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‘DMK MP is trying to grab my land’: Man tries to immolate self in front of Collector

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A man attempted to commit suicide in the presence of the District Collector on the account that DMK Tenkasi MP Dhanush M Kumar has been threatening to snatch his land. Ganesh Kumar who belongs to Devadanam, works as the guard for the Devadanam Sashta Temple Reservoir Dam.

When Rajapalayam DMK MP Thangapandian, District Collector Meghanath Reddy and other government officials were returning from a government event, Ganesh Kumar stepped in front of the Collector’s car, poured Kerosene on himself and tried to set himself on fire. The Police officers on duty stopped him from setting ablaze.

Then, when Collector Meghanath Reddy enquired, Ganesh Kumar said that he has been practicing agriculture, along with his family members, on 2.5 acres of land that is owned by him. Tenkasi DMK MP Dhanush Kumar’s agricultural land is adjacent to his own. The DMK MP had encroached his land and thus there was no way to get into his agricultural land. After a point, the MP even threatened to kill him if he did not transfer the land worth 50 lakhs to the former’s name.

Subsequently, the Collector said that action would be taken against the issue and also advised Ganesh not to attempt suicide, before leaving.

(With inputs from Kathir News.)

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Hindu Munnani fights the Governments efforts to remove 300-yr-old temples and establish Samathuvapuram

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The Hindu Munnani has fought and stopped the governments efforts to eliminate 300-yr-old temples and establish Samathuvapuram (An equality village scheme where 100 houses will be built to accommodate various castes in a village and where a common burial ground and community hall is to be shared by all) in Salem.

The three temples of Panangaattu Muniyappan, Periyaandichi Amman and Veeramaathi Amman in Salem are being worshipped by people of the place. It is said that these temples are approximately 300 years old. The government has been trying to eliminate these temples and bring about Samathuvapuram in its place. The Hindu Munnani has stopped this effort by the government and also took to social media to share about the same.

A tweet shared from the organisation’s official page in Tamil said, “The government’s efforts to eliminate the 300-yr-old temples of Panangaattu Muniyappan, Periyaandichi Amman and Veeramaathi Amman in Salem has come to a stop and the temples have been saved, because of opposition from the Hindu Munnani.”

(With Inputs from Kathir News)

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Kerala RSS Worker Murder Case: Member of Extremist Islamist Group arrested

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An office-bearer of the Popular Front of India (PFI) was arrested in connection to the murder of Kerala RSS worker Sanjith, in Palakkad district. Sanjith (27), the Block Secretary of RSS, was hacked to death on November 15th, while he was taking his wife to her workplace. Sanjith’s wife said that she could identify the people who came in a car and killed her husband.

The district police chief R Vishwanad said that the arrested was directly in the killing of A Sanjith at Mambaram. He also said that the other culprits will be arrested soon. The identity of the member is not yet revealed because his identification parade has to be conducted as a part of the investigation.

Earlier, the Police had revealed that they had taken 3 other people into custody in connection with the case. The accused were identified as Subair, Salam and Isahak. All of them are natives of the Palakkad district in Kerala.

Meanwhile, BJP state chief K Surendran met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the killing. In a letter to the Home Minister, which was made public later, BJP claimed that so far 10 RSS-BJP activists and 50 Sangh Parivar members  have been allegedly murdered by the Jihadi groups in the last 5 years in Kerala.

It is to be noted that the BJP and Sangh Parivar had already alleged that the Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI), which is the political offshoot of Popular Front of India (PFI) was involved in the murder. These allegations were however, rejected by SDPI.

(With inputs from Dinamalar.)

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Kerala: Trade unionist father upset over daughter’s relationship with Dalit Christian, causes political pain for CM

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In the communist state of Kerala that boasts of equality, a 23-year-old woman by the name of Anupama S Chandran had alleged that her parents gave away her 1-year-old child without her consent for adoption as the biological father is a Dalit Christian.

This alleged forced adoption case has turned into a major political problem for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who always harps about equality in his state.

As per reports, the father of the child is a ‘Dalit-Christian’ named Ajith and Anupama claimed that her parents were against her marriage to Ajith due to their prejudice against Dalits.

However, the girl’s parents were against this relationship because Ajith was already married at that time and was yet to get divorced from his estranged wife. After the child was born out of wedlock, it became a serious issue between Anupama and her parents.

The woman alleged that her father S Jayachandran had handed over her son who was born in October 2020, to an orphanage run by Kerala State Council for Child Welfare in Thiruvananthapuram.

Anupama then made a serious charge and claimed that the orphanage bypassed adoption rules and gave away her child to foster parents in Andhra Pradesh in August this year, without seeking her consent.

The whole incident came into the limelight on October 20, 2021, when Anupama filed a complaint with the police and a First Information Report (FIR) was registered in the case and 6 people, including the girl’s parents, were booked by the cops.

However, Anupama’s father has claimed that she had signed on stamp paper confirming the same but the mother refuted the claims and said that she was forced to sign under duress.

Now the quasi-judicial body, the Kerala Child Welfare Committee (KCWC) has directed authorities to produce the ‘adopted child’ within 5 days and a DNA test will be done to determine the biological parents.

The problem is now political in nature because Jayachandran is a senior leader CITU, the trade union wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the daughter Anupama was also a former leader of the Students’ Federation of India, the student wing of the Communist Party and the father of her child, Ajith, is also associated with the CPIM.

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‘Fulfil your promises instead of misguiding people’: BJP TN head lashes out at Fin Min PTR

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Tamil Nadu BJP is all set to protest all over Tamil Nadu, against the state government’s refusal to reduce price of Petrol and Diesel in the state, today. TN BJP chief, Annamalai announced the same at the Thoothukudi Airport. Puthiya Thalaimurai, which reported the news, however reported that Annamalai said that the TN BJP is to protest the increase in price of Petrol and Diesel in the country.

The TN Finance Minister Dr. P Thiaga Rajan quoted the news reported by Puthiya Thalaimurai on twitter and tweeted in Tamil, “What? A protest against increased petrol and diesel prices? But, the reason behind the increase is wholly increase in tax, right? And BJP and AIADMK in alliance are the ones that increased the tax. So, a party’s state chief is protesting against his own party’s central leadership?”

Responding to the finance minister, Annamalai has tweeted that a wrong news card was put out by the News channel Puthiya Thalaimurai, and tagged the channel as well in his tweet. He also went to explain by saying, “Protest is against @arivalayam govt’s lies & illogical arguments in not reducing the price of petrol & diesel in TN! Your words mean nothing when your actions are deceitful & opposite!” He added a thread of tweets explaining how the central government has reduced prices and that it is the state government that has not kept up with its election promises.

He also urged the DMK government reduce prices by saying, “Reduce state VAT on petrol by atleast 2 rupees and Diesel by 4 rupees. Fulfil your promises instead of misguiding people of the state with a 3 page rhetoric that reads like a novel!” Read the thread of tweets here:

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Assam Police shoot mafia leader accused in Lumding reserve forest land encroachment case

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The Assam Police shot land mafia leader Nazrul Islam aka Babar, who is the main accused of the Lumding reserve forest land encroachment case.

Islam as per reports along with two other criminals on Friday night was shot by the Assam police when he tried to escape during the investigation.

Reports state that Nazrul Islam stole a pistol from a police officer and fired several rounds in his escape attempt. This brazen action by this mafia don forced the Assam police to fire in return and in that process a bullet hit his leg.

This incident happened when Nazrul was taken for a spot investigation by the police and the incident occurred in Dabaka area in Hojai district. The injured detainee was later taken to the Nagaon civil hospital to receive treatment for his injury on his leg.

Nazrul Islam was arrested on November 16 with regards to the land encroachment case in Lumding. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had also publicly named Nazrul for bringing Muslim families from different places to dwell in this land.

Sarma said, “All the dwellers were brought from various parts of the state by Nazrul and engaged in ginger cultivation,”.

The illegal settlers were then engaged in the farming of ginger and turmeric worth crores that was grown in the Lumding reserve forest. Earlier this month, the Assam government had carried out eviction drive as per a court order given by Guwahati High Court that directed to remove illegal occupants from reserve forest lands.

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Sabarimala ‘Halal’ Jaggery controversy: Kerala High Court seeks report from Food Safety Department

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The Kerala High Court, on Monday has directed the Commissioner of Food Safety to give an explanation regarding the ongoing controversy that ‘stale halal jaggery’ is being used at Sabarimala to prepare neivedyam and prasadam.

The controversy reached the High Court after SJR Kumar, the general convener of the Sabarimala Action Committee — a group formed after the 2018 Supreme Court judgment permitting entry of women of all ages into the temple — alleged in a petition that the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), was using halal-certified jaggery in the preparation of prasadam at Sabarimala.

The petitioner had written, “The use of Halal certified food materials, which is specifically prepared as per the religious beliefs of another community, is not a Satwik/pure material to be offered to Lord Ayyappa, a Naishtika Brahmachari meditating in Yoga asana.”

When the Kerala High Court asked the TDB authorities for a report, they said that the claims are absolutely false, baseless and are made purposefully with the malicious intention to hamper the sale of prasadams during the pilgrimage season. Reports say that the revenue from the sale of the two prasadams, ‘Appam’ and ‘Aravana’ account to almost 50% of the temple’s earnings in the annual pilgrimage season.

TDB explained that ‘halal’ — an Arabic word that translates as “permissible” in English — mentioned on the jaggery packaging was due to the fact that the company from which the said consignment was obtained also exported jaggery to Arab countries, where the rules mandate the sale of halal foods per Islamic rules. They also argued that materials used for preparing the prasadam underwent strict quality checks twice before being distributed to the public.

Today, a division bench comprising of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice PG Ajithkumar sought response from the Food Safety Department in a plea seeking assurity that only high-quality Satwik materials are used for the preparation of Prasadam/neivedyam at the Sabarimala temple. The matter will be taken up again on Wednesday by which time the report is to be made available.

Meanwhile, Indu Makkal Katchi chief, Arjun Sampath, bought the issue to notice by tweeting about the controversy. In a thread of tweets, Arjun Sampath exposed the reality behind how ‘Halal’ food was made and cautioned saying, “Before you touch that next plate of Biryani…. It’s halal only if they spit on the food! Submissions at the court!” Check out the full tweet here:

UP ATS arrest two Rohingya Muslims for forging documents and human trafficking

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Two Rohingya refugees, Noor Alam and Mohammad Jameel were caught in Kolkata, West Bengal by the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) for forging illegal documents and facilitating the illegal entry of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas into India and abroad.

As per reports, both the accused Noor Alam and Mohammad Jameel somehow managed to make fake Indian passports with Hindu identities for Rohingyas and Bangladeshis that facilitated them to be sent to different corners of the world.

The arrests was made possible after interrogating four others – Mithun Mandal, Shaon Ahmed, Mominur Islam, and Mahendi Hasan who were arrested last month in the case of trafficking of Bangladeshi and Myanmar citizens.

An ATS official said, “They were sent to countries of the Middle East, South Africa, and Congo.”

Earlier in November, UP ATS had arrested Sameer Mandal (45) of 24 Pargana district, West Bengal, and Vikram Singh from Hoshiarpur in Punjab who were involved in an international human trafficking racket that spread across South Africa and London.

Last month on October 26, Mithun Mandal, Shaon Ahmed, Mominur Islam, and Mahendi Hasan were apprehended from Deen Dayal Upadhya Railway Station in the same human trafficking case.

In July , UP ATS arrested three people who were actively operating a human trafficking racket involving Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. The three arrested -Noor Muhammad, Rehmat Ullah and Shabiullah were apparently getting funds to settle Bangladeshis and Rohingyas illegally in India.

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Residents of Rajakannu’s Mudhanai village protest against ‘actor’ Suriya over Jai Bhim movie

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Ever since Suriya’s Jai Bhim released for Diwali earlier this month, it has been amidst a storm of controversies. Even though the film has received appreciation from audiences, it has been dragged into controversies for the reason that it has shown the Vanniyar community in a negative light.

The movie was based on the custodial death of ‘Rajakannu’ who is from the Mudhanai village near Virudhachalam in Cuddalore. The residents of the village have now started protesting against the incorrect portrayal of Vanniyar community. They note that there is no such discrimination between different communities in the village.  They have also raised slogans asking Suriya, who is also the producer of the movie, to apologise for this wrongful portrayal. While PMK’s Youth Wing President Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss has already opposed this unjustified portrayal of Vanniyars, the village residents’ protest seems to be even more problematic for the film’s team.

Meanwhile, writer Kanmani Gunasekharan has returned the remuneration he had received for writing the dialects for the film. Director TJ Gnanavel approached Gunasekharan to write dialogues for his film so that it could have a nativity touch with appropriate dialects. Kanmani who was very much the writer for dialogues in the film, has now returned the remuneration because he felt ‘betrayed’ after seeing the scene where a calendar had the Vanniyar’s sacre motif ‘Agni pot’ which has become a big controversy.

“There was a perversion after the many changes were included. They have denigrated our [late] leader Kaduvetti Guru and depicted the story against facts,” he said in a Facebook post where he also mentioned that he has returned the cheque worth ₹50,000 to 2D Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

(With inputs from The Indian Express & The Hindu)

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#GoBackStalin: TN CM Stalin faces resistance as he visits Coimbatore

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On a day when Chief Minister MK Stalin is making a visit to Coimbatore, the hashtag #GoBackStalin has been trending at the national level to protest against the CM’s visit to the region.

CM Stalin is on a two day visit to Coimbatore as part of the DMK’s outreach in the western belt where the party’s presence is weak. He will be signing MoUs for different projects worth over ₹20,000 crores.

In light of this, the hashtag #GoBackStalin has been trending on Twitter with many taking potshots at MK Stalin.

DMK and its IT cell which used to trend hashtags against Prime Minister Narendra Modi whenever he made a visit to Tamil Nadu are now getting a taste of their own medicine with #GoBackStalin trending.

Both people and public representatives of the region have alleged that the DMK is discriminating Kongu people as the region defeated the DMK

Earlier, it was alleged that the DMK has been discriminating the Kongu region in terms of allocation of vaccines as the region had routed the DMK out. The DMK was completely wiped off from Coimbatore district with the party not even getting a single seat in 2021 Assembly Elections.

Netizens and leaders allege that political preferences of people seem to have had a role in the vaccine distribution by the DMK government.

People also have been unhappy about the DMK not fulfilling its promise of reducing petrol and diesel price by 5 and 4 rupees respectively.

This is not the first time #GoBackStalin has been trending at national level. Earlier on May 30, the same #GoBackStalin hashtag became a national level trending topic in Twitter when CM Stalin visited Coimbatore to take stock of the COVID situation in the region.

 

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