In yet another incident of DMK office bearers attacking common people, a DMK functionary from Kodaikanal hit a restaurant owner with a iron rod causing grievous injuries.
Sivakumar hailing from Poondi in Dindigul district is a DMK functionary holding a post in the party’s youth wing. He had gone to a restaurant in the region in an inebriated state where he picked fight with an employee of the hotel named Suresh.
In a fit of rage, the DMK office bearer took an iron rod and gave a severe blow to Suresh causing serious injury. Suresh was later sent to the Government Hospital in Kodaikanal.
When the police had gone to arrest Sivakumar, he had said “I am a DMK office bearer. You can’t do anything to me.” and went on to abuse them.
His relatives too joined him and a case has been filed against the three of them.
After the Union government decided to give the Border Security Force (BSF) power to undertake search, seizure, and arrest within a larger 50 km stretch, instead of the existing 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal, and Assam, the Indian National Congress party led by Sonia Gandhi on Saturday (October 16) said, “it will consult other political parties as well as state governments and formulate a course of action to compel the Modi government to repeal the order on it,”.
The decision to allow the BSF to search, seizure, and arrest within a larger 50 km stretch from the border of these three states was taken because huge amounts of drugs and weapons were being smuggled. In Punjab, drones were being used by Pakistan to transport drugs and weapons to create unrest.
However, Congress Working Committee (CWC) said it will pass a resolution and said that the party has noted with grave concern the notifications issued by the central government empowering the officers of central security forces to search any place and arrest, as also search any person in the purported exercise of powers to prevent a cognisable offence under any central act.
“This is a dangerous encroachment on the exclusive power of the states and the powers of the state police,” the CWC said.
So now the Congress has decided it will consult all other political parties as well as state governments and formulate a course of action and force the Modi government to repeal these notifications, the resolution stated. Such proclamations are quite similar with regards to the farmer’s protest that is currently taking place in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and have taken a more militant and anti-India discourse.
As per the latest notification issued by the Centre, BSF will have the power to execute search, seizure and arrest for the purpose of prevention of any offence punishable under the Passport Act, the Registration of Foreigners Act, the Central Excises and Salt Act, the Foreigners Act, the Foreign Exchange Management Act, the Customs Act or of any cognisable offence punishable under any other Central Act, according to officials.
The resolution was necessitated after a “monstrous proportions” of drugs was seized at Mundra Port, Gujarat. Security agencies seized 3,000 kg of heroin following reports of another large consignment that was successfully “imported” into India.
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In less than two months, more than 4 crores (40 million plus) workers have registered at the e-Shram portal. Sharing this information in a tweet message, Minister for Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav said that by registering, the unorganized workers will be able to get the benefits of government schemes easily.
Workers in diverse occupations such as construction, apparel manufacturing, fishing, gig and platform work, street vending, domestic work, agriculture and allied, transport sector have registered at the portal. In some of these sectors an overwhelming proportion of migrant workers are also engaged. All unorganized workers including migrant workers can now take the benefits of various social security and employment-based schemes through registration at the e-Shram portal.
As per live data, 4.09 crore workers have registered on the portal. Of these around 50.02% beneficiaries are female and 49.98% are male. It is encouraging that equivalent proportion of men and women have been part of this drive.
As per the latest data, the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh are at the fore front of this initiative with highest number of registrations, as depicted by the graph below. However, putting this number into perspective must be with caution. Smaller states and union territories (UTs) understandably have lesser number of registered workforce. Also, this drive needs to gain momentum in states and UTs such as Meghalaya, Manipur, Manipur, Goa and Chandigarh.
As per the latest data, the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh are at the fore front of this initiative with highest number of registrations, as depicted by the graph below. However, putting this number into perspective must be with caution. Smaller states and union territories (UTs) understandably have lesser number of registered workforce. Also, this drive needs to gain momentum in states and UTs such as Meghalaya, Manipur, Manipur, Goa and Chandigarh.
A substantial proportion of registration has been facilitated by the CSC as depicted in the graph above. Interestingly, in certain states like Kerala and Goa and in North-East India, Meghalaya and Manipur a greater proportion of individuals have self-registered in the portal. Similar is the case with most Union Territories like Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar and Ladakh.
After registration at e-SHRAM Portal, the unorganised workers shall receive a digital e-SHRAM card and they can update their profiles/ particulars through portal or mobile app. They will have a Universal Account Number (on eSHRAM Card) that will be acceptable across the country and now they will not be required to register at different places for obtaining social security benefits. If a worker is registered at the e-Shram portal and meets with an accident, he/she will be eligible for Rs 2.0 Lakh on death or permanent disability and Rs 1.0 lakh on partial disability.
China and Pakistan have succeeded in making Taliban to launch a crack down on Balochistan separatist groups and Uighur rebels as part of their efforts to protect China’s Belt and Road Initiative projects in Pakistan.
These separatist groups are reportedly operating from their sanctuaries in Afghanistan.
In return, the Taliban is asking for economic cooperation and humanitarian assistance from Islamabad and Beijing. They are also lobbying for sanctions to be removed.
Balochistan separatist groups are worried about the increasing number of arrests of their members in Afghan provinces of Nimroz and Kandahar by the Taliban. Taliban insurgents in Kandahar have been forcing Baloch families to vacate their houses, and are commandeering their vehicles. They believe that the arrested members would be handed over to Pakistan authorities.
“The Taliban should ensure the protection of Baloch refugees like a neighbor, instead of protecting the interests of Pakistan,” Domki who is a former Balochistan provincial minister was quoted saying in a report by the Nikkei.
Separatist groups have been attacking Chinese Belt and Road Projects in Pakistan’s largest province Balochistan as Chinese and Pakistani authorities have been plundering the resource-rich region.
After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, there was uncertainty over whether the Islamist militant group would take action on the Baloch separatist groups harbouring in the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In February last year when the Taliban signed a deal with the U.S. after months of peace talks, the group committed to preventing militant groups from using its territory to threaten the security of other countries.
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The Kerala police have arrested three persons for gang-raping a young woman who had sought medical help.
Shamsad (24) who runs the an organization named ‘Shamsad Snehadanam’ had reportedly approached the woman who was battling an illness.
He had filmed a video and circulated it on social media, asking for medical help for the woman. He brought her to Ernakulam and booked a hotel room for her saying that help would be extended soon.
Later the woman was drugged and Shamsad along with two of his other friends Fazal Mehmood (23) and Saifu Rahman (26) raped her.
The DMK government in Tamil Nadu is in a spree of arresting its critics and political opponents with the Tamil Nadu police arresting Kalyanaraman of BJP Tamil Nadu for allegedly derogating Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and his late father Karunanidhi.
This comes within hours of the arrest of Seethayin Mainthan, a Tamil nationalist ideologue, who had spoken about the lesser known side of E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (known as ‘Periyar’ by his followers).
Kalyanaraman had in a tweet posted a picture of a page from book which talks about V. Anaimuthu’s comments on EVR’S wife Maniammai quoting from another book titled “Periyar Kolgaiku Kuzhithondiya Dravidar Kazhagam” (Dravidar Kazhagam, the one which buried Periyar’s principles).
In this, Anaimuthu sheds light on the relationship shared by Maniammai and K. Veeramani, the current head of Dravidar Kazhagam.
Kalyanaraman in his tweet said “These are the words of Anaimuthu who traveled with EVR and documented them later… Will they be arrested now for telling the truth ?”
In response to this tweet, a person on Twitter had said that EVR fought for women’s liberation. Responding to this, Kalyanaraman said “So, you mean to say he [EVR] visited brothels to liberate them? Then our Chief Minister MK Stalin’ father Karunanidhi must have also visited the Royapuram brothel for the same. Kannadasan must have wrongly mentioned in his book Vanavaasam“.
Kalyanaraman had earlier came down harsh on Dr. Sharmila, wife of VCK MLA SS Balaji, who had peddled fake news on her Twitter addressing Prime Minister Modi in singular.
The DMK Government in Tamil Nadu has been launching a cracked down on its critics and political opponents. Earlier, the Tamil Nadu police arrested Dakshinamurthy alias Seethaiyin Mainthan, a YouTuber and a Tamil nationalist ideologue for releasing a documentary allegedly exposing the sleazy side of EVR.
Prior to this, the Tamil Nadu police arrested political commentator Kishore K Swamy within weeks of coming to power who has now been slapped with Goondas Act.
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On October 15, based on intelligence, five passengers who arrived from Dubai & Sharjah by various flights were intercepted at exit gate. On personal search, 10 Bundles of gold in paste form found concealed in rectum, on extraction of which five Gold ingot totally weighing 2.55 Kgs worth ₹1.12 crores were recovered and electronic goods worth ₹4.7 Lakhs were seized under Customs Act, 1962. Three passengers were arrested.
Further investigation is in progress, according to a press release issued by the Pr.Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
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The truth of what really happened to the Taliban Confirm Chief Hibatullah Akhundzada has finally emerged. It has been reported that he died in a suicide attack carried by Pakistani armed forces last year.
Akhundzada was declared the Amir ul Momineen in 2016, and now the news has been confirmed that he was killed in a planned suicide attack by Pakistan Army which always wanted the Haqqani Network to be in charge in Afghanistan.
The Haqqani’s are the most prized asset of the Pakistan Army because they still have positive control over them. After the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban, the whereabouts of Hibatullah Akhundzada was shrouded in mystery, and that he was in the custody of the Pakistan army and may have died.
In 2016, his predecessor Mullah Akthar Mansoor was killed in a US drone strike and Akhundzada became the leader of the Taliban as he was also very close to Mullah Omar who became the first Emir of Afghanistan and also took the title of Amir ul Momineen, which means the commander of the faithful.
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The Tamil Nadu police have arrested Dakshinamurthy alias Seethaiyin Mainthan, a YouTuber and a Tamil nationalist ideologue for releasing a documentary that allegedly exposes the lesser known and hidden facts about E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (EVR) who is hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers.
The two-part documentary bases most of its evidences on the book titled “Tamizhar Thalaivar” written by Samy Chidambaranar who wrote the book under the supervision of EVR himself and was published in the year 1939
The documentary which chronicles the life of EVR based on sound research is titled as “The Real Face Of EVR”. The two parts are about EVR’s life before and after he entered politics respectively.
In the first part, Seethayin Mainthan exposes the fact that EVR frequented brothels and had sexual relations with prostitutes. He quotes from the book and mentions that EVR used to take prostitutes to the banks of Cauvery river to have fun at night and would later only in the morning.
He cites that when EVR left home in 25 after a feud with his parents, his father Venkatta Nayakkar apparently searched for him in houses of ‘high-class’ prostitutes who work in drama companies.
Seethayin Mainthan also quotes several instance from the book establishing that EVR was a heavy drunkard and a pimp.
Recently, Seethayin Mainthan had given an interview to a YouTube channel named Zhagaram Voice in which he rips apart EVR and other proponents of the Dravidian ideology.
This video had gone viral and is believed to have been the reason behind the government’s action.
Many on social media questioned the double standards of the DMK government for witch-hunting political opponents and suppressing freedom of speech and expression.
Journalist Seethaiyin Maindhan arrested by Tamil Nadu Police for releasing a Research Documentary Movie on EV Ramasamy that is apparently critical.
Freedom of Speech? Freedom of Expression?
Hundreds of people keep abusing PM Modi & BJP endlessly, no BJP Govt. arrested critics. pic.twitter.com/uQFziPWjgh
The Taliban which took over the state of affairs in Afghanistan in August has asked Iran to restart the export of dry fruits, a major revenue source via their India-developed Chabahar port.
Iran’s Tasnim News is reporting that Tehran is in the process of evaluating the Taliban’s proposals for allowing the transit of Afghanistan’s trade cargoes and export of fresh and dried fruits to India via the Chabahar route.
Representatives of both countries signed a comprehensive trade agreement last week as the Taliban submitted the detailed plan wherein Iran and the Taliban agreed to maintain round-the-clock operations at the Islam Qala-Dogarun border crossing and develop the land routes at the border crossing.
As of now, Iran has only agreed in principle to allow Afghan traders to export fresh and dried fruits to India which is one of the most important sources of revenue as Afghanistan has witnessed a bumper dry fruit harvest this year.
But now the cash-strapped Taliban which controls Afghanistan is in a bind because when they took power they had banned the export and imports to India, but now they are forced to rethink their stand due to mounting economic pressure because India imports around 85 per cent of its dry fruits from Afghanistan.
The sale of dry fruits sees a massive upward trend in September, just before the beginning of the festival seasons of Durga Puja and Diwali as Indians consume dried raisins, walnuts, almonds, figs, pine nuts, pistachios, dried apricot and fresh fruits such as apricot, cherry, watermelon, and a few medicinal herbs.
In the previous Afghan regime, fresh fruits were transported to India from Afghanistan via the air cargo corridor, which was stopped due to political uncertainty. Now the Afghan traders have to rely on the country’s Torkham and Chaman borders routes to the Wagah border via Pakistan, but it takes a lot of time and perishable items such as fresh fruits can go bad.
Also, the land route depends on the whim of Pakistani authorities who are known for asking bribe money for allowing the trucks to cross the border as hundreds of tonnes of bumper fruit crops remained stranded at the border crossing points with Pakistan for eventual exports for weeks and finally got rotten.
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