked the prosecutor. The plea has been adjourned till
tomorrow. Azad has been in jail since December 21 in connection with protests
against CAA in Old Delhi’s Daryaganj area. Azad’s outfit had organised a march
from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar against Act on December 20 without police
permission.“You are behaving as if Jama Masjid is Pakistan. Even if it was
Pakistan, you can go there and protest. Pakistan was a part of undivided
India,” Judge Lau said, stressing that the citizens have a right to protest.
When the prosecutor mentioned that prior permission was needed, Judge Lau
countered it saying that the SC has repeatedly said that the use of Section 144
is an “abuse.” The Judge also added that she had seen many people who had
protested outside Parliament who later went on to become leaders and ministers.
She also said that in things which should have been said in Parliament were not
said, which is why people are out on the streets.In response to a post by Azad
on social media ahead of his march which the prosecution had pointed to, the
judge asked: “what’s wrong with them.”“I want you to show me under which law it
is prohibited for someone to protest outside religious places”, the judge asked
the Prosecutor. She asked Delhi Police to explain how they had broken the law,
questioning the police about whether they read the Constitution.indianexpress
Is Jama Masjid in Pak, what's wrong in protesting: Delhi court on
Chandrashekhar Azad's arrest
Shaheen Bagh protest: Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking to open Kalindi
Kunj road, says police's responsibility to manage traffic
Saying that it is the responsibility of the police to manage traffic,
the Delhi High Court today disposed of an application seeking directions on the
removal of barricades from Shaheen Bagh-Kalindi Kunj stretch, which has been
closed since 15 Dec.due to ongoing protests against the CAA."It ought to
be kept in mind that whenever any agitation or protest is going on, situation
is like fluid – keep on changing looking to the temperament of the protesters
and resistances by other people. Simultaneously, police has to maintain the law
and order. Hence, respondents have all power, jurisdiction and authority to
control the traffic, wherever protests or agitations are going on, in the
larger public interest. In such a situation, no specific writ, order or
direction can be issued by this Court as to handle the agitation or protest or
the place of protest and the traffic. It all depends upon the ground reality
and the wisdom of the police, where situations may keep changing every 10
minutes," read the Delhi High Court order.On Monday, the HC had agreed to
hear a PIL seeking to open Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch.The petition,
filed by advocate and activist Amit Sahni, said the road closure is
"causing huge inconvenience/hardship to lakhs of commuters every day and
they are compelled to take different routes for last one month".Besides
Delhi Police, the plea has made the Centre and the Delhi government as parties,
seeking from them requisite assistance to the police in addressing the issue.firstpost
High Court Tells Delhi Police To Find Solution To End Road Closure At
Kalindi Kunj Over Protests
Shaheen Bagh protests: Review curbs as per your wisdom, HC tells Delhi
Police
Delhi Cops Told To Use "Persuasion" To End Shaheen Bagh Blockade: Sourceshttps://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shaheen-bagh-protest-caa-delhi-cops-told-to-use-persuasion-to-end-shaheen-bagh-blockade-sources-2163970?pfrom=home-topscroll
New Delhi: For nearly a month, hundreds of women and children sitting on a road at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi have become the face of the countrywide protests against the CAA, which makes religion a criteria for Indian citizenship for the first time. Today, the police started the process of clearing that stretch of the city following orders from the Delhi High Court on a petition citing huge traffic problems on a vital connecting road.The police have been directed to use "persuasion" rather than force to open the Shaheen Bagh-Kalindi Kunj road, a senior official has told NDTV.The police are in touch with religious leaders and have urged them to persuade protesters to clear the way, the official said.ndtv
CAA against Right to Equality: Kerala govt moves SC, first state to do so
New Delhi: For nearly a month, hundreds of women and children sitting on a road at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi have become the face of the countrywide protests against the CAA, which makes religion a criteria for Indian citizenship for the first time. Today, the police started the process of clearing that stretch of the city following orders from the Delhi High Court on a petition citing huge traffic problems on a vital connecting road.The police have been directed to use "persuasion" rather than force to open the Shaheen Bagh-Kalindi Kunj road, a senior official has told NDTV.The police are in touch with religious leaders and have urged them to persuade protesters to clear the way, the official said.ndtv
CAA against Right to Equality: Kerala govt moves SC, first state to do so
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-govt-moves-supreme-court-against-caa-1636630-2020-01-14
Kerala government led by Pinarayi Vijayan has moved the Supreme Court
against CAA saying the amended law is against the provisions of Right to
Equality granted by the Indian Constitution.With this, Kerala government is the
first state government to move the SC against the Citizenship Act, to which
several states have raised objections. Kerala was also the first state assembly
to move a resolution against CAA.LDF government of Kerala has challenged CAA
and also Passport Act and Foreigners Act Rules.In its petition, Kerala
government has said that the CAA should be declared violative of Articles 14,
21 and 25 of the Constitution and basic structure of secularism in
India.indiatoday
JNU:Seize phones of members of WhatsApp groups that plotted the attack,
HC tells police
Delhi High Court today directed Google and Whatsapp to preserve and
provide information sought by Delhi Police in connection with January 5
violence inside JNU campus. It also asked the police to seize the phones of
members of 2 WhatsApp groups — Unity Against Left and Friends of RSS — on which
the incident was allegedly plotted.Justice Brijesh Sethi directed Google to preserve
data from Google Drive as early as possible on January 5 violence. WhatsApp,
however, said because of end-to-end encryption, it cannot preserve data. The HC
also directed the JNU administration to provide CCTV footage of the incident to
Delhi police at earliest.The court was hearing a petition filed by 3 JNU
professors — Ameet Parameswaran, Atul Sood, and Shukla Vinayak Sawant — seeking
to preserve CCTV footage, WhatsApp conversations and other evidence related to
the violence that unleashed on campus of the premier institution injuring over
30 students and teachers.Meanwhile, Delhi Police Crime Branch, which is
investigating the case, will on Tuesday question 2 suspects — Sucheta Taluqdar
and Priya Ranjan — and some of those who were injured in the rampage. The cops
will also question those who called the police control rooms on the day of the
violence, they said. On Monday Delhi Police had told the high court that they
have written to WhatsApp Inc to provide it with details of 2 groups created on
January 5 to allegedly mobilise miscreants from inside and outside
JNU.indianexpress
Delhi Police to question 2 suspects in JNU violence case today; forensic
officials to collect evidence from university campus
Delhi Police's Crime Branch, which is probing the JNU violence case, on
Tuesday will question two suspects and some who were injured in the attack by a
masked mob on 5 January, officials said.Police will also question those who
made calls to police control rooms on the day of the violence, they said.
Sucheta Taluqdar and Priya Ranjan will be questioned along with some people who
were injured in the attack, officials said.The officials said a Forensic Science
Laboratory team (Cyber) will also be visiting the campus to collect
evidence.PTI
Delhi Minorities Commission appeals to CJI to take cognizance of police
brutality against CAA, NRC protesters
Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) has appealed to CJI SA Bobde to take
cognizance of the alleged police brutalities during recent protests against the
CAA and NRC in various parts of the country.Zafarul Islam Khan, DMC chairman,
in a letter to CJI SA Bobde, said that police behaviour in various states has
been "highly objectionable" during the protests against CAA and NRC. Zafarul
Khan in his January 10 letter has attached a list of 87 instances of
"police brutality" against protesters in UP, Karnataka, Assam, J&K,
Gujarat and Delhi.PTI
UP Police electrocuted, arrested me for giving legal aid to anti-CAA
protestors: Rajasthan lawyer Faisal
Jaipur: Mohammad Faisal, a Rajasthan based lawyer, has accused Uttar
Pradesh Police of wrongful arrest during the ongoing anti-CAA protests in the
state.Faisal, a lawyer based out of Kota district in Rajasthan, has claimed
that he had visited Uttar Pradesh's Shamli to help people involved in anti-CAA
protests, who were falsely implicated by UP Police.He claimed that he was
wrongly picked by SOG team of Uttar Pradesh Police from inside the Kairana
Court in UP's Shamli. He alleged that he was arrested by the UP Police despite
telling them that he was a lawyer from Rajasthan who was there to help people
by providing them legal aid.Faisal claimed that he was electrocuted four to
five times and subjected to physical torture by UP Police's SOG in custody.He
has also claimed that the police levelled "false charges" of
spreading violence and also that he was involved in anti-CAA protests when he
was not."When I was providing legal aid to people inside Kairana Court,
Shamli, I had gone for legalese, then at 5 in the evening, SOG team arrived and
was about to take me by arresting me. I opposed them. I told them that I am an
advocate and a local advocate who was also there with me, he also opposed
it," Faisal said."After that, I was taken to Kairana station, then I
showed them my Rajasthan Bar Council ID. Police told me my ID is fake. They
claimed I am from West Bengal and have come here to spread violence," he
added.Faisal alleged, "I was physically assaulted, mentally tortured,
filthy abuses were hurled. After that, SOG team electrocuted as well ... I was
electrocuted four to 5 times ...On asking their name, I was slapped. After
that, I was put inside the lock-up at 11 in the night and a fraudulent FIR
based on protest incident of December 20 was filed against me. On the basis of
an FIR on December 22, I was arrested and on the 24th, I was produced in the
Court, from where I was sent to judicial custody," Mohammad Faisal
said.Kota lawyer also said that UP Police had claimed that he was a member of
PFI and was involved in distributing pamphlets for them.Faisal claimed that he
has never had any association with PFI and that he was associated with NCHRO
which was involved in providing legal aid. He was produced before the court in
Kairana and from there, he was sent to jail where he had to spend 13 to 14 days
in judicial custody.Faisal has said that he will be filing a case against the
UP Police who he accused of defaming him. indiatoday
Muslim Lawyer Arrested by UP Police Over 'Militant Links' after anti CAA
protests, Narrates Ordeal
CAA protest: ‘You are a Hindu, why are you friends with Muslims’, police
asked activist in custody
“You are a Hindu, why are you friends with Muslims.” This is what the
Uttar Pradesh police allegedly told Robin Verma, an activist and teacher, who
was arrested in connection with the protests against CAA in Lucknow on December
20. Released from the Lucknow district jail on Tuesday after being granted bail
last week, Verma narrated his ordeal to The Hindu and alleged that police
physically tortured and insulted him and even threatened to degrade his wife
and infant daughter. Verma said police scanned his phone, which is still in
their custody along with his driver’s licence, and insulted him for having
Muslims on his contact list and WhatsApp chats. “A [Muslim] student of mine had
wished me on my birthday. They saw the message and asked me why do you know
him. Why do you have Muslim names on your phone list? Why are you friends with
them? Why do you go with them,” Verma said.The Hindu
Injured anti-CAA protest in UP, man succumbs; Firozabad death toll
reaches 7
A 26-year-old man, who suffered a bullet injury during anti-CAA protests
in UP’s Firozabad on December 20, succumbed to his injuries late Sunday night. With
this, at least 20 people have died in UP alone during anti-CAA protests.
Mohammad Abrar, a daily wage labourer, was first admitted to a government
hospital in Agra, and then sent to Delhi, where he was operated upon at
Indraprastha Apollo hospital.He suffered a gunshot wound in the spine.Abrar’s
brother Abdul Mukhtalib said, “At the hospital, we were told that he is
paralysed waist down but he had made it out alive. On January 9, he was
discharged from the hospital and brought back home to Firozabad. On Sunday, at
11 pm,he died.” Abrar is survived by his wife and their 6-year-old son. Abrar’s
brother said, “On the day of the violence last month, my brother was on a bike
and was returning home when he was shot at. Eyewitnesses there told us that he
was shot by the police. Around 6 pm, we found out that Abrar had been taken to
a hospital.” It takes the toll of those killed in Firozabad to
7.indianexpress/PTI
Muslim women on indefinite protest against CAA, NRC in Allahabad
Muslim women are holding an indefinite protest against CAA and NRC in
Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district. The women, in large numbers, began their
protest at Mansoor Ali Park on Sunday. Sara Ahmed, one of the protesters,
alleged that Union government is indulging in "communal
attacks"."CAA and NRC are not two different things.They are
connected," Ahmed claimed. She alleged that an attempt is being made to
"destroy" the basic structure of the Constitution through CAA and
NRC. Women from Chowk, Kareli, Chakiya and other areas of the city are joining
the protest."We are being asked to prove our citizenship despite the fact
that our ancestors have lived in this country. How will we produce proofs of
our forefathers," said Seema Aazad. Another woman said their agitation
will continue till the NRC is scrapped.republicworld
As AMU reopens, VC seeks security for himself, family citing threats
from 'lumpen elements'
Aligarh: Professor Tariq Mansoor, V-C of AMU, has sought from the state
authorities extra security for himself and his family before the university
reopens on January 13, citing threats from "lumpen elements and
outsiders".AMU was closed early for winter vacations from December 16, a
day after students clashed with police during a protest against the contentious
CAA on campus.VC has written a letter to the state authorities, including DGP
and the home secretary, asking for extra security for himself and his family in
view of threats posed by "lumpen elements and outsiders, including some
rusticated students.”The letter, which was marked as 'secret', has somehow been
leaked in the media, sources said. Later, Mansoor said in a statement that he
has no problem if "students exercise their democratic rights by holding
peaceful protests" against any legislation which is rankling them. Meanwhile,
AMU Teachers Association (AMUTA) passed a resolution urging VC to take
necessary steps to ensure that "false and exaggerated charges"
levelled against students by police after Dec 15 violence are withdrawn.News18
CAA: Microsoft boss Satya Nadella calls India's new citizenship law
'sad'
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has spoken out about India's controversial
new citizenship law.India-born executive said what is happening is
"sad" and he would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant succeed in the
country's technology industry.His comments come amid ongoing, sometimes
violent, protests against the law.he CAA has been criticised as it is seen as
discriminating against Muslims.Speaking at a Microsoft event for editors in New
York, Nadella said:"I think what is happening is sad,primarily as sort of
someone who grew up there...I think it's just bad," according to
BuzzFeed."I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India
and creates the next unicorn in India or becomes next CEO of Infosys," he
said. Nadella grew up in Hyderabad-India's technology hub-but is now an
American citizen.Soon afterwards Microsoft India issued a statement quoting
Nadella where he reiterates his hope for "an India where an immigrant can
aspire to found a prosperous start-up".But adds that "every country
will and should define its borders,protect national security and set
immigration policy accordingly."BBC
'...Bangladeshi Creating Unicorn in India': Amid CAA Debate, Microsoft
CEO Satya Nadella's View
CAA: Malaysia’s PM says ‘concerned’ about palm oil boycott but will
speak against ‘wrong things’
Malaysia is concerned about India's new curbs on imports of palm oil
after a diplomatic row, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday, but
indicated he would continue to speak out against “wrong things” even if it
costs his country financially.India, the world's biggest buyer of edible oils,
last week changed rules that traders say effectively ban imports of refined
palm oil from Malaysia, the world's second-biggest producer and exporter of
palm oil after Indonesia.The move came after New Delhi objected to Mahathir's
criticism of India's new religion-based citizenship law. As Malaysian palm
refiners stare at a massive loss of business, Mahathir said his government
would find a solution.“We are concerned of course because we sell a lot of palm
oil to India, but on the other hand we need to be frank and see that if
something goes wrong, we will have to say it,” he told reporters. “If we allow
things to go wrong and think only about the money involved, then I think a lot
of wrong things will be done, by us and by other people.” Reuters reported on
Monday the Indian government had informally instructed traders to stay away
from Malaysian palm oil.To make up for the potential loss, Malaysian officials
say they are trying to sell more to Pakistan, the Philippines, Myanmar,
Vietnam, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria and Jordan.But replacing the
top buyer won't be easy, and that's why the Malaysian Trades Union Congress,
whose members include palm workers, has urged the two countries to talk things out.REUTERS
Indian diaspora protests CAA-NRC in Munich; demonstration part of fresh
round of agitations across Europe this month
A section of Indian diaspora in Munich gathered at Odeonsplatz on
Saturday, a tourist hotspot in the city centre, to protest the Citizenship
Amendment Act, NRA, and the police violence against students and protesters in
India. This is 2nd protest conducted by Indian diaspora in Munich
against CAA-NRC.In Munich, protesters held slogans urging Indian government to
uphold the values of the Indian Constitution. The demonstration was also in
solidarity with the attacks on JNU, police brutality against the students of
Jamia Millia Islamia and AMU, as well as heavy-handed crackdown against
peaceful protests in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka.Banners and posters
declared solidarity with student protests in India and also with women’s
protests such as the one at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, where hundreds of women —
including new mothers — have been protesting for the past 4 weeks against
CAA-NRC. Slogans were also raised in Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada,
Malayalam, and Telugu. Cities across Europe saw a renewed round of protests
over the last week. On Sunday, protests against CAA-NRC were held in Amsterdam,
on Friday and Saturday, protests were held in German cities of Aachen, Berlin,
and Munich. London saw several rounds of protests including on 4 and 11 Jan. Edinburgh
saw protests on Friday, while demonstrations were held in Stockholm on 4
January.firstpost
India is abandoning fundamental rights:35 US human rights lawyers
In a statement, a group of 35 human and civil rights lawyers of South
Asian descent have expressed grave concerns about “ongoing legal abuses and
human rights atrocities” in India. Their statement covers CAA and NRC, and the
way protests against the two have been cracked down on by the government, as
well as the Central govts actions in Kashmir.“The crisis unfolding in India
today is rooted in a long history of impunity and failed democratic
institutions,” signatories have said. They say that India has not been able to
keep its minorities safe, and violence against the marginalised has become
commonplace.“BJP and PM Modi have built upon this troubled history with a
Hindutva nationalist agenda,” they continue. To counter this, they argue, US
lawmakers must raise their voice and take action, by condemning the CAA and
NRC, and also demanding that legal observers and foreign journalists be allowed
complete access in Kashmir.thewire
Citizenship Act protests: 61 people in Hyderabad booked for flash
protest against law
Hyderabad Police on Monday registered a case against activist Khalida
Parveen and some students of the University of Hyderabad for organising a flash
protest against CAA in Tolichowki on Sunday. All participants in the protest
were women. The police said the protestors were not granted permission, and
Parveen, 65, was booked under IPC sections related to unlawful assembly,
wrongful restraint and public nuisance.“Protest caused a lot of public nuisance
and inconvenience and obstruction of free flow of traffic towards Mehdipatnam
and towards Raidurgam area,” said Venkatramana, the sub-inspector who filed the
case. “I have taken custody of 61 members and photographs of the protest
through video cameras. Others have absconded.”Parveen said the protestors would
seek legal advice.“My work is activism,” she added. “NRC and CAA are completely
against the spirit of the Constitution. If we do not raise our voices now, then
when will we?” The activist said the protestors were not afraid of being
attacked with batons, and prison. “We are using our democratic right to
dissent,” she added.A few women had started the protest under Tolichowki
flyover on Sunday.They held the national flag and squatted on the road. Soon,
the crowd of protestors swelled. The demonstrators raised slogans such as “Modi
your dictatorship will not work and “kaala kanoon wapas lo” (repeal this black
law).The News Minute
Police book cases against University of Hyderabad students for CAA, NRC
protests
IPS officer Abdur Rehman who quit over CAA offered waqf post by
Maharashtra government
IPS officer Abdur Rehman, who had resigned in protest hours after the
CAA was passed in Rajya Sabha, has been offered a post in state waqf board.The
minorities affairs ministry, which oversees the waqf board, has asked him to
continue to serve the people through the board, instead of quitting. The
central government is yet to accept Rehman's resignation.Confirming that an
offer has been made, Minorities Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said his ministry
needs "an upright officer" to ensure transparency and quick disposal
of cases before the waqf board.Sources said Rehman has sought time to respond
to the offer.Rehman was the first government official to express his dissent
over CAA. mumbaimirror
Gandhi manifest in anarchist movements led by people, says Oxford
professor Faisal
Mumbai :Amid protests against CAA, NRC and NPR across the country, author
and Oxford University professor Faisal Devji has said that “the presence of
Mahatma Gandhi is manifest in the leaderless, anarchist movements” led by the
people. Devji, Professor of Indian History at University of Oxford and Fellow
of St Antony’s College, said, “What I find interesting about these protests
today are that they are rightly, perhaps, launched in the name of the
Constitution and its ideals of equal citizenship. In a way, they are accusing
the state of falling short of its own founding document, its own professed
ideals. They have effect because they have taken ownership of nationalism.
Gandhi is a strange fish in these waters because he was not a statist, he did
not like the state. He was an anarchist, philosophically,” Devji
said.indianexpress
India's Ruling Party Lawmaker Threatens to Shoot Protesters: New York
Times
Head of Indian PM Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP in the state of
West Bengal has threatened to shoot and jail people who protest a new
citizenship law that has triggered a month of nationwide demonstrations. Dilip
Ghosh, a member of India's Parliament and the president of BJP in West Bengal,
made the comments to party members on Sunday in a district of the state that
borders Bangladesh.Cabinet Union Minister Babul Supriyo distanced BJP from
Ghosh's comments, calling them “very irresponsible” on Twitter on Monday.“Look
at Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, our government has shot these demons
like dogs," Ghosh said.NYT
Protests against CAA should continue even without opposition unity: Amartya Sen
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/protests-caa-continue-without-opposition-unity-amartya-sen-1502845093.html
New Delhi :Nobel prize winner economist Amartya Sen on Monday stressed the need for opposition unity in the country for carrying forward the protests against the CAA but said even if unity is not there, the protesters still have to move on and do whatever is necessary.“Opposition unity is important for any kind of protest. Protest becomes easier then,” Sen told media persons on the sidelines of the first Nabanita Deb Sen Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by him. Sen, however, said the protests shouldn’t stop if unity among the parties is not there.“Unity is important if the protest is for a proper cause. But if unity is not there, it doesn’t mean that we will stop protesting.“As I said, unity makes protests easier, but if unity is not there, we still have to move on and do whatever is necessary,” he added.Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, meanwhile, has supported Sen’s comment.thestatesman
Protests against CAA should continue even without opposition unity: Amartya Sen
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/protests-caa-continue-without-opposition-unity-amartya-sen-1502845093.html
New Delhi :Nobel prize winner economist Amartya Sen on Monday stressed the need for opposition unity in the country for carrying forward the protests against the CAA but said even if unity is not there, the protesters still have to move on and do whatever is necessary.“Opposition unity is important for any kind of protest. Protest becomes easier then,” Sen told media persons on the sidelines of the first Nabanita Deb Sen Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by him. Sen, however, said the protests shouldn’t stop if unity among the parties is not there.“Unity is important if the protest is for a proper cause. But if unity is not there, it doesn’t mean that we will stop protesting.“As I said, unity makes protests easier, but if unity is not there, we still have to move on and do whatever is necessary,” he added.Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, meanwhile, has supported Sen’s comment.thestatesman
Amartya Sen: ‘Should be deeply aware of what we are protesting against’
Police enter Gujarat Vidyapith, disrupt kite festival carrying anti-CAA
messages
Gujarat police on Tuesday allegedly entered Gujarat Vidyapith in
Ahmedabad and disrupted a protest planned by the students to raise their voice and
concerns over the CAA and NRC.The incident took place a month after over 1,000
students and faculty of IIMs issued a statement against CAA calling it
'discriminatory and violative of the Constitution'.On the occasion of
Uttarayan, the students had decided to protest against CAA by flying the kites
with a message written — No CAA, No NRC.The students also confronted the police
who were asking them to show their ID cards for entering college without
permission."You are welcome (in the varsity), but if you have come wearing
an official uniform, you must have taken permission. Then show us that
permission. You can't see our identification card inside the campus," the
students said confronting the police.Later, the students stopped the police and
said, "You can't ask us for ID cards. We can do whatever we want on
campus. This is Central university, why is the state police
here?"ahmedabadmirror
CAA protest: Bengaluru's Church Street filled with 'Free Kashmir', BJP
'cancer' graffiti; Modi called a 'fascist'
Graffiti on the walls of Bengaluru’s Church Street has been there for a
long time. But if you looked at the graffiti closely on Tuesday morning, there
were some additions. “Free Kashmir”, “Fascist Modi Resign”, “No CAA”, “No NRC”
was some of the writing found on the walls on the walls of Church Street. Some
of the words were spray painted on the already existing graffiti on abandoned
walls and shutters of Shringar Shopping Complex opposite the Times Now
office.More such slogans, such as “BJP is cancer, kill it before it kills you”
and “I will not show my papers” were spray painted on walls adjoining the MG
Road metro station on the Church Street exit.Cubbon Park Police Station
Inspector B Iyyana Reddy told TNM that an FIR will be registered by them on a
suo motu basis, and no suspects have been identified yet. When asked under what
sections FIR will be registered, he said, “At this moment we cannot disclose
further details.”thenewsminute
Bengaluru sees record 82 protests in just one month on CAA and NRC
Bengaluru could soon have the tag of ‘Protest City’, adding to its
numerous tags. The city has witnessed a record number of protests in a month
ever witnessed in history. A whopping 82 protests have been staged in Bengaluru
since December 12 when Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee held first anti-CAA
and NRC protest -- a figure which City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao says
could well be more than total number of similar protests held in New
Delhi.newindianexpress
Odisha: Bajrang Dal activist booked for threatening to kill CAA
protesters in 'video'
Sambalpur: The police on Sunday registered a case against Bajrang Dal
district convener Tapan Pattnaik after a video surfaced that purportedly shows
him threatening to shoot anyone who opposes the CAA. As the video went viral,
the Sambalpur unit of Bhim Army lodged a complaint with Dhanupali police
demanding Pattnaik's arrest.In the video, Pattnaik is seen telling members of
the minority community to abide by the Centre's move on CAA. "If anyone
refuses to abide by the CAA and tries to create disturbance, the person will be
shot," Pattnaik is seen saying. From the video it is unclear where it was
shot and when.TOI
*J&K AND S. ASIA*
Situation in Kashmir Violates Human Rights: US Congresswoman Debbie
Dingell
Washington: “The situation in Kashmir violates human rights,” a US
Congresswoman has said, as she joined as cosponsors to a resolution urging
India to end restrictions on communications and mass detentions in the
newly-created Union Territory.The resolution No 745 that was introduced in the
House of Representatives last year by Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila
Jayapal now has 36 cosponsors, of whom two are Republicans and 34 from the
opposition Democratic Party. “The situation in Kashmir violates human rights.
Thousands have been detained unjustly & millions are without access to the
internet & telephones,” Congresswoman Debbie Dingell said in a tweet Monday
night.“That’s why I signed onto House Resolution 745 so the US can let the world
know we will not stand by while these violations happen,” she said.Dingell
represents 12th Congressional District of Michigan.The Congressional resolution
is currently before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for necessary
action.thewire
Hizb militants led police to rogue officer
Srinagar :Police had been on the trail of J&K DSP Davinder Singh for
at least 2 days before his arrest on Saturday, a senior govt official said on
Monday.Singh was arrested while travelling in a vehicle with two wanted Hizb-ul
Mujahideen militants and a lawyer. Preliminary questioning of DSP has suggested
that he had been sheltering militants in lieu of money and wanted top Hizb-ul
Mujahideen commander Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Babu and his accomplices did
stay in his house located next to 15 Corps’ HQRS in Srinagar’s high security
Badamibagh area on Friday.Officers of the country’s top intelligence gathering
agencies — IB and RAW — also questioned Singh in Kashmir. Official sources said
agencies were looking into his connections within Kashmir and outside,
especially across the border in Pakistan.“So far, the investigations could not
establish his links with any other police officer or colleague within the
police department or him being in touch directly with people in Pakistan or
PoK. However, investigations are still on and operation is being widened,” an
official said.The police officer came under the security agencies’ radar after
two top Hizb militants, including cop-turned-militant commander Babu and Rafi
Ahmad, and lawyer Irfan Shafi left south Kashmir on Friday and headed towards
Srinagar. They also made several phone calls on the way.According to police
sources, the police officer arranged for trio to move from Shopian to Srinagar.
3 militants headed straight for Singh’s Srinagar house.thehindu
Interrogation on: DySP Davinder Singh sheltered militants at J&K
home, say cops:indianexpress
What if DSP Singh was Khan, asks Congress's Adhir Ranjan, demands fresh
probe in Pulwama attack
New Delhi:Opposition leader Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has asked
what if Jammu and Kashmir Police DSP Davinder Singh was a Muslim.In a series of
tweets, Adhir Ranjan has said "enemies of the country" should not be
spared, irrespective of their social background."Had Davindar Singh by default
been Davindar Khan, the reaction of troll regiment of RSS would have been more
strident and vociferous. Enemies of our country ought to be condemned
irrespective of Colour, Creed, and Religion," the Congress leader has
said.Congress leader has further said, "The chink in the armour is exposed
in the valley much to the consternation of us, we cannot afford ourselves to be
penny wise and pound foolish.""Now question will certainly be arisen
as to who were the real culprits behind the gruesome Pulwama incident, need a fresh
look on it," said Chowdhury.indiatoday
4 soldiers, 5 civilians killed in two avalanches in Kashmir
3 Army soldiers, one BSF man and 5 civilians have been killed in 3
separate avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir since Monday night, PTI reported.
While 3 soldiers were killed and one went missing after an avalanche hit an
Army post along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Machil sector today, a BSF jawan was
killed and 6 others were rescued after an avalanche along LoC in Naugam sector
at 8:30 PM on Monday, officials said. indianexpress
Lost generation of Kashmir’s Ikhwanis looks at politics to revive
relevance in ‘new J&K’:theprint
Lolab (J&K): For more than 18 years now, Nazir Ahmad has rarely been
out of his home, which adjoins an Army camp at the secluded village of Lolab in
Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Ahmad, now 60, is a former member of the Ikhwan
force — the state-backed controversial counter-insurgency militia that played a
crucial role in breaking the backbone of Kashmir militancy at its peak in
1990s. However, force, comprising surrendered militants, was accused of having
carried out massive human rights violations, extortion and unleashing terror in
the region. It’s a past that has now
come to haunt the former Ikhwanis. Ahmad takes pride in counting the number of
militants he killed after 1993 but he lives in fear every moment.After all,
even his comrades in positions of power have been murdered over the years.
Among them is Mohammed Yusuf Parray alias Kukka Parray, supreme commander of
Ikhwan and later a legislator, and more recently Abdul Rashid Parray alias
Rashid Billa, ex chief commander of Ikhwan, who was gunned down at his home in
2017. “Along with the Army, my group had killed nearly 150 militants and made
around 250 surrender, of whom 117 gave up arms in a single day. But we have
lost our families too,” he says. Ahmad says soon after word spread that he had
joined the Ikhwaans, militants landed up at his village one day and killed his
brother, brother-in-law and 6 of his comrades. His house was burnt down. But
Ahmad says his work did not reap any dividends. Ahmad says he and his comrades
would want to join politics and contest for the sarpanch posts before making
the step up to the assembly elections. The mainstreaming of Ikhwanis, however,
will not be an easy ride considering their reputation in the Valley. theprint
*ECONOMY*
Economic slowdown woes: 16 lakh fewer jobs in FY20, reveals SBI research
report
The economic slowdown has adversely impacted employment generation in
the country as nearly 16 lakh fewer jobs are projected to be created in FY20
compared to 89.7 lakh fresh jobs in FY19, a report by SBI said.According to the
SBI research report- Ecowrap, there is a decline in remittances in a few states
like Assam and Rajasthan, reflecting downsizing of contractual
labourers."In FY19, India had created 89.7 lakh new payrolls as per EPFO
data. In FY20, as per current projected this number could be at least 15.8 lakh
lower," the report said.EPFO data primarily covers low paid jobs as the
salary is capped at Rs 15,000 per month. As per the calculation done by the
report, during April-Oct.2019, the actual net new payroll was 43.1 lakh which
annualised comes out to be 73.9 lakh for FY20.
EPFO data does not cover government jobs, state government jobs and
private jobs as such data have moved to NPS, beginning 2004.PTI
Bengaluru co-op bank customers panic as RBI imposes restriction on
withdrawals
Bengaluru:Panicked customers of Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank today
thronged the bank to withdraw their money, after RBI imposed restrictions on
withdrawals.RBI had on January 10 stopped the bank from doing business with
immediate effect, for alleged irregularities in transactions. According to RBI,
customers can withdraw only Rs 35,000 from their savings account, current account
or any other deposit account. On Monday, the Bank chairman, K Ramakrishna, told
customers 62 loans had locked up Rs 300 crore of deposit. “The money is safe
with the bank and people don’t need to worry,” he said. Most customers of the
Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank are retired employees and senior citizens.
Speaking to indianexpress.com, Mukund Rao, retired headmaster and bank
customer, said “They (bank) made a big mess by giving unsecured loans to 62
people without proper documents. Now, RBI instructions have made us face the
consequences.”Many had deposited their retirement benefits in the bank for a
high rate of interest. “I am a retired person and whatever retirement benefits
I received were deposited in this bank. I have been associated with the bank
for the past five years, never faced any problem. But now, this has happened.
There is no clarity from the bank or from RBI,” Balakrishna, a customer, said.Customers
who face hospital bills or marriages in their family are especially worried.
Nagarathna, a housewife from Basavanagaudi, said, “There are many allegations
against the bank. Some are saying the bank management has given loans without
proper documents to politicians. The government should probe this and return
our money. Many people here have emergencies, but can’t get at their money.”M
Vasudev Maiya, chief advisor of the bank, said there was no need to
worry.indianexpress
Bad news! RBI restricts cash withdrawals up to Rs 35,000 in a Bengaluru
bank
‘Don’t panic’, Tejasvi Surya
tells depositors as RBI caps withdrawal limit of Bengaluru bank
India’s wholesale inflation rises to 2.59 per cent in December: Govt
data
New Delhi :The wholesale inflation across the country rose to 2.59 per
cent in December, according to the data released by Ministry of Commerce &
Industry. The wholesale price index (WPI) grew 0.58 per cent during the month
of Nov 2019 and it rose to 3.46 per cent in December 2018, data showed.The rise
in WPI during the previous month was attributed to the spike in the prices of
food articles like onion and potato.indianexpress
Govt appoints Patra as new RBI deputy governor
New Delhi :The government today appointed Michael Patra as deputy
governor of RBI.Patra, who is presently Executive Director at the central bank
and is in charge of the research department of RBI has a seat on 6-member Monetary
Policy Committee (MPC).indianexpress
*OTHERS*
SC junks curative pleas filed by 2 Nirbhaya convicts, clears way for
execution on Jan 22
New Delhi: A 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the
curative pleas filed by Nirbhaya case convicts Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh,
paving the way for their execution on January 22. The bench of Justices NV
Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan, which was
hearing the pleas, found no merit in the petitions.Vinay and Mukesh had moved a
curative petition — the last legal remedy available to convicts — in the top
court after a Delhi court issued a death warrant in their name and announced
January 22 as the date of their execution. 2 other convicts Pawan and Akshay
are also slated to be executed on the same day at 7am in Delhi's Tihar Jail
premises.Alleging systematic bias against poor, Vinay had cited the Jessica
Lall murder case, stating that Siddharth Vashisht/Manu Sharma was given life
imprisonment and not death sentence despite it being a "brutal and
unprovoked murder of a defenceless woman".The execution will take place on
in Jail No 3, he said, adding that UP Prison authority has confirmed that Pawan
Jallad from Meerut will be sent to hang the four convicts.news18
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC unhappy with CBI probe report on
‘larger conspiracy’
The Supreme Court expressed its unhappiness with the status report of
the CBI on the probe into the larger conspiracy behind the assassination of
former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu in
1991.Instead of revealing the progress made to unearth the truth, the report
filed in the SC by the investigating agency merely parrots its past reports
over the years.“We are not happy with the report,” a Bench of Justices L.
Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta said on Tuesday.The court called for the
presence of a senior law officer, an Additional Solicitor General to appear and
kept the case on hold to be taken up later.thehindu
Telangana Town Tense After Clashes, Internet Suspended In 4 Districts
A town in Telangana's Adilabad district, 304 km from Hyderabad, remains
tense as at least 19 people, including 8 police personnel, were injured after
clashes broke out between people of two communities on Sunday. Thirteen houses
were set on fire and 26 vehicles were burnt in the violence that continued the
next day.Large gatherings have been banned in the town of Bhainsa till tomorrow
and internet has been suspended by the state authorities in Adilabad and 3
other districts.The violence started on Sunday night after some residents of
Bhainsa objected to noise created by revving up of bikes without silencers by
some young men.Even as reconciliation was being achieved, the situation spun
out of control when an unidentified person threw a stone. This led to
stone-throwing by two sides and a night of unabated violence. A huge police
force was brought in to control the situation but stray incidents of violence
continued on Monday too. Police carried out lathicharge multiple times to
control sporadic clashes.At least 60 were taken into custody and 6 FIRs were
registered. Police said CCTV footage from the area is being examined.Internet
services were suspended in Nirmal, Adilabad, Mancherial and Asifabad to prevent
social media rumours and instigation."I demand Chief Minister to take
action against all culprits. I also demand him to provide compensation to
everyone who suffered losses. I appeal to the people of Bhainsa to maintain
peace,"MP Asaduddin Owaisi said.ndtv
Mosques Constructed on Encroached Govt Land Will Face Demolition:BJP MP
Parvesh Verma
New Delhi: BJP MP Parvesh Verma on Monday said mosques constructed on
encroached government land in Delhi will face demolition. West Delhi MP stated
this at a press conference while replying to a query on the issue of encroachment
on government land which he had raised last year.Verma noted that he had
previously said that he will write to Lt Governor for action if anyone
complains to him regarding encroachment on government land for building temples
or gurudwaras. "But, no temple or gurudwara are found on government land,
only mosques are found on government land."Mosques on government land are
certain to be demolished," he said at the press conference.PTI
Trump likely to visit India at end of Feb, say sources
Security and logistics teams from Washington are expected in Delhi this
week to prepare for a possible visit by US President Donald Trump, multiple
sources have confirmed to The Hindu. The visit, which has not yet been
announced, would bring US President to India a year after he declined an
invitation to be chief guest at Republic Day celebrations, and will go ahead at
the end of Feb.as long as dates don’t need to be changed to accommodate the
impeachment process in US Senate.Sources said the decision to visit India, at PM
Narendra Modi’s invitation, was discussed during a telephone call between the
leaders on Jan.7.thehindu
Parliament may soon go vegetarian as Bikanerwala and Haldiram likely to
take over canteen
IRCTC may soon cease to be the caterer to the canteen in Indian
Parliament. It is very likely going to be replaced by the private brand like
Bikanerwala and Haldiram, reported TOI. IRCTC is a subsidiary of Indian
Railways.This will mean that the menu available for Member of Parliament will
only be vegetarian.In the past few months, IRCTC has faced criticism over the
quality of its food served in Parliament and subsidies offered. This triggered
a demand for fresh caterers. Bikanerwala and Haldiram, along with the govt-run
ITDC, are top contenders likely to replace IRCTC. According to sources, the
final decision is likely to be between Bikanerwala and Haldiram.Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla is likely to decide on the matter during absence of a
parliamentary food panel.nationalheraldindia
*WORLD*
US Senate to begin impeachment trial against Trump on Jan.21
US Senate is likely to begin impeachment trial against President Donald
Trump on January 21 after House of Representatives last month impeached him for
pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival, a top Republican Senator
has said.435-member House of Representatives, where Democrats enjoy a majority,
last month charged Trump with “high crimes and misdemeanours" and
impeached in vote that was based on bitter political divide. Now, 100-member
Senate, where Republicans are in majority, needs to put Trump on trial before
he can be removed from White House. After holding it on for weeks, House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi is expected to send its impeachment to the Senate sometime this
week and that could be as early as today. The impeachment in the Senate is
unlikely to pass through given that GOP has majority in 100-member Senate.PTI
US Attorney General Barr: Soleimani killing was 'legitimate'
US President Donald Trump clearly had the authority to kill Qassem
Soleimani, United States Attorney General William Barr said on Monday, adding
that the White House consulted with his Department of Justice before the strike
on the Iranian commander.Barr told reporters that Soleimani was a
"legitimate military target" and the strike was a "legitimate
act of self-defence".Barr did not cite any specific evidence, but said,
"We had a situation where the Iranians had already embarked on a series of
escalating violent action taken against our allies, taken against American
people, our troops, with the avowed purpose of driving us out of Middle
East."aljazeera
Iran announces first arrests in downing of Ukrainian airliner
Iran's judiciary has announced the arrests of an unspecified number of
suspects in the accidental downing of a commercial passenger jet during a major
confrontation with US last week.In comments carried by state media, spokesman
Gholamhossein Esmaili said on Tuesday that "extensive investigations have
taken place and some individuals are arrested". He did not offer
additional details.aljazeera
Iran signals Canada will play active role in downed flight probe
Iran has signalled that Canada's Transportation Safety Board (TSB) will
play a more active role than international rules require in investigation of
the Iranian military's shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week,
according to the agency's head, Kathy Fox. "In this investigation - and I
want to be clear about this - we do not yet fully know what the scope of our
role will be," Fox said in a news conference on Monday in Ottowa. She
added that "there have been early signs that Iran is allowing TSB to play
a more active role than normally permitted", including by inviting its
investigators to participate in downloading and analysing the data in the
cockpit voice and flight data recorders "whenever and wherever that takes
place".Canada has been invited to participate in the probe because a large
number of its citizens were involved, but according to international rules,
Iran leads the investigation.aljazeera
'Clerics get lost!': Iran protests rage on for a third day
Protesters denouncing Iran's clerical rulers took to the streets and
riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations after
authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by accident. Demonstrations,
some apparently met by a violent crackdown, were the latest twist in one of the
most serious escalations between US and Iran since 1979 Iranian revolution
swept US-backed shah from power. Video from inside Iran showed students on
Monday chanting slogans including "Clerics get lost!" outside
universities in the city of Isfahan and in Tehran, where riot police were
filmed taking positions on the streets.aljazeera
Transfer of Palestinian minors from prisons a 'violation of law'
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred at least 33 Palestinian child
detainees on Monday from Ofer prison to Damoun without presence of adult
representatives, a move slammed by Palestinian activists and civil
organisations. Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) warned it undermines the
responsibility to provide caretaker rights for minors."This move puts the
minors at risk of abusive measures by IPS in the absence of their adult
overseers," PPS said.Amina al-Tawil, a researcher at Palestinian
Prisoners' Center for Studies, said the transfer is in violation of the law
that states prisoners under the age of 18 cannot be moved from one prison to
another without adult representatives.According to prisoners' rights group
Addameer, over 12,000 Palestinian children have been detained by the Israeli
army since year 2000, and serve time in same detention facilities as adult
Palestinian prisoners.aljazeera
Israel to demolish 8 houses in occupied West Bank
Israeli occupation forces handed out demolition orders to eight
Palestinian families in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron
.Local sources quoted the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness
Committee, Fuad Al-Amouri, as saying that the houses were located between the
Carmel and Susiya villages in Yatta, adding that they were owned by “Annan Abd
Rabbo, Muhammad Zain, Khalil Rubaei, Mahmoud Rubaei, and Qasim Abu
Tahfa.”middleeastmonitor
Hamas: PA arrested 195 members in one week
Hamas has said that the local security forces of the Palestinian
Authority (PA) in occupied West Bank had arrested 195 its members in a week.
Hamas explained in a statement that the detainees were “ex-prisoners, former
political detainees, and university students from Nablus and Hebron.”“Since the
call for an election by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on 26 Dec, PA
security forces have been carrying out arrests against Hamas members to obtain
information about the movement’s activities and potential presidential
candidates,” statement added.middleeastmonitor
Libya's Haftar leaves Moscow without signing ceasefire agreement
Libya's renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has left Moscow
without signing an agreement that would have formalised a tentative ceasefire
in the war-wracked country, according to Russia's foreign ministry.After hours
of negotiations brokered by Russia and Turkey, Haftar on Monday evening asked
until Tuesday morning to look over the agreement already signed by Fayez
al-Sarraj, head of UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA).But
Haftar, whose eastern-based forces launched an offensive to seize the GNA's
base of Tripoli in April, left Moscow without signing the deal drafted at the
indirect talks, Russia's foreign ministry was quoted as saying by TASS news
agency on Tuesday.Libyan sources confirmed Haftar's departure.It is unclear
where this leaves a peace summit scheduled to take place in Germany's capital,
Berlin, on Sunday. aljazeera
UN strips Lebanon, Yemen of voting privileges
Lebanon has expressed its “regrets” over UN’s decision to strip
it of its voting privileges in General Assembly, as a consequence of the
country failing to pay its dues.UN’s decision on Friday targeted 7 countries
altogether – Lebanon, Yemen, Venezuela, Central African Republic, Gambia,
Lesotho and Tonga – for not paying their financial contributions to the
organisation in time, meaning they will be unable to participate in the 75th UN
General Assembly to be held on 15 Sept.2020.MEMO
Turkey orders 176 soldiers detained over Gulen ties: state media
Turkish prosecutors have ordered detention of 176 members of the armed
forces over suspected links to a network blamed by Ankara for a 2016 coup attempt.
Suspected followers of US-based religious leader Fethullah Gulen have been
swept up in a sustained crackdown since the failed coup in which some 250
people were killed. Operations against network of Gulen's network are still
routine in Turkey.aljazeera
US-Egyptian citizen dies after 6 yrs in Egypt custody
Egyptian-American Moustafa Kassem has died after more than 6 years in
custody in Egypt, according to officials. Egypt's attorney general said in a
statement that dual citizenship holder died in a hospital in Cairo on Monday, a
day after being transferred there from prison. An autopsy was ordered to
determine the cause of death. According to Kassem's daughter, Dima, his health
deteriorated after launching a hunger strike inside the prison to protest against
his arrest during a 2013 crackdown by security forces against supporters of ex
President Morsi after the army toppled him. Kassem had long insisted he was
falsely charged and had no links to any opposition groups.Dima alleged that her
father had suffered from a case of intentional medical negligence, which led to
his death. She also said that Kassem was first imprisoned for a period of five
years without being formally charged.aljazeera
Saudi executed 184 people in 2019: Rights group
Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, the most in a calendar year in
6 years, human rights organisation Reprieve has said, calling it a "grim
milestone" for the kingdom.Of the executions announced by Saudi Press
Agency last year, 88 were Saudi nationals, 90 were foreign nationals and 6
people were of unknown nationality, a statement released on Monday by Reprieve
said. The group said 37 people were executed by Saudi government on a single
day on April 23, including three who were children when they had committed
their alleged offences.aljazeera
Bangladesh arrests Sufi singer under internet law after protests
A top Bangladeshi Sufi folk singer has been arrested under a
controversial internet law that critics say is used to stifle free speech after
alleged anti-Islam comments triggered protests, police said.Shariat Sarker, 40,
was arrested under Digital Security Act for "hurting the religious
sentiment of Muslims" in Mirzapur city on Saturday, local police chief
Saidur Rahman said. An Islamic scholar filed a case against Sarker over
comments made at a show in Dec, Rahman said, adding that a local court on
Sunday remanded him to 3 days' custody."We arrested him after Maulana
Faridul Islam filed a case against him," said Rahman. aljazeera
Tunisia lawmakers propose no-confidence of speaker Ghannouchi
Tunisian Free Constitution Party said on Monday it was preparing a
petition to withdraw confidence from Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached
Ghannouchi, who is also the leader of the Ennahda party.The head of the Free
Constitution Party's parliamentary bloc, Abir Moussi, accused Ghannouchi of
mismanagement and irregularities, represented in his recent visit to Turkey
where he met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan without informing the
parliament on the outcome of the meeting.She added that according to the Tunisian
law, the no-confidence vote against the speaker required the signatures of 73
lawmakers, as well as a simple majority -- 109 votes -- in a public session of
parliament.Yet, observers do not expect the Free Constitution Party will be
able to gather the necessary support for the move. For its part, Ennahda downplayed
Free Constitution Party's attempt, accusing it of raising unimportant issues. Ennahda's
spokesman, Imad al-Khamiri, stressed that the priority for the Tunisian
parliament was to focus on forming a government in light of failure of Habib
Jemli's government to gain the parliament's confidence.Anadolu
7 Taliban commanders escape in Afghan prison break
Kabul:At least 7 Taliban commanders broke out of a prison in
Afghanistan, officials confirmed Monday.The prison break took place last
evening in the southeastern Paktia province.Abdullah Hasrat, spokesman for the
provincial governor, said the prisoners escaped through the mosque inside the
facility in Gardez city, located 120 kilometers south of the capital
Kabul.Local broadcaster Tolo News reported that a total of 23 inmates managed
to flee prison.Zabihullah Mujahed, Taliban spokesman, claimed in a tweet that
their fighters have managed to reach a secure place.Anadolu Agency
German Muslim thinker Dr Murad Hoffmann, author of "Islam as an
Alternative", dies
German Muslim diplomat, writer and thinker Murad Wilfried Hoffmann died
at the age of 89, after a long struggle with illness and a life full of
intellectual work and authorship of important books in modern Islamic thought,
including "German-Muslim Diaries" and "Islam as an
alternative."Central Council of Muslims in Germany mourned Hoffmann, who
worked as his adviser, and the council's statement added that German Islamic
thinker died among his loved ones.Dr. Murad Wilfred Hoffmann was the ambassador
of his country in Algeria and Morocco, born in 1931 to a Catholic family in
Aschaffenburg, a large town in northwestern Bavaria, and embraced Islam in
Sept.1980, provoking a controversy because of his high diplomatic status. Hoffmann
worked for German Foreign Ministry from 1961 to 1994, and he specialized in
issues related to nuclear defense. tellerreport/ aljazeera
Pakistan: 36 killed amid disasters as rain, snow, severe cold grip the
country
At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured after an avalanche that
struck a village in PoK, the Pakistani government said on Tuesday.Rescue
operations were launched for another 10 victims who are missing after the
incident, which occurred in the mountainous Neelam Valley on Monday evening,
according to a statement by the State Disaster Management Authority of Azad
Kashmir.Meanwhile, 36 people have been killed and dozens injured due to heavy
rains, avalanches and landslides in different parts of the country over four
days, local broadcaster Dawn News reported.Anadolu Agency
*views, Articles, FEATURES*
CAA, NRC protests are an opportunity for students, Muslims to provide
leadership:Apoorvanand
Kashmir and CAA protests forcing foreign leaders to take a second look
at PM Modi’s India:Jyoti Malhotra
CAA does not violate Constitution, protects minorities from theocracies:
Gaurav Bhatia, BJP spokesman, indian express
Davinder Singh Arrest Raises Many Questions. How NIA Handles It Could
Raise More:Swati Chaturvedi, thewire
Acceptable face of anti-CAA stir has to be met with all-out
effort:Swapan Dasgupta
Shadow of Anti-CAA Protests Looms Over Delhi Assembly Polls:Gaurav Vivek
Bhatnagar
It’s not inflation but economic stagnation that poses a bigger worry for
India:ANDY MUKHERJEE
2 reasons that can keep CAA-NRC protests from evolving into a larger
anti-Modi movement:ASIM ALI
Women, Mainly Muslims, Aren’t Voiceless. CAA-NRC Protest Is
Proof:SRIMATI GHOSAL
Why protesting Indians are chanting the Constitution:Soutik Biswas
Exposing Pakistan record on minorities? CAA actually makes Delhi more
like Islamabad:Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
India's nationalist TV anchors are oddly silent on Davinder Singh
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