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Left-liberals maintain silence on President Biden attending a Christian ceremony before G20 Summit Delhi: Is criticism only meant for Hinduism?

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Left-liberals maintain silence on President Biden attending a Christian ceremony before G20 Summit Delhi: Is criticism only meant for Hinduism?

The G20 New Delhi Summit was a success, with several top world leaders visiting India for the event, including United States President Joe Biden. Interestingly, before going to the G20 Summit, President Biden participated in a private Christian ceremony in Delhi held by Father Nicholas Dias from the Delhi Archdiocese. What is baffling is that the left-liberals who scream their lungs out when leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath perform Puja as per Hindu rituals were utterly silent.

There have been countless instances when the left-liberals criticized PM Modi, CM Yogi, and other leaders from the Hindu religion who participated in or performed rituals. Let it be the establishment of Sengol in the new Parliament Building, Bhoomi Pujan of Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Kashi Vishwanath corridor in UP or Mahakal corridor in Madhya Pradesh, or any other event where PM Modi performed Puja as per Hindu rituals, the left-liberal gang came out outraging over ‘secular’ ethos, questioning the rituals and indirectly sharing hatred on Hinduism.

Christian prayer event for President Biden at Delhi

As per reports, the US Embassy in New Delhi organized Holy Communion Service at the request of President Joe Biden. Father Nicholas Dias was contacted a week before President Biden’s arrival, and everything was arranged accordingly.

Father Dias is a resident of Benolim, Goa. He has been organizing Christian events for over three decades. The event occurred in ITC Maurya, where the ceremony lasted 30 minutes. A small group of US representatives was also present at the event.

Father Dias said to Indian Express, “President Biden was clear that he wanted to begin his two-day G20 engagements at Bharat Mandapam with the Holy Eucharist and a prayer. Together, we prayed for the participants as well as for the success of the Summit and for the global issues that were to be discussed”.

The hypocrisy of left-liberals

The President of one of the world’s most powerful nations stuck to his Christian roots even in a foreign land where he came to attend an international event. Not even a single person from the left-liberal section criticized him. It appears they do not see anything contradicting democracy if President Biden participated in such an event. However, they do not leave a chance to criticize PM Modi and other leaders who follow Hindu dharma when participating in religious events.

The main issue, it appears, is not with performing religious rituals but with Hindu Dharma or Sanatan Dharma. Recent comments by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, where he called to eradicate Sanatan Dharma while comparing it to dengue, corona and malaria, or D Raja‘s derogatory remarks where he compared Sanatan Dharma to HIV and leprosy, are examples of the hate these people have for Sanatan Dharma. IIT professor Divya Dwivedi called for wiping out Hinduism but claimed a threat to India’s democracy and secular ethos with that.

No one uttered a word when MPs, PMs, Presidents, and CMs organized Iftaar parties at their residents using public money. However, when PM Modi, then-President Ramnath Kovind, CM Yogi, and other leaders stopped it, there was a lot of hue and cry. No one utters a word if a leader wears an Islamic cap while attending meetings in Muslim-majority areas or Iftar parties. Still, if PM Modi wears clothes depicting his devotion to Sanatan Dharma, it becomes a problem. No one from the left-liberal section criticized then-PM Manmohan Singh when he said Muslims have the first right to resources of the country. However, it becomes a problem if CM Yogi Adityanath uses the name that he got after Diksha or wears Saffron clothes.

How can someone forget that liberals whitewashed Taslim Ahmed Rehmani‘s derogatory comments on Bhagwan Shiva, but when former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma retaliated by quoting Islamic texts, she was thrown under the bus by the left-liberals and Islamists? In the recent case of Nuh violence, there have been consistent attempts to paint it as a communal clash. At the same time, it was an apparent attack on unarmed Hindu devotees by Islamists with stones, batons, sticks, and illegal weapons.

‘Semi Emergency situation in WB’: Suvendu Adhikari says he was stopped from meeting journalist arrested for reporting on hooch traders

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‘Semi Emergency situation in WB’: Suvendu Adhikari says he was stopped from meeting journalist arrested for reporting on hooch traders

On September 11, days after informing about his arrest, the leader of the opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal MLA Suvendu Adhikari took to X, formally Twitter to inform that the jail authorities working at the behest of WB CM Mamata Banerjee stopped him from meeting the Anandabazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi. Condemning the TMC government’s autocracy in the state, he declared that a “Semi-Emergency-like situation” has developed in West Bengal under “Mamata Banerjee’s Authoritarian Regime.”

Earlier on September 7, the BJP leader had informed about the arbitrary arrest of the Anandbazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi following reports he wrote in the Kharagpur edition of the Anandabazar Patrika, highlighting the menace of Hooch Traders in the Kharagpur Municipality.

Sharing a copy of the letter he had written to the Jail Superintendent of Midnapore Correctional Home seeking permission to meet the journalist, the BJP leader wrote that he had visited the Midnapore Central Correctional Home to meet Debmalya Bagchi but the Superintendent denied him permission to do so.

“Semi Emergency like situation in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee’s Authoritarian Regime. I raised my voice earlier in my X-Handle when Mamata Police arrested Anandabazar Patrika’s Kharagpur Correspondent; Shri Debmalya Bagchi, for highlighting the menace of Hooch Traders in Ward No. 24 of the Kharagpur Municipality. Even yesterday at the Ghatal Rally, I reiterated my stance. Now the Police & Jail Authorities under the specific instructions of Mamata Banerjee have gone a step further and aren’t allowing people to meet him. Today I wanted to visit Shri Debmalya Bagchi at the Midnapore Central Correctional Home but the Superintendent denied me the permission to do so. Why are you afraid Mamata Banerjee? The Leader of Opposition wants to meet a Journalist whom you have jailed for throwing the spotlight on the deteriorating Law & Order situation of the State. You might have been able to temporarily halt the ink flowing from the Pen of this Journalist, but remember Authoritarian Regimes don’t last forever and the Pen is mightier than your Atrocities,” the BJP leader’s long post read.

On 7th September Suvendu Adhikari informed about the arrest of Anandabazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi by the state authorities in West Bengal. Accusing media and left-liberals of maintaining silence on the arrest, he narrated the chronology of events that led to Bagchi’s arrest.

Journalist Debmalya Bagchi was allegedly picked up by the police from his residence in the aftermath of a series of reports published by Anandabazaar Patrika highlighting the illegal trade of illicit alcohol happening in the residential area of Sanjoal in Ward No 24 of Kharagpur Municipality.

Once banned from the US over Covid vaccination, Novak Djokovic becomes the ‘GOAT’ at a tournament in America sponsored by a Covid vaccine company

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Once banned from the US over Covid vaccination, Novak Djokovic becomes the ‘GOAT’ at a tournament in America sponsored by a Covid vaccine company

On Monday (September 11 local time), Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in the final of the US Open men’s single. In the final that lasted three hours and 16 minutes, Djokovic outclassed the resurgent Russian star Medvedev to bag his 4th US Open title. In a riveting display of sheer grit and tennis mastery. The Serbian great yet again showcased why he ranks among the greatest of the game. 

Notably, this was Djokovic’s third major title of the year. Earlier, in the first half of 2023, he won the Australian Open and the French Open. However, Carlos Alcaraz, in a five-set thriller in the Wimbledon final, denied Djokovic a calendar-year Grand Slam.

With the fourth US Open title in his kitty, Djokovic has advanced his overall tally to 24 Grand Slam titles, tying Margaret Court for most Grand Slam titles.

He has now tied Court for the most Grand Slam titles ever among men or women. Pertinent to note that, Margaret Court won 13 titles in the Amateur Era and rest in the Open Era. However, since the start of the Open Era in 1968, Djokovic remains the only player ever to register 24 Majors under his name. 

In the open era, he stands atop the all-time list (men & women) as he has surpassed the legendary Tennis star Serena Williams who now ranks second only to him with 23 Major titles under her name. 

Taking to X, the official account of the US Open shared a montage of his 24 major victories.

During the presentation ceremony, Djokovic said, “To make the history of this sport is something truly remarkable and special. I never imagined that I would be here talking about 24 Slams. I never thought that would be the reality, but the last couple of years I felt I have a chance, I have a shot at history—and why not grab it if it’s presented.”

Djokovic conquers his US Open demons

Interestingly, this time US Open yielded a completely opposite result than the last time when these two tennis stars met in the US Open final in 2021. Back then, the Russian Medvedev, prevailed over his Serbian counterpart in a straight set victory with the scoreline reading 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

However, at that time, odds were stacked up against Djokovic as he was fighting multiple battles including one to keep playing on the Tennis court. Evidently, during the Covid era, his anti-vaccination stance and steadfast refusal to oblige to vaccine mandates courted several controversies off the field which threatened to derail his date with destiny.

Djokovic was denied Visas on multiple occasions to play in major tournaments. With repeated flip-flops and a humiliating saga for the Tennis legend, he was unceremoniously deported on the eve of the 2022 Australian Open for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. Back then, he also received a three-year travel ban from the country which however was later lifted. 

Reflecting on this daunting experience, he said, “You can’t forget those events, it’s one of those things that stick with you. It stays with you for the rest of your life. It’s something I’ve never experienced before and hopefully never again, but it is valuable for me. Coming back speaks about how I feel about this country.” 

Similarly, he was denied the chance to play in the US Open 2022 and had to miss out on another chance to better his overall grand slam tally. Last year, Djokovic missed the US Open because he wasn’t allowed to enter the country as an unvaccinated foreigner which he admitted was a “sad” incident for him.  

However, the US administration lifted the COVID-19 restriction rules in May 2023 which allowed the Serbian legend to play in this year’s US Open. In an ironic turn of events, this year’s US Open is being sponsored by Moderna – the pharmaceutical firm that made the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. 

Remarkably, Novak Djokovic who is known as a vocal critic of Moderna and other vaccine lobbyists, not only clinched the title sponsored by Moderna but also delivered the ‘Moderna Shot of the day’.

After his 24th grand slam win, the tennis legend is being hailed as the Greatest Tennis star of All Time, and some say Greatest Athlete of All Time. While in some quarters he is being praised for his open stance against Moderna and ilks. Notably, these vaccine firms themselves have courted controversy for the efficacy of their vaccines and using different coercive methods to force nations and their citizens to be jabbed with their questionable COVID-19 vaccine. 

USA: 14 yo ‘transitioned’ girl trafficked, serially raped after being snatched away from family, how the school and ‘woke’ system played a role

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USA: 14 yo ‘transitioned’ girl trafficked, serially raped after being snatched away from family, how the school and ‘woke’ system played a role

A woman by the name of Michelle Blair has filed a lawsuit against her daughter’s school district in Appomattox County in Virginia State of the United States.

The school reportedly withheld the fact that her teen daughter Sage Blair was identifying as a ‘boy’ in school. According to Michelle, she was not informed that Sage was being physically assaulted at school and subjected to verbal threats (including rape) by her male classmates.

She further informed that the school also allowed Sage to change her name to ‘Draco’ and ‘socially transition’ into a boy. Despite threats of sexual assault, the school encouraged the victim to continue to use the boy’s washroom.

The authorities also disregarded the fact that the girl had a history of mental health issues. Michelle Blair learnt about the ordeal of her daughter after she found a hall pass with the name ‘Draco’ on it. Sage eventually ran away from her home.

Later, a paedophile found the distressed girl, kidnapped and raped her. He and his two accomplices trafficked the teenager from Virginia to Washington DC and then to Maryland. Sage Blair was eventually traced down by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

However, her exploitation did not stop there. A public defender named Aneesa Khan claimed that Sage’s parents are not supportive of her new ‘gender identity’ and convinced the Baltimore juvenile court system to take custody of the teenager.

To make matters worse, the girl was sent to a juvenile facility meant for boys. Sage Blair was reportedly sexually assaulted, exposed to drugs and denied medical care during her time in the juvenile facility.

Forced by circumstances, the victim fled the facility only to be picked up by another sex trafficker. She was taken to Texas and subjected her to rape, drugs, starvation and torture. It was only when law enforcement agencies in Texas notified Michelle that she could get custody of her child.

Sage Blair has been diagnosed with complex PTSD and is now undergoing therapy. While speaking about the matter, Michelle’s attorney Vernadette Broyles stated, “‘It is frankly just cruel and irresponsible for school officials to be encouraging confusion, gender confusion in particularly traumatized young girls with histories of mental health.”

According to Michelle Blair, her daughter was first exposed to a ‘panoply of sexuality and gender options’ in school at the tender age of 14.

While speaking to the Washington Examiner, she said, “They stole my right to protect my daughter…I’m the parent, I am an expert on my child, there is nobody in the school or court system that knows my daughter better than me. They will never know my daughter better than I do.”

“It was verbal, physical, sexually harassed with constant threats of rape by the male classmates…Despite this, the school encouraged her to use the boys’ bathroom,” Michelle emphasised.

The California State Assembly has recently passed a bill that would penalise parents with losing their children’s custody if they resisted their gender transition.

The Bill, AB 957, which was passed with a decisive vote of 57-16 on Friday, incorporates gender affirmation as a significant factor to be taken into account in child custody proceedings. Prior to this, the California Senate also gave its approval with a vote of 30-9.

In a nutshell, the Bill will require judges to take into account whether a parent “affirms” a child’s “gender identity or gender expression” in determining custody.

Woke insanity takes over the West

The indoctrination of children with ‘gender theory’ and LGBTQ+ propaganda is being openly undertaken in US schools. This is understandable, given that the spokesperson of the US State Department John Kirby informed that the promotion of “LGBTQ+ rights” was an essential element of US foreign policy.

Even former President Barack Obama was seen endorsing pornographic books for children. Large corporations such as Walt Disney had also opposed legislation to prevent sexual indoctrination of kids at school.

The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has made it compulsory for all public schools under it to adopt new signage for their student washrooms and make them ‘gender neutral’. A private school in Manhattan had also issued guidelines, calling for the use of gender-neutral terms instead of ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad.’

The situation is so grim that people are being cancelled for speaking out against such brainwashing of children in schools. Online influencers have added to the menace, creating confusion about sex and gender in young, impressionable minds.

Other developed nations such as the UK and Canada are also not safe from this wave of ‘woke insanity’. In June 2023, it came to light that schools in the United Kingdom were teaching pre-adolescent children about masturbation, orgasm and anal sex under the guise of ‘Relationships and Sex Education (RSE).’

In Scotland, political pressure and the threat of lawsuits from gender activists have made many educational institutions adopt gender-neutral toilet, leading to increased school drop-outs for female students.

In a tragic case, a man in Canada was jailed for referring to his biological female child as ‘daughter’. Robert Hoogland, a father of a teenage girl, was jailed by a Canadian court for calling his biological female child his “daughter,” and referring to her with the pronouns “she” and “her.”

A wake-up call for India

The developments in the West and the takeover of academia by the left-liberal cabal imply that sooner or later, woke insanity will begin to manifest in Indian schools.

Attempts are already underway to indoctrinate young minds with divergent and unscientific views about gender and sexuality. It is a perverse form of grooming under the pretext of education.

In July 2020, Tagore International School in Vasant Vihar in Delhi came under fire for hosting a session on gender identity politics in order to brainwash children.

Screengrab of Nazariya’s facebook post

Images of the visuals that the children were exposed to have shocked people on social media across the board. The sessions at the school were conducted by Nazariya- Queer Feminist Resource Group (Nazariya QFRG).

Another shocking post of Nazariya QFRG showed the organisation advertising a planner/colouring book for students, which had the image of a nude woman wearing a dildo (a female sex toy).

The colouring book also had the image of a nude woman masturbating in the bottom left corner. And the caption read, “Discount for students Rs.100”. Given the dangerous activism Nazariya QFRG was engaging in, we decided to investigate its background. Opindia discovered that these were not fringe elements but were quite mainstream within the domain of LGBT activism.

In March last year, the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) announced that it had introduced gender-neutral washrooms and designated spaces within its campus.

While ‘woke’ experiments such as gender-neutral toilets on campuses have already been tried and tested in foreign schools and universities, it was the first time that a public State University had chosen to mould its policies for the ‘gender non-conforming individuals.’

In October 2021, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) came under fire over a disturbing ‘training material’, which advocated the use of puberty blockers for teens and ‘gender neutral toilets.’

The pushback on social media against ‘trans indoctrination’ eventually led to the removal of the disturbing content from the website of NCERT.

“We will have to make examples out of people for what they have done”: As Rahul Gandhi threatens crackdown on dissenting voices, here is how this is not the first time

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“We will have to make examples out of people for what they have done”: As Rahul Gandhi threatens crackdown on dissenting voices, here is how this is not the first time

The success of India’s Presidency of G20 which culminated at the New Delhi Summit on 9-10 September has not gone down well with Congress scion Rahul Gandhi. Among the many controversies that he courted during his address to the Sciences PO University in Paris on 8th September was his statement threatening opponents.

Sharing the stage with Hindu-hating author and columnist Christophe Jaffrelot, Rahul Gandhi was on a tirade against the BJP in Paris at a time when India was gearing up to host G20 heads of state under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.

But in the course of this rant against the BJP, Rahul Gandhi ended up targeting a section of Indians too, saying, “Frankly, we will have to make examples out of people. We will have to make sure that some of the people who have done what they have done pay a significant price for what they’ve done.”

Rahul Gandhi’s statement was in response to a question by a student. “Is there a defined secularism or a future of defined secularism in the country? If the party (Congress) comes to power in the next elections, how do you specifically counter the hate and the chest-thumping that has happened in the past few years regarding religion and education?” the student asked.

While the question appeared to have predetermined connotations, Rahul Gandhi’s response exposed his aversion not only to India and Indians, Hindus and Hinduism but to anything and anyone who dissents from the Nehru-Gandhi Congress. Here is the full excerpt of his answer:

“If the Prime Minister tomorrow morning was to decide there would be no chest thumping and no violence in India, it would stop. It is the direction that the leadership of a country gives, the imagination that the leadership of a country gives that shapes people. The feeling right now is that you can do whatever you want and nothing is going to happen to you. Right? The moment the feeling becomes that there are going to be consequences to attacking someone, consequences to beating up someone, that behavior will change instantly. I guarantee you. Right? That doesn’t resolve the earlier question about institutions which is this sort of disease that has now entered the Indian institutional framework where the neutrality of those institutions has gone out the window. And I think there frankly we will have to make examples of people. We’ll have to make sure that some of the people who have done what they have done pay a significant price for it. So that anybody who is thinking about doing it again understands that they will also pay the price for attacking the soul of India. Because that is how I see it, this is an attack on the soul of India and the people doing this should pay a price for it.”

Dictatorial tones reflect starkly in the Congress scion’s answer. But that is no wonder for his legacy is dictatorial to a great extent. The two images that immediately come to mind are Rajiv Gandhi and the 1984 riots, and Indira Gandhi and the Emergency. The former is Rahul Gandhi’s father, and the latter is his grandmother.

Hence, this threat of political persecution of anything and anyone Rahul Gandhi and the Nehru-Gandhi Congress do not approve of wouldn’t be the first. Safe to say that Congress already has that to its credit. And yet there reflects a fundamental flaw and sheer illiteracy about the people of India in the venom that Rahul Gandhi has spewed.

In saying that ‘It is the direction that the leadership of a country gives, the imagination that the leadership of a country gives that shapes people’, the Congress MP has proven that he has no understanding whatsoever of Indians and hence knows only to threaten the use of force.

The UPA was given the boot by the people of India in 2014. While, by Rahul Gandhi’s logic, it can be argued that this was owing to the direction given by the leadership which was the Congress at the time. However, it was the people who had decided that they did not want the corruption-laden direction the UPA was taking.

It seems to have been lost upon Rahul Gandhi that in a democracy, an ideal democracy, a leader emerges from amongst the people and that such a leader realizes the aspirations of its people having lived amongst them. Hence such a leader’s vision and “imagination” are in line with their people. The Modi government is a testament to this.

But clearly, such an understanding is doomed to be lost on a dynast like Rahul Gandhi for his inheritance proves where his hatred for the political dissent comes from.

Meanwhile, this controversial statement is only one among many. On 8th September, Rahul Gandhi while addressing students and academicians at the Sciences PO University in Paris, said that he had “read many Hindu books and there is nothing Hindu about what the BJP does”. He went on to desperately dissociate the BJP from Hindus and Hinduism even when its voter base is mainly Hindu; a fact known far and wide.

Gandhi had also met anti-India politican Fabio Massimo Castaldo in Brussels, an Italian leftist, known for his association with ISI stooge Pervaiz Iqbal Losar. After this meeting, Rahul Gandhi was quick to sing the “minorities under attack” tune on foreign soil.

How clamping down on free speech is a hallmark of Congress

It is worth noting that Congress has long threatened journalists and dissenters with serious consequences for not falling in line with the party’s stance. In May 2021, Congress leader Udit Raj had managed to stop a journalist from publishing his interview after threatening to imprison the journalist under SC/ST Act. The interview apparently had some difficult questions for the Congress leader.

In December 2022, Congress leader Jitendra Awhad threatened journalist Aman Chopra with legal action for showing video of Rahul Gandhi patting his back.

Earlier this year, the Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi himself lambasted journalist Ravi Sisodia of CNN-News18 and called him a BJP stooge when he questioned him about his conviction in the ‘Modi surname’ case, adding that BJP has alleged that the remark was nothing short of an insult to the OBC and the socially oppressed classes of the country.

Assam: 20-year-old Hindu girl found dead in Dibrugarh, prime suspect Aziz Ahmed who pressurised her to accept his ‘proposal’ arrested

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Assam: 20-year-old Hindu girl found dead in Dibrugarh, prime suspect Aziz Ahmed who pressurised her to accept his ‘proposal’ arrested

On Sunday, September 10, the dead body of a 20-year-old Hindu girl was discovered on the Dibrugarh town bypass at around 4:15 AM in Assam. It is believed that the girl was murdered by an individual identified as Aziz Ahmed alias Munna who later tried to show the incident as an accident. The prime suspect in the case, Ahmed was also found lying alongside the car with no injuries. The car reportedly belonged to Ahmed who has now been taken into custody by the Assam Police.

According to the reports, Aziz, who is already married and a father of two kids, wanted the deceased girl to be in a relationship with him. He had been pressurising the girl to accept his proposal and have a relationship with him for the last six months.

However, Aziz took the girl for a drive in his car at around 3:30 PM on Saturday, September 9, and the girl was found dead the very next day. While the girl got some severe injuries on her body, Aziz was found lying beside her with no injuries. As per reports, prima facie, Aziz is suspected of murder and later trying to feign an ‘accident’ to escape.

The investigating police meanwhile ruled out the possibility of any accident saying that blood stains could be seen inside the car and scratch marks of nails were visible on Aziz Ahmed’s neck. “His car found at the scene was intact and did not have any dent or scratches,” the Police said as quoted by local news channels.

Dibrugarh SP Shwetank Mishra also commented on the issue and said that Aziz has been taken into police custody and is being investigated in the case. “We are investigating the incident and scientific evidence is being analysed,” Mishra said.

However, the deceased girl’s mother complained that her daughter was harassed and pressurised by Ahmed and that she was killed by him. “My daughter has been murdered by Aziz Ahmed. He had been troubling my daughter for the last six months. I am a teacher and used to live alone with my daughter. When I threatened to file a police complaint against him, he threatened us with dire consequences. Yesterday at 3.30 PM, he forcefully took her out for a drive. At 8.30 PM, she called saying that she was having dinner in a dhaba. That was the last phone call from her. Aziz Ahmed killed her in cold blood,” Moushumi Sharma said.

It is alleged that the girl had refused to be in a relationship with the prime suspect Ahmed since she learned that he was already married and a father of two kids. The police have apprehended the accused and are investigating the case. “An SIT is being formed for early submission of Chargesheet,” Police said.

PM Modi, Saudi Crown Prince MBS hold bilateral talks, defence, trade, and corridor on agenda

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PM Modi, Saudi Crown Prince MBS hold bilateral talks, defence, trade, and corridor on agenda

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a bilateral meeting in New Delhi.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and others were present in the meeting.

The Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, who arrived here on a three-day State visit to India attended the G20 Summit in the national capital over the weekend.

The two leaders will also co-chair the First Leaders’ Meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council. PM Modi and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince will review the progress made under the two Ministerial Committees of the Strategic Partnership Council i.e. the Committee on Political, Security, Social and Cultural Cooperation and the Committee on Economy and Investments Cooperation, according to a release from the Ministry of External Affairs.

PM Modi and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince will discuss all aspects of bilateral relations, including political, security, defence, trade and economic, cultural and people-to-people ties. Both the leaders will also discuss the regional and international issues of mutual interest.

The Saudi Crown Prince is accompanied by a high-level delegation, including Ministers and senior officials.

Prior to his meeting with PM Modi, the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince received a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan PM Modi and President Droupadi Murmu welcomed the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Saudi Crown Prince then inspected a combined defence services Guard of Honour. In a brief statement, Mohammed bin Salman congratulated India for a successful G20 presidency.

Speaking to reporters, he said, “Well done India, a lot of announcements made that will benefit both our countries, the G20 countries and the whole world. So I want to say to India well done, and we will work to create a future for both countries.”

Later in the day, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is scheduled to call on President Droupadi Murmu.

At the G20 Leaders’ Summit on Saturday, India, the United States, Saudi Arabia and the European Union announced a historic agreement to launch a mega India-Middle East-Europe shipping and railway connectivity corridor.

This is a historic and first-of-its-kind initiative on cooperation on connectivity and infrastructure involving India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, EU, France, Italy, Germany and the US.

Speaking at the G20 Summit, Prince Mohammed bin Salman said, “… We look forward to the integration of the initiative and the Economic Corridor project which is announced in this meeting. I would like to thank those who worked with us to reach this founding step to establish this important economic corridor…”

PM Narendra Modi said the mega-deal would give a sustainable direction to connectivity and sustainability across the world. Earlier, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince visited India on a State visit in February 2019 and the current visit will be his second State visit to the country.

“India and Saudi Arabia have historically close and friendly relations with extensive people-to-people contacts. The trade between both countries reached all-time high of USD 52.75 billion in FY 2022-23, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in an earlier press release.

India is Saudi Arabia’s second-largest trading partner whereas Saudi Arabia is India’s fourth-largest trading partner. Both countries also have a strong partnership in the area of energy, according to an MEA statement released earlier.

Saudi Arabia also hosted a three-day event in conjunction with the G20 Leader’s Summit to provide an immersive and interactive experience of the Kingdom’s leading projects in various fields.

The event titled ‘Media Oasis’ was organized on September 9 and will conclude on September 11 in New Delhi. The event aims to provide an immersive experience of Saudi Arabia’s leading projects in the sectors of tourism, entertainment, technology, culture and sports. The overarching theme of the exhibit is ‘Vision 2030’, an initiative by Saudi Arabia aimed towards the diversification of the country economically, socially, and culturally.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

The call to eradicate Sanatan Dharma is out in the open now: A declaration of war against Hindus and their Dharma?

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The call to eradicate Sanatan Dharma is out in the open now: A declaration of war against Hindus and their Dharma?

It’s finally out in the open even within India and Hindus must not ignore it: the call to eradicate Sanatana Dharma. The attitude “Sanatana Dharma is eternal. Nobody can eradicate it” is dangerous. True, the eternal Dharma, the knowledge about what is right in a given situation, cannot be eradicated. But look at the pitiful conditions of Hindus in Pakistan or Afghanistan! This fate must not befall Hindus in India, or humanity will lose its last beacon of light.

What has happened?  

Udhayanidhi Stalin, a minister in Tamil Nadu and son of the present Chief Minister, stated what the Church, the Islamic clergy and the Leftists have dreamed about for centuries. And he is not alone. The conference, where he spoke was titled “Eradicating Sanatana Dharma”. An outrageous title. Yet it might have gone unnoticed if Stalin had not used a comparison.

He compared Sanatana Dharma with malaria or dengue, which need to be eradicated. When he was pulled up for his comment, he incredibly defended himself saying that he didn’t ask for genocide of Hindus, as if he deserved praise for this omission. 

Why does he want to eradicate Sanatana Dharma? 

Is he so ignorant about the most ancient tradition in the world? Does he not know that only Sanatana Dharma claims that the essence in all humans is the same and in fact divine? Does he not know that the Vedas, the foundational texts of Sanatana Dharma, not only were highly revered in Asia but inspired philosophers and scientists also in the West? That most modern theories for example in quantum physics based on Vedic knowledge?

Does he not know that only Sanatana Dharma is inclusive of ALL humanity and genuinely proclaims “Vasudhaivam Kutumbakam” (the world is one family)? The Abrahamic religions in contrast divide humanity into those who belong to their religion and those who don’t. Those who don’t are considered as not equal, and even as subhuman.

Does he not know that the so-called caste system, which he seems to wrongly equate with Sanatana Dharma or Hinduism, has been cemented by the British into a hierarchical structure? And that the British declared certain tribes even as “criminal from birth”? 

Does he not know that the Vedic varna system is an ideal structure for any society? That all four varnas are absolutely necessary for a harmonious society? 

The Vedas compare the four varnas with a body: Brahmins are compared to the head, Kshatriyas to the arms, Vaishyas to the thighs and Shudras to the feet. Does this imply that the head should be respected and the feet should be treated badly? Of course not. 

Yet it needs to be called out that there is indeed discrimination in Indian society:

I noticed this ‘looking down on other Indians’ first in 1980 when I was new in India. I was on a train which was about to leave. A well-dressed man came in late with a porter carrying his luggage. Instead of paying him, he sent him off to fill his water bottle. The porter rushed out and after he came back with the full bottle, the train started moving. The man SLOWLY took out his purse, gave him some money, and the porter rushed to the door and sprang off.

I had no idea whether the porter was Brahmin or Shudra or what the ‘gentleman’ was. I hardly knew anything about India. But I felt his cold-hearted attitude towards the porter was the legacy of the British colonial masters. Only later I came to know that there is indeed a caste system in India based on who speaks English well and who does not. Those who speak it well, get higher paid jobs and consider themselves superior to the ‘masses’. 

Indians didn’t realise that the British officers who behaved so condescendingly, couldn’t behave like this in their own country. They did it in India to show their disdain for the heathen ‘natives’. Did the Indians who took over the administration from the British consider this as the required behaviour to get ‘respect’ from their subordinates?

I noticed also that many Indians don’t use the polite form of ‘you’ when they deal with those ‘lower’ than them. Now all this has nothing to do with the Vedic structure of society but is a remnant from the British.

In the Vedic varna system, ideally, there is no looking down on others, as all kinds of jobs need to be done for the well-being of society. The structure is not hierarchical, but horizontal. So why did I learn already in primary school in Germany that India has a ‘terribly oppressive caste system and untouchables’?

The reason was that the Church had to counteract the great appreciation of Indian wisdom in the 18th and 19th centuries by the intellectual elite of the West, and its method was to tell children: “Imagine, those arrogant Brahmins don’t take water from lower castes; they even don’t touch them, because they consider them unclean. How absolutely terrible!”

One can debate about these cleanliness rules, but to demand the elimination of the highly beneficial Sanatana Dharma due to those rules is incredible hypocrisy. Not touching somebody who eats meat is portrayed as far more cruel than torturing and killing millions of humans only because they don’t believe in a certain book. The colossal sins of the two Abrahamic religions and of the communists against humanity are hardly ever mentioned, but the Indian ‘caste system’ makes it into the curriculum and TV channels.

But why are some politicians from the South of India attacking Sanatana Dharma and Brahmins?

The reason may be that Christian missionaries have big plans for full Christianization there, supported by their fake story that Thomas the Apostle had landed in Kerala in the 1st Century and was killed by ‘wily Brahmins’ in what is now Chennai. Brahmins are an obstacle as they keep the knowledge of the Vedas alive. They are literally the head of Sanatana Dharma, which they want to cut off. 

If Brahmins are impoverished or driven out of the country, the missionaries have much better chances to convert and ‘eradicate Sanatana Dharma’. 

And here we have a connection with Udhayanidhi Stalin. 

In November 2022, Stalin announced that he was a proud Christian though I don’t know why he was proud. About the history of the Church which killed millions in the name of Christ, including in India? Or proud of the doctrine, which claims that the true God allows only Christians into heaven and sends Hindus eternally into hell?

He should clarify, but won’t, because he cannot find a good reason to be proud and it seems, recently he went already back to declaring that he is an atheist.

Yet it is important for Hindus to realise that they and their eternal Dharma, which is the basis for humanity, is under heavy attack even from within Bharat.

Sanatana Dharma is dangerous for those who want full control of humanity because it makes so much sense and empowers people. Those, who pull the strings of puppets like Udhayanidhi Stalin, want the knowledge that the Divine is within everyone, to be forgotten. They want to cut humans off from their divine roots. Yuval Noah Harari, who is hyped as a great philosopher and speaks at the World Economic Forum, WEF, claims there is no soul or God. Is Hinduism now openly attacked, because it is gaining strength in recent years? The huge crowds at the Satsangs of Bageshwar Dham Maharaj may worry them.

The call to eradicate Hinduism was given by the two exclusive religions for long, but so far ignored by Hindus. Now, when politicians also join in, it looks like a declaration of war, and can’t be ignored.

In the Puranas, ancient wars between Devas and Asuras are described. Asuras were sometimes given boons and they looked invincible, but ultimately, the Devas always won… but not without a fight. 

(This article was first published on the author’s blog and has been reproduced here with her permission. The blog post can be accessed here)

Supreme Court lawyer Kunal Chatterjee attacked by 5 dogs, asks SC to take suo-moto cognisance of increasing menace of dog bites

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Supreme Court lawyer Kunal Chatterjee attacked by 5 dogs, asks SC to take suo-moto cognisance of increasing menace of dog bites

On Monday, September 11, the issue of the increasing menace of dog bites and attacks by stray dogs in India was discussed in the Supreme Court of India. “This is becoming a menace,” said Justice PS Narasimha during a court session in the presence of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.

The discussion initiated after Advocate Kunal Chatterjee appeared in the court with an injured hand. When asked by the CJI DY Chandrachud, he said that he was attacked by 5 dogs and was badly hurt. The CJI then expressed his concern and said that the registry could look into the case if the lawyer needed any kind of medical attention. “This is becoming a menace,” added Justice PS Narasimha.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta recalled the horrific incident of a 14-year-old boy from Ghaziabad who lost his life one and a half months after being brutally bitten by a dog. “There was a case in UP.. a boy was bitten by a dog.. he got rabies.. he was seen in the lap of his father dying,” Mehta said adding that the father of the boy could be seen helpless.

Amid all this, the CJI added that one of his law clerks was also attacked by a dog while parking his car. After this, the injured advocate, Kunal Chatterjee asked the Supreme Court to take suo Motu cognisance of the rising dog bite cases.

Several incidents of stray dogs attacking passersby, including children, have been reported from several cities of Uttar Pradesh. As reported earlier, children have been leaving their homes with a stick in hand, fearful of dog attacks.

On September 5, a 5-year-old girl was dragged from her home in Amroha by the dogs and was brutally attacked. The minor was rescued only after the mother of the girl screamed for help gathering the neighbours. The girl was then shifted to a hospital for treatment but no anti-rabies vaccine was available. The girl was then provided with the vaccine by one of the neighbours who had got the vaccine for himself after he was attacked by a dog.

A 70-year-old retired doctor was bitten to death by a pack of dogs while out on a morning walk on the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus in April of this year. Last year, strays killed a five-year-old girl in Agra, while dogs killed a 12-year-old boy in Bareilly in May.

Reportedly, on September 9, the Ghaziabad administration issued an advisory on what to be done and not done in dog bite cases after 25 dog bite cases were reported in a single day in the city. Copies of the said advisory were sent to government departments and MLCs, Village Chief, RWA, and NGOs.

Further, in June this year, the Supreme Court issued a notice on a plea seeking permission for euthanising extremely dangerous stray dogs in the wake of the incident in Kerala where a minor was bitten by stray dogs. The young child’s postmortem report revealed the awful nature of the attack, with bite marks and scratches visible all over his body, including deep injuries behind the neck and ear, and a portion of the leg was also bitten off by the stray dogs.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), every year, more than 55,000 individuals die as a result of dog bites due to a lack of awareness about the importance of seeking medical attention after a dog bite. The majority of these deaths occur in Asia and Africa. India is a rabies-endemic country, accounting for 36% of global rabies deaths.

Notably, a report by Times of India from July 2023 stated that around 307 persons died of rabies in India in the year 2022.

‘Quran wouldn’t have been impure if Mamata Banerjee hadn’t attended G20 Summit dinner’: Congress’ Adhir Rajan Chowdhury takes a dig at TMC chief

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‘Quran wouldn’t have been impure if Mamata Banerjee hadn’t attended G20 Summit dinner’: Congress’ Adhir Rajan Chowdhury takes a dig at TMC chief

With months to the general elections of 2024, the rift within the hastily cobbled-up opposition alliance I.N.D.I. bloc is widening rapidly. Recently, TMC and Congress traded barbs at each other after Mamata Banerjee attended the G20 gala dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu.

The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, took a sharp dig at the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to attend the dinner even as several opposition CMs had decided against attending the function.

Chowdhury, the West Bengal Congress president, wondered if there were any other reasons for Mamata Banerjee to attend the dinner, asking if her decision would not weaken her stand against the Modi government.

“When many non-BJP CMs refrained from attending the dinner, Didi (Mamata Banerjee) went to Delhi a day in advance. She attended the occasion with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the same room,” Ranjan said.

Taking a swipe at Ms Banerjee for attending the dinner, Ranjan, as quoted by India Today, said, “Sky wouldn’t have fallen if she had given it a pass. Mahabharata would not have become impure. The Quran would not have been impure.”

Chowdhury wondered, “I’m curious about what motivated her to make the journey to Delhi just to attend the dinner party with these leaders.”

The TMC sharply responded to the Congress leader’s criticism of Mamata Banerjee, stating that their party supremo was among the key movers behind the I.N.D.I bloc and he need not chastise her on protocols that are to be followed from the administrative point of view.

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen responded to Chowdhury’s aspersions, emphasising that Mamata Banerjee’s commitment to INDIA is well-known, and her role as one of its architects is unquestionable.

Mamata Banerjee’s reservations against I.N.D.I. allaince

Earlier last week, a report published in Swarajya Magazine said that Mamata Banerjee was eminently dissatisfied with the I.N.D.I bloc when the alliance met in Mumbai.

The report said Banerjee had made her reservations clear on the alliance having just one convenor. After Nitish Kumar’s name was proposed as the alliance convenor, Mamata Banerjee was reportedly worried that Kumar would have a stronger claim at the Prime Ministerial post should NDA fail to garner the required numbers to form a government at the Centre.

Mamata Banerjee also disapproved of the I.N.D.I bloc’s decision to float a common logo to mobilise its supporters ahead of the Lok Sabha 2024 elections. Banerjee and others who opposed the decision to fight under a common logo reportedly contended that parties would fight elections under their respective logos, so a new logo would confuse the voters.

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