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'Man commits suicide due to financial crunch, not murdered: police '
The police here claimed that a 50-year-old property dealer, who was found dead in his office last month, had shot himself due to his financial troubles. Earlier, it was suspected that Naresh Yadav had been murdered. Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said a police team gathered evidence through locals, forensics and mobile call details. "Investigation revealed that Yadav had killed himself due to financial crisis," Krishna said. On the day of the incident, Yadav gave a call to his close friend Jogendra alias Jugnu and asked him to come to his office near Tigri roundabout in Vijay nagar police station area, the SSP said. Yadav went with Jugnu in the latter's car to village Iteda under police station Bisrakh, he added. "From there Yadav took back his country made pistol (CMP) of 315 bore, which he had given to his relative Bijendra for keeping it safely. Thereafter he went to Shivpuri colony and purchased two cartridges by paying two hundred rupees to a security guard ...
Scoreboard of the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders here today.
Scoreboard of the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders here today. Mumbai Indians Innings Suryakumar Yadav c Rinku b Chawla 36 Evin Lewis c Lynn b Chawla 18 Rohit Sharma c Uthappa b Prasidh 36 Ishan Kishan c Uthappa b Narine 62 Hardik Pandya c Rinku b Curran 19 Ben Cutting c Russell b Chawla 24 Krunal Pandya not out 8 Jean-Paul Duminy not out 0 Extras: (B-2 W-4 NB-1) 7 Total: (For 6 wkts in 20 overs) 210 Fall of Wickets: 46/1 62/2 144/3 177/4 178/5 204/6 Bowling: Andre Russell 2-0-1-6, Prasidh Krishna 4-0-41-1, Tom Curran 3-0-33-1, Sunil Narine 4-0-27-1, Piyush Chawla 4-0-48-3, Kuldeep Yadav 3-0-43-0.
Durgiana temple to have heritage street: Sidhu
Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu today said that a heritage street will be developed near the Durgiana temple here to give a major facelift to the religious place and facilitate the pilgrims. He said that Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sent him here to oversee the ongoing beautification project and see into the planning of the heritage street near the temple. The local bodies minister minister said already Rs 5 crore have been released for the heritage street and the place will have a world-class look once it is complete. Sidhu said this heritage street project, which will come up on the pattern of one made around Golden temple, will start from the Haathi Gate and will have uniformity of structures around. Also one side of the road will just be opened for pedestrians and vehicles would not be allowed to ply on it, he said. This will decongest the area approaching the Durgiana mandir, he said. The temple's main entrance will have a new facade and also walkways for the ...
Mosque caretaker murdered inside premises
A caretaker of a mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Kakori area was found dead inside the mosque premises, on Wednesday.The 60-year-old caretaker, identified as Imtiyaz, was found with his throat slit. He had been living in the mosque for four years.Police reached the site and have begun probe into the case.
Jinnah not ideal for India's integrity, unity: Ramdev
Yoga Guru Ramdev on Tuesday said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan cannot be an ideal for India's integrity and unity.Reacting to the ongoing protest in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) over the portrait of Jinnah, Ramdev added that the matter should not concern the Muslim community as they anyway do not believe in idol worship."Muslims does not believe in idol worship. So, they should not worry about this issue. Jinnah cannot be an ideal for India's integrity and unity, maybe he is for Pakistan," Ramdev said.In Aligarh, some groups protested against the portrait of Pakistan's founder at the office of AMU student union's office.The matter hit the headlines after Bharatiya Janata Party's Aligarh MP Satish Gautam questioned the portrait's presence in the AMU student union office.
Muslims ought not worry about Jinnah's pictures: Baba Ramdev
Yoga guru and entrepreneur Baba Ramdev today said Muslims, who do not "attach importance" to pictures or idols, should not worry about portraits of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Ramdev was responding to a query on the controversy over the demand for removal of a portrait of Jinnah from the premises of the Aligarh Muslim University. "The ghost of Jinnah is hogging a lot of limelight. Muslims ought not worry about the Pakistan founder's pictures as they do not attach importance to photographs or idols in keeping with the tenets of their faith," he told reporters here. "Jinnah can never be an ideal figure to those who believe in the country's unity and integrity," said Ramdev, who was in Nalanda district of Bihar to hold yoga classes. He said the ancient discipline of yoga must not be described as being pro-Hindu or against Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. "Those having a problem with 'Gayatri Mantra' can practice yoga by reciting the name of Allah. Also, no 'tantra-mantra' ...
Tarakeswar temple row:Swamy not to move court on Mamata's word
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said he has dropped the idea of approaching court after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee "assured" him that her government will not interfere into the religious activities of the Tarakeswar Temple in Hooghly district. "I was not on a political visit here but I was to meet Mamata Banerjee for a discussion on the (Tarakeswar Temple) issue. She has cleared it and given assurance that there will be nobody from the government of West Bengal interfering into religious activities of the Tarakeshwar temple or any temple in the state," the Rajya Sabha MP claimed. The CM said only members of the temple trustee board will look after its religious activities, Swamy told reporters at the secretariat after his meeting with Banerjee. A controversy had erupted in June, 2017, after Banerjee appointed state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim as the chairman of the Tarakeshwar Development Board (TDB), which was formed to look after the nearly ...
Sweden allows mosque to call for prayer in controversial move
Swedish police today granted a mosque permission to hold a weekly call for prayer, triggering divisions among politicians and the public five months ahead of elections in a country which has taken in waves of asylum seekers in recent years. The police permit, which is valid for a year, has caused concern among some politicians that it will exacerbate cultural tensions, while others maintained a neutral stance of the September 9 general election. "Call to prayer will not strengthen integration in (the southern city of Vaxjo), but it will rather risk pulling the city further apart," city council Anna Tenje of the conservative Moderates told TT news agency. But Sweden's Social Democrats Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said that ending segregation goes hand in hand with tackling unemployment and making sure schools and neighbourhoods have high standards. "The entire society in Sweden is built on having different religions," he told TT. According to a poll conducted by the social research ...
Designer Wendell Rodricks blasts Met Gala for Catholic theme
Goa-based fashion designer Wendell Rodricks today lashed out at the 2018 Met Gala organisers for their theme of "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination", saying it disrespected Christianity. The 57-year-old couturier took to social media to blast the annual charity event, which saw personalities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Katy Perry, Amal-George Clooney and Indian stars Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone walk the red carpet. The gala was hosted by Rihanna, Amal and Donatella Versace alongside Vogue's Anna Wintour. "As a Catholic, I am sickened by this years @metmuseum gala which has become @annawintour__official ego massage @vogue. The Vatican should take them to court for blasphemy and using a crucifix as a sex ornament," Rodricks wrote. The designer also targeted Rihanna, for donning a Pope-like hat. He labelled her as an "insult" to Christianity. "Hey @metmuseum @AnnaWintour_ #Rihanna @rihanna you ain't no Bishop. Take off that mitre and sit on it. You are an ...
Gurugram Namaz Row: 15 member committee to resolve issue
In the wake of Gurugram locals objecting to Muslims conducting their prayer rites in the open, the Gurugram Police Commissioner and District Collector, on Tuesday, met with the members of the community to discuss the issue.In an earlier meeting conducted between top executives of the Police, the District Administration and the members of the Hindu and Muslim community, a decision to form a 15-member committee, comprising of both Hindu and Muslim members was arrived upon, with the committee set to make decisions on key issues of religious interests, such as the one in question now.The Haryana Waqf board had on Monday, alleged encroachments on 19 mosques in Gurugram that were lying unused or were illegally occupied, which was forcing Muslims to pray in the open.The Board demanded intervention from state authorities and the vacating of all illegally occupied places so that it could be used for offering prayers on Friday. The outfit also urged to provide police protection to those ...
Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French personalities who urged prominent Muslims to denounce anti-Jewish and anti-Christian references in the Quran. Addressing a ruling party meeting on today, Erdogan described the group that includes actor Gerard Depardieu, singer Charles Aznavour and the former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, as "despicable" and accused them of attacking scriptures sacred to Muslims. The group signed a manifesto which was published in Le Parisien newspaper on Sunday. The statement urged Muslims to denounce some references so "no believer can refer to a holy text to commit a crime." Erdogan suggested other holy books had controversial references, saying: "If they had read it, they would probably ask for the Bible to be banned but they have no such concern.
The ignored, inconvenient truth about the Islamic State (Book Review)
Title: The Way of the Strangers - Encounters with the Islamic State; Author: Graeme Wood; Publisher: Penguin Random House; Pages: 352; Price: Rs 499
Hry Waqf board urges Gurgaon admn to get its lands free of encroachment
The Haryana Waqf Board today urged the administration here in a letter to remove encroachments from its lands near mosques so that people can offer prayers. The board's request comes a day after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that Namaz should be only offered in mosques, Eidgahs, and private areas. The Waqf Board has earmarked 22 lands in Gurgaon belonging to mosques which have allegedly been encroached. Jalaluddin, a Haryana Waqf Board officer, told PTI, "Waqf Board has written a letter to Gurgaon district administration with the lists of encroached land near mosques and asked the officers concerned to remove encroachment so that the Muslim people can use it for offering namaz (prayer)." In the wake of alleged disruptions to namaz by right-wing groups at multiple locations in Gurgaon, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had yesterday said such congregations should be restricted to mosques, eidgahs or private places, even as he asserted the government will ...
Haryana Waqf Board submits lists of 19 encroached mosques
The Haryana Waqf board submitted a list of 19 mosques in Gurugram that are lying unused or illegally occupied due to alleged encroachments, which is forcing Muslims to pray in the open.This comes in the wake of protests by the Gurugram locals objecting to Muslims praying in the open.The Board demanded that the state authorities should intervene and vacate the illegally occupied places so that it could be used for offering prayers on Friday. The outfit also urged to provide police protection to those offering prayers at these places.Last week, several Hindutva groups prevented prayers at three places; Cyber Park, IFFCO Chowk and a plot near Sahara Mall in Gurugram.On April 20, six people were arrested for disturbing namaz in Gurugram as Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti has called for a ban on namaz in open spaces.
Prayer promotes peace, no tension should be allowed over it: Naqvi
Prayer promotes peace and no tension should be allowed in the name of worshipping god, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today after a minister in the Haryana government reportedly said namaz could not be offered anywhere in the open "with the intention of grabbing land". The minority affairs minister also said the Haryana government was "very sensitive" towards the issue and that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar himself had clarified that his regime was not against offering prayers. Naqvi, however, added that if there was any complaint in this connection, the issue had to be settled amicably. "Prayer promotes peace and not tension. Hence, no tension should be allowed in the name of prayer. According to provisions, prayers are to be performed at authorised places," he told reporters here. "The state government is sensitive (towards the issue) and the chief minister has also clarified that they are not against offering prayers. But if anybody is complaining, it is better to ...
Fiji's Mahendra Chaudhry chosen for Krishna Menon Award
Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji's Indian-origin former prime minister, has been chosen to receive the V K Krishna Menon Award in recognition of his contribution to the Indian diaspora. The award was announced by the director of V K Krishna Menon Institute Cyriac Maprayil as the institute celebrated the 122nd birth anniversary at the Nehru Centre here recently. Several dignitaries including Professor Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and J P Fernandes, General Secretary of the Indian Young Men's Christian Association in London attended the function. Chaudhry is the leader of the Fiji Labour Party. The former trade union leader became Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister on May 19, 1999, but exactly one year later he was ousted in a coup. Chaudhry's ancesters hailed from Rohtak District in Haryana. His paternal grandfather arrived in Fiji in 1902, as an indentured labourer, to work on Fiji's sugarcane plantations.
PM Hasina: Myanmar needs to learn communal harmony from Bangladesh
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that Myanmar should learn how to keep communal harmony unharmed from Bangladesh.While addressing a meeting with Buddhist religious leaders and distinguished persons of the community on the occasion of the Buddha Purnima, she said a person belonging to any religion should get all the rights on the soil they are born.Hasina said, "That person's rights must be preserved, and that person needs to get all sorts of facilities from the government," as quoted by Dhaka Tribune.She also talked about how Bangladesh has sheltered Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds and is ensuring their security. She also said Bangladesh did not engage in any conflict with Myanmar over the issue and is continuing its efforts to resolve the problem through dialogue.She concluded by saying that no religion supports inter-religious violence and anarchy. The creation of a non-violent environment was the main teaching of Lord Buddha.
Jinnah had worked to destroy the country: UP BJP chief
Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey today said Muhammad Ali Jinnah had worked to "destroy" the country and during Partition all sections of society had suffered heavy losses. The BJP leaders statement comes amid the controversy over a portrait of the Pakistan founder at the Aligarh Muslim University. "Since ancient times, this country has been known as Akhand Bharat (undivided India). Today, the Jinnah episoide, which has come up before the country, has inflicted pain on the people of the country. "Jinnah has worked to destroy the country and at the time of Partition people from different sections of the society be it Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs or Christians suffered heavy losses," said Pandey, who was attending the Bhagwan Parshuram Jayanti in Atrauli. In a statement issued here today by the UP BJP, Pandey said, "Instead of giving importance to Jinnah, we should cooperate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India a strong nation.
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight ...
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders here today. Mumbai Indians: Suryakumar Yadav c Karthik b Russell 59 Evin Lewis c Lynn b 43 Rohit c sub (RK Singh) b Narine 11 Hardik Pandya not out 35 Krunal Pandya c Shubman Gill b Narine 14 JP Duminy not out 13 Extras: (LB-1,W-5) 6 Total: ( for 4 wickets in 20 Overs) 181 Fall of wickets: 1-91, 2-106, 3-127, 4-151 Bowling: Rana 2-0-17-0, Prasidh Krishna 4-0-39-0, Johnson 3-0-25-0, Narine 4-0-35-2, Chawla 3-0-35-0, Yadav 2-0-17-0, Russell 2-0-12-2, Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn c Bumrah Shubman Gill c K Pandya b H Pandya 7 Robin Uthappa c Cutting b Markande 54 Nitish Rana c Bumrah b H Pandya 31 Dinesh Karthik not out 36 Andre Russell c K Pandya b Bumrah 9 Sunil Narine c Sharma b K Pandya Piyush Chawla not out 0 Extras: (B-4, LB-4, W-1) 9 Total (for 6 wickets in 20 Overs) 168 Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-28, 3-112, 4-115, 5-131, 6-163 Bowling: McClenaghan 4-0-30-1, Bumrah4-0-34-1, H ...
Bangladesh proposes India's induction as OIC observer
Bangladesh has proposed restructuring of the charter of the Organisation of Islamic Conference to pave way for inclusion of non-Muslim countries like India as an "observer state". The OIC is a 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nations. "A number of countries not OIC members, have large number of Muslims as their citizens . . . There is a need to build bridges with those non-OIC countries," Bangladesh's foreign minister Mahmud Ali said as his counterparts in the group joined in their annual council called Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) in Dhaka. He said the induction was needed so that a large number of Muslim population "do not remain untouched by the good work of OIC and "that is why, reforms and re-structuring is critical for OIC". The Muslims may be minority in those countries, but in terms of number they often exceed the total population of many OIC member countries, Ali told the CFM after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opened the meet yesterday. Officials and analysts ..