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Jammu: Separatism and terrorism come from outside and is not native to people living in India, Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal said here on Sunday.
Meghwal was in Jammu to take part in an MSME conclave.
Asked about the arrest of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh, Meghwal told reporters, “I was in Delhi for the Global Buddhist Summit and people from Leh and Ladakh were there. Everyone wants peace.
“India will lead the process of peace in the world. Separatism and terrorism are not in the hearts of those living in India but come from outside.”
The Punjab Police arrested Amritpal Singh in Moga’s Rode village early on Sunday, ending an over a month-long manhunt against the radical preacher who styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
Amritpal has been taken to Assam’s Dibrugarh under the National Security Act.
The government is committed to undertaking the welfare of all the people and winning their hearts through good governance and development, Meghwal added.
“It will unite the country and make it great,” he said.
Development and good governance are key elements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and these will help bring peace to Jammu and Kashmir, added Meghwal, who is also the Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.
“Democracy and good governance are the two important elements of Prime Minister Modi’s leadership. These elements will help bring peace and prosperity and that will create employment opportunities in the region,” he said.
Meghwal also claimed that Pakistan does not have democracy, development and employment.
“That is why you see such a situation in Pakistan,” Meghwal said when asked about that country’s alleged efforts to derail peace and progress in Jammu and Kashmir by engineering terror attacks.
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Ankara: A total of 21 “terrorists” were killed by Turkish troops over the past four days in northern Syria and Iraq, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said.
Three of the “terrorists” were killed in Iraq’s Zap region, semi-official Anadolu Agency quoted Akar as saying during an event in the Turkish central province of Kayseri on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Calling the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) a “tool in the hands of imperialists” to hinder Turkey’s development, Akar said that the Turkish government is determined to eliminate the PKK.
The fight against “terrorists” will not end until the security of Turkey’s borders and the nation is ensured, he said.
The PKK has been involved in armed clashes with Turkish forces for more than three decades and is designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US, and the European Union.
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Sambhal: In a startling claim, the Uttar Pradesh Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dharmpal Singh on Saturday alleged that the Opposition is behind the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed as he was going to “reveal many secrets”.
“The truth is that the Opposition is behind the killing of Atiq Ahmed. After his arrest, he was going to reveal many secrets. That’s why the Opposition got him killed,” Dharmpal Singh said.
The mafia-turned-politician and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed last week while being taken for a medical examination in Prayagraj.
Atiq Ahmed was accused in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005, as well as in the killing of Umesh Pal, a key witness in the BSP leader’s murder, in February this year.
Earlier in the day, the police team reached the hotel for investigation, where Atiq Ahmed’s killers had stayed before the murder.
Earlier on Thursday, the Judicial committee constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government visited Prayagraj while the Special Investigation Team recreated the crime scene where gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead on April 15 while being taken to a hospital for a medical checkup.
Three friends of Lovelesh Tiwari, the main accused in the sensational killing of gangster turned politician and his brother were detained by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda.
The SIT team has also reached Hamirpur and Kasganj to conduct further probe, the police said.
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Itanagar: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday described the collegium issue as a “mindgame”, saying he will not talk about it.
He made the remarks here when asked about the various recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium pending before the government, including those related to the appointment of high court chief justices.
“The Collegium issue is all about mindgame. I am not going to talk about it,” he said.
Rijiju was speaking on the sidelines of an event to dedicate 254 mobile towers for 4G services to Arunachal Pradesh. He said the lack of infrastructure facilities in border areas which have tough terrain was a major issue for the locals. Kiren Rijiju and Tapir Gao represent Arunachal Pradesh in Lok Sabha.
Rijiju has been quite vocal against the Collegium system and once even called it “alien to our Constitution”.
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New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi represents the “laziest type of politics” of making bizarre allegations and promises without any intention to improve people’s lives, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday, days after the Congress leader created a ripple by pitching for caste census and pledged a slew of sops in Karnataka.
He also expressed confidence that the rebellion of some key BJP leaders in Karnataka will not come in the way of the incumbent party winning its first-ever majority in the coming assembly polls.
He said state BJP leaders have accepted the generational change after the “brave” decision of fielding 74 first-time candidates in the May 10 elections.
The BJP has come to be identified with the state’s future, while the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) symbolise the “lazy, entitled and exploitative” politics of the past, Chandrasekhar, a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, told PTI in an interview.
With Rahul Gandhi making a slew of promises, including allowances for the unemployed and women, and backing demand for caste census, a bid to woo politically important Other Backward Classes (OBC), at a poll rally in Karnataka, Chandrasekhar took a swipe at him questioning the party’s track record when it was in power for decades.
Gandhi wants people to forget that his party has ruled for decades, he said.
“It is the laziest type of politics that Rahul Gandhi represents,” the BJP leader said, adding his politics is all about saying something bizarre, and making a few allegations and promises and then going away without having any intention to work hard to improve the lives of people.
“They did nothing for the OBC is when they were in government. Look at all of the work done for the community under the prime minister and the double-engine government in Karnataka. To make promises and disappear is the Congress style,” the minister said.
“They have gone and made promises in Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh that they never fulfilled,” he claimed.
The BJP leader said that the defection of Lingayat leaders like former chief minister Jagadish Shettar and former deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi will fail to dent the community’s support to the party, as he noted the BJP’s historical “commitment, recognition and respect” to the leaders from the group.
“One or two leaders, who wanted to put their personal ambition ahead of everybody else and everything else, have gone to the Congress or to the JD(S). If you look at Shettar or Savadi, both leaders enjoyed a long stint with the BJP and always subscribed to its ideology.
“We will find that on May 13 they will not only lose (the election), but whatever respect they have earned over the last several decades as BJP members, they will have lost that as well,” he said.
Asked about the Congress accusing the BJP of insulting Lingayat leaders, he said the opposition party has a history of creating divisions in the state’s largest community, believed to be around 17 per cent of the total population.
In the 2018 polls, the then chief minister Siddaramaiah created “propaganda” about Lingayats not being Hindus, he said.
“This is the standing strategy of the Congress to try and divide those people who support our good governance. They’ve done this before as well. And like they have failed in 2018. They will fail this time as well,” he said.
There’s support for the BJP among various communities, be it Lingayats, Vokkaligas or Dalits, because of the “work of its government in the state and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government at the Centre, and this is based on their deep belief in our governance”, he said.
Some tweets by Siddaramaiah or some other Congress leader will not affect one or another community’s support for the BJP, he said.
“It is not affected if you take away one or two leaders through inducement or whatever. The basic support of the community doesn’t change because of that,” he said.
The Congress is fighting an existential crisis and is desperate as it knows that a loss in Karnataka will mean that the party will vanish from the state as it has from the rest of south India except Kerala where it has already lost back-to-back elections, he said.
The BJP, the Union minister said, is very clearly positioned to campaign on a pro-incumbency plank about the last three and a half years of its efforts during the “most difficult” time in Karnataka history as it was hit by floods and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the hung verdict delivered by the 2018 polls, the Congress and the JD(S) joined hands to come to power before the BJP, the single largest party, toppled the government and took the reins of power in 2029 after 17 alliance MLAs quit the assembly and joined the saffron party.
Now the state’s economy is not only back on track but it is one of the fastest growing and performing economies, with the government under Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai delivering on Modi’s plank of “maximum governance”, he said, citing a slew of schemes for the welfare of various segments of society.
The BJP leadership’s decision to field 74 new faces among the total 224 candidates is important and brave as it believes that it is the party for the future of Karnataka, he said. PTI KR.
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New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday and is currently under home quarantine.
A team of doctors have examined him and recommended he rest for a few days. The minister is currently under home quarantine with mild symptoms, according to an official release.
Singh was scheduled to attend the Indian Air Force Commanders’ conference in the national capital today but had to skip it after being tested positive for the virus, the statement said.
On Wednesday he attended the Army Commanders conference during which he was accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande and other senior Army officers. He practised firing on small arms firing simulator.
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New Delhi: Visiting Israeli Minister of Economy Nir Barkat has called for more Indian investors in Israel and mentioned that the acquirement of the strategic Israeli port of Haifa by Adani Group is a “testimony that we trust the Indian business people.”
“I think it’s a fact that Israel allowed an Indian company to acquire one of the two ports Israel has. It’s a testimony that we trust the Indian business people. We trust the Indian government,” he said in an interview with ANI.
“I want to welcome more investors to invest in Israel. It’s in the benefit, best interest of both sides, both countries and people and we believe it’s a good investment and we want to make sure that the return on investment is such that more investors from India will come to invest in Israel’s high-tech startup infrastructure. We’d love that,” he added.
Last July, Adani in partnership with Israel’s Gadot Group, secured rights to buy 100 per cent shares of Haifa Port Company Ltd. The Port of Haifa is the second largest port in Israel in terms of shipping containers and the biggest in shipping tourist cruise ships.
Earlier this month, former Ambassador of Israel to India Ron Malka was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Haifa Port owned by Adani Group and its Israeli partner Gadot Group.
On India’s G20 Presidency, the minister said that G20 is a big accomplishment of India.
Speaking further about combating the terror challenges together, the minister said terrorism is a global challenge and Israel is working with India to combat the menace. Talking about Iran, the minister said “we will never surrender to terror.”
“Terrorism is not just an Israeli challenge. It’s a global challenge. We knew, we are working together with India on how to make a better world, how to have better agriculture, food, water, health, and how to use technology to have a better world. But, unfortunately, the terrorists want to wipe Israel off the map. They are working together with Iran and Iran is funding global terrorism in our region,” the minister said.
“They are funding Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza and regimes in Syria and other places, and they pose a threat to Israel. And just the other week or two weeks ago, unfortunately, the terrorists killed three members of a family, just because they were Jews. Just for being Jews, they were murdered. Israel has developed a very clear message, we will never surrender to terror and if God forbid the proxies in Lebanon and the Iranian proxies will try to target Israel, we will hit Iran,” he added.
The Israeli Minister also spoke on how India and Israel share a lot of experience in security and in counterterrorism.
“Israel has demonstrated that we know how to strike peace with Egypt for 40 years, with Jordan for 25 years now. Thank God, we have the Abraham Accord. And the last thing I would say on this point is that both Israel and India have similar challenges, here in a tough neighbourhood. We are challenged together and that’s why we share a lot of our experience in security and in counterterrorism together on how to become offensive because the best defence is offence and we share that knowledge with our friends here in India,” he said.
Further speaking on the opportunity of collaboration and India-Israel ties, the Minister said that he was inspired by the collaboration between the Israeli economy and the Indian economy and added that Israelis love Indians and Indians love Israelis.
On the Free trade agreement, the Minister said that he believes that the big opportunity is in the business world and will check out the opportunity to do a Free Trade Agreement, side-by-side with the business development between the nations adding that he is very optimistic that “we’ll be able to do really good deals together”.
“It’s about sharing best practices. I just finished the meeting with Minister Piyush, discussing the collaborative work that we need to do together. Each side brings its knowledge and experience, skills to this relationship. Israel brings technology, entrepreneurship, ideas that are usually fresh and new and the scope and the size of India are certainly relevant for us Israelis. Once we know how to solve and create joint ventures together in India and market to a big country like India, then it’s easier to go to the rest of the world,” the Israeli economy minister said.
Talking about the recent protests in his country, the minister said that he was proud of his democracy and that “we’ll have to sit together and figure out how we make those reforms in a way that is accepted widely by the Israeli public”.
“I’m proud of our democracy. Like other big democracies in the world, we saw a big dispute in England between Pro Brexit and against Brexit. In the United States, there are challenges between Republicans and Democrats. We’re a real democracy in the fact that people are willing and want to go and demonstrate in the street. They care about our country. And we’ll sort it out. We’ve sorted bigger issues in our lives before. We believe in democracy. We believe that the changes we want to bring are going to improve the democracy. Other people think otherwise, we’ll have to sit together and figure out how we make those reforms in a way that is accepted widely by the Israeli public. You know that there are ups and downs in every country,” the minister said.
Talking further about the Israel – Palestine conflict, the Minister said that the “Palestinians will have to get to an understanding to recognize Israel and that we have our right to exist” and “when they come up with the real will to do peace, we will strike peace with the Palestinians”.
On being asked when India can expect other ministers including Netanyahu to visit the country, the minister said that “he is going to recommend friends in the government, that it’s a big opportunity of doing a lot of business in India”.
“I’ll speak to the foreign minister that I believe will come shortly. And I strongly recommend, Prime Minister Netanyahu to come and pay a visit and see Modi again here in India and hopefully, we could propose some really important progress on the way we do business together in the near future. I am thrilled and excited about the opportunity and I’m going back home, extremely happy and inspired by this trip,” the minister said.
Expressing his happiness over his India visit, the minister applauded India’s religious tolerance and was happy to see India scaling and growing.
“It’s a huge opportunity and the love that I received here in India is second to no other place in the world and it’s just wonderful. I also said that the religious tolerance here is something that is very special. The tolerance between people. I was mayor of the city of Jerusalem, which is very tolerant. In one-quarter of a square mile, you have more mosques, synagogues and churches than anywhere in the world and the fact that all of these religions are respected. You can go walk the streets and see practising Muslims, Christians and Jews, practising their religion side-by-side. That reminds me of that kind of tolerance. I’m very happy to see how India is scaling and growing,” he added.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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After meeting Brazil’s foreign minister on Monday, Lavrov told reporters in a short press conference that the West has engaged in “a rather tough struggle” to maintain its dominance in world affairs, including economics and geopolitics.
“As for the process in Ukraine, we are grateful to our Brazilian friends for their excellent understanding of this situation’s genesis. We are grateful (to them) for striving to contribute to finding ways to settle it,” Lavrov said, sitting alongside his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira.
Lula’s recent comments, particularly those ascribing any blame to Ukraine for Russia’s invasion in February 2022, run counter to the position held by the European Union, the U.S. and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And any talk of a ceasefire is viewed as an opportunity for Russia to regroup its forces for a new offensive. Zelenskyy told The Associated Press last month that a loss anywhere at this stage in the war could put Ukraine’s hard-fought momentum at risk.
Vieira, for his part, told reporters that Brazil sees sanctions against Russia as causing negative impacts for the global economy, particularly developing nations, and that Brazil supports an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
Following the meeting, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby blasted Brazil’s approach to the war and for its officials having met Lavrov and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in person, while thus far only speaking to Ukrainian officials by phone.
“Brazil has substantively and rhetorically approached this issue by suggesting that the United States and Europe are somehow not interested in peace or that we share responsibility for the war,” Kirby told reporters in Washington. “In this case, Brazil is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda without at all looking at the facts.”
Kirby said the Biden administration hoped Lula and others will urge the Russians “to cease the bombing of Ukrainian cities, hospitals and schools, halt the war crimes and the atrocities and, quite frankly, to pull back Russian forces from Ukraine.”
Both foreign ministers were meeting with Lula in the afternoon.
As part of his effort to end the war, Lula also has withheld munitions to Ukraine, despite a request from Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Lula has said that sending supplies would mean Brazil entering the war, which he seeks to end. His administration is seeking to simultaneously develop ties with China, Europe and the U.S. while keeping an open door to Russia.
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Hyderabad: Osmania University (OU) students on Monday continued their campaign against the hike in PhD free by presenting a request letter to Telangana education minister Sabitha Indra Reddy.
Nelli Satya, a political science research scholar, told Siasat.com that the Minister had promised that she will speak to the OU vice-chancellor, Professor D Ravinder on Tuesday and resolve the issue.
OU students are up in arms against the varsity’s administration ever since it increased the fee for PhD courses by ten times on March 16.
VC Prof. D Ravinder, speaking to Siasat.com said in case the minister asks for an explanation regarding the fee hike, he will convey to her that it was a decision taken after thorough consideration by the Standing Committee that consisting of 12 Deans from OU.
In a notification issued by the Dean Faculties of various departments, the fee particulars for students who were allotted seats under Category – 2 PhD courses for the academic year 2022, in Social Sciences, Arts, Education, Commerce, Management, and Oriental Languages was set at Rs 20,000 and for Engineering, Science, Technology, and Pharmacy departments it presents at Rs 25,000.
A press release by OU student union members on March 21, said that the fee for PhD courses in Social Sciences and other departments was Rs 2000 until last year and for Engineering and other courses it was Rs 2500.
“There are many factors that led to this fee hike beside the fact that this is the first time the PhD course fee structure was revised since 2003. Even the fee for Post Graduate courses is at Rs 15,000,” said the OU vice-chancellor.
Prof D Ravinder further explained that the students can avail of the reimbursement of the fee. He claimed that the PhD coursework will be done according to the norms prescribed by the University Grants Commission which is expensive by itself.
“The decision regarding fee structure on PhD programme has a huge impact on students from marginalised sections, it deters them from pursuing higher education,” said a press release from the research students of OU.
In the request letter submitted to the minister, the students alleged that the university’s decision is not rational as when compared with the fee structure of various central and state universities, the OU fee hike is steep and comes without prior notice.
The letter also requests the minister to ensure that the students are allotted supervisors and a university fellowship.
Speaking about the allotment of supervisors, Nelli Satya said, “Research Scholars who joined under category 2, in 2022, have not been allotted to their respective supervisors yet. We were supposed to receive an order during our admission allotting us but when we asked the university administration, they informed us that this will be done after 6 months but did not tell us the reason for the delay”.
Sandeep Kumar, an OU research scholar, said that this delay in allotting supervisors is mostly due to the shortage of teaching faculty at the university. “Another blow to the students is the delay in the singing of the Telangana Universities Common Recruitment Board Bill, 2022 by the Governor. Since the bill has been reserved by the Governor for “consideration and assent of the President”, the recruitment of teaching faculty will be delayed even further”.
Prof D Ravinder said, “The allotment of supervisors was kept on hold to ensure that the PhD students get some time to be accustomed to the professors and finish their coursework. However, the Standing Committee has reconsidered this decision. We will be completing the allotment in a week”.
He further informed that the providence of a university fellowship is decided by the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines. “After the completion of the UGC XII Plan (2012-2017), the commission does not hold the university obligation to provide non-NET fellowships to the students. I have personally requested the UGC chairman to reconsider this however, there is not much in the hands of the university”.
OU students have expressed that the campaign against the fee hike will continue and if there is no fee structure revision even after the minister intervenes, protests will ensue.
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