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2,965 girls went missing in Maha in 6 months this yearr: Devendra Fadnavis

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Nagpur: As many as 2,965 girls have gone missing from Maharashtra in the first six months this year, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.

The number has gone up from 2,881 girls, who had gone missing between January 1 and June 30 in 2016, he said in a written reply in tabled in the state Legislative Assembly in response to a query by BJP MLA Randheer Savarkar.

The chief minister, who heads the home department, said, “No case was registered against any particular gang in this connection. Some 12 police departments have been instructed to take immediate action against such activities.”

According to Fadnavis, the union government formed www.trackthemissingchild.gov.in for tracking a missing girl child. “The Railways is also updating their portals www.shodh.gov.in for the same purpose. These websites have been helpful in detecting cases,” he said in the reply.

The state government had undertaken four special drives, such as Operation Muskan and Operation Smile, which helped in finding 1,613 girls between January 1 and June 30, 2016. The drive also helped find 645 girls this year, Fadnavis said in the reply.

(Agencies)

Congress will again come to power in Karnataka: CM Siddaramiah

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Bellari: CM Siddaramiah said that the Gujrath elections will not affect Karnataka’s upcoming Assembly elections.

Addressing the media here he said 18 Congress MLAs and opposition leaders like Shankar Singh Vaghela have joined BJP, Congress had suffered a setback in Gujarat polls and that Congress has won more seats when compare to the last elections which is mainly because of AICC president Rahul Gandhi,”

“PM Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah had visited Gujarat 50 times before the election,”

Kannadigas will vote based on the developmental activities done in the state. This, I have realised after 40 years in politics. The Congress will again come to power in the state,” he said expressing confidence.

(Agencies)

LS disrupted over PM’s allegation against Manmohan Singh

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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was disrupted again on Tuesday as Congress members sought to raise the allegations levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessor Manmohan Singh.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, unhappy over the uproar, adjourned the House briefly.

As soon as the House met, Congress members again tried to raise the issue, but Mahajan denied them permission and went ahead with the Question Hour.

Congress members, however, trooped near the Speaker’s podium and continued to raise slogans demanding an apology from Modi.

“All elections are over, the things that are said on the roads shall not come to Parliament… I am not allowing you to raise the issue,” Mahajan said.

Even then, the Congress members did not stop and continued to raise slogans.

An angry Speaker then slammed the Congress for disrupting the very Winter Session of Parliament, which they insisted on convening and was unhappy over its delay.

“Again and again I am requesting you, don’t disrupt the Question Hour. As per rules I cannot allow and I will not allow…” she said.

“When the Winter Session had not started, you were asking for it. Now you are disrupting the session… I am sorry, please don’t do that,” she said.

“You don’t want the session to run, give it in written… You talk about calling the winter session… this is not proper at all,” she said.

The Speaker then adjourned the House till 12 noon.

(IANS)

Bengaluru: No permission to hold Sunny Leone event – organiser moves HC

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Bengaluru: The event management company that planned a New Year’s Eve programme featuring actress Sunny Leone in Bengaluru – which was denied permission by the police amid ‘law and order concerns’ – has filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court, asking that the programme should be given approvals as they have planned the event for nearly two months now.

In a petition, Bhavya H.S., proprietress of The Time Creations, an event management firm, has said thatthe event is being organised at a cost of over ₹2.5 crore, and application for permission was submitted on December 1 to the jurisdictional officer, who assured permission within four to five days on securing reports from the local police. The entry to the indoor event, in which DJ Progressive Brother, DJ Villas Monnappa and Kannada Rappers All OK too are participating, is restricted to those who purchase tickets, the petitioner said.

Don’t celebrate Christmas, Vishwa Hindu Parishad warns schools in Aligarh

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Lucknow: A Vishwa Hindu Parishad affiliated activist group on Tuesday warned schools in Aligarh of dire consequences if they celebrated Christmas.

The Hindu Jagran Manch, in a letter to all city schools, has said that if the festival is celebrated by them they would be doing it “at their own risk”.

The warning has sent the jitters down the spines of missionary schools across the city who have been celebrating Christmas, the birthday of Lord Jesus Christ, with gaiety every year.

Soon after the news spread, school managements expressed concern over the warning and called for security.

“We have been celebrating Christmas for so many years and every child takes part in it so happily, how can some fringe elements decide on what is to be done and what not,” said a school principal on the condition of anonymity.

Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh Pandey when contacted told IANS that there was no question of allowing anyone or any group to disrupt any festivities at the city schools. “Anything that is illegal will not be allowed and such designs will be foiled,” he added.

(IANS)

Kerala Kings win inaugural T10 League title

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Sharjah: Kerala Kings, a team representing the passion and excitement of thousands of Kerala expatriates emerged as the first champions of the unique T10 Cricket League in front of a packed Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Kerala, captained by England’s captain Eoin Morgan, who played a huge role in the triumph through two match winning half centuries in the semifinal as well as final, waved the trophy to the Kerala fans who danced to the rhythm of their traditional drum beat.

After defeating Punjabi Legends team led by former Pakistan skipper Misbah Ul Haq by eight wickets in the final, Morgan thanked the vociferous Kerala supporters, who had played the drums beautifully to every glorious moment of their journey to victory.

The stars behind Kerala victory was their consistent opener Paul Stirling from Ireland and the aggressive West Indies hard-hitter Kieron Pollard. Interestingly, the bowlers who ensured the team victory were Pakistan pacers Sohail Tanvir and Wahab Riaz.

Former India allrounder Robin Singh as coach and UAE skipper Rohan Mustafa were part of the team.

(Agencies)

Karnataka State Contractors Association elects new committee

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The Karnataka State Contractors Association recently elected a new committee, after the conclusion of the central election.

The following are the new committee members:

President: CL RASHEED
Vice President: Dr. N. A. Abidali
GENARAL SECRETARY: BR METI
TREASURER: RIYAZ RAXIDI
VICE PRESIDENT: ROBIN MATHEWS

Vice President Dr. N. A. Abidali

Rohingya villages razed despite refugee deal: HRW

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More than 600,000 members of the Rohingya ethnic group have fled to Bangladesh [Wong Maye-E/AP Photo]

by Al Jazeera

Myanmar continued to destroy Rohingya villages just days after signing a refugee resettlement deal, according to a rights group.

Satellite images of Myanmar published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday revealed destruction in 40 Rohingya villages since October.

“The Burmese army’s destruction of Rohingya villages within days of signing a refugee repatriation agreement with Bangladesh shows that commitments to safe returns were just a public relations stunt,” said HRW Asia director, Brad Adams.

The organisation said the number of completely or partially destroyed Rohingya villages since Myanmar began its campaign targeting the largely Muslim ethnic group now stood at 354.

Citing evidence, HRW said villages may have been targeted as recently as early December, despite a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Myanmar and Bangladesh to allow Rohingya refugees to return home in late November.

Myanmar continued to destroy Rohingya villages just days after signing a refugee resettlement deal, according to a rights group.

Satellite images of Myanmar published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday revealed destruction in 40 Rohingya villages since October.

“The Burmese army’s destruction of Rohingya villages within days of signing a refugee repatriation agreement with Bangladesh shows that commitments to safe returns were just a public relations stunt,” said HRW Asia director, Brad Adams.

The organisation said the number of completely or partially destroyed Rohingya villages since Myanmar began its campaign targeting the largely Muslim ethnic group now stood at 354.

Citing evidence, HRW said villages may have been targeted as recently as early December, despite a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Myanmar and Bangladesh to allow Rohingya refugees to return home in late November.

In August, the Burmese military launched a military campaign ostensibly targeting Rohingya armed groups, but which the Rohingya people, rights groups, journalists, foreign states, and the UN have said is targeting ordinary civilians.

Rohingya refugees who have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh have shared accounts of destroyed homes, rapes, and mass killing.

Future proceedings
The HRW report comes as the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, reiterated his belief that what was happening to the Rohingya could amount to genocide.

He told the BBC that the perpetrators of abuses against the ethnic group could one day be brought to trial in international courts.

Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi may not be excluded from possible future proceedings, he said.

More than 600,000 members of the Rohingya community have fled to Bangladesh, where they live in enclosed camps.

The group has long been the target of discriminatory practices in Myanmar, including the withdrawal of citizenship rights and lack of access to state services.

Turkey ‘to seek UN General Assembly vote’ on Jerusalem

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Thousands gather to protest the US Jerusalem move in Ankara [Anadolu]

by Umut Uras, Al Jazeera

Turkey is concentrating efforts on passing a resolution at the UN General Assembly against the US decision to recognise occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Ankara is leading the push in the General Assembly because a draft resolution to be voted on by the UN Security Council on Monday is expected to be vetoed by Washington, Turkish officials told Al Jazeera.

The United States is one of the five veto-holding permanent members of the top UN body with 15 members.

Following Monday’s Security Council session, Turkey, Palestine and other parties are expected to try to push the issue to the UN General Assembly, where all 193 members of the international organisation are represented.

President Donald Trump on December 6 announced the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, deviating from decades-old policy and the international consensus that the city’s status should be resolved through peace talks.

The UN Security Council draft resolution drafted by Egypt, and seen by Al Jazeera, “affirms that any decisions and actions which purport to have altered, the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council.”

“In this regard [the draft resolution] calls upon all states to refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the Holy City of Jerusalem,” it said.

‘Uniting for Peace’
Turkish foreign ministry sources, who asked to remain anonymous, told Al Jazeera that as it was clear the draft resolution will be vetoed by the US at the UN Security Council, Turkey was concentrating efforts [against the US move] at the UN General Assembly.

The issue is expected to be taken to the UN General Assembly under Resolution 377A, known as the “Uniting for Peace” resolution, Turkish sources said.

The 1950 Resolution 377A says if the Security Council fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately.

“The resolution can be passed by getting at least two-thirds of the votes of the members of the UN General Assembly. We already have this number, but Turkey, as well as the other OIC members, are working hard to increase it,” the foreign ministry sources said.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) founded in 1969, bills itself as “the collective voice of the Muslim world”.

Turkey has been highly vocal in criticising the US administration over its Jerusalem decision, leading calls at last week’s 57-member OIC summit in Istanbul last week to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.

‘Likely to look like 2012 vote’
Taha Ozhan, a ruling party MP and chair of the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission, told Al Jazeera that Ankara’s efforts against Trump’s move put pressure on the countries in the region to speak up on the issue.

“Turkey has triggered this, and regional actors are reacting,” he said.

“A possible vote in the General Assembly will remind us of the scenes we saw a few years ago in the vote there for Palestine to be a non-member observer state, in which only the US, Israel and few more countries voted against the move, dominated by the rest of the members.”

In the 2012 vote at the General Assembly, Palestine was given non-member observer status with 138 votes cast for the resolution and nine votes against it.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Ankara intended to open an embassy for Palestine in East Jerusalem.

“Given that Jerusalem is under occupation, we cannot just go and open an embassy there. However, our consulate general in Jerusalem is already represented by an ambassador … The day is close when officially, with God’s permission, we will open our embassy there,” he said, in an address in the southern province of Karaman.

Palestinians view East Jerusalem, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, as the capital of their future state while Israelis see the city as a whole as their capital.

Thousands of Turkish protesters marched in various parts of the country through the weekend, carrying anti-US and anti-Israel signs and shouting slogans against the two countries.

Gujarat elections: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani wins Vadgam seat

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Ahmedabad: Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Monday won from Vadgam seat in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, defeating BJP’s nominee Vijay Chakravarti by 19,696 votes.

Mevani, who contested as an independent candidate with support of the Congress, polled 95,497 votes on the seat reserved for a Schedule Caste nominee. Chakravarti got 75,801 votes.

Click here for constituency-wise map for Gujarat election results

After emerging as the winner, Mevani thanked all non- governmental organisations and political parties which had helped him in campaigning.

The face of the Dalit agitation in Gujarat, in a message posted earlier on social media, had claimed that he decided to jump into the poll battle after being “persuaded” by youths and numerous agitators.

Mevani, who has been critical of the ruling BJP in the state, shot to fame after seven Dalit youths were flogged allegedly by self-styled cow vigilantes at Una last year.

(PTI)

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