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Netizens accuse former Shiv Sena MP Pritish Nandy of endorsing and giving direct call to political violence in West Bengal

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Netizens accuse former Shiv Sena MP Pritish Nandy of endorsing and giving direct call to political violence in West Bengal

Twitterati on Wednesday accused former Shiv Sena MP and filmmaker Pritish Nandy of endorsing as well as giving direct call to political violence in West Bengal.

Pritish Nandy’s tweet

Nandy was responding to a tweet by one Atul Khatri, who identifies himself as a comedian. Nandy said that Bengal is ready for the mutant virus to fight it with ‘Rabindra Sangeet and bricks. Double dosed’.

Read: The inherent fascism of ‘liberals’ – How a tweet by Pritish Nandy expose violent mindset of the lot

Soon, netizens took to Twitter to confront him and ask whether he condones the political violence in Bengal.

He also got support for endorsing violence.

The state goes to elections in 2021 and reports suggest they will get bloody as political violence might escalate during runup to elections.

Recently, a BJP worker died in a bomb blast in Siliguri, which some ‘liberals’ found amusing. BJP President JP Nadda’s convoy was attacked by bricks TMC goons. BJP alleged that the state government failed to provide adequate security.

Rajasthan: Two minor girls go missing from Yamunanagar, families allege Talib and Akram abducted them on the pretext of marriage

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Rajasthan: Two minor girls go missing from Yamunanagar, families allege Talib and Akram abducted them on the pretext of marriage

Two Grooming Jihad cases have come to light in Yamunanagar, Rajasthan. Yamunanagar Police has filed cases against Muslim youths Talib and Akram for allegedly abducting two minor girls in two different incidents. As per the reports, when the girls’ families could not find them, they approached the police to file a complaint. The police have registered cases in both incidents.

15-year old girl went missing from home

In the complaint, the family of the 15-year-old girl mentioned that when they came back home from the market, they found that their daughter was missing. Her mother later learned that Talib, who lives in the neighbourhood, was also missing. She suspected that Talib had abducted her daughter. The incident took place in the Hamida police station area. The police have filed a case against Talib and started the investigation. The station in-charge of Hamida police station Mem Singh said that the police had registered that case and they are searching for the girl.

16-year-old went missing from college

In another case, a 16-year-old girl has gone missing after she left for college. She is currently pursuing her studies in a polytechnic college in Yamunanagar. As per the complaint filed by her father, the girl left home for college in the morning but did not return home in the evening. When they contacted the college, they learned that the girl did not go to college on Monday. The family said that they suspect a Muslim youth named Akram has abducted the girl on the pretext of marriage. A case has been registered under Section 363 and 366A of the Indian Penal Code at the Sadar Yamunanagar Police Station.

Congress-SDPI workers clash with each other in Dakshina Kannada during local body polls

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Congress-SDPI workers clash with each other in Dakshina Kannada during local body polls

A clash broke out between the workers of Congress and radical Islamic organisation Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) during the local body polls at Harekala in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka.

According to the reports, a scuffle broke out between the Congress workers and SDPI members on Tuesday after the former asked voters to vote for Congress-backed candidates in the Gram Panchayat elections that were held on Tuesday. One of the Congress party workers named Zakariya Malar tried to record the clash on his phone, angering SDPI workers. The SDPI workers attacked him after snatching the phone from his hand.

The police resorted to a mild lathi-charge to control the situation.

Congress workers gherao police station, allege BJP supported SDPI to carry out attacks

Later in the day, the Congress activists gheraoed the Konaje police station demanding the arrest of SDPI workers. The Congress party under the leadership of MLA UT Khader gheraoed the police station accusing SDPI workers of attacking them.

Block Congress president Santhosh Shetty Assaigoli alleged that BJP supported SDPI workers resorted to fights against the Congress party workers.

The Congress workers also warned the police that if SDPI activists are not arrested before Wednesday evening, they would launch severe protests.

Odisha: Puri Jagannath temple reopens after nine months. Read when you can do the darshan

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Odisha: Puri Jagannath temple reopens after nine months. Read when you can do the darshan

The holy shrine of Lord Jagannath in Puri, Odisha, which was shut due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has reopened after nine months. The temple has been shut for the devotees since March 2020.

According to local news reports, only the sebayats (temple servitors) and their kin would be allowed darshan today and the coming two days. The temple will open it doors for the residents of Puri from December 26 to 31.

The Puri district administration and the Shree Jagannath Temple Committee (SJTA) have made elaborate arrangements to ensure devotees adhere to all the Covid-19 safety norms and protocols strictly amid the ongoing pandemic situation. A ward-wise list has been prepared by the district administration which would be followed strictly while letting devotees enter the shrine for darshan.

While darshan in Srimandir will begin from 7.30 am on December 26, only the residents of Wards No 2/3/6/9/11/12/15 have been allowed. In the subsequent days, residents of other wards would be allowed, but only in a phased manner.

Ward wide details for the darshan

In view of this pandemic situation, entry of elderly people above the age of 65 and children below the age of 10 has been prohibited.

The servitors and all other devotees would need to compulsorily need to carry their Aadhaar or voter identity cards for verification, without which they would not be allowed to enter the shrine. The family of the servitors have also been asked to carry their health insurance card along with them. The devotees will be allowed to enter the temple only after checking ID proof and hand sanitisation. Special counters would be set up to verify the documents and photographs of the people entering the shrine would also be clicked at these counters.

According to reports, devotees from other districts and outside the state would be allowed to darshan from January 3, 2021.

Lord Jagannath temple in Puri is one of the four major Dhams for Hindus

Odisha is known as the land of Jagannath. The word Jagannath literally means “The Lord of the Universe”. For the Vaishnava Hindus, Srimandir or the Jagannath temple is one of the four major Dhams (the pilgrimage circuit encompassing four important temples in India namely Puri, Rameswaram, Dwarka, and Badrinath). Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and elder brother Balabhadra are worshipped in Puri. The deities are seated on the Bejeweled Pedestal (Ratna Simhassana). 

Ratha Yatra is a Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri. It is the oldest Ratha Yatra taking place in India and the World, whose descriptions can be found in Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, and Skanda Purana and Kapila Samhita. This year, due to the ongoing pandemic, the Supreme Court had initially put a stay on the Rath Yatra festival. Later, the apex court had modified its 18th June order of absolute stay on Puri Rath Yatra and allowed it under conditions.

Naga insurgent group detains and brutally beats up one of its own cadre for carrying tricolour and initiating peace march in Kohima

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Naga insurgent group detains and brutally beats up one of its own cadre for carrying tricolour and initiating peace march in Kohima

The Naga insurgent group NSCN-IM detained one of its own cadre in Nagaland for carrying the national flag. A Naga youth from Manipur was brutally beaten up by NSCN-IM cadre for initiating a peace march by carrying the National Flag of India.

According to the reports, YS Mashungmi, a young Tangkhul Naga from Ukhrul district of Manipur and also a cadre of NSCN-IM, was allegedly detained and tortured by the Naga insurgents after he carried out a ‘peace march’ in Dimapur in Nagaland on December 8.

In a statement, the Naga insurgent group said the daring venture by Mashungmi, no matter how patriotic it may appear in the eyes of the beholder, amounted to violation of disciplinary code of conduct. “Security implications were also taken into account to abort his peace march midway. Mashungmi is being debriefed to establish the idea behind his peace march,” the statement said.

Reportedly, Mashungmi had begun a ‘peace march’ on December 8 from Dimapur and intended to travel throughout Nagaland carrying a local flag and the Indian national flag to spread the message of peace, brotherhood, reconciliation and unity.

He had also recently walked 70 km from Nagaland’s commercial town of Dimapur to state capital Kohima for “spreading the message of peace”.

However, during his peace march, some NSCN-IM cadres caught him in Kohima and forcibly detained him to their headquarters at Hebron, about 35 km southwest of Dimapur. The officials said the insurgent group has charged him for carrying out “anti-national activities”. It is not yet clear whether Mashungmi is released or still in the Naga custody.

Naga insurgency and their demand for separate homeland ‘Nagalim’

The Naga-Maoist militant group National Socialist Council of Nagaland, has been waging a bloody insurgent war for a separate homeland ‘Nagalim’ since India’s independence. Over years, the Naga insurgence has weakened and integration of the Naga people into India has been largely successful. However, a few factions of NSCN, especially led by Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah faction has carried out low-level insurgency against the state demanding ‘Nagalim’.

Nagalim, a long-pending demand of the NSCN-IM for a separate Naga state, encompasses the Naga-inhabited areas of Myanmar as well as parts of the northeastern states bordering Nagaland.

The outfit has held a huge number of rounds of negotiations with the Central government in Delhi ever since it signed a ceasefire pact in August 1997. The Central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had signed a “framework agreement” with the NSCN-IM in 2015.

Even though most of the demands made by Nagas have been resolved during the talks wth the centre, some outstanding differences yet remain, especially Nagas demand over a separate flag and a separate constitution. The government of India has categorically rejected the demands of separation flag and constitution.

Uttar Pradesh: Minor Dalit girl dragged away and gang-raped by four youths, Rehan, Tasleem, Danish and Abdul arrested

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Uttar Pradesh: Minor Dalit girl dragged away and gang-raped by four youths, Rehan, Tasleem, Danish and Abdul arrested

A 13-year-old Dalit girl, who was working in the fields with her grandmother was allegedly dragged away and gang-raped on Saturday by four men in Garhmukteshwar tehsil, Hapur district, Uttar Pradesh.

According to the reports, four youths – Rehan, Tasleem, Danish and Abdul, the residents of the neighbouring village, brutally gang-raped the Dalit minor girl near the farm and fled the scene. The girl repeatedly shouted to save herself from these rapists, however, her efforts went in vain. The brother of the girl heard her screaming and managed to chase the accused to their village.

As per reports, the victim was found unconscious and was brought home. In medical examination, rape and sexual assault were confirmed.

The family lodged a complaint against the four accused. Based on a complaint of the father of the rape survivor, an FIR under IPC section 376-D (gang-rape), and under sections of SC/ST and POCSO Act was registered against the four accused. The girl belonged to a Scheduled Caste (SC) community and protection has been giving to the family. The survivor’s medical report has also confirmed rape.

Tense situation in the area due to communal angle

The police have arrested all the four accused and sent them to jail. As the accused belonged to the minority community, there was a tense situation in the area.

Senior officials like ADM and SSP visited the victim family on Sunday night and assured speedy justice. SSP Sarvesh Kumar Mishra said that the accused have also confessed to their crime. A delegation led by Garhmukteshwar BJP MLA Kamal Malik also met the family of the rape survivor after the incident and assured swift action in the case.

“A charge-sheet will be filed very soon, and the victim will get justice. Her family will also get financial and other assistance as per government provisions,” he added.

How Pakistanis are using current Punjab farmer protests to fuel pro-Khalistan sentiments

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How Pakistanis are using current Punjab farmer protests to fuel pro-Khalistan sentiments

While Khalistani elements have infiltrated the Punjab farmer protest against free market, our neighbouring country Pakistan seems to have even more nefarious agenda. One Dalip Singh has created a Twitter account in December 2020 and has already garnered 1168 followers while tweeting ‘pro-farmer’ tweets.

Dalip Singh’s profile

Now, this “Dalip Singh” tweets ‘pro-farmer’ and ‘anti-Modi’ things while thanking Pakistan for standing with Khalistan movement.

‘Dalip Singh’ thanks Pakistan for supporting Khalistan

He even shared videos wherein he wanted Pakistanis to learn the ‘reality’ about surgical strikes.

‘Dalip Singh’ sharing ‘reality’ of surgical strikes

The above video, which has garnered over 100 retweets, claims that the surgical strikes were fake and that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is a nice person.

In September 2016, Indian Armed forces carried out surgical strike against the Pakistani terrorists in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, destroying their launchpads.

He also shared ‘map of Khalistan’ which is ‘coming soon’.

‘Dalip Singh’s Khalistan map

Which is quite amusing as this is the exact same map Pakistanis have been sharing on social media while describing their wet dream of breaking India.

‘Dalip Singh’ speaks language of Pakistanis

‘Dalip Singh’ has also found support from other such ‘farmers’ who created account in December 2020 too.

‘Khalistan State’ stands with farmers

Throwing all subtlety of psych ops into the wind, this ‘farmer supporter’ dreams of a Khalistan embassy in Pakistan (of all place).

Of course, this gets support from Pakistanis, too, who are ‘standing’ with Punjab farmers and calling out ‘Godi media’.

Sheikh Amir is a Punjabi who wants Khalistan

‘Sheikh Amir’ dreams of ‘beautiful’ Pakistan on odd days, becomes ‘Godi media hating, Khalistan demanding, Punjabi farmer’ on even days.

Sheikh Amir’s bio

Now, here’s the catch. Remember our friend ‘Dalip Singh’ from above? Well, here is the reality about the image he has used.

Truth about ‘Dalip Singh’

In April 2020, Sikh businessman Lakhwant Singh faced hate crime in Denver, Colorado where he was asked to ‘go back to his country’. He was hospitalised for months following the attack.

So our friends from neighbouring country stole Lakhwant Singh’s image and became Dalip Singh and started tweeting anti-India and pro-Khalistan propaganda.

What is even more shocking is that he has been getting constant support. The number of retweets and likes he is getting shows how his reach is.

Pakistan indulging in psych ops to divide India and spread its nefarious agenda is nothing new. Earlier, China, too, was seen indulging in psychological warfare during the Ladakh standoff at Galwan Valley earlier this year.

Babri Action Committee’s Zafaryab Jilani says Dhannipur mosque is against Shariat, claims mosque cannot be built on ‘bartered land’

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Babri Action Committee’s Zafaryab Jilani says Dhannipur mosque is against Shariat, claims mosque cannot be built on ‘bartered land’

Zafaryab Jilani, convenor of Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) and All India Muslim Personal Law Board executive member, has called the proposed mosque to be built at the government allotted land in Dhanniur of Ayodhya as “against Shariat”. The Mosque Trust had recently released the blueprint of the proposed mosque.

Jilani talked to Times of India, where he said that as per the Waqf Act, mosques and land for the mosques could not be bartered, making the proposed mosque against the Act. Also, as the Waqf board is based on Shariat, the mosque is against the Sharia Law, claimed Jilani.

Yogi Adityanath-led Government of Uttar Pradesh allotted the 5-acre land of the proposed mosque in August at Dhannipur Village. It is approx 25 KM away from Ram Janmabhoomi. The land was allotted as per the November 9, 2019 order of the Supreme Court of India where the Ram Janmabhoomi site was given to the Hindus to build a Ram Temple and the state government was asked to allot 5 acres of land for the Muslims to build a mosque.

The issue was raised in the AIMPLB October meeting

On October 13, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s executive committee held a meeting where Asaduddin Owaisi had raised the issue. All the members present at the meeting had reportedly shared the same view that the mosque on alternate land will be against the Waqf Act. SQR Ilyas, executive member, AIMPLB, said, “We have already rejected the proposal to accept land for the mosque at any other place. As we lost the title suit we don’t need any land for a mosque.”

Ilyas alleged that the Sunni Central Waqf Board is working under the pressure of the government. “The Muslims have rejected the land at Dhannipur in Ayodhya. The mosque trust constituted by the Sunni Central Waqf Board is only symbolically making the masjid there,” he added.

Jilani deemed alternate land against Sharia in November ’19

This is not the first time Zafaryab Jilani has spoken against the mosque on an alternate land. In November 2019, after SC’s judgment, Jilani had said that the judgment is not final. He said, “Others do not need to give their opinion on the matter. The proposal to replace five acres of land for the mosque is against the Sharia… Islamic Sharia does not allow this. The Waqf Act also says the same. The Supreme Court cannot change the mosque land. According to Article 142, it cannot go against any institution.”

Supreme Court had rejected all review petitions in December ’19

In December 2019, the Supreme Court of India had rejected all 18 review petitions. The Supreme Court, which conducted an in-chamber hearing of a bunch of review petitions filed against the Ayodhya ruling, rejected them after finding no merits.

“Mosques are places for offering namaz, it cannot be deemed wrong” – Ayodhya Mosque Trust

Athar Hussain, secretary, Ayodhya Mosque Trust, was not in sync with the views that the land is against Sharia or Waqf Act. He said that as Supreme Court had mandated the land, it cannot be deemed as illegal. “Different people use to define the Shariat in their own ways. Mosques are places for offering namaz. What is wrong if we are building a mosque,” he added.

Nude images of Thailand King’s royal mistress leaked online, rivalry with Queen suspected: Read details

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Nude images of Thailand King’s royal mistress leaked online, rivalry with Queen suspected: Read details

Hundreds of nude photos depicting the official mistress of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn have been leaked to anti-monarchy activists in an attempt to “sabotage” the Royal consort.

According to the reports, some 1,400 images of Thailand king’s royal consort – Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, many of them sexually explicit, have been leaked earlier this year to prominent critics of the Thai monarchy living abroad.

The leak of the “very explicit” photos of Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, who is fondly known as ‘Koi’, is said to be an extension of the bitter rivalry between the King’s younger mistress and his wife.

The alleged leak of the personal images of Koi, some of which are naked or semi-naked, comes just months after she rejoined the royal harem after being dramatically expelled and imprisoned last year. Thai king Maha Vajiralongkorn appointed Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi as his official mistress in 2019. However, had stripped off her titles after a few months due to allegations of conspiracy. Later this year, she was pardoned and her titles were restored.

Sineenat, who is trained as a pilot in Thailand and abroad, had served in the King’s royal bodyguard unit. She held the rank of Major General in Thailand King’s Guard.

Phots taken by Sineenat herself, leaked to British journo

Reportedly, these explicit images were taken by Sineenat herself. Years later, it reached to British journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall, who has written critical articles about the Thai monarchy. The photos were delivered with a fake return address and a letter claiming they had been obtained by “pro-democracy Thai hackers”.

According to the journalist, these photographs are clearly captured from Koi’s personal phones. “Most of the images are photographs she took of herself, and dozens of them are very explicit. It seems probable that she had taken these explicit photographs of herself to send to Vajiralongkorn,” Marshall wrote in a Facebook post.

The 1,443 snaps are believed to have been taken between 2012 and 2014. The photographs include revealing shots of Koi in topless and sometimes in revealing nightwear. The pictures were also sent to Thai academic Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a critic of the monarchy who is facing criminal prosecution in Thailand and currently lives in Japan.

The royal rivalry between the Queen and King’s mistress?

According to critics of Thailand monarchy, the anonymous leak of the naked images is an attempt to undermine defame the Thai king’s mistress Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi. The return of Koi to the palace was bitterly opposed by King’s wife Queen Suthida and Princess Bajrakitiyabha. It is being said that the images of Koi were leaked in an effort to sabotage her return as Vajiralongkorn’s consort.

The 67-year-old Thai king had named Sineenat as his royal consort in an elaborate ceremony in 2019. It was done just three months after he married Queen Suthida, his fourth wife. Queen Suthida was a cabin crew member in the Thai Airlines earlier. The king, who took the throne in 2019, had divorced his first three wives.

It is notable here that Thai king is facing severe criticism back home after it was revealed that he had isolated himself with his entire harem of 20 concubines in a German luxury hotel during the coronavirus outbreak.

British regulator fines Republic TV for telecasting a debate exposing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism

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British regulator fines Republic TV for telecasting a debate exposing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism

British broadcasting regulator Ofcom has imposed a fine of Rs. 19.7 lakhs on Worldwide Media Network Limited, which operates Republic Bharat in the UK, for allegedly making ‘hate-speech’ against Pakistan.

The Office of Communications or OfCom has imposed a £20,000 fine for a debate on the channel after it found the channel allegedly failed to comply with broadcasting rules.

The OfCom found a Republic Bharat show – “Poochta Hai Bharat” that was telecast on September 6, 2019, 14:26 pm to have allegedly contained “uncontextualised hate speech” and inciteful language against people from Pakistan that breached the Rules 2.3, 3.2 and 3.3 of the Code.

As per the Rule 2.3 of the OfCom Broadcasting Code, broadcasters must ensure that material which may cause offence is justified by the context and it may “include, but is not limited to […] offensive language, […] discriminatory treatment or language (for example on the grounds of […] religion or belief […]”.

Similarly, Rule 3.2 states that “Material which contains hate speech must not be included in television… except where it is justified by the context,” while Rule 3.3 says that “Material which contains abusive or derogatory treatment of individuals, groups, religions or communities, must not be included in television… except where it is justified by the context…”.

The order claimed that the Republic Bharat show contained statements which amounted to hate speech against, and was abusive and derogatory about, Pakistani people on the basis of their nationality.

“These statements would potentially be harmful and highly offensive to any person who did not share the sentiment being expressed by the presenter and his Indian guests. In Ofcom’s view, the potentially harmful and offensive nature of the content was compounded by the political context in which the episode of Poochta Hai Bharat was broadcast.”

World Media network defends its show, says it exposed Pakistan-sponsored terror

Meanwhile, following the order, Worldview media network has defended their show saying that the programme was based on “a legitimate story covering Pakistan’s involvement in terror activities backed by recent events and statements from leading Pakistani public figures at a time when India was working to become a Space power”.

In the show, according to the broadcaster, they were trying “to showcase how India has moved forward, while Pakistan in the same period has failed to develop at the same pace and how terror groups had been allowed to operate in [Pakistan]”. Worldview Media also asserted that the programme “did not promote terrorism or hatred and it certainly did not promote or justify hatred in any way”.

The broadcaster also clarified that the word “Paki” used during the programme was not intended as an insult but as a casual reference to the nationality of Pakistan’. It cited examples of the common use of the word “Paki” that had been reclaimed by Pakistani people.

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