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TRS leader Sheikh Sajid Khan traps and rapes a minor

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In the Indian state of Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Sheikh Sajid Khan has been booked for raping a 15-year-old girl.

The minor is a student of class 8 told her parents on Saturday (February 28). The TRS leader Sheikh Sajid Khan who is vice-chairman of Nirmal municipality in TRS,  had raped her in Hyderabad in January this year.

“We have registered a case under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Sunday. The accused has been missing since then. We have formed four special teams to search for him and we shall arrest him at the earliest,” Hindustan Times quoted Nirmal Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) D Upender Reddy.

As per reports, Khan had seen the minor in a school function in January this year and had set his sight on her since then. He had hired one lady named Annapurna to rent a place near the victim’s house.

After Annapurna developed a relationship with the girl family, she took the victim to Hyderabad in January on the pretext of a family function and the girl was later raped by Khan in a hotel.

“Instead of taking the victim to the function, the woman took the girl to a hotel in the old city, where Khan raped her. Later, the girl was taken to different places in the city, where she was repeatedly assaulted sexually,” Reddy quoted the victim.

Upon return, Annapurna threatened the victim not to reveal her rape and if she did her family would be harmed which forced her to remain silent.

After the news of the rape emerged, TRS leadership expelled Khan from the primary membership of the party as the news of sexual assault provoked sharp reactions from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who protested in front of the Nirmal Municipality and demanded swift justice for the victim.

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PM Modi speaks to father of Naveen Shekharappa who died in Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar (20), an Indian student from Karnataka studying medicine in Ukraine was shot dead in the shelling that happened in the city of Kharkiv on Tuesday (March 1).

Naveen was a fourth year medical student studying at the Kharkiv National Medical University in the eastern city of Kharkiv in Ukraine.

The news of his death was confirmed by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, India.

According to reports, Naveen was shot dead around 10.30 AM Ukrainian time. He was standing in the queue at a grocery shop when the Russian army fired at people.

Kharkiv, which is located close to the Russian border, has been witnessing intense shelling over the past few days.

Government of India is now taking efforts to retrieve his body from the war-ravaged country.

In light of this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the father of the deceased student over phone and offered his condolences.

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Murder attempt on judge in Salem court, one arrested

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Pon. Pandiyan is a judge at the Salem 4th Criminal Arbitration Judicial Magistrate. His office assistant identified as Prakash was recently transferred.

On Tuesday (March 1), Judge Pon. Pandian had come to the Salem Consolidated Court complex when Prakash, who was there at the time, tried to stab him. Those present arrested Prakash and handed him over to the police.

During the police investigation, it was stated that Judge Pon. Pandian was the reason for Prakash’s transfer. This enraged Prakash who is said to have planned to assassinate the judge. The incident in which a civil servant tried to assassinate a judge in broad daylight has come as a shock.

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“India’s Divider-In-Chief Rahul Gandhi”: TN BJP chief Annamalai gives stinging rebuttal to Congress leader

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Chennai to launch the autobiography of DMK chief MK Stalin ‘Ungalil Oruvan’.

Speaking on the occassion, Rahul Gandhi mentioned about his speech in the Parliament in which he had mentioned Tamil Nadu multiple times. In direct contrast to the explanations given by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on the Indian Union, Rahul Gandhi said that it is the union of states that come together to form India. He also cast aspersions on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that when he comes here, he tries to impose his idea on the people of Tamil Nadu.

Responding to the statements made by Rahul Gandhi, BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai gave a stinging rebuttal in which he pointed various instances where the Congress in alliance with DMK had acted against the interests of the Tamil people.

In his rejoinder, Annamalai addressed Rahul Gandhi as India’s “divider-in-chief” and went on to say that the Congress leader should’ve spent time doing cookery show (taking a jibe at his featuring in prominent cooking channel on YouTube) instead of fanning separatism.

He also pointed out that unlike Rahul Gandhi claimed, the states did not come together to form the Indian union rather it was the Union which has created the states for administrative reasons.

He also pointed out various instances like the giving away of Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka and the apathy shown by the Congress government in Centre and the DMK government in the state during the Sri Lanka Civil War.

He said that if at all the Congress leader wants to resolve anything, he could try resolving the infighting at Satymurthy Bhavan (Tamil Nadu Congress headquarters).

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₹1,33,026 crore Gross GST Revenue collected for February 2022

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The gross GST revenue collected in the month of February 2022 is ₹1,33,026 crore of which CGST is ₹24,435 crore, SGST is ₹30,779 crore, IGST is ₹67,471crore (including ₹33,837 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is ₹10,340 crore (including ₹638 crore collected on import of goods).

The government has settled ₹26,347 crore to CGST and ₹21,909 crore to SGST from IGST. The total revenue of Centre and the States in the month of February 2022 after regular settlement is ₹50,782 crore for CGST and ₹52,688 crore for the SGST.

The revenues for the month of February 2022 are 18% higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year and 26% higher than the GST revenues in February 2020. During the month, revenues from import of goods was 38% higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) are 12% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

February, being a 28-day month, normally witnesses revenues lower than that in January. This high growth during February 2022 should also be seen in the context of partial lockdowns, weekend and night curfews and various restrictions that were put in place by various States due to the omicron wave, which peaked around 20th January.

This is for the fifth time GST collection has crossed ₹1.30 lakh crore mark. Since implementation of GST, for the first time, GST cess collection crossed ₹10,000 crore mark, which signifies recovery of certain key sectors, especially, automobile sales.

The chart shows trends in monthly gross GST revenues during the current year.

(Published from PIB)

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TN police officer demands gender certificate from athlete, NCTP takes cognizance

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G Harikumar, DSP of G1 Vepperi Police Station had allegedly asked well-known athlet Santhi Soundarajan to provide a certificate saying that she was a female.

Santhi who hails from Kathakurichi village in Pudukottai district belongs to the Scheduled Caste community. She is the first Tamil woman to win a medal at the Asian Games. She was stripped of the silver medal she won at the 2006 Asian Games for failing a ‘sex verification test’ which made her ineligible to participate in women’s competition.

The Supreme Court of India in NALSA v. Union of India case said that every person has the right to self-identify their gender. Subsequently, The Transgender (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 has codified the same and prohibited all forms of discrimination against Transgender Persons. Recently, the State of Tamil Nadu via the Government order dated 16 February 2022 amended the Tamil Nadu Police Officers’ Conduct Rules 1964 to include a new rule – ‘24C’ which enumerates that police officer shall not harass Transgender persons and the person working for the welfare of the said community.

In light of this, Nation Council For Transgender Persons South Representative Gopi Shankar Madurai condemned the police officer and has urge the concerned authorities to take action.

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Isha Maha Sivarathri transcends all cultural barriers: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

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On the occasion of Isha’s annual night-long extravaganza celebrating Mahashivaratri, Vice President of India Shri. Venkaiah Naidu shared a video message greeting Sadhguru, Founder-Isha Foundation. The Vice President recalled his participation at the event a couple of years ago in his message. “Celebrations of Mahashivaratri festival at Isha Yoga transcends all cultural barriers and projects a divine and unique atmosphere for devotees of Lord Shiva from all over the world,” he said and sought the blessings of Lord Shiva: “May Lord Shiva bless all of us with his divine blessings and give us the strength to move forward with truth, purity and divinity.”

Responding to his message, Isha Foundation thanked him on Twitter with this message: “We thank the Hon’ble Vice President of India Shri. @MVenkaiahNaidu for his warm wishes on the occasion of #Mahashivratri celebrations at Isha. @VPSeretariat”

The President of the Communist Party of Nepal, Shri. K.P. Sharma Oli also wrote to Sadhguru conveying his wishes on the occasion. Shri. Oli said that “Mahashivaratri festival is celebrated with importance in our countries Nepal and India,” adding that the Nepali Army celebrates the day as Army Day. “Those who accept Shiva as the source of Yoga and Adiyogi believe that ‘Shiva is everywhere’,” said Shri. Oli.

Isha Foundation responded: “Namaskaram Shri. Sharma Oli ji. We thank you for your warm #Mahashivaratri wishes & wish you and your fellow citizens a very Happy Mahashivaratri. @kpsharmaoli”

Earlier Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi had written to Sadhguru greeting him on the occasion.

Isha’s 12-hour Mahashivaratri festivities will begin at 6 p.m. on March 1 and culminate at 6 a.m. the next day. The event draws greater than 100 million in viewership across 170 countries.

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Indian student Rashid Rizwan who cried for not getting help from India had protested against CAA in Ukraine

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A video of an Indian student named Rashid Rizwan who is studying in Ukraine went viral on social media after he alleged that he is stranded in Ukraine and expressed his anger against the Indian government for not evacuating him.

According to Rizwan, few students were allegedly stuck in Ukraine for more than ten hours near the border, and no Indian official had contacted them.

The student could be seen crying in the video, said he preferred to die rather than be in his current situation, and then proceeded to attack the Modi government by questioning the credibility of the Indian government and its officials.

The video of Rizwan blaming the Indian government over its alleged ‘failure’ to evacuate Indians was immediately picked up by the left-liberals and the opposition party that saw this as an opportunity to malign the Modi government’s efforts to evacuate over 18,000 students stuck in Ukraine.

The videos that have now been widely shared are being used as a narrative to misinform the public that the Indian government had failed to help the Indian students studying in Ukraine and did not have any plans to evacuate them.

However, under operation Ganga, the Indian government launched a large-scale operation to bring back the stranded Indian public in Ukraine and hundreds have already reached India from flights that left Romania and Hungary that share a border with Ukraine.

But now it has emerged that Rashid Rizwan who hails from the Gopalganj district of Bihar has been allegedly part of several anti-India propaganda on social media platforms and in 2020, he had posted an image of a three-year-old child, sitting on the blood-splattered body of his grandfather who was killed by the Pakistan-sponsored jihadist and tried to build a narrative that Kashmir had become like Syria.

He hinted that the Modi government had converted the ‘heaven’ Kashmir into a ‘hell’ and this did not go down well with many netizens who reminded that Rizwan had a history of propagating misinformation against the Indian government.

A social media user also shared a screenshot of a tweet in which Rizwan was seen protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) outside his college in Ukraine and also had supported radical Islamist, and Delhi riots accused Safoora Zargar.

In a tweet, Rizwan had said, Zargar was charged under the UAPA for orchestrating the Anti-Hindu Delhi Riots, was arrested because she was a Muslim and that the Delhi police arrested only Muslims and did not take any actions against Hindus who he called murderers.

Rizwan also called the withdrawal of the farm laws by the Modi government a victory of Shaheen Bagh Anti-CAA protests in a tweet and said that these protestors knew how to oppose the fascist government.

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‘Sticker DMK’: TN Govt tries to take claim for Centre’s rescue efforts of Indians stranded in Ukraine

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Living up to their legacy, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu has once again resorted to taking claims for the work done by the BJP-led Central government by stamping its sticker over Government of India’s efforts to rescue Indians stranded in Ukraine.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been assisting in the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine with MEA teams being sent to the land borders with Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic and Romania.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 24 spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed India’s concerns regarding the safety of the Indian citizens in Ukraine, especially students, and conveyed his priority to ensure safe exit of them from the war-torn country of Ukraine.

Following this Air India has been going on rescue missions to evacuate the citizens from Ukraine in batches. Many of them have already landed in India.

It was also announced that Indian students and nationals would not have to pay money for the tickets as the cost is being borne by the Central Government.

Despite the announcement, the MK Stalin-led DMK government in Tamil Nadu has resorted to politicking saying that the state government would bear the cost of ‘Tamil Nadu students’.

DMK Minister Gingee Masthan said that students returned back to Tamil Nadu because of efforts taken by CM Stalin.

The mainstream media and the DMK-friendly social media channels in Tamil Nadu too have been playing the fiddle to peddle the narrative that the state government under the Chief Ministership of Stalin is rescuing students.

This has created an uproar on social media with many lashing out at the DMK that it is was unfortunate of the state government to do petty politics by ‘pasting stickers’ for Centre’s efforts.

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Emir of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Arshad Madani calls hijab mandatory in Islam

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The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a leading organisations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought has made it categorical that the hijab is mandatory in Islam and stopping Muslim students from wearing it was against Article 25 of the Constitution which guarantees freedom of practising religion.

This declaration was made during a meeting of its Working Committee of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind led by the Arshad Madani faction.

He also said that Muslim children are in need of schools and colleges in which they can get higher education in a environment without any hindrance or discrimination.

The whole right to wear hijab started in Karnataka where a bunch of girls demanded that they should be allowed to wear this piece of clothing inside the classroom and now Madani who is an influential Islamic cleric known to provide lawyers to terror suspects said some “so-called educated people are giving a wrong impression that hijab is not obligatory in Islam and there is nothing mentioned about it in the Quran,”.

“There are Islamic guidelines on hijab in the Holy Quran and Hadith which clearly say that hijab is mandatory in Shariah,” Madani said.

The leader of this Islamist organisation called the hijab issue constitutional and said the prohibition of Muslim students from wearing the hijab is against Article 25 of the Constitution which gives rights to minorities and pointed out India has no state religion and it gives complete freedom to all citizens to practice their religion.

Though the Karnataka High Court concluded the hearing related to the ‘hijab’ case on Friday, it however decided to reserve its order.

A judicial Bench was constituted on February 9 comprising the Chief Justice, Justice Krishna S Dixit, and Justice Jaibunnisa M Khazi heard this case on a day-to-day basis over the last two weeks.

The whole hijab row started when a group of Muslim girls was allegedly denied entry into a pre-university college for girls in Udupi in December because wearing a hijab is violating the dress code.

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