*SOUTH ASIA, INDO-PAK & J&K*
China refuses to back off from Finger 4 area in
Ladakh, India increases deployment of tanks near LAC: ZEENEWS
The
simmering tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control in
Ladakh could increase in the coming days as China has reportedly refused to
back off from Finger 4 area in Pangong Tso. Indian Army is on high alert and
has increased the deployment of tanks along East Ladakh border to ward off any
threat from the China's People's Liberation Army.Union Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh is scheduled to visit Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir on July 17-18. It is
learnt that Chief of Northern Command Lt Gen YK Joshi has arrived in Delhi and
it is expected that he would soon meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other
senior government officials in order to apprise them about the situation along
LAC.Notably, the 14-hour-long fourth round of Corps Commander-level talks
between India and China ended on Wednesday but sources said that during the
talks China made it clear that it would not back off from Finger 4. Both India
and China had reached an agreement to disengage in Galwan Valley, Hotsprings
and Gogra and India has been demanding that Chinese troops must disengage from
all the areas.Keeping in mind the activities of Chinese army, Indian Army is on
high alert and around 60,000 soldiers have been deployed in East Ladakh to stop
the incursion of Chinese soldiers inside Indian territories. India has deployed
Bhism tanks, Apache attack helicopters, Sukhoi fighter jets, Chinook and Rudra
helicopters near the LAC to keep Chinese troops at bay.Meanwhile, the China
Study Group (CSG) headed by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval reviewed the
outcome of the marathon 15-hour-long fourth round of Corps Commander-level
talks between India and China on Thursday.
Apex China Study Group reviews East Ladakh: Key
stand-off points record withdrawal
The
marathon meeting of corps commanders of the Indian and Chinese armies at
Chushul that started on Tuesday and stretched into the early hours of Wednesday
reported a forward momentum in disengagement of the Indian Army and People’s
Liberation Army (PLA) from all the four stand-off points in East Ladakh.The
Indian government’s high-power China Study Group, which has all the principals
involved in the boundary dispute in Ladakh, reviewed for at least two hours on
Wednesday evening the outcomes of the nearly 15-hour-long meeting between
India’s XIV Corps Commander and the Xinjiang Military District Commander .The
meeting was attended by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, National
Security Adviser and Special Representative of India-China Boundary Dialogue
Ajit Doval, senior most officials of the government, and security agencies
chiefs.
Army
says complete disengagement at LAC intricate, will require constant
verification
New
Delhi :After the fourth round of Corps Commander talks on July 14 in eastern
Ladakh, Army on Thursday said that the objective of complete disengagement is
“intricate and requires constant verification”. Army said that the discussions
on July 14 were consistent with the consensus reached between National Security
Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi—both of whom are the
Special Representatives for border talks—during their talks on July 5.
Chinese
state-owned firms new East India Company, says top US official
US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he spoke to External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar and that they talked about “conflict” on India-China
border and “risks” emanating from the Chinese telecommunications
infrastructure. Separately, US Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of East Asian
and Pacific Affairs, David R Stilwell, said Chinese state enterprises are
“modern-day equivalents of the East India Company”. “These state-owned
enterprises are PRC instruments of abuse, and we should highlight their
improper behaviour,” Stilwell said. “We should also shine light on how these
companies operate around the world…”
Kulbhushan
Jadhav case: India gets consular access for second time
Ministry
of External Affairs on Thursday said India was granted consular access to
former Indian Navy official Kulbushan Jadhav, who is on death row on charges of
spying and terrorist activities in Pakistan. This is the second time that
Pakistan has provided consular access to Jadhav.“Pakistan provided second
consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav at the Indian request today. Two consular
officers of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad were provided unimpeded and
uninterrupted consular access to Jadhav,” Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said.The development comes two days before a deadline to file a review petition
in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) is set to expire. An ordinance was
promulgated by the Imran Khan government on May 20, which allowed the Indian
government, Jadhav and his legal representative to file a review petition in
IHC within 60 days.However, addressing a press conference last week, Pakistan’s
Additional Attorney General Ahmed Irfan and Pakistan Foreign Ministry’s
Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said Jadhav had
refused to file an appeal against his conviction by a military court.
India-EU
summit forges ahead on trade, multilateralism, terror; Chinese aggression, CAA
discussed
15th
India-EU Summit concluded with 5documents finalised that emphasise the need for
a strengthened relationship between the two largest democracies. India was
represented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The EU was represented by Charles
Michel, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President
of the European Commission.The summit which was supposed to be held in March
this year in Brussels was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. However,
sources told India Today that even in the virtual format, "the optics and
dynamics were very good".Both sides stressed on partnership based on shared
values and pressed for enhanced cooperation in trade and investments; digital
cooperation; climate change; promotion of multilateralism(during India's
membership of UNSC and Chairmanship of G20); maritime and naval cooperation. PM
Narendra Modi in his opening remarks at India-EU summit said: "India and
EU are natural partners. Our partnership is significant for peace and stability
of the world.We believe in the values of democracy, pluralism, inclusivity,
multilateralism, freedom, transparency."After the summit, both sides held
separate briefings to spell out the highlights of the meet. The issue Chinese
assertiveness during the pandemic also came up.With regards to the
assertiveness shown by China, European Council President, Charles Michel said,
"We discussed it with India. We recently had a meeting with Chinese
authorities as well. It is a complex situation. We need to tackle different
issues. We are in favour of a peaceful a solution."The 2 sides also
discussed the issue of terrorism, including in context of Pakistan. Another
domestic issue that was raised was Citizenship Amendment Act which was even
discussed in the EU parliament last year."Regarding the citizenship law,
you know that in the European Parliament this was an important topic. And we
raised this issue in our talks. I would like to say that we trust Indian
institutions. We understand the supreme court will have a role to play to
assess this legislation. We took a decision with India to continue a dialogue
on human rights in order to exchange best practices and have the best
understanding on how to tackle this issue for India and the EU," Charles
Michel said.
Committee
constituted to consider restoration of 4G Internet service in J-K: SC told
New
Delhi : Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday told the
Supreme Court that a special committee has been constituted to consider the
issue of restoration of 4G Internet services in Union Territory.High-speed
Internet in Jammu and Kashmir has been suspended since August 5, 2019 when
Centre announced revocation of its special status and bifurcation of the state
into union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.Attorney General K K
Venugopal told a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana that no contempt is made
out against the authorities as they have complied with the May 11 directive of
the apex court. The bench, also comprising justices R S Reddy and B R Gavai,
asked the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration to file affidavits detailing
the setting up of the committee and also the decisions taken by it.PTI
Apex
court seeks J&K reply on HC bar association chief’s detention
The
Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Jammu and Kashmir administration to explain
the detention of High Court Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom who was
booked under PSA, in August 2019 following the revocation of the special status
of Jammu and Kashmir.“He is 73 years old. We want to know on what basis you
would like to retain him in Delhi’s Tihar,” a bench of Justices SK Kaul and
Indu Malhotra told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. The court added that his
detention period as per order is also about to expire.Mehta sought time to
consider various aspects following which the bench fixed July 23 to hear the
matter next.
*INDIAN POLITICS*
Rajasthan: 2-judge bench to hear amended plea filed
by Sachin Pilot camp shortly
Rajasthan High Court on Thursday accepted the
amended plea filed by Sachin Pilot camp challenging the disqualification of
MLAs by Rajasthan speaker. It will now
be heard by two-judge bench later today.Earlier today, Pilot sought some
time to amend their plea and the court had deferred the hearing. Counsel Harish
Salve had said that dissident MLAs want to challenge anti-defection law
enshrined in Tenth Schedule of Constitution. 19 MLAs were sent notices Tuesday
by the Speaker after the Congress complained that the MLAs had defied a party
whip to attend two Congress Legislature Party meetingsAfter Ashok Gehlot’s
stinging remarks on Sachin Pilot, sources said, Congress spokesperson Randeep
Surjewala, who is part of the central team sent by the Congress to Jaipur to
handle the crisis, had a meeting with the chief minister. It was conveyed to
him that Rahul Gandhi wants to keep the doors open for Pilot. Sources said
Gehlot told Surjewala he was not against that but Pilot would have to “leave
the BJP camp”. Sources in Delhi said both Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are
keen to accommodate Pilot, and that Ahmed Patel was talking to him. Pilot, who
has been removed as deputy CM and state party president, said he is not joining
the BJP.Even as the political crisis in the state deepens, the Rajasthan BJP
unit is in “wait and watch” mode. Party leaders maintained that BJP, as the
main Opposition in Rajasthan, will take “every action to see that the Gehlot
government fails to prove (its) majority” in the Assembly.
Sachin
Pilot camp moves Rajasthan HC challenging Speaker’s notice on disqualification
*INDIA- ISLAMOPHOBIA, HUMAN RIGHTS & OTHERS*
Buddhist monks protest in Ayodhya, demand UNESCO
excavate Ram Janmabhoomi site
Buddhist
monks staged a sit-in and fast in Ayodhya, claiming that Ram Janmabhoomi
premises was a Buddhist site and demanded that the excavation of the place
should be done by UNESCO.At the protest outside the office of the Ayodhya
district magistrate, the Buddhist monks demanded that those items found during
the levelling of the land of the Ram Janmabhoomi site must be made public. A
shivalinga, seven black touchstone pillars, six red sandstone pillars, a
"flower pinnacle" and four broken idols of gods and goddesses were
found in May during the levelling of the site for a Ram temple, the trust
charged with its construction had said.Buddhist monks demanded that the
excavation of the site must be done by UNESCO, claiming that the items
recovered belong to Buddhist culture.They demanded that construction work of
Ram temple must be stopped immediately. The followers of Buddhism consider
Ayodhya as the ancient city of Saket that was the centre of Buddhism in ancient
times."We have sent our memorandums to the president, chief justice of
India and also to other govt agencies through Ayodhya administration," a
Azad Baudh Dharm Sena member said."If the construction of Ram temple is
not stopped within a month and the premises not assigned to UNESCO for
excavation, then we will again start our movement," he said."We have
received the memorandum of Buddhist leaders and we will be sending it to
persons addressed,"Faizabad City Magistrate SP Singh said.PTI
Delhi
Riots: Minorities Commission Report Holds Kapil Mishra's Provocative Speech
Responsible For Anti-Muslim Violence, Seeks Probe Into Complicity Of Police
Into Riots
NEW
DELHI:Contrary to police findings that the provocative speeches delivered by
BJP leaders including Kapil Mishra had no role in instigating the Northeast
Delhi riots between Feb.23-27, Delhi Minorities Commission’s Fact-Finding
report on Delhi Riots fact-finding report released on Thursday claims that “the
violence in different parts of Northeast Delhi broke out almost immediately
after the instigating speech of Shri Kapil Mishra on Feb.23 at Maujpur”.The
report also sought a “probe into the complicity and abdication of duty by the
Delhi police in allowing violence to take place, including culpability for
engaging in direct acts of violence”. The nine-member committee comprised of
representatives from all religious groups including Hindus and Muslims. The
committee was headed by Supreme Court advocate M R Shamshad.While police made
its claims exonerating the role of speeches delivered by BJP’s rabble-rousers in an affidavit submitted to
the court on July 13 in response to a
bunch of PILs seeking registration of FIRs against BJP politicians including
Kapil Mishra, Commission released its report to the mediapersons today after
submitting its copies to Delhi’s LG, Chief Minister Kejriwal and Delhi
Legislative Assembly Speaker.India Tomorrow
Supreme
Court to examine Kerala Act on animal, bird sacrifices
The
Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the
Kerala Animals and Bird Sacrifices Prohibition Act of 1968 that prohibits
sacrifice of animals and birds in temples to ‘please’ the deity.CJI Sharad A.
Bobde, heading a three-judge Bench, highlighted the “dichotomy” in animal
protection law that allows killing of animals for food but does not permit
“killing of animals for offer to a deity and then consumption”.Similarly, the CJI
said how the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960 allows killing of
animals but prohibits cruelty to animals.
80-year
old poet-activist Varavara Rao tests positive for Covid, lodged in a jail in
Elgar Parishad case
Mumbai
:Poet-activist Varavara Rao has tested positive for Covid-19. 80-year old,
named as accused in Elgar Parishad case, was shifted to state-run JJ Hospital
from Taloja central jail where he was lodged after he complained of dizziness.
The hospital conducted tests including one for Covid-19 results for which
confirmed that he is positive. Dr Ranjit Mankeshwar, dean of JJ Hospital said,
“He has shown no symptoms of Covid-19 so far. He has no breathing difficulty
and is stable. We will soon shift him to a Covid hospital.” Rao is likely to be
shifted to St George hospital. Last week, Rao’s family had held a press
conference after receiving a call from him from prison. His family had then
said that his condition was deteriorating and he should be provided immediate
medical aid. He was earlier shifted to the hospital when he fell unconscious in
jail in May but was discharged within three days. The family had said that he
was not provided proper medical treatment.
Elgaar
Parishad case accused, Gautam Navlakha taken to JJ hospital for check-up
Mumbai
:Human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in Elgaar Parishad case, was
taken to state-run JJ hospital in Mumbai for a check-up on Wednesday after he
complained of swelling in his feet.Navlakha, who will remain in the custody of
NIA till July 22, was brought to the hospital around 2.30 pm. After the
check-up, he was asked to return on Thursday.“He did not have all required
documents from the prison. We have requested him to come again. The medicine
department will assess him. But he remains stable,” said Dr Ranjit Mankeshwar,
Dean of JJ hospital.
Nagpur:
Former DU Professor Saibaba Susceptible to COVID in Jail, Says Family
New
Delhi: Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, who is lodged in Nagpur
Central Jail for alleged Maoist links, has expressed fear that he might
contract coronavirus in prison as disease “has reached very close” to
him.Saibaba’s family appealed to the centre and Maharashtra government to
immediately release him on bail or parole so that he is provided appropriate
medical treatment either in Hyderabad or Delhi where his family members
live.The prison authorities gave special permission to 53-year-old Saibaba to
explain his condition to his lawyer and family.In his most recent call to his
family and advocate, he informed them that there has been an “uncontrolled
outbreak” of Covid-19 in Nagpur Central Prison, a member of his family
mentioned.PTI
Anti-CAA
protests: Akhil Gogoi gets bail in 3 cases lodged by Assam Police
GUWAHATI:
Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi was on Thursday granted bail by the Gauhati High
Court in 3 cases lodged by the Assam Police in connection with the violent
anti-CAA protests in December.However, he will remain in jail for the cases
being probed by NIA.Hearing the bail applications in the three cases registered
at Chabua police station in Dibrugarh district, Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak
granted bail to the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader.
Ex-Judges,
UN Experts Flay Govt Action against Anti-CAA Activists, Rights Defenders
NEW
DELHI:Former Judges and experts of UN have condemned the police action taken
against anti-CAA activists and human rights defenders by BJP govts for raising
their voice against Central govt. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B
Lokur, former chief justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, UN Special Rapporteur
on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor and Aida Martirous Nejad (India desk of
UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights) expressed their concerns in no
uncertain terms while speaking during a side event to the current session of UN
Human Rights Council on Monday. The event was organised by International
Commission of Jurists along with Amnesty International and HRW. Prominent
speakers elaborated on how government targeted the anti-CAA protesters and the
dissenters and how justice system failed in protecting their rights to
dissent.Justice AP Shah explained how CAA was unconstitutional and why the
protest against CAA, NRC and NPR was a positive development given the
commitment of the protesters towards the Constitution. However, he deplored the
way the government tried to silence the protesters.“The government is trying to
silence protesters, liberally slapping criminal charges of rioting, unlawful
assembly, sedition, criminal conspiracy. Police have license to run riot
against – by and large – peaceful protesters, by arresting them, destroying
vehicles, and even entering homes,”Shah was quoted by The Quint as
saying.Clarion India
Hamtramck
becomes 5th US city council to oppose NRC and CAA
Hamtramck
City Council of Michigan State in US has passed a resolution opposing NRC and
CAA in India.Becoming the fifth city to pass a resolution against India’s NRC
and CAA, the Council has made significant statements in solidarity with its
South Asian Community. It said that India was founded as a pluralist and
secular republic where members of “all nationalities, ethnicities, races and
religious faiths are welcome” but BJP party under Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is currently operating under the “exclusionary ideology of RSS,
which promotes hate and discrimination against Muslims and minorities.”
New
Westminster passes motion against CAA, becomes first Canadian municipality to
denounce India’s Islamophobic law
Brutish
Colombian city passed a motion on 13 July against highly discriminatory CAA
adopted by Indian govt. Moved on March 9 by City Councillor Chuck Puchmyar, a
well known human rights defender, the motion was finally passed with 5-1 votes
in favour, with one city councillor absent.Mayor Jonathan Cote voted in favour
of the motion to condemn CAA that blatantly discriminates against Muslim
refugees coming to India from neighbouring countries, and only allows
non-Muslims to make India home. The law was passed by the right wing Hindu
nationalist government, under which attacks on religious minorities and
political dissidents have grown over the last several years. So much so, the
Indian police continue to hound CAA opponents. The law violates India’s
constitution which guarantees religious equality, sparking angry protests all
across the country. A series of demonstrations were also held in Canada.
Puchmyar attended one rally in Surrey days before the motion was
tabled.countercurrents
Delhi
riots: Brother of Muslim man killed in violence questions arrest of neighbour
as prime accused
Crime
Branch SIT probing Delhi riots arrested Imran, charging him with fatally
shooting his neighbour of 20 years during a CAA protest on Feb.24. The police
say that they made the arrest after carrying out surveillance and questioning a
Zee News reporter and cameraman present at the crime scene.In another
allegation of a botched probe directed at Delhi Police in the ongoing
investigation of Delhi riots, the brother of a 30-year-old Mohammad Furkan has
raised formal objections to the arrest of a person who cops say is the prime
accused. Furkan, a resident of Kardampuri in north-east Delhi, suffered a
gunshot wound on his upper thigh during one of CAA sit-in protests on Feb.24,
case papers reveal. According to the statement given to the police by his elder
brother Mohammad Imran, he went to look for his brother on Feb.24 around 5:30
PM after he came to know through neighbours that stone-pelting by rioters at
the protest site had triggered a violence face-off, with gunshots being fired.
Delhi
Police Affidavit Shows Muslims Bore Brunt of Riots, Silent on Who Targeted Them
and Why
A
Delhi Police affidavit giving the most detailed government account yet of the
communal violence which shook the capital’s north-east district in February
this year has provided for the first time an official break-up by religion of
the victims.And though the Sangh parivar rumour-mill has consistently described
the riots as ‘anti-Hindu’, the data makes it clear that Muslims bore the brunt
of what was essentially targeted, organised violence.The list of the dead
provided in an annexure to the affidavit submitted to the Delhi high court on
July 13 establishes that 77% of the civilians killed – 40 out of 52 – were
Muslim while the remaining 23%, or 12, were Hindu. The 53rd victim was a
policeman, head constable Ratan Lal, who died of gunshot wounds, and even if he
is included in the list of Hindus, Muslims still make up three-quarters of
those killed.A separate annexure provides a Hindu-Muslim break-up of houses and
shops destroyed. Here, even though its tabulation establishes that Muslims
suffered greater losses, the Delhi Police appear to have deliberately
undercounted the extent to which they were targeted.
Pinjra
Tod's Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal Denied Bail Again in Delhi Riots Case
New
Delhi: A Delhi court has dismissed bail pleas of Devangana Kalita and Natasha
Narwal, members of Pinjra Tod, a women’s collective, in a case related to the
communal violence in Delhi during protests against CAA in Feb.Additional
Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat rejected the bail pleas of two JNU students on
June 14, on the ground that there was no merit in the applications.The court
said in its order, that it was amply clear from the charge sheet that the
investigation is still pending and it has been filed against other accused
persons also.It further said that considering the investigation so far and the
nature of the offence and the role being ascribed to the accused, there were no
reasons at all to grant bail.Narwal and Kalita were arrested in the case in May
by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police and booked under various sections of
the Indian Penal Code including rioting, unlawful assembly and attempt to
murder.PTI
Arrest
of Pinjra Tod activist: Tweets rile Delhi police, court says not targeted at
you
Activists
condemn UP govt’s brutality against democratic protestors during online press
meet
An
online press meet was organized by activists, advocates and community leaders
to condemn the misuse of law and order by Uttar Pradesh govt.The press briefing
discussed abuse of civil rights by the BJP-ruled state governments amid the
passage of CAA, highlighting that democratic agitations against the
discriminatory Act was met with “brutality,” where authorities “violated very
ethos the nation has been founded on.”Accusing UP CM Adityanath to have given
“the police and right-wing goons free rein and impunity to shoot, destroy
properties and torture people for exercising their democratic rights to dissent
and protest peacefully,”session made some more notable points.Prominent
personalities like Ravi Nair (Director, South Asian Human Rights Documentation
Centre), Obaidullah Khan Azmi (Ex-MP, UP), Seema Azad (Editor, Dastak
Magazine), Sharfuddin Ahmad (Vice President, SDPI), KK Roy (Allahabad High
Court), E.M. Abdul Rahiman (Vice Chairman, PFI), Rajeev Yadav (General
Secretary, Rihai Manch) and A. Mohamed Yusuff (Secretary, National
Confederation of Human Rights Organizations) were on the panel of speakers, who
drew attention to alarming levels of fabricated cases, extrajudicial killings
and harassment of innocents by the government.
AMU
girl targeted for supporting CAA/NRC; alleges fellow student used uncivilized
language
A
student of AMU has lodged a complaint with the police against a fellow student
who has allegedly threatened her on social media that she would be forced to
wear a brassed hijab once the university reopens after lockdown. According to
the complaint filed with the cops, the girl alleges that fellow student used
uncivilized language against her on a social media site after she posted her
opinion backing CAA/NRC bill.' This is the complaint lodged by the girl who
studies in AMU, that ever since she has expressed her support towards CAA/NRC
she is being targetted and hounded. timesnownews
Maharashtra:
Only online purchase of goats for Eid al-Adha; no gatherings allowed
Goats
for sacrifice as part of Eid al-Adha can only be bought online and no gathering
will be allowed in public places owing to pandemic, said Maharashtra’s Guardian
Minister Aslam Shaikh. The state government will issue guidelines for
observance of 3-day Eid al-Adha, which begins on July 30, on Thursday. Offering
a glimpse of the guidelines, Shaikh told Mirror that no market will be allowed
to open, and that goats can be bought online from farmhouses. He clarified that
residents of containment zones will not be allowed to participate in the
ritual, and they can request organisations to perform it in their names in open
spaces or madrassas.He also made it clear that no mosque will be allowed to be
open and namaaz will have to be restricted to homes. He warned that Section 144
of the IPC prohibiting assembly of more than four people will be in force,
thereby barring public gatherings during the sacrifice.Senior Congress leader
Arif Khan agreed that observance of Eid al-Adha should be low-key but added
that the ritual of sacrifice cannot be done away with. “It is integral to Eid
al-Adha and it is obligatory to perform it. I’ve been getting calls from people
from all across the state, asking for clarity. This isn’t a celebration and the
sacrifice will be performed keeping the social distancing protocol in
mind.”Meanwhile,Gulrezz Qureshi, youth president of All India Jamiatul Quresh,
an organisation of abattoir workers, has written to the state government asking
that six open spaces—Oval Maidan, Azad Maidan, Bandra Reclamation, Aarey
Colony, the MHADA ground in Malad, and near the Dahisar checkpost— be reserved
as a marketplace for goats.“If the government doesn’t issue reasonable
guidelines on the sale and sacrifice of goats, we will move the court,” said
Qureshi.
Maharashtra:
Buy goat for Bakri Eid online; SOP out today
Days
After Ordeal, Araria Gang Rape Survivor Continues to Be in Jail for Contempt
Mumbai:
On July 10, a 23-year-old gang rape survivor walked into Araria district
magistrate court to have her statement recorded. The woman, who had suffered
the ordeal just four days before, demanded that 2 social activists who had
accompanied her to the court be present while her statement was recorded. The
court denied permission. The woman, who was already distraught, then spoke
sternly with magistrate and refused to sign the documents without having the
activists read documents.Magistrate Mustafa Shahi instead found her in contempt
then sent her and 2 social activists to Dalsinghsarai jail in Samastipur
district – 250 km away from Araria. Following pressure from human rights
lawyers and activists, Patna high court had sought a report from the Araria
district judge and has now scheduled the hearing on July 16. The matter will be
heard by Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh from his residence through video
conferencing.
Guna
Collector, SP removed after Dalit couple consume pesticide resisting
anti-encroachment drive
BHOPAL:Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered the removal of the
Guna Collector and the Superintendent of Police after a Dalit couple reportedly
consumed pesticide while resisting an anti-encroachment drive on Tuesday.A
video doing rounds on social media showed Ramkumar Ahirwar, 38, and Savitri
Devi, 35, resisting the police dragging them into an ambulance, even as
personnel landed batons on them. Whereas another video showed children crying
next to the woman who had reportedly fallen unconscious after consuming
pesticide.“Any kind of cruelty will not be tolerated. Strict action will be
taken against those responsible,” said Chouhan on Wednesday night after issuing
the order. He has initiated a high-level inquiry into the incident, while even
Gwalior Zone IGP, who has jurisdiction over Guna, has been shunted out too. The
couple’s family had reportedly encroached upon parts of 45-bigha land allotted
for the construction of government college, sanctioned two years ago, on the
outskirts of Guna, said the district administration.
Palghar
lynching happened after child-lifting rumour: Maharashtra Home Minister
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/palghar-lynching-maharashtra-cid-case-anil-deshmukh-6509019/
Maharashtra
CIDs chargesheet in Palghar mob lynching case has concluded that the incident
took place following a rumour about child-lifting, state Home Minister Anil
Deshmukh said.He said it was unfortunate that some parties had tried to give
political colour” to the incident and made efforts to divide people on communal
lines after the incident. Deshmukh, however, did not name any party or
individual. 2 monks and their driver were lynched by a mob at Gadchinchale
village in Palghar on April 16 when they were travelling in a car to Surat
(Gujarat) to attend a funeral amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, police
earlier said.PTI
Address
me as ‘Sir’ and not ‘My Lord’, Calcutta HC Chief Justice tells judiciary
officers
Calcutta
High Court Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan has said that he would want to be
addressed as ‘Sir’ by all judiciary officers in Bengal and Andaman instead of
‘My Lord’ or ‘Lordship’, as was the practice so far.In a letter to the district
judges and chief judges of lower courts in the state and the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, High Court Registrar General Rai Chattopadhyay conveyed the
message of the chief justice, an official said on Thursday.PTI
Man
who invested Abu Salem and Khan Mubarak’s money in Delhi-NCR nabbed: UP STF
Noida
;A key aide of 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Abu Salem who worked in his
illegal property business in Delhi-NCR has been arrested by STF of Uttar
Pradesh police, officials said.Gajendra Singh, who was also close to gangster
Khan Mubarak, was nabbed in Mumbai late Wednesday night by Noida unit of the
STF, they said.“Gajendra Singh had taken Rs 1.80 crore from a Delhi-based
businessman in 2014 in a property-related case. When he was pressured to return
the money, Singh had Khan Mubarak’s shooters open fire at the businessman in
sector 18 of Noida,” ASP, STF, Raj Kumar Mishra said.PTI
Delhi
court sentences 284 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members from 21 countries
New
Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced as many as 284 foreign Tablighi
Jamaat members from 21 countries to stand till rise of the court. The Saket
court, where the charge sheet in the case was filed on July 6, also slapped
these Jamaat members with a fine of 5 to 10 thousand rupees.According to reports,
the Crime Branch of Delhi Police submitted the charge sheet against the
Tablighi Jamaat members from 21 countries for violating the rules in the wake
of coronavirus lockdown imposed in the national capital. All the Jamaat members
admitted their mistakes before the court as they were found guilty under the
Pandemic Act, 14B of Foreign Act, 51 DM Act, 3 Pandemic Act, Section 188, 269,
270, 271 of IPC. The court, however, pronounced its sentence against them to
stand till rise of the court.
Tablighi
Jamaat: Delhi court grants bail to 92 Indonesians
Delhi
court Thursday granted bail to 92 Indonesians who were charge-sheeted for
attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation here allegedly in violation of visa
norms, indulging in missionary activities illegally and violating government
guidelines issued in the wake of COVID-19. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
Gurmohina Kaur granted the relief to the foreigners on furnishing a personal
bond of Rs 10,000 each.The accused would file their plea-bargaining
applications on Friday, said advocates Ashima Mandla, Mandakini Singh and Fahim
Khan, appearing for them.
Tablighi
Jamaat: Court allows 22 Nepalese to walk free on payment of fine
A
Delhi court on Thursday allowed 22 Nepalese to walk free on payment of fine
after they accepted mild charges under the plea bargain process, related to
various violations including visa norms while attending a Tablighi Jamaat event
here during the COVID-19 lockdown, a lawyer said.
*CORONAVIRUS- LOCKDOWN*
Indian
pharma industry capable of producing Covid19 vaccines for entire world: Bill
Gates
India’s pharmaceutical industry will be able
to produce Covid-19 vaccines not just for the country but also for the entire
world, according to Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.A lot of
“very important things have been done” in India and its pharma industry is
doing work “to help make the coronavirus vaccine building on other great
capacities that they have used for other diseases”, said the Co-Chair and
Trustee of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Speaking in a documentary
--Covid-19: India’s War Against The Virus -- to be premiered on Discovery Plus
this evening, Gates said India also faces a huge challenge due to the health
crisis because of its gigantic size and urban centres with a lot of population
density. Click here for the complete coverage of Covid-19 pandemicCommenting on
the strength of India’s pharma industry, he said, “India has a lot of capacity
there -- with the drug and vaccine companies that are huge suppliers to the
entire world. You know, more vaccines are made in India than anywhere--
starting with Serum Institute, that’s the largest.” He further said, “But
(there are) also Bio E, Bharat (Biotech), many others. They are doing work to
help make the coronavirus vaccine, building on other great capacities that they
have used for other diseases.”Stating that India joined Coalition for Epidemic
Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which is a group working on a global basis to
build vaccines platforms, Gates said, “I am excited that the pharmaceutical
industry there will be able to produce not just for India but also for the
entire world. (This is) What we need to reduce the deaths and make sure we are
immune, which is how we end the epidemic.” Gates said Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation is also a “partner with the government, particularly with the
department of biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Research and office of
the principal scientific advisor provide advice and help about getting these
tools going”.
UK,
US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials
Britain,
the United States and Canada accused Russia of trying to steal information from
researchers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine.The three nations alleged that hacking
group APT29, also known as Cozy Bear and said to be part of the Russian
intelligence service, is attacking academic and pharmaceutical research
institutions involved in coronavirus vaccine development.
China
gives the go-ahead for human trials of BioNTech’s COVID vaccine candidate
China
has approved an early-stage trial in humans of German firm BioNTech’s
experimental COVID-19 vaccine, its local partner Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical
said on Thursday. The potential vaccine is one of the two most advanced
candidates that BioNTech is working on with its partner Pfizer Inc and they
received “fast track” status this week from the US Food and Drug Administration
which is designed to speed up the regulatory review process.Fosun Pharma said
in a filing that a unit will initiate a Phase I clinical trial of BNT162b1 “as
soon as possible once it is ready”. It is licensed to exclusively develop and
commercialise COVID-19 vaccine products developed by using BioNTech’s mRNA
technology in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The candidate is one
of at least 23 being tested on humans in a frantic global race to find a
vaccine the world is counting on to end a pandemic that has infected more than
13 million people and killed more than half a million. Prior to the latest
approval, Chinese researchers and companies have moved eight vaccine candidates
into different phases of human trials at home and abroad.
'Oxford
vaccine provides ‘double protection’ against coronavirus, shows trial results'
Researchers
at the University of Oxford believe they may have a breakthrough in their quest
for a Covid-19 vaccine after the team discovered that the newly found agent
could provide ‘double protection’ against the deadly coronavirus following
early stage human trials, PTI quoted media reports in the UK as saying. Blood
samples taken from a group of UK volunteers given a dose of the vaccine showed
that it stimulated the body to produce both antibodies and ‘killer T-cells’, a
senior source from the trial was quoted by ‘The Daily Telegraph’ as saying.
Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus cases across the world crossed 13.5
billion to reach 13,512,693 on Thursday and has claimed 583,359 lives so far.
Also, as many as 7,530,731 (over 7.34 billion) people have recovered from the
virus.Also, US, which is worst-hit by the pandemic, reported 67,889 cases and
944 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total infections in the country to
3.52 million and casualties to 1,37,358. Brazil is the second worst-hit country
with 1,966,748 infections and 75,336 deaths, followed by India that has
reported over 9.6 lakh cases so far.
Only
God can save us: Karnataka Health Minister on coronavirus spread
Bengaluru:With
Karnataka witnessing a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases, its Health Minister B
Sriramulu has said only God can save the state, insisting that public
cooperation was key to controlling the spread of the pandemic.The Minister’s
statement in Chitradurga on Wednesday came in response to the opposition
Congress’ charge of the government failing to tackle coronavirus spread, but he
later claimed his remarks were ‘misinterpreted’ by a section of the media.
“Tell me whose hand it is (to control the disease). Only God has to save us
all. Awareness among people is the only way. In such a situation, Congress
leaders have stooped to lowest level of politics. It doesn’t suit anybody,”
Sriramulu said. PTI
TMMK
legal efforts yield results; 129 foreign Tablighi members walk free from
detention
Chennai: Finally all the 129 foreign members of
Tablighi Jamaat including 12 women from 9 countries on Tuesday walk free from the
detention center where they have been kept illegally despite they have
been granted bail by the court. The
Tamil Nadu government on Monday informed the Madras High Court that all the
Tablighi members put in detention center will be shifted soon to Tamil Nadu Haj
service society in Choolai area in Chennai.Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam
(TMMK) has played key role in this matter and
initiated legal proceedings to ensure their release and repatriation who
have been ‘imprisoned’ by the Tamil Nadu Police on ‘false’ charges.Tamil Nadu
State Public Prosecutor A Natarajan told the High Court that “They have been
“detained” for various lockdown violations and for involving in preaching of
their faith violating visa conditions. So far 14 FIRs have been registered. Now
the state has decided to accommodate them in the society in Choolai. It has 89
rooms and a separate place for women”.MuslimMirror
COVID-19:
India sees 1st single-day spike of over 30,000 casesThe total cases in
The
coronavirus tally in India is nearing the dreaded figure of 1 million (10 lakh)
cases as total cases in the country reached 9,68,876 on Thursday. In the
previous 24-hour period, India recorded its highest-ever single-day spike of
32,695 cases. It was the first time that India had witnessed 30,000 or more
cases in a single day. The death toll from COVID-19 in the same 24-hour period
was 606, taking the total fatality figure to 24,915.India appears set to cross
the figure of 10 lakh COVID-19 cases by Saturday. It crossed 9 lakh COVID-19
cases on July 14; the jump from 8 lakh cases to 9 lakh took just three days.
The number of COVID-19 cases in India has been increasing by over 26,000 daily
for a week now.
International
flights to US, France set to resume from tomorrow on interim basis
Civil
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in a press briefing today said
international flights may resume under bilateral air bubbles with other
countries with certain conditions as many are imposing entry restrictions even
now, including India in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic."Till
international civil aviation can reclaim its pre-COVID numbers, I think answer
will lie through bilateral air bubbles, which will carry a possible number of
people but under defined conditions as countries are still imposing entry
restrictions including India," Puri said.The aviation minister also hinted
at resumption of international flights with at least three more countries amid
this bilateral situation. The flights may resume from tomorrow.
*WORLD*
Tunisia
risks fresh political deadlock as PM Fakhfakh resigns
Tunisian
Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh has resigned from his post, the government said
in a statement, after a dispute with the Ennahdha party that had withdrawn its
support for the government.Fakhfakh handed his resignation to Tunisian
President Kais Saied on Wednesday - after less than five months in office -
"in order to pave the way to get out of the crisis and avert further difficulties
for the country", the statement said.Fakhfakh will now lead a caretaker
government while the president must nominate a replacement to start
consultations to form a new government.Following his resignation, Fakhfakh
dismissed six government ministers belonging to Ennahdha movement. He warned
all those who attempt to harm the security and interests of the country, saying
he will continue to fully shoulder his responsibilities.Ennahdha sharply
criticised Fakhfakh's move to dismiss the ministers: "What the resigned
prime minister made to exempt the Movement's ministers from their duties, is
messing with institutions and a convulsive reaction, and can harm the interests
of citizens as well as the higher interests of the country ... especially in
the health sector amid the coronavirus pandemic," it said in a statement.
New
French PM says battle against 'radical Islamism' a priority
France's
newly-appointed Prime Minister, Jean Castex, has vowed to be
"intransigent" in defending France's official secularism, promising
to fight "radical Islamism in all its forms" as "an absolute
priority".Unveiling new government policy in Paris on Wednesday, Castex
told National Assembly that French republic was being "shaken to its
foundations" by "the coalition of its enemies - terrorists,
conspiracy theorists, separatists and communitarians".Castex, a
centre-right provincial mayor who graduated from the elite National School of
Administration, said a new law to combat "separatism" would be
introduced after the summer break.It would aim to "avoid certain groups becoming
closed in around ethnic or religious identities," he said.French President
Emmanuel Macron also recently warned against anti-racist movements being taken
over by "separatists", after demonstrations against alleged police
violence and racism in Paris - although the president did not say what he meant
by the term.Some members of France's Muslim minority feel that the country's
official secularism is mainly brandished against them, although Macron himself
has condemned divisive approaches to it.Castex also set out a hard line on
violence at demonstrations and petty crime, saying police would be given the
resources they needed.
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Naming
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Delhi
Riots: There Was a Conspiracy, But Not One Police Alleges: ND Jayaprakash
National
Curriculum Framework for police education and training is needed:Navneet Sharma
Delhi
Violence: Police Drag Maulana Saad in Chargesheet Against Rajdhani School
Owner:Tarique Anwar
No
Holding Around to Speak about Dehumanisation of Muslims:Ajaz Ashraf
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