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Andhra HC Orders Cancellation Of SC Certificate of Practising Christian Zilla Parishad Chairperson In Guntur

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered the Guntur Collector to cancel the Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate of the chairperson of the Guntur Zilla Parishad, who was elected to the position reserved for Scheduled Castes in September 2021.

In September 2021, Heni Christina of Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP was unanimously elected as the chairperson of Guntur’s Zilla Parishad. She won by a margin of 17500 votes from a constituency reserved for the scheduled caste candidates.

According to The Hindu, she stated,“We are forever grateful to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who had fulfilled his promise of elevating a Dalit woman to the coveted post. We assure that we will live up our leader’s expectation and ensure that welfare schemes are taken to the doorstep of the people”.

Christina is the wife of Christian pastor Bishop K Suresh Kumar who runs the Christian missionary organization Harvest India.

Mandru Sarla Kumari, a Guntur native and SC Hindu, filed complaints with the district administration about bishop Suresh Kathera and his wife Heni Christina’s conversion activities.

She alleged that Christian Bishop Kattera Suresh Kumar is holding a Scheduled Caste certificate to avail reservation benefits despite being a Christian Bishop, maintaining a big church, running several Bible colleges and awarding Christian theology degree through a large evangelical organization namely Harvest India.

She had presented plenty of evidence to show that the pastor and his family are Christians but use SC Hindu certificates to illegally obtain government benefits.

Regardless of the evidence, the collector declared Kathera and his family to be SC Hindus, despite the fact that they run 10 bible colleges and a church called King’s Temple.

 

The Legal Rights Protection Forum, an organization working for the rights of Dalits and tribal communities, filed a petition at the Andhra Pradesh High Court in September 2021, challenging Heni Christina’s candidacy from the reserved ZP constituency Guntur.

As per the Constitutional (Scheduled Castes) Order of the President 1950, a person ceases to be a member of the Scheduled Caste community if he/she professes a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism.

Recently, in the case filed by LRPF, the Andhra Pradesh High Court recognized Mr. Kathera Suresh Kumar, President of Harvest India, and his wife Heni Christina, Guntur ZP Chairperson as Christians, not Hindu SCs, and ordered the District Collector to cancel their SC Caste Certificates.

LRPF had previously unearthed FCRA violations at Bishop Kathera’s missionary organization, Harvest India, and lodged a complaint with the Ministry of Home Affairs. Bishop Kathera had told his foreign audience, “Pastors are being killed. Churches are being burned. Our Prime Minister is a bad guy. He doesn’t want Christians in India.” Kathera and his wife are both YSRCP members.

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Hypocrisy Of TNM: Secularises Aftab Butchering Shraddha Incident, Had Communalised Petty College Fight

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The News Minute, a leftist-cum-Dravidian Stockist portal has given a secular spin to the horrendous crime where a man named Aftab Ameen Poonawalla slaughtered his live-in partner into 35 pieces.

Aftab strangled the 26-year-old Sharddha Walkar on 18 May 2022, following a heated argument as she had asked him to marry her. He then dismembered her body with a sharp weapon into 35 pieces and bought a fridge to store them. He then threw the butchered body parts at 18 different locations in Delhi over the next 18 days. To avoid being caught, he reportedly left the house in the wee hours carrying 1-2 body parts in a plastic bag and threw them in the forest.

In a statement, the Delhi Police on 14 November 2022 said that the Mehrauli Police has solved the six-month-old case and arrested Aftab.

The news of this incident has sent shockwaves across the nation. However, a few leftist media outlets have been trying to secularize the incident to hide the identity of the perpetrator.

Earlier, the Times of India which had initially publised a report with the title “Delhi’s interfaith love: Shraddha’s body cut into piece by Aftab“ subsequently changed it to “Man chops live-in partner into 35 pieces, dumps them in Delhi forest“.

Leftist portal The News Minute hid the name of the perpetrator in a bid to secularize the incident.

The portal’s Editor-in-Chief Dhanya Rajendran sharing an Indian Express article titled “A toxic and abusive relationship that ended in death” wrote on her Twitter “Shraddha continued their relationship as Aaftab emotionally blackmailed her and said he would die by suicide if she leaves him. The level of entitlement such men have”.

That being said, the leftist portal tried to fan communal flames by amplifying a petty college fight that happened at a nondescript town in Dakshin Kannada district.

The headline of this article read “Dakshina Kannada: Muslim man beaten up for speaking to Hindu woman classmate“.

In The News Minute article, it was alleged that one Mohammed Saneef was allegedly beaten up for talking to and befriending a Hindu classmate. The article did not bring in the angle of stalking or harassment. The police had mentioned it as a “love-related case”. On the other hand, TNM tried its best to link the students who had beaten Sanaf with a Hindu rights organization.

“An investigation is underway,” Dakshina Kannada SP Rishikesh Sonawane told TNM, adding that the accused do not belong to any organisation as such, the TNM article noted.

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People Injured In Police Firing File Petition To Reopen Sterlite Plant In Thoothukudi

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The people injured by police shooting on the 100th day of protest demanding the closure of the Sterlite copper plant in 2018 have now submitted a petition to the District Collector’s office asking for reopening of the plant.

On May 22, 2018, police opened fire during a protest against the Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi, killing 13 civilians and injuring many more. In response to the shocking incident, the then-Edappadi Palaniswami government sealed the Sterlite plant.

Ever since the incident, some residents near the plant have wanted the Sterlite plant to reopen, while others want it to remain closed indefinitely. Both groups have been submitting petitions to the Collector’s office. In this scenario, people who were seriously injured in the shooting, villagers near the plant, and fishermen came to the district collector’s office today to file a petition to reopen the Sterlite plant.

Thangam, who was seriously injured in the firing, told the media,” 16 people who were seriously injured in the firing had come to petition the district collector’s office to open the plant. But we were denied entry into the Collector’s office. We are paralyzed with no job opportunities due to the closure of the plant for 4 years. Despite repeated appeals, no help was provided. No action was taken. The factory has said that it will provide job opportunities if the factory is opened. Therefore, the Sterlite plant should be reopened.”

(with inputs from News7 Tamil)

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17-Yr-Old Footballer Priya Dies After Botched Surgery At Chennai’s Periyar Nagar Govt Hospital

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Priya R, a 17-year-old football player who underwent surgery to treat a ligament tear in her knee, died on Tuesday morning as a result of multiple organ failure caused by medical negligence.

Priya, daughter of Ravikumar from Vyasarpadi, Chennai, has been playing football since childhood. She comes from a poor family and is pursuing her degree at Ranimary College in Chennai. She has competed in district and state level football competitions.

Priya’s right leg had a muscle strain recently during football practise. Due to the immense pain, an examination was performed, and it was found that Priya had a ligament tear. Following this, on November 7th, an operation was performed at Perambur Periyar Nagar Government Suburban Hospital. Even after the operation, the pain persisted and the foot swelled. Priya was then transferred to Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital for further treatment, where she was receiving intensive care.

On examination, it was revealed that the blood flow to her right leg was obstructed because of the tightly bound band by doctors after the ligament surgery. The doctors at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital advised that the leg be amputated because all of the muscles in the leg were rotting. Priya’s parents agreed to have her legs amputated to save her life. Following amputation, she was treated in the intensive care unit by a medical team that included a vascular specialist and an orthopaedic surgeon.

However, Priya died tragically on Tuesday morning at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai, after her health deteriorated due to multiple organ failure. 2 doctors from orthopedics department have already been suspended for medical negligence.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu state BJP chief Annamalai tweeted, “I’m shocked to know footballer Priya died during wrong treatment. I express my condolences to the family. Every department is destroyed in this DMK regime. It is disappointing that the medical department has joined that list. The government should suspend both doctors, provide a government job for a family member and grant a solatium of 2 crore rupees.”

The ruling DMK government has also announced a ₹10 lakh compensation for the family. An FIR has been filed against two doctors at the Periyar Nagar Government Hospital in Kolathur in connection with the botched surgery that resulted in Priya’s death.

(with inputs from Asianet News)

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PM Modi’s Remarks At G20 Summit In Bali: Calls For Ceasefire In Ukraine War, Emphasizes On Fertilizer Security

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 November 2022 attend the G20 Summit at Indonesia spoke of the challenges presented by climate change, the Covid pandemic, and the importance of India being energy secure.

He also called for a ceasefire and diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Here is the full text of his remarks translated in English.

Namaskar!

I heartily congratulate President Joko Widodo for giving effective leadership to the G-20 in a challenging global environment. Climate change, the Covid pandemic, the developments in Ukraine, and the global problems associated with it. All these together have caused havoc in the world. Global supply chains are in ruins. There is a crisis of essentials, essential goods all over the world. The challenge for the poor citizens of every country is more severe. Everyday life was already a struggle for them. They do not have the financial capacity to deal with the double whammy. Due to the double whammy, they lack the financial capacity to handle it. We should also not hesitate to acknowledge that multilateral institutions such as the UN have been unsuccessful on these issues. And we have all failed to make suitable reforms in them. Therefore, today the world has greater expectations from the G-20, the relevance of our group has become more significant.

Excellencies

I have repeatedly said that we have to find a way to return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine. Over the past century, the Second World War wreaked havoc in the world. After that, the leaders of that time made a serious effort to take the path of peace. Now it’s our turn. The onus of creating a new world order for the post-Covid period lies on our shoulders. The need of the hour is to show concrete and collective resolve to ensure peace, harmony and security in the world. I am confident that next year when the G20 meets in the holy land of Buddha and Gandhi, we will all agree to convey a strong message of peace to the world.

Excellencies,

During the pandemic, India ensured food security of its 1.3 billion citizens. At the same time, food grains were also supplied to many countries in need. The current shortage of fertilizers in terms of food security is also a huge crisis. Today’s fertilizer shortage is tomorrow’s food crisis, for which the world will not have a solution. We should build mutual agreement to maintain the supply chain of both manure and food grains stable and assured. In India, for sustainable food security, we are promoting natural farming, and re-popularising nutritious and traditional foodgrains like millets. Millets can also solve global malnutrition and hunger. We all must celebrate the International Year of Millets with great enthusiasm next year.

Excellencies,

India’s energy-security is also important for global growth, as it is the world’s fastest growing economy. We must not promote any restrictions on the supply of energy and stability in the energy market should be ensured. India is committed to clean energy and environment. By 2030, half of our electricity will be generated from renewable sources. Time-bound and affordable finance and sustainable supply of technology to developing countries is essential for inclusive energy transition.

Excellencies,

During India’s G-20 Presidency, we will work for global consensus on all these issues.

Published from PIB

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TNM’s Dhanya Rajendran Extracts Sympathy Bytes From Terrorist Convicted For Killing Ex-Indian PM

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The Supreme Court released the remaining six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case on Friday (11 November 2022), extending the benefit of its order that freed their co-convict AG Perarivalan saying, “the appellants are directed to be set at liberty if not required in any other matter”.

Hearing the convict’s petitions, a bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna noted that the applicants’ death sentences had previously been commuted to life sentences due to delays. “We order that all appellants’ sentences be deemed served.” “The applicants are thus ordered to be released unless otherwise required,” the bench said.

According to the investigation agencies, Nalini took Dhanu, the suicide bomber, to a shop to stitch the salwar kameez that was used to conceal the IED for the assassination. The attack also claimed the lives of fifteen other people, including nine police officers, and injured 43 others.

However, parties like DMK, VCK, MDMK, and NTK, as well as a few other news outlets have been trying hard to portray the Rajiv Gandhi assassins as innocents. Dhanya Rajendran, Editor-in-Chief of The News Minutes, did an interview with Rajiv Gandhi’s assassin Nalini, eulogizing her and extracting sympathy bytes.

The thumbnail of The News Minute interview with the now-released terror convict, carried the title “SC ended my suffering”. The video starts off with a clip of an emotionally overwhelmed Nalini coming out of jail.

“31 years in jail, Nalini Sriharan is finally a free woman”, Dhanya Rajendran starts off the interview.

Expressing her feelings after hearing the Supreme Court judgement, the convicted terrorist in the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case who has now been released sid,”This was something I was expecting. If Arivu (Perarivalan – another assassin) could be released, I believe the Supreme Court will release us as well. Arivu was prosecuted under Central Acts, but I was only prosecuted under state laws: IPC sections 302 and 120b. I should have been released a long time ago.“

She continued, “Perumal (inferred to be a police officer), who used to assist me inside the prison, broke the news of my release. He demanded biriyani as a treat for informing me about the news of my release.”

Further, Dhanya as a matter-of-factly states “When you live in Tamil Nadu you see a lot of people reacting with joy, happiness, satsifaction, whatever it it is. But outside there are a lot of people who believe that this sends a wrong message. The Congress especially had a press meet yesterday.”

In response this Nalini stated,”They have their own opinion. We cannot expect everyone to love us or understand us. Opinions may differ.”

Nalini said to the families of the victims who died in the bomb blast along with Rajiv Gandhi, “The decision was made by the Supreme Court, and no one can question it. The Supreme Court is more familiar with the case than the victims’ families. Will the dead people come to life if we stay in jail indefinitely? If so, I will definitely go to jail again.”

Nalini then continued,”We were happy when Justice Sathaasivam’s judgement came. Late Chief Minister J Jayalalitha did her best to get us out, but she could not do it. Then Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami did everything correct to get us out, but it did not materialize as it is a lengthy process.”

Dhanya Rajendran who can be seen with a toothy smile all through the interview, further attempted to trivialize the bomb blast by asking Nalini about ‘her struggles’ in jail. She asked Nalini if she had become acquainted, like Arivu, with the nitty-gritty of filing petitions in court. She went on to ask about her daughter’s reaction to the verdict, how the degree she pursued while in jail helped her, her record of being in jail for three decades, her difficulties during her pregnancy in jail, and other questions that whitewashes her image as a bomb blast convict.

Dhanya further asked “I’ve always felt that Megara perhaps suffered the most, your daughter. Do you feel so?” to which Nalini replied “Yea, I also feel the same way and she also feels the same way.. We are matured. We can endure all these things. She (her daughter) was young. She didn’t get whatever a young baby deserves. So, what you say is correct. She was the most unfortunate baby.”

Nalini further added,”I faced numerous challenges both before and after my pregnancy. Nobody assisted me. It was extremely difficult to care for my daughter while she was in jail with me. Now I wanted to live my life for my family, who had lost everything as a result of my actions.”

She further said,”Governor RN Ravi previously worked as a police officer. How can I expect him to sign my mercy petition when many police officers were killed in the case to which I am related? He must be extremely intelligent in order to lead our Intelligence for ten years. I am not going to say anything against him.”

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Aftab Butchers Shraddha Into 35 Pieces After She Asks For Marriage, ToI & NDTV Secularise Coverage To Hide Identity Of Perpetrator

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A blood-curdling crime has been solved by the Delhi Police where a man named Aftab was arrested for slaughtering a woman named Shraddha who is believed to have been his live-in partner.

According to reports, Aftab Ameen Poonawalla and Shraddha were living in Delhi’s Mehrauli area. Both of them worked together at a call centre in Mumbai. He got to her thorugh a dating app. The two started dating and moved in to live together. Since Shraddha’s family did not approve of the relationship, the couple eloped to Delhi.

Aftab strangled the 26-year-old Sharddha on 18 May 2022, following a heated argument as she had asked him to marry her. He then dismembered her body with a sharp weapon into 35 pieces and bought a fridge to store them. He then threw the butchered body parts at 18 different locations in Delhi over the next 18 days. To avoid being caught, he reportedly left the house in the wee hours carrying 1-2 body parts in a plastic bag.

Since there was neither any communication from Shraddha nor updates on her social media accounts, her concerned father came to Delhi to check her flat which was found locked. He then filed a missing person complaint with the Mumbai police and also told them about his daughter’s relationship with Aftab whom he suspected to be behind her disappearance. Her last location was found to be in Delhi.

In a statement, the Delhi police said that the Mehrauli Police has solved the six-month-old case and arrested Aftab for killing  Shraddha, chopping her into pieces and disposing them.

Ironically, Aftab on his social media had shared posts positioning him as a champion of women and gay rights.

The news of this incident has sent shockwaves across the nation. However, a few leftist media outlets have been trying to secularize the incident to hide the identity of the perpetrator.

Times of India which had initially publised a report with the title “Delhi’s interfaith love: Shraddha’s body cut into piece by Aftab“. However, it was subsequently changed to “Man chops live-in partner into 35 pieces, dumps them in Delhi forest“.

Another leftist mainstream news outlet NDTV carried a headline “Man Killed Partner In Delhi, Dumped Body Pieces At 2 am For 18 Days: Cops“.

India Today identified the perpetrator as “Indian predator”.

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Chruch Priest And Wife Arrested Under POCSO Act in Chennai

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Sheraldu Manohar, a priest from Sri Lanka, has served in the Christian Church in Adamappakkam, Chennai, for the past four years. An elderly woman complained to the Madipakkam All Women Police Station that Pastor Sherald and his wife were sexually harassing her granddaughter.

Based on the complaint, the police started an investigation and questioned both the victim girl and the priest. During the investigation, it was revealed that the girl had been sexually harassed over the phone and in person for the past six months. Police also arrested the priest’s wife, who was an accomplice in the crime, under POCSO act.

The Madipakkam all-women police registered a case against the two accused under the POCSO Act. They were produced before the court and remanded them in judicial custody. According to the police, the priest sexually harassed many girls and women in the past who visited the church.

(with inputs from News18 Tamil)

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Intersex Activist And NCTP South Rep Attacked By Unidentified Persons

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In a shocking incident, Gopi Shankar Madurai, an intersex activist and the south representative of National Council for Transger Persons, was brutally attacked by unidentified persons in New Delhi on 12 November 2022.

According to reports, the incident happened on the night of 12th November when Gopi was taking a stroll in Karol Bagh after dinner.

He was reportedly surrounded by 6-7 people who had asked him for money. When he refused, they abused him and physically assaulted him, a Delhi Police officer was quoted saying in a report.

Gopi has severe injuries on his eyes, face and hands. He has been hospitalized and had undergone 2 minor surgies, according to sources close to him.

A case under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC has been registered.

Intersex, a regional network of intersex activists and organization issued a statement condemning the violence meted out against Gopi.

“We strongly condemn the brutal attack inflicted on them by six unidentified men in Delhi. An attack of this nature against a prominent activist in the capital city is likely to have a chilling effect on future activism in the country. We are deeply concerned about the safety and security of intersex activists in India.”, the statement read.

“Gopi Shankar has been threatened by physical violence and attacked several times since 2021 and has even previously asked for intervention from the central government. This was the fifth instance of violence against them. The first four instances took place in the state of Tamil Nadu. India has witnessed several major progressive reforms recognizing the rights of people with diverse SOGIESC identities, including the intersex community. It is profoundly worrying that attacks against intersex activists continue even after law enforcement agencies have been put on notice.”, the statement said.

The organization has demanded a speedy investigation and has urged the National Commission for Human Rights to look into the matter.

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“Selling value-added products of traditional rice varieties will result in good profit!,” echo experts at the Save Soil Seminar

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“Farmers can see a good profit if they sell traditional rice varieties and small grains as value-added products,” voiced agriculturist experts speaking at a natural farming seminar organized by the Save Soil Movement today. Ranipet District Collector Mr. Bhaskarapandian was the special guest and delivered the felicitation address. More than 500 enthusiastic farmers joined the seminar organized in Arcot.

Mr. Nagarathinam Naidu, an accomplished farmer from Telangana, who obtained a yield of 90 bags (7,000 kg) from 2 kg of seed paddy, highlighted the techniques for high yield in paddy. The famous entomologist Mr. Poochi Selvam shared his inputs on the insects which may harm the paddy field and the controlling measures.

The founder of Dhanyas from Madurai, Mr. Dinesh Mani spoke in detail about the need to sell traditional rice as a value-added product. Mrs. Lakshmidevi from Ambasamuthram shared her experience about the techniques she followed in rice cultivation and revealed methods of getting high yields in traditional rice varieties. A distinguished woman farmer, she has received an award from the Tamil Nadu government for the highest yield in traditional rice cultivation. Apart from this, an exhibition and sale of traditional seeds and an exhibition of weeding tools were also held in this seminar.

(This is an official press release from Isha Foundation. The Commune was not involved in creating this content.)

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