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Imphal. Manipur burns but the politics of political parties does not end. Most of the questions are being asked about the BJP being in power. The government there is failing to stop the violence, but the BJP’s NDA government, which occupies the centre, is also proving useless. Now, due to the latest violence there, political fight between the BJP and Congress has started and both are blaming each other for the crisis in the state.
BJP president JP Nadda on Friday accused the Congress of pushing a wrong, false and politically motivated narrative on the Manipur riots issue. His comments come hours after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge sought President Draupadi Murmu’s intervention and alleged the Centre’s complete failure to defuse the crisis.
Manipur today worst affected by failure of Congress government: JP Nadda
Nadda wrote in his letter that you seem to have forgotten that your government not only legalized illegal migration of foreign terrorists to India, but that the then Home Minister P. Chidambaram had signed treaties with them. Furthermore, these well-known militant leaders who were fleeing their countries to avoid arrest were unconditionally supported and encouraged to continue their destabilizing efforts. The BJP president further wrote that the complete failure of India’s administrative and security protocols under his government is one of the main reasons why extremist and habitually violent organizations are trying to destroy the hard-won peace in Manipur and plunging it into an era of anarchy for many decades. . Trying to push.
However, I can assure you that, unlike Congress, our government will not allow this to happen at any cost. He said the Central and Manipur governments have been working to stabilize the situation and protect the people since the initial violence.
Central and state governments fail, president should intervene: Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had written a letter to President Draupadi Murmu requesting him to immediately intervene in the Manipur issue to ensure safety of life and property of the people of the state. He also accused the central and state governments of failing to stop the violence and restore normalcy and claimed that the people of the state have now lost faith in both the governments. After violence broke out again in Manipur, Kharge wrote a two-page letter to the president. As I had written, the country has suffered an exceptionally serious tragedy. More than 300 people, including women and children, have lost their lives due to the unprecedented agitation in Manipur over the past 18 months. The tragedy has internally displaced almost a million people. The people’s suffering continues.
Ten Naxalites killed in Sukma, encounter with soldiers, weapons also recovered
257 Naxalites have been killed since January this year.
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Raipur. Ten Naxalites have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Naxal-affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. The police have given information in this regard. Bastar Inspector General of Police (IG) Sundarraj P said that an encounter is taking place between DRG (District Reserve Guard) and Naxalites in South Sukma.
IG was quoted as saying that the shooting has continued since morning. The search operation continues. The encounter began in Bhandarpadar forest area on Friday morning when security personnel were carrying out a search operation for Naxalites. Apart from the AK-47, the forces also recovered an INSAS and an automatic rifle, among other weapons, he said. At least 257 Naxalites have been killed since January this year, while 861 were arrested and another 789 surrendered. The number of deaths has decreased by 90 percent from a peak of 1,005 in 2010 to 96 in September 2024. For the first time in 2022, the number of deaths remained below 100 after four decades.
Gun pointing case, I’m not afraid of police bullets: Tohida
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Muzaffarnagar. In Muzaffarnagar, pictures of woman Tohida standing in front of SO Kakrauli Rajeev Sharma while pointing his pistol went viral. There was movement of people towards his house throughout the day. He says he is sad about not being able to exercise his right to vote. There was no fear of police bullets.
SP leaders say Tohida will be honored by former CM Akhilesh Yadav. While narrating her ordeal, Tohida, wife of Kakrauli driver Abdul Samad, said her brother-in-law’s son returned home and told her that the police had chased him away with batons and that he was not allowed to vote. After this I went to vote with the women of the family. On the way they met police officers and pointed their guns at them. He wasn’t afraid of the bullet.
Opening
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the 25th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World organized on Article 51 of the Constitution of India at City Montessori School on Kanpur Road by cutting the ribbon.
Supreme Court notice in Gyanvapi case
Response sought from the Muslim side and the ASI in two weeks
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New Delhi. In a major development, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Muslim side on a petition seeking a study of the alleged Shivalinga in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). This petition was filed before the court on behalf of the Hindu side. After hearing this, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Muslim side and asked for a response within two weeks.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjwal Bhuyan was hearing the Hindu side’s demand for transferring the 15 cases pending in the Varanasi trial court in the Gyanvapi case to the High Court. Presenting the case before the Supreme Court, the lawyer for the Hindu side said that some petitions are filed before the district judge and some before the civil judge. In such a situation, different orders come from different courts on the same case. Therefore, our demand is that all the petitions related to Gyanvapi be combined in the Allahabad High Court. The lawyer for the Muslim side said that the Hindu side wants an ASI study of the sealed Vujukhana area. The District Court rejected this claim, after which the High Court allowed it. We had filed a petition against this in the Supreme Court. A decision on that petition is still pending.
Big relief for Himachal government by High Court
Nine hotels of the Tourism Corporation will remain open until March 31
Shimla. The state government and the Tourism Development Corporation have got major relief from the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The High Court has ordered to keep nine Tourism Development Corporation hotels open till March 31, 2025. This includes Chail, Chandrabhaga Keylong, Khajjiar, Meghdoot, Log Hut Manali, Kunjam, Bhagsu, Kasal Nagar and Dhauladhar hotels. The government has approached the High Court against the State Tourism Development Corporation’s decision to close 18 loss-making hotels. On Friday, the case was heard before the court of Justice Ajay Mohan Goyal. During this period, the court ordered nine hotels to remain open until March 31. The remaining nine hotels will remain closed according to the decision taken on November 25. The state government had asked the High Court to reconsider the decision, let us tell you, in the November 19 decision, the court had ordered to close the corporation’s hotels with less than 40 per cent occupancy from November 25. The court issued orders not to grant financial benefits to pensioners of the Tourism Development Corporation. The court has asked the Director General to present the report on compliance with the orders on December 3. Along with this, the list of Class IV and deceased employees has also been summoned. Earlier, in orders passed on November 12, the court had asked the CEO for details of the hotels’ revenue for the year 2022 to 2024.
