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Ahead of the release of Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2, clips of him praising Islamist preacher Zakir Naik goes viral

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Ahead of the release of Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2, clips of him praising Islamist preacher Zakir Naik goes viral

Director Mahesh Bhatt has recently been the subject of social media backlash after several videos of him praising hate preacher and fugitive Zakir Naik surfaced online, ahead of the scheduled release of his new film ‘Sadak 2’ on July 10. In one such video, Bhatt can be seen singing praises for the radical Islamist after he was denied entry into the United Kingdom by the government in 2010.

“At the onset, let me salute Dr. Zakir Naik for daring to lock horns with the mighty British Empire… I salute his audacity which comes from his Imaan… If he had any grey spot in his heart, he wouldn’t have risked locking horns with these bullies… The world is becoming the most entertained and the least informed one… We, as Indians, owe it to our brother (Zakir Naik) who is national pride, (and) a prized treasure,” Bhatt was heard as saying.

He then went on a hysterical rant against the United States, United Kingdom (UK), and other Western powers and drew irrelevant analogies with the Persian Gulf War to substantiate his claim that Naik should have been allowed to preach in the UK. “They call Dr. Naik the warmonger but history knows who is the warmonger”, the director advocated.

He added, “Are you going to believe in the opinions of those people who have the means to lie, buy wordsmiths, get newspapers, have TV networks by their side to market lies and hang a man like Dr. Naik? I will say No.” Bhatt urged the Indian government to intervene, stand up for Zakir Naik and plead his case.

Bhatt wanted to make a movie on the hate preacher

Mahesh Bhatt was invited as a guest on Zakir Naik’s Peace TV, recently fined £300,000 (around Rs 2.75 crore) for broadcasting hate speech, to address a group of Muslims. On being asked whether he would feature the hate preacher in his films, Bhatt stated, “The life of Zakir Saheb is a fascinating story in itself. It contains material for a feature film. I don’t know whether Zakir Naik will want to play the role of a hero in the movie. We can find someone to play his role, provided he gives me permission to do so. Please get the idea approved from him and then only I can make a film.”

Speeches of Zakir Naik inspired extremists

In a shocking revelation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last year, most of the 127-odd terrorists arrested by security agencies in India for suspected ISIS links were inspired by the speeches of radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. According to reports, National Investigation Agency director YC Modi speaking at a conference of anti-terror teams said that terrorists and their sympathisers who had joined ISIS were inspired by speeches made by Zakir Naik. He further outlined the emerging terror challenges before the country at the conference of top police officers. He also highlighted that the Bangladesh-based terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) had expanded its footprints in Kerala, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.

It may be noted that David Coleman Headley, an accused in the Mumbai terror attack case, was reportedly close associate of Rahul Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt’s son. As per reports, a day prior to the deadly Mumbai attack in 2008, Headley had warned Bhatt and asked him not to go to South Mumbai on 26th November, 2008, the day of the attack.

Internal rift erupts in Hurriyat Conference over succession after former chief Geelani accuses others of corruption

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Internal rift erupts in Hurriyat Conference over succession after former chief Geelani accuses others of corruption

The unanticipated resignation of hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani a few days back as “chairperson for life” of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has opened a can of worms for the pro-Pakistan organisation as questions are now being raised within the APHC about a medical seat racket in Pakistan managed by few members of Hurriyat, reports Indian Express.

In his resignation letter, the 90-year-old former Hurriyat leader had accused Hurriyat representatives of corruption and cosying up to power structures in Pakistan. Interestingly, the recent allegations against few members of Hurriyat come from Geelani, who himself was considered as the face of Pakistan in the Kashmir valley.

Geelani’s reference to an “internal investigation” is linked to this issue of Hurriyat leaders running a racket in Kashmir pertaining to the allocation of medical seats for Kashmiri students in various cities of Pakistan.

For more than 20 years now, Pakistan has offered free seats to Kashmiri students wanting to study medicine and engineering. The Kashmiri students who failed to get admission in colleges in India, would go to Pakistan, where seats were reserved for them in colleges in PoK, Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. The seats were fully sponsored by the Pakistan government, which used the Hurriyat, on both sides, to decide the seat allocation for these students.

Reportedly, Pakistan has a policy to reserve seats for Kashmiris, who have connections to terrorists and separatists fighting against Indian security forces. They get admission to MBBS, BDS, Engineering, graduation, post-graduation and other streams on Pakistani government institutions. The Pakistan government has reserved at least 6% of medical seats in its medical colleges for Kashmiri students.

It is important to note that several Kashmiri students studying in Pakistan had tried returning back to India from Wagah following the outbreak of coronavirus in Pakistan. More than 400 students from Kashmir who have been studying in various universities of Pakistan had stuck at Wagah, who were then brought back to Amritsar.

Hurriyat members sold seats

Two years back, Abdullah Geelani, a Kashmiri and a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, who once lived in Pakistan, had accused Ghulam Mustafa Safi, then convenor of the Muzaffarabad chapter of the APHC of ‘selling’ these seats in Kashmir.

Abdullah Geelani is the younger brother of the late Delhi University teacher SAR Geelani who was acquitted of involvement in the 2001 Jaish attack on Parliament. It is an open secret in Kashmir that Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the two faces of APHC, lobbied hard to get as many as seats to sell it to the students of Kashmir.

The grand-daughters of Geelani too had studied medicine in Pakistan, However, he stopped recommending names for the seats after allegations of racketeering surfaced.

The National Investigation Agency had even carried out an investigation into the seat racket, for which several Kashmiris are accused and are currently in Tihar Jail. In its charge-sheet, the National Investigation Agency had stated that the Pakistani authorities had offered educational scholarships to the students, relatives of terrorists, to pursue courses in educational institutions.

It is also believed that Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen was behind offering admissions to children of terrorists operating in India in Pakistan’s medical and engineering college. The ISI and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin had joined hands to offer scholarship schemes for children of terrorists who died fighting against India. 

Meanwhile, Ghulam Mustafa Safi refuted these charges and said that these were mere allegations. “These allegations are fake, they have been made in a letter, there is no proof. Allegations of NIA remain as allegations until proven and substantiated by documentary proof,” he said while speaking to Indian Express.

The medical seats racket had already set off a storm in the Hurriyat, resulting in Geelani sacking Safi at the end of 2018 and then appointed Abdullah Geelani as convenor in January 2019.

Internal rift within the Hurriyat conference over allegations of corruption

However, Abdullah Geelani’s convenorship also mired with controversies as he was not popular among the other Hurriyat leaders in PoK and most importantly, with the Pakistan establishment.

With backing from Geelani Senior, Abdullah initiated enquiries against Safi. Safi, who has a backing of the Pakistan establishment, remained a parallel power centre.

In his resignation letter, Geelani Senior referred to all these allegations to allege that “when investigations were launched by the party to circumvent the process of transparency and accountability…your representatives started non-cooperating with the convenor…”

Meanwhile, Safi has rejected the allegations of his involvement in medical seat racket was the reason for his exit as convenor of the Hurriyat’s PoK chapter. “There are no differences between us,” he said, however adding that as he is the representative in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat which is not part of APHC, he was not bound by the leadership of the APHC.

Safi also said he owes his allegiance only to Ashraf Sehrai, leader of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat in Kashmir. Sehrai, whose terrorist son was recently killed in an encounter, is a serious contender to the post of Hurriyat after Geelani’s resignation, despite Geelani’s naming of Abdullah as heir.

Incidentally, Abdullah has become a vocal voice against the Pakistan establishment for not doing enough to protest against India moves.

Hizbul-Mujahideen Chief Salahuddin sidelined by Pakistan

Even Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has questioned the silence of the Pakistan establishment. Salahuddin had even questioned how some leaders in Kashmir had escaped detention while others did not. Geelani’s resignation letter had raised these concerns.

According to the Indian security establishment, Salahuddin has been sidelined for months now and ISI had built a new Kashmir terrorist outfit – ‘The Resistance Front’, made of globally designated Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba, which is a snub to the Hizb.

Meanwhile, other faction of Hurriyat in Srinagar have questioned the seriousness of Geelani’s resignation letter alleging that he is in a state of advanced dementia, to claim the letter is a fabrication by Abdullah.

“He has been made completely inaccessible. The security around his house (Geelani is under house detention) does not allow any of us to meet him and his access to the telephone has been cut off by people who don’t want us to talk to him,” said a Hurriyat leader in Srinagar, who did not wish to be named.

Echoing the same, the Hurriyat in PoK has also alleged that Abdullah had foisted himself on the elder Geelani and claimed that Geelani’s son Dr Nayeem had “managed” to make Abdullah the convenor in 2019.

However, Abdullah rejected the allegations to state, “Geelani sahib, as he has said in his audio message, has written a letter to the Hurriyat constituents. We did not leak that letter so we can’t deny or confirm the letter that is making rounds of the social media”.

“In 2018, when Geelani sahib removed Safi sahib, this propaganda about me and Nayeem Geelani continued for one of two months. That was laid to rest when Geelani sahib called me during a (Hurriyat) meeting and informed everyone that I am his representative He also said the apprehensions about Geelani’s health were not true and claimed he spoke to him every alternate day…for five, ten minutes,” said Abdullah.

Nayeem Geelani, who lives with his father in Srinagar, clarified that his father has a nominated representative Abdullah Geelani. When asked why his father was not available to telephone calls, Nayeem said it was his father’s decision. “He has not been talking to media for two years now. He has himself said that he will not talk to media directly,” Nayeem added.

Retired Gorkha soldiers get domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir

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Retired Gorkha soldiers get domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has started issuing domicile certificates last month. More than 6,600 applicants have got the document allowing them to apply for jobs and buy property in the Union Territory. As per the reports, the majority of these applicants are retired Gorkha soldiers and officers.

More than one and a half-century wait for Gorkhas

The Gorkha community has been living in Jammu and Kashmir for more than 150 years. 68-year-old Prem Bahadur, ex-Hawaldar Gorkha Rifles, said that his father Harak Singh served in the army of Maharaja Hari Singh. He joined Gorkha Rifles with his brother Om Prakash. Since they retired from the army, they tried getting Permanent Resident Certificates, but it was of no use. “Now, my MBA son can apply for a government job. And I can die in peace knowing I served India,” he added.

Vijay Kumar Sharma, additional deputy commissioner (Revenue), Jammu said in a statement that they had issued 5900 certificated already. Around 700 certificates have been issued in Kashmir, out of which many are former Gorkha soldiers and officers.

Dr. Rohit Sharma, tehsildar of Bahu in Jammu, was quoted by Times of India saying, “In my tehsil alone, there are nearly 2,500 from the Gorkha community had served in the Indian Army and their families who got domicile (about 3,500 have applied). There are quite a few from the Valmiki community also.”

It is believed that the center’s decision to expand domicile criteria in the Union Territory was due to the protest by different groups, including Gorkha service members, Valmikis, women who married outside J&K and Pakistan refugees. The Valmiki community members came to the state from Punjab in 1957 after local sanitation workers went on a strike. The majority of the applicants lived in the country for years without basic rights that the residents enjoyed, including government jobs.

Over 200 applications daily for domicile certificate

According to the rules, those who had lived in J&K for 15 years and their children, officers with central government and central institutions, Pakistani Refugees, those who have studied in J&K for seven years and appeared in Class X and XII exams are eligible for the domicile certificate. The rules were notified on 18th May by the Jammu and Kashmir administration.

On 26th June, Navin Kumar Choudhary, IAS officer from Bihar, became the first person to get the domicile certificate. He had served in the J&K government for 26 years. The administration said they are receiving more than 200 applications daily and have received more than 33,000. PDP and NC have shown displeasure over domicile certificated to “outsiders” claiming it will change J&K’s demographics.

Vikas Dubey got a call from police station before raid, I saw nothing, claims gangster’s aide who was arrested last night

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Vikas Dubey got a call from police station before raid, I saw nothing, claims gangster’s aide who was arrested last night

The Kanpur police had reportedly arrested an aide of gangster Vikas Dubey in Kalyanpur in Uttar Pradesh, following an encounter on Saturday night. The accomplice has been identified as one Daya Shankar Agnihotri. He informed that Dubey had received a call from the cops before they came to arrest him.

He added that Dubey had called around 25-30 people and had fired shots at the police. In his defence, Agnihotri said, “I was locked inside the house at the time of encounter. Therefore, I saw nothing.” Dubey has been on the run from the law enforcement authorities.

Meanwhile, the Police have put up photographs of Dubey at the checkpost near India-Nepal border in Rupaidiha, Bahraich district to catch him.

Vikas Dubey sets up an ambush, kills 8 policemen

In a shocking incident, eight police personnel, including Deputy SP Devendra Mishra, were killed and six cops were injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur during a police raid to nab a hardened criminal and murderer Vikas Dubey’s house on July 2 late night. According to the reports, a team of Uttar Pradesh had gone to raid an area in search of criminal Vikas Dubey in Chaubepur in Kanpur. 

The raid was carried out at 1 am on the intervening night of July 2-3 in Bithoor area in Chaubepur. As the police team reached the spot, they were ambushed by Dubey’s men who were prepared with arms on the roof of a building and continuously shot at them. Shockingly, the criminals had already stationed a JCB machine on the road to block the police team. UP police have informed that the operation is still going on and forensic teams are at the spot.

Kanpur encounter: Circle Officer DSP Devendra Mishra’s head and toes cut off by Vikas Dubey’s men, autopsy reveals

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Kanpur encounter: Circle Officer DSP Devendra Mishra’s head and toes cut off by Vikas Dubey’s men, autopsy reveals

The autopsy report of the eight policemen who died in one of the bloodiest encounters in UP History has revealed Maoist-style ambush and extreme brutality. The injuries on the cops are similar to those sustained in guerilla-style attacks by Maoists that include beheading.

According to the report, DSP Devendra Mishra’s head and toes were severed with an axe. His body was mutilated. The attackers fired bullets on a sub-inspector from point-blank range. A constable was shot dead using an AK-47 they snatched from the police. The investigation so far suggests that around 60 men of gangster Vikas Dubey ambushed the police team in an attack pattern similar to that of Maoists in the red corridor.

Autopsy revealed the brutality of the attackers

Sub-inspector Anup Singh had seven bullets lodged in his body. Mahesh Yadav, Shivrajpur station officer, had gunshot injuries on chest, shoulder, and face. Constable Jitendra Pal possibly became the victim of AK-47 bullets that torn his body. Rahul, Bablu and Sultan sustained gunshot wounds from .315 bore rifle resulting in their death.

The patent of injuries, particularly to head and shoulders, suggested that the attackers enjoyed the advantage they had for being on an altitude. There were snipers positioned on the rooftops that caused severe damage to the police team. Mohit Agarwal, Inspector General of Police, Kanpur range was quoted by TOI, saying, “Such a guerrilla-style ambush is unprecedented in Uttar Pradesh. First, a trap was laid by placing a JCB machine on the dirt road and then the gang members sprung a surprise by firing from rooftops. This is the normal strategy adopted by Maoists. A blackout was enforced on the stretch as part of the tactics.”

In the aftermath of the attack, Uttar Pradesh police have deployed 20 dedicated teams comprising over 3,000 personnel to arrest Dubey. The Kanpur administration demolished his house and cars.

Kanpur encounter

On the intervening night of 2nd and 3rd July, eight police personnel were killed by UP gangster Vikas Dubey and his men near Kanpur. A team of 15-16 Uttar Pradesh police had carried out raids in search of criminal Vikas Dubey in Chaubepur in Kanpur. The raid was carried out at 1 am on the intervening night of July 2-3 in Bithoor area in Chaubepur.

The police personnel were ambushed by Dubey’s men who were prepared with arms on the roof of a building and continuously shot at them. The criminals had already blocked the road with a JCB machine to prevent the policemen from escaping. A total of eight police personnel were killed and six injured.

Uttar Pradesh: Ahead of Bakri Eid, PETA’s appeal to stop goat slaughter infuriates Islamic clerics, bully them into removing hoardings

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Uttar Pradesh: Ahead of Bakri Eid, PETA’s appeal to stop goat slaughter infuriates Islamic clerics, bully them into removing hoardings

A hoarding put up by Animal rights organisation – PETA with a photograph of a goat, urging people not to slaughter it, was removed in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh after Islamic clerics objected to such hoardings.

According to the reports, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA) had put up a hoarding in Qaiserbagh, which displayed a huge picture of a goat and read – “Mai Jeev Hoon, Maans Nahi. Hamare Prati Nazariya Badlen, Vegan Bane” (I am a living being and not just meat. Change your view towards us and become a vegan).

As posters were put up by PETA across other parts of the city, Islamic clerics in the city claimed that such posters hurt their religious sentiments.

Islamic clerics outrage over PETA’s hoardings, files complaint

Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, President of the Islamic Centre of India, had even complained to the Lucknow Police Commissioner demanding the removal of PETA’s hoarding. The Maulana objected to the hoarding by placing a photo of the goat before the festival of Bakrid.

“Bakrid is expected to be celebrated on July 31. Why such hoarding is being put up just ahead of the festival?” the cleric queried. “It seems that these hoardings were deliberately put up in a mischievous attempt to hurt Muslim sentiments,” he added.

Shockingly, two complaints were also registered with the Kaiserbagh police demanding the removal

A letter was also sent by the director of Centre for Objective Research and Development (CORD) Athar Husain.

“Muslims observe ‘qurbani’ (sacrifice) on the festival. The hoarding is sending out a wrong message, it is objectionable. The community strongly objects to it, “Husain added.

Few other Islamic clerics had also objected to the hoardings, saying they have been put up to “spoil the law and order situation in the state capital ahead of the festival of Eid-Ul-Azha.”

Following the outrage, the PETA hoardings put up in Lucknow have been removed.

Pakistan: Hindu panchayat stops temple construction in Islamabad after radical extremists destroy boundary wall

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Pakistan: Hindu panchayat stops temple construction in Islamabad after radical extremists destroy boundary wall

On Saturday, the Islamabad Hindu panchayat informed that it would halt the construction of a new Sri Krishna temple in the city after a mob of radical extremists razed the boundary wall of the temple to the ground, reported The Times of India.

In a viral video uploaded by a twitter handle (@PakHindus), a radical extremist can be seen dismantling the temporary boundary wall and speaking to the camera in an agitated manner. “If building a temple brings insecurity among our Muslim brother’s Faith, we respect their faith and would want to build a temple after their faith gets stronger. #MandirTauBanega,” the tweet read.

Reportedly, the temple complex would include a cremation ground, accommodation for visitors, a dedicated parking area, and a community hall. According to a Hindu government civil servant, Pritam Das Rathi, about 3,000 Hindus live in Islamabad and the outskirts of the capital city without a temple or a crematorium.

Reportedly, the demand for a Sri Krishna temple in Islamabad had been a long-standing one. Lal Chand Malhi, a Hindu lawmaker and a PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf) politician, informed that Hindus in the area avoided visiting the site, following the desecration of the boundary wall of the temple. He added that the wall was constructed using the resources of the panchayat and that the work had been temporarily stopped in light of ‘unpleasant incidents’. The decision was made by the Hindu panchayat Islamabad on Saturday, in an emergency meeting, following the blasphemous act.

“The land was allotted to us by CDA (Capital Development Authority), the government has sanctioned the grant but the money has yet to be released. Work on the boundary wall was started by the Panchayati itself,” Malhi stated. As per the PTI lawmaker, the Hindu panchayat in Islamabad would reach out to the CDA on Monday to resume the construction of the temple. He informed that the wall was necessary as ‘some people’ had encroached upon the site in 2018. “It took months for us to get the place cleared,” he emphasised.

Islamic clerics oppose Hindu temple in Islamabad

The hardline-radical Islamists in Pakistan had earlier opposed the construction of Hindu temple in Pakistan claiming that it was contrary to the idea of Pakistan, which is Islam. A group of Islamic leaders on Wednesday had attacked the Imran Khan government for granting funds to the construction of a Hindu temple in Islamabad, who termed it as against Pakistan’s ideology. The religious parties also said that they would take up the issue in the Federal Shariat Court. The Islamic leaders claimed that building a temple on the taxes of Muslims could not be tolerated in Pakistan.

Pakistan govt seeks advice of Council of Islamic Ideology

On Friday, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday stopped construction of the boundary wall of the Hindu temple being built in Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad citing legal reasons. Following the decision to halt the construction of the temple, the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government is set to seek the advice of the Islamic Ideology Council (IIC) on the matter. The Prime Minister has directed the religious affairs ministry to forward the issue of granting the construction of the temple to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) for advice.

Kim Kardashian as First Lady? Rapper Kanye West announces he is running for US President, Elon Musk extends his support

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Kim Kardashian as First Lady? Rapper Kanye West announces he is running for US President, Elon Musk extends his support

US-based rapper Kanye West today took to Twitter to announce that he’s going to run for President in the upcoming Presidential elections in America.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk even extended his support to West. His wife, Kim Kardashian, reality tv actor, model who initially shot to fame over a leaked sex tape, too extended her support to her husband.

However, US-netizens questioned the decision and expressed anger at West as he may help get Trump re-elected by ‘pulling away’ votes from Joe Biden.

The Wests were also abused by Americans for exercising their democratic right.

The United States of America is set to go for Presidential elections later this year.

On war footing: DRDO builds up 1,000 bed coronavirus facility in record 11 days

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On war footing: DRDO builds up 1,000 bed coronavirus facility in record 11 days

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has built up a 1,000 bed coronavirus facility in the national capital in 11 days only. The temporary structure also includes 250 ICU beds.

The DRDO had recently said that the wards in the new COVID-19 coronavirus facility will be named after the jawans martyred in the bloody face-off in Galwan Valley, Ladakh, with China. The ICU ventilator ward has been named after Colonel B Santosh Babu. The 1,000-bed facility will also have specialised ICU beds.

Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are likely to inaugurate the facility on Sunday.

While Maharashtra govt threatens action against Patanjali for Coronil, state municipal corporations endorse “unani kadha” as a remedy against coronavirus

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While Maharashtra govt threatens action against Patanjali for Coronil, state municipal corporations endorse “unani kadha” as a remedy against coronavirus

As the Maharashtra government is busy dishing out threats to Patanjali for alleged misleading people over Coronil, some of the municipal corporations in the state are vigorously promoting the use of a certain “unani kadha” as a remedy against the coronavirus.

After the alleged success of “unani kadha” in fighting the spread of coronavirus in Malegaon, efforts are underway to make the use of the said extract in the Dhule district of Maharashtra, said the Municipal commissioner Aziz Sheikh.

The Dhule Municipal Corporation is preparing the “unani kadha” to boost the immunity of its frontline workers battling the scourge of coronavirus in the district. The Municipal Commissioner also added that efforts are undertaken to provide the kadha to the maximum number of citizens in the city.

With the assistance of district administration and Khatun Education Society’s Al-Ameen Unani Medical college in Malegaon, along with Malegaon’s RMS Institute of Pharmacy, the “unani kadha” was distributed among the workers of the Dhule District court. At the time of distribution of “unani kadha” at the district court, the Municipal Corporation said that it is prepared for the distribution of the extract in other parts of the town. The president of Unani college, Rizwan Sheikh, assured that the kadha will be made available for other institutions, individuals or administrative bodies in the city if they demand for the extract.

Several dignitaries were present at the event in Dhule when “unani kadha” was presented to the district court workers. Justice A. H. Syed participated in the event, along with District Judge J. A. Sheikh. Secretary of District Legal Services Authority, Dr G U Dongre was also the part of the event where a kadha was endorsed as an “immunity booster” to tame the coronavirus outbreak.

In Rajasthan also traditional formulation kadha is being promoted as a immunity booster against Coronavirus. Last month the state’s Ayush and Health minister said around 18 lakh people were served such kadha in the state from March to June, and process was still going on.

Maharashtra Government warns strict action against Patanjali if found misleading people with ‘Coronil’

This comes in stark contradiction to Maharashtra government’s fierce disapproval of the Patanjali’s Coronil drug. The Maharashtra government on Friday issued a stern warning to Baba Ramdev’s organisation Patanjali, promising stringent action against the company if it indulges in sowing confusion among people or misleads them claiming that their newly developed drug Coronil cures coronavirus.

“If Patanjali still tries to mislead the people and create confusion, action will be taken and a case would be registered under the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 against the Ayurveda Company, said Maharashtra FDA minister Rajendra Shingne.

The Maharashtra government, however, said that the drug prepared by Patanjali can be advertised as “immunity booster”. Highlighting AYUSH ministry’s observation, Shingne clarified that Patanjali can sell Coronil as immunity booster only, adding that its name corona + nil = Coronil had created confusion among people.

While the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra goes on an overdrive to slam the drug prepared by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali, its own employees in different Municipal corporations in the state are actively endorsing and advocating the use of unproven and untested formulations such as “unani kadha” to treat those afflicted by the coronavirus and to develop immunity against the contagion that has so far affected 11.1 million people across the world and had the countries scramble for preparing a vaccine against it.

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