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‘Journalist’ and serial fake news peddler Ali Sohrab spreads lies to defend constable Shahadat Ali arrested for stalking schoolgirls in Lucknow

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‘Journalist’ and serial fake news peddler Ali Sohrab spreads lies to defend constable Shahadat Ali arrested for stalking schoolgirls in Lucknow

Days after spreading fake news that 5 Hindus had raped the half-cremated body of a woman, ‘journalist’ Ali Sohrab was caught spreading fake news yet again. Referring an incident of stalking of a girl by a policeman that led to the suspension of the cop in Lucknow, he tried to defend the cop Shahadat Ali.

In a tweet posted on 4 May, Ali Sohrab claimed that constable Shahadat Ali was explaining something to a girl on a scooter, who is his daughter’s friend, when someone made a video of the same and shared on social media. He claimed that the cop was arrested based on the video, and later he was suspended.

It is notable that the DCP of East Lucknow has said that the cop was suspended following a complaint lodged against him. He said that a video of a cop chasing and talking to a schoolgirl went viral on social media, and a complaint in regard to the incident was received by the Cantt police station.

“Based on the complaint, a case has been registered under relevant sections. The accused has been identified as Shahadat Ali. He has been taken into police custody. Further investigation is on in this matter. The accused policeman has been suspended,” the DCP added.

While Ali Sohrab claims that the cop was talking to a girl riding a scooter and the girl is his daughter’s friend, the video shows otherwise. It shows constable Shahadat Ali riding a scooter without number plate and chasing a uniformed schoolgirl riding a bicycle. A woman, riding a scooter, spots this and stops him to confront him, asking whether he knows the girl.

When the cop says that the girl is his daughter’s friend and they study together, the woman immediately retorts by saying that he is lying. She says that the girl actually studies in a different school, while the cop’s daughter’s school is different.

The woman says that he is stalking girls daily in the area. A man, who was recording the video, also confirms that this is the same man who is stalking girls continuously.

When she asks why there is no number plate on his scooter, the cop says that it is an electric scooter and therefore it does not need a number plate. It is notable that electric vehicles need to be registered, and they are issued special number plates with white text on a green background.

However, EVs with a maximum power output of less than 250 watts and a maximum speed of 25 kmph do not require registration. The cop seemed to be riding NIJ Automotive’s Flion scooter, which fulfils the criteria of not requiring registration.

Later responding to a report of the incident, Lucknow Police said that appropriate action is being taken against the said policeman after taking cognizance of the matter and a case has been registered.

Ali Sohrab is a known fake news peddler. In 2020, he posted false news of 400 people being trapped in Mata Vaishno Devi temple. After this, he also claimed that 145 of them have been found to be Corona positive. Later it was found that nothing such happened and everything was false, and Sohrab had started the rumour to cover up the activities of Tablighi Jamaat.

He had also celebrated the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, calling it Diwali. He was booked after that booked under IPC section 295 (malicious and intentional act intended to outrage religious feelings) and 66, 67 of the IT Act.

PM Modi talks about The Kerala Story: This is not the first time he talked about movies that have put national security in focus. Here are more

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PM Modi talks about The Kerala Story: This is not the first time he talked about movies that have put national security in focus. Here are more

On Friday, May 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the much-discussed film “The Kerala Story” which was released today. The film is based on the true stories of thousands of girls from Kerala who were converted to Islam and sent to Syria to become ISIS terrorists and sex slaves. PM Modi spoke about how the film depicts the ugly truth of terrorism and also exposes the terror conspiracies taking place in Kerala.

This, however, is not the first time that PM has raised awareness about movies that have put national security in focus. 

When PM Modi quoted the popular “How’s the Josh” dialogue from Uri: The Surgical Strike

In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the inaugural event of the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai quoted “How’s the Josh”, a popular dialogue from the film Uri: The Surgical Strike starring actors Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam in the lead roles.  The movie was based on the Surgical Strike of 2016, carried out by the Indian armed forces in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK). 

PM Modi had also watched the film and appreciated the makers, for the realistic portrayal of the events of the 2016 surgical strike. “He has appreciated the way turn of events have been depicted and showcased well on celluloid right from the attacks on our camps to a surgical strike on PoK,” director Aditya Dhar had said back in 2019. 

It is worth recalling that in the early hours of September 29, 2016, the Indian Army carried out unprecedented surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC), annihilating at least 7 terror launchpads and inflicting heavy casualties on terrorists sheltered in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). The strike came nearly 10 days after the brutal terror attack in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 18 Indian soldiers.

When PM Modi tweeted about the film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

In the year 2021, Prime Minister Modi met former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan and actor Ranganathan Madhavan who played the role of Nambi Narayanan in the film. 

PM Modi had said that scientists and technicians have made great sacrifices for the country. He said the film Rocketry covers an important topic that more people must know about. 

PM Modi said this while quoting a tweet of film actor R Madhavan who said he was honored to have met the Prime Minister recently along with ex-ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan.

“Happy to have met you and the brilliant Nambi Narayanan Ji. This film covers an important topic, which more people must know about.  Our scientists and technicians have made great sacrifices for our country, glimpses of which I could see in the clips of Rocketry.”

The film was released in July last year, though the film received criticism from liberal media and critics over the portrayal of scientist Nambi Narayanan as a practicing Hindu, the film did receive praise from the general audience.

When PM Modi praised The Kashmir Files

In March last year, PM Modi while speaking at the BJP parliamentary meeting lauded the film ‘The Kashmir Files’. PM Modi asserted that the film was based on facts and also slammed the “ecosystem” which claims to be a torchbearer of freedom of expression but was hell-bent on discrediting a film based on the genocide of Kashmir Hindus. 

“Instead of engaging in healthy debates based on facts and truths, this entire ecosystem has launched a full-fledged campaign to discredit the film. An individual has shown the courage to expose the truth, but this ecosystem is hell-bent on shaming his efforts. They also do not want to understand or allow others to do the same. They do not want to accept the truth, nor do they want the truth to be revealed in front of the world. The type of campaign that has been launched against the movie in the last few days is astounding”, PM Modi stated.

PM Modi had also clarified that he does not advocate for any specific film rather he is in favor of presenting facts in their entirety to the world. 

The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri along with his wife and actress Pallavi Joshi and film producer Abhishek Agarwal also met PM Modi in Delhi.

“I am so glad for you @AbhishekOfficl you have shown the courage to produce the most challenging truth of Bharat. #TheKashmirFiles screenings in the USA proved the changing mood of the world in the leadership of @narendramodi,” Agnihotri tweeted back then.

The film depicted the events of January 19, 1990, when mosques in Kashmir had issued a warning to Kashmiri Hindus while terming them as Kafirs. They had three options, leave Kashmir, convert to Islam, or be killed.

Additionally, PM Modi has lauded actor Akshay Kumar’s film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha for raising awareness about cleanliness and Swacch Bharat Mission.

“Good effort to further the message of cleanliness. 125 crore Indians have to continue working together to create a Swachh Bharat,” PM Modi had tweeted in 2017.

The movie focussed on the eradication of open defecation in India with an emphasis on cleanliness. This has been one of the main focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well. “A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in 2019,” said Shri Narendra Modi as he launched the Swachh Bharat Mission at Rajpath in New Delhi. On 2nd October 2014, Swachh Bharat Mission was launched throughout length and breadth of the country as a national movement. The campaign aims to achieve the vision of a ‘Clean India’ by 2nd October 2019.

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the most significant cleanliness campaign by the Government of India. Shri Narendra Modi led a cleanliness pledge at India Gate, which about thirty lakh government employees across the country joined.

The Kerala Story: Pushing the envelope in calling out soft conversion to Islam which graduates to terrorism by brainwashing

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The Kerala Story: Pushing the envelope in calling out soft conversion to Islam which graduates to terrorism by brainwashing

Disclaimer: Spoilers ahead.

When politicians start pandering to vote bank, truth becomes ‘propaganda’. We are told terrorism has no religion. But when terrorists carry out terror act in name of ‘one true god’, only apologists and sympathisers will say it has nothing to do with religion. For years, Hindi movies have played the game where terror activities are either justified or given context. Like there would be some ‘brutality’ a young boy witnesses at that age which made him pick up guns against the State. Here also terrorism is watered down and shown as if it is against the ‘oppressive’ State. Only that in reality it is against a community at large and in India, Hindus.

The Kerala Story, however, pushes the envelop as much as it could. It is unapologetic in showing how gullible people are brainwashed and lured into embracing another faith and then taken on to path of terrorism.

Many argue in a democracy, one must be free to choose which faith one wants to follow. 100%. But if it is choice one makes out of one’s free will. Not when one is lured into ‘converting out of one’s free will’.

Two Hindu girls, one of whom is an atheist, and one Christian girl are roommates in college with a hijabi Muslim girl. Except, the girl also works as an operative to get girls converted to Islam. She is very religious, the other girls aren’t, and hence are fascinated by her sincerity towards her faith. They ask a lot of questions. Which she answers patiently, without getting angry. These could be questions like ‘why do you pray before eating’? Or ‘why do you wear a hijab’? Girl says to thank Allah as only he runs the world and says things like hijab is a protection as girls one need not show off their body to anyone.

She then tries to plant doubts about Hindu gods amongst the girls. Like, ‘if your God was so powerful, why did he carry dead body of his wife and run all over the earth? Why would your god cry like a commoner?’ (this was in reference to Shiv and Sati) Or if your ‘Jesus was so powerful, how can he be crucified like a commoner?’ There is also wrath of Allah being put in their minds. Like how if you do haram or forbidden things, Allah would get angry. And you do good things, Allah would be pleased. Day of judgement will decide whether you go to hell or heaven. “Since you are disbelievers, you will automatically go to hell”, is what is told.

One day, the three girls are out having a good time. As previously planned by the Muslim girl with others who wanted to recruit them, the girls are eve teased. Emotionally disturbed and at a vulnerable time, the Muslim girl tells them that they were harassed because they did not wear hijab. The other hijabi girls in the mall were not harassed as ‘Allah was protecting them’. That’s when the girls start wearing hijab.

They meet other Muslim men, who are ‘cousins’ and ‘friends’ of the Muslim girl and develop a relationship. The local maulvi also encourages the men to get the women to convert soon. “For this, even if you have to make them pregnant, go ahead”, so they go ahead. Then at another emotionally vulnerable time – when the girl is pregnant at just 20, she is asked to ‘convert’ so she could marry a Muslim man.

Eventually, she is told about Sharia and Muslim land where they will be taken care of. How the land is so great as it is ruled by law of Allah. And taking all risk, they are on their way to Syria. To live under the Islamic law. Only to come to realisation they were trapped. That the great life they were promised were a lie and they would end up being sex slaves with zero rights.

To dismiss this as propaganda would be dishonesty. It is a story of Nimisha Fathima, Sonia Sebastian and many, many other girls in India. So when it is reproduced on the big screen, why is it making people uncomfortable? Are we to understand the ISIS is not fighting to establish Islamic rule? That the girls were not lured to go and live under the ‘khalifa’ (caliphate)? That they were not shown a rosy picture of life in Syria? That local clerics had no role to play in their brainwashing?

And it is not just girls, it is men too who, if not born Muslim, are lured to convert to Islam and then packed off to Syria to ‘fight for Islamic Caliphate’. Nimisha and Merrin from Kerala who became ISIS brides after converting to Islam, were married to Bexin Vincent and Bestin Vincent, Christian men who had converted to Islam. If religious conversion and ‘fight as soldiers of Allah’ is the reason for someone’s ‘wilful conversion’, is it even ‘wilful conversion’? Why are ‘liberals’ afraid to call out Islamic radicalisation spreading roots in our homes?

This ‘soft conversion’ tactic – where the person is encouraged to abandon the faith they are born in – to make them feel they are embracing Islam out of their own free will is a classic modus operandi. In January 2022, I visited remote village in Gujarat’s Bharuch where 100 members of tribal community had converted to Islam. While they were lured with promises of ‘better life’, ‘woman to marry’ and ‘money’, they were also brainwashed. They were repeatedly told stories about Hindu gods and goddesses showing them in poor light.

One of the victims, while speaking to me, told me that they were told how Lord Shiva beheaded his own son (Ganesh). ‘What kind of father cannot recognise his own son? How can a God get so angry on his son that he cuts his head? If he was so powerful a god, why did he not attach the head back, why kill an innocent elephant to fix his son?’ These were the questions posed to illiterate Hindu tribals – who are extremely gullible and not having means to answer these questions by reading up on them. After such questions, they were made offer of money, better jobs and converted to Islam.

While being indoctrinated, they were also shown footages of 2002 Gujarat riots and were made to believe that the train was set on fire by Hindus themselves. This line of thought is still propagated widely amongst Islamist circles and peddled when Muslim youth are being radicalised.

These are the lived experiences of these men and women. Why is truth being dismissed as propaganda? Why cry Islamophobia when indoctrination is being done in name of Islam?

When politicians pick vote bank over people, it is the common people like you and I who suffer because while terrorism may have no religion, terrorists do and so do their victims.

The Kerala Story is a story that needs to be told. Now. Before it is too late. And in our politicians’ race to appease a certain section of radicals, we have yet another Kashmir-like crisis on hand.

New CCTV footage shows attackers came back to stab gangster Tillu Tajpuria as officials watched on: All we know so far about the grisly murder inside Tihar

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New CCTV footage shows attackers came back to stab gangster Tillu Tajpuria as officials watched on: All we know so far about the grisly murder inside Tihar

A new CCTV footage from Delhi’s Tihar jail has emerged where the macabre murder of gangster Tillu Tajpuria by members of his rival gang took place on Tuesday (May 2) early morning. Yesterday (May 4) a shocking CCTV footage of his murder surfaced from inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail showing how the gruesome attack was executed.

Tillu Tajpuria was the prime accused in the 2021 Delhi Rohini Court shootout. Four men who were also lodged in the Tihar jail and were members of the Jitender Gogi gang carried out the shocking murder in the early hours of Tuesday.

In the new CCTV footage, the members of the rival gang can be seen coming back for the injured gangster when he was being carried by the jail authorities after the gruesome attack.

The footage shows jail officials hauling Tillu Tajpuria in a bed sheet after he was assaulted by rival inmates on Tuesday. Tillu Tajpuria appears to be alive, but gravely hurt. While the authorities carry him, the assailants suddenly emerge from another gate and begin brutally stabbing him again. The attack takes place in front of a large number of jail personnel. While some are seen impassively attempting to stop the assault, the majority of the jail staff is simply standing there like mute spectators.

Disturbing visuals of how Tillu Tajpuria was stabbed inside Tihar jail emerge

Prior to this, a video of the horrific attack had also surfaced on social media. In the video, the attackers were seen using bed sheets as a rope to descend from the first level and then charging into Tajpuria’s cell on the ground floor to attack him.

Tajpuria, dressed in a red T-shirt and black shorts, enters the scene from the opposite end. He hurries inside a cell and pulls the iron door shut as soon as he sees the first attacker.

All of the attackers had gathered on the ground floor by this point, with three of them gathered outside Tajpuria’s cell. Someone attempts to stop the fourth assailant, who is separated from the rest of the gang.

Because the door cannot be locked from the inside, the attackers barge inside the cell and drag Tajpuria out. They pull him to the common area and brutally stab him several times as blood splatters on the ground where the gang war erupted. Tillu Tajpuria was stabbed at least 92 times.

According to prison officials, the assailants may have cut the grills on the first floor and left them in place to not raise suspicion of the officials and then utilised that way to come down and kill Tillu at 6.15 am on Tuesday.

Tillu Tajpuria was reportedly transferred from Rohini jail roughly 15 days ago and was scheduled to be transferred again within five days. Only this year have three of the four Tillu murderers been transferred to Tihar. Tajpuria was the prime accused in the shootout that had taken place in the Rohini Court in Delhi in 2021 which had left Gangster Jitendra Gogi dead.

According to the police, members of the Gogi gang had attacked Tajpuria to avenge Jitendra Gogi’s death. After the attack, Tajpuria was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. The assailants were identified as Deepak alias Teetar, Yogesh alias Tunda, Rajesh and Riyaz Khan. All of them were locked on the first floor of the same barrack.

Link emerges between Atiq Ahmed’s killer and murder of Tillu Tejpuria

Interestingly, after Tillu Tajpuria was murdered on Tuesday, police revealed some sensational links between his gruesome murder and the murder of notorious gangster-political Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed.

The police said that during interrogation, Mohit Singh alias Sunny, accused of killing gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf on April 15, told the UP Police sleuths that the Turkish handguns he and Lavlesh Tiwari used to kill the two brothers were originally intended to shoot Tajpuria.

The high-end Zigana handgun Sunny and Lavlesh used was handed to them by Delhi gangster Jitendra Gogi. Cops said that Sunny was handed the weapons by Gogi in order to eliminate his arch-rival Tajpuria.

However, before the plan could be executed, Gogi was killed in Delhi’s Rohini court in September 2021. Sunny allegedly kept both pistols with him and used them to murder Atiq and his brother in Prayagraj.

Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar takes responsibility for the attack

According to reports, Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, a close aide of the feared gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who had taken responsibility for the sensational Sidhu Moosewala murder in Punjab, also took responsibility for the attack on Tajpuria. Goldy Brar was close to Jitender Gogi.

Notably, this was the second case of violence and gang rivalry in Tihar jail in a month. Last month, Prince Tewatia, a close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was killed in Tihar jail by rival gang members. 

Last year, Tihar jail superintendent Ajit Kumar was suspended over allegations that he was giving preferential treatment to the detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Satyendar Jain at the central jail in conjunction with prison authorities.

Mamata Banerjee randomly talks about unrelated historical figures while furthering rumours of Modi govt removing Mughal history from textbooks

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Mamata Banerjee randomly talks about unrelated historical figures while furthering rumours of Modi govt removing Mughal history from textbooks

On Friday (May 5), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee resorted to fear-mongering over rumours about the Central government removing chapters on ‘Mughals’ from history textbooks. However, while objecting to rumoured deletion of chapters on Mughals from NCERT textbooks, she went on to mention several historical figures like MK Gandhi, Tagore, Ambedkar etc.

During a programme in Shamsherganj in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, she said, “If Centre wants to erase history, then, fighting is my Dharma.” OpIndia had earlier reported how the mainstream media speculated that NCERT removed certain chapters on the Mughal empire from the 12th-class history book.

“Can I forget Mahatma Gandhi, Vivekananda, Raghunath Murmu, Abul Kalam Azad, Ambedkar, Rabindranath, Nazrul? Remember history is always preserved in books,” Mamata Banerjee inquired despite no reports about the Union government trying to remove these historical personalities from textbooks.

While Mamata Banerjee was talking about the alleged removal of chapters on Mughals from school textbooks, she mentioned several other personalities, who have nothing to do with Mughals, and they were born long after the demise of the Mughal dynasty. Moreover, no chapter on these personalities has been removed from these persons, but the Bengal CM tried to imply that the govt has removed the freedom fighters and other noted personalities from the books.

“They tried to divide Hindus and Muslims in 1905. Could they do it? No. Rabindranath Tagore organised Rakashabandhan between Hindus and Muslims,” the West Bengal CM said while conveniently forgetting about the Partition of India in 1947, which also divided Bengal.

It is notable that British Raj had divided the Bengal Presidency into two parts, Muslim-majority East Bengal including Assam and Hindu-majority West Bengal including Bihar and Odisha. But due to huge protests against the partition, Bengal was reunited in 1911. However, when India was partitioned into India and Pakistan, Bengal was partitioned again.

She also claimed that Mahatma Gandhi sang the ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ song at the time of Independence in Kolkata, which is actually a distorted version to include a reference to Allah. Ahead of the Panchayat elections in the State, Mamata Banerjee hoped to reignite the rumour around the removal of Indian history from public memory.

It must be mentioned that the Director of NCERT, Dinesh Prasad Saklani, had earlier refuted the allegations that were being spread by various news outlets. He informed that chapters on the Mughals had not been removed. Only the overlapping chapters had been dropped to alleviate additional strain on children.

Mamata Banerjee blames the Centre for environmental damage

During the programme, the West Bengal CM also blamed the Central government for not preventing soil erosion and flooding in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

“If the Centre used the time devoted to political conspiracies, rioting, harassment, rumour mongering for the environment, then, Bengal would have flourished,” she brazened it out.

“This is a subject of the Central government…We have raised the matter with them but they did not help us… Controlling floods is the responsibility of the Central govt,” Mamata Banerjee said.

West Bengal CM accuses Modi govt of killing people, withholding funds

“BJP has two jobs – One is them is to kill people (Thok Do),” she alleged. Mamaya Banerjee also accused the Centre of withholding funds for MNREGA without informing her supporters about the circumstances leading to the decision.

It must be mentioned that the Central govt had invoked Section 27 of the MNREGA Act over the misappropriation of Central govt funds and other irregularities. “If I am lying, then, you tell me. I don’t lie often… I mean I don’t lie at all.” Mamata Banerjee claimed.

She then alleged that the Central government has told her that it will not give funds to West Bengal because it supposedly fights the ruling Trinamool Congress govt in the State.

The West Bengal claimed that CBI officers are supposedly instructed to malign the image of TMC leaders after supposedly finding no evidence of complicity. “Raam ka naam badnam maat karo, Desh ke naam badnam maat karo, agencies se Kuch kaam nahin hona vala,” Banerjee was heard saying.

Honey-trapped Pune DRDO scientist arrested for sharing defence information with a Pakistani woman

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Honey-trapped Pune DRDO scientist arrested for sharing defence information with a Pakistani woman

In an alarming case of honeytrap, Pradeep Kurulkar, a 59-year-old scientist employed at a defence research and development organisation laboratory in Pune, has been arrested on allegations of spying and providing security-sensitive material to a purported female Pakistani intelligence operative. He is charged with violations of the Official Secrets Act (of 1923) sections 3 (spying) and 5 (wrongful transmission of information).

Honey trapping is a strategy in espionage where an agent cultivates a relationship with a civilian in order to exploit their trust or gain access to confidential information.

He had been in touch with the Pakistani operator via voice messaging and video conversations over WhatsApp, according to the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS). The perpetrator was removed from his post two weeks before the arrest. He was remanded in ATS custody till May 9 by the court of special judge S R Navandar.

An employee of the DRDO’s vigilance and security office in Delhi filed a complaint, which led to the arrest late on Wednesday. The accused reportedly provided the Pakistani agent with a picture of a missile and its location as well as some of his personal photographs which were later used to blackmail the man.

Special public prosecutor Vijay Fargade informed, “A DRDO inquiry officer had seized a laptop and two mobile phones belonging to the scientist on February 24, and a forensic analysis of the same confirmed that the scientist shared information with the Pakistani intelligence operative in what appears to be a honeytrap.”

V K Kaushik, a Delhi- based DRDO spokesman refused to speak on the development. The offender was referred to as “one of our leading scientists in developing various launchers, including for missiles” by a senior coworker.

“The (Pakistani) operative roped in a woman who posed as an engineering student from Ambala and approached the scientist for research in engineering equipment. Later, on the pretext of discussing her project, the girl started interacting with him over the phone and sending messages,” revealed a senior ATS official. The Pakistani operative got a woman to befriend the culprit on a social media platform.

The official added that the Pakistani agent was supposed to visit the scientist in New Delhi but never did. “Later, she started blackmailing him with photos and clips of video calls.”

After earning his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electrical Engineering from COEP Pune in 1985, Pradeep Kurulkar began working with the DRDO at Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Avadi, in 1988. He was working as Director of the Research & Development Establishment (Engineers), a premier Systems Engineering Laboratory of DRDO.

‘Happy to welcome you to Paris as guest of honor’, tweets French president Emmanuel Macron after PM Modi accepts invitation to Bastille Day Parade

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‘Happy to welcome you to Paris as guest of honor’, tweets French president Emmanuel Macron after PM Modi accepts invitation to Bastille Day Parade

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the France-India Strategic Partnership, the French government has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the Guest of Honour at France’s National Day celebrations on July 14. According to a joint statement issued by France and India and released by French Embassy in Delhi, PM Modi has accepted the invitation, and he will attend this year’s Bastille Day Parade as Guest of Honour on 14 July 2023 in Paris.

French President Emmanuel Macron posted a tweet in French and Hindi saying that he will be happy to welcome PM Modi to Paris as guest of honor at the July 14 parade.

Emmanuel Lenain, the Ambassador of France to India, also informed the same on Twitter and posted the joint statement.

The joint statement states, “To mark this important milestone, an Indian armed forces contingent will participate in the Parade alongside their French counterparts. Prime Minister’s visit is expected to herald the next phase in the France-India Strategic Partnership by setting new and ambitious goals for our strategic, cultural, scientific, academic, economic cooperation, including in a wide range of industries.

France and India have a shared vision on peace and security, especially in Europe and the Indo-Pacific and uphold the objectives and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which are also the basis of our cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.”

The statement states that it will be a historic visit by PM Narendra Modi.

“This historic visit will also deliver common initiatives in order to respond to the key challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity loss and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and will be an opportunity for France and India to reaffirm their commitment to multilateralism, including in the context of India’s G20 Presidency.”

PM Modi was invited as the Guest of Honour for the parade last month by the French president. Modi and Macron are expected to discuss a number of major agreements between the two countries during the visit, including issues related to Into-Pacific region, nuclear power and defence.

The Bastille Day Parade, also known as 14 July military parade, is a military parade held every year on 14 July in Paris. The parade is held commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison on July 14th, 1789, which was a turning point in the French Revolution.

Mohammed Zubair, who dog-whistled against Nupur Sharma, claims he received death threats: FIR mentions Ajeet Bharti for referring to him as Potassium Oxide (K2O)

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Mohammed Zubair, who dog-whistled against Nupur Sharma, claims he received death threats: FIR mentions Ajeet Bharti for referring to him as Potassium Oxide (K2O)

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who dog-whistled Islamists against Nupur Sharma by sharing an incomplete video of her comments on Prophet Muhammad, filed an FIR with Bengaluru Police alleging that he is receiving death threats.

Zubair lodged a complaint alleging that 16 Twitter accounts disclosed his address on social media and issued death threats to him.

The Alt News co-founder, in his complaint, has alleged that popular Twitter user Ajeet Bharti, known for his deadpan take on political affairs in the country, repeatedly refers to him as Potassium Oxide (K2O) on social media, claiming that it is a religious slur against Muslims alluding to circumcision.

Additionally, he raised a grievance that a Twitter user under the name @cyber_Huntss sent him pork through a pet food website during Ramzan.

@cyber_Huntss posted a tweet on April 9th referencing the dispatch of pork to Zubair and exposing his location, which was subsequently removed from the platform.

Zubair’s complaint mentioned that the persons exploited social media networks to provoke mob aggression towards him by disclosing his location, disseminating “falsehoods and lies” about him, and attacking his Muslim identity.

The FIR mentions several people, including journalist Ajeet Bharti.

According to an Indian Express report, Zubair stated, “The targeting of my identity is unmistakable from the act of sending pork, which is not permissible for Muslims. Sending the banned meat, particularly during Ramzan is an assault on my religious identity and an affront to my dignity.”

Zubair accused the individuals named in the complaint of not only calling for his harm or assassination but also instigating hostility between two religious communities by singling out his Muslim identity.

The Alt News co-founder, infamous for sparking communal tensions and defaming Jai Shri Ram slogans by peddling lies in the Ghaziabad Loni fake hate crime case, alleged that Ajeet Bharti ‘targeted and abused’ his religious identity in a tweet on March 6, 2023.

The tweet purportedly referred to circumcision and had referred to him as “jiska kata hua hai” as per Zubair’s allegations in the complaint.

“Ajeet Bharti, in a tweet on 06.03.2023, targeted and abused my religious identity by calling me ‘jiska kata hua hai’, which is a religious insult referring to circumcision since I am a practising Muslim. Further, he referred to me as Potassium Oxide (chemical combination K2O), which is another reference to the religious slur “Katwo” which is used to dehumanise and abuse Muslim men,” Zubair said.

However, Ajeet appeared unfazed by the FIR, choosing to respond to Zubair’s complaint with a popular meme from the ‘Welcome’ movie.

While a complaint was filed with the DJ Halli police on April 17th, the case was brought to attention only on Thursday, May 4th.

The case was registered under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 505 (public mischief), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and committing acts prejudicial to maintaining harmony), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 504 (intentional insult to provoke a breach of peace).

In addition, Zubair also alleged that Bharti fabricated a statement linking him to the murder of six Hindu men, which is an effort to provoke mob aggression against him. The statement refers to the killing of 6 Hindus in the wake of Zubair’s dog whistling against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, which touched off Sar Tan Se Juda violence across the country, with Islamists baying for the blood of Sharma for her comments on Prophet Muhammad.

Mohammed Zubair touches off Sar Tan Se Juda violence against Nupur Sharma; Hindus, including Kanhaiya Lal and Umesh Kolhe, were killed for supporting the beleaguered leader

Earlier last year, former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma found herself at the centre of a raging storm after Islamists, egged on by the likes of AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair, issued multiple threats against her and her family for expressing her views on Prophet Muhammad and Islam. 

Sharma was part of a debate panel on Times Now, discussing the finding of Shivling in the Gyanvapi complex and the subsequent mockery of the Hindu Gods and Goddesses that followed in the wake of the discovery. Islamists had claimed that the Shivling discovered inside the wuzukhana of the Gyanvapi disputed structure was not a Shivling but a fountain. Across social media platforms, detractors had repeated ad nauseam that the Shivling found inside the Gyanvapi premises was a fountain and not an idol of a Hindu God.

In response to the contempt and scorn poured over Hindu Gods and Goddesses, which was evident even during the Times Now debate where some of the fellow panellists referred to the Shivling as a fountain, BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma asked them to refrain from insulting Hindu Gods and cited Islamic scriptures and Holy Quran for substantiating her remarks on Prophet Muhammad and Islam. Zubair shared an incomplete video of the debate, touching off Sar Tan Se Juda protests all over the country.

The ominous hounding of Nupur Sharma prompted many to extend their support to her. Kanhaiya Lal from Udaipur, Umesh Kolhe in Amravati, and many others extended their solidarity with the beleaguered leader, voicing their support for her amid the death threats from Islamists. However, Lal, Kolhe, and others became the victims of the Islamist fury, which regarded support for Nupur Sharma as supportive of blasphemy against the Islamic Prophet and, therefore, deserving of death.

‘The Kerala Story shows the ugly truth of terrorism and exposes terrorists’, says PM Modi in Karnataka, slams Congress for standing with terrorists

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‘The Kerala Story shows the ugly truth of terrorism and exposes terrorists’, says PM Modi in Karnataka, slams Congress for standing with terrorists

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of the movie ‘The Kerala Story’ and said that the movie is based on a terror conspiracy. “It shows the ugly truth of terrorism and exposes terrorists’ design,” PM Modi said while addressing the masses at Ballari in Karnataka ahead of the State Assembly Elections. The prime minister’s comments came amid the controversy over the movie which was released today.

The Prime Minister also slammed the Congress party for opposing the film and demanding to impose a ban on its release. “Congress is opposing the film made on terrorism and standing with terror tendencies. Congress has shielded terrorism for the vote bank,” he said.

This is days after the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) which is the political wing of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) declared that it would contest only 16 Assembly seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 in order to help Congress.

The SDPI had earlier said that it would field its candidates in 100 constituencies. However, it decided to contest only 16 seats in the upcoming state elections. This is to help Congress in defeating the BJP in the state. Also, the Congress, as a part of vote appeasement, has vowed to ban the Bajrang Dal if it comes into power.

“The Kerala Story film has exposed the terror conspiracy taking place in the beautiful state of Kerala. But look at the unfortunate situation in the country where the Congress is seen standing with this trend of terrorism that destroys societies. Not just this, the Congress is also taking part in backdoor political negotiations with those who are linked to this trend of terrorism,” PM Modi added.

The movie, the Kerala Story—written and directed by Sudipto Sen is based on the true stories of thousands of girls from Kerala who were converted to Islam and sent to Syria to become ISIS terrorists and sex slaves. The movie released today, May 5.

Notably the Kerala High Court today refused to issue stay on the release of the movie stating that India is a democratic country with secularism embedded in it. “This is not a historical movie. This is a story. It is fiction. In Kerala we are so secular. They say it is inspired by true events. What is wrong in it?” the Court said.

Manipur violence: BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte attacked by an angry crowd in Imphal yesterday, remains in critical condition

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Manipur violence: BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte attacked by an angry crowd in Imphal yesterday, remains in critical condition

A mob attacked BJP MLA Vungzagin Valte on Thursday in Imphal as he was leaving the state secretariat following a meeting with the chief minister N Biren Singh. He was en route to his official residence when the attack took place.

He belongs to the Kuki tribal community and is a three-time member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Thanlon in Pherzawl district. He was the Tribal Affairs and Hills minister of Manipur in the last BJP government.

The incident occurred when Manipur’s law and order situation worsened amidst widespread violence between tribal people and the Meitei community, which makes up the bulk of the state’s population.

An outraged crowd attacked the lawmaker and his driver, but his personal security officer (PSO) was able to escape. He is currently receiving treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal and is presently in critical condition.

The first instance of violence erupted in the Churachandpur district on April 27 when a crowd organised by the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) set a recently built gym/sports complex on fire a day before Chief Minister N Biren Singh was supposed to inaugurate it.

The tribal groups were protesting against the proposed survey of reserved and protected forests and wetlands by the state administration and the demolition of three unauthorised churches.

Security forces responded swiftly to the situation, however on May 3, All Tribal Student Union Manipur (ATSUM) organised a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ in the Torbung neighbourhood of Churachandpur to protest the demand for the Meitei community to be classified as a Scheduled Tribe (ST). Tyres and other items were set ablaze by protesters on the highways, which sparked arson and mayhem.

Similar demonstrations in support of the march were held in numerous places throughout Manipur, many of which descended into violence. Both the non-tribal Imphal West, Kakching, Thoubal, Jiribam, and Bishnupur regions and the tribal-dominant Churachandpur, Kangpokpi, and Tengnoupal districts experienced violent outbursts.

Curfew was implemented in 8 districts, mobile internet was suspended and Army along with Assam Rifles did flag marches in several affected areas.

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