*08 Jan 2020: 11
Jamadi-1, 1441: Vol: 12, No: 102
*anti-citizenship act stir*
Anti-CAA Protests Force Modi to Skip Khelo India Inauguration in
Guwahati
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has cancelled his scheduled inauguration of
Khelo India Youth Games 2020 in Guwahati on Jan.10 and will skip the govt’s
annual gala event.According to local news reports, PMO took the decision at
advice of BJP-led state Govt after taking note of the ongoing public protests
against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Assam. Reports said PMO had
stated so in a communication to Dispur on Jan. 6.It would be the PM’s second
aborted visit to Assam due to massive wave of anti-CAA protests. Centre had to
cancel the India-Japan summit scheduled for early Dec. in Guwahati, where Modi
was to be present along with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. The news of
Modi skipping Khelo India event has come at the backdrop of the powerful
student bodies spearheading the anti-CAA agitation in Assam publicly stating
that they would protest in a “massive” way if PM arrives in the state.According
to Assamese daily Niyomiya Barta, the advice of the state Govt was particularly
driven by the public who assembled at Guwahati stadium to watch India-Sri Lanka
cricket match on Jan.5 booing CM Sarbananda Sonowal presence at the event.
Anti-CAA slogans, along with ‘Go Back Sonowal’ and ‘Go back Himanta Biswa
Sarma’ (state’s finance minister) were heard from the stands whenever the
camera showed the CM on the big screen. The report added that Modi’s plans to
attend a non-Govt event in the state on the same day have also been shelved.
Khelo India is the Centre’s flagship sporting event for youth. thewire
Modi’s Assam visit cancelled in view of anti-CAA stir
Centre moves SC seeking transfer of pleas challenging CAA pending in
different HCs to top court
New Delhi :Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of
petitions challenging constitutional validity of the CAA pending before
different high courts to top court.A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde
said it will hear the transfer petition of the Centre on Jan. 10.The bench also
comprising justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant said, “We are of the prima facie
view that high courts should hear the petitions challenging CAA and in case
there is a conflict then we may look into it”.Solicitor General G Mehta,
appearing for the Centre said, there will be a problem as different high courts
may take conflicting views and lawyers will be moving to different states to
attend the proceedings.PTI
Tripura : BJP Ally IPFT Launches Indefinite Stir Against CAA, Presses
for 'Tipraland'
Agartala: Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the
ruling BJP in the state on Monday launched an indefinite sit-in against the
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) near the headquarters of Tripura Tribal Areas
Autonomous District Council, about 25 km from here. The party also pressed for
a separate Tipraland by carving out of the tribal council from the state which
constitutes two-thirds of state territory.IPFT spokesperson Mangal Debbarma
said, “demonstration will continue till the Centre takes a positive step. We
want either the scrapping of the act or exempting entire Tripura from its
purview”.PTI
Allahabad HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance of Crackdown on CAA Protests
Allahabad high court has issued a
notice to UP Govt on an email by a Mumbai-based lawyer alleging that the
crackdown in the state during anti-citizenship law protests was antithetical to
core constitutional values.In a letter to Chief Justice Govind Mathur, Bombay
high court advocate Ajay Kumar referred to reports in two newspapers about
alleged atrocities against madrasa students in Muzaffarnagar by police during
crackdown on those protesting against the contentious citizenship law.A prayer
was made in the email to have a judicial enquiry in the matter.After going
through the contents of the letter and the news reports annexed with it, the
bench, comprising the chief justice and Justice Vivek Varma, said: “We
considered it appropriate to treat the letter as a petition for writ.”It has
fixed Jan. 16 as the next date of hearing.PTI
UP Police Admits It Wrongly Accused Innocent Muslims Of Violence During
Anti-CAA Protest
Muzaffarnagar: UP police has dropped 16 of 17 charges because of the
absence of evidence against students and other residents of Hauza-e-Ilmia Imam
Hussain madrasa, who were arrested on Dec. 20, as part of the state Govt’s
crackdown on protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.
10students and other residents of the madrasa were initially accused of serious
crimes such as attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy, assault or use of
criminal force on public servants, damage to public property, among others,
during a protest against the CAA in Muzaffarnagar.“Now the police officials are
realising that this could go against them. So, on Jan. 3, they released four
minors from jail under section 169 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,
saying that they do not have any evidence against them,” advocate Kamran
Hasnain, a lawyer consulted by the madrasa, told HuffPost India. In the case of
ten other students and madrasa inmates, Hasnain said, the police have withdrawn
all charges except for Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, a relatively minor
charge which pertains to unlawful assembly.“This action proves that the
police’s FIR is completely false because the police officials themselves are
now saying that those they jailed and beat up did not commit any serious
crimes, just violated section 144,” Hasnain said.huffingtonpost
CAA: UP Police Totally Communalised, Tortured Me, Says Activist Sadaf
Jafar
Lucknow: Sadaf Jafar smiled as
she walked out of jail and into her sister’s arms on Tuesday. “Sangharsh jari
hai. I have nothing to fear now,” she said, as she turned to face the cameras
pointing at her, and pumped her fist in the air.Jafar, a political activist and
teacher, who had recently joined the opposition Congress Party, was arrested on
19 Dec., while she filmed a peaceful protest against the CAA descend into chaos
in Lucknow. 43-year-old mother was the only woman arrested by UP Police that
day. Following her incarceration, her family said the police did not tell them
where she was for almost two days. They also alleged she was thrashed in
custody. In an interview with HuffPost India, her first after she was released
on bail on Tuesday, Jafar gave a blow by blow account of how she was assaulted
by male and female constables on 19 Dec.. But more than their batons striking
her back, the Shia Muslim woman said it was their language that betrayed just
how communal the UP Police is. huffingtonpost
UP: 3 More Arrested over Violence in Muzaffarnagar During Anti-CAA
Protests
Muzaffarnagar: 3 more people have been arrested in Muzaffarnagar
district of UP for allegedly hurling stones at police during protests against
CAA last month, police said on Wednesday.With this, the total number of people
arrested in the district in connection with the Dec. 20 incident has gone up to
79.The accused were identified on the basis of CCTV footage and arrested on
Tuesday, SHO Samey Pal said.PTI
UP Govt Starts Identifying Refugees, Triggers Panic Among Muslims
Lucknow: BJP Govt in UP has started the process to identify refugees
living in the state. As per information accessed by Newsclick from highly
placed Govt sources, state administrative officials in all districts have been
asked to start the process of identifying refugees. As per sources, DMs of
nearly every district in UP, excluding some in the far-east region, were given
telephonic instructions on Dec. 15 last to identify the refugees and prepare a
report as soon as possible.One such district magistrate posted in a
central-west district confirmed to this reporter that he had received this
instruction and was asked to produce his report within a fortnight. “My office
received the information on Dec. 15 last, and I immediately asked all my
sub-district magistrates to identify them (refugees) and present a report to
me. I do not know if this is related to the CAA as the instruction was given to
me over the telephone and nothing in writing was sent to my office. If it would
have been in writing, then I would be able to comment on it,” he said on the
condition of anonymity, adding, “I have made a report and the process of
identifying the refugees has almost been completed.”newsclick.in
Mangaluru police block tribunal’s probe into firing during anti-CAA
protests
A people’s tribunal led by Justice V. Gopala Gowda, former judge of the
Supreme Court, on Dec. 19 violence in Mangaluru during the protests against the
anti-CAA, was obstructed from doing its work by Mangaluru Police. 2 men, both
Muslims, were killed when police opened fire during the protests, and later
visuals showed policemen barging into ICU of Highland Hospital and lobbing tear
gas shells into the area where victims of the police attack were being treated.
The tribunal members, including former Karnataka State Public Prosecutor B.T.
Venkatesh and senior journalist Sugata Srinivasaraju, besides Justice Gopala
Gowda, visited Mangaluru on Jan. 6 and 7.According to Srinivasaraju, the
tribunal was constituted at the invitation of a consortium of civil society
organisations in the city. “We heard the depositions of victims and
eyewitnesses to the violence that broke out in Mangaluru to ascertain the
nature of events on Dec. 19. We also spoke to victims of bullet injuries and
doctors at Highland and Unity hospitals,” Srinivasaraju told
Frontline.frontline
Amartya Sen Calls CAA Unconstitutional, Says He Was 'Appalled' by Attack
on JNU
Bengaluru: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said that Citizenship
(Amendment) Act violates constitutional provisions.“The CAA law that has been
passed in my judgment should be turned down by the Supreme Court on the grounds
of it being unconstitutional because you cannot have certain types of
fundamental human rights linking citizenship with religious differences,” he
told reporters at Infosys Science Foundation’s Infosys Prize-2019 here.The
Nobel laureate said what really should matter for deciding citizenship is the
place a person is born, lived and so on.About the CAA, he said, “My reading of
the law is that it violates the provision of the constitution.”Explaining
further, Sen said citizenship on the basis of religion has been a matter of
discussion in the constituent assembly where it was decided that “using
religion for the purpose of discrimination of this kind will not be
acceptable.”Sen, however, agreed that a Hindu treated badly in a country
outside India deserves sympathy and his case must be taken into account.“It
(consideration for citizenship) has to be independent, of religion but take
cognisance of the sufferings and other issues into account,” Sen said. Nobel
laureate said that the Supreme Court should void the controversial Act.
Speaking about the violence in JNU, Sen took note of the fact that the
university administration could not prevent the entry of outsiders coming on
the premises and creating violence.thewire
BJP will pay heavy price for stubbornness on CAA, says Punjab CM
Amarinder
A day after ex MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated that the Centre would
implement the CAA at any cost, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has said BJP would
have to “pay a heavy price for such stubbornness”.“An elected Govt that refuses
to heed the voice of its people or respond to their anger is bound to lose
their confidence and collapse,” said the Punjab CM, adding that BJP’s stance on
the issue smacked of a “dangerously fascist approach that would lead to their
[BJP’s] eventual downfall”.Capt. Amarinder said that as far as his Govt was
concerned, there was no way it would allow the brazenly divisive Act to be
implemented in Punjab. “You cannot force us to do so,” he said, even as he
reiterated that neither he nor the Congress was against grant of citizenship to
persecuted minorities in other countries, such as Sikhs in Pakistan, but they
were completely opposed to the discrimination in the CAA against certain
religious communities, including Muslims.“Despite the nationwide public outrage
over controversial CAA, BJP-led NDA Govt at Centre was refusing to acknowledge
the unconstitutionality of the legislation,” said the Punjab CM, hitting out at
Chauhan for his “shockingly inconsiderate remarks” on the issue.thehindu
Mamata on NPR: When enumerators come, don’t give any info
RAISING the pitch on NPR, weeks after ordering a stay on all work
related to its preparation and updation, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on
Tuesday appealed to people not to give any information to enumerators. Saying
that citizenship is a democratic right, she warned that anybody who wanted to
“snatch away this right” would have to go over her “dead body”.“They (central Govt)
are saying it can be done online. Can rice be cooked online? Physical
verification will always be required… If anyone from outside comes to you and
asks for your father’s name, his mother’s name, your mother’s birthplace, don’t
disclose the information…We will not allow CAA, we will not allow NRC, and we
will not allow NPR here,” she said.indianexpressindianexpress
Telangana CM KCR in a dilemma over NPR as pressure mounts to break
silence
Hyderabad:As the demand from Muslim community is growing for a stay on
NPR, Telangana CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao appears to be in a dilemma over taking
a stand on the NPR and the NRC.With the elections to the urban local bodies
scheduled for later this month, the ruling TRS is playing its cards carefully
with Rao waiting for an appropriate time to declare his stand.The participation
of thousands of people in the ''Million March'' held in Hyderabad on Jan. 4 to
demand revocation of the CAA, a halt to NPR and withdrawal of the proposed NRC
and a series of protest programmes planned by United Muslim Action Committee
(UMAC) this month have apparently put pressure on TRS to take a clear
stand.UMAC, headed by AIMIM, an ally of TRS, has planned 3 major protest
programmes in Hyderabad this month. The umbrella organization of various Muslim
socio-religious groups has already organized public meetings in Hyderabad and
other towns in Telangana. UMAC leaders have been demanding that KCR, as the CM
is popularly known, halt the NPR as done by the Kerala Govt.IANS
Privilege notice to Shah for misleading Parl on NRC
New Delhi:CPI Parliamentary Group leader Binoy Viswam on Tuesday
submitted a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing
him of misleading the Parliament on NRC and thus posing a "threat not only
to the Constitution of India but also to the safety and security of the
people".Viswam, a Rajya Sabha MP, sent his letter to Rajya Sabha
Secretariat bringing attention to Shah's statements in Upper House and Lok
Sabha and govnt's responses in Parliament and Home Minister's remarks after PM
Narendra Modi's assertion that there was no discussion about NRC in the past 5
years.He said Shah responded in Rajya Sabha during Question Hour on November 20
last year that NRC would be conducted across India and it will be done again in
Assam, "thereby indicating a plan for the implementation of a nationwide
NRC process". He also referred to Shah's speech in Lok Sabha on 9 Dec. when
he "emphatically stated this very idea". However, Viswam said, Shah
changed his position on NRC after the PM publicly stated that his Govt had not
yet taken a decision on the implementation of a nationwide NRC.deccanherald
Anjana Om Kashyap calls CAA and NRC a 'lethal combination'. Social media
is in shock
In the evening on Jan. 5, a masked mob armed with sticks and rods
stormed hostels at Delhi's JNU,
ransacking rooms and beating up students and teachers.Unsurprisingly, the
attack has dominated TV news, with most anchors taking predictable views. On
Aaj Tak, Anjana Om Kashyap held a debate on the topic. Known for her
saffron-tinted views, Kashyap then held a live chat on YouTube. Some questions
from the viewers were benign ("How was your vacation?"), but her
response to a question about the citizenship law came as a shock.Briefly,
Kashyap says CAA in itself isn't a "new concept". But "when you
combine this with the NRC, this can be a lethal combination. Because the ones
who are left out due to incomplete documents, they can get citizenship if they
are Hindu. But for Muslims, even if they are genuine but they don’t have the
complete documents or papers, they won’t be eligible for citizenship.CAA and
NRC can be a lethal combination."She added: "The Govt will have to
think about this from a different and new perspective because the protest
against the CAA and NRC is increasing all over India."newslaundry.com
Maharashtra: 150 Minority members resign from BJP
Mumbai: In the wake of ongoing protest against CAA, NPR and NRC, 150
members belonging to Minority Morcha resigned from the primary membership of
BJP in Maharashtra State.The resignations were announced in a press conference
held in Aurangabad on Sunday.In charge of Minorities Morcha, Farooq Pathan told
that Triple Talaq Act is an intervention in Muslim Personal Law.He further told
that on account of scrapping Article 370, CAA and NRC, the minorities’ leaders
are placed in a situation where it has almost become impossible to satisfy
minorities.Despite many arguments, people are not ready to accept these
laws.siasat
2 women who held anti-CAA banner during Amit Shah’s Lajpat Nagar rally
evicted
New Delhi :2 women who held up a banner against the Citizenship
Amendment Act during Home Minister Amit Shah’s Lajpat Nagar rally on Sunday
have been evicted from their rented home, with one of them claiming their
protest had led to a mob trying to barge inside their residence.In a statement,
one of women, Surya Rajappan, wrote:“When we became aware of Shah’s pro-CAA
rally, we exercised our constitutional and democratic right to protest. As a
common citizen, this was the perfect opportunity for me to register my dissent
in front of the Home Minister. I believe that if I had failed to do so, I would
have failed my own conscience.”“My flatmate and I displayed a banner from our
balcony, just as the rally led by Shah was passing through our lane. The banner
read: Shame; CAA and NRC, crossed out; Jai Hind; Aazadi and #NotInMyName. A
conscious decision was made on our part to ensure that there were no derogatory
words or phrases.“On noticing our protest, members of the rally started getting
enraged and visibly agitated, and proceeded to harass and intimidate us by
shouting threats and derogatory/misogynistic remarks. A mob of around 150
collected on the street below our apartment. The protest banner was torn and
taken away. A group forced their way up the stairs which lead to our residence
and threatened to break down the door if we did not let them in. Not
anticipating such a strong and violent reaction, we feared for our lives and
safety and locked ourselves into our home, while they kept violently banging at
our door and shouting until the police intervened,” she wrote.“However, our
ordeal was not over yet. The common entrance which led to the stairway of our
house was locked and bolted by our landlord, who was part of the angry mob, and
we were trapped in the house and unable to leave. In the meanwhile, our
landlord informed us that we had been evicted from our residence.”indianexpress
'We Feared for Our Lives': Women Who Protested Amit Shah's Lajpat Nagar
Rally Evicted
Kerala: Posters Outside Homes Oppose CAA, Ask BJP-RSS Workers to Stay
Away
Many homes in a Kerala district
have put up posters asking BJP and RSS workers who are canvassing support for
the CAA to stay away.As protests continue across the country against the
controversial Act, BJP has initiated various outreach measures to garner
support. In Kerala, a mass-contact drive has begun, but in the Karadi village
of Kozhikode district in Kerala, around 350 houses put up posters informing the
workers that they are not welcome. The posters also called for the Act to be
scrapped, while also rejecting the NPR and the proposed nationwide NRC. The
text in Malayalam reads: “We are fully aware that this law is against the
Constitution. BJP-RSS workers need not come here to explain their support to
this.”thewire
Anti-CAA protest: Court directs urgent medical treatment to jailed Bhim
Army chief
A Delhi court directed Tihar jail authorities on Wednesday to provide
urgent medial treatment to Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, arrested in
connection with violence during anti-CAA protest in old Delhi's Daryaganj area,
his lawyer said. CMM Arul Verma passed the directions in an interim order and
put up the mater for detailed hearing on Thursday.In a brief hearing on
Wednesday, the jail authorities sought time to file Azad's medical report in
response to his application seeking treatment at AIIMS in the national capital,
said advocate Mehmood Pracha, who represented Azad.PTI
CAA Protests : Everyone has right to protest but within parameters of
constitution, says Delhi’s Tis Hazari court during bail hearing
Delhi: Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts on Wednesday heard
the bail applications of 15 persons who were arrested by Daryaganj police on Dec.
21 on allegations of violence during anti-CAA protests.The hearing began with
Public Prosecutor, Pankaj Bhatia taking the court through the charges and alluding
to the incident as a criminal conspiracy. Judge Kamini Lau interjected and said
this could not be called criminal as people have a democratic right to protest.
She further stated that people were walking from Seelampur, and as they moved
on others kept joining in. This would be a civil matter at best. On being asked
about the investigation, the crime branch informed the court that the 15
accused had not been identified through the footage that is available with them
till now. Requests have been made with media channels to also assist the crime
branch by sharing footage from their cameras. Judge Lau enquired about CCTV
footage available from DCP office and was informed that the crime branch had
not yet received the same. The judge also asked about the medical reports of
the accused.livelaw
BJP wanted to see 'Hindu-Muslim riots' over CAA: Shiv SenaIndia
Mumbai: Against backdrop of attack on JNU students, the Shiv Sena on
Tuesday hit out at PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging
that what they wanted was happening, and said such "brutal politics"
was never seen before in the country.An editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece
'Saamana' further alleged that BJP wanted to see "Hindu-Muslim riots"
over the CAA, but that did not happen. Since the BJP has been cornered over the
issue of CAA, several things are happening out of "revenge", it
said.PTI
CAA: BJP plan to win over Christian clergy flops
In an attempt to change the narrative amongst Christians on CAA, BJP
President JP Nadda met around 15 pastors of the Christian community in Delhi
along with BJP Vice President Dushyant Gautam and Tom Vadakkan at his Motilal
Nehru Marg residence. However, all those who met BJP President expressed their
displeasure with the CAA. At the meeting, Michael Williams, an educationist,
said, “All people are created equal. Since all people are created equal, any
law has to be based on the person and not on religion or any other sub-group.
We are willing to welcome everyone with open arms.”“We told him that CAA is
incomplete, if everyone is not included, then it is an incomplete Act,” added
Williams. There was no one there who supported the Act unlike what BJP stated,
underscored Williams.Another priest who was at the 45-minute-long meeting but
did not want to share his name said, “We told Nadda that this Act was passed
without any discussion. There was no consensus. We have to go to the people,
discuss and only then should anything become a law. We told him that we are in a
secular India, so no law should discriminate.” He added that they were served
tea, coffee, barfi and nuts.Fr Denzil Fernandes, director of Indian Social
Institute, who was also present at the meeting said that after Nadda explained
CAA to them, he said that BJP was arguing form the point of view of persecuted
minorities and that BJP was being humanitarian.nationalheraldindia
Nagpur: With NPR, NRC looming, Muslims look for papers to prove
citizenship
Nagpur: Alarmed by the imminent implementation of NPR exercise to be
followed by NRC, several city Muslims are now running from pillar to post
trying to gather their own documents as well as those of their forefathers to
prove citizenship.Though there is no clarity yet on what documentation will be
needed, people are starting with birth and death certificates. Civic officials
have observed a spurt in number of Muslims applicants compared to others and
the rush is getting bigger.The basic reason Muslims are first in the queue is
the fear of becoming stateless in case they fail to make it to NRC as
Citizenship (Amendment) Act has excluded the community from seeking
citizenship. For many, the first destination are Qabristans (cemeteries) where
their parents and grandparents are buried. The unusual visits are necessitated
by incomplete birth and death records of their parents and grandparents beside
their own.TOI
Jharkhand: Sedition charges filed against over 3,000 anti-Citizenship
Act protestors in Dhanbad
The police in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad city on Tuesday filed sedition charges
against more than 3,000 people for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment
Act.The police’s move was confirmed by Dhanbad SSP Kishore Kaushal, Shadab, a
lawyer, told Scroll.in. He said the protestors were now discussing the option
of mass surrender instead of applying for bail.FIR, which Scroll.in accessed,
shows that the protestors have been charged under 11 sections of the Indian
Penal Code, including Section 124-A, which relates to sedition. 7 people –
Mohammad Sayyed Shahbaz, Mohammad Shajit alias Shahid, Haji Arif Zamir,
Mohammad Saddam, Ali Akbar, Maulana Gulam Nabi and Mohammad Naushad – were
named in FIR, and 3,000 were unnamed persons.scroll
CAA concerns foreigners, not Indians: Inter-faith delegation
New Delhi: In the backdrop of violent protests across the country
against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a seven-member inter-faith delegation
today met Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy to express
solidarity with the Govt, saying the law "concerns foreigners and no
Indian has anything to fear".The delegation comprised prominent spiritual
leaders and social reformers from different faiths and sects, including Jain
Acharya Lokesh, meditation guru Swami Deepankar, Mufti Shamoon Qasmi, Sardar
Sant Singh, Veer Chakra Awardee Col T.P. Tyagi, Vineet Kumar and Gautam.The
delegation members expressed solidarity with the Govt and faith in the policies
of the Govt led by PM Narendra Modi, said a Home Ministry statement, adding the
delegation unanimously affirmed that CAA "concerns foreigners and no
Indian, from whichever religion, caste, colour or creed, has anything to
fear."IANS
*JNU VIOLENCE*
JNU teachers' body alleges university connivance, police inaction in mob
violence on campus
New Delhi:The mob violence on JNU campus could not have been possible
without connivance of university administration and deliberate inaction by
police, JNU Teachers' Association alleged today. It also slammed VC Jagadesh
Kumar for asking students to put the past behind and return to the university
premises. "How can students go back to hostels or to classrooms when they
do not feel safe? How can teachers go back to teach when they do not feel
safe?"JNUTA said. It said the command to students and faculty to forget
and to accept administrative terror as normalcy "is an insult to
injury".news18
Students attacked data centre to block CCTV footage of JNU violence: VC's
explosive charge
New Delhi:JNU V-C M Jagadesh Kumar claims a data centre on campus may
have been deliberately targeted by students to ensure a lack of CCTV footage of
the violence unleashed on Sunday.In an interview with India Today, Jagadesh
Kumar said "about 10 or 12 students" whose faces were
"completely covered with clothes" abused technical staff and shut
down data centre a couple of days before Sunday's violence.Kumar described the
data centre as the "nerve centre" of JNU. "All our CCTV data is
connected to our data centre," he said.Kumar said students involved in the
attack on the data centre damaged it "deliberately, perhaps" so that
CCTV footage of future events couldn't be captured."And that is what
happened on the 5th. Our data centre was down, and many of our CCTV
[cameras]...they were unable to capture the data.""So there seems to
be some link between what happened on 5th and what happened on the 3rd,"
he said.India Today
Did JNU V-C delay calling police to university on day of attack?
JNU violence: 2 among stick-wielding persons our activists, says ABVP
member
New Delhi: An office bearer of ABVP accepted on national TV that two of
stick-yielding persons seen in videos on the attack in JNU on Jan. 5 were
members of RSS-affiliated student organisation. ABVP has also conceded that a
woman assailant seen in the video is its activist in Delhi University.Anima
Sonkar, joint secretary, Delhi ABVP, however said, "WhatsApp groups spread
so much panic, saying there were threats and that if you stepped out, only to
do so in groups. They asked people to carry rods, sticks, pepper spray and
acid. I am not disowning they are activists of ABVP, Vikas Patel is our
activist, but it was all in self-defence."Patel could not be reached by
TOI, but many JNU students confirmed that the ex-student was an ABVP activist.
The second person was identified as Sarvender Kumar, student of Centre for West
Asian Studies at JNU. However, when TOI contacted his registered phone number,
he said, "Wrong number" and disconnected the call. Sonkar did not
respond to calls and messages from TOI.Meanwhile, Akshay Lakra, head Delhi NSUI, said, "ABVP has accepted that
its members were among the masked mob that attacked JNU students and
teachers."TOI
JNU Violence: Masked, Armed ABVP Members Identified
ABVP students brought outsiders inside JNU campus to unleash violence,
reveals WhatsApp chat
New Delhi:The violence inside JNU campus which left 34 persons injured
on Jan. 5, was conspired in advance by students affiliated to the right-wing,
reveals a WhatsApp chat.The police is going through the screenshots of chats
and will soon call group members for questioning. Most of members of these
WhatsApp groups are affiliated to ABVP.An investigation by India Today has
revealed that most of the members of these WhatsApp groups have either
switched-off their numbers or have destroyed SIM cards.One of the groups, under
the banner of "Friends Of RSS", has several text exchanges about the
planning of the attack and how to bring outsiders inside JNU campus for the
violence, as er the WhatsApp group.Few of the members, according to the
WhatsApp group have been identified as Nidhi (student of JNU affiliated to
ABVP), Renu Saini (affiliated to RSS), Yogendra Bharadwaj (affiliated to ABVP),
Sandeep Singh (affiliated to ABVP) and Vinayak Gupta ( affiliated to
ABVP).indiatoday
JNU violence: 23 PCR calls and hours later, Delhi Police stepped in
New Delhi:For nearly 4 hours Sunday — starting 2.30 pm when masked
“miscreants” were first seen gathering inside JNU— 23 calls went from inside
campus to Police Control Room (PCR). And yet, it wasn’t until 7.45 pm that
Registrar Pramod Kumar handed over an official letter to Delhi Police, “seeking
increased presence and deployment on premises”. Sources said that this is the
key finding in a police report detailing the sequence of events that day, when
around 100 masked persons went on a rampage inside campus for about 3 hours
starting 6 pm, leaving 36 students, teachers and staff injured. The report,
which has been submitted to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik, is likely
to be sent to Union Home Ministry. Sources said the report records events from
8am, when 27 police personnel in plainclothes,including women, arrived for duty
at JNU Admin.Block and relieved the night shift. “Their job was to ensure
compliance with the High Court order directing police to ensure that no dharna
or protest takes place within 100 metres of block,”sources said.indianexpress
When mob ran riot in JNU: 17 cops inside, 116 at gate; 0 held
JNU violence: Delhi Police identifies some of masked attackers
JNU students’ union president Aishe Ghosh files attempt to murder
complaint with police
JNU students’ union president Aishe Ghosh filed an attempt to murder
complaint with the Vasant Kunj North police station on Tuesday, said a police
officer today. In her complaint, Ms. Ghosh identified one of the attackers and
named the dean of School of International Studies and some students affiliated
with ABVP with threatening her with dire consequences.“At 6:30 pm we were at
Sabarmati T point when we saw a number of students who were at the peaceful
assembly started panicking and running towards Tapti hostel....while I tried to
calm them down we saw a mob of persons pelting large stones and bricks at the
teachers and the students with the clear intention of killing and injuring
persons who were part of the peaceful gathering. This masked mob charged at the
peaceful gathering with sharp weapons like axes, sledge hammer and iron rod
sticks,” she said in the complaint.thehindu
Filth in RSS men’s heads: JNU students leader Aishe Ghosh mother
JNU students’ union president Aishe Ghosh’s mother Sarmishtha Ghosh
pointed to the “filth in the minds” of RSS men and advised them to make up
their mind on which twisted version of the university attack must they stick
to.Sarmishtha, who led a march in hometown Durgapur to protest Sunday’s attack
on students and teachers at JNU, was reacting to comments of Bengal BJP chief
Dilip Ghosh.He suggested examination of the blood seen on students and teachers
during the attack by the ABVP to see if it was “red paint”. Ghosh also said the
attack was a “payback, as scores are being settled” for the Left’s alleged
violent politics on campuses.“Such filth in the minds of these RSS men — not
that one is to expect anything better from them — but also such contradiction,”
Sarmishtha said. telegraphindia
Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh hints JNUSU chief poured colour to fake
injury, her mother hits back
100 MPs to write to president demanding sacking of JNU VC: Yechury
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said around 100 MPs will write a letter to
President Ram Nath Kovind demanding sacking of JNU VC. He was addressing a
public meeting organised by the teachers' association and students' union of
the university. "Many members of Parliament, around 100 of them, have been
contacted, and they have decided to write a letter to the president, who is the
visitor to the university, demanding sacking of VC," Yechury said. The
Week
Efforts on to facilitate semester registration for ‘willing’ students:
JNU VC tells HRD Ministry
HRD Ministry officials met JNU V-C M. Jagadesh Kumar on Wednesday and
took stock of the efforts being made by the varsity administration to restore
normalcy on the campus, officials said. Kumar, who has been under fire from
students and faculty members for not doing enough when they were brutally
attacked by a masked mob on the campus, told the officials that efforts were on
to facilitate semester registration for “willing” students. “Higher Education
Secretary Amit Khare and GC Hosur had a meeting with JNU VC at the Ministry today
about the efforts being made to restore normalcy on campus. He informed the
officials about the efforts being made for facilitating semester registration
for willing students and a conducive environment for their academic pursuits,”
a senior Ministry official said.PTI
JNU protest march stopped at gate, crowd asks Delhi Police: Where were
you on Sunday?
New Delhi :Alumni, political leaders and civil society members Tuesday
spoke at JNU campus against the violence that took place on Sunday, as hundreds
collected to hear them.The event was held late afternoon at Sabarmati T Point
—flashpoint for the violence.Ex- JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Congress
leader Sharmistha Mukherjee, Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav, CPI-ML
(Liberation) leader Kavita Krishnan and others spoke at the event.In his
speech, Kumar hit out at Home Minister Amit Shah for referring to slogans of
the ‘tukde tukde gang in JNU’ at an event in the capital on Monday. Earlier in
the afternoon, a march of about 150 alumni — led by CPM leaders and former
JNUSU presidents Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat — was stopped just outside
the main gate with heavy barricading. Author and theatre person Shamsul Islam
shouted at the police, “Where were all these barricades that day when the
goondas entered campus?”At the event, Yogendra Yadav said, “Police was
protecting those who were attacking students… If at all they were half serious
about restoring peace on campus, even if they only got to know at 6.30 or 7.45
pm — both lies — how is it that Delhi Police could not pick out one person from
the 100 roaming inside campus?”indianexpress
JNU violence: Mumbai Police files 4 FIRs; Umar Khalid and organisers,
participants of Gateway of India protests among those booked
Mumbai Police on Tuesday filed four FIRs against people involved in
local protests against the violence on students and faculty of the JNU on 5 Jan..
A spontaneous gathering of citizens took place at the iconic Gateway of India
in the city after reports of the incident, in which 34 people were injured,
surfaced. FIRs, which have been registered at the Colaba and MRA Marg police
stations, are filed against the organisers and some participants in the
protest, including a woman who was seen holding a placard with 'Free Kashmir'
written on it.firstpost
BJP Spokesperson Makes False Claim That Umar Khalid Chanted 'Hinduo se
Azadi'
BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Bagga tweeted an 18-second clip of a
protest at the Gateway of India, Mumbai on the intervening night of Jan. 5-6.
The protest was against the violence at JNU Delhi, where masked goons entered
the campus with weapons and thrashed several students. The sloganeering at the
Mumbai protest was led by former JNU student Umar Khalid. “Muslim and Leftists
students in Mumbai again Raised Slogans “Hinduo se Aazadi” but this time not in
Jamia or JNU , they raised Hinduo se Aazadi Slogans at Gateway of India Mumbai,
(sic)” claimed Bagga. His tweet has garnered close to 9,000 retweets.Alt News
found that Bagga’s claim about protesters chanting, “Hinduo se azadi”, is
patently false. We discovered a Facebook Live of the protest where the
18-second portion tweeted by the Delhi BJP spokesperson can be heard from 17:53
minutes onward.thewire
CAA-NRC Protests: State Patronised Violence, Vandalism, says US academician
Truschke
New Delhi:Amid the ongoing anti-CAA and NRC protests and attack on JNU
campus, noted academician on South Asian history who teaches in a top US
university, Audrey Truschke, has said the violence was “state-led and
state-sanctioned” and directed against peaceful protesters, Muslims, and others
who were in the “wrong place at the wrong time.”Truschke sent a series of
tweets to give her views about the violence perpetrated on people protesting
against the CAA and NRC. “It is organised, in its own way,” she said.The noted
academician accused the ruling BJP of working with mobs and police to unleash
brutality on the protesters. Instead of arresting the culprits behind the
violence, the government arrested a Dalit activist (Chander Sheikher Aazad),
who is now “being denied medical care,” she said.Taking a direct dig at US
president Donald Trump, she said the reason behind lack of international
pressure on India was because Trump admired Modi’s tactics and might employ
them in the US in the near future.
After Deepika Padukone's JNU Visit, "Respect" vs
"Boycott" On Twitter
2 days after masked goons attacked students and teachers at Delhi's JNU,
actor Deepika Padukone visited the campus in a show of solidarity with the
students. Her Tuesday evening visit to the university instantly polarised
opinion on social media, where trends ranged from #ISupportDeepika and
#BoycottChhapaak to #shameonbollywood. Padukone, in Delhi for promotions of her
new movie Chhapaak, did not speak at JNU but images of the actor standing
silently with the attacked students, including the JNU students' union chief
Aishe Ghosh, drew admiration from many. A stream of hate messages has been
circulating on Twitter, along with a call for boycotting her movie releasing
this Friday.BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted her photo at JNU
with an appeal to boycott her movies.The boycott call instantly triggered a
flood of support for Padukone on twitter, with many criticising BJP leader's
tweet as "shameful". While celebrities like Anurag Kashyap, Swara
Bhasker, Vishal Bhardwaj and Richa Chadha joined protests against JNU violence,
mainstream Bollywood was missing.ndtv
St Stephen's Students Boycott Classes In "Very, Very Rare"
Move, For JNU
New Delhi: Students of St Stephen's in Delhi boycotted classes and
protested on the lawns today - in a gesture described as "very rare"
for the college - to express solidarity with JNU students and teachers attacked
by a masked mob.The students gathered on the sprawling lawns of St Stephen's
and read the preamble to the Constitution.ndtv
After IIT-K Controversy, IIM-A Students Recite Faiz's "Hum
Dekhenge"
New Delhi: Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem "Hum
Dekhenge" has become the protest anthem at IIM Ahmedabad, where students
have launched an agitation against the Sunday attack on Delhi's JNU. Urdu poem,
which is being probed by IIT-Kanpur over the allegation that it is anti-Hindu,
was recited on Wednesday by their counterparts in Ahmedabad while carrying
banners to show solidarity with JNU, ANI reported.ndtv
Coimbatore: Advocates, SIO condemn JNU violence
A section of advocates practising in the combined court complex here
staged a demonstration on Tuesday condemning the attack on students and
violence at JNU. The advocates also condemned the case registered against JNU
students’ union leader Aishe Gosh, who was injured in the attack, and other
students. They raised slogans against Delhi Police, accusing them of protecting
the masked goons who attacked the students. They also wanted BJP-led Centre to
withdraw CAA and stop proceedings for NPR and NRC.Condemning the JNU violence,
Students Islamic Organization (SIO) staged a protest at Athupalam on Monday evening.
SIO wanted authorities to take immediate punitive action against those involved
in violence.Moulavi Mohammed Haneefa Manbaee, State president of
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, addressed the protesters, largely students from various
institutions in Coimbatore.thehindu
Police called on campus after student groups clash in Agra University
Agra:After the incident in JNU, Delhi, ABVP and NSUI confronted each
other in B R Ambedkar University, Agra on Sunday.The administration had to call
the police inside the B R Ambedkar University campus to avert a clash between
the 2 groups. A complaint has been filed against both the ABVP and NSUI
representatives for violating section 144 CrPC.
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Bharat Bandh: All-India Strike Impacted Bengal, Delhi, Punjab, Odisha,
Other States
New Delhi: Lakhs of trade union workers led Bharat Bandh - a nationwide
strike today, disrupting transport and banking services to protest against
privatisation and labour reforms. More than 10 national trade unions affiliated
to left-wing parties, including the main opposition Congress, have called for a
Bharat Bandh against the growing impact of economic slowdown on jobs,FDI,
disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies. The trade unions are
pressing for a 12-point common demand charter of the working class relating to
pay hike, fixing of minimum wage, social security, uniform 5-day week, among
others.Banking and roadways services were partially affected as members of trade
unions joined the strike. A demonstration was held in front of LIC Building in
Jaipur. Rajasthan roadways employees
affiliated with Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) also participated in the
"Bharat bandh". However in Jaipur, most of the markets opened as
usual and there was not much impact on public transport services.The workers
disrupted train services in Kolkata and other towns while shops and banks were
shut at various places. Buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws stayed off the road in
the state, reported Reuters. Bengaluru too remained unaffected by the
nationwide strike. In Mumbai, lakhs of commuters faced hardships as an
indefinite strike called by BEST, the city's civic transport undertaking,
continued. There were only five buses plying on city roads. Over 32,000 BEST
employees went on an indefinite strike Tuesday over various demands, including
higher salaries, reported ANI.With the state-run roadways unions joining the
All-India strike, most of the buses were off the roads in Punjab.In Odisha,
train services were hit on the second day of the strike as trade union
activists staged "rail rook" at several places including Bhubaneswar,
Balasore and Berhampur.In Kerala, a treasury branch of the State Bank of India
in Thiruvananthapuram was attacked and trains were blocked in various parts of
state. Buses, taxis and auto rickshaws stayed off the road.ndtv
Largest Ever Strike in India Shakes Up Modi Govt
Thousands protest in Delhi showing support for 'Bharat Bandh'
New Delhi:Thousands of members from at least ten trade unions on
Wednesday protested here against the Centre and extended their support to the
all-India shutdown by trade unions. Gathered at the Shaheed Park, the members
walked towards ITO intersection and blocked a section of Bahadur Shah Zafar
Marg. Holding red trade union flags and braving the winter drizzle, the
protesters shouted slogans "Stop attacking students", "Stop
attacking universities", "India belongs to us", "Stop
dividing us", and "NRC, CAA, NPR will not be allowed". They
extended support to anti-CAA and anti-NRC protests as also to protesting
students, saying these issues are affecting all Indians, including labour.The
demonstration was called to support all-India general strike called by trade
unions.indiatvnews
SC agrees to examine plea seeking Scheduled Caste status for Dalit
Christians
The Supreme Court today agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to
the government that Christians of Scheduled Castes origin be given the same benefits
as Scheduled Castes. The plea, filed by National Council of Dalit Christians
(NCDC) seeking Scheduled Caste status for Dalit Christians, also sought that
the Scheduled Castes community be made religion-neutral.A bench comprising CJI
S A Bobde and justices Surya Kant and B R Gavai issued notice to the Ministry
of Social Justice and Empowerment, National Commission for Scheduled Castes,
National Commission for Minorities and Registrar General of India.The apex
court sought the govt’s response in two weeks and tagged the matter along with
a similar matter.indianexpress
WB Madrassa Managing Committee moves SC against verdict for appointing
teachers by commission
Madrassa Managing Committee of West Bengal on Wednesday moved the
Supreme Court challenging the top court’s verdict upholding a law on appointment
of teachers by a commission for minority institutions.A bench headed by CJI S A
Bobde said that it will hear the plea of the Madrassa Managing Committee next
week. Senior advocate Salman Khurshid, appearing for the committee, said this
case needs to be heard by a larger bench as the recent verdict is in conflict
with the earlier judgment of the top court.The top court had on Monday upheld
the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission Act, 2008, clearing the way for
appointment of teachers in madrassas of the state.The court had also set aside
a Calcutta High Court verdict which had held legislation as unconstitutional
and said that appointments made by the madrassa management committees till now
will also remain valid in the larger interest.PTI
No violation of minority institution rights: SC upholds WB Madrasah
Service Commission’s power to nominate teachers to Madrasas
Punjab CM says Centre failed to ensure safety to minorities; Akali Dal
should end all ties with BJP
Amritsar: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday rejected claims
of Akal Takht's Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh that Sikhs are not safe in India.
He, however, asserted that if Giani Harpreet Singh still feels that way then he
should take up the matter with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and urge it to end all
ties with BJP. Punjab CM claimed that BJP is at the helm of Central Govt which
is failing to ensure sense security among the minorities of the country.In a
statement released by Punjab CMO, the state Govt said, "While he (Captain
Amarinder Singh himself did not agree with Akal Takht Jathedar's remarks that
Sikhs were not safe in India, the CM said that if the former did feel that way,
then he should take up the matter with SAD and ask them to leave BJP-led
coalition Govt at the Centre, of which they are a part," the statement
said.The Punjab CM added that any feeling among the Sikh community that they
were not secure in the country was a matter of grave concern. Earlier, SAD
chief Sukhbir Singh Badal had disassociated himself with the CAA.timesnownews
Jharkhand govt vows whip on lynching
Ranchi:Secularism and freedom of expression are the priorities of Hemant
Soren Govt, Jharkhand governor Droupadi Murmu said in her address on Tuesday,
the second day of the 3-day Assembly session.“Our Govt...will take strong
action against mob lynching to protect secularism and freedom of expression,”
the governor said.There have been at least 21 mob lynching cases in the state
since March 2016, many by cow-vigilante groups.Among them was the June 2019
case of Tabrez Ansari, who was forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram” and “Jai
Hanuman”. In 2 cases, those of Alimuddin Ansari of Ramgarh and Mazloom Ansari of
Latehar, lower courts convicted the accused. Hazaribagh MP Jayant Sinha had
felicitated some of those who beat up Alimuddin, recorded it and circulated the
clips online.Among the other priorities of the new Govt, Murmu mentioned jobs
for youths, help to farmers, women’s empowerment, the security shield of
constitutional rights for tribals and the downtrodden, land to the landless,
and freedom to Dalits, tribals, minorities and the poor trapped wrongly in
cases.telegraphindia
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: No murder, all 35 children were found to
be alive, CBI tells SC
CBI told the Supreme Court that all the 35 children who were alleged to
have been murdered in the Muzaffarpur shelter home were traced and found to be
alive, PTI reported. “No evidence of the murder of children found in
Muzaffarpur’s shelter home,” said CBI today. According to PTI, the probe agency
also told the top court that two skeletons were recovered but forensic
investigations established them to be of a woman and a man. A bench headed by
Chief Justice S A Bobde accepted the status report of the CBI and allowed two
officers to be relieved from the investigation team.Attorney General KK
Venugopal, appearing for the probe agency, said the investigation was done on
rape and sexual assault allegation of children and charge sheets have been
filed before courts concerned.indianexpress
India under Modi is 5th biggest geopolitical risk in 2020: Eurasia
India under Narendra Modi is the fifth biggest geopolitical risk of
2020, said Eurasia Group, world’s leading political risk consultancy.Eurasia’s
annual ‘Top 10 Risks’ of the year list is considered one of the foremost
geopolitical indicators among global investors, multinational firms and various
financial and business consultancies.“PM Narendra Modi has spent much of his
second term promoting controversial social policies at the expense of an
economic agenda. The impacts will be felt in 2020, with intensified communal
and sectarian instability, as well as foreign policy and economic setbacks,”
reads the Eurasia Group’s report.The analysis titled ‘India gets Modi-fied’,
has been co-authored by the president of Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer. Bremmer
had earlier argued that “Modi is India’s best hope for economic reform” in the
May 2019 edition of Time magazine, the same edition in which author Aatish
Taseer had wrote a piece called Modi “Divider-in-Chief”.The consultancy report
talks about how since his re-election in May 2019, Modi’s Govt has adopted a
“contentious” social agenda, which not only comes “at the cost” of India’s
economy, but also “challenges the secular and democratic foundations” of the republic.nationalheraldindia
Close to tipping point of major recession, says Nobel Laureate Abhijit
Banerjee
Mumbai :Sounding the alarm on the state of the Indian economy, Nobel
Laureate Abhijit Banerjee has said “we are extremely close to a tipping point
of a major recession”. Comparing the slowing growth of the economy to 1991
economic crisis, Banerjee, who along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won
the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, suggested that the focus should be on
stimulating demand to revive the growth story.Speaking at the Express Adda
along with Duflo in Mumbai, he said: “critical problem in the Indian economy is
demand. You definitely want to stimulate demand.”“At the risk of being censured
by my macroeconomic friends, I feel we should forget about Budget deficits and
meeting targets. We should even forget about inflation targeting. Let the
economy rip a bit. We want to be open-handed right now. Since we are still a
pretty closed economy, I do not think it is hard for the Govt to be more
open-handed,” he said.indianexpress
Chidambaram says
GDP estimate ‘exaggerated’, blames BJP for mismanagement of economy
New Delhi :A day after National Statistical Office (NSO) estimated that
GDP growth rate would marginally rise to 5.25 % in the second half of the
financial year, former finance minister P Chidambaram Wednesday said the
projected numbers were “exaggerated and puffery”. He also targeted BJP-led Govt
for its “neglect and mismanagement” of the economy. “Advanced Estimates of
National Income 2019-20 released yesterday tells story of neglect and
mismanagement of the economy by BJP Govt. Projected annual growth of 5 % is
exaggerated and puffery. The growth in the first half was 4.75 %. It is difficult
to believe that growth in the second half will be 5.25 %,” he tweeted. Chidambaram
predicted that key sectors, including agriculture, mining, manufacturing and
construction, would not grow more than 3.2 % in the second half.indianexpress
India asks refiners to stop buying Malaysian palm oil after political
row - sources
India has informally asked palm oil refiners and traders to avoid buying
Malaysian palm oil, Govt and industry sources said on Tuesday, following
Malaysian criticism of India’s actions in Kashmir region and its new
citizenship law.India is the world’s biggest buyer of the oil and palm oil
inventories could spike in Malaysia, putting prices under pressure if Indian
refiners reduce purchases from the country. Malaysian prices are the global
benchmark for palm oil prices.A senior official in India’s vegetable oil
industry, who did not wish to be named, said Govt had asked refiners at a
meeting attended by 2 dozen vegetable oil industry officials in New Delhi on
Monday to boycott Malaysia.Reuters
Adani Probe: SC Stays Bombay HC Order that Stopped DRI's Overseas
Investigation
The Supreme Court today stayed a Bombay high court order which had
effectively stopped an investigation by India’s customs intelligence agency
into alleged overvaluation of coal imports by 2 Adani Group firms. The SC also
issued notice to Adani Enterprises Ltd on an appeal by Directorate of Revenue
Intelligence (DRI) in the matter connected with the alleged over-invoicing of
Indonesian coal imports.In Oct. 2019, Bombay HC dealt a setback to DRI by
quashing ‘letter rogatory’ (LRs) it had sent to various countries over its
investigation into Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL).thewire
Telecom firms seek open court hearing in Supreme Court of review
petition against AGR ruling
New Delhi:The telecom companies in India have sought open court hearing
of the review petition they filed against the Supreme Court order on the
interpretation of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) which had resulted in imposition
of around Rs 92,000 crore burden on telecom companies.The matter was mentioned
on Wednesday before Justice Arun Mishra by senior advocates Kapil Sibal and
Abhishek Manu Singhvi on behalf of telecom companies who requested the court
for an open court hearing of review petitions.Justice Mishra said he will take
a call after consulting CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde.The matter pertained to DoT
claiming that telecom companies had under reported their revenues.HT
Arms theft at 50 armoured regiment: Army CoI blames chain of command for
lapses
Chandigarh :An Army court of inquiry (CoI) held into the theft of 2
INSAS rifles and more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition in an armoured regiment
in Rajasthan’s Suratgarh, has blamed the chain of command of the unit for
laxity. CoI also found that a jawan of the unit had committed the theft in
order to sell rifles and ammunition in his home state Gujarat.The inquiry has
blamed the entire chain of command, starting from the Commandant of 50 Armoured
Regiment, second in command, Quarter Master, Risaldar Major and several others
for laxity. CoI has found that there have been several security and procedural
lapses in the regiment by not adhering to Army Orders and Army Instructions and
that there was “nonchalant attitude” in all ranks of the unit for which Commandant
is to be blamed.indianexpress
Mahant Nritya Gopal Das: 'Ram Temple Trust Likely To Be Constituted
After Jan. 16'
Chief of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das has said today
that the announcement for the trust that is to be constituted for construction
and management of Ram Temple in Ayodhya is expected to be made any day after Jan.16."After
Jan.16, announcement regarding trust can be made any day," Mahant Nritya
Gopal Das adding, "Without trust, no work can happen. We saints,
especially from Ayodhya, want Ram Temple to be made as early as
possible".Stating that the trust will be made ahead of Ram Navami, he
opined that the construction of Ram Temple should start on auspicious occasion
of Ram Navami.republicworld
A Delhi govt school ranked No.1; 2 others also ranked among top 10 govt
schools in India
A Delhi Govt school has been ranked No.1 among all Govt-run day schools
in the country, while two others have made it to the top 10.The rankings were
released last week by an education portal, Education World, in 'Indian School
Ranking 2019'.Delhi Govt school Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya (RPVV), Sector
10, Dwarka, has been ranked No. 1 in the list released by Education World, a
portal for educators, teachers, and parents, which comes out with national
rankings for schools every year. While RPVV Lajpat Nagar moved up one place to
the fifth position, RPVV Rohini broke into the top 10 at seventh place. CM
Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the teachers and principals of these schools for
their efforts. Delhi Govt has made education and revamping Govt schools a
priority as part of their governance framework.IANS
No reason to believe delhi is not conducive to hold polls, says CEO amid
anti-CAA protests, JNU attack
New Delhi:There is no reason to believe that situation in Delhi is not
conducive to hold polls, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh said, asserting
that authorities would make adequate arrangements to ensure a peaceful election
next month.Singh was responding to a question on whether security situation in
Delhi in backdrop of violence at JNU and the protests against the contentious
citizenship law and NRC was conducive to hold polls."There is no reason to
believe that environment in the national capital is not conducive to hold
polls. Delhi Police will make all the arrangements to ensure peace and
tranquillity across the city," CEO told reporters. "Later, what is
the situation and whether it is conducive or not, is the prerogative of Election
Commission to decide. But, situation is fine now," Singh added.PTI
Delhi assembly elections 2020: AAP will win 59 seats, predicts
IANS-CVoter Delhi poll tracker
Ruling AAP is all set sweep back
to power in the Delhi Assembly elections, according to IANS-CVoter Delhi poll
tracker.If elections are held today, AAP is all set to win 59 seats, while the
BJP, which is a distant second, is tipped to get just eight seats. Congress is
predicted to get three seats in Delhi assembly elections. However, if one
focuses on seat projection, AAP may get as much as 64 seats. The projection
range for BJP, which is going all out to come back to power in Delhi after
nearly two decades, is between three and 13 seats.IANS
A Hindu-dominated Tamil Nadu village picks Muslim head
TRICHY: In these times of strife and threats of polarisation on communal
lines, a village panchayat in Pudukottai district stands out as an example of
harmony. Seriyalur Inam in Keeramangalam, which is dominated by Hindus, has
elected a Muslim as panchayat president to express their solidarity with those
opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act. Mohammed Jiyavudeen, 45, secured 554 of
the 1,360 votes polled in the village which has 60 Muslim votes. TOI
Mumbai Muslim beef trader attacked by cow vigilantes in 2014 gets
refugee status in Canada
A Muslim beef trader from Mumbai has been granted refugee status in
Canada as the country’s Immigration and Refugee Board noted that the man had a
“subjective fear of persecution in India as a Muslim” and as someone involved
in the industry in India, Mumbai Mirror reporte. The man, whose identity has
not been disclosed, worked in his family’s meat business since 1998. In 2014,
he was attacked by 10 unknown people, allegedly belonging to RSS. The trader’s
home was also attacked a few days after the incident.In his application to the
country, the man said that local police officers had ignored his complaint, and
attempts for a legal recourse was in vain. The man also claimed that his
attempt to set up shop in Pune city failed as he faced threats from Hindutva
groups. Maharashtra’s ban on beef was put in place in 2015 – the year the man
moved to France. Following this, he shifted to Canada in 2016.scroll
Rakesh Asthana case: HC asks CBI Director to be present in court on Feb
10 if probe not complete
Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the CBI Director to be present before
it on February 10 if the agency fails to complete an investigation into the
bribery case allegedly involving its then special director Rakesh Asthana.
Justice Vibhu Bakhru pulled up the CBI for repeatedly seeking extension of time
to complete its investigation in the case.The court passed the order while
hearing the CBI’s plea seeking further extension of time to complete the probe
and said if the probe is completed before the next date of hearing, that is
February 10, its application would become infructuous and no assistance of any
officer would be required by the court. PTI
*J&K ISSUE*
Envoys from EU, Australia to skip govt's 2-day tour of J&K: Sources
New Delhi: European Union will not be part of the foreign delegates'
team visiting J&K tomorrow at the
Centre's invitation. Diplomatic sources from Europe told NDTV that the envoys
do not want a "guided tour" of Jammu and Kashmir and would visit
later and meet the people they want to meet.Parliamentarians from European
Union had visited J&K in Oct - 3 months after Centre scrapped the special
status of the state granted under Article 370 of the Constitution and
bifurcated it into two union territories. During the visit - meant to check the
ground situation -- they met the locals and were briefed from the security
forces.A similar schedule has been planned for the two-day tour that begins
tomorrow, which would be attended by envoys from the Latin America and Africa.
Diplomats from Australia and several Gulf nations, who were expected to go,
have dropped out due to what they called "scheduling"
reasons."EU envoys don't want a guided tour of Kashmir. We want to meet
people freely of our own choosing," a source told NDTV. The official said
the delegates are keen on meeting 3 ex CMs --- Farooq and Omar Abdullah and
Mehbooba Mufti - who have been in detention since Centre announced the move on
August 5.It is to allay these concerns that the government has arranged for the
two-day visit, home ministry sources had told NDTV.ndtv
5 months later, Govt invites diplomat delegation to J&K
He died escaping CRPF on the day Kashmir lost special status. Police
finally admit to his death
J&K police have finally acknowledged the death of a 17-year-old
teenager who drowned to death paramilitary troops on August 5.The police have
asked Srinagar DM to start inquest proceedings. According to a status report
submitted by the police to DM on Dec. 2, he died after drowning in the Jhelum
river, which passes through Srinagar.“It is prayed that on 05-08-2019, the
deceased Osaib Marazi aged about 24 years allegedly drowned in river Jhelum,”
says the status report submitted by the Parimpora police station, a copy of
which is with Scroll.in.Marazi’s school records, also viewed by Scroll.in,
state he was 17 years old when he died.scroll
Srinagar: Clashes erupt in Nowgam after 16-year-old boy gets run over by
police vehicle
Clashes erupted in Srinagar district’s Nowgam area on Tuesday after a
16-year-old boy was crushed to death by a police vehicle, The Print reported.
The Class 10 student, identified as Tehseen Nazir Bhat, was on his way to
tuition classes when the accident occurred. Enraged local residents erected
barricades and allegedly pelted stones at the police. Four people were injured
in these clashes, a local hospital told the news website. But PTI reported that
three people were injured in the clashes and three in the accident.scroll
Post-Abdullah/Mufti era: Ex-PDP minister emerging as leader of new front
Moving beyond Article 370, a group of politicians on Tuesday met J&K
Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu and presented him with a memorandum.
Memorandum calls for restoration of statehood to J&K and protection of
right to employment and ownership of land for the residents of Union
territory.The group, which was led by former minister and PDP MLA Altaf
Bukhari, also included former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir, Dilawar Mir, Zafar
Iqbal Manhas, Noor Muhammad Sheikh, Chowdhry Qamar Hussain and Raja Manzoor. The
group presented a 15-point memorandum to Murmu, which, among other things,
demanded the release of all political prisoners and others who have been
detained after the removal of Article 370 .theweek
Forest Land Identified for Development After Reorganisation of J&K
After August 6, when Govt of India scrapped the semi-autonomous status
of the former Himalayan state of J&K and divided it into two union
territories, recent news and statements about the imminent land-use changes in
the region have caused consternation among common people and environmental
activists. They argue that it would result in “environmental degradation in the
name of development.”As part of abolishing J&K’s semi-autonomous status,
the union Govt passed J&K Reorganization Act in the parliament, which came
to effect on October 31, with appointment of a new Govt in J&K. A review of
official data reveals that the new regional Govt, in a massive land-hunt
exercise, has so far identified 120,000 kanals of land from 203,020 acres of
state-owned land in Kashmir region for industrial infrastructure development.
Most of this land is ecologically sensitive because it is either part of or
close to rivers, streams and other water bodies according to the officials. In
Jammu, 42,000 acres of state land has been identified for development, though
concerns about environmental degradation have not so far been expressed
explicitly by the people of that region.thewire
*WORLD*
80 "American Terrorists" Killed In Missile Strikes: Iran State
Media
Dubai: Iranian state TV said today that at least 80 "American
terrorists" were killed in attacks involving 15 missiles Tehran launched
on US targets in Iraq, adding that none of the missiles were intercepted.State
TV, citing a senior Revolutionary Guards source, also said Iran had 100 other
targets in the region in its sights if Washington took any retaliatory
measures. It also said US helicopters and military equipment were
"severely damaged". It did not provide evidence of how it obtained that
information.Iran launched missile attacks on US-led forces in Iraq in the early
hours of Wednesday in retaliation for US drone strike on an Iranian commander
whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in Middle East.Iranian state TV said Iran had fired 15 missiles at US targets
in Iraq early on Wednesday. US military said at least 2 Iraqi facilities
hosting US-led coalition personnel were targeted at about 1:30 am Iraq time.
Iraq said 22 missiles were fired.Iranian officials said Tehran did not want a
war and its strikes "concluded" its response to Friday's killing of
Qassem Soleimani, a powerful general whose burial in Iran after days of
mourning was completed around the same time as Iran's missile launches. Iranian
state television showed mourners celebrating the attack.One source said early
indications were of no US casualties, while other US officials declined to
comment.Germany, Denmark and Norway said none of their troops in Iraq were
killed or injured. Iraq also said there were no casualties in its forces.Iran,
which has long said US forces should leave the Middle East, told Washington
after the attacks to withdraw its troops to prevent more deaths and warned US
allies including Israel not to allow attacks from their territories.Reuters
World reacts after Iran fires missiles at US targets in Iraq
‘All is well’, says Trump after Iran launches missile attack on 2 Iraq
airbases used by US forces
Iran targeted at least two airbases housing US troops in Iraq with over
a dozen ballistic missiles on Wednesday, reported BBC.However, Trump said, “all
is well”, and that he would make a statement later. He tweeted that assessment
of casualties and damages was underway. White House spokesperson Stephanie
Grisham had said that president “is monitoring the situation closely and
consulting with his national security team”.scroll
Khamenei says missile strike a 'slap in the face' for US
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called his country's
missile strike on US targets in Iraq a "slap in the face" for US and
said that Washington's troops must leave the region."Last night we slapped
them in the face," Khamenei said in his speech in the capital, Tehran,
adding that military retaliation was not enough."What is important is that
the corrupt presence of the US in this region should come to an
end."Khamenei was addressing a large crowd, many of whom were holding
pictures of Soleimani, who headed Iran's Quds Force, the overseas arm of the
elite Revolutionary Guards Corps.Soleimani was buried in the "martyrs
section" of a cemetery in his hometown of Kerman after three days of
funeral processions that saw his coffin travel to various cities across the
country and huge crowds paying respects to him.aljazeera
US-Iran tensions: Govt advises Indians against travelling to Iraq; DGCA
tells airlines to remain vigilant
New Delhi In light of the prevailing tensions between Iran and US,
India’s Ministry of External Affairs Wednesday advised its citizens not to
travel to Iraq. It also asked Indian nationals in Iraq to be alert and avoid
travel within the country. “In view of the prevailing situation in Iraq, Indian
nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Iraq until further
notification. Indian nationals residing in Iraq are advised to be alert and may
avoid travel within Iraq.Our Embassy in Baghdad and Consulate in Erbil will
continue to function normally to provide all services to Indians residing in
Iraq,” MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. Meanwhile, Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA) said they have asked Indian airlines to remain vigilant
and take all precautions in airspaces over Iran, Iraq, Gulf of Oman and waters
of Persian Gulf. The aviation body, however, has not issued any formal
instruction.indianexpress
"Retaliated Only In Defence": Iran's Envoy To India On Missile
Strikes
New Delhi: Hours after Iran fired 15 ballistic missiles at two military
bases housing American and coalition troops in Iraq, the Iranian envoy to India
has said his country has "retaliated not from behind, but from the
front" against the killing of its top commander in an airstrike by US last
week."Actually, every Iranian is happy... It (missile strikes) wasn't
something we did from behind, but from the front. We retaliated because we were
not the beginner. We retaliated only in defence based on our people's
demand," Iran's envoy to India, Ali Chegini, told NDTV today. "The
strikes were also to say to any attacker including Americans that Iranian Govt
and people never hesitate to defend their legitimate rights," Chegini
said.ndtv
Will welcome India’s peace initiative for de-escalating tensions with
US: Iran’s envoy to India
Amid rising tension between Tehran and Washington, Iran’s Ambassador to
India Ali Chegeni said his country will welcome any peace initiative by New
Delhi to de-escalate tensions in region.Chegeni said, “India usually plays a
very good role in (maintaining) peace in the world. India belongs to this
region.We welcome all initiatives from all countries, especially India as a
good friend for us, to not allow escalation (of tensions).”indianexpress
Netanyahu warns of ‘resounding blow’ if Iran attacks Israel
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warned today that Israel would strike a
“resounding blow” if attacked by arch foe Iran, as regional tensions soar after
US killing of a top Iranian general.“Anyone who attacks us will receive a
resounding blow,” the premier told a Jerusalem conference after Iran launched a
salvo of retaliatory missile strikes on bases used by US troops in Iraq.AFP
Putin meets Assad in rare Syria visit amid US-Iran tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his Syrian counterpart Bashar
al-Assad during a rare visit to the Syrian capital as the prospect of war
between Iran and US loomed over the region.Tuesday's visit was Putin's first to
Damascus and second to Syria, a key Iran ally, since the start of nearly 9-year
war that Russian troops joined in 2015 to support Syrian Govt.aljazeera
Nancy Pelosi, Handed Note About Iran Attack, Told Democrats To
"Pray"
Official: Saudi concerned it will be targeted during US-Iran tensions
Saudi Deputy Defence Minister Khalid Bin Salman said that he has
discussed with US President Donald Trump aspects of coordination and joint efforts
to face regional and international challenges.The son of the Saudi monarch
tweeted: “I met yesterday, US President Donald Trump, carrying a message from
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.”He explained that he “discussed with [Trump]
aspects of cooperation, coordination and joint work between the two friendly
countries in various aspects, including joint efforts to confront regional and
international challenges.”MEMO
Received Warning from Iran on Missile Attack Against US Forces, Says
Iraq PM
Iraq today said Iran had given it advance notice of the missile attack
on US forces believed to have killed 80
American soldiers, according to Baghdad's claims.
Hashd deputy leader al-Muhandis buried in Najaf
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a leader of Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF, or
Hashd al-Shaabi), has been buried at the Salam Cemetery in the Iraqi holy city
of Najaf.Al-Muhandis was killed alongside Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and
several others in a US air raid outside Baghdad airport on Friday.His body was
taken to Iran for the DNA test and was returned on Tuesday.aljazeera
All 176 On Board Ukrainian Plane That Crashed In Iran Killed
Dubai: A Ukrainian airliner crashed soon after taking off from Tehran's
Imam Khomeini airport today, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran's state TV and
Ukraine's leaders said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International
Airlines crashed near the airport and burst into flames. Ukraine's embassy in
Iran, citing preliminary information, said the plane had suffered engine
failure and the crash was not caused by "terrorism". Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said there were no survivors.Iranian TV said the
crash was due to technical problems but did not elaborate. Reuters
Crashed Ukraine Plane Had 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians On Board: Ukrainian Minister
Ukrainian plane that crashed outside Tehran today, killing all on board,
was carrying 82 Iranian and 63 Canadian nationals, a Ukrainian minister
said.Boeing 737 was also carrying 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedes, four Afghans, 3
Germans and three Britons, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko wrote on
Twitter.Ukrainian airliner carrying 176 passengers crashed shortly after
takeoff from Tehran, killing all on board, officials in Iran said.The Boeing
737 had departed Imam Khomeini International Airport before dawn bound for the
Ukrainian capital Kiev, semi-official ISNA said.outlookindia
4.9 magnitude quake near Bushehr nuclear plant jolts Iran
Tehran: An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter Scale hit near the
Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran on Wednesday.According to UN Geological Survey
(USGS), the quake struck at a depth of 10 KMS.ANI
Muslims should unite after Iran commander's killing: Malaysian PM
Muslim countries should unite to protect themselves against external
threats, Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday after describing US
killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as immoral. The world's
oldest premier, who has in recent months stoked diplomatic tensions by speaking
out on issues concerning the Muslim world, also said US drone attack on
Soleimani was against international laws. Mahathir, 94, said it could also lead
to an escalation in "what is called terrorism"."The time is
right for Muslim countries to come together," Mahathir told
reporters."We are no longer safe now. If anybody insults or says something
that somebody doesn't like, it is all right for that person from another
country to send a drone and perhaps have a shot at me."About 50 people
including burqa-wearing women gathered outside the Iranian embassy in the Malaysian
capital, Kuala Lumpur, to shout "Down, Down USA".Reuters
Putin, Erdogan to discuss killing of Iran’s Soleimani on Wednesday –
Kremlin Spokesman
Moscow:Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart
Tayyip Erdogan will meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Middle
East following the killing, in a US strike, of Iranian commander Qasem
Soleimani, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik.Putin flew to Istanbul
on Tuesday after a brief visit to Damascus where he met with his Syrian
counterpart, Bashar Assad.Peskov confirmed to Sputnik in the early hours of Wednesday
that Putin plans to discuss with Erdogan the killing of Soleimani and its
potential consequences.Sputnik/UNI
Turkey denies Erdogan called Qasem Soleimani a 'martyr'
Turkey is deeply concerned about the situation in the region after US
assassinated a top Iranian commander in Iraq. President Tayyip Erdogan spoke to
his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, two days back with the message urging
that all sides restraint from escalating situation.While Erdogan offered
condolences to Rouhani over the killing of Soleimani, he did not call the
leader of the Iranian militia a 'martyr', according to a Turkish official. The
clarification came in wake of reports that wrongly attributed some words to
Erdogan. The Iran's Embassy in Turkey tweeted details of Erdogan and Rouhani's
conversation that implied that Turkish President praised Soleimani with the
highest praise given to fallen Muslim soldier. US President Donald Trump gave
even more credence to the statement when he referred to it during a press
conference on Tuesday. "I'm actually surprised to hear it," Trump
said when asked what he thinks about Erdogan calling Soleimani a martyr.
trtworld
Netanyahu calls Israel a ‘nuclear power’ before correcting himself in
apparent slip of tongue
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to accidentally admit his
country has nuclear capabilities with an apparent slip of tongue on Sunday.Netanyahu
described his country as a “nuclear power” at a weekly cabinet meeting before
quickly correcting himself with an embarrassed smile.Israel is widely-believed
to possess nuclear weapons but it has never confirmed or denied claims about
its atomic arsenal and has maintained a policy of deliberate ambiguity on the
issue for decades. While reading prepared remarks in Hebrew on a deal with Greece
and Cyprus for a subsea gas pipeline, Mr Netanyahu said: “The significance of
this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear power.”independent
Several killed in car bomb attack near Somali parliament
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/killed-car-bomb-attack-somali-parliament-200108085230658.html
At least 4 people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded close
to a checkpoint near Somalia's parliament in the capital Mogadishu on
Wednesday, police said.A plume of thick black smoke was seen over the city and
witnesses said a number of vehicles were on fire."Explosives were packed
in a vehicle which the security forces think was trying to pass through the
checkpoint but because he could not do that, the suicide bomber detonated
it," said police officer Adan Abdullahi.aljazeera
Australia to kill up to 10,000 camels amid wildfires
Sydney:Authorities in Australia will begin 5-day campaign to kill
thousands of camels in the country as they drink too much water amid the
wildfires.The Govt will send helicopters to kill up to 10,000 camels in a 5-day
campaign starting today, The Hill reported. Marita Baker, an Anangu
Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) (large, sparsely-populated local Govt area
for Aboriginal Australians) executive board member, said that camels were
causing problems in her community of Kanypi.The planned killing of the camels
comes at a time the country is ravaged by wildfires since November. The
disaster has killed more than a dozen people and caused the displacement or
deaths of 480 million animals, according to University of Sydney
researchers.ANI
*views, Articles, FEATURES*
For headline-manager Amit Shah, JNU violence is a gift that distracts
from CAA protests:DILIP MANDAL, theprint
The isolationist view of the progress of knowledge is fundamentally
defective:Amartya Sen, indianexpress
Whose police?JNU violence raised questions about conduct of Delhi
Police: indian express Editorial
Rajasthan Video Falsely Shared As Attack On Minorities In Pakistan
Indian Economy, Worst In 42 Years, Needs An Honest Look:Andy Mukherjee |
Bloomberg
The deaths in Kota hospital bare the light on a healthcare system
founded on apathy towards the poor:Shah Alam Khan, indianexpress
It’s high time that the community’s tragedy that began with the
Partition ends:J.S. Bandukwala, indianexpress
Present operations and aims of country’s statistical system are at
alarming variance with past legacy:C P Chandrasekhar, indianexpress
BJP’s damage control on Citizenship Act: First pass law, then convince
the public:Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
JNU violence: Police, internal security, admin repeatedly refused to
help students despite calls for help:NIKITA SAXENA,caravanmagazine
https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/police-administration-internal-security-refused-to-help-students
Is JNU Your Enemy?Apoorvanand, The Wire
Amit Shah’s aggression is diminishing PM Modi’s carefully cultivated
image:SHIVAM VIJ
With Art 370, BJP hoped to win Kashmir but is now losing Jammu: ‘Are we
also anti-national?’;MANEESH CHHIBBER
Why I didn’t call myself a JNU-ite for 37 yrs. But now something has
changed: Yogendra Yadav:YOGENDRA YADAV
Opinion: JNU Represents Everything Repugnant To RSS’s Idea Of
Nationhood:Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
Kashmir, CAA, Jamia, JNU: How families deal with ideological
differences:Sunalini Mathew
Savarkar & the BJP:A.G.NOORANI, frontline
Quietly defiant, Kanpur’s Muslims persist in the face of police
brutality and state apathy:caravanmagazine
Muslim student from JNU falsely blamed for ‘masterminding’ violence at
the university:altnews
Good protestor, bad protestor: Uneven police response to anti-CAA
demonstrations:TANWEER FAZAL, caravanmagazine
All the Times the Supreme Court Turned a Nelson's Eye to
Injustice:Markandey Katju and Janhvi Prakash, thewire
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and edited by Anwarulhaq (Released at: 6:03 PM).*
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