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#MeToo : Defamation suit against Sruthi

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Days after actress Sruthi Hariharan accused him of behaving in an “unprofessional” manner, South Indian actor Arjun Sarja Thursday filed a Rs five crore defamation suit against her.

The actor’s manager Shivarjun also lodged a complaint against the actress at the Cyber Crime police station. Attempts by the Karnataka Film Chambers of Commerce to bring about a rapprochement between the two failed as they stuck to their respective stands. Kicking up a storm in the Kannada film industry, the actress had accused Sarja of behaving with her in “lewd and complete unprofessional” manner during the shooting of a movie two years ago.

Senior filmmakers such as Ambarish, Sa Ra Govindu, Congress MLA and film maker Munirathna and Karnataka Film Chambers of Commerce president Chinne Gowda were present at the KFCC office as attempts were made to bring the two artistes to the negotiation table.

Sruthi Hariharan and Sarja came there but they remained adamant on their stand and the KFCC could not arrive at any compromise.

“There is no question of compromise because the pain is intense. Not only me, but my family, friends and above all, my fans in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are deeply hurt. I don’t want others to be sacrificed like this.

Hence, we have gone to court. You will come to know in the coming days who are behind this campaign against me,” Sarja told reporters after the meeting.

Sarja said he has already approached the court and it would be improper on his part to speak on a sub-judice matter.

Sarja’s friend Prashanth Sambaragi said a defamation suit of Rs five crore has been filed against the actress.

Unfazed by the police complaint and court cases against her, Sruthi Hariharan too was adamant.

“Our society has stooped so low that if something wrong happens to the girl she is victimised. Why should I seek apologies when I had faced the problem?” she said.

PTI

Hundreds of journalists condemn Trump’s ‘sustained’ media attacks

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More than 200 journalists, most of them retired or semi-retired, accused US President Donald Trump of a “sustained pattern” of attacking media in an open letter published a day after a spate of suspected pipe bombs were sent to CNN and several prominent Trump critics.

“Trump’s condoning of political violence is part of a sustained pattern of attack on a free press – which includes labeling any reportage he doesn’t like as ‘fake news’ and barring reporters and news organisations whom he wishes to punish from press briefings and events,” stated the letter, which was published on Thursday morning.

Lambasting Trump’s recent praise for a violent assault on a Guardian journalist, the letter went on to accuse Trump of undermining media freedoms and inciting violence against the press.

Among the signatories were former press workers for CNN, ABC and Los Angeles Times.

In Texas, Trump speech takes far-right turn: ‘I’m a nationalist.’
Starting with a suspected explosive device sent to the home of liberal billionaire philanthropist and financier George Soros, at least 10 packages containing pipe bombs have been mailed to prominent critics of Trump this week.

Other packages were addressed to former US President Barack Obama, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, US Congresswoman Maxine Waters, actor Robert Deniro and former CIA director John Brennan in care of CNN, among others.

The incident comes just two weeks before midterm elections, which are expected to be a referendum on Trump’s performance.

Blaming the press
On Thursday morning, Trump renewed his attacks on the press, taking to Twitter in an apparent attempt to blame the media for the spate of suspected bombs.

“A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News,” he tweeted.

“It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!”

His comments were met with derision from CNN President Jeff Zucker, who charged the Trump administration with “a total and complete lack of understanding … about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media”.

Bill de Blasio, New York City’s mayor, described the string of packages as an “act of terror”.

“Don’t encourage violence, don’t encourage hatred, don’t encourage attacks on media,” he added without naming Trump.

“Unfortunately this atmosphere of hatred is contributing to the choices people are making to turn to violence.”

But White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended Trump’s comments on Thursday morning. “Day in, day out, there is a negative tone,” Sanders told press outside the White House.

“You guys continue to focus only on the negative and there is a role to play.”

Since coming to office, Trump has been widely criticised by rights groups and press freedom organisations for his frequent criticism of the media.

After five press workers were killed by a shotgun-wielding man in Maryland in June, the US became the second most dangerous country for journalists during the first half of 2018, according to the International News Safety Institute.

Aljazeera

Indian officials raid Amnesty International’s regional office

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India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), a government agency that investigates financial crimes, has conducted raids at the regional office of Amnesty International in what activists claim are efforts to silence dissent.

Indian media reports said the raids at the premises of the rights watchdog in Bengaluru in southern Karnataka state began at 1:30pm (8:30 GMT) on Thursday afternoon and were ongoing.

A statement released by ED said its searches were conducted for alleged violation of foreign direct investment guidelines by Amnesty India. The agency accused the rights group of bypassing rules regarding foreign donations by “floating a commercial entity”.

Amnesty denied those accussations saying its structure is compliant with Indian laws.

“After a crackdown on a number of NGOs, Enforcement Directorate hits at Amnesty. The 10 hour long raid conducted at our Bengaluru office ended at midnight,” Amnesty India said in a statement.

“Our staff fully cooperated with officials. We reiterate, our structure is compliant with Indian laws. ED raid on Amnesty India shows a disturbing pattern of the government silencing organisations that question power.”

Over 5 ED officials raided Amnesty’s Bengaluru office. Ordered employees to not leave, shut their laptops and searched their desks. Employees were not allowed to use their phones to call friends and families. #CrackdownOnAmnesty

The action against Amnesty came within weeks of similar raids at the offices of Greenpeace India by the ED, which accused the charity of violating laws related to foreign funds.

On Wednesday, Amnesty urged the Indian government to initiate “effective, independent and impartial investigation” into the October 21 deaths of seven civilians in a blast in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Amnesty India has campaigned against arbitrary detention of human rights activists and leaders of marginalised groups including Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad in recent months.

Indian newspaper, The Hindu, in a report published in August, quoted federal officials saying they were probing whether some entities based in the UK infused funds into Amnesty’s India unit allegedly through commercial channels in violation of Indian laws.

Nikhil Dey at Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, a peasant and workers’ organisation in the western state of Rajasthan, described the raids as “bad signs for Indian democracy”.

“There is a pattern to this. The government doesn’t want any focus on human rights issues. Amnesty is a global organisation of some repute and these critical voices are very important,” Dey told Al Jazeera, calling the ED action “disturbing”.

“India prides itself on being the world’s largest democracy. So, scrutiny of its human rights record is important, especially with this government that is brazenly attempting to muzzle civil society,” he added.

Targeting rights groups
Since assuming office in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has turned the spotlight on international rights groups and charities, accusing some such as Greenpeace of trying to hamper national projects on social and environmental grounds.

In 2015, the Modi government withdrew permission from Greenpeace to receive foreign funding, saying the money was used to block industrial projects.

India’s Supreme Court criticises police for arresting activists
In recent years, the Indian government has cancelled the registration of nearly 9,000 groups for allegedly failing to declare details of overseas donations.

Activists warn the right-wing government’s efforts to silence criticism and dissent in the world’s largest democracy are growing stronger ahead of an impending general election, due by May next year.

“Why are businesses allowed to bring in all kinds of foreign money and even donate to political parties, while organisations that help the oppressed in this country are being raided and attacked?” asked Dey.

Aljazeera

Bollywood Buzz

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Danish Alfaaz – Another UP Talent Makes His Entry In Bollywood

Danish Alfaaz, hailing from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the land that’s given Hindi cinema its countless superstars & multi-talented personalities, is all set to make his debut & take over the Hindi film industry with Poonam Pandey & Shakti Kapoor starrer The Journey Of Karma.
Danish Alfaaz, the musical maestro will be making his debut as a singer, composer & lyricist.

Starting off as a singer, Danish Alfaaz has honed his musical side quite rapidly & moved on from just a singer to a lyrist & as a composer as well in no time.

Having 3 hit albums to his name, Danish Alfaaz is basking in the glory of his 1st ever Bollywood project.

Danish Alfaaz avers, “It was after my 3rd shingle that I got approached for this film. That apart I was given a free hand to not just lend my voice by producing the numbers from a scratch but also croon them to perfection and I think that freedom is extremely necessary in this field.”

Talking about the music in The Journey Of Karma, Danish Alfaaz avers, “I have 3 tracks in the film and all completely different from each other. While 1 is a sad number, the other one is a cozy romance track and the last one being a dance number,”

Danish Alfaaz further adds, “I’ve given my all to these 3 tracks and I want my debut to be loved by all. Just hoping all my 3 numbers goes down well with the audiences.”

Well, given Danish Alfaaz’s popularity with just 3 tracks & the growth he has had in the film industry, we really hope Danish Alfaaz has a long stay in Bollywood.

After bye polls BSY is the next CM of Karnataka

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MP Shobha Karandlaje claimed that BJP’s state president, B S Yeddyurappa, would become the next Chief Minister of the state after the bypolls which will be held next month.

Address the media at Jamkhandi, claimed many Congress legislators would resign from the party to join the BJP after the bypoll results were declared on November 6.

They criticised JD(S) president, former Prime Minister, H D Deve Gowda for backing Congress president, Rahul Gandhi for the post of Prime Minister in 2019.

PTI

ED files chargesheet against Chidambaram in Aircel Maxis case, Patiala House courts

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a chargesheet in the the Rs 3,500 crore Aircel-Maxis deal case naming former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and a few others.

The supplementary prosecution complaint was filed before a special court in the Patiala House Courts Complex.

The chargesheet named Chidambaram, S. Bhaskararaman, the Chartered Accountant of Chidambaram’s son Karti, Aircel Televentures Ltd., Augustus Ralph Marshall, a resident of Malaysia, and others as accused in the case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

IANS

Ericsson rolls out export of 5G-ready telecom equipment

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In line with the “Make in India” programme, Swedish communication services giant Ericsson on Thursday commenced the export of 5G-ready telecom equipment from its manufacturing facility in Pune, Maharashtra, to markets in Southeast Asia.

The initial shipments consisting of Ericsson’s 5G-ready radio base stations and microwave equipment for 2G, 3G and 4G technologies have been delivered to Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, the company announced at the India Mobile Congress 2018, here.

Ericsson is looking to add more Southeast Asian markets to its list of countries to which its facility in India exports products from the Ericsson Radio System portfolio.

“Ericsson has been in India for well over 100 years and we were the first company to start manufacturing telecom equipment in the country in 1994. Our state-of-the-art facility will continue to cater to the domestic market even as we commence exports to other markets in Southeast Asia,” Nunzio Mirtillo, Head of Ericsson South East Asia, Oceania and India, said in a statement.

In 2016, Ericsson had set up a manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune, with an initial investment of $20 million.

This facility has been catering to the domestic demand so far and the company plans to ramp up capacity once the export volumes pick up.

Ericsson also partnered with Bharti Airtel (Airtel) to showcase the power of 5G network by demonstrating Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations.

The use cases leveraged the high bandwidth and the ultra-low latency of the 5G network to showcase mission-critical applications such as disaster response and monitoring, emergency delivery services and remote surveillance made possible through drones, the company said.

“5G networks have the potential to truly transform lives. As part of our endeavour to leverage technology that truly adds value to our lives and the society, we are pleased to demonstrate this powerful use case,” said Randeep Sekhon, CTO – Bharti Airtel, in the statement.

“Large scale deployment of 5G networks over the coming years will open unlimited avenues for innovating use cases that can solve complex problems,” Sekhon noted.

IANS

BJP leader seeks two days to decide on case against IUML

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Kerala BJP General Secretary K. Surendran on Thursday told a court that he will need two days to decide whether or not to pursue a case against the now dead IUML MLA P.B. Abdul Razak who narrowly defeated him in 2016.

When the matter came up for hearing, the Kerala High Court asked Surendran’s counsel whether the Bharatiya Janata Party leader still wished to pursue the case following Razak’s death on Saturday.

The counsel sought two days to ponder over the issue, prompting the court to post the matter on October 31 for next hearing.

Surendran told reporters that he needed to consult his party leaders before taking a call on whether to pursue the case or not in the High Court.

“I am confident after watching the proceedings … that I will be getting a favourable verdict,” Surendran said.

Surendran had challenged in the High Court his slender 89-vote loss to Razak in the 2016 Assembly polls in Manjeshwaram.

The BJP leader moved the High Court alleging that bogus votes had been cast in the name of 298 persons who were either believed to be dead or not residing in the Assembly constituency.

During the trial, 170 people claimed they had not voted but their votes were found to be cast. Surendran urged the court to annul the election of Razak and declare him the winner.

In the 140-member Kerala Assembly, the BJP has just one member.

IANS

Six killed in clash between two families in Gujarat village

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Six persons were killed in a clash in a village in Gujarat’s Kutch district Tuesday night following a long-standing feud between two families over the local panchayat elections, police said.

Among those killed were the son and the father-in-law of woman sarpanch (village head) Shakinaben Bhulia, they said.

A heated argument broke out between members of the two families, belonging to two different communities at Chhasra village over the sarpanch’s election which had taken place two years ago, Kutch (West) Superintendent of Police M S Bharada said.

It escalated as the two groups attacked each other using sharp weapons, killing six persons and injuring four, he said.

The deceased included the sarpanch’s son Abid (25) and her father-in-law Adam Bhulia (65).

The others who were killed were identified as Mangal Ahir (27), Bharat Ahir (28), Bhargav Ahir (26) and Chetan Ahir (38), said an official of Mundra police station.

Some villagers were unhappy after Shakinaben was elected as sarpanch by defeating Raniben Ahir two years ago, and some of them had lodged a complaint against the sarpanch’s family, Kutch range inspector general of police D B Vaghela said.

After Tuesday’s incident, Ahir and Bhulia families lodged FIRs against each other at the Mundra police station for offences of murder and attempt to murder, a police official said.

Nobody has been arrested yet, he added.

Senior police officials, including the IG and SP along with a large team of local police, rushed to the village after the incident and camped there through the night.

Gujarat Minister of State for Home Pradipsinh Jadeja said the situation was under control.

“FIRs of both parties have been taken and evidence has been collected, including technical evidence for forensic examination…Two companies of the State Reserve Police force have been deployed along with local police,” Jadeja said.

In his FIR, the sarpanch’s husband Aarab Abdulla Bhulia said that Chetan Ahir’s family was resentful for the last two years after Chetan’s wife Raniben Ahir was defeated in the local panchayat elections.

Holding a grudge against his family, the Ahirs attacked them last night, armed with sharp weapons and iron rods, Bhulia said.

In the attack, his father and son were seriously injured and died on the spot, and one of the assailants ran over an SUV over his son after he fell down, Bhulia alleged in the FIR.

Four unidentified persons attacked their house with a tractor and damaged CCTV cameras installed there, he added.

In a counter FIR, complainant Ritesh Ahir alleged that the relatives of the sarpanch attacked members of his family after the latter lodged a complaint against the sarpanch a week ago. Some of the accused tried to run him over under a vehicle, he alleged.

A total of 19 persons were mentioned in the two FIRs, four of them unnamed, police said.

The injured have been admitted to a hospital in Bhuj.

PTI

First case filed against man for giving triple talaq to obese wife in MP

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A month after the Narendra Modi government passed an ordinance making the illegal practice of instant triple-talaq a punishable offence carrying a jail term of up to three years, the first case under it in Madhya Pradesh has been registered in the poll-bound state’s Jhabua district, which neigbours the PM’s home state Gujarat.

A case under the newly promulgated Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance 2018 was registered at Meghnagar police station of MP’s Jhabua district against Dahod (Gujarat) resident Arif Hussain Diwan and mother Hussain Bano on Wednesday. While Arif has been arrested, mother Hussain Bano is absconding.

According to Meghnagar police station in-charge Kushalsingh Rawat, the victim woman, who is a native of Sherani Mohalla in Meghnagar (Jhabua) was married to Dahod (Gujarat) resident Arif 10 years back. The couple has two children, including a daughter and son.

Right since marriage, Arif allegedly tortured wife for being obese. Unable to tolerate repeated mental and physical agony, the woman came to her brother’s house in Meghnagar recently. On October 12, Arif along with mother Hussain Bano to Meghnagar and verbally and physically abused his wife. Arif and mother also demanded dowry from the woman’s paternal family, before Arif uttered talaq-talaq-talaq to the woman to pronounce instant triple talaq to her.

On Tuesday, the woman along with her kin came to Meghnagar police station and reported the entire episode, after which the police first booked her husband Arif and mother-in-law Hussain Bano under Sections 323, 498A, 506 and 34 of IPC.

The Meghnagar police station in-charge added that on Wednesday, the statements of the victim woman and witnesses were recorded before a court in Petlawad (Jhabua). After the recording of statements, the police registered a case under relevant sections of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance 2018. While, the victim woman’s husband Arif has been arrested, co-accused mother-in-law is absconding.

This case is the first case registered under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance 2018 in Madhya Pradesh.

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