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In stark contrast to Sabarimala case, SC rejects PIL demanding Muslim women entry into Mosques, ban purdah system

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In stark contrast to Sabarimala case, SC rejects PIL demanding Muslim women entry into Mosques, ban purdah system

The apex court of the court has today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking permission for Muslim women entry into mosques and placing a ban on the regressive practice of Purdah system, that ordains them to cover their face.

A bench comprising of the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Annirudha Bose questioned the locus standi of the petitioner, saying, “Let a Muslim woman come, then we shall consider this petition.”

The petition was filed in the Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court verdict which rejected the plea. The petitioner, Swamy Dethathreya Sai Swaroop Nath, the President of the Kerala unit of the Akhil Bharatha Hindu Mahasabha had contended in the petition that the Muslim women were not allowed to pray in the mosques and were forced to cover their faces through the enforcement of Purdah system.

In another petition filed by a Pune-based Muslim couple seeking women’s entry into mosques, the country’s top court agreed to hear the petition claiming that it will examine the issue only because of the Sabarimala verdict. The Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, a body of Sunni clerics and scholars had then declared that Muslim women should pray inside their homes and that it is inappropriate for the courts to intervene in the matters pertaining to religion.

However, the latest decision from the Supreme Court comes in stark contrast to the verdict given out by the court in the Sabarimala case.

It is an interesting contention by the court given the fact that none of the petitioners in the Sabarimala was from Kerala and some of them had no knowledge about the customs of the temple. In fact, some of the petitioners wanted to withdraw their pleas after learning that it was a custom limited to one specific temple and women devotees themselves want to follow this custom. The supreme court also had ignored the beliefs of women devotees of the temple.

Bajrang Dal to hold nationwide protest against growing Jihadist attack on Hindus

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Bajrang Dal to hold nationwide protest against growing Jihadist attack on Hindus

Bajrang Dal will hold nationwide protests against Jihadist attacks on Hindus tomorrow. In a joint statement issued by Vishva Hindu Parishad’s secretary general Milind Parande and Bajrang Dal’s National Convener Sohan Singh said that Barjang Dal members will hold demonstrations on 9th July in the entire country to highlight and protest the growing attack on Hindus.

During the protest Bajrang Dal workers will also submit their memorandum to the President of India through the DMs of their respective area, protesting against growing Islamic Jihadi activities in the country.

Mr Singh said that in the name of demonstrations against fake incidents of mob lynching of Muslims, attack of temples and other violence on Hindus by Islamic Jihadi organisations have risen at an alarming rate, including the attack on an old Durga Mandir in Chandi Chowk area in Delhi on 30th June. Such growing Jihadi activities must be checked and prevented, he added.

Apart from vandalism of the Delhi temple, several reports of desecration of Hindu temples from across the country have emerged, the statement said. It mentioned the incidents of stone pelting on a Hanuman pelting in Muzaffarnagar on 3rd July, after which a Muslim man was arrested, and desecration of a Shiva Linga in a temple in Madhya Pradesh. The joint statement added that VHP and Bajrang Dal have constantly raised voice against the growing menace of attacks on Hindu temples, traditional processions and customs.

Sachin Tendulkar has an advice for Virat Kohli before the semi final between India and New Zealand

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Sachin Tendulkar has an advice for Virat Kohli before the semi final between India and New Zealand

The Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has a piece of advice for Indian captain Virat Kohli before the semi-final against New Zealand in Manchester.

Tendulkar played six world cups for India but captained in none. However, all the captains use to take his advise and suggestions during the matches.

Talking to India Today, Tendulkar said, “Jadeja is one option I would like to throw on the table to team management. I feel if Dinesh Karthik is going to bat at No. 7 then possible Jadeja could be an option there because his left-arm spin can come in handy. In a big match, you would want a cover-up because we are playing just five bowlers.”

As per the master blaster, Mohammad Shami, who was rested for the last game against Sri Lanka, should be picked in the XI for the semi-final clash.

“I would also be tempted to bring back Mohammed Shami because against West Indies he was good at the same venue. When we talk about Old Trafford there are pleasant experiences for Shami, he came back into the team and picked up wickets. So I would be tempted to have him back,” Tendulkar said.

The group game between India and New Zealand was washed out due to rain. These two teams will face each other for the first time in the World Cup since 2003.

Former West Indian bowler Ian Bishop rates Bumrah as the best bowler of Cricket World Cup

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Former West Indian bowler Ian Bishop rates Bumrah as the best bowler of Cricket World Cup

Former West Indian pacer and now a cricket commentator, Ian Bishop rates Bumrah as the best bowler of World Cup. Even though Bumrah is not in the list of top 3 wicket-takers of the tournament, Bisoph thinks he has been brilliant.

Talking to ICC, Ian Bishop said, “The wickets don’t show how valuable he has been. The likes of Starc have more, but Bumrah’s been brilliant.”

Ian Bishop also explained Bumrah’s action, which is quite unusual and has helped him to confuse the batsmen. Bumrah is ranked number one in ICC ODI Rankings.

“Everything is interesting. Most fast-bowling scientists – not that I’m one of them – say that your ball speed is 60% run-up and the pace of it – but his is an ambling one, and the ball comes at 140kph and higher. It’s very unusual; it’s hard to decipher where the speed comes from. He releases the ball slightly inside the perpendicular, at his highest point, and his bowling arm comes down between his leg rather than past his left hip.”

Since Bumrah has made his international debut, he has become India’s most valuable player. His accurate bowling also helped other bowlers to grab a wicket or two from the opposite end. He is the second fastest Indian to take 100 ODI wickets.

Jaipur: Sexual predator Sikandar Khan, arrested for raping a 7-year old girl, confesses to sodomising at least 25 minors

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Jaipur: Sexual predator Sikandar Khan, arrested for raping a 7-year old girl, confesses to sodomising at least 25 minors

34-year-old Sikandar Khan alias Kale Khan alias Jeevanu has been arrested by Jaipur Police from Kota on Saturday for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Jaipur. His interrogation has revealed that he has earlier sodomised at least 25 minors in the past.

The police records show his name as ‘Jeevanu’, a name he assumed after his competitor Rafiq was named ‘Keetanu’. He has used Kale Khan and Zahid as other aliases in different parts of Jaipur. He confessed to robbing as many as 13 houses in one single night and was involved in smuggling of banned substances from Jhalawar.

On 1st July, he was arrested for abducting a seven year old girl from Shastri Nagar area. He then took her to an isolated spot where he raped her. After rape, he assaulted and then dumped her near her house. He is also accused of raping a four-year-old girl on June 22.

In 2004, he was accused of rape and murder of a minor boy in Murlipura area of the city. He was arrested from Ajmer, convicted and awarded life imprisonment. He was out-on-bail after serving sentence in the case.

Past crime records

As per reports, the police say he is a psychopath and a serial rapist. Police officials found his several conversations with sex workers. Another police official reportedly said that he is obsessed with abusing children and he is a maniac. If he is set free, he will perpetuate these crimes again, the police officer cautioned.

Khan also reportedly physically harassed the daughter of his widowed landlady as well as her friends. The landlady said that after she scolded him, he stopped doing that and hence she never complained to the police. Earlier, too, he was thrown out of his rented home because he tried to molest the 7-year-old granddaughter of the landlord.

According to police, Khan would lure the minors, take them to secluded places and rape them. If they resisted, he would kill them. He would be in an inebriated state and/or intoxicated with drugs and would hallucinate. In June 2017, he molested two girls in a crowded place and when a constable tried to intervene, Khan hit him on the head and injured him.

The police has recovered a box from Khan’s room which has a diary and two toy guns. In the diary, he has drawn a sketch of his wife with tears in her eyes and he has drawn his own image with the caption ‘Sikandar mauk ka kehar’.

Karnataka: Jolt to Congress-JDS coalition as another independent MLA resigns, Congress ministers may quit too

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Karnataka: Jolt to Congress-JDS coalition as another independent MLA resigns, Congress ministers may quit too

There seems to be no end to the political drama in Karnataka as fresh reports claim that Congress ministers in the Congress-JDS coalition government may resign to accommodate rebel MLAs.

Reportedly, Bangalore Rural MP and senior Congress leader DK Suresh speaking to media said that all Congress ministers are set to resign from the coalition amidst speculations that a new government may be formed after the resignation of 14 Congress-JDS MLAs.

Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara has called for a breakfast meeting among all Congress ministers in the Karnataka government and there is a possibility that some of them may be asked to step down to make way for some or all of the dissenting MLAs to get ministerial berths. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is also scheduled to attend the breakfast meeting which is being held at Parameshwara’s residence.

Meanwhile, independent MLA Nagesh, who was made a minister in the Congress-JDS government recently has also submitted his resignation letter to Governor Vajubhai Vala today. In his letter, Nagesh has claimed that he wishes to withdraw the support he had given to the HD Kumaraswamy government.

On Saturday, the Congress-JDS coalition was pushed to the edge after 13 Congress and JD(S) MLAs submitted their resignations to bring its number to 105, on par with the BJP, in the 224-member Assembly.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who had gone to the United States on a personal visit had to rush back after a series of resignation threatened the existence of his government. HD Kumaraswamy returned back to Bangalore on Sunday and held a series of meetings with leaders of his party JD(S) and its ally Congress in a bid to rescue the coalition government.

Aligarh: Muslim woman allegedly assaulted and asked to vacate home by landlord Sultan and family after she joined BJP

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Aligarh: Muslim woman allegedly assaulted and asked to vacate home by landlord Sultan and family after she joined BJP

In a shocking incident, a Muslim woman belonging to Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh has been allegedly asked to vacate the house by her landlord after she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, reports ANI.

According to the reports, the victim, a woman named Gulistana has claimed that her landlord also misbehaved with her before asking to vacate the place. The incident occurred in the ADA colony, Delhigate, Aligarh.

“I joined the BJP recently. When my landlord came to know of it she misbehaved with me and asked me to vacate immediately,” said Gulistana.

As per local reports, Gulistana had joined the BJP on July 6 in the presence of Mahavirganj BJP Mahila Morcha leader Ruby Asif Khan. Following which, local newspapers had published a photo of the event.

Gulistana’s landlord Sultan had allegedly confronted Gulistana and had asked her to vacate the house after he saw her photo in the local papers. As per Gulistana’s complaint, Sultan’s wife Medina and son Salman had also physically assaulted her when she refused to vacate the house.

Akash Kulhary, Senior Superintendent of Police of Aligarh said that a case has been registered in the matter.

“Prima facie it appears that the mother of the landlord had demanded Rs 4,000 from Gulistana for an electricity bill, following which they had an argument over Gulistana joining a political party. Case registered under relevant sections” said police officer Kulhary.

Tamil Nadu: Boyfriend Amanullah arrested along with 8 others for luring 16-year-old into relationship then gang-raping her for 2 years

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Tamil Nadu: Boyfriend Amanullah arrested along with 8 others for luring 16-year-old into relationship then gang-raping her for 2 years

Nine persons have been arrested by an all-women police team on Friday for the alleged rape a 16-year old minor girl on the outskirts of Pollachi in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, reports Times of India.

According to the reports, the Pollachi police have arrested nine accused – A Amanullah, Mohammed Ashif, A Mohammed Rafiq, J Syed Ibrahim, A Mohammed Ali, K David alias Senthilkumar, Irshad Basha, S Mohammed Khan and N Arun Nehru for allegedly raping a Class 10 minor girl for over two years. The incident came to light after the girl went missing on Thursday.

The horrific incident occurred when the minor girl had visited her boyfriend Amanullah’s residence. According to police sources, the gang rape took place at her boyfriend’s place, where she had gone to meet him.

The police said that the prime accused Amanullah lured her into a relationship and later he and his friends raped her. Amanullah had threatened her with dire consequences if she disclosed anything.

The victim girl informed the police that she was sexually assaulted by nine places for over two years. The police said that one person named Prabhu has been absconding since the incident.

“On Thursday, Amanullah picked her up from the village and raped her along with his friend Bagavathi. When she requested them to drop her at her home, the duo refused and invited their friend Prabhu to rape her. Her relatives came to know about the incident when she returned on Friday. They approached the Pollachi all-women police,” the officer said.

The accused have been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and section 366 (A) of IPC for the gang rape of the class 10 student, said police at the Pollachi all women’s police station.

TikTok ‘celebrities’ instigate further hatred in name of Tabrez Ansari, propagate revenge over his death

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TikTok ‘celebrities’ instigate further hatred in name of Tabrez Ansari, propagate revenge over his death

TikTok, the video-sharing app, most of which are voice-overs of film dialogues and songs, has emerged as one of the most influential social networking apps. If you see some of the videos, you’d know how the reach of the Chinese app is so far and wide that even someone from a remote village in India could become a popular content creator.

Amidst this, a disturbing trend is emerging on TikTok. Recently, a popular TikTok ‘influencer’, Hasnain Khan, shared a video. In the shocking video, Khan is seen with four other ‘influencer’ friends of his saying, “you may have killed that innocent Tabrez Ansari, but tomorrow if his son takes revenge, do not say that all Muslims are terrorists.”


Khan seems to have deleted his video from his TikTok account.

TikTok influencer Hasnain Khan’s profile

Khan has 12.6 million followers. His videos are viewed by millions every day and hence, the reach of his video calling for revenge for Tabrez Ansari’s death cannot be passed off lightly. In a day when a WhatsApp rumour almost led to riots in the heart of national capital, the power of social media influencers cannot be downplayed.

22-year-old Tabrez Ansari was brutally beaten up by a mob in Jharkhand on 18th June on accusations of theft. Four days later, he died in police custody.

TikTok influencer Hasnain Khan with actor Ajaz Khan

Most of Khan’s videos are film dialogues and songs and it appears as if he is quite a film buff. In one of the videos, he is seen with actor Ajaz Khan, who had said he would choose Quran over the Constitution and was recently arrested for possession of drugs.

The other men in the group had also shared same Tabrez Ansari’s revenge video on their respective profiles.


However, these videos are now deleted.

Popular TikTok influencer with Hrithik Roshan

One of the users, ‘Mr Faisu’, had shared a video with Hrithik Roshan where he was invited during a promotional event for his upcoming film Super 30.

Popular TikTok influencer with 24 million followers

He has over 24 million followers on TikTok. The call for violence and to avenge Tabrez’s death went to 24 million people at one go.

Popular TikTok user with 7.2 million followers

Another TikTok user with over 7 million followers had shared the video to justify ‘revenge’ for Tabrez’s death.

These group of TikTok ‘influencers’ regularly meet up filmstars, who use these influencers to help promote and market their films.

TikTok influencers with Varun Dhavan (image: @satya_tweets__)
TikTok influencer with Ranveer Singh (image: @satya_tweets__)
TikTok influencer with Anil Kapoor (image: @satya_tweets__)

TikTok has been in news for bizarre reasons. A woman had committed suicide after her husband scolded her for spending too much time on TikTok. A woman was reunited with her estranged husband after 3 years after she found him on TikTok.

There has been a lot of politics over Tabrez’s death. However, the new trend of call for violence and justification of the same is quite disturbing.

Poster urging Rahul Gandhi to give Jyotiraditya Scindia ‘national leadership’ seen outside Bhopal Congress office

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Poster urging Rahul Gandhi to give Jyotiraditya Scindia ‘national leadership’ seen outside Bhopal Congress office

This monsoon, it is raining resignations in Congress party. After Rahul Gandhi’s resignation drama, there have been mass resignations of many other office bearers. Most recently, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Milind Deora had resigned from their respective posts too.

Amidst all this, a poster appealing Rahul Gandhi to give Jyotiraditya Scindia ‘national leadership’ was reportedly seen outside the office of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee in Bhopal.


The poster, apparently on behalf of ‘all Congress workers in MPCC’ appeals to Rahul Gandhi that their leader Jyotiraditya Scindia should be given ‘national leadership’ role as per his working style.

Scindia had announced yesterday that taking responsibility for the party’s defeat in the general elections, he has submitted his resignation from the post of general secretary to party president Rahul Gandhi.

The drama for the Congress president post has been ongoing for over a month in the party. After Rahul Gandhi declared that he is resigning as party chief, there have reportedly been divided opinions within the party on who shall succeed him. While a faction of leaders wants a Gandhi family loyalist old guard at the post, there is another faction which supports young blood.

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