12 Feb. 2020:
17 Jamadi-2, 1441: Vol: 12, No: 130
*INDIA*
Bill to punish people with more than two children introduced in Rajya
Sabha
A private member’s Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha last week went
un-noticed and undiscussed. The Bill seeks to punish families with more than
two children by depriving them of social welfare benefits, tax exemptions
etc.The two-child norm is already there in the Panchayati Raj Act and the
Supreme Court has upheld the provision in several states that debars women with
more than two children from contesting and holding panchayat posts.Tweeted
Congress leader @vsirnate: “We have had an informal two-child policy for many
years. But this one is basically saying that people with more than two kids
will be punished through taxe concession withdrawals and extra taxation.”The
introduction to the Bill states:"Today, there is also a need to encourage
the people to keep small family by offering tax concessions, priority in social
benefit schemes and school admissions etc. and at the same time discourage them
from producing more children by withdrawing tax concessions, imposing heavy
taxes and by making other punitive provisions for violations. Therefore, the
Bill seeks to amend the Constitution with a view to make a provision by the
State to discourage the people from increasing their family and encourage them
to keep their family limited to two children.."Presently, six states
including Haryana, Rajasthan, MP, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal have made the
two-child norm mandatory for all panchayat members.The governments of all these
states insist that those with more than two living children are debarred from
contesting panchayat elections or remaining in office. With the minimum age for
contesting elections having been lowered from 26 to 21 years, this immediately
affects lakhs of younger men and women within the reproductive age-group.The
passing of the 73rd constitutional amendment made it mandatory for 33% of all
panchayat seats to be reserved for women. It also mandated quotas for socially
marginalised sections including dalits and those belonging to scheduled castes
and scheduled tribes (SC/STs).Nirmala Buch, who runs a Bhopal-based NGO, Mahila
Chetna Manch (MCM), had pointed out in 2018 that 412 panchayat members in
Rajasthan had been removed from their posts, over the past three years, because
they failed to comply with the two-child norm. Buch was quoted as saying then, "In
Madhya Pradesh, 350 panchayat members have been removed and in Haryana the
number of those removed is 275. In Madhya Pradesh, all those who were removed
from their posts were tribals. They are not conversant with the laws of the
land, but instead of encouraging them to join this process they are being
forced to turn away."nationalheraldindia
Private Member Bill Introduced In Rajya Sabha For Population Control
Measures
Shiv Sena MP floats Bill in Rajya Sabha promoting Two-Child Policy to
tackle population control [Read the Bill]
*anti-CAA,NRC-NPR stir*
Assam NRC Data Disappears From Cloud. Home Ministry Says Technical Issue
Guwahati: The data of the final citizens' list in Assam, published last
August, has vanished from the website of the state NRC where the data was
published as mandated by the Supreme Court. Union Home Ministry said the NRC
data is safe and cited "some technical issue in visibility on cloud".
The ministry said the problem is "being resolved soon".NRC
authorities claim non-renewal of contract with IT firm Wipro as the reason for
the data's disappearance.The complete detail of exclusion and inclusion of
bonafide Indian citizens in the Assam NRC was uploaded on its official website
''www.nrcassam.nic.in''
after the final list was published on August 31, 2019."The cloud service
for the huge set of data was provided by Wipro and their contract was till
October 19 last year. However, this was not renewed by the earlier
co-coordinator (Prateek Hajela). So, the data got offline from December 15
after it was suspended by Wipro. I assumed charge on December 24," NRC
state co-ordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma told PTI.He said the state coordination
committee had decided to do necessary formalities in its meeting on January 30
and wrote to Wipro during the first week of February. "Once Wipro makes
the data live, it will be available for the public. We hope that people will be
able to access it in the next two to three days," Sarma said on
Tuesday.Prateek Hajela, who was NRC co-ordinator for Assam, was transferred
last October. A delay in the appointment of his successor, Sarma, slowed down
important work, including the renewal of the cloud service subscription with
Wipro, sources told NDTV. Efforts are now being made to "fast-track"
the renewal of the cloud service, sources said.Congress, which is the main
opposition in Assam, letter has termed this development as mysterious and a
"malafide act".This row of the 'missing' data comes at a time when
the final NRC list in Assam is yet to be officially notified by the Registrar
General of India.Leader of the opposition in the Assam assembly, Debabrata
Saikia, wrote to Registrar General of India and requested him to look into the
matter urgently. "It is a mystery as to why the online data should vanish
all of a sudden, especially as the appeals process has not even started due to
the go-slow attitude adopted by the NRC Authority.""There is,
therefore, ample scope to suspect that the disappearance of online data is a
malafide act. Indeed, the deletion of data from NRC website at a time when the
appeals process is yet is start, is prima facie a deliberate violation of the
directive issued by the Supreme Court," the Congress leader said in the
letter.ndtv
Assam NRC data safe, says state coordinator as records go missing from
site, experts question state capacity
Govt May Not Send Excluded Children to Detention Centres if Parents Are
in Final Assam NRC
New Delhi: The government has decided not to send to the detention
centre, pending a final decision, the children who got excluded from the NRC in
Assam but whose parents are included in the list, Lok Sabha was informed on
Tuesday.The Union Minister of State for Home, Nityananda Rai, said the approved
standard operating procedures for disposal of claims and objections had
specific provision for children who got left out from the draft NRC, while
their parents had been included.“Attorney General for India stated on January
6th 2020 before the Supreme Court, that the children of parents included in
NRC, Assam, will not be separated from their parents and sent to detention
centre in Assam pending decision on the application,” he said in a written
reply to a question.The NRC exercise was carried out in Assam under the
supervision of the Supreme Court and around 19 lakh people did not find
themselves in the final list published in August 2019.PTI
Puducherry becomes first UT to pass resolution against Citizenship Act
Chennai :Puducherry Legislative Assembly Wednesday passed a resolution
against the contentious CAA and urged the Centre to withdraw the legislation,
which has set off nationwide protests and led to over 25 deaths.The resolution,
which was passed during a special one-day Assembly session, saw MLAs from All
India NR Congress (AINRC) and AIADMK boycotting the proceedings of the
House.Puducherry is the first Union Territory to pass a resolution against the
CAA. Five state governments – Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, and
Madhya Pradesh – have also passed resolutions against the contentious Act. All
the states, along with Puducherry, are ruled by non-BJP governments. Last week,
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet passed the resolution, urging the Centre to roll-back
the CAA and withdraw new columns in the NPR and to update the population
register only after that.Telangana government has also announced that it would
not implement the CAA that has seen widespread protests across the
country.indianexpress
Bihar: Kanhaiya Kumar's Convoy Attacked for 7th Time in 2 Weeks
Gaya: CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy was attacked again in Bihar on
Tuesday and a Congress MLA’s car, which was also in the cavalcade, was
vandalised by suspected BJP workers.This is the seventh attack on the convoy in
two weeks, claimed organisers of the Kumar’s state-wide “Jan Gan Man Yatra”
which began last month and is scheduled to conclude a fortnight later with a rally
in the state capital.Later sharing the stage with a host of leaders from the
opposition Grand Alliance at a public meeting, Kumar flayed the Modi government
for the “divisive” CAA.PTI
Bidar Anti-CAA Play: Plea Filed in HC Against Interrogation of Minor
Students
New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Karnataka high court seeking
action against Bidar police for ‘illegally examining and questioning’ minor
school students who participated in a play against the CAA.The petition, filed
by Nayana Jyothi Jawar and others, says the state police blatantly violated
rule of law and various provisions under the Code of Criminal Procedure and the
Juvenile Justice Act. “[The police] have interrogated the students aged merely
9 years to 12 years of Shaheen School in Bidar, creating mental trauma and fear
in the children’s state of mind,” the petition reads, according to Bar & Bench.The
petition also urges the court to direct the Karnataka Police to examine minors
in accordance with the provisions of law.It may be recollected that students as
young as nine years old were repeatedly interrogated by the Bidar police for
participating in an anti-CAA play in their school. The Police had filed an FIR
against the management of the school after Nilesh Rakshala, activist of ABVP,
had filed a complaint on January 26. The “interrogation” only stopped after
Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights criticised the Bidar
district police for violating rules.Fareeda Begum, the headmistress of the
school, and Najumunnisa, the mother of a student, were arrested by the police.
The women are set to be in jail until at least February 14, after a district
court judge adjourned the bail ordered.thewire
Deoband is Gangotri of terrorists, produced Hafiz Saeed, says Giriraj
Singh
Saharanpur:Union minister Giriraj Singh has said Uttar Pradesh's Deoband
is a factory producing terrorists and termed it "aatankvaad ki
Gangotri". Talking to the media in Saharanpur, where the Darul Uloom
Deoband is situated, Giriraj said Deoband produces terrorists like Hafiz
Saeed."I had once said earlier that Deoband is the Gangotri of terrorists.
All most wanted terrorists of the world came from Deoband, including Hafiz
Saeed or any of the others," said Giriraj Singh. Deoband has seen fierce
anti-CAA protests by Muslim women over the past months and has faced attack
from BJP leaders. Deoband is also home to the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom
Deoband."These people are not against CAA, they are against India. This is
a kind of a khilafat movement," said Giriraj Singh, attacking the ongoing
anti-CAA protests in Deoband.indiatoday
*J&K AND S. ASIA*
SC to hear plea against detention of Omar Abdullah under PSA tomorrow
after judge recuses
New Delhi :The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a
petition by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging the detention of her brother and
former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah under the PSA. The top court will
hear the matter on Thursday after one of the three judges — Justice Mohan
Shantanagoudar — recused from the hearing. The other two judges are Justices NV
Ramana and Sanjiv Khanna.Abdullah and former CM Mehbooba Mufti were slapped
with the PSA last week, six months after the J&K administration placed them
under preventive detention following the scrapping of Article 370.In her
petition, Sara Pilot termed Omar Abdullah’s detention under PSA “ex-facie mala
fide for entirely political considerations”. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal,
appearing for Sarah, had mentioned the Habeas Corpus plea for urgent
listing.indianexpress
In PDP leader’s PSA file: Referred to Geelani book, criticised Amit Shah
Srinagar :ADVISING PEOPLE to read Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani’s
autobiography to inspire them to “never give up the dream of education” and
criticising the then BJP president Amit Shah’s speech are among the reasons
cited by the J&K administration for invoking the stringent Public Safety
Act (PSA) against senior PDP leader Naeem Akhtar.In September 2016, when
schools in the Valley had been shut for almost three months because of curfews
and calls for shutdown by separatists, Akhtar, who was then the state education
minister, had said at a teachers’ conference: “Everyone should read his
(Geelani’s) book (Wular Kinaray), wherein he has documented his struggle right
from early childhood. Despite immense hardship, he never gave up his dream of
education, and his best days were spent as a teacher… Similarly, Mirwaiz (Umar
Farooq) too overcame his personal struggle and completed his Ph.D. as an
accomplished scholar. He never stopped the journey of education, come what
may.”His statement has now been cited by the J&K Police in its PSA dossier.
“His (Akhtar’s) leaning towards radical elements can be gathered from this
statement dated 27/09/2016 in which he, as an education minister, advised
people to read Geelani’s book, Wular Kinaray,” it says.indianexpress
PSA dossier on Mehbooba only slander; no solid argument: daughter Iltija
Srinagar :Terming PSA dossier against former Chief Minister Mehbooba
Mufti as “slander”, her daughter Iltija Mufti said that the BJP “tasted power
for a second time in Kashmir” — after the death of Mehbooba’s father Mufti
Mohammed Sayeed — only because her mother was “daddy’s girl”, one of the terms
used in the dossier against the PDP chief.Iltija said the police dossier and
the “grounds of detention” under the stringent PSA should be objective, with
solid arguments. Even if the administration had to accuse her mother of
“something serious”, they should have been at least dignified, she said.“As a
daughter, it is very painful for me to see such slander against my mother. It
is appalling,” Iltija told The Indian Express. “They accuse my mother of being
a ‘daddy’s girl’ — they used it to slander her — but had she not been a
‘daddy’s girl’ BJP would not have come to power again after Mufti-sahib’s
death. My mother was unabashedly and unapologetically a ‘daddy’s girl’, and
that is why BJP tasted power for the second time. We all know she honoured
Mufti-sahib’s commitment. Otherwise, she was dithering for a good three months
— she didn’t want to part of this (PDP-BJP) alliance”.indianexpress
*DELHI POLL RESULT*
Kejriwal To Take Oath On Sunday. "Delhi Is Invited," Says AAP
Arvind Kejriwal, who returned to power in Delhi with his stunning
election victory, will take oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third
consecutive term on Sunday, February 16. The oath-taking ceremony will take
place at Ramlila Maidan. Mr Kejriwal will be sworn in along with his team of
ministers."We will be holding the oath-taking ceremony on Sunday at 10
am... Everyone in Delhi is invited to come and bless their son, their brother,
Arvind Kejriwal and take an oath for a better Delhi," stop AAP leader
Manish Sisodia said during a press conference along with Mr Kejriwal. Kejriwal,
51, met Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal this morning. The meeting at Lieutenant
Governor's residence lasted for around 15 minutes. Sources said the two
discussed the oath-taking ceremony which could take place over the
weekend.While cabinet portfolios have not been announcement, there is a buzz
that Raghav Chadha will be made Finance Minister and Atishi, Education
Minister, in Mr Kejriwal's new cabinet.Mr Kejriwal's AAP had a landslide
victory, winning 62 of 70 seats in the Delhi assembly in the face of a
high-voltage campaign by the BJP, which fielded a battery of Union Ministers
and Chief Ministers in its campaign, spearheaded by Union Home Minister Amit
Shah. BJP was confined to a single-digit score, 8 seats, but an improvement on
its 2015 tally of three.ndtv
Time for Kejriwal to incorporate ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ recitation in
schools, madrasas in Delhi: BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya
New Delhi :A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP won
the assembly elections with a huge majority, BJP general secretary Kailash
Vijayvargiya Wednesday congratulated him and suggested him to incorporate
recitation of ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ in schools, madrasas and other educational
institutions.Vijaywargiya took to Twitter to say whoever comes to Lord Hanuman,
they get his blessings. “Arvind Kejriwal ji ko jeet kee badhai! Nishchit hi jo
hanumanaji ki sharan mein aata hai use aashirvaad milta hai. Ab samay aa gaya
hai ki hanuman chaalisa ka paath Delhi ke sabhi vidyaalayon, madraso sahit
sabhi shaikshanik sansthaanon mein bhi jaroori ho. Bajarangabali ki kripa se ab
Delhi vaasi bachche kyon vanchit rahein? (Kejriwal ji, congratulations on
winning! Surely who comes to Hanumanji, they get his blessings. Now the time
has come that Hanuman Chalisa must be recited in all schools, madrasas and
other educational institutions in Delhi. Why should Delhi children be deprived
of the blessings of Bajrangbali?)” he tweeted.indianexpress
AAP MLA Naresh Yadav shot at, Delhi Police detain one person
Delhi Police detained a 38-year-old man on Wednesday in connection with
the shooting at MLA-elect Naresh Yadav’s convoy in the city’s Kishangarh area
the night before, PTI reported. An AAP volunteer, identified as Ashok Mann, was
killed in the incident. The incident occurred hours after the party swept the
Delhi elections, winning 62 of the Capital’s 70 seats. Yadav was elected from
Mehrauli.Initial investigation by the police has revealed that three people
were involved in the shooting, Indian Express reported. The person detained had
a personal enmity with Mann and the firing had nothing do with politics, the
police added. The police are looking for the other two accused.“The accused and
the deceased had an old personal dispute,” said an unidentified police
official. “The accused’s nephew had received bullet injuries in 2019 after he
was shot at. The accused suspected the deceased to be behind the 2019 incident.
He had also threatened the deceased 15 days back.”scroll
‘BJP Ko Current Laga’: Amanatullah Silences Haters With Huge Win
“BJP left no stone unturned to spread hate. This is a win for the two
crore people of Delhi. The people have given current to Amit Shah and his
party,” said AAP’s Amanatullah Khan, who won from the Okhla seat.Khan’s win
from Okhla, where two epicentres of anti-CAA protests — Shaheen Bagh and Jamia
Millia Islamia are located — comes as a sore defeat for BJP.Khan defeated BJP’s
Brahm Singh and won Okhla with a margin of over 88,497 votes on Tuesday, 11
February — one of the highest margins by which any candidate has won in this
election.While talking about his lead in the initial trends, Khan said that the
people have voted for politics of development.“The votes have gone towards
development. AAP worked with everyone together. We practised the politics of
love, and not hate. Today, development has won over politics, ”Amanatullah
Khan.For Khan, winning the seat is a strong comeback, particularly against the
backdrop of hate speech by BJP ministers and two shooting incidents in the
area.thequint
After Congress scores zero in Assembly polls, PC Chako resigns as Delhi
in-charge
New Delhi :A day after his party suffered a humiliating defeat in the
Assembly elections, Delhi Congress in-charge P C Chako on Wednesday tendered
his resignation to the top leadership. Congress failed to get even a single
seat in the 70-member House and saw its vote share drop from 9 per cent in the
2015 Assembly elections to 4.26 per cent this time. In fact, this was their
lowest vote share since the first state election in 1993.In all 70 seats, the
party did not even manage to place second. Prior to AAP’s victory in 2013,
Congress had governed the state for 15 years.indianexpress
*OTHERS*
Over 430 Dalits convert to Islam in Coimbatore's Mettupalayam citing
injustice, more conversions underway
Chennai:Post the tragic incident in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, where a
wall collapsed and led to the death of 17 Dalits, close to 3,000 people from
Dalit community announced that they were to convert to Islam.Illavenil, the
state secretary of the Tamil Puligal Katchi, told India Today that legally 430
people have converted to Islam and many more are in the process of the
conversion. On December 2, after heavy rains lashed Mettupalayam and the
surrounding regions, a wall which was claimed by protesters in the region to be
the "wall of discrimination" collapsed on three houses and killed 17
people. This was the breaking point for many Dalits in the region who claimed
that they have been regularly discriminated. Mohammed Abubaker, originally
known as Marx, converted to Islam soon after December 2 event. "We
converted to Islam all because of the prevailing caste injustice and
untouchability. For example, any dalit who is underprivileged could not enter
into Mariamman [Durga] temple. Tea shops have discrimination here. We can't sit
with other people equally in the government bus," said Mohammed.Illavenil,
who has converted to Islam, said, "We decided to leave Hinduism according to
what Ambedkar said. I need to lose my identity, which means I need to get rid
of the caste remarks such as Pallar, Parayar, Sakkriyar. I can live with
self-dignity only when I shed this cast-based identity. While following
Hinduism because of our caste, we aren't even treated like humans."Another
youngster named Sarath Kumar who converted to Islam and changed his name to
Abdhuallah said, "While 17 of our people were dead, no Hindu voiced for
us. Only the Muslim brothers stood with us and protested for us. Where is Arjun
Sampath who said that he would voice for the Hindus who are persecuted? Where
is that leader? Our Muslim brothers invite us to their houses. Hindus never
called us. Would you make me enter the common temple? We could enter any mosque
though. I have visited four to five mosques after converting. I worship god
there with all levels of people. But would you permit me to enter Mariamman
temple and seek god?"In regions like Coimbatore where these mass
conversions are underway, there has been several reported cases of
discrimination right from entry into temples to discrimination at the burial
ground to discrimination towards Dalits at tea shops and public space.They are
still called by their caste names. Though many have shied away from raising
their voices against this, the younger generation seems to be more vocal.Most
of these youngsters have repeatedly spoken about how their complaints to
officials have gone unheard and as the struggle for living with a little
self-respect has become a herculean task, religious conversion seems like an
easy option for a new beginning.indiatoday
CBI bribery case: Why bigger accused roaming free, says Delhi court
after clean chit to Rakesh Asthana
A Delhi court Wednesday expressed displeasure over CBI’s investigation
into a bribery and extortion case against its former Special Director Rakesh
Asthana and others, asking why the accused with a bigger role in the case were
roaming free while the agency arrested its own DSP.Special CBI Judge Sanjeev
Aggarwal said, “Why are certain accused who seem to have a bigger role in the
case were roaming free while the CBI arrested its own DSP?”CBI gave a clean
chit to Rakesh Asthana and DSP Devender Kumar on Tuesday. Filing a chargesheet
in the case, which was registered on directions of former CBI director Alok
Verma, who was then locked in a turf war with Asthana, the CBI has dropped both
as accused. DSP Devender Kumar is on bail in the matter.In its chargesheet
filed before Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Kumar, the agency has, however,
arraigned alleged middleman Manoj Prasad as an accused in the case and said
that the probe against his brother — Somesh Prasad – and one Sunil Mittal is
yet to be concluded.indianexpress
Pay More For LPG Cylinder From Today As Rates Hiked For 6th Straight
Time
Non-subsidised LPG or cooking gas
prices were increased from Wednesday. That marked a sixth straight raise in the
prices of cooking gas. In Delhi and Mumbai, the hike was to the tune of Rs
144.5 and Rs 145 per cylinder respectively, according to Indian Oil
Corporation, which supplies LPG under brand Indane. With effect from February
12, the non-subsidised LPG rates were revised to Rs 858.5 per cylinder in Delhi
and Rs 829.5 per cylinder in Mumbai.ndtv
"5 To 7 Million People From Airport To Stadium": Trump On
Ahmedabad Visit
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he is looking
forward to his first visit to India later this month and indicated that the two
countries may sign a trade deal.At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, Donald Trump is slated to travel to India on February 24 and 25. In
addition to New Delhi, he will stop in Ahmedabad in Gujarat to address a joint
public meeting with PM Modi at a stadium."He (Modi) is a great gentleman
and I look forward to going to India. So, we'll be going at the end of the
month," President Trump told reporters in his Oval Office, a day after the
White House announced dates of his anticipated India trip.Responding to a
question, the president indicated that he is willing to sign a trade deal with
India if it is the right one."They (Indians) want to do something and
we'll see... if we can make the right deal, (we) will do it," said
President Trump, a fortnight ahead of his visit to the country as the 45th US
president.India's new Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu told news
agency Press Trust of India that Trump's forthcoming visit is a
"reflection of the strong personal rapport" between President Trump
and Prime Minister Modi.PTI
"Kem Chho, Trump": Mega Ahmedabad Welcome Planned For US
President
Mumbai police chief’s family firm got digital project just before
Maharashtra elections
Mumbai :Days before the Maharashtra polls, the state Home department,
led by the then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, issued an order allotting
work of digitisation of Mumbai police’s official records to a private company
owned by the son and wife of Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve.According
to official documents, the department, informed Barve’s office on October 7,
2019 that proposal to allot the digitisation work to CrispQ Information
Technologies Pvt Ltd (CITPL) for 5 years had been accorded the government’s
approval. CrispQ had offered its services pro bono. The letter further directed
the Police Commissioner’s office to finalise the number of units and files that
could be covered under the work.Police officials confirmed the government’s
communication had been processed, but said the project had not been initiated
owing to “technical issues”.indianexpress
India among 120 countries that CIA spied on for decades using Swiss
encryption firm: Report
American and German intelligence agencies secretly bought a Swiss
company that sold encryption devices to governments across the world, and added
weaknesses in these devices to eavesdrop on other countries for decades, a
report by Washington Post and German broadcaster ZDF has revealed.Since World
War II, the company Crypto AG sold encrypted devices to more than 120
countries, including India, the report published on Tuesday said. Iran,
military juntas in Latin America, Pakistan, and the Vatican were among at least
62 clients identified in the files. It is not exactly clear what India sent to
its missions overseas and how much of it was spied on by US and erstwhile West
Germany.China and the Soviet Union, which did not trust the company, did not
use these devices. But the CIA still learnt many things by using the
communication between these two and other countries that had bought Crypto’s
devices.scroll
Can't Keep Rohingya in Jail After Completion of Sentence, Calcutta HC
Tells WB Govt
Kolkata: The Calcutta high court on Tuesday told the West Bengal
government that it cannot keep four Rohingya nationals, who had entered India
illegally, in correctional homes after the completion of their jail term.A
division bench comprising Chief Justice T.B.N. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit
Banerjee directed that they may be kept in open places, under surveillance if
required, till their repatriation to Myanmar.The bench directed the West Bengal
and Union governments to file a report on February 26 on the progress in
repatriation of the four Rohingya.During the hearing, the bench verbally
observed that the court may think of formulating a plan for the stay of the
four persons till they are repatriated, if the process takes time.PTI
Andhra man hangs himself fearing he contracted coronavirus
Hyderabad :A 50-year-old man from Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh
killed himself after he suspected that had contracted coronavirus, which has
killed more than 1,000 people in China, the epicentre of the outbreak. The man,
identified as K Balakrishna, was found hanging from a tree on Tuesday
morning.Balakrishna’s family members said he had fever for the last few days
and believed that he had contracted coronavirus. They said Balakrishna took the
extreme step to prevent his family members from contracting the virus. Balakrishna,
who hailed from Seshamnaidu Kandriga village in Chittoor, had visited Sri
Venkateswara Ramnarain Ruia Government General Hospital (SVRRGGH) in Tirupati
last week. Doctors there said he was suffering from a viral infection and
advised medication.indianexpress
*WORLD*
Afghan president says Pompeo reports progress in US-Taliban talks
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday he was told by the US
Secretary of State that "notable progress" had been made during
continuing talks between the United States and the Taliban.In a post on
Twitter, Ghani wrote that Mike Pompeo had informed him in a telephone call that
the Taliban had made a proposal "with regards to bringing a significant
and enduring reduction in violence," as US aims to strike a deal to
withdraw its troops from the war-torn country.Ghani's tweet indicated a
possible breakthrough in US-Taliban talks in Qatar, which have been deadlocked
in part over a US demand that the armed group agree to significantly reduce
violence as part of any American troop withdrawal accord.US President Donald
Trump has made a withdrawal of the 13,000 US service members from Afghanistan a
significant foreign policy objective. An agreement with the Taliban could boost
Trump's re-election prospects this November."US talks with the Taliban in
Doha continue around the specifics of a reduction in violence," a State
Department spokesperson said on Tuesday.Taliban officials were not immediately
available to comment.In his tweet, Ghani wrote that Pompeo told him "of
the notable progress made in the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban."The
Secretary informed me about the Taliban's proposal with regards to bringing a
significant and enduring reduction in violence," he continued, adding in
another tweet, "This is a welcoming development."Ghani, who did not
disclose details of the proposal, appeared to take credit for the development,
writing that "our principal position on peace thus far has begun to yield
fruitful results."aljazeera
Sanders wins in New Hampshire, narrowly beating Buttigieg
Concord, New Hampshire - United States Senator Bernie Sanders declared
victory in New Hampshire on Tuesday night after he narrowly beat Pete Buttigieg
in the state's Democratic primary.
Sanders, who led the polls going into the vote, had 26 percent with
nearly all the precincts reporting. Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Buttigieg
followed with 24.4 percent and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar had 19.7
percent."Let me thank the people of New Hampshire for the great victory
tonight," Sanders, a progressive, told supporters. "This victory here
is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump," the 78-year-old
self-described democratic socialist said as the crowd roared in support.
Despite a modest turnout, Sanders generated enough voter excitement to emerge
as the new Democratic frontrunner - with former Vice President Joe Biden
leaving the state early to South Carolina.aljazeera
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