Mangaluru: Senior leader C M Ibrahim will never leave the Congress, newly appointed deputy leader of the Congress legislature party in Karnataka U T Khader said on Monday.

Addressing reporters here, Khader said there is no question of the senior leader quitting the party. The party has always recognised Ibrahim’s contributions and will continue to do so in future, Khader said.

Khader also said there is no link between his appointment as CLP deputy leader and the disgruntlement of Ibrahim.

Journalist Rana Ayyub

Mumbai: Mumbai Police registered an FIR against unidentified persons for posting obscene comments and issuing death threats to journalist Rana Ayyub on her social media accounts, a police official said on Monday.

The FIR was registered by the west region cyber police station on Sunday under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including 354-A (Sexual harassment), and the Information Technology Act on a complaint filed by Rana Ayyub, he said, adding that further investigation is underway.

“Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against those who disseminated fake news, morphed tweets and death and rape threats against me. About time these brazen and consolidated acts of online violence are stopped and the perpetrators brought to book, Rana Ayyub tweeted.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court on Monday afternoon stayed the Central Government’s order barring broadcast of Media One news channel.

The Kerala High Court has sought response from the Centre reasoning their move and has stayed the order.

The Court said it will hear the matter on Wednesday February 2.

On March 6, 2020, Media One and Asianet News broadcasting were temporarily restricted. After widespread protests, they were later allowed to broadcast again.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she has blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter, “disturbed” by his regular posts against her government on the microblogging platform.

Banerjee also said that Dhankhar has threatened the chief secretary and the director general of police on several occasions.

Addressing a press meet here, the CM said she has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi several times, seeking the removal of Dhankhar.

“However, no action has been taken so far,” Banerjee, who shares an acrimonious relationship with the governor, said.

Kadaba: In an incident that came to light on Monday morning, the lock to the Nekkittadka Dargah’s door was found broken during early hours revealing the theft of cash from the Dargah near Mardhala.

The CCTV installed in the Dargah premises has recorded the movement of the two thieves who reportedly arrived at the scene around 3 am in their Bike. 

As the steel doors of the Dargah were closed with two locks, the thieves have reportedly broken one lock and resorted to severing the door’s latch after they were unable to open the second lock.  It is also learned that the thieves have made away with more than Rs. 30,000 in cash from the Dargah. 

Police arrived at the site and have undertaken an investigation, it is learned.

Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson Tushar Gandhi

Jalna: Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson Tushar Gandhi on Sunday lamented that the number of people who follow the teachings of the Father of the Nation is shrinking in the country, while the ideology of his assassin, Nathuram Godse, is becoming dominant.

He also said that while the central government is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to mark 75 years of Independence, it is being witnessed that “poison of hatred” is spreading in the society.

He was speaking during a virtual a programme ‘Kar ke dekho’ (Do it and see) organised by the Gandhi Study Centre, JES College here, on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

“The government is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75 glorious years of progressive India and its rich history, but now ‘amrit’ has become poison of hatred and it is increasing and being spread,” he said.

“The teachings of Mahatma Gandhi are on the wane and the ideology of his killer, Nathuram Godse, is dominating over it. A section of people is distorting the history and rewriting it in their own way. But we have to revive the real history and raise voice against hatred and division in the society,” he said.

We have adopted the culture of violence, hatred and division. We are divided on the basis of religion, caste and region. Our division is our identity, mentality; and social systems are based on the division, he added.

A nation is not merely a boundary, a flag or a map, he said.

“A nation is a land on which all human beings live. It is the people who make the nation,” Gandhi added.

On the programme’s theme ‘Kar ke dekho’, Gandhi said when Mahatma Gandhi planned to take out the Dandi march, most Congress leaders opposed his idea, doubted whether the plan would succeed and even thought that it may cause embarrassment to the party.

“But Mahatma Gandhi wrote a single line in reply – ‘Kar ke dekho’. He showed that the Dandi march can become a movement to achieve freedom. Today we have to do the same thing – ‘Kar ke dekho’ – against the situation of hatred, division and inequality. It will be a true homage to him if we follow his teachings in our life,” he said.