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रुद्राक्ष, हानिकारक ऊर्जा से मनुष्य को बचाता है
दिव्य रश्मि संवाददाता जितेन्द्र कुमार सिन्हा के सौजन्य से |
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused an urgent hearing on a batch of pleas against a ban imposed on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia asked the lawyer who sought the listing of the matter to approach the court once the hearing on the issue of Article 370 of the Constitution is over.
The lawyer told the bench that the matter came up for hearing on January 18 and has not been listed since then.
The bench then said, "Next week, hearing in the Constitution bench (on Article 370) is starting. Mention it after it is over."
The Centre had earlier told the apex court that the SIMI's objective to establish Islamic rule in India cannot be allowed to subsist and that the activists of the banned outfit are still indulging in disruptive activities that are capable of threatening the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In a counter-affidavit filed in the apex court, which is hearing a batch of pleas on the ban imposed on the SIMI, the Centre had said the activists of the organisation are in "regular touch" with their associates and masters based in other countries and their actions could disrupt peace and communal harmony in India.
It had also said the SIMI aims to mobilise students and youngsters for the propagation of Islam and obtaining support for "jihad" (religious war).
The affidavit said the evidence brought on record clearly establishes that despite being banned since September 27, 2001, except for a brief period in between, the SIMI activists are associating, meeting, conspiring, acquiring arms and ammunition, and indulging in activities, "which are disruptive in character and capable of threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India".
It said the SIMI, through its members, has contacts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and Nepal and, being an organisation of students and youngsters, it is influenced and used by various fundamentalist Islamic terrorist organisations operating from Jammu and Kashmir.
The government said the SIMI came into existence on April 25, 1977 in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh as an organisation of youngsters and students who have faith in the Jamaat-e-Islami-Hind (JEIH) and, in 1993, it declared itself independent.
The Centre said the petitioner, on whose plea the counter-affidavit was filed, has challenged a July 29, 2019 order passed by the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, which had confirmed the declaration of the SIMI as an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in a notification dated January 31, 2019, extended the ban imposed on the organisation by five years.
The SIMI was first banned in 2001. Since then, the ban has been extended regularly. This was the eighth time that the ban was extended.
(Source : PTI & The Pioneer)
A young man was arrested here on Friday as he walked to the police station with the severed head of his sister, allegedly killed by him over her relationship, police said.
The incident took place in the Mithwara village in the Fatehpur area here following an argument between Riyaz (22) and his sister Aashifa (18).
Riyaz allegedly severed the neck of his sister with a sharp weapon and was on his way to the police station with her head when the police arrested him, Additional Superintendent of Police, Ashutosh Mishra said.
Aashifa had recently eloped with her partner Chand Babu, a resident of the same village, Mishra said.
However, the police recovered Aashifa a few days later and sent Babu to jail based on a complaint filed by the woman's family members, he added.
A police team reached the crime spot and sent the body for postmortem after collecting the required evidence, the ASP said.
According to locals, Riyaz was opposed to his sister's relationship and the duo often quarrelled over the issue, the police said.
A case has been registered and the accused has been arrested, the ASP said.
(Source : PTI & The Pioneer)
England grabbed four Australia wickets to press closer to an Ashes-series leveling victory on day three of the fourth test at Old Trafford on Friday.
After posting a rapidfire 592 for a massive first-innings lead of 275, England extended its domination when Australia was reduced to 113-4 in its second innings by stumps.
Mark Wood's hostile pace and timely insertions into the attack made the difference as he dismissed Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith and Travis Head cheaply to pass 100 test wickets, and Chris Woakes bagged David Warner.
England forced the pace of its innings at 5 1/2 runs per over ahead of forecasted bad weather this weekend.
Jonny Bairstow smashed an unbeaten 99, most of it in a last-wicket partnership of 66 with James Anderson, who contributed 5.
The 592, built on Zac Crawley's blast of 189, was England's highest home Ashes score since 1985, and might be enough for a win if there's enough breaks in the expected rain.
England must win to force the series to a decider at the Oval next week.
Australia, up 2-1, will retain the urn with an unlikely win or more possible draw thanks to the weather.
After demoralising the Australians by batting for 107 overs and making them need 276 runs just to make England bat again, the home side prised out Khawaja before tea in Wood's first over.
After easily handling Anderson and Moeen Ali, Khawaja was taken aback by Wood's pace and nicked behind on 18.
Warner chopped on out of the blue against Woakes on 28.
Smith seemed to settle with Labuschagne but when Wood came back for a third spell and only his fourth over, Smith was hurried to nick a leg-side bouncer straight behind. Wood celebrated his 100th career wicket.
He got 101 soon after when Head on 1 tried to defend Wood and deflected to Ben Duckett at deep gully. Wood had 3-15 from 31 balls.
Marnus Labuschagne reached stumps on 44 and Mitch Marsh was with him on 1.
(Source : AP & The Pioneer)
The Department of Delhi Prisons has suspended four officials, including a deputy superintendent, in connection with the physical appearance of jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik in Supreme Court, a statement said on Saturday.
The presence of Malik, serving life term in Tihar jail, in a packed courtroom created a flutter in the apex court on Friday.
Malik, who is in jail following his conviction and life sentence in a terror funding case, was brought to the high-security apex court premises in a prison van escorted by armed security personnel without the court"s permission.
He walked into the courtroom to the utter surprise of all present.
“In the matter of physical production of Malik before the Supreme Court on Friday, the Prisons Department has suspended one deputy superintendent, two assistant superintendents and one head warder Friday night as they were found to be prima facie responsible based on preliminary enquiry," the statement said.
“Detailed enquiry is being conducted by DIG Tihar to identify any other officials who may also be responsible for the serious lapse,” it added.
On Friday, prison officials said Deputy Inspector General (Prisons-Headquarters) Rajiv Singh would conduct the inquiry to find out the lapse and fix the responsibility of erring officials and submit a report to the Director General (Prisons) within three days.
Voicing surprise at Yasin's presence in the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday told a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta that there was a procedure for high-risk convicts to be allowed into the courtroom to argue their case personally.
When Mehta pointed at Malik's presence in the courtroom, the bench said it had not granted him permission or passed any order allowing him to argue his case in person.
Malik appeared in the top court when a bench headed by Justice Kant was hearing an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the September 20, 2022 order of a trial court in Jammu in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
(Source : PTI & The Pioneer )
Czech Republic's
Marketa Vondrousovadefeated Tunisia's
Ons Jabeurin staight sets to win the
Wimbledonwomen's singles final on Saturday. Vondrousova won the title clash 6-4, 6-4.
The 24-year-old Vondrousova became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women's singles title in the professional era, leaving sixth seed Jabeur as the runner-up for the second successive year.
Jabeur was bidding to become the first Arab player to win a Grand Slam title and the first African woman to win one of the four majors.
(Source : The Times of India)