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AAP calls EC ‘Khap Panchayat’, slams new chief Rawat

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New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday dubbed the Election Commission a “Khap Panchayat” and raised questions over new Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat’s relationship with the BJP.

AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha said Rawat had recused himself from hearing an office of profit case against the now disqualified 20 AAP MLAs after allegations that he was close to many BJP leaders including Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Chadha said that six months back Rawat again became a part of the case without informing the party or its MLAs. “It was first time in the history of India that a judge who had recused himself from a case sneaked back to the case through back door.”

On Friday, the Election Commission recommended the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs. This was approved by the President.

“The Election Commission is working like a Khap Panchayat and giving a verdict without hearing (the other side),” Chadha said.

AAP Rajya Sabha MP-elect Sanjay Singh said that after June 23, 2017, the MLAs were not given a date of hearing.

Singh said that in Punjab, Haryana, and other states when the High Court cancelled the appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries, the MLAs were not disqualified.

Singh said the action against AAP was taken by the ex-Chief Election Commissioner A.K. Joti at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

(IANS)

Shiv Sena won’t ally with BJP for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls

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Mumbai: The Shiv Sena today passed a resolution not to align with the BJP and go solo in the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly polls next year.

The resolution was moved by Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who said the BJP had been demoralising the party for the last three years.

The resolution was passed unanimously in the party’s National Executive meet here.

“I moved the resolution for the Shiv Sena to fight the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls on its own in 2019,” Raut said.

He said the party will win at least 25 Lok Sabha seats (out of a total 48 in Maharashtra) and 125 Assembly seats (out of a total 288) in the state.

“The BJP allied with the Sena in the name of Hindutva and the Sena kept patience for Hindutva. However, the BJP in the last three years has been demoralising the Sena and using power to do so,” Raut said.

Senior Sena leaders backed Raut’s resolution.

(PTI)

No ban on ‘Padmaavat’, SC orders all states to allow pan-India release

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked all states to comply with its order not to stand in the way of the release of controversial film “Padmaavat” as it dismissed last ditch efforts by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments to block its January 25 release.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said: “People must understand that the Supreme Court has passed an order and it must be complied with.”

“Our order is to be complied with by one and all. A few hundred people come on the street and create a law and order situation demanding ban. That can’t be accepted,” Misra said.

“You can advise them not to watch the movie if they don’t like it. We will not modify our order,” the Chief Justice told Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who tried to flag the law and order situation as a ground for blocking release of the film.

The court also dismissed a plea by Akhil Bharatiya Karni Mahasangh, saying: “We are not inclined to modify order” — clearing the decks for the release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial.

Admitting that maintaining law and order was the state’s obligation, Mehta appearing for the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments urged the court to appreciate the ground situation and threat to breach of peace.

“You can’t make virtue of creating trouble. You can’t first create trouble and then make a virtue of it,” said Justice Chandrachud.

Seeking clarification, Mehta said a situation could arise where after the release of the film, there could be trouble in some parts.

“Let the state honour this order. Rest we will deal with when it comes to it,” Justice Khanwilkar said.

(IANS)

UAE-backed group vows to ‘overthrow’ Yemen’s government

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Aidarous al-Zubaidi held a meeting in Aden on the future of South Yemen [Courtesy of Southern Transitional Council]

by Al Jazeera

A group of separatists in southern Yemen, backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have declared a state of emergency in the port city of Aden and vowed to overthrow the country’s internationally recognised government within the next week.

Aidarous al-Zubaidi, the leader of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), said Yemen’s parliament would be barred from convening in Aden or anywhere else in southern Yemen unless President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi replaced Prime Minister Ahmed bin Daghr and his entire cabinet.

Speaking at a meeting on Sunday, al-Zubaidi accused Hadi’s government of “rampant corruption” and of “waging a misinformation campaign against the southern leaders using state funds”.

“The Southern Resistance Forces (SRF) declare a state of emergency in Aden and announce that it has begun the process of overthrowing the legitimate government and replacing it with a cabinet of technocrats,” a statement issued by the STC said.

The SRF, an armed group that has clashed with forces loyal to Hadi for control of strategic areas including Aden airport, will “become the core of a new force that will rebuild South Yemen’s security and military institutions,” the statement added.

Several commanders from security forces set up by the UAE attended the meeting and declared their support for the announcement.

The statement, however, did not give details on how it intended to topple Hadi’s government, only that he had a week to comply.

Different agendas?
The announcement underscores rising tensions between Hadi’s government, which is supported by Saudi Arabia, and the southern separatists, who are backed by the UAE.

The UAE entered Yemen’s war in March 2015 as part of a Saudi-led coalition after Houthi rebels, traditionally based in the northwest of the country, overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa, in 2014.

Nearly three years on, Saudi Arabia has said it “wants out” of the war, but the UAE has become more involved in the conflict, indicating a divide in the two countries’ agendas.

The UAE has been financing and training armed groups in the south of the country who answer to al-Zubaidi, a 50-year-old militia leader who emerged from relative obscurity in late 2015 after helping purge the Houthis from Aden.

Al-Zubaidi was initially rewarded and made governor of Aden by Hadi, but soon fell out of favour after reports emerged he was receiving patronage from the UAE to campaign for secession.

The Middle East Eye news website, quoting sources, reported that Hadi was incensed with the UAE, accusing Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of acting as an occupying force, as opposed to a liberation force.

Hadi’s weakening has gone hand-in-hand with the UAE’s growing power in southern Yemen.

The Gulf nation has financed a network of militias that only answer to it, set up prisons, and created a security establishment parallel to Hadi’s government, according to Human Rights Watch.

The Arab coalition has so far failed to achieve its stated aims as Houthi rebels continue to hold the capital Sanaa and much of the north.

The war has taken a huge toll on the country with more than 60,000 people killed and wounded by fighting, and millions of Yemenis at risk of famine amid a massive cholera outbreak.

Karni Sena blocks roads in MP to oppose release of ‘Padmaavat’

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Ujjain: Members of the Karni Sena on Monday blocked some roads here to oppose the release of the controversial film “Padmaavat”. The Karni Sena, an organisation of the Rajput community, here staged blockades by burning tyres on roads connecting Ujjain to Nagda, Dewas to Maksi and Agar to Kota.

The Sanjay Leela Bansali-directed period drama is scheduled to release on January 25. Superintendent of Police (SP) Sachin Atulkar said that the administration has urged the protesters not to take the law into their hands.

“We have cleared the road after receiving a memorandum from the protesters,” he said. There were also reports that protesters had pelted vehicles with stones on the Agar-Kota road. The SP, however, denied any incidents of violence.

“There were small road blockades. We will take stern legal action if protesters disrupt law and order,” he said. The Supreme Court had last week paved the way for the nationwide release of “Padmaavat”, by staying the ban on its screening in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

However, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Monday moved the apex court seeking a recall of its January 18 order by which the controversial film was allowed to be released in theatres across India. The film, starring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, is based on the saga of the 13th Century battle between Maharaja Ratan Singh of Mewar and Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi.

(PTI)

Victim in rape case involving Asaram to be examined from Jan 29: Guj tells SC

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New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that the victim in a rape case involving self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu will be examined from January 29. The top court adjourned the hearing on the bail plea of Asaram by nine weeks and said it will taken it up after the victim is examined by the trial court.

A bench of Justices N V Ramana and A M Sapre which was initially inclined to dismiss the bail petition said the petitioner can easily approach after the victim is examined. The court had on January 15 sought to know the status of trial in a rape case involving Asaram and asked the Gujarat government to file a progress report on it.

Asaram’s counsel had then told the court that in the Gujarat case, of 92 witnesses, 22 material witnesses have been examined, 14 of them are dropped and rest need to be examine. On August 28, the apex court had expressed anguish over the tardy pace of progress in the rape case and had asked the state government to file the report.

On April 12 last year, the apex court had asked the Gujarat trial court to expedite the recording of evidence of prosecution witnesses in a sexual assault case lodged by two Surat-based sisters against Asaram. Earlier, the top court had refused to grant bail to Asaram on various grounds in the two sexual assault cases lodged in Rajasthan and Gujarat.

The two Surat-based sisters had lodged separate complaints against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai, accusing them of rape and illegal confinement among other charges. The elder sister, in her complaint against Asaram, had accused him of repeated sexual assaults between 2001 and 2006 when she was staying at his ashram near Ahmedabad.

In the case in Rajasthan, a teenage girl had accused him of sexual assault at his ashram in Manai village near Jodhpur. The girl, who belonged to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was a student living in the ashram.

The apex court had on November 18 last year sought the response of the Centre and five states on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the murder of children and attacks on several witnesses in the Asaram rape cases. Asaram was arrested by Jodhpur Police on August 31, 2013, and has been in jail since then.

(PTI)

Karnataka bandh likely to be on February 4

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Bengaluru: Pro-kannada organistaion is planning for a Bengaluru bandh on February 4 and a state bandh on January 25.

It has been reported that PM Modi will be in the city on February 4 and the activist are holding a bandh demanding his intervention in solving the disputes in Mahadayi case.

Addressing the media, the committee mentioned that they are planning for a Karnataka Bandh that is from 6 am to 6 pm on January 25 and Bengaluru Bandh on February 4.

(Agencies)

Heera Gold’s CEO Dr. Nowhera Shaik Receives Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce Award 2018

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Heera Gold’s Founder & CEO Dr. Nowhera Shaik was presented with the Asian Arab Award 2018 in Bangalore on Monday. Dr. Nowhera Shaik received the award for her outstanding contribution in the field of Business & Entrepreneurship.

The Asian Arab Awards is nominated by the Jury from more than 21 countries and Dr. Nowhera Shaik was chosen for the landmark service given to the cause of social service and Entrepreneurship.

Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) is focusing on strengthening economic, commercial and cultural relations between Asia and Middle East continent. To deepen this economic engagement, the governments of India and various countries have established institutional mechanisms and entered into agreements aimed at providing added impetus to trade and investment flows between the various continents. AACC is the platform to facilitate all these engagements.

The organization is being run by a consortium of National and international professionals under the guidance of an eminent board of senior bureaucrats, professionals and Industrialists globally.

The award ceremony was organized by Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce. In the ceremony delegates from France, Bosnia and Arab countries were also present.

Nasheman’s Editor Mr. Rizwan Asad Receives Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce Award 2018

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Mr. Rizwan Asad Receives the Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce Award 2018, along with his wife Mrs. Husna Rizwan (Managing Editor, Nasheman).


The Nasheman Weekly’s Editor-in-Cheif Mr. Rizwan Asad was presented with the Asian Arab Award 2018 in Bangalore on Monday. Mr. Asad received the award for his outstanding contribution in the field of Journalism.

The Asian Arab Awards is nominated by the Jury from more than 21 countries and Mr. Asad was chosen for the landmark service given to the cause of Journalism in India with the publication of The Nasheman Weekly.

Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC) is focusing on strengthening economic, commercial and cultural relations between Asia and Middle East continent. To deepen this economic engagement, the governments of India and various countries have established institutional mechanisms and entered into agreements aimed at providing added impetus to trade and investment flows between the various continents. AACC is the platform to facilitate all these engagements.

The organization is being run by a consortium of National and international professionals under the guidance of an eminent board of senior bureaucrats, professionals and Industrialists globally.

The award ceremony was organized by Asian Arab Chamber of Commerce. In the ceremony delegates from France, Bosnia and Arab countries were also present.

Narendra Modi has ‘ego of his prime ministership’, says Anna Hazare

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Mumbai: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an “ego of his Prime Ministership”, adding that it was the reason why Modi was not responding to his letters.

Hazare was speaking at a public rally in Atpadi tehsil in Sangli district on Sunday.

Hazare said, “I have written more than 30 letters to PM Modi in the last three years but he never replied to them. Modi has an ego of his Prime Ministership, hence he did not respond to my letters.”

Hazare had, earlier, announced that he was going to stage another round of agitations in New Delhi from March 23.

The rally at Atpadi on Sunday was the first of the three rallies Hazare will be addressing in an effort to mobilise support for the March 23 agitation.

“It will be a never-seen-before kind of massive agitation that will be a warning to the government,” he said.

“I have no intention of garnering votes through my rallies and agitations. The way there was a huge rally for Jan Lokpal, I believe there will be a similar agitation on farmers’ issues,” he said.

Hazare said that his demands included implementation of the Lokpal, appointment of a Lokayukta, a pension of Rs 5,000 to farmers and higher rates for farm produce.

(PTI)

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