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Imam held for supporting ISIS Jihadists
Chennai: The Ramanathapuram police in Tamil Nadu arrested a Tirupur-based Imam, who had procured T-shirts and printed slogans in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al Shams (ISIS) before sending them to the Muslim youths in Thondi, who had posed for a group photograph sporting the T-shirts in front of a mosque recently. After the arrest of M Abdul Rahman (24) and his accomplice Rilvan, who organised the photo session and had ordered the T-shirts, a special police team from the district visited the hosiery town of Tirupur and detained S Faizur Rahman (27) who procured the T-
shirts and supplied them to Rilvan after printing a modified ISIS emblem on them. As he had arranged the Tshirts with full knowledge after receiving the designs and money from Abdul Rahman and Rilvan, he was also arrested for illegal activities. He was produced before a magistrate court and remanded in judicial custody.
Faizur Rahman, who was working as an Imam in a local mosque in Tirupur, had despatched the T-shirts to Rilvan in Chennai, who, in turn, sent them to Thondi. After police launched a drive against those who posed for the photograph sporting the T-shirts, father of Abdul Rahman had destroyed about 50 T-shirts by burning them,
while police seized 25 Tshirts. Meanwhile, police have initiated steps to impound the passport of Abdul Rahman, who used to visit Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sri Lanka on tourist visa in connection with his textiles, leather and electronic goods business. The incident came to light last week after a group photograph of the youths went viral on social media when one of them posted the picture on Facebook on Id-ulFitr. Initially, it was believed that the Muslim youths wanted to only express their gratitude to the ISIS for releasing Indian nurses stranded in Iraq.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa introduced a bill in the assembly to give legal protection to the dhoti, the traditional attire in Tamil Nadu. The bill barred recreation clubs, associations, trusts, companies and societies from imposing restrictions on any person wearing the dhoti (veshti). The bill proposes cancellation of licences to clubs and organisations violating the law. "Whoever violates the provisions shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and with fine which may extend to Rs 25,000." "No person, wearing a veshti reflecting Tamil culture or any other Indian traditional dress, shall be denied entry into any public place, by reason only of his dress, provided that the dress shall be worn in a
J Jayalalithaa decent manner," the bill said. The denial of entry to Madras high court judge D Hariparanthaman and two senior advocates into Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Club at Chepauk in Chennai last month, as they were wearing dhoti, triggered a debate in the state, calling for stringent action against the clubs. Opposition parties, including the DMK, the DMDK, the Congress, the Left parties and the PMK decried the disrespect shown by clubs towards the Tamil attire.
Hyderabad: Chaos reigned supreme at Gandhi Hospital last week with senior doctors hailing from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh almost coming to blows on the issue of nativity. As a result, medical services broke down with doctors from both sides deciding to boycott duties. Trouble started when doctors from the Telangana Government Doctors Association (TGDA) put-up posters that said ‘Seemandhra doctors go back’ from the hospital premises. A few Andhra Pradesh doctors questioned the TGDA members about the posters. “We asked them what was the need to put up such posters in the hospital? If the Government sends us notices to leave, then we will voluntarily go away on our own. We asked TGDA members not to create such uncomfortable situations on
the hospital premises,” they said. What started as a small argument, gradually became an uproar with doctors from either side arguing with each other. A lot of heckling between the two was witnessed and at one point, the doctors almost came to blows. Angry members of TGDA rushed to the chambers of Superintendent Ashok Kumar, demanding immediate action against the AP doctors. The TGDA members also staged a dharna and burned an effigy of the Kamalnathan Committee. “There are 270 doctors at Gandhi Hospital out of which 136 are from AP. Just to stay in Hyderabad, many of these doctors have submitted fake school certificates. One of them manhandled a member of the TGDA,” Dr P Sravan Kumar, president of the TGDA, Gandhi Hospital unit, said.
New Delhi: The Election Commission is set to announce assembly polls in Haryana within the next fortnight, with polling likely to be held in mid-October in a single phase. Sources indicated that the schedule for the state poll, the first after NDA's emphatic win in Lok Sabha elections, may be out around August 21. A separate announcement for the other three poll-bound states of Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir will follow later, possibly in late September or early October. This round of state polls will stretch over multiple phases from November to December. According to sources, polling for the three states may begin in midNovember and conclude in the second half of December. J&K, in particular, may witness polling over seven to eight phases. The EC's move to delink Haryana polls from the other state elections due between December 7 and January 19 was necessary as the term of the state assembly expires on October 27.
Maharashtra, Jharkhand and J&K assemblies have time until December 7, January 3 and January 19 respectively. Advancing the three state polls to match the Haryana schedule was not seen as feasible as Maharashtra, in particular, is witnessing erratic monsoon and its impact, including flooding, may continue until October. The EC is likely to schedule the Haryana polling after October 10, and have the election process completed latest by October 20, leaving a week for government formation. Modi remains Congress’ big worry: Congress sees PM Narendra Modi as the big challenge if he campaigns in the state. Desperate to claw back from the Lok Sabha decimation when it could win a solitary seat of the 10, Congress is pegging its hopes on the triangular contest that is likely to take place with BJP and INLD in the fray. According to party strategists, the state is likely to vote differently in the local polls from the parliamentary bout.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court stepped in to defuse a political fight for the control of gurudwaras between Punjab and Haryana. Ordering status quo, the court said, "Time is the healer. All of you proceed with a cool head." The court was hearing a petition that questioned the constitutional validity of a Haryana government law setting up its own Sikh body to take over the running of about 50 shrines in the state. All Sikh shrines in India are currently under the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandhak Committee, or SGPC, controlled by Punjab's ruling Akali Dal. With the main Sikh body and the Haryana offshoot fighting for control of the gurudwaras in the state, the court ordered both to open separate bank accounts and deposit offerings in the shrines. The court asked the Haryana government to explain whether it had the
TN introduces bill to provide legal protection to dhoti
Haryana polls likely in mid-October
Telangana, AP doctors clash over nativity
SC orders status quo on Haryana gurudwaras issue
South Brief
DMK suspends Stalin loyalist
Chennai: The DMK has suspended its organising secretary P V Kalyanasundaram after he submitted his resignation demanding that M K Stalin be declared the chief ministerial candidate for the 2016 Assembly polls. Party general secretary K. Anbazhagan said that Kalyanasundaram was suspended from all posts, including the primary membership of the party, for indiscipline. Anbazhagan said legal wing secretary R S Bharathi had been appointed in Kalyanasundaram’s place.
DMK candidate’s election upheld
Chennai: The Madras High Court upheld the election of the DMK candidate G. Anbalagan in the Kumbakonam constituency in the April 2011 Assembly elections. The judge said that AIADMK candidate Eramanathan had not proved the charges of corrupt practices by the DMK candidate, who defeated him by 1,272 votes. The petitioner said he gave complaints of money distribution to the Returning Officer and the Flying Squad. Anbalagan countered that the compact discs and documents submitted by the petitioner were not substantiated at all.
Karnataka man hacks daughter's abductor to death Bangalore: Riyaz Khan, a driver, has shocked everyone at the KR Puram police station when he walked in wearing a bloodsoaked shirt and wielding a machete. He told police that he killed Sadiq Bakash, the man who abducted his daughter and surrendered before the police. Riyaz carried the body of the youth in a gunny bag into the police station. Sadiq had allegedly abducted Riyaz's 14-year-old daughter on July 30. Riyaz was arrested and taken into police custody.
North Brief
Hooda baiter transferred for 60th time
Chandigarh: Nine days after senior IAS officer Pradeep Kasni took on the Hooda government by refusing to issue appointment letters to five commissioners of two statutory bodies by raising various objections, the state government transferred him to a low profile assignment. According to Kasni, this is the 60th transfer in his career of 30 years in the state. The 1997 batch IAS officer has been transferred at a time when governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has sought a report from the state government on the controversial appointments.
Rainwali does Haryana proud
competence to bring the law. The Haryana government has also been asked to maintain law and order, a day after street clashes between Sikh protesters and the police in Kurukshetra. Supporters of the newlyformed Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee earlier tried to forcibly enter the 'Chhevin Patshahi', Haryana's main Sikh shrine, when they were stopped by the police. The police used batons, water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse protesters. At least five policemen were injured in the violence. The court will take up the case next on August 25.
Chandigarh: Haryana, known for the worst child sex ratio in India, has reasons to cheer about a small village in Fatehabad district. According to latest figures of the state health department, child sex ratio in the hamlet, Rainwali, is 2,750 girls against 1,000 boys, something unheard of in Haryana. As per 2011 census, Haryana's child sex ratio was just 834 girls for 1,000 boys in 0-6 age group - worst in the country. Rainwali, located near Punjab border, has around 1,800 inhabitants, with a significant number of residents belonging to dalit backward classes.
Two minor sisters allegedly gang-raped in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: Two sisters, 13 and 16 years of age, were allegedly raped by their landlord and three accomplices in Binola village, Gurgaon. Police said the girls had arrived a month ago from Madhya Pradesh with their mother and brother, who were searching for work. They had rented a house in Binola village belonging to Ramavtar, 50, the prime accused. On Saturday night, the four accused entered the house in a drunken state, assaulted the mother and brother before locking them in a room. They then abducted the girls and took them to an undisclosed location and repeatedly raped them.