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UK Home Sec Priti Patel accuse Church of England of converting Muslim migrants to Christianity to help them get asylum

After the failed attempt to carry out an Islamic suicide attack by Emad Al Swealmeen on Remembrance Day, the Church of England has come under fire for converting Muslim migrants to Christianity and taking advantage of the asylum system after it was revealed the Liverpool suicide bomber had converted from Islam to Christianity.

Britain Home Secretary, Priti Patel accused the Anglican Church of taking advantage of “dysfunctional’ and ‘broken’ asylum system being exploited and aiding asylum seekers to ‘game’ the immigration system by helping hundreds to convert from Islam and ‘pray to stay’ in the UK as it emerged people smugglers are using Instagram to urge migrants to follow Jesus to help them gain British citizenship,”.

However, the Church of England, in a statement said, “We are not aware of any evidence to suggest a widespread correlation between conversion to Christianity, or any other faith, and abuse of the asylum system,”.

Now MPs are demanding a ­formal Parliamentary probe to see if Muslims who had converted to Christianity are duping the Church of England to avoid being deported back to their majority Muslim countries that practice Sharia law.

Priti Patel would likely give evidence after it was discovered that Al Swealmeen, who had changed his name to Enzo Almeni shortly after finding Jesus, had exploited the UK’s asylum ‘merry-go-round’ and now converting from Islam to Christianity is a ‘standard practice’ among asylum seekers ‘to game the system’, a spokesman said.

Tim Loughton, a senior Tory MP on the Home Affairs Select Committee, said, “There is a worrying new development where it appears certain asylum seekers are playing the religious card to avoid deportation to certain countries. This is gaming the system and something we must look into,”.

Rev Mohammad Eghtedarian, then a clergyman at Liverpool Cathedral, admitted in 2016 that ‘plenty of people’ were lying about their intentions after it emerged that the Church of England had christened hundreds of asylum seekers under a scheme dubbed ‘pray to stay’. He said: ‘There are many people abusing the system… I’m not ashamed of saying that. But is it the person’s fault or the system’s fault? And who are they deceiving? The Home Office, me as a pastor, or God?’

Most of these migrants come from failed states like Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Eritrea, and Yemen and claim they are being persecuted for being Christians. 

Home Secretary Patel said, “The case in Liverpool was a complete reflection of how dysfunctional, how broken, the system has been in the past, and why I want to bring changes forward. It’s a complete merry-go-round and it’s been exploited by a whole professional legal services industry which has based itself on rights of appeal, going to the courts day in day out on legal aid at the expense of the taxpayers,”.

The Remembrance Day Islamic suicide bomber Emad Al Swealmeen was baptised in 2015 at Liverpool Cathedral but the cathedral ‘lost contact’ with him the following year and it has now emerged that the bishop who carried out his confirmation service had ‘no specific recollection’ of Al Swealmeen.

Converting to Christianity which is a dwindling religion in the UK has now become the Modes Oprandi for the likes of Al Swealmeen around 200 asylum seekers have also done the same over a four-year period.

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Don Bosco school mired in controversy, alumni revolt against Past Pupils Association alleging election fraud

Former Students of the prestigious Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Egmore took to social media and expressed unrestrained anger against election fraud and gross mismanagement in their Past Pupils Association.

Several former students took to social media and slammed the self appointed managing committee members Sujith Tharakan, Ashwin Rajagopalan, Shadaan calling out all the irregularities in the association and demanded they ‘do the right thing’.

They have even formed an online group in Facebook to specifically address this issue

The description of this group reads as follows:

“The DBPPA-Egmore have failed to respond to our emails wherein we have highlighted several malpractices from elections that were not conducted, to ID cards that were not issued and threats issued to past pupils and current executive committee member.

They have failed to deny a single allegation. We can only conclude their silence is an admission of their liability and wrong doing.

We will be hereby initiating appropriate steps to ensure these wrong doings are highlighted in the appropriate forum and fresh elections are called for.”

The Commune has been following this story closely for weeks and even reached out to the Principal of Don Bosco Egmore Fr. Gerald Miranda. Squirming in discomfort he was very evasive but in conclusion said the issues were being handled by the President of the Past Pupils Association.

Fr Gerald Miranda

The Commune reached out to a former student who categorically stated that the Principal is primarily responsible for this mess. “He is the sole reason why these issues have precipitated to this level. A lot of fraud had taken place right in front of him and he has been soft pedaling on these matters ever since. Instead of taking action he has been colluding with those gone rogue in the association. He claims to be a man of principles but his only defensible position is total support of Don Bosco Past Pupils community worldwide. Period. Anything else is clearly absurd.” he pointed out.

A former student wrote in Facebook, “The DBPPA EC is now in the Denial, Anger, Depression stage. Some know heart of hearts that they are in the wrong, others are probably just biding time, but for change or reform to happen, they will sooner or later have to Accept.”

Another past pupil commented, “Arrogance and Bullying will not work…that’s the message…Simple and Straightforward”

Sources also confirmed that this is not an isolated incident. Don Bosco, Perambur is also engulfed in a similar controversy with its Past Pupils Association.

Don Bosco Egmore, boasts of an illustrious bunch of Alumni. They include winners from the recently concluded assembly elections, Udhayanidhi Stalin from Chepauk – Thiruvallikeni, Vetriyazhagan from Villivakkam and Ezhilan Naganathan from Thousand Lights.

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Indian Navy to soon commission a new guided-missile destroyer and submarine

The Indian Navy is all set to commission the guided-missile destroyer, Visakhapatnam, and a Kalvari-class submarine, Vela, by next week that will enhance our maritime fighting capability in the face of growing Chinese machinations into the Indian Ocean region.

As per the reports, Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade, the Vice Chief of Naval Staff, said destroyer ‘Visakhapatnam’ will be commissioned on November 21 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh while submarine Vela will be commissioned on November 25 by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh.

“We all know that the maritime environment is a complex one and it only increases with more number of players involved. We live in a time when global and regional balances of power are shifting rapidly and the region of most rapid change is undoubtedly the Indian Ocean Region,” Vice Admiral Ghormade.

Vice Admiral Ghormade also said that as many as 39 naval ships and submarines are currently being constructed in various Indian shipyards and there is a continuous effort to ensure that the force levels grow progressively to enhance the capability of the Indian Navy to meet the emerging challenges.

“The commissioning of Visakhapatnam will reaffirm India’s presence amongst an elite group of nations with capability to design and build advanced warships,” the Vice Admiral said.

Talking about the capabilities of this ship, Vice Admiral Ghormade said this ship has much indigenous equipment in the ‘float’ and ‘move’ categories, along with many major indigenous weapons such as medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by Bharat Electronics Ltd, surface-to-surface missiles by Brahmos Aerospace and torpedo tubes and launchers by L&T.

“The overall indigenous content of the project is approximately 75 per cent,” he said

With regards to the submarine Vela, the fourth submarine of the Kalvari class the Admiral said, “Submarine building is a sophisticated exercise involving placing small components sequentially and logically inside the submarine as the space within is extremely constricted,”.

“Very few countries possess this ability in their industrial capacity. India has proven its capability to build our own submarines for the past 25 years,” he added.

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Sivanadiars protest against VCK chief Thirumavalavan for abusing Hindu religion

Sivanadiyars who are ardent worshippers of Lord Siva staged a protest in Tiruppur condemning Thirumavalavan for slandering Hindus and Hindu religion.

A few days ago, VCK chief Thirumavalavan who is also a Member of Parliament from Chidambaram, made derogatory remarks about Hinduism once again.

This has been condemned by various Hindus organizations. Meanwhile, a congregation of Sivanadiyars staged a protest in front of the Srivisweswara Swamy Temple in Tirupur, condemning Thirumavalavan for his objectionable remarks. They also chanted Thevaram, Thiruvasakam and Sivapuranam. They then lodged a complaint against Thirumavalavan with the Tirupur Police Commissioner.

“Thirumavalavan should stop abusing Hindu religion and refrain from spreading canards about Hindu worship. We have prayed chanting the Thirumurais so that Lord Siva drives some sense into Thirumavalavan”, one of the Sivanadiyars said.

(With inputs from Dinamalar)

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PM Modi lashes out at Opposition for ignoring Purvanchal and turning it into ‘mafiawaad’ and ‘poverty’

Kerala Modi

As the state assembly election in India’s most populous state of the Uttar Pradesh hots up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (November 16) launched a scathing attack on opposition parties and said, the previous governments in Uttar Pradesh had turned the state’s vital eastern part to ‘mafiawaad’ and ‘poverty’.

Modi said that it was due to the hard work of the BJP government that a new chapter of development is being written in the state led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

He also said that the development under previous chief ministers was limited to only places where they had homes and families, but the present administration ensured infrastructure development reached all parts of the state and particularly the long-ignored Purvanchal region.

The Prime Minister was addressing a rally in Sultanpur after inaugurating the 341-km strategically and logistically important Purvanchal Expressway.

The expressway links the state capital Lucknow with Ghazipur and has been constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 22,500 crore.

PM said that development under previous chief ministers was limited to places where they had homes and families, but the present regime is giving fruits of developments to the eastern region as good as to the western part of Uttar Pradesh.

The PM said the six-lane expressway will now serve as the lifeline of the eastern region of UP and will yield prosperity and economic development of the region and the state.

Earlier in the day, PM Modi had landed on the Purvanchal Expressway airstrip in an IAF C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft and was received by Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

A 3.2-km airstrip has been constructed on the expressway to facilitate the emergency landing of fighter aircraft and heavy-lift transport planes.

A statement from the PM office reads, “The Prime Minister noted that for industrial development of Uttar Pradesh, excellent connectivity is necessary, every corner of UP needs to be connected. He said as expressways are getting ready in UP, the work of the industrial corridor has also started. Very soon new industries will start coming up around Purvanchal Expressway,”.

“In the coming days, in the cities situated along these expressways, work on products related to food processing, milk, cold storage, storage of fruits and vegetables, cereal, animal husbandry and other agricultural products are going to increase rapidly. He said skilled manpower is essential to the industrialization of UP. So work has also been started to train the manpower. ITI and other training institutes and medical institutes will also be established in these cities,” the statement said.

“He said that this expressway will connect those cities with immense aspiration and huge potential for development with Lucknow. He said where the good road leads, good highways reach, there the pace of development increases, job creation happens faster,” the statement added.

“The Prime Minister lauded the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath, his team and the people of UP on the completion of Purvanchal Expressway. He also thanked the farmers whose land was acquired for this project,” the statement added.

“The Prime Minister remarked that security of the country is equally important as the prosperity of the country. He said that keeping that in mind, emergency landing provision for fighter jets is made while constructing the Purvanchal Expressway,” the statement said.

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MH Govt ropes in Muslim film star Salman Khan to overcome vaccine hesitancy among Muslims

As the Islamic group, the Raza Acadamy which is running riot in the state of Maharastra over an unverified attack on a mosque in Tripura, a new problem of vaccine hesitancy has emerged in the state which saw maximum infection and deaths in the last one year.

Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said that there is hesitancy among the Muslim community when it comes to taking the anti-coronavirus vaccines in Muslim-dominated areas.

That is why the government has now taken the help of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to convince people to take the jab.

As per data, Maharashtra is leading in terms of the number of vaccine shots administered, however, it has been noticed that in some areas the pace of vaccination is low and they are Muslim-dominated areas.

Tope said, “There is still some hesitancy in Muslim-dominated areas. We have decided to use Salman Khan and religious leaders to convince the Muslim community to take the vaccine. Religious leaders and film actors wield great influence and people listen to them,”.

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Rangaraj Pandey’s Chanakyaa TV YouTube channel restored after a brief glitch

On November 16, YouTube channel Chanakyaa TV run by renowned journalist Rangaraj Pandey was reportedly hacked and later terminated from the video streaming and sharing platform, coming as a shock to many of his viewers.

The incident to light after several netizens pointed out that they could not find the channel on YouTube.

In a vlog, Rangaraj Pandey explained how Chanakyaa TV was hacked with the channel witnessing random activity. The channel’s name got changed to XRP Ripple 2.0 and suddenly started going live playing random videos. His another channel Guru (a sub-channel of Chanakyaa) too got hacked with its name too getting changed as XRP Ripple 2.0. While the Pandey’s team was able to save Guru channel with timely interference, they couldn’t do so for Chanakyaa TV. With YouTube’s algorithm detecting suspicious activity, the channel was terminated.

However, Chanakyaa TV has now been restored after the matter was raised with YouTube.

The hacking episode came after a video of BJP Tamil Nadu head Annamalai taking a jibe at CM MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin went viral.

Annamalai while participating in an event hosted by Chanakyaa TV took a dig at Udhayanidhi Stalin that the CM’s son was able to visit Dubai and watch IPL happily due to PM Modi’s diplomatic efforts that allowed Indians to travel freely considering the pandemic.

Many suspected that Chanakyaa TV might have faced the wrath of the ruling DMK regime in the state as Pandey had been critiquing the Stalin government on its actions. It was alleged that the DMK IT Cell might be behind this with their troll army reporting the channel leading it to its termination.

The fact that the incident happened on his birthday further fuelled speculations about Pandey being a victim of a targeted attack by his detractors in an effort to silence him.

It is not yet clear as to who was behind the hacking. Rangaraj Pandey has submitted a formal complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal.

The channel was restored on the morning of November 17 coming as a sigh of relief to Pandey as well as his well wishers.

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BRO makes Guinness Record for constructing the highest altitude road in the world

Director General Border Roads (DGBR) Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry received the Guinness World Records certificate on November 16, 2021 for the achievement of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) of constructing and black topping the world’s highest motorable road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla Pass in Ladakh. In a virtual ceremony, official adjudicator of the Guinness World Records based in the United Kingdom Shri Rishi Nath acknowledged the remarkable achievement of BRO for constructing the highest altitude road in the world. In a four-month long process undertaken by the Guinness World Records, five different surveyors verified the claim.

The 52-kilometre long Chisumle to Demchok tarmac road passes through the 19,024 feet high Umlingla Pass and betters the previous record of a road in Bolivia, which connects volcano Uturuncu at 18,953 feet. The Umlingla Pass road is another landmark in resurgent India’s achievement as it has been constructed at an altitude higher than the North and South Base Camps of Mount Everest which are at an altitude of 16,900 feet and 17,598 feet respectively.

On the occasion, DGBR Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry spoke about the challenges faced during the road construction to Umlingla Pass, which he said, tested both the human spirit and efficacy of machines in an extremely tough terrain where temperatures in winters dip to -40 degrees and oxygen levels are 50 percent below normal.

The BRO provided a black topped road to the important village of Demchok in Eastern Ladakh that will be a boon to the local population of the region as it will enhance the socio-economic conditions and promote tourism in Ladakh.

The strategically important road, which is approximately 15 kilometres long, highlights the focus of the Government in developing road infrastructure in border areas.

(Published from PIB)

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Rangaraj Pandey’s Chanakyaa TV YouTube channel terminated

YouTube channel Chanakyaa TV run by renowned journalist Rangaraj Pandey has been terminated by the video streaming and sharing platform, coming as a shock to many of his viewers.

It was brought to light after several netizens pointed out that they could not find the channel on YouTube.

Upon clicking the links of previous videos, YouTube shows a message that the video is no longer available as the YouTube account associated with the video has been terminated.

This comes after a video of BJP Tamil Nadu head Annamalai taking a jibe at CM MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is also the MLA of Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni constituency.

Chanakyaa TV had hosted an event for distributing prizes to an essay competition held by the organization on Prime Minister Modi’s schemes. Annamalai while participating in the event, took a dig at Udhayanidhi Stalin that the CM’ son was able to visit Dubai and watch IPL happily due to PM Modi’s diplomatic efforts in allowing Indians to travel freely considering the pandemic. A snippet of the video had gone viral.

Though the reason for termination is not clear, it is being suspected that Chanakyaa TV might have faced the wrath of the ruling DMK regime in the state as Pandey had been critiquing the Stalin government on its actions. Many alleged that the DMK IT Cell might be behind this with their troll army reporting the channel leading it to its termination.

The fact that the incident has happened on his birthday has fuelled speculations about Pandey being a victim of a targeted attack by his detractors in an effort to silence him.

In a tweet, Rangaraj Pandey said that his channel has been ‘hacked’ and that the he has reported the matter to YouTube.

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Tenure extended for Chiefs of R&AW, IB, Home Sec, Def Sec

The Central Government on Monday issued a gazette notification with respect to extending the tenure of the Defence Secretary, Home Secretary, Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Secretary of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for a period of two years.

The notification reads that the Central Government may, “If it considers necessary in the public interest so to do, give extension in service to the Defence Secretary, Home Secretary, Director of Intelligence Bureau, Secretary of Research and Analysis Wing and Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).”

In 2005, the Union Cabinet had fixed a tenure of two years for Defence Secretary, Home Secretary and Chiefs of Intelligence Bureau and RAW.

On Sunday, President Ram Nath Kovind had promulgated two ordinances allowing the Centre to extend the tenures of the Directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate from two years to up to five years.

Now, the tenure of the Directors of the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate can be extended by up to three years after the mandated term of two years, according to two ordinances brought in by the government on Sunday.

In both cases, an extension of a year each for three years can be given to the Directors after clearance by the committees constituted for their appointments, according to the ordinances.

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