05 Feb. 2020:
10 Jamadi-2, 1441: Vol: 12, No: 124
*anti-CAA,NRC-NPR stir*
Uttar Pradesh: Anti-CAA protesters in Azamgarh's Bilariyaganj lathi
charged by police, women and children injured
The anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters in Bilariyaganj area of
Azamgarh district in east Uttar Pradesh have alleged that the police
lathi-charged on them in the wee hours of Wednesday, leaving at least 10 of
them injured.“The police also fired tear gas and later filled with water Jauhar
Ali Park in Bilariyanaj area, where we were on dharna since Tuesday afternoon
against the CAA, National register of Citizens and National Population
Register, which were intended to ostracise the Muslims in their own India”,
said a woman, requesting to conceal her identity.“We were there till 2:30 AM as
the women of our families were participating in the sit-in. We left the place
at that time to prepare for Morning Prayer and received the call from the Park
at 4 AM that the police have been beating them. We rushed to the spot and found
that the women and some children, who accompanied them were running for safety
and the police were chasing and beating them”, said a local resident, whose
wife was in the dharna.He claimed that injured women were under treatment in
private hospitals.Triveni Singh, SP blamed the women and some men for pelting
stones on the police.“They had organised dharna without taking permission from
the administration. Later in the night, they pelted stones on the police.
Having little option left with us we used mild force to disperse the crowd. The
police have detained some men and women and grilling them to find out who
provoked them to organise dharna and defy rules”, the officer told local
reporters.He said force has been deployed at the park and the protesters have
vacated the area.
Azamgarh Police Crackdown on Anti-CAA Protest, Women Protesters
Lathi-Charged
Shaheen Bagh Shooter's Family Denies Police Claim, Says No Link With AAP
The family of the Shaheen Bagh shooter has denied the claims of the
Delhi Police that they are associated with AAP, thus, adding another twist to
the case.The twist in the Shaheen Bagh shooting emerged on Tuesday evening when
Delhi Crime Branch claimed they had retrieved photos from Shaheen Bagh
attacker, Kapil Gujjar's, phone and that "established" he was
affiliated with AAP.The photos recovered from phone of the Gujjar show him and his
father Gaje Singh with AAP leaders such as Atishi and Sanjay Singh and are
allegedly from 2019 on the day when the father-son duo joined AAP.Soon after
the police's claim, BJP launched a series of attacks on AAP and blaming it for
inciting violence and indulging in "dirty politics".AAP on its part
accused the Delhi Police of working on the behest of BJP and said that the
photos found on the phone of Gujjar "do not mean anything".The case
took a fresh turn when the family of Gujjar dismissed the Delhi Police's claims
and said they had nothing to do with AAP.outlookindia
AAP Says Cop "BJP Spokesperson" After His Claim On Shaheen
Bagh Shooter
New Delhi: Photos of Shaheen Bagh shooter with senior AAP leaders raised
a political storm late on Tuesday evening, with BJP claiming it proved the
ruling party's complicity in the protests against the contentious CAA. AAP said
it was all a BJP conspiracy and the police was acting under the orders of Union
home minister Amit Shah. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said they would send a
legal notice to the officer who made the claim and also complain to the
Election Commission.With just 3 days to go before the Delhi assembly elections,
the Delhi Police claimed that the shooter had confessed to being a primary
member of the AAP.NDTV
'DCP Should Wear Lotus On Shirt': AAP After Police Claim On Shaheen Bagh
Shooter
How Did Manoj Know About Kapil Gujjar Before Police, Asks AAP
ours after the Delhi Police claimed that Kapil Gujjar, the Shaheen Bagh
shooter, was a member of AAP, the party asked in a Twitter post how BJP’s Delhi
President Manoj Tiwari had claimed to know there was a report about this– “at 9
AM, 11 hours before the official statement by Crime Branch, Delhi Police”.AAP
was referring to Tiwari’s interview with ABP News which had aired in the
morning, in which he can be heard saying that “he (the shooter) is the son of
the AAP’s district president... we are not making this claim, there’s a report
on this.”thequint
Kejriwal blames Amit Shah’s ‘petty conspiracy’ for police claim of
Shaheen Bagh shooter’s AAP link
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused Union Home
Minister Amit Shah of resorting to “petty conspiracies” by getting the police
to find links between a man who opened fire in the Shaheen Bagh protest area
and the Aam Aadmi Party.“48 hours before the polling, Amit Shah is using police
to do such petty conspiracies,” Kejriwal told ANI in an interview. “The entire
country knows they are doing a political stunt.”scroll
BJP Supporter Gunja Kapoor, Followed by PM on Twitter, Caught in Burqa
at Shaheen Bagh
NEW DELHI,:BJP supporter and political analyst Gunja Kapoor was caught
at Shaheen Bagh protest site Wednesday noon. She was wearing Burka and making
videos of the protesters. She was taken away by the police. She is followed by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter.“हिन्दू महिला @gunjakapoor बुर्के में कैमरा लगाकर शाहीन बाग में पकड़ी गईं पुलिस पकड़ के लेकर गई। She is YouTuber of Right Narrative channel
@right_narrative & followed by our
PM,” tweeted organizers of the Shaheen Bagh protest.“As election is inching
closer, RW goons trying all means to attack on us,” they also said.Only
yesterday, she had slammed AAP for “sending” its alleged worker to open fire at
Shaheen Bagh, referring to the shooter Kapil Gurjar whose photos with AAP leader
appeared yesterday, three days after he was caught at Shaheen Bagh after
opening fire near the protest site.“Did Arvind Kejriwal & Sanjay Singh want
to kill women & children protesting at #ShaheenBagh,” Gunja had tweeted on
Tuesday.indiatomorrow
‘Suspicious’ Woman Caught at Shaheen Bagh,
Identified as ‘Political Analyst’ Gunja Kapoor | Watch
Complaint to EC says BJP’s campaign songs target minorities, promote
hatred between communities
BJP’s campaign songs for the Delhi Assembly elections are a clear
violation of the Model Code of Conduct and several other rules, a group of
filmmakers, advocates and an author have told the Election Commission of India
in a complaint filed on February 4. Delhi is set to vote on February 8, and the
results will be out on February 11.Observing that these videos promote hatred
between communities and different classes, 5 signatories have asked the
Election Commission to direct the BJP to “remove the offending videos from all
its social media portals...and issue directions to them to refrain from
releasing any further such or other videos in the public domain”.scroll
Bidar school sedition case: Police probe raises questions of
religion-based profiling
Bidar police on Tuesday questioned minor students of the Shaheen Primary
School for the fifth time in connection with the sedition case registered
against the school’s management and one parent. The sedition case was slapped
after students staged a play, which was against the CAA and NRC on January
21.On January 26, the sedition case was registered. Ever since the police have
questioned the children multiple times. This has raised several questions over
why investigators have not shown restraint while handling the case; and also
whether the government is influencing the police in clamping down on the rights
of the minority community.Over a month ago, a school in Karnataka’s Dakshina
Kannada district, owned by RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat was in the
spotlight after students staged a play regarding the demolition of the Babri
Masjid. A video of the play shows at least a hundred children on stage rushed
towards a huge poster of the Babri Masjid, as a narrator said on a loudspeaker:
“They start demolishing the structure with anything they can get their hands
on. With enthusiasm, Hanuman bhaktas with Hanuman’s anger, they bring down
Babri structure. Bolo Shri Ramachandra ki, Jai!” As the proclamation of Ram’s
name came on the loudspeaker, the poster of Babri Masjid was brought down by
the students, and the children on stage cheered and jumped in excitement.In the
case of Shaheen Primary and High School, the management and parent of one
little girl were booked for sedition. While the police showed restraint and did
not subject children to interrogation in the school in Dakshina Kannada, the
same restraint was not offered to the students of Shaheen Primary and High
School.As the Karnataka government and the police came under the spotlight and
have been accused of harassing the children in the school, the Karnataka State
Commission for Protection of Child Rights has issued a notice to Bidar SP, the
officials of the Department of Public Instruction in Bidar and also the
Disctrict Child Protection Officer regarding the repeated questioning of the
children.thenewsminute
‘Kids Can’t Do a Play Under BJP’: Parents Slam Bidar Sedition Row
Amid cries of ‘Bidar Police down, down’, several angry parents,
activists and citizens of Bengaluru came together to raise their voices against
the ‘inhuman’ behaviour of the Bidar police. Over the last week, cops have
turned up at a local primary school almost everyday, to interrogate minors for
hours on end, over charges of staging a ‘seditious’ play at a school
function.Two women, the headmistress and a single mother have been in jail
since 30 January after their arrest. Bearing placards, chanting slogans and
holding a large banner that said, ‘Humanity is the only religion,’ citizens
called out the inaction of the state government as well as the insensitivity of
local cops on their stringent action.Demanding immediate withdrawal of the
case, several citizens said that they feared for their own kids, claiming that
‘there is no freedom for the kids to stage a play under this
government.’thequint
Hoping sedition case is withdrawn, Bidar school students offer prayers
Even as 11-year-old Ayesha* (name changed) waits to hear the fate of her
mother’s bail petition in the Bidar District and Sessions court, students in
Shaheen Primary and High School on Tuesday evening gathered at the courtyard of
their school to break their fast and offer prayers, in the hope that the recent
controversy over a play staged in the school tides over. “Around 1,000 hostel
students in the school gathered inside the school premises to pray and break
their fast. This has been happening for the last three days after the police
arrested the mother of a student and a teacher of the school,” Touseef
Madikeri, CEO of Shaheen Primary and High School in Bidar, told TNM. Police
officials in Bidar district continued to question Ayesha’s batchmates at
Shaheen Primary and High School on Tuesday after they turned up at the school
for the fifth time. Police officials in plainclothes, led by Basaveshwara Hira,
Bidar Deputy Superintendent of Police, questioned students involved in a
programme organised in the school on January 21.
Sharjeel Imam case: TISS tense as students grapple with sedition case
against Urvashi Chudawala and others
An uneasy silence permeated Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on
Tuesday, as students woke up to the news that their peer, Urvashi Chudawala,
had been booked for sedition. Chudawala – a member of the TISS Queer collective
who now goes by the name Kris – and 50 others, whose identities are not yet
known, were charged after a video of them raising slogans in support of
Sharjeel Imam during Queer Azaadi Mumbai Pride March last Saturday was
circulated on social media.The police’s actions have shocked the usually
articulate students of the institute – many of whom are in the midst of project
and dissertation submissions – into silence. There are, however, murmurs of
discontent all around. “Most of us don’t know all the details [of the case]. We
are waiting for more information, but the campus is tense,” said a student, who
did not wish to be named. Another added, “Students are definitely upset.
Everyone is talking about it in the dining hall and canteen. Those who have
fired bullets at Jamia protesters are going free while and students are being
booked for statements.” The students’ union went into a huddle on Tuesday to
decide what stand it should take. “We are still in discussion. We will let you
know if we issue a statement,” president Bhatta Ram said.mumbaimirror
Sharjeel Made Anti-CAA Pamphlets
To Mobilise People: Police
Delhi Police claims that it has found an “inflammatory” pamphlet from
the laptop of Sharjeel Imam, the incarcerated research scholar of Jawahar Lal
Nehru University, that appealed people to mobilise against the CAA and the NRC
and was shared through WhatsApp, mail and messenger with groups of students of
the AMU and other varsities, an official said.A senior Crime Branch official
related to the probe told IANS: “The pamphlet that we recovered from the laptop
of Imam talking about Muslims being on the radar of the government and Muslims
being killed in Assam.“During questioning, Imam told us that he made the
pamphlet on December 3 and it was circulated to the WhatsApp groups of the AMU
and other universities.”caravandaily
Shaheen Bagh infant death case: Bravery award
winner writes to CJI
New Delhi:The case of the death of a four-month-old
infant in Delhi''s Shaheen Bagh, which is the epicentre of the anti-Citizenship
Amendment Act protests, has reached the Supreme Court.A girl, who received the
prestigious bravery award from the President, has written a letter to Chief
Justice of India S. A. Bobde seeking guidelines from the Court not to include
children in the protests.She has also sought investigation from the authorities
into the matter, as the death certificate did not mention the reason of death
as per the media reports.Zen Gunratan Sadavarte, a class seven student from Mumbai,
said the involvement of children in protests amounts to torture.IANS
CAA protest: Meerut cops cite youth’s killing to
block bail to riot accused
Meerut:On Dec.20, 26-year old Mohsin sustained
bullet injuries during an anti-CAA protest in Meerut. He was declared brought
dead at a hospital the same day. His grieving family protested when they were
denied the post-mortem report. Meerut police are now flagging the findings of
the post-mortem report, linking Mohsin’s death caused by a firearm injury to
the rioting that took place. In fact, police used this to oppose the bail plea
of a man booked in a case of rioting and attempt to murder which was registered
at Brahmpuri police station in Meerut — 5 persons were killed during the
protests in Meerut and families of the victims alleged excessive police
action.FIR stated: “At around 3.30 pm, near Hapur adda, there were 400-500
people armed with sticks, country-made pistol and pistols. Police explained to
the crowd that prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC have been imposed… however,
with intention to kill the policemen, they started pelting stones at the police
vehicles. The police arrested four people — Aasif, Samir, Mohammed Ikrar and
Shehzad — from the spot. They were arrested from Lisadi gate at 6.10
pm.”Ikrar’s bail plea was rejected on January 1 with sessions judge Gurpreet
Singh Bawa recording in his order: “The prosecution has argued that officials
were injured after all the accused attacked them sticks, bricks, rods, stones
and petrol bombs… the case diary shows that police officials Imran, Satendra,
Udham Singh, Manoj Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Nazim Khan, Adhesh Pundir, Sudhir,
Jitender Saxena, Dhanveer, Shabab, Santosh, Veerpal, Satish Chandra, Ajay
Kumar, Bijendra Singh, Pinku, Raghuraj Singh, Mahaveer Singh and Raj Singh were
medically examined and found to have red contusion and red abrasion. In case of
Sudhir and Jitendra Saxena, the doctor recommended them for an X-ray
examination. The examination reveals that there was no fracture of any
bone.”indianexpress
Rajinikanth makes his stance clear: CAA not a
threat to Muslims, NPR essential
Chennai :Actor Rajinikanth Wednesday said political
parties with ulterior motives in Tamil Nadu were instigating the public on CAA,
NPR, and NRC. Speaking to the reporters at his Poes Garden residence in
Chennai, the actor said he would be the first to raise his voice if there was
any threat to Muslims in the country.“There is no threat to Muslims. Political
parties are spreading fear over CAA for their political gain, and religious
heads are also siding with them. This is very wrong. The Centre has clearly
stated CAA does not affect Indian citizens. It is about providing citizenship
to the residents of neighbouring countries,” Rajinikanth said.indianexpress
India under Modi Akin to Hitler’s Germany: Owaisi
on NPR
NEW DELHI:Calling the BJP-led government’s NPR
exercise the next step towards a NRC, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday
accused it of creating an atmosphere in the country, similar to that created by
Adolf Hitler in Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy.Participating in the
debate in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind’s
address to Parliament, the Hyderabad MP said: “It is a fight for our (Muslims)
survival” as there is no difference between NPR and NRC and if “we lose this
fight, we will finish”.Referring to the census conducted by Hitler in 1933 and
by Mussolini in 1938, the AIMIM President said the country’s current atmosphere
is similar to that.IANS
Madhya Pradesh: BJP leader slams CAA, says it will
affect SC, ST’s along with Muslims
Bhopal :Days after a BJP leader opposed the new
citizenship law in Madhya Pradesh, another leader from the party ranks has
slammed CAA, arguing that not only Muslims but even scheduled castes, scheduled
tribes and OBCs will be affected by it.In a Facebook post, BJP leader Ajit
Borasi said, “NRC and CAA won’t affect only Muslims, but also SCs, STs, and
OBCs. Read it once and you will understand. I don’t have a herd mentality. I
won’t endorse what’s wrong.”However, a few weeks ago he had backed the CAA,
saying as far as he understood, it was not against any
“Hindustani”.indianexpress
No need to pass resolution against CAA in assembly,
will not allow implementation of NRC: Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai :Backing CAA with some riders, Chief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that there is no need to pass a
resolution against the CAA in the state assembly stating that the law is to
give citizenship and not to remove anyone from the country. Thackeray’s
statement comes after the Congress-ruled states were asked to pass a resolution
against CAA. However, Thackeray has said that he will not allow the
implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state.
*OTHERS*
Cabinet clears Trust for construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, to include
trustee from Dalit Society
New Delhi :Union Cabinet has cleared the formation of a trust for the
construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.Urging all members of the House to support the
construction of grand Ram Temple, the prime minister, sporting a saffron
muffler said, “after the verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi issue came out, the
people of India displayed remarkable faith in democratic processes and
procedures. I salute 130 crore people of India. ”In a rare occasion, Modi spoke
in the Lok Sabha before the Zero Hour and said that the government is moving
forward with ‘sabka sath sabka vikas’ policy so that everyone is happy. “In
India, be it Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Parsi or Jain, everyone
is a part of one family. Development must take place for every member of the
family,” he said.The trust, named as Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Shetra, will
include 15 trustees out of which one trustee will always be from Dalit society,
said Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Congratulating Modi, Shah in a tweet also added that the trust will be
independent to take every decision related to the temple and 67 acres of land
will be transferred to it.indianexpress
From Parliament Floor, PM Announces 15-Member Trust for Ayodhya Ram
Temple; 5 Acres Allotted for Masjid
Uttar Pradesh govt allots 5 acres of land to Sunni Waqf Board to build
mosque in Ayodhya
In accordance with the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute
case, the Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday allotted a 5-acre plot to the
Sunni Waqf Board for the construction of a new mosque in Ayodhya district.UP
Cabinet Minister Shrikant Sharma said the land was in Dhannipur village along
the Lucknow-Ayodhya highway, about 18 kilometres from the district
headquarters. He said the area was good not just from a connectivity point of
view, but also communal harmony and law and order.
One Lakh LIC Employees Stage Countrywide Walk-Out Against Proposed IPO
Mumbai: Nearly one lakh employees of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
staged an hour-long walk-out on Tuesday against the government’s decision to
sell a part of its stake in the life insurance major through an initial public
offering.There are 13 unions in LIC, and employees and officers affiliated to
11 unions were on protest.In the Union Budget announced on Saturday, Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government, which holds a 100% stake
in LIC, will sell a part of its holding through an initial public offering
(IPO).“Today’s walk-out was completely successful. Of around 1.08 employees and
officers at LIC, close to one lakh staged walk-out across the country,” All
India LIC Employees Federation (AILEF) General Secretary Rajesh Kumar told
PTI.PTI
Davinder Singh Row: NIA Raids Homes of BJP Sarpanch & IPS Officer
Investigating the DSP Davinder Singh’s links to the outlawed Hizbul
Mujahideen, NIA has carried out raids on the residences of a BJP sarpanch and
an IPS officer whose militant brother was killed by security forces in South
Kashmir’s Shopian district in January last year. The investigators are
understood to have learned that the Hizbul Mujahideen group, linked to the
detained police officer, had simultaneously maintained liaison with the former
independent MLA, Engineer Rashid, who has already been arrested by NIA in a
terror-funding case, and is lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
Jammu & Kashmir: Sajjad Lone, Waheed Para released from detention,
under house arrest
New Delhi :People’s Conference leader Sajjad Lone and PDP youth wing
president Waheed Parra were Wednesday shifted from the MLAs hostel to their
residences, where they will continue to remain under house arrest. Both leaders
were placed in detention in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370 in August.They
were among several politicians, lawyers, businessmen, and activists in the
Valley who were placed under detention after Centre revoked Article 370 and
scrapped the special status to Jammu and Kashmir. After the release of Lone and
Parra, 13 political leaders now remain detained at the MLA hostel here which
has been temporarily converted into a subsidiary jail.The Jammu and Kashmir
administration had on Tuesday released two leaders — former PDP MLA from Wachi
in south Kashmir Aijaz Ahmad Mir and trade leader Shakeel Ahmed Qalandar, who
is former president of the Federation Chamber of Industries, Kashmir. Since
Sunday, a total of eight leaders have been released from preventive
custody.indianexpress
‘Is India still a democracy?’: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on J-K ex-CMs
detention
New Delhi :Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday
lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led BJP government over the continuing house
arrest of two former chief ministers in Jammu and Kashmir, asking if “India is
still a democracy”.In a tweet this morning, Priyanka Gandhi wrote, “It’s been
six months since 2 Ex-Chief Ministers have been incarcerated without any
charges and millions of people were locked down in J&K. 6 months ago we
were asking how long this will carry on? Now we are asking whether we are still
a democracy or not.” Politicians, social activists, lawyers and businessmen in
the Valley were detained since August 5. While few local politicians were
released, Omar Abdullah, along with 2 other chief ministers – his father Farooq
Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti – remain under arrest.indian express
Anurag Kashyap refuses to fly IndiGo in support of Kunal Kamra
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has lent support to comedian Kunal Kamra by not
flying in IndiGo Airlines. He chose Vistara instead.“No @IndiGo6E.. on
@airvistara .. in solidarity with @kunalkamra88,” Kashyap tweeted.Kashyap came
out in support of Kamra after the latter was banned from four airlines
including IndiGo, Air India, GoAir and SpiceJet. Kamra was banned after his
in-flight encounter with news anchor Arnab Goswami during an IndiGo flight a
few dats ago.IANS
After ABVP Blames Left for JNU Student Mandriya's Injuries, He Claims
ABVP Attacked Him
January 5 attack on JNU left 36 people injured, among them was Kamlesh
Mandriya, a first-year MPhil student at the Centre of Social Medicine and
Community Health, JNU. Photographs of Mandriya with head injuries went viral on
social media with the claim that the Left attacked him.On January 16, Delhi
resident Pranav Sawhney posted pictures of billboards that displayed images of
injured students. The hashtag #LeftAttackstudents adorned the billboard.
Swahney’s Instagram post said that the images were clicked by an Instagram user
@hameenasto. “Tax-funded propaganda at North Campus, University of Delhi. If
you are wondering where your tax money is going. This government is engaged in
declaring students of your country as terrorists. Images by and @hameenasto,” read
the caption.thewire
Dec 16 gangrape case: Delhi HC rejects Centre’s plea against postponing
execution of convicts
Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected the Centre’s plea against a trial
court decision postponing the execution of death warrant issued against the
four convicts in December 16 gangrape-murder case.Last week Friday, a trial
court had postponed the execution of death warrants issued against the four
convicts, saying the country cannot afford to discriminate against a death row
convict in pursuit of legal remedies.Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta had told Justice Suresh Kait that there was a deliberate,
calculated and well thought of design by the death row convicts to “frustrate
mandate of law” by getting their execution delayed.indianexpress
Male troops won’t accept women commanders: Government to SC
NEW DELHI: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that women may not be
suitable for command posts in the Army as male troops are not yet prepared to
accept women officers. It also cited greater family demands and the danger of
them being taken prisoner of war to oppose the plea of a few women officers for
command posting after getting permanent commission.“The composition of rank
& file being male, and predominantly drawn from rural background, with
prevailing societal norms, the troops are not yet mentally schooled to accept
women officers in command,” it said.It also said male and female officers cannot
be treated on a par in the matter of postings because of their different
physical standards and exposures, and reservations over exposing women officers
to combat situations.Senior advocate R Balasubramanian and lawyer Neela Gokhale
told a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi that induction of
women to such posts would change the dynamics of the armed forces. They
contended physiological limitation is further accentuated by the “challenges of
confinement, motherhood and childcare”.Opposing the Centre’s plea, Meenakshi
Lekhi and Aishwarya Bhatti, representing the women officers, told the court
that many of them displayed exceptional bravery in adverse situations.TOI
Over 5 crore farmers yet to get 3rd instalment of PM-Kisan scheme,
reveals Govt data
Over five crore farmers were yet to get the third instalment of money
under the Centre's ambitious PM-Kisan scheme, aimed at providing direct support
of Rs 6,000 annually to them, according to the latest Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers' Welfare data.The total amount of the scheme, which came into
effect on December 1, 2018, is to be paid in three equal instalments of Rs
2,000 every four months.The data showed about 2.51 crore farmers have not got
even the second instalment and 5.16 crore of them were yet to get the third
instalment.Over 9 crore farmers have registered themselves under the scheme
between December 2018 and November 2019, it said.Of these, 7.62 crore or 84 per
cent of farmers have received the first instalment.PTI
Plea before Delhi HC challenges appointment of Dr Najma Akhtar as Jamia
VC
A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court challenging the
appointment of Dr Najma Akhtar as the Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi.A Single Judge Bench of Justice AK Chawla had sought a
response to the petition from Najma, Central Government, Central Vigilance
Commission, University Grants Commission and the University.The petition has
been preferred by an Advocate M Ehtesham-ul-Haque.barandbench.com
Soldiers in Siachen, Ladakh short on essential gear, clothing and
rations: CAG report
Soldiers deployed in high-altitude areas such as Siachen and Ladakh lack
sufficient essential gear, clothing and rations, the Comptroller and Auditor
General of India told Parliament on Monday.During the audit period of 2015-’16
to 2017-’18, troops had to use old items instead of being given new improved
ones, while lack of special rations compromised their calorie intake by as high
as 82%, the auditor found. Procurement of high-altitude clothing and equipment
was delayed by up to four years, leading to acute shortage of such items, the
audit report said.scroll
Dalit Activist Ravichandaran, Once Anti-Muslim, Becomes Raees for
Self-Respect
CHENNAI :Dalit Activist Ravichandaran who manages the YouTube channel
Dalit Camera has converted himself to Islam in his search for “self-respect and
equality”. He found these in the Muslim community, joined its ranks and changed
his name to Mohammed Raees. The conversion happened in Tamil Nadu’s Ooty on
January. 30Talking to Caravan Daily about the response of his Dalit community
to his action, Ravichandaran said that, as of now, they were neither supporting
him nor opposing him. “They are not opposing my action because they don’t
oppose what is purely an attempt to gain self-respect.”He said the Dalit
community is anti-Muslim in general and he was himself anti-Muslim. He used to
believe that Muslims were a dirty people and they were encouraging terrorists.
After engagement with some members of Student Islamic Organization at EFLU, his
views about Muslims changed.“My life has been 24X7 about caste for the last 15
years. It took a long time for me to reach this point. I was very anti-Muslim.
I used to carry in my mind some stereotypes about Muslims, or what people used
to say about them. I could change my idea after a long relationship of 4-5
years with my SIO friends,” said Raees.Caravan Daily
*WORLD*
Trump Peace Plan: Draft UN Resolution Condemns Israeli Annexation
Washington: A draft United Nations Security Council resolution on
Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to annex its settlements in the West Bank in
a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel peace proposal.The draft text,
circulated to council members by Tunisia and Indonesia, would seemingly face a
US veto, but nonetheless offered some members’ dim view of the peace plan that
Trump rolled out last week with great fanfare.Diplomats said negotiations on
the text would likely begin later this week. Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas is expected to speak to the council next week about the plan, possibly
coinciding with a vote on the draft resolution.Reuters
EU Denounces Trump's Middle East Peace Plan, Israel Responds With Anger
The European Union slammed US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace
plan on Tuesday, arguing that it “departs from” international agreements on the
Israel-Palestine conflict.Last week, US President Donald Trump presented a
proposal to address the conflict. The plan, which Trump dubbed the “deal of the
century,” would give Israel control over Jewish settlements on the West Bank
and Jordan Valley, while also calling for a Palestinian state. It was rejected
by Palestinian leadership both prior to and after its unveiling. EU foreign
policy chief Josep Borrell said that the plan does not adhere to
“internationally agreed parameters.”thewire
Saudi seeks to buy missiles from Israel company
Saudi Arabia intends to buy weapons from Israel’s Rafael company which
is known for its precision missiles, Hebrew news sites have reported.Israel
Defence Magazine has said that Saudi Arabia has expressed a desire to purchase
equipment from Rafael and if permission is obtained from Israeli authorities,
arms can be supplied to the kingdom through its European representative, Euro Spike.The
magazine indicated that allowing the company to provide Saudi with advanced
combat weapons has “problematic ramifications”, noting that the Israeli
Security Ministry may not allow the export of missiles to Saudi Arabia, fearing
that they might one day be used against the occupation army. However others
have speculated that a deal would be allowed to pass because missiles have a
lifespan of ten years, a period during which no confrontation is expected with
Saudi Arabia.middleeastmonitor
Egypt raises price of cooking gas exported to Gaza
The besieged Gaza Strip has suffered a greater shortage in cooking gas
over the past three weeks as a result of Egypt’s price increases, Arab48
reported.Daily consumption of cooking gas in Gaza is about 250 tonnes in winter
and between 200 and 220 tonnes in summer.Director of Public Relations and Media
Officer in Gaza, Bayan Baker, said the shortage was a response to the Egyptian
attempt to raise the price of cooking gas.The Palestinian government in Gaza
stopped importing gas in protest against the attempts to raise its price;
however, it reached a compromise with the Egyptian authorities to make a very
symbolic rise, according to Baker, who did not say how much prices would
increase by.
Israeli warplanes strike Hamas targets in Gaza
Israel said Wednesday that it launched airstrikes targeting positions of
the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, reports Anadolu
Agency.Positions belonging to the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’
military wing, in the southern city of Khan Yunis were hit by missiles launched
from Israeli warplanes, said sources on the ground.There were no casualties
according to initial assessments by local sources.The Israeli military claimed
the airstrikes were carried out in response to rockets launched from Gaza into
Israel
Novel coronavirus outbreak: Toll in China nearly 500, confirmed
infections soar to 24,300
The total number of deaths from the novel coronavirus outbreak in China
rose to 490 on Tuesday, up 65 from the previous day, PTI reported. The number
of total confirmed infections in China soared 24,324, China’s National Health
Commission announced on Wednesday. The global toll is 492, with deaths of a
person each from Hong Kong and the Philippines.All 65 deaths reported on
Tuesday were from Wuhan city and Hubei province. The novel coronavirus is said
to have emerged late last year in a Wuhan seafood market in Hubei province that
was illegally trading wildlife. It can cause pneumonia and spreads between people
in droplets from coughs and sneezes. Studies suspect that bats are the origin
of the disease.scroll
Saudi Arabia reports H5N8 bird flu on farm: OIE
Saudi Arabia has reported an
outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a poultry farm, the
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday.The outbreak, which
occurred in the central Sudair region, killed 22,700 birds, the OIE said,
citing a report from the Saudi agriculture ministry.The other 385,300 birds in
the flock were slaughtered, it said.The case was the first outbreak of the H5N8
virus in Saudi Arabia since July 2018.Reuters
*views, Articles, FEATURES*
CJI Gogoi was blot on judiciary, but other SC judges equally
culpable:Justice Katju
In BJP’s India, children are questioned while ‘goli maro’ minister keeps
campaigning:Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, scroll
Gandhi’s Killer Evokes Admiration as Never Before:Sameer Yasir, nytimes
Delhi Assembly elections: Will BJP bet on Shaheen Bagh work? Jury is
out:Liz Mathew
Punish the police: On action against school in Bidar:thehindu, EDITORIAL
Critics of NRC, including Left parties, have failed to question the
founding principles of the exercise: Jamila Firdaus and Adreeja Sarkar
India belongs to everyone — BJP allies object to ‘hate speeches’ over
Shaheen Bagh:SHANKER ARNIMESH
Weaponising Shaheen Bagh, the BJP's Last Resort:Badri Raina
Of Choice and Change: Burqas as Symbols of Protest:Soroor Ahmed
Meet Shadab Farooq, the Jamia Student Who Took a Bullet Last
Week:Shireen Khan
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