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South Africans march against attacks on foreigners

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After weeks of violence, primarily in KwaZulu-Natal, thousands take part in solidarity rally in Durban.

South Africans

by Al Jazeera

Thousands of people are expected to attend a march in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban in solidarity with the country’s foreign nationals.

The march, on Thursday, which includes religious leaders and concerned citizens, comes after weeks of attacks against foreign nationals in which at least five people have been killed and 74 people arrested since the end of March, according to Colonel Jay Naicker, the police spokesperson.

Al Jazeera producer Mukelwa Hlatshwayo, also reporting from the march in the coastal city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, said that as many as 5,000 people had joined the prosession and that the atmosphere was calm with people ulilating and singing songs of solidarity. Reuters news agency reported that bullets has been shot into the crowd but our correspondent said she had only witnessed a few people shouting into the crowd on the sidelines of the procession that “foreigners must go home.” Many shops remained closed in the business capital of the country, Johannesburg in the Gauteng province fearing attacks as well. Groups of people were said to have travelled to Durban from other provinces to join in the show of solidarity with the foreign nationals. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa, reporting from Durban, tweeted the following:

Similar attacks occurred in 2008 in which at least 60 people were killed. Messages circulating on social media warned people in Gauteng province and KwaZulu-Natal to be on high alert for possible attacks and to also remain indoors. Seeking refuge In Malawi, officials have set up transit camps expected to house Malawians returning to the country, Kondwani Nankhumwa, the country’s information minister, said. More than 2,000 foreigners have already sought shelter in refugee camps in Durban, a South African aid group said on Wednesday. The refugee camps, set up on sports fields around Durban, will not be large enough if attacks on immigrants continue, said Imtiaz Sooliman of the Gift of the Givers organisation. Those who can afford it are planning to leave the country, he said. “They’ve lost their houses, they’ve lost their businesses, they’ve lost everything,” Sooliman said. The organisation made the following appeal to the government on social media on Wednesday:

South Africa President Jacob Zuma condemned the violence and assigned several cabinet ministers to work on the problem with officials in KwaZulu-Natal province.

The government is addressing South African citizens’ “complaints about illegal and undocumented migrants, the takeover of local shops and other businesses by foreign nationals as well as perceptions that foreign nationals perpetrate crime”, Zuma’s office said in a statement.

He also issued a warning to illegally operating foreign-owned businesses to close their doors.

Zuma was due to make statement regarding the attacks later on Thursday.

Some foreign nationals boycotted the march in protest against the South African government’s efforts to resolve the problem.
Our correspondent tweeted the following from the march:

Our producer, Hlatshwayo, said that they are saying that government should protect them.

“There are still those out there feel that there are people who still don’t want them there and that this has not been addressed.”

She added that there is a feeling that the reach of the social media campaign was limited to the economic class that had access to it and that the anti-xenophobia message needed to be taken to the community as well.

Report: Children killed in shelling of Damascus suburbs

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Syrian Observatory says Zabdean and Eastern Ghouta rocked by violence amid escalation in government air strikes.

A boy evacuates children from a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by warplanes in Aleppo this month [Reuters]

A boy evacuates children from a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by warplanes in Aleppo this month [Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

At least 10 people have been killed according to a monitoring network after Syrian government forces shelled the southeastern suburbs of Damascus, an area that has come under intensive assault by regime jets and artillery in recent days.

A main roundabout in the town of Zabdean was shelled on Thursday, in which at least 10 people, including five children, were killed and nearby homes destroyed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

In another suburb of the Syrian capital – Eastern Ghouta – clashes have intensified between government forces and opposition fighters, leaving several people injured.

Al Jazeera could not independently verify the Syrian Observatory’s reports.

Eastern Ghouta has been shelled intensively for the past 10 days, with reports of at least 36 surface-to-surface missiles and dozens of other mortars being used.

Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Jamjoom, reporting from Beirut in neighbouring Lebanon, said there has been an uptick in violence over the past several weeks, especially in Idlib province.

“The city of Idlib became the second provincial capital to fall to the rebels. This was a group coalition which was led by al-Nusra Front. The city fell in the last part of March.

“In the intervening time, there has really been an upswing in the ongoing aerial bombardment by Syrian forces. It is getting bloodier and bloodier by the hour,” he said.

Meanwhile, in Yarmouk, south of Damascus, clashes have escalated between government forces and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, while government forces shelled the neighbourhoods of the area.

The Syrian Observatory has documented 1,709 air strikes by government warplanes and helicopters across Syria since the beginning of April 2015.

Regime fighter jets have reportedly targeted 725 areas in Damascus and its suburbs, Deraa, Idlib, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Der Ezzor, Lattakia and al-Hasakah.

At least 984 barrel bombs were dropped from helicopters on the same cities mentioned above in addition to Raqqa, the report said.

The death toll from air strikes has risen to 260 civilians since the beginning of April, which includes 81 children while 1,500 others were injured, the Syrian Observatory said.

Thousands have been displaced due to the attacks and many homes have been damaged or completely destroyed.

In Idlib alone, the Syrian Observatory documented 123 air strikes in the past 36 hours.

At least 38 people have been killed during those air strikes while dozens of others were injured.

The fighting in Syria, which began in 2011, has now killed more than 200,000 people, while nine million have been forced from their homes, according to UN data.

The Syrian Observatory released on Thursday a toll of almost 310,000 Syrians killed since the start of the conflict.

Saina Nehwal regains top spot in rankings

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SAINA NEHWAL

New Delhi: India’s Saina Nehwal has regained the women’s singles World No.1 spot in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.

The Hyderabadi became No.1 for the first time exactly two weeks back. She dropped to No.2 position last week but once again overtook China’s reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui to retake the top spot.

The 25-year-old has had a good 2015. She won the India Grand Prix Gold in January, India Open Superseries in March, and reached the All England Open final also last month. In the last tournament, she played — Malaysia Open Superseries Premier — Saina reached the semi-finals earlier this month.

On the other hand, P.V. Sindhu, who has been out of action due to an injury, dropped three places to No.12.

In men’s singles rankings, Kidambi Srikanth has retained the No.4 spot while reigning Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap has risen a place to No.14 following his semi-final appearance at the Singapore Open Superseries.

Meanwhile, H.S. Prannoy, who is nursing a toe injury, dropped a spot to No.15.

In women’s doubles, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa are ranked No.18. There are no Indian shuttlers in the top-25 of the men’s and mixed doubles rankings.

(IANS)

Janata Parivar merger will prove destructive for BJP: Nitish

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Photo: The Hindu

Photo: The Hindu

Patna: Lashing out at the BJP for its comments on Janata Parivar merger, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday said that the coming together of the six parties will prove to be “destructive” for the saffron party.

“The BJP does not know that the merger, of which they are making fun, will prove to be destructive for them. Infact their leaders are not poking fun, they are displaying fear present in their subconscious minds due to the merger,” Kumar said

Kumar was speaking to mediapersons at Patna airport this morning on his arrival from New Delhi after attending the merger of Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP), Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP).

The merger of these six parties, which were originally part of the Janata Dal that swept the 1989 Lok Sabha polls, was declared at SP President Mulayam Singh Yadav’s residence in New Delhi.

The name, flag and symbol of the new party will be announced later.

“The BJP is saying that there is still some hindrance in merger. But the fact is that it is worried from its core due to it,” Kumar claimed.

The chief minister said all the parties collectively decided that Mulayam Singh Yadav will be the president of the new party.

“A committee consisting of the presidents of all the six parties has been formed. It will chalk out the schedule to finalise everything related to the new party. It will decide on the name, policy, programme, flag, symbol of the new party. The decisions will be taken collectively,” he added.

Responding to questions regarding time frame of declaring the name and symbol of the party, Kumar said Yadav will take initiative to call meetings, deliberate over the issues and take further action.

He allayed fears that the merger will have any negative effect on the functioning of the Bihar government.

“The government will keep working as usual. It will work determinedly on the agenda of development and good governance. It will keep serving the state,” he added.

(PTI)

Rahul Gandhi returns from sabbatical

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The return of Rahul Gandhi comes ahead of the party’s planned farmers’ rally on the contentious Land Bill issue which he is likely to address. Photo: Sandeep Saxena, The Hindu

The return of Rahul Gandhi comes ahead of the party’s planned farmers’ rally on the contentious Land Bill issue which he is likely to address. Photo: Sandeep Saxena, The Hindu

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Thursday returned from his 56-day “unexplained” sabbatical that had raised a lot of questions over his leadership of the party at a time when Congress has been battered in elections repeatedly.

The Congress vice president arrived here at 11.15 am on a Thai Airways plane from Bangkok. The plane, which was scheduled to land at 10.35 am, was delayed by 40 minutes, sources said.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka reached the 12, Tughlaq Road residence of Rahul.

A day before the Budget session began on February 23, party sources had said that Mr. Gandhi had gone on leave.

The party had then said that he “requested Congress president Sonia Gandhi for some time to reflect on recent events and future course of the party“.

Ever since the announcement of his temporary break from political life, there has been speculation that he was unhappy for not getting a free hand to run the party, a contention which the party has officially denied.

Rahul’s leave had come amid talk of an AICC session, where he was expected to be elevated as Congress president.

During his absence, several party leaders came out in the open pitching for Sonia Gandhi to continue as president and raised questions over his leadership.

Congress leaders had announced that Rahul would be back by April 19 as he would be addressing a farmers’ rally on land bill issue at the Ramlila maidan here on that day.

The rally is being held on the eve of the second phase of the Budget session of Parliament. Rahul had skipped the first phase which saw the Congress taking on the government over the land bill issue as he went on the sabbatical shortly before it commenced.

Congress has been performing badly at the hustings, starting with the Lok Sabha elections last year. It was followed by a string of electoral reverses in Assembly elections including in Delhi recently.

Sources also said that plans are underway to organise an interaction of Rahul Gandhi with a delegation of farmers on April 17 two days before he will address the Kisan-Khet Mazdoor rally of the party.

(PTI)

Southern Movies Round Up

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Ennum Eppozhum

As compared to films produced in Bollywoodian & Hollywoodian Cinema arena, South Indian Cinema is rapidly & regularly progressing by churning out its own brand of gems of milestone movies in all the 4 languages namely Kannada, Malyalam, Telugu & Tamil. In an exclusive Nasheman.In, Shaheen Raaj will present a sneak preview of the productional happenings of Southern Cinema every fortnight. Time to stay tuned in.

Vishal & Suseendran Join Hands Again

Vishal & Suseendran join hands again. Here’s the complete details of ‘Paayum Puli’ 2015. After ‘Naan Sigappu Manithan’ Vishal is 2nd time lucky to get the title of yet another superstar’s mega hit movie of the 80’s namely ‘Paayum Puli’. This film brings back Vishal & Suseendran, who earlier on gave the super hit film namely ‘Paandiya Naadu’. Vendhar Movies is the producers of ‘Paayum Puli’ 2015 & Kajal Agarwal is the heroine while Samuthrakani, Soori, Jayaprakash, Murali Sharma & Anandraj play supporting roles.  D. Imman scores the music for Vairamuthu’s lyrics & ‘VIP’ director Velraj handles the camera.  Editor Anthony, Art Director Rajeevan, Stunt Master Anal Arasu & Choreographer Shobi form the core team.

‘Purampokku’s Release Date Locked!

The release date Arya’s next multi starrer film ‘Purampokku has now been  locked. Director S. P. Jananathan’s stylish multi starrer ‘Purampokku’  featuring Arya, Vijay Sethupathi, Karthika Nair & Shaam is now releasing on 1st May, 2015 and Disney UTV chief G. Dananjayan confirmed this on his micro blogging site. The film touches the sensitive issue of capital punishment and is in the political thriller genre. Arya is said to play a social & financial analyst while Vijay Sethupathi & Shaam play a railway coolie & police officer respectively.  Karthika Nair the heroine has performed some risky stunt sequences and it is evident from the trailer that production value is on par with Hollywood flicks.

2 Dates Set For The Release Of ‘Kanchana 2’

2 dates have recently been set for the release of Raghava Lawrence’s ‘Kanchana 2’. After ‘Muni’ & Kanchana’, Raghava Lawrence’s long in the making ‘Kanchana 2’ has created a huge buzz in the industry and among fans after the posters were released a few days back. Raghava Lawrence has already released the trailer of the movie and the comedy horror will hit the screens on the 16th Apr, 2015.

Raghava Lawrence is enacting 6 different roles in ‘Kanchana 2’, which also has Tapsee Pannu, Devadarshini, Kovai Sarala, Raghava’s brother Vino & Nithya Menon in a special appearance.  Music score is taken care of by S. S. Thaman & Sun Pictures are releasing this film after a long gap.

Anushka’s magnum opus ‘Bahubali’ release postponed to July, 2015.

Anushka has put in tremendous hard work for almost 2 years to play the female lead Devasena in S. S. Rajamouli’s bilingual  ‘Bahubali’.  Anushka has undergone vigorous training in sword fighting as part of her homework for the magnum opus. ‘Bahubali’ was scheduled to be released on the 15th of May, 2015 but the film could be postponed by more than a month to sometime in July, 2015 as there is delay in the extensive post production work. Prabhas & Rana Dagubatti play warring brothers in ‘Bahubali’ and the top notch supporting cast includes Sudeep, Tamanaah, Sathyaraj, Ramya Krishnan & Nasser. Madan Karky is responsible for the Tamil dialogues while M. M. Keeravani scores the music.

Nora Fatehi The ‘Temper’ Girl To Star In ‘Baahubali’

Nora Fatehi the ‘Temper’ girl will also star In ‘Baahubali’. Nora Fatehi, who sizzled in an energetic item number in NTR’s super hit film, ‘Temper’, is going to do a special song in ‘Baahubali’. S. S. Rajamouli is said to have been very impressed with Nora’s dances in ‘Temper’ and roped her for the song. Of late she has been rehearsing for the song and will soon join the shoot. ‘Baahubali’ work is nearing completion.  and the film is scheduled for a release on 15th May, 2015.

Tamil Actor Rajinikanth Meets Kannada Director Pawan Wadeyar

Tamil actor Rajinikanth meets Kannada director Pawan Wadeyar. Of late Rajinikanth has been going through a rough patch in his career. His recent movies bombed at the box – office and the Super star has been contemplating with which director he has to work with for his next, so that he will bounce back in full form. There are many speculations about the director of his next movie. Some days back it was alleged that A. R. Murugadoss will direct the movie and Aascar Ravichandran may direct it.

But surprisingly Rajinikanth recently met Kannada director Pawan Wadeyar of ‘Potugadu’ fame and this meeting has sparked new speculations that both of them are going to team up soon.

The Film ‘Legend’ Creates New Records

Of late Balakrishna’s blockbuster movie, ‘Legend’, released last year, has created a new record. At a time, when movies are being out of the theatres in just one or two weeks, ‘Legend’ completed 365 days run in 2 theaters and is running towards 400 days. This film, which set the cash registers ringing at the box – office with huge collections, has completed 365 days in Mini Shiva theatre in Emmigannur, Kurnool district with direct four shows. It also completed 365 days in Proddutur (56 days in Arveti theatre & 310 days (single shift 4 shows) at Archana theatre.

The Official Release Date Of ‘Kick 2’ Has Now Been Confirmed

The official release date of ‘Kick 2’ has now been confirmed. Kalyan Ram, who scored a super hit this year with the film, ‘Pataas’, is producing ‘Kick 2’ with Ravi Teja & Rakul Preet Singh in the lead roles. Surender Reddy is the director of this film. 2 songs were shot  in Switzerland and this schedule was completed on 31st Mar, 2015. With the song which starts on 3rd Apr, 2015 at Annapurna Studios, the total shooting will be completed. The makers are planning to release the movie worldwide on 7th May, 2015. Bollywood actor Nikitin Dheer of ‘Chennai Express’ fame is playing the villain in this film.

‘Ennum Epozhum’ & ‘Oru Vadakkan Selfie’ Hits The Marquee

Mohanlal & Nivin Pauly recently met face to face as their movies ‘Ennum Epozhum’ & ‘Oru Vadakkan Selfie’ respectively hit the marquee. Both the movies have upped much anticipation with a lot many factors working for both of them. While the hit team of ‘Malarvadi’ has rejoined for ‘Oru Vadakkan Selfie’ (OVS), the Sathyan Anthikad helmed ‘Ennum Epozhum’ with the star combo of Mohanlal & Manju Warrier also held much promise. Both the movies were expected to do well at the box office.

Aashiq Abu’s ‘Rani Padmini’ is on track.

Aashiq Abu’s next film ‘Rani Padmini’ is right on track despite rumors that one of the lead actresses has been dropped out of the project. The graphic poster of the film has also come out, depicting the 2 lead actresses of the film, Manju Warrier & Rima Kallingal, announcing that the movie will begin rolling soon.

Aashiq Abu has already clarified that the movie is an experimental one which will have the 2 women’s journey. The physical journey that takes them across various terrains throughout India also bring about a strong bond between them and works towards revealing & healing their emotional quotient.

‘Local Train’ Song Canned

A song for ‘Local Train’ was recently canned. The number “Saniha Saniha Noduththiddare Neenu Noduththiddare…….!” featuring Madarangi Krishna & Estar Naronha was captured in the choreography of Chinni Prakash for ‘Local Train’. This film’s earlier name was ‘Chinna Chinna Aase’. A film by Sanjana Cine Arts SH Walke maiden production erected a set for the song penned by Jayanth Kaikini to shoot at Kanteerava Studio. N. Rudramuni has penned the story & the screenplay and also directs this film. For the songs of Arjun Janya 2 famous lyricists Dr V. Nagendra Prasad & Jayanth Kaikini have penned the songs. Keshavaditya worked on the dialogues, Ramesh Babu is cameraman, PR Sounder Raj is editing, Ram Shetty & Ramesh have directed the stunts & Ishwari Kumar art direction are part of the ‘Local Train’.

‘Ugraksha’ Rolls

A new film ‘Ugraksha’ rolled recently. After ‘Ugram’ success a similar sounding title ‘Ugraksha’ went on the floosr recently. An action packed film by Bharat Kumar of Hoskote starring Abhinav Shreyas was clapped for the 1st shot by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike Swabhimani Association Krishne Gowda. KFCC President Thomas D Souza switched on the camera. R Vidhaa has penned story, screenplay, dialogues besides direction for the film.

Murali Krish is cameraman and M Sanjeev is music composer. Deepika Kamayya is female lead in this film with Tabla Naani, Sharat Lohitashva, Arun Sagar, Victory Vasu, Muni, Bank Janardhan, Sudhakar, Ugram Manju, Kempe Gowda, Chandan, Dharmatej, Chandan Gamya, Sowmya, Suvarna et al in supporting roles.

Movie Review: The Water Diviner

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The Water Diviner

Producer: Troy Lum, Andrew Mason & Keith Rodger
Director: Russell Crowe
Star Cast: Russell Krowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Dylan Georgiades, Sem Yilmaz & Yilmaz Erdogan et al
Genre: Historical Period Drama
Verdict: Good. Worth Watching

Debutante director Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner is no doubt an entertaining war fare, albeit a bit contrived and artificial as far as its emotional quotient is concern. It is a historical period drama set in Australia and Turkey during the first world war.

Plot: The scenario opens in 1919 after the end of world War I. Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe) an Australian farmer and water diviner returns home one fine day, when his spouse Eliza Connor (Jacqueline McKenzie) is still seen grieving as her 3 sons have not yet returned home from war even after a lapse of 5 years. At last fearing them to be dead Eliza commits suicide and Joshua sets off in search of his missing sons. But Joshua meets with a lot of resistance until Major Hasan (Yilmaz Erdogan) advises captain Lt – Col Cyril Huges (Jai Courtney) to allow Joshua to search for his sons.

Aces: Russell Crowe’s debut directorial finesse as well as the par excellence performances by the trio of Russell Crowe himself in tandem with Olga Kurylenko and Jai Courtney with adequate support from the rest of the cast. Not to forget the brilliant cinematography by Andrew Lesnie.

Minuses: If only it was a purely cross cultural family melodrama and not served as a cocktail of war film.

Last Word: A heart touching tale of a father and his missing sons

J & K government must investigate alleged extrajudicial execution of youth in Tral: Amnesty International India

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Kashmiri villagers carry the body of Khalid Muzaffar, a civilian during his funeral procession in Tral. Photo: AP

Kashmiri villagers carry the body of Khalid Muzaffar, a civilian during his funeral procession in Tral. Photo: AP

Srinagar: The Indian chapter of the international human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) Thursday Stressed upon the Jammu and Kashmir government to ensure an independent criminal investigation into the killing of a 24-year-old student Khalid Muzaffar by army personnel on 13 April in Tral.

Khalid was killed by Indian army personnel in the Kamla forests in Pulwama district on the morning of 13 April. The Indian army in a press statement said that Khalid was an ‘over ground worker’ for the Hizbul Mujahideen, armed group, and was killed in a gun battle with army personnel.

“The Director-General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir, told Amnesty International India that Khalid Muzafar Wani’s brother is a senior member of the Hizbul Mujahideen, and said that the police was investigating whether Khalid Muzafar Wani also had any links to armed groups,” an AI statement said.

Quoting Khalid’s father Muzaffar Wani Amnesty International India, the death of Khalid was a result of a ‘fake encounter’, or staged extrajudicial execution.

“The Jammu and Kashmir government must ensure a swift, thorough and impartial investigation to determine if Khalid Muzafar Wani was killed in an extrajudicial execution. They must also look into the family’s claims that he was targeted because of his brother’s suspected links with a banned armed group,” said Shemeer Babu, Programmes Director at Amnesty International India.

Anti-conversion law outside Centre’s jurisdiction, says law ministry

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sadananda gowda

New Delhi: BJP may have strongly endorsed Sangh Parivar’s demand for a national law against religious conversions, but the central government is not competent to enact such a law, says the law ministry citing a Supreme Court ruling.

According to the law ministry’s opinion forwarded recently to the home ministry, the SC had in a 1977 ruling made it clear that ‘anti-conversion law’ falls within the purview of ‘public order’, a ‘state’ subject as per the seventh Schedule of the Constitution.

“The Supreme Court ruling (in the case Rev Stainislaus Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others) had upheld the laws on conversion enacted by Madhya Pradesh and Orissa (now Odisha), observing that they fell within the purview of ‘public order’, or Entry I of List II of the Seventh Schedule…since this is the law of the land, the Centre has no jurisdiction to enact an anti-conversion law,” a home ministry official said, citing the law ministry’s opinion.

The apex court had, in the 1977 verdict, observed that “the impugned Acts… fall within the purview of Entry I of List II of the Seventh Schedule as they are meant to avoid disturbances to the public order by prohibiting conversion from one religion to another in a manner reprehensible to the conscience of the community”.

Many states have their own laws on conversions, including Odisha, MP, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan too have enacted laws banning illegal religious conversions. As for other states and Union Territories, forcible religious conversions have to be dealt with under Article 25 of the Constitution that guarantees freedom of religion.

The law ministry’s opinion against a central law on conversion comes less than a month after home minister Rajnath Singh’s called for a national debate on the need for such a law. “There are sometimes rumours and controversies about ‘ghar wapsi’ and conversions. Why should there by any conversion at all?” he had said on the sidelines of a conference of heads of state minority commissions in New Delhi last month.

“In other countries, it is the minorities which ask for anti-conversion law. Here, we are only saying that there should be an anti-conversion law. There should be debate over it. We must think on bringing anti-conversion law. I humbly request all of you to think over it,” Singh had said.

In the wake of a row over alleged forced conversions by some Sangh Parivar outfits, BJP members and some Union ministers had said that they were ready to bring an anti- conversion law even as they put the onus on the opposition parties for supporting such a move.

(Agencies)

Vivek Oberoi to get Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation award

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Vivek Oberoi

Mumbai: Vivek Oberoi who has starred in over 30 films and best known for his powerful portrayals in hits like Company, Saathiya, Masti, Omkara, Grand Masti and Krrish 3 among others was chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest official recognition for film personalities in India.

The actor who’s also known for his social causes was pleased to learn that the honourable jury members have unanimously decided to confer the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation Phalke Pride award 2015 to him for his excellence, dedication and versatility.

Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor’s name was selected for this year Phalke awards. And industry’s stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, Gulzar, Pran, Manna Dey, Dev Anand, Hrishikesh Mukherjee among others in the past. Last year, Jeetendra, Farhan Akhtar, Juhi Chawla, Sunidhi Chauhan and Kapil Sharma won the prestigious award.

Vivek excitedly says, “It’s a huge honour and I’m quite honoured and humbled to receive the award at such an early stage of my career. Thank you for this encouragement so I can keep bettering myself with every piece of work that I do.”

(Agencies)

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