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Hyderabad: Gulam Mustafa and Abdul Fazil arrested by police for assaulting Doctor

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Hyderabad: Gulam Mustafa and Abdul Fazil arrested by police for assaulting Doctor

Two Muslim men, named Gulam Mustafa and Abdul Fazil, have been arrested in connection with the assault on a doctor on the 28th of December in Hyderabad.

Dr Michael Aranha, who runs a clinic in Himayathnagar, was admitted to a hospital with serious injuries to his head and chest. The assault on the Doctor had allegedly cracked four of his ribs and damaged his lungs.

Dr Uday Prakash, director of Udai Omni Hospital where Dr Aranha is admitted, told TOI, “He was in agony when brought in and could barely breathe. He had suffered pneumothorax (multiple rib fractures) and is currently recovering from it. He is stable now but could have been much worse, if there was any further delay in medical attention. His lungs were punctured by the broken ribs and the air had collected outside of them.”

The accused alleged that the attack was motivated by misbehaviour with a woman who happens to be the wife of one of the accused. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) P Vishwa Prasad said, “After an investigation, we found that a woman had gone with a child for a check-up and had an altercation with the doctor. She was apparently angry that the doctor made her wait for long. After leaving the clinic she called her husband, who arrived with an accomplice and assaulted the doctor. The motive for the offence is alleged insult of the woman.”

Apparently, the woman has lodged a complaint against the Doctor and a case has been registered against the victim of the attack as well. “We have registered a case under IPC Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) against Dr Aranha. Further investigation is underway,” said Prasad. However, speaking to TOI, Prasad said that the allegations against the Doctor were not coherent. Dr Sanjeev Singh, secretary of the Indian Medical Association, Telangana, also maintained that the accused were levelling false accusations against the Doctor to justify their assault.

Meanwhile, the Indian Association of Paediatrics (IAP), Twin Cities has said that private clinics, nursing homes and a few corporate hospitals have shut down outpatient services for paediatric cases for 24 hours in the State capital. It also condemned the assault on the Doctor.

Third debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh, this time in JM Scindia’s constituency

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Third debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh, this time in JM Scindia’s constituency

The false promise of loan-waiver by the Congress party seems to have taken yet another life of a farmer in Madhya Pradesh, as a debt-ridden farmer belonging to Guna district of Madhya Pradesh has ended his life on Monday by consuming insecticide.

According to the reports, Nagji Bheel of Mandikheda village had taken a loan of Rs 40,000 and was asked to repay Rs 70,000 to get his mortgaged land back. The family of the deceased said that he consumed the poison after failing to repay the farm loan.

Bhaskar Lakshkar, District Collector has ordered an investigation probe and said that the district administration has provided a sum of Rs.15,000 as a relief to Bheel’s family. Jyotiraditya Scindia, MP from Guna has asked the DC to visit the farmer’s family and provide necessary support. The senior Congress leader also requested farmers to avail loans only from authorised banks.

This is the third incident of farmers committing suicide in the state of Madhya Pradesh as earlier two farmers had ended their lives after the newly elected Congress government headed by Kamal Nath failed to clear their farm loans. A farmer belonging to Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh who had taken a loan of Rs.3 lakh for the agricultural purpose had committed suicide after he found that he was ‘ineligible’ for loan waive off.

Prem Narayan Raghuvanshi, a 65-year-old farmer committed suicide after getting calls from the bank regarding repayment of loans and had said Raghuvanshi that they are yet to receive instructions to waive-off his loans. Depressed, he consumed poison and committed suicide.

The Congress soon after assuming power in Madhya Pradesh had set in new conditions to waive-off farms loans contrary to its earlier promise of unconditional loan waiver. It brought in new conditions stating that anybody who had taken the loan after March 31st 2018 would not be eligible, as per the new government’s order.

One of the new conditions set up by the Kamal Nath government to sanction the so-called farmer loan waiver in Madhya Pradesh is an upper ceiling of Rs 2 lakh as the maximum amount up to which a farmer can have his loan waived off.

Addition to this, the Congress governments in both Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are facing severe outrage from the farmers within weeks of their government formation, as both governments in the respective states had created a crisis by mismanaging the supply of urea.

Rahul Gandhi led Congress which came to power in various states promising several sops of loan waivers, high MSP to the farmers seems to have started on a very bad note. The Congress-JDS government in Karnataka has completely failed in waiving off farm loans which have resulted in two deaths of the farmers, while many farmers have also received repayment notices from the banks.

Bulandshahr: Man who allegedly attacked slain Inspector Subodh with an axe arrested

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Bulandshahr: Man who allegedly attacked slain Inspector Subodh with an axe arrested

Following the arrest of Prashant Natt, the man accused of killing Inspector Subodh Singh in the Bulandshahr violence that took place in December last year, the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested one more youth, Kalua, who allegedly attacked Inspector Singh with an axe. An axe has been recovered from him and Kalua will be produced in the court later today.

According to the Police, during the interrogation, it was revealed that the person who attacked Inspector Singh was Kalua. Police expects to arrest other accused shortly. According to reports, Kalua was arrested from a far-flung village in Bulandshar after the Police received information of his presence there.

Some reports suspect a larger political conspiracy in the Bulandshahr cow slaughter case, which led to the violence on 3rd December. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, too, had called the violence a political conspiracy hatched by those who had lost their political grounds.

Earlier, it was widely reported that Yogesh Raj, a local Bajrang Dal leader was the prime accused in the death of Inspector Subodh following the violence on December 3. However, police officer Kumar said that while Yogesh had a role in instigating the crowd and creating chaos in the police station, he is not a suspect in the inspector’s killing that occurred later.

The investigation conducted by the UP police has so far revealed that the death of Sumit triggered the killing of inspector Subodh Kumar and Sumit later succumbed to his injuries. Three to four people, including Natt, are suspected to have been near the police jeep when the inspector was shot dead. Kalua is accused of attacking Inspector Singh with an axe.

On December 3rd, violence broke out in Bulandshahr after carcasses of cows were found in a field in Mahav village near Chingravati, Bulandshahr. Protesters had gathered outside a police station claiming that they had discovered carcasses of cows in their locality. Angered with police inaction even after repeated complaints, they clashed with the police. The protest turned violent where the police inspector Subodh Singh accidentally shot Sumit, a 17-year-old boy. Inspector Singh too died by a bullet. Investigation is currently underway to identify the culprits.

After housing four LPG terminals, Gujarat to get country’s first CNG terminal

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After housing four LPG terminals, Gujarat to get country’s first CNG terminal

After being the first to house LPG terminals, Gujarat is now set to sign a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) for building country’s first CNG terminal as well, reports The Indian Express. This MOU is one amongst the 100 MOUs which are slated to be signed by the port department in the upcoming Vibrant summit 2019 to be held in Gujarat.

Mukesh Kumar, Vice-Chairman and MD of Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) said on Monday that Foresight Group Services Limited FZCO, which is based out of London, has been shortlisted to set up the terminal. They have been asked to conduct a feasibility test. The company would be exploring the coastal areas in and around Bhavnagar district before taking up the contract.

“There is a cross-country pipeline for CNG near Bhavnagar. They also have a long-term agreement with Iran for their international operations for CNG,” Kumar said, adding that the cross-country CNG pipeline is about 12 km from the Bhavnagar port.

The state currently houses three LPG (Liquified Natural Gas) terminals at Dahej, Hazira and Mundra, while another one at Chhara port, is under construction.

Leading India in its effort to become a natural gas based economy, Gujarat was on its way to becoming the first state to get 100 per cent pipe gas coverage as well.

Apart from this, Kumar listed a few other investments which were slated to happen during the summit.

The development of an offshore, captive crude import facility of the Mandvi coast in Kutch district by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd, the development of a cruise terminal for operating cruise liners off the coast of Diu, Dwarka, Veraval and Porbandar and an agreement for a command and control system at Kandla for oil spill response on the coast of Gujarat by Oil Spill Combat Team LLP were amongst the many things which were planned to be discussed during the summit.

BJP plans a 100-feet statue of Dalit icon Uda Devi who fought against the British in 1857

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BJP plans a 100-feet statue of Dalit icon Uda Devi who fought against the British in 1857

The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced the construction of a 100-feet tall statue in Uttar Pradesh of Uda Devi, a Dalit freedom fighter, who fought in the Indian War for Independence in 1857. A park and a memorial dedicated to the Pasi icon is also being planned.

The BJP secured the support of the Pasi community in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and the 2017 Assembly Election in the state. The BJP has 6 MPs and 23 MLAs from the community.

MP from Mohanlalganj, Kaushal Kishore, while addressing a meeting of social representatives of the party’s Scheduled Caste Morcha, urged the Pasi community to donate iron for the construction of the statue of the Dalit icon.

“The entire Pasi community was categorized as a criminal by the British. Since then the community fought against them,” he said. “We will search for the land in Lucknow for installing a 100-foot tall statue of Uda Devi. We will also reach out to the state government to expedite the process,” he added.

The story of her martyrdom goes that she approached Begum Hazrat Mahal, the Queen of Awadh, to enlist for war against the British East India Company on seeing the anger of the people against them. The Queen helped her form a women’s battalion under her command. Her husband was also a soldier in the Queen’s Army. When news of her husband’s martyrdom reached her ears, she vowed to avenge his death.

And so it happened that during the Battle in Sikandar Bagh in November 1857, after issuing instructions to her battalion, she climbed a tree and started shooting at the advancing British troops. After a moment of bewilderment, the Brits noticed that the bullet wounds had a downward trajectory indicating that there was a sniper around who was killing their men.

The troops were then ordered to shoot at the trees and at least one of the bullets found their intended target. Uda Devi dropped to the ground, lifeless. But not before she had brought down 32 British soldiers, all on her own. The British discovered that the sniper was a woman only after they killed her. It is believed that even the Brits bowed their heads over her dead body in recognition of her valour and astonishing feat.

William Forbes-Mitchell, in Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny, writes of Uda Devi: “She was armed with a pair of heavy old-pattern cavalry pistols, one of which was in her belt still loaded, and her pouch was still about half full of ammunition, while from her perch in the tree, which had been carefully prepared before the attack, she had killed more than half-a-dozen men.”

The anniversary of Uda Devi’s martyrdom is still celebrated every year on the 16th of November by members of the Pasi community.

Harassment of Indian diplomats continues in Pakistan, India sends written complaint

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Harassment of Indian diplomats continues in Pakistan, India sends written complaint

Indian diplomats in Islamabad continue to be at the receiving end of harassment by Pakistani authorities, even as both countries have agreed to adhere to the Vienna Convention’s rules laid for safeguarding diplomats’ interests.

According to reports, India has again sent a note verbale, an official diplomatic communication, to Foreign Ministry of Pakistan pertaining to reports of a planned power cut at an Indian diplomat’s residence in Islamabad. India has already raised concerns over diplomats being harassed last month. However, on 25th December, the second secretary’s residence in Islamabad has again been subject to deliberate power cut by for four hours by Pakistani authorities.

This is the peak winter season in Islamabad, which experiences harsh cold waves and deliberate power cuts at the diplomat’s residence was strongly objected to by the Indian officials.

“Such incidents cause a lot of inconvenience to the family members (including kids) of the officers,” The written complaint said. It also said that there should no scope of similar incidents in future, and Authorities should make sure the interest of diplomats are taken care off.

The note verbale also reportedly mentioned that the house had no electrical fault and no other home in the locality suffered power cut.

The incident is not an isolated one and is a continuation of the harassment that is faced by the High Commission of India at Islamabad. Officials had a tough time, settling at New High Commision residence, as Authorities turned a blind eye towards complaints of gas and telecom connections being cut. Officials have also reported that they are being harassed deliberately as their internet connections are being blocked are not being issued and even electricity supply is being cut off. Many diplomats have also alleged that guests visiting them are being harassed too.

In November last year, India had slammed Pakistan for denying access to Indian diplomats in Gurudwaras, on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Officials had to return without meeting pilgrims from India, despite possessing priorly obtained permission from the Pakistan Foreign Ministry.

Chhattisgarh: Son of a Congress leader accused of raping and threatening a Class 11 minor girl

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Chhattisgarh: Son of a Congress leader accused of raping and threatening a Class 11 minor girl

In a horrific incident, the son of a Chhattisgarh Congress leader and his two friends have allegedly raped a Class-11 minor girl and also threatened the family of the victim, reported Dainik Bhaskar on 26th December 2018.

According to the reports, the incident occurred on November 22 in Sayar village, Ambikapur of Chhattisgarh when a minor girl studying in Class 11 was kidnapped and allegedly raped by three youth, out of which, one was the son of a local Congress leader. The parents of the victim decided to lodge a complaint against those three youth for raping their daughter but shockingly their complaint was not registered by the Kedma police.

Meanwhile, the rape accused began to threaten the victim’s family for attempting to register a complaint against them. As their attempts to register a complaint against the accused failed, the victim attempted suicide at her residence by consuming pesticide. Later, the girl was admitted to the hospital with the help of villagers.

Reportedly, both the victim and two of the accused were studying at the same college. The father of the victim said that his daughter went missing after this incident on November 22 and the family could not trace as they failed to make any contact with her. Later, the girl called her father and informed about the incident. The father of the victim then went to the Kedma police station but their complaint was not registered.

The Kedma police officials had reportedly demanded a bribe of Rs.30,000 from the victim’s family to register a case. The victim’s father approached a BJP leader, who in turn asked the ASP to issue orders to Kedma police station against accepting the bribe. Even though the police stopped demanding the bribe, they did not register any complaint.

Later, the accused began to threaten the girl’s family after they tried to register an FIR against them. Soon, the father went a step ahead to register a complaint in ‘Women cell’, who has now dispatched a team to the hospital to record the statements of the victim.

Reportedly, Chhattisgarh Minister TS Singh Deo issued directions to local Congress leadership to raise the issue with IGP Himanshu Gupta. He further ordered the police officials to investigate the matter soon and initiate action against the rape accused.

Second consecutive rate cut: LPG cylinder price cut by Rs 120.50 for unsubsidised consumers, Rs 5.91 for subsidised

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Second consecutive rate cut: LPG cylinder price cut by Rs 120.50 for unsubsidised consumers, Rs 5.91 for subsidised

Reduced LPG prices in the international market and strengthening of the US dollar and Indian Rupee exchange rate has led to the reduction in LPG cylinders for domestic consumers in Delhi. The cylinder price has been reduced by Rs 120.50 for unsubsidised consumers and by Rs 5.91 for subsidised consumers.

This is the second straight monthly reduction in the LPG rate. On 1st December, subsidised LPG price was cut by Rs 6.52 per bottle after six consecutive monthly price hikes which amounted to Rs 14.13.

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India’s largest fuel retailer, in a statement issued last night said that the LPG cylinder will cost Rs 494.99 in Delhi from midnight as against Rs 500.90. The non-subsidised or market-priced LPG cylinder rates have been cut by Rs 120.50 per cylinder and will cost Rs 689 owing to the fall in the LPG in the international market and strengthening of the US dollar – Indian Rupee exchange rate. On 1st December, the price of unsubsidised LPG was cut by Rs 133 per bottle.

The subsidy amount, which gets credited directly in the bank accounts of the consumers, depends largely on the average international LPG and foreign exchange rate.

As per tax rules, the GST on LPG has to be calculated at the market rate of the fuel and hence, while the price of the LPG may get subsidised, the taxation on the same needs to be paid. The fall in the market price will lead to lower tax incidence which has eventually brought down the prices. This also brings down the subsidy amount.

Attack on Sabarimala traditions: Kerala church extends support to communist government’s ‘Women’s Wall’

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Attack on Sabarimala traditions: Kerala church extends support to communist government’s ‘Women’s Wall’

Amidst the wrath faced by the Communist government in Kerala from several opposition leaders over its decision to organise the ‘Vanitha Mathil’ or the ‘Women’s Wall’, on the New year’s day, Jacobite Syrian Church, a prominent Christian church in Kerala on Sunday was seen extending its support to the Kerala Government for the same.

Women’s Wall was something which was planned by the CPM government to protest against those opposing women’s entry into the Sabarimala temple.

The Jacobite Syrian Church’s decision came when literally all Hindu organisations including Pulaya Mahasabha led by Shri Neelakandan Master, NSS, Yogakshema Sabha have stood up against the ‘divisive wall’ sponsored by the CPM Government against the Sabarimala temple traditions.

Political parties like BJP and BDJS who are leading the protests against the anti-Hindu stance taken by the CPM government and also against Kerala police’ brutality on the Ayyappa devotees, and other major non-Communist parties, including Congress, have shown resentment against the divisive agenda of the CPM and its allies.

The predictions of many analysts over the row in Sabarimala calling it a clear agenda of communal polarisation, the plot devised over the years by several missionaries in Kerala to destroy Sabarimala traditions, now fall in place as the Jacobite Syrian Church, which is known for its conversion activities, has declared open support to women entering the temple.

The Jacobite Church intends to gather 1 Lakh women for the protest against Sabarimala which is nothing but an orchestrated act against Hindus.

According to Jacobite Church’s former official spokesperson Fr Varghese Kallappara, the Jacobite Church has asked its followers to take part in the Women’s Wall. “We hope nearly one lakh Jacobite women will take part in the Women’s Wall. It is the policy of Jacobite Church to lend support to those who help us in crisis. That’s why we’ve taken a stance in favour of the LDF Government on the Women’s Wall’s issue,” he said.

Reports suggest that Jacobite support for the Women Wall is not because it genuinely is in favour of gender equality but actually it is a quid pro quo to the communist government’s favourable intervention against the Malankara Orthodox Church over the Supreme court’s status quo orders, in the Piravom church issue and not its commitment to gender equality.

Various missionaries in Kerala have targeted Sabarimala over the years as it has always stood tall, in the way of these partisans, as a sentinel of Hindu beliefs, over the last decades where Kerala has seen massive conversion activities.

Continuous efforts have been made to destroy the temple and the traditions which are the biggest hurdle for missionary conversion in that area. This is clearly the reason why people who do not even believe in Hindu religion are making an attempt to enter Sabarimala.

Ironically, the Hindus are fine with the age-old traditions followed by the temple but it is only those people who all their life have maligned and mocked Hindu religion are the ones who now stand in support of the Supreme court verdict.

Initially, women like Rehana Fatima and Mary Sweety, who are known for being sponsored by some missionaries, tried to enter the temple. Later, 20 women lead by Selvi Mano attempted to enter the temple. These 20 women were from an NGO called Manithi which is in Tamil Nadu and works for Christian Missionary organisations.

The communist government’s agenda to hurt Hindu traditions was further exposed when non-Hindu activists, who were not devotees of Sabarimala temple, were escorted by the state police to visit the temple.

And now with Jacobite Syrian Church which is an Oriental Orthodox Church based in Kerala, extending its support to the Kerala government’s erratic decision, the unpleasant tactics these institutions are outlining against the Hindus lay in the open.

Karnataka: Amidst the rumours of meeting Amit Shah, Congress strongman Ramesh Jarkiholi remains incommunicado

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Karnataka: Amidst the rumours of meeting Amit Shah, Congress strongman Ramesh Jarkiholi remains incommunicado

After being axed from the cabinet, Senior Congress leader Ramesh Jarkiholi appears to be giving a hard time for the leaders of the Congress-JDS coalition, as the Congress strongman has kept himself isolated from the party leaders amidst the rumours of him joining the BJP.

Ramesh Jarkiholi, who was disgruntled after being dropped from the HD Kumaraswamy led cabinet last week, has reportedly met BJP President Amit Shah stoking fears in the Congress-JDS camp. Ramesh Jarkiholi reportedly has met senior leaders BJP leaders on Saturday night and he has assured the BJP leaders of bringing at least 12-14 MLAs required from the ruling coalition to bring down the H.D. Kumaraswamy government.

According to the reports, BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa had extended his stay in New Delhi which has led to speculation of BSY arranging a meeting between Ramesh and BJP president Amit Shah to discuss the possible formation of BJP government in the state. It is also being reported that Ramesh Jarkiholi may join the party and contest the Lok Sabha polls on a BJP ticket.

Jarkiholi brothers, who belong to Valmiki community belong to one of the strongest political families of the state. Three out of five brothers are elected MLAs from different political parties and carries huge political clout across the state with a guaranteed cabinet post for one of the brothers. The Jarkiholi brothers representing Belagavi district are considered to be the kingmakers in the state politics because of their ability to control various other leaders of the North Karnataka. Belagavi itself has 18 seats, second next to Bengaluru and over the years Jarkiholi family have patronised many leaders belonging to Belagavi and surrounding areas making them the most influential in the state politics.

Apart from this, the Congress-JDS coalition government has been facing heat from Dalit groups after it removed Deputy CM Parameshwar from Home Ministry to appoint MB Patil, a Lingayat as the new Home Minister. CM HD Kumaraswamy has been battling severe criticism over his failure to implement loan waiver promised before the polls, which has already consumed two lives in the state.

Meanwhile, senior Congress leaders like Ramalinga Reddy has been disenchanted with the coalition government after he was not included in the cabinet. Amidst all these events, the Chief Minister of Karnataka has left the country to enjoy his vacation in Singapore on the occasion of New Year. It has created a lot of anger in the public as CM Kumaraswamy has left the state to enjoy a holiday at a time when the state is suffering from severe drought.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has also been facing the wrath of the public after he had ordered for an ‘encounter‘ of the accused involved in the murder of a Janata Dal-Secular(JDS) party worker. A complaint has also been registered by an activist against the Chief Minister for ordering to ‘mercilessly kill’ an accused.

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