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‘The demolition has given Kangana Ranaut unnecessary publicity’, Sharad Pawar says undue importance given to the actor’s statements

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‘The demolition has given Kangana Ranaut unnecessary publicity’, Sharad Pawar says undue importance given to the actor’s statements

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, the architect of the coalition government in Maharashtra, has raised questions over BMC’s demolition drive at Kangana Ranaut’s office today. He said that BMC’s action was unnecessary, and it has given Ranaut the opportunity to speak against the government. He added that there are many other illegal constructions in Mumbai, and it is necessary to consider the events that led to the authorities’ decision. Pawar said that it is a known fact that Mumbai Police works for the safety of the people.

Shard Pawar also said that the BMC was giving too much importance to Kangana’s statements. “We are giving too much importance to the people making such statements. One must understand the impact of such statements on the people at large,” he said. Saying that such people should not get publicity, Pawar said that the demolition by BMC will give Kangana Ranaut “Unnecessary Publicity”. The NCP supremo made the comments while talking to reporters at YB Chavan Centre at Nariman Point in the city after a book launch ceremony.

The recent spat between Kangana Ranaut and Shiv Sena had reached to the point where BMC, under Sena’s rule, decided to demolish the office of Kangana Ranaut over illegal construction charges. They have claimed that Ranaut renovated the office without taking prior permission as required by the law. The demolition drive took place at the time when Ranaut was coming back to Mumbai. Kangana live-tweeted what was happening at her office. Many has opined that the demolition done by BMC was illegal as the Bombay High Court has put a stay on all demolition, eviciotn and repossession drives by authorities up to 30 September due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The demolition of the Pali Hill office of Ranaut gave her a chance to compare Mumbai with Pakistan occupied Kashmir once again. A coalition of Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress is running the government in Maharashtra. NCP coming in the open against Sena’s actions is not seen as a good sign for the coalition.

‘Aaj mera ghar toota, kal tera ghamand tootega’: Kangana Ranaut hits out on Uddhav Thackeray after BMC demolishes her office

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‘Aaj mera ghar toota, kal tera ghamand tootega’: Kangana Ranaut hits out on Uddhav Thackeray after BMC demolishes her office

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut today took to Twitter to lash out on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished her office earlier in the day.

She reached Mumbai a couple of minutes back from Himachal Pradesh. Prior to that, the BMC demolished her office claiming there was illegal construction. Addressing Shiv Sena head and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Kangana said her spirits are not dampened after BMC (where Shiv Sena is major party), broke down her house along with film mafia. “This is the wheel of time. Today my house is broken, tomorrow your arrogance will break,” she said.

She further thanked Thackeray and said that while she knew what Kashmiri Pandits had suffered (during the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus in late 80s and early 90s from the valley), but today she has experienced it. “I promise this country that I will make a movie not only on Ayodhya but also on Kashmir and awaken our countrymen. Uddhav Thackeray, this cruelty and terror… it is good it happened to me. Because this has significance,” she said.

She also shared videos of her office that was demolished by the BMC.

She said that nothing in her office was illegal and that the demolition was carried out even though the Bombay High Court had stayed all demolitions till 30th September.

Kangana vs Shiv Sena

The Kangana vs Shiv Sena standoff escalated after Shiv Sena leaders as well as NCP leaders threatened Kangana Ranaut for referring to Mumbai as Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir after Azadi slogans were spotted on graffiti. Later, Mumbai Commissioner of Police also ‘liked’ a tweet abusing her. Shiv Sena MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut even referred to her as ‘haramkhor ladki’. After the misogynist and sexist tirade against her, Raut claimed ‘haramkhor’ means ‘naughty’.

US President Donald Trump nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in UAE-Israel peace deal

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US President Donald Trump nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in UAE-Israel peace deal

US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, reportedly by a Norwegian parliamentarian for brokering the UAE-Israel peace deal. As per a report by Fox News, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament and chairman to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, submitted the nomination.

Tybring-Gjedde reportedly praised Trump for his efforts to end conflicts between nations worldwide. He had also previously submitted a nomination for Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his Singapore summit which hosted Kim Jong-un.

“For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees, The Norwegian leader told to Fox News in an exclusive interview.

Tybring-Gjedde, a four-term parliamentarian has Witten in his nomination letter to the Nobel Peace Prize committee that Trump’s administration has played a key role in establishing contact and talks between nations indulged in conflict.

Clrifying that he is “not a big Trump supporter” anyway, Tybring-Gjedde further told Fox News that “The committee should look at the facts and judge him on the facts – not on the way he behaves sometimes.” The Norwegian leader further added that the people who have received the Peace Prize in recent years have done much less than Donald Trump.

“For example, Barack Obama did nothing”, Tybring-Gjedde added.

Assam: One Riki Ahmed arrested for repeatedly raping his minor niece after drugging her

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Assam: One Riki Ahmed arrested for repeatedly raping his minor niece after drugging her

The Assam police have arrested a named Riki Ahmed alias Bicky of Kawri Patty area of Naliapool for allegedly raping a 15-year-old minor girl several times in Dibrugarh. The accused Riki Ahmed is the maternal uncle of the victim.

The man was arrested on the basis of an FIR filed by the family members of the girl, who have alleged that the accused had raped the girl more than 20 times. The issue was not known to the family members of the victim. The family came to know about the matter only yesterday and they filed a complaint against the accused with the police immediately after that.

According to reports, Riki Ahmed used to drug his niece before rapping her. He is reportedly associated with several organisations in Dibrugarh town.

According to Additional Superintendent of police, Padmanav Baruah, a case (no 1513/20) under sections 448/376 D(A)/ 506 of the IPC, Section 4 of Protection of Child from Sexual Offence Act has been registered against the offender at Dibrugarh police station. While the accused has denied the allegations levelled against him, the police officer claimed that the circumstantial evidence points towards his involvement.

“We will file the charge sheet within a week’s time and demand for a fast-track trial,” the Additional SP added.

Criminal incidents in Assam on the rise after coronavirus lockdown

Criminal incidents in Assam are steadily on the rise. Several parts of the state, including Dibrugarh, have reported a spurt in the rape crimes. In June 2020, an incident of gangrape took place in Dibrugarh, when four individuals intercepted a minor girl, who was on her way from Convoy road to her sister’s house at Chandmari ghat at Paltan Bazar. The minor was abducted by the four men and taken to a nearby tea garden and raped by them.

Separately, in June this year, the Dibrugarh police had reportedly arrested one Rahimuddin and two others, in connection to the brutal murder of a 20-year-old named Saurav Das. The incident took place n Lejai in the Dibrugarh district of upper Assam on Friday night and the body of the victim was disposed off in the Sesa river. The victim hailed from Dewanbari village that fell under the jurisdiction of Borbaruah police station.

As per reports, the deceased boy was allegedly dating a minor girl and on the night of his murder, he was called by the girl to meet at the spot where the girl’s father Rahimuddin and two of his accomplices were already waiting for him.

Saurav Das was then stabbed and his body was dumped into the river. His 2-wheeler was recovered from a spot, adjacent to the river. “It is a pre-planned murder. We demand a proper investigation into the incident. We will not remain silent till the culprits get strict punishment,” a local man was quoted as saying

Kangana Vs Maha govt: Bombay HC stays BMC’s demolition drive on actress’ property, asks to file reply on her petition

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Kangana Vs Maha govt: Bombay HC stays BMC’s demolition drive on actress’ property, asks to file reply on her petition

The Bombay High Court has passed a restraint order against the demolition drive being carried out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on actress Kangana Ranaut’s property and has asked the BMC to file a reply on her petition.

Parts of property already demolished

The BMC had, however, already demolished parts of the property on the ground that some illegal alterations were carried out at the property without permission. The demolition drive being carried out the BMC was in violation of the order of the Bombay High Court that directed the government, Municipal corporations and other authorities against carrying out any demolition, eviction and holding auctions of attached properties across the State of Maharashtra till September 30.

BMC’s action was in violation of Bombay HC’s order?

In an earlier order, the Bombay High Court had directed the Municipal Commissioners of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai as well Municipal Commissioners of all the Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra to consider issuing a general directive not to demolish, evict and/or hold auctions of attached properties for a specified period. The High Court passed the order for preventing individuals aggrieved by any of the above-mentioned acts of the Municipal Corporations from rushing to the court seeking restraint order.

The court also said that in case Municipal corporations in some extraordinary situations or for compelling reasons are required to take any such action, they must first get the necessary orders from the court. The restriction on carrying out any demolition, eviction or holding auction of attached properties was later extended by the High Court till September 30, 2020, by an order passed on August 31, 2020.

The BMC did not take prior permission from the court as required by the March 19 order. It is to be seen whether contempt charges will be slapped against the BMC for not complying with the order of the High Court.

Kangana Ranaut is facing the wrath of the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government for voicing her opinion against political leaders and the governance of Mumbai. Shiv Sena has been trying to project her criticism of the government as a criticism of the Maratha pride.

Islamist ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub tests positive for coronavirus

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Islamist ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub tests positive for coronavirus

Islamist ‘Journalist’ Rana Ayyub has tested positive for coronavirus. On Wednesday she took to Twitter to inform that her oxygen levels dipped last night and eventually she tested positive for Chinese virus.

She claimed she is looking for a hospital bed in Navi Mumbai to get herself admitted.

In March 2020, when the pandemic that started in China had just started to engulf the world, Rana had wondered what is left for the virus to kill in a nation that is morally corrupt.

Ayyub has been caught spreading misinformation and fake news during the pandemic quite often. She shared a a video claiming a labourer on Shramik Special train died of starvation while it was due to other health condition. She was also found shielding the Tablighi Jamaat, the congregation of Muslims which acted as one of the initial hotspots for the spread of Chinese coronavirus. Further, along with leftist ‘historian’ William Dalrymple, she was caught spreading old image of curfew defaulters being punished as that of migrant labourers.

Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair gets interim protection for FIR against him for doxxing a girl child

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Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair gets interim protection for FIR against him for doxxing a girl child

Delhi High Court has given interim protection to Alt News co-founder Zubair while hearing his plea to quash FIR filed against him under IPC Section 509B, IT Act section 67. The court has asked the Delhi government and DCP Cyber Cell to file a status report of the case within eight weeks. The court has also directed NCPCR to file a reply on the allegations against Zubair filed by the petitioner by making his data public.

According to the reports, POSCO act was not added to the Delhi FIR.

Two FIRs against Zubair for doxxing a minor girl

Priyank Kanoongo, the chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, said in a tweet recently that according to the action taken report (ATR) received by the commission, an FIR has been registered against Mohammad Zubair for doxxing a minor girl while arguing with a twitter user. FIR is also named @de_real_mak and @syedsarwar, who posted derogatory tweets against the girl child in the pretext of supporting Zubair. Another FIR is filed against Zubair in Chhattisgarh under relevant sections of the IT Act and POCSO Act.

“Everything is over now”, Supreme Court dismisses fresh petitions seeking postponement of NEET examination

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“Everything is over now”, Supreme Court dismisses fresh petitions seeking postponement of NEET examination

The Supreme Court today dismissed three petitions seeking to postpone the NEET examination for admission to undergraduate medical courses scheduled to be conducted on September 13. The petitions cited many grounds for postponement of the exams including the Bihar floods and the lesser restrictions on movement. A similar petition filed by six Ministers from various states was dismissed by the Court on September 4.

The three petitions sought for the postponement of the examination instead of cancellation in view of the coronavirus outbreak. A Bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash Reddy and Mr Shah took the decision. The court in its August 17 order, which was passed by a Bench headed by Justice Mishra, had allowed the Centre to conduct the examinations. The court had observed that the career of students could not be put on peril and a year could not be wasted.

Commenting on the maintainability of the petitions, the bench remarked that everything was over, the review petitions were also dismissed and the JEE has also been conducted, so how could then the current petition be considered. Senior Advocate Arvind P Datar who appeared for the petitioners gave the example of Bihar where there are only two centres for the examination and the train services have been stopped till September 30. “16 lakh students are writing the exams. This is the only medical exam. There are only two centres- Patna and Gaya. Trains are not running till 30th. We are only asking for 3 weeks of postponement”, Datar submitted.

Senior Advocate KTS Tulsi who supported Datar’s argument requested the court to pass an order similar to that passed by the Bombay High Court last week. The Bombay High Court had ordered the National Testing Agency to conduct a re-examination for the students who could not appear for the exam. Datar also made a similar request for students who will not be able to appear in the exam due to lockdown restrictions.

Pakistan: SECP official Sajid Gondal returns after being missing for five days, questions were raised on CPEC chairperson Lt Gen (Rt) Bajwa

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Pakistan: SECP official Sajid Gondal returns after being missing for five days, questions were raised on CPEC chairperson Lt Gen (Rt) Bajwa

Joint Director of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Sajid Gondal, has resurfaced on 8th September. He was missing for five days. He posted on his twitter handle that he is back and safe and thanked everyone who was worried about him.

Any details of the circumstances of his return have not been made public yet. His disappearance was linked to the probe in corruption allegations against Lieutenant General (Retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa, chairperson, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He is a close aide of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan.

As per the reports, Gondal’s vehicle was found abandoned in front of the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) in Chak Shahzad. His family filed a complaint with the police after he did not contact them or came back home. After the information of his disappearance was made public, #BringBackSajidGondal trended on Twitter in Pakistan.

After his disappearance, voices were raised not only by the ministers in power but also by Islamabad High Court judge over the police’s failure to trace him. In a statement, information Minister Shibli Faraz had condemned the incident and said the country seems to be no longer safe. He said, being a minister, he used to feel safe while driving alone at night, which is no longer the case.

While hearing a petition filed by Gondal’s mother, Chief Justice Athar Minallah, Islamabad High Court (IHC) said that Gondal’s disappearance is only the tip of the iceberg. The court issued a direction on 5th September to respondents, including the interior secretary, chief commissioner, and Inspector General of Police, Islamabad Capital Territory, to appear in front of the court in person to file an answer on the failure of security agencies to trace Gondal.

Allegations against Bajwa

Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa had to resign after allegations were raised against him to help his family members set up off-shore businesses in several locations. He had served as a Commander of the Southern Command and Pakistan Army Spokesperson before retiring. He denied all the allegations against him and submitted his resignation from his post of special assistant to the PM on information and broadcasting. However, he kept serving as the chairperson of CPEC. In his tweet on 3rd September, he denied all the charges and said, “I have and will always serve Pakistan with pride and dignity.”

On 4th September, senator Faisal Javed Khan, a close aide of PM Imran Khan, tweeted and informed that PM Khan had decided not to accept Bajwa’s resignation from SAPM and asked him to continue working.

Bajwa’s resignation came after Fact Focus reported on 27th August that his younger brothers opened Papa John’s pizza restaurants in 2002 when he started working as a Lieutenant Colonel on the General Pervez Musharraf’s staff. The report suggested that his brothers Nadeem and the other three, along with his wife and three sons, own a business empire with around 99 companies set up in four countries. Journalist Ahmad Noorani, who wrote the Fact Focus report, has alleged that he is receiving threats to his life publishing the said report.

“Death of democracy,” Kangana Ranaut tweets as BMC officials demolish her office, moves HC for stay

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“Death of democracy,” Kangana Ranaut tweets as BMC officials demolish her office, moves HC for stay

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun a demolition drive at the Bandra office of actor Kangana Ranaut. They had claimed that there were several alterations on the premises without the due permission from BMC. When BMC officials arrived with police force at Ranaut’s office, she said that the Maharashtra government and their goons are at my property all set to break it down illegally.

She said that her office was like “Ram Mandir” to her. In her tweet, she said the history would repeat itself, and Ram Mandir will get demolished again by Babar. In the last tweet about the demolition drive, she said, “I am never wrong, and my enemies prove again, and again this is why my Mumbai is POK now #deathofdemocracy.”

The actress has moved the Bombay High Court for a stay on the demolition drive on her office.

On Monday, the BMC visited the office for the first time for inspection. On Tuesday morning at around 10 AM, they pasted a notice as the office was closed. Kangana said in a tweet that the BMC officials forcefully took over her office. The notice was issued to her under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act that stated the ongoing renovation and finishing work was not as per the approved plan. Ranaut is travelling back to Mumbai amid threats from the ruling party.

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