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Vellore: Cops nab 2 men fighting over robbed money, find out 5 men had gangraped a woman after kidnapping her along with her friend in “shared auto”

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Vellore: Cops nab 2 men fighting over robbed money, find out 5 men had gangraped a woman after kidnapping her along with her friend in “shared auto”

While the Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has assured justice into a gangrape case in Virudhunagar involving two DMK leaders, another gang-rape case from last week in the state has come to the light now. Reportedly, in a case with similarity to Nirbhaya rape case in Delhi, a woman was gangraped in Vellore on 16th March after she along with her male friend was offered lift in an autorickshaw.

The case has started to appear in media after four accused in the case were arrested on Tuesday. The woman was gangraped by five people, including two juvenile, and one accused is still absconding.

According to Zee News journalist Aadhiraa Anand, the matter came to light after the police had detained two persons involved in a street fight on 19th March. While they were fighting over sharing of stolen items, they admited during the interrogation that they had gangraped a woman on 16th March, and they were fighting over distribution of money and goods they had robbed from the victim.

The cops were surprised as they had not received any complaint of rape. But later it was found that the victim had indeed filed a complaint by sending an email to the Vellore SP office, without stating her name. After the two men admited to the crime, the cops joined the dots and found out details about the case.

The police said that on 16th, the woman who works in a private hospital and her male boyfriend were returning to the hospital at after watching the night show of a movie. An auto-rickshaw with five men, including the driver, approached them and offered them a ride saying it is a share auto. Although initially hesitant, they boarded the vehicle.

But after some distance, the auto diverted from the course, the couple realized something is wrong and started shouting. But the five men overpowered them, and took them to a secluded place. There, the men in the auto gangraped the woman at knife point.

After the deed, the culprits also took away their mobile phones, and gold jewelry of two sovereigns. They also took the man to an nearby ATM and forced him to withdraw Rs 40,000, which they took away along with the other loots.

The two men caught by cops on 19th were fighting over distribution of the Rs 40,000 they had robbed from the couple, and it the interrogation process they had mentioned “rape”. On further questioning, the two revealed the entire crime to the police.

Based on the confessions of two men in custody, the cops contacted the bank from which the accused had robbed the money. After the accounting holder was contacted, he revealed that he was robbed and his friend was gangraped. After, the police spoke to the victim and convinced her to lodge a formal complaint.

After the complaint was filed on 22nd March, the police registered a case, and formed a special team to probe the case. The police have arrested two more persons, and a hunt is on for the fifth accused. Among the four arrested, two are named Santhosh and Manikandan, while the other two are minors and have been sent to juvenile home. The victim woman is from Bihar while her friend is from Nagpur, and both of them work in the same hospital.

The case has been registered at the Vellore North Police station under IPC sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 368 (wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person), 376 (D) (gang rape), 376 (E) (punishment for repeat offenders), 395 (punishment for dacoity), 397 (robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt), 506 (ii) (punishment for criminal intimidation), along with section 4 (penalty for harassment of woman) of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act.

PM Modi condemns Birbhum violence, asks West Bengal government to punish the culprits

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PM Modi condemns Birbhum violence, asks West Bengal government to punish the culprits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his grave concern over the violence that broke out in West Bengal’s Birbhum claiming lives of eight civilians on Tuesday. The comments were made while PM Modi was speaking at the Inauguration of Biplobi Bharat gallery at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata through an online address.

In his speech, he commented on the Birbhum burnings while saying, “I express my condolences on the violent incident in Birbhum, West Bengal. I hope that the state government will definitely get those who committed such a heinous sin on the great land of Bengal punished. He further stated, “I would also urge the people of Bengal to never forgive the perpetrators of such incidents, those who encourage such criminals.”

He assured that his government at the centre will take all necessary steps to punish the perpetrators at the latest. “On behalf of the central government, I assure the state that whatever help it wants will be provided to the criminals in getting them punished at the earliest,” he stated. In the function, Partha Chatterjee, senior state Minsiter who was present remarked on the PM’s comments saying,”The state government is duty-bound to ensure that the rule of law should take its course. The culprits will be hunted down and punished.”

Birbhum violence: At least 8 dead, houses torched after murder of TMC leader

On the night of March 22, at least twelve houses were reportedly set ablaze by an angered mob in the Rampurhat area in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. According to some reports, the miscreants had locked the victims in their houses and with no scope for rescue primarily eight people died engulfed in fire. Seven bodies were recovered from a single house, including those of innocent women and children.

People have suggested that the event is an aftermath of the alleged murder of Bhadu Sheikh, a local panchayat member from the TMC. Taking cognizance of the violence, the Calcutta High Court heard a suo-moto plea requesting a thorough investigation by central investigation agencies like the CBI or NIA today. The West Bengal Police has arrested eleven people in light of the burnings at Birbhum.

Self-declared liberals finally declare Mamata Banerjee is running a jungle raj after 8 Muslims are burnt alive in Birbhum violence

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Self-declared liberals finally declare Mamata Banerjee is running a jungle raj after 8 Muslims are burnt alive in Birbhum violence

West Bengal, one of the restive states that perpetually remains in the news over the brutal political killings and savagery, was in the limelight once again this week after the bloodcurdling murder of at least eight people in the district of Birbhum, following the murder of TMC panchayat leader Bhadu Sheikh.

As per news reports, the eight dead were forcibly locked up inside a house and burnt to death in what is widely believed to be retributory killings, seemingly to avenge the murder of Bhadu Sheikh. Family members of Fatik Sheikh and Chhota Lalon Sheikh—the two accused of killing Bhadu Sheikh—were charred to death after they were reportedly cooped up inside a house in the Rampurhat area of the Birbhum district and set on fire.

The gruesome incident drew fierce condemnation on social media and political circles, who slammed the ruling Mamata Banerjee-led government for being inefficient and incompetent in maintaining law and order in the state and failing in ensuring the safety of its citizens.

While condemnations and criticism of the government’s inability to curb the violence pour in, it was surprising to see some members of the Left ecosystem falling over themselves to slam the Mamata Banerjee government over the Birbhum incident. Deaths, rapes, massive displacement and human rights crisis in the aftermath of the West Bengal assembly election results last year did not seem to have not tugged at the heartstrings of the liberals as much as the unfortunate fate of at least 8 people who died in Birbhum this week, following which the self-described liberals took to social media to flaunt their hollow commitment to human rights and the sanctity of human life.

Self-proclaimed liberals slam Mamata Banerjee over Birbhum incident

A raft of self-described liberals took to Twitter to express their solidarity with the victims of arson witnessed in Birbhum and slam the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government for the total collapse of law and order in the state.

Swati Chaturvedi, an abusive troll masquerading as a journalist, commented on the killings, saying it was “absolutely sickening politics driving these murders”.

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Sakshi Joshi, another self-proclaimed journalist, took to Twitter to question Mamata Banerjee on the gruesome killings in Birbhum. Uncharacteristically, she declared that such news of violence in West Bengal has become par for the course, asking if the state is averse to maintaining law and order.

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Similar sentiments were shared by Sakshi’s husband, Vinod Kapri, yet another propagandist who pretends to be a journalist. Kapri proclaimed that Mamata Banerjee does not deserve to be the chief minister of the state even for a single second.

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Prashant Kumar, a journalist, took a swipe at the “democracy in danger” brigade, asking them to take note of the brutalities taking place in West Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee.

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YouTuber Ajit Anjum, who normally aligns with the non-BJP parties, even at the expense of logic and common sense, could not stop himself from calling out Mamata Banerjee for the Birbhum incident. “Is there rule of law or jungle raj in your state? Such incidents are not only a blot on your authority but also the proof of the failure of your system,” Anjum tweeted.

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Rohini Singh, yet another self-proclaimed journalist, too joined the bandwagon in criticising Mamata Banerjee for the Birbhum incident. Describing the incident as “unspeakable horror and violence”, Singh tagged Mamata Banerjee on Twitter and questioned her on the state of affairs in West Bengal.

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Many other ‘liberals’ too shunned their traditional reluctance in calling out a non-BJP chief minister and castigated Mamata Banerjee for the grisly incident that took place in Birbhum. The unequivocal condemnation from the liberals was particularly surprising, given that they have a habit of papering over inadequacies of opposition leaders and exaggerating perceived wrongdoings committed in BJP-ruled states.

However, even as the Left-liberals railed against Mamata Banerjee for the violence in Birbhum, the left-leaning rag Telegraph still did not believe the TMC chief was responsible for the current quagmire. Instead, it passed the buck on the “feud”, conveniently shielding Mamata Banerjee from taking the rap for the violence that swept Birbhum. In its article talking about violence, Telegraph declared it was a ‘feud’ that burned and caused loss of life and not the abdication of duty by the officials of the Mamata Banerjee government.

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The callous indifference of the left towards Hindu victims of post-poll violence in West Bengal

Besides the Left, the Birbhum killings provoked widespread outrage on social media websites, with many users harking back to the spate of killings, riotings, incidents of vandalism and arson that followed the assembly poll results in West Bengal last year when BJP workers and Hindus were subjected to unspeakable atrocities after Mamata Banerjee’s resounding victory in the elections.

Hundreds of BJP workers were killed, women sexually assaulted, and properties owned by perceived to be owned by BJP supporters were set ablaze in the violence that ensued in the wake of assembly election results. The spectre of violence was roundly condemned by politicians and social media users belonging to the non-left persuasion, who called on the Centre to take exemplary action against the state government in light of the brutality perpetrated in West Bengal.

However, missing was the unequivocal condemnation from the Left intelligentsia, members of whom accused the Centre of conjuring up stories of alleged atrocities to target the Mamata Banerjee government. They accused the BJP supporters of making exaggerated claims, exploiting incidents of violence and chaos to mount a propaganda blitz against the reelected government. Some of the shameless ones even outrightly refused to acknowledge the deaths of Hindus that accompanied the poll results.

Despite the damning report by the NHRC on post-poll violence in West Bengal, scathing observations made by the Calcutta HC, and gory news reports cataloguing the savagery witnessed in the aftermath of the poll results, liberals expediently looked the other way, maintaining a deafening silence on the barbarity and refusing to hold Mamata Banerjee’s government to account.

Instead, they tried to discredit the reports and accounts that asserted the existence of post-poll violence in West Bengal by casting aspersions on their veracity and insinuating that they were politically motivated to slander the victorious TMC regime.

The discriminatory response of ‘liberals’: Apathy towards Hindu victims, concern for non-Hindu victims

Now months later, as violence swept Birbhum, where 8 people, seven of whom reportedly belonged to the same Muslim family, were charred to death, the ‘liberals’ suddenly woke up from their slumber to realise their duty of holding governments to account, regardless of their political leanings. They condemned the killings and spoke up against the Mamata Banerjee regime for fostering a culture where political murders and revenge killings have, unfortunately, become the order of the day.

But tragically, this realisation did not seem to have sunk among the left-leaning liberals during the post-poll violence in West Bengal, possibly because the victims were overwhelmingly Hindus. For the Left ideologues, Hindus are akin to guinea pigs, who are worth sacrificing for putting up with the charade of secularism. Hindu lives don’t matter to them because, for them, secularism and preserving the pluralistic fabric of the country are more important than issues such as violence, rapes, assaults, arsons carried out against Hindu victims.

The dichotomy between the liberal reaction to the post-poll violence in West Bengal and the Birbhum incident is a testament to the Left’s discrimination against Hindu and non-Hindu victims.

Non-Hindus not allowed to do business in and around Hindu temple premises as per law made during Congress rule: Karnataka govt in assembly

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Non-Hindus not allowed to do business in and around Hindu temple premises as per law made during Congress rule: Karnataka govt in assembly

After multiple temple committees in Karnataka announced that they will not lease shops in their temple premises to non-Hindus, the Karnataka government has clarified that the move is legal as the law regarding Hindu temples makes the same provision. The govt informed the Karnataka assembly today that according to the rules under the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act 2002, non-Hindus cannot do business in and around the premises of the Hindu religious institutions.

According to reports, this was informed in the assembly by law minister J C Madhuswamy answering to a question raised during zero hour by Congress MLAs U T Khader and Rizwan Arshad. The Congress MLAs had objected to banners and posters that have come in several temples asking non-Hindu traders having shops in temple premises vacate them.

The law minister said that as per law, non-Hindus are already not supposed to do businesses in and around Hindu temples. “As per rule number 12 under the act, non-Hindus are barred from the premises to do business in and around the premises,” he said, adding that the govt can’t interfere in the decisions of temple committees as it was as per law.

The minister added that if people are asking non-Hindu shopkeepers to vacate the shops beyond the Hindu religious areas, then action will be taken against those distributing the banners and posters. “As per the The Hindu Religious Institutions And Charitable Endowments Act and Rules that were framed in 2002, it is prohibited to lease out the space near a Hindu religious institution to a person of another faith. If these recent incidents of banning Muslim traders have occurred outside the premises of the religious institutions, we will rectify. Otherwise, as per norms, no other community is allowed to set up shop on the premises,” law minister Madhuswamy said.

The minister also pointed out that these rules were made when the Congress party was in power.

The Congress MLAs had claimed that the even the non-Hindu roadside vendors are also being targeted in this campaign. U T Khader said, “Such posters, flyers and banners are creating a discord in our society and destroying communal harmony. We urge the government to ensure such incidents do not occur.”

Responding to the issue, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the law already in place in the matter, and govt will look into it further. Talking about the decision of Marigudi Temple administration to bar non-Hindu traders from the historic Kote Marikamba Jatra, the CM said that, a lot of shops are sub-leased for business to non-Hindus. The lessees who take the shops on rent from temple committees sub-lease them to make money.

The CM said that these are business deals, and the govt is into the law for such cases and also look into the facts of the cases.

The issue of non-Hindus doing business in Hindu temples was raised after some Muslim shopkeepers had joined the protests against the hijab verdict of Karnataka High Court. After several Muslim traders had kept their shops shut as part of the protests, the managing committee of Hosa Marigudi Temple in Kaup in Udupi district, had decided not to allow Muslims to bid for the auction to allocate shops for the annual ‘Suggi Mari Pooje’.

Following that, the organising committee of the historic Kote Marikamba Jatra in Shivamogga had also taken a similar decision. The committee had withdrawn the original tender notice and issued a new one stipulated that only Hindus can bid for doing business at the Hindu festival. After that, reportedly, posters and banners have come up around other Hindu temples asking non-Hindus to vacate their shops in and around the temple premises.

Actor Randeep Hooda to portray Veer Savarkar in biopic directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, says ‘he is most misunderstood, unsung hero’

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Actor Randeep Hooda to portray Veer Savarkar in biopic directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, says ‘he is most misunderstood, unsung hero’

On Wednesday, actor Randeep Hooda announced that he will portray Veer Savarkar in Mahesh Manjrekar’s upcoming directorial Swatantra Veer Savarkar. The film is based on the life of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar who was also a social reformer, writer, poet, historian, political leader, and philosopher.

Announcing the news on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, Hooda took to Instagram and said, “Kuch kahaniyaan batayi jaati hai aur kuch jee jaati hain (Some stories are to be made and some stories are to be lived)! Grateful, excited, and honored to be part of #SwatantraVeerSavarkar’s biopic”.

Movie critic Taran Adarsh also shared the news on Twitter and said that actor Randeep Hooda would portray the title role in the film ‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar’. Giving further details about the movie, he said that the film will be directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, produced by Anand Pandit and Sandeep Singh, and will be co-produced by Roopa Pandit and Sam Khan.

Randeep Hooda talking to the Indian Express called the title role challenging and said that he was happy to be able to showcase Veer Savarkar’s life story. “There are many heroes that have played their part in getting us our independence. However, not everyone has got their due. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is the most misunderstood, debated, and influential of these unsung heroes and his story must be told.”, he was quoted. Director Mahesh Manjrekar meanwhile said that this was the right time to tell stories from our history that have remained ignored to date.

It is important to note that history has never been kind to Veer Savarkar. Through a concerted attempt, Savarkar was constantly made an object of scorn and contempt by successive governments after India attained freedom in 1947. He was also falsely implicated in the murder of Gandhi Ji but was later exonerated for the lack of evidence against him.

Author Vikram Sampath recently launched his concluding volume on freedom fighter Veer Savarkar, ‘Savarkar: A Contested Legacy’, 1924-1966, which chronicled the final leg of the freedom fighter’s extraordinary life. The book was released in July 2021 and it instantly rekindled the debate surrounding the vigorous attempts made by successive Congress governments and left-liberal intelligentsia to falsely vilify the freedom fighter and besmirch his reputation.

Actor Randeep Hooda was last seen in Salman Khan starrer Radhe, where he played a supporting character. His other important works include Chris Hemsworth starrer Hollywood action film ‘Extraction’ and ‘Sarabjit’ directed by Omang Kumar, also based on a true story.

Disney employees draw swords against the company over the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida, here is all what happened

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Disney employees draw swords against the company over the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida, here is all what happened

Touted by critics as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill, the law restricting discussion of sex and gender with school kids was passed in both the chambers of the legislature in the American state of Florida. While Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has supported the bill, employees of Disney are mounting pressure on CEO Bob Chapek for not condemning the ‘homophobic’ bill enough.

Since March 15, a section of workers employed at various offices of Disney has participated in scheduled walkouts during breaks to protest against the company’s official stance regarding the legislation. However, on Tuesday, March 22, the protestors went on a full-day strike at the Burbank Headquarters to show their collective solidarity against the bill. The employees of Disney have painted their company’s policies as anti-LGBTQ since Disney happens to be one of the political donors to senators who have participated in drafting this bill, including Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida.

What is the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill?

On March 8, The Florida State Senate passed a bill that restricts sex education on gender for kids during school instructions. The bill prohibits teaching concepts like ‘Sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ to school children with an intent to regulate age-inappropriate content in accordance with the state standards. While Republican lawmakers have argued that discussions over such issues could be done spontaneously, formalising them into school curricula is unjust given its impact on young minds.

Ron DeSantis, in a press conference earlier reiterated that the bill will bring more control to the parents in their child’s education. “We are going to make sure parents are able to send their kid to kindergarten without having some of this stuff injected into some of their school curricula,” he added. While the bill has been passed in both the legislations of the Florida state, it is upon Governor DeSantis to sign it, who has shown his green signal to the bill.

LGBTQ activists and Democrats have opposed the bill with a view that it will badly affect the gay community. LGBTQ advocates and sympathizers have dubbed the bill ‘Don’t Say Gay’ as it bars teaching children sexual identities like ‘gay’, ‘lesbian’, ‘queer’ and others. Opponents think that the proposition of the bill discriminates against minors who do not identify themselves through gender binaries such as ‘a boy’ or ‘a girl.’

Various advocacy groups, students, democrat lawmakers and activists in the state of Florida have opposed the law through agitations and protests conducted across America. US Secretary for Education Miguel Cardona who serves under the Biden administration has tweeted, “Leaders in Florida have decided that bills based on hate & discrimination take priority over our students’ pandemic recovery. My team & I stand with our LGBTQ+ students in Florida & across the country & urge Florida leaders to protect & support all students.”

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The political protests at Disney Campuses

However, the politics of gender has grappled Disney with the outrage on a different level. Disney is being bullied by a section of its employees for not taking a definitive stand against the so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill which they have termed homophobic. The Disney leadership including CEO Bob Chapek are being criticized severely for not taking a strong stance against the state-legislated bill. Agitators have pointed out that the bill affects them personally as Disney employees since the company funds many of the legislators who have supported the bill.

The outrage increased so much that one fine day in the woke world, Disney wakes up to widespread agitations of its workers demanding it to criticise the bill across its campuses in America. From March 15, The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) workers have organised planned ‘walkouts‘ from the company during breaks from the official schedule. Already on March 9, CEO Chapek had sent out a message to his employees assuring his firm solidarity with LGBTQ issues.

However, the employees who were on a protest spree were not convinced. They thought Bob’s message came very late and failed to condemn the homophobic nature of the bill outrightly. While Bob Chapek of Disney is forced to take a political stance out of workforce pressure, on the other hand, he also has governer DeSantis criticising him for bending over the cancel culture espoused by his ‘woke’ employees.

While Disney officials have confirmed that there was no disruption in their operations, herds of its employees could be seen protesting in front of Orlando’s Walt Disney World and Walt Disney Studios. The company’s ‘LGBTQIA+ community’ and its allies have released their demands over a website whereischapek.com. The website lists that the community of protestors is ‘determined to take a stand against TWDC’s apathy in the face of the bigoted bill.’ “The recent statements and lack of action by TWDC leadership regarding the “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” bill have utterly failed to match the magnitude of the threat to LGBTQIA+ safety represented by this legislation,” the website states.

In a razor-sharp direction, the workforce has demanded certain steps to be taken by Disney ‘in order to regain the trust of the LGBTQIA+ community and employees.’ The protestors have demanded a commitment from Disney to defund its donations to the politicians listed involved directly or indirectly ‘to clear the passage for the bill’. The list includes names of 22 politicians including Ron DeSantis, Ben Albritton, Dennis Baxley among others.

Wrapped under the cover of gay rights activism, the protests by the employees have turned political secured by their hardwired left agenda. The protesting employees have further demanded Disney stop all its construction and investments in the state of Florida until the resolution is repealed. Another demand is that no employee should be terminated if he opposes his relocation to Florida.

Furthermore, TWDC’s supposed inaction should be made up by making monetary contributions to ‘The Trevor Project’ – an LGBTQ support NGO and other human rights advocacy groups in order to ‘regain the trust’ to its LGBTQ employees. The protestors have also demanded a share in Disney’s content catalogue which will represent stories from the community in form of movies, ads and TV Series.

Forcing a private company for taking a compulsory stand against state-approved legislation has been normalised as activism in today’s America. The demand for the politicization of inert institutions and sexualization of young minds with concepts like gender identity talks about how the global left rules the roost through narrative or by grabbing control over it through sheer street power.

Gender identity and the Critical Race theory

This is not the first time the politicisation of the school syllabus has been a talking point in America – especially Florida. Last year, parents in the state voiced out severe criticism over the left’s assistance on the inclusion of ‘The Critical Race Theory’ in school syllabi. The theory examines through the prism of ‘intersectionality’ the relationship of Race and society, and fundamentally believes that the foundation of Western society is based upon Racism and discrimination against non-whites.

The concepts of Gender Identity and Sexual identity too stem from Intersectionality where the former refers to one’s personal perception of one’s own gender. It argues that while sex and sexual attraction are biological concepts, the identification of it through ‘gender’ is a social construct. Hence, according to one’s own will, one can determine his/her own gender i.e Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, Trans. Queer among innumerable others which exist today.

While the bill passed in Florida does not discriminate against the LGBTQ community necessarily as a policy, it does threaten the objectives of the hard-left, in a sense, it stops way for its ideological indoctrination influencing young minds.

Undated video shows Delhi hotel denying accommodation to Kashmiri man, similar incidents happened earlier too but Islamists blame The Kashmir Files

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Undated video shows Delhi hotel denying accommodation to Kashmiri man, similar incidents happened earlier too but Islamists blame The Kashmir Files

On March 23, an undated video started making rounds on social media platforms in which a man could be heard alleging that a Delhi hotel denied him accommodation that he had booked earlier via OYO. Islamists have claimed that the incident took place in the light of alleged ‘communal disharmony’ spread by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s latest movie ‘The Kashmir Files’.

Sharing the video, the National Spokesperson of Jammu & Kashmir Students Union, Nasir Khuehami claimed that a Kashmiri man, was denied accommodation in The Pleasant Inn hotel, which is a flagship OYO Hotel. The man who was allegedly denied accommodation was not visible in the video, but a woman employee at the reception can be seen.

The man, who was visibly irked as he was not able to check-in, demanded an answer why he was being denied accommodation. He said, “I am giving you my identity card. Here is my Aadhaar Card. Why are you denying it?” When the female employee said she had orders not to give room to anyone with an ID from Kashmir, he said, “I can give you passport as well.” As Kashmir’s address was mentioned on the passport, it was denied as well.

A few seconds later, the woman called someone, possibly the manager of the hotel, and told him what was happened at the hotel. When she asked the manager to talk to the customer, he told her to tell the man from Kashmir that there were orders from the Police not to give accommodation to anyone holding an identity card from Kashmir.

While sharing the video, Nasir blamed the incident on filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri and said, “Impact of #KashmirFiles on the ground. Delhi Hotel denies accommodation to Kashmiri man, despite provided id and other documents. Is being a Kashmiri a Crime.”

The video was also shared by RJ Sayema as well who blamed Vivek Agnihotri for whatever was happening.

Blaming Kashmir Files is wrong

While many are projecting that the incident happened due to the alleged communal differences created after the release of The Kashmir Files, in reality, there have been many instances in the past where people from Jammu and Kashmir were denied accommodation in hotels for various reasons.

In 2019, a hotel manager from an OYO hotel in Jasola Vihar was warned by OYO for denying accommodation to a Kashmiri man. At that time, OYO said in a statement that it was an isolated incident and they do not discriminate against anyone.

Similarly, in 2020, a Delhi University student alleged he was denied accommodation that he had booked for his father and sister. He alleged the hotel denied accommodation claiming they were not allowed to give room to anyone from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. He added despite showing Indian ID, the hotel denied the accommodation. OYO had temporarily suspended the operations with that particular partner for some time.

Twitter user The Hawk Eye also shared screenshots of similar reports dating back to 2016 while replying to RJ Sayema.

Therefore, there no justification in blaming The Kashmir Files for someone refused accommodation by a hotel. Several such incidents have occurred in the past, before the release of the movie. Moreover, it is not even clear when the incident in the video took place. It is possible that the video could be old, and the incident might have took place before the release of the movie.

It is notable that the video was first uploaded on YouTube by several persons, and none of them had mentioned The Kashmir Files. But later some people on Twitter started blaming the movie.

The Kashmir Files

Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files has brought the plight of Kashmiri Pandits to the mainstream. Several sections of society are trying to discredit the film as it does not suit their agenda. The film has been a blockbuster on the box office and is close to clocking Rs 200 crores worth of business very soon.

OpIndia tried to reach out to the hotel mentioned in the video but could not connect. There have been claims that the video is old. OpIndia cannot verify the authentication and timeline of the series of events including the date on which this particular incident happened.

Lawyer seeks Attorney General’s consent to initiate criminal proceedings against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra for misusing and dishonouring national emblem

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Lawyer seeks Attorney General’s consent to initiate criminal proceedings against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra for misusing and dishonouring national emblem

On Wednesday, advocate Chandni Preeti Vijaykumar Shah wrote to the Attorney General for India KK Venugopal seeking to initiate criminal proceedings against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra under the State Emblem of India (prohibition of improper use) Act, 2005. This is a day after Kamra insulted India’s National Emblem by using it in a photoshopped certificate that shamed the agony of the Kashmiri Pandit genocide and blatantly mocked the film ‘The Kashmir Files’.

Kunal Kamra yesterday used a ‘COVID certificate’ and photoshopped it along with the National Emblem on the certificate. He termed that the certificate would be issued under ‘Ministry of Propaganda’ to all those who have watched ‘The Kashmir Files’. “Soon you’ll have to show this certification to watch any other movie in India. Welcome move in the national interest”, he tweeted. He also mocked director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and named him ‘Vivekuddin Agnihotri’ in the Photoshop certificate image.

Screenshot of the tweet by Kunal Kamra

Chandni Preeti Vijaykumar Shah in her letter to the Attorney General for India said that Kamra had dishonored the National Emblem by labeling it with the preposterous and undignified language used in the rest of the photoshopped certificate. “According to the State Emblem of India (prohibition of improper use) Act, 2005 no person other than authorized under the act is allowed to use the emblem for any purpose in any manner”, the letter read.

She added that Kamra, in the name of Freedom of Speech, had attained fame by insulting the Judiciary and the National Emblem. “There is a strong need to establish the notion that Freedom of Speech is not absolute but rather a privilege”, she stated adding that the Constitution of India will be in danger if this kind of mockery is allowed time and again.

This is not the first time that Kunal Kamra has insulted India, its integrity and its pillars. Earlier this month, two lawyers- Advocate Ashutosh Dubey and Advocate Vineet Jindal had written to the Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal requesting permission to commence contempt proceedings against the stand-up comedian for vilifying and defaming the Indian judiciary in his recent ‘comedy’ video.

Kunal Kamra in one of his videos uploaded on his YouTube channel had made derogatory remarks against the SC. While speaking about the contempt of case filed against him in the top court, Kamra had said, “Dear SC, kal ki baat bhul ja, lvda pakad ke jhul ja (forget yesterday’s talk, come swing on pnis)”. Kamra in the video further had said that he had more respect for the food court in the shopping mall that the apex court and alleged that the SC is a ‘Brahmin Baniya’ affair and it did not represent different cultures.

Shah in her letter also mentioned that Kamra had taken the Attorney General for India for granted by outrightly rejecting its request to take down malicious tweets against the Supreme Court of India. Earlier, in December 2020, the SC had issued notice to Kamra seeking contempt proceedings after his contemptuous remarks against the Judiciary in his bid to become a liberal ‘hero’ or ‘martyr’.

In one of the tweets, he had also shown the middle finger to CJI Arvind Bobde and in another, he had painted SC in saffron color to allege that it had become a ‘puppet’ of the NDA govt. “The pace at which the SC operates in the national interests, its time we replace Mahatma Gandhi’s photo with Harish Salve photo”, he had said. The earlier cases filed against Kamra by Advocate Dubey and Advocate Jindal were under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The recent case by Advocate Chandni Preeti Vijaykumar Shah has been filed under the State Emblem of India (prohibition of improper use) Act, 2005.

Birbhum Massacre: Calcutta High Court orders state govt to submit status report on probe by tomorrow, orders protection of evidence and witnesses

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Birbhum Massacre: Calcutta High Court orders state govt to submit status report on probe by tomorrow, orders protection of evidence and witnesses

After taking sou-motu cognizance of the Birbhum massacre in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court has issued directions to the state government to ensure proper probe of the case. Taking up the matter today afternoon, the court asked the state government to submit the case diary and a report on the investigation so far by tomorrow.

A bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj issued the orders, asking to submit the case diary and report by 2 PM tomorrow. “We at the first instance give an opportunity to the State to produce the case diary/ report about the investigation by tomorrow 2 PM. Report relating to investigation done until now to be produced by 2 PM on 24 March,” the bench said.

The court also issued directions for protection of evidence and the crime scene. The court ordered that the scene must be continuously monitored through CCTV cameras. The court directed the state govt to “immediately install CCTV cameras with DVR having sufficient memory covering all angles of scene of occurrence and will do continuous recording until further orders.” Cameras will have to be installed in the presence of the District Judge of Purba Bardhaman district.

The Calcutta High Court directed that a team from CFSL in Delhi will visit the site to collect forensic evidence. The order said that the evidence will have to be collected without any delay.

The bench also asked the DGP and the IGP to ensure the protection of witnesses in the case. “Director General of Police and Inspector General of Police in consultation with District Judge, Purba Bardhaman district should ensure that witnesses are adequately protected and not threatened or influenced by anyone,” the court order said.

While postmortem of the victims has been already done, the court said that if any postmortem examination is yet to be that, the same should be done under video recording.

The High Court had taken up the matter after initiating a suo motu case, along with some PILs filed by some individuals after 8 persons were killed in retaliation to the alleged murder of a TMC leader. The individuals who have approached the court have demanded a CBI probe, saying that the SIT formed by the state govt is not impartial.

Birbhum massacre

At least eight people were charred to death after unidentified miscreants set a dozen houses on fire. The incident took place in the Rampurhat area in the Birbhum district of West Bengal on Tuesday.

As per reports, the miscreants locked the houses outside before setting them ablaze, leaving no room for the occupants to vacate. The incident took place after the killing of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) functionary named Bhadu Sheikh on Monday.

At least 20 people have been arrested so far in connection with the violence. While CM Mamata Banerjee has promised an impartial probe in the case, she tried to dilute the incident by saying such incidents are more common in other states like UP, Bihar, Rajasthan etc. She also accused the opposition of using the incident to defame the state.

Pakistani men attack Esra Bilgic, who portrayed ‘Halima Sultan’ in the Ertuğrul series, for showing ‘too much skin’ in the Victoria’s Secret ad

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Pakistani men attack Esra Bilgic, who portrayed ‘Halima Sultan’ in the Ertuğrul series, for showing ‘too much skin’ in the Victoria’s Secret ad

On Monday, the Pakistani fans launched a blistering attack on Turkish actress Esra Bilgic for appearing in Victoria’s Secret bra advertisement and showing ‘too much skin’. Bilgic, having best portrayed the role of Halima Sultan in the Turkish historical television series Diriliş: Ertugrul, the local fans of the show criticized the actress for living her life outside of the character.

Bilgic took to Instagram to share her collaboration with the lingerie company while promoting their latest collection, Love Cloud. “Are you ready to be above the clouds? I am my biggest supporter of its lightness, softness, smoothness, and comfort. Join this journey and experience a completely different comfort”, the advertisement in Turkish read.

The moment she uploaded the video advertisement, Pakistani fans, especially the men crowded the comment section giving her unwarranted advice. Feeling cheated over the Turkish actor’s choice of clothes, a user commented, “Shame on you! After Halima’s character, you should be ashamed of this type of dress”. The other furious user suggested the actress stop showing her ‘naked’ body.

It is observed that the actress has turned off the comment section on her Instagram post. But here are some of the screenshots of the comments that are going viral on social media.

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Another one, continuing to shame Bilgic stated that if she wanted to show herself in lingerie, then the actress should never have played the role of Halima Sultan. One of the Pakistani fans also claimed that he was no more a fan of the actress due to the advertisement. “I was a fan of yours but no longer. You should know that majority of your fans exist because of your portrayal of Halima Sultan. What was the need to promote nudity? Seems like you do not care about your fans. It is a great shame!”, the comment read.

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Further, the Pakistani men kept on saying that the actress had ruined the Islamic culture and that she no more deserved to be called a Muslim girl. One of the epic comments also read that if the actress had done the advertisement for money and that if she needed money, she should have asked the Pakistani govt to help her.

Meanwhile TV host and VJ, Anoushey Ashraf also took to her Instagram story to point out the trolling on part of Pakistani men. “Why don’t men just unfollow her?” she wrote. Interestingly, this is not the first time that Bilgic has faced unwarranted criticism. Last year, Pakistani fans had criticized her for posting personal photographs. The comments then ranged from her dressing to her dignity and respect owing to her on-screen persona. Responding to the criticism, Bilgic had then given her fans a polite shut-up call and had asked them to unfollow her. “Let me give you a little advice: Don’t follow me, thank you,” she had written.

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It is important to note that Diriliş: Ertugrul, an action drama that originally aired on Turkish state TV from 2014 to 2019 was banned by many countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. The countries accused Turkey of trying to create an area of influence for itself in the Middle East. The High Fatwa Council- Darul-Ifta in Egypt had also targeted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that the President allegedly aimed at regaining sovereignty over Arab countries which were previously under Ottoman rule.

Also, Jamia Binnori, a Karachi-based Islamic institute had released a statement banning the Turkish series after the government of Pakistan had announced its broadcast on state television from the beginning of Ramzan 2020. Allama Muhammad Yusuf of the Binnori Town Mosque had stated that the series should be forbidden according to the ‘shariah law’.

According to the reports, Ertugrul was one of the highest-rated shows on Netflix and had acquired worldwide appreciation from the film critics for portraying an accurate history of the Ottoman caliphate. It is rated 8.4 on IMDb and had an average of 100% score from the audience.

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