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Lucknow: Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad announces to set up a camp to teach Muslims, Dalits how to procure firearms

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Lucknow: Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad announces to set up a camp to teach Muslims, Dalits how to procure firearms

In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Muslims and the Dalits to take up arms, prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad has announced to set up a camp in Lucknow on July 26 to teach them about the ‘right to self-defence’ and how to apply for a firearm licence.

According to the reports, lawyer Mahmood Pracha along with Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi addressing a press conference said that they would conduct camps to assist people from the Muslim and Dalit communities to procure firearms. The camp will be held inside the historic Bada Imambara in Old Lucknow.

In a press brief, both the lawyer and Shia Muslim cleric said that the camps would be held in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow on July 26. They further accused the RSS of puppeteering mob lynching against the minority communities.

“We will tell you the legal method of how to fill-up the form and how do we apply for the license,” said Maulana Kalbe.

“The camp becomes all the more necessary in the light of the recent mob lynchings in different parts of the country and the Sonbhadra massacre…,” said senior lawyer Mahmood Pracha, who has been invited to oversee the camp.

Lawyer Pracha claimed that the Sonbhadra incident would not have occurred if those killed also had legal firearms to defend themselves.

“Sonbhadra is a glaring example of this inequality and discrimination in granting firearms licences by our system. While the oppressors or influential class can easily obtain weapons licence, the underprivileged section like the tribals in the Sonbhadra case, don’t even know how to apply for one,” said Pracha.

Reportedly, a similar camp will take place in Kolkata after Lucknow. Pracha said that similar camps would be held all over the country to teach Muslims and Dalits about the right to self-defence and the procedure to avail a firearm licence.

However, after facing severe outrage over arming Muslims, Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawed has taken a u-turn saying that he has asked his lawyer Pracha to postpone the training camp. He added that there will not be any training on how to use the firearms in the camps.

Blaming the media, Jawed said that media quoted him wrong. “We have asked Pracha to postpone the programme to see whether the government acts against mob lynching incidents or not. We will meet the leaders to demand a law against lynching,” said Jawed on Sunday.

Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan, in communally sensitive Kairana, asks people not to buy anything from ‘BJP supporters’

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Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan, in communally sensitive Kairana, asks people not to buy anything from ‘BJP supporters’

In a video that has gone viral on social media, Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan can be heard asking his supporters in communally sensitive Kairana to economically boycott BJP supporters.

In the video, Hasan can be heard urging his supporters to not buy anything from the shops of people who support the BJP. “I urge everyone in Kairana and in nearby villages who buy things from Kairana, I request you with folded hands stop buying anything from the BJP supporters. For ten days, one month. Go elsewhere, to other villages but for solidarity with your brothers, face some hardships. But boycott these BJP people in the market. Only then things will improve. Their homes run because we buy things from them. And because of that, we are suffering,” he said.

Kairana in Uttar Pradesh is a communally sensitive area which witnessed an exodus of Hindus during the Samajwadi Party government led by Akhilesh Yadav. Kairana town is pegged to have about 85% Muslims, and the rest being mostly Hindus. In 2001 the figure was 52% Hindus and the rest were Muslims.

Kolkata: 37-year-old Asgar Ali arrested for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl

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Kolkata: 37-year-old Asgar Ali arrested for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl

A 37-year-old man, Asgar Ali was arrested on allegations of raping and murdering a five-year-old school girl in Kolkata. As per Times of India report, Ali picked up the girl from a neighbouring house by luring her with fruits. He then took her to a nearby jungle where he allegedly raped and strangulated the child.

Ali is a resident of Narendrapur’s Kheyada no. 1 Panchayat area in South 24 Parganas. When the child did not return home, the parents filed a missing person’s report in the police station. The police reportedly used high-powered drones and sniffer dogs to trace Ali and the missing girl child.

The villagers suspected Ali’s involvement in the child’s disappearance since she was last seen with him. They staged a protest outside his house and even damaged it. On Saturday, acting on a tip-off, the Police arrested Ali when he was returning via train from Sonarpur station.

During interrogation, Ali confessed that he raped the child. He said that when she started crying, he strangulated her. The police took him to the place where the girl’s body was dumped. It was about 1 km away from where the child lived.

The child’s body and clothes were recovered from the spot. According to Police, Ali would keep this phone switched off and kept changing his location. This made it difficult to trace him. Ali’s relatives were also questioned before he was arrested. Ali, who worked as a car and bus helper, has earlier crime records.

Live updates Karnataka Trust Vote: Karnataka Government has fallen

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Live updates Karnataka Trust Vote: Karnataka Government has fallen

The coalition government of Janta Dal (Secular) and Congress is facing a second trust vote in little over one year after elections were held in May 2018. Various MLAs from the ruling coalition have rebelled and that’s why the trust vote was needed.

Kumaraswamy government has fallen. Coalition finished in Karnataka. Congress-JDS coalition comes to an end.

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Mayawati contradicts her own MLA, says BSP MLA in Karnataka instructed to support HD Kumaraswamy govt in trust vote

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Mayawati contradicts her own MLA, says BSP MLA in Karnataka instructed to support HD Kumaraswamy govt in trust vote

Just hours after lone BSP MLA in Karnataka N Mahesh announcing that he will abstain from the trust vote in the assembly tomorrow, party supremo Mayawati said that the party will be voting for the HD Kumaraswamy government on Monday.


In a tweet posted by the official Twitter handle on Mayawati, the party informed that Mayawati has instructed the BSP MLA in Karnataka to vote for the government in the trust vote. This has come as a contradiction of what the party MLA had said earlier.

Earlier in the day, while talking to media N Mahesh had said that Mayawati has asked him to abstain from the voting, and he will not be attending the assembly on Monday and Tuesday. Mahesh was not present in the house on Thursday and Friday, when trust vote was scheduled to take place, but the ruling Congress-JDS coalition managed to postpone it despite Governor giving the deadline of Thursday evening and then Friday afternoon.

Mahesh was earlier part of the government in Karnataka but he had resigned in October last year after disagreements had erupted between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress concerning seat-sharing for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.

The BSP MLA voting for the Kumaraswamy is not expected to make any change in the outcome of the voting. Although the ruling coalition vote will go up to 100, this will not be enough to beat 105 of BJP and two independents, unless Congress and JDS manage to woo back the 15 dissident MLAs.

One year old video of Hima Das winning a 400 meter race shared as the yesterday’s race where she won 5th gold in 3 weeks

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One year old video of Hima Das winning a 400 meter race shared as the yesterday’s race where she won 5th gold in 3 weeks

Sprinting sensation from Assam Hima Das has made sporting history yesterday by winning 5 gold medals in just three weeks. On July 20, she won her 5th Gold in a 400 meter run in the Czech Republic, after 4 golds in 200-meter events in this month in various events in Europe. Praises have been pouring for the 19-year-old youth icon from every quarter, with the President of India also congratulating her and hoping for an Olympics gold in a tweet posted in Assamese.

While praising Hima Das, many people posted a video of a 400-meter event won by Hima Das, implying this is the event where she won the latest gold medal. The video has been posted by journalists, politicians and several ordinary social media users.


Although Hima is seeing winning the race in the video, it is not the race that took place in the Czech Republic on 20th July. The 400-meter race that Hima Das completed in 51.46 seconds was the first gold medal won by any Indian at the IAAF World under-20 Athletics Championships that took place in Finland in July last year. In the video, we can clearly hear the commentator saying that before this India has never won any track event. Hima Das had changed that dismal record of India on 12 July last year.

On the other hand, her 400-meter race yesterday was a bit slower which was completed in 52.09 seconds.


The race in the Czech Republic that took place yesterday can be seen embedded in the above tweet.

Radical Christian organisations threaten Hindu Ashram in Russia, organisation reaches out to PM Modi for help

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Radical Christian organisations threaten Hindu Ashram in Russia, organisation reaches out to PM Modi for help

A Hindu Ashram in Russia, ‘Shri Prakash Dham’, is under threat from radical Christian organisations, claims Prasun Prakash, Director, Public Affairs, Centre for Conservation of Indian Culture, Shri Prakash Dham. Shri Prakash Dham has presence in Russia, Eurasia, Europe and the UK.

According to Prakash, radical Christian organisation not only gave them threats, but also carried out physical attacks. Prasun, who was born in Moscow, Russia, originally hails from Patna, Bihar. He has masters in international relations specialising in Russian administrative services from Moscow State University.

Prakash said, “About four years back, my family and our organisation was under attack from the nationalist orthodox Christian goons. It all began with slander on the internet, TV and radio and even included physical attacks on me personally.”

Alexander Dvorkin, an anti-cult activist in Russia and member of a group that harasses any religion that competes with Russia’s orthodox Church, reportedly started a campaign against the spiritual guru. As per the reports, the Guru has been living in Russia since 1990. He had reached Russia to study medicine, but eventually became a spiritual leader.

According to Guru Prakash, people pretending to be journalists were first sent to his house. The ones who opposed them came pretending to be their supporters and devotees. These fake journalists would then take images and videos of the ashram and spread fake propaganda.

He alleged that the radical Christian groups refer to yoga and meditation as ‘hypnosis’ and claim that the devotees of Shri Prakash are under the influence of hypnosis and straying from Christianity.

“Our first lawyer was a very renowned pro-Putin hard liner who got pressurised by the hooligans in the Russian FSB (the modern short form of KGB). As the matter progressed we saw great support from the Russian communist party and Islam. We even spoke about this matter in the walls of the UN and the Russian Parliament,” said Prasun Prakash.

He added that currently the situation is under control as they recently won a case against the radical outfit. “Our new lawyer, who is a famous muslim personality in Russia and my very good friend also played an important role in this victory. I met him through our common Muslim friends who are like brothers to me,” he added.

Prasun Prakash says that Russian President Putin and Prime Minister Modi are also aware of their situation. He said that some time back he had met the then minister of state of external affairs, General V K Singh, had visited Russia and raised the issue. Prasun Prakash added that he is hopeful the government of India will intervene and take action against the threats they are receiving.

Kumaraswamy plans to admit himself in a hospital to delay trust vote allege 2 independent MLAs, approach SC

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Kumaraswamy plans to admit himself in a hospital to delay trust vote allege 2 independent MLAs, approach SC

Two independent MLAs Shankar and Nagesh have approached the Supreme Court alleging that Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy may admit himself in a hospital for further delay the trust vote which is to take place tomorrow. As per reports, Kumaraswamy’s astrologer has suggested that he delay the trust vote till Tuesday since auspicious time begins for him then.

Earlier today, Mayawati led Bahujan Samaj Party’s MLA, who had extended support to the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka had said that he will not attend the Assembly during the trust vote on directions of Mayawati. BSP MLA N Mahesh will abstain from supporting the Congress-JDS led coalition government in the floor test tomorrow in Karnataka Assembly.

As many as 15 MLAs, 12 from Congress and three from JDS have resigned, while independent MLAs R Shankar and H Nagesh have withdrawn support to the coalition government, putting the Congress-JDS coalition government in Karnataka on edge.

If this position continues and Congress and JDS fails in wooing the dissidents back, the government will be reduced to a strength of 100 members including Speaker in the 225-member Assembly. The BJP has 105 members and the support of two Independents, which will be enough to form a government and prove majority in the house. One of the independents R Shankar may also abstain from the voting on Monday.

No, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur did not insult menial cleaning jobs, this is what she meant

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No, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur did not insult menial cleaning jobs, this is what she meant

On Sunday, news agency ANI posted a video of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur talking about cleaning drains and toilets which created outrage on social media. While talking to some people in Sehore, she was heard saying Hum naali saaf karwane ke liye nahi bane hain. Hum aapka shauchalaya saaf karne ke liye bilkul nahi banaye gaye hain.


Her this comment was quickly misinterpreted by many people and they started attacking the MP, alleging that she is insulting the job of cleaning. Robert Vadra’s brother-in-law Tehseen Poonawalla even brought in RSS in this subject, he tweeted saying that this shows that RSS supremacy.


But if one gives attention to her comment, it can be seen that there is nothing outrageous in her comment. The literal translation of her comment would be, “I have not been made (MP) for getting drains cleaned, I was definitely not made (MP) for cleaning your toilets”.

The Bhopal MP was essentially emphasising different job responsibilities of different organs of the government, and was not talking about the manual job of cleaners, like many people are assuming. Pragya Thakur also added that she will that job with full honesty for which she was elected, as a member of parliament. It is noteworthy that her comment was applauded by people present in that location.

Although it is true that Modi government has given topmost priority to cleanliness through the Swachh Bharat initiative, and everyone is supposed to promote it, it does not mean job of one department can be done by another. The job of cleaning drains rests with local governance bodies like municipalities and town committees. MPs can work towards specific programs in this regard, and can fund construction of drains etc from their MPLAD fund, but day to day maintenance of sewerage is the responsibility of the local bodies, and neither MPs nor MLAs have much say in this regard. Almost all of local bodies in India suffer from inefficiencies and also face severe fund crisis, therefore they can’t perform their basic duties of keeping their area clean.

The video posted by ANI contains only the comment of Pragya Thakur, it does not give us any context about the situation which prompted her to make that comment. Probably someone was complaining about specific sanitation issues in their area, or maybe it was a general comment emphasising on the role of a MP. Whatever may be the trigger, but it is certain that Pragya Thakur was not talking about the job of cleaners, she was talking about her responsibilities as an MP.

Former EAM Sushma Swaraj shuts down a troll, Irfan Khan, who wishes death upon her

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Former EAM Sushma Swaraj shuts down a troll, Irfan Khan, who wishes death upon her

Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Twitter shut down troll for wishing death upon her. The troll, Irfan Khan, had replied to a tweet of the former Union Minister. Sushma Swaraj had earlier posted a message condoling the death of Mange Ram Garg, former Delhi BJP President.


Sushma Swaraj wrote about how Mange Ram Garg was loyal and devoted to the party. She also praised him for contributing to society even after his death. Garg had pledged his organs to the ‘Dadhichi Deh Dan Samiti’.

In response to this, Irfan Khan had wished death upon the former Union Minister. He tweeted to Sushma Swaraj that someday she too would be remembered in the same manner.


Sushma Swaraj shut him down by thanking him for his kind thought.

Sushma Swaraj’s sassiness

The former External Affairs Minister is known for her quick witter replies and humour on social media. She gave a sassy reply to a user who had questioned her for taking part in the ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign started by PM Modi.

Similarly, in another incident, a Twitter user Karan Saini had tweeted to Sushma Swaraj saying he was stuck on mars and the food sent via Mangalyaan is running out. He asked when Mangalyaan-II would be sent. Sushma Swaraj had replied to this tongue-in-cheek tweet with some wit, saying “Even if you are stuck on the Mars, Indian Embassy there will help you.”

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