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Why Gandhi still relevant for the present day world?
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PARKING CRISIS: AN IMPEDIMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT The Guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court needs to be implemented with letter and spirit in almost all metropolitan cities. method includes both underground and over ground parking. This is a concept used in various countries all over the world and is useful in residential areas.
Prashant Kumar Earlier owning a car was the prerogative of the rich. But as the economy grows the buying capacity of the people has also grown rapidly. As a result, there is a plethora of vehicles let loose on the road and not simply cars and Maruti but bigger and better SUVs and MUVs as well. With the addition of better and bigger cars on the roads at a rapid pace on a daily basis, parking has become a mammoth problem and subsequently footpaths and pedestrian walkways have turned into extended parking lots, as if street vendors were not enough to block freedom of movement for walkers. This entre situation is not only choking the roads with traffic but also pedestrian movement and freedom of movement for pedestrians in almost all metropolitan Indian cities. The Hon’ble Apex Court has opined that people should not be encouraged to park the vehicle on roads as it will lead to law and order issues. The three major areas, where state needs to maintain adequate Space for the Parking includes transport hubs, institutional areas, and commercial areas.
Transport Hubs
The transport hubs such as bus depots, railway stations, metro stations, airports etc. need adequate facilities for parking as a large number of people come there. Emphasis should be more on “drop and go” arrangements, and this can be encouraged by having a very low or no fees for drop-offs and heavy fees for parking vehicles.
Institutional Areas
vSpiral Parking- It is another ef-
fective way of increasing parking space in the same area. In this the structure for the parking is circular in area and parking is done in concentric circles.
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ings, courts etc. when such buildings are planned, very little attention is paid to the parking problem. Even when someone addresses these parking issues, normally only the needs of the officials and the employees are addressed. A litigant can hardly find parking space in the court premises. Similarly, in hospitals almost no space is available for parking of vehicles of the patients or their attendants and the entire parking space is used by doctors, nurses and other hospital staff.
“We live in a country governed by the rule of law. You cannot encourage people to not have parking in their house and park their vehicles on road.”
Commercial areas such as commercial malls, cinema halls, market places, corporate offices, vegetable markets, grain markets, etc. have different requirements. Besides the general availability of the parking space in markets where bulk items have to be transported like Subji Mandis, Fruit Mandis etc. there has to be adequate provision for parking of transport vehicles like trucks, tempos, etc. Therefore, it is the duty of the Government concerned to ensure
that adequate arrangement should be made for parking of vehicles and the persons visiting these transport hubs, institutional areas and commercial areas are not forced to park on the roads or in spaces which are not meant for parking. Recently the Hon’ble Apex Court has also directed the Municipal Corporation, Delhi to ensure that all the pavements, in the residential areas are cleared from all encroachments and ensure that the pavements are made usable by
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pedestrians. Further a fix time period has been given tore move the encroachment and incase they fail to do so the encroachment shall be removed by the municipal authority/authority concerned at the cost of the encroacher which shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue. The right to freedom of movement is a fundamental right, therefore the same right need to be conferred upon pedestrians as well. Encroachment of public foot path which is meant for pedestrian will give rise to law and order situation. The issues are not confined to particular areas or any particular metropolitan cities but almost all the big cities are affected by of it. The problem need an urgent solution as it is an attack on the fundamental right enshrined under the Constitution of India. Here is some of the parking methods which if implemented in a proper and wise manner the problem related to parking would no longer exists. Some of these measures are-
technique further increases the usable area and the number of vehicles which can be parked in the same area rises exponentially. This type of Parking method is the need of hour for parking in institutions like hospitals, courts, transport hubs, etc. where the demand for parking of vehicles is very high.
vStack Parking. This type of Parking requires no permanent construction. A frame structure is raised and depending on the height of the structure, 2 or 3 cars are parked or ‘stacked’ one above the other by means of automated lifts. This type of parking is also useful in crowded areas and markets where availability of space is very less.
Prashant Kumar is an Advocate at High Court, Delhi and a Social Activist, can be reached at lawyerprashantkumar@gmail.com
APEX COURT ISSUES FRESH GUIDELINES ON THE SC/ST ACT
Institutional areas such as universities, hospitals, government build-
TAC News , New Delhi The Apex Court made fresh guidelines for this SC/ST Act and especially for the matter of investigation before the FIR, ban on immediate arrest, provision of anticipatory bail. After the 2018 order, there were demonstrations across the country over this particular issue. The government restored the old law through Parliament. Also, a review petition was also filed in the court. The court remarked that even though the SC / ST community has been guaranteed dignified life by the constitution, they are still struggling for equality in the country.
The Supreme Court urged that every complaint in this regard can’t be doubted.
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The highest court of the country further urged that Scheduled Caste- Scheduled Tribe (SC / ST) people are still victims of untouchability in the country. Such people are still thrown into the sewer for cleaning without a mask and machinery. We cannot leave them to die. The Supreme Court last Tuesday withdrew its last year’s decision on the SC / ST Act. That judgment of 2018 contained instructions such as not directly arresting the accused of atrocities against the SC and ST community, writing an FIR only after investigation and granting anticipatory bail. Last Tuesday, the three-member bench
withdrew the earlier decision of the two judges and also commented on the previous decision along with some recommendations. The court informed that there was no need to investigate before the arrest and only after giving an order like FIR. The court said that it is the job of the legislature to make laws. No judgment can be pronounced against the spirit of the constitution of our Country. There are many fake cases being filed in this act even which are the result of poor scrutiny and human error. It cannot be said that these caste people have made fake cases for compensation. Therefore every complaint cannot be viewed with suspicion.
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Why Gandhi still relevant for the present day world? In response to the reported murder of Tabrez Ansari by a mob in the eastern state of Jharkhand in India, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Tony Perkins issued the following statement on June 26, 2019: “We condemn in the strongest terms this brutal murder, in which the perpetrators reportedly forced Ansari to say Hindu chants as they beat him for hours. Ansari later died from the injuries he suffered due to this horrific attack. We call on the Indian government to take concrete actions that will prevent this kind of violence and intimidation by a thorough investigation of Ansari’s murder as well as the local police’s handling of the case. Lack of accountability will only encourage those who believe they can target religious minorities with impunity.” History shows that cruelty towards humanity, intolerance, racial and religious vilification are not the problems limited within the Indian boundaries, but these are cancerous for the whole world and even Today’s world leader America had to wait for centuries to
JAG MOHAN THAKEN “In an age of rapid change, characterized by exponential economic growth, increasing population, rise in violent extremism, climate change, migration & refugees, globalization and rising inequalities, the 21st century poses a unique set of challenges.” Highlighting the Global Challenges, UNESCO MGIEP, The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), New Delhi, states so. MGIEP was established with the support of the Government of India and is an integral part of UNESCO. It is the first and only category 1 Research Institute in Asia Pacific and focuses on achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.7 towards education to foster peaceful and sustainable societies. In this, the Institute is guided by its vision of ‘transforming education for humanity’. Let us have a sight on some present day unkind incidents of violent extremism, intolerance, racial and religious vilification. On August 24, 2019, a British Sikh, Amitpal Singh Bajaj, was reportedly choked to death by a Norwegian tourist in Phuket, Thailand. Mr Bajaj confronted the tourist for making too much noise because his wife and child wanted to sleep. Mr. Roger Bullman, a Norweigian martial arts expert, was drunk and causing so much noise that hotel security came to warn Mr. Bullman twice. Second example is that of acquittal of all the six accused in Pehlu Khan's lynching case by India’s Alwar (Rajasthan) court giving benefit of doubt on August 14, 2019, which has once again refreshed the unkind incident of religious vilification. Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old native of Haryana’s Nuh, had left his village to purchase cattle for milking purpose and after purchasing some cows from a cattle fair he along with his two sons and a few others was transporting the cows to his native village as claimed by his family members. But, allegedly surrounded, stopped and thrashed by a mob of cow vigilantes on the Delhi-Alwar highway on April 1, 2017, which later caused death to Pehlu Khan in hospital. A total of nine persons were accused of lynching Pehlu Khan, among which three of the accused are reported juveniles who are being tried separately. The remaining six were acquitted on August 14, 2019.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has assured that to ensure justice for Pehlu Khan's aggrieved family the state government will appeal against the verdict delivered by the court. Also, on August 5, 2019, the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha had already passed ‘The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill, 2019, by a voice vote amid vociferous protest by the opposition BJP, which wanted the bill to be referred to a select committee. What shows the BJP’s opposition to Lynching Bill in Rajasthan assembly and taking no step towards passing any act at central level by the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party to have a heavy hand to deal with the lynching crimes? Despite the Supreme Court of India’s recommendations that the parliament should enact a special law to deal with cases of mob lynching, the BJP led central government has not acted upon the court’s advice as alleged by Advocate Mohammed Asad Hayat. In an interview with The Caravan on August 13,2019, Mohammed Asad Hayat, a Prayagraj-based criminal lawyer who is representing victims in at least fifty cases of mob lynching and other hate crimes, alleged, “ In July last year (2018), the Supreme Court recommended that the parliament should enact a special law to deal with cases of mob lynching. The court passed a detailed judgment in Tehseen Poonawallavs Union of India, issuing directions on the preventive, remedial and punitive measures to be adopted by the central and the state governments. The judgment also recommended that the special law by parliament should “create a separate offence for lynching” and impose “adequate punishment for the same.” Yet, the home ministry has consistently stated in parliament that only state governments have jurisdiction over matters involving the police and public order—effectively washing its hands of the responsibility.” Another quotable incidence of cruelty, violent extremism, intolerance, and religious vilification which fetched the attention at world level was that of mob lynching of Tabrez Ansari. A reputed English Daily of India, ‘The Hindu’ has also reported the issue. 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari, a Muslim, who worked as a daily wager in Pune, succumbed to his injuries on June 22,2019 after he was beaten up on June 17, 2019 by a mob in Dhatkidih village in Jharkhand on the charges of theft, which forced him to chant ‘Jai Sri Ram’ and ‘Jai Hanuman’( Hindu deities ).
frame the act against lynching . The text of the bill placed for framing the act reflects the heinous image of the crime in US. According to the text of the bill, at least 4,742 people were reported lynched in the US between 1882 and 1968. It says 99% of all perpetrators of lynching escaped punishment. Only on Dec. 19, 2018, the US Senate unanimously passed legislation that made lynching a federal crime. Proposed by Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala D. Harris and Tim Scott, the Justice for Lynching Act classifies lynching, “the ultimate expression of racism in the United States,” as a hate crime. In its findings, the bill states that at least 4,742 people, mostly African Americans, were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968, and that Congress had considered nearly 200 antilynching bills in the first half of the 20th century without passing any of them.
Why intolerance or racial and religious hatred?
Addressing over 1,000 youth representing over 27 countries from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe in the first World Youth Conference on Kindness in New Delhi on August 23, 2019 under the aegis of MGIEP, the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind said that the strife and violence that we see in the world today is often based in deep-rooted prejudices. These make us see the world through the binary of "us versus them”. Mr. Kovind added, following Gandhi Ji’s footsteps, we must let ourselves and our children interact and engage with those whom we tend to define as ‘them’. Greater interaction is the best way to develop a sensitive understanding, which can help us overcome our prejudices. Stating the importance of educa-
tion in developing understanding, President further said that education too can play an important role in overcoming our prejudices. “Education needs to go beyond mere literacy. Education must facilitate and challenge the young to search deep within themselves and build their inner strength to sympathize or relate to the suffering of others. We need to educate young people such that they can defy and transcend boundaries of class and race. We need them to be educated and creative to find solutions to entrenched structural injustices and inequities. We need an education that can touch our emotions and our spirits.”
Gandhi’s relevancy?
Explaining the relevancy of Gandhi in present day situations, President Kovind said that Mahatma Gandhi was not just a great leader and visionary, he was one who personified certain timeless ideals and values. We could place Gandhi ji in a time machine and transport him to any period of human existence and we would find him to be relevant. This is also true of the times we live in. Gandhi ji remains extremely relevant to our present day concerns such as need for peace and tolerance, terrorism and climate change. The President noted that this Conference has brought together youth leaders from around the world. He said that these youth leaders and millions of young men and women like them have the biggest stake in making our world kind, compassionate and peaceful. He expressed confidence that what the youth leaders learn and experience in this Conference will inspire each one of them to be the ambassadors of kindness for rest of their lives. A staunch preacher of communal harmony, Gandhi ji believed that anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding and nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. “For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect”, said Mahatma Gandhi . “If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought, and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at our own risk.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Many of his (Gandhi’s ) principles have universal application and eternal validity, and I hope the passing years will show that his faith in the efficacy of nonviolent pressure as an agent for peaceful change is as justified today all over the world as it was in his time in India.” U Thant. “What is the relevance of nonviolence and compassion to the future of humanity? As Mahatma Gandhi showed by his own example, nonviolence can be implemented not only in politics but also in day-to-day life. That was his great achievement. He showed that nonviolence should be active in helping others. Nonviolence means that if you can help and serve others you should do so. If you cannot, you must at least restrain yourself from harming others. I believe that it is very important that we find positive ways in which children and adults can be educated in the path of compassion, kindness and nonviolence. If we can actively do this I believe we will be fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's legacy to us. It is my prayer that, as we enter this new century, nonviolence and dialogue will increasingly come to govern all human relations.” HH The Dalai Lama.
Fashion is for everybody, even expecting ladies
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Designer Siddartha Tytler along with Models With the philosophy that ‘Fashion is for everybody’ Designer Siddhartha Tytler showcased a bespoke collection for Rosewalk Hospital at Delhi Times Fashion Week at Hotel Roseate House, Aerocity. Rosewalk, the most loving birthing facility where excellence, indulgence and holistic healthcare converge, is powered by the expertise of Rainbow Hospitals. Within this sanctuary of all-encompassing wellness, expectant mothers can find the finest and most compassionate medical care where the entire experience
Allie Sharma & Sushil Goyal Recently Sushil Goyal & Allie Sharma hosted the Grand Finale of Global Miss India Worldwide 2019 & Global Mr India Worldwide 2019 presented by Global India Entertainment Production House. Celebrity guest for the evening was roadies and big boss fame Priyank Sharma. The eminent Jury Panel had famous personalities like Rita Gangwani, Muskaan Narang, Navneet Arora, Varun Katyal, Rohit Chaudhary, Liza Verma. Winners for the finale were – Ebadat Bhandari and Jayesh Vasandani, 1st Runner Up – Brindha Ravi and Anil Bopanna and 2nd Runner Up Ashima Bhabra and Vivekanand Shanmugam. The Winner Male will go to France and Winner Female will go to Spain.
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spells luxury and class. The Siddhartha Tytler label rebels against the ordinary and lovingly embraces newer frontiers with aplomb. According to him, “Novel silhouettes, innovative structural elements, new-fangled patterns, ‘wearability’ and originality are the essential elements in every creation at my studio. When I create a garment, several factors come into play, be it incorporating changing trends or being inspired by elements that exist as part of our everyday lives, and they all are equally significant to the process. Bringing
forth this maternity collection for glamorous mothers -to- be, for ‘Rosewalk’ at this year’s fashion week has been exciting and truly fulfilling”. He is also getting a few lady Gynaecologists & Obstetricians to walk the ramp at this one of a kind fashion show to breathe life into his astonishing collection, aiming to inspire young expectant mothers to woo the goddess within. This will eventually lead to the unveiling of the Rosewalk logo at the event. Abrarali Dalal, Director, Rosewalk Hospital, "It gives us great pleasure to announce that Rosewalk Hospital has collaborated with Delhi Times Fashion Week, which over the years has helped to transform the definition of luxury and fashion. Rosewalk Hospital is the perfect blend of top-of-the-line medical services and unparalleled luxury. It was only obvious that Rosewalk Hospital partnered with DTFW in a one of a kind display of fashion for the young Indian moms-to-be. We are very excited to put our support behind Mr. Siddhatha Tytler for the finale show at DTFW,”
Crowns & Sashes
Brindha Ravi, Ebadat Bhandari & Ashima Bhabra
Mia Lakra & Punit Jain
Mukesh Dubey & Shikha Gupta
Navneet Arora & Monika Goyal
Anuj Lalwani & Muskaan Narang
Vivekanand Shanmugam, Jayesh Vasandani & Anil Bopanna
Abrarali Dalal, Director, Rosewalk Hospital
Dr. Mahima Bakshi
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Definitely, Maybe Jitendra Padam Jain & Palak Modi
Jyoti Kaushik & Meera Gupta
Recently was the Inauguration for a Solo Artist Exhibition “Definitely, Maybe” by Palak Modi, the show was presented by Jitendra Padam Jain Managing Director of Gallery Sree Arts and Curated by Annkush B Sharma. The Show was inaugurated by
chief guests Uma Sharma and Blossom Kochar. Many other eminent guests were seen at the show appreciating the artworks and talent of the artist to name a few were Aruna Vasudev, Uma Sharma, Manish Pushkale, Sunit Tandon, Sangeeta Gupta.
Rajan Kapoor & Jaspreet Jass Singh
Ruchi Singhal & Suruchi Seth
Dr Ramesh Kancharla COO Rainbow Group
Kalyani Chandra
Komal Modi & Rajat Modi
Uma Sharma
Shubhendu Shekhar Singh & Alka Singh
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When the Sky turned Pink in Delhi Whatever I am today because
PHOTO/TAC Shonali Bose, Priyanka Chopra & Rohit Suresh Saraf
TAC Delhi:Priyanka Chopra, actor Rohit Suresh Saraf and director Shonali Bose came to Delhi to promote their upcoming movie “The Sky is Pink.” The event was held at the Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi. This movie will hit the box office on 11 October 2019. The Sky is Pink is a biographical film directed by
Shonali Bose and co-produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Ronnie Screwvala and Priyanka Chopra under the banner of RSVP Movies, Roy Kapur Films, and Purple Pebble Pictures. The film is the return of Chopra after a break of three years from Bollywood. It is based on the love story of a couple spanning 25 years,
told through the lens of their spunky teenage daughter – Aisha Chaudhary, who was diagnosed with Pulmonary fibrosis. Present at the event Priyanka Chopra told about her first reaction when she read the whole script, she called her mom and said mom “I Love You”. Priyanka told about how this name is given to the movie – she said one day Aditi’s (Aisha’s mother in real life on whose life the movie Is based) son called her and said that “Mumma teacher punishes me because I have not drawn blue color to the sky then she said that do not tell your color of the sky to anyone because your sky should have your choice of color in it whatever the color is. “The young actor Rohit Suresh Saraf tells about his experience of working with Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim and well-known director Shonali Bose. He said, " It was an amazing experience, I learned in every conversation and every bit of the movie from Priyanka Mam. She is an amazing actor and Co-star to work with."
A Night To Remember Recently Ankit Nagpal Director of Bang on Target PR & Media Solutions and Groom to Bloom Grooming Academy celebrated his Birthday in a grand fashion in Club BW. He had his close ones who attended the gathering from the industry of Fashion, Lifestyle and Art. All the guests were spotted having a gala time all throughout the night. Many socialites were spotted dancing and enjoying the delicious cocktails to name a few were Meenakshi Dutt, Umesh Dutt, Amit Talwar, Poonam Sethi, Vandana Vadhera, Anuj Lalwani, Varun Katyal.
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Bishunupriya Mishra Tiger Shroff, who plays Khalid Khan during the film promotion, spoke to some reporters regarding making this film. The Challenging Part of the film Tiger Shroff claimed,” my two and a half minute entry scene in the film which was the longest introductory action sequence of Bollywood that was astonishingly shot in one shot. I had to prepare a lot for this scene. It was very difficult to maintain my energy in between and remember the action sequences as directed. While shooting,
Amit Talwar and Vandana Vadhera
There is no lack of action as well as romance keeping the audience to concentrate while watching the movie. there were many dangerous moments that could have caused injury, so it was very challenging to shoot an action scene there.” Hrithik is onscreen as well as off screen guru In the future course of action, Tiger urged,” I have always been claiming that whatever I am today is because of Hrithik Roshan. I have taken a lot of inspiration from him. I can say that our relationship both onscreen
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and off-screen is absolute ‘Guru-Shishya’.” Immense difficult to compete Hrithik Tiger told further,” It was very difficult for me to compete with and match him with an impossible onscreen Hrithik. I will never be able to compete with him, but I tried a lot to match him in every action sequence. By the way, I have learned a lot from Hrithik, whether it is about acting or in real life. Hrithik’s work ethic affects me greatly and I have tried to adopt those things as the basic principles of an actor’s career. The way he molds himself in any scene, any dialogue, the way he takes care of every nuance of the film is a commendable compliment. His hunger for work, his greed is evident even after getting such success, he still to try to give him the best.” Last But not the least, Tiger says that I always wanted to play football for the country but at that time there was not so scope and I had many films offers too, so I thought why not step into bollywood.
Ankit Chauhan and Varun Katyal
Ankit Nagpal
Esha, Lavaanya and Sujay Ghosh
Meenakshi Dutt and Umesh Dutt
Dheer and Twinkle Vinayak
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6 opinion Will Haryana BJP win the assembly elections too floating on ‘Modi’s Name’ and Nationalism Game? Faridabad (NCR) 01-15 October, 2019 www.theasianchronicle.com
Election Commission has declared the state assembly elections in Haryana. Results of the next coming in existence assembly will be out on October 24 just three days after the polling date October 21. The tenure of the present Haryana Legislative expires on November 2, 2019. In 2014, polling took place in a single phase on October 15 and results were announced on October 19. BJP got the power by getting 47 assembly seats, congress 15, INLD 19 and others 9 out of 90. Now the BJP is aiming to retain power and increase its tally from 47 to 75 in the 90-member House. Whereas congress, the main opposition party, lost in 2014 after reigning the state for ten years, is yet to come out of its own internal leg JAG MOHAN THAKEN pulling doll drum. The Bhartiya Janta Party in the state still hopes to ride on the back of Modi’s popularity and expects people to give the party an overwhelming support on the issue of abrogation of Article 370 related to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. But, here arises the question, whether Modi’s Name and to pray on beads the ‘Raag Of Nationalism’ alone will make the BJP strong enough to sail its election pinnace successfully? The present Chief Minister of BJP-led Haryana Government, Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar is very much confident about the win. While addressing a press conference in Chandigarh just before the declaration of elections in the state by Election Commission on September 21, he said, “The BJP is strong on all the 90 assembly seats in the state. We will cross the 75 plus seats in the state assembly, I am confident about it." But, at this time the political atmosphere in the state is differently changed. The main opposition party Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has smashed to grounds and a new rebellion party “Jan Nayak Janta Party (JJP)” has also emerged out of Devi Lal’s INLD, and this bifurcation has feeble both the groups and now none of these seems to get some noticeable seats. So, the Jatvoters, the main base of INLD may shift to another
Jat leader in congress, Mr. Bhupender Singh Hooda, giving him a major boost. However the congress, that had gone to zero level during the last five years under the emaciated leadership of imposed state president Ashok Tanwar, now has come out of ICU and started breathing somewhat in a better way due to handing over of its reigns to Rajya Sabha member Kumari Seilja, a SC leader and former Chief Minister Bhupender Singh Hooda. In the Changed scenario and due to feeble third or fourth fronts, the congress seems to be the only alternate of BJP before the voters. In the recently held Lok Sabha polls, getting complete hold of the state by winning all the 10 LokSabha seats, the BJP using the name of ‘Modi’ and raising the Nationalism and other national issues had dashed the hope of opposition parties in the state. Encouraged with the Lok Sabha results, BJP may fight the state assembly elections also to fulfill its dream of more than 75 seats out of 90 on the strength of Nationalism by using the recent decision of scrapping of the special status of Jammu & Kashmir by the BJP led central government. But, this being the Assembly election, the issues may touch grounds and the local level progress of BJP government and its failure to resolve the assembly level problems will also be the decisive factors. As evident from the clear cut decision of the
Greater Faridabad Residents’ Association that had made it loud and clear at the outset that their vote would go only to that candidate who builds the Master Road for them. Angry over being forced to use a narrow road for seven years, despite having paid external development charges, a resolute ‘No road, No vote’ is their slogan for the fourth coming assembly elections. After failure of congress to attract the voters on the issues like Note-Bandi and GST against issues of nationalism and lack of leadership with congress raised by BJP during recent Lok Sabha elections, now the Haryana state congress leadership has started to highlight the local issues and hopes for favourable voting in the assembly polls. While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Sept 18, the newly appointed Haryana Congress chief Selja said, “The BJP leaders are using the scrapping of the special status of Jammu & Kashmir and National Register of Citizens (NRC) issue as a poll plank in Haryana to divert the attention from its failures”. The CLP leader and Chairman State Congress Election Management Committee, the former chief minister of Haryana, Mr. Bhupender Singh Hooda rejecting the BJP’s claim of winning more than 75 of the 90 assembly seats says, "It does not matter whatever claims they make. But people have made up their mind to throw them out. The issues in LokSabha polls and Vid-
han Sabha polls are different. In the Vidhan Sabha election, people will cast their votes based on regional issues.” But, Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar thinks the Nationalism as the deciding factor and still wants to sail his election boat taking the support of the waves flowing in the name of Modi and Nationalism. "When a martyr's mortal remains are brought back to his village, nobody asks about his caste... Nationalism will be the deciding factor in the coming assembly elections. It has thrown caste arithmetic out of the picture," Khattar says in a press conference. In an interview to PTI during his ongoing statewide Jan Ashirwad Yatra, Khattar said, "After abrogation of Article 370, the admiration of BJP and its leadership has further increased in Haryana and across the country." In reply to a question, ‘Whether the abrogation of Article 370 will play a pivotal role in the upcoming polls’, in his media meet at Chandigarh on September 21, Mr. Khattar cleared that scrapping of Article 370 has always been on the core agenda of Bharatiya Janata Party. However, Mr. Khattar also claims developmental and social welfare works to his credit and hopes a better crop of votes in the state assembly elections. At Chandigarh press meet, Khattar claimed that 4,300 villages in the state are getting round-the-clock power supply and in the next six months, all the 6,600 villages will get 24-hour power supply. He said his government would work for the upliftment of those families whose annual income is less than Rs. 1.8 lakh. The decades long pending SYL issue had remained the talk of town in every election, but no party had ever taken it seriously and all are luring by the sweet dreams with no ends. Mr. Khattar has also assured to resolve the matter of SYL water sharing. The political circles conclude that on the one hand BJP will try to take the ball to the goal point with the hit of ‘Modi’s Name and Nationalism Game’ and on the other hand the opposition will try to divert the path towards local level issues; now it’s in the hands of the voters of Haryana to which way they blow the winds.
SC admits violating the freedom of press in Kashmir
KARAMVIR KAMAL
The Supreme Court,on the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti admitted Indian Journalists Union’s intervention application in the case of Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of Kashmir Times. This is a writ petition challenging the ban of communication in Kashmir for violating the freedom of the press guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India. In its IA, the IJU, the largest and most active organization for raising voice of working journalists in the country, has grappled that the
‘lockdown’ in J&K wiped out the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental right of freedom of expression and free speech of journalists. Further, the IJU’s IA urges that the issues involved affect all types of media houses, such as traditional newspapers and magazines, digital news portals, television channels etc. Consequently, its outcome will also have wide ranging effect on the public’s right to receive accurate information about the preset situation prevailing in Kashmir and any other part of the country where similar restrictions are imposed in the future course of time.
In this hearing, a 3-judge bench of Justices N.V. Ramana, Subhash Reddy and B.R. Gavai also admitted the petition filed by the IA of Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP). The Internet Freedom Foundation has cordially assisted both IJU and FMP in drafting, strategy and counsel coordination. IJU was officially represented by its Secretary General, Sabina Inderjit and its legal team comprising Advocate on Record, Shadan Farasat and Advocates Jahnavi Sindhu and Shruti Narayan. Both the journalists’ organisations’ appeal highlighted on the
function alike watchdog performed by the free press and recommended the impact of the communication shutdown especially on journalists. The IAs also alarmed concerns about the legal basis of the communication shutdown being unknown because as on the date of filing, there were no orders authorizing the shutdown available in the public domain. After , as many as 57 days of the communication shutdown, the State of J&K filed its affidavit in the court stating that telecom services were suspended pursuant to orders passed under the Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services
(Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017 by the IG of Police which were subsequently confirmed by Principal Secretary and Home Department. The communication shutdown, the affidavit put forward by the government was intended to prevent “dissemination of iniquitous and specious rumors, fake propaganda, misusing social media sites and for preventing activities that could disturb public order and tranquillity.” However, the factual orders and specifics regarding and along with, when and where those were imposed are still not available.
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Another step towards the making of an ecofriendly Nation on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti
Tanya Satish with Amitabh Bacchan
Elsie Gabriel Meet Tanya Satish Climate Reality USA Leader and CEO of Creed Entertainment promoting the Ban on plastic on October 2 Gandhi Jayanti. Tanya has taken leadership from our PM Modi campaigns on the plastic ban and was together with Minister Nitin Ghadkari, the
stallwat of the Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan and Actress Diya Mirza to promote the ban on NDTV live. "Strict implimentation of fines is what we need, I want to lead a team of young entreupreneues together with PMO Modis action team to strategize and ban this at the root level. There should be total ban, close the tap com-
pletely, shut manufacturing units or give them alternative materials like banana and jute fi res to process. I have our 20 point agenda which I will be submitting to the Prime Minister. " Tanya has been trained personally by former Vice president of the USA as a Climate Reality leader in Rio Brazil and has been spearheading Powai lake cleanups and promoting sustainable clothings , sustainable interiors through her event management series.She is the third generation of environmentalists in the family who learnt how to eat from patals, drink from steel utensils and recycle clothes. She wants to go back to where India was always eco friendly. Tanya further adds," Alternatives, Solutions, pragmatic non plastic enforcement, no tax on these biodegradables, heavy duty checking at all airports and ports and stations... shredding machines. Encouraging more women in my social circle and youth
are some initiatives which have helped me so far. I want to be part of the solution on PMO Modi's team. I appeal to the Prime Minister to absorb more young Environmentalists into his ban on plastics campaigns." Tanya Satish is determined and a firebrand where her Marketting skills and experience will see her fulfill her vision for sure. This year alone she has created over one thousand Eco Ganesha's out if the silt of Powai lake and Mithi river..she believes that the silt traps should be placed to filter plastics at storm water levels, rivers and lake's..not just collect plastics on beaches. Tanya unlike many other youth, has a ten year old pair of jeans and sweaters, she uses a steel flask at work and uses only bamboo tooth brushes.She believes it's small significant lifestyle changes that will bring India towards fighting climate change and recycling.
A Quid pro quo sex scandal in MP Anjan Kumar Samal/ Madhya Pradesh, SIT Probes High profile Sex Scandal In Madhya Pradesh involving Politicians, Bureaucrats with over 1000 of clips Cops probing Audio Clips seized from Laptops and Mobile phones. The gang was arrested after an Indore Municipal Corporation officer filed a complaint against Arti Dayal who was demanding Rs. 3 Crore from him. The above-said scandal broke out after MP Police arrested Five women Members of this gang on 18th September 2019. The arrest was done on the charges of extortion and blackmailing. On the basis of an Indore Municipal Corporation employee’s information after the same members of this group were targeting and trying to blackmail this Municipal Corporation’s employee. Numerous clips of naked government officers including screenshots of many sex charts were unveiled by the MP, SIT after seizing many laptops and Mobile
Phones. It is also being reported that many related audio clips also extracted as the evidence on the basis of which these Five women members were arrested. The police named them as Shweta Jain, 39, her 48-year-old namesake, Barkha Soni, 35, Arti Dayal, 34, and an 18-yearold college student. Arti Dayal’s driver was also arrested. Shweta Jain, who runs a local NGO and rents the house of a BJP MLA, Brijendra Pratap Singh. It is believed that many deals and contracts were made using women as a honey trap in this huge scandal. It seems the biggest case of scandal and corruption in the entire nation. In the investigation, some astonishing and exclusive details were found by SIT in which senior politicians of ruling party including opposition’s leaders are also involved. The said scandal also found not merely
limited to the state of Madhya Pradesh but it touches the state of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Chhatisgarh including two senior Minister of Maharastra. Due to which the Madhya Pradesh Government formed SIT to investigate into this matter to find all the culprits and associates of this unprecedented scandal. The Chief of this SIT also changed before 48 hours for the proper investigation of the matter which was informed by the appropriate Government Authorities of Madhya Pradesh Government. Two among the SIT officials are expert in handling cyber crime who are expected to unearth all the related evidence from Laptops and Mobile Phones. As per these officials, as many as thousands of clips those were extracted that put forward the truth that all these clips were recorded from the year 2009. The SIT informs to have some more time to unveil all the exact facts of this huge scandal.
A tight slap on ‘Beti Bachaao-Beti Padhaao’ program TAC NEWS/ Mehrauli Dist President slapped former South Delhi Mayor, Sarita Chaudhury Delhi State Incharge in the presence of Prakash Javdekar in the Party Office. Delhi BJP President, Manoj Tiwari dismissed Mr. Singh from the post of Dist President Sarita Chaudhury is the present in charge of Delhi State in BJP’s much-talked program ‘Beti Bachaao –Beti Padhaao’ An unprecedented situation
broke out inside Delhi State BJP Office during an urgent meeting. The said meeting was called on by Union Minister and Delhi state in-charge Prakash Javdekar to discuss the present political scenario of South Delhi before the coming Assembly election in Delhi. During this meeting, when the south Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri came out, some BJP activists along with former south Delhi Mayor Sarita Chaudhury also came
out. When Sarita Chaudhury was talking with South Delhi MP, Ramesh Bidhuri, Mr. Azad Singh came from behind and slapped her in front of all after a quick confrontation. State President Manoj Tiwari wanted to know the reason from Sarita Chaudhury but she was so angry against her ex-husband that he called the police. Consequently, Manoj Tiwari, with an immediate effect sacked Mr. Azad
Singh from the post of Mehrauli Dist President.
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Eviction in response
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DHARMENDRA SINGH One of Nation’s most prestigious Law Institute, National Law University, Shimla in Himachal Pradesh have treated its students disdainfully after they protested for three-days against the denial of administration to provide basic amenities. Is it their fault to demand hygienically prepared food after getting sick from consuming the food served to them? Is it their fault to demand a clean drinking water facility? Is it their fault to demand an elected student body to represent the students of the University? Is it their fault to stay out of campus hostel due to lack of these basic amenities? After paying 2.35 Lakh per year, why all of these students are denied to have clean drinking water, appropriate legal books in the University Library and most importantly, they are denied to have proper Medical facilities. The administrator may have forgotten that by evicting University Hostels, the strike must not be called off. But an inner agony among all
these young students may ignite violent protest ahead in the future course of time. It was informed from an inner source that, some of these students are planning to protest in the National Capital and if can be then it shall be absolutely a hard nut for HP-NLU to crack. After the request of the administration, Protesters in NLU-Shimla didn’t stop and consequently finding no way the administration orders to evict the university campus as soon as possible with immediate effect. The university announced loud and clear that all the admin. The building shall be closed till September 25 and therefore all students are directed to evict the campus. The Order commands, “If any student still prefers staying in the University Campus during night, he/she will be staying at his/her risk and responsibility,” added the admin, and, seemingly contradicting the previous paragraph, noted ominously: “It is further directed that residents of all hostels shall vacate by 20 September] failing which strict action will be taken.
Haryana assembly elections announced TAC NEWS/ The notification has been released for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2019. As soon as the notification was issued, the process of filling the nomination papers has also started. Candidates willing to contest elections in all 90 assembly seats of the state will be able to file nominations by October 4. Nomination papers will be scrutinized on 5 October and names can be withdrawn by 7 October 2019. After that the process of casting will be held on October 21 and the counting of votes will take place on October24.
This time a lot of new things will be seen in the election. Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Inderjit said that nomination can be filed either by the candidate himself or by a proposer. The entire proceedings of delivery and acceptance of nomination papers will be video-graphed. This time a large number of vehicles accompanying the candidates and the convoy of supporters have been allowed to visit three vehicles within a radius of 100 meters of the office of the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer.
Another Beti in UP raped?
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Yogi Sarkar doing its best to shield the accused KARAMVIR KAMAL The UP Govt. led by Yogi Aditya Nath has completed its two-and-ahalf years. But unfortunately, in such a short span, he has garnered enough flak due to the heinous crimes being committed against women without much of an action by the police or the dilapidated law and order system in the state. The latest, it appears is the Yogi Govt. trying to shield ‘BABA’(Saint Chinmayanand) accused of raping yet another ‘BETI’(Daughter) of Uttar Pradesh. Even after the intervention of the nation’s highest demiurge, the rape accused SWAMI Chinmayanand was not arrested for a long period after which the victim expressed her urge to kill herself by setting herself on fire. After which Chinmayanand was finally arrested from his so-called ‘Mumukshu Ashram’(The Ashram of Salvation) on Sunday. And the rape accused saint turned Political leader also agreed that he himself is in the viral video in which people of India have seen her massaging his body in a fully naked state. Many reports in this much sensational rape case put forward a sour truth due to laxity of UP Police the arrest was done in late. Chinmayanand. a saint of 72 years was also in the position of Home Minister(State) in the then Vajpayee’s Cabinet. He has been elected many times to Lok Sabha from. A College named Swami Sukhdevanand post-Graduate College is run absolutely under his guidance and supervision at Shahanjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. One girl student of this college alleged that Swami Chinmayanand
has recorded some illicit video of her without her knowledge to blackmail. In fact in this row of blackmail, Swami allegedly raped her after blackmailing again and again for a year. As per the convict, this illicit matter of fact initiated from the Month of June 2018. After some days of convict’s admission in the said college, Swami Chinmaya Nand offered her a job in the college library. Swami Chinamayanand was well known about the girl’s poor financial condition. So finding no way she started working in the college library where she was admitted to study. In October 2018, the college administration put pressure on the innocent girl to shift to the college hostel for the sake of her duty in the college library. After some days, Swami Chinamyanand himself called on this girl to his Ashram. Astonishingly, the so-called saint showed her a video in which she was bathing in her hostel with the room completely in the bare body.Than, Chinmayanand warned her to viral the video if she will not his bed partner. Even many students of this col-
lege are all known that Swami Chinmayanand has relentlessly called on her to have a naked body massage. After July 2019 the story of Blackmail turned with a twist when the convict herself decided to be in the video while messaging Chinmayanand by a secret Camera which was attached with her spectacle. She with all of her courage decided to unveil the sour truth about the rape accused Swami Chinmayanand to the society of this country where both the state and central govt. relentlessly utter ‘Beti Bachao – Beti Padhaao’.In the month of Aug. 2019, she left the college. On 24th Aug 2019, the girl did upload a video and alleged Swami Chinmayanand. She also filled the complaint but it was found that initially, the UP govt has shown an immense laxity for which the arrest of Swami took a long time. Then the case reached the door of the Apex Court of India. Many Women lawyers also personally wrote a letter to the CJI to take up this case for the sake
of justice to this girl whose rights war clutched under power politics. The Supreme Court ordered to form an SIT to UP Police to investigate into this matter. On 8th September 2019, SIT initiated an investigation into this case of rape.SIT officials started questioning Swami Chinmayanand from 12th September 2019. On 14th September the rape victim did hand over the PEN-DRIVE to SIT in which all the allegations were in real video pics. In this Pen-drive, there are as many as 43 videos of Chinmayanand with her in illicit sit-
uations. On 18th September the girl again turned towards MEDIA after SIT getting late in the final investigation and arrest of Swami Chinmayanand.SIT in the name of justice even charged Chinmayanand as per some soft sections of CRPC. On 19th September, Swami Chinmayanand was found, getting out of a Hospital’s ECG Center. At last the so-called Saint was arrested by the law of this nation on 21st September 2019 and sent to 14 days judicial custody.