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ABVP, AISA activists clash over blocking of Umar Khalid’s visit to Ramjas college

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New Delhi: Delhi University’s Ramjas college today saw clashes between RSS-backed ABVP and Left-affiliated AISA over cancellation of a seminar invite to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid terming them “anti-nationals”.

RSS’ student-wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had yesterday locked down the Ramjas college seminar room and pelted stones in protest against an invitation to JNU students to address a seminar saying they are “anti-nationals”.

The college authorities had to withdraw the invitation to Khalid, who was charged with sedition last year, and Shehla who was face of the movement demanding release of the students arrested in that case.

A section of teachers, students and members of left- affiliated All India Students’ Association (AISA), who were agitated over the college’s decision to “bow down” to “threat to freedom of speech” had decided to march to Maurice Nagar police station demanding action against ABVP members for alleged vandalism.

The ABVP members, however, did not allow the march to proceed and allegedly locked the students and teachers inside Ramjas college while AISA members tried to barge inside the premises to “rescue the captives”.

“The students have been locked inside and those trying to come out were beaten up by ABVP goons. We tried to barge in inside the college to rescue the students but they are attacking us as well. They have come prepared with hockey sticks,” an AISA member said.

College Principal Rajender Prasad said he is in discussion with the teachers who were organisers of the event and requested both the groups to not disrupt the peace and harmony in the college.

Prasad had yesterday claimed that though the college advocates freedom of speech, the decision was taken keeping the situation in mind.

The two JNU students were earlier invited to take part in a session during a two-day seminar on ‘Culture of Protest’ organised by Wordcraft, Ramjas college’s Literary Society.

(PTI)

Adolf Hitler’s phone sells for more than $240,000

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Nazi leader’s personal telephone, found in a Berlin bunker in 1945, was bought by an anonymous bidder at US auction.

The telephone that Hitler used in the last days of World War II in his Berlin bunker [EPA]

The telephone that Hitler used in the last days of World War II in his Berlin bunker [EPA]

by Al Jazeera

Adolf Hitler’s personal telephone, which the Fuehrer used to dictate many of his World War II commands, sold at auction for $243,000, the US house selling it announced.

Originally a black Bakelite phone, later painted crimson and engraved with Hitler’s name, the relic was found in the Nazi leader’s Berlin bunker in 1945 following the regime’s defeat.

The auction house Alexander Historical Auctions, which did not reveal the winning bidder’s identity, had estimated its worth between $200,000 and $300,000. The starting bid for the auction on Sunday was set at $100,000.

The Maryland company auctioned off more than 1,000 items including the phone and a porcelain sculpture of an Alsatian dog for $24,300.

Both winners bid by telephone.

More than 70 years old, the Siemens rotary telephone is embossed with a swastika and the eagle symbolic of the Third Reich.

Alexander House dubbed the phone – which Hitler received from the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany’s armed forces – as “arguably the most destructive ‘weapon’ of all time, which sent millions to their deaths”.

It said Hitler used it to give most of his orders during the last two years of World War II.

The Siemens rotary telephone is engraved with the Fuehrer’s name and a swastika and the eagle symbol of the Third Reich [EPA]

Russian officers gave the device to British Brigadier Sir Ralph Rayner during a tour of the bunker shortly after Germany’s surrender.

Rayner’s son, who inherited the phone, put it up for sale, its paint now peeling to reveal the original synthetic black resin surface.

Andreas Kornfeld of Alexander House told AFP news agency its estimates were based on a number of factors, including “rarity and uniqueness”.

Iraqi forces push into ISIL-held southern Mosul

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Troops backed by jets battle their way to Mosul airport, as US defence chief arrives in Baghdad on unannounced visit.

Members of the Iraqi rapid response forces look at smoke rising from clashes in southern Mosul during a battle with ISIL fighters [Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters]

Members of the Iraqi rapid response forces look at smoke rising from clashes in southern Mosul during a battle with ISIL fighters [Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

Iraqi security forces have pushed into the southern outskirts of Mosul on the second day of a new offensive to drive ISIL fighters from the city’s western half, as US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit.

Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way to Mosul airport on Monday as they prepared to take on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group’s stronghold in the city’s west bank.

“The federal police has resumed its advance … Our cannons are targeting Daesh defence lines with heavy fire,” federal police chief Raed Shaker Jawdat said, using and Arabic acronym for ISIL, also known as ISIS.

The main focus of Monday’s operations was to secure an area south of the Al-Buseif airport.

“It’s a strategic location because it is on a hill. We have to seize today because ISIL fighters can fight back from there,” Jawdat told AFP news agency near the front line.

Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), who have urban warfare experience and did most of the fighting in east Mosul, were seen heading across the desert to the western side of Mosul.

They are expected to breach the densely populated western part of the city once other forces have moved all the way up to Mosul’s limits.

ISIL fighters defending Mosul’s west bank have no choice, but to protect their bastion. Bridges across the Tigris in the city have been destroyed and Iraqi forces have cut off escape routes.

Meanwhile, Iraqi police forces in armoured vehicles were moving towards the sprawling Ghazlani military base on the southwestern outskirts of the city according to the AP news agency.

Backed by aerial support from the US-led international coalition, Iraqi police, CTS and regular army troops launched an offensive on Sunday to retake western Mosul from ISIL following a 100-day campaign that pushed the fighters from the eastern half of the city.

The Iraqi forces said they had seized 17 villages from ISIL on Sunday, according to top army commander Abdul Ameer Yarallah.

‘Not here to seize anybody’s oil’

Meanwhile, Mattis, on an unannounced visit to Iraq, said the US “is not in Iraq to seize anybody’s oil”, shifting away from an idea proposed by President Donald Trump that has rattled Iraq’s leaders.

“I think all of us here in this room, all of us in America have generally paid for our gas and oil all along, and I’m sure that we will continue to do that in the future,” Mattis told reporters travelling with him on Monday.

Mattis arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday, as the Pentagon considers ways to accelerate the campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

Under the president’s deadline, Mattis has just a week to send Trump a strategy to ramp up the fight and defeat ISIL.

Trump has signed an order on January 28 that gives Mattis and senior military leaders 30 days to come up with a new plan to beef up the fight. Any plan is likely to depend on US and coalition troops working with and through the local forces in both countries.

Humanitarian cost

As the fight to take control of ISIL-occupied sections of Mosul continues, about 750,000 civilians are still believed to be trapped in western Mosul.

Aid organisations had feared an exodus of unprecedented proportions before the start of the fighting, which began four months ago with a government push on the east, but a significant majority of residents stayed home.

The aid community fears a bigger exodus from west Mosul, however.

“We are racing against the clock to prepare emergency sites south of Mosul to receive displaced families,” Lise Grande, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, said in a statement.

Save the Children urged all parties to protect the estimated 350,000 children currently trapped in west Mosul.

“This is the grim choice for children in western Mosul right now: bombs, crossfire and hunger if they stay – or execution and snipers if they try to run,” said Maurizio Crivallero, the charity’s Iraq director.

List of players sold at IPL auction 2017

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Bangalore: Following is the list of players who were sold in the IPL auction here today.

Players sold in first round:

Eoin Morgan (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2 crores

Pawan Negi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1 crore

Angelo Mathews (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2 crores

Ben Stokes (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 14.5 crores

Corey Anderson (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1 crore

Nicholas Pooran (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakhs

Kagiso Rabada (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 5 crores

Trent Boult (Base price Rs 1.5 crores) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5 crores

Tymal Mills (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 12 crores

Pat Cummins (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 4.5 crores

Mitchell Johnson (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crores

Ankit Bawne (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakhs

Tanmay Agarwal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 lakhs

Mohammad Nabi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 30 lakhs

K Gowtham (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crores

Rahul Tewatia (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 25 lakhs

Aditya Tare (Base price Rs 20 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 25 lakhs

Eklavya Dwivedi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 75 lakhs

Aniket Choudhary (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2 crores

T Natarajan (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 crores

Nathu Singh (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 50 lakhs

Basil Thampi (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 85 lakhs

M Ashwin (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1 crore

Tejas Baroka (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 10 lakhs

Rashid Khan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 4 crores

Pravin Tambe (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10 lakhs

Chris Woakes (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 4.2 crores

Karn Sharma (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crores

Rishi Dhawan (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 55 lakhs

Matt Henry (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 50 lakhs

Jaydev Unadkat (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 30 lakhs

Varun Aaron (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2.8 crores

Manpreet Gony (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 60 lakhs

Martin Guptill (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 50 lakhs (second round)

Jason Roy (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 1 crore (second round)

Saurabh Tiwary (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakhs (second round)

Chris Jordan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 50 lakhs (second round)

Nathan Coulter-Nile (Base price Rs 100 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.5 crores (second round)

Praveen Dubey (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 lakhs (second round)

Navdeep Saini (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs (second round)

Ben Laughlin (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakhs (second round)

Billy Stanlake (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 30 lakhs (second round)

Mohammed Siraj (Base price Rs 20 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.6 crores

Rahul Chahar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Saurabh Kumar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Asela Gunaratne (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakhs

Daniel Christian (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 1 crore

Rovman Powell (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakhs

Darren Sammy (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 30 lakhs

Munaf Patel (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 30 lakhs

Rinku Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 10 lakhs

Shashank Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs

Milind Tandon (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Kulwant Khejroliya (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakhs

Chirag Suri (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

R Sanjay Yadav (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 10 lakhs

Shelley Shaurya (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

Shubham Agarwal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

Ishank Jaggi (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 10 lakhs

Rahul Tripathi (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Pratham Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakhs

Unsold players

Martin Guptill (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Jason Roy (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Faiz Fazal (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Alex Hales (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Ross Taylor (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Saurabh Tiwary (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Irfan Pathan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Sean Abbott (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Chris Jordan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Ben Dunk (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Jonny Bairstow (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Andre Fletcher (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Johnson Charles (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Dinesh Chandimal (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Nathan Coulter-Nile (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Kyle Abbott (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Ishant Sharma (Base price Rs 2 crores)

Lakshan Sandakan (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Ish Sodhi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Brad Hogg (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Pragyan Ojha (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Imran Tahir (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Umang Sharma (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Prithvi Shaw (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Unmukt Chand (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Asghar Stanikzai (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Akshdeep Nath (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mahipal Lomror (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Praveen Dubey (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Shivam Dubey (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Manan Sharma (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Rush Kalaria (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Priyank Kirit Panchal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Vishnu Vinod (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Shreevats Goswami (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mohammad Shahzad (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Mohit Ahlawat (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Manvinder Bisla (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Abu Nechim (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Umar Nazir Mir (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Navdeep Saini (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Pawan Suyal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mayank Dagar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Sarabjit Ladda (Base price INR 10 lakhs)

Mitchell Swepson (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Akshay Wakhare (Base price INR 10 lakhs)

Manoj Tiwary (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Cheteshwar Pujara (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Abhinav Mukund (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Michael Klinger (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

S Badrinath (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Marlon Samuels (Base price INR 100 lakhs)

Evin Lewis (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Darren Bravo (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Nic Maddinson (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Parvez Rasool (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Jason Holder (Base price INR 1.5 crores)

David Wiese (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Thisara Perera (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Farhaan Behardien (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Anamul Haque (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Shane Dowrich (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Kusal Perera (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Niroshan Dickwella (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Brad Haddin (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Glenn Phillips (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

RP Singh (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Billy Stanlake (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Pankaj Singh (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Ben Laughlin (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Fawad Ahmed (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Michael Beer (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Akila Dananjaya (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Nathan Lyon (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Rahul Sharma (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Himanshu Rana (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Apoorv Wankhade (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Akash Bhandari (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Akhil Herwadkar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Pankaj Jaiswal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Dishant Yagnik (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Rishi Arothe (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Ronsford Beaton (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Sayan Ghosh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Kanishk Seth (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Joe Burns (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Colin Munro (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

James Neesham (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Wayne Parnell (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Mitchell Santner (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Lockie Ferguson (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Harpreet Singh (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Colin de Grandhomme (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Andile Phehlukwayo (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Dwaine Pretorius (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Ben Wheeler (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Kesrick Williams (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Tejendra Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Virat Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Manjeet Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mehedi Hasan Miraz (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Mahmudullah (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Sabbir Rahman (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

B Indrajith (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Amit Verma (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Himmat Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Ashton Turner (Base price Rs 20 lakhs).

Modi’s ‘kabristan’ comment meant to polarise voters: Yechury

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New Delhi: The CPI(M) today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “graveyard, cremation ground” remarks, alleging it was a “straightforward” appeal aimed at “communal polarisation” of voters in Uttar Pradesh.

“It is a straightforward appeal, an effort for communal polarisation. The talk about kabristan (graveyard) and cremation, Holi and Eid, Diwali and Ramzan…the counter- posing (of these words) itself is an appeal to communal sentiments,” CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said in an interaction with PTI journalists here.

Addressing a poll rally in Fatehpur in UP yesterday, Modi had stressed that there should be “no discrimination on the basis of caste and religion” and asserted that inclusive growth was his government’s mantra.

“Agar kabristan me bijli hai to shamshaan me bhi honi chahiye. Agar Ramzan mein bijli aati hai, to Diwali me bhi aani chahiye, bhedbhav nahi hona chahiye (If there is electricity in the graveyard and during Ramzan, it must also be available in a crematorium and during Diwali. There should be no discrimination),” Modi had said.

Yechury also drew a comparison between Modi and former prime minister and BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

He said Vajpayee was “more of a democrat” while Modi was “more of an autocrat”.

Yechury alleged that the prime minister was leading BJP’s “fork-tongued” campaign for the UP assembly polls, in which, while Modi was talking about farmers’ debt waivers, other BJP leaders at the same time harped on Ram temple issue.

“You now have these fork-tongued speeches … there is this one angle of economy and debt waiver and, on the other, straightforward appeal for communal polarisation. The BJP has perfected the tactic,” he alleged.

To a question whether such a tactic will backfire on BJP, he said “I hope so.”

Targeting Modi further, Yechury observed that Vajpayee, who led the first NDA government between 1998 and 2004, was “very different” from Modi at “various levels”.

Unlike Modi, Vajpayee “never shied away from being accountable to Parliament” and kept the hardcore Hindutva agenda of right wing organisations on the backburner.

Under the current regime, the Hindutva agenda of RSS is being reflected at various levels, Yechury said, citing issues like triple talaq, Uniform Civil Code and Article 370.

Vajpayee also came in for praise from Yechury for the way he handled the Kashmir issue when he was at the helm of the country’s affairs.

“The slogan of ‘Insaniyat (humanity), Kashmiriyat and Jamhooriyat (democracy)’ Vajpayee gave …even today Kashmiris talk about it,” he said.

Accusing the Modi government of not taking confidence building measures, despite announcing so, in Kashmir to tackle the alienation of people there, Yechury expressed apprehension that lack of such steps will lead to Kashmiris losing faith in the government’s commitment towards their welfare.

In this context, Yechury said, “Vajpayee in comparison was more of a democrat and Mr Modi in comparison is more of an autocrat.

(Agencies)

No nikah in houses without toilets: Maulana Mahmood Madani

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Guwahati: No toilet, no nikah. Maulvis and muftis in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have decided not to solemnise marriage in a house where there is no toilet.

Maulana Mahmood A Madani, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said having a toilet has been made a mandatory condition for Muslim marriage in the three states and will be soon be applied in all other states in the country.

“Maulvis and muftis in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana have decided that they will not solemnise the ‘nikah’ or Muslim marriage in a house where there are no toilets,” he said.

Madani, who is also a former Rajya Sabha MP, stated this during the inauguration of Assam Conference on Sanitation (ASCOSAN) 2017 conducted here in Khanapara last week.

“I feel that all religious leaders from all the religion throughout the country should decide that they will not conduct any rituals in houses where there are no toilets,” he said.

Emphasising on cleanliness and sanitation, he asked people to use toilets and also to make not only Assam, but the country as a whole clean.

“There are two types of cleaning – one is external and the other internal. Both are interconnected, we will only be able to achieve the internal cleaning if our body is clean,” he said.

(Agencies)

Mayawati calls Modi ‘Mr Negative Dalit Man’

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Jalaun/Sultanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BSP chief Mayawati today traded barbs with her party dubbed as ‘Behenji Sampatti Party’ and she punning on his initials calling him ‘Mr Negative Dalit Man’.

Modi while mocking at Mayawati’s opposition to note ban, said BSP is no longer Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) but ‘Behenji Sampatti Party'(Behenji Assets Party). Mayawati is popularly known as ‘Behenji’.

At an election rally in Orai region of Jalaun in Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh, the prime minister said those who deposit wealth for themselves can never solve the problems of people.

He also attacked the SP and Congress for criticising the demonetisation decision.”Where has Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) reached today…when I announced note ban on November 8 last year, arch-rivals SP and BSP, who never see eye-to-eye, came together…I was amazed when I launched war against corruption and asked for the details of blackmoney. They came together and all including the Congress started speaking the same language.”

The main concern of the parties in Uttar Pradesh was not note ban but that they did not get enough time to stash away the ill-gotten money. “Behenji (Mayawati) alleges that government was ill-prepared… was it the government or it was you who was not prepared…she said one week should have been given (before implementing note ban)…Mulayam also said the same,” he said.

“Money started being deposited in banks all of a sudden (after note ban) and (Mayawati) started shouting as why is it only at election time that the account of her brother has been made public…why is it being discussed that Rs 100 crore have been deposited,” he said.

“Arrey Behenji discussion not because elections are being held but because you have deposited Rs 100 crore after note ban…BSP is no longer Bahujan Samaj Party…bahujan toh Mayawati me simat gaya hai…it is Behenji Sampatti Party now. Those who deposit wealth for themselves, can they solve your problem?” he asked.

Not to take the remark lying down, Mayawati said Modi does not know that BSP is a movement first and then a political party. “I have dedicated my entire life for making members of dalit, deprived and weaker sections and Muslims stand on their feet.”

“Modi is defining BSP wrongfully…I dedicated my life for the poor, deprived and dalits…they consider me as a big “sampatti’ (asset) for them,” said the former chief minister.

“The prime minister has compelled me to define Narendra Damodardas Modi as ‘Mr Negative Dalit Man'”.

“Narendra stands for ‘negative’, Damodardas means ‘dalit’ and Modi is ‘man’,” she said, adding, “I have given the definition of the prime minister taking into consideration his work and behaviour.”

Modi said this ‘negative dalit man’ does not like common people to make small contributions in running the BSP movement which is also run through donations: Mayawati “I have given the definition of the prime minister taking into consideration his work and behaviour,” she added.

“Perturbed over rising popularity of the BSP, the prime minister is indulging in cheap things and indulging in petty talk about its supreme leader and has termed BSP as Behenji Sampatti Party,” she told an election rally in Sultanpur.

“He (Modi) is an expert in jumlebaazi (rhetoric) but when he will get a tit-for-tat reply he will forget all about it and today I have been compelled to do the same for him,” she said.

(Agencies)

Delhi High Court to hear plea by Dr. Zakir Naik’s NGO challenging Centre’s ban

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday will hear a plea by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO, the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), challenging the ban by the Home Ministry on the organisation.

Earlier in February, the Court had set up a Judicial Tribunal to look into banning Zakir Naik’s NGO under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

A notice had also been issued to IRF to respond to a plea by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to hold in camera proceedings

The National Investigation Agency had also filed three affidavits in sealed cover before the Court giving reasons for the ban on the IRF.

The IRF, earlier moved a petition seeking directions against the ban imposed on it by the central government.

On November 15, the central government had banned the IRF for five years after declaring it as an “unlawful association” under the anti-terror laws, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) followed up with raids on its premises in Mumbai on November 19.

According to the Home Ministry, Naik has allegedly made many provocative speeches and had engaged in terror propaganda.

The Maharashtra Police have also registered criminal cases against Naik for his alleged involvement in radicalisation of youths and luring them into terror activities, officials said.

He came under the scanner of the security agencies after Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Daily Star’ reported that one of the perpetrators of the July 1,2016 terror attack in Dhaka, Rohan Imtiaz, ran propaganda on Facebook in 2015 quoting Naik.

Last month, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to Zakir Naik and the IRF under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The foundation had first come under the scanner after the terrorist responsible for Dhaka attack earlier this year, in an online post had said, that he was inspired by Naik’s speeches.

(Agencies)

Cash withdrawal limit for savings accounts hiked to Rs 50k per week

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New Delhi: The demonetization exercise is taking place fast as part of government’s plan subsequent to the withdrawal of the specified bank notes of Rs 5,00 and Rs 1,000 from circulation on November 8, 2016.

The Reserve Bank of India, in its circular on February 8 said that inn line with the pace of remonetisation, it has now been decided to remove the restrictions on cash withdrawals from Saving Bank accounts (including accounts opened under PMJDY) in a two step process as under:

It added that effective February 20, the limits on cash withdrawals from the Savings Bank accounts will be enhanced to ₹ 50,000 per week (from the current limit of ₹ 24,000 per week); and Effective March 13, 2017, there will be no limits on cash withdrawals from Savings Bank accounts.

In the wake of withdrawal of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) since November 09, 2016 Reserve Bank had placed certain limits on cash withdrawals from Savings / Current / Cash credit /Overdraft accounts and withdrawals through ATMs.

On a review of the pace of remonetisation, Reserve Bank partially restored status quo ante by removing the restrictions on cash withdrawals from Current / Cash credit / Overdraft accounts and ATMs effective January 31, 2017 and February 01, 2017 respectively. However, the limits on cash withdrawal from Savings Bank accounts continued to be in place.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru: Air hostess molested near HRBR layout street by bikers

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In yet another instance that shows maximum city and India’s IT hub Bengaluru is not safe for women walking on streets or even inside ofices, an air hostess has been molested by bikers on February 12th near HRBR layout at Banaswadi Police station.

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Bengaluru: In yet another instance that shows maximum city and India’s IT hub Bengaluru is not safe for women walking on streets or even inside ofices, an air hostess has been molested by bikers on February 12th near HRBR layout at Banaswadi Police station. According to police an FIR has been registered against unknown people as the culprits are yet to be identified. It is not yet clear if the bike registration numbers were jotted down by anyone. According to reports, the air hostess was approached by the bikers and they groped her that resulted in the woman’s shirt getting torn. The woman was left standing in shock after the assault, before she approached the police to register a case. According to reports, the victim and her friend were coming back from a nearby hotel when the incident happened. Further details on the incident are awaited.

This case comes closely in the wake of the murder of of a woman employee inside the Infosys office. The 23 year old victim was brutally strangulated with a computer cord in the conference room of her office located at Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Pak at Hinjawadi Pune. The women was identified as OP Rasila and was a native of Kerala.

Bengaluru has been witnessing cases of crimes against women since the starting of the year and it seems that the offenders are on a rampage. One of the incidents that had left the entire country in a state of shock was on the New Year’s eve when the thousands of unruly men had gathered on MG Road and had molested the women present on the street- all this when more than 1,000 policemen were deployed for the security of the women. The growing incidents of crime against women show how Bengaluru does not seem to learn from its mistakes.

(Agencies)

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