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Gunfight in Rajouri; Forces establish contact with militants in Kandi area

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Srinagar, May 05: Nearly two weeks after Army personnel were killed in Rajouri, a contact has been established by forces with militants in Kandi area of the district.
Sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that forces, who were carrying out a massive search operation in the area, have established contact with militants in Kesari area of Kandi in Rajouri district.
“During a cordon and search operation, a contact was established with militants,” they said, adding that firing was going on between the two sides when this report was filed.
It is pertinent to mention that seven civilians and five Army personnel were killed by militants in the month of January and April in the district.
This is the third gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 72 hours—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

May 5, 2023
Establish three more NIA courts in Karnataka within six months: High Court

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Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has recommended that three more Special Courts for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases be established in three revenue divisions of Karnataka, within the next six months.
“We hereby recommend the State Government to constitute/establish three Special Courts for trial of NIA cases in Mysore Division, Belagavi Division and Kalburgi Division within a period of six months from the date of receipt of copy of the order,” the Division Bench of B Veerappa and Justice Venkatesh Naik T said in their judgment dismissing the appeals filed by 41 accused in the Hubballi riots case.
It would “ensure speedy trial and disposal of the NIA cases” in order to make justice accessible to the needy and “to fulfil the scope and object of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act”, the bench said.

A Special Court had rejected the bail pleas of the accused after which they approached the HC in two separate petitions.
In its common order on the two petitions, the HC said in its April 20 judgment, “On re-appreciation of the entire material on record, we answer the point raised in these criminal appeals in the negative holding that the appellants/accused have not made out a case to interfere with the impugned order passed by the Special Court rejecting their applications for regular bail in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case.”
While dealing with the bail petitions, the HC also noted that very old NIA cases had also been pending.
“As of today, for the entire State, the Government has established only one Special Court at Bangalore to deal with the cases under National Investigation Agency Act, 2008. By careful perusal of the statistical data, it is clearly depicted that NIA cases which are more than 8 to 9 years old are pending,” it said.
The Court said it was high time that new courts were established.

“If the newly proposed Special Courts are not constituted/established, one Special Court in the entire State would be overburdened and will lead to inordinate delay in trial and disposal of NIA cases, which is against the Constitutional mandate as contemplated under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India,” it said.
In Karnataka, Bengaluru Division consists of nine districts; Mysore Division consists eight districts, Belagavi Division consists seven districts and Kalburgi Division consists of six districts, the HC noted.
The HC also listed the number of cases pending in the existing Special Court. It found that one case was nine years old, two cases each were eight and seven years old, six cases were five years old, three cases six years old, eight cases two years old and five cases one year old.
“It is high time for the State Government to fulfill the scope and object of the UA(P) Act and ensure speedy trial and disposal by constituting/establishing three more Special Courts for trial of NIA cases in other revenue Divisions of Karnataka,” the HC said.
The HC was hearing the appeal of 41 accused in the Hubballi riots on the night of April 16, 2022.
A complaint had been filed against a person for his Whatsapp status showing a saffron flag on a masjid.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Hubballi rural police station demanding action. They allegedly, with the “intention of committing the murder” of the police personnel, “assaulted with clubs, pelted stones and threw chappals on the police and caused injuries, destroyed the vehicles of police and public and government properties.”
The police booked several people for the riots, and later the case was handed over to the NIA. The bail petitions of the accused were rejected by the Special Court on December 26, 2022 after which they approached the HC.
Rejecting their plea, the HC said, “Though several contentions urged by the learned counsel for the appellants for granting bail and the learned SPP for rejecting the bail, the fact remains that the accused have not made out any prima facie case to grant bail.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 28, 2023
No proposal to establish any new defence industrial corridor in country: Govt

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New Delhi: There is no proposal to establish any new defence industrial corridor in the country, Parliament was informed on Friday.
Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said this in written response to a query in the Lok Sabha.
The government, in its budget for 2018-19, announced setting up of two defence industrial corridors (DICs) to develop a holistic defence manufacturing ecosystem in the country, he said.
One corridor has been established in Uttar Pradesh with six nodes, namely Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Chitrakoot and Lucknow. The second is in Tamil Nadu with five nodes, namely Chennai, Hosur, Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruchirappalli, he said.
“As per the information received from the government of Uttar Pradesh, 108
Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed with industry/organisation having potential investment of Rs 12,191 crore. Investment of Rs 2,445 crore has already taken place in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC),” he said.
Further, as per information received from the government of Tamil Nadu, arrangements have been made with 53 industries for potential investment of Rs 11,794 crore. Investment worth Rs 3,894 crore has already taken place in Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor (TNDIC), the minister said.
Asked if there is any proposal to establish more defence industrial corridors in the
country, Bhatt said there is no proposal to establish any new defence industrial corridor.
In response to another query on “whether it is a fact that more than a dozen papers have been submitted by DGPs and IGPs in the recently concluded conference conducted by Intelligence Bureau on the subject ‘Chinese influence in the neighbourhood and implications for India’”, the minister said, “The information sought is sensitive in nature and cannot be divulged on the floor of the House in the interest of the national security.”

In response to another query on whether Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is in talks with various countries to sell its light combat aircraft Tejas, he said, “The information sought is sensitive in nature and cannot be divulged on the floor of the House in the interest of the national security.”
The minister of state for defence, in a separate written query, was asked whether the government has reduced the construction restrictions near defence establishments to just 50 metres from 500 metres.
He said in his written response: “The revised NoC guidelines issued by MoD on 23.12.2022 reducing the restricted distance in vicinity of defence establishment of Army, Navy and Coast Guard at specific locations to 50 metres have been kept in abeyance till standard operating procedure is formulated in consultation with stakeholders for issue of NoCs.”
On a written query on whether arrears of one rank one pension (OROP) been paid to the eligible pensioners of armed forces, the minister said the payment of arrears of OROP to eligible pensioners of the armed forces is in progress as per policy of the government.
“So far, Rs 5,065.70 crore has been paid as arrear of OROP to eligible pensioners of Armed Forces as on 13.03.2023,” he said.
In a separate question, the minister was also asked for details of private companies engaged in defence sector.
“Defence industry sector was opened up in May 2001 up to 100 per cent for Indian private sector participation. Since the opening up of defence sector, till date, a total of 601 industrial licenses have been issued to 368 companies operating in defence sector,” the minister said in a written response.
Bhatt also shared his written response on query on bullet proof jackets and helmets for armed forces and other law enforcement forces.
The government undertakes procurement of bullet proof jackets and helmets
for armed forces and other law enforcement forces from time to time from domestic
manufacturers, he said.
These are procured as per laid down specifications and authorization after due
testing and evaluation. Bullet proof helmets procured by Indian Army and Central Armed Police Forces are “compliant to the specifications and NIJ (National Institute of Justice of USA) protection/ threat levels approved by the competent authorities,” he said in his response.
The upgradation, procurement and provisioning of improved version of bullet
proof jackets and helmets, is a continuous process for which necessary steps
are taken regularly.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 24, 2023
Hyderabad: BDMA to establish technology & training centre at Jeedimetla

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Hyderabad: The Bulk Drug Manufacturers Association (BDMA) is establishing a Technology and Training Center for talent development in the Jeedimetla pharma cluster.
This is the first of its sort in the country, with an industry organisation building such a facility for its personnel.
According to a press release, the proposed facility will be built on a one-acre plot of land allocated to TSIIC on a long-term lease and will be operational in April. The facility will serve as a consolidated site for high-end research and testing, bolstering the role of Jeedimetla’s pharma cluster.
“The training center is aimed at providing specific training to manpower engaged in the manufacturing operations and quality control in API industry. Training will be given to fresh graduates making them suitable for bulk drug industry where member units can train their new recruits,” BDMA national president, R K Agrawal said.
The state-of-the-art facility is being built with contributions from member industries, and as part of this endeavour, Dr. B Parthasaradhi Reddy, Chairman of Hetero Group, has donated Rs 1 crore, the press note informed.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 2, 2023
TDP leader Lokesh promises to establish Islamic bank in Andhra

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Tirupati: TDP national General Secretary Nara Lokesh on Tuesday promised to establish an Islamic bank once the party forms the government in Andhra Pradesh again.
After a two-day pause, Lokesh began his pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’ and interacted with the representatives of the Muslim community at Sri Kalahasthi of Tirupati district.
“I am promising you that once the TDP forms the government again this Islamic bank will be established,” he said, noting how Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, during his padyatra, had promised to set up Islamic bank but he did not keep his word.
Lokesh recalled the formation of the Minorities Corporation by N. T. Rama Rao, the founder of the TDP. “Despite the change in the government for the past several years, the corporation continued but after Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy became the Chief Minister, he discontinued it,” he said.
He assured the minority community that the corporation would be revived once his TDP is back in power.
He alleged that Jagan Mohan Reddy discontinued all the welfare schemes launched by Chandrababu Naidu during the TDP regime and promised to revive all the schemes.
As the ‘Yuva Galam’ completed 300 km at Thondamanupuram panchayat in Srikalahasti Assembly segment, Lokesh assured the villagers to provide safe drinking water within 100 days of coming back to power.
Later, at Thindamanadu village, he said that the cheap liquor is now working as pesticide and the farmers instead of the pesticides can use the cheap liquor. He also interacted with women who came to collect their gas cylinders. He said that the subsidy on gas cylinders is not being paid to the consumers.

He also promised to do justice to communities like Gandla, Telikula and Deva Telikula once the TDP is back into the government.
During his padyatra, Lokesh met the groundnut farmers who narrated their problems to him. Farmer, Venkat Reddy, said that for the past three years they have been incurring heavy losses in agriculture and the state government is not coming to their rescue.
Another farmer told Lokesh that due to spurious seeds and fertilisers, the farming community in the district has been facing several problems. They also said that there is no MSP for the farm products due to which they are incurring huge losses in agriculture.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 21, 2023
Saudi Arabia to establish more cemeteries for non-Muslims

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Riyadh: The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) plans to establish more cemeteries for non-Muslims in order to facilitate the speedy procedures for burying the dead, local media reported.
In this regard, the Saudi Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing has issued an instruction to the mayors of various governorates to find more places to build cemeteries for non-Muslims.
This will make the posthumous rituals of those who die in Saudi easier. Currently, Kingdom has limited burial facilities for non-Muslims.
According to Arabic daily Okaz, ministry has established specifications for these cemeteries that differ from those designated for Muslims.
To this end, efforts include preparing cemeteries, and granting the family of the deceased the possibility of obtaining an immediate electronic death certificate instead of certificates issued by ministry of health hospitals.
Until 2012, the Saudi authorities refused to bury non-Muslims on their lands, and there were no cemeteries for non-Muslims on Saudi lands, with the exception of a single cemetery in the city of Jeddah known as the Khawajat cemetery, the Christian cemetery, which dates back to about 500 years ago.
In 2012, for the first time in its history, the Saudi authorities allowed burying non-Muslims in a Christian cemetery in Jeddah in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia.
This step comes after a series of human rights criticisms against Saudi Arabia, which was deporting the bodies of dead non-Muslims outside the country.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 6, 2023