02 Feb. 2020: 07 Jamadi-2, 1441: Vol: 12, No: 121
*anti-citizenship act stir*
Shaheen Bagh tense amid chants of 'goli maaro' and counter-protests, paramiltary forces on standby
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shaheen-bagh-tense-amid-chants-of-goli-maaro-protest-security-1642538-2020-02-02
New Delhi:Shaheen Bagh is tense a day after a gunman opened fire at the anti-CAA protest site where hundreds of local women are sitting on an indefinite protest. Security has been beefed up in the area while another group of protesters chanted slogans of "... goli maaro s***on ko".On Sunday morning, a large group of locals and protesters gathered around the Shaheen Bagh sit-in protest site demanding the protesters to vacate the jammed road. The protesters also raised slogans of Vande Mataram and the provocative "desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro s****n ko". Delhi Police has detained some of the protesters who were agitating against Shaheen Bagh protest and moved them to a different location in buses. However, some protesters are still chanting slogans in the area.Delhi Police and paramilitary forces are guarding the area in and around Shaheen Bagh. No person or vehicles are being allowed inside the first barricade without showing ID proof.As tension prevails in Shaheen Bagh, Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal ordered Delhi Police to enhance security.A fringe outfit, Hindu Sena, had earlier threatened to remove all anti-CAA protesters from Shaheen Bagh on Sunday. Hindu Sena, in a press release, had said it would remove all the "Shaheen Bagh Jihadis" at 11 am on February 2. However, speaking to IndiaToday.in, Vishnu Gupta, chief of Hindu Sena said the organisation doesn't endorse the call for removing the protesters.Unfazed by the firing incident at Shaheen Bagh on Saturday, protesters said they will continue their agitation at the site until the government revokes the amended citizenship law.indiatoday
Watch: Demonstrators gathered at Shaheen Bagh to justify ‘goli maaro salon ko’ slogans
https://scroll.in/video/951919/watch-demonstrators-gathered-at-shaheen-bagh-to-justify-goli-maaro-salon-ko-slogans
Hindu Sena Calls Off Plan to Unleash Violence on Shaheen Bagh Protesters
https://thewire.in/rights/hindu-sena-shaheen-bagh-protersters
New Delhi: Reports have said that rightwing group Hindu Sena, which had threatened violence against those engaged in peaceful dharna at Shaheen Bagh on Feb.2, have called off their plans for mobilisation on Sunday. Sena had called on its supporters to remove all protesters from the area. In a press release, Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta has reportedly said that decision to call off event was taken “after meeting and discussing the law and order situation with South-East DCP Chinmoy Biswal and other senior officers of Delhi Police to maintain peace in the area,” reported The Quint.midst heightening tension, a shooter opening fire on Saturday and threats of violence, women at Shaheen Bagh had called for an “urgent mobilisation” on Sunday as a show of support “in a time of crisis”. “In light of these incidents and statements. and as we approach Delhi elections on 8th of February, we request Delhi’s citizens to join us at Shaheen Bagh tomorrow, on 2nd of Feb, to show solidarity with our cause of defending the Constitution,” said a statement posted on Twitter account of the protesters read.thewire
Put barricades, frisk outsiders: Delhi L-G tells police to step up security at Shaheen Bagh
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/put-barricades-frisk-outsiders-delhi-l-g-tells-police-to-step-up-security-at-shaheen-bagh-1642460-2020-02-02
New Delhi:Lt Governor Anil Baijal has directed police to enhance security, including putting up more barricades at the protest site in Shaheen Bagh, to prevent outsiders from creating trouble, sources said.The decision comes against the backdrop of a man firing two rounds in air at the Shaheen Bagh area, the epicentre of the protest against the country's new citizenship law, and was later taken into custody. Sources said as Delhi Assembly elections are approaching, the police have been asked to keep a tight vigil so that there is no untoward incident in the national capital.They said that the police will also take help of local volunteers to facilitate frisking people entering the protest site.The sources said that the police will also randomly check people roaming around the protest site. indiatoday
Govt Is Ready To Talk To Shaheen Bagh Protesters Anytime:Gadkari
https://news.abplive.com/news/jan-man-dhan-government-is-ready-to-talk-to-shaheen-bagh-protesters-anytime-says-nitin-gadkari-1152953
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that government aims to provide a better life to all the people in India including the Muslims and urged the protesters at Shaheen Bagh to not pay heed to the rumours being spread for political gains.Gadkari while speaking to ABP News at ‘Jan Man Dhan’ conclave made an appeal to the people of Shaheen Bagh to roll back their protest.“Government has not enacted CAA to snatch anybody’s citizenship. It has been brought about to help those facing persecution in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. I urge the people to not believe the lies being spread about the Act for political gains and I appeal them to end their protest,” Gadkari said.“People of Shaheen Bagh can meet us for a discussion anytime. The situation has been made tense because of misinformation about the subject,” he said.Few political parties cannot get votes if they don’t use into this polarisation tactics. The intent of BJP is clear, it wants an inclusive development of the country, he said.ABP News
Modi govt ready to talk to Shaheen Bagh protestors, clear doubts on CAA: Ravi Shankar Prasad
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-government-ready-to-talk-to-shaheen-bagh-protesters-1642204-2020-02-01
New Delhi:After almost two months of the anti-CAA protest in Shaheen Bagh, the Centre has finally said that it is ready to talk to the protestors.The proposal for a dialogue comes just a week before Delhi is slated to vote for the Assembly election.Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that government is ready to talk to Shaheen Bagh protestors. Prasad in a tweet on Saturday said that Modi government is "ready to communicate with the Shaheen Bagh protestors and clear all their doubts regarding the CAA".He added that the talks "should be in a structured form"."Govt is ready to talk to protestors of Shaheen Bagh but then it should be in a structured form and the @narendramodi govt is ready to communicate with them and clear all their doubts they have against CAA,"union minister tweeted. Delhi CEO Ranbir Singh on Friday had visited the Shaheen Bagh area to assess the situation and preparedness ahead of the assembly elections, and said there is no obstruction in areas where poll activities will be conducted on Feb.8.Singh had said, police forces and election machinery are on "extra vigil" and assessing the situation all the time across the national capital.India Today
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind welcomes govt talk offer to Shaheen Bagh protesters
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/companies-act-to-be-amended-to-decriminalise-civil-offences-fm/1723282?scroll
New Delhi: Within hours of Union gont''s ''structured talk'' offer to Shaheen Bagh protesters, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) said on Saturday that it welcomed the govt''s willingness to hold a dialogue with those protesting against CAA and NRC. JIH chief Syed Sadatullah Husaini said: "If somebody is sitting on a protest against any law got passed by the government, it''s the govt''s duty to talk to the people who are expressing their dissent; if the government is willing to talk to them, it''s a welcome step." "JIH has condemned what it calls the govt's continued disregard of the countrywide protests against CAA, NRC, and NRC."Govt''s dogged persistence on CAA and execute NPR -- despite the poor state of our economy and faltering GDP growth, rising unemployment, and weak tax collection -- exposes its incompetence and inability to steer the nation with wisdom and foresight, a JIH statement said.Jamaat appeals to govt to announce the withdrawal of CAA, NPR and NRC as the "nation is paying a heavy price for the intransigence of a few at the helm of power", JIH Vice President Muhammad Salim Engineer said.IANS
Jamaat Slams President Kovind’s Speech in Parliament for Ignoring CAA Protests
https://caravandaily.com/jamaat-slams-president-kovinds-speech-in-parliament-for-ignoring-caa-protests/
Delhi court sends 25-yr-old arrested for firing at Shaheen Bagh during anti-CAA protest to custody
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shaheen-bagh-shooting-anti-caa-protest-violence-delhi-police-protesters-1642353-2020-02-01
New Delhi: A court in Delhi sent Kapil Gujjar, arrested for firing in the air at southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area during a protest against the CAA, to a two-day police custody on Sunday.Kapil was produced before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh Rawat.On Saturday, he had fired two rounds in the air at Shaheen Bagh, where anti-CAA protests are being held for over a month now.After being overpowered, Kapil had chanted "Jai Shri Ram" and said, "hamare desh me aur kisi ki nahi chalegi, sirf Hinduon ki chalegi (only Hindus shall have a say in our country, no one else)," as he was taken into custody by the Delhi Police.PTI
Shaheen Bagh firing: Shooter shouts sirf Hinduon ki chalegi, detained
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shaheen-bagh-shooting-anti-caa-protest-violence-delhi-police-protesters-1642353-2020-02-01
Second man opens fire at protests in Shaheen Bagh
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/second-man-opens-fire-at-protests-in-indias-shaheen-bagh-1.69425934
‘Bullets will surely work if someone doesn’t listen to reason,’ says Adityanath in Delhi rally
https://scroll.in/latest/951868/adityanath-says-those-who-do-not-listen-to-words-will-surely-understand-the-language-of-the-bullet
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Saturday joined a series of BJP leaders appearing to suggest the use of bullets as a means to get dissenters on board. He made the remark in an election rally in poll-bound Delhi while referring to those who allegedly pose a threat to the annual Kanwar yatra of Shiv devotees. Those who do not listen to words will surely understand the language of the bullet, he said.Adityanath claimed in a rally in Rohini that previous govts in Uttar Pradesh had imposed severe restrictions on Kanwar yatra. He said that when he came to power in 2017, he ordered that these restrictions – such as a ban on loud music – be removed. He said he also ordered that rose petals be showered on devotees from helicopters above.scroll
Delhi poll: AAP demands campaign ban on UP CM
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/delhi-poll-aap-demands-campaign-ban-on-up-cm-yogi-adityanath-34909
New Delhi: AAP has demanded Election Commission to ban Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in National Capital over his alleged provocative speeches. AAP leader Sanjay Singh also demanded an FIR against him for his remarks. Singh told a press conference here that it has been 48 hours since AAP asked the Election Commission time to meet them but it has not been granted. “If the EC does not give us time, we will stage a sit-in in front of the ECI office on Monday,” Singh said. PTI
Jadavpur University students protest march against Shaheen Bagh shooting incident
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/section-of-students-from-jadavpur-university-carry-out-protest-march-against-shaheen-bagh-shooting-incident/548365
Kolkata: SFI unit of Jadavpur University took out a protest march against the multiple firing incidents against anti-CAA protesters in the national capital. Around 100 students participated in the rally and went around the 8B bus stand area near JU campus, chanting slogans against ‘fascist forces who have opened fire on peaceful anti-CAA protesters’. Protesters chanted, "Down with BJP, down with Amit Shah, down with Fascism," while also raising slogans in favour of Shaheen Bagh and mentioned how it stands for freedom and liberation. They said, "Shaheen Bagh means freedom from divisive politics" and "Shaheen Bagh means freedom from discrimination."timesnownews
CAA violates Indian Constitution, global human rights law: Amnesty to US Congress
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2020/feb/01/caa-violates-constitution-global-human-rights-law-amnesty-2097583.html?fbclid=IwAR1VbwydA9Ki9e7RIqKza0oRrLG2vwP319no4j18sqw2eOu-EmkgYqKgXR4
Washington: Amnesty International has told US lawmakers that the recently enacted CAA stands in "clear violation" of Constitution of India and international human rights law and "legitimises discrimination" on the basis of religion.Amnesty International Asia Pacific Advocacy Manager Francisco Bencosme made the remarks during a testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations and House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee.Indian Parliament "passed CAA, which legitimises discrimination on the basis of religion and stands in clear violation of the constitution of India and international human rights law," Bencosme said.PTI
Anti-CAA stir: AMU student leaders bat for protestors in other parts of Aligarh
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/anti-caa-stir-amu-student-leaders-bat-for-protestors-in-other-parts-of-aligarh/story-eGhA0N96FRjiFbnShkfWwN.html
Protests against the CAA at AMU seemed to be extending to the other parts of Aligarh as thousands of women continued their protest in Shahjamal Eidgah area. While AMU administration denied students’ participation in protests away from the campus, student leaders claimed they were showing solidarity with the anti-CAA protest in Shahjamal area.“We go to the protest site in Shahjamal area to express solidarity with locals staging protest because we too are against the citizenship law in its present form. We guide people to keep the protest peaceful and stay away from any provocation,” stated M Salman Imtiaz, former president of AMUSU.HT
CBSE marksheet of Jamia shooter is fake, claims senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/cbse-marksheet-of-jamia-shooter-is-fake-claims-senior-lawyer-prashant-bhushan-caa-protest-585292
Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan today claimed that marksheet of the shooter who opened fire at a citizenship law protest near Jamia Milia Islamia had been forged. Taking to Twitter, Bhushan hit out at ANI for making the marksheet public in the wake of the gun attack, in which one protestor sustained a bullet injury.“The marksheet of the Jamia shooter produced by ANI to show that he was a minor is fabricated,” Bhushan said. “ANI is not a media outlet, just a govt instrument for propagating fake news (sic),” he added. Lawyer shared a news article on his Twitter feed to back his claim. The article cites comments by social media users who have alleged discrepancies in the school code of Jewar Public School, as it appears on the marksheet.The school, though affiliated with CBSE, doesn't have any students enrolled in class IX and X. They also do not have any section as per CBSE website,” the Twitter user also claims.Curiously, the marksheet of the shooter surfaced in public minutes after the attack took place. While the marksheet identifies the assailant as a juvenile, the claim is now being disputed.indiatvnews
Jamia Warns Students Of Holding Protests Inside Campus, Prohibits Sloganeering & Mass Gathering
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/jamia-warns-students-of-holding-protests-inside-campus-prohibits-sloganeering-mass-gathering-505510.html
Jamia Millia Islamia has become a hub of student protests over the past two months. The university has prohibited students from holding any protest meeting or agitation inside the university campus, warning them of strict action, as per officials.The varsity administration also directed students to report to it any unauthorised entry of outsiders in campus to avoid "disruption of peace"."Any kind of protest meeting, agitation, speeches and mass gathering or any unlawful activities causing inconvenience and disruption in the day to day academic functioning are not allowed around central canteen or anywhere in the Jamia campus," Jamia Registrar said in an official order.indiatimes
Knew I had to stop gunman: Shadab shot at outside Jamia
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/knew-i-had-to-stop-gunman-man-shot-at-outside-jamia-6246656/?fbclid=IwAR3bzFF5Ke3rQLZGOQDlf2KZHifS_myUdLrrU0Hg32D4TscyGXsB-DkFuCs
New Delhi:“I was’t scared somehow; I don’t know why. When I saw him raise his gun, I felt I need to stop him. I went ahead and tried to stop him. I was telling him to lower the gun and was walking towards him,” Shadab said.Jamia Millia student who was shot at during a protest on Thursday has said he is “in a lot of trauma and has been unable to talk to anyone” since the incident. Shadab Farooq Najar, 21, was shot in the forearm by a 17-year-old, even as several policemen stood metres away.Shadab, who hails from Bhaderwah town in Doda district of J&K’s Chinab valley, has been at Jamia for the last 4 years. “I was’t scared somehow; I don’t know why. When I saw him raise his gun, I felt I need to stop him. I went ahead and tried to stop him. I was telling him to lower the gun and was walking towards him. I thought once I get closer to him, I will grab him. I also thought police are going to stop him. They were behind him. Perhaps I didn’t realise police are not going to do anything,” he said.On the gunman, Shadab said: “think I will stand for Jamia if such a situation comes again. Everybody should stand for rights, for justice.” “I saw policemen standing with their hands inside their pockets… some of them were making videos. I told him twice to lower the gun and when I told him the third time, he opened fire. He aimed at my chest. But I raised my hand and the bullet hit my left forearm.”Shadab said he has been part of the protests all along “because of the brutality committed by police on the students of Jamia in Dec”. He also said that “Delhi Police alone is not to be blamed…Had Jamia administration and V-C taken action against police brutality during earlier events,this might not have been happened”.indian express
Panel constituted by AMU to probe campus violence asks students to submit statements by Feb 7
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/education/857904-panel-constituted-by-amu-to-probe-campus-violence-asks-students-to-submit-statements-by-feb-7
Aligarh:The one-man judicial panel constituted by AMU to probe into violent incidents that rocked the campus in December 2019 has asked students and staffers at the AMU to submit their written statements by February 7, according to an official notification. The probe is being conducted by retired chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court V K Gupta.As per the notification issued on Saturday, students and staffers at the AMU should submit their written statements to the probe panel by February 7. Similarly, a seven-member committee of senior faculty members instituted by AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor to review all FIRs registered by police against students in connection with anti-CAA protests is also expected to start functioning shortly, AMU spokesman Omar Peerzada said.PTI
22-Year-Old Man Beaten Up for Wearing ‘No NRC-CAA’ Cap in Delhi
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/attacked-as-i-wore-no-nrc-caa-cap-man-beaten-up-delhi
“Wearing a ‘NO NRC/CAA cap’ will do you no good. You're a Muslim. Your place is in Pakistan,” 22-year-old Faizal, who was beaten up by 5 men who were drinking at Rani Garden Park in East Delhi on Friday, told The Quint from hospital.A CT scan was performed to ensure there were no internal injuries. Faizal, who was beaten up for at least 15 minutes, was hit on his hands, arms and chest.While out for a stroll, Faizal told his friends he was heading to the park. He visits this park every evening as he is a resident of the area.“When I entered wearing this cap, which till now I never felt uncomfortable wearing, they began taunting me,”he said. Faizal said the men taunted him, saying his sister and mother are being paid Rs 500 to sit at Khureji protests, an anti-CAA protest site he regularly takes part in.thequint
'Will make Jamia happen here': 2 men threaten anti-CAA protesters in Bengaluru; let-off after students decide not to press charges
https://www.firstpost.com/india/will-make-jamia-happen-here-two-men-threaten-anti-caa-protesters-in-bengaluru-let-off-after-students-decide-not-to-press-charges-7989451.html
The day a shooter injured a student outside Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi during an anti-CAA protest, two men threatened protesting students in Bengaluru with a repeat of the incident.According to a report in TOI, the incident happened during a protest against Jamia firing at Bengaluru's Maurya circle.Following firing in Jamia, students from several colleges in Bengaluru gathered and began demanding that Union Home Minister Amit Shah resign and that BJP MP Anurag Thakur be booked for hate speech. They also chanted slogans against the CAA.As per the report, two men joined a group of demonstrators who had stayed back to protest against the alleged attack by police at the Jamia varsity and began chanting pro-CAA slogans."While we were raising anti-CAA slogans, two men from among us began shouting pro-CAA slogans. The duo was unknown and when we looked at them, they quietly moved away,” the report quoted Adrian, a student present at the protest site, as saying.The men, who were drunk, returned after a few minutes, he added.Teresa Braggs, a student protester, told News Minute that the men circled the area for more than an hour before threatening the protesters. “They began saying, ‘it’s not down down CAA but you people will go down just like Jamia’," she said.Another student, Saqib Idrees, said that the duo abused the protesters in Kannada, saying that they would repeat the Jamia incident in Bengaluru.
Meet Updesh Rana who inspired Jamia shooter; he too wants to ‘counter Shaheen Bagh’
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/man-who-inspired-youth-says-will-counter-shaheen-bagh-6245037/
New Delhi: Far-right activist Updesh Rana, whose name figured in multiple Facebook posts of the youth who fired at a Jamia student, plans to launch a dharna at Shaheen Bagh on Feb.9, to “counter” blockade by anti-CAA protesters.The gunman, in his posts, had written that in case he had even half followers of Rana, he would have turned Shaheen Bagh into “Jallianwala Bagh”. Rana was arrested in Jaipur in 2017 over a proposed rally in support of Shambhulal Regar, who was accused of killing a Muslim labourer in Rajasthan and circulating the video.In Facebook,there are several groups in support of Rana, including one with over 1.25 lakh followers. Another group, with over 26,000 members, gets around 3,700 posts on a daily basis. The group description tells Muslims to “stay away” and new members are asked whether they are Hindu or not.indianexpress
Dr. Kafeel Khan Remanded to Judicial Custody, Transferred to Mathura Jail
https://thewire.in/law/kafeel-khan-remanded-to-judicial-custody-transferred-to-mathura-jail
Aligarh, UP: Child specialist Kafeel Khan who was accused of making an inflammatory speech at AMU was remanded to judicial custody and later transferred to Mathura jail, officials said.Circle Officer (Civil Lines) Anil Samania said Khan was brought here late Friday evening and was produced before the remand magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody.He was sent to the Aligarh jail, but within an hour, he was transferred to Mathura jail, the official said.PTI
Shaheen Bagh shooting: Opposition questions PM Modi’s silence
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/will-all-nris-now-have-pay-tax-india-decoding-budget-2020-s-ambiguous-clauses-117349
Just 2 days after Jamia shooting incident, another man opened fire in Shaheen Bagh and terrorised the protesters. Following the attack, Opposition leaders questioned silence of Prime Minister and the deteriorating law and order in the national capital.Around 4 pm on Saturday, the gunman, identified as Kapil Gujjar, fired three rounds in the air, just 60 meters from where anti-CAA protesters have been indefinitely protesting. The protesters are opposing CAA and NRC. No one was injured in the incident.Police in the vicinity promptly detained the shooter. While being detained, he told the media, seemingly unapologetic of his actions, “Hamaare desh mein kisi aur ki nahin, sirf Hinduon ki chalegi” (roughly translates to: In this country, only Hindus will rule).thenewsminute
‘Certain political parties’ planning violence, unrest in Delhi today, AAP alleges in letter to EC
https://scroll.in/latest/951877/certain-political-parties-planning-violence-unrest-in-delhi-today-aap-alleges-in-letter-to-ec
AAP on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, alleging that “certain political parties” were planning to create unrest and violence in Delhi on Sunday. The party asked Arora to direct Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik and law enforcement agencies to take appropriate measures to prevent such violence.Delhi’s ruling party said it had come to know through its “sources” that certain “anti-social elements in connivance with certain political parties” are planning to create unrest and violence on Sunday, in order to subvert law and order in the city and prevent the conduct of free and fair elections.scroll
CPI-M MPs Reach Shaheen Bagh, Express Solidarity with Anti-CAA/NRC Protest
http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/cpi-m-mps-reach-shaheen-bagh-express-solidarity-with-anti-caanrc-protest?fbclid=IwAR1lAPFtffdykz_C8RFMVbaBWPv9m_JZ-czTKi9sb2oR1XbvyAip7XGL7F4
NEW DELHI:Senior leaders and MPs of CPI-M reached Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area on Sunday, day after the firing incident, to express their solidarity with the anti-CAA/NRC protest going on here for the last one and half months. CPI-M’s Rajya Sabha MPs K Somaprasad and KK Ragesh and CPI-M’s senior leader and politburo member Hannan Mollah were there along with hundreds of people including social and human rights activists. They had come to support Shaheen Bagh after news came that some Hindu Sena is coming to attack Shaheen Bagh protest.India Tomorrow
Delhi Police grants permission to raise ‘Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko’ slogan!
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/delhi-police-grants-permission-to-raise-desh-ke-gaddaron-ko-goli-maaro-saalon-ko-slogan
Delhi Police, in a shocking decision, has reportedly allowed activist Saket Gokhale permission to hold a rally where the activist specifically mentioned, in his application for permission, that the slogan “Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko” will be raised, the activist claimed in a social media post, posting a copy of the letter stamped by Delhi Police authorities.Coming within 72 hours of the Jamia firing incident where Jewar resident Rambhakt Gopal shot at student Shadab in clear view of policemen who stood still and did nothing to prevent the firing, this is a bizarre decision. Does the Delhi Police actually think it is okay for people to march through the national capital’s streets, calling upon people to shoot their fellow citizens dead?Not too far in the distant memory, people saw Delhi Police shooting and lathi charging Jamia Millia Islamia students inside their campus and standing idle while masked right-wing goons, allegedly aligned with ABVP, indulged in a murderous assault on JNU students and faculty members.nationalheraldindia
Massive protest against CAA-NPR-NRC in Odisha
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/massive-protest-against-caa-npr-nrc-in-odisha/article30696405.ece?fbclid=IwAR2j0vSfmW_lMIt-duqVQVONbJLTPAMjkJYWtaoYuGNWgFojeY3Z7mxlxV0
Bhubaneswar :Thousands of protesters took to the streets here on Thursday opposing CAA, the proposed nationwide NRC and NPR.People under the banner of ‘We the people of India-Odisha’ took out a massive rally from Exhibition Ground to Mahatma Gandhi Marg, a 2-km-long stretch. All political parties except BJD and BJP extended their support to the protest. Over 50 organisations and parties had joined hands for massive protest. They questioned why Muslims were deliberately kept out of the list of religious minorities who have been allowed to go through a smooth process to secure Indian citizenship under CAA.Prafulla Samantra, a prominent mass movement leader, said, “The growth in rate of unemployment is disturbing. The economic growth has been consistently going downward. Farmer are dying every day. While the country is in the midst of a crisis, Modi government is trying to establish a Hindu Rashtra.”Mohammed Karim, who hails from Bhadrak district, said, “The policies of the Modi government have threatened the very existence of minority communities in the country. Now, Muslims are being treated as if they are not citizens of the country and the turn of other minority communities will come in future.”thehindu
Day after confusion, 'Mumbai Bagh' protest continues on day 8
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/day-after-confusion-mumbai-bagh-protest-continues-on-day-8-800782.html
Mumbai:A day after attempts were made by some groups to call off the anti-CAA protest at Nagpada here, the stir, which has now come to be known as "Mumbai Bagh", entered its eighth day on Sunday.Confusion and high drama had prevailed on Saturday at the sit-in demonstration being held by women against CAA on Morland Road in Nagpada after a section of the protesters decided to call off the protest as the police told the volunteers to vacate the area saying they did not have permission for it.However, soon after the announcement was made that the protest was being called off, a huge crowd came to the site and started raising slogans. Following this, the plan was given up and the protest continued.PTI
Woman Dies After Falling Unconscious At Kolkata Anti-CAA Stir
https://thewire.in/rights/par-circus-anti-caa-protest-woman-dies
Kolkata: An elderly woman, who was part of the ongoing demonstration by women against the CAA and the proposed nationwide NRC at Park Circus Maidan here, died on Sunday after falling ill, police said.57-year-old woman fell unconscious at the protest site around 2 am and was taken to a nearby hospital, they said.Samida Khatun, a resident of Entally area, died at the hospital after some time, police said.The woman’s last rites will be performed later in the day after her son arrives from Iran, a fellow protestor said.PTI
Punjab: Nearly 20,000 Farmers, Women Take to Malerkotla Streets Against CAA
https://thewire.in/rights/malerkotla-punjab-caa-rally
February 1 saw nearly 20,000 protesters – most of them farmers and Muslim women – take to the streets at Malerkotla in Punjab, against the CAA.The rally was an “invitation march,” designed to raise awareness on Act and inform people of a bigger protest rally in the town on February 16.The rally was held under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta) Ugrahan group and saw participation by several Muslim organisations like Jamat-e-Islami Hind and Zarka Zaafri. The women wore yellow clothing to symbolise oneness and chanted slogans that went, “Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Isai, saaray kirtee bhai bhai“.The rally was addressed at several points across town by local women leaders Harinder Kaur Bindu, Harpreet Kaur Jethuke, Baljeet Kaur, Parmjit Kaur Pitho and Paramjit Kaur Kotra.A press release sent out by the group said the women leaders stressed on the importance of rising above religious differences. One of the slogans chanted at the rally was “Bhai nal bhai larren nee dena, sun santaali banan nee dena.” Translated, it means, “We cannot let brothers fight each other, we cannot let it be 1947 again.”thewire
Bidar school kids quizzed third time by cops over their play against NRC-CAA
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bidar-school-kids-quizzed-third-time-cops-over-their-play-against-nrc-caa-117320
Bidar police on Saturday questioned around 60 students of the Shaheen Primary and High School in connection with the sedition case filed against the school and two others for staging an anti-CAA play. The police booked five members of the school’s management. The head mistress Fareeda Begum and the mother of a child who had taken part in the play, were arrested on January 30 under several sections of IPC including sedition.Touseef Madikeri, who heads school, said that the police questioned children aged between 9 and 12 years. “DySP Basaveshwara Hira and two other police officers came and questioned the children. They started at 12 pm and finished interrogation at 4 pm,” he said.Touseef says that the children were asked whether they watched the play and whether the school was “spreading false information” about CAA and NRC.“They asked children whether the school had taught them or coerced them into making statements against PM Modi. They answered whatever questions they knew,” Touseef added.FIR was registered against the school on January 26 following a complaint registered by an ABVP member Nilesh Rakshala. However, 2 women were arrested on January 30 and the remand application was filed on January 31.According to the remand application,Bidar New Town Police questioned the girl, who took part in the play. “Girl told the police during questioning that her mother Nazbunnisa told her to make the statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi while she was practicing the lines for the play at home,” remand application states.However, the school has denied this and said that line was misinterpreted and was not targeted at the PM. They have also said the child added a line as extempore.thenewsminute
Congress opposes FIR against Goa Church body over presence of children at anti-CAA rally
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/congress-opposes-fir-against-goa-church-body-over-presence-of-children-at-anti-caa-rally-800872.html
Defending the presence of children at an anti-CAA rally in Goa last month, for which an FIR has now been filed against the organising body — a Church-backed NGO —Congress asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki baat’ episodes similarly exposes students to political ideology too? Party spokesperson Trajano D’Mello also called FIR filed against the Council for Social Justice and Peace, a Church-backed NGO, on January 30, as frivolous, saying it would not stand test of law. “FIR filed against the organisers of the anti-CAA rally will not stand the test of law. Students are free to choose their ideology. The PM’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ lectures also contain political ideology. Does that merit an FIR too?” D’Mello said. deccanherald
Time to get rid of India's sedition law? Demand grows as many anti-CAA protesters booked
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/time-get-rid-indias-sedition-law-demand-grows-many-anti-caa-protesters-booked-117223
The mother of a student and a head teacher of a Karnataka school were arrested and booked for sedition on Thursday by the state police. This was after the school had its students stage a play that was allegedly against CAA and NRC.Students of Shaheen Educational Institute in Karnataka’s Bidar were questioned by the police. A picture of the police questioning the children had gone viral.But 26-year-old Nazbunnisa, the mother of a girl who played a role in the play and Fareeda Begum, the head teacher, are among many anti-CAA and anti-NRC protesters who have been booked under section 124A (sedition) of IPC in Karnataka and across the country over the last two months. This has raised questions on whether state government is misusing the colonial-era law to muzzle dissent.Gopal Sankaranarayanan, an advocate at the Supreme Court , says that the current government is using section 124A (sedition) on those voices dissenting against governmental policy, when the scope of the law is narrowed down to two types of offences:The law pertains to those whose words leads to a cognisable act of violence or if it tries to overthrow the government. He says that by conflating the government with governmental policy, the ruling party is using sedition to curtail free speech.On January 28, Sharjeel Imam, a student at JNU, was arrested by the Delhi police after being booked for sedition. thenewsminute
Delhi polls: Congress manifesto promises to challenge CAA in Supreme Court
https://scroll.in/latest/951902/delhi-polls-congress-manifesto-promises-to-challenge-citizenship-act-in-supreme-court
Congress released its manifesto for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections on Sunday, in which it has promised to challenge CAA in the Supreme Court and demand the Centre to withdraw law.NRC and the existing form of NPR will also not be implemented if it is voted to power, the party claimed.The party has also promised to provide unemployment allowance of Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,500 per month, 300 units of free electricity per month, and other cashback schemes for water consumers.scroll
NIA questions IIT Guwahati professor, possibly in connection with CAA protests, says report
https://scroll.in/latest/951861/assam-nia-questions-iit-guwahati-professor-possibly-in-connection-with-caa-protests-says-report
IIT in Guwahati for four hours, The Hindu reported. Though the agency did not mention why Arupjyoti Saikia, a professor of history in Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, was summoned, reports said the case is related to protests against the CAA.Saikia was questioned at the investigation agency’s office in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati.scroll
Gujarat anti-CAA protests: Social media messages call to boycott shops shut on bandh, police ‘unaware’
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gujarat-anti-caa-protests-social-media-messages-call-to-boycott-shops-shut-on-bandh-police-unaware-6247159/
Vadodara : 2 days after local traders, predominantly belonging to the minority community, joined a nationwide bandh in protest against CAA, photographs of several businesses whose owners joined the bandh are being widely shared on social media urging people to boycott these establishments.The message, which seems to have originated from several social media accounts supporting CAA, termed the traders who joined the bandh on January 29 as “anti-nationals” and exhorted people to stop purchasing goods from their shops so that “they remain shut for ever”.In the initial posts, those in favour of CAA put up photos of the establishments shut in solidarity with the bandh call. However, later on other supporters began updating list of such establishments by putting up more photos along with the names of the owners while urging for a boycott.indianexpress
CAA seeks to impose philosophy of 'Sangh Parivar' with its mission of 'Hindu Rashtra': Kerala CM
https://www.dnaindia.com/india/video-caa-seeks-to-impose-philosophy-of-sangh-parivar-with-its-mission-of-hindu-rashtra-kerala-cm-2811890
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan addressed the event 'National Struggle Against Communalism' in Mumbai on February 02. Addressing at the event, CM Vijayan said, "CAA should be rejected due to 3 reasons: 1st, it is against the letter & spirit of our Constitution. 2nd, it is deeply discriminatory and violative to human rights. 3rd it seeks to impose philosophy of 'Sangh Parivar' with its mission of 'Hindu Rashtra.'"dnaindia
CAA-NRC-NPR, part of Hindutva project: N. Ram
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/caa-nrc-npr-part-of-hindutva-project/article30715541.ece
N. Ram, Chairman of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited, said on Saturday that it would be a serious mistake to see CAA, NRC and NPR as a mere distraction from the current economic crisis. He said it was part of the larger Hindutva project being pushed by the BJP government.He made remarks at the inaugural session of Mumbai Collective, during a panel discussion, on the ‘Rising Tide in Indian Politics’, with Prof. Gopal Guru, Editor of Economic and Political Weekly. thehindu
Uddhav Thackeray defends CAA, but says won't allow NRC in Maharashtra
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uddhav-thackeray-defends-caa-will-not-allow-nrc-1642515-2020-02-02
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has once again said that he will not allow NRC in Maharashtra. On the other hand, Uddhav defended CAA saying it is not about taking away citizenship rights from anyone. In an interview with Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, Thackeray said the Citizenship Act is not about taking away citizenship, it is about giving citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighbouring nations.Uddhav Thackeray said, "Proving citizenship will be difficult for both Hindus and Muslims.I will not let that happen."indiatoday
*Budget, ECONOMY & POLITICS*
Finance Ministry clarifies: For NRIs, only income generated in India will be taxed
https://indianexpress.com/article/business/budget/union-budget-2020-nirmala-sitharaman-finance-ministry-taxation-of-non-residents-of-india-nri-6247559/
New Delhi :A day after Union Budget was presented in the Parliament, Finance Ministry Sunday clarified on one of its new announcements. The budget had a provision of taxing Indian citizens who live abroad but don’t pay income tax in any country. On Sunday, the government said the provision was an “anti-abuse” measure applied only to income generated in India.“Finance Bill, 2020 has proposed that an Indian citizen shall be deemed to be resident in India, if he is not liable to be taxed in any country or jurisdiction. This is an anti-abuse provision since it is noticed that some Indian citizens shift their stay in low or no tax jurisdiction to avoid payment of tax in India,” a statement issued by the Finance Ministry read.“The new provision is not intended to include in tax net those Indian citizens who are bonafide workers in other countries. In some sections of the media, the new provision is being interpreted to create an impression that those Indians who are bonafide workers in other countries, including in Middle East, and who are not liable to tax in these countries, will be taxed in india on the income they have earned there,” the statement added.“In order to avoid any misinterpretation, it is clarified that in case of an Indian citizen who becomes deemed resident of India under this proposed provision, income earned outside India by him shall not be taxed in India unless it is derived from an Indian business or profession. Necessary clarification, if required, shall be incorporated in the relevant provision of the law,” the statement read.indianexpress
Rules Tweaked In Budget, NRIs Not Paying Tax Abroad To Be Taxed In India
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/union-budget-2020-21-rules-tweaked-nris-not-paying-tax-abroad-to-be-taxed-in-india-2173367
NRI status tweak leaves seafarers stranded on high seas
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/indian-seafarers-concerned-as-fm-tweaks-rules-on-nri-status/article30718758.ece
Over 3 lakh Indian seafarers including those working on foreign ships are set to face a double whammy, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing changes to the rules for computing non-resident status for taxation purposes in the Budget. Currently, to qualify for NRI status, like any other citizen of India, a seafarer has to be outside India for 182 days, or six months in a year. Consequently, his entire foreign income is not subjected to tax. Sitharaman’s announcement means that a seafarer will have to spend more time outside India – eight months or 240 days, instead of the existing 182 days – to qualify for NRI status and enjoy a tax-free salary. thehindubusinessline
Budget has totally ignored agriculture, farmers and rural labour: Experts & unions
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/budget-has-totally-ignored-agriculture-farmers-and-rural-labour-experts-unions-6247103/
Farmer unions and agriculture experts which had pinned their hopes on Union Budget to boost the rural economy and provide huge relief to distress farming called it “hopeless”, “disappointing”, “concealed” at a time when the Centre has made made big claims about enhancing farmers’ income by 2022.Experts said total budget allocations for agriculture, irrigation, and rural development was Rs 2.68 lakh crore in 2019-20, which has been nominally increased to Rs 2.83 lakh crore. In real terms, taking inflation into account, this amounts to zero increase, an expert said.Others said there is no road map on how the government will enhance farmers’’ income to double in the coming two years. The Modi-1 government in its 2017 budget had declared that in coming five years i.e. by 2022, farmers’ income would be doubled. “3 years have already lapsed and the government should declare how much income of farmers had increased in these three years and how the government will double it in coming two years,” said BKU Ugrahan general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan. He further asked why the finance minister had not provided a road map for this.indianexpress
Union Budget 2020 highlights: New income tax rates, relief for home buyers
https://indianexpress.com/article/business/union-budget-2020-highlights-6245648/
Budget 2020: 150 private trains on Indian Railways map; Tatas ‘interested’
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tata-group-keen-to-enter-indian-railways-private-passenger-train-segment-6246590/
New Delhi :Tata Group have shown interest in the government’s ambitious plan of rolling out 150 passenger trains run by private players, adding heft to the high-priority project — mentioned by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech — that seeks to end Indian Railways’ monopoly in the sector.Representatives from the Tatas participated in the latest stakeholders’ meeting in which companies such as Adanis, Alstom, Siemens and Bombardier, among others, were also present.“Tata Group is one of the companies that participated in the stakeholders’ meeting,” Railway Board chairman VK Yadav said on Saturday.indianexpress
Budget for the railways falls short of expectations
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/budget-for-the-railways-falls-short-of-expectations
The budget for Indian Railways does not seem to represent in true sense of the top three themes – aspirational India, economic development and the caring society – of first Union Budget of the decade that has been envisioned to be ‘laying strong foundation for a bright future of the country’ and ‘key to India’s growth’. Rather, Indian Railways, restructuring for which have already begun in the fag-end of Dec.2019, is likely to convert itself into Indian Railways Corporation under a CEO with a push towards privatization along with the Ministry’s façade of policy decisions and public accountability, a process tend to increase the rail services cost to the nation and its people.The Railways’ budget, in this context, can be termed as anti-people, because the Railways will be enforced to increase costs depriving general people of affordable means of bulk transportation. More so because railways may face a shortfall in actual revenue are calculated at the assumption of 10 per cent of growth rate of GDP, as against the current year’s growth rate of merely 5 per cent.nationalheraldindia
Chidambaram rates Union Budget as zero or one on a scale of one to 10
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/chidambaram-rates-union-budget-as-zero-or-one-on-a-scale-to-10
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram was scathing in his reaction to the Union Budget on Saturday. Asked how he would rate the budget on a scale of one to ten, he replied that 10 had both one and a zero, so he wouldn’t mind either. Replying to questions at a media interaction at the AICC office, Chidambaram made the following points:" While President Ram Nath Kovind had made no mention of employment in his address on Friday, Economic Survey had made the extraordinary claim that the number of new firms registered had increased by 12.2% in the last five years. Are these firms on a different planet, he asked sarcastically, saying the budget also had failed to address the problem of unemployment.Jobs, he held, are largely created by mining, construction and the manufacturing sectors. But the Budget had little to offer to any of these sectors."nationalheraldindia
Indian economy experienced abrupt slowdown in 2019, but it’s not in a recession: IMF MD
https://www.thehindu.com/business/indian-economy-experienced-abrupt-slowdown-in-2019-but-its-not-in-a-recession-imf-md/article30709350.ece
Indian economy experienced some abrupt slowdown in 2019 due to turbulence in non-banking financial institutions and major reform measures such as GST and demonetisation, but it is not in a recession, IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva has said.“Indian economy indeed has experienced an abrupt slowdown in 2019. We had to revise our growth projections, downwards to 4% for last year. We are expecting 5.8%(growth rate) in 2020 and then an upward trajectory to 6.5% in 2021,” Georgieva told a group of journalists in Washington.“It appears that the main reason for this slowdown was the non-banking financial institutions experiencing a turbulence,” she said on the eve of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the annual budget in Parliament on Saturday.“For example, coming with the unified tax system, and the demonetisation took place. These are steps that over time are beneficial, but of course they might be somewhat disruptive over short term,” Georgieva said.PTI
US economist backs Cong. on ‘misery’ index
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-economist-backs-cong-on-misery-index/article30719666.ece?homepage=true
Days after Congress party claimed that Indian economy should be measured in terms of Global Misery Index (GMI), Prof. Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins University, an applied economist who popularised the GMI concept, said on Sunday that Indians would not be so ‘miserable’ if Modi govt focussed on the economy instead of issues such as the new citizenship law. thehindu
Why Sitharaman's New Income Tax Rates May Not See Widespread Adoption
https://thewire.in/economy/budget-new-income-tax-rates
*J&K AND S. ASIA*
J&K: 4 more Kashmiri political leaders released from detention
https://scroll.in/latest/951908/j-k-four-more-kashmiri-political-leaders-released-from-detention
Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday released four Kashmiri political leaders from detention, ANI reported. They were detained at MLA Hostel in Srinagar since August 5. 4 were identified as National Conference leaders Abdul Majeed Larmi, Ghulam Nabi Bhat, Muhammad Shafi, and Muhammad Yousuf Bhat.With this release, 17 leaders of various parties in Kashmir are still in detention at the MLA hostel, IANS reported.scroll
Sitharaman Quotes Kashmiri Poet Who Wrote Ode to Sheikh Abdullah, Whose Son, Grandson Are Now in Jail
https://thewire.in/government/nirmala-sitharaman-budget-kashmir
New Delhi: As part of the long-stand tradition in the budget speech, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman quoted a Kashmiri verse about “blooming lotus in Dal Lake”. Ironically, the Kashmiri author of those lines came to prominence for praising Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah, whose son and grandson have been put in custody by the Indian government for the last six months.Sitharaman recited a couple of lines by Dina Nath Kaul, who had used the pseudonym ‘Nadim’. “Our country is like the flowering Shalimar Bagh, like the blooming lotus in Dal Lake and like the warm blood of our youth,” is the translation of what the poet recited in Kashmiri.According to an article by Mohan K. Tikku, Nadim sprang to prominence in 1946, when Sheikh Abdullah was released from prison.thewire
Revised J&K Internet Whitelist Includes More Kashmiri Portals, Removes JioChat
https://thewire.in/government/revised-jk-internet-whitelist-includes-more-kashmiri-portals-removes-jiochat
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir government has announced an expanded whitelist of approved websites, which includes more Kashmiri websites. However, the Mukesh Ambani-owned JioChat, a messenger app, has been removed from this latest list.After mobile phone and 2G internet services were restored, the government had announced a list of 301 websites which could be accessed in the union territory.While the home department stated on January 24 that there would be complete restriction on social media applications for ‘peer-to-peer’ communications, it had whitelisted JioChat.Meanwhile, portals like Jammu Links and Straight Line News, which were not part of the earlier list, have now been included in the new one.thewire
J&K DSP case: NIA raids multiple places in south Kashmir
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jk-dsp-case-nia-raids-multiple-places-in-south-kashmir-6247354/
Srinagar:NIA today carried out searches in connection with a case in which a senior Jammu and Kashmir police officer was arrested while ferrying terrorists outside the valley, officials said here.Multiple NIA teams fanned in various parts of south Kashmir and carried out the searches at some private offices and residences, they said.NIA had taken over the case in which Jammu and Kashmir’s DSP Davinder Singh, who has since been suspended, was caught in south Kashmir while ferrying two terrorists out of the valley on January 11.PTI
2 CRPF personnel, 7 civilians injured after militants hurl grenade in Srinagar's Lal Chowk; security forces cordon off area
https://www.firstpost.com/india/two-crpf-personnel-seven-civilians-injured-after-militants-hurl-grenade-in-srinagars-lal-chowk-security-forces-cordon-off-area-7991851.html
Srinagar : 2 security force jawans and 7 civilians were injured in a grenade attack by militants on CRPF personnel in Lal Chowk area of the city on Sunday, police said.The militants hurled a grenade on the CRPF personnel posted on duty near Pratap Park in busy Lal Chowk area of the city, a police official said. The nine injured persons were shifted to a hospital, he said.PTI
*OTHERS*
Hindu Mahasabha UP chief Ranjeet Bachchan shot dead in Lucknow
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/antarrashtriya-hindu-mahasabha-up-chief-shot-dead-in-lucknow/article30718482.ece
LUCKNOW:Uttar Pradesh unit head of Antarrashtriya Hindu Mahasabha, Ranjeet Bachchan, was shot dead in Lucknow by unknown assailants on Sunday when he was out on a morning walk, police said.JCP Naveen Arora said Bachchan’s cousin, Aditya Srivastava, was also injured in the incident and their mobile phones were snatched by the attackers, one of whom fired on them.The officer said while 40-year-old Bachchan died on the spot after being hit by a bullet, Srivastava has received bullet injuries on his left hand.“On Sunday morning, Aditya Srivastava informed the police that he along with his cousin had gone on a morning walk. They were coming from OCR building (Burlington Crossing) and were going towards Parivartan Chowk in the city when a person, who had a shawl wrapped over himself, stopped them, snatched their mobile phones, and fired,” Arora said.He said as per initial information, Bachchan and his wife Kalindi Sharma were not in a cordial relationship and a case in this regard was registered in Gorakhpur. “This angle is also being looked into,” he said.He said the deceased was also associated with Samajwadi Party previously and took part in cycle rallies of the party between 2002-09. According to multiple sources in the Hindu Mahasabha, who have spoken to The Quint, Ranjit had two wives. PTI /The Quint
Hindu Mahasabha UP Prez Killed: Who Was Ranjit Bachchan?
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/hindu-mahasabha-up-prez-dead-ranjit-bachchan-srivastava-profile
UP man severs wife's head, goes to police station, chants 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'
https://www.indiatoday.in/crime/story/uttar-pradesh-barabanki-man-murder-wife-sever-head-national-anthem-1642397-2020-02-01
Lucknow:As shocking as it may sound but a man severed his wife's head in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki and reached a police station holding his wife's head in his hand on Saturday.The brutal incident happened at Jahangirabad police station area's Bahadurpur village. A domestic fight lead to the cruel incident when the man severed his wife's head, walked all the way to the police station holding the wife's head in his hand.Stranger than fiction, when the police tried to take over the wife's severed head from the man, he immediately started singing National Anthem and chanted 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.After a few minutes of tussle between the accused man and the police, the cops were able to take the severed head from his possession.Accused man Akhilesh Rawat murdered his wife first and then severed her head, according to the police. He then went to the police station with the severed head where he was arrested.IANS
Yogi Govt to Demolish Medical Science Faculty in Mohammad Ali Jauhar University
https://caravandaily.com/yogi-govt-to-demolish-medical-science-faculty-in-mohammad-ali-jauhar-university/?fbclid=IwAR1KTh29xKphV5CgbMMFgaeVrJD5aUpi3HX0_SIhsfSt2c_Dc17amJ9gz20
RAMPUR:After taking possession of 104 bighas of land of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur district officials are now preparing to send a notice for demolition of the university’s medical science faculty.“We are now going to issue notice to Jauhar Trust, run by Azam Khan, and the university authorities to remove their illegal encroachments, which include the faculty of medical science building, failing which the illegal construction will be demolished,” Rampur DM Aunjaneya Kumar Singh said on Saturday.Sources said that medical science faculty building would be razed within a week.The university was built by Azam Khan and Rampur administration claimed that SP leader had encroached upon the government land illegally and constructed the building.IANS
In A First, Tricolour Hoisted, Preamble Read At Mumbai's Mahim Dargah
https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-in-a-first-tricolour-hoisted-preamble-read-at-mumbais-mahim-dargah/346645?fbclid=IwAR03RW2ZAmx2Z5w5fU55lt8dz634NQyEBd-MmrM9xMlN3fRWJvLcWluC6qc
The tricolour was hoisted and the Preamble to the Constitution was read for the first time on Saturday ahead of 607th Urs of Hazrat Makhdoom Ali Mahinmi at the renowned Mahim Dargah in Mumbai, trustees said.They said the historic move was to connect communities and to show solidarity to the nation, and ensure harmony and peace among all sections of society.The flag of the saint was also hoisted on the occasion, trustees added. PTI
In a first: Preamble read at Mumbai’s Mahim dargah
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-a-first-preamble-read-at-mumbais-mahim-dargah-6246918/
Nirbhaya Case: Delhi HC reserves order on Centre's plea challenging stay on execution
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nirbhaya-case-hearing-live-updates-delhi-high-court-on-hanging-of-convicts-1642573-2020-02-02
Delhi High Court is hearing a plea by the Centre challenging the stay issued on the hanging of four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is appearing for the Ministry of Home Affairs, has argued that the four convicts have made deliberate attempts to cause a delay. Tushar Mehta said that convict Pawan Gupta not filing a curative or mercy petition is deliberate and calculated inaction.indiatoday
One dead, more than 300 evacuated after ammonia gas leak at Haldiram's unit in Noida; situation under control, say police
https://www.firstpost.com/india/one-dead-more-than-300-evacuated-after-ammonia-gas-leak-at-haldirams-unit-in-noida-situation-under-control-say-police-7988631.html
Noida: A 42-year-old worker died allegedly after an ammonia gas leak at a Haldiram's building in the city, while more than 300 others were evacuated from there on Saturday, officials said.The leakage was reported around 12 pm, prompting immediate deployment of police force, firefighters NDRF, they said. One dead, over 300 evacuated after ammonia gas leak at Haldirams unit in Noida; situation under control, say police. There are two adjoining units of Haldiram's in the building, one was the production unit and the other was its cooling or the maintenance unit, an NDRF official said.PTI
*WORLD*
China coronavirus deaths, infections jump: All the latest updates
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/china-coronavirus-deaths-infections-jump-latest-updates-200202000738703.html
At least 304 people in China were confirmed dead till, according to National Health Commission. Thousands more were confirmed infected, bringing that total to 14,380 people. Iraq has banned the entry of all foreigners coming from China over fears about the coronavirus outbreak, interior ministry said.Bangladesh has temporarily suspended visa-on-arrival services for travellers from China in an attempt to halt the coronavirus.A further 11 British nationals are being flown back to Europe from China on a French flight, foreign minister Dominic Raab said.Afghan health authorities are establishing isolation wards across the country ahead of a potential influx of coronavirus cases, an official said.Indonesia will temporarily stop flights to and from mainland China starting Wednesday and bar visitors who had been in China in the past 14 days from entering or transiting in the southeast Asian country, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said.aljazeera
Coronavirus: India suspends e-visa facility for Chinese citizens
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-suspends-e-visa-facility-for-chinese-travellers-6247421/
On a day the death toll due to novel coronavirus touched 304 in China, India Sunday temporarily suspended e-visa facility for Chinese travellers and foreigners residing in China, also invalidating e-visas already issued.“Due to certain current developments, travel to India on e-visas stands temporarily suspended with immediate effect,” the Indian Embassy announced. India’s second case of coronavirus has been reported in Kerala, three days after a first case was reported from Thrissu.Earlier in the day, India airlifted the second batch of 323 stranded citizens from coronavirus-hit Wuhan city.indianexpress
Coronavirus outbreak LIVE Updates: Three persons with symptoms admitted to hospital in Jaipur
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-outbreak-live-updates-kerala-india-wuhan-china-6247055/
US envoy briefs Afghan president on peace talks with Taliban
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/envoy-briefs-afghan-president-peace-talks-taliban-200202095450927.html
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that there has not been any significant progress in his peace talks with the Taliban.However, Khalilzad said he was hopeful of reaching an understanding with the group on reduction of hostilities, but did not offer any timeframe, according to a statement issued by the presidential palace on Saturday.After concluding talks in Doha, Brussels and Islamabad, Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Saturday where he separately held discussions with Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on US-Taliban talks. According to Ghani's office, Khalilzad hoped the peace talks to end 18-year war will reach a conclusion."We are waiting for a clear response from the Taliban about a ceasefire or a significant and lasting reduction in violence based on a practical mechanism which is acceptable to the people of Afghanistan and US government," Khalilzad said.aljazeera
Mohammad Allawi: Iraq's new PMdesignate
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/mohammad-allawi-iraq-prime-minister-designate-200202070352074.html
After two months of political deadlock, Iraqi President Barham Salih on Saturday appointed Mohammed Allawi to replace caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who resigned in late November in the face of widespread anti-government protests.PM-designate has a month to form a government, which must be approved by the country's deeply divided Parliament. He is tasked with running the country until an early election is held, for which there is no set date.The appointment of Allawi, a former communications minister, followed an ultimatum by Salih, who had said he would pick a new prime minister himself if parties did not agree on a candidate. But his choice was instantly rejected by protesters who have for months defied a bloody crackdown to demand a complete overhaul of the country's ruling class."Allawi is rejected," demonstrators in Baghdad's Tahrir Square chanted on Saturday, dismissing prime-minister designate as being part and parcel of Iraq's post-2003 political establishment.A cousin of former vice president and PM Iyad Allawi, PM-designate is a native of Baghdad and a Shia Muslim.aljazeera
PA says it cut ‘sacred’ security ties with Israel, US
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200202-palestinian-authority-says-it-cut-sacred-security-ties-with-israel-us/
Palestinian Authority (PA) has cut all ties with US and Israel including security relations after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented this week by US President Donald Trump, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said.At a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, Abbas reiterated his “complete” rejection of Trump’s peace plan, which calls for creating a demilitarised Palestinian state with borders drawn to meet Israeli security needs.“We’ve informed the Israeli side…that there will be no relations at all with them and US including security ties,” Abbas told one-day extraordinary session to discuss Trump’s plan.middleeastmonitor
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Jamia and Shaheen Bagh shootings: It's deeply worrying that the word 'terrorist' is absent from popular discourse:Praveen Swami , firstpost
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https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/lessons-that-shaheen-bagh-teaches-us-about-citizenship
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https://thewire.in/politics/delhi-polls-hate-speech-bjp-campaign
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Brace yourself for an economy that will grow at an unsatisfactory rate in 2020-21:P Chidambaram
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/budget-2020-economic-survey-bjp-nirmala-sitharaman-6246600/
Rhetoric over CAA bound to lose these middle of the road voters:Meghnad Desai
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/delhi-bjp-elections-anurag-thakur-shaheen-bagh-6246593/
Incitements by BJP leaders aim to polarise society, create violent identities — not just win elections:Pratap Bhanu Mehta
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Court Notices Being Served to Some Shaheen Bagh Protestors:Tarique Anwar
https://www.newsclick.in/court-notices-being-served-some-shaheen-bagh-protestors
Indian TV news, Rest in Peace: job of spreading disinformation and lies well done:Sujata Anandan
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