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60-year-old woman stripped, tortured after son ‘runs away’ with girl

April 26, 2016 by Nasheman

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Lakhimpur Kheri: A 60-year-old woman was stripped and tortured in a village in Uttar Pradesh on Monday after her son allegedly eloped with a girl, police said.

The woman’s face was blackened and chilli powder was thrown on her private parts as “punishment”, they said.

The woman was rescued and the police were called when her husband ran to villagers for help. She is in a critical condition.

Senior police officer Akhilesh Chaurasia said the woman was attacked by the family members of the girl with whom her son had allegedly run away on Sunday.

Both the families belong to the same village.

Chaurasia said a police complaint has been filed against five people, including four women, who are missing.

(PTI)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Uttar Pradesh

Urdu teachers with two wives not eligible for govt jobs in UP

January 14, 2016 by Nasheman

Urdu_Schools

Agra: The new notice of the Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party government, pertaining to appointment of Urdu teachers to government-run schools has sparked widespread protests among Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.

The notice for appointment of 3,500 Urdu teachers says: “All those who have two wives, both living, will be considered non-eligible for the post. Also, female candidates who are married to a man who has two wives, both living, will also be considered non-eligible.”

While the Muslims have been calling this rule to be discriminatory, justifying the move the government officials say that it has been done only to avoid confusion with regard to payment of widow or widower’s pension.

However, the Muslim clerics refuse to accept this explanation.

Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, Imam of Lucknow’s Eidgah and member of the Muslim Personal Law Board told Times of India that the government cannot impose such conditions when it comes to recruitment of staff.

“There is a provision for four marriages in Islam. Even though just about one percent of Muslim men have two wives, such conditions should not become part of the job application process,” he opines further adding that if a man leaves behind him two wives, the pension can be divided among the two wives, rather than snatching away a man’s right to job.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Urdu, Uttar Pradesh

UP CM sacks MoS rank leader after temple remarks

December 25, 2015 by Nasheman

Akhilesh-Yadav

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister President Akhilesh Yadav has stripped Samajwadi Party leader Ompal Nehra of minister of state status after his remarks asking Muslims to help build temples in Ayodhya and Mathura.

“Nehra has been sacked by the Chief Minister yesterday,” SP spokesman and cabinet minister Rajendra Chowdhury told PTI today.

The action by Chief Minister, who is also the state president of ruling Samajwadi Party, came as the Ram temple issue came into renewed focus with two truck loads of stones for construction of the temple being brought to Ayodhya by Vishva Hindu Parishad.

Nehra had on December 23 suggested during a function that Muslims should come forward and help build temples at disputed sites in Ayodhya and Mathura, so that organisations like VHP lose their identity.

“Where can a Ram temple be built if not in Ayodhya? It is an emotional issue. In Mathura, where we worship Krishna, how can there be a mosque there. Muslims should think about it and in fact come forward for Kar Seva (voluntary work) and say build the temples at these places. We should not fall in their (VHP’s)trap,” Nehra has said in Bijnore.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Akhilesh Yadav, Ompal Nehra, Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh

Mulayam PM, Rahul his deputy: Akhilesh’s formula for alliance with Congress

December 4, 2015 by Nasheman

Akhilesh-Yadav

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today suggested that an alliance with Congress is possible in an arrangement where Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav is the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi his Deputy.

 

Akhilesh made the comments in the course of a conversation at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here in the presence of the Congress vice president. However, Rahul refused to comment when asked to respond.

 

The UP Chief Minister was replying to a question on whether he was ready to extend his “good” personal relationship with Gandhi to a political level with the Congress.

“You are asking me because I am a Samajwadi (socialist) and you also say that I get rebuked by my father (Mulayam). I also want that Netaji’s dreams are fulfilled and that I work for him. He becomes the Prime Minister and he (pointing at Rahul) Deputy Prime Minister. I am in agreement with this and will make an alliance now,” if it is found acceptable, Akhilesh said, smiling.

He, however, sidestepped a question on whether an alliance with its rival BSP, like the one in Bihar where JD(U) and RJD came together, is possible in UP for the 2017 Assembly polls.

“Her (Mayawati) choice is that stone made elephant statues come up. So how is that possible? I have already told you my formula,” was Akhilesh’s response, referring to his conditions for a possible alliance with Congress.

Earlier, he categorically said, “there is no talk of any coalition at this point. It’s better if we don’t talk of it now.”

The 42-year-old chief minister of India’s most populous state asserted that any relationship with the BJP or any of its associate organisations was not possible “because of the kind of divisions they produce and the language they use.”

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Akhilesh Yadav, Congress, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh

Akhilesh Yadav sacks eight ministers, strips nine of portfolios

October 29, 2015 by Nasheman

Akhilesh-Yadav

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday sacked eight cabinet ministers and withdrew portfolios of nine ministers in a major shake-up of his ministry.

The move is being seen as a precursor to the cabinet reshuffle scheduled for October 31 when some new faces are likely to be included in the 43-month-old Samajwadi Party government.

 

The ministers who have been removed from the state cabinet are Shiv Kumar Beria, Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar, Ambika Chowdhary, Aridaman Singh, Alok Kumar Shakya, Yogesh Pratap Singh, Shivakant Ojha and Narad Rai.

Sources say the ministers have been removed on action initiated by the SP high command for their non-performance and, in some cases, on specific complaints.

The nine ministers who have been stripped of their portfolios include Raguhraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, Avdhesh Prasad, and Ahmad Hasan, who held the health and family welfare portfolio.

Other ministers to be divested of their ministries are Paras Nath Yadav, Ram Govind Chowdhary, Durga Prasad Yadav, Brahma Shankar Tripathi, Iqbal Masood and Mehboob Ali. Their departments, for now, will be with the chief minister.

Close aides of the chief minister told IANS that the cabinet expansion scheduled for Saturday will see a “stamp of Akhilesh Yadav and will be a mix of young energy and experience”.

Earlier, Akhilesh Yadav called on Governor Ram Naik late on Wednesday to discuss expansion of his cabinet and to take Naik’s consent.

The oath-taking ceremony of the new ministers in slated for October 31 at 10.30 a.m. at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh

Muslim woman’s body dug out from grave, raped to stoke communal violence

October 26, 2015 by Nasheman

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Meerut: In an apparent attempt to stoke communal violence, a group of miscreants, said to be activists of a communal group, dug out the body of a woman from her grave and allegedly raped the corpse.

 

The incident took place at Talheta village near the border of Meerut and Ghaziabad districts in Uttar Pradesh. The woman had been buried two days before the incident took place.

The 26-year-old, who was pregnant, died of complications after she suffered a miscarriage. The village, which falls under Ghaziabad district, is less than 70 km from the national capital. While police have said that rape has not been established, they said it was an attempt to stoke “communal violence” in the region since the woman belonged to the minority community.

In the morning, the woman’s corpse was found lying 20 meters from her grave. The woman had no clothes on when she was found. Village residents immediately informed the woman’s family and then informed the police.

Station officer at Bhojpur police station said, “Locals have claimed that the miscreants sexually exploited the corpse. However, there is nothing as of now that can establish that fact. It is certain, however, that the woman was dug out of her grave. We have sent the body for postmortem and we cannot file a case of rape until it can be ascertained via the postmortem report. The CMO of Ghaziabad district has said that it is highly improbable that someone can rape a corpse after it has been in the grave for a full day.”

When asked what other possible theory the cops have, the SO said, “Since the woman who was dug out belonged to the minority community, we think it is an attempt to stoke communal violence in the village. The miscreants had even robbed the woman of her clothes. We are keeping a close eye on the situation and are investigating the case. We registered a case under sections 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings) and 297 (trespassing on burial places) of the Indian Penal Code. The investigation will move forward once the postmortem report is back.”

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India, Indian Muslims Tagged With: Necrophilia, Rape, Uttar Pradesh

Bachchan requests UP govt to donate pension for charity

October 21, 2015 by Nasheman

Amitabh Bachchan

Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan has requested the Uttar Pradesh government to donate the monthly pension announced for him, his wife Jaya and actor son Abhishek as Yash Bharti awardees of the state, to charity.

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had yesterday announced Rs 50,000 monthly pension to Yash Bharti awardees of the state.

The award is given to eminent persons belonging to the state in the fields of art, culture, sports, literature, medicine, journalism and social service.

The 73-year-old actor, who originally hails from Allahabad, UP, stated that he will write to Yadav on the matter.

“Whereas I respect the UP Govt’s honour of the Yash Bharati Award to members of my family, and their decision as per reports in the press, for providing pension of Rs 50,000 per month to each recipient, I am requesting the UP Govt, with all humility, to redirect the entire amount designated for my family towards any noble charitable scheme or cause that benefits the poor and the needy.

“I shall be writing to the Chief Minister in this regard, in a separate communication,” Bachchan said in a statement.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Amitabh Bachchan, Pension, Uttar Pradesh, Yash Bharati Award

Cow slaughter rumours trigger tension in UP village, 21 arrested

October 10, 2015 by Nasheman

Mainpuri: Police in action after villagers vandalised properties and resorted to arson in Mainpuri district on Friday over rumours of cow slaughter in the area. Photo: PTI

Mainpuri: Police in action after villagers vandalised properties and resorted to arson in Mainpuri district on Friday over rumours of cow slaughter in the area. Photo: PTI

Mainpuri: After Dadri, tension now prevails in this district where rumours of cow slaughter triggered violence with protesters targeting police vehicles and setting afire shops, leaving seven policemen injured.

Twenty-one people have been arrested for yesterday’s violence even as the circle officer has been suspended for alleged laxity.

The violence started after some persons spread rumours of cow slaughter in Karhal area with an intention to trigger communal tension in the town, an official spokesman said today.

However, the post-mortem report found that the cow had died due to an ailment, he said.

As soon as the rumour spread yesterday, people in Nagaria village set police jeeps on fire and damaged several other vehicles and shops as they were agitated over rumours of cow slaughter in the village, police said.

It was alleged that a cow, which was grazing in a field near the village, was taken away for slaughter and its skin was being removed in a house when some villagers barged in, the police said.

District Magistrate Chandrapal Singh said, “A rumour was spread here that a cow has been slaughtered. But when we did a post-mortem of the cow yesterday, it came to the fore that the cow had been dead for sometime. The people who usually remove bodies of animals had taken away the cow and were removing its skin. That is how the rumour started about the cow being slaughtered.”

Following this, some people came onto the streets and agitated. Police reached the spot and arrested those removing the skin of the dead cow, the District Magistrate said.

“Those who were taking out the skin were arrested as well as those who incited the violence on the streets. Twenty-one people, including two who were removing skin of the dead cow, have been arrested,” he said.

Singh said that an FIR has been lodged against 29 named persons and 250 unidentified people for violence.

“When the accused had already been taken away, the angry mob targeted police vehicles, throwing the policemen into a canal and setting their vehicles on fire. The mob also set one shop on fire as well as destroyed vegetables being sold in an open market here,” the District Magistrate said.

“A lot of policemen were injured including two station officers and five constables,” he said.

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav said attempts were being made to vitiate the atmosphere in Karhal.

“Attempts are being made in Karhal (Mainpuri) to vitiate the communal atmosphere. We are ensuring arrest of those involved in the incident,” he had said.

Yadav also said that SP was fighting communal forces for a long time and would continue doing so.

The violence in Mainpuri comes close on the heels of the Dadri lynching incident in which a man was killed over rumours of alleged beef consumption.

(PTI)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Cow Slaughter, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh

Mulayam Singh Yadav sparks outrage with sexist comment yet again

August 20, 2015 by Nasheman

Mulayam Singh Yadav

Lucknow: Veteran Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav seems to be on roll in delivering sexist comments as he, once again, defended rapists in a statement made at a function on Tuesday. He sparked outrage when he said that rape cases are made out to be gang-rapes, but it is “not practical”.

“Often if one person commits rape, four people are named in the complaint. Four people are named for rape, can it be possible? It is not practical. They probably say one was watching…another was there… If there are four brothers, then all four are named,” said Yadav, the chief of Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party.

Mulayam Singh also said the Uttar Pradesh government, headed by his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, was criticized most even though it has the least number of rape cases compared to states like Madhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi.

The comments have been widely condemned.

The BJP’s Shazia Ilmi tweeted: “Subtle abetment to rape by Mulayam Singh Yadav. Has he never heard of gang rape?? Deplorable.”

Shobha Oza of the Congress said: “Earlier also he has given such statements. Today also he said that gang rape is not possible. These kinds of statements encourage the goons who do this.”

Last year in April, Yadav, 75, provoked outrage when he questioned the death sentence handed to three men convicted in gang-rape cases in Mumbai. “Should rape cases be punished with hanging? They are boys, they make mistakes,” he said while campaigning for the national election in Moradabad.

A month later, his party’s government faced condemnation after two cousins were found hanging from a tree in the Badaun district. The initial assessment of the police was that they were gang-raped and murdered, but it later turned out to be false.

Referring to that case, Mr Yadav said it was “blown out of proportion” but it turned out to be “cold-blooded murders for property.”

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh

One killed and 100 injured as train derails in UP

May 25, 2015 by Nasheman

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Lucknow: At least one person was killed and over 100 were injured when seven coaches of an express train bound for Jammu Tawi derailed in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, police said.

The accident took place near Sirathu station in Kaushambi district, over 170 km from here.

District officials, who rushed to the spot for relief and rescue, said that one woman was killed.

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Train Accident, Uttar Pradesh

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