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‘How can you remain silent over atrocities by men shouting Allahu Akbar?’ European Parliament member slams ‘feminists’ for silence over Hamas attack

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‘How can you remain silent over atrocities by men shouting Allahu Akbar?’ European Parliament member slams ‘feminists’ for silence over Hamas attack

On Wednesday, November 22, Member of European Parliament (MEP) Assita Kanko lambasted Western ‘feminists’ over their deafening silence on the atrocities inflicted on Israeli women by Palestinian Islamic terrorist group Hamas on October 7.

During the plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday, Assita Kanko said, “Today, I have a question. A pressing question. For some Western feminists. How can you remain silent, when women and girls are raped, tortured, their bodies carried around naked and spat on by bearded men shouting Allah Akbar? Then you can never call yourself a feminist again.”

The MEP asserted that the “hypocritical feminists” who remained silent on the atrocities the Jewish women were subjected to by Hamas terrorists should be ashamed.

“Every day, including today, some Western hypocritical feminists should be ashamed of their silence on the horror that Hamas men inflicted to women and girls on 7 October. And that includes big names we were once proud of. Why are their lips sealed and their hearts of stone when it comes to the excruciating pain of Jewish women?,” Kanko continued.

She further underscored that the Me-Too Movement and intersectional feminists do not care for and raise their voice for all women adding that their silence signifies that they have been lying about their commitment to women’s rights. Kanko added that the actions of such ‘feminists’ back the oppressor, in this case, Hamas, and not the victims. the Israeli women.

“The MeToo movement and so-called intersectional feminists do not care about all women. If they remain silent, it means they have lied to us about their commitment to women’s rights. Their actions support the oppressor, not the victims. Also, the EU money does. Indirectly,” Kanko said.

Furthermore, the Vice Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, stressed that the hypocritical feminists should not be standing in the European Parliament and ranting about selective human rights. She added that a ceasefire in its true sense would be when all the hostages are brought back home. Kanko asserted that when Hamas rapists will be brought to justice a true ceasefire will prevail.

“When you are under attack by terrorists, a cease-fire is like raising your hands when you are being shot at. Perhaps it is worth considering that a real lasting cease-fire will start with bringing back all the hostages to their homes and the rapists to justice,” Kanko said.

Right before Kanko addressed the plenary session of the European Parliament, MEP member for Ireland South, Grace O’Sullivan suggested some ‘measures’ to ensure ‘everlasting peace’ in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. Sullivan claiming that the Israel-Hamas war has taken 5000 children from their mothers and that Gaza is in ruins accused the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ‘far-right’ government of violating international laws. She asserted that the European Parliament has failed to call for a ceasefire. “You have failed to react to the breaches of international laws. Gaza is in ruins while the settlements in the West Bank continue to expand. Netanyahu and his far-right government are emboldened by your silence.”

After insinuating that it is Israel and its ‘far-right government’ alone that is responsible for the deplorable situation prevailing in Gaza and making no mention of Hamas terror, Sullivan said, “Here’s what you can do. Demand a permanent ceasefire now. End trade with settlements now. Recognise the Palestinian state now. The EU must be courageous, not complicit.”

Ironically, Palestine sympathising MEP’s courage vanished when Hamas slaughtered Israeli civilians and raped women.

Hamas atrocities on Israeli women and the feminist hypocrisy

It is pertinent to recall that Hamas terrorists launched coordinated attacks across the border, killing about 1,200 Israelis and injuring more in villages and farmland close to Gaza on 7 October which triggered the ongoing conflict. Furthermore, they kidnapped over 240 hostages.

The extent of hatred the Hamas terrorists have for non-Muslims particularly Jews can be measured by the horrific humiliation a 22-year-old German-Israeli citizen Shani Louk was subjected to. She was abducted to the Gaza Strip and paraded naked with Hamas terrorists shouting “Allahu Akbar” during Hamas’s 7th October terror attack, and was found dead in Gaza. In another such incident, a Hamas terrorist pulled 19-year-old Israeli soldier Na’ama Levy from the back of a jeep, her hands bound behind her back and copious blood spots between her legs, as Palestinian men mocked her. The videos of such horror unleashed upon Israeli women shook the conscience of the people across the world not blinded by hate for Jews, but the ‘feminists’ remained silent, they selectively began speaking up after Israel retaliated.

On Monday (November 20), Israel released security camera footage from October 7 which showed how an Israeli woman was executed at point-blank range by a Hamas terrorist in Kibbutz Alumim who crossed into Israel and chased people from an outdoor music festival.

According to a document released by Israel, the Hamas terrorists had systematically planned to rape the Israeli women. The document contained an Arabic-Hebrew glossary with sexual terminology including “take your pants off”.

The extent of the crimes committed by Hamas against Israeli women can be understood from the necessity to form a Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Women to document the cases of using sexual violence as a weapon against Israel. As reported earlier, the Israeli authorities gathered over 60,000 video clips and over 1,000 statements about the assault including accounts from witnesses who claimed to have witnessed women raped

Not only the European Parliament but also UN Women, the United Nations body for gender equality and women’s empowerment, have refused to recognise, let alone condemn, the Oct. 7 assault and rape of Israeli women. Nonetheless, the UN Women website highlights its efforts to gather funds “to protect and support women and their families in the Gaza crisis.” On their homepage, there is no mention of Israeli women, however, “the conflict in Gaza” and “voice from Gaza” show up, and there is also no reference to Hamas’s crimes.

As stated by MEP Assita Kanko during a recent interview with Sky News, “Hamas is not only a threat to Israel, it’s also a threat to women. It’s a threat to all Jews worldwide because it’s based on radical Islam.”

I have come across some deepfake photos of me, fake accounts impersonating me on X: Sara Tendulkar asks social media platforms to take action

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I have come across some deepfake photos of me, fake accounts impersonating me on X: Sara Tendulkar asks social media platforms to take action

Sara Tendulkar, daughter of cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar is the latest female to voice concerns over her deepfake photographs and inauthentic accounts on social media platforms. She took the matter after morphed photos showing her with cricket Shubman Gill had appeared on social media. She also said that several accounts impersonating her have appeared on social media platform X (Twitter).

Sara Tendulkar took to Instagram and posted, “Social media is a wonderful space for all of us to share our joys, sorrows and daily activities. However, it is disconcerting to see the misuse of technology as it takes away from the truth and authenticity of the internet. I have come across some deepfake photos of me which are far from reality,” in her story.

She hoped for action against such practices and mentioned, “A few accounts on X (formerly Twitter) have obviously been created with an intent to impersonate me and mislead people. I do not have an account on X, and I hope X looks into such accounts and suspends them.” The junior Tendulkar with almost six million followers on her official Instagram account added, “Entertainment should never come at the expense of the truth. Let’s encourage communication that’s based on trust and reality.”

Source: Instagram

A manipulated image of Sara Tendulkar with cricketer Shubman Gill was recently making the rounds on social media. She can be seen hugging India’s opening batsman in the morphed photo. The original snapshot, however, shows her along with her brother Arjun Tendulkar which was altered to replace the latter with Shubman Gill whose face is seamlessly superimposed onto her sibling’s body.

A fraudulent account which describes its owner as an “actor, living in dreams and parody” under the name of Sara Tendulkar with almost 75 thousand followers is currently operating on X.

A blue-ticked account with Sara Tendulkar’s name which is also written in the bio along with ‘model and parody’ with over a hundred followers and her official website link in the bio is present on X.

Other victims of deepfake videos and photos

Actress Rashmika Mandanna shared her ordeal and concerns over the misuse of technology, particularly regarding the deepfake video, a few days earlier. She highlighted that she felt really hurt to share this and had to talk about the deepfake video of her that was being spread online. The actress also stressed that the misuse of technology is extremely scary for everyone. 

The viral footage displayed a girl going inside an elevator with her face edited to look like Rashmika Mandanna. Deepfake technology was used to make the modified video which in reality had Instagram model Zara Patel in it who posted the original clip on 9 October which clearly showed her face. However, the edited video’s maker placed the face of the actress over the model’s body in order to trick people into believing that she is the ‘Puhspa’ actress.

An extensively circulated photo from actress Katrina Kaif’s most recent movie Tiger 3 was tweaked to appear explicit with the use of the same technology. Unfortunately, women are the most common victims of such perverse practices.

Deepfakes pose a serious threat to India, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who also stated that they have the potential to destabilise society. He also appealed to the media to inform the public about deepfakes. He revealed, “I recently saw a video in which I was seen singing a Garba song. There are many other such videos online,” to the journalists gathered to attend the Diwali Milan program at the Bharatiya Janata Party Headquarters.

What is deepfake

The term “deepfake” describes artificial intelligence techniques, including deep learning algorithms that are employed to create and modify movies, photos or audio recordings. Whilst deepfake is not a completely new technique, it was initially made available online a few years ago. Scammers and fraudsters are using it more often to alter images and videos. These videos and photos are frequently used to steal identities and often contain an extensive amount of sexually explicit content. It is crucial to remember that altering photos and videos whether with photoshop or deepfake is illegal.

Financial Times bats for Khalistani terrorist Pannun, claims US govt is worried ‘India-backed unknown gunmen’ might kill him, doesn’t say why US is harbouring terrorists

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Financial Times bats for Khalistani terrorist Pannun, claims US govt is worried ‘India-backed unknown gunmen’ might kill him, doesn’t say why US is harbouring terrorists

US authorities allegedly foiled a conspiracy to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, as claimed by the Financial Times on Wednesday (22nd November). The report citing unnamed officials has further claimed that US authorities have also issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns that “it was involved in the plot”. The report echoed the allegations made by Justin Trudeau govt in Canada, that India is targeting Khalistani leaders abroad.

As per the FT report, US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of the banned Khalistani terror outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ). The newspaper describes Khalistani terrorist Pannun as an American and Canadian citizen who is a “general counsel” for Sikhs for Justice, a US-based group that is part of a “movement” pushing for an independent Sikh state called “Khalistan”. 

It is important to note that India has declared SFJ a terrorist organisation for carrying out armed secessionist movements and perpetrating communal activities against Hindus and a large majority of Sikhs who are against the Khalistani secessionist movement. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun keeps issuing threats of violence, and recently he threatened to blow up an Air India flight and disrupt the Cricket World Cup in India.

The FT report added that the anonymous officials didn’t elaborate whether the US “raising protest” to New Delhi led the “plotters” to abandon the alleged assassination plan, or whether the FBI intervened and foiled a scheme already in motion.

The report stated, “The people familiar with the case, who requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the intelligence that prompted the warning, did not say whether the protest to New Delhi led the plotters to abandon their plan, or whether the FBI intervened and foiled a scheme already in motion.” 

As per the Financial Times, the United States shared purported information about the ‘assassination plot’ with some of its allies after Hardeep Singh Nijjar, another Khalistani terrorist was killed in Cnada’s Vancouver in June. 

Coincidentally, in September, an ally of the US in the Five Eyes Intelligence alliance, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that there were “credible allegations” that “agents of the government of India” assassinated Nijjar on Canadian soil. The allegations were outrightly rejected by the Indian government calling them “absurd” and “motivated”. More importantly, despite repeated public statements seeking further details and evidence, Canada has failed to show India or its general public evidence linking India’s involvement in the Nijjar’s killing. 

According to the Financial Times citing an unnamed official, the US raised a protest after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a high-profile state visit to Washington in June. 

The report further claims that the US federal prosecutors have allegedly filed a sealed indictment against at least one person who was involved in the assassination plot in a New York district court, as per people familiar with the case. However, the FT again refused to name the sources.

The report claims that the US Justice Department is contemplating whether to make the so-called indictment and allegations public or wait till Canada finishes its investigation into Nijjar’s killing. The so-called accused ‘indicted’ by the US federal prosecutors is believed to have left the US, as told to FT by unnamed officials. 

However, the US Justice Department and FBI have not validated any of these claims and have declined to comment. Similarly, the National Security Council said that the US does “not comment on ongoing law enforcement matters or private diplomatic discussions with our partners” but added, “Upholding the safety and security of US citizens is paramount”, the report added. 

Further, the US shared details of the so-called foiled assassination attempt on Pannun with a wider group of allies once Trudeau went publicly to allege India’s involvement in the Nijjar’s killing, as further claimed in the report. As per media reports, US President Joe Biden had raised the Canadian allegations over Nijjar’s killing with Modi at the G20 summit in India in September. However, the White House has declined to say whether Biden raised the Pannun case with Modi in September.

The mass hysteria of “unknown men” gunning down terrorists fret them that they could be next 

As per the media outlet, the two cases have sparked concern among the US and its Western allies that there could be a possible pattern of behaviour. Conspicuously, there has been mass hysteria and media coverage surrounding numerous instances across continents, where ‘unknown men’ have reportedly gunned down terrorists who had carried out plots in India, resulting in the deaths of countless innocent Indians.

Interestingly, in a convenient but lame and lazy effort to – appease the vote bank, in the case of the Khalistani-sympathising administration in Canada – or carry out a malignant smear campaign to paint India as a rogue nation carrying out extra-territorial killings of “innocents”, as is the case of Pakistan, attempts are being made to pin the blame of acts of “unknown men” snidely on Indian intelligence agencies.   

Speaking with Financial Times, Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun declined to comment on whether US authorities had warned him about the so-called assassination plot against him. 

Apart from airing the allegations of a dreaded terrorist against a friendly nation India, the FT report also whitewashed all his violent threats to Hindus, patriotic Sikhs, and Indians as a whole. Pannun is notorious for making vile threats to Indians and the elected head of the largest democracy PM Modi. He recently made a violent threat to blow up an Air India Flight on 19th November like the infamous Kanishka bombing of 1985 which was also carried out by Khalistani terrorists. Here are a few examples of threats and calls for violence Pannun has given in recent times. Click here, to read more about his criminal antecedents and what has been his modus operandi to remain in the limelight and so that Indian agencies take his theatrics seriously. 

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However, in a sympathetic way, the FT report described the incident as “Pannun angered Indian officials this month by issuing a video in which he warned Sikhs not to fly on Air India because it would be “life-threatening”. He told the FT he was not making a violent threat against the airline.” Financial Times does now analyse how saying that travelling by Air India would be “life-threatening” is not a violent threat.

Additionally, neither the unnamed officials nor the media report highlighted India’s repeated pleas to both the Western nations US and Canada to take action against anti-India elements including those who vouch for armed secession against India. Strikingly, Western media outlets and politicking administrations have also overlooked the grave criminal records of the concerned individuals in this case Khalistani terrorists Pannun and Nijjar, and why they have been given safe haven despite repeated appeals to extradite fugitive offenders.

The Wire takes down another report after Delhi HC ordered it to remove article on Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, says allegations are “quite far-fetched”

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The Wire takes down another report after Delhi HC ordered it to remove article on Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, says allegations are “quite far-fetched”

On Wednesday (22nd November), the Delhi High Court granted interim relief to Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar ordering ‘The Wire’ to remove an article that levelled corruption allegations against him in connection with the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) acquisition of land for the Dwarka Motorway project.

“The ad-interim injunction is granted. I have directed Respondent No. 1 (The Wire) and Respondent No. 2 (concerned reporter) to take down the article and the appending tweets,” said the bench led by Justice Sachin Datta.

The court agreed with Naresh Kumar that the article contained defamatory, libellous allegations against the govt official, and insinuations were made in a reckless manner against Kumar without regard to the truth, in order to cause injury to his reputation.

The Wire has taken down the controversial article following the orders of the Delhi High Court. A visit to the URL of the report shows the text, “This article is being taken down as per the ad-interim injunction ordered by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court.” However, it said that the media house “reserved the right to take appropriate recourse in this matter.”

Screenshot from The Wire

Notably, the court had reserved its decision in the interim application yesterday. The single-judge bench issued a summons in the suit while preserving the order in the application for an ad-interim injunction. Apart from ordering to take down the report, the court also ordered The Wire to remove tweets and other posts used to circulate the report, asking X (Twitter) to remove them if The Wire and the writer of the report fails to remove the posts.

“In the event that defendant nos. 1 & 2 fail to comply with the aforesaid directions within 48 hours of the pronouncement of this judgment, the defendant no. 3 is directed to take down the tweets/posts filed as Document nos. 4 & 5 of the documents filed alongwith the plaint, and the defendant no. 4 is directed to remove search result/s and/or de-index the web link of the article/publication dated 09.11.2023,” the court said.

Justice Sachin Datta said that while freedom of speech and expression is sacrosanct, the reputation of a person earned over several decades cannot be sacrificed at the altar of such freedom. The court noted that there was a political angle to the allegations against the chief secretary. The judgement said, “In the present case, the Court has also taken note of the crescendo of politically motivated tweets/posts/comments, virtually in sync with the publication of the aforesaid article/publication dated 09.11.2023, which further validate the necessity of urgent injunctive order/s. Incidentally, one such tweet is by the author of the “preliminary report” sought to be relied upon by the learned counsel for defendant nos. 1 and 2. The said report, which is dated 14.11.2023, ex-facie, cannot afford any justification for the impugned article dated 09.11.2023.”

The court also commented that the allegations against Kumar are “quite far-fetched”. The court stated,  “Further, the nexus sought to be drawn between the person which was the beneficiary of the arbitral award dated 15.05.2023 and the son of the plaintiff is also quite far-fetched, to say the least, contrary to what has been sought to be projected in the title/caption of the impugned article.”

Talking about the allegations The Wire made against Kumar, the court said that linking enhanced compensation awarded for acquiring land for Dwarka Expressway with Kumar’s “handling” of the matter is “completely misconceived”, because the enhancement of the compensation was done as per an arbitral award dated 15.05.2023.

“The said award was passed by another IAS Officer in his capacity as arbitrator. It cannot be said, by any stretch of imagination, that the plaintiff could have interfered with the discharge of quasi-judicial functions entrusted to another officer,” the Delhi High Court said in its order, making it clear that Naresh Kumar had no role in deciding the compensation paid for the land acquisition.

Senior Advocate Maninder Singh appearing for Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar contended that within no time of publication of the article, the social media began trolling and tarnishing his image.

“You build a connection in your dream, and then you concoct everything. The article was published so that social media gets active to target my reputation. I am not a political person… He was instrumental in getting these inquiries in the excise policy done, and the Supreme Court has now said that there seems to be at least ₹350 crore bribe which the ED has been able to show in the excise scam. I do not want to say anything, but this seems to be one of the foundations for the article,” he added.

However, Advocate Sarin Naved appearing for the Wire said that the media house intended to raise crucial questions. “The intention was not to defame Kumar in any manner,” he added.

According to The Wire’s report titled ‘Links of Delhi Chief Secretary’s Son to Beneficiary’s Family in Land Over-Valuation Case Raise Questions’ published on 9th November, Kumar’s son, Karan Chauhan, had associations with a family that benefited from higher compensation when NHAI obtained a plot of land for the Dwarka Motorway.

In addition to requesting that the article be removed, Kumar asked the court to prevent The Wire and its reporter, Meetu Jain, from publishing any further defamatory content.

Kumar had previously served The Wire and Meetu Jain with a legal notice, delivered through Advocate Bani Dikshit on 13th November, demanding that the article be removed within 48 hours. The report was labelled as defamatory, false, baseless, and misleading, according to the notice.

Kumar claimed that he proactively addressed the issue and prevented any wrongful loss to the public wallet. He claimed responsibility for recommending that the case be referred to the CBI on October 20, 2023.

The outrage surrounding Kumar grew when Delhi’s Vigilance Minister, Atishi, submitted an initial report to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging that Kumar profited from a company linked to his son, totalling Rs. 897 crore. Atishi also suggested a CBI investigation and the suspension of Kumar and Divisional Commissioner Ashwani Kumar.

Kejriwal passed on the report to Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena, requesting that Kumar be suspended and removed as Chief Secretary immediately. However, Saxena rejected the report on 17th November, citing its prejudicial presumptions and potential interference with the ongoing investigation. Saxena emphasized that the case is already before the Supreme Court and being investigated by the CBI and that the leaked secret report is an attempt to start a media trial.

The Wire and forced to delete reports

This is the latest in the series of reports that The Wire has been forced to take down. In October last year, the propaganda outlet was forced to take down a series of articles alleging that BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya had some superpowers to remove posts from Meta-owned Instagram. The outlet was found to have used fake and doctored documents to make the claims but was forced to retract after its lies were exposed.

Soon after The Wire removed its earlier reports on the so-called ‘Tek Fog’, an alleged app used by BJP with supposed superpowers to manipulate all social media platforms. The app was fictitious, it didn’t exist and was only created by The Wire. The portal blamed the author of the articles for making the baseless allegations.

The portal also removed several videos it had posted ‘explaining’ the Meta and Tek Fog allegations.

Before that in February 2022, a court in Telangana had ordered leftist propaganda portal The Wire to take down as many as 14 articles it had published against Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech and the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin developed by it. The order was passed after Bharat Biotech had filed an Rs100 crore defamation suit against The Wire and 12 persons associated with it.

‘Insulted for being a Brahmin’: Cartoonist shares how his poor father faced caste discrimination by a collectorate officer

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‘Insulted for being a Brahmin’: Cartoonist shares how his poor father faced caste discrimination by a collectorate officer

Writer-director and cartoonist Alok Sharma narrated an incident on X, formerly Twitter, about how he was a victim of casteism in his youth. Sharma was replying to a post by an X user asking other users if they had faced casteism in their lives.

Recalling one such encounter, Sharma said that he was visiting the Durg collectorate office (then in Madhya Pradesh, now Chhattisgarh) along with his father to get his income certificate needed for his sister’s scholarship. He was 14 at the time and hailed from a poor financial background.

“The situation at home was such that without work during the day, there would be no food on the table in the evening,” Sharma wrote.

At the collectorate office, Sharma continued, an employee named Topo was seated in a department Sharma could not remember. “He (Topo) refused to sign on the income certificate and started misbehaving with us in a very crass manner,” he wrote.

Sharma wrote that while his father patiently kept listening to the insult, he could not bear it anymore and asked Topo why he was behaving with them in such a way. “Because you are Brahmin,” Topo said according to Sharma.

He further added that he held his father’s hand and left the collectorate office. He said that from that day till he was 20 years old, he supplied chocolates and biscuits to small shops in Bhilai, ran a comics library with his friend and used his hard-earned money to pay for his sister’s education.

“I will always remember this incident but I have no bitterness in my heart for Topo. Had he not been there then I would not have been the way I am,” Sharma wrote.

The cartoonist received an outpouring of support from his followers on X with many expressing anger against the reservation. A user commented, “More power to you Alok! Glad to hear we both hail from Bhilai.”

Another user replied, “Really touched my heart. Facing challenges, hard work and perseverance is the hallmark of a Brahman. Congratulations. That Cappie, I am sure has had lived him Karma. More than anything, thank you so much for your Hindi writeup. Shuddh Hindi with no haqhaq Urdu. A joy to read!”

The post to which Alok Sharma was replying also received several responses from people who had experienced casteism, which included Brahmins too.

A user wrote, “A reserved SC , Senior engineer, didn’t offer me a chair for about more 4 hours inside his cabin, he is sitting in his big chair, I’m standing to discuss about technical specifications. He is big 0 on tech. So is the treatment. He knows very well I’m from the upper class.”

Pakistani intelligence in panic mode, offers support to Canadian hoax claiming RAW is killing India’s enemies across the world

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Pakistani intelligence in panic mode, offers support to Canadian hoax claiming RAW is killing India’s enemies across the world

On November 21 (local time), The Intercept published a report accusing the Indian government’s intelligence agency, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), of assassinating Sikh and Kashmiri activists living on foreign lands. The basis of their accusations was, wait for it, intelligence documents provided by PAKISTAN! Yes, the same Pakistan is known for harbouring and nourishing terrorists and criminals aimed at harming India. However, India’s involvement in any extra-juridical killings is highly unlikely.

The authors of The Intercept’s report, Murtaza Hussain and Ryan Grim, claimed that “leaked” Pakistani intelligence assessments revealed a series of threats from RAW against individuals living in Pakistan. The “Pakistani intelligence” claimed the Indian agency is collaborating with local criminals and dissidents to kill and attack individuals wanted by the Indian government.

The targets include those supporting armed insurgency in Kashmir and Sikh “activists” who want Khalistan. In other words, The Intercept asserted that the recent killings in Pakistan by “unknown assailants” were carried on the behest of RAW.

Furthermore, The Intercept’s report claimed that information provided by their source in “Pakistani intelligence” was in sync with the accusations laid down by the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, in the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

The report suggested that the leaked documents provided additional evidence that supported the claim that India has been conducting a transnational assassination program against its political enemies. It was further claimed that RAW is planning more such assassinations in Lahore and Pakistan. Those on India’s agency’s target include Lakhbir Singh Rode and his son Bhagat Singh. Notably, Rode is a relative of Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. In 2021, Gurmukh Singh, the son of Jasbir Singh Rode, was arrested by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for receiving tiffin boxes loaded with explosives from his uncle, Lakhbir Singh Rode, in Pakistan and distributing them within Indian territory.

Another unimaginable accusation that The Intercept came up with was that the information provided to them revealed India was operating from a militant training camp in Afghanistan. India, a country that is against any terrorist activity anywhere in the world, is accused of operating from a terrorist camp! Nothing more bizarre can come out of that report, or could there be more?

Furthermore, The Intercept claimed as per the documents they accessed that were leaked from the Pakistani Intelligence Bureau, there were concerns raised that Indian intelligence agents based in UAE and Afghanistan were being activated to carry out more operations in Pakistan.

What is interesting in the report is the clear panic visible across the “intelligence networks” or actually the conspiracy theorists about the assassinations that have been happening in Pakistan and other parts of the world. Coincidentally, some of those killed were wanted by India.

However, that does not mean a democratic country like India would indulge in any unlawful activity. Notably, the Indian leadership is meticulous about its image on the international platform. Any action that may go against that image would be highly unacceptable not only by the Indian leadership but also by the people of India.

The assassinations are nothing but failures of the local intelligence and law enforcement agencies of those respective countries where the incidents happened. Recent reports suggested Nijjar’s killers were wearing turbans. Furthermore, the investigating agencies in Canada did not check the security cameras for weeks after the murder, showing how lenient they were about the whole matter.

There is one more interesting aspect of the report by The Intercept. One of the authors, Murtaza Hussain, spoke volumes of the Pakistani intelligence in the report. However, in September 2023, he literally called Pakistani officials’ liars’ on social media. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he said, “This is one reason I would argue The Intercept’s reporting on Pakistan has been so important. Pakistani officials literally just lie. Not even half-truths or quarter-truths this is straight-up lying. It is based on an arrogant contempt for the public.” At that time, he was quoting a Washington Post report that cited the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, who denied the allegations that Pakistan was selling ammunition to Ukraine.

Source: X

It is unclear if Hussain had a change of heart that he started believing Pakistanis or if he just did some monkey-balancing for his previous reactions to X.

India has been consistently urging countries like Canada and Pakistan to extradite criminals, including terrorists and gangsters, to India. However, both countries have ignored the requests multiple times. When some of these criminals were killed over internal scuffles, the blame went to India, most probably to shadow the incompetency of their own law enforcement and intelligence agencies. In the end, Baby, Tiger, and movies like those are fiction. They have nothing to do with the reality. It looks like a Bollywood fan sitting in Pakistani intelligence created a script that he wanted to sell to Indian filmmakers but someone leaked it as “intelligence against India”.

OpIndia’s detailed coverage of Canada’s accusations against India in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar can be checked here.

OpIndia’s reports on assassinations carried out by unknown assailants in Pakistan can be checked here.

Foreign funding for mosques in India, settling Rohingya Muslims in metros: UP ATS uncovers sinister designs of terrorists linked to Darul Uloom Deoband

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Foreign funding for mosques in India, settling Rohingya Muslims in metros: UP ATS uncovers sinister designs of terrorists linked to Darul Uloom Deoband

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police registered an FIR against 10 suspected terrorists on 11th October 2023. They have been identified as Adil ur Rahman Ashrafi, Abu Hurairah Ghazi, Sheikh Nazibul Haq, Mohammad Rashid, Kafiluddin, Azeem, Abdul Awwal, Abu Saleh, Abdul Gaffar and Abdullah Ghazi. All of them are accused of illegally soliciting money from abroad to build mosques in India, settling Rohingya and Bangladeshi citizens in India and carrying out anti-national activities.

The special thing in this whole case is that most of the conspirators arrested by the UP ATS were found to be associated with Darul Uloom of Deoband. Of the 10 accused, Delhi resident Abdul Awwal illegally obtained documents of residents of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Assam and opened bank accounts. Later, he handed over the account to Abdul Gaffar of Delhi. Gaffar demanded money from abroad in these accounts. Abu Saleh also helped Gaffar in ordering this money.

The money, which was brought abroad and in many other parts of the country, was routed to Najibul Sheikh through hawala. Najibul Sheikh owns a cap and perfume shop near Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur.

Najibul hails from Bengal and sells caps and perfumes in Deoband

According to the ATS, Najibul, originally living in West Bengal and temporarily in Deoband, had kept Bangladeshi citizen Atiq-ur-Rehman as his associate. Atiq ur Rehman had made India’s Aadhaar and PAN card etc. with fake documents. All of them were working as a gang that used to infiltrate Bangladeshis and Rohingya citizens into India and get their Indian papers made. These Bangladeshis were being settled in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and different parts of Northeast India.

On 11th October 2023, the ATS received information from an informer that some suspects associated with this network were present at Charbagh station in Lucknow. The ATS arrested Adilur Rehman Ashrafi there. On the same day, the Saharanpur unit of the ATS arrested Abu Hurairah and Najibul Sheikh.

All of them were brought to the ATS headquarters in Lucknow and questioned. Najibul, who identified himself as a resident of West Bengal, was currently running a perfume and cap shop in front of Darul Uloom in Deoband.

During interrogation, Najibul confessed that he used to get money from hawala. Adilur Rahman revealed his real name as Adil Ahmed Ashrafi, who is originally from Bangladesh. Adil Ahmed, who became an Indian with fake papers, was currently studying at Deoband Darul Uloom.

The network had recently illegally sold a Bangladeshi woman to an Indian man named Ibrahim for Rs 70,000. The woman has been arrested along with Ibrahim after recovery. Her papers are fake.

The third accused, Abu Hurairah, a resident of West Bengal, said that he currently lived in the Chhatta Mosque of Deoband in Darul Uloom. The UP ATS recovered electronics and electrical equipment, mobiles, ATM cards, UAE currency, Indian cash, SIM cards, Aadhaar cards, madrasa cards, PAN cards and passports from all of them.

All these accused have been prosecuted under sections 120-B, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, and 370 of the IPC and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act 1946. Three accused have been arrested. Their names are Adil ur Rehman, Najibul Sheikh and Hurairah Ghazi. All others are on the run. At present, the case is being investigated by Inspector Dharmendra Yadav, in charge of the Meerut unit of the ATS. A copy of the FIR is with OpIndia.

According to information received from sources, the mosques were to be built in Punjab along the Pakistan border and in West Bengal near the Bangladesh border in the first phase. However, the ATS is currently engaged in tracing the root of this terrorist network and its economic sources. Also, the purpose of the construction of these mosques is yet to be revealed.

Darul Uloom was constantly helping Bangladeshi infiltrators

In the investigation of Uttar Pradesh ATS, the identity card of Darul Uloom Deoband was found from Adilur Rehman Ashrafi. He was originally from Bangladesh. However, later Darul Uloom refused to consider Adilur Rehman as its student. However, according to information received by OpIndia from sources, Adil ur Rehman used to frequently visit Deoband. He was also seen praying and teaching here several times.

Another accused arrested in the same case was also involved in anti-national acts. He called himself Ghazi. His name is Abu Hurairah. He was a resident of West Bengal’s 24 Parganas district, but he lived in the Chhatta Mosque of Darul Uloom Deoband. Sheikh Najibul, a resident of 24 Parganas in West Bengal, had been running a shop selling perfumes and caps in front of Darul Uloom Deoband for a long time.

Earlier on 19th July 2023, the UP ATS had registered another FIR. The ATS then arrested Habibullah Misbah and Ahmadullah. Habibullah, originally from Dinajpur in Bangladesh, was carrying an identity card of Darul Uloom Deoband. He lived in the Rukhsana building near Darul Uloom Deoband. Habibullah has also been Adilur Rehman’s room partner for some time. These illegal infiltrators had also faked Indian identity cards.

Apart from all these, the ATS had also registered an FIR on 28th April 2022. Then a terrorist named Talha Talukdar Bin Farooq was arrested. Talha, originally from Bangladesh, became an Indian with fake documents and lived in room number 61 of Dar-e-Jadid, a building in Darul Uloom Deoband. The ATS had also recovered a receipt of the scholarship of Darul Uloom Deoband from Talha talukdar. During interrogation, Talha Talukdar confessed that along with him, two other Bangladeshis named Salahuddin Salim and Iftakar were also studying Arabic illegally in Darul Uloom.

Baba Ramdev fumes after SC issues warning against Patanjali over ‘misleading ads’, says few doctors running propaganda against Yoga and Ayurveda

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Baba Ramdev fumes after SC issues warning against Patanjali over ‘misleading ads’, says few doctors running propaganda against Yoga and Ayurveda

On Wednesday (22nd November), Yog Guru Baba Ramdev expressed displeasure over SC’s warning to Patanjali about making ‘false’ and ‘misleading’ claims in the commercials about its medicines as cures for various diseases. Ramdev Baba said that the medical mafia has been targeting him and running propaganda against him and the Ayurveda. 

“SC said that if you do false propaganda, then you will be fined… We respect SC. But we are not doing any false propaganda. A few doctors have formed a group that continuously does propaganda against yoga, Ayurveda,” Baba said adding that if Patanjali is a liar, it should be fined Rs 1000 crores.

“We are also ready for the death penalty. But if we are not liars, then punish the ones who are spreading the false propaganda. For the past 5 years, propaganda has been going on targeting Ramdev and Patanjali,” he said.

Addressing a press meeting on Wednesday (22nd November), Baba Ramdev further added that the few financially strong doctors are running propaganda against Patanjali for ‘curing’ the patients via Ayurveda. “Money cannot decide truth and lie. They (allopathy) may have more hospitals, doctors and their voices may be heard more, but we have the inheritance of the wisdom of sages, we are not poor,” he said.

The Supreme Court yesterday slammed Patanjali Ayurved for “publishing misleading claims and advertisements against modern systems of medicine”. A two-judge Supreme Court bench also issued a stern warning to the company stating that it would impose a Rs 1 crore fine on every product if the company made false claims that the product ‘cures’ a particular disease. 

 “All such false and misleading advertisements of Patanjali Ayurved have to stop immediately. The Court will take any such infraction very seriously, and the Court will also consider imposing costs to the extent of Rs. 1 crores on every product regarding which a false claim is made that it can “cure” a particular disease,” the bench led by Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Prashant Kumar Mishra said.

The bench was hearing a petition filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against alleged misleading advertisements. In its writ petition, the IMA raised concerns which according to them are a “continuous, systematic, and unabated spread of misinformation” regarding allopathy and the modern system of medicine. 

The bench also directed Patanjali that it must refrain from making casual statements in the press and shall not make any such advertisements in the future. However, the bench asserted that it did not wish to make the issue an “Allopathy v. Ayurveda” debate rather it wanted real solutions to the problem of misleading medical advertisements. 

The bench has asked the Union government to come up with a viable solution to solve the problem of misleading medical advertisements. The next hearing in the case will now take place on 5th February 2024. 

India would have won the World Cup if the final match was held in Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav takes bizarre dig at BJP

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India would have won the World Cup if the final match was held in Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav takes bizarre dig at BJP

The president of the Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav made an odd jab at the Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 November when he stated that if the World Cup final match was played in Lucknow rather than Ahmedabad, the Men in Blue would have lifted the esteemed trophy. Speaking at a public gathering in Etawah he claimed that Team India would have had the blessings of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lord Vishnu if the match had taken place in Uttar Pradesh’s capital.

He declared, “The match that took place in Gujarat if it had happened in Lucknow, the Indian side would have got blessings of so many. The team would have been bestowed with the blessings of Lord Vishnu because the stadium is named ‘Ekana’ after the diety. However, the BJP changed it to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium. If the match had been played there, Team India would have received the blessings of both Lord Vishnu and Atal Bihari Vajpayee and India would have won.”

The leader of the opposition in the UP assembly added, “Now, we have heard that there was some issue with the pitch and the preparation of the players was left incomplete. Hence, sometimes omens indicate that the time is not favourable to us but rather to someone else.”

The former Samajwadi Party government branded Lucknow’s cricket venue as ‘Ekana Stadium’ which is one of the many names of Lord Vishu. BJP’s Yogi Adityanath administration then renamed it ‘Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium’ in 2018 in remembrance of the late prime minister and party stalwart.

While it is true that Ahmedabad’s slow pitch has been cited as one reason for the low runs scored by India batting first, it is unlikely that the situation would have been different if the final was in Lucknow. This is because, just like the pitch in the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the pitch in Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium is also known to be slow.

Shockingly, Congress Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi had earlier attributed India’s loss in the final match to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and referred to him as ‘Panauti’ (bad omen/unlucky charm) while addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Jalore. He alleged, “Modi comes on TV and says ‘Hindu- Muslim’ and sometimes goes to a cricket match. It is a different matter that the match was lost. Panauti. Our boys were almost winning the World Cup, but the ‘bad omen’ made them lose.

India concluded their World Cup campaign with a heartbreaking loss to Australia in a one-sided final on 19 November, succumbing by six wickets to the Australian side in the last encounter of the tournament after winning every match since the beginning of the almost two-month-long championship.

Ramesh Bidhuri and Danish Ali summoned by Lok Sabha privileges committee on 7 December over controversial comments in the house

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Ramesh Bidhuri and Danish Ali summoned by Lok Sabha privileges committee on 7 December over controversial comments in the house

The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha has summoned BSP MP Danish Ali and BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri to depose before the panel on 7th December over their complaints against each other. Both the Lok Sabha lawmakers will have to submit oral evidence before the Parliamentary panel. This is regarding Danish Ali’s objectionable comments during the discussion of the Chandrayaan 2 mission in parliament and Ramesh Bidhuri’s alleged anti-Muslim remarks in response.

The notice issued by the committee said, “Oral evidence of Kunwar Danish Ali, MP in respect of complaints received from various Members of Parliament against Shri Ramesh Bidhuri and Kunwar Danish Ali, MPs for alleged improper conduct during the discussion on Chandrayaan-III Mission in the House. (2) Oral evidence of Shri Ramesh Bidhuri, MP in respect of complaints received from various Members of Parliament against him and Kunwar Danish Ali, MPs for alleged improper conduct during the discussion on Chandrayaan-III Mission in the House.” 

The panel will hear complaints against Danish Ali for his running commentary when Bidhuri was addressing the House on Chandrayaan-3 in the special session of Parliament on 22nd September. Several Parliamentarians have alleged that he incessantly provoked Bidhuri triggering an outburst from the BJP MP which was later expunged from the House proceedings. 

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and others made shocking revelations alleging that Danish Ali made “highly objectionable and blasphemous” remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They asserted that the BSP leader called PM Modi “Neech” which triggered Ramesh Bidhuri and he fell into his trap.

While the panel will hear Ali who wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on 24th  September seeking a privilege probe against Bidhuri. In his complaint letter to the Speaker, Danish Ali wrote, “During the course of his (referring to BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri) speech, he directed the most foul, abusive invectives against me which are part of the record of the Lok Sabha. Among the words he directed against me were Bhadwa (pimp), Katwa (circumcised one), Mullah ugravadi (Muslim terrorist), atankvadi (terrorist) etc.” 

Subsequently, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla referred the MPs’ complaints to the Privileges Committee in September. 

Bidhuri was earlier called on 10th October but he didn’t appear before the Lok Sabha Panel citing political commitments in the Rajasthan election campaign.

The Lok Sabha privileges panel is led by BJP’s Sunil Singh and will hear Ali for the first time since he accused Bidhuri of making communally explicit remarks against him. 

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