Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film Pathaan is scheduled for release later in January. The action film is SRK’s first film in a lead role since 2018. The film will hit the theatres first and OTT platforms months later once the buzz around theatre cools down. The filmmakers have not given an official date for the OTT release, but it was recently revealed during a court hearing.
On January 16, Yash Raj Films informed the court that the film is scheduled for OTT release on Amazon’s Prime Video on April 25. That means the makers have scheduled the OTT release three months after the theatrical release. During the hearing, the court directed the production house to prepare subtitles, close captioning, and audio descriptions of the film in Hindi and get it recertified from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The orders were passed to facilitate hearing and visually-impaired individuals who want to see the film on OTT platforms.
The court therefore directed the producers to submit the close captioning, subtitles and audio description to CBFC for the movie’s OTT release by Feb 20. CBFC will take a decision on the same by March 10. The movie is set to release on @PrimeVideo on April 25.
The court was hearing a petition filed by a group of lawyers, law students, and visually impaired individuals seeking directions from the court to YRF to make arrangements so that disabled individuals could also enjoy the film. Justice Prathiba M Singh, however, did not pass any similar directions for screening in the theatres as the film is scheduled for January 25 release.
However, Justice Prathiba M Singh refused to pass any directions wrt to Pathaan’s screening in theatres noting that the movie is set to be released on Jan 25 and there are very few days left. #DelhiHighCourt@yrf@iamsrk
During the hearing, the court said that the authorities are obligated to ensure visually and hearing-impaired individuals have content available for their entertainment. The court also added that special measures need to be taken so that such individuals can enjoy films in the theatres as well.
The court asked the producers to complete the process by February 20 and asked CBFC to issue a certificate by March 10.
Pathaan is an upcoming action film produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF). It is part of the YRF Spy Universe that includes the Tiger series featuring Salman Khan and War starring Hrithik Roshan. SRK, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Ashutosh Rana, and Dimple Kapadia are playing lead roles in Pathaan. The film has already faced multiple controversies, varying from picking up frame-by-frame scenes from other films to hurting Hindu sentiments in the ‘Besharam Rang’ song and reusing music in another song from an old composition by music composers Vishaal-Shekhar.
On Monday, Lalit Modi apologised to Mukul Rohatgi, a former Attorney General, for a previous statement in which Modi said he could buy and sell Rohatgi a million times and requested that Rohatgi not refer to him as a “fugitive.”
In his Instagram post, Lalit Modi said, “Dear Mr Rohatgi, on reviewing the post I wrote on my Instagram account, I realized I owed you an apology for something said in anger. I have been deeply frustrated by the tactics by which my mother has sought to bring me and my family financial grief, by appropriating the assets belonging to the Modi family under the farce of keeping up my fathers legacy.”
“The shares were in Sammy’s [my brother Samir] and my names [as was common in the Modi family] and to keep up my fathers legacy, we gave up our shares and put them in the trust which she now has expropriated. Her behaviour has caused me and my family tremendous emotional trauma over the years, and I have reached a point at the end of my tether, and I cannot deal with it anymore. This has taken a huge toll on my mental health and also on my physical health and in order to preserve my sanity and rebuild my physical health, I have decided to distance myself from this agony and handed over the reins to my son Ruchir,” he further said.
Lalit Modi added, “However, my complaint against you was that you without any basis or justification repeatedly called me a fugitive. This is a false – allegation either knowingly or otherwise you have been persuaded to malign me in this fashion. The words of a former attorney general of India should be carefully chosen – you know that very well given your experience. I must therefore assume that she has befooled you into making this false allegation. I wanted to lodge my protest at your carelessly agreeing to make this false allegation against me. I said things that I should not have especially the bit about buying and selling judges etc. These are matters of gossip and should not have been alleged. I made this allegation because of my state of mind. I have had a near-death experience and was in a deep depression realizing that after me this lady [my mother] will destroy my family and render my children destitute. It was the cry of an anguished father for which I deeply apologize.”
Lalit Modi said in his post, “However, I do beseech you not to make such false allegations about her prompting you to have stature on account of having held the highest-law office in India. I have complete faith in the judges and courts of India. I have been involved with litigation which has changed the course of the BCCI-purged it out of all its flaws. The courts also came to my rescue when the congress regime illegally sought to impound my passport. I have the greatest respect for the Indian judiciary and any comments made were only in a bad state of physical and mental health for which I express unconditional regret and apology. I have handed over the reins of the litigation to my son Ruchir and I am sure once again, the courts will give me and the family justice and relief from this dishonest attempt to appropriate the Modi family property by an outsider. Sorry for any anguish that I may have caused you.”
Earlier, Lalit Modi had threatened senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi. Lalit Modi wrote in that post, “You will be doing justice to your client by buying a judge overnight. But, I can buy and sell you a million times. No matter how much you can fight for your client, you will refer to me as ‘Mr. Modi’. You’re like an ant to me. But, you’re lucky, I like ants. So I won’t crush you. However, if I find out that you have spoken about me in print or electronic media, I will follow you to court. Jai Hind.”
Lalit Modi, the former chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL), who was in the news for dating Sushmita Sen in July 2022, recently announced on Instagram that he has been placed on continuous exterior oxygen support after experiencing double COVID in the previous two weeks.
On Monday, the Pimpri Chinchwad Police registered a complaint against 14 persons including a minor for attempting to forcefully convert a few Hindu people from the Khed region of Pune to Christianity. The accused also are charged with causing religious hatred and hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus.
According to the FIR copy attained by OpIndia, the complaint has been registered by a Hindu person named Prasad Salunkhe on January 15. The accused booked in the case have been identified as Pradip Waghmare, Prashant Waghmare of Charholi, Ronak Shinde, Ashok Pandhare, Tejas Chandne, Mukesh Vishwakarma, Lakshman Naidu, M B Yun, J Yun, and Ishal Salve. Three women and a 17-year-old boy have also been named in the FIR.
Salunkhe, a resident of the Markal region in Khed complained that he was being harassed by the accused persons who forced him and his family members to convert their religion to Christianity. “On January 15, two persons Pradip Waghmare and Prashant Waghmare came into our locality and asked me if I knew anything about Christianity. They also asked me to read Bible and convert my religion to Christianity for a better life.”
“Later, they saw photos of Hindu Gods and Goddesses in our home and began abusing them. The duo said that I should go to Church and worship Jesus. I told them that I am a Hindu and I read only Shiv Charitra Parayan. Then they said that reading Hindu scriptures were of no use and that worshipping Hindu Gods would never do any good to us,” Salunkhe complained.
FIR copy obtained by OpIndia
Accused called Hindu Gods ‘beggars’
He further mentioned that the duo also abused the Hindu Gods and called them ‘beggars’. “They saw Vasudev avatar on the street in the morning and asked me who was he. I told them that he is our God and he was seeking ‘Bhiksha’ from the Hindu residents. On this, the duo said how will your God protect you when he is begging for food. I could not tolerate the insult and called two of my friends who informed me that many similar people were targeting Hindus and forcing them to convert their religion to Christianity. We later called the Police who verified the complaint and identified 14 accused persons who were luring Hindus for money and asking them to convert their religion to Christianity,” the complaint read.
14 accused persons named in the FIR filed on January 15
A similar incident was reported from the Alandi region of Pune on January 1 where three Christian persons were caught red-handed while attempting to forcefully convert people from the Matang community to Christianity. The accused visited the Sathe Nagar area of Alandi and asked a few Hindu families if they read Bible. Later the accused persons began informing the Hindu persons about Christianity and forced them to convert their religion to Christianity.
The video of the incident went viral over social media platforms in which one of the women could be seen praising the religion of Christianity. The accused persons also reportedly used hurtful language against the Hindu religion. Later one of the women tricked the Hindu persons by offering them red grape juice and made them believe that it was the blood of Jesus Christ. She told them that all their health problems and worries would vanish upon consuming the ‘blood of Jesus Christ.’
The incident came to the fore after one of the local Hindu persons named Uddhav Nagnath Kamble filed a complaint at Alandi Police Station. He said that the accused persons were luring the Hindu persons for money and were forcing them to convert their religion to Christianity. He mentioned in the complaint that accused Sudhakar Suryavanshi and his pals entered the Sathe Nagar locality on January 1 and attempted to convert him and other Matang community people to Christianity.
FIR copy obtained by OpIndia
According to the information attained by OpIndia, the Alandi Police initially ignored the complaint but later took cognizance of the incident and verified that the Hindu persons, residents of Sathe Nagar in Alandi were offered red grape juice and were forced to convert their religion to Christianity. The Police on January 4 then filed an FIR against three persons, one of whom has been identified as Sudhakar Baburao Suryavanshi.
The Police said that Suryavanshi along with his two pals targeted the Hindus and told them that converting their religion to Christianity would solve all their financial and health-related problems. “You start worshipping Jesus. All your health problems will vanish. Leave the Hindu religion and accept Christianity,” Suryavanshi told the Hindus.
Red grape juice offered to Hindus as the ‘blood of Jesus Christ’
Shedding more light on the incident, one of the members of Hindu Dharma Jagran Manch from the Nigdi region of Pune, N Kamble said that the accused persons were caught red-handed while they were offering the red grape juice to Hindus. “We had gone to Alandi to invite people for Matang Melava which was supposed to be conducted in Bhosari, Pune. As we went to the Sathe Nagar area of Alandi, we saw that some of the people were luring the Matang community people and were asking them to read Bible and convert their religion to Christianity.”
“Upon exposing their attempt to convert Hindus to Christianity, one of the women who was offering the red juice to Hindus as the blood of Jesus Christ began ranting against us and the Hindu religion. She said that we were disturbing their religious prayers and that we were committing a sin,” Kamble said while talking to OpIndia.
He said that the Alandi Police also did not respond appropriately to the incident initially unless the Dharma Jagran Manch people along with Uddhav Nagnath Kamble repeatedly complained against the accused. “The Alandi Police filed FIR against three persons after requesting them several times,” Kamble added.
“The incident is from January 1. The Christian Pastor had already lured some of the Hindus from the area and had told small children that Hindus are devils,” Kamble said. He said that after January 1 they went to the Sathe Nagar area of Alandi but were made to run off by small children who called them ‘devils’. “The Pastor has converted some Hindus to Christianity. He has made the poor Matang community people in Alandi believe that all their health problems have vanished because they have started worshipping Jesus. This is a total sham,” he said while speaking to OpIndia.
“One converted woman from the Matang community told us that she had spent Rs 6 lakhs on her medical treatment but recovered only after she prayed to Jesus. Another one also said that earlier she had spent Rs 3 lakhs on her husband’s treatment but he recovered only by praying to Jesus. Meanwhile, their children have started to believe that Hindus are devils. This should stop at any cost,” Kamble said.
Massive protests organized in Pune demanding anti-conversion law
After the incident massive protest was organized by the Hindu community in Pune on January 14. Around thousands of Hindus from nearby areas including Alandi, Nigdi, and Pimpri Chinchwad joined the protest against forceful conversion and demanded the implementation of anti-conversion laws across the state of Maharashtra.
However, Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar wrote a letter to the Maharashtra CM demanding protection for the Christian people. In a letter dated January 13, he said that the Christian people were unnecessarily being harassed and that the government needs to do justice to the community.
In the current case, Salunkhe stated that the 14 accused reportedly enticed individuals to attend church by paying them money to manage their businesses. The suspects have been charged under Sections 153 (a), 298, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. According to the reports, the accused had come for ‘Dharmaprasar (religious propagation)’ in the Markal region of Khed district. No arrests have been made yet, but notices have been sent to the accused for inquiry.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for “serious and sincere talks” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on “burning points like Kashmir.” In an interview with Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV, Sharif said that Pakistan has learned its lesson after three wars with India and stressed that now it wants peace with its neighbour.
“My message to the Indian leadership and Prime Minister Modi is that let’s sit down on the table and have serious and sincere talks to resolve our burning points like Kashmir. It is up to us to live peacefully and make progress or quarrel with each other and waste time and resources,” Sharif said. In an interview with Dubai-based Arabic news channel, Pakistan Prime Minister said, “We have had three wars with India, and they have only brought more misery, poverty, and unemployment to the people.”
“We have learnt our lesson, and we want to live in peace with India, provided we are able to resolve our genuine problems,” Sharif said in the interview that was aired on Monday.
Pakistan, which is battling a severe economic crisis, public discontent against the ruling regime due to flour crisis and fuel shortage among others is also faced with rising instances of terror attacks by the proscribed outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which had ended a ceasefire with the country’s security forces late last year.
“India is our neighbour country, we are neighbours. Let’s be very blunt, even if we are not neighbours by choice we are there for ever and it is up to us for us to live peacefully and progress or quarrel with each other and waste time and resources. That is up to us,” Sharif said in the interview to Al Arabiya.
Sharif also brought up the subject of Kashmir and said “Pakistan wants peace but what is happening in Kashmir should be stopped.”
The Pakistan leader in the interview that was also uploaded on Monday on the @AlArabiya_shows Twitter handle said that both the countries have engineers, doctors, and skilled labourers. “We want to utilise these assets for prosperity and to bring peace to the region so that both nations can grow.”
“Pakistan does not want to waste resources on bombs and ammunition. We are nuclear powers, armed to the teeth, and if God forbids, a war breaks out, who will live to tell what happened?” he said.
India in November last year had lashed out at Pakistan for raking up the issue of Kashmir during a United Nations debate terming it as “desperate attempts to peddle falsehoods”.
“As we meet today to discuss UNSC reforms, a representative of Pakistan has yet again made unwarranted references to Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir remains an integral and inalienable part of India irrespective of what Pakistan’s representative believes,” said Pratik Mathur, Permanent Mission of India to UN, in the right to reply during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meet on UN Security Council.
“Pakistan’s desperate attempts to peddle falsehoods and a bad habit of abusing the sanctity of multilateral forums deserves collective contempt and perhaps sympathies as well,” he added.
Pakistan Foreign Affairs Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had spoken about alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. India’s response to Pakistan’s claims came during a key UN General Assembly meeting on the United Nations Security Council.
(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)
During questioning by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in September last year, Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew revealed the personal details of the absconding terrorist. Dawood’s late sister Haseena Parkar’s son, Alishah Ibrahim Parkar, told the anti-terror investigation agency that the wanted criminal has married for the second time to a Pakistani woman and is staying in Pakistan’s Karachi’s defence area near Abdulla Gazi Baba Dargah.
#TimesNetwork Exclusive | #DawoodIbrahim’s nephew has disclosed shocking details about the fugitive underworld don during an interrogation by the National Investigation Agency.
He also stated that Dawood has not divorced his first wife, Mehjabeen, who he claims is still in contact with relatives in Mumbai.
According to India Today, Shah said that he believes Dawood’s second marriage may be a ploy to divert investigators’ attention away from Mehjabeen. Ali Shah stated that he met Dawood Ibrahim’s first wife in Dubai in July 2022, when she informed him of Dawood’s second marriage.
He further alleged that Mehjabeen Shaikh communicates with Dawood’s relatives in India via WhatsApp calls.
Dawood Ibrahim formed a special unit to target India, reveals NIA
Notably, last year, the National Investigation Agency revealed that Dawood Ibrahim was planning to launch terror attacks on India using explosives and lethal weapons. He had formed a special unit with the aim of inciting violence in different parts of the country.
This was after the ED conducted raids in South Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case against Dawood Ibrahim and his aides. Close to nine places in Mumbai and one in Thane were raided by the ED including the residences of Dawood Ibrahim’s late sister Haseena Parkar and brother Iqbal Kaskar.
The agency has also learned that Dawood has been using various social media platforms to communicate with his network. He has also helped them financially and logistically to create a riot-like situation in various parts of India deliberately.
A case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) has already been registered against Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.
On Saturday, January 14, unknown gunmen shot dead a former female Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada, and one of her bodyguards at her residence in Kabul. Mursal Nabizada was one of the few female lawmakers who remained in Kabul following the Taliban’s takeover of power in August 2021. She refused to leave Afghanistan and chose to remain with her people.
According to the local police commander, Molvi Hamidullah Khalid, Nabizada and her guard were shot dead in the same room at 3 a.m. on Saturday. He stated that her brother and a second security guy have also been injured in the attack. A third security guy fled the scene carrying cash and jewelry.
Reports mention that she died on the first floor of her house, where she worked. While the Police stated that the investigation in the case is underway, the probable motivations behind the murder are unclear.
Abdullah Abdullah, a former top official in Afghanistan’s Western-backed administration, expressed sadness over Nabizada’s murder and expressed hope that the criminals will be punished. He described her as a “representative and servant of the people”.
Former lawmaker Mariam Solaimankhil also condemned the incident on Twitter. “A true trailblazer – a strong, outspoken woman who stood for what she believed in, even in the face of danger. Despite being offered the chance to leave Afghanistan, she chose to stay and fight for her people. We have lost a diamond, but her legacy will live on. Rest in peace,” she said.
A true trailblazer – a strong, outspoken woman who stood for what she believed in, even in the face of danger. Despite being offered the chance to leave Afghanistan, she chose to stay and fight for her people. We have lost a diamond, but her legacy will live on. Rest in peace. https://t.co/g0HjMPicl5
Afghan Entrepreneur Sara Wahedi said that Afghanistan is hell on earth for women. “Mursal Nabizada was a member of the Afghan parliament. She stayed in Afghanistan. She did not leave after the Taliban took over the country. MP Nabizada was shot dead in her home today. Afghanistan is hell on earth for women,” she tweeted.
Mursal Nabizada was a member of the Afghan parliament. She stayed in Afghanistan. She did not leave after the Taliban took over the country.
Nabizada, from the eastern province of Nangarhar, was voted into Kabul’s parliament in 2018 and remained in power until the Taliban took over. She worked at the Institute for Human Resource Development and Research and was a member of the parliamentary defense panel.
Reports mention that several women who had influential positions in Afghanistan left the country once the Taliban reclaimed control. However, Mursal Nabizada was one of the few female lawmakers who remained in Kabul despite being offered a chance to leave.
Oxfam India, a charitable organisation that supposedly fights against inequality in the country, has stirred the hornet’s nest with its outlandish claims about the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection.
In its report published on Saturday (January 15), Oxfam India claimed that indirect taxes are being taken disproportionately from the poor and the middle class as compared to the rich.
“Approximately 64 percent of the total INR 14.83 lakh crore in Goods and Services Tax (GST), came from the bottom 50 percent of the population in 2021-22. As per estimates, 33 percent of GST comes from the middle 40 percent and only 3 percent from the top 10 percent,” Oxfam alleged.
Screengrab of the report by Oxfam India
“The bottom 50 percent of the population pays six times more on indirect taxes as a percentage of income compared to the top 10 percent. While the poor in India continue to be taxed more, the rich benefit from tax exemptions,” it further added.
The Director at Arrjavv and economics junkie, Diva Jain, debunked the claims made by Oxfam India in its report. “A cursory analysis of OXFAM’s (atrociously researched) report reveals clever wordplay and accounting shenanigans that will make a Goldman banker blush,” she tweeted.
It seems likely that there will be a hullabaloo over OXFAM’s reported claim that bottom 50% of IND pay 64.3% of GST. A cursory analysis of OXFAM’s (atrociously researched) reported reveals clever wordplay and accounting shenanigans that will make a Goldman banker blush. 1/n
According to her, the charity organisation is unsure of its own claims about the bottom 50% of Indians, contributing to 64.3% of GST revenue as stated by the use of the term ‘indicative inference.’
Diva Jain pointed out that the average monthly GST revenue in Financial Year 2022 was 1,23,585 crores. “If the above claim is true, it means that 64.3% of 1,23,585 cr= 79465 crores is equal to 6.7% of the total monthly income of the bottom 50% of Indians,” she explained.
Average monthly GST revenue in FY22 was 123,585 crs. If the above claim is true, it means that 64.3% of 123,585 cr= 79465 crs is equal to 6.7% of the total monthly income of the bottom 50% of Indians. 3/n
Taking the bottom 50% of the population as 70 crores (given that the total population of India is estimated to be around 140 crores), Diva Jain calculated the monthly income of the cohort using the data provided by Oxfam India.
It turned out to be ₹16,943 per month or an annual income of ₹2,03,322 for the bottom 50% of the population (~ 70 crores). Interestingly, India’s GDP per capita (total value of goods and services produced in the country/ total population)is around ₹1,72,913.
“If the above claim of the bottom 50% of Indians contributing 64.3% of GST were true, it would imply that the bottom 50% of Indians have annual income higher than the per capita GDP/GNP of India. This is mathematically impossible,” Diva Jain pointed out.
This is absurd. IND GDP/capita at current prices is Rs 172,913. If above claim of bottom 50% Indians contributing 64.3% of GST were true, it would imply that bottom 50% of Indians have annual income higher than the per capita GDP/GNP of IND. This is mathematically impossible 5/n
Jain called out the bluff of Oxfam India and pointed out how it has been misleading the public. “Herein lies the trickery and wordplay that OXFAM has used to imply this sensationalist inference. OXFAM does not say that this is true for all GST revenue,” she noted.
“Only that this is true for GST revenue contributed by the goods that it studied. But instead of clearly specifying this and the goods that it has studied, it buries the details in a footnote at the end of the report,” Diva Jain added.
She further pointed out, “Nor does it reveal the source from where it got the contribution of individual goods to GST revenue, something central to its analysis.”
But instead of clearly specifying this and the goods that it has studied, it buries the details in a footnote at the end of the report. Nor does it reveal the source from where it got the contribution of individual goods to GST revenue, something central to its analysis. 7/n pic.twitter.com/KrtefMIjfO
She lambasted the charity organisation for using dodgy statistics to push its vicious agenda. “While there is no harm in questioning the level of GST slabs, misrepresenting data and fanning sensationalism by using clever wordplay discredits the organisation and its capabilities,” she concluded.
This also substantiates the hypothesis that OXFAM India is bad faith actor that uses dodgy statistics to push its narrow agenda, not very different from the usual tribe of NRI journalists/economists/think tankers 🙂 END
Earlier in July 2019, then CEO of Oxfam India, Amitabh Behar, wrote a fawning article on the Congress party. In his article, Behar offered numerous sermons to the Congress party and eulogised its idea of India. His article displayed blatant political partisanship, something that has clearly crept into Oxfam’s functioning as well.
“The Congress has been a banyan tree of ideas under which a broad range of multiple and even diverse ideas have been nurtured and nourished as long as they have a common core ethos—which is in line with the fundamentals of the ideological frame of the Congress and the idea of India,” he had claimed.
On Sunday (January 15) evening, a mob of Islamists vandalised the residence of a Hindu family in Uttar Kandi village in Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj district in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
As per reports, the violent mob accused a Hindu youth of committing blasphemy and ‘hurting’ the religious sentiments of the local Muslims over a Facebook post.
Soon after Islamists descended on the residence of his extended family and destroyed the property. According to Dhaka Tribune, no casualties were reported after the targeted attack.
Hindus were attacked and houses vandalized on the pretext of insulting Islam in Gopalganj, Kotalipara of Bangladesh. Police have been deployed in the area. The area is Sheikh Hasina’s constituency.#HindusUnderAttackInBangladeshpic.twitter.com/5VBtxrrng5
— Voice Of Bangladeshi Hindus ?? (@VoiceOfHindu71) January 16, 2023
As per a report by The Daily Star, a total of 8 shops and 4 houses belonging to the Hindu community were attacked. In a bid to pacify the situation, a large contingent of police has been deployed in the Uttar Kandi village.
The Hindu boy, now accused of blasphemy by radical Islamists, has reportedly been living in India for the past 7 years. Moreover, his other family members including his mother and sister had also moved to India about 3 months ago.
His father reportedly sold their house and properties about a week earlier and moved to India as well. While recounting the horror perpetrated by the Islamists, a cousin of the Hindu boy said, “On Sunday, we saw some 400-500 people coming to our place and vandalizing our house.”
He added that the Hindu families in the Uttar Kandi village are now living in a state of fear. According to Mohammed Zillur Rahman, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotalipara police station, the law and order situation in the area is under control.
“Additional police have been deployed. We have not received any complaints over the matter. If any complaint is filed, legal action will be taken after an investigation,” he informed.
Meanwhile, a public secretary of the local Ulama Parishad paid lip service to the incident and demanded action against the vandals.
Food is a highly polarising topic in India today, just like everything else. This is a direct result of the ascension to power of Narendra Modi in 2014. Before 2014, every Indian thought the same thing on every topic, there was unbelievable harmony in the country. There were rivers of milk and honey in every city, and there were eggs growing from trees. However, things just haven’t been the same since 2014.
The first thing the Narendra Modi government did after coming to power was ban eggs for children. As we know through the scientific temper introduced by Pandit Nehru, children become adults one day. If they don’t eat egg during their childhood, they will not eat eggs in their adulthood as it would be an alien food item for them. Thus, Modi government is pushing vegetarianism in a country where people even used to do gargle in the morning with leftover chicken curry. In such a scenario, making and eating egg fried rice is an act of resistance, and we resist!
It is fraught with danger to even attempt such a dish under the fascist rule of Narendra Modi, but if brave liberal voices like us won’t resist this fascism then who will? To support our bravery and to ensure we continue this brave battle against Narendra Modi, please donate to our personal bank account, you can find the link at the end of the recipe.
So, let us start the process of cooking egg fried rice. First of all, let’s go through the ingredients required to cook this dish. The first thing you require is eggs. As mentioned earlier, Modi government has already banned eggs for school going children, so it may happen that they will ban eggs for everyone in the country. Therefore, it won’t be a bad idea to buy and accumulate as many eggs as you can, before this fascist government bans them completely.
The next ingredient you require for the dish is rice. Now, the Punjab state in India grows a lot of rice. However, Narendra Modi, tried to take away the land of all these farmers who grow rice through his farm laws. Narendra Modi asked farmers to sell their produce wherever they want, a process which would have directly handed over their lands to Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani. Thanks to protests lasting over a year, farmers were able to save their lands by giving up the option to sell their produce in the open markets.
Next ingredient you require is Soy sauce, which is very popular in China. Soy sauce was even developed in ancient China, about 2200 years ago. China is the country that has occupied 1 Billion Square Kilometers of Indian territory during Narendra Modi’s fascist rule. Modi, who is very strict and fascist in nature when it comes to Indians, has not uttered a word as China has occupied 1 Billion sq km that belonged to India.
Then you require garlic. You should chop garlic cloves finely, just like Hindutva goons dream about chopping up every minority in India. Before 2014, everyone lived in harmony, the minorities thrived, and there were no ghettos, but now, Hindutva goons have been so emboldened by the Modi government that 24×7 they dream about chopping up minorities.
You need a little cooking oil, use very little because prices of cooking oil have become 10,000 Rs per liter under the Modi government. They have deliberately raised the prices of cooking oil because non-vegetarian dishes like Chicken curry and mutton curry require more oil. To put off people from these dishes, and push them towards vegetarianism, the Modi government has increased the prices of cooking oil.
With all these ingredients, we are sure you can figure out the rest. The important points we have covered in this recipe, the rest is just easy. All the best and do share how our recipe helped you cook delicious food.
Now, just combine all the ingredients in a wok instead of a frying pan (Haiyaa), as a mark of resistance and serve with a side of chilli jam.
On Saturday, January 14, the management team at Delhi’s The Leela Palace Hotel lodged a complaint against a man named Mahamed Sharif for vanishing without settling his bills of Rs 23.46 lakh.
The hotel said that the man posed as a United Arab Emirates resident and employee of the Royal family of Abu Dhabi and allegedly cheated the Leela Palace Hotel in the capital by staying on its premises for over four months. The Delhi Police are now looking for Mohammed Sharif.
Delhi | A man, Mahamed Sharif, ran off from Leela Palace hotel without settling outstanding bills of Rs 23.46 lakh after staying from Aug 1 to Nov 20,last yr. He checked into hotel with fake business card impersonating as important functionary of UAE govt; he’s untraceable:Police
According to the hotel authorities, Mahamad Sharif checked into Room 427 of the five-star hotel on August 1, 2022, and left quietly on November 20, 2022, without informing anyone. The man also allegedly stole silverware, a mother-of-pearls tray and other items from the hotel room, raking up a bill of over Rs 23 lakhs.
“This seems to be completely pre-planned since we were under the impression that by 22nd November 2022, the hotel will get dues cleared through the cheque he had submitted. This clearly signifies that Mr Sharif had malafide intentions and a clear intent to deceive hotel authorities…” said the complainant.
When Sharif arrived at the hotel in August, he informed the staff that he was a UAE resident who worked closely with Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the Abu Dhabi royal family.
He told that he personally worked with the Sheikh and was in India on official business. To back up his claim, he provided a business card, a UAE resident card, and other documents. He often spoke with the hotel staff about his life in the UAE in a bid to sell his story.
The overall cost of the accommodation and additional facilities was Rs 35 lakh. According to police, Sharif paid over Rs 11.5 lakh to stay at the hotel for a longer period of time but afterwards left without paying the majority of the sum.
Now, the police are investigating the documents that the accused had shared with the hotel authorities, however, they are suspecting them to be fake.
“We don’t think his ID cards are genuine and he is not related to the royal family in Abu Dhabi. We are checking if he has done this before. He paid part of the bill in August-September last year and later gave the hotel a cheque for Rs 20 lakh. The cheque was submitted in November and it was found that it bounced due to insufficient funds,” said a senior police officer.
The news of this incident sparked a slew of social media jokes and memes on social media, where Netizens mocked the hotel’s callousness by sharing hilarious memes.
How did they not take his Debit/Cr cards for guarantee or swipe money in advance. Serves them right! pic.twitter.com/dxJ6zHsJqA
— HAPPINESS??✨ || Justice for Sushant???|| (@gauahargeous20) January 17, 2023
The Leela Palace in Delhi has previously made headlines after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was discovered dead in mysterious conditions in the hotel’s suite number 345 in 2014. On January 17, 2014, the police sealed the room suite. The hotel administration had petitioned the court to have the suite unsealed. The court ultimately ordered the de-sealing in October 2017 after the hotel argued that the sealing of the room, which costs between Rs 55,000 and Rs 61,000 per night, had cost it more than Rs 50 lakh in those three years.
