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Jharkhand police arrests human trafficking kingpin Panna Lal Mahto who had trafficked at least 5,000 children

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Jharkhand police arrests human trafficking kingpin Panna Lal Mahto who had trafficked at least 5,000 children

In a major breakthrough, Jharkhand police have arrested the mastermind of human trafficking in Jharkhand, Panna Lal Mahto from Khunti Tola on Thursday midnight. Mahto is accused of trafficking thousands of girls. He is alleged to have sold at least 5,000 children from Jharkhand, including tribal girls to employers in New Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab.

“We got a tip-off that Mahto was at the house of one Pakhnu Ganjhu in Khunti Tola. When we reached to raid the house, he tried to flee with his SUV car but we caught him,” Superintendent of Police Jaideep Lakra said.

Documents containing details about the money related to illegal land deals and human trafficking were also recovered from him.

“We recovered a yellow-coloured file containing details of the exchange of money related to human trafficking, a blue-coloured diary related to land deals, a white SUV, cheque books and ATM cards of different banks, non-judicial stamps, and other items from him,” Lakra added.

A case has been registered against Mahto under sections 371, 366 and 370 of the Indian Penal Code. “We will also counter his bail bond in the court so that he remains in the custody,” he added further.

17 cases are reportedly pending against him including seven cases in Khunti anti-human trafficking unit, three cases in Murhu police station, two cases in Torpa police station, and one case each in Jagannathpur, Kamdara, Gumla, and Sultanpuri (New Delhi). A title suit is also pending against him.

An FIR was lodged against Mahto by Child Welfare Committee (CWC) at anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU), Khunti. Baidyanath Kumar, a member of CWC, said the case was lodged in 2018 for his involvement in the trafficking of a minor girl from a Khunti block.

“The girl was trafficked to Delhi last year. She was rescued by the Delhi police, who handed her over to Delhi CWC. The girl was, thereafter, brought to Khunti CWC where her statement was recorded,” Kumar said.

Mahto and his wife Sunita Kumari was earlier arrested in October 2014 on the charges of human trafficking. He has been on bail since September 2016. According to the police, Mahto was also arrested in 2004 and 2006 for other cases including human trafficking.

Kashmir problem will be solved and no power in the world can stop it: Rajnath Singh

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Kashmir problem will be solved and no power in the world can stop it: Rajnath Singh

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asserted that Kashmir problem will be solved and that no power in the world can stop it. The defence minister earlier today paid tributes to the fallen soldiers of the 1999 Kargil War at a war memorial in Drass sector of Jammu at Kashmir on the eve of 20th Anniversary of ‘Operation Vijay.’

Besides, Singh also inaugurated bridges at Ujh in Kathua and Basantar in Samba district constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).

“Problem of Kashmir will get solved and no power in the world can stop it. If somebody does not want a solution through talks, then we know very well how a solution can be found,” Singh added while addressing a press conference in Kathua after the inauguration.

“People who are running a movement in Kashmir, if they want a solution through it I appeal to them to at least sit and talk once, to understand what is the issue, what are the problems, so they could be solved together,” he further added.

In response to a question, Singh affirmed there is no doubt the state would be free from terrorism. He further said the world community was getting together to combat terrorism and he believes the world would get rid of the menace.

Singh asked the people to keep faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership when questioned on ceasefire violations. He also asked them to believe in the jawans and officers of the military. “We won’t breach your trust.”

Singh also complimented the BRO for constructing the bridges. “BRO DG said this is the longest bridge to be constructed by the BRO. This bridge will help people in the way they won’t have to travel longer distances. I congratulate the BRO.”

JNU Professor accuses the university of harassment over her Muslim identity, university denies the allegations

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JNU Professor accuses the university of harassment over her Muslim identity, university denies the allegations

After a professor accused discrimination by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over her Muslim identity, the Delhi Minorities Commission has sprung into action issuing a notice to the university even as it vehemently denied the allegations levelled by the professor. The panel has asked the university Registrar to respond by August 1, failing which a case will be registered against him, the Vice-Chancellor and the Chairperson of the University.

Taking cognisance of the complaint filed by the female professor, the notice and an interim order were issued to the varsity’s Registrar. In her complaint, the Muslim woman professor has alleged “systematic harassment” by the JNU administration, especially by the Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy where she is a teacher under a University Grants Commission-funded scheme.

In the complaint, the professor has asserted she has sufficient proofs to establish that indiscrimination was meted out to her due to her Muslim identity. She has claimed that her salary, since the month of April, was withheld without offering her legal reasons for the same. She also alleged she was neither assigned the classes nor the opportunity to oversee MPhil and PhD students. The notice also mentions that she is not allowed to attend the Centre faculty meetings and precluded from using the official internet and email id.

According to the Delhi Minority Commission (DMC), the professor has alleged that her profile is not uploaded on the JNU website.

“Not content with all this, the JNU administration is pressurising her to vacate her accommodation on the campus. Before joining JNU in 2013, the complainant served Hyderabad Central University for four years as a permanent faculty member,” the notice said.

The complainant insisted the university has plans to finally “kick her out” claiming that she does no work.

However, the varsity officials have vehemently refuted her allegations. “She is serving in the university as part of a planned project by UGC and is not a permanent employee of the varsity. Her remuneration is granted by the UGC and not by the varsity. The UGC had withheld her salary but now they have released it and she has been paid,” an official said.

The complainant has told the DMC that she has been harassed to such an extent that she is contemplating committing suicide and is afraid of Najeeb Ahmed’s fate, the JNU student who went missing on October 15, 2016.

The DMC has issued an interim order to the Registrar to put an end to any sort of harassment of the complainant. In addition, it has directed that Registrar release her arrears by July 26 and systematise future salary payments during her tenure.

“JNU administration has also been limited from withdrawing the housing facility enjoyed by the complainant on the university campus during her tenure at JNU,” the DMC added.

The commission has also instructed the Station House Officer of Vasant Kunj police station to abstain from granting any police assistance to oust the complainant from her accommodation within the JNU campus.

Last year the Delhi High Court had ordered the JNU to clear the salaries of two professors from the same department in JNU, Kaustav Banerjee and Rosina Nasir, after they had alleged that the salaries were not paid for a year. Banerjee had left the university after that. It is not sure whether Rosina Nasir is the complainant this time also. According to JNU website, there are 2 woman professors in the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy under the School of Social Sciences, Anuja and Rosina Nasir.

While using the Sonbhadra massacre to resurrect her career, Priyanka Vadra ignores the steep increase in crime in Rajasthan

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While using the Sonbhadra massacre to resurrect her career, Priyanka Vadra ignores the steep increase in crime in Rajasthan

Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh was the site of a horrific crime on Wednesday. A decades-old land dispute led to the brutal massacre of tribals led by the henchmen of a village head in the district. The shooting went on for half an hour and 29 others were injured apart from the 10 that were killed.

As a consequence of the violence, section 144 was imposed on the area. However, that hasn’t prevented Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from playing politics over the incident. She was detained by the Police yesterday when she attempted to visit the site despite the prohibitory orders were imposed. Congress President Rahul Gandhi lied about the whole matter and claimed that Priyanka was arrested when, in fact, she was only taken to a guest house.

She finally met the families of the victims today in Chunar.


While Priyanka Gandhi appears overeager to play politics over the heinous crime at Sonbhadra, she appears to be ignoring the significant increase in crimes against women in the Congress-ruled state of Rajasthan.

In the first 4 months of 2019, as per a TOI report, there was a 40% increase in the number of rapes that have occurred in the state compared to the same period last year. 1,509 rape cases were registered in Rajasthan between January-April while in 2018, 1,312 cases were registered during the same time frame.

Attempts were made by the Rajasthan government to suppress the Alwar rape case that shook the conscience of the nation because of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the family of the victim alleged. The victim’s kin alleged that though they reported the crime to the Alwar police station on May 2 but the cops hushed up the matter due to the polls in Rajasthan. The police cited the lack of staff due to poll duty, as the reason for delaying the investigation.

Priyanka Gandhi and her brother Rahul Gandhi, who was then the Congress president, could not find the moral fortitude necessary to pull up their close associate Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of the State. However, in the aftermath of the monumental defeat in the General Elections, it appears Priyanka Gandhi is using the misery of the kin of the deceased  in UP in her bid to resurrect her own political career and the fortunes of her party.

Tej Bahadur Yadav files petition challenging PM Modi’s election from Varanasi, Allahabad HC sends notice to PM

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Tej Bahadur Yadav files petition challenging PM Modi’s election from Varanasi, Allahabad HC sends notice to PM

The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav challenging Modi’s election from Varanasi Parliamentary constituency.

Yadav was planning to contest against the PM from Varanasi on Samajwadi Party’s ticket. His nomination was rejected by the Election Commission (EC) after he had failed to submit a certificate verifying whether he was fired from his service on charges of corruption or disloyalty.

Yadav’s advocate had contended before the court that his client was not given an opportunity to be heard.

Yadav had moved the Supreme Court in May calling the decision of the EC as discriminatory and unreasonable. However, the apex court had dismissed his plea stating that there is no ground for his claims.

In his petition, Yadav had urged the court to declare the PM’s election null and void alleging that his nomination was wrongly rejected.

Yadav, a former constable in the 29th battalion of the BSF, was dismissed from service in April 2017 after he was found guilty of several offences during an inquiry. The inquiry was conducted after he had posted four videos on Facebook on 8th and 9th January 2017, complaining about the alleged poor quality of food served in the camp. He had also accused the officials of selling the supplies provided to the camp by the government.

Prime Minister’s Office had then sought a detailed report from the Home Ministry on the allegations made by Yadav in the videos. He was sacked on disciplinary grounds.

Yadav had been a repeat offender in his career. On two occasions he was accused of using abusive language and threatening to shoot his superiors. In 2010, he was found guilty and was sentenced to 3 months of rigorous imprisonment.

Prime Minister Modi had won a second term as an MP in Varanasi with an overwhelming margin of over 3.8 lakh votes from his nearest contender on 23 May 2019.

Nirbhaya rape convict’s photo used in Election Commissions’ voter awareness campaign in Punjab

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Nirbhaya rape convict’s photo used in Election Commissions’ voter awareness campaign in Punjab

A shocking incident of election awareness campaign using the photograph of a Nirbhaya rape convict has come to light. The Punjab Election Commission in its election awareness campaign in Hoshiarpur district had used the photograph of Mukesh Singh, who was convicted for the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case. The poster also had the photos of celebrities such as singer-actor Gurdas Mann and Olympian Abhinav Bindra. Pictures of the advert were shared widely on social media today as people expressed their shock over the glaring error committed by authorities.


Reportedly, these posters were put up at different places inside and outside the district administration office complex before the Lok Sabha elections, yet no one spotted it for such a long time. It was first detected on Friday by a visitor named Soravdeep Singh, who saw the board on the second floor of the complex. He said that he instantly recognised Mukesh in the advertisement as his photo were widely circulated in media when the crime was in news, and also he had appeared in the controversial documentary that BBC had produced after the gruesome rape and murder.


A Punjab minister while speaking to the media said, “It must be a case of mistaken identity. It isn’t written that he is the Nirbhaya rape-convict, so could be a case of mistaken identity, we will find out”.

It appears that someone picked up Mukesh’s image from the infamous BBC documentary while preparing the posters.

Mukesh Singh in BBC documentary

Mukesh was the one who was driving the bus while the incident took place in 2012. He was convicted and awarded a death sentence, along with four other convicts.

In November last year, an advocate had filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking the execution of the death penalty awarded to the convicts in Nirbhaya rape and murder case.

Supreme Court had, in July 2018, rejected the review petition for the death penalty of three of the four living convicts of the Nirbhaya rape and murder case. The court has stated that they will hang. Six people, namely Ram Singh, Pawan Gupta, Akshay Singh, Vinay Sharma, Mukesh, and an alleged juvenile were convicted of the heinous rape and murder of Delhi student Nirbhaya (not her real name). The juvenile was released after service two years in a juvenile home.

Nirbhaya was brutally raped in the most barbaric manner in a moving bus and was left to die on the road in December 2012. She was later sent for treatment to Singapore but had succumbed to her injuries. The case had generated widespread public outrage both nationally and internationally and has made a huge impact on the psyche of the nation.

The case made a profound impact on the Indian legal system and led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, known as the Nirbhaya Act which ensured harsher punishment for sexual violence against women. The Supreme Court had in May 2017, upheld the death penalty awarded to the convicts by the Delhi HC.

Congress leader creates ruckus at hospital, threatens and blames cops as she tries to meet MLA Shrimant Patil forcefully

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Congress leader creates ruckus at hospital, threatens and blames cops as she tries to meet MLA Shrimant Patil forcefully

Maharashtra Congress Working President Yashomati Thakur got into an argument with Maharashtra Police yesterday at St George Hospital. Thakur had gone to the hospital to visit Karnataka Congress MLA Shrimant Patil who is undergoing treatment there. Patil was admitted in the hospital after he complained of chest pain on Thursday.


Thakur argued with the hospital staff and the cops deployed there and insisted that she wanted to meet Patil. “I want to meet my MLA. I want to see my MLA”, said Thakur in the video.

Thakur was seen arguing and shouting at the police present there. Despite the police officials request her not to create a ruckus in the hospital, she kept screaming that the police has been bribed and has been acting on the behest of the Maharashtra government.

Thakur was seen threatening a female cop not to argue with her. She even manhandled a staff member from the hospital who was trying to pacify her. She then shouted at the staff member, “Paise khate ho saale Haramkhor“.

She reportedly asked the hospital staff as to how Patil was being treated for cardiac ailment when the hospital does not have a cardiac unit.

Accusing the BJP government in the State later, Thakur said that the police did not allow her to meet Patil on the instructions of the State government. “We helped him (Patil) during the Karnataka Assembly elections (held in 2018). So, I wanted to see him at the hospital. But the police stopped me from meeting him at the behest of the State government”, she alleged.

She also accused Patil’s son Shreenivas who was present at the hospital of not allowing her to meet his father. “He (Shreenivas) too, was against me meeting his father. He was the one who coordinated the election preparations with us during the Karnataka polls”, she said.

It is notable here that the Congress had claimed that their MLA Shrimant Patil had been ‘kidnapped’ by the BJP and has been forcibly taken to a hospital in Mumbai to keep him from attending the trust vote in Karnataka assembly. However, Patil had released a video message on Thursday and stated that he has been undergoing treatment in Mumbai and Congress’ claims are baseless.

Serial abuser Ajaz Khan, who was arrested for inciting communal tensions, sent to judicial custody for 14 days

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Serial abuser Ajaz Khan, who was arrested for inciting communal tensions, sent to judicial custody for 14 days

Small-time actor and serial abuser Ajaz Khan who was arrested a few days back by the Mumbai Police Crime branch for uploading controversial videos on social media sites has now been sent on a 14-day judicial custody. He had posted video messages provoking violence and mob lynching of Hindus by Muslims, and mocking police for not being able to catch Muslims who indulge in communal violence.


Recently Ajaz Khan had posted a video on TikTok mocking the Mumbai police for filing FIRs against the TikTok celebrities. Mumbai Police had filed FIRs against several TikTok celebrities in the last couple of weeks for posting videos on the video-sharing site threatening violence as revenge for Tabrej Ansari’s death.

Earlier, Ajaz Khan had posted a controversial video on social media responding to Payal Rohatgi. In that video, the hardcore Islamist Ajaz menacingly threatened Payal that one day, the entire world will become Islamic.

Ajaz holds a dim view of democracy which was evident from the fact that he once tweeted that he would choose the Quran over the constitution. He was arrested by Anti-Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai for possessing drugs. He later got out on bail. He was arrested in 2016 too for sending lewd and vulgar messages to a hairstylist. In the past too, Ajaz Khan has indulged in promoting hate speech through his Facebook account which could disturb the communal harmony in the country.

Jain community furious after Kamal Nath government demolishes under-construction Kirti Stambh in Jabalpur

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Jain community furious after Kamal Nath government demolishes under-construction Kirti Stambh in Jabalpur

The Jain community members of the Jabalpur city staged a protest after the Municipal Corporation of the city demolished the under-construction Jain Structure of Kirti Stambh that was being built to mark the 50th anniversary of Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj’s Diksha (initiation to a hermit’s life).

A bandh was announced as indignant Jains hit the streets demanding Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath to suspend the officials responsible for the downing of the Kirti Stambh and reconstruction of it by the government.

The controversy erupted when the Municipal Corporation of Jabalpur demolished the partially constructed Kirti Stambh in Civic Center neighbourhood. The people from the Digambar Jain Community had sought permission to built Kirti Stambh in Civic Center on December 29, 2017. Under resolution 244 of the parliament, the Municipal Corporation had sanctioned them permission on April 6, 2018, and had allotted land of 80 square feet in Civic Center for building the Kirti Stambh.

There is a sense of betrayal among the Jain Community that despite securing requisite approval, their structure was brought down by the Kamal Nath government. On Wednesday, the structure was razed down by the Municipal Corporation without informing the Digambar Jain Community.

Demolished Kirti Stambh (Source: Twitter)

The Jain Community argued that when the permission was also acquired for the construction of Kirti Stambh, why didn’t the Corporation issue a notice to the community that the Stambh is obstructing the Corporation’s work. Following the demolition of the structure, Jain Community called out a bandh on Thursday and organised a rally to register their protest against the corporation’s act. They marched all the way up to Collector Bharat Yadav’s office and handed a memorandum to him, saying if MIC and Commissioner’s permissions were acquired, whether the proceedings by the corporation were justified.

The authorities, on the other hand, claim that along with these permissions, approvals from Dharmasv department and Town and Country department were necessary which weren’t secured.

Livid at the action of the Municipal Corporation, a delegation of Jain met Madhya Pradesh C Kamal Nath on Friday in Bhopal and submitted a memorandum to him. In the memorandum, they have urged the Madhya Pradesh CM to act against the guilty officials and demanded the restoration of the Kirti Stambh by the government. CM Kamal Nath has assured quick action following the investigation into the matter and promised them to deliberate on their demands.

BJP’s answer to Trinamool’s glamour quotient: Parno Mittra along with 11 other celebrities join the party

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BJP’s answer to Trinamool’s glamour quotient: Parno Mittra along with 11 other celebrities join the party

12 top celebrities from the Bengali entertainment industry joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday in New Delhi at the party headquarters in the presence of state party president Dilip Ghosh senior party member Mukul Roy.


The list of celebrities to join the BJP includes Parno Mittra, Rishi Kaushik, Kanchana Moitra, Rupanjana Mitra and Biswajit Ganguly. National Secretary of the BJP, Rahul Sinha, and spokesperson Sambit Patra were also present on the occasion.

Welcoming the actors into the fold, Ghosh said that people were inspired by the leadership of Narendra Modi. He further claimed that councillors who had joined the party from Trinamool earlier this year were being harassed and 17 of them from Darjeeling haven’t been able to visit their homes since joining the BJP.


In Bengal politics, it has been a norm for top celebrities to be associated with one party or the other. Before Mamata Banerjee defeated the CPI(M) in 2011, she was supported by stars such as Kabir Suman.

Trinamool’s celebrity MPs Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan have received a lot of coverage in the mainstream media. On occasions, they occupied screen space while Bengal was suffering a severe crisis. It appears that with the likes of Parno Mittra and Rishi Kaushik, the BJP has taken the fight to Trinamool Congress in the domain of glamour as well.

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