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Uttar Pradesh: Six year old girl kidnapped on Diwali night, murdered for resisting rape

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Uttar Pradesh: Six year old girl kidnapped on Diwali night, murdered for resisting rape

In a gruesome act, a six year old girl who had gone missing on Diwali night was found dead in the forest near her house in Ghatampur area in Kanpur on Sunday morning. As per reports, the police had earlier suspected that she was killed by people for practicing ‘black magic’. However, after two men were arrested in this regard, the police has concluded that she was killed for resisting their attempt to rape her.

As per reports, Kanpur’s Deputy IG Preetinder Singh said that the two men were her neighbours and tried to rape her after kidnapping her. However, when she resisted their attempts, they tied her hands and killed her. As per Singh, sniffer dogs were also used to gather evidence to rule out black magic angle. The body has been sent for post-mortem. Doctors have also been asked to check if the girl was murdered in black magic act.

The minor girl went missing on Saturday, Diwali evening, when the rest of the family was preparing for the puja. The family tried searching for her in the neighbourhood but in vain. They even searched the nearby jungle using torches and flashlight but could not find her.

On Sunday, when some villagers were passing through the village, they discovered her body. As per senior officials, her injury marks suggest she was killed with sharp object. Her belongings like her clothes and slippers were found nearby.

Yogi Adityanath directs strict action against accused

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has directed officials to take strict action against the accused for the heinous crime. He has also announced assistance of Rs 5 lakh for the family of the victim. UP Government also said that the matter will be heard in fast-track court so that the perpetrators are brought to justice at the earliest.

China: Popular Tibetan influencer’s murder caught live on camera exposes the communist country’s flawed legal system

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China: Popular Tibetan influencer’s murder caught live on camera exposes the communist country’s flawed legal system

30-year-old Tibetan influencer Lhamo (Chinese: Lamu) was very popular on social media, with thousands of followers on popular Chinese short-video app Douyin. However, the image she created on social media for her followers was completely different from her personal life. A victim of continuous domestic abuse, Lhamo died on September 30 after fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit for two weeks. Her story has intensified the debate over inadequate laws against domestic violence in China.

Lhamo was set on fire by her husband.

Death of Lhamo

As per reports, Lhamo met her ex-husband Tang when they were teenagers. She started dating him when she was 17. They got divorced, remarried, and divorced again due to his violent behaviour. She had called police countless times over domestic abuse, but her complaints mostly went unheard, and she could not get the protection she deserved.

According to Guyu Lab, Lhamo’s sister Dolma revealed that soon after their marriage, Tang started to show his violent side. The domestic violence intensified after Lhamo’s mother died. She was the only one in her family who would have supported her. Every time Lhamo tried to leave Tang, he apologized profusely and promised not to get violent again.

While talking to Guyu Lab, a police officer said Lhamo filed numerous complaints against her husband, but police took it as a private family matter. They did not intervene seriously and only warned Tang a few times not to cross lines. “We could tell that Lhamo was at a disadvantage. She’s a woman, and her dad was sick. We always sided with her, telling Tang not to use violence or cross the line. But besides that, there was very little we could do,” he said.

Lhamo left her husband’s house early this year after she suffered a broken arm. In May 2020, the couple got divorced. However, the threatening calls and messages kept pouring in. Tang had even assaulted Lhamo’s sister and threatened to harm the children. A few weeks later, Lhamo was pressurized to marry him again. However, she had again filed for divorce soon.

On September 14, when Lhamo was live streaming from her Kitchen, Tang broke into her house. He poured gasoline over her and lit her on fire. Her father, who was in another room, rushed to help and immediately sent her to hospital. Lhamo fought for her life for two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit but lost the battle to the severe burn injuries that covered almost 90% of her body. Her husband was arrested under “intentional homicide” charges.

Underreported domestic violence cases in China

The domestic violence cases in China are vastly underreported. Tsering Kyi, Project Officer at the Women Empowerment Desk (WED), said, “We have a Tibetan women helpline that helps women experiencing domestic violence in their homes. There are variations of violence in such cases; Lhamo’s case is an extreme example. Domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence have been reported to our office but it is also difficult for women to speak up against such violence. Some have even backed off after reporting a case as there is a lot of victim-blaming in our society.”

Phayul, a Tibetan news portal, reported comments of Tibetan social activists. Some have asked to set up safe spaces for Tibetan women in India who have suffered domestic violence.

Inadequate laws against domestic violence in China

China passed its first Anti-Domestic Violence Law in 2016. As per a report by SupChina, by the end of 2019, 942 cases have been reported that had resulted in 1,214 deaths. According to experts, the laws in China are not enough to provide adequate and timely protection to the victims from their violent partners. Another significant issue is that domestic violence in China is often seen as a private issue even by the police officers. They believe that such cases should be dealt behind closed doors, and there is no need to intervene.

Death of Lhamo has sparked a debate against domestic violence on Chinese social media platforms. Several experts are asking for strict laws against domestic violence but going by the nation’s history, it is not likely to happen anytime soon.

Uttar Pradesh: Communal tension prevails in Kanpur after petty fight leads to stone-pelting claiming one life

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Uttar Pradesh: Communal tension prevails in Kanpur after petty fight leads to stone-pelting claiming one life

A petty fight took communal turn in Jajmau suburb of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday night. As per reports, 25-year-old Pintoo worked in a tannery shop. On Sunday, along with his brothers Deepak and Sandeep, he was going somewhere. There, over the matter of water splashed from water pouches, he got into argument with Amaan and some of his friends.

Matters escalated and soon violence erupted between two groups. Some even pelted stones. Pintoo was gravely injured in the fight.

Once the police got to know, they arrived on scene and took Pintoo to the hospital where doctors declared him dead. Following his death, communal tension prevailed in the area. Police have arrested seven in the matter. UP Minister Satish Mahana has asked for strict action against the culprits.

Pintoo’s relatives allege that earlier too Amaan and his friends had beaten up Pintoo and they had filed a complaint to the police. However, the police had not acted on the complaint, the relatives allege.

Diwali retail sales go up by 10.8% over 2019, China loses of Rs 40,000 crore in business as Indians prefer Made in India products

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Diwali retail sales go up by 10.8% over 2019, China loses of Rs 40,000 crore in business as Indians prefer Made in India products

Following a slowdown in the economy due to the lockdown, the festive season of Diwali has brought smiles to the traders as robust business was recorded during this period in the country. Moreover, make in India was a major winner as consumers preferred domestic products instead of imported products from China. According to Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), it has recorded sales of around Rs 72,000 crore this year on Diwali across major markets in the county. At the same time, China lost approximately Rs 40,000 in business.

The call to boycott Chinese goods following the Chinese aggression in LAC has benefited that domestic industry, which achieved good sales during Diwali.

“As per reports gathered from 20 different cities which are also considered to be the leading distribution centers of India, it is expected that Diwali festive sales generated a turnover of about Rs 72,000 crores and gave China the expected loss of Rs 40,000 crore,” a statement issued  by CAIT said.

This meant the sale during Diwali went up 10.8% in 2020 compared to the previous year. to Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) represents tens of millions of traders and firms across the country, and its members include retailers that sale various products.

Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Nagpur, Raipur, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Kanpur, Noida, Jammu, Ahmadabad, Surat, Cochin, Jaipur and Chandigarh are the cities considered by the CAIT as major distribution cities for the purpose of its surveys on sales.

According to the trader’s body, robust sales during Diwali is an indicator that businesses will improve in the future, following the Coronavirus lockdown. Products that saw good sales included FMCG products, toys, electrical appliances and white goods, kitchen utensils and accessories, gift items, confectionary items, sweets, home furnishing and decoration, gold and jewellery, footwear, watches, furniture and fixtures, garments etc.

According to CAIT, one reason for good Diwali sales is that people didn’t make major purchase in the last eight months, and that’s why they had enough surplus money for festival purchases.

However, firecracker sellers suffered a loss of around Rs 10,000 crore due to the ban on the sale of firecrackers in several states in the name of controlling pollution. The CAIT has demanded compensation from the Delhi govt for the traders, as the ban on firecracker was imposed after the state govt had issued licenses to traders to sell green firecrackers, and accordingly, the traders had purchased the allowed firecrackers, but were not allowed to sale the same afterwards.

‘I concede NOTHING!’: Donald Trump makes it clear he is unlikely to offer a concession speech anytime soon, claims there is a ‘long way to go’

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‘I concede NOTHING!’: Donald Trump makes it clear he is unlikely to offer a concession speech anytime soon, claims there is a ‘long way to go’

US President Donald Trump again on Sunday made it clear that he will not be delivering a concession speech anytime soon. He said that presumptive president-elect Joe Biden had only won in the eyes of the media and there is still a long way to go. Trump maintained that it was a ‘rigged election’.

In his unique style, Trump declared, “He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was a RIGGED ELECTION!” Twitter dutifully reminded the world that the claim was disputed, just in case it was not clear to everyone else by now.

“I concede NOTHING!
-Donald Trump

Minutes earlier, he thundered, “RIGGED ELECTION. WE WILL WIN!”

Donald Trump still believes he can win

The declaration by Donald Trump came a day after hundreds and thousands of his supporters marched in Washington DC. A lot of violence was reported at the Million MAGA March, predominantly from left-wing thugs who attacked peaceful Trump supporters for exercising their right to peaceful protest.

Numerous lawsuits have been filed in states where Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden alleging election malpractice. The election process is not over yet in the USA although the media has crowned Joe Biden the president already. Although it is extremely unlikely that Trump will still be the US president at the end of it all, as Constitutional legal analyst Jonathan Turley pointed out, his chances are still not dead yet.

SHOCKING: PFI members met with Al-Qaeda linked Turkish group IHH, claims European research body, photos emerge

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SHOCKING: PFI members met with Al-Qaeda linked Turkish group IHH, claims European research body, photos emerge

A Swedish research organisation, Nordic Monitor, has alleged an alliance between Turkic extremist group İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı (IHH) and radical Islamist organisation Popular Front of India (PFI). According to the report, the meeting was held on the 20th of October, 2018, seven months ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections in 2019.

The meeting, clouded in secrecy, was apparently part of Erdogan’s outreach towards Muslims in the Southeast Asia. The two key PFI leaders who attended the meeting were E.M. Abdul Rahiman and Prof. P. Koya, members of the National Executive Council of the PFI, the report claims. It was attended by IHH Secretary-General Durmuş Aydın and IHH Vice President Hüseyin Oruç as well and partnership in various fields were discussed.

The Nordic Monitor says that IHH works with Turkish intelligence service MIT, led by Erdogan loyalist Hakan Fidan, an Islamist as well. It also said that the PFI was promoted by Turkic state-run media Anadolu as a civic and social group the members of which were abused by Indian police. The IHH was accused to have smuggled arms to Al-Qaeda affiliated Jihadists in Syria in January 2014.

Photograph of meeting between IHH and PFI (Image Credit: Nordic Monitor)

The report states further, “The IHH had long been flagged by Russia as an organization that smuggled arms to jihadist groups in Syria, according to intelligence documents submitted to the UN Security Council on Feb. 10, 2016. Russian intelligence documents even furnished the license plate numbers of trucks dispatched by the IHH loaded with arms and supplies bound for al-Qaeda-affiliated groups including the Nusra Front.”

The Nordic Monitor also said that the Erdogan regime in Turkey is helping the IHH in global operations using its diplomatic clout. The PFI in India has been accused of involvement in numerous instances of violence and their members have been accused of murder as well. The Enforcement Directorate had accused the PFI of funding anti-CAA riots across the country.

(From L to 2nd R) Prof. P Koya, Durmuş Aydın, Hüseyin Oruç, E. M. Abdul Rahiman (Image Credit: Nordic Monitor)

UP police chief OP Singh had stated that members of radical Islamic organisations – Popular Front of India (PFI) and its political front, Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), including political parties like Samajwadi Party were involved in instigating Muslim mobs to indulge in violence across the state during the anti-CAA protests. The UP police had advocated a ban on PFI after the widespread violence in the state.

Kerala High Court quashes defamation case against Malayala Manorama, says media has the right to publish news with necessary commentary

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Kerala High Court quashes defamation case against Malayala Manorama, says media has the right to publish news with necessary commentary

The Kerala High Court haas quashed a defamation case against the Malayala Manorama Daily filed by one R Chandrasekaran and three others over a vigilance report. The complaint was directed against the Managing Editor, Chief Editor and Publisher of the daily. The newspaper had moved the High Court after District Magistrate took cognisance of the matter.

The Kerala High Court upheld that the press has the right to publish any news item along with its commentary unless done with a malafide intention or does not concern the public interest. Justice P. Somarajan stated that such a news piece if done with ‘imputation of truth’ for the public good, will not attract defamation charges.

The Court observed that the vigilance report published by Manorama Daily mentioned the complainant as an accused in a case for which a crime was registered. It noted that the report published by the Daily was a true version of the incident. It ruled that the defamation complaint defeats the purpose of the 4th estate.

Observations made by the Kerala High Court

“The first proviso to Section 499 /PC has got a wide canvass in a democratic system and right to publish a news item with its necessary comments and views though sometimes contemptuous, cannot be defeated unless malafides writ large on its face and not concerning with a matter of public interest or public good. The contemptuous nature of news item, if it is connected with the imputation of truth, which requires publication for the public goodwill not attract the offence and there shall not be any misunderstanding with respect to the requirement to attract Section 499 IPC with the first exception therein. The news item published hence will not attract the offence of defamation as defined under Section 499 IPC,” stated Justice P. Somarajan.

The Court added, “It is the duty of the fourth estate to publish all news materials, especially having public importance and it is their further duty to comment on the news material with its pros and cons so as to enlighten the society to remain vigil on the matters of public importance. It would squarely come under the first exception attached to Section 499 IPC, when it is done with bonafides for the public interest.”

“The fourth estate is not expected to shy away from the matters governing public importance, but it is their solemn duty to serve the society with the news item with its pros and cons so as to bring the society more functional and vigil. The fourth estate being one of the rostrums to address and comment on each and every matter governing public interest/ public importance in a democratic society, the news item published with necessary comments, though sometimes contemptuous, may not itself amount to defamation as defined under Section 499 IPC unless the same is lacking in good faith and not concerning with a matter of public interest or public good,” the Court upheld.

ASI begins preparations to build the Museum dedicated to Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan in Delhi

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ASI begins preparations to build the Museum dedicated to Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan in Delhi

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will build a museum dedicated to Hindu emperor Prithviraj Chauhan in Delhi at Qila Rai Pithora, Jagran has reported. The building already built in this fort will be expanded for the museum dedicated to Prithviraj Chauhan. ASI has already started collecting documents and antiquities related to Chauhan for the museum. As per the reports, the museum will be ready in the next year.

During his tenure in the Vajpayee government as Urban Development Minister, Jagmohan rejuvenated Qila Rai Pithora. Before its revamp, there were slums around the fort, and the administration neglected it. Jagmohan’s ministry worked with Delhi Development Authority and developed plans to conserve and develop the fort. At that time, only a small part of the region was preserved. After Jagmohan became Minister of Tourism and Culture, he preserved the entire mound on which the fort was located and ordered excavation.

The expansion work was halted due to pollution

The Archaeological Survey of India took charge of the preservation. A conservation centre was also built on the premises, and a grand statue of Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan was installed. However, later the construction was halted due to pollution. Now the work of expansion will start at full pace. There is a plan to build a museum and green park around the conservation centre.

DDA handed over the development work of the park in 2002. In his book, Jagmohan wrote how Chauhan constructed a huge fort. He said that in reality, Lal Kot Qila Rai Pithora is the actual Delhi. Tomar and Chauhan built several temples within Lal Kot, which were later demolished by Muslim emperors. The stones were reused for the Kuwaitul Islam Mosque. It is believed that Qutubuddin and Iltutmish made Qila Rai Pithora their residence.

The first city of Delhi

Qila Rai Pithora is the first of seven cities of Delhi. It was constructed between 1180 – 1186. Chauhan, who built this fort, was the last Hindu Emperor to have a strong central authority in Delhi. There were twelve gates to Rai Pithora, and the remains of the fort can be seen on the Press Enclave Road even today.

Jharkhand: State Assembly unanimously passes resolution to consider Sarna community as a separate religious group

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Jharkhand: State Assembly unanimously passes resolution to consider Sarna community as a separate religious group

On Wednesday, the Jharkhand State Assembly unilaterally passed a resolution seeking separate religious status for the Sarna community in the Census of 2021.

While speaking on the development, Chief Minister Hemant Soren stated that the resolution was passed during a special one-day session of the Jharkhand Legislative assembly. He informed that the resolution will be sent to the Union government for approval. The BJP has meanwhile proposed removal of the oblique in ‘tribal/Sarna’ from the resolution. The amendment was accepted by the Chief Minister and the resolution was passed, following the support of all parties.

The Principal Secretary, in a letter to Hemant Soren, has argued that the tribal population in the state had declined from 38.3% to 26.02% between 1931 and 2011. The letter stated that since many tribals work in different States, their data remains missing in the Census. It was therefore proposed a separate religious code to ‘ensure’ that they are counted in the population. It was also highlighted how declining numbers of the Adivasis affects constitutional rights provided to them under the 5th Schedule of the constitution.

Advisasis converting to Christianity to avail dual benefits

Reportedly, this had been a long-standing demand of several tribal groups in Jharkhand. The BJP government had earlier announced in February 2019 that it would recommend the inclusion of Sarna in a distinct religious category. The Sarna community worships the nature and their Holy grail os ‘Jal, Jungle, Zameen (water, forests and land). The followers of Sarna worship the hills and the trees. While most of the 32 distinct tribal groups in Jharkhand identify themselves as Hindus, some have converted to Christianity. It is pertinent to remember that the State has about 4% Christian population.

It is said that several people from the Sarna community had converted to Christianity to avail dual benefits of religious minority and that provided to the Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Sarna community, who have originally been loyal to Hinduism, had demanded the benefits must be limited to those who have not converted to Christianity.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel admitted to ICU

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Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel admitted to ICU

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was admitted to ICU on Sunday. He has been seriously ill with Covid-19. He contracted the infection in the first week of October, and since then, he was undergoing treatment. He was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital, Gurugram. The 71-year-old Congress leader announced on 1st October on Twitter that he had contracted the infection.

On Sunday, Faisal, Patel’s son, said, “On behalf of his family, we would like to share that Shri Ahmed Patel had tested positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago. He has now been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon for further treatment.” “His condition is stable and he continues to be under medical observation…We request you to pray for his speedy recovery,” he said.

Patel is a close aide and political advisor of Sonia Gandhi. Several Congress leaders have wished him a speedy recovery. He is currently a member of the Rajya Sabha.

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