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Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan extends help to set up a genocide museum to highlight the Kashmiri Pandit exodus

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Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan extends help to set up a genocide museum to highlight the Kashmiri Pandit exodus

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Friday to facilitate the establishment of a museum to commemorate the genocide against the Kashmiri Pandit community in Jammu & Kashmir. He stated that the state government will offer land as well as all other necessary infrastructure for the purpose.

CM Chouhan made this statement in response to a request made by Vivek Agnihotri, filmmaker of the film ‘The Kashmir Files,’ he said, “Today Vivek Ji has given the idea to build Genocide Museum. The state government will give you all kinds of cooperation including land. I respect your sentiments.”

“The movie, as Vivek Ji said and I also agree, is not aimed at spreading hatred, but to bring out the truth so that no other area becomes Kashmir,” he further added.

Vivek Agnihotri had expressed his desire to establish a genocide museum in Bhopal, where people will be able to learn how Kashmiri Pandits survived the terror assault and, despite all odds, never took up weapons in resistance.

Also, taking the moment to a lighter note, CM Chouhan said, “”Vivek Ji is a son of Madhya Pradesh. He was brought up in Bhopal. Earlier, I used to think he is my senior. But then we discussed our age and found out that I am his senior.” 

It is worth noting that Madhya Pradesh was among the first states to make the film tax-free. Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared The Kashmir Files tax-free on March 13, two days after its release, and stated that the film should be seen by everyone.

The Kashmir Files has proven to be a transformative experience for Hindus. The film, which is based on true accounts of Kashmiri Pandits, takes viewers to the early 1990s when turmoil in Kashmir began as a result of escalating Islamic Jihad, pushing the great majority of Hindus out of the valley. Those who refused to leave were killed by Kashmiri Jihadi Muslims.

The audience’s reaction to the film has been extraordinary. The film has become the talk of the town since it tells the heartbreaking account of the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in the 1990s by Islamic terrorists in the valley.

NOT satire: Russia gets banned in tree competition, Poland wins ‘European Tree of the Year’ award

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NOT satire: Russia gets banned in tree competition, Poland wins ‘European Tree of the Year’ award

Poland won the European Tree of the year competition this year after Russia was disqualified over its invasion of Ukraine. Russian tree is not the first strange thing to get banned from competitions, earlier Russian cats were banned from international competitions as well.

In a largely symbolic effort against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a group in Brussels disqualified Russia’s candidate, an oak tree planted by novelist Ivan Turgenev 198 years ago from the competition. The organizers of the competition, one of the largest competitions devoted to trees, said in a statement that they cannot stand idly by and watch the unprecedented aggression of the Russian leadership against a neighbouring country. 

Russia’s tree competition liaison, Sergey Palchikov, was severely displeased with the decision to remove the Russian tree from the competition. In a letter to the organizers, Palchikov said, “With unconcealed surprise and chagrin, we learned that the Russian tree, the famous Turgenev Oak, planted by the hands of the great Russian writer Ivan Turgenev and killed by a hurricane at the end of last year, was practically killed with your help for the second time.”

Furthermore, Palchikov pointed out that Russia’s trees had won first, second or third place in all four years that Russia competed in the competition.

The winner from Poland, a 400 years old Oak tree won as the organizers felt it symbolized Polish resistance to aggression and a warm welcome to refugees from Ukraine. The second place went to a 250 years old oak tree in the Santiago de Compostela region of Spain while the third place was bagged by a 250 years old cork oak tree in Vale do Pereiro in Portugal.

European tree of the year competition has been running since 2011, with 15 participating countries as of now. It drew inspiration from a Czech tree of the year competition.

‘West Bengal is no more liveable, mass killings happening there’: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly breaks down in Rajya Sabha over Birbhum massacre

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‘West Bengal is no more liveable, mass killings happening there’: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly breaks down in Rajya Sabha over Birbhum massacre

BJP Member of Parliament Roopa Ganguly broke down in the Rajya Sabha on Friday while speaking about the violence in Bengal’s Birbhum district, where eight people were first brutally beaten up and then burnt to death.

Speaking in the parliament, the Rajya Sabha member Roopa Ganguly made an emotional appeal to impose President’s rule in West Bengal, saying that the state is no more liveable. She further said that people were fleeing Bengal in fear.

“We demand President’s rule in West Bengal. Mass killings are happening there, people are fleeing the place… the state is no more liveable,” said actor-turned-politician Roopa Ganguly, as she expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal.

“People can’t speak in West Bengal. The government is protecting the murderers. There is no other state where the government kills people after winning elections. We are human beings. We don’t do stone-hearted politics,” Roopa Ganguly further said.

Earlier in the day, the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI inquiry into the incident in the Rampurhat block of Birbhum. Until now, an SIT formed by the Mamata Banerjee government in the state was handling the probe into the case.

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj told the CBI to file a progress report by April 7.

Notably, on March 23, the Calcutta High Court had issued directions to the state government to ensure a proper probe of the case and asked to submit the case diary and a report on the investigation so far. The court also issued directions for the protection of evidence and the crime scene. 

The court ordered that the scene must be continuously monitored through CCTV cameras. The Calcutta High Court had further directed that a team from CFSL in Delhi will visit the site to collect forensic evidence.

Birbhum massacre

At least eight people were charred to death after unidentified miscreants set a dozen houses on fire. The incident took place in the Rampurhat area in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.

The West Bengal police had recovered seven dead bodies from a single house, which was then sent to the Rampurhat medical college hospital. As per a report, the miscreants locked the houses outside before setting them ablaze, leaving no room for the occupants to vacate.

The incident took place after the killing of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) functionary named Bhadu Sheikh. The deceased was a panchayat member who has allegedly attacked with crude bombs while he was sitting at a shop on National Highway-60 on Monday (March 21).

At least 20 people have been arrested so far in connection with the violence in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.

Meanwhile, the Union Home Ministry has sought a detailed report on the incident from the state government. The Calcutta High Court has also taken suo moto cognisance of the Birbhum massacre. A bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj is slated to hear the matter after 2 pm on Wednesday.

Allahabad HC to hear Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute on a regular basis starting March 29

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Allahabad HC to hear Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute on a regular basis starting March 29

The Allahabad HC on Thursday decided that it will hold regular hearings in the case(s) related to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute of Varanasi starting March 29.

The order was passed by the bench of Justice Prakash Padia while hearing a petition filed by the Anjuman Intazamia Masazid, Varanasi, last year seeking a stay on the proceedings. The Anjuman Intazamia Masazid had also filed applications challenging the maintainability of the civil suit pending before the lower court.

A plea was filed before the Varanasi local court in 1991 by the Ancient Idol of Swayambhu Lord Vishweshwar and 5 others seeking removal of the Gyanvapi Mosque and return of the land to the Hindus.

Notably, the suit had already been stayed by the high court, including the lower court order that had directed the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) to survey the mosque complex.

The Allahabad HC in September 2021 had also held that the lower court should wait for the verdict in the petitions before the High Court and refrain from proceeding further in the matter until the judgement is delivered.

Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi, who is representing A.D.J Varanasi and others on Thursday submitted before the court that the petitioner (Anjuman Intazamia Masazid Varanasi) initially filed an application under Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Civil Procedure Code for rejecting the plaint (of the Ancient Idol of Swayambhu Lord Vishweshwar and 5 others) but he did not press the same for a considerable time and instead of pressing the aforesaid application, he chose to file written statement in the plaint.

Rastogi further averred that based on the pleadings in the suit, the issues were framed by the trial court. “It is clear from the averments of the plaint that the property in question, i.e. the temple of Lord Visheshwar has been in existence from ancient time, i.e., Satyug up till now and the Swayambhu Lord Visheshwar is situated in the disputed structure, therefore, the aforesaid land in dispute is itself an integral part of Lord Visheshwar,” Rastogi submitted.

The lawyer further contended that regardless of its shape and size, the ground floor cellar of the complex is still in possession of the plaintiff, which is the structure of the old temple built before the 15th century. He said the religious character of the place of worship remained the same as on the day of August 15, 1947, and therefore, the provisions of the Place of Worship Act, 1991 cannot be applied in this case.

However, due to shortage of time, the arguments could not be concluded on Thursday, and correspondingly, the court adjourned the matter till 2 pm on March 29, from when the matter will be heard regularly till its conclusion.

Muzaffarnagar: Woman gang-raped by a gang of 10, masterminded by one Osman, husband tortured, police arrest 10

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Muzaffarnagar: Woman gang-raped by a gang of 10, masterminded by one Osman, husband tortured, police arrest 10

On Wednesday, a shocking incident of gang rape occurred in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district. A woman was abducted off the road while travelling with her husband to her parental residence, and she was raped in a nearby jungle by a group of ten people, while her husband was chained and tortured next to her. According to reports, the lady was raped by four of the ten accused: Usman, Shahvez, Ashu, and Shahrukh.

As per accounts, a woman from a village in the Nai Mandi Kotwali area was on her way to her in-laws’ house with her husband in the evening. At around 7 PM, they were near the Bhopa bypass where they were encircled by ten criminals who arrived on motorcycles from behind. The miscreants abducted the woman and her husband and carried them to a nearby forest. The husband was chained to a tree, and the woman was gang-raped.

According to the Muzaffarnagar Police, one of the accused, Osman, is the mastermind behind the gang rape. When he saw the woman and her husband, he summoned the rest of the accused from a neighbouring location. As per the police, all of the suspects are scrap workers.

According to Pankaj Pant, in charge inspector New Mandi Kotwali, Ashu, Irshad, Javed, Shahrukh of village Makhiyali, and Usman, Abid, Shahvez, Shadab of Madina Colony, have been detained on the victim’s complaint. Two more are adolescents who were sent to juvenile rehabilitation after appearing in court. The other eight have all been incarcerated.

The miscreants also tortured the husband and threatened to murder him if he notified the police.

According to reports, the victim’s spouse is a truck driver. Arpit Vijayvargiya, the Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarnagar stated that all of the suspects involved in the gang rape crime were returning on bikes after attending a wedding function and were all drunk.

The wife informed police that once the accused left, she freed her husband’s wrists and feet and the two of them made their way home. Both of them did not notify the police because they were afraid. They eventually gathered their guts and made it to New Mandi Kotwali. On Wednesday, the police got the woman examined by a doctor and lodged a complaint.

All the accused were arrested on Thursday with the help of CCTV footage.

Karnataka: Youtuber Shahbaz Khan calls BJP leaders including CM Bommai as ‘son of a b*tch’ and ‘dog’, calls Hindus as ‘sons of prostitutes’

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Karnataka: Youtuber Shahbaz Khan calls BJP leaders including CM Bommai as ‘son of a b*tch’ and ‘dog’, calls Hindus as ‘sons of prostitutes’

A controversial YouTuber named CM Shahbaz Khan was seen issuing threats and derogatory abuses to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and other senior BJP leaders in the state.

In a video that has gone viral now, CM Shahbaz Khan, who claims to be a motivational speaker, used derogatory slurs to target the Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai as a response to the Karnataka High Court’s judgement on hijab row that upheld the rights of educational institutions to mandate a uniform dress code for students.

A week after Karnataka High Court delivered the judgement stating that wearing the hijab is not an integral part of Islam, the Youtuber CM Shahbaz Khan threatened CM Bommai and referred to him as a ‘Son of a b*tch’. Shahbaz Khan, who was arrested for protesting outside Vidhana Soudha in connection with the hijab row, was given a platform by a Youtube news media outlet ‘AK News’ to hurl abuses and issue threats against the Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

In the video, it was seen that Khan was referring to CM Bommai as a ‘BJP dog’ and asserted that he would hit the Chief Minister with sandals. Using derogatory words against CM’s family, Shahbaz Khan said that the BJP ‘dogs’ had come into power due to Muslim votes.

Saying that he is spitting on the face of the Chief Minister and other BJP leaders, Shabaz Khan challenged the Karnataka government to arrest him and added that he would single-handedly deal with 5,000 police officers.

“We, Muslims, are born with the blessings of Hazrat Ali, unlike you, who are born without any address,” said CM Shahbaz Khan in his hate speech against Hindus, while claiming that the Muslims have built and ruled the country for the last 700 years.

The Youtuber also disclosed dangerous details of him receiving support from foreign countries, especially from Pakistan, the United States and Kuwait, to protests against the High Court’s order on the hijab ban. CM Shahbaz Khan also said that the Muslims outside the country were asking them why was Indian Muslims were silent against the hijab ban.

“If Muslims unite, the consequences be worse,” threatened Shahbaz Khan, whose video has now gone viral across the state.

Not just Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, even senior BJP leaders from the state – Mysuru Lok Sabha MP Pratap Simha, Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, and Karnataka Minister Eashwarappa were at the receiving end of Shahbaz Khan’s abuse. Calling them ‘Son of B*tch’, Khan threatened them by saying that he would visit the BJP leaders’ house to attack them with sandals.

“Hey Pratap Simha, you son of a b*tch, I will hit you with sandals. Do whatever you want in front of Modi, not with us Muslims. So how long should we Muslims keep quiet?” said Shahbaz Khan targeting the young MP from Mysuru, who was in support of the hijab ban in colleges.

Shahbaz Khan further said he would urinate in Pratap Simha’s mouth. Abusing Hindus, he said that the Hindus, who according to him were sons of prostitutes, had unloaded materials even before Babri Masjid was built.

“I do not know what I will do if you go against us,” Shahbaz Khan cautioned Hindus in the video that AK News has uploaded.

At the end of his video, Shahbaz Khan also incited the Muslims to stand up against the state government to protest against the alleged atrocities being committed against them. He said its time to respond strongly to the state and urged Muslims to join the Bharat Bandh.

‘Necessary to have a fair investigation’: Calcutta HC takes away the investigation of Birbhum massacre from Mamata govt, hands it over to CBI

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‘Necessary to have a fair investigation’: Calcutta HC takes away the investigation of Birbhum massacre from Mamata govt, hands it over to CBI

The Calcutta High Court Friday, transferred the investigation into the violence in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, in which 8 persons were brutally thrashed before being burnt alive, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Until now, an SIT formed by the Mamata Banerjee government in the state was handling the probe into the case. A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj told the CBI to file a progress report by April 7.

In its order, the Calcutta High Court stated, “we are of the opinion that the facts and the circumstances of the case demand that, in the interest of justice and to instil confidence in the society and to have a fair investigation to dig out the truth, it is necessary to hand over the investigation to the CBI.”

“Accordingly, we direct the state (Bengal) government to forthwith hand over the investigation of the case to CBI. We also direct the state authorities to extend full cooperation to the CBI in carrying out the further investigation. In view of this order, the state police authorities or the SIT formed by the state will not carry out any further investigation in the matter from the time the same is handed over to the CBI,” the court said.

It further said, “the CBI will not only be handed over the case papers but also the accused and suspects who were arrested in the matter and are in custody. Hence, we direct the CBI to forthwith take over the investigation in the case and submit the progress report before us on the next date of hearing.”

Calcutta HC orders Mamata Govt to protect evidence and witnesses of the Birbhum carnage case

Notably, on March 23, the Calcutta High Court had issued directions to the state government to ensure a proper probe of the case and asked to submit the case diary and a report on the investigation so far. The court also issued directions for the protection of evidence and the crime scene. The court ordered that the scene must be continuously monitored through CCTV cameras. The Calcutta High Court had further directed that a team from CFSL in Delhi will visit the site to collect forensic evidence. The order said that the evidence will have to be collected without any delay. The bench also asked the DGP and the IGP to ensure the protection of witnesses in the case. 

The High Court had taken up the matter after initiating a suo motu case, along with some PILs filed by some individuals after 8 persons were killed in retaliation to the alleged murder of a TMC leader. The individuals who have approached the court have demanded a CBI probe, saying that the SIT formed by the state govt is not impartial.

Indore and Khandwa have the maximum number of love jihad cases in Madhya Pradesh; tribal girls are the primary targets: Report

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Indore and Khandwa have the maximum number of love jihad cases in Madhya Pradesh; tribal girls are the primary targets: Report

The cities of Indore and Khandwa have recorded the highest number of incidences of love jihad in the state of Madhya Pradesh, a report published in Dainik Bhaskar said. In small localities, tribal females have been the primary victims of love jihad. There are more minor females among them who have completed classes VIII-X and are active on social media. College students and working females have been victims in large cities such as Bhopal and Indore.

The victim females claim that Muslim men befriended them on social media by pretending to be Hindus. They then pledged to marry them. And when they fell for their ruse, they imposed the condition that marriage can take place only if they convert to Islam. After discovering the truth, the girls approached the police.

In a year after the enactment of the Freedom of Religion Act, 67 cases of love jihad have been reported in Madhya Pradesh. 24 of these incidents were recorded in January of this year, and the police filed a charge sheet in 36 of them, while 29 are still under investigation. In these incidents, the police have charged 109 people. Indore has the most instances registered in the state, with 13, while Khandwa has 11 cases. In Bhopal, 9 females were deceived for third place. In third place, 9 girls were deceived in Bhopal.

According to data from the Bhopal-Indore Police, 50 per cent of the incidents here involve girls from the general category. Girls from the general category have filed cases in Bhopal’s Tilajmalpura, Kohefiza, Kamalanagar, and Ashoka Garden. According to Indore Commissioner Harinarayanchari Mishra, around 13 instances have been recorded. Aside from ordinary victims, there are victims of OBC and other groups in this too. Tribal females were victimized in 95 per cent of incidents in the districts of Khandwa, Ujjain, Dhar, Jhabua, Barwani, Khargone, and Rewa.

Conceal identity to befriend, convert to marry

After analyzing 15 incidents in Indore-Bhopal, it was discovered that Muslim boys gained the trust of girls by creating a social media presence in the identity of a Hindu youngster. Then, under the guise of relationship, they urged the females to marry them. Here, the requirement for marriage is that one must first convert to Islam, and only then may the marriage take place. When the females found out about the religious conversion, they discovered that the boys were Muslim. A similar scenario existed in other areas as well.

The Madhya Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Act 2021

On March 8 2021, the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly enacted the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill-2021, which aims to reduce religious conversions. This act was published in the Madhya Pradesh Gazette (Extraordinary) on March 27, 2021, with the Governor’s consent. Its goal is to nullify such marriages that are performed under coercion by converting faith.

Caste-based reservation a reason for love jihad

According to Ram Dangore, a member of the state’s tribal council and Pandhana MLA, if a tribal girl marries a male from another society, her perks and reservation from the government are unaffected. But, if a Scheduled Caste girl marries someone from another community, her reservation is terminated. That is why tribal females are singled out. There are 15 such instances where Muslim youths have married tribal girls and are benefiting from government initiatives and acquiring land in their names.

Case registered only after thorough investigation

“Since the law was enacted, 13 crimes have been registered in the city. In all these cases, the girls had given statements that they were pressured to convert to the religion. The cases are registered only after verification of the statement,” said Harinarayanchari Mishra, the Police Commissioner of Indore.

Vivek Singh, the SP of Khandwa also stated, “The case is registered on the basis of the statement of the victim. If, she mentions in her statement that religious conversion was being done under pressure, then the investigation is done by registering a case under the Religious Freedom Act. The investigation of the crime registered under this Act is done by the SI or higher-level officials.”

Indian American Muslim Council posts a long rant against Uttarakhand govt wanting to implement UCC, says it would lead to “erasure” of Muslims

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Indian American Muslim Council posts a long rant against Uttarakhand govt wanting to implement UCC, says it would lead to “erasure” of Muslims

The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has posted a long statement against the Uttarakhand government’s decision to introduce Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. Taking to Twitter, the IAMC “unequivocally condemned the BJP-ruled Uttarakhand state’s decision to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)”. The IAMC went as far as to claim that ensuring that all citizens of a nation adhere to the same laws in ‘secular’ matters will somehow lead to the erasure of Muslims and Christians by a “Hindu supremacist” government.

IAMC said that the introduction of UCC is “an alarming deviation from the current system, which has different laws for different faiths, including the Hindu Marriage Act, Indian Christian Marriages Act, and the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act. Muslim personal laws are based on religious texts and are not codified”.

IAMC further said that implementation of UCC would be an affront against Muslims and Christians who are “already marginalised” in India and that far from being progressive, UCC is another tool for “Hindu supremacists” to “prosecute Christians and Muslims for practising their faith in their private lives”.

Mysteriously, after admitting that UCC is about all citizens adhering to the same law as far as “secular” activities are concerned, IAMC goes on to fearmonger further saying that UCC would not unite but force minorities to adhere to a Hindu centric idea of uniformity.

Dragging the Hijab verdict into their statement, IAMC said that it was evident that a Hindu centric idea of uniformity would be enforced because of the Hijab verdict where it was the Court that ruled that every school has the right to determine their school uniform and that Hijab was non-essential to Islam.

Rasheed Ahmad, Executive Director of IAMC said, “UCC is one more step in the direction of turning India into a Hindu majoritarian state where minorities are relegated to second class citizenship. The Hindu nationalist BJP has long been a proponent of the UCC precisely because it is an effective erasure of Muslim and other minority religious practices. UCC is a tool that forces a minority to conform to the standards of uniformity set by an extremist majority”.

It is interesting to note the sleight of hand used by IAMC in its statement. At the very outset, IAMC admitted that UCC was a law that would ensure that all citizens, Hindus, Muslims, Christians and those belonging to other faiths adhere to the same code as far as secular activity was concerned. For the purpose of UCC, secular activities would mean that related to marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption. While admitting that all citizens would have to adhere to the same code, IAMC facetiously goes on to claim that it would primarily affect only Muslims and Christians.

IAMC further said that the UCC would be used to prosecute Muslims for practising their faith in private. However, the UCC does not extend to the practice of faith, to begin with. It does not bar Muslims, Christians or people of any faith to practise their faith in private. If a Muslim man chooses to read namaz, the UCC would ideally have no provision to stop them from doing so. They will still be able to practise their faith just like the Hindu majority will. UCC extends only to marriage, divorce etc which are considered “secular activities” under the constitution.

It is also not clear how UCC would lead to the erasure of Muslims. Sharia, as IAMC seems to demand it, is what was responsible for the “erasure” of not just minorities but also of Muslims as several women were murdered, men displaced. We saw the visuals of individuals hanging from USA planes and trying to escape the clutches of the Taliban in Afghanistan. One is unaware of how a civilised law would lead to the erasure of Muslims especially when it does not extend to the practice of religion itself.

The truth is that UCC has been postponed for decades because it was the Muslim community that was “not ready” for the change. It is essentially not any other faith that has had a problem with living under democratic laws that give women and children the same rights. The UCC, for the Muslim community, would mean equal rights for Muslim women and children as far as marriage, divorce and inheritance are concerned. Also, it is worthy to be mentioned that the Hindu personal laws have already been codified and streamlined.

One has to wonder why it is mostly the Muslim community that sees living under democratic and fair laws as an affront to their very existence. Why is it that for Islamists like IAMC, the mere idea of living under the same laws as other citizens, and others getting the same rights and benefits as them, seems to be a move that will ensure their “erasure”?

Uttarakhand CM says the state will implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC)

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, on Thursday, announced that the government has decided to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. “The state cabinet unanimously approved that a committee (of experts) will be constituted at the earliest and UCC will be implemented in the state. This will be the first state to do so,” Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said.

Goa is another state that has UCC implemented.

“Goa has what Constitutional framers envisaged for India — a Uniform Civil Code… And I have had the great privilege of administering justice under that Code. It applies in marriage and succession, governing all Goans irrespective of religious affiliation. I have heard a lot of academic talk about the Uniform Civil Code. I would request all those intellectuals to simply come here and learn the administration of justice to know what it turns out to be,” then Chief Justice of India SA Bobde had said last year.

Uttarakhand police nab one Ayaan as he attempts to flee with the dead body of a girl stuffed in a suitcase, video viral

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Uttarakhand police nab one Ayaan as he attempts to flee with the dead body of a girl stuffed in a suitcase, video viral

Kaliyar police in Uttarakhand have apprehended a youth named Ayaan after he attempted to flee a hotel with the dead body of a girl stuffed in a suitcase. The incident reportedly occurred from Uttarakhand’s Piran Kaliyar area on Thursday, March 24. Video of the incident has also gone viral on social media.

The video shows a youth, who identifies himself as Ayaan, a resident of Mewar/Mewad in Rajasthan, sitting outside the hotel that he was attempting to flee. A blue suitcase, which he was allegedly carrying, lay open next to him, containing the dead body of a girl dressed in a red dress.

On being interrogated, the youth reportedly told the cops that the deceased girl was his girlfriend, and she had committed suicide by ingesting poison. He stated that he was going to Gang Nahar, near Haridwar, with the dead body. He, too, would have drowned himself in the canal with his girlfriend, said Ayaan. The police have taken the youth into custody for further investigation.

On March 24, around 5 pm, Ayaan had checked into a hotel in Kaliyar, Uttarakhand, with his girlfriend. Later, around 8 pm, a hotel employee noticed Ayaan hurrying out of the hotel lobby with a blue suitcase in his hand. A member of the hotel staff approached Ayaan and offered to help him with his luggage. Ayaan, who appeared to be terrified, began fumbling and making excuses. Furthermore, the girl who went in with Ayaan was not with him. This piqued the hotel staff’s interest, and they alerted management, which in turn dialled the police.

The Kaliyar police arrived on the scene. When the cops opened the suitcase, they discovered the girl’s body inside. The youth introduced the girl as his girlfriend. He told the cops that his girlfriend had consumed poison. He was on his way to Gang Nahar with the dead body. He, too, would have jumped into Gang Nahar with the dead body, he said.

According to SHO Dharmendra Rathi, the body was taken into custody and transferred to the Civil Hospital mortuary. Ayaan was arrested, and the police have been questioning him in order to obtain information. Footage from CCTV cameras installed in the hotel is also being extracted to help with the investigation.

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