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ABP anchor Rubika Liyaquat slams farmer leader for sexist jibe on live TV, Congress troll mocks her

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ABP anchor Rubika Liyaquat slams farmer leader for sexist jibe on live TV, Congress troll mocks her

On Monday (November 29), ABP News journalist Rubika Liyaquat lashed out at farmer leader Dharmendra Malik for making sexist remarks to mock the Modi government’s decision to roll back the farm laws. Malik is the national media in-charge of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU).

During the debate, panellist Dharmendra Malik took potshots at the BJP government for giving in to the demands of the farmer protestors. In order to do so, he compared the rollback to Vidhwa Vilap (the wail of a widow). Rubika Liyaquat, the moderator of the debate, took objection to the use of misogynist language by Malik. She said, “What do you mean by Vidhwa Vilap? I have a problem with this word. This is not your Khap Panchayat. This is my show, where things go as per my directions.”

At that point, a disgruntled Malik resorted to abusive behaviour and threw his mic away to intimidate Rubika Liyaquat. “Disrespectful behaviour will not be tolerated. Stay in your limits. Do you think you can become a hero of farmer protests by abusing women,” she further inquired. The ABP journalist added, “Any woman will have an issue with the use of the word, ‘Vidhwa Vilap’. I will object to it 1000 times, if necessary. Don’t know how to respect woman and will sit here and say that they want to talk to Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister.”

“Several women are supporting you in your protests. And you have the audacity to sit here and use words such as ‘Vidhwa Vilap’. You don’t have respect for anything. Good to see that you have left or else I would have kicked you out,” she concluded.

BKU leader justifies his sexist remark, hails Khap Panchayat

After having left the show voluntarily, Dharmendra Malik took to Twitter to slander Rubika Liyaquat. In an attempt to justify his sexist remark stigmatising widows, he resorted to judging Rubika’s journalistic ethics. He claimed that Rubika Liyaquat would not have had to resort to gender identity politics if she had respected the fourth pillar of democracy (aka press). “When your conscience will awaken, you will have no place to hide your face. The Khap Panchayat, you are criticising, is replete with instances of women safety and respect.”

Screengrab of the tweet by Dharmendra Malik

Far from condemning sexist and unfair terms like ‘Vidhwa Vilaap’, the President of All India Professionals’ Congress (Haryana unit) Vijay Dhillon was seen supporting the abusive behaviour of Dharmendra Malik. “I have seen many like you”, Dhillon repeated Malik’s remarks that were directed at Rubika Liyaquat.

Screengrab of the tweet by Vijay Dhillon

Rubika Liyaquat has often been the target of Islamists and misogynist men. Last year, she was criticised by Islamists for wishing Eid in a yellow dress. In May 2019, Islamists targeted Ms Liyaquat for wearing make-up, which they claimed was against Islam.

Many so-called ‘farmer leaders’ and Congress loyalists have also been opposing Liyaquat because, in an interview, she had exposed how BKU leader Rakesh Tikait cannot even point out specific sections of the farm laws that he claimed were problematic. Rattled with her questions, Tikait had resorted to ad hominem attacks against the ABP News journalist.

Assam: Hindus reclaim worshipping rights in Mahadevtilla, reinstall Shivling at site desecrated by Christian miscreants

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Assam: Hindus reclaim worshipping rights in Mahadevtilla, reinstall Shivling at site desecrated by Christian miscreants

On November 24, OpIndia reported how Christian miscreants had uprooted a Shivling and Trishul and cut down century-old sacred Banyan tree that worshipped by Hindus in Mahadevtilla in the Katigorah Tehsil of Cachar, Assam. Following the incident, members of the Hindu organisations like the Hindu Rakshi Dal and Hindu Chhatra Sangh in Assam had submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, district Cachar, Assam.

Today, we got in touch with a member of the Hindu Rakshi Dal to follow up on the case. Subhasish Choudhury told us that the Manipuri Hindus, with the help of members of Hindu organisations like the Hindu Rakshi Dal and Hindu Chhatra Sangh, have restored their right to worship in Mahadevtilla, Assam, where Khasi Christian miscreants allegedly desecrated the site on November 17.

According to Subhasish Choudhury, Hindu Raksha Dal, more than 100 Hindus climbed up to the Mahadevtilla on November 29 and performed puja there. The Shivling was re-installed amid prayers and chants, and a new Banyan tree sapling was planted where the previous, at least 250-year-old sacred Banyan tree, had been felled by Khasi Christians.

The local Hindus participated in the event enthusiastically.

Members of the Hindu Chatra Sangha, Hindu Rakshi Dal, and RSS were present at the site to work with local Manipuri Hindus and the Mahadevtilla Seva Samiti, whose efforts to restore their ancestral worshipping site has resulted in this quick reclaim, added Subhasish Choudhury.

Members of Hindu organisations in Assam submit a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, ask him to take action against some local Christian miscreants

It may be recalled that on November 22, members of Hindu organisations like the Hindu Rakshi Dal and Hindu Chhatra Sangh in Assam had submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, district Cachar, Assam. In the memorandum, they have asked him to take action against some local Christian miscreants for vandalising a Hindu place of worship in Mahadevtilla in the Katigorah Tehsil of Cachar, Assam. The place where the incident took place has a large settlement of people belonging to the Khasi community, 85 per cent of whom have embraced Christianity.

The group, in its letter, accused some Khasi Christians to be behind the attack. 

The Hindus of Manipur had also protested and filed a complaint with the Forest Department and the Cachar Police. The police advised them to wait a few days, but residents claim that the cops aren’t doing much in the matter.

OpIndia had reached out to Aninda Dev, Hindu Chatra Sangh, who had then alleged police apathy in the case. “The local police are not taking any action against the miscreants. Instead, they threatened the local Hindus to stay away from the Christians,” Dev had alleged.

We also reached out to Subhasish Choudhury, Hindu Raksha Dal, who narrated the whole incident. 

We tried reaching out to the Deputy Commissioner but could not connect. Meanwhile, Cachar SP Ramandeep Kaur said, “The information you have received is incorrect. There was a banyan tree that locals worshipped. A case under Forest Act has been filed and local SI is investigating the case. Investigating in the matter is underway to find if it is an act of mischief or tree was cut inadvertently.”

Mamata Banerjee to amend party constitution to allow ‘outsiders’ in decision making body as she eyes 2024 polls

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Mamata Banerjee to amend party constitution to allow ‘outsiders’ in decision making body as she eyes 2024 polls

All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) has decided to introduce modifications in its party constitution as the party aims to expand its footprint nationally, according to reports. After a coordination committee meeting in Kolkata, TMC announced its plan of making changes in the party constitution in order to accept new members from other states in the working committee, which is the highest decision making body of the party headed by Banerjee. The party said that TMC chief Mamata Banerjee happened to be the “strongest and most experienced face” against BJP.

TMC Rajya Sabha party leader Derek O’ Brien said, “Today in our coordination committee meeting it was decided that our next coordination committee meeting will be held in Delhi. It was also decided that changes will be made in our party Constitution so that we can bring in more people from other states and our national coordination committee can truly have a national footprint,” adding, “Let us tell this that Mamata Banerjee is the strongest, credible and experienced face nationally, to take on the BJP”

Notably, a host of Congress leaders have joined TMC in the recent times including former Meghalaya Chief Minister, Mukul Sangma and 11 Congress MLA’s in Meghalaya which resulted in making TMC the main opposition party in the state. Sangma also hinted at more incomings to the party in the region and said, “I have been holding talks with leaders from other States in the region. They have been calling me up following the political decision that we have taken. This indicates that they are looking for something new in their respective States,”. Few days back, congress leaders Kirti Azad and Ashok Tanwar also joined the Trinamool Congress in New Delhi.

Currently, Mamata Banerjee heads the TMC Working Committee and all members are from West Bengal. It was in 1998 that Mamata Banerjee formed the TMC after severing ties with Congress and since then all the members in Working Committee have been from Bengal. However, now with the party eyeing 2024 elections where Mamata Banerjee wants to portray herself as the Prime Ministerial candidate, they now want to appear more inclusive and not just Bengal centric regional party.

This will be the first time leaders from outside of Bengal will be part of the highest decision making body of the TMC. Poll strategist Prashant Kishor is currently advising the party on these issues.

As Vinod Dua becomes ‘critically unwell’, here is what he said about using flowery language for the dead

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As Vinod Dua becomes ‘critically unwell’, here is what he said about using flowery language for the dead

Senior journalist Vinod Dua, who was named in the MeToo campaign and accused of sexually harassing and stalking a filmmaker in 1989, is beyond critical, his daughter, actor-comic Mallika Dua, said on Monday. Dua was admitted to the hospital earlier this year after being infected with COVID-19.

Dua took to Instagram to inform her followers that her father is in ICU and critically unwell. “My Papaji is beyond critical in the ICU. His health had been deteriorating rapidly since April. He also is unable to come to terms with losing the light of his life. He has lived an extraordinary life and given us the same. He deserves no pain. He is immensely loved and revered and I request you all to pray that he experiences as little pain as possible,” Mallika Dua said in an Instagram story post.

Source: Instagram

After Mallika shared her father’s condition on Instagram, rumours about Vinod Dua’s death started doing the rounds on the internet. Mallika then shared another Instagram story, putting paid to rumours of her father’s death.

“Request everyone to not spread rumours about my father’s demise. He is in the ICU. Fighting still. Whatever be the outcome, let him have his dignity. Do not believe/spread misinformation please. Will issue all official news and updates on him. Not Twitter,” she wrote.

Vinod Dua and his wife, radiologist Padmavati ‘Chinna’ Dua, were admitted to a hospital in Gurgaon during the second wave of the pandemic. While his wife succumbed to the contagion, the journalist has been battling the complications and is in and out of hospitals since June 2021 due to his frail heath.

‘We have a habit of putting up pretences and elevating a person to the status of great men after his death’: Vinod Dua after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death

As Dua remains critical, it is worth noting what he spoke about using flowery language for the dead to appear “politically correct”. In one of his videos, Dua had said that effusive obituaries pouring over after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death was “hypocrisy” as no one spoke ill of the dead. 

“India’s former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died today. He was 93 years old at the time of his death. In our country, we have a habit of putting up pretences after a person has passed away. They are suddenly exalted to the status of great men and such kinds of obituaries are shared saying that it is politically correct,” Dua said in his video for the leftist propaganda website The Wire. 

Navjot Singh Sidhu hits back at Arvind Kejriwal over women empowerment, points out Delhi does not have single woman Minister

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Navjot Singh Sidhu hits back at Arvind Kejriwal over women empowerment, points out Delhi does not have single woman Minister

President of Punjab Congress Committee Navjot Singh Sidhu has slammed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over women empowerment and employment of teachers. Sidhu said that true leadership does not mean giving out allowance to women and pointed out that Delhi cabinet does not have a single woman Minister. Sidhu also argued that while thousands of vacancies existed for teachers in Delhi, Kejriwal filled the positions with guest lecturers.

Sidhu has equated Kejriwal’s promise of giving thousand rupees to the women of Punjab to ‘lollipops’ of thousand rupees and instead advocated for the Punjab Model of Woman Empowerment which, he claimed, believes in investing in the future of women and providing skills for self employment and woman entrepreneurs.

Regarding problems faced by the teachers and jobs, Sidhu further stated that the Kejriwal himself filled vacant teaching positions in Delhi with contractual teachers.

He said, “On teachers and jobs, in 2015 there were 12515 job vacancies of teachers in Delhi, & in 2021 there are 19907 such job vacancies of teachers in Delhi … and you are filling most of vacant posts by just guest lecturers…” adding that Kejriwal had previously promised 8 lakh new jobs and 20 new colleges in 2015 manifesto and failed miserably. He also claimed that the unemployment rate in Delhi has surged by nearly five times in last five years.

Notably, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had recently promised to give every single women of Punjab an amount of 1000 rupees if Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) formed government in Punjab. National Convenor of AAP, Arvind Kejriwal had talked about women empowerment in Punjab during his visit to the state ahead of the upcoming elections. Also, the Delhi CM had joined the protests of the contractual teachers in Mohali where he promised to regularize their jobs if his party came to power after Punjab elections.

Twitter shares surge as reports emerge of Jack Dorsey stepping down as its CEO: Details

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Twitter shares surge as reports emerge of Jack Dorsey stepping down as its CEO: Details

jack Dorsey is expected to step down as Twitter CEO, media reports say. Earlier, Elliot Management, stakeholder at Twitter, had tried to replace Jack Dorsey as the CEO before reaching a deal with the management. Dorsey is also the CEO of his digital payment platform Square, prompting calls for him to step down from one of them.

Twitter shares witnessed a surge by as much as 11% after reports emerged of Dorsey stepping down as the CEO.

Twitter has come under severe criticism in recent days after left-wing censorship became the norm on the platform. Dorsey’s leadership has been questioned as well over the matter. It is not yet clear who will replace him as the CEO after he steps down from the position.

Twitter was cofounded by Jack Dorsey with Ev Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass in 2006. He served as the CEO of the platform until 2008 before returning as CEO for the second time in 2015.

Note: This is a developing story. More information will be added to the report as and when we receive it.

Watch: Actor Sara Ali Khan rebukes her security guard for pushing paparazzi, apologises on his behalf

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Watch: Actor Sara Ali Khan rebukes her security guard for pushing paparazzi, apologises on his behalf

Actor Sara Ali Khan was seen getting angry at her security personnel, in a brief snippet posted by Pinkvilla on Instagram, after he reportedly pushed a photographer. “Unko sorry boliyain…app nahi dijiye aaise dhaka please” (please apologise, do not push anyone please), said the visibly irked actress as she personally apologised to those present around her before sitting in her car.

According to reports, Sara had gone for the launch of her song ‘Chaka Chak’ from the film ‘Atrangi Re’ when the incident happened.

The security officials probably pushed the paparazzi away as they attempted to photograph Sara as she was leaving the premises. One of the paparazzi probably fell, after being pushed, catching the attention of the Kedarnath actor, who then rebuked her security guard for his insensitive behaviour.

“Woh giraya kisko aapne (Whom did you push down)?” When people around said, “Koi nahi gira (no one fell down), Sara replied, “Nahi nahi, jisko giraya woh chale gaye (No no the one who was pushed went away). Dhakka mat dijiye please”, lambasted Sara Ali Khan.

Meanwhile, the makers of ‘Atrangi Re’ released Chaka Chak on Monday. The film also stars Akshay Kumar and Dhanush in the lead roles apart from Sara.

Sara Ali Khan, daughter of Saif Ali Khan is very active on social media and frequently shares her pictures on Instagram, some of which have drawn the ire of the people of her own community. Earlier this month, she came under the attack of Islamists after her and actor and Janhavi Kapoor’s picture visiting the Hindu shrine of Kedarnath together, went viral on the social media.

Islamists on Sara’s Instagram comments section were evidently angry with the actor for being a Muslim and yet visiting a Hindu shrine. A barrage of despicable comments were made against the actor because she visited the hallowed shrine of Kedarnath, the abode of Hindu God Lord Shiva. 

Prior to this in October, Sara Ali Khan was attacked by the leftists and liberals for wishing HM Amit Shah on his birthday. They were displeased over the fact that she had wished the Home Minister on the occasion.

Leading the charge was Arfa Khanum Sherwani of The Wire. She had gone on to invoke Sara’s ancestry to condemn her for the wish. Liberals had claimed that Aryan Khan is being targeted because he is the son of a Muslim actor. Thus, they are angry with Sara Ali Khan for wishing Amit Shah a happy birthday under such circumstances.

Uttar Pradesh chosen as the most friendly state for film shooting at the International Film Festival of India

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Uttar Pradesh chosen as the most friendly state for film shooting at the International Film Festival of India

The state of Uttar Pradesh has grabbed the award for being the most friendly State for film shooting at the 52nd International Film Festival of India held at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Goa. The award was handed over to the Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet Sehgal, who received it on behalf of the state government, on the closing day of the nine-day event on November 28.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, November 28, the Yogi Adityanath government in UP said Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Goa’s Chief Minister Pramod Sawant handed over the award to Uttar Pradesh on the concluding day of the festival.

On this occasion, Sehgal stated that the Uttar Pradesh administration, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, is encouraging various film-related activities in the state.

“In this Film City, effort is being made to provide all facilities related to film making such as pre-production, post-production and shooting under one roof. An estimated investment of over Rs 10,000 crore will be made in the Film City,” he said.

CM Yogi seeks suggestion from film personalities for the proposed Film City in Uttar Pradesh

It may be recalled, how in September last year, after announcing the development of the country’s biggest film city at Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had sought suggestions from a range of film personalities regarding the proposed film city. OpIndia reported how on September 22, CM Yogi had interacted with several film personalities via video conferencing.

As per reports, 1000 acres of land has already been identified for the project. Of the 1000 acres, 780 acres are in the Sector 21 of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority area, and the remaining are commercial plots.

CM Yogi’s decision of setting up a Film City was praised by several film personalities including actress Kangana Ranaut and singer Anup Jalota. Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar had then also met the CM Yogi for holding discussions on the proposed Film City.

Achievements of Yogi Sarkar in the last four years

In the last four years of governance, Yogi Adityanath has placed a strong emphasis on boosting the infrastructural capability and the state economy, besides adopting tough measures to address the state’s law and order problems.

Recently, OpIndia reported how Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, making Uttar Pradesh the only state in India to have five international airports.

In fact, in March the Yogi Adityanath-led-Uttar Pradesh government had released a 64-page document highlighting its major achievements in the State in the last 4 years. The booklet titled, “Sewa aur Sushashan ke 4 Varsh” laid down key developmental work done by the UP government. The state government informed that the economy of the state has increased from ₹10.90 lac crore to ₹21.73 lac crore in the past 4 years.

Pakistani Model’s ‘bare head’ pictures at Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara triggers controversy, Sikhs outraged

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Pakistani Model’s ‘bare head’ pictures at Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara triggers controversy, Sikhs outraged

A Pakistani model has sparked controversy with her ‘bare-head’ pictures taken at the premises of the Kartarpur Gurdwara Darbar Sahib located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The owner of an online clothing store named Mannat in Pakistan had posted multiple pictures of the model’s photoshoot on the social media account as an advertisement for the clothing brand. The Pakistani woman in the pictures was seen posing in front of the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib wearing a red salwar suit where her head was uncovered.

It is notable here that both men and women are required to cover their heads while visiting a Gurudwara.

The Sikh Community have criticized the advertisement and said that the pictures of Pakistani model posing ‘bare head’ with back towards the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib have hurt the sentiments of the religious community.

President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee Manjinder Singh Sirsa demanded strict action against those who misbehaved in religious places of the minorities in Pakistan. He stated that the model posing without covering her head inside the Gurudwara premises is akin to ‘beadbi’ or sacrilege.

He said, “Such a petty behaviour on Shri Kartarpur Sahib, the religious place of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, is “disrespectful”. Take strict action against those who misbehave in religious places of minorities in Pakistan @ImranKhanPTI @GovtofPakistan We can’t tolerate this rudeness at all! @ANI @republic”

Paramjit Singh Sarna, former president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee had termed the incident as ‘highly objectionable’ act and said that it had severely hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community. he said, “Instructions should be placed in Urdu and English for head-covering and about not showing the back to the holy site,”. It is also hinted by sources that the department Project Management Unit (PMU) in Pakistan which controls the affairs of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib has been charging money for photoshoots at the religious place.

Model and her team apologize

A member of the team that posted the pictures of the Pakistani model has issued a video message after the controversy and tendered an apology after the backlash.

He said, ‘We had no direct connection with the post because we did not instruct anyone to do such photoshoot, this was a blogger collaboration because of which we had made the mistake..we will keep this in mind and try our best not to repeat this in future.”

The Model has apologized for the pictures posted on her account and stated that those pictures were not part of any photo shoot. She said, “Recently I posted a picture on Instagram that was not even a part of a shoot or anything. I just went to Kartarpur to learn about the history and know about the Sikh community. It wasn’t done to hurt anyone’s sentiments or anything for that matter. However, if I have hurt anyone or they think that I don’t respect their culture. I am Sorry.”

Notably, the online Mannat clothing store has also apologized for the incident and said, “The pictures posted on our accounts are NOT part of any shoot done by Mannat Clothing. These pictures were provided to us by a third-party (blogger) in which they were wearing our dress. Please note that Mannat has absolutely NO role in deciding how and where the pictures were taken. However, we accept our mistake that we should not have posted this content and we apologise to every single person who was offended by this.”

The clothing brand added that they have deleted the said pictures from their social media accounts.

Journalists spread rumours about ‘me too’ accused Vinod Dua’s death, daughter clarifies he is still alive in the ICU

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Journalists spread rumours about ‘me too’ accused Vinod Dua’s death, daughter clarifies he is still alive in the ICU

Mallika Dua, daughter of ailing TV personality Vinod Dua, has refuted rumours that her father has passed away. Earlier, there were rumours circulating that Vinod Dua has died following prolonged illness. Mallik Dua has said that he is still in the ICU fighting for his life and requested people to avoid rumours.

Source: Anya Shankar/Indian Express

Journalists had earlier claimed that the TV personality had died. However, his daughter has clarified that he has not.

Vinod Dua died rumours
Source: Twitter

India Today journalist Ashraf Wani had also spread the rumour.

Vinod Dua died rumours
Source: Twitter

Mallika Dua had said earlier, “My Papaji is beyond critical in the ICU. His health had been deteriorating rapidly since April. He also is unable to come to terms with losing the light of his life. He has lived an extraordinary life and given us the same. He deserves no pain. He is immensely loved and revered and I request you all to pray that he experiences as little pain as possible.”

Vinod Dua was accused of sexual harassment and stalking. In a Facebook post, a filmmaker had accused Vinod Dua of stalking her and sexually abusing her. Dua had refused to face the lady who had accused him of abuse and The Wire had dissolved the probe committee out of frustration.

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