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Amit Shah chargesheeted for hate speech, but court refuses to take cognisance

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Muzaffarnagar: In a major setback to UP police and probably also to the SP government in the state, a court in Muzaffarnagar refused to take cognisance of the chargesheet against BJP president Amit Shah in connection with the hate speech made by him and during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The magistrate returned the charge sheet with directions to police that the case should be re-investigated as there were many lacuna in the sections slapped on Shah, they said.

Shah was on Wednesday charged by the police for his alleged hate speech during campaigning here for the Lok Sabha elections.

The charges were filed against Shah under Section 123(3) of Representation of the People Act for allegedly seeking votes on the grounds of religion, race, caste and community and under Section 188 of the IPC relating to disobedience to order promulgated by public servant. Shah had lhad asked voters to seek “revenge for the insult” inflicted during the riots in Muzaffarnagar last year.

The rejection has reportedly left the Akhilesh Yadav government red-faced as the BJP state unit has alleged that the Samajwadi Party government added new sections – some serious and non-bailable – against Shah out of political vendetta.

If the charges are proved to be true, the BJP president could face a prison term of three years.
The returning of the charge sheet by the additional chief judicial magistrate III is now set to become an issue in the Sep 13 bypolls for 11 assembly and one parliamentary constituencies.

Meanwhile, home department officials said police would will be asked to re-investigate the matter thoroughly and submit a new charge sheet.

Muslims not allowed in Garba celebrations, says BJP's legislator in MP

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Bhopal: A BJP legislator in Madhya Pradesh, wants Muslims barred entry from the yearly ‘Garba’ celebrations, or the Gujarati dance festival to be held in several northern states in October.

The shocking statement comes from Madhya Pradesh BJP vice president and MLA from Indore, Usha Thakur, who told reporters that organisers of ‘garba’ should only allow Hindu youths to enter the ‘pandals’ or the temporary structures, and that too on producing their voter identity cards.

“It is not appropriate to let those people who do not believe in Hindu religion enter the pandals for ‘garba’ only for dancing and singing. I have appealed to organisers to allow only Hindu youths in pandals and that too on production of voter identity cards,” the 48-year-old legislator said.

Thakur claimed that, “We have got data that during the Garba, on an average, four lakh girls convert to Islam every year. So we have started this awareness drive. It has been seen that people who have no faith or devotion to the festival put tilak and wear sacred thread and practice Garba and during that time woo our girls.”

While how Thakur arrived at the absurd conversion figure is yet to be determined, the Congress were quick to hammer the BJP lawmaker and ridiculed her Khap style dictat.

Responding to her statements, Congress leader Satyadev Katere said, “The idea is absurd. You cannot force things on society like this.”

“Thakur’s appeal neither matches Indian culture nor upholds dignity of Constitution. This cannot be tolerated in a democratic set up,” said K.K. Mishra, chief spokesperson of Congress’ state unit.

Ahead of the bypoll elections on Saturday in key states including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, many BJP ministers and Hindutva outfits have raised the issue of “Love Jihad” – a concocted theory used by anti-Muslim groups, to polarize communities on communal lines, by the making the majority community believe that there is an alleged Muslim strategy to convert Hindu women, and Thakur’s statements is seen as part of the long term Hindutva strategy.

Communal clash in Belgaum, vehicles torched

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Belgaum: Belgaum’s Khade Bazaar, Chavat Galli, Shetty Galli and other areas were gripped in communal tension late night on Wednesday, as groups from two different communities clashed, throwing stones and torching many vehicles in the process.

The incident was triggered following rumours that a youth from a particular community was beaten up, after seen liaisoning with a girl from another community at the city’s Kelkar Bag locality.

Young men arrived in large numbers throwing stones at passersby and vehicles. Six cars and more than ten bikes were damaged. Miscreants also damaged window panes of many houses in the surrounding localities.

Police rounded up some miscreants but many others managed to run away. As night progressed, many vehicles were reportedly torched, with miscreants even pelting stones at the police.

“Additional police force have been deployed in sensitive areas, and the situation has been taken into control,” said Superintendent of Police Belgaum, Dr. Chandragupta, who rushed to the spot with other senior officers.

Stringent action against Waqf land encroachers, warns board chairman

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Dr. Mohammed Yousuff

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Bidar: Karnataka State Waqf Board chairman Dr. Mohammed Yousuff has warned stringent action against the encroachers of Waqf properties said here on Tuesday.

According to Mr Yousuff, the board had been filing cases against encroachers in all districts. “In some districts, we have filed criminal cases against officials of some government agencies like city municipal councils”, he said.

He said that over 74,000 acres of Waqf land was lost to encroachers, across the State. “Only around 56,000 acres are left now. We will not only protect the existing properties, but also trying and get back all the encroached properties,” he said.

According to the chairman, a large number of Waqf properties were lost “due to wrong implementation of the Karnataka Land Reform Act, Inam Abolition Act, Rent Control Act and other laws.” Around 26,000 acres of Waqf properties are controlled by government departments like Revenue, Muzurai and Forest, he said.

He said that in some cases, private individuals or trusts had encroached Waqf lands in connivance with Imams and Mutawwalis of Islamic institutions. Such people should realize that the Imams and Mutawwalis are only trustees and protectors of the Waqf properties and not owners, he said. Such encroachments cannot be curbed easily as the level of awareness about Waqf laws among the Muslim community was very low.

Interestingly, the Waqf chairman’s accusations, resonates BJP leader and former Chairman of the Karnataka State Minorities Commission, Anwar Manippady’s 2012 report, where he has accused several state Muslim politicians and the board itself, of encroaching Waqf lands and embezzling hundreds of crores of rupees.

"Allow Hindu leaders to carry guns", urges Pramod Muthalik

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Coimbatore: Hardline Hindutva activist and Shri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik has urged the Tamil Nadu government today, to issue licences to leaders of Hindu outfits to possess firearms for the purpose of what he terms, “self-protection.”

Speaking to reporters, Muthalik, whose extremist group was recently banned by the Goa CM from opening its branch in the state, said though police security is being provided to Hindu outfit leaders, it’s impact will be limited, as it is not possible to give them protection wherever they go. Hence, the demand for licenced weapons.

“Not only Hindu leaders, even Dalits may keep one if they feel their life is in danger. Hindu leaders need guns to protect their lives from extremists as they are being targeted frequently. As many as 127 Hindu leaders were murdered over the last decade. The government should cancel the licence if the weapons are found to be misused,” he said. One interesting point to be noted was, his distinction of Hindu leaders from Dalits.

Muthalik, along with other Hindu leaders also submitted a petition to Coimbatore City Police commissioner AK Viswanathan, which he said will be forwarded to Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. He added that he would submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sting video exposes BJP's 'dirty game', claims AAP

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New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday released a footage showing BJP leader Sher Singh Dagar offering money to an AAP legislator swaying him in to his party, to allegedly improve BJP’s chances of forming a government in the capital.

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal released a sting video purportedly showing Delhi BJP vice president Sher Singh Dagar offering Rs. 4 crore to AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya as a “token amount”, and saying Mohaniya won’t be allowed to go anywhere until the floor test is taken in the Delhi assembly. This comes amid reports that the BJP was preparing to form the government in Delhi, which has been under president’s rule since AAP gave up power in February this year.

“You are dearer than a little brother,” Dagar is allegedly heard saying in the video. “Tell us your requirements, without any hesitation,” he said.

Dagar is also heard claiming that the party was trying to buy three or four more MLAs from AAP.

Releasing the video in a press conference on Monday, Arvind Kejriwal, said “BJP’s dirty game has been exposed,” and that they would present the footage to the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

“Our operation to expose BJP’s horse-trading has been going on for one month,” said Kejriwal. “BJP does not have the numbers to form the Delhi government, which is why they are indulging in malpractices. We will not let them form the Delhi government through dishonesty,” he added.

Criticizing the video, BJP leader Vijender Gupta said that, “They (AAP) have been doing this for long. Earlier they made allegations against (now central minister) Nitin Gadkari … and now again they are attacking us. This is an attempt to defame the party.”

“Even if Dagar interacted with the (AAP) MLA, it was in his personal capacity and not as a leader of the BJP,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Congress urged the Supreme Court to take cognizance of the matter and order fresh elections in Delhi.

(With additional input from Agencies.)

Youths assaulted while buying cattle in Murudeshwar, Bhatkal

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Bhatkal: Two youths were brutally attacked by a gang of miscreants, while buying cattle at Murudeshwar in Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district.

The youths Sadaan (31) and Nasrullah (25) had paid Rs.17,000 to one Jathappa Naik in Murudeshwar to buy cattle, however, after receiving the money, Naik allegedly insisted the duo to transport the cattle in the night on Sunday, September 7.

According to sources close to Nasheman, the moment Sadaan and Nasrullah reached the house of Naik, a group of reportedly 30 men surrounded and attacked them with iron rods.

Both have been admitted to a private hospital at Murudeshwar. DySP Muthuraj and circle inspector Prashanth Nayak rushed to the spot and assured the neighbourhood people gathered at the hospital premises of immediate arrest of the culprits.

The police have arrested Mahesh Naik, Nagesh Naik, Jathapa Naik, Purandar Naik and Ganesh Naik on Monday. All the accused were produced in the court.

A case has been registered in Murudeshwar police station.

Dissidence brews in Congress

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All is not well in state Congress, with dissidence brewing on a daily basis against Siddaramaiah’s government by disgruntled MLAs for cabinet posts. But many ministerial aspirants lining up the queue, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has decided to set aside the cabinet expansion by at least a month.

Sources close to Nasheman, say two of the reasons, why the CM does not wants to expand his cabinet, is firstly his aversion to appoint a deputy CM, which has been a long waiting demand of State Congress president G. Parameshwara, and secondly is his self reasons to single handedly control state politics for a longer time.

However, with the results of the recently concluded bypoll elections coming in favour of Congress, Siddaramaiah has effectively consolidated his powers, with even Congress general secretary in-charge of state, Digvijay Singh saying, he would leave it to the CM on when to expand the cabinet.

The biggest looser in this power struggle at least for now, seems to be G. Parameshwara, who left with no apparent choice, has given up his demands, following the decision of Congress high command.

“I have been a sincere party worker and will continue to be so throughout my career. I will stick to the high command’s decision in this regard,” he told reporters on seeking his reaction to the reports that the central Congress leadership was not in favour of creating the post of deputy chief minister in the state.

Though this has come as a disappointment, Parameshwara might strike at the right juncture, after being low for some time. One has to keep in mind that, he is an old party loyalist, and Siddaramaiah is still considered an outsider by many. Sources close to Nasheman, say that, MLAs left out of the cabinet may join forces to strengthen Parameshwara to unseat CM Siddaramaiah.

With these two camps cat fighting each other, one interesting individual to watch out for would be DK Shivkumar (DKS). An old party loyalist, DKS belongs to the powerful Vokkaliga community, who might well be a lone survival in the struggle for power between two leaders from the backward class.

'Haider', set in the backdrop of Kashmir, gets 41 cuts from Censor Board

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Bangalore: Vishal Bhardwaj’s ambitious rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, ‘Haider’, has become the latest victim of the sharp scissors of the censor board, with 41 cuts before getting a U/A (Unrestricted Public Exhibition-But With Parental Guidance) certificate.

A truck load of corpses, wire being inserted inside a naked man, a shot of a bloody dead body, Shahid Kapoor crying on seeing flames, are some of the scenes deleted from the movie.

Interestingly, the Vishal Bhardwaj-Basharat Peer scripted movie, was the last film to be censored by CBFC’s suspended CEO, Rakesh Kumar, who is currently in judicial custody after being accused in a bribery case.

Haider, the latest in Bhardwaj’s list of adaptations of Shakespeare, has Kashmir at the heart of the story, with Peer’s acclaimed international bestseller, ‘Curfewed Night’ as its source.

“The film is an attempt to answer the stereotypical, jingoistic films Bollywood has made about Kashmir. Every character in the film is a Kashmiri—a doctor, a lawyer, teacher, a research scholar, a police officer. These are people who have agency and they’re not just victims,” Peer has said about his debut entry.

Haider, which also stars Tabu and Kay Kay Menon, is set for release on October 2.

Salman Khan hurts Muslim religious sentiments at his Being Human show

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Bangalore: Salman Khan has done it again. A year after being booked in Hyderabad for hurting religious sentiment of Muslims in a TV reality show hosted by him on Colors channel in 2013, the actor is back in news again for “insulting” religion, this time at his Being Human fashion show.

The bone of contention is a video, which is being circulated on social media, showing a model walking down the ramp at his Being Human fashion show, with the Arabic word ‘Allah’ prominently displayed at the bottom of her gown.

Though it is unclear, when and where the event took place, or what the intention of the organizers or the designer was, but messages on Facebook and WhatsApp, clearly indicates, Muslims’s anger against the clip.

Last year, Khan was booked under section 295 of the Indian Penal Code at Falaknuma police station in the old city of Hyderabad for depicting “Jannat” (heaven) and “Jahannum” (hell).

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