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Sessions court judge in Kerala gives Triple Talaq to wife, threatens her with consequences if she objects

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In a shocking incident in Kerala, an upholder of the law took the law into his own hands and issued ‘Triple Talaq’ to his wife in Palakkad district.

B Kalam Pasha a session court Judge in the Palakkad district gave Triple Talaq to his wife after which she approached the Kerala High Court to move forward with a complaint against him.

Triple Talaq was made illegal by the Parliament and invites criminal proceedings against the husband who invokes it. The wife of the judge has alleged that Justice B. Kamal Pasha and his brother had threatened her of dire consequences if she refuses to the divorce.

In her complaint, the women said Kalam Pasha issued Triple Talaq against her on March 1, 2018, by a letter. However, he sent her another letter that claimed due to typing error the original date was March 1, 2017.

The change of date is nothing but a mere technicality because in order to avoid legal procedures the judge mentioned a new date before the law banning triple talaq came into force.

In India, it is not easy to register a case against a judge and only with the permission of the Chief Justice of the High Court, a case can be registered against a lower courts judge.

Previously, the primary investigation was carried out by the Vigilance department following the matter coming to the notice of High Court.

Supreme Court in August 2017 banned the practice of Triple Talaq following which the Parliament passed a bill criminalizing the barbaric practice that demeaned Muslim women and gave Muslim men unilateral power to end a marriage.

(With inputs from Mathrubhumi and Organiser)

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SC seeks Centre’s response on granting minority status to Hindus of 9 states

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The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre seeking its reply to a petition asking the apex court to define the term ‘minority’ and issue necessary guidelines for its identification. The petition also seeks the granting of the ‘minority status’ to Hindus in nine states.

The Supreme Court also sought the Central Government’s reply to the petitioner’s request for the transfer of various petitions seeking grant of minority status to Hindus in nine states, which are pending in respective High Courts, to the Supreme Court.

The petition, filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyaya, challenges the validity of section 2(C) of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, which gives unfettered power to the Centre to arbitrarily declare any community a minority. The petition says that Hindus are a minority in nine states of the country ― Ladakh, Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab and Manipur. Despite this, the minority Hindu populace are not getting the benefit of ‘minority status’.

The petition further states that the Central Government has declared Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains as minorities under Section 2 (c) of the Act but it has not declared Jewish and Bahais as minority.

“Legitimate share of the minorities is being siphoned off arbitrarily to unqualified sections of the population, because of non-identification and non-notification of minorities at State level,” the petition said.

Upadhyaya, in his petition, also stated that the minority welfare schemes are not being appropriately used in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

The denial of minority rights to real minorities and arbitrary and irrational disbursement of minority benefits to the majority infringes upon the fundamental right to the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, the petition says.

The 2002 Bench of eleven judges of the Supreme Court, while interpreting the Act of 1992, had said that minorities are considered on a linguistic or religious basis. The petition argues that states have been recognized on linguistic basis, so the status of minority should be state-wise and not at the national level.

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Shocking! YouTube removes String’s latest video that exposed Greta Thunberg toolkit, DIGIPUB and other social media influencers

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YouTube channel String’s latest video that exposed the design laid out in the Greta Thunberg Toolkit which contained names of several media houses, journalists and ‘activists’, has been removed by the video streaming and sharing platform citing ‘harassment and bullying’.

Vinodh, the host of the show String Reveals, had explained the nexus between institutions funded by George Soros, certain India media entities and a few ‘activists’, and how a coordinated social media propaganda on the ‘farmers’ protest was being carried out with help from both inside and outside the country.

String had shed light on DIGIPUB, an association of media entities like The Wire, Scroll, The Quint, The News Minute, Newslaundry, Alt News, etc and how these media entities and its associated journalists found mention in Greta’s ‘tool kit’ that had details to carry out a nefarious propaganda against India.

The video also exposed how a foreign individual named Annalisa Merelli had endorsed these media outlets to channel funds to them days before Greta Thunberg shared the tool.

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This expose of String had crossed several lakh views garnering the attention of several high profile personalities.

However, this video has now been removed by YouTube on the ground of ‘violating YouTube’s policy on harassment and bullying’.

The video seems to have been mass reported.

String has now appealed to YouTube headquarters demanding clarification for removing their video. The channel is also exploring other legal options.

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After Canadian MP grilling their country’s Minister, Justin Trudeau telephones PM Modi, asks for COVID-19 vaccines

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Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau who was recently caught in controversy when he supported the farmer’s protests called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (10 February), requesting for Covid-19 vaccines.

This comes after Michelle Rempel Garner, a Conservative MP and Shadow Minister for Health, in a meeting of the standing committee on health, asked the incumbent Procurement Minister Anita Anand if the Trudeau government had reached out to Prime Minister Modi for vaccines, to which the Minister did not reply positively and said ‘I do not know’.

In the last couple of weeks, India has generously gifted the indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccines to 20 countries under its vaccine diplomacy in keeping with its “Neighborhood First”. 

An official statement released from the PMO said that Trudeau informed Modi about Canada’s requirement for Covid-19 vaccines from India and India will supply the vaccine under the Vaccine Maitri (Vaccine Friendship). 

In an official tweet, Modi said, “Was happy to receive a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau Assured him that India would do its best to facilitate supplies of COVID vaccines sought by Canada.”

Trudeau told Modi that, “if the world managed to conquer COVID-19, it would be significant because of India’s tremendous pharmaceutical capacity, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership in sharing this capacity with the world.”

Modi on his part has given assurance to the people of Canada that India would do its best to support Canada’s vaccination efforts, just as it had done for many other countries already.

The two leaders also discussed the common perspective shared by India and Canada on many important geopolitical issues and agreed to continue the close collaboration between both the countries in fighting global challenges like climate change and the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trudeau also said that he is looking forward to meeting Modi in various important international events later this year.

M Nageswara, a retired Indian Police Service officer said in a tweet that “a written assurance from @JustinTrudeau to dismantle #Khalistan architecture including financial, and no overt or covert #Khalistani activities will be allowed from Canadian soil” ought to be considered as a precondition for supplying the vaccines. 

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India has certainly come a long way when we had to stand in line and beg for medicines. Also, Trudeau is under a lot of fire in Canada for his mishandling of the pandemic and the inability to produce a vaccine.

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“Muslim girls can marry anyone after attaining puberty despite being under 18”: Punjab & Haryana HC

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In a shocking ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court declared that Muslim girls can now get into a marriage contract with anyone after attaining puberty even if they are under 18 years old. This ruling, says the High Court, is according to the Muslim personal law.

The order was passed by Justice Alka Sarin while hearing a petition filed by a Muslim couple from Punjab. The man was 36 years old, while the woman was 17 years old. They had married according to Islamic traditions, but had faced a lot of opposition from their friends and family. Following this, they had sought protection from the court and had a filed a petition for the same.

Article 195 of the Muslim Personal Law says, “Every Mahommedan (Muslim) of sound mind, who has attained puberty, may enter into a contract of marriage. Lunatics and minors who have not attained puberty may be validly contracted in marriage by their respective guardians. A marriage of a Mahommedan who is (of) sound mind and has attained puberty is void if it is brought about without his consent.”

Stating this provision, the judge ruled that any Muslim girl is governed by the Muslim Sharia law. They cannot be deprived from their fundamental rights just because the couple has married against the wishes of their family members.

This ruling by the High Court comes amid the Centre looking to raising the marriageable age of women in the country to 21 years. However, such a decision is unlikely to affect the country’s Muslim population given that according to the judiciary, they are governed only by Sharia laws and not the country’s laws like the Hindus are.

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China announces disengagement from Pangong Tso amid reports of its troops unable to cope up with harsh winter

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Tensions seem to be deescalating at the border with the Communist Party of China’s mouth piece stating that both sides have started disengaging at the border after months long standoff.

The Chinese state-affiliated Global Times on 10 February published a direct quote from China’s Defence Ministry that said Chinese troops have begun disengagement on the southern and northern shores of the Pangong Lake.

As per reports, a consensus has been reached during the ninth round of military-commander talks between the two nations.

“Chinese and Indian border troops on the southern and northern shores of Pangong Lake began disengagement as planned on Wednesday according to the consensus reached during the ninth round of military commander-level talks,” the tweet from Global Times read.

China had amassed a massive military force that also involved tanks and some defence journalists have claimed that this engagement includes both Indian and China pulling back armoured columns from southern banks of Pangong Tso, however, the soldiers remain in their respective positions.

Senior defence journalist Nitin Gokhale though has expressed caution over this news, “Just as unexpectedly it had begun, the standoff between India and China is beginning to wind down…given Chinese history of perfidious behaviour, I would be wary of concluding anything either way till details are available”

It must also be noted that China has admitted that most of its troops are not well trained nor do they meet the physical standards to survive the rigours of spending time in such a high altitude area.

There are also reports of China airlifting many of there troops because they suffered various aliments caused by altitude sickness. However, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force have decades of operational experience in this area and this time around the civilian government throw all its political and diplomatic support behind the military.

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Police arrest Indu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Samapth and hundreds of cadres

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Indu Makkal Katchi Arjun Sampath and several cadres of the party were arrested by the Tamil Nadu police for trying to hold an election rally in Kumbakonam on February 10, 2021.

Indu Makkal Katchi’s ‘Aanmeega Arasiyal’ (spiritual politics) election campaign was to be held on February 10 at the Ayyampettai area in Thanjavur district.

The founder head of IMK, Arjun Sampath, was on his way to Thanjavur from Coimbatore to attend the meeting. The police arrested Arjun Sampath and IMK cadres in the Pettavaithalai police station limits near the Trichy-Karur border stating that permission has not been granted to conduct the meeting and that they were arresting him and his cadres as a precautionary measure. They were housed at a private wedding hall.

Speaking to The Commune, IMK head Arjun Sampath said “For the past few days, IMK has been organizing meetings where we have been talking about how Tamil Nadu is becoming an Islamic State and a Taliban hotspot. The Thanjavur-Kumbakonam earlier used to be dotted with temples and other symbols of Tamil culture, Hindu culture. Now this entire area has been Islamized with mosques all around. They are encroaching our temples and temple lands. Already Ramalingam who hailed from Thirubuvanam was brutally murdered by Islamists for resisting conversions. It is in light of this that we are holding public meetings in all 234 constituencies.”

The IMK leader also said that the police were dillydallying about giving permission to their rally for the past one week. They had asked them to not allow Vellore Ibrahim, a pro-CAA Muslim activist and a BJP sympathizer, to speak in their rally. Then they had asked them to just hold ‘street corner’ meeting. The IMK cadres is said to have agreed to all the conditions laid down. However, the police denied permission for the IMK to hold rallies in the region and had arrested all the IMK cadres of the region. Periyakovil Karthi, the youth wing secretary of the IMK was arrested on the morning of February 10.

Hundreds of IMK cadres later staged a sit-in protest in Ayyampettai at 6 PM condemning the arrest and demanding the release of Arjun Sampath and other cadres.

All cadres along with Arjun Sampath were released at around 11 PM.

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In Yogi’s UP, 12 year-old Brahmin boy works as daily-wage labourer, lives in roofless house

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Poverty is a bane on everyone, and comes into people’s lives uninvited. This is why the Indian State funds so many welfare schemes to alleviate poverty in the country, thus helping several families to escape from the clutches of this soul-crushing social malady. However, almost all these welfare schemes are aimed at either SCs, STs, OBCs or minorities.

But surely, poverty and hunger don’t see caste. There are several poor people who are ineligible to be the recipients of any government welfare scheme by virtue of them belonging to the upper castes; folks who are barely eking out a living and are somehow just managing to survive. This is the story of one such boy whom no government scheme has been able to help.

12 year-old Dani Sharma lives alone in Shergarh near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Dani does not go to school. He says that due to him being a Brahmin, the school does not waive his fees or give him a scholarship. As he has no money to buy food, so paying the school fees is out of the question. Instead of going to school, Dani works as a daily wage labourer whenever he can. Whatever money he earns, he buys food and provisions for himself. He does not, and can not, work everyday as he is not able to do much work. Often, he goes hungry for days on end. According to Dani, he is not the beneficiary of any government scheme.

Whenever he is able to buy provisions, he cooks rotis on a steel plate ― as he does not have a tawa ― on a chulha, an open stove that uses firewood as fuel.

Dani cooking his meal on a steel plate
Dani cooking his meal on a steel plate | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Dani's meal
Dani’s meal | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Dani sleeps beneath the skies out in the cold every night outside his house, as the house is in such disrepair that the walls might fall down any moment. The rooms of the house have no roof either.

Dani Sharma standing amidst the rubble of his house
Dani Sharma standing amidst the rubble of his house | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Crumbling walls and wild bushes keep Dani Sharma company. His father Deendayal Sharma passed away when Dani was 2 years old. Relatives and family friends came together to get his two elder sisters married. His mother married again, after which he has been living on his own.

Despite not having enough money for food, Dani’s love and affection for his father makes him light a diya in front of his father’s photograph.

A photograph of Dani's father
A photograph of Dani’s father | Credits: Falana Dikhana

Despite crores of rupees being spent by the government on several welfare schemes, no government scheme has been able to ensure that Dani Sharma gets three square meals everyday, that he is able to sleep on a full stomach or that he even goes to school — which, it may be pointed out, the Indian state is obligated to ensure for the child for free, as part of the RTE Act. The Hindi news portal Falana Dikhana had published a report on the conditions the 12 year old lives in.

A Twitter user even sent out a video of Dani in a tweet, tagging the handles of the Uttar Pradesh government, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and BJP leader Kapil Mishra ― all to no avail. Why is the administration of a country that proudly calls itself “Vishwaguru” is so apathetic to this 12 year Brahmin boy?

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The question that arises is this: when a country that proudly calls itself “Vishwaguru” is administered by a state that computes electoral utility of a citizen before deciding whether they deserve the state’s beneficence, where do we as a nation see ourselves heading?

(This article is based on the story carried by Falana Dikhana)

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Highlights from PM Modi’s reply to Motion of Thanks on President’s address in Lok Sabha

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (February 10), delivered his motion of thanks to the President’s address and spoke at length about the farmer empowerment laws and the issues surrounding it. 

Here are some of the highlights from his speech:

“When the last British commander left India, he said that India is a land of many countries and it would break. We are on the cusp of celebrating our 75 years of independence. It’s a matter of pride for every Indian & an occasion to move forward.”

“We may be in any corner of the world or belong to any strata of society but we must make a new resolve on where we want to take India at 100 years of freedom”

“Every nation has a message to deliver, a mission to fulfil, a destiny to reach. The mission of India has been to guide humanity. -Swami Vivekanand”

“A new world order took shape after the end of the Second World War and structure to guide the world towards peace. However, everyone can speak peace but not everyone practiced and many countries only increased their military strength.” 

“Post corona will also shape a new world order but only time will tell who will lead it but one thing is certain, India cannot be on the sidelines and India must be strong to be part of the new world order and Athamnibhar is the way.” 

“Corona was an invisible enemy and no one thought we would succeed but 130 crore people of India and their. discipline and I give credit to the people. We will develop our infrastructure.”

“God blessed India because our doctors, nurses and safai karamcharirs became gods because they did their job and no matter how much we celebrate them it is less.”

“75 crore Indians were provided with rations and using jandhan, aadhar was able to give 2 lakh crore rupees to the people. But we must also ask who tried to stop Aadhar and went to the Supreme Court which would have prevented the poor from getting the facilities.” 

“Even in this difficult times we kept our promise of reforms and we have taken some important steps and because of that record sales in cars and tractors and GST and experts all over the world say India will achieve double-digit economic growth.” 

“We also brought 3 farm laws to counter years of struggle in our agriculture sector. I wish Congress had discussed the content and intent on the farm laws.”

“Right now many brothers and sisters are sitting outside Delhi because on false notions but the govt will always respect them and that is why ministers were in constant touch with them.”

“This disruption of debate is a pre-planned strategy to divide people and that is why the opposition will never win the trust of the people.” 

“I want to ask.. after the farm laws were passed has there been any change on how to sell produce and who the farmers can sell because they have options. In fact we have given more money to improve the old Mandies. These Andolancharies create fear-mongering and confusion” 

“I find it strange that when the opposition says we did not ask for these laws but why was it introduced, however, as a progressive nation we brought triple talaq laws, women inheritance laws, dowry laws. No one asked for it but we did.” 

“Congress is a confused party that is incapable of helping itself or the country.”

“There have been great Indians who swam against the current to bring changes which were later accepted by the people like Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Jothybhai Phulay and BR Ambedkar. Also should we not be sensitive to the people and bring reforms before people ask because that is the best form of democracy.”

“Reform is necessary because even after independence until the 1970 there was a “Churchill Cigar Assistant (CCA)” almost 25 years after Independence to supply him the famed Trichinopoly cigar. However, the fact is Churchill died in 1965″

“No one held protests to have bank accounts or asked for toilets but my government did that anyway because the days of feudalism are over where the people have to ask and we must enable people to exercise their rights.” 

“We need investment in our agriculture sector and empower our farmers and not just make wheat and rice and we must not import from other countries. The time has come to reform our agriculture and we must ensure our farmers not be depended on the government.” 

“As long as farmers are not helped there can be no progress that is why my government has created policies to help them and have earmarked 1 lakh crore for the agriculture sector.” 

“The country needs to differentiate between farmers and andolanjeevs who destroyed mobile towers and spread disinformation.” 

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Petition filed in Court to remove false information in school textbooks about ‘Periyar’ getting title from ‘UNESCO’

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A petition has been filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court to remove the portion in Tamil Nadu school textbooks which had mentioned that E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (known as ‘Periyar’ by his followers) had got a title from UNESCO as ‘Socrates of Southeast Asia’, something that never happened.

The Court has now ordered directed the committees in charge of preparing textbooks for schools and colleges to review and take action within 12 weeks.

The petition filed by an advocate Muhammad Razvi, stated that in the Class 9 textbooks published by Tamil Nadu government and a few college textbooks, it is mentioned that Periyar was awarded the title of Socrates of Southeast Asia by UNESCO which is completely false, adding that everyone knows that India does not come in the list of Southeast Asian countries.

It stated that this award was given to Periyar by former Chief Minister Karunanidhi in 1970 and went on to state that misinformation was deliberately spread among school and college students for political gain in the name of history during the DMK regime under Karunanidhi.

“The Government of Tamil Nadu should intervene and remove the historical error in the textbook to ensure that students are not misled. Therefore, it should be ordered to remove the misinformation about Periyar in the ninth standard textbook and the higher education textbook.”, the petition stated.

The petition also added that in Tamil Nadu, the Dravidar Kazhagam and its affiliates in continue to spread anti-Hindu sentiments and speak indecently of Hindu deities.

“They are working to create separatism, caste and religious conflicts in the country and to harm the national interest. Failure to take action against them will have a major impact on the country and the unity that exists in the country.”, the petition said.

The petition came up for hearing before the bench of Justices MM Sundaresh and S Anandi. Advocate K. Neelamekam argued on behalf of the petitioner. The judges then considered the petitioner’s petition and directed the committees in-charge of preparing the textbooks to take appropriate action within 12 weeks.

The controversy

The issue was first brought to light by a person named Jagannath Srinivasan who back in May 2019 wrote in his Facebook post that ‘Periyar’ being awarded the title of ‘Socrates of Southeast Asia’ by the UNESCO was a sham. He had reported the false information mentioned in E.V. Ramasamy Naicker’s Wikipedia page following which the information was removed from the free online encyclopedia. This had irked the Dravida Kazhagam and its president K. Veeramani who in an issue of Viduthalai spewed venom against Jagannath Srinivasan by making casteist and bigoted remarks.

Later, Mr. Prabhakaran, the son of Dalit activist and BJP leader TADA Periyasami filed an RTI with the Tamil Nadu Information Commission asking if the fact about ‘Periyar’ getting the title from ‘UNESCO’ mentioned in the Tamil Nadu textbook was true. The Commission had replied that a private organization with a similar name had given the title. The fact is that the award was sponsored by Tamil Nadu UNESCO Mandram (no way related to the United Nations), and awarded by late former DMK leader M. Karunanidhi in the presence of Dravida Kazhagam President K. Veeramani.

The issue gained the deserved traction after Maridhas, an independent YouTuber exposed in a video about the sham. He had stated that he received an email from the UNESCO office in Delhi that confirmed that no such award/title was given to E.V. Ramasamy Naicker.

For more than 40 years, this lie has been peddled with several articles and research papers on EVR written based on this lie. None in the media or those belonging to the ‘intellectual’ circle who speak of facts has ever opened their mouths about this blatant lie peddled.

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