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Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan starts 11-day ‘Prayaschitta Diksha’ as penance for use of animal fat in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam

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Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan starts 11-day ‘Prayaschitta Diksha’ as penance for use of animal fat in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday started 11 days ‘Prayaschitta Diksha’ at Sri Dasavatara Venkateswara Swamy Temple, in Guntur as penance for the alleged use of ‘animal fat’ in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupati.

In a post on X, Pawan Kalyan announced that he will fast for 11 days to seek forgiveness from lord Balaji.

“I am deeply hurt on a personal level by the malicious attempts made to infuse impurity in the prasad of Sri Tirupati Balaji Dham, the center of our culture, faith, belief and devotion, and to tell you the truth, I feel cheated from within. Right now, I am taking a vow to seek forgiveness from the Lord and am taking a vow to fast for eleven days. In the latter part of the eleven-day Atonement Initiation, on October 1 and 2, I will go to Tirupati and have a personal darshan of the Lord and beg for forgiveness and then my Atonement Initiation will be completed in front of the Lord,” Pawan Kalyan tweeted on X.

Janasena Party leader said that he was shocked after he came to know about the alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam, adding that he feels guilty for not being able to find out in the beginning the sin committed by the previous government.

“Tirumala Laddu Prasadam, which is considered to be sacred, has become impure as a result of the depraved tendencies of the past rulers. Not being able to detect this sin in the beginning is a stain on the Hindu race. The moment I came to know that the laddu prasadam contained animal remains, I was shocked. Feeling guilty. As I am fighting for the welfare of the people, it hurts me that such trouble did not come to my attention in the beginning,” Kalyan wrote on X.

Earlier, Telangana Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) demanded strict action into the matter.

Speaking to ANI, VHP Vice President Ram Singh, said, “Vishwa Hindu Parishad is demanding that everyone involved in this should get immediately arrested and punished. If the government does not do that, then the Hindu organisations like Bjarang Dal, Sangh Parivar and the devotees of Balaji should take action.”

Ram Singh alleged that the people involved in the alleged usage of Ghee, containing animal fat, did it for ‘business’.

The row comes days after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed that substandard ingredients, including animal fat, were used in the preparation of Tirupati laddus, a sweet offered at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, during the previous Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) government.

Reacting to the allegations, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged on Friday that the Telegu Desam Party (TDP) is “politicising religious matters.”

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Adopt Islam, leave your wife and marry someone else: Maulvi robbed a Hindu couple in Ghaziabad and tried to convert them in the name of ‘exorcism’, arrested

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Adopt Islam, leave your wife and marry someone else: Maulvi robbed a Hindu couple in Ghaziabad and tried to convert them in the name of ‘exorcism’, arrested

A case of conspiracy to convert under the guise of exorcism has come to light from Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh. A Hindu woman has filed a complaint accusing the Maulvi of instigating her ailing husband not only to convert to Islam, but also for second marriage. The name of the accused Maulvi is Abdul Rehman. As per evidence, the victim has also presented the call recording of the Maulvi. On Thursday (19th September 2024), the police registered a case and arrested Abdul Rehman.

The incident is from Wave City police station area of ​​Ghaziabad district. Here, on Thursday, a Hindu woman lodged a complaint with the police. In the complaint, the victim said that the mental condition of her husband Shreesh Ojha was not good for a long time. After cheating him, Maulvi Abdul Rehman withdrew money from his account. After this, the Maulvi also sold Shreesh Ojha’s car. Abdul Rehman also got the money from the transaction transferred to his account.

The police subsequently registered a case and started investigation. Investigation revealed that Maulvi Abdul Rehman used to do exorcism and sell some medicines. By spreading superstition, he was trying to convert Hindus and extract money from them. Meanwhile, Shreesh Ojha and his wife came to him for treatment. Shreesh Ojha is the owner of an engineering consultancy firm named SS Associates. He makes maps of houses and buildings.

Shreesh Ojha’s wife has kidney problems. She is being treated through dialysis for a long time. His wife was not getting any benefit from this treatment, due to which Shreesh was very stressed. Maulvi Abdul Rehman took advantage of this problem of Shreesh. He claimed that Shreesh’s wife would be cured by exorcism. By deceiving the victim, the Maulvi extorted about Rs 7 lakh from Shreesh in the name of spiritual treatment in just 4-5 months.

Shreesh Ojha had already spent a lot of money on his wife’s treatment. To pay the Maulvi, he started selling his assets, including his car. After a few days, Maulvi Abdul Rehman started forcing the victim to sell his house as well. Meanwhile, the Maulvi also started instigating Shreesh to accept Islam. He used to say that this method is an easy way to get rid of all diseases. To succeed in his plans, the Maulvi started instigating Shreesh against his wife.

It is alleged that Abdul Rehman used to tell Shreesh that his wife is characterless. He was inciting the victim to leave his wife and children and convert to Islam. Abdul Rehman was also luring Shreesh to go for a second marriage. Meanwhile, seeing the condition of the troubled husband, Shreesh’s wife started keeping an eye on him. This vigilance worked and Shreesh’s wife got the audio recording of the Maulvi. She got enraged by the talks like accepting Islam and the talks of a second marriage.

Finally, the victim gave a complaint to the police and accused Maulvi Abdul Rehman of usurping her money and many other charges. The police have arrested Maulvi Abdul Rehman. Action has been taken against him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. On Friday (20 September 2024), the police arrested Maulvi Abdul Rehman. He is originally a resident of Bulandshahr. Currently, 58-year-old Maulvi Abdul Rehman lived in Dhaulana in Hapur district. Investigation and other necessary legal action is being taken in the matter.

US returns 297 artefacts stolen from India, Modi govt recovers 640 antiquities in last 10 years as part of cultural preservation

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US returns 297 artefacts stolen from India, Modi govt recovers 640 antiquities in last 10 years as part of cultural preservation

In a major boost to the Modi government’s initiative to preserve history and culture, the United States returned 297 stolen artefacts to India.

The development was confirmed on Saturday (21st September) by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) during PM Modi’s visit to the North American country.

“On the occasion of the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to the United States, the US side facilitated the return of 297 antiquities that had been stolen or trafficked from India. These will shortly be repatriated to India,” it stated.

As part of the symbolic handing over of the trafficked antiquities, a few select pieces were put on display for US President Joe Biden and the Indian Prime Minister.

In a tweet, PM Modi stated, “Deepening cultural connect and strengthening the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural properties. I am extremely grateful to President Biden and the US Government for ensuring the return of 297 invaluable antiquities to India.”

The artefacts, mostly made of terracotta, are almost from 4000 years (2000 BC to 1900 AD) ago. Some of the antiquities are however made of ivory, wood, metal and stone.

The notable ones include Apsara in sandstone, Jain Tirthankar in bronze, Lord Ganesh in bronze, Standing Lord Buddha in sandstone, Lord Vishnu in Bronze, Anthropomorphic figure in copper, Lord Krishna in bronze, Lord Karthikeya in granite.

In July 2024, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Archaeological Survey of India signed a Cultural Property Agreement to enhance cooperation in protecting cultural heritage.

The United States has returned a whopping 578 cultural artefacts to India in the past 8 years (10 in 2016, 157 in 2021, 105 in 2023). The total number of stolen antiquities recovered since 2014 now stands at 640.

Shraddha Walker 2.0? Woman found murdered in Bengaluru, dead body chopped into pieces and stuffed in refrigerator

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Shraddha Walker 2.0? Woman found murdered in Bengaluru, dead body chopped into pieces and stuffed in refrigerator

On Saturday (21st September), the dead body of a brutally murdered woman was discovered at her residence in the Vyalikaval locality of Bengaluru. The deceased was identified as Mahalakshmi (29).

Her body was chopped into pieces (estimated to be between 20 and 40) and stored inside a 165-litre refrigerator. It is suspected that Mahalakshmi was killed 15 days ago.

Her phone had been switched off since 2nd September this year. The matter came to light when the victim’s neighbours complained of a foul smell.

The police were called in and the surrounding area was cordoned off. The cops recovered the maggot-infested body parts and began a probe into the matter. They also took the help of forensic experts and the dog squad.

Mahalakshmi stayed alone in Bengaluru after she separated from her husband, Hemant Das, earlier this year. She was a native of Nepal.

The victim has a 4-year-old daughter, who lives with her ex-husband. On learning about the matter, Hemant Das also reached the crime spot. He reportedly used to come to Mahalakshmi’s house with their child every fortnight.

While speaking about the disturbing incident, the police informed, “Mahalakshmi’s phone had been switched off since September 2. As she was not reachable, her mother and sister were worried and came to the house.”

“When we opened the door, we could see maggots crawling on the floor and the entire floor sticky with the victim’s blood that had dripped from the refrigerator’s door. Legs were cut and placed on top of the refrigerator, while remaining body parts were placed on the middle shelves. The head was placed at the bottom of the refrigerator,” they added.

The present case is reminiscent of the murder of a 27-year-old woman named Shraddha Walker by her live-in-partner Aftab Amin Poonawalla. He had strangled the victim to death on 18th May 2022 and then chopped her body into 35 pieces.

Over a span of several days, Aftab disposed of her body parts at 18 different locations in the National Capital. The gory details and severity of his heinous crime have sent shockwaves across the country. He was arrested in November of that year.

Propagandist YouTuber Dhruv Rathee summoned by Delhi court in defamation case filed by BJP volunteer, Arvind Kejriwal had agreed to apologise for sharing the same video

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Propagandist YouTuber Dhruv Rathee summoned by Delhi court in defamation case filed by BJP volunteer, Arvind Kejriwal had agreed to apologise for sharing the same video

Pro-AAP propaganda YouTuber Dhruv Rathee has been summoned by a Delhi court in connection to a defamation case filed by software engineer and BJP volunteer Vikas Pandey. Judicial Magistrate Ankit Garg of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court in Saket has ordered Rathee to be present in the court on 19 November.

The court stated that his presence during the hearing is necessary, and he must not fail to attend. The order issued by the court said, “WHEREAS your attendance is necessary to answer to a charge of offence punishable U/Sec. of, you are hereby required to appear in person (or by pleader, as the case may be) before the (Magistrate) of Judicial Magistrate First Class 01, on the day of 19-11-2024. Herein fail not.”

Responding to the summon, Vikas Pandey tweeted, “Dear @dhruv_rathee, hate to bring you the bad news when you just became a father, but you have just been summoned regarding the fake videos you made about me. It’s about time you stop running from law and appear in the court.”

The case relates to a series of videos Dhruv Rathee had published in 2018, where he had alleged that Vikas Sankrityan, also known as Vikas Pandey, was a member of the BJP IT Cell and had tried to bribe some Mahaveer Prasad, who claimed is an ex BJP IT Cell member, with Rs 50 lakh to speak against him.

After the three-part video series was released, Vikas Pandey filed a defamation case against him claiming ₹15 lakh. Rathee had claimed that Mahaveer Prasad had recording of the call where Pandey allegedly bribed him to talk against Rathee. But after Pandey filed a police complaint, Rathee in a follow-up video said that he ‘regrets’ that he didn’t have the recording of ’50 lakh bribe’ offer.

Notably, Vikas Pandey had also sued Arvind Kejriwal for retweeting the videos of Dhruv Rathee. In February this year, the Delhi High Court upheld the suit, declining Kejriwal’s plea to quash the case. In a significant ruling, the court said that retweeting defamatory content does amount to defamation.

After that, Kejriwal told the Supreme Court that he made a mistake by retweeting the defamatory, and was ready to apologise. In August this year, the apex court granted him six weeks of time to file the apology, and stayed the case against him.

Union law ministry notifies appointment of Chief Justices of eight High Courts including transfer of one Chief Justice

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Union law ministry notifies appointment of Chief Justices of eight High Courts including transfer of one Chief Justice

The Central Government, through the Ministry of Law and Justice, notified on Saturday the appointment of Chief Justices to eight High Courts to fill key judicial positions and ensure the smooth functioning of the judicial system in various states.

Union Law Minister (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointment of Chief Justices to eight High Courts, via his official X (formerly Twitter) handle. This social media post shared the government’s decision, marking a significant development in judicial appointments across India.

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its recommendations regarding the appointment of Chief Justices, originally made proposals on July 11, 2023. However, on September 17, 2023, the Collegium altered some of its earlier recommendations concerning the appointment of Chief Justices to four High Courts.

According to the notification, Justice Manmohan, who is currently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, has been appointed as the regular Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji, a sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

Justice Rajiv Shakdher, a sitting judge of the Delhi High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Similarly, Justice Suresh Kait, also from the Delhi High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

The notification from the Ministry of Law and Justice also includes the appointments of Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar (from the Bombay High Court), who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.

Justice Tashi Rabstan, currently the Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, has been appointed as the regular Chief Justice of the same court.

Justice Shriram Kalpathi Rajendran (from the Bombay High Court) has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao, the current Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, has been transferred and appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Delhi court takes cognisance of defamation complaint filed against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor by BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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Delhi court takes cognisance of defamation complaint filed against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor by BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The Rouse Avenue court has taken cognisance of Defamation complaint filed against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. This complaint has been filed by BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

He has alleged that Tharoor made false statement against him in an interview alleging that Chandrashekhar was bribing the voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency. He has said that this statement hurt his reputation and resulted in losing the Lok Sabha election 2024.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Divya Malhotra took cognizance of the offences and listed the matter on October 4 for pre summoning evidence.

“On the basis of the submissions made and the material placed on record, which prima facie disclose the ingredients of the offence, I take cognizance of the offence(s) under Sections 500 IPC and 171G IPC,” Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate said in the order passed on September 21.

BJP leader Rajeev Chandrashekhar has filed a Defamation complaint against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. Senior advocate Pramod Kumar Dubey alongwith Vaibhav Gaggar appeared for BJP leader.

It has been alleged that the proposed accused has defamed the complainant by making false and derogatory imputations on the national television that he had been bribing voters in the Thiruvananthapuram Constituency, knowing fully well that such statements were false and with the intent to lower complainant’s reputation and to affect the result of upcoming elections.

It is also alleged that the interview(s) was/were published by various news channels as well as on social media platforms at the behest of the proposed accused and resulted in loss of reputation of the complainant in the society, which ultimately resulted in the complainant losing the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.

The complainant has filed a complaint under section 200 Cr.P.C. read with sections 499/500 IPC and 171G IPC.

The court also allowed an application for filing of amended complaint. The same has been taken on record.

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Bangladesh govt reverses decision to ban export of Hilsa to India, approves export of 3000 tons of the fish on the occasion of Durga Puja

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Bangladesh govt reverses decision to ban export of Hilsa to India, approves export of 3000 tons of the fish on the occasion of Durga Puja

The interim government of Bangladesh has approved the export of 3,000 metric tons of Hilsa fish to India ahead of Durga Puja, the commerce ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Earlier, the government had decided against exporting hilsa to India this year to boost domestic supply amid a shortage of supply.

“The Ministry of Commerce has approved the export of Hilsa fish to India in light of the upcoming Durga Puja,” stated a statement issued by the Bangladesh Commerce Ministry.

According to the order signed by Sultana Akhtar, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, this decision aims to cater to the requests of various exporters. The statement specified that the export of 3,000 metric tons of Hilsa fish has been approved, provided that all prescribed conditions are met.

The approval for export came after India reportedly sent a letter to Bangladesh requesting to import Hilsa fish from the country on the occasion of Durga Puja.

The ministry has instructed applicants to submit their requests to the Deputy Secretary of the Exports-2 Branch by noon on September 24. It emphasized that applications submitted after this deadline will not be accepted, and those who have already applied need not resubmit.

Hilsa fish, known as the national fish of Bangladesh, is highly regarded for its flavour and is celebrated through Hilsa festivals in various supermarkets across Dhaka. It is also popular in West Bengal, India.

The export of Hilsa fish adds a significant cultural touch to the Hindu festival of Durga Puja. In recent years, Bangladesh has practised “Hilsa diplomacy” by permitting exports of this delicacy during the festival, strengthening ties with its neighbouring country.

Bangladesh was exporting around 5000 tons of Hilsa every year since 1996. But this was suddenly stopped in 2012 for unknown reasons. Some years ago, the Sheikh Hasina govt started the Hilsa diplomacy by approving exports of specific quantity during Durga Puja. In 2023, the ministry had permitted 79 companies to export 50 tonnes of hilsa each—totalling around 4,000 tonnes—to India on the occasion of Durga Puja.

The interim govt had earlier announced that they will be stopping this and won’t approve Hilsa exports to India. But now they have changed their decision and allowed export of 3000 tons.

GCMMF files FIR for fake news that Amul supplied ghee adulterated with animal fat to Tirupati temple, Mumbai Congress leader, ‘Spirit of Congress’ and others delete tweets

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GCMMF files FIR for fake news that Amul supplied ghee adulterated with animal fat to Tirupati temple, Mumbai Congress leader, ‘Spirit of Congress’ and others delete tweets

Amid the ongoing controversy over animal fat including beef fat and pig fat found in ghee used to make famous laddus of Tirupati Balaji temple in Tirumala, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation has filed an FIR against several social media users for spreading fake claim that Amul supplied the adulterated ghee. Yesterday, Amul had clarified that it never supplied to Tirupati temple after several X users including Congress supporters claimed that Amul replaced Nandini to supply ghee and it was Amul ghee where several animal and plant based fats were found.

Hemant Gauni, Deputy General Manager (Sales) at GCMMF, filed the complaint with the Cyber Crime department of Ahmedabad police, saying that on 20 September, he spotted several users claiming on X that Amul supplied ghee with animal fat to Tirupati temple. He said that the posts on the social media site were made in enmity, to defame and cause harm to the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which owns the Amul brand, by spreading rumours.

As per police, the FIR mentioned seven X handles as accused, which are ‘Spirit of Congress’, ‘Banjara1991’, ‘chandanAIPC’, ‘SecularBengali’, ‘rahul_1700’, ‘profapm’ and ‘prettypadmaja’. Dr. Lavina Sinha, DCP Cyber Crime, said that during investigation, more accounts were found who had posted the fake news, action will be taken against all of them.

She said that police will be seeking details from ? and Meta about the accounts. The DCP added that the FIR has been registered under BNS sections 336 (4) (forgery), 196(1A) (Promoting enmity), and relevant sections of the IT Act.

Jayen Mehta, Managing Director of GCMMF (Amul), said that the FIR has been filed to stop people from spreading fake news about Amul products. He reiterated that Amul never supplied ghee to Tirupati temple.

After the FIR was filed, several of the X users have deleted the posts spreading the fake news. This included a handle named Spirit of Congress and Mumbai Congress social media general secretary Vidya. However many tweets with the claim are still present on the social media platform.

Mumbai: BMC cancels demolition of illegal construction in mosque in Dharavi after local Muslims block road in protest

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Mumbai: BMC cancels demolition of illegal construction in mosque in Dharavi after local Muslims block road in protest

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) drive to demolish the alleged illegal section of a mosque in Dharavi, which is considered Asia’s largest slum, has been cancelled after huge numbers of locals gathered on the streets.

Speaking on the case, Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad said, “Action scheduled for today has been cancelled. We met the Chief Minister last night. We had urged him for this. Everyone kept forth their views here peacefully. It has been cancelled and everyone has gone home. I appeal to the people to maintain peace.”

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 5, Mumbai, Tejaswi Satpute, said that the environment is peaceful in Dharavi.

“A huge crowd had gathered in Dharavi on 90-foot road and after they were requested, they left the area. The environment is peaceful in Dharavi. There are a lot of messages that are misleading on social media. I appeal to everyone not to trust any such messages,” she said.

According to the BMC, it had issued a notice to the concerned to remove the construction of the encroached mosque on the 90-foot road in Dharavi.

“Also action was taken according to this notice. However, the BMC administration should give a deadline of 4-5 days to remove the encroached construction from the said place. The trustees of the mosque have submitted a written request to the Deputy Commissioner of Circle 2 of the BMC and the Assistant Commissioner of G North Division that the construction will be removed on its own during this period. The BMC has accepted the request after the concerned have written a request to remove the construction on their own. It is clarified by the municipal administration that the trustees have also been instructed to remove the encroached construction within the stipulated time,” it said.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that there is a court decision in this regard.

“The decision talks about demolishing unauthorized construction. BMC had also started action a few days ago. At that time, it was requested that this unauthorized construction be removed after Eid. Even today, when the BMC team went there, they said that they would remove the encroachment in the next four to five days, so the team has returned. In any situation, it will not be right if someone creates a law and order situation and creates an obstacle. I am sure that they will do the same as they have written to BMC,” he said.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray said, “These people are planning to start a Hindu Muslim riot, there is a plan to divide Hindus and Muslims. This has never happened in our government, they are talking in terms of caste and religion and their children are running ICC and BCCI, they are abroad.”

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

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