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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose finally gets his place in Indian history, Modi govt to install grand statue at India Gate

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On the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that a grand statue made of granite will be installed at India Gate in his remembrance.

In a tweet sent from his official handle, Modi said, “At a time when the entire nation is marking the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, I am glad to share that his grand statue, made of granite, will be installed at India Gate. This would be a symbol of India’s indebtedness to him,”.

In his second tweet, PM Modi said, “Till the grand statue of Netaji Bose is completed, a hologram statue of his would be present at the same place. I will unveil the hologram statue on 23rd January, Netaji’s birth anniversary,”.

After India got its independence in 1947, the Congress Party and India’s first Prime Minister Jawarhal Nehru did everything to undermine Netaji Bose and his Indian National Army (INA). However, PM Modi has undertaken various measures to recognize the legacy of Netaji and the contribution of the INA.

Last year, in his reply to the Motion of Thanks by President Ram Nath Kovind in Rajya Sabha, PM Narendra Modi referred to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as the ‘First Prime Minister’ of India and declared that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary will be celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas’ every year.

In January 2019, PM Modi had inaugurated a museum of  Netaji Bose at the Red forT AND renamed three islands of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Bose had hoisted the national flag at Port Blair.

The Ross Island was renamed to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Neil Island to Shahid Dweep, and Havelock Island to Swaraj Dweep, and a Rs 75 commemorative coin was also released to mark the 75th anniversary.

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BJP wins Nagar Panchayat elections in Beed in Maharashtra, Congress candidate gets “Zero” votes

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In a major embarrassment for the Maha Vikas Agadi and the Congress Party which is also part of the coalition in Maharashtra, its candidate in the Nagar Panchayat elections polled “Zero” in the Beed district poll.

In the recently concluded Nagar Panchayat elections Congress candidate named Fakir Shabber Babu from Beed district polled ‘Zero’ votes and in the same ward the BJP won by a big margin. 

This loss has now sent a shockwave in Congress which has lost a lot of ground in Maharastra and this victory by the BJP is also not a good sign for the Shiv Sena and the NCP in the state.

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Father of deceased minor Hindu girl files police complaint alleging forced conversion by school staff

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The suicide of a 17-yr-old girl Hindu girl in Thirukattupalli, Ariyalur district due to alleged forceful conversion and subsequent torture for not converting her religion, has shaken social media. Lalita (name changed), a 17 year old girl studying at Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School in Thirukattupalli near Thanjavur, committed suicide by drinking poison after she was allegedly tortured to convert to Christianity by the school for her to continue her studies.

A video testimony of the child was release where she clearly names the staff who torutured her was also released on social media. Lalita’s parents along with the BJP and other Hindu organizations gathered in front of the Thirukattupalli police station and protested saying that Lalita had consumed pesticides as the hostel warden Sagayamary had forced her to convert. However, instead of taking action against the school authorities who allegedly tortured the child, the police had arrested the parents of the child.

Following this, the father of the child, Muruganandham, has written a complaint to the Police Inspector of the Thirukattupalli Police Station. In the letter, he clearly states in Tamil, “On 10-01-2022, the authorities of the school called me and said that my child’s health was not fine and asked me to come and collect her immediately. I immediately brought her home, and as she was scared and sick, took her for treatment to the Thirumanur Government Hospital. As her health deteriorated, we then admitted her to a private hospital in Ariyalur.”

He has further stated that the doctors in the hospital identified that the child had consumed poison. He had then enquired the child about the same, for which she had said, “Sister Rochelin Mary and Warden Sagayamary of my school were forcing me to convert to Christianity. I told them that I will not. Because of this, they reprimanded me with harsh words and made me do a lot of chores. As I was not able to bear their torture, I decided to commit suicide and therefore drank pesticide.”

Muruganandham has requested the Police Inspector to take action against the school authorities, including the Correspondent and Headmaster of the school, stating that they were the reason for his daughter’s death.

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Christian Pastor arrested under POCSO Act for sexual abuse of 13-yr-old girl in Ooty

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A 54-yr-old pastor has been arrested for sexually abusing a 13-yr-old girl child in Ooty. It is being reported that he allegedly took advantage of the child and molested her when he went for a prayer meeting to her house, and found her to be alone.

Suri Stephen hails from Nilgiris district, Ooty. He is a pastor who visits the houses of many in order to conduct prayer meets. A complaint has been filed against him, by the mother of the victim, who has said that Suri Stephen behaved inappropriately and sexually molested her girl child, when he went to their house to conduct a prayer meet, and found her to be alone. The complaint was filed in the Ooty All Women Police Station.

Based on this complaint, the Police initiated an inquiry of Pastor Suri Stephen. The investigation confirmed that he was involved in sexual abuse of the child. The Pastor was immediately prosecuted and imprisoned under the POCSO Act.

One of the Police officers who spoke about the matter said, “Suri Stephen (54) alias Suriya Murthy, a pastor, was involved in sexually abusive activities towards a 13-yr-old girl. She was rescued by neighbours after they heard her scream in fear. The girl’s mother subsequently lodged a complaint at the All Women Police Station. We arrested the pastor on the basis of the complaint, and produced him in Court. The judge has remanded him in Judicial custody until 3rd February.”

(With inputs from Junior Vikatan)

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Thanjavur SP says no evidence of forceful conversion in suicide of Hindu Minor girl; parents of victim arrested

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The suicide of a 17-yr-old girl Hindu child in Thirukattupalli, Ariyalur district due to alleged forceful conversion and subsequent torture due to non-conversion, has shaken social media.

Lalita (name changed), a 17 year old girl studying at Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School in Thirukattupalli near Thanjavur, committed suicide by drinking poison after she was allegedly tortured to convert to Christianity by the school for her to continue her studies.

The school had allegedly forced Lalita to convert to Christianity saying that she has to change her religion if she wanted to study further. But the girl refused.

While other children of the school went home for Pongal holidays, the school staff had forced Lalita to do chores like cleaning the toilet, washing dishes, etc. Unable to bear the humiliation, a disheartened Lalita attempted suicide by consuming pesticides used in gardens. She was admitted to the Tanjore Government Medical college hospital on January 15 and died a few days later.

Lalita’s parents along with the BJP and other Hindu organizations gathered in front of the Thirukattupalli police station and protested saying that Lalita had consumed pesticides as the hostel warden Sagayamary had forced her to convert.

However, instead of taken action against the school authorities who allegedly tortured the child, the Police have now arrested the parents of the child.

Yesterday, the NCPCR took cognisance of the matter, and directed the DGP of Tamil Nadu to take the necessary action, and start and inquiry into the matter. Following this, the SP of Thanjavur, Ravali Priya had a press meet where she said that there is no proof of forceful conversion of the minor girl. She has also threatened to take action on those who had shared the video of the girl on social media.

However, there is a video testimony of the child where she says, ““My names is Lalita (name changed). They (school) had asked my parents in my presence if they can convert me to Christianity and help her for further studies. Since I didn’t accept, they kept scolding me.” She also named one Sister Sagaya Mary who had allegedly tortured her.

Now, TN BJP Chief Annamalai, has taken to twitter to ask a few questions after the SP’s statement in the Press Meet. As the SP had said that there is no evidence of forceful conversion, Annamalai had written, “What more proof police need? 1. There is a video graphed confession statement of girl. Did the SP come to the conclusion it’s fake? If yes, how? 2. When the parents & all the near relatives have given a clear statement, SP is alleging her parents are liars?”

However, instead of taken action against the school authorities who allegedly tortured the child, the Police have now arrested the parents of the child.

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China warns athletes of consequences if they make any political demonstration, IOC will not come to their rescue

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Amid the spread of the Omicron variant of the Wuhan virus, the Chinese Communist Party has warned foreign athletes that they could potentially face punishment if they use free speech that is “against the Olympic spirit” or local laws.

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is just two weeks away and Yang Shu, deputy director-general of international relations for the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOC) said, “Any behavior or speech that is against the Olympic spirit, especially against Chinese laws and regulations, are also subject to certain punishment,”.

According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) charter prohibits any kind of “demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda” in any Olympic sites, venues, or other areas.

On Tuesday night (January 18), a forum hosted by Human Rights Watch warned athletes about conducting any activism, including making statements, while in Beijing for the Games, and to be very careful with regards to the extraordinary reach of one-party authoritarian state Chinese surveillance.

The human rights forum also made it clear to all the participating athletes that if they are caught demostrating any political or religious activism, do not to expect the IOC to protect them from the Chinese authorities.

“Chinese laws are very vague on the crimes that can be used to prosecute people’s free speech,” she said. “People can be charged with picking quarrels or provoking trouble. There are all kinds of crimes that can be levelled at peaceful, critical comments. And in China the conviction rate is 99%.” Dr. Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, said.

Also, according to a report published in DW.com, Citizen Lab, a Canadian cybersecurity group has raised serious concerns over health-tracking smartphone app that Olympic attendees must download because the lab has established beyond a reason of doubt that it has security flaws in the app, including a list of political keywords and a feature to report “politically sensitive content.”

Ai Weiwei, who is regarded as one of the world’s greatest living artists and had helped design the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics’ Bird’s Nest Stadium, who now lives in in exile said, “Beijing Winter Olympics will allow China to use the Games to show the world a fake smile,”.

“As an architect, my goal was the same as other architects, that is, to design it as perfectly as possible,” Ai told The Associated Press in an interview over email. “The way it was used afterwards went in the opposite direction from our ideals. We had hoped that our architecture could be a symbol of freedom and openness and represent optimism and a positive force, which was very different from how it was used as a promotional tool in the end.”

“Since 2008, the government of China has further strengthened its control, and the human rights situation has further deteriorated,” Ai told AP.

“China has seen the West’s hypocrisy and inaction when it comes to issues of human rights, so they have become even bolder, more unscrupulous and more ruthless. In 2022, China will impose more stringent constraints to the internet and political life,” including human rights and the press, he said.

“China, under the system of state capitalism and especially after COVID, firmly believes that its administrative control is the only effective method; this enhances their belief in authoritarianism. Meanwhile, China thinks that the West, with its ideas of democracy and freedom, can hardly obtain effective control. So, the 2022 Olympics will further testify to the effectiveness of authoritarianism in China and the frustration of the West’s democratic regimes.”

Meanwhile, Germany, Australia, the UK, and the US have asked their athletes and National Olympic Committee members to leave their personal phones and laptops behind and to travel with special devices because of potential digital espionage.

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NCPCR takes cognisance of Hindu minor girl’s suicide due to forceful conversion; directs DGP TN to take required action

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The suicide of a 17-yr-old girl Hindu child in Thirukattupalli, Ariyalur district due to alleged forceful conversion and subsequent torture due to non-conversion, has shaken social media to shackles. Many has trended #JusticeforLavanya on Twitter, after the child lost her life. She was a student of the Sacred Hearts Hr. Sec. School, Thirukaatupalli, Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu.

Not many media houses even paid attention to this incident to start with. Even some like Times of India, that covered the news, made it secular, without revealing that the child was subjected to torture like cleaning toilets, because she refused to convert to Christianity. However, netizens came together to bring people’s attention to this incident.

Legal activism organization Legal Right Protection Forum filed a complaint with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), and also shared the video of the child’s testimony. In response, the chairman of NCPCR, Priyank Kanoongo,  has issued a notice to DGP of Tamil Nadu to take action immediately.

The Commission found that there is prima facie contravention of Art 25 & 28(3) of Indian Constitution, provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and various provisions under IPC.  It has sought an FIR to be registered under relevant sections as per law and has also asked to submit an action taken report within 07 days of receipt of the letter.

Nursing student in TN attempts suicide over college correspondent sexually abusing her and threatening with video

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Muslim rape minor girl, arrested under POCSO Kerala sexual assault

The correspondent David Ashok Kumar and two others of JNF Nursing School in Panrutti have allegedly sexually harassed a student of the institution, and has recorded a video of it, in order to threaten her with it, torturing her with repeated sexual abuse. This news has been shared on Twitter by Pattali Makkal Katchi chief Dr. Ramadoss.

The 17-yr-old student, who hailed from Aanaikoundan Kuchipalayam, Vizhuppuram district, attempted suicide by jumping off the Panrutti flyover, as she was not being able to tolerate the abuse she endured. She is now being treated in the Cuddalore Government hospital, where she was admitted to at a very critical stage.

The 3 men who have allegedly subjected the girl to sexual harassment, and the woman who was responsible for the girl students of the college, have been arrested under the POCSO Act. Dr. Ramadoss, who shared this news on Twitter, also added that although they have been arrested, they may escape the holds of justice by coming out of jail easily.

In his tweet, he had written in Tamil, “The Correspondent, Jothimurugan, of a private Nursing college in Muthanampatti, Dindugal, who was arrested for sexual harassment of students, got bail and came out in just 10 days. The alleged perpetrators of this case, should not come out that easily. This case of sexual harassment and abetment to suicide of a student should first be transferred to the CB-CID. All four arrested, should be jailed under the Goondas Act. The case should be expedited and the accused should be punished severely.”

He also went onto tag the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, requesting him to give ₹10 lakhs to the affected student, apart from getting her a promised Government job, and providing her the needed medical facilities for her recovery.

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DMK’s Double Standards: DMK that once opposed Electoral Bonds has earned ₹80 cr through them in 2021

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A recent finding shows that the DMK party had received almost ₹80 crores of revenue, through electoral bonds in the year 2021. ₹11 lakhs of it have been accounted for as Membership fee. The membership fee is only ₹2 per member. This means that the party does not have more than 6 lakh members.

Many donations have come from top corporate companies in this list. For example, a company called SNJ Sugars and Products have given the party a donations of ₹6 crores. Some have also come from individuals. It is to be noted that when Electoral Bonds were introduced by the Modi led BJP government, DMK was one of the first parties to reject the scheme. P Thiaga Rajan, who was the DMK IT Wing head, back then in 2017, gave an interview in which he said, “Electoral Bonds are a way for BJP to get involved in legal money laundering.”

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Pak backed UK law firm wants Indian Army chief and Home Minister arrested

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In another attempt to drag the Kashmir issue, a UK-based law firm named Stoke White has sent a request to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Unit to arrest Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane and Union Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah over war crimes in Jammu & Kashmir.

Pakistan over the years have failed to raise the Kashmir issue at any international forums and now Stoke White, a Pakistan-backed law firm in the UK has sent a brief to the UK police and in that brief, the termination of Islamic jihadist terrorist Zia Mustafa by the Indian security forces in Poonch district in October 2021 is highlighted.

Zia Mustafa was a member of the Internationally banned Islamic terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba and was the mastermind of the Nadimarg Kashmiri Pandit massacre in 2003.

Zia was arrested in March 2003 and was killed when he was being taken to identify the terrorists’ hideouts in the jungles of Poonch district after the security forces came under fire and Zia Mustafa was killed by the terrorists.

In 2003, Zia was the district commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba and was the mastermind in the killing of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in the village Nadimarg in Pulwama district. When he was caught Mustafa told the police that LeT leadership in Pakistan had asked him to carry out a massacre in Kashmir.

The Pakistan-backed law firm Stoke White has submitted a 40-page document as evidence to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Unit and in that document, they not only call for the arrest of India’s Chief of Army Staff, Home Minister, and eight other top military officers. they also alleged that activists, journalists, and civilians in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir were targeted.

The report states, “Within the framework of the Global War on Terror and counterterrorism, acts of abuse are directed against those Muslims dissenting against Indian occupation by conducting legitimate protest, seeking legal recourse through the law, and embarking on peaceful civil society advocacy.

There is strong reason to believe that Indian authorities are conducting war crimes and other violence against civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.” The report is made by Khalil Dewan. He claims in his report that a Kashmiri was tortured by two Israeli intelligence officials. Testimony of this Kashmiri person is also included in the report which says “The interrogators were not of Indian origin, they were white and had an American sounding accent. They wanted to know about my views on foreign affairs and were disinterested in the Kashmir conflict.”

Legal Forum of Kashmir, a Kashmiri legal activist group, said that it had participated in preparing the document submitted to the UK Police and the group in a tweet said, “Our work with Stoke White through people on the ground to help prepare this report and identify the war criminals was fraught with endless difficulties.”

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Legal Forum of Kashmir claims that the “report also provides unique evidence of the presence of Israeli intelligence operatives during interrogations and torture of Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir.”

However, the report fails to hold no water when it claims that Pakistan has no control over terrorist groups which operate from its territory when there is ample evidence that all major global terrorist groups have a base in Pakistan. 

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