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Bulandshahr: Shivling desecrated, Irshad arrested for urinating on the idol

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Bulandshahr: Shivling desecrated, Irshad arrested for urinating on the idol

In what appears as a wanton attempt to stoke communal tensions in the city, a man named ‘Irshad’ alias Irani had urinated on the Shivling in a Mahadev temple in city’s Jahangirabad neighbourhood. The man was immediately arrested by the Bulandshahr police after a complaint was filed by Bajrang Dal members against Irshad for trying to spoil the sanctity of the ancient Shiv temple.


In a report by Sudarshan News, the Bajrang Dal member Yatinder Gehna said, “A Muslim man named Irani was caught red-handed peeing on the Shivling of the ancient Shiv Temple in old mandi of Jahangirabad area. He was often found lurking around the temple premises. People here are angry with his act. He has fled from the place. A police complaint had been filed against him and he has been nabbed from his house.”

Confirming the incident, the Bulandshahr police tweeted that the accused ‘Irshad’ has been booked under Section 295(Injuring or defiling a place of worship with the intent to insult a religion) and Section 153A(Promoting enmity between different religious groups) and immediately sent to jail.


In the Chandi Chowk case, the idols in a Hindu temple were broken and the temple vandalised by a Muslim mob, it was also reported that some of the members of the mob tried to defile the temple and the idols installed in them by urinating on them.

Political propaganda reaches Headingley: Plane flies over stadium where India plays today with ‘Free Kashmir’ message

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Political propaganda reaches Headingley: Plane flies over stadium where India plays today with ‘Free Kashmir’ message

While several people claim that politics and sports should not be mixed, but one has often seen the lines blur. Today, a plane was seen flying over Headingley stadium in Leeds where India is battling Sri Lanka in a World Cup cricket match. The plane carried the message “India stop genocide and free Kashmir”.


The message itself was that of Islamic propaganda considering the real genocide that Kashmir has seen is that of the Kashmiri Pandits in the 1990s. The constant messaging of this elusive “genocide” in Kashmir is a result of the muscular approach being taken by the Indian government to ensure the end of Pakistan sponsored terrorism in the Valley.

Earlier too, in a similar incident, a plane had flown over the stadium with a ‘Free Balochistan’ message during an Afghanistan-Pakistan match.

Patna court grants bail to Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Sushil Kumar Modi over “all Modis are thieves” remark

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Patna court grants bail to Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Sushil Kumar Modi over “all Modis are thieves” remark

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was granted bail today by a Patna court in connection with a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.

Modi had filed the case in the month of April in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) against Gandhi’s casteist and insensitive remarks made during an election rally in Karnataka’s Kolar district wherein he had insinuated that all thieves have Modi in their surnames.

“I have a question. Why do all the thieves have Modi in their names whether be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, and Narendra Modi? We don’t know how many more such Modis will come out”, Gandhi had said.

The case was referred by CJM Shashikant Roy to ACJM Kumar Gunjan. Gandhi who recently submitted his resignation as the President of Congress party took a dig at the Prime Minister and said that anyone who raises a voice against the PM Modi’s government, the BJP, and the RSS, is slapped with court cases. “Whoever stands against RSS’ and Narendra Modi Ji’s ideology is attacked, court cases are slapped. My fight is to save the Constitution, to stand for the poor and the farmers”, he said.


Gandhi was accompanied to the court by senior Congress leaders from Bihar and the State in-charge of the party Shashikant Gohil. A number of Congress workers had reportedly gathered outside the Patna court demanding the withdrawal of Rahul Gandhi’s resignation.

Rahul Gandhi is reportedly on a court appearance spree. Earlier this week, he had appeared at a court in Mazgaon. On July 9, he is scheduled to appear in a court in Ahmedabad in another defamation case over his statements.

Defamation case against Priya Ramani: MJ Akbar denies allegations of sexual exploitation, court to hear witnesses on July 15

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Defamation case against Priya Ramani: MJ Akbar denies allegations of sexual exploitation, court to hear witnesses on July 15

Former Union Minister MJ Akbar has appeared before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal for his cross-examination in his defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. This is his third day appearing for the cross-examination.

Responding to cross-examination by Priya Ramani’s lawyer Rebecca John, MJ Akbar reportedly denied all allegations of sexual misconduct made by his former interns. He was enquired about the claims made by two former interns of Asian Age, Majile De Puy Kamp and Ruth David.

As per a report in Bar and Bench, Akbar had said that he read about the allegations made by another intern, Prerna Singh Bindra, but was unaware of the tweets that she had posted. He had also denied her allegations.

He said that he was aware of the allegations made by other women but he hasn’t complained against any other person nor any other publication. “I reserve my right to take legal action against any other person or entity in future”, said Akbar. Akbar had only filed a complaint against Priya Ramani after having issued a statement dismissing all allegations made against him.

Talking about the allegations made by Pallavi Gogoi, Akbar said that he and his wife have already issued a statement to ANI on that matter. He had denied all allegations. He also added that his response to ANI was not based on any legal advice to preempt any action.

Akbar said that his witnesses had expressed their shock while discussing the allegations that were made. He also said that they weren’t tutored and were not examined just to fulfil the legal requirements.

The court concluded the cross-examination of MJ Akbar and that case has been adjourned. His witnesses would be cross-examined on July 15 and 17.


MJ Akbar who was the former Union Minister of State for External Affairs was forced to resign owing to the public pressure that arose after several women who had worked with had levelled allegations of workplace sexual harassment. After the complaint was filed, twenty journalists have pledged to testify against him in court.

On April 10, Priya Ramani had pleaded not guilty after MJ Akbar had filed a defamation case against her. The case was filed after Ramani had accused him of sexual harassment in the wake of the #Metoo movement which had gathered considerable attention last year.

On May 4, a Delhi court had recorded Akbar’s statement regarding the defamation case followed by his second day of cross-examination on May 20 where he denied having met Priya Ramani in the hotel room.

Karnataka: 11 Congress-JD(S) MLAs submit resignation, drama is speaker’s chamber as DK Shivakumar struggles to save govt

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Karnataka: 11 Congress-JD(S) MLAs submit resignation, drama is speaker’s chamber as DK Shivakumar struggles to save govt

The Congress-JD(S) ruling is coalition is providing for great drama in Karnataka. Reports have been coming in that as many as 11 MLAs have tendered their resignation and more are expected to follow. According to the latest information, as reported by Republic TV, DK Shivakumar, troubleshooter for the Congress in the state, has reached the Vidhan Soudha and tore the resignation letters submitted by the disgruntled MLAs.


Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar has confirmed that 11 MLAs have resigned thus far.


DK Shivakumar, however, had earlier said no one was going to resign.


Reportedly, all the resigning MLAs from the Congress belong to the Siddaramaiah faction. The former Chief Minister of the state is believed to have reached his residence in Bengaluru amidst the latest crisis. The BJP, on the other hand, says that it’s not in touch with the disgruntled MLAs and that they are resigning because they have realized that continuing in their position was not in the interests of their constituencies and the state.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, meanwhile, is not in the country at the moment and is expected to return tomorrow.

Union Budget 2019: Govt imposes 10% custom duty on newsprint and 5% on printed books to encourage domestic industry

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Union Budget 2019: Govt imposes 10% custom duty on newsprint and 5% on printed books to encourage domestic industry

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman in her maiden budget speech on Friday had announced that the government would be imposing 10% customs duty on newsprint and 5% on printed books. The import duty was never levied on newsprint until now.

“To encourage domestic publishing and printing industry, 5% customs duty is being imposed on imported books”, said the Finance Minister while presenting the budget.

The duty would be levied on both the uncoated paper used for printing of newspapers and lightweight coated paper used for magazines. The custom duty would come in effect from Sunday onwards.

This decision is set to have an impact on the newspaper industry, which largely depends on imports. Veerendra Kumar, Rajya Sabha member and managing director of the Malayalam newspaper Mathrubhumi, voiced his concern on whether the domestic newsprint industry can cater to the requirement of the newspaper industry.

However, the Indian Newsprint Manufacturers Association have welcomed the decision. They had sought the governments help to create a level playing field. They claimed that duty-free cheap imports were making domestic mills unsustainable.

Meanwhile, DMK chief Stalin had criticised the decision. He said, “The imposition of customs duty of ten per cent on the import of the newsprint, required for printing newspapers is a ploy to dismantle print media once and for all and disrupt the spread of news and opinion. The tax burden has been mounted to suppress and weaken one of the pillars of democracy”.

NCP leader arrested in Gadchiroli IED blast case that killed 15 policemen, NIA to take over investigation

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NCP leader arrested in Gadchiroli IED blast case that killed 15 policemen, NIA to take over investigation

The Kurkheda Tehseel president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Kailash Ramchandani, was reportedly arrested in the IED blast case in Gadchiroli in which 15 policemen and a civilian were killed in May. In addition to this, the blast case will be handed over to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) by the local police.

On May 1, a civilian vehicle carrying 15 Gadchiroli police personnel which was headed for the Purada police station after being informed by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer Shailesh Kale of an incident of arson committed by Maoists a few kilometres from Purada was blown away by an IED blast. All 15 police personnel and a civilian lost their lives in the incident.

Investigating the case, the Gadchiroli police had obtained their first big success in arresting senior Naxal leaders Narmada and Kiran. According to the inputs provided by them and the technical evidence available, the police arrested Dilip Hidami, Parsaram Tulvi, Somnath Madavi, Kisan Hidami and Sukru Gota.

After taking custody of these 5 accused, their interrogation revealed Kurkheda Tehseel President of the NCP, Kailash Ramchandani’s involvement in the IED blast. Kailash owns an Electronics shop and is serving as the district president of the NCP from last several months. The police believe that several other big names might be involved in the blast as well.

The Gadchiroli police will be handing over the probe to the NIA in the next 2-3 days. On being asked why the NIA is being given the probe, the Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Shailesh Balkawde said that the NIA has decided to take up some of the Naxalite cases. “They have also taken some cases in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand as well,” he said.

Video and statistics highlight from Bangladesh v Pakistan match

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Video and statistics highlight from Bangladesh v Pakistan match

Pakistan won the fourth consecutive game of the World Cup, but alas, that was not enough for them to secure a place in semis. Had they played up to their potential from the beginning of the tournament, they would have been in the semis easily.

Pakistan opted to bat first to score an unrealistic score of 500 in 50 overs, started slowly and the intent was missing. The openers added just 23 runs in 7 overs. However, Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq added 157 runs for the second wicket. Both scored at run a ball pace taking Pakistan to 180 in 32 overs. Babar Azam (96) missed to score another hundred, but Imam went on to score his maiden World Cup hundred before getting out as hit-wicket.

Mustafizur Rahman took another five-wicket haul which stopped Pakistan from scoring a total of over 350. The only other batsman who scored runs and helped Pakistan to score over 300 was Imad Wasim; he smashed 43 off 26 with six fours and 1 six. Pakistan scored 315 for 9 in 50 overs.

Bangladesh never looked like chasing the target. Only Shakib (64) scored some vital runs, and the rest of the batsmen couldn’t score much after a decent start. Shaheen Afridi took six wickets for 35 runs, ended the Bangladesh innings at 221. He became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup match.

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  • Shaheen Afridi is the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup game.
  • Imam-ul-Haq is only the second ODI batsman to be dismissed hit wicket at Lord’s after West Indian Roy Fredricks (against Australia in 1975).
  • Imam-ul-Haq is only the second Pakistani batsman to register an ODI century at Lord’s after Sarfaraz Ahmed (105 v England in 2016).
  • Shakib Al Hasan is now the 3rd player to score 600 or more runs in a World Cup edition after Tendulkar (673) and Hayden (659).

‘I don’t know when I will retire’: MS Dhoni ends the speculation on his retirement

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‘I don’t know when I will retire’: MS Dhoni ends the speculation on his retirement

The speculation on Dhoni’s retirement is over. The legendary wicket-keeper has denied reports of retiring after the World Cup 2019. As per some reports, India’s last match in World Cup could have been MS Dhoni’s final match of his international career.

Ahead of India’s final group stage match against Sri Lanka, Dhoni said, “I don’t know when I will retire. But a lot of people want me to retire before tomorrow’s game,” according to ABP News.

An unnamed BCCI official predicted Dhoni’s retirement as per the PTI reports after the Bangladesh game. Even MS Dhoni’s gesture of using different bat logos suggested that he might retire after the Wrld Cup is over.

“You never know with MS Dhoni. But it is unlikely that he will continue to play for India after this World Cup. But since his decisions to quit captaincy from the three formats have been taken so suddenly, it is tough to predict at the moment,” a senior BCCI official told PTI.

Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga also said that Dhoni should play for another one or two years as that would help the youngster to learn few things about the game from MS Dhoni.

Dhoni has scored 223 runs in 7 innings at a strike rate of 93 in World Cup 2019 so far.

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur criticises run rate rule after missing out on semi-finals

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Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur criticises run rate rule after missing out on semi-finals

Pakistani coach Mickey Arthur criticizes the run rate rule after being eliminated from World Cup semi-final. Both Pakistan and New Zealand have 11 points after their final group match, but New Zealand qualifies for the semis due to a higher run rate, although Pakistan won against New Zealand on June 26.

The ICC has been considering net run rate as their primary tie-breaker before the equation goes to head-to-head.

“I would certainly have liked them to consider head to head because then tonight we’d be in the semifinal,” Mickey said in the post-match media conference.

“I do think it needs a look. I certainly do. I think the number of wins, head to head, and then if there are three teams altogether, then I think the net run rate can sort it out. Because what it does and what it’s done to us is that one very poor game and you really battle to recover again,” Mickey continued.

The game Arthur refers to is Pakistan’s opening one of the tournament – their seven-wicket hammering by the West Indies.

Mickey added, “I think the nerves got us in the West Indies game, young team. We froze in that game. We then came back, dusted ourselves off, and beat England, then we got rained out against Sri Lanka, and we didn’t play a game for nine days. We didn’t train other than indoors, and we lost momentum again going into what was two very tough fixtures, Australia and India.”

The rules for qualifying the semi-final of World Cup 2019 were out well before the tournament started by ICC.

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