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Liberals cancel actor and comedian ‘Aiyyo Shraddha’ for meeting PM Modi

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Liberals cancel actor and comedian ‘Aiyyo Shraddha’ for meeting PM Modi

On February 13, actor and comedian Aiyyo Shraddha (Shraddha Jain) shared her experience of meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She was one of the famous personalities from Karnataka that met the PM during his visit to the poll-bound state. In a tweet, she said, “Namashkar, yes, I met the Honourable Prime Minister of our Country. His first word to me was ‘Aiyyo!’. I am not blinking, that’s my ‘O My Jod, he really said that this is really happening!!!!’ look. Thank you @PMOIndia!”

Later, DD News shared a video clip of Shraddha where she talked about her experience meeting the PM. She said, “Meeting the Prime Minister of our country… how do you put it quickly in words. I am still in a few days. He met me, and we shook hands as I entered the room, he said, ‘Aiyyo!’. Aiyyo is a prefix to my social media handle, it’s called Aiyyo Shraddha and the fact that he remembered it and he remembered my face and Aiyyo, and he said Aiyyo! In fact, if the photographers have clicked that picture, it’s a picture of him going Aiyyo and me going [makes expressions of surprise] because I did not expect him to say that. It was a very wonderful warm chat. He told us how proud he was about how the South Indian film industry has showcased the beauty of our country, the richness of our country.”

Following her tweet, while many netizens congratulated her, the so-called liberals rushed to cancel the comedian for meeting the PM. Congress worker Armaan said, “Wow, so now you will start propaganda and justify 40% commissions?”

Twitter user Sachin Pawar said, “So, Shraddha…did u discuss important issues like Unemployment, Layoffs, Economy, Chinese Intrusions with Modi..or did he give tips to u on how to be a better comedian?”

Human Rights Guy said, “You seem proud!!! Ask him how it felt to spend 8000 crores on buying his flights in the middle of a pandemic when 5 -8 million Indians died.” Interestingly, both the statements by the Twitter user were propaganda and have been busted several times.

Twitter user Nita Kumar said, “I used to watch her videos for a while when she tried to highlight issues, till I sensed that she was careful to avoid topics uncomfortable for Modi & co. Stopped watching her immediately. Today my stand is validated.”

Who is Aiyyo Shraddha?

Shraddha Jain, popular as Aiyyo Shraddha on social media platforms, is an influencer and actor best known for her clean comedy. Her recent video on layoffs became a sensation on social media and gained a lot of traction. Based out of Bengaluru, she often posts videos on events in different sectors.

PM Modi met famous personalities from Karnataka

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Aero India 2023 show in Bengaluru. PM Modi also met several other famous personalities from the state, including actors, entrepreneurs and sportspersons.

Chinese ship throws ‘military grade’ laser on Philippines Coast Guard vessel, temporarily blinding the crew

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Chinese ship throws ‘military grade’ laser on Philippines Coast Guard vessel, temporarily blinding the crew

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has accused a China Coast Guard ship of pointing a “military grade” laser at some of its crew, temporarily blinding them, reported CNN.The incident took place in contested waters of South China last week. 

The PCG vessel was supporting a rotation and resupply mission of the Philippine Navy in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in the Spratly Islands chain, known in China as the Nansha Islands, China calls the shoal Renai Reef, on February 6. The Chinese ship also “made dangerous maneuvers” in approaching within 150 yards (137 meters) of the Philippine vessel, the Philippine Coast Guard alleged in a statement posted on its official Facebook page, with photos purporting to show the laser’s green beam, reported CNN. 

The China Coast Guard (CCG) ship with bow No. 5205 illuminated a green light twice toward the BRP Malapascua, causing temporary blindness to crew members on duty at the bridge or main command center at past 6 p.m. as the ship reached 19.5 kilometers (10 nautical miles) from the shoal, the PCG said. 

“The PCG condemns any actions that harm and jeopardize the safety of everyone regardless of nationality,” PCG commandant Adm. Artemio Abu said. 

The Chinese ship crossed the bow of the PCG ship at a distance of 7.4 km (4 nautical miles) as if to warn BRP Malapascua to stop or alter course. 

Meanwhile, China’s Foreign Ministry said Monday the Philippine vessel “trespassed into the waters of Renai Reef without the permission of the Chinese side,” reported CNN. 

“The Chinese maritime police vessel defended China’s sovereignty and maritime order in accordance with China’s domestic law and international law,” spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, without specifying what action the Chinese side took. 

Notably, China claims “indisputable sovereignty” over almost all of the 1.3 million square miles South China Sea, as well as most of the islands within it. That includes the Spratlys, an archipelago consisting of 100 small islands and reefs also claimed in full or part by the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. 

The Philippines calls the area the West Philippine Sea and in 1999 intentionally grounded a navy transport ship, the BRP Sierra Madre, on Second Thomas Shoal, which is still manned by Filipino marines to enforce Manila’s claim to the area. 

Beijing has been trying for years to prevent the Philippine Navy’s resupply missions in Ayungin Shoal and has displayed new tactics over the past few months. 

Except for the small wooden boats chartered by the Navy, the CCG has been preventing Philippine military and law enforcement vessels from entering the shoal. 

The reported incidents, disclosed to the public for the first time, follow a pattern of Chinese forces harassing other countries with lasers. 

Last year, the Australian government said a Chinese warship aimed its laser at a Royal Australian Air Force jet 105 km from Australia’s northern coast. But China denied this. 

In February 2022, Australia alleged a People’s Liberation Army Navy warship “illuminated” an Australian P-8A aircraft, a reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare plane, as it was flying over the Arafura Sea, the body of water between Australia’s Northern Territory and the island of New Guinea to the north. 

At the time, China said the Australian claims were “not true,” reported CNN.

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

Remembering the Pulwama attack and how the Hinduphobic slur of ‘Gaumutra’ has been normalised by liberals ever since

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Remembering the Pulwama attack and how the Hinduphobic slur of ‘Gaumutra’ has been normalised by liberals ever since

On February 14, 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel to Srinagar via National Highway 44 came under a suicide bombing attack.

A 22-year-old Adil Ahmad Dar, a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist from Kakapora in Jammu and Kashmir, rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a bus carrying the CRPF personnel. 40 of our jawans were martyred.

While India was still mourning the attack, a video of Adil went viral on social media. Recorded prior to the suicide bombing, it gave out a clear message that the Pulwama attack was not just limited to the Indian State but was also an act of vengeance against the Hindu majority.

In the video, the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist dehumanised the Hindu community as ‘Hindustan ka Napak mushrikon‘ (impure idol worshippers of India) and ‘Gae ka Peshab Peene Walon’ (cow piss drinkers).

Islamists, who live in their make-believe world of religious supremacy, tend to look down upon adherents of Dharmic Faiths. They believe all Hindus are idolaters, drink the urine of cows and are doomed for Hellfire.

The selective usage of slurs targeting the Hindu community, which considers cows as sacred, made it clear that the Pulwama attack was not just another case of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. It was also on Hindus, the ‘cow piss drinkers’

The normalisation of gaumutra jibes in Indian political discourse

It has been 4 years since that incident and Adil Ahmad Dar’s video resulted in serving more than one purpose. Besides striking terror in Hindus, it gave new ammunition to the Indian liberals to abuse, belittle and dehumanise the community.

In February last year, ‘motormouth’ TMC MP Mahua Moitra made the ‘Gau Mutra’ jibe to mock the Modi government. She had tweeted, “Am speaking this evening in Lok Sabha on President’s Address.”

“Just wanted to give early heads up to @BJP to get the heckler team ready & read up on imaginary points of order. Drink some gau mutra shots too,” Mahua Moitra remarked.

In May 2021, she stirred controversy by calling India the ‘Susu Potty Republic’. Then too, she had used the cow urine jibe to attack the central government.

Screengrab of the tweet by Mahua Moitra

In February 2022, DMK leader Dr DNV Senthilkumar S mocked the BJP-ruled States in the North by making the ‘gau mutra’ jibe on the floor of the parliament.

“According to NEP, gross enrollment ratio has to be 50 per cent which Tamil Nadu has achieved long ago. If they want to implement this policy, they should implement the Dravidian model for the development of the country,” he had remarked.

“Why is their policy being thrust upon us? We reject it. If they want to implement it, they should do it in their gau mutra States”, he said in his 6-minute long speech.

In October 2020, former Hindutva icon Uddhav Thackeray hit a new low after he attacked BJP with crass, Hinduphobic references to Gaumutra (cow urine) and gobar (cow dung). The Shiv Sena supremo made derogatory remarks while addressing the annual Shiv Sena Dusshera Mela.

“Those who cast aspersions on our government, themselves have their mouths filled with cow-dung and Gaumutra. They have been trying to sling cow dung at us, in a desperate hope that it will stick but it did not because we are clean. It is them whose mouth and clothes reek of Gaumutra and cow-dung,” Uddhav Thackeray was heard as saying.

Even as the world was swept by the menace of the coronavirus pandemic in Match 2020, the social media coordinator of the Mahila Congress did not hold back from making a ‘gau mutra’ barb.

While quoting a tweet which said that far-right hucksters were selling fraudulent coronavirus ‘cures’, Lavanya Ballal retweeted it with the caption, “India has Gau Mutra”.

Not just politicians, but even liberal journalists have been at the helm of throwing Hinduphobic slurs randomly on the internet to win arguments. In June 2021, NDTV journalist Saurabh Shukla.

He was responding to a tweet posted by journalist Rohini Singh when Shukla made the gau mutra (cow urine) jibe. Journalist Prashant Kumar posted a tweet informing that the Delhi government has permitted the home delivery of liquor in the state.

Rohini Singh congratulated Prashant on his tweet, to which Shukla responded that Prashant Kumar lived in Ghaziabad, where he would be delivered gau mutra at home instead of liquor.

Screengrab of the tweet by Saurabh Shukla

Amit Schandillia, a columnist with Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint and an author published by Harper Collins Publishers India, also did not feel any compunction in using the same language as used by the Pulwama terrorist Adil Ahmad Dar.

Amit Schandillia
Screengrab of the tweets by Amit Schandillia

In September last year, the Development Executive of Dharma Productions, Shreemi Verma, came under fire for her tweets mocking Hindus with ‘Gau Mutra’ jibes. 

“If Modi does a gau mutra shots party at 8 pm, it’ll be pretty wild,” read one of her tweets. Another tweet stated, “2 parts lime 3 parts tequila and a dash of gau mutra.”

On April 27, 2021, she wrote, “If this situation doesn’t require urgency, then what does? lack of gau mutra? is that when we should panic?” This was the time when India was gripped by the deadly second wave of the Covid pandemic.

In November 2020, ‘author’ Ravinder Singh was seen using the language of the terrorists while mocking Covid-19 vaccines. Responding to ‘journalist’ Rohini Singh’s tweet on coronavirus vaccines, Ravinder Singh said why would we (Indians) need vaccines when we have Gaumutra (cow urine) as a cure.

Singh was expressing concern about whether state governments in India had reserved their share of vaccines when countries around the world were doing so.

Screengrab of the tweet

‘Raksha Bandhan’ movie writer Kanika Dhillon was also found invoking ‘Gau mata’ in multiple tweets to take potshots at the ruling dispensation at the Centre.

In April 2021, she had tweeted, “Dying in the parking lot after waiting for a hospital bed…Yeh aache din hai! India super power hai! Aur gau mata ka mutra peene see Covid chala jayega (These are the good days…India is a superpower. And drinking cow’s urine will cure Covid-19).”

Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon

The disparaging reference to ‘cow piss’ has been made prior to real-life acts of violence and harassment against Hindus in the United Kingdom and the United States. Even Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, was demonised with the Hinduphobic slur for doing Gau Puja and visiting temple.

The ‘Gau Mutra‘ jibes are now a regular phenomenon in the Indian social media space. The Hindu community has to brave the casual, dehumanising slur not just from anonymous trolls but prominent politicians and public figures who have no qualms in using the language of an Islamic terrorist.

Needless to say, the Indian liberals have managed to get away with little to no consequences. ‘Gau Mutra /Gae ka peshab‘, a term once used to orchestrate an act of terror by the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist, is normalised as a form of speech and expression.

Boat with 69 Rohingyas from Bangladesh lands in Car Nicobar of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Boat with 69 Rohingyas from Bangladesh lands in Car Nicobar of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

There is a constant influx of Rohingyas into India. 69 of them arrived from Bangladesh around 10:30 in the morning, at Malacca Jetty in Car Nicobar, the northernmost of the Nicobar Islands. According to reports, the refugees moored their boat, named ‘Ma-Babar Doa’ (blessings of parents), at the inoperational Malacca Jetty.

The boat was occupied by 19 men, 22 women and 28 children. They claimed that they landed in Andaman and Nicobar as a result of severe weather and their boat ran out of fuel. Furthermore, they revealed that two weeks prior, they had left a relief camp. 

The coast guard, police and a disaster management team reached the location as soon as they had the information. Security personnel brought food, water and medicines for them. Officials confirmed that the medical assessment of these individuals is underway and that nothing can be disclosed at the moment. Moreover, this information has been shared with the Ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs. The jetty is being kept off-limits to the general public.

Car Nicobar has an Indian Air Force (IAF) base which is located in IAF Camp village.

A boat carrying 66 Rohingyas from Bangladesh, was intercepted in January 2020 close to Tarmugli Island, around 34 km away from North Sentinel Island, which is off-limits and home to the isolated Sentinelese tribe.

Human Rights Watch estimates that there are 40,000 Rohingya people in India and at least 20,000 of whom have registered with the UN Human Rights Commission.

‘Jan Ki Baat’ opinion poll predicts BJP’s return to power in Tripura

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‘Jan Ki Baat’ opinion poll predicts BJP’s return to power in Tripura

Jan Ki Baat has released the results of its latest survey ahead of the crucial Tripura elections, scheduled to be held in the state on 16 February 2023 to elect 60 members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. According to the opinion poll, the BJP, which ended 25 years of Left rule in 2018, would retain control of the state.

In its survey, which sampled 10,000 people, across all districts, the polling agency predicted a comfortable return for the Manik Saha-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state of Tripura. The survey predicts BJP to win between 30-35 seats in the upcoming Assembly polls while CPI(M) together with its ally Congress, which drew a blank in 2018, could get 13-16 seats, almost half of what has been predicted for the ruling party.

The Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (also called Tipra Motha), meanwhile, might bag 13-11 sets as per the poll survey. It is worth mentioning that the Tipra Motha has been advocating for Greater Tipraland, which would see the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council and some adjacent areas become a separate state from Tripura.

Image source: Jan Ki Baat

If we analyze the percentage of the vote share of BJP and other parties, based on the aforementioned predicted number of seats, Jan Ki Baat predicts a vote share of 39-42 percent for the incumbent BJP government in the state. The CPI(M) and Congress alliance is expected to receive 38-41 percent. The Tipra Motha, led by Pradyot Debbarma is expected to receive 16-21% while other parties 1-2%.

Image source: Jan Ki Baat Twitter handle

Broadly, breaking down the vote share district-wise, the survey predicts that BJP will bag 3 out of 6 seats in the North Tripura district. Similarly, it predicts BJP to bag 4 out of 9 seats in the Siphaijala district, 4 out of 7 in the South Tripura district, 3 out of 6 seats in the Dhalak district, 2 0f the 5 seats in the Uninakoti district, 4 out of 6 seats in the Khowa district, 10 out of 14 seats in the West Tripura district and 3 out of 7 seats in the Gomati district.

Further predicting the vote share based on demography, the poll predicts that 60% of Bengali Hindus favor BJP coming to power. 70% of Bengali Muslims in the state, however, are seen backing the CPI(M)-Congress alliance.

In terms of tribal vote share, Tipra Motha seems to be bagging the maximum share. The Debarma tribe in the state, as indicated in the poll, has extended its support for the Tipra Motha, with the party bagging 75% of their votes. Meanwhile, 55% of the Tripuri tribe is seen to be backing the incumbent BJP government in the state.

Jan Ki Baat opinion poll had predicted the return of BJP in Tripura in 2018

In 2018, the NewsX Jan ki Baat opinion poll suggested that NDA may get 35-45 seats in the final tally. The main opposition, which is the CPI(M), was expected to get 14-23 seats in the 60-seat assembly. The state was considered a red bastion until 2018. As predicted, by winning 44 out of 60 seats, the BJP subsequently formed the government with Biplab Kumar Deb as the Chief Minister. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) only got 16 seats and Congress drew a blank.

Pakistan: Milk prices rise to Pakistani Rs 210 per liter, chicken prices go past Pakistani Rs 700 per kg

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Pakistan: Milk prices rise to Pakistani Rs 210 per liter, chicken prices go past Pakistani Rs 700 per kg

Consumers in Pakistan continue to experience major price shocks, as the cash-strapped country continues to experience one of the worst economic crises in the world. Prices of daily essentials such as milk, chicken, red meat etc have seen astronomical hikes over the past few days.

In India, chicken is priced at Rs 250 per kg on BigBasket and the rates are even lower in the open market. The online cost of milk starts from around Rs. 50 per litre. It can be obtained at lower rates offline. However, prices are doubled if one moves across the border.

The price of boneless meat, in our hostile neighbour, surged by Rs. 150–200 per kg during this time, reaching a new record of Rs. 1,000–1,100 per kg. While meat costs Rs. 800-850 for the same quantity, boneless poultry meat has surpassed the price of boneless veal, which is currently being offered for Rs. 900-1,000 a kg.

Spike in prices of Milk

Regarding loose milk, Waheed Gaddi, the communications coordinator for the Karachi Milk Retailers Association, asserted, “Merchants are selling milk at an inflated rate. These are not our members’ businesses, rather, they are those of wholesalers and dairy producers. Our 4,000 store members have maintained the pricing at Rs190 per litre,” he added.

Retailers will be required to charge consumers Rs. 220 per litre instead of Rs. 210 as per the revised rate calculation after an increase of Rs. 27 per litre in procurement price, Gaddi noted, if the price hike proposed by dairy farmers and wholesalers is not reversed.

On December 16, 2022, the commissioner of Karachi gave merchants a raise of Rs. 10 per litre so that they could sell milk at Rs. 180 per litre. However, the majority of shopkeepers continued to sell milk at Rs. 190 per litre, refusing the official rate. The authorized wholesale rate was also increased at that time from Rs. 160 to Rs. 170 per litre.

Waheed claimed that the association had notified the commissioner of Karachi on February 10 that, in flagrant violation of the Sindh High Court’s order regarding the mechanism for fixing the price of fresh milk, the association had been denied the chance to be heard while the prices were set via notifications on October 25, 2022, and December 16, 2022, despite a clearly observable increase in overhead costs of retail stores.

Retailers, he alleged, were still having trouble selling milk at a controlled rate after purchasing it at higher costs since they were still not receiving it at informed wholesale pricing.

Waheed maintained that only retailers had been targeted in order to enforce the application of official retail rates. “The Commissioner had not taken any action in this regard against the stakeholders,” he said.

According to him, dairy farmers increased the price once again on February 11 to Rs. 183 per litre from the official rate of Rs. 163 per litre that was issued on December 16, 2022.

He continued by saying that shops had two choices: either pay more for milk or quit buying and selling it altogether.

Poultry

As per Kamal Akhtar Siddiqui, general secretary of the Sindh Poultry Wholesalers Association, the wholesale price of a live chicken is Rs. 600 per kg, while the price of a kilogramme of meat is between Rs. 650 and Rs. 700. However, dealers set their own prices.

He reported that there were still issues with the port’s ability to clear soybean meal, one of the primary components of chicken feed. The price of a 50 kg bag of chicken feed has increased to Rs. 7,200 in the past month due to the price surge of soy-free poultry feed.

The delay in opening new letters of credit for the import of soya bean meal, he added, as well as the concern over the devaluation of the Pakistan rupee were both contributing to the volatility of chicken product pricing for customers in the upcoming months.

The federal, provincial, and local governments are not doing their fair share in protecting consumers from paying exorbitant costs for practically all food goods, allowing producers and traders to keep raising prices.

Customers feel that ‘both milk stakeholders and Commissioner of Karachi play hide and seek every time and carry short-term raids at retail shops to appease consumers, which are then halted.’

Pakistan is experiencing an unprecedented economic downturn. The country’s foreign exchange reserves fell to the lowest level since 1998 at roughly USD 3 billion, which is not nearly enough to pay a month’s worth of imports, and the rupee is at a record low. Inflation is also at an all-time high.

Kerala: Muslim man thrashed after a Christian CPI(M) leader accuses him of brainwashing his daughter to convert to Islam, clashes erupt

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Kerala: Muslim man thrashed after a Christian CPI(M) leader accuses him of brainwashing his daughter to convert to Islam, clashes erupt

In Kerala, a group of Muslim youths and some members of the CPI(M) party came face to face after the daughter of a local influential Christian CPI(M) leader approached the court seeking permission to stay with her Muslim husband. The incident reportedly happened in Kerala’s Malappuram district.

According to reports, the clash started after the judge granted permission to the duo to stay together. The father of the girl, who accused the Muslim youth of luring and brainwashing his daughter to convert to Islam, and his aides, reportedly thrashed the youth in front of a court after the judge allowed the couple to live together.  

Soon after, numerous supporters of the Muslim youth arrived on the spot and clashed with CPI(M) workers. Thodupuzha police, who had anticipated the simmering tension, dispatched around 100 officers to the area. The entire police force, however, was unable to keep the mob under control. Several police officers were also hurt in the incident. At one point, CPM leaders snatched mobile phones and hijacked the car in which the Islamists arrived. Top police officials intervened and returned the car and phones to the owners.

Idukki Muttam police registered a case against 14 accused, including CPI(M) district leaders, area secretaries T R Soman and Mohammad Faisal, area committee members Shimnas, Albin Vadassery and M S Sarath. A few relatives of the girl were also charged. 

Three friends who accompanied the youth and participated in the violence were also charged. According to the court’s order, the Christian girl and her Muslim husband were taken to a shelter home in Malappuram.

According to reports, the Muslim youth befriended the girl, who is a native of Thodupuzha Cheruthoni in the Idukki district, on social media when she was a minor. The youth entrapped her in his love. Earlier this month, as soon as she turned an adult, her lover lured the girl to his place in Malappuram. He then brainwashed her to convert to Islam, after which the duo got married as per Islamic rituals. The duo approached the court seeking permission to stay together.

The girl’s father, a CPM leader, filed a missing person’s report at Karinkunnam police station on February 4th. The family lives in Maniyarankudy, a village 7 kilometres north of Cheruthoni.

Following an investigation, authorities examined her phone location and discovered the girl in Malappuram. This is when they supposedly realised she was at the Islamic conversion facility. The police arrived and rescued the girl.

When the young girl appeared in Muttom Thodupuzha District Court, her lover and his aides also arrived. The court solicited the lady’s opinion because she was an adult, and the girl chose to go with the male friend of her own free choice.

Her parents were also in court and witnessed their daughter tell the judge that she did not want to accompany her father and mother. Her relatives, as well as other local CPM members and leaders, were present when this occurred. When the court was adjourned and the couple left, the two groups engaged in a heated confrontation. 

Assam child marriage crackdown: Over 3,000 arrests made so far

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Assam child marriage crackdown: Over 3,000 arrests made so far

Assam’s chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, recently said that the state’s campaign against child marriage had resulted in around 3,015 arrests. He made the announcement on Twitter. On January 23, the state cabinet resolved to take action against child marriage and simultaneously began a massive awareness campaign. Assam police started its operation against the social evil on 3 February.

According to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Police have apprehended over 1,800 persons till Friday in a broad campaign against child marriage. The CM stated, that the crackdown had started early in the morning across the state and will go on for the next three to four days.

“I have asked Assam Police to act with a spirit of zero tolerance against the unpardonable and heinous crime on women,” the CM had said. Assam government ordered police to arrest males who married girls between the ages of 14 and 18 under the prohibition of child marriage act and to round up men who wedded girls younger than 14 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act.

In order to lower infant and maternal mortality rates and prevent child marriages in rural areas, the cabinet also resolved to appoint all 2,197 Gram Panchayat Secretaries as ‘Child Marriage Prevention (Prohibition) Officers’ under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. The CM claimed that the decision was made after the state cabinet had a detailed discussion of the National Family Health Survey (NHFS) 5.

In the Barak Valley regions of southern Assam, over 100 marriages were either called off or delayed, while 2,278 people were arrested and 4,074 complaints filed till Sunday as part of the widespread initiation.

Sarma informed, “More than one lakh underage girls were married off and many of them became child mothers in the recent years including a girl who was just nine years old when she delivered a baby. Action will also be taken against the parents as well as priests or Qazis who performed these illegal marriages.”

In the 4074 cases that were filed, more than 8000 accused were listed. The majority of these weddings occurred in the lower and central regions of Assam, which have sizable populations of undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants.

Who is Chahat Fateh Ali Khan? The latest viral sensation from Pakistan makes Taher Shah look like (mankind) angel

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Who is Chahat Fateh Ali Khan? The latest viral sensation from Pakistan makes Taher Shah look like (mankind) angel

If you are familiar with the cringe content the unimaginable ‘sensations’ share on the internet, there is a chance you came across Ustad Chahat Fateh Ali Khan at some point. First, it is of utmost importance to make it clear that Chahat is in no way related to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. His real name is Kashif Rana. He was born in Pakistan and currently drives a minicab in London.

The 56-year-old “singer” is believed to have taken the screen name “Chahat Fateh Ali Khan” without taking due permission from the musician’s family. Inspired by the legendary singers, Chahat started making videos and posted them on social media during the Covid-19 lockdown. His fans describe him as an expert in not just qawwali but other genres, including pop, classical, Bollywood and more. He has become so famous that, believe it or not, people have started calling him for weddings. We don’t know the motive behind hiring him to entertain people at weddings, but it could be hate for the relatives.

Anyway, he has recently made headlines for his new release “Ye Jo Pyaara PSL Hai”. PSL is Pakistan Super League. It is the ‘Bhikhari’ version of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Six teams represent different cities every year in PSL. The first tournament was held in 2016 with five teams. The song’s lyrics are similar to his old release, “Yeh Jo Jhanda Hai”.

In an interview on the Pakistani news channel PNN with Fiza Riaz and Wajahat Khan, Chahat claimed that it took him a week to write, compose, record and release the song. He has released five songs in the last six months. PSL song was his sixth release. He further added that he completed seven years as a singer on January 11, 2023. He claimed to have spent eight hours every day practising during the lockdown.

When Chahat started singing his sensational song Tun Tunaa Tun, Riaz lost control of her laughter. He explained it was a “dance number”. Okay, Chahat, we agree it is a dance number, but there was no need to show the ‘dance moves’.

Yeh Jo Jhanda hai, ismein Danda hai…

 Six months ago, in August 2022, he released a sensational song on Pakistan’s Independence Day. The lyrics of the song are, “Yeh jo jhanda hai, Yeh jo pyara jhanda hai, yeh jo kaumi parcham hai, yeh jo sohna jhanda hai, yeh jo jhanda hai, oh ismein… oh ismein danda hai… on ismein danda hai.” Before saying ‘danda’, he started doing the Bhangra, and the background music was also pumped up to match his dance moves.

Chahat writes, composes, records and releases his songs himself without any support from a label. He held numerous live sessions on Facebook during lockdown that helped in gaining traction and increasing his fan base.

Chahat reminds me of Mankind Angel fame Taher Shah

Chahat is not the only sensation in the cringe music genre. Another famous Pakistani in the genre was Taher Shah of Mankind Angel fame. Sadly, the cringe star has not produced any song for the last two years. Some reports suggested he left singing after receiving death threats.

If you are interested in exploring similar talent from India, the recent sensation Anam Ali will be the best choice.

Bihar: 3 time bombs and narcotics recovered from one Mohammad Javed’s house, probe on his links to Pakistan and Kashmir underway

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Bihar: 3 time bombs and narcotics recovered from one Mohammad Javed’s house, probe on his links to Pakistan and Kashmir underway

On Saturday, February 11, 2023, Bihar’s Muzaffarpur police recovered three time-bomb-like devices, along with five empty cartridges, four cell phones, and 400 grams of contraband. The devices were recovered from the house of one Mohammad Javed Ahmed alias Sinhu located at Tin-Kothia mohalla falling under Mithanpura police station.

The Muzaffarpur police have so far arrested three accused namely, Mohammad Javed, a resident of Muzaffarpur, Mohammad Shami, a resident of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh and one other in connection with the case.

Notably, a report by Hindustan Times has named the other two accused as Mohammad Faiz Alam (nephew of Javed) and Mohammad Rehman while other reports name them as Mohammad Shami.

The information was shared by the police on Twitter.

Further detailing the case, the police stated that the accused allegedly developed the time bombs after watching videos on YouTube. Mohammad Javed and his associates assembled the device using batteries purchsed from Jharkhand and wires bought from West Bengal. The watch that was used in the device was purchased in Muzaffarpur itself.

The time bombs recovered from Mohammad Javed’s house (Source: Dainik Bhaskar)

The police also learned that one of the three accused has ties with Pakistan. The police also stated that Pakistani phone numbers were discovered in one of the three accused’s phones. Furthermore, Javed, from whose house the bombs were recovered, had previously visited Kashmir on multiple occasions.

A photograph of a burnt youth was also discovered in Mohammed Shami’s phone. It is believed that the youth must have got burnt in an explosion that probably must have happened during the making of the bombs or its trial.

Accused Mohammad Javed (Source: Dainik Bhaskar)

According to reports, the ATS, CID, and IB have been called in to investigate the matter. Mohammad Javed was sent to jail by Muzaffarpur police on Sunday (February 12, 20230 after being interrogated by officials from all three departments.

Meanwhile, the investigative authorities are reviewing the accused’s bank accounts and travel histories. Since their Pakistan-Kashmir connection has emerged, the police are probing the accused’s terror link. However, the authorities have yet to determine why the accused made the explosive.

A case has been registered in this connection and the help of CCTV footage and mobile surveillance is being taken to identify those who brought the devices. “It will be premature to say anything about reason begin it. We are still investigating the matter,” Rakesh Kumar, Muzaffarpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) was quoted as saying.

The police filed an FIR under numerous sections, including possession of explosives, guns, and NDPS, against the arrested accused Mohammad Javed and his brother Mohammad Jackie, who they said is currently at large. After further facts are revealed, the police might consider adding other related sections of the IPC.

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