02 Feb. 2020:
07 Jamadi-2, 1441: Vol: 12, No: 121
*anti-citizenship act stir*
Shaheen Bagh tense amid chants of 'goli maaro' and counter-protests, paramiltary
forces on standby
New Delhi:Shaheen Bagh is tense a day after a gunman opened fire at the
anti-CAA protest site where hundreds of local women are sitting on an
indefinite protest. Security has been beefed up in the area while another group
of protesters chanted slogans of "... goli maaro s***on ko".On Sunday
morning, a large group of locals and protesters gathered around the Shaheen
Bagh sit-in protest site demanding the protesters to vacate the jammed road.
The protesters also raised slogans of Vande Mataram and the provocative
"desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro s****n ko". Delhi Police has
detained some of the protesters who were agitating against Shaheen Bagh protest
and moved them to a different location in buses. However, some protesters are
still chanting slogans in the area.Delhi Police and paramilitary forces are
guarding the area in and around Shaheen Bagh. No person or vehicles are being
allowed inside the first barricade without showing ID proof.As tension prevails
in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal ordered Delhi Police to enhance
security.A fringe outfit, Hindu Sena, had earlier threatened to remove all
anti-CAA protesters from Shaheen Bagh on Sunday. Hindu Sena, in a press
release, had said it would remove all the "Shaheen Bagh Jihadis" at
11 am on February 2. However, speaking to IndiaToday.in, Vishnu Gupta, chief of
Hindu Sena said the organisation doesn't endorse the call for removing the
protesters.Unfazed by the firing incident at Shaheen Bagh on Saturday,
protesters said they will continue their agitation at the site until the
government revokes the amended citizenship law.indiatoday
Watch: Demonstrators gathered at Shaheen Bagh to justify ‘goli maaro
salon ko’ slogans
Hindu Sena Calls Off Plan to Unleash Violence on Shaheen Bagh Protesters
New Delhi: Reports have said that rightwing group Hindu Sena, which had
threatened violence against those engaged in peaceful dharna at Shaheen Bagh on
Feb.2, have called off their plans for mobilisation on Sunday. Sena had called on its supporters to remove
all protesters from the area. In a press release, Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta
has reportedly said that decision to call off event was taken “after meeting
and discussing the law and order situation with South-East DCP Chinmoy Biswal
and other senior officers of Delhi Police to maintain peace in the area,”
reported The Quint.midst heightening tension, a shooter opening fire on
Saturday and threats of violence, women at Shaheen Bagh had called for an
“urgent mobilisation” on Sunday as a show of support “in a time of crisis”. “In
light of these incidents and statements. and as we approach Delhi elections on
8th of February, we request Delhi’s citizens to join us at Shaheen Bagh
tomorrow, on 2nd of Feb, to show solidarity with our cause of defending the
Constitution,” said a statement posted on Twitter account of the protesters
read.thewire
Put barricades, frisk outsiders: Delhi L-G tells police to step up security
at Shaheen Bagh
New Delhi:Lt Governor Anil Baijal has directed police to enhance
security, including putting up more barricades at the protest site in Shaheen
Bagh, to prevent outsiders from creating trouble, sources said.The decision
comes against the backdrop of a man firing two rounds in air at the Shaheen
Bagh area, the epicentre of the protest against the country's new citizenship
law, and was later taken into custody. Sources said as Delhi Assembly elections
are approaching, the police have been asked to keep a tight vigil so that there
is no untoward incident in the national capital.They said that the police will
also take help of local volunteers to facilitate frisking people entering the
protest site.The sources said that the police will also randomly check people
roaming around the protest site. indiatoday
Govt Is Ready To Talk To Shaheen Bagh Protesters Anytime:Gadkari
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that government aims to
provide a better life to all the people in India including the Muslims and
urged the protesters at Shaheen Bagh to not pay heed to the rumours being
spread for political gains.Gadkari while speaking to ABP News at ‘Jan Man Dhan’
conclave made an appeal to the people of Shaheen Bagh to roll back their
protest.“Government has not enacted CAA to snatch anybody’s citizenship. It has
been brought about to help those facing persecution in Bangladesh, Afghanistan
and Pakistan. I urge the people to not believe the lies being spread about the
Act for political gains and I appeal them to end their protest,” Gadkari
said.“People of Shaheen Bagh can meet us for a discussion anytime. The
situation has been made tense because of misinformation about the subject,” he
said.Few political parties cannot get votes if they don’t use into this
polarisation tactics. The intent of BJP is clear, it wants an inclusive
development of the country, he said.ABP News
Modi govt ready to talk to Shaheen Bagh protestors, clear doubts on CAA:
Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi:After almost two months of the anti-CAA protest in Shaheen
Bagh, the Centre has finally said that it is ready to talk to the
protestors.The proposal for a dialogue comes just a week before Delhi is slated
to vote for the Assembly election.Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar
Prasad on Saturday said that government is ready to talk to Shaheen Bagh
protestors. Prasad in a tweet on Saturday said that Modi government is
"ready to communicate with the Shaheen Bagh protestors and clear all their
doubts regarding the CAA".He added that the talks "should be in a
structured form"."Govt is ready to talk to protestors of Shaheen Bagh
but then it should be in a structured form and the @narendramodi govt is ready
to communicate with them and clear all their doubts they have against
CAA,"union minister tweeted. Delhi CEO Ranbir Singh on Friday had visited
the Shaheen Bagh area to assess the situation and preparedness ahead of the
assembly elections, and said there is no obstruction in areas where poll
activities will be conducted on Feb.8.Singh had said, police forces and
election machinery are on "extra vigil" and assessing the situation
all the time across the national capital.India Today
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind welcomes govt talk offer to Shaheen Bagh protesters
New Delhi: Within hours of Union gont''s ''structured talk'' offer to
Shaheen Bagh protesters, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) said on Saturday that it
welcomed the govt''s willingness to hold a dialogue with those protesting
against CAA and NRC. JIH chief Syed Sadatullah Husaini said: "If somebody
is sitting on a protest against any law got passed by the government, it''s the
govt''s duty to talk to the people who are expressing their dissent; if the
government is willing to talk to them, it''s a welcome step." "JIH
has condemned what it calls the govt's continued disregard of the countrywide
protests against CAA, NRC, and NRC."Govt''s dogged persistence on CAA and
execute NPR -- despite the poor state of our economy and faltering GDP growth,
rising unemployment, and weak tax collection -- exposes its incompetence and
inability to steer the nation with wisdom and foresight, a JIH statement said.Jamaat
appeals to govt to announce the withdrawal of CAA, NPR and NRC as the
"nation is paying a heavy price for the intransigence of a few at the helm
of power", JIH Vice President Muhammad Salim Engineer said.IANS
Jamaat Slams President Kovind’s Speech in Parliament for Ignoring CAA
Protests
Delhi court sends 25-yr-old arrested for firing at Shaheen Bagh during
anti-CAA protest to custody
New Delhi: A court in Delhi sent Kapil Gujjar, arrested for firing in
the air at southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area during a protest against the
CAA, to a two-day police custody on Sunday.Kapil was produced before Additional
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh Rawat.On Saturday, he had fired two
rounds in the air at Shaheen Bagh, where anti-CAA protests are being held for
over a month now.After being overpowered, Kapil had chanted "Jai Shri
Ram" and said, "hamare desh me aur kisi ki nahi chalegi, sirf Hinduon
ki chalegi (only Hindus shall have a say in our country, no one else)," as
he was taken into custody by the Delhi Police.PTI
Shaheen Bagh firing: Shooter shouts sirf Hinduon ki chalegi, detained
Second man opens fire at protests in Shaheen Bagh
‘Bullets will surely work if someone doesn’t listen to reason,’ says
Adityanath in Delhi rally
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Saturday joined a series of
BJP leaders appearing to suggest the use of bullets as a means to get
dissenters on board. He made the remark in an election rally in poll-bound
Delhi while referring to those who allegedly pose a threat to the annual Kanwar
yatra of Shiv devotees. Those who do not listen to words will surely understand
the language of the bullet, he said.Adityanath claimed in a rally in Rohini
that previous govts in Uttar Pradesh had imposed severe restrictions on Kanwar
yatra. He said that when he came to power in 2017, he ordered that these
restrictions – such as a ban on loud music – be removed. He said he also
ordered that rose petals be showered on devotees from helicopters above.scroll
Delhi poll: AAP demands campaign ban on UP CM
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/delhi-poll-aap-demands-campaign-ban-on-up-cm-yogi-adityanath-34909
New Delhi: AAP has demanded Election Commission to ban Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in National Capital over his
alleged provocative speeches. AAP leader Sanjay Singh also demanded an FIR
against him for his remarks. Singh told a press conference here that it has
been 48 hours since AAP asked the Election Commission time to meet them but it
has not been granted. “If the EC does not give us time, we will stage a sit-in
in front of the ECI office on Monday,” Singh said. PTI
Jadavpur University students protest march against Shaheen Bagh shooting
incident
Kolkata: SFI unit of Jadavpur University took out a protest march against the multiple
firing incidents against anti-CAA protesters in the national capital. Around
100 students participated in the rally and went around the 8B bus stand area
near JU campus, chanting slogans against ‘fascist forces who have opened fire
on peaceful anti-CAA protesters’. Protesters chanted, "Down with BJP, down
with Amit Shah, down with Fascism," while also raising slogans in favour
of Shaheen Bagh and mentioned how it stands for freedom and liberation. They
said, "Shaheen Bagh means freedom from divisive politics" and
"Shaheen Bagh means freedom from discrimination."timesnownews
CAA violates Indian Constitution, global human rights law: Amnesty
to US Congress
Washington: Amnesty International has told US lawmakers that the
recently enacted CAA stands in "clear violation" of Constitution of
India and international human rights law and "legitimises
discrimination" on the basis of religion.Amnesty International Asia
Pacific Advocacy Manager Francisco Bencosme made the remarks during a testimony before the
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human
Rights and International Organizations and House Oversight and Reform
Subcommittee.Indian Parliament "passed CAA, which legitimises
discrimination on the basis of religion and stands in clear violation of the
constitution of India and international human rights law," Bencosme
said.PTI
Anti-CAA stir: AMU student leaders bat for protestors in other parts of
Aligarh
Protests against the CAA at AMU seemed to be extending to the other
parts of Aligarh as thousands of women continued their protest in Shahjamal
Eidgah area. While AMU administration denied students’ participation in protests
away from the campus, student leaders claimed they were showing solidarity with
the anti-CAA protest in Shahjamal area.“We go to the protest site in Shahjamal
area to express solidarity with locals staging protest because we too are
against the citizenship law in its present form. We guide people to keep the
protest peaceful and stay away from any provocation,” stated M Salman Imtiaz,
former president of AMUSU.HT
CBSE marksheet of Jamia shooter is fake, claims senior lawyer Prashant
Bhushan
Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan today claimed that marksheet of the
shooter who opened fire at a citizenship law protest near Jamia Milia Islamia had
been forged. Taking to Twitter, Bhushan hit out at ANI for making the marksheet
public in the wake of the gun attack, in which one protestor sustained a bullet
injury.“The marksheet of the Jamia shooter produced by ANI to show that he was
a minor is fabricated,” Bhushan said. “ANI is not a media outlet, just a govt
instrument for propagating fake news (sic),” he added. Lawyer shared a news
article on his Twitter feed to back his claim. The article cites comments by
social media users who have alleged discrepancies in the school code of Jewar
Public School, as it appears on the marksheet.The school, though affiliated
with CBSE, doesn't have any students enrolled in class IX and X. They also do
not have any section as per CBSE website,” the Twitter user also claims.Curiously,
the marksheet of the shooter surfaced in public minutes after the attack took
place. While the marksheet identifies the assailant as a juvenile, the claim is
now being disputed.indiatvnews
Jamia Warns Students Of Holding Protests Inside Campus, Prohibits
Sloganeering & Mass Gathering
Jamia Millia Islamia has become a hub of student protests over the past
two months. The university has prohibited students from holding any protest
meeting or agitation inside the university campus, warning them of strict
action, as per officials.The varsity administration also directed students to
report to it any unauthorised entry of outsiders in campus to avoid
"disruption of peace"."Any kind of protest meeting, agitation,
speeches and mass gathering or any unlawful activities causing inconvenience
and disruption in the day to day academic functioning are not allowed around central
canteen or anywhere in the Jamia campus," Jamia Registrar said in an
official order.indiatimes
Knew I had to stop gunman: Shadab shot at outside Jamia
New Delhi:“I was’t scared somehow; I don’t know why. When I saw him
raise his gun, I felt I need to stop him. I went ahead and tried to stop him. I
was telling him to lower the gun and was walking towards him,” Shadab
said.Jamia Millia student who was shot at during a protest on Thursday has said
he is “in a lot of trauma and has been unable to talk to anyone” since the
incident. Shadab Farooq Najar, 21, was shot in the forearm by a 17-year-old,
even as several policemen stood metres away.Shadab, who hails from Bhaderwah
town in Doda district of J&K’s Chinab valley, has been at Jamia for the
last 4 years. “I was’t scared somehow; I don’t know why. When I saw him raise
his gun, I felt I need to stop him. I went ahead and tried to stop him. I was
telling him to lower the gun and was walking towards him. I thought once I get
closer to him, I will grab him. I also thought police are going to stop him.
They were behind him. Perhaps I didn’t realise police are not going to do
anything,” he said.On the gunman, Shadab said: “think I will stand for Jamia if
such a situation comes again. Everybody should stand for rights, for justice.” “I
saw policemen standing with their hands inside their pockets… some of them were
making videos. I told him twice to lower the gun and when I told him the third
time, he opened fire. He aimed at my chest. But I raised my hand and the bullet
hit my left forearm.”Shadab said he has been part of the protests all along
“because of the brutality committed by police on the students of Jamia in Dec”.
He also said that “Delhi Police alone is not to be blamed…Had Jamia
administration and V-C taken action against police brutality during earlier
events,this might not have been happened”.indian express
Panel constituted by AMU to probe campus violence asks students to
submit statements by Feb 7
Aligarh:The one-man judicial
panel constituted by AMU to probe into violent incidents that rocked the campus
in December 2019 has asked students and staffers at the AMU to submit their
written statements by February 7, according to an official notification. The
probe is being conducted by retired chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High
Court V K Gupta.As per the notification issued on Saturday, students and
staffers at the AMU should submit their written statements to the probe panel
by February 7. Similarly, a seven-member committee of senior faculty members
instituted by AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor to review all FIRs registered
by police against students in connection with anti-CAA protests is also
expected to start functioning shortly, AMU spokesman Omar Peerzada said.PTI
22-Year-Old Man Beaten Up for Wearing ‘No NRC-CAA’ Cap in Delhi
“Wearing a ‘NO NRC/CAA cap’ will do you no good. You're a Muslim. Your
place is in Pakistan,” 22-year-old Faizal, who was beaten up by 5 men who were
drinking at Rani Garden Park in East Delhi on Friday, told The Quint from hospital.A
CT scan was performed to ensure there were no internal injuries. Faizal, who
was beaten up for at least 15 minutes, was hit on his hands, arms and
chest.While out for a stroll, Faizal told his friends he was heading to the
park. He visits this park every evening as he is a resident of the area.“When I
entered wearing this cap, which till now I never felt uncomfortable wearing,
they began taunting me,”he said. Faizal said the men taunted him, saying his
sister and mother are being paid Rs 500 to sit at Khureji protests, an anti-CAA
protest site he regularly takes part in.thequint
'Will make Jamia happen here': 2 men threaten anti-CAA protesters in
Bengaluru; let-off after students decide not to press charges
The day a shooter injured a student outside Jamia Millia Islamia in New
Delhi during an anti-CAA protest, two men threatened protesting students in
Bengaluru with a repeat of the incident.According to a report in TOI, the
incident happened during a protest against Jamia firing at Bengaluru's Maurya
circle.Following firing in Jamia, students from several colleges in Bengaluru
gathered and began demanding that Union Home Minister Amit Shah resign and that
BJP MP Anurag Thakur be booked for hate speech. They also chanted slogans
against the CAA.As per the report, two men joined a group of demonstrators who
had stayed back to protest against the alleged attack by police at the Jamia
varsity and began chanting pro-CAA slogans."While we were raising anti-CAA
slogans, two men from among us began shouting pro-CAA slogans. The duo was
unknown and when we looked at them, they quietly moved away,” the report quoted
Adrian, a student present at the protest site, as saying.The men, who were
drunk, returned after a few minutes, he added.Teresa Braggs, a student
protester, told News Minute that the men circled the area for more than an hour
before threatening the protesters. “They began saying, ‘it’s not down down CAA
but you people will go down just like Jamia’," she said.Another student,
Saqib Idrees, said that the duo abused the protesters in Kannada, saying that
they would repeat the Jamia incident in Bengaluru.
Meet Updesh Rana who inspired Jamia shooter; he too wants to ‘counter
Shaheen Bagh’
New Delhi: Far-right activist Updesh Rana, whose name figured in
multiple Facebook posts of the youth who fired at a Jamia student, plans to
launch a dharna at Shaheen Bagh on Feb.9, to “counter” blockade by anti-CAA
protesters.The gunman, in his posts, had written that in case he had even half followers
of Rana, he would have turned Shaheen Bagh into “Jallianwala Bagh”. Rana was
arrested in Jaipur in 2017 over a proposed rally in support of Shambhulal
Regar, who was accused of killing a Muslim labourer in Rajasthan and
circulating the video.In Facebook,there are several groups in support of Rana,
including one with over 1.25 lakh followers. Another group, with over 26,000
members, gets around 3,700 posts on a daily basis. The group description tells
Muslims to “stay away” and new members are asked whether they are Hindu or
not.indianexpress
Dr. Kafeel Khan Remanded to Judicial Custody, Transferred to Mathura
Jail
Aligarh, UP: Child specialist Kafeel Khan who was accused of making an
inflammatory speech at AMU was remanded to judicial custody and later
transferred to Mathura jail, officials said.Circle Officer (Civil Lines) Anil
Samania said Khan was brought here late Friday evening and was produced before
the remand magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody.He was sent to the
Aligarh jail, but within an hour, he was transferred to Mathura jail, the
official said.PTI
Shaheen Bagh shooting: Opposition questions PM Modi’s silence
Just 2 days after Jamia shooting incident, another man opened fire in
Shaheen Bagh and terrorised the protesters. Following the attack, Opposition
leaders questioned silence of Prime Minister and the deteriorating law and
order in the national capital.Around 4 pm on Saturday, the gunman, identified
as Kapil Gujjar, fired three rounds in the air, just 60 meters from where
anti-CAA protesters have been indefinitely protesting. The protesters are
opposing CAA and NRC. No one was injured in the incident.Police in the vicinity
promptly detained the shooter. While being detained, he told the media,
seemingly unapologetic of his actions, “Hamaare desh mein kisi aur ki nahin,
sirf Hinduon ki chalegi” (roughly translates to: In this country, only Hindus
will rule).thenewsminute
‘Certain political parties’ planning violence, unrest in Delhi today,
AAP alleges in letter to EC
AAP on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora,
alleging that “certain political parties” were planning to create unrest and
violence in Delhi on Sunday. The party asked Arora to direct Commissioner of
Police Amulya Patnaik and law enforcement agencies to take appropriate measures
to prevent such violence.Delhi’s ruling party said it had come to know through
its “sources” that certain “anti-social elements in connivance with certain
political parties” are planning to create unrest and violence on Sunday, in
order to subvert law and order in the city and prevent the conduct of free and
fair elections.scroll
CPI-M MPs Reach Shaheen Bagh, Express Solidarity with Anti-CAA/NRC
Protest
NEW DELHI:Senior
leaders and MPs of CPI-M reached Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area on Sunday, day after
the firing incident, to express their solidarity with the anti-CAA/NRC protest
going on here for the last one and half months.
CPI-M’s Rajya Sabha MPs K Somaprasad and KK Ragesh and CPI-M’s senior
leader and politburo member Hannan Mollah were there along with hundreds of
people including social and human rights activists. They had come to support
Shaheen Bagh after news came that some Hindu Sena is coming to attack Shaheen
Bagh protest.India Tomorrow
Delhi Police grants permission to raise ‘Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro
saalon ko’ slogan!
Delhi Police, in a shocking decision, has reportedly allowed activist
Saket Gokhale permission to hold a rally where the activist specifically
mentioned, in his application for permission, that the slogan “Desh ke gaddaron
ko, goli maaro saalon ko” will be raised, the activist claimed in a social
media post, posting a copy of the letter stamped by Delhi Police
authorities.Coming within 72 hours of the Jamia firing incident where Jewar
resident Rambhakt Gopal shot at student Shadab in clear view of policemen who
stood still and did nothing to prevent the firing, this is a bizarre decision.
Does the Delhi Police actually think it is okay for people to march through the
national capital’s streets, calling upon people to shoot their fellow citizens
dead?Not too far in the distant memory, people saw Delhi Police shooting and
lathi charging Jamia Millia Islamia students inside their campus and standing
idle while masked right-wing goons, allegedly aligned with ABVP, indulged in a
murderous assault on JNU students and faculty members.nationalheraldindia
Massive protest against CAA-NPR-NRC in Odisha
Bhubaneswar :Thousands of protesters took to the streets here on
Thursday opposing CAA, the proposed nationwide NRC and NPR.People under the
banner of ‘We the people of India-Odisha’ took out a massive rally from
Exhibition Ground to Mahatma Gandhi Marg, a 2-km-long stretch. All political
parties except BJD and BJP extended their support to the protest. Over 50
organisations and parties had joined hands for massive protest. They questioned
why Muslims were deliberately kept out of the list of religious minorities who
have been allowed to go through a smooth process to secure Indian citizenship
under CAA.Prafulla Samantra, a prominent mass movement leader, said, “The
growth in rate of unemployment is disturbing. The economic growth has been
consistently going downward. Farmer are dying every day. While the country is
in the midst of a crisis, Modi government is trying to establish a Hindu
Rashtra.”Mohammed Karim, who hails from Bhadrak district, said, “The policies
of the Modi government have threatened the very existence of minority
communities in the country. Now, Muslims are being treated as if they are not
citizens of the country and the turn of other minority communities will come in
future.”thehindu
Day after confusion, 'Mumbai Bagh' protest continues on day 8
Mumbai:A day after attempts were made by some groups to call off the
anti-CAA protest at Nagpada here, the stir, which has now come to be known as
"Mumbai Bagh", entered its eighth day on Sunday.Confusion and high
drama had prevailed on Saturday at the sit-in demonstration being held by women
against CAA on Morland Road in Nagpada after a section of the protesters
decided to call off the protest as the police told the volunteers to vacate the
area saying they did not have permission for it.However, soon after the
announcement was made that the protest was being called off, a huge crowd came
to the site and started raising slogans. Following this, the plan was given up
and the protest continued.PTI
Woman Dies After Falling Unconscious At Kolkata Anti-CAA Stir
Kolkata: An elderly woman, who was part of the ongoing demonstration by
women against the CAA and the proposed nationwide NRC at Park Circus Maidan
here, died on Sunday after falling ill, police said.57-year-old woman fell
unconscious at the protest site around 2 am and was taken to a nearby hospital,
they said.Samida Khatun, a resident of Entally area, died at the hospital after
some time, police said.The woman’s last rites will be performed later in the
day after her son arrives from Iran, a fellow protestor said.PTI
Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against
CAA
February 1 saw nearly 20,000 protesters – most of them farmers and
Muslim women – take to the streets at Malerkotla in Punjab, against the CAA.The
rally was an “invitation march,” designed to raise awareness on Act and inform
people of a bigger protest rally in the town on February 16.The rally was held
under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta) Ugrahan group and saw
participation by several Muslim organisations like Jamat-e-Islami Hind and
Zarka Zaafri. The women wore yellow clothing to symbolise oneness and chanted
slogans that went, “Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Isai, saaray kirtee bhai bhai“.The
rally was addressed at several points across town by local women leaders
Harinder Kaur Bindu, Harpreet Kaur Jethuke, Baljeet Kaur, Parmjit Kaur Pitho
and Paramjit Kaur Kotra.A press release sent out by the group said the women
leaders stressed on the importance of rising above religious differences. One
of the slogans chanted at the rally was “Bhai nal bhai larren nee dena, sun
santaali banan nee dena.” Translated, it means, “We cannot let brothers fight
each other, we cannot let it be 1947 again.”thewire
Bidar school kids quizzed third time by cops over their play against
NRC-CAA
Bidar police on Saturday questioned around 60 students of the Shaheen
Primary and High School in connection with the sedition case filed against the
school and two others for staging an anti-CAA play. The police booked five
members of the school’s management. The head mistress Fareeda Begum and the
mother of a child who had taken part in the play, were arrested on January 30
under several sections of IPC including sedition.Touseef Madikeri, who heads
school, said that the police questioned children aged between 9 and 12 years.
“DySP Basaveshwara Hira and two other police officers came and questioned the
children. They started at 12 pm and finished interrogation at 4 pm,” he
said.Touseef says that the children were asked whether they watched the play
and whether the school was “spreading false information” about CAA and
NRC.“They asked children whether the school had taught them or coerced them
into making statements against PM Modi. They answered whatever questions they
knew,” Touseef added.FIR was registered against the school on January 26
following a complaint registered by an ABVP member Nilesh Rakshala. However, 2
women were arrested on January 30 and the remand application was filed on
January 31.According to the remand application,Bidar New Town Police questioned
the girl, who took part in the play. “Girl told the police during questioning
that her mother Nazbunnisa told her to make the statement against Prime
Minister Narendra Modi while she was practicing the lines for the play at
home,” remand application states.However, the school has denied this and said
that line was misinterpreted and was not targeted at the PM. They have also
said the child added a line as extempore.thenewsminute
Congress opposes FIR against Goa Church body over presence of children
at anti-CAA rally
Defending the presence of children at an anti-CAA rally in Goa last
month, for which an FIR has now been filed against the organising body — a
Church-backed NGO —Congress asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann
ki baat’ episodes similarly exposes students to political ideology too? Party spokesperson
Trajano D’Mello also called FIR filed against the Council for Social Justice
and Peace, a Church-backed NGO, on January 30, as frivolous, saying it would
not stand test of law. “FIR filed against the organisers of the anti-CAA rally
will not stand the test of law. Students are free to choose their ideology. The
PM’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ lectures also contain political ideology. Does that merit
an FIR too?” D’Mello said. deccanherald
Time to get rid of India's sedition law? Demand grows as many anti-CAA
protesters booked
The mother of a student and a head teacher of a Karnataka school were
arrested and booked for sedition on Thursday by the state police. This was
after the school had its students stage a play that was allegedly against CAA
and NRC.Students of Shaheen Educational Institute in Karnataka’s Bidar were
questioned by the police. A picture of the police questioning the children had
gone viral.But 26-year-old Nazbunnisa, the mother of a girl who played a role
in the play and Fareeda Begum, the head teacher, are among many anti-CAA and
anti-NRC protesters who have been booked under section 124A (sedition) of IPC
in Karnataka and across the country over the last two months. This has raised
questions on whether state government is misusing the colonial-era law to
muzzle dissent.Gopal Sankaranarayanan, an advocate at the Supreme Court , says
that the current government is using section 124A (sedition) on those voices
dissenting against governmental policy, when the scope of the law is narrowed
down to two types of offences:The law pertains to those whose words leads to a
cognisable act of violence or if it tries to overthrow the government. He says
that by conflating the government with governmental policy, the ruling party is
using sedition to curtail free speech.On January 28, Sharjeel Imam, a student
at JNU, was arrested by the Delhi police after being booked for sedition. thenewsminute
Delhi polls: Congress manifesto promises to challenge CAA in Supreme
Court
Congress released its manifesto for the upcoming Delhi Assembly
elections on Sunday, in which it has promised to challenge CAA in the Supreme
Court and demand the Centre to withdraw law.NRC and the existing form of NPR
will also not be implemented if it is voted to power, the party claimed.The
party has also promised to provide unemployment allowance of Rs 5,000 to Rs
7,500 per month, 300 units of free electricity per month, and other cashback
schemes for water consumers.scroll
NIA questions IIT Guwahati
professor, possibly in connection with CAA protests, says report
IIT in Guwahati for four hours, The Hindu reported. Though the agency
did not mention why Arupjyoti Saikia, a professor of history in Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, was summoned, reports said the case is related
to protests against the CAA.Saikia was questioned at the investigation agency’s
office in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati.scroll
Gujarat anti-CAA protests: Social media messages call to boycott shops
shut on bandh, police ‘unaware’
Vadodara : 2 days after local traders, predominantly belonging to the
minority community, joined a nationwide bandh in protest against CAA,
photographs of several businesses whose owners joined the bandh are being
widely shared on social media urging people to boycott these establishments.The
message, which seems to have originated from several social media accounts
supporting CAA, termed the traders who joined the bandh on January 29 as
“anti-nationals” and exhorted people to stop purchasing goods from their shops
so that “they remain shut for ever”.In the initial posts, those in favour of
CAA put up photos of the establishments shut in solidarity with the bandh call.
However, later on other supporters began updating list of such establishments
by putting up more photos along with the names of the owners while urging for a
boycott.indianexpress
CAA seeks to impose philosophy of 'Sangh Parivar' with its mission of
'Hindu Rashtra': Kerala CM
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan addressed the event 'National
Struggle Against Communalism' in Mumbai on February 02. Addressing at the
event, CM Vijayan said, "CAA should be rejected due to 3 reasons: 1st, it
is against the letter & spirit of our Constitution. 2nd, it is deeply
discriminatory and violative to human rights. 3rd it seeks to impose philosophy
of 'Sangh Parivar' with its mission of 'Hindu Rashtra.'"dnaindia
CAA-NRC-NPR, part of Hindutva project: N. Ram
N. Ram, Chairman of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited, said on
Saturday that it would be a serious mistake to see CAA, NRC and NPR as a mere
distraction from the current economic crisis. He said it was part of the larger
Hindutva project being pushed by the BJP government.He made remarks at the
inaugural session of Mumbai Collective, during a panel discussion, on the
‘Rising Tide in Indian Politics’, with Prof. Gopal Guru, Editor of Economic and
Political Weekly. thehindu
Uddhav Thackeray defends CAA, but says won't allow NRC in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has once again said that he
will not allow NRC in Maharashtra. On the other hand, Uddhav defended CAA
saying it is not about taking away citizenship rights from anyone. In an
interview with Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, Thackeray said the Citizenship Act
is not about taking away citizenship, it is about giving citizenship to
persecuted minorities from neighbouring nations.Uddhav Thackeray said,
"Proving citizenship will be difficult for both Hindus and Muslims.I will
not let that happen."indiatoday
*Budget, ECONOMY & POLITICS*
Finance Ministry clarifies: For NRIs, only income generated in India
will be taxed
New Delhi :A day after Union Budget was presented in the Parliament, Finance
Ministry Sunday clarified on one of its new announcements. The budget had a
provision of taxing Indian citizens who live abroad but don’t pay income tax in
any country. On Sunday, the government said the provision was an “anti-abuse”
measure applied only to income generated in India.“Finance Bill, 2020 has
proposed that an Indian citizen shall be deemed to be resident in India, if he
is not liable to be taxed in any country or jurisdiction. This is an anti-abuse
provision since it is noticed that some Indian citizens shift their stay in low
or no tax jurisdiction to avoid payment of tax in India,” a statement issued by
the Finance Ministry read.“The new provision is not intended to include in tax
net those Indian citizens who are bonafide workers in other countries. In some
sections of the media, the new provision is being interpreted to create an
impression that those Indians who are bonafide workers in other countries,
including in Middle East, and who are not liable to tax in these countries,
will be taxed in india on the income they have earned there,” the statement
added.“In order to avoid any misinterpretation, it is clarified that in case of
an Indian citizen who becomes deemed resident of India under this proposed
provision, income earned outside India by him shall not be taxed in India
unless it is derived from an Indian business or profession. Necessary
clarification, if required, shall be incorporated in the relevant provision of
the law,” the statement read.indianexpress
Rules Tweaked In Budget, NRIs Not Paying Tax Abroad To Be Taxed In India
NRI status tweak leaves seafarers stranded on high seas
Over 3 lakh Indian seafarers including those working on foreign ships
are set to face a double whammy, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
announcing changes to the rules for computing non-resident status for taxation
purposes in the Budget. Currently, to qualify for NRI status, like any other
citizen of India, a seafarer has to be outside India for 182 days, or six
months in a year. Consequently, his entire foreign income is not subjected to
tax. Sitharaman’s announcement means that a seafarer will have to spend more
time outside India – eight months or 240 days, instead of the existing 182 days
– to qualify for NRI status and enjoy a tax-free salary. thehindubusinessline
Budget has totally ignored agriculture, farmers and rural labour:
Experts & unions
Farmer unions and agriculture experts which had pinned their hopes on
Union Budget to boost the rural economy and provide huge relief to distress
farming called it “hopeless”, “disappointing”, “concealed” at a time when the
Centre has made made big claims about enhancing farmers’ income by 2022.Experts
said total budget allocations for agriculture, irrigation, and rural
development was Rs 2.68 lakh crore in 2019-20, which has been nominally
increased to Rs 2.83 lakh crore. In real terms, taking inflation into account,
this amounts to zero increase, an expert said.Others said there is no road map
on how the government will enhance farmers’’ income to double in the coming two
years. The Modi-1 government in its 2017 budget had declared that in coming
five years i.e. by 2022, farmers’ income would be doubled. “3 years have
already lapsed and the government should declare how much income of farmers had
increased in these three years and how the government will double it in coming
two years,” said BKU Ugrahan general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan. He
further asked why the finance minister had not provided a road map for
this.indianexpress
Union Budget 2020 highlights: New income tax rates, relief for home
buyers
Budget 2020: 150 private trains on Indian Railways map; Tatas
‘interested’
New Delhi :Tata Group have shown interest in the government’s ambitious
plan of rolling out 150 passenger trains run by private players, adding heft to
the high-priority project — mentioned by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in
her Budget speech — that seeks to end Indian Railways’ monopoly in the
sector.Representatives from the Tatas participated in the latest stakeholders’
meeting in which companies such as Adanis, Alstom, Siemens and Bombardier, among
others, were also present.“Tata Group is one of the companies that participated
in the stakeholders’ meeting,” Railway Board chairman VK Yadav said on
Saturday.indianexpress
Budget for the railways falls short of expectations
The budget for Indian Railways does not seem to represent in true sense
of the top three themes – aspirational India, economic development and the
caring society – of first Union Budget of the decade that has been envisioned
to be ‘laying strong foundation for a bright future of the country’ and ‘key to
India’s growth’. Rather, Indian Railways, restructuring for which have already
begun in the fag-end of Dec.2019, is likely to convert itself into Indian
Railways Corporation under a CEO with a push towards privatization along with
the Ministry’s façade of policy decisions and public accountability, a process
tend to increase the rail services cost to the nation and its people.The
Railways’ budget, in this context, can be termed as anti-people, because the
Railways will be enforced to increase costs depriving general people of
affordable means of bulk transportation. More so because railways may face a
shortfall in actual revenue are calculated at the assumption of 10 per cent of
growth rate of GDP, as against the current year’s growth rate of merely 5 per
cent.nationalheraldindia
Chidambaram rates Union Budget as zero or one on a scale of one to 10
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram was scathing in his reaction to
the Union Budget on Saturday. Asked how he would rate the budget on a scale of
one to ten, he replied that 10 had both one and a zero, so he wouldn’t mind
either. Replying to questions at a media interaction at the AICC office,
Chidambaram made the following points:" While President Ram Nath Kovind
had made no mention of employment in his address on Friday, Economic Survey had
made the extraordinary claim that the number of new firms registered had
increased by 12.2% in the last five years. Are these firms on a different
planet, he asked sarcastically, saying the budget also had failed to address
the problem of unemployment.Jobs, he held, are largely created by mining,
construction and the manufacturing sectors. But the Budget had little to offer
to any of these sectors."nationalheraldindia
Indian economy experienced abrupt slowdown in 2019, but it’s not in a
recession: IMF MD
Indian economy experienced some abrupt slowdown in 2019 due to
turbulence in non-banking financial institutions and major reform measures such
as GST and demonetisation, but it is not in a recession, IMF MD Kristalina
Georgieva has said.“Indian economy indeed has experienced an abrupt slowdown in
2019. We had to revise our growth projections, downwards to 4% for last year.
We are expecting 5.8%(growth rate) in 2020 and then an upward trajectory to
6.5% in 2021,” Georgieva told a group of journalists in Washington.“It appears
that the main reason for this slowdown was the non-banking financial
institutions experiencing a turbulence,” she said on the eve of Union Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the annual budget in Parliament on
Saturday.“For example, coming with the unified tax system, and the
demonetisation took place. These are steps that over time are beneficial, but
of course they might be somewhat disruptive over short term,” Georgieva
said.PTI
US economist backs Cong. on ‘misery’ index
Days after Congress party claimed that Indian economy should be measured
in terms of Global Misery Index (GMI), Prof. Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins
University, an applied economist who popularised the GMI concept, said on
Sunday that Indians would not be so ‘miserable’ if Modi govt focussed on the
economy instead of issues such as the new citizenship law. thehindu
Why Sitharaman's New Income Tax Rates May Not See Widespread Adoption
*J&K AND S. ASIA*
J&K: 4 more Kashmiri political leaders released from detention
Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday released four Kashmiri
political leaders from detention, ANI reported. They were detained at MLA
Hostel in Srinagar since August 5. 4 were identified as National Conference
leaders Abdul Majeed Larmi, Ghulam Nabi Bhat, Muhammad Shafi, and Muhammad
Yousuf Bhat.With this release, 17 leaders of various parties in Kashmir are
still in detention at the MLA hostel, IANS reported.scroll
Sitharaman Quotes Kashmiri Poet Who Wrote Ode to Sheikh Abdullah, Whose
Son, Grandson Are Now in Jail
New Delhi: As part of the long-stand tradition in the budget speech,
finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman quoted a Kashmiri verse about “blooming
lotus in Dal Lake”. Ironically, the Kashmiri author of those lines came to
prominence for praising Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah, whose son and grandson
have been put in custody by the Indian government for the last six
months.Sitharaman recited a couple of lines by Dina Nath Kaul, who had used the
pseudonym ‘Nadim’. “Our country is like the flowering Shalimar Bagh, like the
blooming lotus in Dal Lake and like the warm blood of our youth,” is the
translation of what the poet recited in Kashmiri.According to an article by
Mohan K. Tikku, Nadim sprang to prominence in 1946, when Sheikh Abdullah was
released from prison.thewire
Revised J&K Internet Whitelist Includes More Kashmiri Portals,
Removes JioChat
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir government has announced an expanded
whitelist of approved websites, which includes more Kashmiri websites. However,
the Mukesh Ambani-owned JioChat, a messenger app, has been removed from this
latest list.After mobile phone and 2G internet services were restored, the
government had announced a list of 301 websites which could be accessed in the
union territory.While the home department stated on January 24 that there would
be complete restriction on social media applications for ‘peer-to-peer’
communications, it had whitelisted JioChat.Meanwhile, portals like Jammu Links
and Straight Line News, which were not part of the earlier list, have now been
included in the new one.thewire
J&K DSP case: NIA raids multiple places in south Kashmir
Srinagar:NIA today carried out
searches in connection with a case in which a senior Jammu and Kashmir police
officer was arrested while ferrying terrorists outside the valley, officials
said here.Multiple NIA teams fanned in various parts of south Kashmir and
carried out the searches at some private offices and residences, they said.NIA
had taken over the case in which Jammu and Kashmir’s DSP Davinder Singh, who
has since been suspended, was caught in south Kashmir while ferrying two
terrorists out of the valley on January 11.PTI
2 CRPF personnel, 7 civilians injured after militants hurl grenade in
Srinagar's Lal Chowk; security forces cordon off area
Srinagar : 2
security force jawans and 7 civilians were injured in a grenade attack by
militants on CRPF personnel in Lal Chowk area of the city on Sunday, police
said.The militants hurled a grenade on the CRPF personnel posted on duty near
Pratap Park in busy Lal Chowk area of the city, a police official said. The
nine injured persons were shifted to a hospital, he said.PTI
*OTHERS*
Hindu Mahasabha UP chief Ranjeet Bachchan shot dead in Lucknow
LUCKNOW:Uttar Pradesh unit head of Antarrashtriya Hindu Mahasabha,
Ranjeet Bachchan, was shot dead in Lucknow by unknown assailants on Sunday when
he was out on a morning walk, police said.JCP Naveen Arora said Bachchan’s
cousin, Aditya Srivastava, was also injured in the incident and their mobile
phones were snatched by the attackers, one of whom fired on them.The officer
said while 40-year-old Bachchan died on the spot after being hit by a bullet,
Srivastava has received bullet injuries on his left hand.“On Sunday morning,
Aditya Srivastava informed the police that he along with his cousin had gone on
a morning walk. They were coming from OCR building (Burlington Crossing) and
were going towards Parivartan Chowk in the city when a person, who had a shawl
wrapped over himself, stopped them, snatched their mobile phones, and fired,”
Arora said.He said as per initial information, Bachchan and his wife Kalindi
Sharma were not in a cordial relationship and a case in this regard was
registered in Gorakhpur. “This angle is also being looked into,” he said.He
said the deceased was also associated with Samajwadi Party previously and took
part in cycle rallies of the party between 2002-09. According to multiple
sources in the Hindu Mahasabha, who have spoken to The Quint, Ranjit had two
wives. PTI /The Quint
Hindu Mahasabha UP Prez Killed: Who Was Ranjit Bachchan?
UP man severs wife's head, goes to police station, chants 'Bharat Mata
Ki Jai'
Lucknow:As shocking as it may sound but a man severed his wife's head in
Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki and reached a police station holding his wife's head
in his hand on Saturday.The brutal incident happened at Jahangirabad police
station area's Bahadurpur village. A domestic fight lead to the cruel incident
when the man severed his wife's head, walked all the way to the police station
holding the wife's head in his hand.Stranger than fiction, when the police
tried to take over the wife's severed head from the man, he immediately started
singing National Anthem and chanted 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.After a few minutes of
tussle between the accused man and the police, the cops were able to take the
severed head from his possession.Accused man Akhilesh Rawat murdered his wife
first and then severed her head, according to the police. He then went to the
police station with the severed head where he was arrested.IANS
Yogi Govt to Demolish Medical Science Faculty in Mohammad Ali Jauhar
University
RAMPUR:After taking possession of 104 bighas of land of Mohammad Ali
Jauhar University, Rampur district officials are now preparing to send a notice
for demolition of the university’s medical science faculty.“We are now going to
issue notice to Jauhar Trust, run by Azam Khan, and the university authorities
to remove their illegal encroachments, which include the faculty of medical
science building, failing which the illegal construction will be demolished,”
Rampur DM Aunjaneya Kumar Singh said on Saturday.Sources said that medical
science faculty building would be razed within a week.The university was built
by Azam Khan and Rampur administration claimed that SP leader had encroached
upon the government land illegally and constructed the building.IANS
In A First, Tricolour Hoisted, Preamble Read At Mumbai's Mahim Dargah
The tricolour was hoisted and the Preamble to the Constitution was read
for the first time on Saturday ahead of 607th Urs of Hazrat Makhdoom Ali
Mahinmi at the renowned Mahim Dargah in Mumbai, trustees said.They said the
historic move was to connect communities and to show solidarity to the nation,
and ensure harmony and peace among all sections of society.The flag of the
saint was also hoisted on the occasion, trustees added. PTI
In a first: Preamble read at Mumbai’s Mahim dargah
Nirbhaya Case: Delhi HC reserves order on Centre's plea challenging stay
on execution
Delhi High Court is hearing a plea by the Centre challenging the stay
issued on the hanging of four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder
case.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is appearing for the Ministry of Home
Affairs, has argued that the four convicts have made deliberate attempts to
cause a delay. Tushar Mehta said that convict Pawan Gupta not filing a curative
or mercy petition is deliberate and calculated inaction.indiatoday
One dead, more than 300 evacuated after ammonia gas leak at Haldiram's
unit in Noida; situation under control, say police
Noida: A 42-year-old worker died allegedly after an ammonia gas leak at
a Haldiram's building in the city, while more than 300 others were evacuated
from there on Saturday, officials said.The leakage was reported around 12 pm,
prompting immediate deployment of police force, firefighters NDRF, they said.
One dead, over 300 evacuated after
ammonia gas leak at Haldirams unit in Noida; situation under control, say
police. There are two adjoining units of Haldiram's in the building, one was
the production unit and the other was its cooling or the maintenance unit, an
NDRF official said.PTI
*WORLD*
China coronavirus deaths, infections jump: All the latest updates
At least 304 people in China were confirmed dead till, according to National
Health Commission. Thousands more were confirmed infected, bringing that total
to 14,380 people. Iraq has banned the entry of all foreigners coming from China
over fears about the coronavirus outbreak, interior ministry said.Bangladesh
has temporarily suspended visa-on-arrival services for travellers from China in
an attempt to halt the coronavirus.A further 11 British nationals are being
flown back to Europe from China on a French flight, foreign minister Dominic
Raab said.Afghan health authorities are establishing isolation wards across the
country ahead of a potential influx of coronavirus cases, an official
said.Indonesia will temporarily stop flights to and from mainland China
starting Wednesday and bar visitors who had been in China in the past 14 days
from entering or transiting in the southeast Asian country, Foreign Minister
Retno Marsudi said.aljazeera
Coronavirus: India suspends e-visa facility for Chinese citizens
On a day the death toll due to novel coronavirus touched 304 in China,
India Sunday temporarily suspended e-visa facility for Chinese travellers and
foreigners residing in China, also invalidating e-visas already issued.“Due to
certain current developments, travel to India on e-visas stands temporarily
suspended with immediate effect,” the Indian Embassy announced. India’s second
case of coronavirus has been reported in Kerala, three days after a first case
was reported from Thrissu.Earlier in the day, India airlifted the second batch
of 323 stranded citizens from coronavirus-hit Wuhan city.indianexpress
Coronavirus outbreak LIVE Updates: Three persons with symptoms admitted
to hospital in Jaipur
US envoy briefs Afghan president on peace talks with Taliban
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
that there has not been any significant progress in his peace talks with the
Taliban.However, Khalilzad said he was hopeful of reaching an understanding
with the group on reduction of hostilities, but did not offer any timeframe,
according to a statement issued by the presidential palace on Saturday.After
concluding talks in Doha, Brussels and Islamabad, Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on
Saturday where he separately held discussions with Ghani and Chief Executive
Abdullah Abdullah on US-Taliban talks. According to Ghani's office, Khalilzad
hoped the peace talks to end 18-year war will reach a conclusion."We are
waiting for a clear response from the Taliban about a ceasefire or a significant
and lasting reduction in violence based on a practical mechanism which is
acceptable to the people of Afghanistan and US government," Khalilzad said.aljazeera
Mohammad Allawi: Iraq's new PMdesignate
After two months of political deadlock, Iraqi President Barham Salih on
Saturday appointed Mohammed Allawi to replace caretaker Prime Minister Adel
Abdul Mahdi, who resigned in late November in the face of widespread
anti-government protests.PM-designate has a month to form a government, which
must be approved by the country's deeply divided Parliament. He is tasked with
running the country until an early election is held, for which there is no set
date.The appointment of Allawi, a former communications minister, followed an
ultimatum by Salih, who had said he would pick a new prime minister himself if
parties did not agree on a candidate. But his choice was instantly rejected by
protesters who have for months defied a bloody crackdown to demand a complete
overhaul of the country's ruling class."Allawi is rejected,"
demonstrators in Baghdad's Tahrir Square chanted on Saturday, dismissing
prime-minister designate as being part and parcel of Iraq's post-2003 political
establishment.A cousin of former vice president and PM Iyad Allawi, PM-designate
is a native of Baghdad and a Shia Muslim.aljazeera
PA says it cut ‘sacred’ security ties with Israel, US
Palestinian Authority (PA) has cut all ties with US and Israel including
security relations after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented this week
by US President Donald Trump, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said.At a
meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, Abbas reiterated his “complete”
rejection of Trump’s peace plan, which calls for creating a demilitarised
Palestinian state with borders drawn to meet Israeli security needs.“We’ve
informed the Israeli side…that there will be no relations at all with them and
US including security ties,” Abbas told one-day extraordinary session to
discuss Trump’s plan.middleeastmonitor
*views, Articles, FEATURES*
Shooting an aberration: Jamia & Shaheen Bagh have rattled the regime:Saeed
Naqvi
Jamia and Shaheen Bagh shootings: It's deeply worrying that the word
'terrorist' is absent from popular discourse:Praveen Swami , firstpost
Sitharaman Misses the Chance to Exploit the Full Potential of a Higher
Fiscal Deficit:Lekha Chakraborty
Sitharaman’s ‘Budget of Giveaways’ Will Not Help India's Broken
Economy:Prem Shankar Jha
Brace yourself for an economy that will grow at an unsatisfactory rate
in 2020-21:P Chidambaram
Shaheen Bagh firing: 'Kapil bhaiya did the right thing, I had similar
sentiments': newslaundry.com
Lessons that Shaheen Bagh teaches us about citizenship:SHUDDHABRATA
SENGUPTA
Hyderabad’s Khalida Parveen, 65, fights against CAA-NRC: siasat
Delhi Polls, Hate Speech and BJP's Most Reckless Communal Campaign
yet:Monobina Gupta
Budget speech shows no signs of India dumping socialism and statism:Tavleen
Singh
Brace yourself for an economy that will grow at an unsatisfactory rate
in 2020-21:P Chidambaram
Rhetoric over CAA bound to lose these middle of the road voters:Meghnad
Desai
Incitements by BJP leaders aim to polarise society, create violent
identities — not just win elections:Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Court Notices Being Served to Some Shaheen Bagh Protestors:Tarique Anwar
Indian TV news, Rest in Peace: job of spreading disinformation and lies
well done:Sujata Anandan
View from London: Can Indian police and society come out of the 1970’s
mindset?Hasan Saroor
Economic Survey hints at creation of an Indian Economy Pvt Ltd:V
Venkateswara Rao
Budget 2020: Full of platitudes, cliches & Modi praise; govt
continues to be on denial mode on economy:K Raveendran/IPA
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