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Antifa members assault children and families with flash bombs and pepper sprays to disrupt Christian prayer event in Portland

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Antifa members assault children and families with flash bombs and pepper sprays to disrupt Christian prayer event in Portland

Violence and chaos swept the streets of Portland, Oregon, as a rampaging mob of Antifa members assaulted a group of Christians, including children, gathered for a prayer and worship event at the waterfront. The videos of the assault are now doing the rounds on the internet.

According to a report published by The Post Millennial, the Antifa hoodlums attacked a congregation announced by Canadian Pastor Artur Pawlowski.

Journalist Andy Ngo shared videos of the assault as Antifa members carrying shields and weapons attacked the Christians and yelled profanities at them. The black-clad Antifa members also damaged the sound equipment and attacked attendees with paper sprays and projectiles.

In the videos shared by Ngo, dozens of armed Antifa members dressed in black riot gear could be seen moving in to accost the attendees of the event. In other videos shared by him, members of the Antifa group could be seen hurling flash bombs on the streets and attacking attendees with an unidentified, gas-like substance that is suspected to be pepper spray.

Some of the Antifa members even attacked people by flinging chunks of concrete at the people who were providing security to people dispersing the Evangelical Christian worship event.

In many of the videos that have gone viral on social media, Antifa members could be heard mocking the congregants, asking “Where is your God now?”.

One of the attendees described the hooligans of Antifa as “ruthless”. “Antifa just rolled in like an angry mob, started throwing flash bombs at everybody, macing everybody … rotten eggs,” she said. “They threw a flash bomb into a group of kids that were out there from four months old to like 10.”  

Another attendee, who helped pastor Pawlowski, who was sprayed in the face with mace, said, “Walked up to ask them to stop throwing things at the children…There are kids down there, I mean they’re toddlers and they sprayed me too.”

The event was organised by Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski last month. The Calgary preacher had been infamous for his critique of lockdown measures that targeted places of worship. After he announced an event in Portland, the Portland Antifa groups and activists on Twitter schemed to take action against the event.

In a veiled threat against the pastor, a Portland Antifa member Melissa Lewis tweeted: “Welcome to Portland, you won’t like it here, pastor.”

Source: Twitter

 

A sound system was also destroyed by the far left rioters, who later hurled the damaged equipment into the nearby Willamette River.

As per reports, the Portland Police Department remained a mute spectator to the chaos sweeping the streets of the city, choosing neither to intervene during the incident nor interact with either of the groups after the situation took a turn for the worse.

Antifa has been involved in violent attacks since last year with very little effort by the Police to bring the situation under control.

TMC Vice President Yashwant Sinha shares morphed image of Olympic Silver Medalist Mirabai Chanu to defame PM Modi

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TMC Vice President Yashwant Sinha shares morphed image of Olympic Silver Medalist Mirabai Chanu to defame PM Modi

On August 9, Yashwant Sinha, the former BJP member, who recently joined Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress Party, hit a new low by sharing a morphed image of a poster put up during an event conducted by former Sports minister Kiren Rijuji to felicitate silver medalist, Mirabai Chanu after she returned to Delhi from her successful campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The shared image of the poster, placed behind the weightlifter, thanked PM Narendra Modi for helping Tokyo Olympics 2020 silver medalist, Mirabai Chanu to get a medal for India.

Sinha, a vehement anti-Modi critic, in his efforts to malign the Prime Minister, highlighted the text thanking PM Modi printed on the poster he had shared through his official Twitter account. He captioned his Tweet: “Pl see this photo and what is written in the background if anyone has any objection to my last tweet on Olympics”.

The ‘last Tweet’ which Sinha referred to in the above Tweet was also aimed at poking fun at the Prime Minister. He had thanked Modi for winning 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympics for India.

Fact Check

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) had shared the actual photograph where it is clearly visible that the ‘Dhanyavad Modi ji’ lines are absent on the poster. The photograph was shared on the 27th of July.

Source: PIB

The PIB had shared a video of the event as well where the poster is clearly visible.

Interestingly, on July 26, after the event to facilitate had taken place, India Today had also covered the news. Incidentally, the media house had used the same poster felicitating Mirabai Chanu for Tokyo Olympics as its featured image.

The report by India Today carrying the same image

If one looks carefully at the featured image of the report published by India Today on July 26, no message ‘thanking PM Modi’ can be seen printed on the background poster. This makes it sufficiently clear that the TMC leader, in his hate for PM Modi, jumped at the opportunity and viciously used the morphed photo to defame the Prime Minister.

The same morphed image was also shared by Jayant Chaudhary, National President, Rashtriya Lok Dal, who opined while sharing the edited image: “Do not insult the player in devotion, flattery and propaganda.

However, the difference is that he tendered an apology for inadvertently sharing the morphed image as soon as he realised it. But, Yashwant Sinha, has not bothered to issue an apology.

Afghanistan: 30 Pakistani terrorists linked with Taliban killed in airstrikes, injured Taliban extremists undergoing treatment in Pakistan

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Afghanistan: 30 Pakistani terrorists linked with Taliban killed in airstrikes, injured Taliban extremists undergoing treatment in Pakistan

On Friday (April 6), about 112 Talibanis were neutralised and 31 injured in multiple airstrikes conducted by the Afghan Air Force in Lashkargah city in Helmand provincial centre of Afghanistan. The Afghan Defense Ministry stated that out of the 112 slain Taliban terrorists, there were 30 Pakistanis affiliated with Islamist terror outfit Al-Qaeda.

The Afghan government has repeatedly accused Pakistan of sheltering terrorists and supporting the Taliban’s terror attack on the Afghan forces. Ambassador Ghulam Isaczai informed that Afghanistan is willing to provide evidence before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that will expose Pakistan’s supplies and logistical support to the terrorist outfit. “Should members of the Security Council want that evidence, we are ready to provide them,” he said.

He stated that the injured terrorists were being taken to Pakistan for medical treatment. The Afghanistan envoy said that there were videos which showed how injured Taliban terrorists were treated in Pakistan and buried once they died. Isaczai also said that the Afghan government had briefed its concerns about the matter to the Pakistani government.

Brazen defence of Taliban as ‘normal civilians’ by Imran Khan

In July, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had described the Taliban as ‘normal civilians’ and conceded that it was not possible for the government to hunt them down. He had justified his statement by claiming that there were more than 3 million Afghan refugees.

He alleged, “Why don’t they give us evidence of this? When they say that Pakistan gave safe havens, sanctuaries to Taliban, where are these safe havens? There are three million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. And Taliban are not some military outfit. They are normal civilians. And if there are some civilians in these camps, how is Pakistan supposed to hunt these people down? How can you call them sanctuaries?”

#SanctionPakistan trend

On Sunday (August 8), the Islamic terror outfit Taliban captured three provincial capitals including the strategic city of Kunduz in Afghanistan. Tthe Taliban lay siege on all government buildings in the city, except the Afghan army base and the airport (which is still controlled by the Afghan security forces). The development was confirmed by legislator Amruddin Wali and Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. During the forceful capture of Kunduz by the Taliban, about 14 dead bodies and 30 injured people were rushed to the hospital.

Besides Kunduz, the Taliban also took over governmental buildings in Sar-e-Pul. The state officials were thus forced to vacate the city and take refuge in a nearby military base. Later in the evening, a Parliament representative Ashraf Ayni informed that the Taloqan city in Takhar province had fallen into the hands of Taliban, who had freed all prisoners from jail. The terrorists have intensified their offensive in the northern part of the country after the US announced to withdraw its troops by August end.

#SanctionPakistan has been among the top trending hashtags on Twitter on Monday as Afghans demanded sanctions against Pakistan for its incriminating role in facilitating and enabling the Taliban. The hashtag was being trended amidst an intensifying Talibani offensive that threatens to subvert the democratic institutions in the country and plunge Afghanistan once again into the abyss of tyranny and fundamentalism. Scores of Afghan social media users had started the trend #SanctionPakistan to draw the world’s attention towards Pakistan’s involvement in supporting and fortifying the Taliban.

Kerala govt books nearly 100 Hindu devotees including priest for flouting Covid restrictions after relaxations for Eid

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Kerala govt books nearly 100 Hindu devotees including priest for flouting Covid restrictions after relaxations for Eid

The Kerala state government has booked around a hundred Hindu devotees of the Varaikkal Devi temple for making offerings during the ‘Karkitaka Vavu Bali’ festival at the Varakkal Beach in Kozhikode on Sunday (August 8). These people had gathered here to perform ‘Bali’ offerings (sacrificial rituals). The Kerala police have invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act against the Hindus who were performing the ritual.

The devotees were booked for flouting Covid restrictions, which have been intensified in the state ever since Covid cases started to swell exponentially after the Communist government in Kerala eased relaxation prior to the celebration of Bakri Eid.

Police officials said that the priest who was conducting the ritual was given clear instructions not to hold the offering at the beach, but he violated the orders.

According to reports, the authorities had issued prior warnings against violation of COVID-19 restrictions. Owing to these state-imposed restrictions, many places in Kerala including, Aluva ‘Sivarathri Manappuram’ on the bank of River Periyar in Ernakulam district and Thiruvallam Parasurama temple here, where people usually throng to perform ‘Bali tharpanam’ ritual wore a deserted look on Sunday.

The BJP in Kerala had requested the state’s Left Front government to spare devotees from COVID-19-related lockdown restrictions so that they may participate in the annual Hindu ceremony.

However, the state government which has eased lockdown curbs and allowed shops and other establishments to operate for six days a week refused to make this Sunday an exception. The Communist govt in the state has decided to confine the weekend lockdown to a single day, Sunday. 

Pertinently, the Pinarayi Vijayan government had eased restrictions for Eid-ul-Adha celebrations. Despite raging infections in Kerala and the state government’s inability to manage the pandemic, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government had given in to the pressure of the Muslim community in the society and had lifted lockdown restrictions for three days to celebrate Bakrid or Eid-ul-Adha from July 18 to July 21. The Kerala government had announced relaxations for the Bakrid festival in a press conference organised on July 17. 

As restrictions were removed ahead of the Eid celebrations, Kerala has recorded the highest number of fresh cases surpassing the two-month average. The Eid events in Kerala went on to become the epicentre of Covid-19 infections not just in Kerala but also in its neighbouring states such as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Seeing the Covid situation go out of hand in the state, the Central government had to intervene. It decided to send a team to the state to take a stock of the situation and regulate the crisis.

Andhra Pradesh: Temple vandalized in Srikakulam district, no theft reported

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Andhra Pradesh: Temple vandalized in Srikakulam district, no theft reported

The idols of Padmanabha Swamy Temple near Karakavalasa village of Srikakulam district were found vandalized last week. Though the incident occurred a few days ago, a complaint by the temple priest was lodged only on Sunday after the news of the vandalism went viral on social media. 

As per reports, the idols of Saraswati Devi, Mahisasura Mardhini and Lord Ganesh on the temple premises were found vandalized when the priest went to perform the daily puja. However, when he reported the matter to the committee they did not take any action. 

Moreover, no CCTVs were installed in the temple despite being directed by the State government, reports suggest. The priest was forced to approach the police directly after the issue started to make rounds on social media. 

As per the officials, this may not be a case of burglary as no valuable items from the temple are missing. 

Police launch an investigation

SP Amit Bardhar of Srikakulam, DSP M Mahendra along with others visited the scene to collect evidence. 

“We have registered a case. A notice had been issued to management of the temple for installing CCTV cameras in January. But they failed to do so. We are collecting clues to identify the accused,” said Mahendra.

The temple that is located on a hilltop is visited by devotees only once a year during the Sankranti season. On the other days, only the priest opens the temple for puja and aartis.

Increased cases of theft and attacks on temples

In yet another attack on Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu, the rock-cut mountain temples on top of Aththri Hills in Alvarkurichi in Tirunelveli district had been vandalized by Islamists recently. We reported earlier how a temple in Tamil Nadu was robbed of the seven brass kalasams placed atop the temple towers. 

As many as four temples have been looted in a month in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur. From temple kalasam to looting donation boxes, the cases of temple theft are on a rise. Temples in Karnataka and Delhi too reported theft and vandalism in the past month. 

Uttar Pradesh govt clears 75% sugarcane dues, pays over Rs.26,000 crores to farmers: Report

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Uttar Pradesh govt clears 75% sugarcane dues, pays over Rs.26,000 crores to farmers: Report

By August 5, the government of Uttar Pradesh has cleared 75% of sugarcane dues between October 1, 2020, to August 5, 2021, reported Times of India. A total of approx Rs.26,000 crores has been paid in the 2020-21 crushing season. Additional Rs.7,000 crores will be paid to the sugarcane farmers to complete the payment process for the season. Though sugar consumption has reduced in recent times due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the UP Govt has made a record disbursement of funds to clear the dues in the season.

As per the Times of India report, Sanjay Bhoosreddy, additional chief secretary (cane development), said that the department took several measures to ensure on-time payments that included tagging of cane products other than sugar such as bagasse, press mud and molasses. Other than these basic products, ethanol produced from B-heavy molasses or sugarcane juice and sanitiser produced using ethanol were also tagged for the payment of the cane. Interestingly, due to the increased production and sale of ethanol, the cane price also went up.

Escrow account for cane payments

Notably, when the BJP government came to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, they created an escrow account under the supervision of the district cane officer/senior cane development officer. The account is jointly operated by the designated officers and mill representatives. As per the norms, 85% of the money received in this account is earmarked for payments to the farmers. Such regulations resulted in putting a halt to the diversion of funds that are meant for the cane payments.

Bhoosreddy said, “Payment of over Rs 1.40 lakh crore made to around 45 lakh farmers in last four years is the highest in absolute number till date.” He further added that the state government had worked exponentially in the economic interest and all-around development of the farmers across the state.

39 mills cleared 100% payment

There are 120 sugar mills in the state, out of which 93 are privately owned. 23 mills come under the cooperative sector, while the remaining three are operated by UP Sugar Corporation. As per the records, 39 mills have cleared 100% of payment of the current season, while 26 mills have completed 80% of the payments.

Congress leader Bhai Jagtap shares homosexual porn photo on social media, claims account was hacked

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Congress leader Bhai Jagtap shares homosexual porn photo on social media, claims account was hacked

Hours after sharing a homo-erotic picture on his Facebook account, Congress leader Bhai Jagtap uploaded a post, distancing himself from the gaffe. In a new post on Facebook, Jagtap claimed that his account was hacked in the morning and with the help of his team and Cyber specialists, he has been able to fully recover and restore his account.

“Please ignore the messages in inbox from the page as reported by several users as it may be subject to viruses,” the post read. Jagtap further stated that “filthy actions by some degraded minds” will be brought to justice.

Source: Facebook

Earlier today, Congress leader Bhai Jagtap was left red-faced after a vulgar image was shared through his Facebook account. While sharing pictures from his August Kranti event, Bhai Jagtap shared an image of a group of men indulging in a daisy chain blow job.

Homo-erotic picture shared by Bhai Jagtap on his Facebook page (Source: Twitter)

Shortly after sharing the post on his Facebook account, several users pointed out that he had shared a homo-erotic picture alongside his images from the August Kranti event. The post was deleted a short while later but not before a large number of social media users took screenshots of the Congress leader’s faux pas and reshared them on the internet.

Perhaps, to spare him his blushes, Jagtap claimed that his account was hacked and dissociated himself from the online blooper. However, as it has happened umpteen times in the past, it is anybody’s guess as to whether his account was truly hacked or whether Jagtap was simply passing the buck on “degraded minds” to escape the embarrassment.

Actor Sherlyn Chopra reveals details of her meeting with Raj Kundra before she signed contract with his firm

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Actor Sherlyn Chopra reveals details of her meeting with Raj Kundra before she signed contract with his firm

Actor Sherlyn Chopra has been making shocking claims about businessman Raj Kundra following his arrest in the infamous pornography case. The actor has once again spilt the beans about her meetings with the embattled businessman following her marathon interrogation by the police last week.

Chopra, while interacting with the media, had recently revealed that Raj Kundra used to meet her at the 5-star hotel JW Marriott for their work-related meetings. She stated that she got into a contract with Kundra’s firm, Armsprime Media, on 26 March 2019. Four days before signing the contract, i.e 22 March 2019, Chopra had met Kundra at JW Marriott, Juhu.

“I had signed a contract with Armsprime Media on March 26, 2019. Four days before that, i.e March 22, I had met Raj Kundra at JW Marriott hotel in Juhu. What all things were discussed during that meeting, Who all people were involved in Kundra’s company, terms and agreement of the contract, those responsible for producing content and a plethora of other details were asked of me by the police officials. I have told them everything that I knew about Raj Kundra and his companies,” Chopra said when asked about her dealings with Kundra’s company.

Chopra further added that she had asked the police officials to contact her without hesitation if they wanted to ask her any further questions in the matter. She also urged other victims of the pornography racket to come forward and share their ordeal with the police.

When asked what did the police ask her about her complaint against Raj Kundra, Chopra said, “I had filed a complaint against Raj Kundra at Juhu police station in April 2021. The police officials had summoned me in connection with the questioning related to the matter. They asked me how many times did Raj Kundra visit my place, the purpose of his visits and the conversation that took place during those visits.”

Raj Kundra tricked me into pornography, told me his wife Shilpa Shetty loved my work: Sherlyn Chopra

Earlier last week, actor Sherlyn Chopra made stunning revelations during her interview with India Today. Chopra had said that Kundra reportedly confessed to her that his wife, Shilpa Shetty, appreciated the videos and photos in which she acted. 

Chopra said she was inspired when Raj Kundra told her his wife Shilpa Shetty liked her videos and photos. She said when people like Shilpa Shetty lavish praises on your work, you lose the ability to understand what is right and what is wrong. “When Shilpa Shetty praises your work, you get all the more inspiration to continue what you are doing,” Chopra said. 

Accusing Raj Kundra of tricking her into pornography, Chopra, in her interview with India Today said, “Raj Kundra was my mentor. He misled me by assuring me that whatever I was doing is for glamour. He even told me that Shilpa Shetty loves my videos and photos. Raj Kundra made me believe that semi-nude and porn is not a big deal in today’s time, it’s casual everyone does it and I should do the same.”

Raj Kundra arrested in pornography case

On July 19, actor Shilpa Shetty’s husband, Raj Kundra, was arrested by Mumbai Police for his alleged role in creating and publishing pornographic films on some mobile applications. As per reports, he had appeared before the Property Cell of Mumbai Police’s Crime Branch for questioning, after which he was placed under arrest. Kundra was taken for medical examination at JJ Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.

Raj Kundra was booked under sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays) of IPC besides relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.

Jammu and Kashmir: BJP sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Bhat and wife shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag

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Jammu and Kashmir: BJP sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Bhat and wife shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag

On Monday (August 9) afternoon, BJP Sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Bhat and his wife Jawahara Banoo were gunned down by Pakistan-sponsored Islamic terrorists. The incident took place at Lal Chowk area in Anantnag district of South Kashmir.

The development was confirmed on Twitter by Kashmiri journalist Aditya Raj Kaul. “BJP Sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Bhat and his wife Jawahara Banoo killed by terrorists inside their house in Lalchowk of South Kashmir’s Anantnag. Terrorists escaped after the terror attack. Cold blooded murder by Pakistan sponsored Islamist terrorists. More details awaited,” he informed.

While speaking to Kashmir News Observer (KNO), an official informed that the duo was rushed to the Government Medical College (GMC) in Anantnag for immediate medical attention. However, they succumbed to their injuries and were declared dead on arrival. The official added that the area has been cordoned off to nab the terrorists.

As per a report in Greater Kashmir, the IGP has stated that Let terrorists are behind the murder.

Past attacks on BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir

Earlier in March, a group of terrorists opened fire at the guard post of BJP leader Anwar Khan’s residence in Nowgam, North Kashmir. One sentry who was critically injured in the attack succumbed to his injuries.  In 2018, terrorists had opened fire at Anwar Khan in the Pulwama district where a police officer who was guarding him was injured in the attack. Khan however had escaped unhurt. In March, a Municipal council meeting in Sopore, which was being chaired by State Secretary of BJP Fareeda Khan, was attacked by unidentified terrorist/terrorists. It resulted in the death of two people including one police personnel.

In June this year, BJP leader Rakesh Pandita was shot dead by terrorists. Prior to that, in February 2021, the popular Krishna Dhaba in Srinagar was attacked, where the owner’s son was critically injured. The young man had later succumbed to bullet injuries.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her mother booked for defrauding two people of crores of rupees in UP

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Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her mother booked for defrauding two people of crores of rupees in UP

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra is again in news after her husband’s arrest in a pornography case. Days after the Bombay High Court rejected husband Raj Kundra’s application challenging the magistrate court’s remand order and seeking immediate release, Lucknow police have registered two FIRs against the actress and her mother in an alleged fraud case.

The FIRs have been registered at Hazratganj and Vibhuti Khand police stations in Lucknow.

The police officials have said that the actress and her mother Sunanda Shetty have been accused of cheating in the name of running a wellness centre. According to reports, the duo runs a fitness chain named Iosis Wellness Centre, where Shilpa Shetty is the chairman while her mother is the director.

The first complaint against the duo was filed at Vibhuti Khand police station by one Jyotsna Chauhan, a resident of Omaxe Heights. The next was filed by one Rohit Veer Singh at Hazratganj police station. Both have accused the duo of cheating and fraud.

It is being alleged that Shilpa Shetty and her mother had taken crores of rupees from these two persons in the pretext of opening a branch of their wellness centre, which never happened.

Based on the complaint, the Hazratganj Police and Vibhuti Khand Police sent notices for questioning to Shilpa Shetty and her mother.

DCP (East) Sanjeev Suman said that the investigation officer, in this case, will leave for Mumbai on Monday to question actress Shilpa Shetty and her mother Sunanda. He will examine all the points in this matter.

Raj Kundra, husband of actress Shilpa Shetty arrested in pornography case

For the uninitiated, on August 7, Bombay High Court had rejected Kundra and his aide Ryan Thorpe’s applications challenging the magistrate court’s remand order and seeking immediate release.

Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra is already in jail for his alleged role in creating and publishing pornographic films on some mobile applications. He was arrested on July 19 by the Mumbai police.

Raj Kundra and his associate have been booked under sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays) of IPC besides relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.

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