Home Blog Page 2581

Air India peeing case: The airline de-rosters a pilot and 4 cabin crew members after urination incidents

ANI
-
0
Air India peeing case: The airline de-rosters a pilot and 4 cabin crew members after urination incidents

Faced with backlash after two back-to-back incidents of passengers relieving themselves on board Air India international flights surfaced, the airline has issued show cause notices to four of its cabin crew and one pilot and de-rostered them pending investigations.

Air India chief executive officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson on Friday asked the airline staff to report any instances of “any improper behaviour on board to authorities at the earliest even if the matter appears to be resolved”. In a letter to Air India employees, the CEO stated that timely action is necessary against those who don’t follow the flight rules.

Campbell said, “This week has, ‘regrettably’, been dominated by media headlines of which you are no doubt familiar. The repulsion felt by the affected passenger is totally understandable and we share her distress.”

He reiterated the importance of reporting untoward incidents onboard flights to authorities, even if the crew believes it has been resolved.

“Whilst the story is more complicated than has been reported, there are clearly some lessons we can and must learn. Most importantly is that, if an incident on our aircraft involves improper behaviour of such magnitude, we must report it to authorities at the earliest opportunity, even if we genuinely believe that the matter has been settled between the parties involved. The same applies in the case of passengers deemed to meet the threshold of ‘Unruly’,” the letter reads.

“We must also be clear on the standard of behaviour that is expected on our aircraft and take firm, decisive and timely action against those who do not comply,” he said.

“Though there are numerous cases in which we have done exactly this, I have asked that these, and other relevant aspects of the Safety and Emergency Procedures Manual, be immediately reiterated by operating departments and reinforced in recurrent training, and I ask each of you to reflect on what you would do if faced with such situations. As in any other area, knowledge and preparation underpin confidence and outcome,” the CEO added.

On Friday night Delhi Police arrested Shankar Mishra, the Mumbai resident, who had allegedly urinated on a co-passenger onboard the November 26 Air India flight between New York and Delhi. Mishra who allegedly in an inebriated condition, urinated on his co-passenger was arrested from Bengaluru and brought to Delhi, police said.

Police had issued a look out notice for the flyer after he had gone incommunicado and switched off his mobile phone, after the incident received wide media coverage. “After registering an FIR in the matter, we started tracking his location and found that he was in Bengaluru. However when we tried to contact him we found that the man had switched off his phone.”

The FIR was registered on January 4 based on a complaint given by the woman co-passenger to Air India. 

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Bhavnagar: Hindus organise a massive rally demanding Disturbed Areas Act, submit a memorandum to Collector over changing demography

OpIndia Staff
-
0
Bhavnagar: Hindus organise a massive rally demanding Disturbed Areas Act, submit a memorandum to Collector over changing demography

In different parts of Gujarat, the demographics are now changing due to the population imbalance. This simply means that in an area where people of one religious group used to live earlier, now the population of that religious group increases and decreases due to the uncontrolled property transaction, and the religious balance of the area is disturbed and friction increases. Therefore, a massive rally was held in Bhavnagar on Thursday 5th January 2023, under the leadership of Hindu organizations demanding the implementation of the Disturbed Areas Act.

It is worth mentioning that there has been a demand for the Act in Bhavnagar for the last 10 years, but it has not been accepted yet. There have also been several cases of religious clashes during this period. Accordingly, once again, the Hindu community has raised the demand for the imposition of the Disturbed Areas Act in Bhavnagar.

5,000 Hindus took to the streets

According to reports, more than 5,000 Hindus, including women and children chanting Jai Shri Ram, were seen at the rally from Jashunath Circle in Bhavnagar city to the collector’s office. However, due to a verbal clash with the Additional Collector, while sending the memorandum, the youth of the Hindu organization blocked the road of the Collector’s office for 30 minutes continuously and sang Ramdhun. The deputy collector finally accepted the memorandum and application letter for imposing the Disturbed Areas Act and went down from the office and calmed down the matter.

It is notable that requests have been made for decades to implement the Disturbed Areas Act in Bhavnagar, but with no relief of any kind, various Hindu organizations finally took to the streets.

The demand was conveyed to the Chief Minister and the Home Minister

According to locals, Hindus from many parts of Bhavnagar city are forced to sell their homes to non-Hindus and move to other places. As a result, the communal harmony of the city is decreasing. In such a situation, various Hindu organizations have written a letter to the Chief Minister, Minister of State for Home and Education Minister, demanding the implementation of the Disturbed Areas Act in Bhavnagar.

In the cities of the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot, the Disturbed Areas Act has been implemented in various areas and there has been a demand in Bhavnagar for a long time in this regard. People have demanded the government take a decision in this regard as early as possible.

For which particular areas did this demand arise?

The people in the rally demanded that if the Disturbed Areas Act is being implemented in various districts of Gujarat, then why not in Bhavnagar? The rally was joined by deputy mayors as well as BJP corporators. Property deals are currently taking place in areas including Crescent, Geeta Chowk, Meghani Circle, Ghogha Circle, and Ghogha Road in Bhavnagar city and in areas including major markets including Karchaliya Para. Concerns have been expressed by Hindu organizations about this.

In the cities of the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot, the Disturbed Areas Act has been implemented. Bhavnagar has also been demanding this for a very long time. It has been demanded to take a decision in this regard at the earliest. Apart from the organizations including Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, and Rupani Hindu Ekta Manch, eight different mandals including Setubandh Manekwadi Mitra Mandal, Tilaknagar, Bordi Gate, Bhaga Talav made a joint representation in this regard.

What is the Disturbed Areas Act?

The Disturbed Areas Act is a law that monitors the sale and purchase of properties in the area and prevents it if need be. This law is mostly applied in areas where one community is making changes in demography and thereby putting other communities at risk.

Certain restrictions are imposed on the sale and purchase of properties in areas where sections of this law have been imposed. The owner of the property has to inform the collector before selling it. At the same time, full information including the proper reason for selling the property and who is buying the property has to be given. After this, the local collector cross-checks this information. The collector approves the deal only if he finds this information appropriate and does not alter the demography of the area.

‘I had it the worst in terms of verbal, sexual, and physical abuse’: Somy Ali claims Salman Khan had ‘tons of flings’ while dating her

OpIndia Staff
-
0
‘I had it the worst in terms of verbal, sexual, and physical abuse’: Somy Ali claims Salman Khan had ‘tons of flings’ while dating her

Pakistsan-origin former Bollywood actress and ex-girlfriend of Bollywood actor Salman Khan has made yet again levelled some serious allegations against the actor. In an Instagram post, Somy Ali shared a vintage photograph of hers and claimed that the eight years that she spent in a relationship with Salman Khan were the worst years of her existence. 

The former actress alleged that Salman Khan had ‘tons of affairs and flings’ and would leave no opportunity to belittle her. “After having tons of affairs and flings he would constantly belittle me by calling me ugly, stupid, and dumb,” Somy Ali wrote in her Instagram post.

Furthermore, Somy Ali stated that Salman Khan for a long time did not publicly acknowledge her as his girlfriend, and finally when he did, he often berated her in front of his friends.

Saying that she has no qualms about it, the former actress said that she had multiple affairs while she was in a relationship with Salman Khan which she ‘essentially’ defines as a search for someone who would care for her, love her and not insult her. However, Ali adds that all the men she had affairs with were “simply using her.”

She further highlighted the alleged sexist mindset of Salman Khan saying that after knowing about her affairs with other men, Salman Khan told her that only men can cheat and not women. She concluded her long caption saying that “I had it worst in terms of verbal, sexual, and physical abuse.”

In another Instagram post, this time a video, Somy Ali said that she was ‘provoked’ by Salman Khan to speak out against him as the actor approached Discovery Plus channel to ban her show ‘Fight of Flight’.

“Mr. Khan has provoked me by banning my show, ‘Fight of Flight,’ which enabled us to rescue victims from India. We rescued 82% of the victims who were Indian women. Mr. Salman Khan has hindered this process by approaching Discovery Plus and asking that our show be banned in India. This is why, after 20 years, it took courage for me to speak out in order to save the lives of Indian men, women, children, and members of the LGBTQ community. He took it away from us, which is why I spoke up,” Ali stated in the video.

Answering one of the questions that why she spoke about what happened to her, she urged people to educate themselves about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and why it takes a long time for people to come out of it and be able to speak about what they have been through.

She further sought an apology from the Bollywood actor for his alleged wrongdoings. However, she adds that an “egomaniac and narcissistic individual” like Salman Khan would never do.

“What I want from Mr. Salman Khan is for him to admit what he did to me, including verbal, sexual, and physical abuse. And I want a public apology, which a narcissistic person would never do,” she concluded.

Shraddha Walkar murder: Aftab Poonawala wants his credit cards back to buy winter clothes; court extends judicial custody by 4 days

OpIndia Staff
-
0
Shraddha Walkar murder: Aftab Poonawala wants his credit cards back to buy winter clothes; court extends judicial custody by 4 days

Aftab Amin Poonawala, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail for the brutal murder of his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, has urged the court to direct the Delhi police to return his Debit and Credits cards lying in their custody. Poonawala’s lawyer filed an application before Delhi’s Saket court of Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shuklin in this regard.

Aftab’s lawyer MS Khan said that his client wants his cards back as he wants to buy warm clothes for the winter season and some other day-to-day items.

“The accused is suffering from harsh winter in Tihar Jail, and there are no adequate garments for the winter, so there are urgent necessities of funds to purchase the day-to-day items as well as warm clothes. The accused had some funds in his accounts and the debit cards/credit cards of the accused are lying with police officials,” said the application moved by Aaftab’s counsel, advocate MS Khan. He also claimed Aaftab’s family has severed ties with him and he has no source of income.

The court, meanwhile, extended the judicial custody of Aftab Amin Poonawala by 4 days and kept the application regarding the cards pending for the next day. Along with this, the court ordered the police that during the next hearing on January 10, he should be presented physically in court.

Notably, last month, Aftab Amin Poonawala moved a bail plea in Delhi’s Saket Court saying that keeping him in jail will hamper his career and future. Keeping Aftab in judicial custody now will only damage his career and future, the bail plea contended.

However, later Aftab through an email informed the court that the bail application was moved ‘erroneously’. 

Earlier, Aftab’s judicial custody was extended for 14 days on December 9 after the DNA of the bones found in Mehrauli forest and Gurugram matched with the DNA sample of Shraddha Walkar’s father and brother. Police had recovered 13 bones from Mehrauli forest and sent those for forensic testing. This finding by the Central Forensic Laboratory (CFSL) established that 26-year-old Shraddha Walkar was murdered and her body parts were dumped around Mehrauli. 

Shraddha Walkar’s murder sent shockwaves across the country

After the Delhi Police detained Poonawala on November 12, the shocking revelations surrounding Shraddha Walkar’s murder stunned the entire country. The 28-year-old admitted during questioning that he killed Shraddha Walkar, dissected her body, and dumped the pieces around the nation’s capital.

The corpse of Shraddha, who had been murdered, was cut into 35 pieces and kept in a 300-litre refrigerator at Poonawala’s home in Mehrauli, south Delhi, for over three weeks before being dumped around the city over a number of days.

West Bengal minister alleges that the old train was painted and given the name Vande Bharat amid stone-pelting attacks on it

OpIndia Staff
-
0
West Bengal minister alleges that the old train was painted and given the name Vande Bharat amid stone-pelting attacks on it

North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha said the old train was painted and given the name Vande Bharat Express. On Friday 6th January 2023, Trinamool Congress leader and North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha launched Didi’s Raksha Kavach program at the Koochbehar district Trinamool Congress office. That’s where he made this statement. In fact, Mamata Banerjee’s government has already faced criticism for stone-pelting at Vande Bharat by some anti-social elements.

Minister Udayan Guha said, “Vande Bharat’s speed is 160 kilometres, and it takes 8 hours to travel from Howrah to New Jalpaiguri. In such a situation, the central government is fooling the people. People won’t accept things like that.”

Minister Udayan Guha said, “The old train has been painted and given the name Vande Bharat. If people are fooled in this way, more such incidents can happen. An attempt is being made to fool the common people by naming the old train Vande Bharat.” He added, “Stone pelting can never be supported. However, when people understand that they are fooling them, people can do something else in anger.”

Udayan Guha said, “This is nothing new. Earlier also, stones were hurled at various places demanding stoppages of many trains. If the common train is called Vande Bharat, its fare is higher, then such an incident can happen. Put all this hypocrisy and stupidity aside and present the truth to the people. In fact, people are not tolerating the hypocrisy surrounding these trains. The old train is being painted and presented in a new form.”

Udayan Guha’s statement has come after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee called Vande Bharat express a refurbished train with a new engine. The West Bengal chief minister made the comment in response to recent occurrences involving the Vande Bharat train being pelted with stones on the newly launched Howrah-New Jalpaiguri express. Banerjee, dispelling the allegations, asserted that the occurrences took place in Bihar, not West Bengal and that those propagating rumours would face consequences.

BJP leader Shamik Bhattacharya reacted to North Bengal Development Minister’s statement by saying, “Vande Bharat is a symbol of the country’s speed at this time. Which coach in India is old, and is being repainted? He won’t prove it. Defaming the union government with this false information will not work. An irresponsible party representative will say these things. But Udayan Guha established the fact that he was supporting stone pelting.”

MLA poaching case: Telangana Congress wants CBI inquiry into defection of 12 party MLAs to KCR’s party

OpIndia Staff
-
0
MLA poaching case: Telangana Congress wants CBI inquiry into defection of 12 party MLAs to KCR’s party

The Telangana Congress on Friday, January 7, demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged poaching of its MLAs, MPs, and MLCs by the erstwhile Telangana Rashtra Samithi (now Bharat Rashtra Samithi) between 2014 and 2019.

A delegation of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) led by A Revanth Reddy filed a complaint with the Moinabad police under Cyberabad police limits, seeking action against the BRS leadership, including chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, for allegedly poaching the Congress’ elected public representatives.

“If the Moinabad police do not act on our complaint, we shall approach the court seeking transfer of the case to the CBI, as was ordered in the case of alleged attempt to poach four BRS MLAs,” Revanth Reddy told reporters after lodging the complaint.

In the complaint, the Telangana Congress alleged that soon after coming to power for a second term in December 2018 assembly elections, the BRS (then TRS) leadership lured as many as 12 Congress MLAs into the ruling party one after the other over a few months.

The PCC requested that the police combine their complaint with the previously registered FIR submitted on October 26, 2022, against three people on allegations of allegedly attempting to poach four BRS MLAs by bribing them with posts, contracts, and money.

The PCC demanded that cases be filed against the BRS leadership under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 171-B (bribery with criminal intent) of the Indian Penal Code, as well as Sections 7, 8, 13, and 14 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

“We are not sheep or buffaloes to be purchased”, former Telangana Congress MLAs retaliated to poaching allegations

Notably, in 2019, the 12 MLAs of the Congress Party in Telangana who joined the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) retaliated to the allegation of their former party that they were lured by the TRS.

Refuting the allegations of the state leadership of the Congress Party, MLA Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy, one of the 12 MLAs, said that they were not sheep or buffaloes to be purchased. “Congress Party leaders’ comments are surprising. (They say MLAs) joined after being offered inducements, purchased, or out of fear. We are not kids to be made afraid. We are not the ones to fall for inducements. We are not sheep or buffaloes to be purchased”, said Reddy, adding that the MLAs merged with the TRS abiding by the Constitutional provisions.

Former BSP minister Yakub Qureshi and his son arrested for running an unlicensed meat business

OpIndia Staff
-
0
Former BSP minister Yakub Qureshi and his son arrested for running an unlicensed meat business

On Friday, January 6, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Minister Yakub Qureshi and his son from Chandni Mahal area in New Delhi on the charges of running an unauthorised meat business. Yakub Qureshi was a minister in the Mayawati-led government in Uttar Pradesh.

Yakub Qureshi has been charged with running an unlicensed business of meat packaging and processing. Meerut Police informed that the father-son duo was nabbed with the help of Delhi Police.

Notably, Meerut Police had previously announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for their arrest. A case was filed against him under the Gangsters Act and the Indian Penal Code.

On March 10 last year, a case was registered against Haji Yakub Qureshi, his wife Sanjeeda Begum, his sons Imran and Feroz Qureshi, and 18 others at Kharkhauda police station. Carrying a reward of Rs 25000 on himself, Feroz Qureshi was arrested in November 2022. Feroz Qureshi was arrested from Ghaziabad for supplying substandard meat at his factory. 

Former minister Haji Yaqoob Qureshi owned and ran Al Fahim Meatex Private Limited. This meat factory is situated in Village Allipur Jijmana Dhikauli under the Kharkhauda police station area. There was an illegal business of meat packaging and processing going on in the factory. Police charged 18 people, including Yakub Qureshi, his wife Shamjida, and sons Firoz and Imran, after recovering meat from the spot. Meat worth five crore rupees was caught in the factory. 

Haji Yakub Qureshi is also a known Islamist who made headlines after he announced a bounty of Rs 51 crore for beheading the cartoonists of France-based publication Charlie Hebdo for publishing a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad. Qureshi later announced to give the said amount to the terrorists who had barged into the office of Charlie Hebdo armed with lethal weapons and killed 12 people including 8 journalists. Qureshi was also reportedly involved in attacking environmental activists who had started a movement for banning meat plants to save the environment.

Delhi Kanjhawala hit and drag case: Anjali and Nidhi fought over money before the accident, alleges the victim’s friend

ANI
-
0
Delhi Kanjhawala hit and drag case: Anjali and Nidhi fought over money before the accident, alleges the victim’s friend

As Delhi Police continues its investigation into the Kanjhawala hit and drag case, a friend of the deceased Anjali Singh revealed that the woman who was killed had a fight over money with Nidhi before both of them left the hotel on New Year’s Eve.

Twenty-year-old Anjali was killed in the early hours of January 1 after her scooty was hit by a car that dragged her for over 12 kilometres from Sultanpuri to Kanjhawala in the national capital. An examination of the CCTV footage helped Delhi Police in tracing and recording the statement of Nidhi who was riding a pillion with Anjali at the time of the accident.

Naveen, who claimed to be a friend of Anjali said both the deceased and Nidhi were partying at a hotel along with a few other friends during which there was an altercation between the two women Nidhi and Anjali.

“Both were partying there (hotel). Some other friends were also there. A little later, they started quarrelling. Nidhi asked for her money, and Anjali asked for her keys. They then had a physical altercation,” Naveen told ANI.

“We separated them. I told Anjali to calm down. Nidhi went downstairs and created a scene. The hotel staff told us about it. Anjali went downstairs to calm her down. They had a quarrel downstairs. By the time we went there, they had left on a scooty,” Naveen added.

“They got into a fight. Nidhi was asking for her money while Anjali was asking for her key. We tried to resolve the fight,” he added.

According to Naveen he and Anjali had been friends for the past few years and she was the one who had booked the hotel room.

“I was partying that day and I received a call from Anjali. I did not respond to her calls after which Anjali sent a boy to pick me up and at around 11:30 pm I reach Anjali’s place, where she was partying with friends,” Naveen said.

Meanwhile, Anjali’s mother has termed the accident as a “well-thought-out conspiracy” and has demanded the accused be given strict punishment.

“Nidhi is saying all the wrong things. If Nidhi was my daughter’s friend, then how did she leave her alone? This is a well-thought-out conspiracy. Nidhi might be involved in this. There should be an investigation and the five men should be punished,” Rekha, Anjali’s mother told ANI earlier.

Delhi Police on Friday arrested two more persons including Ashutosh, the purported owner of the car involved in the accident.

According to the police the two have been accused of shielding the five persons- Deepak Khanna, Amit Khanna, Krishan, Mithun and Manoj Mittal- who had been arrested in the case earlier.

While Ashutosh was arrested on Friday and remanded to police custody for three days, the seventh person accused in the case- Ankush Khanna, the cousin of accused Amit Khanna who was allegedly driving the car at the time of the incident- was arrested later on Friday after he surrendered at the Sultanpuri Police Station.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Did you get 2 crore jobs: Mallikarjun Kharge left red-faced as the crowd responded with a resounding ‘yes’

OpIndia Staff
-
0
Did you get 2 crore jobs: Mallikarjun Kharge left red-faced as the crowd responded with a resounding ‘yes’

On Friday (January 6), Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was left red-faced after his political rhetoric backfired on him during a public meeting in the Panipat district of Haryana.

In a bid to mock the BJP government, Kharge asked his supporters whether the BJP honoured its supposed ‘poll promise’ of providing 2 crore jobs to the people. To his horror, the crowd responded with a ground-thumping ‘yes.’

At about 9 minutes into his speech, the Congress President asked, “(BJP said) that it will give 2 crore jobs to the youth each year. Did any of you get those jobs?” The Congress supporters, who had gathered to listen to Mallikarjun Kharge, cheered in affirmation.

The Congress president was taken aback by the response of the crowd. In a bid to undo the damage, Kharge remarked, “You must have got the jobs since you guys are fighters/ rowdies (ladaku log). As such, you must have been the beneficiaries.”

It must be mentioned that the BJP never promised to provide 2 crore jobs each year, either during its political campaigns or its election manifestos. The fake claim, often made by Congress leaders, is a distortion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2013 speech in Agra.

In the said speech, PM Modi can be seen lashing out at the Congress government for promising 1 crore jobs in its 2004 election manifesto and not delivering on its promise. He was misquoted by PTI, followed by publications such as The Economic Times and The Quint.

Over time, the 1 crore figure got modified to 2 crores, with the Congress ecosystem repeatedly accusing the saffron party of not providing jobs to people.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi registered as a voter in two different assembly constituencies: Congress

OpIndia Staff
-
0
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi registered as a voter in two different assembly constituencies: Congress

On Friday, January 6, Telangana Congress senior vice president G Niranjan alleged that Hyderabad MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi is registered as a voter in two separate assembly constituencies in the list of voters published on Thursday by the Telangana Chief Electoral Office.

The Congress leader said, “It was brought to the notice of the district election officer (DEO), Hyderabad, in a meeting on Dec 19, but corrective action hasn’t been taken. Election authorities should rectify this immediately.”

In a letter written to the Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar, G Niranjan said that in the definitive list of Telangana voters ‘Special Summary Revision’ released by the Election Commission on January 5, the name of AIMIM Supremo is listed in two assembly constituencies and this is a violation of the rules of the Election Commission.

While referring to the details of the voters’ list, Niranjan stated that Asaduddin Owaisi’s name appears under serial number 906 in the Rajendranagar assembly seat and serial number 412 in the Khairtabad assembly constituency.

“This indicates the irresponsibility of an elected member of parliament and also recklessness of election machinery in publishing the final voters’ list,” Niranjan said. while attaching the voters’ lists of both Rajendranagar and Khairtabad constituencies he claimed to have downloaded from the Election Commission’s website.

Dual registration is a violation of the Representation of the People Act of 1950. According to Telangana CEO officials, several Congress leaders brought the problem to the Hyderabad District Election Officer’s attention last month, but no action was done to remove Owaisi’s name from one of the Assembly constituencies.

Bringing the matter to the attention of the ECI on Friday, TPCC senior vice-president G Niranjan sought action against Owaisi.

1...2,5802,5812,582...7,630Page 2,581 of 7,630