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‘Balakot airstrikes sent a clear message to Pakistan that they will suffer more if they attack India’: Former Army General Manoj Naravane

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‘Balakot airstrikes sent a clear message to Pakistan that they will suffer more if they attack India’: Former Army General Manoj Naravane

Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane (Retd) has said that the air strike by Indian Air Force targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) advance training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in 2019 was a clear message that if anyone tries to harm India, then they will suffer more.

When asked about the situation when you are dealing with a country which is a rogue nation and has nuclear weapons, General Naravane said in ‘Podcast with Smita Prakash’, “We hit them and they did come back the next day. We lost one aircraft and Commander Abhinandan was also caught down. It’s not that our action did not provoke a reaction”.

“But once again we have to see the larger picture and the larger picture is that we have demonstrated our will to strike. Again whether we struck any number of casualties, the number of terrorists who were killed is not important. The fact is that we have said that if you do something to us we will do something to you and that will be proportionate even more than what you have done to us. That is the message that is gone across and which is the important message. The larger picture and the message that has gone is that don’t try the stunts you will suffer more than we do,” he said.

Responding to another question that at the time of the Balakot attack, people’s narrative was that we have lost to Pakistan and people were criticizing the Army so ignoring doesn’t work all the time, the former Army Chief said, “On the larger scale it is important to win the information war and that has become very important in the time of interconnectivity and social media.”

“It is not enough to win the war on the ground, we have to win a perception war also and for that whole new ball game has to be done at a much higher and at the national level. It is not something that can be done at ground level when a battalion commander is saying something. It will have to be peace together and that narrative built will show that we actually won the war on the ground. Both these things have become very important,” he added.

The Balakot air strikes were conducted by the Air Force in response to the Pulwama terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy in which 44 personnel lost their lives.

On February 26, IAF fighter jets targeted JeM’s advanced training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot. Islamabad retaliated by attempting to target Indian military installations the next day. However, the IAF thwarted its attempts.

India, after the aerial strikes, had said that it killed a large number of terrorists. However, Pakistan said India’s claim was “reckless” while stating that it will respond “at the time and place of its choosing.”

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Chaos at a blanket distribution event of Suvendu Adhikari in Asansol, three people trampled to death

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Chaos at a blanket distribution event of Suvendu Adhikari in Asansol, three people trampled to death

Three persons died and several were injured in a stampede during a blanket distribution event at Asansol in West Bengal. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was distributing blankets among people on Wednesday when people started to push others causing a stampede, resulting in the tragedy.

According to reports, the incident occurred at Ramkrishnadanga in Asansol in West Bardhaman, where the opposition leader had arrived for a public event. In this event, 5000 blankets were to be distributed to economically weaker people. Suvendu Adhikari launched it by distributing some blankets, which went smoothly.

After that, he left the venue to visit the district office of BJP, and the main blanket distribution started, and that is when the tragedy started. When people were moving towards the stage to collect blankets, suddenly some of them started to rush and push people in front of them. The people who rushed thought that there were not enough blankets for all the people gathered at the event, and that’s why they wanted to collect them as soon as possible.

This created a huge chaos, which ultimately turned into a stampede. Several people fell to the ground and others stepped over them to go forward. Three people were killed in the trampling, while many others were injured.

It is being reported that the three victims include a 12-year-old minor girl and two women. Two of them were taken to Asansol District Hospital, while one was taken to a private hospital. All three were declared brought dead by the doctors.

At least five persons have been seriously injured, four of whom are being treated at Asansol District Hospital.

TMC launched an attack on BJP after the incident, alleging that the event was organised without police permission. TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh blamed Suvendu Adhikari for the incident, and alleged that the BJP organised an “illegal rally” without police permission.  Reportedly, Asansol police commissioner also claimed that the BJP had not taken any permission for the programme.

Kunal Ghosh also questioned the BJP leadership for handing over the reins of the party in the state to a ‘madman’. He said that Adhikari should apologise for the incident, questioning why he should not be held responsible for the accident.

‘Machis kis ke haath mein thi?’: Nirmala Sitharaman gives a befitting response to Mahua Moitra, questions her on post-poll violence in Bengal

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‘Machis kis ke haath mein thi?’: Nirmala Sitharaman gives a befitting response to Mahua Moitra, questions her on post-poll violence in Bengal

On 14th December 2022, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a befitting response to Trinamool Congress Party’s MP Mahua Moitra, a day after the latter took a ‘machis jibe’ at the government and questioned the public mandate given to it. Nirmala Sitharaman tore into Moitra, saying it is not about who holds the matches, but it is about who uses the matchstick in what way.

While speaking in Lok Sabha during the winter session of the parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman said, “Machis kis ke haath mein hai? (In whose hands is the matchstick?) I don’t want to elaborate too much on it because it is probably that she just wanted to spice up the questions and issues she raised, which I think in different ways I have tried to answer. But it is a matter of concern, Sir. Because who gave the matches is not the issue. Because in a democracy people elect the leader. We don’t need to undermine the people by saying who gave the matches in their hands. The people have given it.”

Nirmala Sitharaman added, “All that matters is how a matchstick is used by a person when it is in his or her hands. Recently, BJP had a fantastic victory in Gujarat. What was the post-election environment there? Peacefully the new government came to power and was sworn in. Compare it with what happened in West Bengal post the state government election. Who had the matchstick there and how it was used then? And that is the real question. When we had a matchstick, we gave Ujjwala Yojana – a gas cylinder. We also gave electricity, PM Kisan Yojana, etc. We ran Swachh Bharat Mission.”

“When you had matchsticks, at that time, arson, looting, and rape took place. You set the houses of our workers on fire. A Union Minister, Mularidharan’s vehicle was attacked. Even a union minister was not safe post-election in Bengal. JP Nadda’s vehicle was attacked during the campaign. Murlidharan’s vehicle was attacked after the elections. So not who was given the matches, but who used it in what way should be considered,” said Sitharaman, responding to Moitra over her tirade against the Centre.

Earlier, TMC MP from Krishnanagar in West Bengal Mahua Moitra ranted and raved against the central government during the question hour and took a matchbox jibe saying, “What the country needs is an elected government which plays hard morality, hard legality, and hard economics. I urge this government and the finance minister to take control of the economy. And I urge the people of India to take control over who they give the reigns to rule this country. The question is not who lit the fire, the question is who handed the matchbox to a crazy person? This is a question that India needs to answer.”

Delhi Police arrests all three accused in acid attack on a minor girl

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Delhi Police arrests all three accused in acid attack on a minor girl

Delhi Police have arrested all three accused for allegedly throwing acid at a 17-year-old girl in the national capital’s Dwarka this morning.

Dwarka DCP M Harshvardhan on Wednesday said that the police have solved the case with the arrest of all three accused. A 17-year-old girl was allegedly attacked with acid by two bike-borne men in Delhi’s Dwarka district area, police said on Wednesday. The girl has been referred to Safdarjung Hospital and is currently undergoing treatment.

The incident took place at around 7:30 am.

The police, earlier, detained one person in the case after the victim raised suspicion over two people known to her. Later, another boy emerged as a prime suspect in the acid attack incident on a minor girl in Delhi, the Dwarka DCP said on Wednesday.

“Today information was received at Dwarka’s Mohan Garden Police Station that a 17-year-old girl has been attacked with an acid-like substance by 2 bike-borne boys. She is under treatment and is stated to be stable. She has received 8 per cent burn injuries. One boy has been detained and is being questioned,” DCP Dwarka said.

He added, “Another boy has emerged as a prime suspect during the investigation and multiple teams have been formed to nab the accused. Action is being taken on all leads.”

According to police, a PCR call was received regarding the incident of throwing acid on a girl in the Police Station Mohan Garden area.

It was stated that a girl was allegedly attacked using some acid-like substance by two persons on a bike around 7:30 am this morning, police said.

“The girl was with her younger sister at the time of the incident. She has raised suspicion over two persons known to them. One person has been detained and further investigation is going on,” Delhi Police said.

The father of the victim said, “My two daughters were going to school at 7:29 am, but later around 7:35 am my younger daughter returned home and told me that two boys have thrown acid on her elder sister. The accused had their face covered which can be seen in a CCTV footage.”

Her condition is not good and we are very worried. We have spoken to the police, the father added.

The mother of the victim said, “My younger daughter came rushing and told me that acid was thrown at her elder sister. Her condition is not good.”

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High-level civil society committee comprising retired judge, lawyers etc to visit West Bengal to ascertain facts of human rights violations

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High-level civil society committee comprising retired judge, lawyers etc to visit West Bengal to ascertain facts of human rights violations

A Civil society committee having a retired judge, former IPS, journalist, and eminent lawyers as its members has constituted a fact-finding committee to ascertain the facts allegedly leading to Human right violation and violence in the State of West Bengal.

“Lawyers for Justice” is an organization claiming to be constituted for the protection of the rights of people especially women, the poor, and people from the downtrodden section of society stated that West Bengal has been a centre of violence and political goons are burning Bengal. Law enforcement agencies are not able to gain the confidence of the common man. ‘Lawyers for Justice’ group claims that it had received several complaints from victims of such atrocities to visit West Bengal and has resolved to visit the state to ascertain the facts leading to such violence and raise its voice against state-sponsored violence and economic downturn in the state.

The Lawyers for Justice continued to receive several written complaints alleging acts of rape, murder, loot, arson, etc. stated to be done by the ruling party with the help of government machinery.

A memorandum by way of Petition to invoke Articles 355 and/or 356 of the Constitution of India in the State of West Bengal was also given to the president of India. It also met the Hon’ble Home Minister of India to apprise such high constitutional office about the complete breakdown of Law & Order within the State of West Bengal requesting that President rule be imposed in West Bengal, stated the press communication.

Lawyers for Justice have resolved to get facts ascertained by several physical visits by Independent, and experienced esteemed members of civil society who came from high constitutional offices spanning India.

Accordingly, it has constituted a fact-finding committee for visiting the State to ascertain the cause of victims and ascertain the cause of atrocities.

The committee including Justice (retd.) L. Narsimha Reddy, Rajpal Singh, former IPS officer, Dr. Charu Wali Khanna, leading women’s rights lawyer, Om Prakash Vyas and Rosy Taba (Lawyer), Sanjeev Nayak known Journalist, etc. Committee members proposed to make the first visit to the State in the first week of January 2023.

According to the press statement, it will be for the first time that the State of West Bengal is being visited by an Independent, high-level civil society committee with the sole objective to meet and interact with the victims of different offenses for their protection and raise the voice of the oppressed in entire India. 

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Maharashtra: Shinde government withdraws award given to the translation of Kobad Ghandy’s book ‘Fractured Freedom’, urban Naxals outrage

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Maharashtra: Shinde government withdraws award given to the translation of Kobad Ghandy’s book ‘Fractured Freedom’, urban Naxals outrage

On 6th December 2022, the government of Maharashtra announced various literary awards given under the Yashvantrao Chavhan State Literary Awards. An award in the translation category was declared to a former Politburo member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), Kobad Gandhi’s book ‘Fractured Freedom’.

On Monday, 12th December 2022, the government of Maharashtra published a GR to announce that the award for the year 2021 given to the said book is being withdrawn. This award is named after 20th-century Marathi literary critic Tarktirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi.

The government has also dismissed the committee which recommended the book for this award. The government resolution said that the decision of the selection committee had been reversed for administrative reasons, and the award, which included a cash prize of Rs one lakh has been withdrawn. The committee recommending the title too has been scrapped, it added.

Maharashtra’s minister took a stand against Maoist Kobad Ghandy

While announcing the decision, Maharashtra’s minister for the Marathi language department Deepak Kesarkar said, “Everyone has freedom of thought. Nevertheless, the exaltation of Naxal thoughts is not acceptable to our government. For us, the nation comes first.” The chairman of the expert committee allegedly did not discuss or point out the matter regarding the selection of this book. Therefore, Marathi Language Minister Deepak Kesarkar has ordered an inquiry into this case.

He said, “Literature has the freedom of writing. But what is banned cannot be written. There is a different process of banning. Although there is no ban on the book ‘Fractured Freedom’, Naxalism cannot be glorified in the state. Maharashtra is the first state to crack down on Naxalism.”

Deepak Kesarkar added, “100 percent recruitment among Naxalites was coming from our tribal brothers, which has stopped now. In such a situation, society cannot forgive the literature that is written in favor of Naxalites and some people participate in the literature that is made in such a situation created by urban Naxalism, pretending that “we are doing something different from the world”. Under no circumstances can Naxalism be glorified by the state government.”

So-called progressive Marathi authors display outrage

Soon after the award was withdrawn, the ‘award wapsi’ gang in the Marathi literary circles became hyperactive and various other writers started a series of returning their awards to the state government and resigning from various posts of responsibility they held on committees related to literature.

Writer and poetess Pradnya Daya Pawar, who led the award wapsi campaign in Maharashtra in 2015, was appointed as a member of the Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya Sanskruti Mahamandal in 2021 during the Maha Vikas Aghadi government. She has resigned from the post protesting the withdrawal of this award. Poet Neeraja was also named as a member of the same body. She has also resigned protesting the government’s decision.

Writer Heramb Kulkarni was a member of the committee that recommended the Marathi translation of Kobad Ghandy’s book for this award. He wrote a letter to the government and protested the decision. He wrote in his Facebook post that the government should apologize to Anagha Lele and redeclare for her the award she deserved.

Sharad Baviskar and Arun Shevate are among other Marathi writers to protest the government’s decision to withdraw the award given to Kobad Ghandy’s book’s translation. Sharad Baviskar has also returned his award to the state government. It is notable that Baviskar is a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

Marathi writer Anand Karandikar has communicated to the state government that he is returning an award worth Rs 1 lakh to the government as he is registering his protest to the government’s decision to withdraw the award given to the translation of Kobad Ghandy’s book.

Laxmikant Deshmukh resigned from the post of president of the Language Advisory Committee. He shared the draft of his resignation letter from his Facebook profile. He too protested the decision taken by the government.

Many on social media support the ban, denounce Naxals

On the other hand, Marathi Facebook users are also extensively sharing the details about who is Kobad Ghandy and why the government should not patronize him by awarding the translation of his book with a state award. Smita Gaikwad wrote in her Facebook post, “I read this original book in English when it was published. The basic point is that the book was written by Kobad Gandhi. There’s nothing special about this book. It is Kobad’s unsuccessful attempt to show that he is not a Maoist but a Marxist. Since Kobad is a central committee and politburo member of the banned Maoist organization CPI (Maoist), I read this book with the intention would learn new things about Maoism. But it was ruined. Interestingly, angered by this book, the Maoists took out press notes against Kobad twice in a year and expelled him from the party as a traitor because, in this book, Kobad has projected himself as a Marxist rather than a Maoist.”

Noted Marathi writer, poet, and translator Prithviraj Taur backed the government’s decision. He is an associate professor at the Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded. In his detailed address that went viral on social media, he wrote, “It is a matter of great pride that a book which is against the national interest, exalting the ideas that are unacceptable to the Constitution of India, wrongfully honoured at the government level, and I welcome that the Government of Maharashtra and the Minister of Marathi Language Department have reconsidered the award announced and cancelled the decision to give the award in a timely manner, correcting the mistake made by the Award Selection Committee. As a writer-translator and reader, I sincerely congratulate the Government of Maharashtra for cancelling the award given to Kobad Gandhi’s book Fractured Freedom.”

He added, “The best literary works I read were always singing ‘man’s song’. He grew his faith in goodness and his faith in demand. These literary works did not set man up against man, did not speak the language of any bloody revolution, and did not convey the dangerous message of taking guns in hand. Writing a work of art in a language that glorifies anti-national Naxalism, and supports the bloody struggle, can tempt the reader for a moment, and wander the path of the youth by spreading the ideological illusion, but not the welfare of all human beings. We must never forget that people who speak of the gunfire in the guise of dissent are always anti-constitutional.”

Prithviraj Taur appealed to Marathi writers to avoid any literary activity that would strengthen Naxalism. He wrote, “When translating a book into Marathi, translators should think about the ideological impact of this book on the Maharashtrian people, on the unified spirit here. Translators themselves should avoid translating any book that feeds anti-national ideas, spreads religious hatred, and asserts in a way that the unity of the Union will be undermined.”

Kobad Ghandy – Affluent Parsi of Mumbai who is also an alleged ‘Urban Naxal’

It is notable that Kobad Ghandy is born in a Mumbai-based Parsi family in 1951. His family lived in luxurious areas of Mumbai like Walkeshwar. In the 1970s, Kobad Ghandy was studying at St. Xavier’s College, a prestigious college in Mumbai. Before joining Maoism he had worked as a qualified finance professional at a multi-national company for some time. He was picked as a member of the Central Committee in 1981 in the then Communist Party of India (Marxist-Lennist) People’s War. It was founded by Kondapalli Seetharamaiah.

He played a key role in the merger of the People’s War and MCCI (Maoist Communist Centre of India) that had taken place in September 2004. A new organization CPI (Maoist) was formed out of the merger. He was among the ideologues of CPI (Maoist) and is also alleged to have participated in a meeting in 2005 with the Nepalese Maoist leader Prachanda.

Ghandy was arrested in 2009

Ghandy was arrested in September 2009 from Delhi. As a Politburo member, he was charged with carrying terror attacks including an attack on a team of elite anti-Maoist commando unit Greyhounds at Gunurkayi village in Visakhapatnam in 2008. He spent a decade in jails across the country. In October 2019 he was released on bail from Surat jail. He had spent a major part of his prison term in Visakhapatnam Central Jail. When in jail, he wrote his memoirs under the title ‘Fractured Freedom’. The book was published in 2021. After this book was published, the CPI-Maoist called him a traitor.

The proscribed Left-wing outfit CPI (Maoist) expelled its politburo member and former member of the Central Committee, Kobad Ghandy, from the organization. In a statement purportedly issued by CPI (Maoist) spokesperson Abhay on November 27, 2021, Ghandy was accused of espousing the path of spiritualism, denouncing Marxism as having no good values, and abandoning the Maoist ideology. The CPI (Maoist) accused him of projecting the entire movement in poor light in the book ‘Fractured Freedom – A Prison Memoir’.

Hyderabad Police raids Congress poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu’s office, arrests 5 for derogatory comments against KCR

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Hyderabad Police raids Congress poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu’s office, arrests 5 for derogatory comments against KCR

On Tuesday night, the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police raided the office of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) strategist Sunil Kanugolu and detained five persons for allegedly making abusive and obscene comments on social media about Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

The police also confiscated multiple mobile phones, laptop computers, and other office equipment, alleging that they were used to publish the alleged disparaging comments.

K V M Prasad, Assistant Commissioner of Police for Cyber Crimes, conducted the operation. He said that they had received five complaints about disinformation and insulting remarks being uploaded from IP addresses coming from Kanugolu’s workplace near Inorbit Mall. “They were masking IP addresses or using fake IPs to post the objectionable content but we were able to track it down to this office,” Prasad said, adding that the raid was conducted after the complaints were registered by five different individuals.

Meanwhile, Congress MP Manickam Tagore turned to Twitter on Wednesday morning at 7.20 a.m. and published the original message and photographs that triggered the searches and arrests of Congress employees in Hyderabad.

He went on to say that police took over 50 laptops, seized data, and wrongfully detained five of the Congress’ professional partners. He shared the photographs that sparked the controversy and dared KCR to arrest him. He also shared the alleged derogatory images and wrote, “For this FB post-Telangana Congress War room headed by #SunilKanugolu team at Hyderabad was raided and 50 computers taken, Data stolen, Five of our Professional partners arrested illegally without FIR. Now I am posting the same let @TelanganaCMO arrest me. #HitlerKCR.”

Congress condemns raids against Sunil Kanugolu

Congress MP KC Venugopal also moved to Twitter to condemn the police operation and arrests, claiming that the searches and seizures were intended at deactivating the INC war room, which was currently in full flow.

Another senior politician, MP Revanth Reddy, stated that the cyber police terrorizing the personnel in the Congress’ war room simply demonstrated KCR’s fear of Congress. He further said that no copy of any FIR was presented or made accessible to Congress leaders before their detention. “The action of Cyberabad police in seizing the office of #SunilKanugolu is a blatant attempt to suppress dissent,” he said further.

Meanwhile, MP Manickam Tagore had already stated on Twitter that the police personnel had not submitted a search warrant and that no notice had been issued in accordance with Section 41(A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. “Without following due process of law, KCR police have arrested our staff. No search warrant and no notice under 41A CrPC was given. Complete violation of SC judgment in DK Basu case.@KTRTRS & Commi CV Anand will be held accountable for this lawlessness,” a tweet by Manickam Tagore read.

Sunil Kanugolu is a polling strategist and political analyst who has worked with the DMK, AIADMK, and the BJP. Reports mention that he is mentoring Congress on the forthcoming state elections in Karnataka and will be in charge of all state assembly elections for the party.

He oversaw the BJP’s electoral strategy in the 2017 UP assembly elections. In 2019, he was in charge of the DMK’s Lok Sabha election strategy and the AIADMK’s electoral campaign for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections in 2021.  He was also credited for bolstering the AIADMK’s strategies and presence in the absence of former Chief Minister and party supremo Jayalalithaa.

Nine Kashmiri Hindus killed in the Valley in last 3 years, union home ministry tells Rajya Sabha

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Nine Kashmiri Hindus killed in the Valley in last 3 years, union home ministry tells Rajya Sabha

On December 14, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed Rajya Sabha that in three years, from 2020 to 2022, nine Hindus were killed in Kashmir Valley. While replying to an unstarred question by Rajmani Patel, Minister of State for Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in a written reply that the Government of India follows a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism. He said that since 2018, there has been a substantial decrease in the terror attacks in the valley.

According to the home ministry data, 1 Kashmiri Pandit was killed in 2020, 4 in 2021 and 4 Kashmiri Pandits have been killed this year, which included a person from the Kashmiri Rajpur community. In 2018, there were 417 terror attacks reported, which were reduced to 229 in 2021.

The MoHA was also asked about the money spent on security in the valley. The MoS said that multiple agencies work together to assure security in the valley, and the expenditure on all the agencies is not maintained centrally. The Ministry further provided the details of expenditure incurred by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Security Related Expenditure on Police of Jammu & Kashmir.

As per the records, the Ministry reimbursed Rs 2,814.095 crores in three years to the Government of Jammu & Kashmir. Rs 1,267 crores were spent in the financial year 2019-20, Rs 611 crores in the financial year 2020-21 and Rs 936.095 in the financial year 2021-22.

The Government of India is taking multiple steps to ensure security in the valley that includes including the clock nakas at strategic points, intensified CASO, surveillance of persons of interest, sharing of intelligence inputs among security agencies working in the valley and more.

In an answer to another question on internal security, the home ministry said that the Government has taken various steps to strengthen the security architecture of the country, such as strengthening the legal framework including amendments in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and National Investigation Agency (Act), 2008, strengthening of NIA by capacity building and providing adequate infrastructure and manpower, ensuring close and effective coordination mechanism between intelligence and security agencies at the Centre and State level, modernizing of police and the Central Armed Police Forces, strengthening of border security grid and coastal security etc.

The ministry said that the Multi Agency Centre (MAC) has been strengthened and re-organised to enable it to function on 24X7 basis for real time collection and sharing of intelligence amongst intelligence agencies and States. Moreover, the states have raised special forces to deal with terror incidents and Central Armed Police Forces and National Security Guards have also been stationed at different locations of the country to assist the States.

Delhi: 17-year-old girl attacked with acid by two bike-borne attackers, one arrested

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Delhi: 17-year-old girl attacked with acid by two bike-borne attackers, one arrested

On Wednesday, December 14, a 17-year-old girl who along with her younger sister was going to school was attacked by two bike-borne men with an acid-like substance. The incident took place in the Mohan Garden area in Dwarka, Delhi at around 7:30 am. 

The victim is currently admitted to Safdarjung Hospital and her condition is stable, the minor girl has suffered 8% burn injuries. According to Dwarka Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Harsh Vardhan, the victim has named two persons who could be behind the attack, one of whom has been arrested and is being questioned. Another person who is the main accused is still absconding, however, multiple teams have been formed to nab him.

The DCP informed that a PCR call was received at around 9 am about the incident of an acid-like substance being thrown on a girl in the Mohan Garden Police Station area by two bike-borne attackers. 

CCTV footage of the incident is doing rounds on social media. In the footage, two persons are seen throwing an acid-like substance at the victim.

The girl’s father stated that they have no idea who the attackers were. “The police are looking into the matter. My daughter is in critical condition. They threw acid in her face. Her vision is impaired. I inquired about the incident with my daughter. She does not know much. He allegedly came and threw acid at her… She was blinded and couldn’t see the attackers. “Doctors are treating her,” he said.

Reacting to the incident, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter and wrote in Hindi, “This cannot be tolerated at all. How did the criminals get so much courage? The attackers should be given the strictest punishment. The safety of every girl child in Delhi is important to us.”

Meanwhile, Delhi BJP leader and Member of Parliament, Gautam Gambhir condemned the attack saying that the person who threw acid on the school girl should be publicly executed.

“Words can’t do any justice. We have to instill fear of immeasurable pain in these animals. The boy who threw acid at a school girl in Dwarka needs to be publicly executed by authorities,” Gambhir tweeted.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has taken suo motu cognizance of the case and issued a notice to the Delhi Police. 

Delhi Commission for Women’s notice to Delhi Police. (Image via DCW Twitter)

The DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal questioned the government over neglect of demand to impose an acid ban. 

“Acid was thrown at a schoolgirl near Dwarka. Our team is reaching the hospital to help the victim. Will get justice for the daughter. The Delhi Commission for Women has been fighting for years to ban acid in the country. When will the governments wake up?” Maliwal tweeted in Hindi.

Fix the costume else it may be banned: MP minister Narottam Mishra objects to Deepika Padukone’s attire in Besharam song in Pathaan

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Fix the costume else it may be banned: MP minister Narottam Mishra objects to Deepika Padukone’s attire in Besharam song in Pathaan

On 14th December 2022, Madhya Pradesh’s home minister Dr. Narottam Mishra expressed objection to actress Deepika Padukone’s attire in the song ‘Besharam Rang’ from the film ‘Pathaan’. The minister has advised the director to correct the attire failing to which the film may face troubles in release in Madhya Pradesh. He also called Padukone a member of the ‘Tukde Tukde Gang’, a term that refers to left liberals wishing to separate Kashmir and other parts from India.

Dr. Narottam Mishra said, “The costumes used in the song are prima facie very objectionable. It is clear that this song has been filmed with a corrupt mentality. Anyway, in the JNU case, Deepika Padukone has been a supporter of the Tukde Tukde Gang.”

Dr. Narottam Mishra added, “And that’s why I would request them to fix these scenes, fix this costume. Otherwise, whether this film should be allowed in Madhya Pradesh or not will be a question to be considered.”

The demand for a boycott of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s film ‘Pathaan‘ is already increasing. The first song of the film ‘Besharam Rang’ was released on December 12, which featured Deepika Padukone and several other female actors in bikinis and similar bold attire. The dance by the lead actress involves suggestive and erotic movements, while Shahrukh Khan appears shirtless in several scenes.

‘Besharam Rang’ means ‘shameless color’. In many scenes of the song, Deepika is shown wearing a saffron bikini, which Twitter users are objecting to. People are accusing Shah Rukh and the filmmakers of deliberately defaming saffron colour by linking the lyrics of the song ‘Besharam Rang’ to Deepika’s bikini colour.

People are giving sharp reactions on social media about the film’s new song ‘Besharam Rang’. Netizens have accused Shah Rukh Khan of deliberately defaming the saffron color.

People are also angry with the way obscenity has been shown in the film’s song. After focusing on Deepika Padukone’s ‘monokini avatar’, one can guess whether Shah Rukh Khan now wants to make his film ‘Pathan’ a hit by showing Deepika Padukone’s ‘sexy song’. The song has been penned by lyricist Kumar, while music director Vishal-Shekhar duo has composed it. Shilpa Rao and Caralissa Monterio have voiced it. Siddharth Anand has directed the film ‘Pathaan’.

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