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Watch: ‘Farmers’ mob unleash Shaheenbagh 2.0 at Delhi on Republic Day: Police forces attacked with swords, public property vandalized

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The Commune
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As the nation marks the 71st Republic Day, honouring the coming into effect of the Indian Constitution, ‘farmers’ squatting on the roads leading to Delhi have now unleashed violence by breaking barricades, vandalizing public property and attacking security forces.

A mob that managed to come near ITO in central Delhi, broke the barricades, attacked the police personnel and vandalized a police vehicle. They also vandalized a DTC bus in the same ITO area.

Disturbing visuals of ‘farmer’ mobs drawing swords and attacking policemen have also surfaced.

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The same section of journalists who were instrumental in fomenting the Delhi riots are once again at it celebrating the anarchy on the streets.

Communist elements have also infiltrated these protests instigating the ‘farmer’ mobs to resort to violence. Communist and Maoist sympathizer, Kavita Krishnan, a member of the CPI-ML Polit Bureau can be seen jumping with joy and called the mobs unleashing anarchy a ‘celebration’.

Self-proclaimed activist Yogendra Yadav also took to the ground in the name of reporting from the site of protest.

Many have pointed out that opposition parties especially the Congress, Communists and AAP are behind the violent acts of the ‘farmer’ mobs.

News portals like Newslaundry, The Wire, The Quint, Scroll who have for long been glorifying the squatting of these farmer mobs have now pounced on to instigate them.

‘AP is different now, Christianity has spread like wildfire’, Christian Pastor Shalem Raju issues threat to political parties

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The Commune
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After the coming of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, the Christian evangelists in the state seems to have been given a free pass. One pastor named Shalem Raju, a Christian evangelist has issued a warning to political parties to not “mess with Christians who are now in lakhs of numbers”.

In a video which has gone viral, the pastor can be seen and heard saying that those who will attempt to challenge Christians will only bite the dust.

Pastor Raju in his speech dared the ex-CM Chandrababu Naidu or anyone from Telangana and said they must be very careful about what they say.

He said, “What many of them don’t know is that Christianity has now spread across the state just like water spreads under a mat (meaning very rapidly and widely). Let them not harbour silly thoughts because if they do, no matter which party they belong to they’ll simply have to bite the dust. They think that it is only Dalits who have accepted Christianity but they are mistaken. I myself belong to another varna and have accepted the path of Jesus. There are lakhs of people like me who have embraced Christianity. I have embraced the right path but many of them have still not accepted the true God and are still Hindus.”

The Pastor now wants to open the eyes of Hindus whom he calls ignorant as they continue to construct temples instead of accepting the true God as he has.

Pastor Shalem Raju is a Hindu convert to Christianity and runs Thandri Sannidhi Ministries (altar of father/Jesus Ministry).  Pastor Shalem Raju is not the only one to issue threats to Hindus. A recent video making the rounds on social media shows pastors threatening Hindu devotees and the temple priest for objecting to conducting Christian prayers within the temple premises in Andhra Pradesh.

Ancient temple remains unearthed along banks of Kollidam

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The Commune
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Feature Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons, Kathir News

A group of archeology enthusiasts have discovered the remains of an ancient temple believed to be of the Chozha era and dating back to the 12th century along the banks of Kollidam river.

These pillar remains were discovered during a search of the Mundanar temple located at Thirumanur in Ariyalur district. The temple is said to have existed on the Kollidam banks between present day Ariyalur and Thanjavur districts.

Retired officials belonging to the state archaeology department have deciphered the inscriptions on the pillars, which mention different irrigation canals and cultivable land parcels donated to the temple during the reign of Kulothunga Chozha I.

According to the retired archaeologists, the 6 feet high pillars were the gateway to the ancient temple of Sri Kailasam or Sri Rajendra Chozha Eeswaramudaiyar Temple located on the north bank of the Kollidam River. From the inscription, it was concluded that the town of Thirumanur was earlier known as Thiyagavalli Valanadu.

It also states that there was a ‘mandapam’ (hall) named Sankaranarayanan in front of the temple where village chiefs met and decided to cancel the tax on the Theppakulam, Nandavanam and land belonging to the temple. The temple had been maintained on the proceeds from these properties.

The retired archeologists also point out that they were intrigued by the detailing about the boundaries of the agricultural lands donated to the temple. Inscriptions mention that the irrigation canals that passed through the temple were called Madhurantakan Canal and Arinjayan Canal by the Chozha kings. After inspection, the inscriptions were taken from the temple and deposited in Thirumanur.

With inputs from Times of India

Biden reverses Trump administration’s ban on transgenders serving in US Military

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The Commune
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The Biden administration is all set to roll back the ban on American transgenders from joining the US Armed Forces. The decision comes as Biden plans to turn his attention to equity issues that he believes continue to shadow nearly all aspects of American life. The new Defence Secretary General Austin, a retired army general, spoke of the need to rescind the ban during his Senate confirmation hearing last week. “If you’re fit and you’re qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve,” he said.

This ban had been announced by former POTUS Donald Trump during his first year of tenure via a ‘tweet’. He had put forward this ban citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption”. By virtue of it, while transgenders who had been serving the military prior to the ban were allowed to continue, new recruits were prevented.

A recent study put the number of transgender people in the military at the time between 1,320 and 6,630. Gender-change surgery is rare in the general population, and even so, its cost could range from $2.4 million and $8.4 million a year, an amount that would represent an “exceedingly small proportion” of total health care expenditures, the study found.

It is to be noted that the Trump administration has far and wide been critical about policy decisions corresponding to the LGBTQIA+ community, and has slammed down on several policies in this regard.

“Sasikala to be released on 27th”: TTV Dhinakaran

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The Commune
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Sasikala’s nephew TTV Dhinakaran came out and stated on Monday that the former general secretary of the AIADMK is to be released on 27th.

“Just as we expected… Chinnamma (Sasikala) will be released (from prison) day after tomorrow, 27-01-2021,” Dhinakaran said in a tweet.

Sasikala was recently reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 and is said to be recovering. In addition to this, her sister-in-law J Ilavarasi Saturday also tested positive for the virus. She is likely to undergo treatment at the Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, where Sasikala is admitted. Notably, Ilavarasi will reportedly have to spend some more days in the Bengaluru Central Prison. This has been based on the total number of days they have spent in the prison in the DA case, which will include their prison term in 2014, when Sasikala, along with former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, had spent 21 days in prison.

It is to be noted that the speculated date of V K Sasikala’s release clashes with the unveiling of the memorial of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam. This memorial is right behind the memorial of former chief minister MG Ramachandran (MGR), and is said to have a knowledge park and museum.

Galwan valley martyr Col. Santosh Babu to be posthumously conferred Mahavir Chakra on Republic Day

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The Commune
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Colonel Santhosh Babu, who was martyred along with several other soldiers in the Galwan valley clash between India and China at the shared border, is to be posthumously conferred the Mahavir Chakra. The Mahavir Chakra is India’s second-highest military award for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy.

“Colonel Bikumalla Santosh Babu, Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar deployed in Galwan Valley (Eastern Ladakh) during Operation Snow Leopard, was tasked to establish an observation post in face of the enemy. Organising and briefing his troops about the situation with a sound plan, he successfully executed the task. While holding the position his column faced stiff resistance from the adversary who attacked using lethal and sharp weapons along with heavy stone pelting from adjoining heights,” his citation for the award read.

Following his demise, he was laid down with state honours, and his wife was felicitated on the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) Foundation Day. She was also appointed as the deputy collector in Telangana and was granted a house by the Telangana government.

“The state government has appointed Ms Santoshi, wife of Col Santosh Babu who was martyred in the recent clashes on the Indo-China Border, as Deputy Collector. Honourable Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday at Pragathi Bhavan handed over the appointment letter to Ms Santoshi,” an official release had said.

Journalists peddle fake news about Netaji’s portrait, Twitter does a clean-up job for them

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The Commune
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On January 23, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind unveiled a portrait of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Rashtrapati Bhavan to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary celebrations.

Soon, a section of journalists and several leaders from the opposition jumped in to say that the person in the portrait was that of a Bengali actor named Prosenjit Chatterjee who had played Bose in his biopic.

Trinamool Congress MP who is known for her loud speeches in Parliament, criticized about how the President donated ₹5 lakh to the construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya but ‘honoured Netaji’ by unveiling a portrait of actor Prosenjit.

“God save India (because this government certainly can’t)” she wrote.

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However, she later deleted this tweet.

Many other ‘journalists’ too took a dig at the portrait of the freedom fighter unveiled by the President. Sagarika Ghose, wife of another ‘journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai called the portait as ‘fake Netaji’. Just like his wife, Rajdeep Sardesai too tweeted saying that the President could have put up an original portrait of Netaji adding that the one unveiled by President was the picture of actor Prosenjit.

Barkha Dutt, Swati Chaturvedi, and Roshini Singh who are known for being against the BJP too took at dig at the Hon’ble President of India.

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However, their joy was short lived as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose, busted the lies peddled by these personalities.

Chandra Kumar Bose posted the picture original photograph of Netaji based on which portrait was drawn by Paresh Maity.

Following this, many on social media lashed out at these ‘journalists’ and leaders for doing unwarranted politics over Netaji. Some alleged that the misinformation was peddled by the Congress IT Cell.

That being the case, Twitter in its news section carried a headline stating “Portrait unveiled by President Ramnath Kovind is of Netaji, according to journalist”

Many pointed out that the Twitter’s news section highlights did not even have a mention of the fake news peddled by the opposition leaders and the likes of Barkha Dutt, Sagarikha Ghose, Rajdeep, etc.

BJP Tamil Nadu Spokesperson SG Suryah pointed out that the headlines put out by Twitter was misleading and said that it was a section of the journalists who spread lies and not the other way around. “Your definition of this manufactured controversy is fallacious”, he said.

Complete list of Padma Awardees for the year 2021

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The Commune
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Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards.  29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.

Mahavir Chakra:

Colonel Santosh Babu (Galwan Valley martyr) (Posthumous) – Telangana

President’s Police Medal for Gallantry:

  1. CRPF ASI Mohan Lal (Galwan Valley martyr) (Posthumous) – Kerala
  2. CRPF ASI Banua Oraon (Galwan Valley martyr) (Posthumous) – Jharkhand

Padma Vibhushan

  1. Shinzo Abe (Former Japanese Prime Minister) – Public Affairs
  2. Shri SP Balasubrahmanyam (Posthumous) – Art
  3. Dr Belle Monappa Hegde – Medicine
  4. Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous) – Science and Tech
  5. Maulana Wahidudeen Khan – Spiritualism
  6. Shri BB Lal – Archaeology
  7. Shri Sudarshan Sahoo – Art

Padma Bhushan

  1. Ms Krishnan Nair Shanthakumari Chithra – Art
  2. Sumitra Mahajan – Former Lok Sabha Speaker 
  3. Nripendra Misra – Former Principal Secretary to PM Modi 
  4. Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) – Former Union Minister
  5. Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous) – Former Assam Chief Minister 
  6. Chandrasekhar Kambara – Literarature and Education
  7. Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) – Public Affairs
  8. Kalbe Sadiq – (Posthumous) – Spiritualism
  9. Rajnikant Devidas Shroff – Trade and Industry
  10. Tarlochan Singh – Public Affairs

Here‘s the complete list of awardees who will be receiving their medals on Republic Day 2021.

This Republic Day, Sadhguru wants you to ask yourself this one question

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The Commune
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Sadhguru, Founder-Isha Foundation, in his Republic Day 2021 Message, wants all the citizens to forge ahead with this one question in mind, – “What I’m doing right now, is it good for this nation?”

“I beseech every one of you, young or old, to take up this much. Whatever you’re doing from today onwards, whatever you’re doing, ‘What I’m doing right now, is it good for this nation or not good for this nation,’ please keep that in your mind. With this one thought, I am sure we, as a nation, as the Bhavya Bharat that it has always been, once again it can manifest in the next few years. On this Republic Day, let us take this commitment. Once again, we will make this into a Bhavya Bharat,” Sadhguru said on the occasion of India’s 72nd Republic Day.

Sadhguru says that we are, without an argument, the oldest nation on the planet; but as a nation, we came together not because of sameness of religion or sameness of language or race as most nations are made, we came together as the most diverse form.

Elaborating it further, he said, “Those who look at us from outside, think we are an impossible chaos. But our chaos is like, if you compare a manicured garden with a forest, those who have lived in manicured gardens will feel lost in a forest. But if you don’t tend to the manicured garden for a month, it will be no garden at all. But forests have been there for millions of years. So what looks like chaos on the surface is a very resilient organization of its own. Above all, as a nation, we have always been the land of seekers, not a land of believers. Seekers means we have invested in our ignorance. Understanding the intelligence of ignorance is very important.”

“In this living cosmos, what we know is a very puny little thing. What we do not know or our ignorance is of boundless nature. Our ignorance is really boundless. So we have always invested in this, that is why this is a land of seekers. This has been our strength – we have never been a very organized process, but individual genius always unfolded in this country because we did not believe anything. We were always seekers. This is understanding the intelligence of ignorance, understanding that the phenomena of life is always on full fire if you’re in a seeking mode. If you come to a believing mode, you settle down but when you’re in a seeking mode, you’re continuously on fire. So this fire we have exhibited for thousands of years, we should not lose this fire because this is where our growth is, this is where our future is.”

“We must bring this land to the greatness that it has always enjoyed through millennia. So it’s time to do that,” Sadhguru added.

What’s cooking between AP CM and the State Election Commissioner?

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Sudhir Kumar S
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Feature Image Credits: India TV News, The Print

At the beginning of March 2020, the state of Andhra Pradesh was gearing up to have the elections for rural local bodies. The State Election Commission announced dates starting from March 21 for polls to MPTC, ZPTC, gram panchayats etc. By mid-March, opposition parties were beginning to demand that these elections be put on hold because of the onset of COVID. The ruling party folks took strong exception to this demand and wanted the polls to be held at any cost.

The State Election Commissioner (SEC), Mr. Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, decided to postpone the polls keeping in mind the onset of COVIID. This was before there was even talk of a lockdown or Janata Curfew. The ruling party folks went verbally berserk. They questioned the intention of the SEC in siding with Chandrababu Naidu. They bought in the caste angle of the SEC and attributed his decision to him being from the same caste as Chandrababu Naidu. They said COVID doesn’t exist and therefore this move by SEC is nothing but political in nature.

While these verbal attacks were happening, the lockdown was announced. This put a full stop to all plans surrounding these elections. But this did not put a full stop to the machinations of the Chief Minister, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy. In April 2020, he brought in a Government Order that changed the term of the SEC, through which he was able to replace N. Ramesh Kumar with an SEC of his choice. Both the High Court and the Supreme Court intervened and reinstated Mr. Ramesh Kumar in July 2020, in what was a major blow to the Chief Minister.

With the number of COVID cases decreasing and also elections being held to state assemblies, the State Election Commissioner got ready to conduct the Gram Panchayat elections. He started seeking opinions of various parties in October 2020. The ruling party’s verbal attackers were activated again. The same people who argued that COVID is not a big deal in March went on and on about how COVID hasn’t subsided fully and the elections must be postponed.

January 2021 has been an eventful month. Sensing that this logic was not flying through, they came up with the logic that the government has to focus its energies on vaccine deployment and therefore cannot help in conduct of the polls. With the SEC being adamant, the employees then came out and said that they are not ready to participate in this exercise until they all get vaccinated. Employee unions started drafting and releasing statements against the SEC, Mr. N. Ramesh Kumar too! With employee unions refusing to participate and the SEC releasing the notification for the polls, the matter went to the High Court.

The Chief Minister received two major setbacks in the courts. First, the High Court ruled in favour of the SEC. The state government immediately filed a case in SC and till SC heard the case, everyone starting from the Chief Secretary and the DGP to the VRO refused to participate in any meeting the SEC conducted. In yet another slap to the Chief Minister, the Supreme Court also ruled in favour of the SEC.

It is routine for our Delhi based English media to cover every small skirmish Arvind Kejriwal has. It is routine for our South based English media to hype every small statement that can bolster “Kerala model”. Therefore, it is but natural that they did not want to cover the constitutional crisis brewing up in AP in the past one month. The crisis was precipitating only because the egotistical Chief Minister did not want the SEC to gain an upper hand. In hindsight, there was no way the polls would have been conducted in the third and fourth weeks of March 2020. The irresponsible and reckless statements of ministers in March 2020 haven’t yet been forgotten by the people of the state.

Is Jagan Reddy’s ego so much more important than winning the elections? Clearly, he is well poised to win majority seats in this election so what exactly is this noise about? Shouldn’t our media be more robust in questioning these undemocratic actions of an elected Chief Minister? Shouldn’t his arrogance and contempt towards a person holding the post of SEC be called out? Shouldn’t multiple judgments by the High Court and Supreme Court not instill a sense of responsibility in him? Is Jagan Mohan Reddy getting blindsided by the massive mandate he has received?

All these questions would have been debated if such a thing happened in a BJP ruled state. Or if Arvind Kejriwal did the same thing. Sadly, the machinations of the Chief Minsiter of AP haven’t received the due coverage they deserve.

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