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Law to prohibit unlawful conversion in UP introduced 4 days ago put to use

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Just days after Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel had given assent to the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, against forcible or fraudulent religious conversions, the UP police has made its first arrest under the new anti-conversion law, reports The Deccan Chronicle.

A father had raised a complaint his daughter was being regularly harassed in a bid to change her religion, officials said on Thursday (December 3).

“This is the first arrest under the new law. Accused Owais Ahmad was arrested from the Richha railway gate in the Bahedi area here on Wednesday. He was produced before a local court and was sent to 14 days judicial custody,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Bareilly, Rajesh Kumar Pandey said.

Under the Vidhi Virudh Dharmantaran 2020 ordinance, a person could face a prison term of 5-10 years for indulging in forced religious conversions and it also carries a maximum fine of Rs 50,000 under different categories.

The case was registered at the Devarniya police station in Bareilly district on November 28 against Ahmad, under the state new law.

Based on a complaint from Tikaram, the father of the Hindu girl who happens to be a resident of Sharif Nagar village in Devarniya, a case was registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the anti-conversion law.

The complainant has accused Ahmad, a resident of the same village, of trying to convert his daughter through “allurement”, police said. The boy and girl had gone to same school and had studied together in Class 12.

As per the complaint, Ahmad started pressurising his daughter three years ago to undergo religious conversion and perform ‘nikaah’ (marriage) with him. However, when the girl refused he threatened to kidnap her which is quite similar to the Nikita Tomar case that took place in Haryana.

The complainant’s daughter married someone else in June but Ahmad continued to harass her and her family members, he has alleged.

Under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, a marriage will be declared “null and void” if the conversion of a woman is solely for that purpose to change her religion and if a change of religion is required after marriage they must apply to the district magistrate.

The law was implemented just four days ago by the Yogi Adityanath government in the state. 

US Congressional Commission reports says China planned Galwan Valley clash

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The annual report released by the United States (US) Congressional Commission has said that the Chinese Communist government had possibly “preplanned the Galwan Valley clashes” in June this year, as reported by Swarajya.

On June 15 2019, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) mounted an ambush on the Indian Army at Galwan who had gone to verify Chinese withdrawal of posts as part of a disengagement measure.

This attack led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers and as per reports, the Chinese PLA suffered 35 death. However, China to this day has not acknowledged the number of soldiers who died on June 15.

“The proximate cause of the clash appeared to be India’s construction of a strategic access road to support troops stationed along the LAC. China has also built extensive infrastructure along the LAC in recent years. In the aftermath of the clash, Beijing asserted sovereignty over the entire Galwan Valley, a new claim and significant change to the territorial status quo,” the report says.

On the possibility of China planning the Galwan clashes, the report says: “Some evidence suggested the Chinese government had planned the incident, potentially including the possibility for fatalities,”

The report also has sensitive satellite images that showed China had already built up large force levels, ‘potentially 1,000 PLA soldiers’ the week before the clashes.

Speaking of Beijing’s troubles with its other neighbours the reports said that “Beijing ramped up its multiyear coercion campaign against its neighbours, provoking military or paramilitary standoffs with countries from Japan to India and much of Southeast Asia.”

“Shortly after China’s defence minister urged Beijing to use military force to stabilise its periphery, a violent clash on the China-India border in June led to the first loss of life between the two countries since 1975”, the report added. 

BJP General Secretary George Kurian calls for anti-conversion laws in Kerala

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With cases of conversion by marriage increasing in Kerala, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State General Secretary George Kurian has called for anti-conversion laws to be introduced in Kerala.

Kurian wants similar laws that Uttar Pradesh government introduced. However, he was also clear that the BJP is not against love marriages, but is against religious conversion happening just for marriage purposes.
 
“21 people from Kerala had travelled to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS and about half of them were Christian converts”, he said. Kurian pointed out that these figures were put out in public by the Christian church.
 
It was the Catholic Church in Kerala that first reported systematic Love Jihad cases were Hindu and Christian women are lured into marriage and conversion to Islam as a mandatory process.

There are reports of organisations like the Popular Front of India (PFI) providing financial aid to such activities and that is why many states are bringing legislation to counter the love jihad and make it an illegal activity.

What RJ Balaji didn’t tell you in Mookuthi Amman

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In the recently released Tamil movie Mookkuthi Amman, the director of the movie RJ Balaji took a sly dig at Isha Yoga’s Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Nithyananda while retracting the scene mocking at Christian missionary shenanigans.

Since then, many have called out the RJ-turned-actor-cum-director for his double standards and being silent on atrocities committed by religious fanatics.

In this context, another shocking information has come to light where the famous tele-evangelist Mohan C Lazarus has bought a mountain and is creating a new Christian town!

The village of Thoranamalai near Kadayam in Tenkasi district is famous for its Murugan temple. It is believed that Agathiyar taught his disciple Theraiyar Siddhar all about Siddha medicine in Thoranamalai, which is rich in various types of herbs.

It has been reported that Christian evangelist Mohan C Lazarus is about to usurp a 108 acre hill near the special Hindu place of worship and is calling it as ‘Jebamalai’ (prayer mountain).

On the website of the Jesus Redeems organization, it says

“The Lord spoke to Brother [Mohan C Lazarus] while he was praying, “I would give you a mountainous area”. Exactly did He give one at ‘Keezha Maathapuram’ in Kadayam area, approximately 10 kms from Courtallam through a brother who had purchased it and donated for the “Jesus Redeems” at free of cost.”, the website says.

“God had promised Bro. Mohan C. Lazarus while he was praying that He would give him a mountainous region and that mountain is to be formed into a Prayer Mountain. As per the promise, in the year 2002, God gave a 100 acres of mountainous region near Courtallam, Tamil Nadu.” says the website.

 

The website also notes that “Prayer Walk Garden”, “Prayer Tower”, “Prayer Village”, “Prayer Palace” (with a seating capacity of 3,000 ) “Prayer cave” is likely to be built and that two “Prayer Towers” and a “Gethsemane Prayer” is already functional. For the purpose of lodging for those who attend the camp, ‘Mordecail Mansion’ and ‘Esther Mansion’ are also being built.

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Mohan C Lazarus is a problematic Christian evangelist who runs the missionary organization, Jesus Redeems, which receives funding from abroad through FCRA. He is known for his hate speech against Hindus. controversy by claiming that prostitution is rampant in temples. Mohan C Lazarus also said that Satan’s grip is tight only in Tamil Nadu as it is the state with the highest number of temples in India.

The Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF), a voluntary organization working in the area of securing rights of Dalits and tribal communities, has sent an application to the Union Home Ministry seeking the revocation of the license of the Jesus Redeems organization for violating FCRA rules and fomenting religious hatred.

 

“Naan vandhutten nu sollu”: Superstar Rajinikanth confirms political entry, to start party in January 2021

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Superstar Rajinikanth on December 3 announced that he would be floating his political party in January 2021 and that an announcement would be made on December 31.

In a message on social media in Tamil, Rajini said “In the coming Assembly elections, with the massive support of the people we will emerge victorious, and a honest, genuine, transparent, corruption-free, secular, spiritual politics formation is assured. Wonders.. Miracles.. will happen!”

He ended with the hashtags “Maathuvom Ellathayum Maathuvom” and “Ippo illena eppovum illa” roughly translating to “Let’s change everything” and “If not now, then never” respectively.

Tahawwur Rana, key 26/11 conspirator wanted Pakistan’s top military honor for the 9 jihadists

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Tahawwur Rana, a key conspirator of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks had demanded a top medal for his role in the strikes, India Today reports. 

The US government has informed a federal court that Rana also wanted the nine Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who died to be awarded Pakistan’s highest military honour, the Nishan-e-Haider. 

This admission means of clear involvement of the banned Islamic terror group LeT and the Pakistani military and its notorious intelligence agency, the Inter-Service Intelligence.

India has been chasing for Rana’s extradition for a very long time to seek answers. Jacqueline Chelonian, a US District Court Judge in Los Angeles, announced that a hearing will take place on 12 February 2021.

“Referring to a 1971 attack on his school in Pakistan, (David) Headley told Rana, that he believed he was ‘even with the Indians now’. In response, Rana said that they (the Indian people) deserved it. Also, in September 2009, the FBI intercepted Rana telling Headley that the nine LeT attackers who had been killed during the attacks should be given Pakistan’s highest military honour,” said US attorney Nicola T Hanna, who made submissions to a court in Los Angeles supporting Rana’s extradition to India.

As per details that are emerging and also long suspected by India, Rana had allowed Headley to use his business as a cover to conduct surveillance so the LeT terrorist attacks in Mumbai and also other parts of the country.

Rana ran an immigration service business and Headley had travelled to India in 2006 on the pretext to open operation of Rana’s business.

However, it was a cover for an extended stay in Mumbai that allowed Headley do comprehensive video surveillance of different places including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.

Inception’s dream designer comes out as trans on Twitter

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Inception star Ellen Page has come out as trans and has identifying himself as Elliot Page, going forward. The 33-year-old from Nova Scotia, Canada said that his decision to come out as trans has come after a long journey and has been created with a great amount of support from the LGBTQIA community.

“I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer,” Page said in a statement on social media. “I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” Page wrote. “I’ve been endlessly inspired by so many in the trans community. Thank you for your courage, your generosity and ceaselessly working to make this world a more inclusive and compassionate place.”

“The more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive,” added Page, who said his pronouns are “he” and “they.” He is the star of Juno, Inception and The Umbrella Academy, and will continue to play the role of cisgender woman Vanya Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy, the Netflix series about a family of superheroes that’s become one of the streaming service’s biggest hits.

Elliot is known for his role in Inception in which he plays an architecture student named ‘Ariadne’ who is tasked with designing the dream’s labyrinth.

Government constitutes High-level Ministerial Committee for implementation of Paris Agreement

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In another move that re-affirms India’s seriousness to ‘walk the talk’ on climate change, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has constituted a high-level inter-ministerial Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA) under the chairmanship of Secretary, MoEFCC.

The purpose of AIPA is to generate a coordinated response on climate change matters that ensures India is on track towards meeting its obligations under the Paris Agreement including its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

Senior officials from fourteen ministries will serve as Members to AIPA who will oversee the progress in implementation of India’s NDC and receive periodic information updates to monitor, review and revisit climate goals to fulfil the requirements of the Paris Agreement.

Another key function of AIPA would be to operate as a National Authority to regulate carbon markets in India under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, formulate guidelines for consideration of projects or activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, issue guidelines on carbon pricing, market mechanism, and other similar instruments that have a bearing on climate change and NDCs. It will take note of the contributions of the private sector as well as multi-/bi-lateral agencies in the field of climate change and provide guidance for aligning their climate actions with national priorities.

The year 2021 would mark the beginning of implementation of the Paris Agreement and constitution of AIPA is central to strengthening the national systems and institutional arrangements for implementation and monitoring of climate actions. It will also ensure that India maintains its climate leadership as one the few countries in the world whose climate actions are consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

(Published from PIB)

Twitter ‘fact-checks’ BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya, ignores Rahul Gandhi’s tweet

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Twitter, the Microblogging giant based out of the United States which has been accused of disproportionately targetting the non-left voices in the US through its unilateral fact-checks has now done the same in India. 

On Tuesday (December 2), it targeted BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya who three days ago had countered Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had shared a still photograph of a security personnel hitting a Sikh man who was protesting against the farm bill.

The still photo would lead anyone to the conclusion that the police officer had hurt the farmer, however, there is also a video of the incident wherein it is very clear the farmer was not hurt in any way. 

In the same tweet, Malviya labelled Rahul Gandhi’s image as propaganda aimed at giving a false impression and now twitter has flagged this tweet as “Manipulated Media”.

There was an immediate backlash against Twitter for failing to institute any warning on Rahul Gandhi’s tweet, and labelling Malviya’s fact-check as manipulated.

However, some news outlets have alleged that Malviya had posted a cropped video of the incident with another security personnel having hit the leg of the said protester moments earlier.

https://twitter.com/Iyervval/status/1333991602725941250

Twitter, Facebook and Google have been in the eye of the storm and twitter CEO Jack Dorsey who appeared before a Senate committee was slammed by US Senator Ted Cruz over its censorship of Hunter Biden the son of now President-elect Joe Biden stories published by the New York Post.

During the US Presidential elections, Twitter had added numerous disclaimers and restricted Donald Trump’s tweets when he had alleged electoral fraud.

In India, Twitter had cancelled handles without any notice or explanation. Scientist and Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University Dr. Anand Ranganathan and True Indology who have been countering the left through facts had their accounts suspended frequently by Twitter.  

‘Ramayan Cruise Service’ to be launched in Sarayu River in Ayodhya

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Ayodhya, the birth place of Hindu God Ram which is all set to return to its glory with the Grand Temple being constructed there will also become a happening pilgrimage centre with ‘Ramayan Cruise Tour’ on the Saryu river in Ayodhya.

It will be the first-ever luxury Cruise service on the Saryu river (Ghagra/National Waterways-40) in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. It aims to give mesmerizing experience to devotees with one-of-its-kind spiritual journeys while cruising through the famous ghats of the holy river Saryu.

The cruise will be equipped with all luxury comfort and facilities along with all essential safety and security features at par with the global standard. The interiors of the cruise and the boarding point will be based on the theme of Ramcharitmanas. The fully air-conditioned 80-seater cruise will have large glass windows for experiencing the scenic beauty of Ghats. The cruise will be equipped with kitchen and pantry facilities for the comfort of the tourists. The cruise contains bio toilets and hybrid engines system for the ‘zero effect’ on environment.

Tourists will be taken on the ‘Ramcharitmanas Tour’, of 1-1.5 hour duration, featuring an exclusively made video film of 45-60 minutes duration, based on Ramcharitmanas by Goswami Tulsidas, covering the period from the birth of Lord Ram to his Rajyabhishek. The entire tour will cover the approximately 15-16 Km distance.There will be several activities and selfie points inspired by different episodes of Ramayan. The tour will be followed by Saryu Aarti, in which every member will be able to actively participate.

Ayodhya is the birthplace of Lord Ram, as mentioned in in the great Indian epic Ramayan. It is also the first of the seven most important pilgrimage sites (Mokshdayini Sapt Puris) for the Hindus. Approximately, 2 crore tourists visit Ayodhya every year as per the data of UP tourism, for the year 2019. After completion of the Ram Mandir, it is to be believed that the inflow of the tourists will be increased.

The ‘Ramayan Cruise Tour’ will not only attract a large number of tourists but it will also generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in the region. Ministry of ports, Shipping and Waterways will provide all necessary infrastructural support for the smooth operation of the cruise service.

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya on December 1 chaired a review meeting for the implementation of cruise service.

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