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AP police officer Shaik Athavullah held for attacking police station with SDPI goons

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Shaik Athavullah, a Head Constable of Andhra Pradesh Special Police Branch has been arrested for his involvement in the Atmakur Police Station attack case.

On 8th January 2022, the police station in Atmakur of Kurnool District was attacked by a mob of Muslims.

The attack came in the light of local Hindus raising objections to the construction of an unauthorized Mosque.

The attack was reportedly orchestrated by radical Islamist outfits like SDPI whose involvement was confirmed by the Superintendent of Police of Kurnool district. Several policemen were grievously injured in the attack.

Seven among the nine persons who were arrested in connection with incident were found to be SDPI members and had undergone SDPI training recently.

Earlier, a Telugu daily ‘Surya’ reported that Head Constable Shaik Athavullah of the Andhra Pradesh Police Special Branch was directly involved the attack.

It was reported that police officials of the same department were trying to save Athavullah by creating records that he went on leave on that day. He was supposed to be on duty at the state Chief Minister’s Camp Office.

However, when a police personnel goes on leave, a substitute police should’ve been appointed in his place which reportedly didn’t happen.

The role of Head Constable was also identified by Intelligence department while watching the video clips of the incident which were shot using drone cameras.

In this light, the said police officer has been taken into custody.

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Kerala: One Muttalan Shihab rapes mentally challenged girl in front of her paralysed mother

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Another Illegal Bangladeshi Infiltrator Arrested From Kolkata Hotel

In the Communist-ruled Indian state of Kerala, a man named Muttalan Shihab entered a house and violently raped a mentally challenged right in front of her mother who is paralysed.

This gruesome incident took place in Kerala’s Malappuram.

According to the reports, the accused ‘Muttalan’ Shihab, who has several criminal cases, broke into the victim’s house at 2 pm on Wednesday (February 24) and forced himself on the girl right in front of her mother who had to witness her daughter being brutalised.

When the victim tried to raise her voice Shihab closed her mouth. However, the girl managed to escape from her attacker, but he followed her, overwhelmed her, and proceeded to rape her. After raping the girl, Shihab threatened to kill her if she spoke about the incident 

The victim’s mother has been bedridden due to serious health problems and the accused threatened the family that he will be back to take ‘revenge’ if they talk.

The victim then revealed her ordeal to the police that this is the second time Shihab had raped the girl and as per latest report, Kerala police have arrested Shihab.

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Imran Khan’s visit to Moscow costs National Bank of Pakistan $55 million

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Pakistan which is in serious economic turmoil has suffered another reversal when two US entities imposed fines worth $55 million on the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and its New York branch.

This fine that has been imposed comes just hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kremlin on Thursday (February 24) amidst the ongoing “special military operation” by Russia into eastern Ukraine.

The US Federal Reserve which is the central bank and Superintendent of Financial Services of the state of New York imposed fines on the central bank of Pakistan over deficiencies and non-compliance with US federal laws.

The Federal Reserve has now imposed a $20.4 million fine, and the New York State Department of Financial Services has asked NBP to pay $35 million after it found “significant deficiencies” in the NBP branch’s “risk management and compliance with federal laws, rules, and regulations”.

As per the US Federal Reserve’s order, the deficiencies were related to anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of the US

The fine has been imposed after an investigation carried was out on March 4, 2021, that said that NBP had entered into a written agreement with the authorities on March 16, 2016, to correct the “deficiencies”, however, a recent investigation found that NBP had failed to “achieve full compliance with each and every provision of the written agreement”.

The order also states, Pakistan’s NBP failed to comply with the US laws and the central bank of Pakistan and the Federal Reserve had “mutually agreed to enter into this Cease and Desist Order and Order of Assessment of a Civil Money Penalty.”

NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne A Harris in a press release said, “The NBP allowed serious compliance deficiencies in its NY branch to persist for years despite repeated regulatory warnings,”.

The press release also reveals that the branch’s senior management was unwilling or unable to promote a culture of compliance and has failed to adequately supervise the branch by allowing problems to worsen year after year.

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Delhi HC orders Twitter to remove tweets made by Audrey Truschke against Vikram Sampath

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Rutgers University professor Audrey Truschke who had accused historian Vikram Sampath of plagiarism for his works on Veer Savarkar on Twitter will now have to delete those tweets. 

The Delhi High Court on Thursday (24 February) gave direction to social networking platform Twitter to take down five tweets of Audrey Truschke against historian Vikram Sampath.

Audrey Truschke is an Aurengazb apologist and the order was passed by Delhi High Court headed by a single bench of Justice Amit Bansal on a plea filed by Sampath who is Rs 2 crore in damages from Truschke and two others, reports Bar and Bench.

In his plea, Sampath had also sought a permanent injunction on publication of the letter dated 11 February written by Truschke, Ananya Chakravarti, and Rohit Chopra to Britain’s Royal Historical Society (RHS) President Emma Griffin.

Lawyer Raghav Awasthi who is representing Vikram Sampath said that his client has faced a barrage of online attacks while the new tweets against Sampath also directly attack the authority of the court. 

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Russia reminds India of longstanding relationship and mutual cooperation amid Ukraine crisis

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As Russia announced a “special military operation” in the Donbass region of Ukraine amid international condemnation and sanctions, the Russian Charge d’Affaires Roman Babushkin expressed hope that the partnership between India and Russia will continue regardless of the ongoing situation in Ukraine.

India is Russia’s biggest customer when it comes to high-tech weaponry and as tension mounts in Ukraine, India must now carefully maintain balance as Babushkin said, “We hope our partnership will continue further at the same level which we are enjoying today. With India, we have a very strong, long, trusted and deep cooperation,” he said, adding that “Russia remains the only country which is honest to sharing sophisticated technologies with India”.

referring to the Russian-Indian bilateral summit held in December last year, he said, “We’ve signed the programme for 10 years of cooperation in the defence area. We have a lot of big projects in the pipeline and we have full confidence that all our plans will be successfully implemented.”

“Defence cooperation between two nations is a strong factor of international peace and stability and to the full extent reflects the national interest of both countries,” he said.

Meanwhile, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti said  “The immediate priority is de-escalation of tensions taking into account the legitimate security interests of all countries for securing long-term peace and stability in the region and beyond,”.

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Russia Ukraine Conflict In Pictures

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in a televised speech early Thursday (February 24) said he has ordered a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine.

Explosions were reported in multiple cities in Ukraine following Putin’s announcement. Ukraine’s government called it a “full-scale invasion of Ukraine” was underway.

US President Joe Biden said in a statement that he “condemned this unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces” and would work with the G7 and allies to impose “severe sanctions.”

The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday (February 23) night convened an emergency meeting on Ukraine.  Many of the UNSC members issued statements condemning the development, with Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya telling his Russian counterpart, “You declare war and it is the responsibility of this body to stop the war.” Russia, which holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month, adjourned the meeting.

Here are a few images and videos of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

https://twitter.com/jankibaat1/status/1496742470343819267

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Did DMK get just 1 vote in Eraniel Ward No. 4? Here is the truth

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There has been a lot of talk on social media over a DMK functionary contesting from the 4th Ward of Eraniel in Kanyakumari district. 

While some favouring the DMK noted that the party did not contest in the said ward, others have come out with proof that the said candidate indeed belongs to the DMK.

But here is the truth.

BJP candidate C. Girija has won the ward securing 147 votes. The AIADMK candidate Gopalakrishnan came second securing 74 votes.

This particular ward was alloted to the Congress which is part of the DMK alliance. The Congress candidate Reththina Bai has received 61 votes.

While it is true that the DMK did not contest officially, a man named Murugan who belongs to the DMK had contested as an independent candidate and got only 1 vote.

In the nomination filed by him, he has identified himself as a member of the DMK.

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It was in this light that the BJP had taunted the DMK calling it ‘One Vote DMK’, a response to the DMK’s jibe against it.

Many including likes of alleged fact-check website ‘You-Turn’ had jumped in to save face for the DMK.

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Encroached lands of Oppiliappan Temple near Kumbakonam recovered

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The encroached Oppiliappan temple land near Kumbakonam was reclaimed on Monday (February 21). 1.59 acres of land belonging to Oppiliappan Venkatachalapathy Swamy Temple near Kumbakonam is under the revenue village of Channapuram. The cultivator who had been cultivating this land was sued by the Thanjavur Revenue Court for the non-payment of the lease arrears. The eviction order in this case was issued by the Revenue Court.

Accordingly, in the presence of the Revenue Department, the Police Department and the  department of Hindu Reliogus & Charitable Endowments, the land was recovered on Monday and handed over to the Venkatachalapathy Swamy Temple officials of the Oppiliappan Temple. It has been announced that legal action will be taken against those who trespass on this land.

(With inputs from Dinamani)

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TN: Devotees demand renovation of 100-yr-old Sundara Vinayagar temple in Villupuram

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There is a 100-yr-old Sundara Vinayagar temple, situated in Kandamaanadi near Villupuram. The public has now demanded that steps be taken to renovate the dilapidated Sundaravinayagar temple.

In this temple, the sanctum sanctorum, the Maha mandapam, the shrine of Lord Murugan and the Mukhamandapam and the Madapalli are all enclosed with a wall without a tower and an entrance gate. The sanctum sanctorum is square in shape. The outer part of the sanctum sanctorum has three forts, sub-pedestal, jagati, triangular dome, in the directions of, south, west and north. The structure is all made of brick and limestone.

The shrine of Lord Murugan is located in the northern part of this great hall. In the sanctum sanctorum, Lord Murugan stand with Goddess Valli and Devasena. There is a pillar on the southern side with the year 1922 AD inscribed on it. Considering this, the temple is believed to be atleast a hundred years old.

This temple falls under the ambit of the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department but its dilapidated state shows that there has been no maintenance of this temple.

The land belonging to the temple has been leased by the HR&CE. However, no action has been taken on behalf of the HR&CE to renovate and maintain the temple. There is no separate priest for the temple. Therefore, the public has demanded that the top officials of the HR&CE take action to renovate and maintain the temple for the devotees surrounding to worship.

(With inputs from Dinamalar)

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PM Modi congratulates young chess champion Praggnanandhaa’s win against Magnus Carlsen

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed happiness over R Praggnanandhaa for winning against the noted champion Magnus Carlsen in online Chess tournament.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;

“We are all rejoicing on the success of the young genius R Praggnanandhaa. Proud of his accomplishment of winning against the noted champion Magnus Carlsen. I wish the talented Praggnanandhaa the very best for his future endeavours.”

16-yr-old Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa won against the world Chess champion Magnus Carlsen, as he stunned him in the 8th round of the Airthings Masters – an online rapid chess competition.

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