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Jammu and Kashmir: A suspected Pakistani intruder apprehended by BSF while sneaking into India

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Jammu and Kashmir: A suspected Pakistani intruder apprehended by BSF while sneaking into India

A Pakistani national has been apprehended by Border Security Force (BSF) from Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector during the early hours of Thursday when he attempted to cross over to this side of the International Border.

According to the reports, the BSF personnel patrolling the border area caught the 16-year-old Pakistani national. He was arrested and handed over to the police for questioning.

“He was caught when he was trying to sneak in into the Indian side,” BSF sources said. The suspect Pakistani is now detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police. However, no case has been registered yet.

“It seems that the suspected intruder is from the Pakistan side. We are questioning him, the suspect is not revealing his identity properly,” the Jammu and Kashmir Police said.

As the Pakistani forces continued unprovoked mortar shelling and firing along the LoC and International Border, the BSF was alert about the intrusion of terrorists from Pakistan across the Line of Control. The terror state of Pakistan provides cover to these terrorists by initiating continuous shelling to allow time and space for the terrorists to cross over to India.

Responding to Pakistan’s unprovoked firing, the Indian Army and the BSF on Wednesday night retaliated to Pakistan’s firing along the LoC in Rajouri’s Keri sector and IB in Kathua’s Manyari area.

Following the humiliation faced by Pakistan, after it failed to internationalise the Kashmir issue, the Pakistani establishment has been massively pushing to inflict terror in India, especially in Kashmir.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had threatened India saying that “incidents like Pulwama are bound to happen again”, after Indian government decided to revoke Article 370 and strip Jammu and Kashmir of the special status. Foretelling a terror attack, Khan said “I can already foretell this will happen. They will attempt to pin the blame on us again. They may strike us again, and we will strike back.”

Parody country Pakistan’s business tycoons meet the ‘Army Chief’ General Bajwa to express concerns over ‘dwindling economy’

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Parody country Pakistan’s business tycoons meet the ‘Army Chief’ General Bajwa to express concerns over ‘dwindling economy’

As the economy of the terror state of Pakistan is verge on the collapse, a delegation of at least 20 businessmen, comprising heads of various private companies met Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday to convey their serious concerns about Pakistan’s stagnating economy.

According to the reports, the high-level business delegation, mostly members of Pakistan Business Council (PBC), met Gen Bajwa at dinner to appraise him the current economic situation of the country and the government’s lukewarm response to the debilitating situation facing the drivers of the country’s economy.

The high-level delegation also conveyed that the Imran Khan government does not go beyond verbal assurances and that the words of the government is not matching its action.

Reportedly, after hearing the grievances of the business community, the COAS Bajwa assured them of his help. He added that he will help them to resolve their problems at the earliest. The COAS also floated an idea that an internal committee to be formed comprising military officers to work on the delegates’ complaints so that they could be resolved as soon as possible.

General Bajwa also advised the business tycoons to cooperate with the government and not to side with anti-government forces. Hailing the services rendered by the business community for Pakistan, the army chief said that they all love Pakistan, and the country needs them the most. He also consoled them, saying that he feels their pain.

The angry and frustrated delegates conveyed to Bajwa that their businesses are being closed one by one, and if corrective measures were not immediately taken then all their business would be shut, leaving countless labourers unemployed.

The business tycoons also made a request to the Army Chief to do something “for God’s sake”, adding that it was a very serious issue that they are not seeing light at the end of the tunnel. They said that if nothing was done on an emergency basis the situation will deteriorate further multiplying the problems.

The delegation is also expected to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday. Surprisingly, the business delegation has decided to meet the Pakistan Army chief first rather than conveying their grievances to the elected Prime Minister of the country, who is responsible for the economic stability of the country.

It is rather strange that the business delegation of a country is appraising about the serious economic situation of the country to the Army Chief instead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. The visit of the delegation to COAS indicates that the Pakistan Amry continues to sideline an elected government. This also adds to the general belief that Khan is a mere puppet while the army in Pakistan calls calls the shots.

Earlier in August, Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had gifted himself another three three-years of extension on the pretext of ‘regional security’. With him being at the helm of affairs in Pakistan it is rather not surprising to expect that the elected government in Pakistan will play second fiddle to the Army in managing the terror state.

The journey from Mohandas to Mahatma also started from a train: HM Amit Shah flags off Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express

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The journey from Mohandas to Mahatma also started from a train: HM Amit Shah flags off Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today flagged off New-Delhi-Katra (Jammu & Kashmir) Vande Bharat Express in the national capital. This will be India’s second Vande Bharat Express which is an engine-less self-propelled train. The first Vande Bharat Express between New Delhi and Varanasi was flagged off by PM Modi.


Speaking on the occasion, HM Amit Shah said that Gandhiji was a great man who not got the world to change the way they live their lives. One of his important messages was ‘Swadeshi’ and the Swadeshi movement was an integral part of the Independence movement. “Today I am proud that a ‘Swadeshi’ (made in India) train is going to go to Katra from New Delhi,” he said.

Speaking on the journey of Mohandas to Mahatma (of Gandhiji), he said that that also took part in a train “when he was insulted and thrown out of the train.” Shah was speaking about the incident when Gandhiji faced racial discrimination in South Africa when he was travelling to Pretoria. He was thrown out of the railway compartment on instigation of a white man. “Then Bapu decided that he will uproot the British rule from India,” Shah said.

Referring to Article 370 as the biggest hurdle in development of Kashmir, Shah said he is confident that after abrogation of Article 370, we will be able to get rid of terrorism and terrorist mindset in Kashmir.

The Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express is being launched during the Navratri and is expected to reduce travel time to Vaishno Devi Katra station by almost 40%. The tickets will be available for booking on the IRCTC website as well as Rail Connect App. Train number 22439/22440 will be operational from 5th October. The 16-coach New-Delhi – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra – New Delhi trains will run all days of the week except Tuesdays.

The ‘Make in India’ Train 18 will run at the speed of 130 km/hour on the Delhi-Katra route.

Last month, Times of India had reported that the production of Train 18 has stopped. Speaking to OpIndia, the railway officials rubbished all claims of an internal feud between electrical and mechanical departments and alleged ‘derailment of production’.

Non-Muslims cannot become Prime Minister or President in Pakistan, Imran Khan govt rejects amendment to constitution

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Non-Muslims cannot become Prime Minister or President in Pakistan, Imran Khan govt rejects amendment to constitution

According to the reports, the National Assembly of Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a bill which would have allowed a non-Muslim to become President or Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic.

The parody country Pakistan has yet again displayed its contempt towards the already persecuted religious minorities in the country after their parliament rejected a bill to allow the minorities to hold top posts of Prime Minister and President of the country.

Naveed Aamir Jeeva, a Christian lawmaker belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had tabled the bill in the lower house of the Pakistan Parliament. The lawmaker wanted an amendment to Article 41 and Article 91 of the Constitution of Pakistan which would have allowed non-Muslims to become Prime Minister and President of Pakistan.

However, the National Assembly rejected the bill with a majority.

Opposing the amendment, Pakistan’s Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan said that Pakistan is an Islamic Republic where only a Muslim can serve at the top. He said that the minorities in Pakistan are enjoying complete freedom, security and their rights are being protected.

Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) member Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali thanked the minister and appreciated the stance taken by him. He added that no law against Islamic values and teachings can be passed, introduced or even debated in the parliament.

The decision to snatch away the rights of the minorities in Pakistan, who are already being persecuted comes months after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed office and had claimed that in his ‘Naya Pakistan’, minorities would be treated as equal.

“Naya Pakistan is Quaid’s Pakistan and will ensure that our minorities are treated as equal citizens, unlike what is happening in India,” Khan had said on birth anniversary of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in December 2018.

Article 370 was a ‘mistake’, its abrogation is only correcting the mistake, says eminent lawyer Harish Salve

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Article 370 was a ‘mistake’, its abrogation is only correcting the mistake, says eminent lawyer Harish Salve

India’s eminent lawyer Harish Salve has asserted that Article 370 was a ‘mistake’ and the Modi government’s decision to abrogate it was the means to correct the mistake.

As per reports, Salve stated that Pakistan’s reactions after the abrogation of Article 370 are nothing but ‘complete bankruptcy’. He added that Jammu and Kashmir has always been an integral part of India and Pakistan has been squatting there.

Asserting India’s stand that Jammu and Kashmir belongs to India in its entirety, Salve further added, “Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is Indian, they (Pakistan) are squatting there. If there is any disputed territory, it is PoK. The Kashmir Constitution says Kashmir is an integral part of India, not just the Indian Constitution. Kashmir being an integral part of India has never been in doubt, except in certain Pakistani minds.”

Speaking to media in London at the Indian High Commission, Salve stated that he has always been a supporter of removal of Article 370. He added, “It was a mistake to allow Article 370. Bigger mistake to allow it to fester.”

Salve also stated that it is nonsense to claim that the government should have discussed and debated the matter. He added that doing it in one shot was the right decision and the SC will decide on it.

Salve was a part of India’s legal team that has secured a major victory yesterday in the Royal Court of Justice where the verdict over the Hyderabad Nizam’s funds of 35 million pounds held in a bank account in London came in favour of India. Pakistan has been claiming the funds since 1947.

Salve stated, “It was a wrongful claim by Pakistan which had to be fought. We fought that claim and won it.”

The 35 million pounds will now be shared between the Nizam of Hyderabad’s heirs and the Indian government based on a confidential agreement struck between the parties.

Salve also added that “Historians will be interested in seeing Pakistan’s open acceptance that they were supplying arms. It is an interesting dimension which has publicly been acknowledged.”

It is notable here that Salve has been representing India’s case on Kulbhushan Jadhav at the International Court of Arbitration in Hague. He was able to get a stay order on his death sentence pronounced by a military court in Pakistan.

Rae Bareli MLA defies Congress, attends special session of UP Assembly despite boycott call given by SP-Congress

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Rae Bareli MLA defies Congress, attends special session of UP Assembly despite boycott call given by SP-Congress

Rae Bareli MLA and Congress leader Aditi Singh defied party call to boycott the special assembly session called by the BJP in UP Assembly to discuss sustainable development goals defined by the UN. On attending the assembly despite boycott call, Singh said that she did it as UP qualifies for 16 our of the 17 points for sustainable development defined by the UN.


“If we want to pay true tributes to Mahatma Gandhi we will have to follow his path and it can only happen if country develops,” she said. The BJP government had called for a 48-hour special session in the UP Assembly on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. One of the matter on the agenda was discussing the sustainable development goals set up by the UN.

Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party decided to boycott the assembly session. Singh not only went against the party call, but also spoke in the assembly on sustainable development goals.

Not the first time Aditi Singh has broken away from party line

Earlier, too, Singh had gone against the party line and supported abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Welcoming central government’s move, she had tweeted her support.


When someone asked her isn’t she a Congress leader (so why is she supporting abrogation of Article 370), Singh had said she is an Indian first.


Singh had also stayed away from the elaborate ‘peace march’ organised led by Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Lucknow on Gandhi Jayanti.

Watch: Racist attack on Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, asked to ‘cut off’ his turban in Montreal’s Atwater Market

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Watch: Racist attack on Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, asked to ‘cut off’ his turban in Montreal’s Atwater Market

In a racist attack, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh, was asked to ‘cut his turban off’ by a stranger in the streets of Montreal’s Atwater Market.


Singh, a Sikh born in Canada to immigrant parents from Punjab, is a Member of Parliament in Canada. As seen in above video, he is greeting a stranger in the market and asks how he (stranger) is doing. After exchanging pleasantries, the man leans in and tells Singh, “You know what? You should cut your turban off so you can look like a Canadian.”

Responding politely to this casual racism, Singh tells the man that Canadians look like all sorts of people. The man then continues the racist attack by telling him, “In Rome, you do what Romans do.” Singh again politely tells him that this is Canada but you can do whatever you like.

Singh later took to Twitter to talk about the incident and said, “do not change who you are”.


In a tweet in French, the Canadian MP said, “Many Canadians are told that we must change who we are to succeed. My message to you: do not change who you are. Everyone deserves his place.”

Canada is gearing up for the upcoming elections and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was recently under the scanner when his old picture wearing racist brown make up in 2001 surfaced much to his embarrassment.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau in racist brown make up in 2001 (image: TIME)

Trudeau, the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was 29-years-old back then when the picture was clicked. It appeared in the 2000-2001 yearbook of the West Point Grey Academy where he was teaching.

Following the publication of the photograph, Trudeau has apologised for the same. “I shouldn’t have done that. I should have known better and I didn’t. I’m really sorry,” he said. He even added that back then he did not consider it racist but now he “knows better”.

Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party in Canada said that Trudeau’s behaviour was “troubling” and “insulting”.

Canada is set to go to polls on 21st October and Trudeau is seeking reelection. Pollsters in Canada suggest it will be a close competition between Trudeau and his opponent Andrew Scheer.

Viral video shows Ahmed Patel asking where the party has gone in Haryana after told about dismal internal survey results for assembly elections

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Viral video shows Ahmed Patel asking where the party has gone in Haryana after told about dismal internal survey results for assembly elections

With the assembly elections in Haryana scheduled to take place on 21st October, it seems that the Congress party is not very optimistic about its success. In a video that has gone viral on social media, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel was seen being very unhappy when he was told that the party expects to win only 14 seats in the state, asking where the party has gone.


In the video, Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is a former Haryana CM, are seen discussing party’s prospects in the upcoming assembly elections in front of the Parliament House. When asked about party’s internal assessments, Hooda counts some numbers and comes out with fourteen, presumably the number of seats Congress is expected to win as per the party’s estimate.

Ahmed Patel becomes agitated hearing this, asking “Party gayi kahan” (where the party has gone). The photojournalists clicking the politicians also had to face the displeasure of Patel, who asked them to stop saying enough photographs have been taken by them. It is not clear whether they were aware that their conversation was being video recorded by one of the reports.

Haryana assembly has 90 seats, and in the 2014 elections, Congress had won 25 seats, while BJP had formed the government after winning 47 seats. This means, Congress party’s internal survey shows party’s performance to be worse in the upcoming elections, going by the conversation heard in the video.

Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath government reshuffles SIT probing the honey trapping case, changes chief for the third time in ten days

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Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath government reshuffles SIT probing the honey trapping case, changes chief for the third time in ten days

Madhya Pradesh Cheif Minister, Kamal Nath’s predicaments seem to have risen ever since the high profile, murky honey trapping case has surfaced in Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh. The government is suffering an embarrassing time after the lurid details of the case is being unravelled one at a time by the investigative agency probing the matter. The dilemma is such that the CM has changed the SIT chief over and over again.

Chief Minister Kamal Nath on late Tuesday evening removed Sanjeev Shami as the head of the Special Investigative Team (SIT) that was formed to investigate the murky honey trap case. Kamal Nath also reshuffled the SIT probing the case.

Interestingly, this will be the third time SIT and its head has been changed after the sensational honey trap scandal broke out in the state, casting apprehensions on the intention of the government.

Known for his impeccable record and integrity, Sanjeev Shami will now be replaced by Rajendra Kumar who will now head the SIT and will be assisted by Milind Kanaskar and Ruchi Wardhan as members.

Notably, Sanjeev Shami, who had earlier replaced Srinivas Verma as SIT chief, and had been probing the case since 24 September, recovered thousands of video clips, sex chats and audio clips along with a diary which contained secret code words for the high profile ‘targets’.

This diary or the ‘red book’ allegedly contains the names of politicians occupying high positions and also some bureaucrats. After the diary reached the media it is being believed that the government issued a new circular to remove Sanjeev Shami as the SIT chief and instead gave charge of the probe to Rajendra Kumar.

Kamal Nath, in the meeting with the Director-General of Police, VK Singh and Chief Secretary of the state, SR Mohanty, apparently expressed his displeasure over the involvement of the ATS with the case.

The disapproval probably comes as Kamal Nath is convinced that the investigation into the case could throw up more than what his government could handle.

On September 18, the high-profile honey-trapping racket that blackmailed and exhorted top politicians and government officials with videos was busted by Madhya Pradesh police officials in Bhopal. Five women, including the wife of a former Congress IT cell vice-president, have been arrested in connection with the case.

Shweta, the kingpin, has reportedly confessed that she had trapped dozens of college girls and made them sleep with bureaucrats and politicians. Videos were made of these sexual escapades and these videos were then used by the gang to extort money.

West Bengal: Hindus in Kanglapahari village have been celebrating Durga Puja since 2016 after not being allowed for years by Muslims

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West Bengal: Hindus in Kanglapahari village have been celebrating Durga Puja since 2016 after not being allowed for years by Muslims

A news report has been doing the rounds on social media which is being used to claim that Hindus from Kanglapahari village in West Bengal are being denied permission to celebrate Durga Puja due to objection from Muslims.


The news report is from September 2016 and it stated that for “the fourth consecutive year when 300-odd households in a village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district are running from pillar to post seeking permission from the district administration just to organise a Durga puja in their village. In the past three years, they were denied a go-ahead by the local administration following objections by a few Muslim families in the village.” The reports say that Durga Puja was denied to be celebrated in the village due to the opposition of only 25 Muslim families in the village, although the number of Hindu families number 300,

Although it is true that Hindus were denied to organise Durga Puja for three years, the Puja was conducted in Kanglapahari in 2016 itself following intervention by Hindu Samhati, contrary to the claims being made. The Hindu rights group stated on its website, “Hindu Samhati took up the case and filed a Writ Petition in Calcutta High Court challenging the decision of the administration. On 5th October, the court allowed the villagers to hold puja at their premises. Even after the order of the court, local administration took dilly-dally attitude and did not allow villagers to allow the idols to move from the place where they were being built. But Hindu Samhati activists talked to different level of administration and ensured proper arrangements. Administration tried every dirty trick to stop the puja. They even imposed Section 144 (prohibitory order not to allow assembling of more than three persons) so that Hindus could not celebrate the puja. But with the support of Hindu Samhati, local villagers were determined this year and they went on with puja.”

On 5th October 2016, the Calcutta High Court had issued an interim order allowing Durga Puja to be held at any residential place in the village, although the court had said that the puja can’t be held at any public place. Since then, the Puja has been organised at the residence of a villager in the village as per the interim order, while a final judgement has not been issued by the High Court in the case.

Photos from the 2016 Durga Puja at Kanglapahari was released by Hindu Samhati as well.

For last four years, the 300 hundred Hindu families were unable to perform the Durga Puja during the Navratri as the…

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While it’s true that Durga Puja was prevented in Kanglapahari for three years, the Puja has been performed in the village every year since 2016. We can now confirm that it has been organized ever since then and it will be organized this year as well. Photos from 2018 are also available on social media.

OpIndia.com talked to Debtanu Bhattacharjee of Hindu Samhati and he told us that the Durga Puja has been organized regularly since 2016. OpIndia.com also spoke with Chandan Sau of Kanglapahari Durga Mandir Committee who confirmed that the Durga Puja has been organized every year since 2016 and is being organized this year as well.

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